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We heard three remarkable musicians.

Porgy and Bess is a famous 'folk opera' created by George Gershwin, with a libretto by DuBose Heyward and lyrics by DuBose and Ira Gershwin. The work chronicles the life of a Black community on Catfish Row in Charleston and is known for its fusion of operatic elements with American folk music, jazz, and blues. The story focuses on the love between Porgy, a disabled beggar, and Bess, a woman seeking a better life.

 Peninsula Players Theatre will open the fifth and final show of its 90th season with Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” a hilarious celebration of friendship, heartaches, and hairdos!

Second Street Players will hold auditions for its' 2025 holiday show, CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS. Learn more about the production and see how to audition here!

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will return with the company’s annual Under the Oaks salon series, featuring performance and music every Thursday in September on Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor stage in Topanga.

Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of Alred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS is a madcap spoof of the black and white murder mystery movies featuring the clowning and comedy antics of the Umbilical Brothers.

Mint Theater Company has revealed the cast for the American Premiere of Sally Carson's Crooked Cross. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

Jackalope Theatre Company has revealed the plays and casts for the 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival at the Broadway Armory Park. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Irving Berlin's Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Learn more here!

It’s clever and smart but not smirking. It’s romantic and sweet, but never saccharine. Everything about SOME LIKE IT HOT fires on all cylinders, gleaming like a brass band.

Sydney’s strangest real-life whodunnit comes roaring back to life in Shark Arm Case, a gripping new immersive theatre experience presented at the Justice & Police Museum from August 14 to 30.

​​​​​​​The Whyte is presenting The Ancestors Are Talking: Paintings by the Indigenous Seven, a landmark exhibition now on view. Learn more and see how to attend!

The Caroga Arts Ensemble, a collective of celebrated performers from across the country who gather each summer at Caroga Lake, will return to the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival for their fourth appearance.

Jackalope Theatre Company has revealed the playwrights for the 16th Annual Living Newspaper Festival. Learn more about the festival and see how to attend.

The best part of this production is the way in which every actor appears fully engaged every moment they are on stage, and they all look like they’re having the time of their lives.

The Bergen County Players has revealed its 2025/26 season. CP is kicking off its new season in September. Learn more here and see how to purchase tickets!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Gary Smith, the Emmy-winning television producer whose credits included six Tony Awards broadcasts, passed away on Saturday, July 18, in Los Angeles.

Be quick to book if you need a good laugh.

We know this is a vaudeville production from the start, and the cast revels in the buffoonery. THE 39 STEPS is perfect summer theater fare for fans of silly spies and inventive theatrical staging.

Broadway shows 2026 are here! Daniel Radcliffe, Adrien Brody, Taraji P. Henson & more star in an incredible season of plays, musicals & revivals. See the full list!

Sea Dog Theater will present a 90th anniversary revival of Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the production here.

Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs a brand new production of Irving Berlin’s classic tap extravaganza Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre. Watch as she discusses the production here!

To open its 80th season, The Theatre Group at SBCC is presenting the hilarious musical, Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, running July 9-26, 2025 in the Garvin Theatre. See photos of the production.

Pacific Resident Theatre launches the classic Victorian thriller, Gaslight, adding suspense and intrigue to its current season of world-class entertainment.

On Saturday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m., Classic American Tales (CAT) will present Will Rogers Tonight! at the End of the Road Theater, located at 3845 Bayshore Road in North Cape May. The one-man show stars local favorite Phil Pizzi as the legendary American humorist Will Rogers, under the direction of CAT founder and artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth.