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Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie with a program featuring the world premiere of 'Caravan' by Resident Choreographer Al Blackstone and works by acclaimed choreographers.

The British rock band returns to the U.S. for their first North American dates in 24 years, beginning November 12 and including an appearance at the Darker Waves festival on November 14. The reunion follows the band's 30th anniversary celebration of their debut album OLYMPIAN.

All Roads Theatre Company will present its third annual gala at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, featuring 50 Broadway performers and an 18-piece orchestra.

Friday, November 6, 2026 $75 Advance | $80 Day of Show [all-in pricing, no additional fees] Doors 7pm | Show 8pm JASON ROBERT BROWN is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor…

401 RECORDS will release the new album by Nicolas King on CD and streaming formats. No Bad Chords: Live in New York City – A Tribute to Mike Renzi celebrates the career of the late Mr. Renzi.

Broadway’s most dazzling and dangerously seductive musical is coming back to the Theatre at Solaire! GMG Productions, in association with legendary Broadway producers Barry & Fran Weissler and Crossroads Live Group CEO David Ian, has officially announced that 'Chicago The Musical' will play in Manila for a limited run from March 9 to 28, 2027—fresh off performances in Seoul, Dubai, and India.

Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.

NYC Winter Jazzfest will present its 23rd season across Manhattan and Brooklyn, marking bassist William Parker's 75th birthday and hosting a Coltrane 100 celebration alongside artists from Portland, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

The Smashing Pumpkins announced a 30th anniversary reissue of THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH via UMe, available as standard five-LP and limited-edition color LP sets. The collection marks the first vinyl release since 2013.

AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE released casting for its fall season at the David H. Koch Theater, featuring three repertory programs including the company premiere of Helen Pickett's Petal and the world premiere of Brady Farrar's Trio Élégiaque.

Theatrical costume designer and artist Beaver Bauer presents a fifty-year retrospective at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, displaying five decades of artistic work. The free exhibition runs in the Jewett Gallery and Koret Lobby.

Broadway's longest-running American musical, Chicago, will perform at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre's Grand Theatre for a limited engagement of 14 shows, marking the production's first run in India.

D. Sabella, Broadway's original Mary Sunshine in CHICAGO, will celebrate the iconic musical's 30th anniversary with a behind-the-scenes one-man show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Singer-songwriter Chris Simpson announced an acoustic tour performing songs from MINERAL and his other projects across major U.S. markets. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 09/27/2026.

Los Angeles rock trio FAILURE starts a fall tour behind LOCATION LOST, their seventh studio album featuring collaborations with Hayley Williams and other artists.

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.

The Dance Hall of Fame announced its second class of honorees, including Debbie Allen, George Balanchine, Toni Basil, Katherine Dunham, Savion Glover, Mandy Moore, the Nicholas Brothers, and WEST SIDE STORY legends George Chakiris, Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn.

The long-running theatrical series returns to Boston for a 12-week engagement featuring two productions: 'TIL DEATH DO US PART: LATE NITE CATECHISM and SISTER'S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM: THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI'S GOLD.

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?” 

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden is now on Broadway! Meet the cast here.

Play On! is a lively retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Conceived by Sheldon Epps (who also directs) and with a book by Cheryl L. West, Play On! transports Shakespeare’s story to Harlem, New York. West’s book skillfully weaves Duke Ellington’s songs into the narrative.

The '90s Midwest emo and shoegaze pioneers' complete remastered discography, including unearthed recordings and rare 7" tracks, is now available through Forge Again Records.

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.

Jimmy Flemion of THE FROGS will present an intimate performance at Andrew Rafacz Gallery in Chicago, following a sold-out Milwaukee show. The appearance marks a rare live outing to celebrate the expanded 2LP vinyl reissue of the band's 1996 album MY DAUGHTER THE BROAD.