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Two new musicals will make their world premieres during Musical Theatre Week at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, running at AMT Theater in Manhattan's Theater District.

ANASTASIA will open at Adelaide's Festival Theatre for a limited season, following runs in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, with Georgina Hopson leading the cast as Anya.

A 13-year-old gospel singer left Jennifer Hudson speechless during a performance segment on THE JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW, drawing a strong reaction from the host in the studio.

The album, released on Biscoito Fino, explores the work of Brazilian saxophonist and composer Paulo Moura and is being submitted for Latin Grammy consideration in multiple categories.

Princeton Summer Theater (PST) is presenting True West through Saturday, August This poetic drama, darkly comic and poignant, is Sam Shepard’s landmark work.

The Broadway Bound Theatre Festival continues its run at AMT Theater in Manhattan's Theater District, with several world premiere plays and musicals still to come, including FUNERAL OF GOD and JUGULAR.

“It’s the little big things you leave behind.” Few new musicals have captured audiences quite like „The Little Big Things“, and Amsterdam's new non-replica production proves exactly why. Presented as part of the Carré Theatre's tenth-anniversary „Broadway in Carré“ series, Ola Mafaalani's staging combines an outstanding cast, breathtaking visuals and remarkable emotional depth to create an evening that lingers long after the curtain calls. More than a moving story about resilience, it is a celebration of family, healing and inclusion—told from a perspective that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal.

The (maybe) final show in CLO's history, this tour stop still has a lot to say.

The multi-award-winning German musical „Die Weisse Rose“ is a powerful, courageous and deeply affecting work of remembrance that speaks to contemporary audiences with striking immediacy. Rather than relegating history to the past, it encourages new generations to engage with the enduring value of freedom and the extraordinary power of individual courage.

Tokyo-based composer and acoustic researcher Bajune Tobeta released 'Memories,' a lo-fi single built from layered electronic textures and piano fragments, ahead of his upcoming album 'Anechoic' via CROIX Co., Ltd. / electric sheep.

Giraffe, the quartet featuring Dave Harrington, Robert Walter, Spencer Zahn, and Kosta Galanopoulos, released new single 'Room of Forgotten Names' ahead of their debut album.

Who says opera is only about tragic romance? One Ounce Opera's Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera presents three original chamber operas exploring dark comedy, environmental collapse, and survival, proving that this centuries-old art form continues to evolve in exciting and unexpected ways.

The Harlem-based African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) returns to Washington, D.C. for its 19th edition from August 14–16, 2026. Held at George Washington University, the festival presents award-winning fiction and documentary films from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America that explore human rights, democracy, colonial legacies, cultural identity, and contemporary social issues. Through stories spanning multiple continents, the festival explores how individuals and communities challenge oppression, preserve historical memory, and pursue justice and liberation.

Pianist Ayumi Tanaka, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Thomas Strønen have released 'Windflower,' a collaborative album on the ECM label showcasing the trio's improvisational interplay.

TREVOR: THE MUSICAL is an essential production that will move and inspire audiences.

DAVIS GAINES to headline in the desert at Coachella Valley Repertory on 7/30/26 @ 7pm. DAVIS performed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times on Broadway, in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Subsequently, he was chosen by Hal Prince and Lloyd Webber to play the leading role in the World Premiere of Whistle Down the Wind. Other Broadway and National Tour credits include Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! (with CAROL CHANNING), Camelot (with RICHARD BURTON) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (with ALEXIS SMITH). In Los Angeles, Gaines received Best Actor awards for his portrayals of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha and Hannibal Lecter in SILENCE! The Musical. Film and television work includes Warlock: The Armageddon, Sweeney Todd, Desperate Housewives, Charmed, Chicago Hope, Veronica’s Closet, Bodies of Evidence and Murder, She Wrote. Additionally, Gaines has sung for six U.S. Presidents and with virtually every major symphony orchestra in North America, including the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. A native of Orlando, he currently resides in Los Angeles and is a frequent singer of our National Anthem for the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Dodgers.

The Broadway Bound Theatre Festival announced casting for its upcoming lineup of two musicals and ten world premiere plays at AMT Theater in Manhattan's Theater District.

Homebound, a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Zach Adam, directed by Shea Sullivan, will receive a festival presentation at the 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, August 5–9, 2026, at AMT Theater.

'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.

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.

What happens when one of America's greatest songbooks meets Broadway? A BEAUTFIUFL NOISE delivers an emotional portrait of Neil Diamond, led by American Idol winner Nick Fradiani in a production that soars at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre.

Greek actress and singer Eleanna Fin joins the cast of Joseph Summer's opera THE TEMPEST for its world staged premiere at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, presented by Teatro Grattacielo.

Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed with Decca Classics as a composer. The Academy Award-winning actor will release his first recording with the label on August 21.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of The Silence of the Lambs, as the production prepares to make its world stage play premiere. Check out the photos here!

Four young Adelaide performers have been cast as Little Anastasia in the Broadway musical ANASTASIA, joining Rhonda Burchmore and Nancye Hayes AM at Festival Theatre.