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31 January 2025 marks 100 years since Agatha Christie's story Witness for the Prosecution – originally titled Traitor Hands  –  was first published. Learn more here!

Remorse, a reimagined adaptation of the beloved modern Chinese opera 伤逝(1981 premiere), will take the stage at Dixon Place in February. Learn more here!

Walnut Street Theatre will present Noël Coward’s classic comedy HAY FEVER as part of their 216th season of dreams. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

The Boston Civic Symphony will continue its 100th anniversary season as Music Director Francisco Noya leads the orchestra in a program of works by Wagner, Walker, and Sibelius.

This winter, Carnegie Hall will present three concerts paying tribute to the late visionary conductor and composer Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) in his centenary year. Learn more here!

92NY has announced a lineup of upcoming literary events with Amor Towles, Robert Crumb, Celebrations of Jane Austen and Sam Shepard and more. Tickets are on sale now.

Local theatre saved me in 2024, which turned out to be an extremely rocky year--with statewide and national political maelstroms and two hurricanes hitting our area weeks apart.

Alex Lin will be honored with the National Theatre Conference's prestigious Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award, supported by Jean Bruce Scott and Julie Jensen, presented annually to recognize an outstanding emerging playwright. Learn more!

bergenPAC is inviting the community to A Winter Wonderland Masquerade. The organization is focusing on raising capital to restore its historic building’s facilities to industry standards. Learn how to attend.

Renowned violinist Ray Chen joins the Curtis Symphony Orchestra for performances of Barber's Violin Concerto on December 13 at Marian Anderson Hall and December 15 at Raymond F. Kravis Center.

The Pirates of Penzance at Gamut is fun, energetic, and hilarious. The voices are lovely, and the singers and orchestra make the challenging music sound easy. For an uplifting evening of laughter and joy, get your tickets for The Pirates of Penzance!

Jeremy Jordan will play his final performance as Jay Gatsby in the new Broadway musical The Great Gatsby, on Sunday, January 19, 2025. The musical is now playing at The Broadway Theatre, with a new block of tickets on sale through September 7, 2025.

The Episcopal Actors’ Guild will hold its Annual Memorial Service featuring an address by Tony Award-winning actress Jayne Houdyshell, honoring the contributions of late members of the theater community.

Discover the final week of the New York premiere of SUMP'N LIKE WINGS at Theatre Row.

Washington Stage Guild will present the upcoming production of SHAW'S SHORTS, featuring two one-act plays by George Bernard Shaw, offering a fresh take on classic works. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Explore the newly announced legacy website dedicated to George S. Kaufman, offering insights into the life and works of the legendary comic playwright.

Five new works—four developmental plays plus one musical in free public readings—are on tap this December for Goodman Theatre's 2024 New Stages Festival, under Artistic Susan V. Booth and Director of New Works Kat Zukaitis.

Explore the cultural impact of boxing through art at the Norton Museum of Art's exhibition, featuring over 110 works by artists like Basquiat and Hopper.

4x GRAMMY nominee Kelsea Ballerini has dropped the new single 'First Rodeo' ahead of her new album releasing on October 25th. Get a first listen.

If you are seeing any of the below productions in 2024/25, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!

Mint Theater Company has released a first look at the New York Premiere of Sump'n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs, author of more than thirty plays including Green Grow the Lilacs, the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s landmark musical Oklahoma! Written in 1925, Sump'n Like Wings was published in 1928. 

The East Tennessee songwriter/artist/creative offers ‘Two Things’, a yearning song that explores the ways opposing emotions can create their own gravitational pull. Watch the music video now!

What did our critic think of A MASTERFUL MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS at The Schoolhouse Theater?

Previews begin this weekend for Goodman Theatre’s 99th season’s opening production—a major revival of Inherit the Wind,directed by Henry Godinez.

There is a sharply observed and darkly comedic play inside this production, but it is stymied by overlong, melodramatic monologues and meandering subjects.