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In “Sojourners,” the first play in the nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia – presented last fall by the Huntington – Boston audiences met Abasiama, a hardworking Nigerian living in Houston, Texas, in 1978 and working toward a degree in biology.

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

Opening this December, After the Rain will feature 10 large-scale, multi-disciplinary installations that celebrate inter-generational legacies and cultural warriors of the past, present and future.

Four-time Grammy nominated UB40 has announced their upcoming U.S. 'RELENTLESS TOUR' - which will begin on August 17 in Atlanta, Georgia through October 5 at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As part of its 2025 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host Puppetry and Photography, a UConn Puppet Forum with Richard Termine.

Grease was first staged in 1971, with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. It had its debut on Broadway in 1972 until it was eventually adapted into a movie starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John in 1978. This play and its consequent movie were a cultural icon, with songs that persist through time and are deeply rooted in modern pop culture. And for the first time, in 2025, it was performed in Jakarta, Indonesia.

A new exhibition at The Carle explores the often-overlooked creativity of endpapers—the decorated pages inside a book's covers—which have become an expanded artistic canvas in contemporary children's publishing. Learn how to attend.

My time at Atlantic has given me the tools to construct work professionally while never letting go of the playfulness and care that came naturally. When I walk into a room, I remember the standards that instructors like Karen Kohlhaas engrained in me: to honor the work and the talent of others in the room by being truly present.

Purchase College, State University of New York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eleventh “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to Michael Wyatt.

In some ways, Lolita Chakrabarti's Life of Pi, adapted from the novel by Yann Martel and directed by Max Webster, can feel like a grown-up version of the puppet-heavy visual multimedia spectacles often seen in high-end children's theatre.

The American Mavericks Project has revealed the winners of its inaugural 2024 Call for Scores, which solicited solo piano works by Black American composers of all ages. Learn more.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/23/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The Jim Henson Foundation and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present a new exhibition, American Puppet Theater Today: The Photography of Richard Termine. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Playwright August Wilson will be honored posthumously with the 2,799th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Learn more about the honor and how to stream the ceremony here!

It is all about just telling stories through this little world that we create together, and many of us just bring in many of our personal experiences as actors or even just through our lives. And the show really invited that openness, for sure, because LOVE BOMB or just love in general is a topic that can go so many different ways.

Read our interview with Brian Jucha of LOVE BOMB at Catastrophic Theatre.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about the November 2024 lineup, featuring a diverse array of performances from renowned jazz musicians and emerging artists.

A sold out two-night engagement at Feinstein’s at the Nikko was a testament to the enduring draw power of veteran actor/director/song stylist Lucie Arnaz. Those in attendance were treated to a reprise of her well-crafted, autobiographical concert performed and recorded live at the Purple Room in Palm Springs last year.

Jobsite Theater once again dives headfirst into a world only they know how to portray. A world reveling in the strange, the unorthodox, and yet proving to be a masterclass of all things twisted and warped. This production which harkens back to their production of Shockheaded Peter, a few seasons back, once again dives into a little unfamiliar territory than we normally witness in the area, but an area so well known to Jobsite and its followers. Perfectly demented and, perfectly placed this deranged grouping of child-like tales have a bleak ending for most of the characters involved.

She's the Scottish actor, comedian and legendary panto queen who has entertained audiences in a 40-year stage and screen career. And now, Elaine C Smith is helping to pave the way for aspiring comedy actors to follow in her footsteps.

THE CURE will release their long-awaited new album, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD, on November 1st. “ALONE,” the first song released from the album, opened every show on their recent tour and is available to stream now.

Embraced Body has announced the How We Move program, a dance intensive for multiply marginalized Disabled artists. Applications for the 2025 pilot program are open from October 1-31, 2024.

This time, the reader question was: I know sometimes writers perform in their own shows… but How Often Do Writers Play in the Orchestra for Their Own Musicals on Broadway?

Yo-Yo Ma will present an evening of reflections in words and music at The Bushnell. Learn how to purchase tickets.

A timely exhibition at London Performance Studios will highlight an influential period of 20th century theatre history.