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Sunset Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea will mark 100 years since the opening of Sunset School with a free community event featuring performances, visual art, historical exhibits and family activities.

Indie rock duo Tommy Lefroy announced the single ANGEL IN THE HOUSE, inspired by Virginia Woolf's Professions for Women and trad-wife culture. The track appears on their debut album THE PRECARIAT, out October 23 via Thirty Tigers. A US tour begins October 23 in New York.

Seattle Opera will present Richard Strauss's SALOME, marking the opera's return to the company for the first time in over two decades, with Brenda Rae in the title role.

The Nashville Symphony will present film-score concerts, a Tom Petty tribute, and works led by Leonard Slatkin, Ken David Masur, and Richard Kaufman in an upcoming lineup of performances.

Odyssey Opera will open its season with a one-night concert at NEC's Jordan Hall featuring rarely performed works by Edward MacDowell, Amy Beach and George Whitefield Chadwick, including a Boston premiere.

Private Lives is Noël Coward’s finest comedy, originally written for himself and his close friend Gertrude Lawrence. After touring the British provinces, the play opened at London’s Phoenix Theatre in 1930, starring Coward, Lawrence, Adrianne Allen, and Laurence Olivier.

Royal Ballet dancers Marianna Tsembenhoi, Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov will perform as guest artists at the final of The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition at the London Coliseum.

State Street Ballet will premiere Dracula, a Dark Shadow at Santa Barbara's The Granada Theatre, featuring choreography by Nicolas Blanc and a live score by Philip Glass performed by Kronos Quartet.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Jaye P. Morgan, the singer/actress who adopted the name of the famous banker after serving as class treasurer of her High School and quickly thereafter achieved great fame and success on television, recordings and in the theatre, died on August 24, 2026, of natural causes at age 94.

Theater fans should run and catch Ronald Rand’s fascinating solo show about Harold Clurman's life and career, which is part of the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner, Virginia through August 30.

From acrobats and funny clowns (not the scary kind, don't worry) to big Broadway numbers, puppetry, and an intimate love story, Water for Elephants has a little something for everyone.

The Shawnee Playhouse will present a three-day festival of world premiere plays, one-acts, and staged readings from local and regional playwrights, under the executive direction of Midge McClosky.

Kennedy Center budget planners have drawn up three scenarios for what happens to the National Symphony Orchestra during the institution's proposed two-year renovation.

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all. 

Broadway's biggest landmarks are easy to spot, but some of the Theatre District's most fascinating stories are hiding in plain sight. From historic theaters and legendary rehearsal spaces to tucked-away tributes and unexpected Broadway landmarks, these lesser-known stops will add a whole new act to your next walking tour!

With more Top 10 hits than Journey, and as many as Fleetwood Mac, FOREIGNER features strongly in every category in Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time” listing. At times, the band’s weekly catalog sales have eclipsed those of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Aerosmith, and most of their Classic Rock peers (Source: Nielsen SoundScan).

James Haro and Kat Siciliano will host a stripped-down pop punk sing-along at the Da Vinci Art Alliance in Philadelphia, with half of ticket proceeds benefiting the arts organization.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. While last week’s column focused on spouses penning shows together, this week is all about blood relatives partnering to write work. 

The New York Philharmonic has revealed additions to its upcoming season, including newly added concerts, artists, repertoire and discussion series for Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural season as music and artistic director.

InfraSound will present a three-day festival exploring the music and legacy of composer Sofia Gubaidulina, featuring panel discussions, chamber music and community events at St. Malachy in Times Square.

Since The Lost Boys took Broadway by storm this spring, there has been much chatter about the “vampire curse” on Broadway being lifted. In the early 2000s, Broadway received a string of three vampire musicals, which all closed relatively quickly. Dance of the Vampires (2002), Dracula (2004), and Lestat (2006) each received attention in their own right, but they also received attention as a group, since it was remarkable that they came along in such quick succession. But the early 21st century wasn’t the first time vampires thirsted on Broadway. The play adaptation of Dracula was a hit all the way back in 1927 and an even bigger hit in a 1977 revival. And there have been vampires lurking in the theatre district in all sorts of other projects too…

The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve. Based on the popular 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, Rick Elice’s book and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score comprise a memory musical: The elderly Mr. Jankowski (Robert Tully) looks back on his days as a member of a traveling circus back in 1931.

The Royal Academy of Dance's Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition will return to London, with over 80 candidates from 20 countries competing, and the grand final set for the London Coliseum.

Ronnie Schell, the comedian and actor known for playing Duke Slater on GOMER PYLE U.S.M.C., died of natural causes at UCLA Hospital at age 94. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Ana Villafañe, known for originating the role of Gloria Estefan in ON YOUR FEET! on Broadway, will perform an intimate acoustic set at PizzaExpress Live in London while starring as Ava Gardner in her West End debut.