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Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.

BroadwayWorld talks to Bay Area theater luminary Carey Perloff about her production of Chekhov's classic tragicomedy 'The Cherry Orchard' running at Marin Theatre January 29 to February 22.

One week after she conducts the opening of San Francisco Opera’s new production of Wagner’s Parsifal, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack in a one-night-only concert.

Multiple lost Broadway theaters intersect with the Hammerstein family. This follows since Oscar Hammerstein I was a theater owner and builder. In addition to Hammerstein’s which was named after him and is now the Ed Sullivan, and the New Victory which he originally built, there is also the Hammerstein Ballroom. Read more here!

Be a part of history by attending the Florida premiere of this joyous work presented by Opera Orlando on May 16 thru 18 at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater at Dr. Phillips Center. 

Anthology Theatre has announced the full cast for the London premiere of Tim Firth's Award-winning musical This Is My Family. Learn more about the upcoming production here.

The building was lost to bankruptcy in 1970 and held in private ownership for more than five decades. Check here for more information.

ETT has announced full casting for Artistic Director Richard Twyman’s version of Macbeth, which has been reworked for 2025 for a limited run at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

Casting has been announced for Follies in Concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Rachel Bay Jones will star as Sally Durant Plummer, Stephanie J. Block will star as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Derrick Baskin will star as Buddy Plummer, and Aaron Lazar will star as Benjamin Stone in Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking musical presented in concert with a full 25-piece orchestra.

Discover THE MÉLANGE SERIES at THE FLORENCE this November.

The Orion Ensemble will present the return of their 'Tribute to Paquito D'Rivera' for one night only at the Athenaeum Center, celebrating the renowned musician's work. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

CAT has announced the final three 'Tales at the Dormer House' for 2024, featuring works by George Ade and Will Rogers.

Experience classic American tales brought to life by CAT, featuring stories from Kate Chopin, Will Rogers, O. Henry, and Harlem.

What did our critic think of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Moore?

The Coffee House Club will bring the salon series, Breaking the Audio Fiction Form. The past decade has seen a resurgence of audio listening in podcast form, but even with this growth, audio fiction has remained a minor genre within podcasting.

The shattering of the world that took place during World War I propelled humanity into a fight for survival amidst the onslaught of enemy forces. The cacophony and horror of that war was fought in the trenches and on the open fields as portrayed in the poem “In Flanders Fields”, and in the many films including All Quiet on the Western Front and 1917, etc. Right now, however, this war is being fought theatrically (and with an emotional gut punch) on the stage of the Max at Signature Theatre.

Oedipus, a new adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles, is set to have a West End run. Learn additional details and see how to purchase tickets!

Pasadena Playhouse announces casting for the world premiere of Grumpy Monkey, The Musical from February 3 through March 3, commissioned by the Playhouse, and based on the book Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne and Max Lang.

Museum of the City of New York to present the 2023 Louis Auchincloss Prize to award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman.

Pasadena Playhouse announces the cast for their Holiday Spectacular, including Broadway stars MaryAnn Hu and Lesli Margheita. Get all the details here.

Pasadena Playhouse has extended its fresh take on Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind, through Sunday, December 3, 2023.

Tickets are now on sale for KATE, comedian Kate Berlant’s hit show direct from New York, at Pasadena Playhouse.

The Harvard Square Business Association is has announced the return of the 44th Annual Oktoberfest and the fabulously madcap 18th Annual HONK! Parade on Sunday, October 8th, 2023. Get a full event schedule here!

The first preview of Mint Theater's American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership has been canceled due to weather. Performances will now begin on Sunday October 1st at 2PM.

Pasadena Playhouse announces the cast for the upcoming production of INHERIT THE WIND. Get all the details on this fresh take on a classic play.