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Kayhan Irani, Nejla Yatkin and Zafer Tawil will join James Scruggs for 11REFLECTIONS: NYC at HERE Arts Center, marking 25 years since September 11 through performance and community dialogue.

54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.

Populart, founded by Gal Yosef, and global artist J Balvin have released their debut collaboration, a limited-edition collectible titled GALY X J BALVIN, with early access preceding a public launch.

HB Studio will open a new Premier Masterclass series with sessions led by Reed Birney and Leigh Silverman, followed by future classes with André Holland and Christine Lahti.

Instrumental rock band POLYPHIA has announced its fifth studio album BE NOT AFRAID, alongside a new single and music video for POWER IN THE BLOOD, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.

PBS will present a lineup of programming including Great Performances' Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night and American Experience's Billy the Kid, along with additional titles.

Audible has a packed slate of new releases and live programming arriving this September, featuring everything from conversations with Barack Obama and a return to the fan-favorite Bobiverse to Colin Kaepernick's deeply personal story and more.

The Actors' Gang in Culver City will present an eight-show season featuring THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE, THE EXONERATED, new works, and family-friendly programming.

NYU Skirball has revealed its 2026-27 season. Three of today’s most incendiary international performance makers—Romeo Castellucci, Angélica Liddell, and Milo Rau—come to NYU Skirball this season

Directed by Elaine Epstein, the documentary follows the arrest of a midwife serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York and the women who organized in response.

Alyssa Weinberg's cello suite, inspired by James Turrell's light installations, will be released as a world premiere recording featuring cellist Gabriel Cabezas on MASS MoCA Records.

Every season, more than a few household names make their way to perform alongside all of our Broadway favorites! Fall 2026 is no exception, with some of the entertainment industry's brightest stars heading to Broadway. See the full list!

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Diya Vij named Bryan Joseph Lee as Deputy Commissioner and Ryan Max as Chief of Staff, expanding the agency's senior leadership team.

Shattered Globe Theatre's new season under Producing Artistic Director Ian Frank will include Midwest premieres of VLADIMIR and THE WATERFALL alongside BRACE BRACE at Theater Wit in Chicago.

Elizabeth Cook released her new studio album Great Television, featuring a Wynonna Judd collaboration, and is set to perform on CBS Saturday Morning's Saturday Sessions.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will return to Jacob's Pillow to close out the summer season with a mixed repertoire program featuring works by Nacho Duato, Aszure Barton, Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse.

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. 

Kinetic Light and Taiwan's Resident Island Dance Theatre will present the final chapter of ETERNAL CITY, a cross-cultural dance work exploring democracy, access and resistance.

Arizona punk band AJJ will release its ninth studio album, DIRTY OLD POWER, addressing themes of technology, language, and economic inequality, frontman Sean Bonnette said.

Comedy Works Entertainment will present two special taping performances of Craig Ferguson's stand-up show at Boulder Theater, with audiences subject to being filmed for future release.

'Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy sent fans of the beloved high school musical comedy into a frenzy when he said that he’d be open to revisiting the popular television show. BroadwayWorld is throwing out a handful of suggestions for the cast.

First Flight Theatre Company will present DECLARATION, a musical based on the Declaration of Independence, at the Hermitage Museum in Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey, marking America's 250th anniversary.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will open single ticket sales for its upcoming subscription season, featuring Andris Nelsons' final season as music director and guest artist Yo-Yo Ma.

Director Kevin Newbury discusses the 10th Anniversary National Tour of FELLOW TRAVELERS at Glimmerglass, the acclaimed opera set during the 1950s Lavender Scare and its resonance in today's political climate.

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!