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'The Notebook,' the hit Broadway musical based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller, featuring music and lyrics by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and a book by American playwright and screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter, is making its first international premiere at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater this September.

Ardeo Theatre Company will present Much Ado About Nothing as the final main stage production of the eighth annual Frederick Shakespeare Festival at Hood College's Hodson Outdoor Amphitheater, featuring an '80s-themed production directed by Aaron Angello.

Experience Theatre Project announced its 2026-2027 season, themed Echoes & Illusions, featuring seven productions including AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984, and FLANAGAN'S WAKE at its Aloha, Oregon home.

Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, vocalist Maucha Adnet, and pianist Helio Alves will perform a Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz program at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Inlet Dance Theatre’s performances at Cleveland Heights’ Cain Park and Akron’s Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival last summer gave audiences a preview of the company’s 25th-anniversary season and featured works from its rich repertoire.

Morgan Wallen announced the upcoming release of new song 'Been By Now,' which received its live debut at a sold-out M&T Bank Stadium show in Baltimore. Five dates remain on his Still The Problem Tour.

Over 380,000 people joined the ticket queue during the on-sale for Garth Brooks' BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS arena tour stop in Indianapolis, signaling massive demand for the upcoming run.

Hudson River Park announced the lineup for its 26th annual Blues BBQ Festival at Pier 76, headlined by three-time Grammy winner Bobby Rush, alongside Sugaray Rayford, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr., and more. The free event features two live stages, BBQ vendors, and dance lessons.

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and five-time Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal released Body in Motion, featuring a violin concerto with soloist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Four Score, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

Indie pop singer-songwriter Susannah Joffe released the official music video for 'Happiness Is Just a Myth,' filmed guerrilla-style in upstate New York with a thrifted camera, featuring Joffe in a secondhand wedding gown.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman will return to New York's Beacon Theatre for his 2nd Annual 80th Birthday Bash, performing alongside top klezmer musicians following a sold-out 2025 show.

Ancram Center for the Arts will hold its second annual Summer Bash at The Farm at Pond Lily in Elizaville, NY, featuring a performance by THE BENGSONS and emceed by Rena Sofer and Danielle Skraastad.

Maine State Music Theatre celebrates Mid-summer with a dazzling production of Disney’s FROZEN, brilliantly directed and choreographed by Marc Robin. The delightful extravaganza transforms the Pickard Theater into a magical kingdom where the young and the young at heart can revel in the beloved fairytale performed by an outstanding cast in an opulent production that is certain to hold audiences spellbound.

BOLERO – THE SHOW has been extended for a six-show limited run at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, following the success of its debut. The Latin musical features live music, dance, and an after-party.

Bravo! This Reviewer was enchanted with the vocals of Lisa Yaeger. Taking a trip to the Jersey side of the river was worth the ride. The July 15 concert celebrated the release of Yaeger's JERSEY GIRL album.

Bloomsbury Festival revealed its 20th anniversary programme, featuring over 150 events across theatre, music, literature, art, and science at more than 40 venues in London under the theme Create and Celebrate.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is getting a new box set album to commemorate its tenth anniversary. Titled Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology, the collection arrives on September 25.

Drag legend Ginger Minj will make her Broadway Sacramento debut as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. A Broadway At Music Circus production, performances take place at the UC Davis Health Pavilion. 

Production workers at Brooklyn Bowl's flagship Williamsburg location voted  15–1 to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 4.

We felt very much at the end of the last run that we were not done telling the story. For one, we had rehearsed this for so long, and to just do the 5 shows over 3-4 days. It was not enough for the cast and the creative team, and it was not enough for audiences either, because many people shared how deeply this touched them and how much more they wanted to see.

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra has revealed its 2026-2027 season, titled JOY, featuring a seven-concert Capitol Series including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and a Leonard Bernstein tribute.

CAGNEY THE MUSICAL is drawing strong reviews at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, with Robert Creighton starring as James Cagney and Grammy winner Melissa Manchester as Ma Cagney.

Compañía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo will present Luna, Luna, Luna, a new flamenco production inspired by Federico García Lorca's poetry, at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe featuring dance, music, and storytelling.

A.J. Croce will bring his Croce Plays Croce Tour to Tampa Theatre, performing his father Jim Croce's iconic songs alongside his own originals in a show presented by Ruth Eckerd Hall On The Road.

'On Your Feet!' The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan storms into Makati's Proscenium Theater not simply as a jukebox musical but as a lively celebration of rhythm, resilience, and cultural spirit.