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OK GO announced handbell arrangements of two songs: 'Return' from their 2002 debut and 'Shooting the Moon' from the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack. The band will tour the UK in November.

Los Angeles hard rock band BLACKLIST UNION released the single 'Heavy Is the Crown,' exploring perseverance and resilience. The track arrives following the band's six-week European tour with Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS contributed an original track to THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING (THE ALBUM), reuniting with producer Butch Vig for their first collaboration since 1993's SIAMESE DREAM.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Richard  Greenberg’s acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist THREE DAYS OF RAIN will begin performances on Saturday, January 30, 2027, and officially open Monday, March 1, 2027 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.

FRIGID New York will present the 15th annual Gotham Storytelling Festival, featuring personal narratives centered on displacement and belonging, with performances by storytellers including Marsha Brown, Dipti Bramhandkar, and Brad Lawrence.

The Buffalo-based band will perform two nights at Town Ballroom with 100% of proceeds benefiting FeedMore WNY, a food assistance organization serving Western New Yorkers.

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?” 

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.

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.

Post-hardcore pioneers Shudder to Think released their first project in nearly three decades via Dischord Records on September 11. The band shared a cover of Depeche Mode's "Something To Do" ahead of fall tour dates in Philadelphia, New York City, and Los Angeles.

On August 22, the new community theater Teater Asarua put on a production of RUMAH BONEKA at Teater Bulungan as part of Festival Teater Jakarta Selatan. The script is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play A DOLL’S HOUSE.

OK GO released a deluxe edition of its breakthrough album OH NO, featuring new tracks and covers, as the record earned RIAA Gold certification and its single went 2x Platinum.

Craft Recordings and HighTone Records will reissue Dave Alvin's 1998 album BLACKJACK DAVID with bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased Angel On Your Shoulder, on 2-LP, CD, and digital.

FRIGID New York will present its 29th season, including the Days of the Dead Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival, and The Fire This Time Festival, with performances at UNDER St. Marks.

Wexford Festival Opera will celebrate its 75th Anniversary with a programme of performances in October, including Iris, directed by the Festival's Artistic Director, Rosetta Cucchi.

Los Angeles hard rock band Blacklist Union released a new single and video featuring Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale, ahead of a planned European tour with Faster Pussycat.

Enough high spirits to make you forget all about the dismal state of the world of late. Go on. Get Footloose. You won't be sorry.

The New York Philharmonic has revealed additions to its upcoming season, including newly added concerts, artists, repertoire and discussion series for Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural season as music and artistic director.

Theater camps like Stagedoor Manor and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts have some incredibly famous alumni. BroadwayWorld looks at a handful of former campers who eventually made their way to Broadway.

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.

A conversation with John Cameron Mitchell celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - on art, empathy, punk rock, and the unexpected community that grew around one of the most beloved cult classics of the past quarter-century.

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Swell shows full of songs of FRANK SINATRA and Broadway hits, performed by some strong singers, hosted by Scott Siegel, are sprinkled through the summer at 54 Below. FRANK SINATRA-THE CONCERT is a worthy entry. It returns 7/19, 9/1 and 12/26

BroadwayWorld chats with lesbian icon Lea DeLaria about her upcoming performances at Feinstein's at the Nikko on May 29th & 30th. DeLaria will perform an evening of classic jazz tunes leavened with comedic tales.

This production is a touch bittersweet – it’s NCTC Founder Ed Decker’s last programed show after passing the baton to new Artistic Director Ben Villegas Randle. His choice to present Hedwig is extremely prescient in a time where sexual identity is being both vilified and explored.