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Last week, SEXY LAUNDRY, a play about love and marriage opened at the Granville Island Stage in Vancouver. Presented by the Arts Club and written by local playwright Michele Riml, this contemporary Canadian comedy brought out all of the emotions in the audience ranging from laughter to tears.

The Kit Kat Club is now open! Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, starring Academy Award and Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne and introducing Gayle Rankin, begins previews tonight, April 1, at the August Wilson Theatre. Meet the cast of Cabaret here!

City Opera Vancouver presents 'Song from the Uproar’ - a Celebration of Early Feminist Icon, Isabelle Eberhardt. Explore the adventurous and tragic life of Isabelle Eberhardt, an explorer, journalist, and sufi, in this Canadian premiere.

Read the reviews for The Witches at The National Theatre.

Gateway Theatre presents the enchanting Tony Award-Winning Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella this December in Richmond. Join in to experience the magic of this newly updated fairy tale, with a focus on female empowerment and resiliency.

Casting has been set for Roald Dahl's The Witches, coming to the National Theatre in November. Learn more about who is starring in the production here!

San Antonio Broadway Theatre has announced that Hamilton's Julia Estrada will star in the comedy Little Shop of Horrors running October 26-29, 2023 at The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Joining Estrada will be Isaiah Rosales (Seymour Krelborn), Michael Cooling (Mr. Mushnik), Tyce Green (Orin Scrivello and Others), Ed Burkley (Audrey II / Voice of Plant), Jenny Mollet (Crystal), Mariah Epps (Chiffon), and Alaia Adriana (Ronnette).

Beginning February 11 through September 3, 2023, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present Picturing Fame, comprised of four concurrent exhibitions which ruminate on the subject of fame and celebrity.

Director/Producer Shannon Cohn, along with executive producers Rosario Dawson and Corinne Foxx hosted the Los Angeles Premiere of BELOW THE BELT last night (Saturday, October 1) at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. The film is also executive produced by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mae Whitman. Check out photos from the premiere here.

Shakespeare's beloved romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet joins the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival's 33rd Season in Sen̓ákw/Vanier Park. Romeo and Juliet runs on the Howard Family Stage in the Douglas Campbell Theatre for a limited engagement from August 3 to September 24, 2022.

First look of Tony Award winning musical Once on This Island: A Musical at The Public Theater of San Antonio, featuring a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty and based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy.

The Public Theater has announced the cast for Tony Award winning musical Once on This Island: A Musical, featuring a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty and based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy.

'The Joy that Carries You' is a touching and touchingly thoughtful journey, one which many might recognize in their own. But Secka and Stoller also make this a celebration of the relationships which until (only) very recently were taboo. Thank goodness we're no longer at the stage where seeing two women choosing each other as life-partners is a shock; we can now see them as human beings. But we also know that relationships like this are still fraught with a unique form of anxiety, between the women themselves but especially with their families.

Greenway Arts Alliance, in association with Two Sisters Media, presents the world premiere of Who Are You, written and performed by Shareen Mitchell, beginning May 13, 2022, with Kate Jopson directing this one-woman show. Shareen made some time to answer a few of my queries into her show, her fashion background and Two Sisters Media.

Washington, D.C. is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month.

Awa Sal Secka and Dani Stoller's new play The Joy That Carries You begins rehearsals today for its World Premiere at Olney Theatre Center. Directed by Jason Loewith and Kevin McAllister, performances begin May 11, 2022, and run through June 12, 2022. The Invited Press performance will be held Sunday, May 15 at 1:45 pm.

In addition to its six-play membership season, the Montgomery County institution returns with an equally busy schedule of concerts, special productions, presentations, and even more curated programming to build off of the success of its summer series: Olney Outdoors.

Grassroots arts organization Intersectional Voices Collective, in partnership with Hi-Arts and The Africa Center, announced the second iteration of last year’s combination Black Lives Matter demonstration and Pride party, the Juneteenth Jubilee.

Magik Theatre will present the heart-warming story of Charlotte’s Web from May 22 through July 3, at its downtown theatre at Hemisfair. Children of all ages will love this classic tale based on the book by E.B. White and adapted by Joseph Robinette.

Vancouver Opera closes their 2020-2021 digital season with the premiere of Carmen: Up Close And Personal on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. This film adaptation of Bizet's original masterpiece provides an intimate and unique view into Carmen's world.