Passion Revival 2002

Buck Creek Players will present the final show of our 50th season with this musical on our mainstage. Join us for the eight live in-person performances at the playhouse starting Friday, June 14th and running through Sunday, June 23rd. 

Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano continue their exploration of 17th century Italian motets with a new disc of works by composer Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682), out on Naïve Classiques on June 21, 2024. The album includes Stradella’s Symphonias in D Major and F Major. Except for Stradella’s Exultate in Deo fideles, all of the motets on the album are world premiere recordings.  

Les Arts Florissants will perform at summer festivals in North America and in the exquisite gardens of France, showcasing their renowned baroque music ensemble.

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival returns for its 22nd season from June 12-29 at Theatre Row.

Experience the magic of OSL Bach Festival at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall from June 4-25. Enjoy performances from world-renowned artists like Hadelich, Bezuidenhout, and more.

We spoke to Paula Nuñez about IF I CRY, the story about the life of Frida Kahlo, a captivating collaboration featuring dancers, music, and even mariachis!

On Juneteenth weekend, Intercultural Journeys will debut The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance, an interactive dance party throughout five “living rooms.”

Celebrate TOSOS' 50th anniversary with a staged reading of MASK4MASK, a new play by John Patterson. Learn more!

National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica will headline Let's Dance International Frontiers 2024 on May 3rd and 4th at Curve Leicester.

Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced today the North American premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring Bernadette Peters (Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun) and Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Here Lies Love), and directed by Sir Matthew Bourne (Swan Lake, My Fair Lady), playing at the Ahmanson Theatre from February 8—March 9, 2025. 

BroadwayWorld readers know the theater is blessed with talented people who not only perform on the stage but also manage operations behind the scenes. From tech crews, producers, directors, and writers, to publishers, instructors, and dramaturgs, these folks have their own “stage presence” that leans toward the creative side of this craft.

San Francisco Opera will present the American premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, at the War Memorial Opera House from June 1–21.

Join the Bryant Park Dance Party 2024 for dance instruction and live music featuring Bachata, Disco, Lindy Hop, Latin Festival and more.

Carter, known for her mastery of the violin across multiple musical genres, is a three-time Grammy Award nominee, most recently for best improvised jazz solo on “Pachamama,” on Thana Alexa’s 2020 album Ona.

What did our critic think of BACH AT LEIPZIG at Seat Of Pants?

Initial casting has been announced for the Broadway production of the acclaimed musical TAMMY FAYE. Two-time Olivier Award winner Katie Brayben will recreate her Olivier Award-winning performance as Tammy Faye Bakker, and Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will reprise his Olivier-nominated performance as Jim Bakker. TAMMY FAYE will begin preview performances on October 19th and will officially open on November 14th, 2024 at Broadway's Palace Theater. 

Captain Planet Foundation's annual gala raises over $800,000, honoring environmental heroes Josh Bernstein and Oluwaseyi Moejoh for their significant contributions to the planet's preservation.

James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera since 2006, has announced that the 2025/26 season will be his final season as music director.

Performers Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp will be the speakers at the Jandon Business of the Arts Distinguished Lecture, sharing their insights and experiences in the world of performing arts.

Initial casting and further tour dates have been announced for the 2024/25 UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray. Learn more about who is starring in the musical here, and where you can catch the show!

Experience the rich history of New York's immigrant journey through a musical tribute by The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra. Celebrate diversity and cultural heritage in this unique performance.

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its first-ever Met Orchestra Asia Tour this summer, June 19–30, immediately following its annual June residency at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, will conduct the Met Orchestra, with guest artists soprano Lisette Oropesa, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn.

What if the January 6, 2021 insurrection was successful? The Last Yiddish Speaker by Deborah Zoe Laufer imagines this alternate reality where a white supremacist regime has come into power. Learn more about the play here!

Portland’s Good Theater poetic, poignant revival of the Ahrens/Flaherty musical, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, exquisitely directed by Brian P. Allen, marks several memorable milestones for this company which has been a jewel in Portland’s theatrical scene for twenty-one seasons.

The JACK Quartet will appear at Constellation on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 8:30pm in a concert of forward-looking works curated to showcase the vitality of the string quartet genre, and its adoption into modern composition, some 275 years after Haydn defined the form.