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Interview with Jeffrey B. Moss, Director of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA playing at North Coast Repertory Theatre June 3 - 28th.

Olney Theatre Center has revealed its 2026-27 season featuring a production of La Cage aux Folles directed by Artistic Director Jason Loewith, Les Misérables, directed by Stephen Brackett and more.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its 2026 Carle Honors honorees, recognizing Bryan Collier, Ellen Michelson, the International Youth Library, Claudia Bedrick, and Robert L. Forbes at a September 17 gala in New York City.

Lisa Donahey took ten minutes to discuss with BWLA's Gavin Glynn about her RETRO REWIND Divas of the 60s with the UK's leading ELVIS Tribute Artist, Andy James. Get ready to twist, shout, and swoon as powerhouse vocalist Lisa Donahey takes you on a groovy journey back to the swingin’ '60s! With her signature charm and velvet vocals, Lisa celebrates the unforgettable Divas of the decade—from Dusty to Dionne, Aretha to Petula—with a fresh twist and a whole lotta heart. And it wouldn’t be a proper retro party without the King of Rock 'n' Roll royalty! Joining Lisa on stage is the UK's leading Elvis Tribute Artist, Award-Winning:Andy James. It’s a jukebox jam of soulful serenades, rockabilly rhythms, and nostalgic hits that’ll have you dancing in your seat and singing along all night. Tickets $35, plus $35 for food & beverage

Elysium will mark the 70th Anniversary of Eugine O'Neill's seminal autobiographical masterpiece – Long Days Journey Into Night – with a three-week northern kicking off in Hexham on May 12th.

Erin Shields’ beautiful YOU, ALWAYS, directed by Andrea Donaldson at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre, is a kaleidoscopic, fragmented look at all moments of a sibling relationship, from childhood to maturity and everything in between.

Washington National Opera has revealed new venues and dates for its production of Bernstein's West Side Story, which will star Ryan McCartan and Shereen Pimentel.

Opera Philadelphia is set to debut Gregory Spears' new opera, SLEEPERS AWAKE, offering a fresh take on the Sleeping Beauty tale from April 22-26.

American Theater Group (ATG) has announced the cast and creative team of its highly-anticipated production of My Fair Lady running Feb. 26-March 15, 2026. Learn more here!

American Theater Group (ATG) will present Lerner and Loewe's beloved My Fair Lady as its final main stage production of the 2025-26 season. The production will run Feb. 26-March 15, 2026 at three NJ venues.

Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice.

For their Christmas show this year, The Mill at Sonning is putting on My Fair Lady, the 1956 Broadway musical written by Alan Jay Lerner (Lyrics and Book) and Frederick Loewe (Music). For those unfamiliar with the venue, it is an intimate, 217-seat theatre in the semi-round that operates as a dinner theatre, where audiences have a lovely two-course meal before the performance begins.

Don’t forget where you came from. Words spoken by Sam Phillips, founder and owner of Sun Records, to Elvis Presley. The holiday production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. It continues the story where Million Dollar Quartet ends.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum will host Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums in a major exhibition organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities

The Hong Kong Palace Museum will present Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums, in a major exhibition organised in collaboration with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

The Times Square Church, located on 51st Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue, is an extremely storied New York City spot. While it may not be apparent to those who unknowingly pass by the church, the venue across from the Gershwin’s stage door was once a glorious Broadway theater… and could potentially be one again someday.

Celebrating 70 dazzling years since its debut, Lerner and Loewe’s iconic My Fair Lady returns to the Sydney Opera House guided by musical theatre and Hollywood royalty Julie Andrews and co-directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer from September 2026.

“I haven’t stopped acting since I started fifty years ago, and West Side Story will be my return to Maine State Music Theatre after fourteen years,” notes Ed Romanoff.

Musically entertaining though rather light on narrative heft, Musical Theatre West's otherwise rousing, concert-like new production BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY—now on stage at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach through July 27, 2025—is a straightforward, nostalgic jukebox musical that chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic early death of rock-and-roll pioneer Buddy Holly. If you're looking for a feel-good musical with fierce live performances, this show should definitely fit the bill. You might just have to look up a Buddy Holly documentary on your own to fill in the missing story gaps.

Who doesn’t love a good transformation story? Dowdy bookkeeper Loretta Castorini morphing into Cher in Moonstruck or the streetwise prostitute becoming the elegant Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman are contemporary examples.

Read our review of MY FAIR LADY, playing now at Union Avenue Opera through July 12. This beloved musical has everything going for it: absolutely captivating melodies by Frederick Lowe, lovely clever lyrics by Alan Lerner, and plenty still of the incomparable wit of that old master George Bernard Shaw, from whose play, Pygmalion, the musical is adapted.

San Francisco Playhouse will close its 22nd season with Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Duluth Playhouse has unveiled its 2025-2026 Main Stage, Underground, and Youth Theatre seasons. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is taking audiences on an adventure through time for its 2025/26 Season. The exploration begins with a new production of The 25TH Annual Putnam County  Spelling Bee.

Roy Williams’ tight adaptation of Sam Selvon’s 1956 rather meandering novel The Lonely Londoners continues that education. It was a hit when it played at the diminutive Jermyn Street theatre last year. Ebenezer Bamboye’s adaptation now comes to the Kiln Theatre, transporting you to a Bayswater bedsit in the 1950s where four West Indian men are trying to make their way in a city that seems to despise them.