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Sonya Chung, Director of Film Forum, NYC’s leading non-profit independent cinema since 1970, will step down from her role at the end of this year. She took over from Karen Cooper in 2023.

Rogue Theatre Festival (RTF) returns with a bold and eclectic lineup for their 7th annual celebration of new works. This year, the festival will showcase 37 original plays and musicals, including fully staged productions, short plays, staged readings, and digital streaming performances.

Latino Theater Company, is continuing its collaboration with local community colleges as part of its “IMPACT” community engagement initiative, joining forces with Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy to present August 29. Learn more!

Because of its great cultural and intellectual influence, Boston has been known as the Athens of America for centuries. That sobriquet is as true today as ever thanks to the area’s vibrant theater scene featuring pre-Broadway productions and national tours, Tony Award-winning regional theaters, and a host of other theater companies presenting everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals and concerts.

MainStage Irving-Las Colinas has announced the cast, creative team, and performance dates for their upcoming production of Noises Off, this classic British comedy follows an eccentric troupe of actors stumbling through a flop called Nothing On.

Austin Playhouse has expanded its 2025-26 Season lineup with three additional shows, including The Heart Sellers. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.

Mirror Stage, in partnership with Humanities Washington, has announced Holding the Moment, a bold new public humanities speaker series aimed at challenging censorship, cultural erasure, and systems of silence.

HERE Arts Center’s Sublet Series will present the world premiere production of TRANSGRESSION, a bold new drama by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Terry Curtis Fox. Learn more here!

'Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story' will be presented by KB Productions at 59E59 Theaters as part of the 2025 East to Edinburgh Festival. The production is written by and stars Kayla Boye and is directed by Michael Weber.

Renowned international music conservatory Manhattan School of Music has announced that acclaimed composer, conductor, and saxophonist Jim Saltzman has been appointed Dean of the School's prestigious Jazz Arts division, effective July 1, 2025.

Old-time pop music brought down the house at this June 23rd show helmed by singer Russell Moss. and a phenomenal band. Wow, wow, wow is all this reviewer can say!

Theatre Tuscaloosa's 2025-26 season, Finding Home, will feature three plays and two musicals in the Bean-Brown Theatre with a special season add-on celebration event. Learn more here!

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre has announced a brand new cohort of resident artists who will be presenting a plethora of developmental readings, workshops, and fully staged productions as part of their 2025-26 season.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), has announced the recipients of this year's Abe Burrows Award for Assistant Directors.

Even if you saw the movie, don't miss this rarely performed play at The Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park, New Canaan.

Playwright Herb Brown faces an uphill battle in his play, You're My Boy when trying to give audiences at the Abbey Theater of Dublin (5600 Post Road in Dublin, Ohio) a “better understanding” of Richard Milhouse Nixon.

N/A is a gripping two-hander that imagines a fictional meeting between two powerhouse women in American politics: one, a seasoned Speaker of the House; the other, a newly elected congresswoman with a disruptive streak. As generational, ideological, and political tensions rise, N/A explores what it takes for women to wield, challenge, and share power in Washington—and what that means for the rest of us.

GRAMMY Award-nominated vocal ensemble New York Polyphony today releases its tenth commercial album, Sky of my Heart, on BIS Records. Now approaching its 20th anniversary season in 2025-2026, the ensemble revisits key works from its history in this album, incorporating New York Polyphony commissions and collaborations along with revered works from the Early Music repertoire.

Elton John - Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will be released on July 25, both digitally and on CD for the first time, alongside a vinyl repress.

It runs the gamut from the kid-friendly CINDERELLA SECRET AGENT to the adults-only MY LIFE AS AN 'INSPIRATIONAL' PORN STAR.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have already made a major mark on Broadway, and 2025 is bound to be a milestone year as the biggest musicals that feature their work, Mamma Mia! and Chess, will be running at the same time. Let's learn more about both...

Return to the forest this summer – a dream world of flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels. The seating is wrapped around the action while the immersive tickets allow the story to be followed on foot. Following its critically-acclaimed run in 2019, the Bridge Theatre’s five-star production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns for a limited run.

Jazz at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center will feature including Stanley Jordan Playing Jimi Hendrix and more. See the full lineup here and learn how to purchase tickets.

Life Jacket Theatre Company has announced the directors and creative teams assembled for its upcoming WRITERS ROOM Spring 2025 Showcase. Learn more here!

Classic American theater composers like Leonard Bernstein, John Kander, and Stephen Sondheim have been good to Aimee Doherty – giving her a wide range of characters to play and songs to sing. She has returned the favor by giving standout performances in their musicals that have made her one of the leading lights on greater Boston’s stages.