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The Billboard chart-topping progressive Bluegrass band will stop in NYC ahead of their February 2026 20/20 album release. Read a conversation with the band about the show.

Following up on their successful relaunch, Switch Theatre Company will kick off their four-show 2026 season with Eugene Ionesco's classic allegory, Rhinoceros.

Pinocchio at the Globe Theatre is a radiant and heartfelt triumph which transforms a much loved story into a richly imaginative new musical. The atmosphere is electric, with the standing audience filling the lower space, with a striking set emblazoned with giant letters spelling PINOCCHIO framed by grand red curtains, ensuring the sense of occasion is unmistakable.

Follow Dorothy as she makes her way through the magical land of Oz with an unlikely group of friends in a journey to get herself back over the rainbow. To get home she just needs to get herself, a brainless scarecrow, a heartless tin man and a lion with no courage, all the way to the Emerald City while being hunted down by the Wicked Witch of the West. I mean how hard can that be?

The classic family pantomime promises all the traditional panto fun – dazzling costumes, catchy songs, slapstick comedy, and of course, plenty of audience participation.

The Trots are so poor they don’t have a bean to their name and what’s more, the evil and greedy giant Glaikitguts is terrifying the village. Will they really have to sell Buttercup, the family cow just to survive?

Returning to The Theatre Centre after three-years of sold-out runs, Toronto theatre darling Shakespeare BASH'd is giving audiences the opportunity to experience a rarely-produced classic, Troilus and Cressida.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is now on its North American Tour. Read the reviews and learn more about the show here!

One of the most effective things the musical gains by moving from page to screen to stage is permission to reframe the story without betraying it. By leaning harder into the Curtis brothers as the emotional spine, the musical clarifies a distinction that’s always been present in the text but rarely foregrounded this explicitly: Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy are family by blood, bound by obligation and grief; while the Greasers are family by choice, bound by loyalty and survival.

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is fast approaching, so get set for 12 straight days of incredible stories told by puppet artists and companies from around the world playing all over Chicago.

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed their latest recipients of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative commissions for new theatrical works surrounding themes of science, math, and technology.

Can Aladdin escape the clutches of the wicked sorcerer, unlock the secrets of the magic lamp,and win the heart of the beautiful Jasmine?

A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside that are the most fun. Is the true gift the joy that can come from the imagination?

On August 24, the theater production company Broadwayang put on their latest production, Mahar Kemerdekaan (“The Dowry of Independence”) at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. It’s based on the true story of Indonesia’s founding fathers and how their love lives intertwine with the struggle for independence.

For those unfamiliar with Phil Ellis and his style of comedy, they might be more than just a bit confused by the start of Bath Mat. Instead of Ellis himself taking the stage, it’s fellow comedian Tom Short dressed up as a DJ, getting the audience warmed up. Finally, the man of the hour arrives, crashing onto the stage, unable to see as he’s wearing a bin bag over his head. This is the start of Bath Mat, and it only gets stranger from there.

What did our critic think of RULES FOR LIVING at Round House Theatre?

Following up on their relaunch, Switch Theatre Company will kick off their four-show 2026 season with Eugene Ionesco's classic allegory, Rhinoceros. Learn more about the production here!

Stepping back into a beloved role is both familiar and thrilling. For Lauren Salazar, wearing Lucy’s blue dress once again in Queensbury Theatre’s A Charlie Brown Christmas brings a blend of nostalgia and fresh excitement. After inhabiting the character for the first time two years ago, Lauren revives Lucy’s sharp wit, bold confidence, and heartfelt humanity—the qualities that make her a lasting favorite in the Peanuts world.

It’s a Wonderful Way to Celebrate the Season.

Music fans are being invited to return to the early ‘noughties' for a new Friday night party which is set to launch the 2026 Live at Arley series of open-air concerts. Learn more here!

Don't be confused by the graphic! This is no take-off on that movie about Ralphie...

Pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will release TWELVE BLOCKS, the first album devoted entirely to his original compositions, on First Hand Records.

HARP Theatricals will bring Amelia Kennedy's poignant short play I Keep Leaving Parties Early, directed by Heather Bildman, to The Rat's inaugural Gala-Thon.

Prince Faggot and Slam Frank are two of the most talked-about productions of the season so far—and both were initially inspired by tweets on the platform now known as X. 

Connecticut Theatre Company will present its upcoming production of the beloved holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Street the Play, running for a limited engagement.