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The Philharmonia Orchestra will present all nine Beethoven symphonies paired with contemporary works across nine concerts led by conductors including Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Marin Alsop at London's Southbank Centre.

Patti LuPone will perform SONGS FROM A HAT and Bianca Del Rio will bring her IT GETS BITTER World Comedy Tour to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

Australian psychedelic dream pop band THE CHURCH released the single 'Western,' recorded in Austin, Texas. The track precedes the band's 28th album LACUNA via Cooking Vinyl.

The 13th annual Americas Film Festival New York will present feature films, documentaries, and shorts exploring historical memory, migration, identity, and music across the Americas. All screenings and programs are free and open to the public.

SOFT CELL released "The Rainbow Room," a ballad set in early 1980s New York from final album DANCETERIA, due September 25, 2026, ahead of a U.S. tour this fall.

Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will perform her theatrical concert Matters of the Heart at the London Coliseum in February 2027.  The show is based on the CD recording of the same name which was released in 1999.

The Broadway grosses provide valuable information that can give insight into everything from what producers and investors choose to bring to Broadway next to what show might have a discounted ticket available for the average theatergoer. Historically, this data has been tracked for over a century. The collective data of many shows’ grosses over previous seasons presents patterns which contribute to ticket pricing decisions and scheduling decisions, such as when a limited run should plan to open and close. The grosses guide Broadway marketers and advertisers in every day decision-making as well, giving data to base spends and new placements on.

Nancy Jones hosts a George Jones 95th birthday tribute at Nashville Palace Sept. 13, benefiting Concerts 4 A Cause and MTSU's Jones scholarship.

A new play by Matt Okin, featuring five actors portraying more than 40 characters, will run in the Johnson Theater as part of the Dream Up Festival in New York City.

FRIGID New York will present its 29th season, including the Days of the Dead Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival, and The Fire This Time Festival, with performances at UNDER St. Marks.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes, a one-night-only event with the triple Tony Award winner. LuPone will return to the NYC concert stage to open the Tisch Music 2026/27 season.

Turner Classic Movies is set to debut a new weekly programming franchise called FILMS ON FILM, focused on movies about filmmaking and the industry itself.

Actress Michèle LaRue will perform her nationally touring TALES WELL TOLD program at Classic American Tales and Historic Cold Spring Village in Cape May, featuring Gilded Age stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett.

Much has been written about the proliferation of pop singer-songwriters writing new musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway. Less covered is the trend of pop singers performing on Broadway, which has made for a number of memorable appearances in current and recent seasons. 

San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 24th season, which will be presented August 2026 to September 2027. The season will feature three musicals and four plays.

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

The Adams Theater has revealed new cast members for their upcoming show 'Selected Shorts' on May 23, 2026 at 7:30pm. Tony Shaloub and Brooke Adams join David Strathairn and others for this presentation.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will present a free concert highlighting female composers from the Americas on March 5 at the DiMenna Center, NYC.

It's music's biggest night! Laufey, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, and more took home awards at The 68th Annual GRAMMYs. Check out the full list of GRAMMY winners here.

Miami New Drama will present the world premiere of English Only, a bold new play by acclaimed writer Nicholas Griffin and directed by New York-based director Margot Bordelon.

It wasn’t until later on in theatre history that revivals began including shows that weren’t initially well received or financially successful in their initial engagements. As musical theatre continued to evolve, and more shows entered the canon, a consensus began to grow about shows being worthy of additional exploration even if they hadn’t been hits the first time around. What about musicals that had been ahead of their time, musicals that had fallen prey to circumstances, early works by writers who became successful later on, and of course, shows that found an audience after closing via their cast recordings?

Dance Camera West’s 26th season of the world-renowned Los Angeles–based Dance Camera West Festival has been revealed.

Barbra Streisand, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, and more have been nominated for 2026 GRAMMYS. See the full list of nominations here!

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will launch its 46th consecutive season with a free concert on Monday, November 3, 2025. The performance will take place at 7:00 p.m. at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Library of Congress had acquired the Stephen Sondheim collection. The legendary composer and lyricist passed away in 2021 at the age of 91 after a long and extraordinary career. His collection at the Library of Congress is in the midst of being catalogued, and this piece shares several highlights from the boxes of Sondheim’s lyric drafts, music manuscripts, rewrite notes, brainstorm pages, song list outlines, and more.