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History gets a makeover in the newest musical to hit the Vancouver theatre scene. Presented by Broadway Across Canada, Six: The Musical will play from May 13 - 18 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, BC.

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Joaquina Kalukango and more! See the full lineup here!

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre for the month of June! Learn more about upcoming Off-Broadway shows.

A Matter of Time, the highly anticipated new album from artist, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey, is set for release on August 22. Listen to a new single now!

This unique, one-night-only event will celebrate five seasons of the Obsidian Theatre Festival (OTF), recognize two legendary figures in Detroit's arts community.

Dean Bottrell, accomplished actor and storyteller,launches his tour this Friday, May 9 at Pangea in New York City.  Following the immense success of his previous show, the award-winning The Death of Me Yet, Bottrell will be touring his newest, equally acclaimed solo show, Teenage Wasteland: Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, a collection of funny, poignant and totally true stories from his rough and tumble early adolescence. 

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more.

The Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival has revealed programming for its 2025 edition, Perseverance. Learn more and see how to attend.

Jerry Harrison doesn’t have too many regrets in his musical career. The Talking Heads’ keyboardist, who was in town to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s landmark film STOP MAKING SENSE May 4 at the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main Street in downtown Columbus), is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his bandmates in 2002 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 2021.

Co-Artistic & Executive Directors Mark Barford & Connor Delves have announced six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2025 New Play Award. Learn more here!

I AM MY OWN WIFE, is the third play in the Theatre Memphis READ TO RELATE STAGED READING FESTIVAL and will be performed by Michael Gravois this coming Tuesday night.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), in partnership with Odyssey Opera, will present the New England premiere of Frederick Douglass at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), in partnership with Odyssey Opera, will present the New England premiere of Frederick Douglass at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 

Brent Cobb and his band The Fixin’s will embark on an extensive headline tour this fall including newly confirmed stops at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, Los Angeles’ Troubadour, and more.

Short Story Theatre will present an evening of five warm, wise and wonderful true stories on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at The Art Center Highland Park.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. The lineup includes Tom Kitt featuring Ariana DeBose, plus more! 

In Other People's Shoes Productions will produce a staged reading of James Still's play based on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors who were friends of Anne Frank's in Amsterdam. Learn more here.

The 2025 Next Step Festival will launch this spring at the Gural Theatre with a weeklong lineup of boundary-pushing performances designed to spotlight emerging artists and urgent contemporary storytelling. Learn more!

Inspired by conversations Rosenbaum had with Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein, the International City Theatre in Long Beach is presenting the American premiere of The Violin Maker, a new play based on the true story of how he gathered and restored ruined violins that survived the Holocaust to create the remarkable collection known throughout the world as the “Violins of Hope.” I decided to speak with playwrights Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum and Ronda Spinak (artistic director of The Braid) about the play’s creation and history, especially why it is so important to tell the Violins of Hope maker’s story.

Watch new footage of Eva Noblezada in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway. The new video features the production's new 'Sally Bowles' performing 'Mein Herr,' while she discusses taking on the iconic character.

The Young Vic Theatre will welcome the return of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s acclaimed annual festival of new writing, NEW ’25, which will see four new commissions from some of the UK’s most exciting playwrights.

High Value Man is a modern morality tale about the pressures on young men, written by Igor Memic and performed by the young company of The Big House's Open House Project.

California Story, the first play in Roger Q. Mason's Califas Trilogy, will premiere at Caminito Theater at Los Angeles City College on May 12, 2025. Directed by Michael Alvarez, the production features an outstanding cast, including Aphrodite Armstrong, Camila Arteche, Davi Santos, Gracie Cartier, Morgan Day, Sawyer Shine, and Peter Mendoza.

OFC Creations Theatre has announced the 2025-2026 Broadway in Brighton Series, back for a third year, after last season's lineup featured Tony and Emmy nominated actors from Hollywood and Broadway.

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 12th season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY. Learn more and see how to attend.