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The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston will present the 1983 movie musical, “The Pirates of Penzance” at the historic River Oaks Theatre, with $5 of every ticket sold benefiting the Society.

Four guest stars have been announced joining Kevin McHale, the Grammy-nominated and SAG Award winning actor, best known for playing Artie Abrams on the Fox TV series Glee, in The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

In the 2024-2025 Broadway season, David Yazbek is credited with the conception, compostion, arrangements, and orchestrations on the bluesy new musical, Dead Outlaw, the original score for the comic play The Roommate, and as a co-producer and creative consultant of Buena Vista Social Club. Go inside his genre-defying legacy.

Antone’s - Austin’s legendary “Home Of The Blues” - have announced a new slate of 50th anniversary celebrations, taking place this summer in both New York City and Austin.

A grown-up’s fairy tale infused with magical realism is the Big Idea Theatre’s newest staging. The River Bride by Marisela Treviño Orta is like Disney meets the Brothers Grimm with a dark twist. Director Julian Rey Ortega tackles this story about love, sacrifice, and consequences.

I love how inventive the University of Central Arkansas Theatre program was with their performance of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl.

Tony Award-winners Jez Butterworth and Jack Thorne, along with Academy Award-winner Peter Straughan, have been selected to write The Beatles- A Four Film Cinematic Event.

HELL’S KITCHEN has released new bonus tracks for Hell’s Kitchen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Deluxe Edition, and revealed new cast members! Learn more!

The Koala Who Could is a bestselling children’s book by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, which has been Adapted and Directed for theatre by Emma Earle. Production Company Nicholl Entertainment is known for their expertise in large-scale puppetry and the adaptation does not disappoint, with lively expressive figures aplenty. The tale follows Kevin the Koala, who is overwhelmed by anxiety and is painfully unable to un-cling from the familiarity of his home. The soothing eucalyptus tree represents safety, but also limitations.

Does a show about a California artist work in the Deep South? Yes it does. Read our critic's review of Xanadu at the Springer Opera House.

But we will get through this. And there will be no regrets. Everything I do these remaining days I want to do with my full chest.

Sweet Air, a new comedy and Hollywood Fringe Festival selection written by Matt Morillo. Directed by Katie Oliver, will be presented by KADM Productions. Starring Jenni Chiaramonte and Newton Mayenge at Broadwater Black Box, 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038.

Two River Theater has announced the cast and creative team for The Price by Arthur Miller (Death of A Salesman, The Crucible), directed by Brandon J. Dirden (August Wilson's Radio Golf, Wine in the Wilderness). This American Classic will run in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater, June 7 - 29, 2025.

Tennessee Playwrights Studio has announced the TPS 2025 Virtual Reading Festival. Tickets are free, and the festival is open to the public. Learn more here!

Ireland’s popular indie band The Coronas are set for their 2025 North American tour in support of their 8th studio album, THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS, beginning on July 11. Take a look at the dates here!

Stanley Gibbons Baldwin will present Medals and Militaria Auction at 399 Strand which will  take place on Wednesday 17 September 2025. Highlights of the auction include a very special collection of  items awarded to the late British composer and pianist John McCabe.

Marysville is in for a 'toad-aly' awesome experience when the Avalon Arts Academy presents its production of A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS. Learn how to attend!

The Southbank Centre has announced an exciting dance programme. The programme brings together different artforms across the Summer, taking over the 11-acre site by the River Thames with Dance Your Way Home.

EventMakers-USA will honor and celebrate the military community with Military Appreciation Tents presented by Metadata Forensics on site at both venues during the 2025 season.

Life's greatest tragedy is the passage of time. It is a lesson we all must learn eventually. Within the proverbial circle of life, there is only a beginning and an end that occurs in the immediacy of our own lifetime. Yet, the cyclical nature of birth, death, and rebirth ensures that our spirit will carry on in legacy rather than in flesh. If we are loved, then we are remembered. And if we are remembered, then we live forever. Disney’s The Lion King transposes this message from screen to stage through an international collaboration of talent that supercedes the strength of the 1994 animated film from which it came.

The New Shul will ring in the holiday of Shavuot on June 1st with the fifth annual edition of The Kumah: Rise Up Festival with a marathon evening of faith, politics, art, activism and live music at Theater For The New City.

Geva Theatre’s latest production, Pure Native by Vickie Ramirez, is a gripping and gorgeously realized exploration of identity, tradition, and the complicated interplay between cultural survival and economic progress.

Reading Rep Theatre and the Watermill Theatre has released photos from inside rehearsal for the world premiere of Camille Ucan’s debut play, Three Hens in a Boat.

The iconic multi-platinum-selling group AMERICA is celebrating their 55th anniversary with the “Encore Tour 2025.” The tour, which launched on March 8, will make a stop at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

South Korean boy band, OnlyOneOf, brought an unforgettable night of energy and passion to the final show of their 2025 OUR ONLY ODYSSEY North American concert tour. Presented by J&B Entertainment, their final stop was in Vancouver, BC at the River Rock Theatre.