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Catching Fireflies: A New Queer Musical, a brand new show by new writers Finnigan Faye (a former private student of The Karate Kid's Drew Gasparini) and Adam Gloc, is set to premiere in the Players Loft Theatre this winter from January 9th-26th.

Pianist Renée Guerrero brings back her popular Renée's Soirées after a long hiatus and celebrates the holidays and her birthday with a fun-filled show.

Open-Door Playhouse will be presenting four of its short plays live on stage as part of the 30 Minutes or Less Festival in Hollywood at the Stephanie Feury Theater.

The legendary Bill Murray is teaming up with Gulf Coast Records artists Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia (aka “Blood Brothers”) to perform a series of shows in the first few months of 2025. Special Guest on the dates is newly-signed Gulf Coast artist guitarist Jimmy Vivino, whose label debut, Gonna Be 2 of Those Days, is set for release on February 14th.

FRIGID New York will present the 16th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences, at wild project.

FRIGID New York will present Torch Ensemble's The Climate Fables: Coyote Oughta Eat That Salesman!, written by Padraig Bond and directed by Luis Feliciano.

Theatrical Artist's Prep will present 'Godspell' through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI) January 24th and 25th at 7:00 pm at the Hamilton Stage in Rahway, NJ featuring a live orchestra.

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz performed a mini-concert for young patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The event spread holiday cheer and featured a Starlight Toy Delivery.

Family secrets, friendship and loyalties drive the heart of Island City Stage's milestone production of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance, running January 16 – February 9.

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the San Francisco Symphony celebrates Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas's 80th birthday with a one-night-only performance featuring MTT alongside the Orchestra.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra welcomes the Capital University Chapel Choir as well as three world-class vocal soloists for its first-ever performance of Mendelssohn’s powerful symphony-cantata, “Lobgesang”(“Hymn of Praise”). Led by Music Director David Danzmayr, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 takes the Southern Theatre stage on Jan. 25 and 26 at 7:00 p.m.

Amor Artis continues its decades-long tradition of heralding the New Year with music by J.S. Bach. Under the direction of conductor Ryan James Brandau, the Amor Artis Chorus will be joined by a period-instrument orchestra led by violinist Nicholas DiEugenio.

Fairy tales come to life as Cendrillon [Cinderella] takes the stage of Steinmetz Hall with Grammy award-winner Lindsay Ohse in the title role. Performances run February 7 and 9.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s classic gift card and eGift cards with special holiday messaging (“Happy Holidays,” “Merry Christmas!” and “Happy Hanukkah”) are now on sale.

New Village Arts has announced its first production of 2025: the San Diego premiere of THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE to be performed on the Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center

Palm Beach Symphony will ring in the holidays with the Sounds of the Season, highlights from festive holiday concerts over the last four years, that will be broadcast on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations in the West Palm Beach. 

Cleveland Public Theatre will present the World Premiere of its most experimental artistic development program to date, SoftLaunch. This groundbreaking festival seeks to reinvent what theatre and art can be.

The 92nd Street Y has announced a performance of Eureka Day and post-performance conversation with the cast – Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz – moderated by Ruthie Fierberg.

SMU DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research, has released its annual ranking of the 40 most arts-vibrant small, medium and large communities in the United States with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ranking at number 12 in the list of 20 most arts-vibrant large communities in the nation.

FOOTLOOSE will explode on the Meadow Brook Theatre stage running January 8 through February 2, 2025, at Meadow Brook Theatre on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester.