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Today’s subject Conrad R. Kelly II is currently living his theatre life as co-Director for the esteemed Step Afrika’s The Fruits of Our Labor. Mr. Kelly is also the company’s Associate Artistic Director. The show continues performances at Arena Stage in the Fichandler through November 1st.

Dita Von Teese extends her residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with performances throughout 2027, featuring extravagant sets, Bob Mackie costumes, and an ensemble cast.

The Fisher Center at Bard, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, will present EVIDENCE: 2026 LAB International Festival.

The Assembly announced five projects selected for its 2026-2027 Deceleration Lab, including works by Catalina Beltrán, Brett Ashley Robinson, and ensembles CAN TUNA and Friend of Friend.

The San Francisco Symphony will present its 19th annual Día de los Muertos celebration at Davies Symphony Hall, featuring Latin American music, lobby art installations, and community activities.

Choreographer Cynthia Oliver has been named recipient of the $50,000 Knight Choreography Prize, awarded annually to honor artists whose work advances dance and expands audiences for the artform.

the cell in Chelsea will present 22 new projects from over 27 resident playwrights, composers, designers, and interdisciplinary artists developing new work through readings, workshops, and staged productions.

Choreographer Joanna Kotze will present an interdisciplinary dance work examining history, leadership, and collective agency at New York Live Arts Theater.

Instrumental rock band POLYPHIA released the single WITH EYES TO SEE with an accompanying music video. The track is the third single from their fifth studio album BE NOT AFRAID, due out with Rise Records.

Phylicia Rashad will direct August Wilson's Fences at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker.

The Amsterdam-based duo announced a new experimental EP inspired by Puerto Rican landforms and Caribbean cultural practices, with lead track X now available and European performances planned.

Tove Lo releases her sixth studio album ESTRUS, featuring focus track 'source of life,' and kicks off her ESTRUS World Tour with a Brooklyn show.

Tove Lo released her sixth studio album ESTRUS via Pretty Swede Records and Virgin Music Group. The 13-track electro-pop album explores contradictions central to her music, from euphoria to melancholy and desire to doubt.

Japan Society will present a multimedia puppet theater work by Maiko Kikuchi based on Japan's oldest chronicle of origin myths. The production features puppets assembled onstage from everyday objects.

BroadwayWorld has your official fall 2026 Off-Broadway preview, a complete guide to everything opening Off-Broadway! See West End transfers, stars in play revivals, multiple world premieres and more.

Shaina Taub, Michael R. Jackson, Julia Riew and more Fred Ebb Award winners will be featured in Prospect Musicals’ CELEBBRATION concert at Symphony Space on October 8, hosted by Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba.

Ivy Crest Theatre Co. has just announced its production of the No Vacancy Series. No Vacancy is a collection of 3 one act plays set in motels throughout the last 50 years. Cabin 12 by John Bishop from the 70s, Motel Story by Alexandra Vassilaros in the 90s and Here Comes the Drone by Arlene Hutton from the 2010’s. A mix of drama and comedy the plays all deal with themes around connection, isolation and identity. Performances of the No Vacancy Series begin Thursday, September 10 for a limited run through September 13 at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street).

Arden Theatre Company will open its new season in Philadelphia with GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, a musical featuring Bob Dylan songs performed live by an actor-musician cast.

Composer Michael Hersch will be featured in a three-day festival at Manhattan's MISE-EN_PLACE, an album release concert, and world premieres of his works in Chicago, Baltimore, and the Netherlands.

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.

Dita Von Teese will continue her burlesque residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, adding new performances featuring couture costumes and Bob Mackie showgirl designs.

54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.

Instrumental rock band POLYPHIA has announced its fifth studio album BE NOT AFRAID, alongside a new single and music video for POWER IN THE BLOOD, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.

Geffen Playhouse will present its annual Backstage at the Geffen fundraiser, honoring Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Paul and Harold A. Brown with awards recognizing artistic and community impact.

NYU Skirball has revealed its 2026-27 season. Three of today’s most incendiary international performance makers—Romeo Castellucci, Angélica Liddell, and Milo Rau—come to NYU Skirball this season