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What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at The Huntington?

Hollywood Records and 20th Century Studios released the WHALEFALL Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, featuring an original score by composer Joseph Trapanese. The score features a 100-piece orchestra with experimental textures including tuned glass, microtonal violins, and a wordless choir.

Vince Gill and Marty Stuart released MARTY AND ME, the eleventh installment in Gill's 50 YEARS FROM HOME EP series, featuring five new songs the pair wrote together.

GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS will run at St Helens Theatre Royal from October 24 to November 1, 2026. The circus-themed panto features Katie McKenna, Conor Barrie, Lewis Devine and Britain's Got Talent star Jamie Leahey, with tickets from £20.

Roots-rock band MYND READER released their six-song acoustic EP SUNDAY DRIVE with a music video for focus-track Soundtrack of Life. The project was mixed and produced by Grammy-winner Michael Brauer and features drummer Brian Sachs, formerly of 1990s New York band THE AUTHORITY.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS contributed an original track to THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING (THE ALBUM), reuniting with producer Butch Vig for their first collaboration since 1993's SIAMESE DREAM.

The Goodman Theatre's 22nd New Stages Festival will present four works-in-progress by contemporary playwrights, ranging from a kung fu rom-com to a new musical, with free ticketed performances in Chicago.

GOLDENSKY FESTIVAL will return to Discovery Park in Sacramento with a multi-year commitment. The 2027 lineup includes Zach Bryan, Megan Moroney, TREATY OAK REVIVAL, WHISKEY MYERS, and more.

South London six-piece Gently TENDER share single Staring At Fields ahead of their second album THIS WAS ONCE FIELDS, released via TODO Records. The band will tour the UK and Ireland in November.

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.

Sweat Variant, the collaborative practice of Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, will present the New York premiere of ADAKU, PART 2: SHE SHIVERS WITH IT at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the 2026 Next Wave Festival.

GatherNYC will present its 2026–2027 season at Jazzcultural, a new Manhattan listening room, featuring 31 weekly Sunday concerts. The series founded by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd will include classical performances, spoken word, and silence.

Director Telly Leung discusses DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Theatre Raleigh, starring Nick Adams, his return to the company after directing YELLOW FACE, and the immersive BITE ME Bar pre-show experience.

Herb Alpert announced his first UK tour with The Tijuana Brass in over 50 years, kicking off May 6 in Gateshead and closing May 13 at London's Royal Albert Hall, with stops in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, and Birmingham.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is fitting that a play about questioning the stories we inherit has a story of its own worth revisiting. Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is the Villain, now being presented by Kansas City Repertory Theatre at the downtown Copaken Stage, has so far traveled a remarkable road.  I Imagine Kimberly as Luke Skywalker with a laser pistol taking comic potshots at almost everyone in her galaxy. But there is something darker going on in this play too

The Licensing Company announced that professional and amateur stage rights for THE OSMONDS: A NEW MUSICAL will be available for licensing in the US, UK, and Canada. The musical tells the true story of five brothers who became one of the 1970s' biggest musical sensations.

Dark-alternative duo SHE WANTS REVENGE launches their fall tour starting Oct. 10 in Ventura, CA, with multiple sold-out dates across North America. The band plans to release new music soon.

Multiplatinum singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin released the new single FOLLOW ME via Atlantic Records, accompanied by an official lyric video. The track features acoustic guitar and conversational vocals.

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Shania Twain released the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, LITTLE MISS TWAIN – THE PLACES I'LL GO, featuring six additional songs including three new tracks and a collaboration with The Milk Carton Kids.

Rock icon Slash received the Les Paul Spirit Award at an intimate celebration at The Les Paul Recording Studio in Hollywood, honoring his innovation and creative legacy.

MONSTA X are back and arguably better than ever. Their return to New York as part of their new world tour, The X: Nexus, marked the group's first tour in four years. Read my full review here!

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.

Brandon Kyle Goodman's Queerties-nominated comedy returns to perform at The Elysian in Los Angeles, bringing the original New York cast from its Off-Broadway run.

Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club announced Kazuo Ishiguro's KLARA AND THE SUN as the monthly selection, with exclusive content and a podcast interview between Lipa and the Nobel Prize-winning author.