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One of the most controversial and celebrated plays of the last thirty years, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's Oleanna makes its Majestic Rep debut in a limited run, July 14 through 24.

When Churchyards Yawn, a fast-paced, witty, and deeply felt 'divine comedy,' is the story of all the dead Hamlet characters' travails in Purgatory. The reading is free and takes place on July 16, 2022, at the Desert View High School black box theatre.

Write Act Repertory Co. will present the world premiere of THE FUNNY MAN, a solo play about America's greatest comic writer, S.J. Perelman,  June 19 – July 17, 2022, at the Brickhouse Theatre in N. Hollywood.  Performances are Sat. nights at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 1.30 pm.

The magical, whimsical world of Dredgie McGee will delight children and adults alike. Don't miss this wonderful romp under the sea.

Mercury Theater Chicago has announced Kristi J. Martens as its new managing director. Martens, who has been the production stage manager at Mercury Theater Chicago for the past ten years, joins the leadership team of Artistic Director Christopher Chase Carter and Executive Producers L. Walter Stearns and Eugene Dizon. 

Today they share the EP’s lead single “Love Is All I Bring” along with an animated music video for the song. The group kick off their first ever tour of the UK and Europe, with dates already sold out in London, Birmingham and Manchester in the UK, and festival appearances set for PinkPop in the Netherlands and the Lovestream festival in Slovakia.

The Keegan Theatre is pleased to announce the cast and creative team of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, adapted by Lee Hall from the acclaimed screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. The celebrated play is making its Regional Premiere as one of the final offerings of Keegan’s 25th Anniversary Season, running in repertory with THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DR. WONDERFUL (AND HER DOG!), by Lauren Gunderson with music by Bree Lowdermilk, a Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA production for families.

As previously announced, in autumn 2022 Rona Munro returns to Scottish stages with a bold new production:  James IV – Queen of the Fight, directed by Laurie Sansom - the formidable duo who brought us James I, II and III.

Monumental Theatre Company will return to in-person performance this July with Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!. The story follows an aspiring composer, Jon, in New York City in 1990 who worries he made the wrong career choice as he approaches his 30th birthday.

Led by guitarist, keyboardist and singer Glenn Brigman, with drummer Brendan Peleo-Lazar and bassist/guitarist Stephen Burns, the trio is continually discovering their sound through a complex map of familiar influences and bold choices in tonality, structure and texture.

 It’s been exactly 20 years since Montreal’s Simple Plan unleashed their debut album, No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls into the world, bursting onto the scene with explosive energy - and now, the pop punkers are back with a brand-new album, featuring some of their catchiest and most meaningful songs to date.

The plays are divided up into weekly offerings of three plays and, for only the second time, an additional fifth week offering — a feature called YPF Plus (YPF+). The play Venus, and What Else is Nocturnal is nearly ready for professional production and will bridge The Blank’s YPF and Living Room Series programs.

Fresh off their completely sold out first ever tour of North America, Rare Americans are excited for today’s release of the RA3: Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo (Deluxe Edition). The deluxe edition features four previously unreleased tracks, including the new single “Wild Imagination,' with a new lyric video.

Super popular Mars vs. Venus? finally get a sequel! More than three years and 30,000 spectators later, the comedian couple Riku Suokas and Johanna Tohni are ready for a rematch.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that Gregory Doran will step down as Artistic Director from today after 35 years with the Company including the last ten years as Artistic Director.

Jacaranda Collective will mount its west coast debut with VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, directed by Evan Isaac Lipkin, playing May 5-21,2022 at Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave. in Los Angeles.

This poetic story about a futile quest for the unachievable is embodied by figures of clowns incited by a magician – the Seducer – and a vision of the beautiful Venus, who takes on the forms of earthly women.

Automatic – the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon-Gaines (bass) – release “Venus Hour” from their new album Excess. The “Venus Hour'' video, directed by Sylvie Lake, also slips between the decades, with each member of the band representing a female character from a different era

Cabaret has been at the heartbeat of Chicago’s nightclub scene for more than a century. Come hear blues, jazz, American songbook, burlesque, French music, pop, comedy and Broadway by some of Chicago's finest artists during the first-ever Chicago Cabaret Week, May 6-16, 2022. This series features 15 shows in a variety of music venues around Chicago. All performances are ticketed between $15 and $30. A complete schedule and ticket information available at www.chicagocabaretweek.org. 

ODC Theater will present wow mom, the culminating work of Larry Arrington’s artist residency at ODC. A continuation of Arrington’s exploration of astrological archetypes and planetary cycles, wow mom combines film with live performance.

Transgender Day of Visibility is tomorrow, and LGBTQ-first network Revry will be airing and streaming all day content ranging from thought provoking documentaries to films that celebrate love and honor the trans community. Per GLAAD, of the 637 total regular and recurring LGBTQ characters counted on scripted primetime broadcast, cable, and streaming originals, 42 (six percent) are transgender. 

The Birdland Jazz Club and Theater has released their programming from March 28th through April 10th. Artists appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Emmet’s Place: Emmet Cohen Trio Featuring Special Guests, Ed Neumeister’s Assembláge Jazz Orchestra, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, and John Minnock with Dave Liebman. 

Laura Kepley has stepped down as Artistic Director of Cleveland Playhouse. A search for an interim artistic director is already underway.

The complete cast is announced today for the First National Tour of the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Find out who's in the cast and how to get tickets.

Spring has sprung at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre where audiences are being promised a brilliant programme of live music, drama and comedy throughout March.