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Purchase College, State University of New York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eleventh “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to Michael Wyatt.

The Farm Theater has awarded playwright Gina Femia with their 2025/26 College Collaboration Project Commision. Learn more about the Commission and about Femia here.

Education plays a vital role in shaping artists into extraordinary performers, which is why I always enjoy visiting universities to witness the incredible work our students are creating. This time, however, I had the distinct privilege of attending Dr. Ian Aipperspach’s organ recital at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia on Friday, Jan. 17.  

Karen Slack will continue the nationwide tour of her new program African Queens. This program celebrates the history and legacy of seven African queens, revered as rulers but not widely heralded in the Western world. Learn how to attend.

The Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) 2025, recognized as the world’s largest theatre festival, flagged off  at the National School of Drama (NSD) premises in Mandi House, New Delhi.

Joshua Borenstein has been appointed Chair of the Theater Management Program and Assistant Professor Adjunct at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, effective July 1, 2025. Learn more about Borenstein.

exas State University's School of Theatre, Dance, and Film will present Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, running this February, in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre.

LAMDA, the UK's leading performing arts institution and the world's oldest drama school, has officially launched its first international base in New York City, in collaboration with its US sister organisation, the American Friends of LAMDA.

Cypress College Theatre Arts Department will open the classic musical comedy, Hello, Dolly! in March. This production is directed by James Hormel, with choreography by Christopher M. Albrecht.

The School of Drama at UNCSA has announced a $1 million gift from acclaimed actor and two-time Tony Award-winning director of stage and screen Joe Mantello, a graduate of the school’s class of ’84.

University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community College will present the GRAMMY award-winning group Kool & the Gang on Saturday, March 15th at 7:30 p.m. at the EACC Fine Arts Center. 

The New School’s College of Performing Arts – Mannes, Jazz, Drama, has announced the appointment of acclaimed bassoonist and prolific performer Adrian Morejon to the faculty of the esteemed performing arts school.

The Park West Foundation will partner with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (MSU Broad Art Museum). Learn more here!

Renowned international contemporary dance company FLOCK will bring their latest touring show 'Quest' to Hillsborough Community College. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theatre & Arts Honors, today reminded college-bound high school students that the nonprofit organization is now accepting applications for its 2025 Jack Zink Memorial Student Scholarships.

The Frist Art Museum presents David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship, an exhibition that traces the artist’s career and his relationships with contemporaries.

Stanislav & Friends, an annual gala of classical music that showcases an all-star lineup of faculty, students, alumni and friends of the Park University International Center for Music, will be held on Saturday, March 1.

The distinguished clarinetist Charles Neidich, the first clarinetist to win the Walter W. Naumburg Competition in 1985, will be presented by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation in partnership with Manhattan School of Music in a recital. Learn more!

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University has announced the cast of its musical-in-concert performances of Queen of the Mist. Learn more about the production here!

This summer, students from across the U.S. will have an opportunity to experience two-weeks of immersive training in acting, singing and dancing at Point Park University’s School of Theatre, Film and Animation. Learn how to apply!

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts is launching a new collaboration with Joffrey Ballet School of New York City as part of their new One Year Specialized Certificate Program in Musical Theatre. Learn more!

Dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham - winner of a Bessie Award and a MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' - will bring his New York City-based dance company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham to the Nazareth University Arts Center. Learn how to attend.

The National Center for Choreography-Akron and The University of Akron School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration have announced the sixth year of 21st Century Dance Practices, a series of classes guest taught by working dance artists.

Baldwin Wallace University's nationally recognized Music Theatre program has appointed of Jennifer Hemphill as professor of music theatre and music theatre director. Learn more!

A star-studded list of acclaimed experts in music, science, health and athletics came together for Palm Beach Symphony’s annual Music, Maestros & Masters at the Elinor Bernon Rosenthal Lifelong Learning Complex at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), located at 5353 Parkside Drive in Jupiter. See photos from the event.