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In this latest revival of Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican Centre, it is the silence that speaks the loudest. At times, it’s practically deafening.

On June 7, 2026, viewers will be able to tune in to watch P!nk take the stage at Radio City Music Hall as a first-time host for the 79th annual ceremony. Do you know who has hosted the ceremony the most?

Tickets for the pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of Prince's legendary film and album, PURPLE RAIN, will go on sale on Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m..

PADDINGTON The Musical will receive its world premiere this Autumn - opening at the Savoy Theatre on 1 November. Full cast, creative team and performance schedule will be announced shortly.

The Bushnell has announced that artist Tito Nieves will bring his blend of salsa, pop, and R&B influences to Hartford's Bushnell on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 8:00 PM.

Next up in the New York City Center Encores! season is Wonderful Town, directed by Zhailon Levingston. Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell will take audiences inside Leonard Bernstein’s score that captures the sounds and heart of New York City. Check out photos from rehearsals here!

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!

This time, the reader question was: There are only three states in America without known Broadway musicals set within their borders. Can you guess which three? WE're breaking it down state by state.

Canadian Stage has unveiled the organization’s 25.26 season, marked by an exhilarating program of hotly anticipated Canadian Premieres, World Premieres of new Canadian plays, the return of beloved Canadian icons, and more.

 Riverside Theatre has announced the final production of the 2024-2025 season, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Learn more about this upcoming performance here!

The 2025/26 Broadway at the Marcus Center season has been announced, along with the new MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series for 2025/26. Learn more about the season here!

The recent upheaval at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, following President Donald Trump's self-appointment as chairman, has sent shockwaves through the arts community. This unprecedented move has led to significant administrative changes, program cancellations, and a broader debate about the intersection of politics and cultural institutions.

​Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the complete cast for the Regional Premiere of the tour-de-force play Good Night, Oscar. See who is starring and learn more about the production!

After more than 150 performances, Florida Studio Theatre’s (FST) Winter Cabaret Series hit Off the Charts is back for a limited engagement. Learn more here!

The Martha Graham Dance Company will host its 2025 Season Gala on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The event will begin with the Company’s opening night performance at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Mother's Day Weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 9-11, 2025, as the final stop on its coast-to-coast 2025 United States tour.

Lady in Satin is the fifth album by Kandace Springs, an esteemed jazz vocalist hailing from Music City: Nashville, Tennessee. The album will be released in May. Learn more!

As Broadway prepares to reckon with the effect of McCarthyism on journalism in the new drama, Good Night and Good Luck, go deeper into the history of the Red Scare and its long-lasting implications for artists on Broadway and beyond.

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson will lead New York City Center Encores! Wonderful Town. Learn more about the upcoming performance and see how to purchase tickets.

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, after dismissing multiple members of the Kennedy Center board. The move became official this afternoon as the names of 18 board members and the board chairman have been removed from the center’s official website.  

Longevity is becoming rarer and rarer in the performing arts. Today’s subject Jennifer Tipton has been a lighting designer for theatre, opera, ballet, and more for over 65 years and in the process has given us a body of work that is unparalleled. Her current project American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT’s) production of Crime and Punishment will be playing at Kennedy Center in the Opera House from February 12th through the 16th.

The President just announced plans to dismiss multiple members of the Kennedy Center board. According to the Atlantic, they include Democrats Mike Donilon, Karine Jean-Pierre, and Chris Korge. He also writes that he will appoint himself chairman of the board. 

In the late 1960s (in her late 60s), cabaret étoile Mabel Mercer added the utterly goofy 'Wait 'til We're 65' (by Lerner & Lane) to her sets; when she was well past 50, Barbara Cook began including Harper & Zippel's wildly funny 'The Ingenue' to her shows, simultaneously sending up her rivals and ageism.

Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

On the heels of a 28-city tour, Ailey II, the next generation of dance, returns to the Ailey Citigroup Theater from March 26– April 6 for its annual New York season.