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This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 9/3/2026 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Metrograph will present CLASSICAL CINEMA, a 20-film showcase exploring cinema inspired by ancient Greece, featuring rare prints of ANTIGONE, THE ILLIAC PASSION, and ULYSSES' GAZE.

Craft Latino will reissue Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe's 1975 salsa album THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY on vinyl, featuring contributions from Rubén Blades and Yomo Toro.

The Mystic Film Festival will bring 131 short and feature-length films to Mystic, CT and Westerly, RI, with screenings, workshops and an awards ceremony honoring William Sadler.

SoHo Playhouse announced its first fully curated Fall season, featuring eight main house shows and four Huron Club performances, alongside a new discounted subscription package for audiences.

Craft Recordings will release an expanded edition of Joe Henderson Quintet's live album AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, featuring previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes recorded at the Hermosa Beach jazz club.

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.

The University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community College has announced the upcoming 2026-27 Performance Season to be held in the UA-EACC Fine Arts Center. Season ticket packages for the 2026-27 Season will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 21 at 10:00 a.m. 

The STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS will air on BET with Kirk Franklin hosting and performing, featuring a lineup including Le'Andria Johnson, Jekalyn Carr, John P. Kee and Tye Tribbett.

Are the critics screaming over the first play of the 2026/27 Broadway season? Paranormal Activity officially opened tonight at the August Wilson Theatre. The new play is written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett. Let's see what the critics are saying...

Metrograph will present new 2K restorations of six Anja Breien features, including the WIVES trilogy, marking their US premieres in honor of the late Norwegian filmmaker.

Singer, actress, and author Melissa Errico – who will perform her concert “The Streisand Effect” as her debut at Town Hall in Provincetown on August 23 – says she first became aware of Barbra Streisand when, as a teenager, she saw “Yentl,” the 1983 movie musical co-written, co-produced, and directed by, and starring, the show business icon.

Gilbert O'Sullivan has detailed his 21st studio album, ON THE RECORD, introduced by the track "Growing Old Disgracefully," ahead of a UK & Ireland tour marking 60 years in music.

Olivia Harrison and Martin Scorsese will discuss THE THIRD EYE: Early Photographs, a new book of George Harrison's personal images, at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Jon Cypher, who starred opposite Julie Andrews in Cinderella and had several Broadway and off-Broadway credits, has died. Read his obituary here.

Molière in the Park named Amanda Hambrick its Opening Night Honoree and will present Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber with its Shoulder to Shoulder Award during its upcoming Prospect Park season.

Bruce Cockburn will release a covers album tracing the gospel, blues and folk songs that influenced him, with a title drawn from a Simone de Beauvoir novel.

Bruce Cockburn will release an album of songs by other artists that shaped his musical development, spanning gospel, blues, jazz and folk influences from his youth in Ottawa.

Westgate Las Vegas announced two immersive Elvis Presley concert experiences set to debut at the resort, continuing its legacy as the King's longtime Las Vegas home.

Trinity Repertory Company announced the cast for the world premiere of THE GETAWAY DRIVER, a true crime docudrama inspired by Katherine Ann Power, with Resident Company Members Rebecca Gibel and Rachael Warren starring in Providence.

The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspired them to create their own.

Red Barn Productions, creators of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, will present the San Francisco Historium Spotlight at Pier 35, a one-weekend immersive theatrical event recreating Gold Rush-era San Francisco.

Pure Prairie League will perform at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, supporting their new album Back On Track. Tickets start at $35.

92NY's Harkness Dance Center announced its 2026/27 Harkness Mainstage Series, featuring Trisha Brown Dance Company, Doug Varone and Dancers, and an inaugural Dance on Film Festival.

Anthony Negus, Music Director of Longborough Festival Opera since 2000, has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King's Honours List for his services to music.