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MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical – the new stage musical which will have its world premiere production at the Pittsburgh CLO in 2025 – will host a special industry reading at Open Jar Studios. Learn more!

The School of Drama at The New School has helped shape the careers of Broadway changemakers and Tony Award nominees like director and artistic director Stevie Walker-Webb, actor and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, playwright Bekah Brunstetter, and projection designer and director Stefania Bulbarella.

Larkin Poe – the GRAMMY® Award-winning duo of Georgia-bred, Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell – have shared their latest single, “Mockingbird.' Listen to it now!

Tracey Erin Smith's new show, MONDAYS WITH MANDELBAUM, explores the life of Fredericka Mandelbaum, NYC's first female crime boss, at the Gotham Storytelling Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

This is the final week to submit for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage Season 5, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students. The deadline to submit is October 29, 2024, by 11:59 PM ET.

Experience the gripping drama SUMMER BREEZE at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater. Set in the 1960s, this play explores love, secrets, and family dynamics at an exclusive all-Black resort. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Pittsburgh’s Merce Lemon has announced a run of 2025 tour dates with Jessica Pratt, with stops in Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Tulsa, Bentonville, and her own performance at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

Talia Suskauer (Wicked) and Loni Ackerman (Cats) will join Broadway Melody at 54 Below. Broadway Melody is a love letter to both the Golden Age of the American musical and a bygone era of the city that never sleeps, all seen through the eyes of a lovelorn trumpet player and an actress on the cusp of her big break. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Global Icon Lionel Richie has added a further two new shows to the UK leg of his ‘Say Hello To The Hits’ 2025 tour next summer due to demand for tickets for his first arena shows in the UK since 2016.

54 BELOW has added a livestream for the 10th anniversary reunion of the Tony Award nominated musical The Last Ship on November 4 at 7pm ET. Learn how to watch!

Ryan Scott Oliver’s new musical folk horror, Tomorrow, the Island Dies has just been released as a complete studio cast recording album on all streaming services.

Krystina Alabado, Klea Blackhurst, Lilli Cooper, Natalie Joy Johnson and Barbara Walsh will join the star-studded company of women participating in a one-night-only benefit of Carmel Dean’s song cycle Well-Behaved Women. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Watch a sneak peek behind the scenes as Anna (Alex De Bard) and Elsa (Gabriela Hernandez) get ready for the coronation ball in 'For The First Time in Forever' in rehearsals for Olney Theatre's production of Disney's FROZEN.

The ARC Ensemble will be releasing The Chamber Works by Frederick Block this Friday. It is the first commercial recording of this composer’s works; hidden gems that richly deserve inclusion in the mainstream classical repertoire.

Tuacahn Center for the Arts revealed its fall concert season, featuring a diverse lineup of performances including KC and The Sunshine Band and more. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Los Angeles alt-rockers Cold War Kids have released “Meditations,” a brand-new single written, recorded, and released within a month of its creation. This also marks the band’s first independent release since their formation. Listen to it now!

LA Opera will present the revival of Gounod's ROMEO AND JULIET, marking Kitty McNamee's directorial debut. McNamee will also choreograph, promising a fresh take on the classic. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On Monday, October 21, 2024 at 7pm, Birdland welcomed singer Ari Axelrod back to the iconic stage. See photos here!

Broadway legend Patti LuPone is taking on the iconic role of Glinda the good witch in tonight's episode of Agatha All Along. Ahead of the episode, the Tony winner discussed how her start in comedy makes her an ideal fit for the part.

Broadway legend Patti LuPone is taking on the iconic role of Glinda the good witch in tonight's episode of Agatha All Along. Ahead of the episode, the Tony winner discussed how her start in comedy makes her an ideal fit for the part.

The York Theatre Company has revealed the roster of performers for a concert celebration at the 32nd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, which will honor musical theater legend Bernadette Peters and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

In this crazy world today, sometimes you just need a little reminder to relax and enjoy the moment. This is the message received when seeing Cebollas, the latest offering at Santa Fe Playhouse, running through November 10.  This new work is a one-act road trip comedy, from the writer of La Lluvia (SF Playhouse’s New Play Reading Series) and Prima’s Guide to Funerals (Creede Rep).

Not in the mood for more election drama or Mideast War horror? Then this current  production of Clue - Live on Stage! might  be the remedy. With lightning flashes and an ominous score, a mysterious dinner party at Boddy Manor begins with the arrival of an assortment of guests familiar to anyone who ever played the Parker Brothers board game Clue. Based on the popular game and the 1985 cult film, this delightful production helmed by director Casey Hushion and her talented cast and crew is a visual treat chock full of word puns, slapstick shtick and broad comic caricatures.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed its musical line up for fall 2024, featuring celebrated artists from around the world and free performances on the Vartan and Clare Gregorian Lobby Stage. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

The annual Cabaret Convention concert series has begun. The shows continue tonight and tomorrow at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Last night, the convention opened with songs with music by Charles Strouse (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, etc.). It was a treat.