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Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release a 39-disc box set capturing the second leg of Bob Dylan's legendary Rolling Thunder Revue tour, featuring 371 never-before-heard tracks from professionally recorded shows.

A new 50th Anniversary Broadway production of Annie will premiere on Broadway in Fall 2027, fifty years after its Broadway debut, directed by Sam Pinkleton. Learn more here!

PEAK Performances will present dance, theater, film and music programming at Montclair State University, featuring works by choreographer Kyle Abraham, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a new three-film series on 1976 American cinema.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present David Auburn's SUMMER, 1976, a play about an unlikely friendship between two women during America's Bicentennial. The production stars Kate Baldwin and Jennifer Van Dyck at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.

Emily Skinner, Laiken Jules, Christopher Swan and more will star in Goodspeed Musicals’ 50th anniversary production of Annie, running October 30-December 27, 2026 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Connecticut.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 11, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

In 1976 Andy Warhol, having re-invented himself as the portrait painter of the rich and famous, travels to Tehran commissioned to take polaroids of the Shah’s wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels and ordering room service caviar, Warhol encounters a young revolutionary who throws his plans into turmoil and opens the pop icon’s eyes to a world beyond himself. A fictionalized portrait of the artist’s famed visit to Iran that leaves you asking, “Who was the artist and who was the revolutionary?”

The Coolidge Corner Theatre will present a repertory series spanning 100 years of cinema featuring demonic possession, Faustian bargains, and portrayals of Lucifer, including Häxan, Rosemary's Baby, and The Exorcist.

The Chicago theater company, whose mission is to eradicate racism, will be honored by The Jeff Awards for its 50-year legacy of arts leadership and creative achievements.

A new trailer reveals Amazon Prime Video's reimagining of Stephen King's Carrie, moving the classic story into the present day ahead of its October debut.

Carmel will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a city with an ice cream social featuring live music from Blair Clark & Fun Factor Band and Cool City Band, historic displays, and family activities at Carmel City Hall.

Z2 Comics, working with the Estate of Johnny Cash, will republish the singer's self-funded 1976 comic book with new variant covers and interviews with John Carter Cash and Alex Segura.

Odyssey Opera will open its season with a one-night concert at NEC's Jordan Hall featuring rarely performed works by Edward MacDowell, Amy Beach and George Whitefield Chadwick, including a Boston premiere.

THE FLESHTONES released a double-sided single, "Float Your Showboat" b/w "Hear Today," marking the band's 50th anniversary on Yep Roc Records as a limited-edition 7-inch and digital release.

Elvis Costello released the previously unreleased track "I Turn Around" (Hope & Anchor Studio), taken from the forthcoming My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) box set.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Merrily We Roll Along tackles these behemoth existentialisms at a granular level in the lives of three old friends. It’s one of those shows that leaves you with something to ponder for days after the lights come up. In Signature Theatre’s hands, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s masterpiece is more intricate than ever before.

Soulpepper Theatre Company will launch a Civic Programming lineup in Toronto's Distillery District, featuring journalism talks, a Hot Docs screening series and free weekly Public Tuesdays events.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present MAMMA MANIA: The American Tribute to ABBA at The Colonial Theatre, joining a fall lineup with Orleans, David Sedaris and Rev Tor's 30th Anniversary Jam.

Jarrott Productions announced its 12th season in Austin, featuring three plays exploring identity, storytelling, and friendship at Trinity Street Playhouse and Hyde Park Theatre.

Goodspeed Musicals has announced that Tony nominee Emily Skinner will play Miss Hannigan in its 50th anniversary production of Annie. The musical, which premiered at Goodspeed in 1976 before transferring to Broadway, returns to The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn., from Oct. 30 through Dec. 27, 2026. The official press opening is set for Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Director Alison Reid's documentary THE ART OF ADVENTURE, following the 1957 Land Rover expedition of Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster, will open in theaters across the US this fall.

Judi Silvano's Garden Winds, a voice-bassoon-flute trio, will release the album FIRST FLIGHT on JSL Records and perform at venues across New York, including a new release celebration in Poughkeepsie.

The 10-disc collection compiles Kim Carnes' recordings for A&M, EMI America and MCA, featuring rare 12-inch dance mixes, bonus duets and a limited autographed print edition.

Tim Armstrong, Billie Joe Armstrong, Travis Barker and CJ Ramone performed as CRETIN FAMILY at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, joined by Fred Armisen, The Linda Lindas and Billy Idol for a Ramones tribute concert.