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The Old Globe has announced its 2025 Season, which is packed with new musicals and plays, West Coast and San Diego premieres, and two of Shakespeare’s popular comedies.

LAIBACH continue a 12-month salute to their classic 1987 album Opus Dei with striking new versions that radically interrogate the source material. Opus Dei Revisited is set for release on Mute on December 13, 2024 on double vinyl and double CD.

Mamma Mia! is an absolute blast of a musical when it’s done right, and the current North American touring production goes above and beyond. Accepted as a classic with its charming story, energetic music using hit songs from the 70s disco band ABBA, and the energetic performances that fill the stage, this show is still a hit.

Steven Bogart's play Made in Heaven won the grand prize in the 7th annual Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition. Finalists include works by David Davila, Michael Mobley, Rebecca Osborne, Philip Spensley, and Nathan Wagner.

Flora Cash, the celebrated Swedish/American indie-pop duo, is thrilled to unveil their latest single, “My Ex Would’ve Left By Now.” The track is is latest pre-release single from their eagerly anticipated album, set to release this fall.

The York Theatre Company will present developmental readings of Once in a Lifetime, Again, A Musical About Love, Loss and the Healing Power of Music. Learn more about the musical and the readings here!

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY will present THE GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS by George Tabori, running this fall. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Stratford Festival announced its 2025 season, featuring productions of HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The season will also include a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

“As a choreographer, I understand the fragility and power of physical gatherings,” says Kyle Marshall, founder and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC). “It is how our medium exists.” Marshall is a choreographer, performer, and teacher who sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Kyle is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Doug Elkins Choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. Kyle received a 2018 NY Dance and Performance Juried Bessie Award, a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a 2020 Bessie Honoree for his revival of Colored (2017). He has also received choreographic fellowships from Princeton University, Center for Ballet and the Arts, and residencies from Monira Foundation, 92nd st Y, CPR, and Bethany Arts Community.

Lauren Gunderson's adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN has been co-commissioned by four theatres, bringing a fresh take on the classic novel to the stage. Learn more about the productions.

The 25th Essential Festival will continue with the world premiere of a new play by an award-winning playwright. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Tony Award-winning performer Daveed Diggs stopped by The Tonight Show on Wednesday to discuss some of his latest projects, including the upcoming final season of Snowpiercer. In the interview, the actor recalled a time during the run of Hamilton when he, along with his fellow cast members, were invited to a club by the legendary late musician Prince.

Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio have announced full casting for the multi-year North American Tour of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL.

It's no surprise that many of our favorite musicals have been adapted from beloved books or films. More specifically, however, some of Broadway's most delightful shows have come straight from even more humble origins- fairy tales! Study up on some of our favorite musicals with a happily ever after.

Indie pop sister group Joseph have released the new single 'Starting Over At The End.' The song was co-written, produced and mixed by Luke Niccoli. It is accompanied by an official video directed, produced and edited by Natalie Closner.

Three composers, three librettists, and one dramaturg have been selected as Resident Artists to participate in the company’s nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP) beginning in September 2024.

With the fifth season now airing, we compiled a list of the Broadway stars who appear across the five seasons of Only Murders in the Building and how you might know them on the stage.

JAZZ REPUBLIC: TAIWAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FREEDOM OF SWING, the newest album by vocalist ALEXIS COLE, is a big band album featuring the TAIPEI JAZZ ORCHESTRA. It will be released on August 19.

Flamenco Latino will present a free Panel Discussion with a Q&A: 'The Nature of Combining Flamenco, Tap, and Hip-Hop' on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:30pm - 8:30pm at The Secret Theatre.

Michael Hersch's new opera 'and we, each' explores the complexities of relationships and societal collapse, premiering in Baltimore on September 28 and 29, and in DC on October 13.

Experience Flamenco Latino in Concert at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Part of the 2024 Más Allá Series, this event showcases innovative Flamenco dance and music. Tickets are $20. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. Check out the full lineup here!

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will operate this August with a full slate of nightly performances.

FOX Entertainment and its Emmy-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment have renewed the Dan Harmon animated comedy Krapopolis for a fourth production season. The news comes in advance of Krapopolis’ new season premiere on Sunday, September 29 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT).