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Boston comedy veteran Tony V, known for appearances on Seinfeld and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, will headline a stand-up night at Samuel Slater's Restaurant at Indian Ranch, joined by Emily Ruskowski and host Ryan Ellington.

The Newport Classical Music Festival will present four piano-focused concerts at The Breakers, Castle Hill Inn, and Emmanuel Church, featuring pianists Dmitry Shishkin, Michelle Cann, Janice Carissa, and the duo of Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy.

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre has revealed the cast and production team for In the Continuum, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter, directed by Producing Artistic Director Tim Rhoze.

The Hispanic Organization of Latin Artists has appointed Emilio Sosa as Chair of HOLA and the HOLA Awards. Sosa is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy-nominated costume designer, educator, producer, and nationally respected arts advocate.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical In the Heights takes standard Broadway fare and moves it slightly more uptown - to 183rd Street, to be specific.  Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre has its patrons do the same, moving a little further north outside the Perimeter to see their own new production of this Tony Award-winning musical.

Pink Martini, the Portland-based 'little orchestra' now in its 31st year, will perform at the Tobin Center's H-E-B Performance Hall in San Antonio for a one-night-only show. Tickets start at $48.

The star-studded lineup has been unveiled for this year's CMA Fest, which returns to ABC and Hulu later this month, with featured performers that include Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, Shaboozey, and more.

F**KING SWANS, written by Eugene O'Neill Semi-Finalist Elise Marra, is running at Omnibus Theatre as part of the 96' Festival, starring Siubhan Harrison, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Emma Wilkinson Wright.

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Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, has broken a major box office record, the film is now the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time at $911.9 million worldwide.

FX posted a teaser for THE BEAR Season 5, the final season, which finds Sydney, Richie, and Sugar running the restaurant after Carmy quits, with one last service ahead.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company posted a new clip for CATCH AS CATCH CAN, the Chicago premiere of Mia Chung's play featuring three ensemble members taking on six roles across age and gender.

A new clip from Shakespeare Theatre Company's OTHELLO features Wendell Pierce in the title role, with the production running through June 28 at Harman Hall in Washington, D.C.

Tampa Bay’s Broadway Stars of the Future winners, Jayden Vega and Emma Armstrong, are on their way to New York to join 116 of the nation’s top high‑school performers at the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards, taking place Monday, June 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre. Hosted by Bowen Yang, the national showcase brings together students from 58 regional programs across the country.

Be Bold! Productions' 15th annual Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival opened last weekend at the Players Theatre, with Week 1 presenting five original short plays by five different playwrights. The winner of week 1 has been revealed.

Towson University's College of Fine Arts and Communication will present a free panel discussion centered on the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration as part of the 2026 Summer at the Center Arts Festival Juneteenth programming.

After starring this summer in South Pacific at the MUNY (in the same role he won the Tony Award for on Broadway) and The Light in the Piazza at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Paulo Szot is in concert at the intimate Blue Strawberry for two nights.

Brooke Lynn Hytes, Symone, and Marcia Marcia Marcia are now starring in Stop! That! Train!, the new film from the world of RuPaul’s Drag Race. We caught up with the trio, who shared insights into the movie's musical numbers and revealed which Broadway stars they would want in their own train cabin.

Shakespeare? Check. Reimagined story for Juliet? Check. High-energy pop hits? Check. Iconic queer character? Double check! We recently interviewed Nico Ochoa who plays May in the current touring production of & JULIET. They gave us the privilege of diving into the beauty, pain, and nuances of portraying a groundbreaking queer character who is introduced to a centuries’ old story. 

Katy Geraghty, known for her Broadway roles in Into the Woods, Groundhog Day, and Hairspray, will perform a solo show at Blue Strawberry in St. Louis, spanning music from Paramore to Sondheim.

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Melissa Pullinger's award-winning one-woman show Meteors, about losing her mother at 20, will travel from Adelaide Fringe to Edinburgh's Summerhall for performance dates this August.

Richard Stirling's Mandy: Prince of Darkness, a solo show portraying Peter Mandelson through his own speeches and statements, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

ISHIDA DANCE had a world premiere with their presentation of waiting / REX at the Asia Society Texas Center. This program is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Both are choreographed by the company’s artistic director.

“Weird Al” Yankovic will bring his 1989 comedy UHF back to the big screen for one night only at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 31. The film’s original score will be performed live on stage by a full orchestra, conducted by the score’s composer, John Du Prez.