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What did our critic think of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Rancho Mirage Amphitheater?

Just days after its October 22nd 2025 premiere at Paris's Théâtre Antoine, Benoît Solès's bold French adaptation of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra has already sparked a whirlwind of reactions.

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times has announced the guest pianists for its E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit. Learn more here!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to world-premiere musical Working Girl! BroadwayWorld is giving away two tickets to see La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of the new musical, featuring an original score by Cyndi Lauper.

Umbrella Children’s Theatre (UCT) will present Fancy Clew & The Boarding House Mystery, a new play written by Rebecca Morgan with original music by Melange.

The Nashville Symphony, under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero, will release a new recording pairing the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Conquest Requiem with a performance of Antonio Estévez’s Cantata Criolla on November 14, 2025, via Naxos American Classics.

Beetlejuice: The Musical will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre, with performances beginning in May 2026. Now, the dates have been set for the upcoming run.

Performances are now underway for the new musical Bull Durham now in previews at Paper Mill Playhouse! Read the reviews for Bull Durham and learn more about the show here!

New York Festival of Song will launch its 2025–2026 Mainstage Series with South America, North America: A Love Story. Concert featuring Joseph Parrish and Shelén Hughes will take place November 20, 2025, at Merkin Hall

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will host its 2026 Gala featuring Melissa Etheridge on April 11, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. The annual benefit supports the theatre’s nonprofit mission to serve the Long Island community through arts and education initiatives.

Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge will bring her powerhouse vocals and hits like “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One” to bergenPAC on April 10, 2026.

Spinning Tree Theatre will present CARRIE: The Musical. Based on the novel by Stephen King, CARRIE boasts music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and a book by Lawrence D. Cohen.

WaterFire Providence has honored PPAC President and CEO, J.L. “Lynn” Singleton with the WaterFire Civic Impact Award, in recognition of Singleton's leadership in the Rhode Island arts community.

You can now get a first look at BEETLEJUICE, featuring the Palace Theater cast! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets to the Broadway run here!

THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED or Mary Shelley's (More) Modern Prometheus or An Improbable Comedy About Climate Collapse Through the Findings of James Hansen's Science During the Reagan-Bush Years is coming to 905 Cole Theater.

The National Constitution Center hosted its 2025 Liberty Medal ceremony celebrating Hamilton and historian Ron Chernow, whose biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the cultural phenomenon that continues to shape how Americans connect with the nation's founding story.

Bull Durham brings the classic 1988 film to the stage. Veteran catcher “Crash” Davis is tasked with mentoring hotshot rookie pitcher “Nuke” LaLoosh, while baseball muse Annie must choose her seasonal protégé.

Spotlight Theatre Company at the Washington Pavilion will present BEETLEJUICE JR. at the Orpheum Theater Center for five performances from October 23–26, 2025.

Marietta Theatre Company (MTC) will open its 2025–26 season with the hit musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, running November 6–15, 2025, at Theatre in the Square, located at 11 Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. 

Due to popular demand, an additional week of performances has been added for the Canadian premiere of Ava: The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern as Hollywood’s original femme fatale Ava Gardner.  

Paper Mill Playhouse opens their 2025-2026 Season with the exuberant musical, Bull Durham being performed through Sunday, November 2.

Production photos have been released for English National Opera's Albert Herring. Performances run 13, 16 October at the London Coliseum and 21, 22 October at Lowry, Salford. Check out the photos here!

What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Scherr Forum Theatre? 5-Star Theatricals' production of Hairspray, which opened October 10 at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks, is the bubbly, effervescent morality tale about civil rights in Baltimore in the early ’60s that won Tony awards for best musical, book, and score.

xBeetlejuice the Musical is officially back on Broadway, now running at the Palace Theatre for a limited 13-week run through January 3, 2026. Check out photos of the show's reopening celebration, the cast at the stage door, and more!