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Singer-songwriter Kathleen Fee has released her debut solo EP, GLITTER GOLD, featuring the standout track 'Look Both Ways,' penned by acclaimed songwriters Jerry Salley, Elisha Hoffman, and Rebecca Lynn Howard. Listen now!

Tama Gucci is the NYC-based artist named PAPER Magazine’s “Coolest Person In The Room” in June and, now, he shares the introspective, honest and vulnerable new song, “Didn’t Have To.” 'I love this song so much,” notes Tama Gucci. “It’s taken from the deepest pages of my notebook and put into a song...' Listen to the song now!

Deadweight Theatre’s The Manikins: A Work In Progress is many things. It is interactive. It is intimate. It is thought-provoking. And, despite the misleading title, it has a polished concept that leaves its audience pondering long after the show ends.

The first all-Gershwin concert in history Cuban Overture will be re-created July 11, 2024 at the Hollywood Bowl as All-Gershwin.  Former LA Phil Associate Conductor Lionel Bringuier reprises the night with Gershwin’s iconic classical, jazz, and Caribbean rhythms, while celebrating Rhapsody in Blue’s 100th anniversary, The evening will feature the Los Angeles Philharmonic, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet,   and vocalists Isabel Leonard and Tony Yazbeck. Tony graciously took time to answer a few of my queries.

HAMILTON single tickets will be available for purchase in Dayton this month. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Following electrifying try-out performances at The Lyric Theatre last year, Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul-Taylor Mills present the brand-new musical, come gig, come ballet, now back for a full reign. This time, one of the most prolific monarchs in history has found her (rightful) home at a palace.

Court Theatre will present the Spotlight Reading Series, featuring works authored and inspired by Lorraine Hansberry. This year's series will explore her literary and political voice as a playwright, an activist, and a queer author from Chicago's South Side.  

Sussex County College will present ALICE BY HEART, a musical adaptation of Alice in Wonderland set in a World War II London Tube station, exploring themes of imagination and resilience. Learn how to purchase tickets.

A soul-baring ode to being present in the moment, the brand new single “California Sober” out now from Sydney alternative trio Yours Truly is an empowered and engaging step closer to the group's upcoming sophomore album, with TOXIC set for release on August 16.

Michelle paid tribute to Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Stockard Channing, Dionne Warwick, and many others, each song revealing new sides of Alexis and showcasing her range as both a singer and an actress. With the change of a lyric, she could shift from funny to touching, from charming to deep. Alexis exudes star quality.

MAITA traces the fractures of an on-again, off-again relationship in the honeyed new single “breakup song x3.” Clouded by an underlying desperation, the song details a series of breakups that leave bandleader Maria Maita-Keppeler unable to remember what she wanted from the relationship in the first place.

As they prepare for the release of their sophomore album The Promise of Rain, experimental black metal band Scarcity, have shared the album closer and title track. Listen to it now!

Burundian-Australian, Gold Coast-based singer-songwriter Beckah Amani shares her powerful new single, ‘Sober’; a message of hope to those who might feel forgotten and a call for reflection and action to the rest of us, which can begin by simply talking. 

Berkeley Rep reveals the participants for the 2024 Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab, featuring a diverse group of artists and projects aimed at fostering new works in theater.

Orange County-based dark-sunshine-pop duo, Double Wish, the project of Adam Sabolick and Philippe Andre, have shared their new single, 'Floating'. Listen to the track now!

Zoë Van Tieghem, no stranger to the performing arts, gracefully strode onto the stage on June 18th, where she hosted a wonderfully gay evening at the Green Room 42. From the first note of her opening number to the final notes of the closer, she makes performing look effortless.

Crowned as one of country’s most consistent yet dynamic modern superstars, Thomas Rhett is set to play THOMAS RHETT: Live in Las Vegas, a four-night run at BleauLive Theater inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas set for this Dec. 6, 7, 13, and 14 during NFR week.

At the 77th Annual Tony Awards earlier this month, Will Brill won a Tony Award for his performance as Reg in the play Stereophonic. On Tuesday morning, Brill stopped by Good Morning America to talk about receiving the award and his long journey with the project. Watch the interview!

West End LIVE, Europe’s biggest free musical theatre festival, returned Saturday, June 22nd and Sunday, June 23rd, transforming Trafalgar Square into an open-air theatre. Check out photos from Day Two, featuring Hadestown, Heathers, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more!

West End LIVE, Europe’s biggest free musical theatre festival, returned Saturday, June 22nd, transforming Trafalgar Square into an open-air theatre. Check out photos from Day One, featuring Les Miserables, Cabaret, Back to the Future, Frozen, Wicked, and many more!

West End LIVE, Europe’s biggest free musical theatre festival, transforming Trafalgar Square into an open-air theatre, concluded today 23 June, 2024. Watch highlights from today here!

Linda Eder is a talent so magnificent, she doesn't seem real. Song after song, with a constant sparkle in her eye, Eder drops to the lowest lows and soars to the highest heights with ease. To be in a room with that voice is a privilege. One moment, her rich tones carry you away; the next, they break your heart.

West End LIVE, Europe’s biggest free musical theatre festival, returned Saturday, June 22nd, transforming Trafalgar Square into an open-air theatre like no other. Watch highlights from the performances here!

TuYo Theatre’s “Pásale Pásale” is an invitation to explore the treasures of the swap meet, the community, and the determination to live the American Dream in this joyful and empowering interactive musical theatre experience.  “Pásale Pásale” is paying through June 30th

Seattle Opera will open its 2024/25 season with the “clown prince” of Italian verismo, Pagliacci. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s gritty tale of jealousy and unbridled rage holds a mirror up to a violent society, and features one of opera’s most iconic arias, the tenor’s “Vesti la giubba.”