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The Jonathan Larson Project, the world premiere musical that celebrates the visionary writer of RENT died suddenly at the age of 35 in 1996, will play its final performance on Sunday, March 30.

The American Composers Orchestra and American Composers Forum revealed new joint initiative: The Sorel Award. One award will be offered every three years, and the inaugural recipient is composer Andreia Pinto Correia.

The Jonathan Larson Project will host a Digital Rush via TodayTix beginning Friday! Plus, additional casting has been announced. Learn more about the show here!

Centenary Stage Company is begning rehearsals for their first professional theatre series production of 2025 this week, as the cast meets for The Receptionist by Adam Bock. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Ahead of the first performance of The Jonathan Larson Project on February 14, watch the cast perform 'SOS' and 'One of These Days.' The new videos feature Adam Chanler-Berat, Lauren Marcus, Andy Mientus, Taylor Iman-Jones, and Jason Tam.

The Jonathan Larson Project is now in rehearsal in preparation for its world premiere run Orpheum Theatre off-Broadway. Check out photos of the company as they meet the press here!

Casting has been set for the world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical that celebrates the dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals, and pop songs found in files and boxes when the visionary writer of RENT died.

The world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project will open off-Broadway, conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and directed by John Simpkins.

The Negaunee Foundation has endowed the Colburn School's Conducting Program, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, with a landmark $16.6 million gift, supporting the future of musical education and leadership.

Experience the magic of dance as Paul Taylor Dance Company takes the stage at the Moss Center, showcasing the captivating performance of PROMETHEAN FIRE. Don't miss this mesmerizing spectacle.

Overture Center will present two free public events on Saturday, Feb. 24, in collaboration with Four Season Theatre's production of 'The Hello Girls: A New American Musical'. Learn more about the show and the events!

Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced that Lisa Sanaye Dring has been awarded a 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright Residency. Ma-Yi has also announced the 2024 Ma-Yi Writers Lab cohort, which is the largest collective of AANHPI playwrights in the country.

As regional theatres continue to deal with shortfalls, news of another closing (Triad Stage) and gap fundraising came to light last week. American Theater Magazine reported on the labor shortages and significantly higher materials costs that scenic and costume shops across the country are dealing with putting further strains on theater budgets.

When new musicals open on Broadway, there are usually years of development behind the scenes that you do not see. That is the case even when the musical is as high profile as the Britney Spears-fueled Once Upon a One More Time--not everything unfolds in public.

In celebration of the 78th birthday (June 4, 1945) of Anthony Braxton—one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of our time, as well as a mentor to EiO—Experiments in Opera presents a rare run of performances of Compositions No. 279-283, composed in 2000 for improvisational actor and improvising musicians.

In celebration of the 78th birthday (June 4, 1945) of Anthony Braxton—one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of our time, as well as a mentor to EiO—Experiments in Opera presents a rare run of performances of Compositions No. 279-283, composed in 2000 for improvisational actor and improvising musicians.

On February 11, 2023 at 3:45pm, Samantha Shay's short film Mother Melancholia will screen as part of the 51st edition of the Dance on Camera Festival at Film at Lincoln Center's Francesca Beale Theater.

On January 20, 2023 at 7pm, Samantha Shay's short film Mother Melancholia will screen as part of Dance Camera West film festival at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre.

It seems everybody is having one of two reactions to Director Daniel Fish’s revival of OKLAHOMA! currently playing at the Ahmanson Theatre. But love it or hate it, so much of this update of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s acclaimed 1943 musical in which a farm girl is courted by two rival suitors, works.

 The Obie Award-winning HERE announced that due to a positive COVID test within the company, all performances of Marie It’s Time have been cancelled through Saturday September 17, 2022. Performances will resume Wednesday September 21.

Goodman Theatre and the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the Midwest premiere of Pequeños Territorios en Reconstrucción by Teatro Linea de Sombra of Mexico City, appearing in a limited engagement September 21-25 at the Goodman.

The newest celebrated Hamlet sequel is slated for a world premiere at Bruka Theatre in Reno next March.

Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO and founder of goop, and Tony Xu, CEO of and co-founder of DoorDash, are set to appear alongside long-standing Sharks Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary in various episodes. Check out who else will be joining as guest sharks this season now!

The Obie Award-winning HERE will present Marie It’s Time. Created and Produced by Minor Theater, the company that brought you Julia Jarcho’s Obie Award-winning Grimly Handsome, Marie It’s Time is written by Jarcho, who also performs in her work for the first time.

From June 24-July 1, 2022, Samantha Shay's short film Mother Melancholia will be available to screen online worldwide.