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Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the production stars Denée Benton, Patina Miller and Jasmine Amy Rogers. Since the big night, the play has welcomed many celebrity guests, including Cynthia Nixon, Sterling K. Brown, Kerry Washington, and Billy Porter. Check out photos from backstage here.

Spanish alt-rock band ARDE BOGOTÁ released its new album MANUFACTURAS DEL CLUB DE LA GENTE SOLA and announced U.S. tour dates in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.

The Broadway musical CHICAGO extends its Ambassador Theatre run with Reece Weaver continuing in the role of Roxie Hart for a final two-week engagement.

He's Behind You! announced the full cast for CINDERELLA: BUTTONS UNDONE!, an adults-only reimagined pantomime at Charing Cross Theatre featuring Laura Anna-Mead and Matt Kennedy.

Manchester collective CAULBEARERS released politically charged single 'Brothers At The Wheel' featuring Ruth Blake, blending soul, funk and hip-hop to confront systems of inequality. The track previews their album 'Come Back Home'.

Sacramento dream pop band SOFT SCIENCE released a video for 'Without,' a track from their fifth album SAND. The conceptual video, directed by Francesca Bonci, combines dreamlike imagery and breakdancing silhouettes.

The Paley Center for Media honored Billy Crystal at PaleyFest NY, featuring a red carpet and conversation moderated by Whoopi Goldberg about his career and Broadway debut with 860.

The Grammy Award-winning singer announced her last-ever UK performance, featuring special guests including Elles Bailey, Eliza Carthy, Seth Lakeman, and Katherine Priddy at The London Palladium.

The Young Vic Theatre has released all new rehearsal photos from Girls, coming to the intimate Maria Theatre later this month. Check out the photos here!

The Southbank Centre's Spring/Summer 2027 classical music program will present nine Beethoven symphonies with international conductors, a new production of Wagner's Tristan & Isolde by Opera North, and a world premiere concert-theatre work featuring Pekka Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

Billy Crystal joined Whoopi Goldberg at PaleyFest NY for a conversation about his new Broadway show, 860, and his decades-long career. See photos from the event!

Midsommer Flight will present a staged reading of Lauren Gunderson's political farce inspired by Shakespeare's classic, directed by Anna Rachel Troy and featuring an all-female cast.

The Public Theatre opens its season with STEEL MAGNOLIAS, featuring Beth Hylton, Brigid Cleary, and Heather Dilly in the comedy about six women gathering in a Louisiana hair salon.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present the 1926 silent film FAUST with live piano accompaniment by Larry Garf. Writer Rich Procter will introduce the F.W. Murnau masterpiece and lead a post-screening discussion.

Singer-songwriter Zoe FitzGerald Carter will release her fourth full-length album, CHAOS BY DESIGN, featuring twelve songs blending Americana, jazz, and folk. The album was produced by Jeffrey Wood, former head of Fantasy Studios, and features Bay Area musicians.

Live & In Color will present readings of Vaibu Mohan's new play BOUND TO YOU, which explores South Asian folklore and identity through encounters between a Woman and a Demon in a bondage studio setting.

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.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Richard  Greenberg’s acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist THREE DAYS OF RAIN will begin performances on Saturday, January 30, 2027, and officially open Monday, March 1, 2027 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.

While Heather Gay's performance on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 4 finale may have rivaled a Shakespeare drama, she's been used to the spotlight long before the hit Bravo series.

The winners of the UK Theatre Awards 2026 were revealed a ceremony hosted by La Voix. This event has celebrated the creative excellence and outstanding achievements seen on and off stage throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

I am a person who wears multiple hats - tech entrepreneur (I co-founded Shazam), crime writer (I write the Kamil Rahman series of crime novels) and theatre director (I am currently directing and co-producing Dog Mom at the Southwark Playhouse). This is one reason that I am suspicious of career plans. Life takes you in unexpected directions and you have to be open to them.

The Paley Center for Media celebrated the second season of CBS's MARSHALS at PaleyFest NY, featuring a red carpet, early screening, and cast conversation at The Paley Museum in New York City.

Walnut Street Theatre will present Disney's FROZEN The Broadway Musical, with previews beginning in November and an extended run through early January. The production marks a major holiday offering for the Philadelphia theatre.

Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors honored the cast and creative team of MAX Original series THE PITT at a gala on the Warner Bros. Studios lot, raising over $3.1 million for medical research and patient care.

The Wombats will tour the UK and Europe to mark two decades of their 2007 debut album, performing the record in full each night alongside hits from their catalog.