That Day in September 2003

Warren Haynes' 34th annual holiday concert will take place at ExploreAsheville.com Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, featuring performances by multiple headliners and special guests, with proceeds benefiting local housing organizations.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present artists including Amanda Green, Ron Carter, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, and performers from Broadway musicals including REGENCY GIRLS and CRAZY RICH ASIANS.

The National Film Board of Canada's landmark works, including films by Norman McLaren and Theodore Ushev, will be featured in continuous screenings at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

The Smith Center will present major Broadway productions including PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (October 21–November 1), ELF THE MUSICAL (November 24–29), and OH, MARY! (October 6–11), with tickets on sale now.

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden is now on Broadway! Meet the cast here.

FIM in Flint, Michigan hosts October programming including THE ROCKET MAN SHOW on October 1, Jesse McCartney on October 3, LITTLE RIVER BAND on October 9, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra on October 10. The venue partners with the Security Credit Union Foundation's Pink Party to support breast cancer awareness.

Jacob Ming-Trent's How Shakespeare Saved My Life has extended its New York premiere at The Public Theater through October 25, 2026. Tony Taccone directs the Red Bull Theater production.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

I spoke with Howard Skora about his decision to write about the human story behind one of the most important civil rights decisions in modern American history, his vision for directing its world premiere production, and why he chose to write about the real-life events that took place in Houston in 1998 when two ordinary working-class men, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, were arrested under Texas’s ‘Homosexual Conduct’ law which led to a landmark 2003 Supreme Court decision.

It's good to see 'Wicked,' isn't it?

The play about Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, performed by Christopher C. Gibbs and written by Tom Dugan, will return to London's Wiltons Music Hall following its Edinburgh Fringe run.

Celine Dion's live album LIVE À PARIS will arrive on vinyl for the first time, marking its 30th anniversary with a new tracklist and a bonus studio recording of "À Paris."

Blue Note Hawaii will present a September lineup featuring THE FOUR TOPS, Judy Collins, THE RESIDENTS, and Chrisette Michele, alongside jazz, comedy, and Hawaiian music acts in Waikīkī.

Actor, writer, director and producer Roberto Sánchez will be honored at the Georgia Latino International Film Festival's 15th edition, with a ceremony set for Atlanta's Fox Theatre.

HBO Max will add new original series and documentaries, including Sharon Horgan's comedy YOUTH, the drama prequel 4 BLOCKS ZERO, and the true-crime series A KILLER STORY.

The Boston Arts Festival is back with more than 50 artists who will be taking over Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. The annual celebration of all things art was first launched in 2003.

TNT will premiere the limited series HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM, joining new episodes of THE LIBRARIANS: THE NEXT CHAPTER, Big 12 football and movie marathons across TNT, TBS and truTV.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden (Waiting for Godot) making his Broadway directorial debut.

The Boston Arts Festival is back with more than 50 artists who will be taking over Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. The annual celebration of all things art was first launched in 2003.

Michelle Branch and NEW RADICALS frontman Gregg Alexander appear together in a reimagined music video for The Game of Love, marking Alexander's first on-screen band appearance in decades.

The Tank will present the New York premiere of VERY BLUE LIGHT by Daphne Silbiger, following two women reuniting with a childhood friend in Marfa, Texas amid shifting politics and technology.

Sir Cameron Mackintosh has teased that something big is headed to New York - though he's not the producer behind it. Some fans are speculating this could be an immersive presentation, similar to what Masquerade off-Broadway has done with Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will open single ticket sales for its upcoming subscription season, featuring Andris Nelsons' final season as music director and guest artist Yo-Yo Ma.