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Live performances have been trending upwards in public spaces such as Los Angeles Farmers Markets, Chicago community bandstands, NY parks & recreation and even Dallas airport concourses are discovering authentic music crowds. The Noah Todd Band is an excellent example of high quality performers who just want to make more music but be heard by the masses. 

Park Avenue Armory has appointed Deborah Warner as its Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director. Warner was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2006.

Antonia Franceschi has been appointed Interim Artistic Director at New York Theatre Ballet. Franceschi's appointment fills the role of former artistic director Steven Melendez who stepped down in November 2025.

Marin Theatre will kick off its 2025/26 season with Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day presented in partnership with Aurora Theatre Company in a new production that reunites almost all of its original cast and creative team. Learn more!

Jerry Mitchell has released footage of an early test for Boop! the Musical's color-changing Act Two opening number. Watch a new video of the test run and see a comparison to the final product!

Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell breaks down the creation of “Where Is Betty?”—the viral showstopper from Boop! The Musical—and reveals how post-tryout rewrites, vintage inspiration, and theatrical illusion brought Betty Boop’s world to life onstage. Read our interview!

For the first time, the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack for It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, is now available. Originally airing over fifty years ago, the special went on to be nominated for an Emmy. Listen to the soundtrack now!

Marin Theatre will kick off 2025 with Waste, a provocative Edwardian drama focused on devious behind-the-scenes political machinations, in a new production adapted and directed by Carey Perloff. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Yola released her anthemic new single “Symphony,” from her forthcoming EP My Way. Drawing influence from progressive R&B, classic funk and soulful pop, it marks a new era for the six-time GRAMMY-nominated artist. Listen to it now.

What did our critic think of DOS MUJERES at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews this pairing of two very different ballets by Latina choreographers running through April 14th at the War Memorial Opera House.

Katy Perry's run on American Idol is coming to an end. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Perry broke the news that her seventh season on American Idol would be her last. Perry recently announced that she will be headlining the Rock in Rio music festival this fall, and has teased that her new album and world tour would be happening this year.

Aya Yasuda: A dancer from Japan with 14 years of experience in Paris. She began ballet at the age of 8 and entered the Ballet National de Marseille in France at 18. She performed as a dancer in the Broadway musical 'The King and I' at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2014, in the opening ceremony of 'UEFA EURO 2016,' and in the opening ceremony of the 'Red Sea International Film Festival' in Saudi Arabia in 2023. From 2017 to 2019, she actively participated in opera productions such as 'My Fair Lady,' 'Un bal masqué,' and 'Les noces de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)“ at opera theaters in France and the Netherlands. One of her notable works was as the original dancer in the Broadway musical 'The Lion King' (2021-2023) at the Paris Mogador Theatre.

Join Sydney Skybetter as he sits down with Dr. Catie Cuan, a pioneer in the field of choreorobotics, in this episode of the Dances with Robots podcast. Discover her personal and professional journey and delve into the question of why dance with a robot. Available now on listening platforms.

Dive into the fascinating world of art, technology, and dance with Dances with Robots podcast. Join host Sydney Skybetter, a choreographer and Dean at Brown University, as he explores interdisciplinary practices and the ways artists and technologists navigate the world.

The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) presents Dances with Robots: a podcast exploring the intersection of art, technology, and activism. Hosted by Sydney Skybetter and Ariane Michaud, the podcast premieres on November 14, 2023. Join them as they navigate the world through interdisciplinary practice.

Lincoln Center Theater will present CORRUPTION, a new play by J.T. Rogers, directed by Bartlett Sher. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Audible Theater’s New York premiere of the Goodman Theatre production of Swing State, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Gilman begins previews this week. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Moon Looks Delicious From Here has been announced at THE DRAMA FACTORY, script based physical theatre Drama Aldo Brincat / Directed by Sjaka Septembir.

The band have played countless festivals including Reading, Leeds, Slam Dunk, Rebellion, Guilfest, Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, 2000 Trees, Mighty Sounds and toured alongside the likes of Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Propagandhi, Big D & The Kids Table, Voodoo Glow Skulls etc. Check out upcoming tour dates!

MoMA PS1 will present the first New York museum exhibition of artist Leslie Martinez (b. 1985, McAllen, Texas). On view from November 9, 2023 through April 2024, the presentation will debut new and recent works by Martinez, who lived in New York City for fifteen years before returning to Texas in 2019.

Grammy-award winner James K. Bass brings his professional choral group, The Catalyst Chamber Ensemble, to Pasadena for the first time to perform selections from the greatest composers of the Spanish High Renaissance.

Nobody puts on a show like EPIK HIGH. Energy, passion, emotion, with a little bit of humor to tie everything together - their shows have it all. Being veterans in the Korean music industry, EPIK HIGH has shown no signs of slowing down. With their fresh beats and catchy lyrics, they are more relevant than ever and continue to dominate the hip hop scene today.

Edward Burtynsky's powerful new photography series African Studies, a seven-year project spanning ten countries, is having its New York premiere with two solo gallery exhibitions. The exhibitions are on view at Sundaram Tagore Gallery from March 2 through April 1 at 542 West 26th Street and at Howard Greenberg Gallery from March 4 through April 22 at 41 East 57th Street. African Studies is the subject of a 208-page monograph of the same title newly published by Steidl (2023).

Broadway favorite Josh Lamon (The Prom, Groundhog Day, Finding Neverland, Elf, Hair) is sharing his advice for the audition room! How do you make yourself standout? How do you get casting directors to remember you? Read on!

Avant-Garde-Arama Visits The Lace Mill, the latest iteration of a festival of short works of dance, music, performance art and video that originated in the Lower East Side in the '80s, will be coming to Kingston's Lace Mill Gallery.