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FX is nearing a pilot order for Very Young Frankenstein, a new series spinoff on the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein, which also inspired the Broadway musical of the same name.

There's no getting around it- it's hard to read the bard! Though Shakespeare's plays have been around for hundreds of years, reading them has not necesarily gotten easier with time. Getting started can often feel intimidating—the unfamiliar language, complex characters, and poetic structure can be a lot to take in.

This year's festival will feature two dozen shows in downtown Salt Lake City. The event will take place at the Alliance Theater main hall and black box at Trolley Square for the third year running.

Angelenos and jazz lovers of all ages are invited to experience a free concert by the incomparable GRAMMY-winning artist esperanza spalding (name stylized as lowercase) on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center.

What did our critic think of OFFSPRING: THE LEGACY OF DANCE at The Actors Company A Labor of Love: Produced, written, directed and performed by Adia Joelle. An homage to talent, hard work, discipline, success and mutual love and respect, shown thru the eyes, ears & heart of the offspring of such

Celebrating the 50th anniversary year of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will present Jaws: The Exhibition, the museum’s first large-scale exhibition dedicated to a single film

Wicked isn’t just a Broadway favorite. It’s a politically sharp, emotionally layered story about what happens when systems define who’s good and who’s dangerous.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/19/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The Ensemble, a bold and biting new adaptation of José Sanchis Sinisterra’s Los Figurantes, is debuting at the 2024 Toronto Fringe Festival. Performances run July 3–13 at Soulpepper Theatre’s Michael Young Theatre.

Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak revealed the Barrie-based company's 23rd season with full line-ups in Barrie, in Toronto, and activities on all seven continents of the world–examining all the ways we treat legacy.

Le Nozze di Figaro is a piece I’ve been living with as long as I can remember. To me, it might be the best opera ever written: it makes me laugh, it moves me to tears, the plot twists still fill me with delight, and all the characters have potential for complexity and depth. It is the only piece I’ve ever revisited: this production will be my third, and not only do I not get tired of it, it seems to get more exciting each time.

The Depot Theatre's 47th Main Stage season will kick off with a hilarious, high-energy match made in musical theatre heaven: FIRST DATE. Learn more and see how to attend.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are appearing on this week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars to guest judge a special Wicked challenge! On episode seven of season 10, the queens are tasked with creating a look inspired by Wicked: For Good.

Vangeline Theater / New York Butoh Institute, in collaboration with The Brick, will present the ninth annual Queer Butoh from Wednesday, June 25 - Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 8pm at The Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn. Tickets start at $25 and are available for purchase here.

The pioneering choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor unites classical tragedy, contemporary ballet and modern music in a grand theatrical installation – a world premiere in which the Norwegian National Ballet joins forces with the Norwegian National Opera Chorus.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/12/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

GALA Hispanic Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season, marking the company’s 50th anniversary. Titled The Golden Season, the lineup reflects themes of purpose, resilience, and community, with new works, classic plays, and cross-disciplinary performances from local and international artists.

The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J officially announced the 2025-2026 season schedule, which features a wide variety of fare, including popular favorites and newer works that will engage the entire Kansas City community. All productions are all presented in the state-of-the-art Lewis & Shirley White Theatre.

Liverpool's Epstein Theatre will welcome new and favourite shows over the summer ahead of its official autumn season launch. Learn more about the lineup here!

Truly romantic dramatized love stories are rare these days, but on Saturday, June 7th, I had the pleasure of seeing what I would consider to be the most romantic love story I have ever seen acted out on stage! This is a phenomenal production put on at the Goshen Players Playhouse in Goshen, CT, a Civil War love story called A GOODNIGHT KISS. This amazing drama, based on a true story, is written by award winning musical dramatist and writer Cinzi Lavin, and directed by Kathy Kelly who helps bring out the best in this stellar cast! About ninety historical love letters compiled by Ernest Barker fuel the content of this stage production. The show depicts how in the 1860s, in this town of Goshen, CT, basic Christian values had a far larger impact on the general day to day lives of mainstream American citizens, a fact that naturally lends itself to greater true romance, since the personal love stories of every successful genuinely married couple are ultimately written by God, the very Author of love.

The tri-state area's largest outdoor juried arts festival returns to Main Street this summer as the 36th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival takes place Saturday, June 21, 2025 (11AM–7PM) and Sunday, June 22, 2025 (11AM–5PM).

There is definitely an easy-to-surmise draw behind the now-touring version of the Tony Award-winning play LIFE OF PI, now currently enchanting audiences at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 15, 2025. Filled with innovative visual trickery and remarkable, human-powered puppetry, this impressive, great-looking drama—playwright Lolita Chakrabarti's admirable stage adaptation of Yann Martel's bestselling novel—wows with its non-stop eye-popping theatrics that combine technical cleverness with breathtaking human physicality. And though the play's central narrative conceit—teen boy gets stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger—is fairly simple, its dazzling execution is its primary, most valid reason to experience this play in person.

Emily Burns' adaptation of 'Frankenstein,' brings a new perspective, and perfectly captures the Gothic atmosphere, the struggle between creation and responsibility, and what family means – all the elements that keep bringing us back to this story.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tracie Thoms, Jenn Colella and more. See the full lineup here!

Prescott Park Arts Festival has revealed its August concert lineup for the River House Restaurant Concert Series, with an exciting bonus July show just revealed. Learn more!