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new theatre season is here. With a new season, we are also welcoming a new Executive Director to Des Moines Playhouse. After a multi-month search, Des Moines Playhouse announced its new Executive Director, Chelsea Haaland.

Austin-based singer-songwriter Kelsey Hughen will self-release her second EP, featuring six original songs exploring dualities of self, including light and dark, grief and hope.

Balourdet Quartet will release its new album STRANGE MACHINES, exploring the intersection of string quartet music and artificial intelligence, with the first single now available.

Owen Riegling will expand his album IN THE FEELING with a deluxe edition featuring six new tracks, out November 13, alongside new single "Me Without My Hometown" and a fall North American tour.

BET will air the return of "SOUL TRAIN AWARDS," simulcast on CBS for the first time, taped in Chicago and produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.

Jazz vocalist and visual artist Patrisha Thomson will launch a digital platform pairing music, art and writing from multiple contributors to promote understanding amid global division.

Celebrated Canadian actors Sophia Walker and André Morin are, as they say, 'booked and busy.' Walker and Morin star in not only one Shaw Festival production this season, but two: Ohio State Murders and A New Work in Progress.

Seth Sikes and Tedd Firth will return to 54 Below with special guest Marilyn Maye for an evening of American Songbook standards, from Stephen Sondheim to Paul Simon.

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai will release their first full-length studio collaboration as SATCHVAI via earMUSIC, alongside new single Mayhem, out now.

Composer Brian Tyler debuted his single "Godlike," the opening chapter of ARE WE DREAMING, a new audio-visual electronic project released through Monstercat as part of the label's 15th anniversary celebration.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will lead a day-long Butoh workshop at Oxford's Old Fire Station, taught by choreographer and dancer Vangeline as part of the Schwarzman Centre Cultural Programme.

Sara Al-Bazali, known for her viral run as standby for Veronica Sawyer and Heather Chandler in HEATHERS off-Broadway, will present her solo cabaret WAIT FOR IT at 54 Below.

Theater Resources Unlimited will hold its Writer-Producer Speed Date, pairing writers with producers for one-on-one pitch sessions and coaching in a virtual format.

Sean Tecson, an arts administrator, playwright, and director who has worked with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company, will lead National Queer Theater as its new Managing Director.

Hannah Shankman, Zack Zaromatidis, and Emily Kristen Morris will lead an industry presentation of RATHSKELLER: A MUSICAL ELIXIR on September 27 at STOUT NYC, directed by Trey Compton.

Santa Monica Playhouse will present its Eleventh Annual Binge Fringe Festival, six weeks of free performances, workshops and music featuring local and visiting artists from across the country.

Composer Robert Sirota has released a new album featuring world premiere recordings of Contrapassos and String Quartet No. 3, Wave Upon Wave, performed by the Telegraph Quartet and soprano Abigail Fischer.

Jacob Hackworth will release his debut EP via MCA/Goat Island Sound, a seven-song project chronicling a breakup, alongside the new track "I Wanna Quit."

Bad Wolves will donate proceeds from their heavy metal cover of “Jolene” to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, honoring the late singer who had planned to add vocals to the track.

Hannah Wicklund released her fourth studio album WAR ON WOMEN; CALLING ALL GOOD MEN alongside new single 'EVIL IS A CORPORATION' and announced a UK headline tour for October 2026.

A Government-commissioned report found UK theatre organizations lost £7 million in touring income and 120 jobs due to post-Brexit barriers, SOLT and UK Theatre said.

Benjamin Akio Kimitch's new Japanese American court dance will make its world premiere at New York Live Arts, exploring memory and history through the lens of WWII incarceration camps.

Edye, the children's streaming platform from HITN Media, has added the Emmy-winning Puerto Rican musical series ROCKOLANDIA: LAS CABRITAS to its Spanish-language family programming.

Brooke Annibale released the single "Try Again," a track from her upcoming album BOLDER FONT, addressing her strained relationship with music following recent professional setbacks.

London pianist Jamie Safir will release his debut solo album, MOMENTISM, featuring bassist Conor Chaplin, drummer Luke Tomlinson and saxophonist Iain Ballamy on Chill Tone Records.