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Mark Wills released the gospel standard "I'll Fly Away" featuring Grand Ole Opry members Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent from his upcoming GRAND OLE REVIVAL album, recorded live at the Grand Ole Opry Stage.

URBAN SCUBA fuses dance, circus, and aerial acrobatics into a spectacle featuring performers on suspended ladders, boiler pipes, and chain-link fences. The production will perform at the Coppell Arts Center.

PLUTO TV will add free streaming premieres of MEAN GIRLS and SMILE, expand its anime lineup with ONE-PUNCH MAN and KENICHI: THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE, and present live sports and Double Feature Fridays.

The Paley Center for Media announced a year-round music initiative featuring live performances, songwriter showcases, and listening parties, launching with the Nashville-focused series SOUTHERN ROUNDS.

Kit Harington spoke about voicing Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Audible's HARRY POTTER: THE FULL-CAST AUDIO EDITIONS, now available and topping The New York Times audio best-seller list.

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Kit Harington spoke about voicing Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in Audible's HARRY POTTER: THE FULL-CAST AUDIO EDITIONS, part of a production featuring more than 200 actors.

Alicia Graf Mack will lead the company's holiday engagement, featuring a world premiere by Jamar Roberts honoring Luther Vandross alongside new works and revived classics.

Kieron J. Walsh's SKINTOWN won the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, while Sinda Agha's GRIEF ROOM took the Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence at a ceremony in Edinburgh.

Much has been written and expressed about how few new Broadway musicals—six—hit the boards last season. The Broadway landscape is experiencing several challenges at the moment, largely tied to the American economy as a whole. In addition, the number of new musicals per season always fluctuates. In particular, the post-pandemic seasons stuffed with productions that were waiting in the docket were bound to cause a few course-correcting smaller slates in subsequent years.

Today’s subject Anne Tolpegin is currently living her theatre life on tour playing the roles of Allie’s Mother and Nurse Lori in The Notebook. The show begins performances this evening at the National Theatre where it will play through August 30th.

The new Broadway musical 10 Things I Hate About You will begin performances on Broadway in August 2027. The musical is based on the beloved 1999 film written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith.

The stage adaptation of Jawbreaker The Musical written by Darren Stein (the creator of the original film), is an electrifying, high-gloss teen thriller with music composed by Jeffrey Thomson and lyrics by Jordan Mann. The propulsive, pop-concert-style score blends Lady Gaga-style synth-pop tracks with melodic ballads, and is directed by Matt DiCarlo with choreography by Jay Jackson. I spoke with Darren Stein and Matt Di Carlo about the upcoming Los Angeles workshop performances at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles, which marks the production's next chapter, designed to generate industry momentum toward a future Off-Broadway or London run.

Grand Ole Opry member Mark Wills will release Grand Ole Revival, a live gospel album recorded inside the Opry Circle featuring Cody Johnson, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill and others, via Gaither Music Group.

Canadian-born David D’Lancy Wilson is nearly one year into his run as Mufasa in THE LION KING. Next week, Pride Rock comes roaring into Montreal and Wilson is coming home to Canada. I had the opportunity to chat with Wilson about his life, career, and the experience of wearing the mask of one of musical theatre’s most iconic fathers. For Wilson, however, Mufasa is more than a king, warrior, husband and protector. At his core, he says, “he is just a parent trying to do right and best for their child.” As a father of two young boys himself, that perspective carries particular weight. THE LION KING takes the stage at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Places des Arts, 175 Rue Sainte-Catherine O, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y9 from August 19 - September 6, 2026.

Dance Theatre of Harlem will join Washington Performing Arts at The National Theatre for a program featuring Firebird, Return, and Donizetti Variations.

Step into the concrete jungle where dreams are made of! Broadway Sacramento’s newest tour is aptly titled for our Sacramento summers, and Hell’s Kitchen is heating up the stage. This coming-of-age musical features the music and lyrics of Alicia Keys and is overflowing with enough heart, soul, and energy to light up Times Square. This two-time Tony Award-winning jukebox musical is much more than just familiar hits. It’s an inspiring, semi-autobiographical story about family, first love, and finding your voice, all wrapped up in one electrifying evening of theatre.

VALLEY has released a new single titled "Someday" via Interscope Capitol, adding to the band's growing catalog of recent music.

The New Harmony Project will mark its 40th anniversary with a third season of New Plays Indy and an Annual Writers' Residency developing eight new plays with Indianapolis and national theatres.

The 27th annual Englewood Jazz Festival will present free performances at Chicago's Hamilton Park, honoring Oscar Brown Jr., JOHN COLTRANE and Miles Davis with an updated artist schedule.

The musical adaptation of 10 Things I Hate About You, which features music by Carly Rae Jepsen and a book by Lena Dunham, is hosting an open call for three of the main roles: Kat, Bianca, and Patrick.

The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board will present the milestone edition of the Montco Jazz Fest across Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, curated by Artistic Director JOANNA PASCALE with more than 30 concerts and events.

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

Sound Unseen Austin has announced the full lineup for its sixth annual film + music festival, taking place August 6-9 at AFS Cinema in Austin, Texas.

Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purposes, their result is certainly a genuinely entertaining one, propelled mostly by its musically-gifted lead performers, but also its entire ensemble, all of whom act, sing, and move as if they're all having a sassy, gay ol' time. But their smile-inducing antics do require some leeway.