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Music at the Intersection Festival in St. Louis will return with a diverse lineup featuring Black Pumas, Chaka Khan, Trombone Shorty, and Big Boi. Learn more about the festival and see how to purchase tickets!

Edo de Waart opened a conservative program of J. S. Bach, Samuel Barber and Josef Haydn with Bach’s B-minor Orchestral Suite. The suite is often performed with a full-sized modern string section of 40 or more. De Waart chose a size much closer to one listeners would have been likely to hear in the 18th  century, 14 strings, the flute of the original score and a harpsichord continuo. The San Diego Symphony’s Principal Flute Rose Lombardo was at the front of the stage. The flute is prominent in every movement, though often playing as part of the orchestra rather than offering a second melodic line as in a true concerto.

NYC rocker, Des Rocs has announced his 2024 spring headline tour, kicking off April 13 in Jacksonville, Florida. With new single, “I Am the Lightning” climbing the charts at Active Rock radio, Des Rocs will hit road with his fiery 3-piece band for a 15-date North American tour with special guests, Jigsaw Youth.

The unstopped Rico Nasty continues to keep the world of popular culture on its toes with the news of another new collaboration in the works. This time Rico Nasty will be teaming with electronic royalty Boys Noize, with the pair announcing two very special European club shows, along with the release of a brand new song.

Paul Michael Thomson's newest dramedy BROTHER SISTER CYBORG SPACE, now receiving its world premiere at Raven Theatre, occasionally loses itself in a flood of introspection. But it's buoyed along by a cast of thoughtful and charismatic performers.

Stay the Same features a thoughtful and nuanced blend of electronic and microtonal music –– two styles that greatly influenced, informed, and shaped Thompson's four earlier albums: 2021's Red Folder, 2020's True Stories & Rational Numbers, 2019's Everything Imaginable Comes True, and 2017's Lot Hero (EP).

This February, HOUSEOFLOVE canned cocktails and mocktails - as seen on RuPaul’s Drag Race - is bringing a little bit of love to the city that never sleeps, get ready New York for some sickening Valentine’s events. HOUSEOFLOVE will also be collaborating with beloved queens from Drag Race.

Theme park Warner Bros. Movie World Australia is planning to bring film fans over the rainbow with the world-first park dedicated to the classic tale, The Wizard of Oz. 

Sacramento is brimming with new works in theatre this month, and one play that I am particularly looking forward to is by former Sacramento-based playwright James Van Eaton. The premiere of his Oscar Wilde-inspired An Honest Apology will be performed at FreeFall Stage beginning with their annual Valentine’s Day Dessert on February 14th. BroadwayWorld spoke to James about feminism, video games, and all things Wilde.

PHANTASMAGORIA, a spooky new play by Jack Horton Gilbert, will premiere at The Tank on February 12th as part of their Moonlight Series. Learn more about the staged reading here!

Nannes tribute to Tina Tuner if full of both heart and pain, and energize the audience.

Sha EK (pronounced Sha-Eee-Kay) unleashes a hard-hitting and hypnotic new single entitled “Bitches n Bottles” out now. From the jump, the ferocity of Sha EK's flow simply never relents. The frenetic beat picks up the pace fueled by the thump of 808s and a gritty bassline.

Great Barrington Public Theater is inviting theater lovers and artists to take part in the company’s Conversation With Neil Pepe.

Following their hugely successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe season and return to the prestigious Soho Theatre, award-winning sketch du0 Grubby Little Mitts are back on tour! See where they are performing.

BETWEEN BROADWAY, designed to fit neatly into the space between a matinee and evening show, is a new series at Don't Tell Mama where theater lovers can grab a bite and some drinks as an add-on before or after a show (or just as its own thing). I spoke to co-creators Dave Christensen and Sarah Ziegler, and producer Bill DeSimone, about the show.

The band is comprised of heroes of the late 1980's Boston music scene Mark Mulcahy on drums and vocals (Miracle Legion, Polaris) and Chris Harford on guitars and bass (3 Colors, Band of Changes). The album was recorded and produced in 2021 by Kevin Salem (Dumptruck, Freedy Johnston) at Distortion Tank Studios.

For the first time, Netflix will follow an MLB team over the course of a full season. This docuseries will feature one of sports' most historic teams, the Boston Red Sox, and provide viewers a window into what it takes to compete across a season's ups and downs in one of the most rabid sports environments.

In yet another exceedingly impressive display of high-octane club muscle from the prodigiously talented Eora/Sydney-based producer and DJ, ‘Babylon's Burning' sounds exactly as its title implies - a subterranean bacchanalia of reggae samples as chaotic breakbeats, rubbery digital synths and soulful horns frantically rain down.

Building on its grand reveal newly launched Light Square venue ILA (Immersive, Light & Art) has dropped its biggest Adelaide Fringe program that is set to cement its vision as Adelaide's true centre for Immersive Light and Art.

As former Principal Dancer Patricia McBride tells it, Mr. Balanchine didn't expect much more of his dancers than 100% effort. In always giving her all, McBride found she seldom needed to warm up for the next entrance on her horizon. Watch more in this video.

On Friday, February 2, NASCAR kicked off its 2024 campaign by returning to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash. Check out photos from the event below!

With the combination of great direction by Joe Bertucci and an excellent execution by the rest of the team, The Carnegie’s production of Hello, Dolly! is a fantastic example of how a Golden Age musical should be presented through a local company.

What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) partners with CreateTheater.com to present the fourth virtual edition of the TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, featuring a live broadcast of 1920 by Scott Sublett, directed by Christopher Scott.

Beloved actor Michael J. Fox to receive inaugural Visionary Award at DaVinci International Film Festival. Fox's extraordinary work in film, television, and advocacy for Parkinson's disease research will be honored.