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Comedy icons, writers, producers, actresses and Saturday Night Live alumni Amy Poehler and Tina Fey announced that their Restless Leg Tour will continue into 2025 including a stop in Uncasville at Mohegan Sun Arena.

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. 

The 17th and 18th centuries rode roughshod over the programming at the 92NY the other night, when that brilliant British baroque ensemble, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and superb guest soloist, soprano Julia Bullock, bathed the audience in the warmth of what itself acknowledged was a lineup of ‘chestnuts.’

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.

Remorse, a reimagined adaptation of the beloved modern Chinese opera 伤逝(1981 premiere), will take the stage at Dixon Place in February. Learn more here!

The nonprofit Sundance Institute has announced the artists selected for the 2025 Merata Mita Fellowship and the Graton Fellowship for Artists from California-Based Tribes.

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) will present the Hagen Quartet in February.

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre has revealed the companies of both Tell Me On a Sunday and the season closer, Diana. Learn who is starring and see how to purchase tickets.

The Israel Philharmonic will return to the United States for a five-city tour, March 19–26, 2025, conducted by Music Director Lahav Shani. See the tour dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

Rock legend Billy Idol is returning to the road for It’s a Nice Day To…Tour Again! Fellow superstar Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will join Idol on all shows. Check out the full tour schedule here!

Ohio Contemporary Ballet, formerly known as Verb Ballets, has revealed its return to Playhouse Square with Echoes and Innovations. Learn more about the program and see how to purchase tickets.

An exhibition of photography by the acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders will be on view this winter at Howard Greenberg Gallery. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Palm Beach Symphony welcomes piano virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet for a special performance of Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, which is the composer’s thrilling homage to the hurried pace and enthralling rhythms he discovered during his jazz age trip to America.

The 92nd Street Y, New York's 2024/25 Harkness Dance Center season will continue with a new program from David Dorfman Dance - Downtown to Uptown. Learn how to purchase tickets.

A new cross-disciplinary festival, Pangea's “Incubator Festival,” is about to launch in the East Village. See full programming and learn how to attend the festival!

Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program will be beneficiary of the theater's 22nd annual 'Love 'n Courage' benefit Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.

The term “megamix” became widely known on Broadway with that game-changing jukebox musical Mamma Mia! in 2001. The British import, featuring the tunes of ABBA set within a new story, concluded with a multi-song medley after the curtain call that encouraged the audience to sing and dance along.

The 92nd Street Y, New York’s 2024/25 Harkness Dance Center season will continue with a new program from David Dorfman Dance – Downtown to Uptown. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Sundance Institute has announced that Cynthia Erivo, currently starring as Elphaba in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, will be honored with the Visionary Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser.

Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced.

New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced a special engagement in the new year. Coming February 2025, Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend.

Country newcomer Timothy Wayne has released a cover song of the Mel McDaniel hit “Louisiana Saturday Night.” Wayne will make his national television performance debut atop the Louisiana Office of Tourism’s float at the Rose Parade on January 1. Listen to the cover now!

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will perform on the Overture Hall stage in May 2025. Seinfeld is known for his razor-sharp wit and hilarious take on the everyday moments we all experience. Learn how to purchase tickets.

'Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker Man' is now being performed at 59E59 Theaters through December 22nd.  Directed by Jenny Mercein, it is written and performed by Christian Hege.

George Street Playhouse (GSP) is now presenting a two-hander that should be on your December entertainment schedule.  Gene & Gilda tells a captivating story about the relationship of the two celebrated performers, Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner.