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PNC Broadway in Columbus and CAPA have announced the 2026-2027 Season, headlined by the return of the legendary THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in the spring of 2027. Learn more about the lineup here!

Theater 86 will return to Pushkin Hall with The Dragon by Evgeny Schwartz, a blistering political fable disguised as a fairy tale. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

City Theatre Company has announced the details of the theatre’s 51st season of bold, new works, beginning in September 2025. The 2025/2026 season will feature three world premieres, both national and local producing partnerships, and more.

Recently, we had the chance to chat with Madeleine Jackson-Smith, who plays Jean Leslie & Others in the current cast of Operation Mincemeat. We discussed how she first got into theatre, what it has been like joining the show and even her recent debut as Ewen Montagu!

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is now running on Broadway! The new musical smash tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII. Read the reviews!

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!

New York's Urban Stages has announced the 16th annual awarding-winning cabaret series, Winter Rhythms, with performances from Wednesday, December 4th through Sunday, December 15th. This celebrated series will benefit Urban Stages' Outreach, Arts in Education programs.  

Discover the 16th Annual URBAN STAGES WINTER RHYTHMS 2024, featuring a diverse lineup of performances from December 4-15, 2024.

Theaterlab reveals its 2024-25 season featuring a diverse lineup of performances, including new plays, immersive experiences, and special events.

The 14th Annual Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival will run from August 4-14 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

OKLAHOMA is beyond ‘OK’ at the Rancho Mirage Amphitheater; A truly wonderful classic brought to life.

Sinfonia of London is indeed an exciting super-orchestra and John Wilson & CO have polished a diamond of the American Musical Theatre to a high gloss

Operation Mincemeat is a victory for the underdog, in themes as well as in reality. Relatable characters with vibrant backgrounds, regardless of their size, go on a Frankensteinian journey to divert the Nazi battalion to Sardinia. From songs about wanting to be a maggot to heart-wrenching glimpses into tragic love stories, it’s as eclectic as it is entertaining. Rhythmic pop music, a contemporary musical theatre sound, the odd rap segue, and a tune that would feel at home at Berghain for good measure (“Das Übermensch”) are the foundation of this life-affirming, riotous history lesson.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2023/24 Season, featuring three world premieres and three Chicago premieres. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

Inspired by the true story of the founder and director of the National Negro Opera Company, The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson packs untold history, outstanding vocal talent, and intensity fit for its title into a short 70 minutes.

This month, the reader question was: 'Which Songs Have Appeared in Multiple Broadway Shows?'

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

See what our critic had to think. This ain't your mama's Oklahoma! It ain't Rodgers and Hammerstein's, either. It's what you'd get if Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe dropped acid and decided to re-write a classic of musical theatre.

The North American tour of Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! began performances at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on November 9, 2021 and will continue to play over 25 cities during the 2021-2022 season including stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago and Nashville, and more. Read the reviews!

Theatre Arlington's 49th season will offer great musicals, family-friendly children's programming, prize-winning dramas, hysterical comedies and the return of a favorite holiday show – all on the brand-new, state-of-the-art Arlington Tomorrow Foundation Theatre stage. Debuting in the newly renovated lobby, Theatre Arlington's Club Series will feature the return of Club Cabaret along with the new Comedy Club and Play Reading Club.

It was the event of the year and people missed it at their peril. The ones who didn't miss it will be talking about it for the rest of their lives.

A top-notch cast brings Simon's words to life!

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 13th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

Take a jaunt down to the banks of the River Tummel and join Mr. Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger on their magical adventures in Pitlochry Festival Theatre must-see, family, summer stage production of Kenneth Grahame's enduring story of friendship, courage, consequence, and bravery – The Wind in the Willows.