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La MaMa will present The Forty Hour Club's world premiere of The Moby Dick Blues, an epic new blues/rock opera written and created by Michael Gorman, directed by Joe John Battista, with original music by Battista and lyrics by Gorman.

Boston Center for the Arts has announced the co-produced world premiere of Learning How to Read by Moonlight by BCA Launchpad Resident CHUANG Stage and Company One Theatre.

The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.

The Fab Faux perform A Hard Day's Night and Abbey Road in their entireties. Joining The Fab Faux are The Hogshead Horns (with Blues Brothers, Blood, Sweat & Tears and SNL band alums).

Toronto’s production of Disney’s The Lion King – now in its 29th week – will conclude its run on August 30 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Learn more here!

Toronto's production of Disney's The Lion King – now in its 29th week – will conclude its run on August 30 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. By that date, the show will have played 345 performances to an audience of over 250,000.

A production to remember.

Peacock has announced the series pickup of the new comedy DIG, from executive producer Mike Schur and actor and executive producer Amy Poehler. The series marks the first collaboration between the pair since Parks and Recreation, which aired its series finale in 2015.

The Joffrey Ballet has announced the appointment of Christine Rocas, former Joffrey Company Artist, as Rehearsal Director of The Joffrey Ballet. Rocas steps into the role following twenty years as a Company Artist and one year serving as Interim Rehearsal Director.

Theatre for a New Audience has announced that OBIE Award-winning director Arin Arbus will be its next Artistic Director when Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz steps down on August 31, 2025.

Following a 2024/25 season that has seen a more than 40% increase in annual attendance and refocused the national spotlight on the community, Baltimore Center Stage has announced its 2025/26 season.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will present The Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour this fall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

I'll tell you why I decided to do it; then I'll tell you about the toughness, but I read this about 1999, and just loved it. It made the hairs on my arms stand up, especially visualizing the very last scene with the entire cast swaying back and forth, and giving the illusion of them not swaying. You're not sure if they are or not.

Josefina López, the celebrated Mexican-American award-winning playwright and screenwriter best known for creating and authoring the play and co-authoring the film Real Women Have Curves, was an undocumented five-year-old immigrant when she migrated with her family from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to the United States in 1974 to settle in Boyle Heights. And on April 27, she will be making her Broadway debut when Real Women Have Curves: The Musical opens on Broadway!

Mark E. Trueblood, who has guided Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara to new programmatic heights over the course of his 27-year tenure as executive director and later president, will retire.

The Board of Directors of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) has announced the appointment of Tamara Kangas Erickson as its new President and Artistic Director. 

The 56th season at Centaur Theatre will celebrate the most iconic Montreal playwright Michel Tremblay in a brand-new production of For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again translated by the Governor General's Award-winning Linda Gaboriau.

Brooklyn Film Festival has announced its 28th edition titled Pause. BFF, a Canadian Screen Award qualifying festival, received 3,270 films from 130 Countries for its 28th edition, and will program the selected films into 43, two-hour program blocks.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced that it has received a $5,000 education grant from the Manatee Community Foundation in support of Asolo Rep On Tour.

Over 200 guests gathered at the Caloosa Sound Convention Center to raise funds for Florida Repertory Theatre on March 29. Thanks to generous sponsors, matching donors, attendees, and long-distance supporters, the gala raised over $800,000.

A new musical based on the 1998 film, Waking Ned Devine, is Broadway-bound. The production will be directed by John Doyle, and written by David Hein with Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard.

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry will present the World Premiere of The Harlem Doll Palace, written by Alva Rogers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Board of Directors of Peninsula Players Theatre, Wisconsin's oldest professional theatre, recently honored artist and scenic designer Jim Maronek for his 29 years of service. 

Carnegie Hall's Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) festival continues with concerts at Carnegie Hall and partner events presented by leading cultural and academic institutions across New York City through May 2025.

Exactly 30 years to the day, multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls have released the 30th Anniversary deluxe edition of their fifth studio album, A Boy Named Goo. Listen to it now.