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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.

Tara Theatre announced a new Board leadership ahead of its 50th year, with Sandeep Mahal MBE of the Royal Shakespeare Company joining as Chair and Bhuvan Sharma of WAC Arts as Deputy Chair Designate.

Theatre Royal Bath Productions has released a first look at production photography for the UK tour and West End transfer of the critically acclaimed Theatre Royal Stratford East production of Abigail’s Party. Check out the photos!

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.

Brazilian artist Bruna Fachetti will perform a one-woman stage adaptation of Clarice Lispector's 1977 novella at The Broadwater in Los Angeles, embodying six characters in a production directed by Alex Tietre.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks. 

The Prince Estate is opening up the recording vault of the beloved musician. Through a partnership with Sony's Legacy Recordings, a new compilation album will be released featuring 10 rare and unreleased studio recordings from the late music icon. 

Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B vocalist known for Disney hits 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'A Whole New World,' has died at the age of 75. His career spanned more than five decades across R&B, pop, and musical theater.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

Arts Centre Melbourne's Australian Museum of Performing Arts will host ENCORE!, featuring 50 iconic objects from Australia's performing arts history, including costumes worn by Kylie Minogue, Hugh Jackman, and Olivia Newton-John.

A new box set is collecting all of Donna Summer's solo albums that were released on Casablanca Records from 1975 to 1979. Donna Summer: The Casablanca Studio Albums will be available on 7CD or 10LP Colored Vinyl on October 2, 2026.

Mike Leigh's black comedy ABIGAIL'S PARTY, directed by Nadia Fall, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre following its Theatre Royal Stratford East run, with Tamzin Outhwaite and Kevin Bishop leading the cast.

Boston Ballet announced the retirement of Principal Dancer Lasha Khozashvili, who joined the company in 2010. His final performance will be as Prince Desire in THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards has been renamed the Cape Town Theatre Awards, marking a new chapter under a newly established NPO. CATS leads with 11 nominations among 65 eligible productions across 23 categories.

Tony-winning producers behind THE OUTSIDERS announced WARBUCKS, a new stage musical tracing the early life of Oliver Warbucks, timed to Annie's 50th Broadway anniversary.

Blue Oyster Cult will perform at Long Island's Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Tickets range from $81 to $121 including fees. Tickets can be purchased both in person and online.

Theatrical Outfit has announced their 50th Anniversary Season with 5 mainstage productions of classics and modern works, 4 new plays, 3 special anniversary events, 2 productions with new and returning community partners and 1 brand new commission.

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville will present An Indigenous Present, an exhibition featuring 15 artists spanning a century of modern and contemporary Indigenous art, co-curated by artist Jeffrey Gibson and curator Jenelle Porter.

The Police drummer and Grammy-winning composer Stewart Copeland brings his first American spoken-word tour to Thousand Oaks, featuring conversation, photos, videos, and Q&A about his life in music.

English National Opera has announced its 2026/27 Season across London and Greater Manchester, featuring nine operas, with six new productions, four operas by contemporary female composers and opportunities for the next generation of opera makers.

That’s both the draw and the danger of Jim Steinman’s music. While it comes with a built-in 50-and-over audience, jukebox musicals run the danger of relying on nostalgia, being underperformed by its actors, and/or having a paper thin plot. BAT OUT OF HELL avoided two of those three pitfalls. As Meat Loaf, the voice behind the two albums of which the show is based, sings “Two out of three ain’t bad.”

Grammy-nominated opera producer Beth Morrison and choreographer Moses Pendleton will receive honorary doctorates from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, recognized for their decades of artistic innovation in opera and dance.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Mr. Crystal and directed by Olivier Award-winner Scott Ellis. We have all of the details!

Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words. Unlike most straight plays, this opus has its own musical score, and good one by Will Butler. And that is the projected end-product taking shape at the hoped for conclusion/finale of “Stereophonic,” now playing in the gorgeous Muriel Kauffman Opera House through Sunday April 11.

The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.