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Pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey will perform at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts as part of its 2026-27 jazz programming.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Academy Award-winning film The Lives of Others. Check out the photos here!

Tickets are now on sale for Cameron Mackintosh's new production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, running Feb. 17-28, 2027. The tour features Isaiah Bailey as the Phantom and marks the musical's return to North America.

The Broadway History Harvest by Friends of Wait in the Wings will be returning for its second year on September 26th to record new items and stories for their online Theatre History Archive. Here are some examples of what they collected last year!

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.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

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.

Maximum Entertainment Productions announced a 20-city national tour of THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER starting November 14 in Purchase, New York. Hip hop pioneer Kurtis Blow returns as special guest MC, while Da Brat joins the production for Washington, D.C. and Chicago performances.

The Country Music Association announced BROOKS & DUNN as recipients of the 2026 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented during The 60th Annual CMA Awards from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.

Timothy Bloom will receive The Prince Fellowship and Chase Parker will receive The Prince/TTLP Fellowship, programs supporting early-career producers in association with Columbia University School of the Arts.

NOW IT'S OVERHEAD will issue vinyl pressings of its catalog for the first time, alongside a five-song digital EP titled IN THE BEGINNING via Saddle Creek.

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.

Susan Egan, who played the role of Meg in the original Hercules film, joined viral social media stars Jonathan Tilkin and Anthony Gargiula for a rendition of 'I Won't Say (I'm in Love)' from Hercules.  Check out the video here!

For almost a decade now, MSMT, together with the Brunswick downtown Association’s Music on the Mall, has presented, on the town green, a large outdoor concert free for the citizens of Brunswick, greater Maine and beyond. This MSMT summer event traditionally draws the largest crowd in the history of the series, and summer 2026 was no exception with more than 2500 people filling the great lawn. With sunshine in abundance, picnic suppers and music in the air, it proved to be an idyllic  evening.

American Ballet Theatre revealed its upcoming seasons at the David H. Koch Theater, featuring a world premiere by Brady Farrar and company premieres of Helen Pickett's Petal, and more.

Getty Villa Museum and Latino Theater Company will present Antigone: In the Language of Kings, setting Sophocles' classic in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, marking the 20th annual Outdoor Classical Theater production.

Single tickets are on sale for the Broadway touring production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Kansas City's Music Hall, part of the PNC Broadway in Kansas City series. The production will run for 16 performances.

Be Bold! Productions' 15th annual Players Theatre NYC Short Play Festival opened last weekend at the Players Theatre, with Week 1 presenting five original short plays by five different playwrights. The winner of week 1 has been revealed.

Actress Miriam Margolyes and Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman are named Raindance Icon Award recipients, with a posthumous honor going to rock & roll legend Eddie Cochran at the festival's 34th edition.

2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! All eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival will present eleven live performances across five Cape Cod venues, featuring the Danish String Quartet, GRAMMY-winning Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, and world premieres of Festival commissions.

With “Rudolf – The Last Kiss,” the Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein, in collaboration with Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, has achieved a masterstroke: the beloved musical, long absent from German-speaking stages, has been so thoroughly overhauled that it emerges stronger than ever before.

xThe LA Phil has unveiled the 2026 season at The Ford, its hillside open-air venue, running from May 8 to October 31. The 2026 season brings together a multidisciplinary mix of music, dance, film, theater, comedy and spoken word.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will return for its 43rd season, featuring 13 concerts celebrating American music, BCM founder Marya Martin’s 50th anniversary in the U.S., and more.

“Sister Act” owes its status as a global phenomenon to the iconic Whoopi Goldberg film, but Alan Menken’s stage version of the beloved Hollywood comedy has long since conquered stages all over the world. In its acclaimed West End incarnation, the musical has already been touring German-speaking venues for a third year, presented by production company Showslot, continuing to fill auditoriums all over the country. Both the linguistic adaptation and the technical realization for touring operations across Germany are flawless. The show is nothing short of a gospel of good fun – hallelujah!