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Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis announced single tickets are now on sale for its 2026-2027 season, featuring SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL, two world premieres, and the return of DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!

Anne Hathaway appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where the host offered her advice on becoming a parent of three. Hathaway has several major film projects in the works.

Hannah Waddingham appeared on Live with Kelly and Mark to share her enthusiasm for England's World Cup team, discussing her national pride ahead of the tournament.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its upcoming Rosen House Concert Series, featuring 21 performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, and global music, plus a new Juilliard Extension collaboration.

Thick & Tight will present Camp as Christmas at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room, blending dance, drag, mime and satire in a queer, irreverent take on the festive season featuring Judy Garland, the Virgin Mary, Reform UK and more.

National Youth Theatre has announced the initial wave of British stars of stage and screen returning to their NYT roots for a one night only staged performance, Letters to My Younger Future Self. Learn more here!

MONTY ALEXANDER will be at Birdland Jazz NYC starting Tuesday August 11th through Saturday August 15th for early and late night shows. After this he heads to Keystone Korner Baltimore for one-night only on August 16th.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman is returning with another funny and thought-provoking dissection of identity: What Are You Going to Do, playing five performances at Steppenwolf.

Sounds of Los Angeles County will present SELECTORS CHOICE, a free DJ workshop event at Jackie Robinson Park in Sun Village, CA, featuring Beat Junkies members and alumni as part of LA County Parks' inaugural free summer concert series.

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Latin Grammy-nominated vocalist Claudia Acuña released Ave de Luz, a Chilean jazz album on Delfin Records rooted in traditional rhythms and instruments, with a live celebration at New York's The Pocket.

The historic Sierra Madre Playhouse celebrating 102 years, which in its rich century has earned a reputation as one of the Southland’s leading jazz presenters in recent years, continues its popular Jazz @ the Playhouse Summer Jazz Series with noted jazz and R&B vocalist and songwriter Sidney Jacobs on Sunday, August 2, 2026, 8:00 PM. Tix click: sierramadreplayhouse.com

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including The Scarlet Pimpernel in Concert, Ray Angry, featuring WAyne Brady & Orfeh, plus more.

World Music Institute will present Minyo Crusaders, a Japanese band blending traditional folk songs with Caribbean, Latin, and African influences, for their NYC debut at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn, with opening act Mariposas Galácticas.

Figs in Wigs will bring LITTLE WIMMIN, their live art adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, to Soho Theatre Walthamstow for two BSL-interpreted performances.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will conclude its 2026 Summer Season on August 2 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's under the baton of Xian Zhang and violinist Gil Shaham, who returns to the festival for the first time in a decade to perform Barber's Violin Concerto.

The Boch Center's City Spotlights Teen Leadership Program announced its summer session, with Boston teens set to advocate at the Massachusetts State House before an original showcase at the Shubert Theatre.

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.

The Flea announced the cast of BEYOND THE STARDUST, an immersive nightlife show conceived by Niegel Smith and The Illustrious Blacks, featuring aerialists, vocalists, and dancers in an Afro-disco-space-punk production.

Artist Singha Hon's 'From Root to Bloom,' created through DCLA's Public Artist in Residence program, is now on view at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, with a companion installation at MOERJ's Manhattan offices.

The ACLU of Massachusetts will sponsor a special anniversary edition of Which Side?, the protest music series inspired by James Sullivan's book, at Opera + Community Studios in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood.

Washington, DC 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 July 2026 include CrazySexyCool & More!

No Stone Theatre Co. will present a free staged reading of Matt Minnicino's new adaptation of Antigone, featuring an all-Black Theban royal family, at the Bruce Mitchell Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors in New York.

Bryant Park Picnic Performances has revealed new artists added to its free outdoor schedule, including vocalist Avery Wilson, New York Guitar Festival acts, and a September 11th tribute.

Nathan Jonathan, known for Hollyoaks and Doctor Who, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new production examining masculinity, class, and boyhood in a small Northern town during the Y2K era.