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Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton will return to the stage for the first time in 40 years in Manfred Karge's MAN TO MAN at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway.

HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL will launch a UK and Ireland tour opening at Manchester Palace Theatre. Katie Brace returns as Tracy Turnblad. Learn more about the tour here.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical will play Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in March and April 2028, with Katie Brace reprising the role of Tracy Turnblad and a creative team including choreographer Drew McOnie.

Oceanside Theatre Company’s “Carrie: The Musical is a fittingly spooky-season offering, delivering psychological horror, impressive vocals, and a bloody good time.

The eight-time Tony Award-winning musical will open the Delray Beach Playhouse's 2026–27 Main Stage season, running four weekends with 16 performances including a full Thanksgiving weekend.

Just in time for Halloween, BEETLEJUICE is bringing its delightfully strange and spooky world to Robinson Center in Little Rock, October 30–November 1, and I couldn't be more excited! Based on the beloved 1988 Tim Burton film, this larger-than-life musical combines outrageous comedy, eye-popping special effects, unforgettable songs, and a surprisingly touching story about family, grief, and finding your place in the world.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS contributed an original track to THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING (THE ALBUM), reuniting with producer Butch Vig for their first collaboration since 1993's SIAMESE DREAM.

Crow's Theatre's bestselling production of the stage adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's novel will move to Soulpepper Theatre with its original cast following an 11-week sold-out run.

Actor Scott Bakula will take on the dual role of Voltaire and Dr. Pangloss in Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE at LA Opera, joining Patti LuPone, Duke Kim, and Meghan Picerno in Francesca Zambello's production at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Umbrella Children's Theatre will present an original adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Rebecca Morgan, with original music by Melange, featuring student actors ages 5 to 17.

Ferrell Studios Community Theatre will present the Stephen King-based musical at Plainfield Performing Arts Center, directed by Kristin Field and Noah Manno.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS appointed three industry figures to its Board of Trustees, including two-time Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and two-time Tony winner Kara Young.

Pianist David Kaplan will release his second solo album centered on Beethoven's two Sonatas quasi una Fantasia, exploring the boundary between composition and improvisation alongside works by Ligeti, Couperin, Schumann, and Brahms on Orchid Classics.

The London-based collective led by Anna Friedberg announced their second album GOODWIFE, featuring a title track co-produced with Hot Chip members and accompanied by a seven-minute visual film.

John Wayne's first leading role stars in Raoul Walsh's 1930 Western THE BIG TRAIL, presented in its restored widescreen 70MM Fox Grandeur format at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

Studio Ghibli’s beloved animated classic My Neighbour Totoro has reached its final three months in London’s West End, where the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award winning stage adaptation continues to celebrate the wonder of childhood, the strength of family and the extraordinary possibilities of theatrical imagination.

Main Source released an expanded edition of their 1991 hip-hop debut, pairing the original album with previously unreleased tracks, B-sides, remixes, and collaborations.

The Royal Ballet season opens on the main stage with a special programme: A Centenary Celebration. 100 years ago Ninette de Valois founded The Academy of Choreographic Art, and the rest is history. What followed was The Royal Ballet School and two companies. So sitting in the Royal Ballet and Opera in 2026 watching a performance that includes the RBS, Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet is indeed an experience to behold.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be filmed for the first time at its original London home, His Majesty's Theatre, in front of a live audience, and released internationally in cinemas in 2027.

A concert film featuring never-before-seen footage of George Michael performing during his 1988 Faith Tour will arrive in IMAX theatres. Directed by Andy Morahan and David Austin, the production transforms archival 35mm footage into a cinematic event.

Broadway performer Kimberly Faye Greenberg will release an interactive children's book introducing young readers ages 7–12 to vaudeville history through the stories of two characters discovering their local theater's entertainment past.

Julien's Auctions will present over 450 lots of music memorabilia at its PLAYED, WORN, & TORN sale in Nashville, featuring instruments and artifacts from Bill Wyman, Liberace, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and other legendary artists.

How appropriate is it that the musical version of “Beetlejuice” should materialize at Starlight Theatre on the cusp of the Halloween and just before of the Mexican “Day of the Dead?”   Our Starlight audience loved it!    Beetlejuice is a show that screams for “Dad” jokes or other bad puns. Since I’m someone who strives never to disappoint, this “Beetlejuice” cast was absolutely “Spooktacular.”  One of the opening gags had one of the characters pulling out a “femur” (upper leg bone) to illustrate a “boner” joke. I found it humerus (the funny bone) in the extreme! OK, you get the drift of the kind of jokes we are looking at?  “Beetlejuice” does find a beating heart beneath all its graveyard humor. Death is an unlikely subject for a feel-good musical, but this show pulls it off.

Julien's Auctions will present an auction of Paul Reubens' career archive, including the iconic gray suit, bicycles, puppets, and props from PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE and PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.

Pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey will perform at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts as part of its 2026-27 jazz programming.