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The Key West Film Festival has announced the recipients of its Golden Key Award for Artistic Excellence, honoring comedian and performer Billy Connolly. The festival also celebrates its tenth annual Golden Key Award for Excellence in Costume Design, honoring Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah L. Scott.

Cheshire's most spectacular live stately home outdoor concerts are set to return in 2026 - with audiences promised even more big names and brilliant music.

DISCOSHOW's vibe is glitter swelled with ambition, all for a sweaty good time. “There’s only one rule,” said the evening’s M.C., the drag queen Eureka O’Hara. “Dance like no one’s watching — or filming. Girl, it’s the 70s!”hat did our critic think of DISCOSHOW at Spiegelworld @ Caesar's Palace? (NYT)

Technology plays an ever-present role in the life of every human on earth. As computer technology and social media have begun to heavily impact everyday life, this has gradually been reflected in modern musicals on Broadway.

Broadway veterans Dianne Wiest and Lois Smith, along with Tony Hale, have joined the guest star lineup for Season 3 of Elsbeth. The CBS detective series, led by Carrie Preston, will return for its third season on October 12, 2025.

The National Tour of THE NOTEBOOK is now underway! The tour launched on September 6, 2025, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH. Read the reviews here!

Phish will return to New York City on Sunday, December 28, through Wednesday, December 31, for a four-night New Year’s run at Madison Square Garden. A much-loved New Year’s tradition, this year’s run will bring Phish's total number of shows at The Garden to 91. 

What did our critic think of AMERICAN IDIOT at At Short North Stage? In Short North Stage’s production of AMERICAN IDIOT, everything isn’t meant to be okay. The characters are disappointed, disillusioned, and defiant, and their story is depressing, dark, and disturbing.

Since the early 1970s, Penelope Wilton has established herself as a major player on the British stage, and we are taking a look back at her expansive theatrical career, just in time for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Paloma Diamond, Chester Gregory, and many more! See the full lineup here.

SFJAZZ has expanded its 2025/26 Season with three newly added performances, including additional concerts by vocalist Madeleine Peyroux and more. See the full lineup here!

Alex Winter, who has starred on the stage and screen over the last four decades, has joined the producing team for the New York premiere of Slaughter City by the award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace. Learn more!

“I haven’t stopped acting since I started fifty years ago, and West Side Story will be my return to Maine State Music Theatre after fourteen years,” notes Ed Romanoff.

Ben Joyce, Zachary James, Christine Allado, Dex Lee and Adam Strong will lead an onstage company of over 50 in the UK professional premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Prince Edward Theatre. Learn more!

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Board of Directors has announced new leaders in the upcoming 2025-26 Season including Omar Atassi, Will Flett, Patrick Gill, Morgan O'Regan Hogerty, Steve Murray and Dr. Michael Ryan, MD.

Charlie Sheen will share his story, his way at New Jersey Performing Arts Center this September. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets here!

CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook finds out how the Tony-nominated actor measures success, and goes behind-the-scenes of the Netflix show, 'Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.' Check out the video here!

Oasis have announced details of deluxe formats of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary. The release will hit shelves on October 3.

Karl E. Held, a Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer whose wide-ranging career in the performing arts spanned more than four decades, died on June 23 in New York City.

Westport Country Playhouse will present Candace Bushnell, the international best-selling novelist and creator of “Sex and the City,” in her critically acclaimed one-woman show, “True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex and the City,” on Wednesday, July 9, at 8 p.m.

The Gilded Age is back for Season 3, and with it, a new and returning crop of Broadway talent. The New York-based costume drama is known for its vast array of theater actors, utilizing a total of 163 across its three seasons. Take a look here to see which of your favorite stars appear in the new season!

 Hudson River Park has unveiled the lineup for Broadway by the Boardwalk, a free summertime series. See who is taking part and learn how to attend upcoming concerts!

Joanna Pickering's new one-act play, Lara's Journey, will be performed in a benefit reading, this evening, on World Refugee Day, at The Center at West Park, June 20th at 8p.m.

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival has unveiled its 2025 Summer Festival line-up, spotlighting four new musicals and eight original plays, each of which are making their New York debut and that champion story, substance, and stagecraft.

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