Grammy-nominated classical-meets-hip-hop duo BLACK VIOLIN will perform at the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville, with special guest Braxton Cook, in support of their sixth album, Full Circle.
Noah Mannion, Rafferty Smale, Spencer Collins, and William Gurney will share the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical's national tour and limited West End season, with original Olivier Award-winning Billy, Liam Mower, returning as 'Older Billy.'
Christopher Charles McDaniel has been named Artistic Director of Dances Patrelle, succeeding founder Francis Patrelle. McDaniel, a former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer, will lead the company into its next chapter.
Award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a seven-year absence with GOODBYE DANDELION, a new play created with her brother, composer Marcus Rice. Directed by Katie Pesskin, the production will make its world premiere at Underbelly this August.
Anthony Negus, Music Director of Longborough Festival Opera since 2000, has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King's Honours List for his services to music.
Kiln Theatre announced its upcoming season, featuring the UK premieres of TABLE 17 and BERLIN, a new production of NINE NIGHT directed by Artistic Director Amit Sharma, and a community production with 80 cast members.
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9 winner Sasha Velour will bring her new theater show TRAVESTY to Williamstown, MA, for its New England Tour debut, presented by The Adams Theater at Williams College's '62 Center for Theatre and Dance.
Guildhall School of Music & Drama announced 52 Summer Schools courses, including 11 brand-new offerings for participants aged 8 and above, covering drama, writing, music, and production arts.
Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present its 14th annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Broadway across multiple venues in North Lake Tahoe.
National Queer Theater and HERE Arts Center announced the cast for the 2026 CRIMINAL QUEERNESS FESTIVAL, the official theater event of NYC Pride, now in its eighth year, featuring works by Palestinian, Egyptian, and Syrian-American artists.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced violist William Mathangani and violinist Keshav Srinivasan as the newest cohort of its Paine Resident Fellowship, a program supporting early-career symphonic musicians from underrepresented communities.
Jake Owen, the ACM award-winning country artist behind hits like 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night,' will perform at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater with special guest Niko Moon. Tickets go on sale soon.
Boston's Handel and Haydn Society announced Lecolion Washington, Jr. as its next President and CEO. The musician and arts executive currently leads the Community Music Center of Boston.
OZ Arts Nashville and Nashville Shakespeare Festival will present THE 4TH WITCH, Manual Cinema's shadow puppetry reimagining of Macbeth told through the eyes of a girl orphaned by war.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at CUNY will present WORLD VOICES, a four-day festival featuring staged readings of new plays in translation by playwrights from Tuscarora/Canada, Austria, France, Senegal, and Germany.
The SYDNEY CON JAZZ FESTIVAL will present its seventh all-day event at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, featuring 140 artists across 26 concerts in six venues, with tickets starting at $29.
THE BARD IN BARS, conceived and directed by South Florida artist Darius V. Daughtry, will present Shakespeare reimagined through Hip-Hop at the Historic Lyric Theater in Miami and the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale.
National Youth Music Theatre announced its 50th anniversary summer season in Birmingham, including a large-scale production of WEST SIDE STORY at Birmingham Hippodrome, new musicals, and workshops following a record year of over 1,300 auditions.
The Muny announced the lead cast for its upcoming production of SHREK THE MUSICAL, with Nik Walker, Kara Lindsay, and Marcus M. Martin heading the company at Forest Park in St. Louis.
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities in Oxford, will open its doors to the public this weekend. Learn more here!
The 92nd Street Y will present the Isidore String Quartet at Buttenwieser Hall, featuring the New York premiere of Billy Childs' String Quartet No. 4, alongside works by Haydn and Brahms.
Miami City Ballet announced the appointment of Scott Altman as Executive Director, joining Artistic Director Gonzalo Garcia. Altman brings over 25 years of nonprofit arts leadership to the Miami Beach company.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its 2026 Carle Honors honorees, recognizing Bryan Collier, Ellen Michelson, the International Youth Library, Claudia Bedrick, and Robert L. Forbes at a September 17 gala in New York City.
The October Project Poetry Contest, co-founded by poet Julie Flanders, vocalist Marina Belica, and composer Emil Adler, opens April 1 and closes April 30, with judges including Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco.
Creative Cauldron Stage has announced the launch of its “Bold New Voices” Festival, running from April 11th through May 9th, 2026. The festival will offer audiences a unique opportunity to participate in the artistic process.
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