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Former LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN bandleader Paul Shaffer made quite a first impression on Ray Charles the first time they played together.

Seattle Opera will present two recitals at the Opera Center featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton with pianist Kathleen Kelly.

Dance Me, the exclusive creation, inspired by the life and work of Leonard Cohen is making its way to Wharton Center for a special, one-night-only performance.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will play St. Louis's Fabulous Fox with Jesse Labelle starring as Neil Diamond – Then and Stuart Metcalf as Neil Diamond – Now.

This reviewer was thrilled with this long needed injection of nostalgic musical talent that still pulls at the old heart strings. Thank you Patti LuPone! Pure magic in song.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL announced its full cast for the relaunched North American tour, beginning performances at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas in November 2026. Jesse Labelle returns as Neil Diamond – Then, joined by Stuart Metcalf as Neil Diamond – Now and an ensemble cast.

JK Entertainment announced the cast for Sarah Treem's WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID, a play about women in a sanctuary set in 1972, running at Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 2, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 23, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

More than five decades after a now-legendary production of Godspell brought together some of Canada's brightest young talents, a new documentary is looking back at the show that helped launch an extraordinary generation of performers. Watch the full interview with Davis, Mendelsohn and Shaffer as they look back on the friendships, talent and unlikely circumstances that made the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell such a singular moment—and how You Had to Be There brings that story back to life.

Final tickets have been released for the Sydney season of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, following record-breaking sales in Melbourne. The production stars Broadway's Will Swenson in his Australian debut.

THE THREE DEGREES will headline the open-air concert at Arley Hall in Cheshire, joined by THE REAL THING, ODYSSEY, 5 STAR, SOUL II SOUL's Rose Windross, and Junior Giscombe for a celebration of soul, disco, and funk.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) revealed the creative team for its world-premiere production of 1972 by musician-activist Chadwick Stokes of the Boston-based indie bands DISPATCH and State Radio and Jessie Nelson.

The New Hampshire Film Festival will present more than 100 films from around the world in Portsmouth, featuring Spotlight selections including ROSE, LOOK BACK, and QUEEN AT SEA alongside work from acclaimed international filmmakers.

Washington National Opera opens its first independent season at DAR Constitution Hall with productions of Puccini's Madama Butterfly and John Adams's Nixon in China, plus a special concert featuring Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson. Single tickets are now on sale.

JK Entertainment announced its second season, pairing the drama WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID with the new musical GODS: A MUSICAL RAMPAGE at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago.

Belgrade Theatre Coventry will present a spring lineup featuring the Olivier-winning PUNCH, new drama THE RECKONING from Dash Arts, and comedy THE OTHER SIDE OF MURDER starring Rufus Hound.

Bristol Old Vic announced the cast for the world premiere stage adaptation of Max Porter's LANNY, adapted by Bea Roberts and directed by Nancy Medina, running as the theatre's flagship 260th-year production.

Greenwich Entertainment has outlined its upcoming theatrical slate, including new titles A GIRL UNKNOWN, LIGHT PILLAR, RUN AMOK, and NAGI NOTES alongside previously announced releases.

The Australian Ballet will bring a major revival of Sir Frederick Ashton's CINDERELLA to Adelaide Festival Centre, anchoring a week-long celebration of ballet with exhibitions, classes and a mass public ballet event.

With some ingenuity, determination and good old fashioned research, Buffalo United Artists has unearthed the  seldom performed  musical,  GULP!  THE GAY BEACH MUSICAL . And it looks like Western New York audiences may be only the fourth  theatre company ever to see performances of this 1977 Off Broadway musical that has all but been forgotten. 

Theater for the New City will present an archival exhibit marking 55 years of its Summer Street Theater, featuring photos, recordings, costumes and props at its gallery in New York City.

The Hylton Performing Arts Center will open its 2026-27 series with performances by Bernadette Peters, COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET, and MOUNTAIN STAGE host Kathy Mattea, alongside community arts programming in Manassas, Virginia.

Colin Moulding, founding member of XTC, will release a three-track CD single titled WANT IT BAD (THE PEP TALKS AND PLAYING FIELDS OF OLD ENGLAND) via Burning Shed, accompanied by a new video.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Jon Cypher, who starred opposite Julie Andrews in Cinderella and had several Broadway and off-Broadway credits, has died. Read his obituary here.