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The North American tour of “A Soldier’s Play” will make its Los Angeles premiere at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre May 23 through June 25, 2023.

The World Premiere of ALI will be presented in Ali's hometown of Louisville, at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Fall 2024. Learn more about the show here!

Celebrating its 50th season, Artpark kicks off its new opera program with the North American premiere of La Fura Dels Baus's production of Carl Orff's masterpiece CARMINA BURANA in the Artpark Mainstage Theater on Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Danny Feldman, Producing Artistic Director of Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, has announced the full cast and creative team for the Playhouse's 50th anniversary production of A Little Night Music which will extend through Sunday, May 28.

A new app is launching this spring, providing users with fascinating new way to explore Brixton. 

The Miser starring Colm Feore is now available on the Stratford Festival’s streaming platform, Stratfest@Home.

The follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound joined by guests including Oteil Burbridge, Bob James, Jamey Johnson, Greg Leisz, and Don Was. Watch the video for “Scarlet Begonias” featuring vocals by Burbridge.

 Infectious reggae music, colorful costumes and sets bring the culture of Jamaica to life in the Todd Wehr Theater with First Stage's production of Bob Marley's THREE LITTLE BIRDS. 

Bob Marley's THREE LITTLE BIRDS runs April 21 - May 21, 2023 at the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater.

San Francisco Opera and Taube Philanthropies will present a special one-night-only concert, Rise Up And Resist: A Commemorative Concert on the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on April 28 at the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater.

In May, New Conservatory Theatre Center is overjoyed to conclude their daring 2022- 23 Season with Charles Busch's The Confession of Lily Dare. Starring Bay Area icon, J. Conrad Frank in the titular role of Lily Dare, this rags to riches to rags romp set in the hedonistic heyday of the Barbary Coast is a loving lampoon of the confession films of Hollywood's Golden Age.  

In celebration of the 78th birthday (June 4, 1945) of Anthony Braxton—one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of our time, as well as a mentor to EiO—Experiments in Opera presents a rare run of performances of Compositions No. 279-283, composed in 2000 for improvisational actor and improvising musicians.

The immensely versatile and internationally lauded pianist and conductor Ian Hobson will present the fourth concert in his popular Robert Schumann recital series at New York's Tenri Cultural Institute.

Boston Playwrights' Theatre (BPT) concludes its 2022-23 season with Alligator-a-Phobia in 3D!, a play with music by Jay Eddy.

The global tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, will be the first Broadway touring musical to perform in India at the brand new 2000 seat musical theatre venue, The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai.

What did our critic think of THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY at Providence Performing Arts Center?

In April, New Conservatory Theatre Center will present the West Coast premiere of C. Julian Jiménez’s profane and profound Locusts Have No King.

Avant-Garde-Arama Visits The Lace Mill, the latest iteration of a festival of short works of dance, music, performance art and video that originated in the Lower East Side in the '80s, will be coming to Kingston's Lace Mill Gallery.

The internationally lauded conductor and pianist Ian Hobson, has been appointed Guest Conductor of the Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw, Poland. Mr. Hobson's position will officially commence September 1, 2023.

Boston is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. This month's top picks include INTO THE WOODS, ALADDIN, and more!

Watch a sneak peek of Broadway’s original Effie White, Jennifer Holliday, at 54 Below's Diamond Series.

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

54 Below will welcome Broadway’s original Effie White, Jennifer Holliday, to the popular Diamond Series for six performances from February 21-26 at 8:30pm.

February 21st is Paczki Day, and there's no better way to celebrate than in Hamtramck at Planet Ant with the Polish Muslims. The doors and the adjoining Ghostlight Bar open at 10:00 am, and the show begins at 10:30. The event is donation-based to support the band, and help support the arts in Hamtramck at the Planet Ant.

Reviewer Peter Nason ranks his choices for Burt Bacharach's top 50 tunes.