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At its heart, Hell’s Kitchen is not simply a musical based on the life of the incomparable, Alicia Keys, it is a coming-of-age, autobiographical-inspired story that explores the complexities of single parenting, generational differences, and a young woman’s determination to discover her own identity.

Disturbing and distressing, but a production for our times

Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra will accompany the 1925 silent film PHANTOM OF THE OPERA with a live orchestral score at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights, featuring two performances with a special late-night showing.

SFJAZZ presents internationally celebrated artists and Bay Area favorites throughout October, including vocalist Cyrille Aimée, pianist Hiromi, and five-time Grammy-winning collective Snarky Puppy.

Accessible Arts, NSW's peak arts and disability organization, will present free programming including a panel discussion, zine-making workshops, and comedian-led art tours in partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

What occurs when your family name has more importance than you do? This question sits at the center of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Purpose, currently being performed at The Ensemble Theatre, and the answer is messy, hilarious, uncomfortable, and profoundly human. Because of the direction by Eileen J. Morris and a highly committed six-member cast, Purpose turns into more than just a play concerning one particular family; it makes a sharp study of legacy, identity, politics, faith, family expectations and the at times painful journey of working out who you are when all the other people have already told you who you should be.

'Good Night, Oscar' is full of comedy, music, celebrity, addiction, mental illness, ambition, and the uncomfortable bargain between an artist and an audience that wants to consume his genius.  This production at North Coast Repertory Theatre handles it all with impressive performances and empathy.

Dear Readers, I don’t mean to make anyone feel ancient but “A Chorus Line” is 51 years old! And the 5th Avenue Theatre dusting off the old girl for their current remount may feel like a bit of nostalgia. But if their spectacular production proves anything, it’s that “A Chorus Line” is still the masterpiece it always was.

Open Scene will launch the first major public program of its newly announced three-year residency at the Maitland Art Center with the sixth edition of FIAE, its International Performing Arts Festival. For one week, the Maitland Art Center campus will become a meeting point for artists, stories, languages and audiences from across the world.

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's revitalized production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA go on sale for a Des Moines Performing Arts engagement at the Civic Center March 3-14, 2027. The new North American tour features the acclaimed London production direction by Seth Sklar-Heyn.

Open Scene will present the Florida premiere of the Puerto Rican contemporary theatre production BLANCO TEMBLOR, written and directed by Carola García López, at the Maitland Art Center as the closing performance of the International Performing Arts Festival.

It was something that just shot out of my brain when discussing with Jason Nodler, my co-artistic director, what shows we were considering for this current season, and it just wasn't even something we debated. It just sort of was like, well, we need to do Rhinoceros again.

The screen-used Batmobile from Tim Burton's 1992 BATMAN RETURNS will be offered at auction by Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies, marking the first time the iconic vehicle has come to the auction block.

San Jose indie rock band THE ALBERT SQUARE released their sophomore album I (WISH I COULD) TALK TO PEOPLE via Asian Man Records, alongside a video for focus track It Takes A Genius.

NEA Jazz Master and 15-time GRAMMY winner Chucho Valdés releases his first solo piano album in 20 years, recorded as one continuous session with no edits. Landmark 85th birthday celebrations will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center and Blue Note LA.

The Phantom of the Opera celebrates 40 years in the West End with an October 2026 gala at His Majesty's Theatre, reuniting alumni artists with the current cast.

Saxophonist and Grammy Award winner Paquito D'Rivera will perform at Kean University's Enlow Recital Hall in an evening combining live music with discussion of his artistic journey and cultural influences.

Today’s subject Trevor Nunn is most definitely one of the most versatile directors to ever work in the theatre. Through his long and distinguished career, he has helmed some of the biggest theatre events to ever hit the stage on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently living his theatre life as the director The Score which is currently running at Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) through October 25th at Harman Hall.

Not Quite Theatre co. presents a theatrical meditation examining the myth of artistic genius and how systems justify the harmful acts of acclaimed artists.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville from February 3-14. Tickets go on sale September 18.

Chicago's Bach in the City will open its second season with Fantasticus: Bach and Before on October 4 at DePaul University's Holtschneider Performance Center, featuring soprano Hannah De Priest, countertenor Ryan Belongie, violinist Amelia Sie and trumpeter Ryan Berndt.

Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Toronto's Massey Hall. The MacArthur fellow and Pulitzer Prize winner has centered her work on restoring overlooked contributions to American musical history.

Detroit Public Theatre announced new board officers and members, with Peter Van Dyke as Board Chair, Devon Meier as Treasurer, and Angelique Power as Secretary.

Jacob Ming-Trent's How Shakespeare Saved My Life has extended its New York premiere at The Public Theater through October 25, 2026. Tony Taccone directs the Red Bull Theater production.

Colt Coeur will honor Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, and board trustee Roberta Kelly at its annual benefit event in Brooklyn.