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Despite some good performances, the play is bereft of context, bereft of history, bereft of detail, bereft of nuance. It simply fails to engage us.

Prime Video announced a premiere date for BLADE RUNNER 2099 at San Diego Comic-Con, where a teaser trailer for the highly anticipated sci-fi series was also released.

Phantom Projects Theatre Group's 17th annual Young Artist Project will bring 15 performers, ages 18–23, together at La Mirada Theatre to create and perform an original production in just 14 days.

Nicole Atkins released 'Boss Level Lonely,' a new single described as anthemic, ahead of her forthcoming album. The track marks her latest release as she builds toward the new record.

Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment will present the 1991 Giants Stadium concert in select cinemas worldwide, featuring the full June 17 show with bonus content and an introduction by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.

New Dance Alliance has announced Claude 'CJ' Johnson, Elyse Morris, and André M. Zachery as the recipients of its 2026-27 Black Artists Space to Create residency program.

Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo released a new track and video for 'Song for Aurora,' the latest offering from their upcoming album Psychedelia in White on Mute Records.

York Theatre Royal has announced the full cast and creative team for its UK revival of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, joining the previously announced Amelia Bullmore in the leading role of Penelope. Learn more here!

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma is presenting Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street through August 2. The production stars husband-and-wife performers Scott Guthrie and Lindsie VanWinkle-Guthrie and features a cast of 52, including members of Canterbury Voices.

Veteran emo/indie rock band Time Spent Driving announced 'Lost Leaves,' an upcoming album via Thirty Something Records, preceded by a double single release of 'Weak Arm' and 'December.'

Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, vocalist Maucha Adnet, and pianist Helio Alves will perform a Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz program at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Perhaps the biggest change was the audience. In the 1980s, AC/DC was the rebellious band parents warned their children about. Now, the band is the spectacle parents bring their children to experience. It was a little unnerving to hear a mother asking, “Timmy, would you like a cookie?” before the band opened with “If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It.”

The Tank NYC will present LimeFest 2026, its annual festival of new works by women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists, featuring productions including Lilith, Baby Bipolar, and Moonlighters at its Manhattan venue.

August: Osage County will return to London's West End in 2027, starring Lesley Manville as Violet Weston, and Anna Maxwell Martin as Barbara Fordham. Learn more here!

San Francisco Playhouse has released production photos from Hairspray, now on stage through September 12. Directed by Bill English, the production stars Ella Ruth Francis as Tracy Turnblad and Trevor March as Link Larkin.

WAITRESS ends its Australian run early and cancels its Sydney season, becoming the second Broadway musical in weeks to cut its tour short amid rising costs.

The official trailer is here for the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place 4-part finale event, featuring a first look at the return of fan-favorite characters Harper Finkle and Mason Greyback. Watch it now. 

Emmy-nominated actor and singer Tituss Burgess, known for UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT and Broadway's MOULIN ROUGE!, will perform one night only at London's Cadogan Hall, produced by Lambert Jackson.

Cyril Nri will take on the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Liverpool Everyman, directed by Olivier Award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.

Teenage years are no picnic for anyone. That we survive it at all makes us wish we all had the knowledge then what we know now. Such is the premise of MaKayla Baker Paxton’s play “When I Was” that’s playing as part of the District Fringe.

We caught up with Elle showrunners Laura Kittrell and Caroline Dries, who offered insights into the writing process, creating backstory for the beloved character of Elle Woods and landing on a tone for the prequel series.

What’s seven feet tall, green, and a triple threat? You’ll have to come to Broadway at Music Circus to find out and witness the spectacle of the summer. Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is tapping its way into the hearts of Sacramentans as fast as you can say, “It’s alive!” The film version premiered in 1974 and quickly became a beloved parody of the classic Universal monster movies. It combined Brooks' signature humor and outrageous characters into an enduring classic that was adapted to a Broadway musical in 2007.  This summer, director Glenn Casale’s vision of mad genius turns this Broadway at Music Circus production into a gloriously entertaining monster mash.

Looking to escape from the hot sun? Why not check out one of the many intriguing offerings at greater Boston venues where this summer’s vibrant theater scene boasts pre-Broadway productions, national tours, and summer-stock productions of everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals, and concerts. Bay State audiences have much to look forward to, including:

Two River Theater's ¡Festejo! celebrating Latine Stories Onstage will return for its 15th anniversary in Red Bank, NJ, featuring new works by five playwrights curated by José Zayas.

BroadwayWorld chats with Ella Ruth Francis who stars as Tracy Turnblad in San Francisco Playhouse's production of 'Hairspray,' the effervescent musical running July 10 thru September 12. This is a role she was born to play.