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Many of the pioneers of the media and art we see today were Black. Period.

Titanic… An Immersive Experience. The Exhibit has opened at Union Station for a multi-month run through April of 2026.   The key word is “Immersive.”  “Immersion” means that audience members are meant to feel like they are part of the experience.  The Titanic Immersion Voyage is the next logical step towards achieving what it must have been like to have been aboard the RMS Titanic on that cold April night in back 1912, 400 miles east of Newfoundland when she struck an iceberg, foundered, and lost 1500 of her passengers and crew to the icy north Atlantic while on her maiden voyage to New York.

Apple TV has shared a sneak peek clip from episode three of the comedy series Palm Royale season two, starring Kristen Wiig. Check out the new clip now, which sees Maxine attempt to give her wedding ring back to her ex-husband— with problematic results.

Moving Holiday docu-musical, All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 will come back to Boise Contemporary Theater [BCT] for a third time in cooperation with Opera Idaho and poses the question, “Could it really have happened like this?'

The Broadway revival of Chess, starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher, is now officially open at the Imperial Theatre. Find out what the critics had to say about the show here!

A Christmas Carol officially opened recently at the John W. Engeman Theater, featuring music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Check out photos from opening night here!

On Saturday, November 15, at 7:00 P.M., I had the pleasure of my very first experience with the Broadway on Main Theatre Company in East Haven, Connecticut, to see a phenomenal production of MARY POPPINS! This theater features scenery projections on the back of the stage wall and on the side house walls, to immerse the audience into the show, with a constant 270 degree visual experience! Sometimes the projections include motion, even moving images of some of the characters in the show! This is a unique concept, brilliantly applied, enhancing the quality of the production! This is a highly memorable show, wonderful for the whole family!

Rubicon Theatre Company of Ventura and The Acting Company of New York will present a second-year “encore” collaboration on two new productions to be presented as part of Rubicon’s WINTERFEST, 2025.

Apple TV has shared a sneak peek clip from episode two of the comedy series Palm Royale season two, starring Kristen Wiig. Check out the clip now here.

HELL’S KITCHEN, the Alicia Keys jukebox musical now making its Chicago premiere as part of the first national tour, has a messy storyline wrapped in slick packaging. While the show is loosely based on Keys’s childhood in Manhattan, the storytelling is generic, and the songs are often awkwardly incorporated into the book. Admittedly, Kristoffer Diaz’s book is weak. It’s a flimsy vehicle for Keys’s song catalog. Huge Alicia Keys fans might enjoy hearing her biggest hits performed by musical theater actors, but the plot around them doesn’t hang together.

Filled with a seemingly non-stop parade of awww-shucks delivered puns—of both super naughty and super corny varieties—the show, for lack of a more eloquent description, is so frikkin silly and stupid in the best possible ways a comedy can get. Mind you, this isn't an insult at all—the show is so unapologetically and purposely silly, that the whole thing actually feels like savvy (and sassy) comedic gold, albeit the broad and dorky kind that audiences of all kinds will likely adore and appreciate. Unexpectedly weird in the most winning ways, SHUCKED had me laughing heartily at all of its strange, admirably sustained shenanigans and down-home humor, never once wavering from its 'corny' (haha) machinations not even for a millisecond. The show's rather enjoyable national tour production continues performances at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts through November 23, 2025.

Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) will open its 61st season in late May and will include two musicals, a new Sherlock Holmes mystery from the mind of Ken Ludwig; and a hilarious one-person show.

Celebrities, rock stars, comedians, and raconteurs of all stripes will converge in Philadelphia for a tribute concert to legendary parody musician Allan Sherman at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.

A self-admitted “crazy person” for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels who “stood in line at a bookstore whenever a new volume was released,” performer Larry Yando knows that portraying Dumbledore – onetime headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry – in the play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is a high-profile piece of work.

Chicago Magic Lounge will present the debut of Magic is People, a new one-man show by founding company member and audience favorite Justin Purcell. Experience the magic of connection in Magic is People, a show that blurs the line between performer and audience.

The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) has announced the nominees for its 2025 ceremony recognizing composers, songwriters, and music supervisors for original music in film, television, video games, and other visual media.

Experience an unforgettable evening with John Cusack at UNSCRIPTED, featuring a screening of High Fidelity and live conversation on December 14.

Hackett didn’t fall below any standards; he set new ones. He delighted the crowd with electrifying solos and spread the spotlight around equally to the rest of the band.

David Byrne headlines the 2026 Latitude Festival in Suffolk, alongside Lewis Capaldi and more. Don't miss this celebration of creativity!

Sophie’s Surprise Party, at its core, is a cabaret line up show. For those not in the know, a line up show is just a bunch of acts, one after the other, sometimes with a host, sometimes not. It’s a format we love, and one that we all cut our teeth doing. But we wanted to elevate that format, and evolve it.

I have done (almost) every job in theater you could think of…. I’ve helped produce, done PR, play selection committees. I’ve written works, edited works, worked on staged readings, dramaturged…jack of all trades, master of some!

I’m beginning to learn there’s a sense of momentum in everything, even in my own emotions. Upon receiving the opportunity to review The Runarounds in Little Rock’s Rev Room, my reaction had layers of incremental excitement.

Ground Floor Theatre has unveiled the titles for the 2026 season including two Austin premieres, a regional premiere and a world premiere. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The John W. Engeman Theater has revealed the cast and creative team of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This is a lively musical adaptation of the classic Dickens tale that follows Ebenezer Scrooge. Learn more!

Husbands Sean Nyberg and Paul Danforth are following their dream. The two new producers have ventured into the world of theater, producing shows on Broadway, in London’s West End, Off-Broadway, and in the United Kingdom.