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Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Sundance Institute announced 19 nonfiction projects selected to receive over $1 million in grants through its Documentary Fund. Projects span all production stages as the program approaches its 25th anniversary.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

Beat Street, the Broadway-bound musical based on the 1984 film, has assembled its principal creative team, joining the previously announced GRAMMY Award-winner Nas.

Pluto TV's Halloween Hits collection streams free horror films throughout the month, including 30 titles spanning major franchises, Stephen King adaptations, found-footage films, and box-office hits.

the cell in Chelsea will present 22 new projects from over 27 resident playwrights, composers, designers, and interdisciplinary artists developing new work through readings, workshops, and staged productions.

Nikki Glaser and David Spade announced upcoming dates for their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with presales and public ticket sales beginning this fall.

Dazy released the single 'Ugly' from his forthcoming album MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD VOL. 2: 24 SONGS FROM 2023-2026, due October 23 via Lame-O Records. The Richmond musician is currently on tour in North America.

International Film Festival Glasgow announced its 13th edition programme, featuring opening and closing Scottish premieres alongside films starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore.

BroadwayWorld chats with actor Jomar Tagatac about his latest project, 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' at San Francisco Playhouse September 26 thru November 28. He is enjoying the challenge of its slapstick humor, quite a change from his recent roles in Chekhov and Tennessee Williams classics.

Coy Middlebrook has been appointed Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, overseeing artistic planning, programming, and education initiatives.

Performances are now underway for Other Desert Cities, which will play a 16-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Other Desert Cities here!

Independent artist Bonner Black released a five-track EP inspired by her passion for birding and will tour with musician Walker Burroughs along the Mississippi Flyway, featuring concerts and bird walks at nature centers.

Trumpeter and percussionist Amir ElSaffar and Susie Ibarra will present an evening of contemporary music at Harvard's Ming Mei Residency Concert, featuring ElSaffar's New Quartet and Ibarra's Pulitzer Prize-winning SKY ISLANDS.

SFCM's 2026–27 season integrates artist residencies, professional internships, and side-by-side performances through its Global Creative Alliance, which includes Askonas Holt and Pentatone.

This season, Donna Feore has had the rare opportunity to helm two Stratford Festival productions: Guys and Dolls, running through November 14th, and Something Rotten!, running through November 15th, which share a stage and company of actors. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present a concert program of orchestral and choral favorites featuring more than 180 artists, conductor Alexander Soddy making his company debut, and soprano Christine Goerke as soloist.

The 9th Annual New York Baltic Film Festival will present three showcase films from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, featuring documentaries and biopics centered on stories of perseverance and real-life women who overcame significant challenges.

Red Bull Theater will present a staged reading of THE KING BORN A WOMAN, directed by Melissa Crespo, featuring Leovina Charles, Carson Elrod, Marianna Gailus, and others. The production will premiere live and be streamed from The Public Theater.

Juilliard President Damian Woetzel presented the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with the President's Medal, recognizing his profound influence on music and generations of artists. The honor preceded a concert of Reich's works performed by Juilliard students.

The Hudson Valley Music Summit will bring together 30+ music industry leaders including executives from Sony Music, Thirty Tigers, and Secretly Distribution for panels on AI, artist development, touring, and the evolving label landscape.

Phylicia Rashad will direct August Wilson's Fences at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker.

Albert Bouchard's Imaginos Band will perform at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, celebrating the album release and previewing an AI-created film based on the Imaginos saga.

The GRAMMY-winning Experiential Orchestra will open its 2026-2027 season with a program celebrating composer Anna Clyne, featuring cellist Inbal Segev performing the New York City premiere of DANCE.

On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows.