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Making its World Premiere, OAK is presented at our own Urbanite Theater. When entering the black-box space random hip-hop music is playing, but on closer observance, everything is placed with intention. The mix of music used throughout the story, from old TLC through Tyla’s current Billboard hit Water, made it hard to place what time this story is set, the 90’s, 2020’s? The elusiveness of this is effective, as this could be any southern town, even today. Playwright Terry Guest, a 3-time Jeff Award winner, expands his talents with this Southern Gothic Horror that was commissioned by Urbanite Theatre in 2020 and was created and designed specifically with the Sarasota audience in mind.

On a warm and joyful evening at Captain Quack’s, queer artists from Austin, TX shared personal stories about love, friendship, family, happiness, and heartbreak. Hosted by the humorously sharp Chitah Daniels Kennedy, Lavender Public’s 'Queer to Tell: Love is Love is Love' captivated audiences of all ages. #QueerVoices #BroadwayWorld

RENT, the late Jonathan Larson's masterpiece, was a cultural sensation in 1996, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer for Drama. But does it still resonate with today’s younger audiences?

What did our critic think of THE CHASE: A LIGHTBRINGER STORY at Off Broadway Palm?

The full lineup has been revealed for the 2024 West End Live, featuring several West End productions, performing artists, and more! Learn more about the full lineup here!

​​​​​​​The Parsnip Ship has announcedPress Play: The Parsnip Podcast Experience, a free in-person day of interactive listening experiences, including two live podcast recordings of radio plays and independent musicians.

EMMY and GRAMMY-award winning singer, songwriter, and actress Jasmine Cephas Jones proudly unveiled her debut album PHOENIX. The captivating 13-track album finds Jasmine boldly stepping into herself as an artist and as a woman, delivering a poignant, passionate, and powerful body of work anchored by simmering R&B soundscapes laced with neo-soul attitude. Listen to the album now!

Charly Bliss have shared “Calling You Out,” the addictive new single from their recently announced forthcoming album, FOREVER, out August 16 on Lucky Number. Additionally, Charly Bliss is announcing a headline tour in the fall. Listen to the new song and find the tour details here!

What did our critic think of NICKELODEON THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Texarkana Repertory Company?

Get all the scoop on DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!, airing on FOX on Thursday, June 6, 2024! Hosted by Emmy Award nominee Niecy Nash, the all-new season of the popular game show challenges contestants’ musical memory. Watch a first look from the show now!

I was so excited to interview Jimmy Moore, the Producing Artistic Director of the San Pedro Playhouse. He and his team specifically scheduled The Boys in the Band to coincide with pride month to celebrate the experiences of the gay community, and he was excited to let me know that the show  is about to become an official pride month event in San Antonio!

“Most theater companies choose their plays. Grottesco’s reveal themselves.” Thus begins the director’s notes for Theater Grottesco’s Two Artists in Prison, now playing at Teatro Paraguas’ Second Stage space. The play, co-directed by Grottesco Founder John Flax and Apollo Garcia Orellana, takes place in a dystopian future where artists are locked away at the hands of an authoritarian regime. The prisoners are forced to tell their captors stories on a daily basis; if they are entertaining, they get to remain, if not, the consequences are dire. Two Artists in Prison runs through June 9th.

Hovvdy have announced a US tour supporting Beabadoobee on the heels of the release of their acclaimed new double album, Hovvdy, out now. The band, who are wrapping a successful EU tour this week, will embark the month-long run in September. Highlights includes show in New York at Central Park and Los Angeles at The Greek Theater.

Mark your calendars for the Second Annual Carmel Jazz Fest returning this August.  Carmel Jazz Festival is a two-day festival featuring international, national and regional Jazz, R&B, and Blues acts across five stages. The festival includes beer, wine and food vendors. 

 The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the follow-up engagement of tanzmainz, the contemporary dance company of Staatstheater Mainz in Germany, in Sharon Eyal's Soul Chain.

54 BELOW will present Andrew J. Koehler in My Golden Age: Songs From An Old Soul.

Arts Bonita Actors Theatre will present SPRING AWAKENING, a Tony Award-winning musical exploring the trials of adolescence with a contemporary rock score. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Overall, I genuinely believe that these past three years have gone exactly as they were meant to, and I wouldn't change a thing. I look forward to growing my skills as a musician outside of the classroom, and I look forward to what comes next. For everyone starting at a new school soon, I hope you have a wonderful time and that you end up doing what you love, whether there are changes to your plans along the way or not.

BPM Comes to the National Theatre in Prague this week. Performances run 29-30 May 2024.

Acclaimed duo Magdalena Bay returns with a new track, “Death & Romance.' “Imagine rain pouring, streetlights glowing,” the band says. “You sit at home and wait for your alien boyfriend to pick you up in his UFO...but this time, he’s not coming.” Listen to the song now!

Marilyn Maye will perform at the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit on Monday, June 17, 2024 at The Cutting Room.

Baron Philippe de Rothschild created a visionary Bordeaux estate, Mouton Cadet, in 1930 and it has grown and evolved over three generations. Today, the doors are opening for the new generation, with a new series of wines that looks toward the new horizons of the brand.

Three couples find out they’re pregnant. One 30-something-ish couple, Pam (Heather Joy) & Nick (Jacob Samples) has been trying; one older couple, Arlene (Sonia Reavis) & Alan (Michael Pacas) had an oops; and a couple of college juniors, songwriters Lizzy (Candace Coe) & Danny (Joseph Portoles) are our main characters The story follows each couple’s reactions, and wouldn’t you know it, the girls are all connected by an obstetrician (Jason Ayestas) and his nurse (Katrina Dixon) and the boys by …little league? I don’t know - some sports thing.

What did our critic think of NUNSENSE at 29 Theatre?

What did our critic think of SHANE THORNTON at Picklefest?