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The Virginia Theatre Festival's 2025 season will open on Friday, June 27 with Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into the Woods. The Virginia Theatre Festival is a program of the University of Virginia.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See the full lineup featuring stars including Joaquina Kalukango, Kerry Ellis and more. Learn more.

This time, the reader question was: Other than Old Friends, what are the other Sondheim revues and what makes them different? This marks the theatre world’s fifth major Sondheim revue and the first since the theatre legend passed away in 2021. 

La forza del destino is making its comeback to the Greek National Opera after 27 years of absence. Giuseppe Verdi’s iconic opera will debut in the Stavros Niarchos Hall.

State Theatre New Jersey will present The Simon & Garfunkel Story on Friday, February 7 at 8pm. The Simon & Garfunkel Story culminates with the pair’s famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 which had more than half a million fans in attendance.

Animal-rescue activist and radio host Kerri Kasem will join other entertainers on stage at the event, along with musician and producer DJ Ashba at this year's Young Entertainer Awards. Learn more about the lineup changes.

Sandra Tsing Loh is an American writer, actress, radio personality, and former professor of art at the University of California, Irvine, who was raised in Malibu and went on to take the comedy world by storm, is returning to the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. with an encore performance of I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Come to It (An Hilarious Self-Immolation by Sandra Tsing Loh) as part of the Odyssey’s Thresholds of Invention. I spoke with her about the show!

London Theatre Company has released new photos from the Richard II rehearsal room, starring Jonathan Bailey of Wicked, Bridgerton and Company fame and directed by Nicholas Hytner. Check out the new photos here!

The majority of Broadway’s Best Musical winners and nominees become some of the most produced shows in America and beyond, for decades to come. But for a small number of the shows to be nominated for Best Musical, Broadway is one of the only places audiences will ever be able to see that piece.

Dundee audiences can look forward to a showcase of Scottish creative talent and exciting local performances in the new year as Dundee Rep Theatre kicks off 2025 with a celebration of Scottish work presented in collaboration with Dundee Fringe.

The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will return to the road in 2025 with a North American tour to nearly 60 U.S. cities, stopping at BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre.

Arizona Theatre Company's SCROOGE!, directed by Matt August, offers moments of holiday cheer and showcases talented performances, making it an enjoyable seasonal outing.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT)'s annual treasured holiday classic, The Nutcracker, opens this Friday, December 6, at the Benedum Center and runs through Friday, December 27.

Theatre Three in Dallas will present the Tony Award-winning thriller SLEUTH by Anthony Schaffer. Directed by Emily Scott Banks, this psychological mystery explores rivalry and deception.

From Sabrina Carpenter's new Christmas special to musical classics like Albert Finney's Scrooge, find out which holiday streaming titles will bring a Broadway fan some extra joy this year.

What did our critic think of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Palm Canyon Theatre? Based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, the musical gets the star treatment from composer/lyricist Jerry Herman and book by Harvey Fierstein and has become a gay cult classic since it’s Broadway debut in 1983. 

Two of Sacramento’s most visible theatre professionals have come back to the local theatre community after a brief absence. Michael Laun and Natasha Hause were integral to the staging of numerous successful pieces at the former Sacramento Theatre Company. After STC’s dissolution, they both enjoyed success with Sierra Repertory Theatre in last fall’s production of The Graduate.  Now, they’re putting their names back in the spotlight in a joint venture: a fresh and dazzling new project, Diamond Stage Company. Natasha and Michael spoke to BroadwayWorld about their new theatre company and their plans for the future.

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra has opened its 2024-2025 season on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 8:00 pm at George Mason University's Harris Theatre.

Everyman Theatre has announced the upcoming production of Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains, a play that continues the journey of Jacqueline Marie Butler, a young African American girl navigating the complexities of race, identity, and adolescence against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960’s and the hopeful 1970’s.

What did our critic think of NOISES OFF at The Alley Theatre?

TheatreWorks will present MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, a holiday play set to run in December. Experience a festive continuation of Jane Austen's beloved characters in this seasonal production. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Stage, film and television star Juan Pablo Di Pace will return to 54 Below on 10/4 and 10/5 with a brand new show. Di Pace will pay tribute to iconic songs from Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and the Bee Gees – plus original compositions. Read a conversation with Di Pace about his upcoming cabaret show and film debut later this month.

Tony nominated actress and legendary cabaret artist, Karen Akers, will make her Bucks County Playhouse debut in a special, intimate performance. Akers’ performance is part of a new cabaret series held in the Playhouse Barn just across the courtyard from the Playhouse. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Queer Ensemble, in association with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and Broadway and Beyond Theatricals, will present an industry reading of 5&DIME in New York, Monday September 16th.

The Broadway production of Lempicka, the new musical portrait celebrating the true story of artist Tamara de Lempicka, was filmed by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and added to its collection.