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Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is accepting submissions for the 20th annual Premiere Play Festival beginning Sunday, September 1. Learn how to apply!

The story of Ruth Kapp Hartz, a Jenkintown resident, will be highlighted in a new musical called “HIDDEN” written by musicians and songwriters David and Jenny Heitler-Klevans of Cheltenham.

Colburn School has announced its 2024–25 season featuring a range of performances, including classical music, jazz, and dance.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra will kick off its 46th season with multifaceted vocalist Storm Large for The Seven Deadly Sins on Sept. 28-29 at 7 p.m. at the Southern Theatre.

Experience world-class performances by the next generation of artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Check out the fall 2024 schedule of major events and secure your tickets now.

Jenny Heitler-Klevans, writer of the new musical “Hidden”, M7-Productions and Gratz College have announced the opening of 'Revealing the Hidden: A Curated Exploration of Identity and Resilience,' a meaningful art exhibit that will run from September 6 to September 22, 2024, in The Leona P. Kramer Gallery.

The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television has announced its 2024/25 theatre season, featuring a selection of award-winning musicals and plays and musicals spanning the late 19th century through to the modern day.

Park ICM's 2024-25 season kicks off with a concert featuring internationally renowned pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

A triumph for the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild

Rice University's Shepherd School of Music is celebrating the appointment of alumnus Cristian Măcelaru and the addition of opera luminary Patrick Summers to its faculty. Măcelaru will serve as distinguished visiting artist from the 2025-26 season through 2027-28, building on the conductor's array of international roles in classical music.

 Palm Beach Symphony CEO David McClymont has been named to the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. School of Business (RSB) Advisory Board at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private, Christian university in West Palm Beach.

Baldwin Wallace University is launching a national search for a new Music Theatre program director as Professor Victoria Bussert and two assistant professors transition to Oberlin College in 2025. Learn more about the position!

After premiering at The Tank in April, the solo musical comedy The iPhone Arias will receive a showing for one night only at The Performance Project at University Settlement, created and performed by Caroline Hawthorne.

Pace University’s Sands College of Performing Arts has named Mandy Moore director of its Commercial Dance LA semester. 

The 16th annual Bring A Weasel and A Pint of Your Own Blood Festival, created by experimental theater legend Mac Wellman, will take place this year at the BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) on September 13th - September 15th, 2024.

Drawing from a diverse lineup of modern dance, musical theatre, world music, jazz and contemporary choir, Rowan University's Marie Rader Presenting Series has announced the 2024-2025 performance series.

The Negaunee Foundation has endowed the Colburn School's Conducting Program, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, with a landmark $16.6 million gift, supporting the future of musical education and leadership.

Conductor Mert Yalniz has been selected by Esa-Pekka Salonen to join the San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2024–25 season as an extension of his work as a Salonen Fellow in the Colburn School Conservatory of Music's Negaunee Conducting Program.

DePaul University's Blue Demon Theatre will present the world premiere of TURING, a new musical by Timothy L. Michuda and Benjamin Ward. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Merrily We Roll Along is that rare gem, a grown-up, subtle, perceptive musical that can delight both audiences love musicals and audiences who hate them.  This production by the Inland Valley Repertory Theatre, with brilliant direction by Frank Minano, is complex, bittersweet, funny, heartfelt, ultimately joyous and inspiring.

Miller Theatre celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Composer Portraits with a performance by Courtney Bryan and a 'Photo Call' lobby exhibition on September 12.

The Broward College Dance Ensemble marked its 10th anniversary with 'Without Limit,' a concert that raised nearly $8,000 for scholarships and programs in the Visual & Performing Arts Department.

Jennifer Holmes has been appointed as the inaugural Dean of Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts, bringing extensive experience in theatre education and administration to the new role.

The musical phenomenon Godspell comes to The Lesedi Theatre at the Joburg Theatre complex from Thursday 29 August to Sunday 1 September 2024.

The story of Ruth Kapp Hartz, a Jenkintown resident, is highlighted in a new musical called “HIDDEN” being presented in Philadelphia. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.