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School of Rock at Carlisle Theatre is a fun, energetic production. These young actors shine on the stage—bringing energy, emotion, and heart to their characters.

A nostalgic trip based on a 1976 Disney movie

School of Rock is a musical adaptation of the iconic film “School of Rock” (2003), featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Julian Fellowes.

Lindenhurst’s South Shore Theatre Experience will present Where We’re Born, Lucy Thurber’s gripping and intimate drama exploring identity, class, and sexual politics.

George Duran is a chef and entertainer. Author of Take This Dish and Twist it, known for his Food Network show Ham on the Street and most recently host of TLC’s Ultimate Cake Off. 

It's a freaky Friday once more! Disney has released the full trailer for the eagerly anticipated Freakier Friday, the upcoming sequel to the 2003 fan-favorite film. Watch it now!

Chance Theater will bring the revolutionary Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening to Orange County for the first time this summer, running July 11 through August 10, 2025, on the Cripe Stage at the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Jocelyn A. Brown, the production also features music direction by Robyn Manion and choreography by Mo Goodfellow.

The Huntington has revealed first look video of The Light in the Piazza, a contemporary musical based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, book by Craig Lucas, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (The Triumph of Love).

The Palm Springs International ShortFest has announced its programmed lineup. The 31st edition is set to welcome audiences at the Festival Theaters from June 24-30, 2025.

Chess is returning to Broadway for the first time since 1988! Catch up on the iconic musical's history, cast, songs, and plot before the revival begins.

Undermain Theatre will present a special encore presentation of  An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare from the Robert Fagles translation of Homer. This limited engagement runs June 12 through June 29, 2025. 

One strange morning, a woman answers a phone call that will change her routine: the voice of an unknown man tells her that she will receive in the mail the manuscripts of the diary of the lawyer from Mércia Albuquerque, a defender of political prisoners during the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship. A seemingly ordinary woman, who saved the lives of many people. In a journey of reflection and encounter with hidden stories from our own history, the drama explores the space of invention between the document and fiction and the intrigues between the past and the present to think about the future.

To pin an entire show on one piece of local government legislation may seem an implausible move at first glance. But After The Act has made it happen, which is testament to the seismic impact and notoriety of its subject: Section 28, the Thatcher-era clause that, until 2003, forbade local authorities across the UK from “intentionally promoting homosexuality” as a “pretended family relationship” in state-maintained schools.

The 1962 feature film “Light in the Piazza” was shot on location at the Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the Via Veneto and Roma Ostiense railway station in Rome, making its technicolor splendor a hard act to follow when the story, based on a 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, was developed for the stage in 2003.

Theatre By The Sea's season will begin with Always…Patsy Cline a tribute to the woman who epitomized country music in the late 50s and early 60s. Learn more here!

This, the 24th season and third full season in the renovated and renamed Ray Charles Stage at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center, celebrates stories of resilience and friendship: tales of grit, growth, and the powerful joy that comes from facing life’s challenges together.

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

The lives of international divas Dalida and Asmahan take center stage at the Peacock Theatre in London this June. Learn more about both productions and how to attend here!

 Winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, “A Man of No Importance,” will take the stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre, May 30 through June 15, joining the celebrations of PRIDE month.

The award-winning YPC (Young People's Chorus of New York City) has announced an exciting lineup of spring and summer events, featuring concert tours in Japan and Canada, a Spring Celebration Concert, performances in Lincoln Center's Summer for the City festival, a screening of its award-winning documentary This Time Round at the New York City Independent Film Festival, and more.

Classic Albums Live returns to Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Featuring all the Classic Albums Live fan favourites from Eagles, Madonna, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Guns N' Roses and Van Halen.

The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.

Round House Theatre closes its 2024-2025 Season with the regional premiere of King James, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph and directed by Rob Ruggiero. 

Craig Finn has announced a new headline tour, which gets underway October 9 at Millersville, PA’s Phantom Power and then travels through a tour finale at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on October 25.

FOX Entertainment has ordered the dramatic thriller Memory of a Killer for the 2025-2026 season. Inspired by the 2003 award-winning Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer (La Memoire Du Tueur), Memory of a Killer is a dramatic thriller about a hitman who develops early onset Alzheimer’s.