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The legendary saxophonist's celebrated 1975 live album with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins returns on vinyl for the first time via Zev Feldman's Time Traveler Recordings.

59E59 Theaters will present seven productions featuring new works and adaptations from companies including Red Bull Theater, Primary Stages, and LAByrinth Theater Company, with performances by Daphne Rubin-Vega and Aasif Mandvi.

The co-writers of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are quick to acknowledge the strange geographic journey behind their eagerly anticipated musical: an American short story set in Baltimore, first adapted into a movie set in New Orleans, and now transposed for its stage debut to a Cornish village off the coast of Great Britain.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 8, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Thornton Wilder’s holiday classic The Long Christmas Dinner, first produced in 1931, will be presented by more than 30 community-facing organizations all across the country this November and December as part of THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER FESTIVAL.

Resonance Records will release a newly discovered 1976 live recording of saxophonist Clifford Jordan performing with pianist Al Haig, bassist Wilbur Ware, and drummer Kenny Clarke at Chicago's Jazz Showcase.

Odyssey Opera will present rarely performed works by Edward MacDowell, Amy Beach, and George Whitefield Chadwick in a one-night concert at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston.

Outhere Music will release recordings featuring violinist Geneva Lewis performing Barber, Zorn, and Glass; mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor's recital debut; and Paavo Järvi conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.

'On songs, surrealism, love letters, and discovering what an album was about after I had already made it.' Melissa Errico shares reflections on her new album, I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I?

The Dance Hall of Fame announced its second class of honorees, including Debbie Allen, George Balanchine, Toni Basil, Katherine Dunham, Savion Glover, Mandy Moore, the Nicholas Brothers, and WEST SIDE STORY legends George Chakiris, Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn.

SOMM Recordings will release three chamber music recordings featuring British composers Ivor Hodgson and Sir George Dyson, performed by the ensemble I Musicanti and conducted by Leon Bosch.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage a one-night-only fundraiser featuring performances by Santino Fontana, Kelli O'Hara, and more. The event honors the theater's 95-year history and presents the 2026 Playhouse Leadership Award.

Lo-Flo Records will release WHEN, an archival recording written by Jane McNealy and featuring 1960s pop and soul singer Mel Carter, recorded over 50 years ago with Harold Battiste Jr.

Zev Feldman's Time Traveler Recordings releases Clifford Jordan's classic live album featuring Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins on vinyl.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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 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.