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Chicago Opera Theater has revealed its 2026-2027 Season, featuring two Chicago premieres with expanded, including The Importance of Being Earnest, plus investments in new work and arts education.

Stray Cat Theatre’s revival seems to rediscover the volatility in the text and the humor that snaps like electricity.

On Saturday, June 13, 2026 (7 PM) some of Broadway's best will be on the west coast for the third annual Broadway Voices Unite, bringing together celebrated performers for a powerful evening of Broadway and pop music—all to raise vital funds for Harvest Home.

The Science Theater Company will present That Math Show at Theater555 in NYC, featuring Dr. Arthur Benjamin, a Harvey Mudd College math professor and professional magician known as a 'mathemagician.'

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter James Artissen has teamed with Goodie Mob founding member Big Gipp and producer DJ Burn One on 'Just Another Day,' a new single blending R&B melodies with Southern hip-hop production.

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente will present a packed season of programming, including live blues concerts, youth chamber music, film screenings, art workshops, and family events.

New York City Ballet has appointed Beatrice Jona Affron as the company's next Associate Music Director, adding new leadership to its music staff. Affron currently serves as Music Director for the Philadelphia Ballet.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will return for its 43rd season, featuring 13 concerts celebrating American music, BCM founder Marya Martin’s 50th anniversary in the U.S., and more.

Daniel Radcliffe, Tony-nominated for his performance in the one-person play, picks and chooses a select few at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre every night who help him tell the story of a person coming to terms with his past and reflecting on the beauty he’s seen along the way. 

If you think Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing is a one-person play, think again. The Tony Award-nominated Best Revival relies on its audience to move the story along, and if you’re part of the crowd, you may end up getting married to Daniel Radcliffe — in the show, that is!

SHANTIFY, the sea shanty musical featuring West End performers reimagining songs by Dolly Parton, Bon Jovi, and Beyoncé, returns to London's West End for a two-week season at Underbelly Boulevard Soho following runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Ambassadors Theatre.

Theatro Technis has shared photos ahead of its premiere of LOVE OMAR, a backstage-comedy drama and 'love letter to theatre' by Hannah Khalil. Check out the photos here!

Berklee College of Music honored a trio of Grammy winners at its 2026 commencement ceremony at Agganis Arena. Those presented with honorary doctorates were Jacob Collier, Jill Scott, and Vinnie Colaiuta.

What did our critic think of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC at Paramount Theatre Aurora, IL?

Peter Grimes hinges on balancing the duality between its chorus and Grimes as an individual. In one corner the spectacle of the mob, bustling and boiling with rage in their witch hunt for Grimes, and in the other corner is lonely fisherman Grimes himself, whose mental breakdown demands gutturally intimacy. Can Deborah Warner’s 2022 production, revived at the Royal Opera House, rediscover that equilibrium that electrified its first outing? of PETER GRIMES at Royal Ballet And Opera?

Set in a tropical paradise with warm sea breezes, breathless sunsets and B-29 Bombers, South Pacific is one of the most romantic musical of all time, and also an uplifting tale that reminds us all of the importance of celebrating cultural differences.

What did our critic think of LA PETITE ANNONCE FAITE À MARIE AT THÉÂTRE ROYAL DU PARC at Theatre Du Parc?

History Fort Lauderdale will present THREE BY THE RIVER, an Artists-in-Residence exhibition featuring acrylics, mixed media, and portraits by three South Florida artists, with an opening reception at the New River Inn Museum of History.

BAM Rose Cinemas will present FILMAFRICA 2026, a showcase of contemporary and classic Pan-African cinema curated by the New York African Film Festival, featuring world, US, and North American premieres from Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and beyond.

BAM’s annual DanceAfrica Festival will return to Brooklyn from May 16-28, 2026. The long-running celebration of African and diasporic dance and culture will feature performances, films, dance classes, and community events across the BAM campus.

Town Hall Theatre Company will present TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS as the final production of its 2025-2026 season. Adapted by Nia Vardalos from Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling book.

Playwright Niki J. Borger released IN-BETWEEN, a collection of eight interconnected one-act plays with gender-neutral casting exploring grief, identity, and mortality, now available in paperback and ebook.

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, one of the only all-Native jazz big bands in the world, has released its debut album 'Incarnadine,' celebrating Indigenous artists in jazz through new compositions rooted in tribal histories and storytelling.

New York Festival of Song announced the release of MY BROTHER'S KEEPER on NYFOS Records, featuring six leading Black male vocalists co-produced by baritone Justin Austin and GRAMMY-nominated pianist Steven Blier.

he set immediately grabs you when you walk into the theatre: An intricately crafted dining room, set on a stage with a pronounced tilt, in front of which sits one of those little museum gallery cards in a frame: 'Dining Room. American. 20th Century.' It is immediately clear that director and set designer Russ Ekstrom has a vision for the show, and he has worked capably with this local cast to bring it to life.