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If you missed the nonstop Broadway-filled weekend at The Festival, BroadwayWorld has you covered with a full recap. The three-door outdoor event featured endless performances from your favorite performers all weekend long.

Based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel of the same name and (to a lesser extent) Disney’s 1996 Academy Award nominated animated film musical. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is set in 15th century Paris.

David Arquette hits the road for the SCREAM 30th anniversary tour, bringing screenings, live Q&As and VIP photo-ops to 14 cities this October.

Popejoy Hall will launch its Schooltime Series with DOKTOR KABOOM: UNDER PRESSURE!, continuing an Albuquerque education program that has served more than a million students.

Bar/None Records will reissue Reseda Spleen, the 1996 debut from L.A. psych-pop act Ventilator, led by former Permanent Green Light guitarist Matt Devine, on vinyl, digital and streaming platforms.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Jon Cypher, who starred opposite Julie Andrews in Cinderella and had several Broadway and off-Broadway credits, has died. Read his obituary here.

Comedy Works Entertainment will present two special taping performances of Craig Ferguson's stand-up show at Boulder Theater, with audiences subject to being filmed for future release.

SPIDERBAIT will return with four encore performances following a sold-out run of its Ivy & the Big Apples 30th Anniversary Tour, with stops across regional Victoria and Hobart.

American Songbook Association and Cabaret Scenes will present their sixth annual gala “Maltby & Shire: Our Story Goes On” – honoring the multi-award-winning songwriting team of Richard Maltby. Jr. and David Shire.

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish will bring their Channel 4 reunion show to Bristol Beacon after their Royal Albert Hall date sold out immediately following its announcement.

ADAM BUXTON and JOE CORNISH will reunite at London's Royal Albert Hall to mark 30 years since their Channel 4 series first aired, featuring clips and behind-the-scenes stories from the show.

Swans announced NEWLY SENTIENT BEING, a live recording capturing the band's final 'Big Sound' performance, set for release via Young God Records.

Three artists have been selected to participate in Benson Drive Productions' inaugural BDP Edinburgh Fringe Artists in Residence program this August. The artists were chosen from over 400 applicants across the US.

Ben Vaughn and Americana rockers Deer Tick announced a new collaborative album, Magnetic East: The Deer Tick Sessions, via Yep Roc Records, with the first single 'Imitation Wood Grain' already out.

PlayGround has announced four next-gen theatre leaders as its 2026-2027 Producing Fellows, selected from over 100 applicants to train across SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.

'The Notebook,' the hit Broadway musical based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller, featuring music and lyrics by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and a book by American playwright and screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter, is making its first international premiere at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater this September.

BroadwayWorld spoke to McCamus about playing two characters who represent humanity’s fears of stasis and obsolescence, but who themselves live in the present tense.

De La Soul announced a deluxe edition of their 1996 album Stakes Is High, marking 30 years since its release with expanded content celebrating the hip-hop classic.

Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom, CA, will present BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY live, featuring the swing revival band's original core lineup blending jazz, swing, and dixieland with over 2 million albums sold.

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced two upcoming events: THE LEGEND OF KORRA IN CONCERT, featuring a live symphonic performance, and Neil deGrasse Tyson – Astronomy Bizarre, both at Muriel Kauffman Theatre in Kansas City.

Trainspotting the Musical has shared a casting update for the role of Renton. The previously announced Robbie Scott is stepping down from the role due to an injury he sustained during rehearsals.

Spiderbait announced local openers for all dates on their Ivy & the Big Apples 30th Anniversary Tour, featuring female and gender diverse artists across Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, and Newcastle.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that longtime stage and screen performer Tom Ligon, known for his screen roles in projects like Paint Your Wagon and The Young and the Restless, passed away at 85 years old on June 26, 2026.

Kathryn Haggis performs her solo show LIFEGUARD: The Only Job AI Can't Do at the Toronto Fringe Festival, directed by Tracey Erin Smith and dramaturged by playwright Judith Thompson.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.