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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Betty McGuire has died at age 100. McGuire appeared in three Broadway productions, including the original productions of Plain and Fancy, Happy Hunting and Oh, Captain!

NJPAC announced the top five finalists of the 15th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, selected from over 360 entrants across 38 countries. The finalists will compete at NJPAC in Newark.

The publication did prove award-worthy itself, though, as the inspiration for the scary and silly “Bat Boy: The Musical” – at Umbrella Arts in Concord through November 8 – which took home the 2001 Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical.

There are plenty of musicals about people who feel like outsiders. Few take that idea quite as literally as BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL.

Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.

Sometimes a musical comes along that perplexes and enchants simultaneously, but whose description may sound off-putting. BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL now playing in a fabulous production by Second Generation Theatre is such a production. Part Marvel comic come to life on stage, it is also a mix of a graphic novel meets SWEENEY TODD , and part ROCKY HORROR SHOW with a smattering of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS sprinkled with FATHER KNOWS BEST.

Jazz pianist David Benoit announced a new album featuring orchestral arrangements of Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts scores, with 2026 tour stops in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., New York, and additional cities.

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.

The Celtic music duo FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT will perform at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe on their final American tour before retiring to Ireland. The husband-and-wife ensemble has toured for 31 years across the US and Ireland.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati will present OCTKNOWBER NIGHTS, a Halloween-themed festival featuring comedy shows, staged readings, and experimental works by local artists.

The Los Angeles theater company finalized the purchase of its 1928 carriage house home and two adjacent properties, securing the organization's future as it approaches its 30th anniversary.

Rock band SPONGE released their final studio album RECUERDA TU MUERTE, which includes the new single Self Inflicted Loss. The group is touring with CANDLEBOX.

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, the international immersive dining phenomenon will celebrate 30 years worldwide and 15 years in the West End in 2027, alongside its 4,000th West End performance.

The immersive production based on the BBC series will return to Australia for a special tour of major cities, celebrating three decades as one of the world's longest-running theatrical experiences.

SPONGE will release its final studio album Recuerda Tu Muerte and tour with Candlebox. The band has unveiled new single Self Inflicted Loss.

Mark Wills released the gospel standard "I'll Fly Away" featuring Grand Ole Opry members Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent from his upcoming GRAND OLE REVIVAL album, recorded live at the Grand Ole Opry Stage.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced honorees for its 2026 Gotham Week, including Alumni of Distinction Awards and expanded screenings featuring independent films in Brooklyn.

The National Theatre’s 2027 programme will include eight world premieres alongside much-loved classics, and a unique reach that extends across stages, screens and communities.

Bess Wohl's play SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS will open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Martin Freeman, Greta Lee, Sarah Paulson, Isaac Powell, Julia Roberts, and Paul Rudd.

ABC News' six-part video podcast examines the murder of Idaho teenager Cassie Stoddart, a case linked to a horror film, ahead of its exclusive streaming premiere.

PLUTO TV will add free streaming premieres of MEAN GIRLS and SMILE, expand its anime lineup with ONE-PUNCH MAN and KENICHI: THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE, and present live sports and Double Feature Fridays.

54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.

BroadwayWorld looks back at the 2001 Off-Broadway cast of the musical 'Bay Boy,' which included a young Kerry Butler before her star turn as Meredith Parker.

Sun Valley Playwright's Residency named Talene Monahon, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for MEET THE CARTOZIANS, as its resident playwright, with new music by Will Butler.

Garth Brooks opened his BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS Arena Tour to a sold-out crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with three additional performances set to follow at the same venue.