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The Stratford Festival's Meighen Forum will present a lineup including The Brian Barlow Big Band performing Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder and a one-night-only reading of The Amateurs, a new TV series from the creators of Slings and Arrows.

Limón Dance Company will present a program at The Joyce Theater in NYC featuring José Limón's 1958 work Mazurkas, performed in full for the first time since 1964, alongside Aszure Barton's 2025 commission Join.

The Greek National Opera returned to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus with a reimagined version of the historic production of Cherubini’s Medea in June. learn more here.

A stellar cast led by Ann Hampton Callaway and Billy Stritch celebrated the songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, featuring Broadway favorites Nikki Renée Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Ali Stroker.

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH DARREN CRISS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

Laguna Playhouse will present RED, John Logan's Tony Award-winning two-character drama about painter Mark Rothko, directed by J. Scott Lapp, starring Rob Nagle and James Hayden Rodriguez to close its 2025-2026 season.

Saturday May 2 was a perfect blend of setting, energy, and most of all the MUSIC, as actor/vocalist Linda Purl with music director Tedd Firth took the stage of the beautiful new Glazer Hall in Palm Beach.

Farmers Alley Theatre has released first look footage of GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, Doug Wright's acclaimed play now playing through May 2, 2026 in a collaborative production with the Gilmore Piano Festival.

Fallen Angels has fallen back to Broadway! Noël Coward's play, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis, stars Golden Globe-winner and Oscar-nominee Rose Byrne as “Jane Banbury” and Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara as “Julia Sterroll.” Let's see what the critics are saying about the revival...

SMOKE Jazz Club has announced a line-up for the month of May 2026. Three artists celebrate their respective record releases: Steve Wilson Enduring Sonance, Jeremy Pelt Our Community Will Not Be Erased, and Billy Childs Triumvirate.

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM) has announced its full programming, featuring over 350 concerts including those from Patrick Watson, Angine de Poitrine, Willow, and Saint Levant.

What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs?

Lyric Opera of Kansas City has received a grant from The Missouri Humanities Council to support their new touring program, LANGSTON HUGHES: A LYRICAL LIFE.

We had the pleasure of attending the “All New Premiere Night” by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center on Thursday, December 18th. 

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

Michael Feinstein's latest 'Standard Time' show, 'Let's Get Away From It All,' explored the theme of getting away to another place or another state of mind, with delightfully obscure song choices and terrific arrangements.

Mountview, one of the UK’s leading drama schools, will celebrate its 80th anniversary by appointing Dame Elaine Paige DBE, Eddie Marsan OBE, and Giles Terera MBE as its first-ever Vice Presidents.

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) has opened nominations for its 2026 award season, recognizing theatre educators, administrators, alumni, and volunteers whose work advances theatre education across the country.

Musically superb, a faulty book prevents 'Million Dollar Quartet' from being one of the best rock musicals of all time. Four musicians perform as Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash in a shows inspired by an impromptu Memphis recording session in December 1956.

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Empathy blossoms in both characters and audience at the North American premiere of FLOWERS FOR MRS. HARRIS at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater (The Ruth), formerly known as Hale Center Theater Orem. This is a show that ultimately whisks you away and finds you not only rooting for the characters but feeling deeply for them.

In October 2025, SFJAZZ will continue its 2025/26 season with an eclectic mix of world-class artists—from jazz legends and rising stars to genre-defying innovators in soul, global music, and beyond. See the lineup here!

Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County's admission-free, professional theater, will close its season with John Logan's play Red, August 8–24 at Chapel Hall, in Franklin, NY.

Dorian Woodruff is a noted cabaret singer. Read a review of FOREVER ME WITH LOVE, the release concert for his exquisite new album of the same name, and see photos of the night.

The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame has announced a groundbreaking new partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.