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Singer-songwriter Gary Marks released two new singles accompanying his political novel The Dance and the Diamond Sky, following his LP Crossroads.

An exhibition marking 50 years since Naseem Khan's groundbreaking report on overlooked Black and Asian theatre in Britain opens at London Performance Studios, featuring archival materials, photography, oral histories, and carnival costumes spanning the 1960s to 2000s.

The Austin holiday market reveals its music lineup featuring Lew Apollo, Louisiana Surf Department, Jennifer Foster and the Audacity, plus returning artists like Ruthie Foster and Shinyribs. Tickets are on sale.

Tulsa dedicated Jim Halsey Way to honor the legendary country music manager whose seven-decade career shaped the global reach of the genre. The OAK RIDGE BOYS joined the city for the tribute.

Brenda Lee's remastered 1983 single arrives on streaming platforms for the first time, accompanied by her first-ever official music video now available in HD on YouTube.

Resonance Records will release a newly discovered 1976 live recording of saxophonist Clifford Jordan performing with pianist Al Haig, bassist Wilbur Ware, and drummer Kenny Clarke at Chicago's Jazz Showcase.

What a delight to sit behind Sir Roger Hall at the 50th anniversary performance of the timeless classic Glide Time. Deftly and perceptively directed by Vikki Cunningham, and set firmly in 1976, Hall’s comic genius is still sharp, shrewd and strangely current: a deliciously awkward satire of office life that remains funny, familiar and uncomfortably true.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

THE THREE DEGREES will headline the open-air concert at Arley Hall in Cheshire, joined by THE REAL THING, ODYSSEY, 5 STAR, SOUL II SOUL's Rose Windross, and Junior Giscombe for a celebration of soul, disco, and funk.

A look at her lengthy list of credits – just a few of which are “Romeo and Juliet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Macbeth,” “All’s Well That Ends Well,” and “Richard III” with Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP), of which she is a founding member, a trio of Elliot Norton Award-winning roles in “Miss Witherspoon” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”  at Lyric Stage Boston and “The Children” at SpeakEasy Stage, and other plays including “Breaking the Code” at Central Square Theater and “Barefoot in the Park” at Gloucester Stage – offer an unneeded reminder of why Plum has long been one of Boston’s most respected stage actors.

KISS released two boxset offerings celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1976 album ROCK AND ROLL OVER, featuring brand-new remixes by original engineer Eddie Kramer, 100 unreleased tracks, and collectible materials.

A new 50th Anniversary Broadway production of Annie will premiere on Broadway in Fall 2027, fifty years after its Broadway debut, directed by Sam Pinkleton. Learn more here!

Black Theatre Troupe's THE EXONERATED is compelling and provocative. A production of real craft in service of real urgency: beautifully directed, powerfully acted, and unwilling to let its audience leave comfortable.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, 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 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2026 reading list.

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 opens up about his career, from Windows on the World to his new Brasserie Cognac Américain in Midtown Manhattan.

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.