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ARENA DI VERONA OPERA FESTIVAL to Open With 50-Plus Nights of Opera in Roman Amphitheater
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 1, 2026


Italy's Arena di Verona Opera Festival will present six classic opera productions, ballet, and multimedia concerts in its 10,000-seat open-air Roman amphitheater, featuring stars including Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, and Roberto Alagna.

LUONNOTAR and IOLANTA Will Come to Finland
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2026


For the first time, two captivating works are performed together in a single evening: Luonnotar by Jean Sibelius and Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky feature two female protagonists, two creation myths, and two journeys of self-discovery.

Review: Nothing to Protest in SUFFS
by R. Scott Reedy - Mar 22, 2026


What did our critic think of SUFFS at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

Listen: SYLVIA Releases ‘March Women March’ Single Ahead Of International Women’s Day
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2026


The first single, “MARCH WOMEN MARCH,” from the musical SYLVIA, starring Beverley Knight, has been released ahead of International Women’s Day. The track, released by ZooNation Records and produced by Martin Terefe, is now available to download and stream on all major platforms.

Arena di Verona Opera Festival Unveils 103rd Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2026


The Arena di Verona Opera Festival, renowned for its historic open-air venue, will present a diverse lineup of opera performances from June to September 2026.

Camerata Pacifica to Debut David Bruce's New Composition in Southern California
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2026


Camerata Pacifica's season will continue with a daring musical mix, including the world premiere of Natural Light, a Camerata Pacifica-commissioned work for wind quintet and Thai button gong by David Bruce.

Video: SYLVIA Prepares for Its September Return at Curve Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 28, 2026


Check out new behind-the-scenes video from the promo shoot for SYLVIA, ahead of the production’s return this autumn. The musical will tour the UK before culminating in a limited run of performances at the Royal Albert Hall.

Boston Ballet to Present LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS and THE SEASONS' CANON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2026


Boston Ballet will present Winter Experience, a program comprised of two high-octane ballets that have made a mark on dance history: Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon.

Grammy House Returning to Los Angeles for Grammy Week
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 16, 2026


The Recording Academy’s Grammy House is returning during Grammy Week, running from Wed, Jan. 28, 2026, to Sat, Jan. 31, 2026, in Los Angeles, leading up to the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Actors' Equity Praises Governor Hochul’s Initiative To Invest In Theatre Spaces
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 14, 2026


Actors' Equity Association has issued a statement about New York Governor Kathy Hochul's new program entitled Saving Performing Arts and Cultural Experiences (NY SPACE).

Review: PARADE at Ground Floor Theatre
by Joni Lorraine - Dec 10, 2025


While Austin stages overflow in December with CHRISTMAS CAROLS (three!), TUNA CHRISTMASES (two!), and all manner of holiday theatre cheer, a brilliant star shines at Ground Floor Theatre: Alfred Uhry’s PARADE. First produced in 2015 during GFT’s inaugural season, this remount stands as a striking full-circle moment in the company’s decade-long evolution into Austin’s leading inclusive theatre.

A DELORIS SCRUD CHRISTMAS Adds A Performance At The Starlite Room
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 8, 2025


Wanzie Presents will expand its run of A DELORIS SCRUD CHRISTMAS with an added performance after its initial shows sold out. The holiday production features Michael Wanzie reprising his longtime character Deloris Scrud. Central Florida audiences continue to show strong interest in the show’s return to the Starlite Room at SAVOY.

Silent Movie Mondays at Balboa Theatre to Feature OLD SCROOGE and A DOG'S LIFE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2025


Celebrate the season at Silent Movie Mondays at Balboa Theatre with a special double feature of Old Scrooge, starring Seymour Hicks, and A Dog's Life starring Charlie Chaplin.

Review: MY FAIR LADY, The Mill At Sonning
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 1, 2025


For their Christmas show this year, The Mill at Sonning is putting on My Fair Lady, the 1956 Broadway musical written by Alan Jay Lerner (Lyrics and Book) and Frederick Loewe (Music). For those unfamiliar with the venue, it is an intimate, 217-seat theatre in the semi-round that operates as a dinner theatre, where audiences have a lovely two-course meal before the performance begins.

NIGHT STORIES Will Conclude South American Tour This Saturday in Rio de Janeiro
by Stephi Wild - Nov 26, 2025


NIGHT STORIES, comprising four tales of reanimation by Yiddish poet and resistance fighter Avrom Sutzkever, will conclude its South American tour this Saturday, November 29th at Cine Teatro Joia in Rio de Janeiro.

Review: THE ENIGMATIST, Wilton's Music Hall
by Franco Milazzo - Nov 25, 2025


David Kwong loves words the way chefs love food: obsessively, indulgently and with a eagerness to serve ever more and more of their treasured discoveries. In The Enigmatist, his puzzle-box of a show, that affection becomes both the engine and the anchor.

NIGHT STORIES Will Make Its Off-Broadway Premiere At Wild Project Beginning December 17
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2025


NIGHT STORIES, a collection of four tales by Yiddish poet and Holocaust survivor Avrom Sutzkever, will begin performances Off-Broadway on December 17 at Wild Project.

Review Roundup: Rajiv Joseph’s ARCHDUKE Opens Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 13, 2025


Now playing at Roundabout Theatre Compny is Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke, directed by Darko Tresnjak. The new play just opened  at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. See what the critics are saying.

PARADE to be Presented at OCC Theatre in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2025


OCC students will step on stage and turn back the clock to 1913, when a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man living in Georgia stands trial for the murder of a 13-year-old in the Tony-Award winning musical Parade.

Actors’ Equity Celebrates 'Historic' Election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 4, 2025


Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued the following statement celebrating the election of their endorsed candidate, Zohran Mamdani, as Mayor of New York City.

Actors' Equity Ratifies New Production Contract with The Broadway League
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2025


Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League officially have a new production contract governing productions on Broadway.

Ensemble For These Times Reveals Pianists For its E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit
by Stephi Wild - Oct 27, 2025


Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times has announced the guest pianists for its E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit. Learn more here!

SYLVIA UK Tour Will Come to the Birmingham Hippodrome
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2025


Singer/song writer and performer Beverley Knight MBE will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, alongside Sharon Rose as Sylvia in a UK tour culminating in a run at the Royal Albert Hall this Autumn.

Review: SUFFS at ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - Oct 15, 2025


The National Touring production of the Broadway musical SUFFS, now playing at ASU Gammage until October 19, didn’t arrive on the stage quietly. Like its subject matter, it gathered like a movement and was shaped by persistence. The show, written, composed, and, on its Broadway opening, led by Shaina Taub, is a reclamation of voices long overlooked and of equality battles still to be won. 

Piano Students of Park University's Stanislav Ioudenitch Will Perform Recital Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2025


Four students of Stanislav Ioudenitch, Park University International Center for Music founder and artistic director, and gold medalist of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform in recital.

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