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Costume designer Suzette Guilot-Snider, who created TWISTED SISTER's iconic stage looks, will be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame as the first costume designer to receive the honor.

Former LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN bandleader Paul Shaffer made quite a first impression on Ray Charles the first time they played together.

Belongó's benefit concert will feature Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, along with special guests including members of The Blues Brothers and Saturday Night Live Band, supporting free music education in NYC public schools.

Grammy and Tony Award-winner Shoshana Bean will perform at the Beacon Theatre for one night only, celebrating holiday music and songs from her latest studio album, Only Smoke.

The ACANSA Arts Festival of the South is in full swing, and if the sold-out crowd I joined Monday night is any indication, Central Arkansas is ready to celebrate the arts!

Palm Beach Dramaworks will present the world premiere of Alejandro Rodriguez's ALBA, a new play inspired by Federico García Lorca's classic work and Rodriguez's own family. Set in working-class Miami, the production follows a Cuban matriarch navigating control of her household.

John Godber's play about four bouncers navigating a chaotic night at a UK discotheque will open at The Modern Theatre in Boston, with the cast and wrestlers from Chaotic Wrestling swapping appearances at each other's events.

Jean Smart, Allison Janney, Matthew Rhys and more stage favorites were among the winners at the 78th Emmy Awards. See the complete list of 2026 Emmy winners.

Belongó will present its second annual benefit featuring Arturo O'Farrill & the AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE BLUES BROTHERS members, and BALLET HISPÁNICO to support music education programs in NYC public schools and Casa Belongó.

Tickets are now available for the 69th Monterey Jazz Festival, featuring 74 performances across five stages, including a duo set from Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter.

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.

Cortland Repertory Theatre (“CRT”) has announced that Producing Artistic Director Kerby Thompson will step down from his position, concluding a 26-year tenure with the professional theatre company.

Nick Mayow and Prisca Bouchet won the City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film for LION ROCK at the MIFF Shorts Awards ceremony held at Melbourne Town Hall.

San Francisco Opera’s 2026–27 Season begins with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leading an international cast in Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.

The Southbank Centre announced the lineup for Dua Lipa's curation of the London Literature Festival, featuring in-conversation events with Zadie Smith, Mustafa and Patti Smith.

Singer-songwriter JOHN TERLAZZO will bring original songs to the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival, joined by KRISTINA MACHUSICK and PAUL WEGMANN for a concert in the JCC Ballroom.

For Steven Maler, founding artistic director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” holds special significance as the first free outdoor Shakespeare production he directed with CSC, in 1996 in Copley Square. This summer Maler is again directing the comedy – through August 9 at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common, in partnership with the City of Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture – to mark CSC’s 30th anniversary.

The cult classic film BATTLE ROYALE is set to screen in a 4K presentation during its final weekend of engagements.

Ed Begley Jr. and Hayden Begley star in David Auburn's PROOF, directed by Stuart Rogers, at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. See photos of the production.

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.

The Stratford Festival's Meighen Forum will present a lineup including The Brian Barlow Big Band performing Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder and a one-night-only reading of The Amateurs, a new TV series from the creators of Slings and Arrows.

The Duke of York’s Theatre Will Be Renamed The Tom Stoppard Theatre, paying tribute in the heart of the West End to one of the most influential playwrights in British theatre. Learn more here.

The Victoria Wood sitcom dinnerladies will return more than a quarter of a century after it was first screened on BBC One. Learn more about the show here!

Ed Begley Jr and Hayden Begley will star in PROOF written by David Auburn at the El Portal Theatre. David Auburn’s PROOF is a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daughters, the nature of genius, and the power of love.

The contemporary ballet company, Chamber Dance Project (CDP): Its bringing together of soloist-level professional ballet dancers during their lay-off periods from major professional companies and partnering them with equally talented musicians and boundary pushing choreographers.