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Broadway is mourning the loss of music icon Dolly Parton. Stephanie J. Block, Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O'Hara and more have paid tribute to the global icon and humanitarian through new social media posts.

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

​Following a 12-city tour of the U.S., playing theaters, synagogues, and a burlesque hall, Too Fat for China is coming to Brooklyn, New York! Written, drawn and performed by Phoebe Potts, her one-woman play is a comic look at the agonies of adoption.

Mutual of Omaha's WILD KINGDOM PROTECTING THE WILD will begin its fourth season on NBC, following co-hosts Peter Gros and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on wildlife conservation journeys across Costa Rica, Alaska, Australia and beyond.

New faces will join the Abbey in the North American tour of The Sound of Music this fall. The show welcomes Lisa Howard as the Mother Abbess and Dylan Bradford as Rolf Gruber.

Sydney Theatre Company announced the full cast for its world-premiere production of WHISPERING JACK: THE JOHN FARNHAM MUSICAL, starring Michael Paynter, Bonnie Anderson and Ben Hall at Roslyn Packer Theatre.

Urbanite Theatre in Sarasota is set to present its Modern Works Festival, though specific programming details from the release were limited.

The folk-rock musical WAKEMAN, based on the true story of Civil War soldier Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, will make its developmental production debut at the New London Barn Playhouse.

True Colors Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of TANK STRANGER, the first production commissioned through its Drinking Gourd initiative for Black playwrights.

Comedian Kalliope Barlis will headline a night of stand-up at Next in Line Comedy as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, joined by comedians Justin Bregman, Peter Zhou, Cyndy Cecil, and Ann Votaw.

Jada Kingdom and Shaneil Muir released a dancehall ballad titled TEARS, produced by Yo Christon, blending rock elements with themes of heartbreak and self-worth.

The new folk-rock musical Wakeman, based on the true story of Civil War soldier Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, will make its developmental debut in New London through the Barn Playhouse's NEST Initiative.

SHAB has released the new single BEST OF ALL TIME along with an official music video, a pop anthem centered on resilience and joy.

Keir GoGwilt will lead a concert featuring poet Edgar Garcia, vocalist Mariana Flores Bucio and flutist Wilfrido Terrazas at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, marking the album release of THE ZARABANDA VARIATIONS.

BLAZE FM, a play fusing Grime, Garage and Drill set around a pirate radio station, will tour The Big House's first regional run to Lowry, Bristol Old Vic and Belgrade Theatre from September 17 to October 8.

Anthonia Edwards, winner of The Voice UK 2022, will lead the cast of MONSTERS: A Killer New Comedy Musical in a one-night concert at The Other Palace on October 23, 2026.

Heart to Art Productions will present the world premiere of FALL INTO OZ, an interactive outdoor theatre experience inspired by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, at A Secret Rose Garden in Woodland Hills.

The Actors' Gang in Culver City will present an eight-show season featuring THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE, THE EXONERATED, new works, and family-friendly programming.

Vincent Heden's bold, controversial Lola anchors a Kinky Boots that stumbles early and dances late — but Bruxellons' craft makes it sing regardless.

Rebecca Chace's revenge thriller, about an advance-obituary writer confronting a college president with a gun and a grievance, will run at Theater for the New City, starring Richard Topol and Carolyn Holding.

The Off-Central Players will present Adam Rapp's NOCTURNE as part of the company's Think Inside the Box Project, according to a release from Managing Director Alan Mohney Jr.

Christopher Moncayo-Torres's world premiere solo work, directed by Bernardo Cubría, brings his Ecuadorian parents into a storytelling exploration of language and care at Outside In Theatre in Los Angeles.

Lexi Barnett, a Tacoma native with more than 15 years in nonprofit and arts leadership, has been named Executive Producer of Tacoma Musical Playhouse, succeeding founder Jon Douglas Rake.

GRAMMY winner Matt B released ALKEBULAN III: The Water Remembers, an album recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Goya Menor, Skales, Boy Spyce, Fatoumata Diawara and THE CAVEMEN.

With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.