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Celebrating the 50th anniversary year of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will present Jaws: The Exhibition, the museum’s first large-scale exhibition dedicated to a single film

In “Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” playwright George Bernard Shaw tells the provocative story of a former prostitute turned madam who struggles to find peace with her disapproving daughter and prove that working as a prostitute is not the result of questionable morals, but rather a profession chosen out of economic necessity.

A new version of the classic, The Pirates of Penzance, is currently commanding the stage at Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre on 42nd Street—formerly the American Airlines and before that, the Selwyn. This revisal of the beloved show is titled: Pirates! The Penzance Musical.

Globetrotting explorer Josh Gates embarks on his boldest and most daring adventures yet when an all-new season of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN returns on Wednesday, June 18 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel.

What better way to cool off on a hot, Atlanta summer evening (or afternoon!) than taking in one of these exciting productions, coming to a community theatre near you! Check out all the amazing theatre that Metro Atlanta has to offer this summer!

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Managing Director Tom Parrish has revealed the seven productions that will make up the organization’s 2025/26 season. See full programming here!

Journey Arts will present an evocative, original cello trio show – in Spanish and English – by visionary Philadelphia artist Daniel de Jesús. Learn more here!

The University of Washington School of Drama will present Mother of Exiles by Jessica Huang, an imaginative and emotionally rich journey across 150 years of migration, survival, and familial legacy.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026. Learn more about the season programming here!

Actors' Equity Association and the Actors' Equity Foundation have announced jointly that they will bestow the Paul Robeson Award for 2025 on Leslie Ishii.

​​​​​​​San Francisco Ballet has revealed creative details for the North American premiere of Artistic Director Tamara Rojo's Raymonda. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

January brings many transformations, but one of the most unusual being anticipated by those who follow theatre here is the transformation of a northside titanium parts factory into the fading estate that is the setting for Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA.

With only 35 seats per show, the intimate production of Uncle Vanya sponsored by The New Theatre Project will take place inside a manufacturing operation called Servi-Sure.

Blue Monday was a one-act 'jazz opera' by George Gershwin. The libretto was written by Buddy DeSylva. The story is set in Harlem, inside a 'colored saloon', that is, a bar intended for African-Americans, where we see Joe, a gambler, planning to use his winnings to visit his sick mother, without sharing his plans with his beloved Vi.

Isabella Bywater ratchets up the tension, as Ailish Tynan and Jerry Louth shine as the governess and her male charge.

West End Players’ eerie production of The Turn of the Screw continues through October 13, 2024. Morgan Maul-Smith, Payton Gillam, and Rob McLemore collaborate to stage Jeffery Hatcher’s unnerving adaptation in entertaining style. It is a bit unsettling, a little chilling, and a lot of fun for those who like a spooky tale.

Wadada Leo Smith will perform a concert in NYC on Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, alongside an ongoing exhibit of his Ankhrasmation art-scores.

I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again…but what The Coronet Theatre is doing feels new, relevant and exciting. Currently on show is The Belt - Past & Future by Korea's Ambiguous Dance Company. The work is The Coronet's first-ever site-specific event, and I think it's an absolute corker.

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch has announced the cast for THE TURN OF THE SCREW, set to run this fall.

Atlantic Theater Company will present the Judith Champion Caribbean MixFest. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Honor Bound is the third in a trilogy of fact-based plays about Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, the 19th Century American humanitarian and educator of Black and Cherokee heritage who founded several schools for Black children as well as the Denmark Industrial Institute (later known as Voorhees College a Historically Black college or University {HBCU]) in 1898.

The Coronet Theatre will present its first immersive event with Ambiguous Dance Company, offering a unique and engaging experience for audiences.

America's oldest Bach Choir, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, has announced that the Moravian Church Settlements of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, together with Herrnhut, Germany, and Gracehill, UK have just been granted UNESCO World Heritage status.

This production of NEWSIES, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jay Cranford and assisted by Christina Burton, features a cast of twenty-two dancers and singers, plus constantly in motion LED backdrops, a bridge flown high off the stage floor, combined with three matching stair/tower units strategically moving about the stage, and an eleven-piece orchestra. 

Attend a free reading of the new play BLESSING LESSONS by Albert Cowart, Jr. at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on June 23, 2024.