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Elvis Costello released the previously unreleased track "I Turn Around" (Hope & Anchor Studio), taken from the forthcoming My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) box set.

The 10-disc collection compiles Kim Carnes' recordings for A&M, EMI America and MCA, featuring rare 12-inch dance mixes, bonus duets and a limited autographed print edition.

The Bellamy Brothers' 1976 hit "Let Your Love Flow" appears in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto VI, joining a soundtrack lineup that includes Phil Collins, Def Leppard and Lil Wayne.

Third Man Records will release a definitive anthology of power pop trio THE NERVES, featuring remastered studio, live, and demo recordings compiled with surviving members Paul Collins and Peter Case.

Rick Braun will perform a tribute to Chuck Mangione at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, drawing from his first tribute album honoring the late jazz icon.

Nancy Jones hosts a George Jones 95th birthday tribute at Nashville Palace Sept. 13, benefiting Concerts 4 A Cause and MTSU's Jones scholarship.

Chef Michael Lomonaco is a celebrated New York restaurateur, culinary director, and television personality known for shaping modern American cuisine.

The album, released on Biscoito Fino, explores the work of Brazilian saxophonist and composer Paulo Moura and is being submitted for Latin Grammy consideration in multiple categories.

Black Ensemble Theater will present its free outdoor concert series, FRIDAYS ON THE GREEN, on the theater's front lawn in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, featuring The McNary Experience, saxophonist Mark Felton, and the Black Ensemble All-Stars.

This play had been a powerful emotional experience, one I would have delightedly seen again, even before I’d mastered the fact pattern.

Whether he's Broadway World's New Prince of Cabaret or Queen (his own term) of the Night, Glenn is sure to entertain.

FringeArts announced programming for the 30th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, featuring over 330 productions across nearly 100 venues, including world premieres and Philadelphia premieres from local and international artists.

Just For Laughs Sydney returns in 2026 with the first announcement for its 14th edition, featuring Greg Davies, Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias, Zarna Garg, Morgan Jay, Dan and Phil, Bill Bailey, Adam Kay, Dara Ó Briain, Saaniya Abbas, Lucas Zelnick, David Nihill, Rhys James, Peter Antoniou, RocKwiz and Ming Yue

The THE BAND Band will perform at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, marking the 50th anniversary of The Band's iconic 1976 farewell concert with a rotating cast of tribute musicians.

Lincoln Center Theater will revive The Sound of Music in 2027, marking the second ever revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's beloved musical. Director Lear deBessonet returns to the  Beaumont with the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music in nearly 30 years,  starring Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers and choreographed by  Christopher Gattelli. This will be the first Rogers & Hammerstein Broadway revival since Oklahoma! in 2019.

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites?  Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo Ensemble Theatre.

Recording artist Dave Gallagher will release THE UNSUNG BARRY MANILOW, a tribute EP featuring deep cuts and fan favorites from Barry Manilow's catalog, timed to coincide with Manilow's new studio album and return to the concert stage.

Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 22 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.

It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently when the Irvine Barclay Theatre presented DEFYING GRAVITY: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS to a sold-out crowd on the evening of May 23, 2026.

Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight. The actors bring energy, nuance, intonation, inflection, and character to every aspect of the story they are telling. Having them do so live, in-person to a room full of enthusiastic audience member reactions made it even more so.

May 19's ESCAPE: THE MUSIC OF RUPERT HOLMES at AMT Theater was a cabaret with the songwriter himself in attendance, on-stage, and in good spirits, along with some cast members from the hosting J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company

Perhaps the most well-known instance of a show changing titles during the development process belongs to the groundbreaking 1943 phenomenon, Oklahoma! The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that changed the art form in terms of subject matter, integration of elements, and more was originally titled Away We Go! when it went out of town for a New Haven tryout. Oklahoma! is far from the only instance where a musical changed its title along the development road.

Friendship is nearly always a side element in musicals. From the comic sidekick of the leading character to the backup pals who provide background vocals, friends are part of the fabric of many shows—but rarely are they the main event. 

Philadelphia's Highmark Mann Center announced its 50th anniversary season, featuring more than 50 performances, world premieres, and a $70 million campus transformation coinciding with America250 celebrations.

Beck Center for the Arts announced its 94th professional theater season, featuring a world premiere comedy by Cleveland playwright Eric Coble, regional premiere musicals, and a collaboration with Oberlin College & Conservatory Music Theater Program.