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Grassroots #FringeIsFunny movement aims to highlight all of the excellent comedy offerings at this year's Toronto Fringe Festival with over 30 exciting new comedies running from July 6-17 at various stages across the city. 

Capital Repertory Theatre (theREP) has announced the lineup of the theatre’s 11th annual showcase of new works in NEXT ACT!

Julien's Auctions' blockbuster three-day music auction event MUSIC ICONS held on Friday, May 20th, Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd 2022 culminated today in the highly anticipated sale of the mythic electric guitar that changed music and the world: Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar played in Nirvana's breakthrough hit and landmark 1991 music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'

The New-York Historical Society will present the 2022 History Makers Award to opera superstar, arts innovator, and civic leader Anthony Roth Costanzo for his achievements in the performing arts and for his activism. The gala will take place on October 6, 2022, at New-York Historical’s Central Park West home. Pam Schafler, chair emerita of New-York Historical’s Board of Trustees, will be honored with the 1804 Founders Medal for Distinguished Service. Renowned historian and Pulitzer prize-winning author Jon Meacham will deliver the keynote address.

Today’s subject Schele Williams is currently living her Theatre Life as the director of the World Premiere TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) production Show Way The Musical now running in the Family Theater at Kennedy Center through May 29th.

Considered Asia's most important cultural development in 2022, Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is complete and will officially open to the public on 7 August 2022.  With an inaugural season of 37 productions and 142 performances, the spectacular new landmark of Taiwan's capital city will become the epicenter of the island's vibrant contemporary culture where no subject matter and technical demand is off limits.

Considered Asia's most important cultural development in 2022, Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is complete and will officially open to the public on 7 August 2022.  With an inaugural season of 37 productions and 142 performances, the spectacular new landmark of Taiwan's capital city will become the epicenter of the island's vibrant contemporary culture where no subject matter and technical demand is off limits.

The new album takes listeners into an ethereal world that’s equal parts relatable and entrancing with The Kaleidoscope Kid and his dog, Blue. Taking pieces of his life and translating them into his sound Kaleidoscope has created a unique concoction of his blues-style guitar blended with hip-hop percussion and soulful vocals.

Written by Beckah Amani and co-produced by Josh Fountain (BENEE) and Tony Buchen (Troye Sivan, G Flip), 'I Don’t Know Why I Don’t Leave You' chronicles the unrealistic expectations of love and spotlights Beckah’s ethereal vocals and contemplative lyrics, lifted by transcendent, clever alt-pop melodies and accomplished layers of upbeat rhythms.

As if the crashing waves of emotion contained within The Lathums newest cut of extraordinary, soul-reaching storytelling, Sad Face Baby, weren’t enough, the band has released the single’s official video filmed during their sweat-drenched, sing-a-long seaside outing at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom just three weeks ago. Featuring the sharp-suited band and 3,000 adoring fans, the footage captures the song’s intensity, the band’s blooming musicianship and an undeniable sense of ‘I was there!’ occasion.

This May, Broadway fans will be treated to an exciting lineup of new albums, concerts, television shows, and movies to binge. From the new Spring Awakening: Those You've Known documentary on HBO to new additions to Feinstein's/54 Below's concert livestream slate, check out what's coming to streaming services this month!

Rachel McAdams can be seen this fall in Lionsgate’s big-screen adaptation Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. McAdams' film credits include Midnight in Paris, Sherlock Holmes, Southpaw, The Vow, About Time, To the Wonder, Morning Glory, Married Life, Wedding Crashers, The Notebook and Mean Girls.

Get the season schedule for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2022/2023 Season, which includes a highly anticipated world premiere musical, striking new adaptations of literary classics, and Barbara Gaines directing her final production in her role as artistic director, thirty-six years after founding the company.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced the first round of exhibition rotations, which are scheduled for the 2022–2023 season. These rotations further the museum’s mission to advance the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through dynamic and diverse exhibitions.

In the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA)'s continued efforts to include diverse voices and perspectives, the museum is offering a robust series of education and public programming to celebrate Women's History Month this March.

Due to an enthusiastic response, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust announces that Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try, a first-of-its-kind exhibition on the 20th century artist and Holocaust survivor and the Museum's first contemporary art show, will be extended until November 6, 2022. The exhibition originally was scheduled to close on April 29.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) returns to the Town Hall Theatre for the 2022 season with a full complement of four productions that includes a World Premiere Commission and a fresh restaging of a popular hit.

She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans, a young woman grieving for her deceased sister. The Evans sisters never were especially close, but after Tilly's death Agnes resolves a notebook containing a game scenario created by her sister. She discovers that Tilly was well-known Dungeons and Dragons player, and that she was passionate about online fantasy gaming.

Mercury Prize-winning band alt-J have released their new track “The Actor”, the final song to be released in advance of their forthcoming album The Dream. alt-J has previously announced an arena tour of North America, beginning, February 25 in Pittsburgh and ending April 17 in Toronto. Pre-order the new album and check out the tour dates now!

Pilot Theatre has today announced the casting for the world premiere of S. Shakthidharan's adaptation of The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon's award winning moving novel about a Rohingya refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre in Australia.

On the heels of Our Town, Asolo Repertory Theatre proudly opens the next show in its 2022 rep season, GRAND HORIZONS. This hit Broadway comedy by playwright Bess Wohl is directed by Asolo Rep Associate Artistic Director Celine Rosenthal. 

Today's top stories include the lineup for 50 Years of Broadway at the Kennedy Center! Get a first look at Cecily Strong in the off-Broadway production of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Plus, the world premiere of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of The Notebook has been postponed to September 2022 due to COVID-19.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced today that the steep rise in COVID‑19 cases both in Chicago and nationwide as well as multiple related disruptions have necessitated the postponedment of the world premiere of The Notebook.

Broadway World Cabaret editor Stephen Mosher made some new discoveries in 2021 and his keeping his eye out for them during this next year.

Although edited heavily for brevity, it's like a giant kaleidoscopic jigsaw puzzle that comes to life before our eyes.