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Graham Abbott will conduct Handel's Messiah at the Sydney Opera House this holiday season. Learn more about the upcoming performances and find out how to get tickets here!

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will present their first live gala since 2019, the 2024 TRU Love Benefit: Passion...Pass It On! this month. Learn more about the benefit and how to get tickets here!

Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, where they learned more about the center’s work in air, space, and science. The show was in the area performing at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News. Check out photos from the production.

Sheffield Theatres is presenting KENREX- part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. See what the critics are saying...

One of the most explosive musical sensations has finally landed in Poland, and it’s here to school us all! Six years after its dazzling debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SIX has arrived, bringing with it six incredible women whose lives were tied together by one infamous husband—Henry VIII.

The Mercury Theatre has released photos from inside rehearsal for the 2024/5 pantomime, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, which will run from 23 November 2024 – 19 January 2025.

Blackstock Market has opened its final two performance spaces at its popular Liverpool site. The theatres are the latest phase of the acclaimed £8million city entertainment destination to be completed.

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre - one of the nation's preeminent arts and culture organizations - will launch the inaugural “Black Narrative” theater series.

In celebration of 30 enchanting years of the magical, musical world of The Swan Princess, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing a deluxe box set featuring all 12 animated features.

IAMA Theatre Company will host its 7th Annual New Works Festival this December, featuring eight new plays presented as staged readings. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

It’s interesting to consider that ballet began its development in the mid 16th century, however it wasn't until around 400 years later that BIPOC (American) dancers Maria Tallchief, Raven Wilkinson and Arthur Mitchell, first joined ballet companies.

Discover THE MÉLANGE SERIES at THE FLORENCE this November.

Peacock's new original special, Paris & Nicole: The Encore, premieres December 12 with all episodes available to stream exclusively on Peacock. Watch the new teaser!

A couple crash through the door of a Barcelona apartment in a passionate embrace, but this ardour quickly cools as cultural and personal clashes take over. Collins and Morte are both impressively natural on stage, but without their billing, it is highly doubtful this play would have made it to the West End.

Tony Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser, and Tony-award-winner Bryan Cranston are all set to star in Assassination, the mystery thriller film from director Barry Levinson and playwright David Mamet and Sam Bromell.

Jesse Lynn Madera has released her new single 'Make It Out,' produced by Dan Navarro and Jim Scott. More than just a song, 'Make It Out' is a powerful reflection of our times leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

Midterms are a struggle for people of all academic pursuits and levels, but nothing compares to staring down one of your worst subjects and realizing both you and your grade might just crack under the pressure. This was the unfortunate scenario I found myself in this midterm season and, surprisingly, it did not go as expected.

Westport Country Playhouse will open its 2024-25 Season with “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced frenzy of espionage and murderous mayhem based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic film, with a dash of Monty Python's zany humor, running from October 22 through November 9.

What did our critic think of THE 39 STEPS at Westport Country Playhouse?

On Saturday, October 26th, I had the pleasure of seeing yet another first rate production put on by the Castle Craig Players at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse in Meriden, CT.  Bram Stoker’s DRACULA is brought to life on stage, through the adaptation by Hamilton Deane & John L. Balderston.  The brilliant direction of Stephen Amato brings out the best in this stellar cast that includes Erin Aldrich, Timothy Barton, Sara Courtemanche, Griffin Kulp, Meghan Magner, Tullio Milani, Bill Rodman, and Mike Zimmerman, all who excel in their respective roles, as individuals, and as a collective group!

It’s been 17 years since Ben Decter started writing a musical about his daughter, Addie’s, battle with childhood epilepsy and how it has changed his family. Now, after numerous rewrites, readings, workshops, and emotional rehearsals, the show is finally making its stage debut.

As part of our Words From The Wings series, we're chatting with Richard Short from The Hills of California. Richard shared some of his backstage routines, must-haves, and more.

Westport Country Playhouse opens its 2024-25 Season with “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced frenzy of espionage and murderous mayhem based on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic film, with a dash of Monty Python’s zany humor, running from October 22 through November 9. See photos from the production.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre has extended booking with tickets now on sale through to 26 October 2025. This will be the fourth booking extension since the show opened to great critical acclaim in June this year.

Theater Resources Unlimited has announced their 2024 TRU Love Benefit, featuring Norm Lewis and Nona Hendryx, on November 17 at Green Room 42 in NYC.