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George A. Romero's lost 1962 debut film will screen for the first time in full at the Pittsburgh venue where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD premiered, accompanied by a newly commissioned orchestral score.

The George A. Romero Foundation and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will present a symphonic concert celebrating the filmmaker's life and legacy, featuring a newly commissioned orchestral score accompanying his restored 1962 debut film.

Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.

Critics weigh in on Billy Crudup and Gillian Anderson's electric George and Martha in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at @sohoplace. See what they said.

The Dance Hall of Fame announced its second class of honorees, including Debbie Allen, George Balanchine, Toni Basil, Katherine Dunham, Savion Glover, Mandy Moore, the Nicholas Brothers, and WEST SIDE STORY legends George Chakiris, Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn.

Tuacahn Center for the Arts has announced its 2027 Broadway season of both indoor and outdoor shows. The season will kick off in May with Disney's Hercules the Musical. Learn more here!

Twin Temple released the single Love You to Death from their upcoming album Doomed Lovers, out October 9. The band's North American tour begins tomorrow in Albuquerque with dates supporting Danzig and Jack White.

Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) wrote his semi-autobiographical trilogy as a dark celebration of the seedy, smoggy, smutty London he inhabited in the late 1920s. Published first as Bob’s story (The Midnight Bell 1929), then with Jenny’s back-story (the salaciously titled The Siege of Pleasure 1932) and finally Ella’s simultaneous story to Bob’s (The Plains of Cement 1934, originally titled ‘Time, Gentlemen, Please’), Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky – A London Trilogy was compiled and published in one volume 1935.

BritBox will premiere AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TOMMY & TUPPENCE starring Antonia Thomas, Josh Dylan and Imelda Staunton, headlining a fall slate that also includes new seasons of LUDWIG, DEATH VALLEY and TIME.

Turner Classic Movies will launch a new season of its podcast THE PLOT THICKENS, focused on Stanley Kubrick and featuring a previously unheard audio interview with the filmmaker.

When is Labor Day weekend 2026? Sept 5! Celebrate with Kaatsbaan's festival featuring playwright readings, CRICKETS, and The Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Tivoli, NY.

The KBO Theatre Company is set to present a special industry staged reading of 'Marilyn' a new play by CJ Savery, adapted and directed as well as casting by award winning director/producer and playwright Angelina Kristic ('The Dealers: Part Deux').

InfraSound will present a three-day festival exploring the music and legacy of composer Sofia Gubaidulina, featuring panel discussions, chamber music and community events at St. Malachy in Times Square.

Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA will present Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, a play by Richard Hellesen, in an upcoming production at the theater.

BroadwayWorld chats with Ella Ruth Francis who stars as Tracy Turnblad in San Francisco Playhouse's production of 'Hairspray,' the effervescent musical running July 10 thru September 12. This is a role she was born to play.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park announced its 2026 Annual Festival in Tivoli, NY, featuring three consecutive Saturdays of dance, music, and storytelling curated by Michèle Steinwald, with performers including Valerie June, Calpulli Danza Mexicana, and EVIDENCE.

St. Louis is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2026 include Spelling Bee and more.

San Francisco / Bay Area is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2026 include Mamma Mia & more.

Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight. The actors bring energy, nuance, intonation, inflection, and character to every aspect of the story they are telling. Having them do so live, in-person to a room full of enthusiastic audience member reactions made it even more so.

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.

Theater J will present a staged reading festival marking the Edlavitch DCJCC's 100th anniversary, featuring works by Alfred Uhry, Wendy Wasserstein, and new plays from emerging Jewish playwrights in Washington, DC.

The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylor’s.

Classic Albums Live announced its 23rd season at Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, featuring note-for-note performances of albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, U2, and Alanis Morissette.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that Siobhán Redmond will star in a new production of Samuel Beckett’s surreal masterpiece Happy Days. Learn more here!