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Ahead of the first performance in NYC, it was announced today that Hannah Gadsby's WOOF! has extended its limited run one additional week, due to popular demand. The production will now play through October 27, 2024 at the Abrons Arts Center .

Overture Center's Foundation Board of Directors gathered for its annual meeting on Monday, Sept. 23. This leadership group reviewed the annual report for the 2023/24 fiscal year, set goals for the months ahead and announced member updates.

 Center City Stage will present a bold Halloween experience with a fresh, haunted look at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on October 31, 2024. 

Vivid Stage will present thirty performances of different kinds this season, in locations all over the region. Next up is A Very Spooky Special, a Halloween variety show, on Saturday, October 12 at 8:00 pm.

The Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard) and Bard College’s Human Rights Project announce architect and architectural historian Valentina Rozas-Krause as the 2024-25 recipient of the Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism.

Fresh from a highly acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run, Florence Lace-Evans brings heartbreak and hilarity hand-in-hand for the London debut of Yes We’re Related. 

Full casting has been announced for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the classic multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS, opening at Bristol Hippodrome from 4 November 2024, returning to where the magic originally began and marking the 20th anniversary since the musical's world premiere.

Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are will make its UK premiere at the National Theatre next year. The musical features a score by Sondheim, a book by David Ives, and direction by Joe Mantello.

The Royal Ballet will present Encounters: Four Contemporary Ballets, a mixed programme of works by 21st-century choreographers featuring world premieres by Joseph Toonga, former alumnus of The Royal Ballet Choreographic Residency programme and Pam Tanowitz, alongside the revivals of acclaimed choreographic works: Kyle Abraham’s The Weathering and Crystal Pite’s The Statement. 

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced initial casting to the 2024 – 2025 season, which begins November 13 with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Broadway actress and Beautiful veteran, Julia Knitel will lead the cast as Carole King.

John Wilson and Sinfonia of London will bring the timeless music of Rodgers & Hammerstein to life in a spectacular concert tour across the UK in June 2025. This unforgettable evening will feature beloved songs from some of the greatest musicals of all time.

A new voice in comedy will soon take center stage! Transgender actress, writer, and producer Hera Anderson is thrilled to announce her upcoming solo comedy play, Empty, which promises to be both hilarious and heartwarming. With her unique flair and captivating storytelling, Hera is set to redefine comedy and connect with audiences on a personal level.

Penn & Teller will bring a very special run of UK shows to the stage in 2025 to celebrate their incredible 50th Anniversary. Taking place at The London Palladium from Saturday 13 September 2025, the 11-date residency will mark the duo’s first ever West End run of show.

BREAKING is a first play by exciting new playwright Amy Kidd which is set to burst onto stages across Ireland this autumn. 

MOVE IT, the world’s biggest dance event has announced Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity as the 2025 festival headliners. The street dance group will be joined by professional dancers and choreographers Dylan Mayoral, Randall Watson, Serena McCall and Monique Jonas when the festival kicks off on 7th March next year at London’s Excel Centre. 

Kris Nelson will assume the role of Festival Director for Sydney Festival from 2026 to 2029, leading the festival into its milestone 50th edition in 2026.

After selling out every seat in the show’s Barrymore-recommended, critically acclaimed inaugural run, Pier Players Theatre Company is remounting The Angry Grammarian, an original musical by Jeffrey Barg and David Lee White, from Sept. 20-29, 2024, on the Arden Theatre Company’s Arcadia Stage in Old City, Philadelphia.

TheaterWorks will continue their 2024-25 Mainstage season with Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, running October 18 through November 3, 2024.

The full performer lineup for Hudson Valley Dance Festival is set, bringing together globally renowned performers and companies to the heart of the Hudson Valley on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at Historic Catskill Point in Catskill, NY.   

Adelaide Festival Centre’s DreamBIG Children’s Festival launched its school program inspiring the children of South Australia to reflect on their past, present and future, with the theme ‘I Was, I Am, I Will Be,’ in celebration of the festival’s 50th year.