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Casting details for AN OAK TREE have been announced through a press release from About Grace PR.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 29, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts has revealed its fall and winter lineup featuring Broadway performer Betty Buckley, the rock band Los Lobos, and productions including FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK LIVE and more.

Nikki Glaser and David Spade announced upcoming dates for their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with presales and public ticket sales beginning this fall.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

I think this story talks to the broader immigrant experience. A lot of what many people are experiencing now is about identity. What is identity? And what does assimilation mean? Who are we assimilating for?

BroadwayWorld chats with actor Jomar Tagatac about his latest project, 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' at San Francisco Playhouse September 26 thru November 28. He is enjoying the challenge of its slapstick humor, quite a change from his recent roles in Chekhov and Tennessee Williams classics.

Tangerine Records released the first vinyl pressing of Ray Charles' complete 75-minute 1964 Shrine Auditorium concert, while Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr. debuted their duo album Nearness featuring standards, spirituals, and originals.

Vocalist Lizz Wright and pianist Kenny Banks Sr. released their duo album NEARNESS, an 11-track collection of jazz standards, spirituals, and original compositions. The pair will perform at City Winery in New York City.

British rock legends MADNESS will headline the inaugural London edition of ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS, joined by FAT FREDDY'S DROP, BIG SPECIAL, THE WAILERS, and Hollie Cook at Gunnersbury Park.

Vince Gill was honored with the Nashville Songwriters Association International's prestigious Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ryman Auditorium, with performances by Chris Stapleton, Rodney Crowell, Ashley McBryde, Ricky Skaggs, Sonya Isaacs, and Andrea Zonn.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Stephanie Alison Walker's satire ADIRONDACK CHAIR CIRCLE, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon and featuring Caroline Neff, Katrina Lenk, and David Darrow.

Singer and New York Times bestselling author Tori Amos will publish her second children's book with Penguin Workshop, illustrated by Demelsa Haughton and accompanied by original songs.

Legendary cellist Mischa Maisky and his pianist daughter Lily Maisky will perform recitals across Australia's leading concert venues, marking their first tour together in the country.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum will launch a Kickstarter campaign for the first officially licensed Rocky Horror Show bobbleheads. Check out photos here.

Juilliard President Damian Woetzel presented the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with the President's Medal, recognizing his profound influence on music and generations of artists. The honor preceded a concert of Reich's works performed by Juilliard students.

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Renny Conti will release his album SPLIT SECOND via Mom + Pop and has announced North American tour dates on sale now. The album includes the single San Francisco, 2005.

Phylicia Rashad will direct August Wilson's Fences at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker.

On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows. 

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rapturous crowds for three consecutive nights at the Samueli Theater from September 10-12, 2026.

The Amsterdam-based duo announced a new experimental EP inspired by Puerto Rican landforms and Caribbean cultural practices, with lead track X now available and European performances planned.

UtahPresents will welcome Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure back to Kingsbury Hall on October 4, followed by Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves on October 7.

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?” 

Neil deGrasse Tyson will present 'This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe' at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden is now on Broadway! Meet the cast here.