The Wonder Years 1988

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced all jazz programming running April 29th - May 12th.

Under the meticulous direction of Chuck Smith, the Goodman’s newest revival of JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE emphasizes the play’s continued relevance through masterful performances that find cause for celebration and laughter even in the face of oppression. The production has already been extended through May 19 due to popular demand.

This time, the reader question was: With The Great Gatsby musicals happening now, are there other examples of musicals about the same subject?

The St. Charles Singers' season finale concerts April 20-21, 2024, will mark the start of the internationally recognized chamber choir's 40th-anniversary celebration with a program featuring songs about nature, especially flowers, and romantic love.

The Ravinia Festival has revealed its complete 2024 summer lineup. Among this year's Broadway names taking the stage at The Ravinia Festival are Ben Platt, Jessie Mueller, Norm Lewis, Michael Feinstein, and more! Learn more about the full lineup here!

What if the January 6, 2021 insurrection was successful? The Last Yiddish Speaker by Deborah Zoe Laufer imagines this alternate reality where a white supremacist regime has come into power. Learn more about the play here!

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced its new 2024/2025 season, featuring a revival of the Olivier Award-winning play Our Country’s Good. Learn more about the full season here!

On February 10th, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra presents The Magic of John Williams, from Hollywood to Hogwarts, featuring the most famous film scores performed LIVE!

Now open to the public, Metamorphosis in The Melrose Wing features new acquisitions by leading Australian and International artists. Learn more about the art here!

Renowned pianist/composer Laszlo Gardony will be performing at Scullers Jazz Club on November 17. Don't miss this incredible jazz performance!

Discover the latest shows coming to the King Center! Get ready for performances by Michael W. Smith, Jerry Douglas Band, and Blippi. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Don't miss out on these exciting events.

Palm Beach Dramaworks names Anne Mundell as Resident Scenic Designer. Get the details on this exciting appointment.

New York Festival of Song, led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, will present its annual NYFOS Next Festival with two performances on Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at the Rubin Museum of Art.

This time, the reader question was: which Broadway shows had the biggest overhaul from their out-of-town tryout to their Broadway opening?

Writer and director Jonathan Lynn will take over the role of ‘Jim Hacker’ ex-Prime Minister for the upcoming world premiere of I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember.

“Wonder Drug” is from McKenna’s new album, 1988, which was released earlier this summer via CN Records/Thirty Tigers. Produced by Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) and recorded at his studio in Savannah, GA, 1988 is named for the year McKenna married her husband, and serves as a love letter to her family and lifelong friendships. Watch the video!

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Laszlo Gardony continues to celebrate his recent Sunnyside Records recording Close Connection with six Boston area concerts, September 23 – December 9, 2023.

This time, the reader question was: Which Actors Have Done Multiple Broadway Shows Together?

Are you bound for the Philadelphia area this fall.  There’s so much to see and do that our readers will like to know about. 

Groundbreaking artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s enduring vision continues to have a profound impact on artists to this day, decades after his untimely death in 1988 at the age of 27. Despite his truncated life and career, each year, thousands of people visit his grave at The Green-Wood Cemetery, leaving behind tokens of devotion, gratitude, and celebration in the form of artwork, letters, and art supplies. 

​​​​​​​New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, kicks off its 2023-24 Mainstage season with Perennials - Songs For Every Season on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.

Join Kaufman Music Center and New York Festival of Song for the season opening concert, 'Perennials - Songs For Every Season,' on September 28 at Merkin Hall. Don't miss this celebration of music's power to guide us through the year.

Arkansas is saturated with an abundance of talent, whether it be on a theatrical stage, a concert hall, or on the radio. Quite often the talent overlaps from one avenue to the next. This can be said about Radio Royalty Sharpe Dunaway. Though he has switched from radio to videography (you know....video killed the radio star- Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley ca. 1979), Sharpe has a lot of history when it comes to Arkansas entertainment. Broadway World’s favorite MC Blake Woodson sat down with Sharpe to reminisce about all of the Rockstars he has met over the years, but first we wanted to know how he got into videography.  

Join in at The Green-Wood Cemetery for an extraordinary event, 'From Canvas to Stage: A Tribute to Basquiat,' featuring live performances by acclaimed musicians and poets against a backdrop of contemporary art inspired by the iconic Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Tickets for State Theatre New Jersey's 2023-24 Broadway Season, featuring Tony Award-winning Broadway artists and Broadway hit shows, go on sale on Friday, July 21 at 10am.