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Paranormal Activity is now on Broadway! The Olivier Award nominated new play written by  Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett, begins performances on Friday, August 14, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre. Meet the cast of Paranormal Activity!

Luke Combs closed his global tour with three sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London, capping a run that sold more than 1.3 million tickets and earned three Guinness World Records.

Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club selected Madeline Cash's novel LOST LAMBS as its next monthly pick, with exclusive content and a podcast interview to accompany the selection.

Five filmmakers explore Canadian and Indigenous identity in REDEFINED, a short documentary initiative from the National Film Board of Canada and TIFF premiering at TIFF Lightbox and online.

Gilded Balloon will hold its annual Pink Wednesday charity day, offering £5 tickets to Fringe shows across four venues to raise funds for Waverley Care.

Palm Beach Dramaworks will open its upcoming season with two world premieres, a Hershey Felder limited engagement, and its first musical since 2018-19.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  August 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and aGLIFF will present a new four-day festival combining queer film, live music, drag performances and an artist marketplace in Austin, Texas.

The Colorado folk-punk band released the track alongside a stop-motion video, following the announcement of its upcoming album EXHAUSTED DIALOGUE.

Atom Egoyan's production of Mozart's Così fan tutte will return to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, featuring Lauren Fagan, Martina Myskohlid and Laurence Kilsby.

Brooklyn band WILDER MAKER will release SMOKING THE BUNNY via Western Vinyl, the second installment in an experimental pop trilogy featuring improvised studio sessions and guest musicians.

Seattle Repertory Theater will present EULOGY, a show written by Brendan Healy about facing terminal illness and planning his own funeral, following its sold-out run with PWT.

The Off-Central Players will kick off their sixth season with Christopher Durang's Tony-Award winning comedy Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike. Learn more here!

Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born's sweat variant will present the cross-disciplinary work at venues including the Wexner Center, BAM, and Walker Art Center, with accompanying exhibitions.

Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz released a gothic prog-rock single titled BLOOD LINES, an anthem about family and mortality recorded at Ross's Pennsylvania studio.

Brisbane Powerhouse announced that MELT Festival will present more than 100 events across over 70 venues, including a world premiere from Circa and an expanded River Pride Parade.

Rochelle Perry's Heart to Art Productions announced its premiere immersive family production, an Oz-inspired adaptation set for a fall run with preview performances beforehand.

FRIGID New York will present its 29th season, including the Days of the Dead Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival, and The Fire This Time Festival, with performances at UNDER St. Marks.

Original Beach Boy Al Jardine and THE PET SOUNDS BAND will perform with special guest Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone at Ruth Eckerd Hall, celebrating the Pet Sounds anniversary.

Elizabeth Cook stars as a fictionalized version of herself in THE EASY KIND, a new feature from filmmaker Katy Chevigny, with a supporting cast including Karen Allen and Charles Esten.

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. 

London Theatre Company has released a first look trailer for The Oresteia, written and directed by Simon Stone. Learn more and check out the new video here!

Forget the big top. The circus has found a new home at the San Diego Civic Theatre, where Water for Elephants brings acrobatics, music, puppetry and plenty of theatrical magic to the stage. Based on Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel, the hit Broadway musical brings the spectacle and spirit of a 1930s circus to San Diego from August 18 - 23.

Celebration Theatre is honored to present the West Coast Premiere sneak peek of CAPTAIN SHOW BIZ, and Bruce won't be taking the stage alone. Joining him is a genuinely staggering roster of screen and stage talent: five-time Golden Globe nominee MARILU HENNER (Taxi, Evening Shade, Broadway's Chicago); two-time Emmy winner SALLY STRUTHERS (All in the Family, Gilmore Girls); Emmy winner and original Queer Eye 'Fab Five' star JAI RODRIGUEZ (Broadway's Rent, Bros); GRANT SHOW, the primetime icon of Melrose Place and Dynasty; Ugly Betty scene-stealer and acclaimed comedian ALEC MAPA; and GARRETT CLAYTON (King Cobra, Hairspray Live!) — with more great names still to be announced. Trust us: you'll want to be in the room! site click: celebrationtheatre.org

New York-based performer and clown Noah Seltzer makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Here Comes Almost, a solo comedy clown show introducing audiences to ‘Almost’, a hopelessly hopeful clown, sent by the World Health Organization to cure the global loneliness epidemic.