Breaking Through 2015

The Australian String Quartet will present its final 2026 tour, Voyager, commencing in Perth on October 12 and visiting Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane, and Melbourne through October 29. The program features works by Garth Knox, Bartók, and Beethoven.

A recent audience disturbance at Wicked on the West End caused the performance to be paused for an hour. Unruly patrons were singing along, talking loudly, sneaking in their own alcohol, and generally creating an unpleasant experience for their fellow theatergoers. They were finally ushered out of London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre successfully by the heroic front of house and security teams. The situation went viral thanks to TikTok, with theatre fans and professionals around the world weighing in on what happened at the show.

Additional performances of John Mayer's residency at Sphere in Las Vegas have been added due to overwhelming demand, with shows combining solo, full band, and trio configurations.

D.O.D releases debut album EVERYTHING, BRIEFLY alongside new EPs from Adriatique's X Recordings and Ae:ther on Armada Music.

DEF LEPPARD and GOO GOO DOLLS announced a 45-date North American tour running March 2 through July 2, 2027, with special guests THE STRUTS. Tickets go on sale October 16 at Livenation.com.

DEF LEPPARD announced a 45-date North American tour kicking off March 2 and running through July 2, 2027, with GOO GOO DOLLS and THE STRUTS. $1 from each ticket sold will benefit City of Hope cancer research.

Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme announced residency status at ThickSkin's Engine Room in Wigan and associate company positions with Factory International and the Bush Theatre, expanding its talent development initiatives across the UK.

Nikki Glaser and David Spade announced upcoming dates for their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with presales and public ticket sales beginning this fall.

John Mayer will perform six nights at Sphere in Las Vegas, featuring solo, full band, and trio configurations. General tickets go on sale in October.

The Barbican announced its Spring/Summer 2027 theatre and dance lineup, featuring UK premieres, world premieres, and returning productions from international and UK artists.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

54 Below will present multiple cabaret shows featuring Tony Award winners Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Natalie Venetia Belcon, Grammy nominee Marilyn Maye, and performers from HAMILTON, HADESTOWN, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

Kenny Riches' award-winning crime drama MOUSE will open in New York and Los Angeles. The film follows a lonely petty thief who invents a false identity through a pen-pal service, only to discover his correspondent is running her own deception.

Belongó will present its second annual benefit featuring Arturo O'Farrill & the AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE BLUES BROTHERS members, and BALLET HISPÁNICO to support music education programs in NYC public schools and Casa Belongó.

Liz Nistico's solo project REVENGE WIFE released the second single from her debut album ALIEN WITCH, a track exploring unconditional love through soft vocals and prog-rock production.

Cate Blanchett has been named a 2026 Praemium Imperiale laureate for Theatre/Film, honored alongside artists in music, sculpture, painting and architecture.

Yandel received the Agent of Change honor at Premios Juventud in Marbella and premiered new tracks "DND" and "Cual Es la Necesidad," ahead of a Sinfónico tour stop in Madrid on November 9.

San Jose-based indie rock band THE ALBERT SQUARE released the final single ahead of its sophomore album, I (WISH I COULD) TALK TO PEOPLE, arriving via Asian Man Records.

Vangeline will perform her Butoh dance work MAN WOMAN at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford, followed by a discussion on gender and Butoh history with Dr Baldock.

54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.

Next week, beginning August 24, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Rent original stars Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp, and more.

RAVEN will begin the second European leg of its "Can't Take Away The Fire" 2026 tour September 3 in Belgrade, with stops including Zagreb, Essen, Den Haag, Tilburg, Stuttgart and Diest through September 13.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL will open at Melbourne's Princess Theatre in October 2027, before touring to Sydney Lyric and QPAC's Lyric Theatre in Brisbane.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's production will open at Melbourne's Princess Theatre in October 2027 before touring to Sydney Lyric and QPAC's Lyric Theatre in Brisbane.