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Hedgerow Theatre Company has extended its production of Stephen King's MISERY through November due to popular demand. The Rose Valley-based theater will add four more performances of the psychological thriller adapted by William Goldman.

Country star Aaron Tippin teams with Sam Grow for a re-recorded version of his 1993 hit MY BLUE ANGEL, with an accompanying music video addressing the fentanyl epidemic.

Jazz vocalist and lyricist Amy London released ALTO MADNESS, an album featuring compositions by iconic alto saxophonists including Benny Carter. The project emerged from a five-year NYC residency led by altoist Mike Hashim.

London band WORLD NEWS released their debut album IN PURGATORY via Pie & Mash Records, featuring 11 tracks recorded at RAK Studios. The band will tour the US in spring 2027 with stops in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and New York City.

A Seattle-set romantic comedy starring Zach Gilford and written by Geena Pietromonaco will arrive on streaming platforms. The film follows a jaded celebrity chef and a Christmas-obsessed designer as they plan a culinary pop-up event.

Performances are now underway for Wanted, the epic tale of Mary and Martha: sisters, outlaws, legends. Learn more about the show and meet the cast of Wanted here!

Theater Resources Unlimited will present a discussion on creating and marketing solo theater work, featuring four artists with pieces in the United Solo Festival.

D-Nice will present a two-night music residency featuring Queen Latifah, Too $hort, Machel Montano, David Banner, Digable Planets, Lloyd, Teedra Moses, and Bobby V at The Arena at Southlake in Morrow, Georgia.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Theater Resources Unlimited hosts a weekly Community Gathering via Zoom featuring producers Andrew Beck and Alicia Foxworth discussing how independent theater companies operate on tight budgets.

Nikki Glaser and David Spade announced upcoming dates for their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with presales and public ticket sales beginning this fall.

Joey Mazzarino, a 22-time Emmy winner from Sesame Street, created a new children's puppet series with his wife, Tony-nominated actress Kerry Butler. The show streams on YouTube.

Red Bull Theater will present a staged reading of THE KING BORN A WOMAN, directed by Melissa Crespo, featuring Leovina Charles, Carson Elrod, Marianna Gailus, and others. The production will premiere live and be streamed from The Public Theater.

On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows. 

Grammy-winning pianist Kris Davis returns with her trio featuring bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake for the album LOST IN GENEVA via 4166 Records.

STARZ will premiere the third and final season of P-VALLEY, the critically acclaimed drama from creator Katori Hall. The season will debut with two episodes before subsequent installments stream weekly.

Jazz vocalist Amy London will release a new solo album featuring alto saxophonist Mike Hashim and special guests The Royal Bopsters, marking her first solo record in eight years.

Luke Bryan said the final track on his upcoming album SIGNS is a duet with Luke Combs called "Finders Keepers," written by Jimi Bell, Beau Bailey and Sam Ellis.

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.

Tony Award-winner Ali Stroker will play Rona Lisa Peretti, and Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez will play Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  

London post-punk band WORLD NEWS announced its debut album IN PURGATORY and released a new single, "The Way It Goes," alongside an official music video.

Roger Taylor of QUEEN released the single I SEE YOU NOW from his upcoming album VIOLENCE INSANE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD, ahead of a UK tour and Columbia Records release.

Singer-trumpeter Benny Benack III brought hipster cool and serious jazz chops to The Pocket, leading a stellar trio of Emmet Cohen, bassist Joseph Ranieri, and drummer Joe Saylor through a swinging Tony Bennett centennial set.

Theater Latté Da’s My Ántonia is now a memory as the world premiere wrapped up its extended run on Sunday, July 19--a memory just like the one told in the 1918 Willa Cather novel the Latté Da-commissioned work was adapted from.

Village Theatre has announced the casting for the 23rd annual Festival of New Musicals, which takes place this August. Learn more about the festival here.