Iceland in the 19th Century was not exactly an idyll; it was an island nation of farming and fishing communities, pretty much cut off from the much of the rest of the world. Crime was rare and capital crimes rarer still. So the country's criminal cases have become the stuff of legend, including the child rape case in Rifsaedasel of 1837, which is as infamous to Icelanders as The Manson Family is to Americans. Contemporary Icelandic playwright Hrafnhildur Hagalin revisits this infamous case with 'Guilty' (2014), a verse play that gracefully and provocatively examines issues of obsession and mercy which cling to it to this day.

Newly announced shows include 'LeVar Burton Reads,' from the star of 'Reading Rainbow' and 'Stark Trek;' comedy podcast 'Hello From The Magic Tavern;' 'Vox's The Weeds,' an in-depth look at current events; and 'Nancy,' conversations about today's LGBTQ issues; as well as a block of wrestling podcasts, including 'Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast,' 'The Art of Wrestling' and 'Conversation with the Big Guy.'

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's preeminent Latino dance company, has named Michelle Manzanales as the Director of the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance. In addition, Johan Rivera has been named as the Rehearsal Director and Artistic Associate of Ballet Hispánico's main company and Joshua Winzeler has been named as Rehearsal Director for Ballet Hispánico's second company, BHdos.

What do REM, The Foo Fighters, Rob Zombie, and ZZ Top have in common?

Two-time Emmy Award and five-time Grammy Award nominated Michael Feinstein returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with the surefire show-stopping songs that made Broadway great...from then and now. BroadwayWorld got a sneak peek at the upcoming show, check out the photos below!

Dixon Place will present 'StylePointe', the ONLY Fashion Show collaborating with dance, during New York Fashion Week.

NYU Skirball has added five presentations to its 2017-18 season lineup, announced NYU Skirball Director Jay Wegman, including American premieres from the Palestinian Freedom Theatre and Ireland's outrageous THISISPOPBABY, and a performance from composer Morton Subotnick.

THE APPLE BOYS, a new musical by Ben Bonnema (2017 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient) and Jonothon Lyons, will be presented tonight, August 3, 2017 at 7:30pm at Dixon Place.

Four-time Drama Desk Award nominated director Bryna Wasserman, currently represented Off-Broadway with the revival of Amerike-The Golden Land, is set to helm the staged reading of Canadian playwright Ben Gonshor's When Blood Ran Red, today, August 3rd, 3pm, at the Workshop Theater.

MotherFreakingHood! just celebrated its opening on August 1 at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater and will run through Sunday, August 6, 2017. BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!

On Monday, August 21st, at 8pm Broadway's Marcus Paul James (RENT, In The Heights, The Wiz Live) will light up the Living Room Bar at the spectacular W New York - Times Square on his Paper Hearts Tour.

Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival presents the world premiere of I Am Antigone, September 8th through September 16th at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue).

Josh Sharp Sings! Live! (A Comedy Show), featuring Cole Escola, Christi Chiello, Aaron Jackson and more, is coming to Joe's Pub at the Public on Wednesday, August 23 at 9:30 p.m.

Music Director Designate Jaap van Zweden will open the New York Philharmonic's 176th season, leading two programs that feature the virtuosity of the musicians of the Philharmonic in repertoire both central to the Orchestra's history and new to Philharmonic audiences.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center's Principal Dance Company, returns to the theater's stage from November 29th - December 31st, 2017.

Roy Assaf, an acclaimed Israeli choreographer whose work has been commissioned by the Royal Swedish Ballet and Benjamin Millepied's Los Angeles Dance Project, will serve as a visiting lecturer at the Juilliard School this fall.

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, in partnership with The Millay Colony for the Arts, marks the centenary of Women's Suffrage and the reopening of New York State's oldest surviving theater with a new production of Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's 1947 opera, THE MOTHER OF US ALL - a comic and profound musical pageant of 19th Century American social and political life.

After a well received run at the PIT in April, and sold-out performances at the Hollywood Fringe this past June, The Edge of the Universe: a Magic School Bus Musical Parody is so excited to be returning to the PIT Loft!

Elektra Kurtis brings her 'Rituals for Peace' to NYC's Symphony Space and Cornelia Street Cafe.

The service organization Dance/NYC and a coalition of nine partners today announced the release of Advancing Fiscally Sponsored Dance Artists & Projects.

Stars of Broadway's Once on This Island, Hamilton and Waitress will join contemporary composing team Douglas Lyons & Ethan D. Pakchar in concert August 28th at Rockwood Music Hall's Stage 2.

Carnegie Hall's 2017-2018 season is fast approaching, with many opportunities for families to take part in fun, interactive concerts and other activities that celebrate the joy of music and develop creativity, imagination, and musical curiosity in people of all ages.

The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company will present its summer fundraiser, 'Summer Rondo Festival - 'Love, Family & Work' on Monday, August 21st, 2017 and Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street, between Lafayette Street & Bowery, New York, NY 10012).

Honest Accomplice Theatre presents ReconFIGUREd, co-created and directed by Maggie Keenan-Bolger and Rachel Sullivan, presented at University Settlement (184 Eldridge Street, New York NY) August 9, 10, 11, 12 at 8pm.

Ballet School NY, the official training school of New York Theatre Ballet, is pleased to announce its 2017-18 classes for students ages 4 and up, beginning September 18, 2017 at NYTB's home studio, located at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th Street, 2nd Floor, New York City.