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CPR – Center for Performance Research will present a season of public programs including performances, installations, and workshops, alongside a technical residency with artist Diovanna Obafunmilayo in Brooklyn.

Aloysia Friedmann will conclude her tenure as artistic director of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, which she founded in 1998, following the festival's 30th anniversary season.

The York Theatre will present its Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala honoring Kelli O'Hara for lifetime achievement in musical theater, with Charles Wright also receiving a Founders' Award at The Edison Ballroom.

I’m writing this from backstage of the production I’m currently in, waiting to go on. The play is The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe. I play Soccer Mom, the one adult amongst a girls high school soccer team. Our characters are all moving through their daily activities, trying to figure out the world, moment by unpredictable moment.

Cedille Records will release Briefly Gorgeous, the debut solo album from Chicago-born oboist Oliver Talukder, winner of the label's 2025 Emerging Artist Competition, featuring works reflecting his heritage.

There are some musicals that completely consume me every time I see them, and Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is at the very top of that list.

Jeffrey Lo has been appointed as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Associate Artistic Director. Lo joins TheatreWorks Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli as the artistic leaders of the Tony Award recipient theatre company.

Would you believe me if I told you the hottest theater ticket in Houston this summer was to see a nun teach a class? Denise Fennell first debuted as Sister in LATE NITE CATECHISM at Stages Houston during 2007. Since then, the actress has had one of the longest relationships between any Houston theater and a touring performer.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, led by Artistic Director Greta Campo and Executive Director Andy Chiang, will present a program of contemporary and traditional works at Lake Superior State University.

Brévo Theatre will present the South Florida premiere of Jocelyn Bioh's comedy at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center ahead of the show's Broadway previews.

American Repertory Ballet will present a season featuring SWAN LAKE, CREATIONS VOL. 1, FAIRY RHYMES and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, with additional dates at 92NY and the Princeton Festival.

A new play, MAMMY'S HOUSE, follows Irish friends who built a chosen family in Camden as the AIDS epidemic and discrimination reshape their lives. Learn more here!

REDCAT will present a fall season featuring THE FORD/HILL PROJECT, works by Dimitri Chamblas and Mindy Seu, and the New Original Works Festival in Los Angeles.

Boston Dance Theater will present a work-in-progress showing of a new dance piece exploring New England's Great Marsh, alongside a repeat performance of DELICATE BLUE at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts.

Playhouse Square announced tickets will go on sale for touring Broadway productions of HADESTOWN and CLUE, both set to play the Cleveland venue this fall.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will host its third annual à la cARTe! fall fundraiser, featuring live performances, food, drink and behind-the-scenes access in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Disney Theatrical Group and Broadway Across Canada announced ticket sales for a limited engagement of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, marking the musical's first North American tour in over 25 years.

Disney Theatrical Group and Broadway Across Canada will open ticket sales for the touring production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, set to play the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium for a limited engagement.

Musica Viva NY will open its season with an evening featuring young singers from The Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program and Madrid's Teatro Real Crescendo at All Souls NYC in Manhattan.

DISNEY ON ICE will bring Raya, Elsa, Anna, Asha and dozens of Disney characters to UBS Arena for a multi-show run featuring figure skating, aerial stunts and elaborate set designs.

The Arkansas Cinema Society announced its festival lineup, featuring appearances by Matthew McConaughey and Judge Reinhold along with screenings of IN SPITE OF OURSELVES and CHASING SUMMER in Little Rock.

Guild Hall in East Hampton will host The 24 Hour Plays, bringing together actors, writers and directors to create and perform four new short plays written and rehearsed in a single day. Artists include Neil Patrick Harris and more.

Amanda Hirsch of NOT SKINNY BUT NOT FAT is set to host Hulu's GET REAL podcast, with new episodes to feature Layla Taylor and Kaitlyn Bristowe as guests.

The Stratford Festival is presenting the world première of a new English translation of Eduardo De Filippo’s Saturday, Sunday, Monday. It is the first major English translation of the celebrated Italian classic in decades.

Inon Barnatan became music director of La Jolla Music Society’s annual SummerFest chamber-music festival in 2018. This year, on its 40th anniversary, the celebration’s theme is “Making History.” More than 100 artists are participating in a month of 21 adventurous concerts. Born in Tel Aviv, the pianist began playing on his own at the age of three. Half a year later his parents realized he had perfect pitch and was likely to respond well to lessons. From his youthful point of view, it probably didn’t hurt that his first teacher rewarded him with chocolates. As he progressed, he studied at Tel Aviv University before moving to London at the age of 16 to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Maria Curcio, a student of Artur Schnabel. The late Leon Fleisher was also an influential teacher and mentor. The versatile musician, “One of the most admired pianists of his generation” (The New York Times) performs with the world’s finest orchestras and in recitals of solo and chamber music.  His most recent recording is a set of Brahms Cello Sonatas with Alisa Weilerstein. I met with Barnatan via Zoom to discuss the festival, how he approached its programming, and his career as a soloist.