Making History 1991

Tameka Empson, Theresa Ikoko, David Webber and other Black British performers will take part in a gala at Hackney Empire marking the theatre company's four-decade history.

Metrograph will present CLASSICAL CINEMA, a 20-film showcase exploring cinema inspired by ancient Greece, featuring rare prints of ANTIGONE, THE ILLIAC PASSION, and ULYSSES' GAZE.

The Paley Center for Media announced a year-round music initiative featuring live performances, songwriter showcases, and listening parties, launching with the Nashville-focused series SOUTHERN ROUNDS.

WORLD CAFE will present ten episodes exploring Dublin's music scene, featuring interviews and performances from HOZIER, U2, CMAT, SPRINTS, Dermot Kennedy and others in its "Sense of Place" series.

Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater will present a ten-show Matinee Collection, featuring tribute acts to Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond, with single tickets and packages set to go on sale.

Martha Graham Dance Company will present masterworks, new commissions, and Lamentation Variations while touring the US, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, and China.

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including a free outdoor concert with Angélique Kidjo, RENT co-stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal in a duo show, A Strange Loop songwriter Michael R. Jackson and more.

Dave Matthews Band will launch its 2026 Fall Tour on November 4 at Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, with stops in Nashville, Chicago and Baltimore before closing with two nights at Madison Square Garden.

SUGAR released a 20-minute documentary on the band's history as the U.S. leg of the Love You Even Still world tour opens August 11 in Denver with several sold-out dates to follow.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will open single ticket sales for its upcoming subscription season, featuring Andris Nelsons' final season as music director and guest artist Yo-Yo Ma.

Eureka Entertainment will release BENEATH THE TREES: FOLKTALES AT DEFA II, a limited three-disc Blu-ray box set collecting five folktale films from East Germany's DEFA studio, in the UK.

The Cape Fear show's final episode, starring Javier Bardem and Amy Adams, streams globally on Apple TV this Friday, July 31.

Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment will present the 1991 Giants Stadium concert in select cinemas worldwide, featuring the full June 17 show with bonus content and an introduction by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.

Cape Fear Episode 9 hits Apple TV+ July 25! Amy Adams races to Cape Fear to find Crystal as Javier Bardem's Max gives lethal orders in 'The Scar.'

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced ten recipients for their 2026 Science and Technology New Play Commissions, continuing a 25-year program that has developed over 300 plays exploring science.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

California Symphony will present Fresh Look: The Symphony Exposed, a four-part classical music lecture series led by instructor Scott Foglesong, at new locations in Lafayette and San Ramon.

Members of the original Sarafina! cast, including Baby Cele and Dumisani Dlamini, will reunite for a special 56-minute performance at the Market Theatre's 50th birthday celebration — their first time performing together since 1991.

What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?

Grab a tissue — these Tony Awards speeches may make you teary-eyed!

The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, continues to expand its 2026 summer season with the addition of Jon Stewart among a roster of major artists across genres including rock, country, pop, Broadway, and soul.

The Cosmic Shambles Forest will present an expanded experience at Latitude Festival 2026, featuring two stages, a Museum Street, and a diverse lineup from science to arts.

Theater West End was wise to split Angels in America in the season as two separate performances, each with their own block in the schedule. Originally, I was concerned that the Part Two of it all might turn away prospective theatergoers. But upon watching both parts now, and bearing in mind my own familiarity for the characters, I can also see now how the original production’s 18-month gap would have also been enticing for an audience.

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Allison Bailey, Jordan Tyson and more. 

Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.