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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's founding artistic director Ron Sossi passed away on Wednesday, March 19, at the age of 85.

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Noel MacNeal, Lillias White, and more. See the full lineup and learn more!

The Bush Theatre has revealed its programme until early 2026 which includes some of the country’s most exciting new writing. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

The cast has been set for Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Zora Howard's new drama, BUST, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‘s literary works have inspired numerous artists, including composers. The most acclaimed operas based on them are Ambrois Thomas’s Mignon, Charles Gounod’s Faust and Jules Massenet’s Werther.

Off-Broadway and cabaret star Liz Lark Brown joins the Rigano Brothers in the cast of the 11th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza.

David and Paul Rigano will welcome Melina Walko to the principal cast of the 11th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza at Caveat. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Music Director Jamie Martín and Executive Director Ben Cadwallader has announced the Orchestra’s 2025/26 season, bringing together renowned guest artists with LACO’s exceptional musicians for performances of unparalleled artistry, from revered masterpieces to today’s most visionary contemporary works.

The Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, will continue with the second concert of its 41st season. Learn more and see how to attend.

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present Grammy Award-winning soprano, and Houston resident Ana María Martínez with renowned Broadway music director and conductor Andy Einhorn. Learn more.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Jenn Colella, Norbert Leo Butz, and more. See the full March programming here!

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida at the Schuster Center.

 Four years after its acclaimed UK premiere, HUNGRY is set to make its U.S. debut with Sound Theatre Company. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

In this contemporary retelling of the Faust legend, an innovative entrepreneur bargains away his 'soul' in exchange for unimaginable money, fame, and power. Learn more here!

Erwin Schrott has withdrawn from the performances of Faust on 2, 6 and 10 June for personal reasons. The role of Méphistophélès will be performed on these dates by Ildebrando D'Arcangelo. Schrott will continue to sing the role on 23, 25, 28 and 30 May.   

​The Acting Company will present “From Great Expectations, What Dreams May Come” honoring Bartlett Sher and Timothy A. Wilkins. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Pork Filled Productions and SIS Productions will host Instant Noodles 24 Hour Asian-American Play Festival, written by Celeste Mari Williams, Molly Olis Krost, Eddy (Jiuxi) Xin, M. Yichao, Anamaria Guerzon, and Carol Y. Lee.

Drag sensation and host of Whore-able Karaoke Shirley U. Jest will be a guest star in David and Paul Rigano's 11th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza at Caveat NYC on March 15th at 9:30pm.

Toronto City Opera has revealed the eight finalists selected for the second annual Macina Voice Competition. The event will feature some of Canada's most promising young opera singers as they compete in front of a live audience. Learn more!

The Rigano Songbook has announced that their 11th Annual Ides of March Extravaganza will be presented at Caveat NYC in March. Learn more about the performance here!

Ryan McCartan has officially taken over the role of Jay Gatsby in the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby. He took his first bow on January 21, 2025. Check out video of McCartan's first curtain call here!

 The Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio for artistic career development has invited five of the country's most talented artists to join next season, marking the 45th anniversary of the COC's innovative program for singers and pianists.

Following his triumph in Seattle Opera’s celebrated Samson and Delilah in Concert in 2023, Seattle Symphony Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot will helm an unprecedented operatic event in January 2025: the SO premiere of Les Troyens in Concert, a rarely performed abridged version of Hector Berlioz’s epic masterpiece, Les Troyens à Carthage. The SO adaptation, Part 2 of Berlioz’s monumental opera, Les Troyens, the pinnacle of the composer’s life work, begins with the arrival of the great warrior Aeneas at Carthage and ends with the tragic immolation of Queen Dido.

Pianist Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the 2024 Gilmore Artist Award, appears throughout the United States in both concerto performances and in recital from late January to early February 2025.

New Performance Traditions will present a new production of Both Eyes Open, an experimental electroacoustic opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based librettist and playwright Philip Kan Gotanda.