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The DOWNTOWN URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL will present 16 plays (nine shorts and seven one-acts.) The festival kicks off on Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6 when Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines (Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk) make a much-anticipated return to The Public Theater with the centerpiece production If Trane Wuz Here. 

Vocalist Margo Brown will celebrate the release of her romantic debut recording, Forever Me with Love, with two shows in May at Don't Tell Mama in Manhattan.

Irish Repertory Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company announced additional casting for the west coast dates for the inaugural readings of their first collaboration, the 2022-23 Transatlantic Commissions Program.

Refracted Theatre Company has announced its 2023 season, featuring Dave Harris’s dark comedy (and rap concert) Tambo & Bones, directed by Mikael Burke and more.

TV dancing sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe has announced the dancers joining him in his brand-new production Johannes Radebe: Freedom Unleashed, which will open on 31 March and run through to 28 May 2023, performing across the UK with a week-long run at London's Peacock Theatre from 4 – 8 April 2023.

We Ain't Ever Gonna Break Up: The Hymon & Parfunkel Story will be presented on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 at 1pm and 5pm at the rehearsal studios at Playwrights Horizons.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome Ricky Rojas and Sophie Carmen-Jones in April! See who else is starring in the cast, and how to purchase tickets!

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New York-based, Honduran-American violinist MARISSA LICATA will return with her show “Strings on Fire” for The Ragtag Collection's debut at the New York venue Chelsea Table + Stage on Sunday, March 5 at 7:00 PM. “Strings on Fire” will light up the room with eclectic sounds from around the world.

BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas in ScreenX delivers a truly immersive experience that puts audiences in the front row. With a 270-degree field of view and exclusive imagery, audiences will feel like they are watching BTS live in concert. In multi-sensory 4DX, audiences are surrounded by unique motion and environmental effects.

Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago’s only Equity theatre dedicated to producing new work with women at the core, welcomes eight new ensemble members.

The full cast and creative team has been announced for the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. Plus, check out a new trailer of the cast in action!

Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater will present the world premiere of Julia Izumi’s Regretfully, So the Birds Are, directed by Jenny Koons. See who is starring in the production, performance dates, and how to purchase tickets!

I Am My Own MILF will premiere at 2023 FRIGID Fringe Festival February 15 through March 5 at The Kraine Theater.

​​​​​​​Through a blend of anthems that capture the experience of Type 1 Diabetes, from Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love to The Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams, performer Paul O'Donnell interweaves popular music tracks, recorded interviews and personal experience in his new rave/show.

Over the course of nine poignant songs (including two tracks with backing vocals from S.G. Goodman and Amy Ray), Every Acre explores the acres of our physical and emotional homes, as McEntire grapples with existential themes of grief, loss, and links to land and loved ones with an unwavering honesty.

MYCHAEL GABRIEL has released his latest single 'Sunday Afternoon' to all major platforms! The single is from his highly anticipated album titled Genesis that is available now! At times heartbreaking, and others tender, Mychael Gabriel’s “Sunday Afternoon” deftly navigates the highs and lows of a relationship.

While the series' recurring cast includes Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and more, guest stars have included Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara, Joanna Gleason, Adrienne Warren, Jinkx Monsoon, Norm Lewis, Norbert Leo Butz, and more. Check out a list of Broadway guest stars on Blue Bloods now!

It's a guide to the Mean Girls movie musical. A Mean Girls remake is officially happening with the adaption of the hit Broadway musical! BroadwayWorld collected all the information we could about the upcoming film - including who's starring, what roles haven't yet been cast, and what will change from stage to screen.

VAULT Festival 2023 will see Part of the Main present three diverse and engaging productions over three weeks. Learn more about the upcoming productions here!

Recorded in front of a massive sold-out crowd in Busan, South Korea, in October, cinema audiences will watch the group’s RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook perform career-spanning hit songs, including “Dynamite,” “Butter,” and “IDOL,” plus the first concert performance of “Run BTS” from the group’s latest album Proof.

Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has extended the New York premiere of Bruce Norris's provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, a second and final time, to January 7, 2023.

Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey and Reneé Rapp have joined the cast of the Mean Girls movie musical. The film adaptation of Mean Girls the Musical will be directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne and was written by Tina Fey, with music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin.

Millennium Stage will offer free live community performances, streamed live, plus online programs and film screenings, Wednesday–Sunday each week throughout our campus.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the launch of the 2022 Public Art Challenge, which invites mayors of U.S. cities with 30,000 residents or more to apply for up to $1 million in funding to create temporary public art projects that address important civic issues.