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Kentucky Opera will present Rossini's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE at the W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre in Louisville, with General Director and CEO Ben Robinson making his directorial debut for the company in a production set in a 1980s day spa.

TuckShop will present the sixth edition of its all-drag pantomime at London's Emerald Theatre, featuring Bones, Kitty Scott-Claus, Rosé, and Kyran Thrax in the cast.

Caramoor's Rosen House Concert Series will present countertenor Iestyn Davies with harpist Oliver Wass, pianist Jonathan Biss, and a conversation with Anthony Roth Costanzo about his new book.

Shanghai Ballet returns to North America for the first time in over five years with a production of the classic romantic ballet GISELLE, featuring impeccable technique and emotionally resonant performances.

What did our critic think of OUR TOWN AT TOWN PLAYERS OF NEW CANAAN at Powerhouse Theatre?

Actor Max Pfnür will perform a five-and-a-half-hour solo adaptation of Goethe's Faust at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York, combining the original German text with music, live looping, and video projections with English surtitles.

The Norton Museum of Art's exhibition of painter Danielle McKinney's work will travel to the New Orleans Museum of Art this November and the Studio Museum in Harlem next November, accompanied by the artist's first major monograph.

Albert Bouchard's Imaginos Band will perform at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, celebrating the album release and previewing an AI-created film based on the Imaginos saga.

World Ballet Company will present its new production of SLEEPING BEAUTY at San Francisco's Curran Theatre on February 7, 2027, as part of a national tour spanning more than 80 performances.

'This above all: to thine own self be true.' There have been dozens (maybe hundreds) of Shakespearean adaptations in Seattle in recent years, and it’s become rarer to see classic versions of source material. Ironically, a tried and true Hamlet, currently playing at Union Arts Center, feels refreshing. It gets to the nut of what makes Hamlet exceptional – it’s all about the craft.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 23, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The cast has been revealed for Newbury’s Watermill Theatre's Christmas show, Michael Morpurgo’s Pinocchio, which is back by popular demand, starring Christopher Bianchi and more.

The GRAMMY-winning Experiential Orchestra will open its 2026-2027 season with a program celebrating composer Anna Clyne, featuring cellist Inbal Segev performing the New York City premiere of DANCE.

​​​​​​​ For its third year, TUBU FEST returns to Ground Floor Theatre with a simple but transformative idea at its heart: theatre is richer when everyone has a place in it. TUBU (Theatre for Us By Us) is a disability-led festival centering short plays written by playwrights with disabilities and bringing those works to life through collaborations with Central Texas actors, directors, designers, and technicians.

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rapturous crowds for three consecutive nights at the Samueli Theater from September 10-12, 2026.

New 42 has added J. Harrison Ghee, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Joshua Henry, and more to its Artist Council, a group of professional artists who serve as ambassadors.

At its heart, Hell’s Kitchen is not simply a musical based on the life of the incomparable, Alicia Keys, it is a coming-of-age, autobiographical-inspired story that explores the complexities of single parenting, generational differences, and a young woman’s determination to discover her own identity.

Denver Center shared a first look video from its production of Destiny of Desire, Karen Zacarías' comedic telenovela play with music running at The Wolf Theatre through October 4.

The Amsterdam-based duo announced a new experimental EP inspired by Puerto Rican landforms and Caribbean cultural practices, with lead track X now available and European performances planned.

More than five decades after a now-legendary production of Godspell brought together some of Canada's brightest young talents, a new documentary is looking back at the show that helped launch an extraordinary generation of performers. Watch the full interview with Davis, Mendelsohn and Shaffer as they look back on the friendships, talent and unlikely circumstances that made the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell such a singular moment—and how You Had to Be There brings that story back to life.

NYC-based musician Liam Creamer, formerly recording as Ken Park, released his new single 'Bucket List' via TODO Records, marking a creative shift toward vulnerability and immediacy.

Métier Records will release DISTANT HORIZONS, a piano album by David Palmer featuring works by composers Robert Saxton and Thomas Metcalf. The collaboration explores themes of fragmentation and distance through contemporary classical music.

New York City based creator, writer, and comedian Cyrus Veyssi will make their Broadway debut in the musical comedy & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre this October.

The Bronx's 97-year-old Loew's Paradise Theater, one of NYC's last surviving movie palaces, will reopen as a 4,000-seat performing arts center presenting theater, concerts, comedy, dance, and film.

Nick Mullikin's first full-length ballet reimagines the classical masterpiece with new choreography and a revised conclusion that explores the consequences of Albrecht's deception. The Nashville Symphony will accompany the production at TPAC's Polk Theater.