5-Star Theatricals announced full casting for LES MISERABLES, closing out its 2026 season at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, with direction by Doug Kreeger and musical direction by Anthony Lucca.
Kayhan Irani, Nejla Yatkin and Zafer Tawil will join James Scruggs for 11REFLECTIONS: NYC at HERE Arts Center, marking 25 years since September 11 through performance and community dialogue.
Nylon Fusion Theatre Company and Pioneer Playhouse will present a festival of plays by incarcerated writers in New York, featuring formerly incarcerated playwright Andrew Phillips performing in his own work.
Thomas Søndergård will lead the Minnesota Orchestra in Stravinsky's THE FIREBIRD with video design by Tal Rosner, alongside a new PENTATONE recording featuring Prokofiev's symphonies.
As a new year begins, the SUNY Cortland Performing Arts Department is looking ahead to a 2026-2027 season built on new leadership, new faces and four productions that showcase the range of its BFA Musical Theatre program. Professor Scott Holdredge begins his first year as department chair this season. A scenic designer who has taught technical theatre at SUNY Cortland for a number of years, Holdredge also serves as scenic and lighting designer for Franklin Stage Company each summer and has designed for Cortland Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Opera and Syracuse University, among others.
The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) will present Wuthering Heights, an opera by Carlisle Floyd after the novel by Emily Brontë, from November 19-22 at the Loreto Theater, Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, 10012.
Opera San José will present the musical that revolutionized American theater, Fiddler on the Roof. This nine-time Tony Award winner became the longest-running Broadway musical of its time, holding the record for a decade.
Opening on September 11, 2026, the 25th anniversary of “The Day that Changed America,” Come From Away takes the stage at Bell Theater at Bell Works in a new professional production directed and choreographed by Lisa Stevens (Broadway's Chicago and West End's 9 to 5).
Tom Siletto has released a new single, AMERICAN PRIDE, a love song about the complications of relationships, following his debut EP COUNTING HORSES on Arista Records.
Camerata Pacifica, named 2026 Ensemble of the Year by Chamber Music America, will open its new season with works by Rachmaninoff and Schubert at four Southern California venues.
Nearly 15,000 people gathered at Boston Common for 741 Frequency Fest, a farewell block party honoring Jaylen Brown featuring surprise performances and community giveaways.
Single tickets for Westport Country Playhouse’s 2026-27 Season will go on sale beginning Tuesday, September 1, at 1 p.m. EDT. They may be purchased by phone at 203-227-4177; in person at 25 Powers Court, Westport, between 1 and 5 p.m.; or online at: https://www.westportplayhouse.org/2026-2027-season/. Single tickets for the new season’s six mainstage productions start at $50 each, with discounts available for students, senior citizens, educators, military, first responders, Indigenous peoples, professional playwrights, and groups, as well as options for pay-what-you-will and library passes.
ATG San Francisco and Book Passage present Unscripted: An Evening with Michael Douglas—the next installment in ATG San Francisco's Unscripted series where culture-shaping luminaries and innovators bring their singular perspectives to San Francisco for an unforgettable evening of engaging conversation and captivating storytelling—taking place on Sunday, October 11 at 4 PM at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre. The one-night-only event will feature legendary actor and producer Michael Douglas in conversation about his extraordinary life and career and his new memoir, One Helluva Ride.
ABC's late-night talk show will feature a weeklong lineup including David Letterman, Zendaya, Tom Hanks, Olivia Rodrigo and Ben Affleck, with musical performances from Rodrigo and Molly Tuttle.
Caroline Jones released the official music video for "You're It For Me, Honey," a track from her album GOOD OMEN, filmed along the coast of Newport, Rhode Island.
FIVE SPOT JAZZ in New York's East Village will present live sets nightly, featuring performers including SUMMER CAMARGO, DEANNA KIRK, JAMILE, and DUDUKA DA FONSECA, alongside recurring Monday performances by bassists Allison Lee and Daniel Song.
Matthew West will bring COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LIVE ON TOUR to eight cities starting Dec. 10 in Asheville, N.C., with stops in Augusta, Savannah, Greensboro and Louisville through Dec. 19.
Jimmy Flemion of THE FROGS will perform a songs-and-stories set in Milwaukee marking the 30th anniversary of MY DAUGHTER THE BROAD, ahead of its expanded double-LP reissue.
Lil' Kim will add a second orchestral performance of HARD CORE with Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn after the first show sold out in four days.
The alt-rock band from West Buxton, Maine will perform original music at Hackmatack Farm + Playhouse's outdoor concert series, presented by One Longfellow Square.
A new featurette for HEART OF THE BEAST spotlights Brad Pitt discussing his character's bond with combat dog Odin in the David Ayer-directed survival thriller set in the Alaskan wilderness.
Exceptet released "Chopsticks," the first single from EPISODIC MEMORY, a portrait album of works by composer Brendon Randall-Myers due on cmntx records.
Playful People Productions will present two casts of SHREK THE MUSICAL JR at Historic Hoover Theater in San Jose, featuring performers ages five to seventeen in the family musical.
Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe reported over 500,000 tickets issued this year, its highest since the pandemic, while calling for an earlier 2027 start date and an independent financial review.
Dazy announced MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026, out October 23 via Lame-O Records, and shared new single "Beat Change" ahead of a North American tour beginning Sunday, September 6.
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