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Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed the commissioning of new work by three artists. These three artists join a roster of more than 70 others whose work has been supported by Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre. Learn more!

Experience the music of Philip Glass with free performances by Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa, Michael Riesman, and Orange Road Quartet at The New School College of Performing Arts on October 25-26.

The College of Performing Arts at The New School announced its 2024-2025 performance season, featuring a range of concerts, recitals, and theatrical productions by students and faculty.

The Drama League will present DRAMA AT THE DISCO: A DRAMA LEAGUE BENEFIT. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Classic Stage Company will present REDISCOVERY READINGS series, featuring plays by Zona Gale, Susan Glaspell, and others. Learn more!

Steel Beam Theatre will present TRIFLES: A MURDER MYSTERY by Susan Glaspell in September. Learn how to purchase tickets.

PlayWell Productions has announced the full cast and creative team for the upcoming London run of the new British folk musical With Courage, running at The Other Palace from 17-22 September.

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Seán O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus.

Navy Pier has announced the return of its free performing arts festival 'Chicago Live!,' slated for Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22. This year's event will be the largest to-date, welcoming more than 100 Chicago-grown performing groups in back-to-back performances across five Pier stages.

A sculpture honoring playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be permanently installed at Chicago's Navy Pier, celebrating her legacy and contributions to American theater.

Le Petit Theatre's 10th Annual Curtain Call Ball will feature a performance by Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe. The event supports artistic and education programs with auctions and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Wichita Repertory Theater (ICTRep) continues its 2024 Summer Celebration of Comedy with TRAVESTIES, opening Thursday, July 18.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Actors include Tony Award winners, current Broadway stars, and Royal Shakespeare Company members. Take a look here to find out which stars you may recognize from the theatre, including Gayle Rankin, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Eve Best, and more.

A new commercial musical theatre company, AG Theatre, has launched with a mission to support new Melbourne talent, both on and off stage. The company’s premiere season includes new productions of The Three Little Pigs, Avenue Q and Once. 

Actor Max Bowden, who will star as Jack Firebrace in the forthcoming tour of Sebastian Faulks’s epic First World War story of love and loss Birdsong, and folk musician James Findlay, have recorded their version of the traditional folk song I Would That All The Wars They Were Over with the release out now, commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme which began on 1 July 1916. Listen to it now!

A story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, putting the lives of others before their own: With Courage is a new feel-good folk musical celebrating the history and sacrifice of people saving lives at sea in our coastal communities.  

PlayWell Productions premiere new musical With Courage in Penzance for RNLI's 200th anniversary.

This time, the reader question was: How often have Broadway musicals like The Outsiders been about teenagers?

One year after restoring connections to its roots as a downtown movie palace, the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University has announced successes from its first year of operation featuring the historic venue’s new Digital Cinema Projection (DCP) projector and larger Stewart cinema screen.   

Broadway stars Bebe Neuwirth and Vanessa Williams joined forces to announce the 2024 Drama League Nominees.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of Alice Childress’ Wedding Band:  A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, directed by Stage Debut Award winner Monique Touko, who returns to the Lyric after the smash-hit production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play. 

Ragtime, based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, premiered in Toronto in 1996 before opening on Broadway in 1998. The musical, by Terrance McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens, tells the story of the United States in the early 20th century, focusing on the experiences and tensions that existed (and still exist) between different groups of people. It is a beautiful, thoughtful, and thought-provoking show, and audiences can experience it on stage at Dutch Apple through May 12th. Tricia Corcoran, who portrays Emma Goldman, spoke with BroadwayWorld about this production of Ragtime.

This week, stories abound about the impact funding can have on the arts - from the UK, an editorial about how the collapse of funding for the creative industry was predictable. In the US, we have stories of large gifts making a huge impact - no-cost rentals at 59E59 - as well as changes to the way Florida is apportioning their arts budget.

It is award season. And every year newcomers to the industry ask what most of the awards are. In this series, I’ll hopefully explain that. I'll be looking at many of the major awards other than the Tony Awards. First up today: the Drama Desk Awards and the Drama League Awards.

St. Martin’s Theatre  is celebrating 50 years playing host to Agatha Christie’s genre-defining murder mystery, The Mousetrap.