Vangeline, founder of Vangeline Theater and New York Butoh Institute, appears in the new music video for A PERFECT CIRCLE's song TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. The band launches an extensive North American tour.
Ensemble for These Times announced its 19th season program featuring world premieres by Alexander Malinas and Mary Bianco, Shostakovich selections in Yiddish, and new works by Andrea Casarrubios, David Garner, and Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.
The Avant Symphony Orchestra will perform composer-pianist Thomas Nickell's UNSTUCK IN TIME alongside works by Bortkiewicz and Beethoven at Lake Forest's Gorton Center.
The Goodman Theatre's 22nd New Stages Festival will present four works-in-progress by contemporary playwrights, ranging from a kung fu rom-com to a new musical, with free ticketed performances in Chicago.
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.
Vangeline, founder of the Vangeline Theater and New York Butoh Institute, appears dancing her solo Butoh Beethoven in the new music video for A PERFECT CIRCLE's 'TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.'
Sweat Variant, the collaborative practice of Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, will present the New York premiere of ADAKU, PART 2: SHE SHIVERS WITH IT at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the 2026 Next Wave Festival.
Conductor Benjamin Zander leads the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 at Symphony Hall, with a pre-concert talk.
TheaterWorks Hartford will present EVERYTHING IS TOUCHING, an exhibition curated by Peter Albano featuring work by Brianna Bass, in correspondence with the theater's production of LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD.
Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.
American Conservatory Theater announced the appointment of OBIE Award-winning director Elizabeth Williamson as its new artistic director. Williamson, who previously led Geva Theatre in Rochester, has worked on Broadway productions including THE INHERITANCE, SOME LIKE IT HOT, and ANASTASIA.
Boston Chamber Symphony opens its 2026–27 season with violinist Joshua Brown performing Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside works by Mozart and Beethoven at First Church in Cambridge.
Lincoln Center Theater has created The Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab through a $4.25M gift from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation. The lab will support writers developing new work for the American theater.
Rattlestick Theater, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions have opened submissions for Cycle 5 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator.
The New York Festival of Song opens its season with a concert of songs named for historical figures and literary characters, from Beethoven's Adelaide to the Beatles' Michelle, featuring soprano Christine Taylor Price, mezzo-soprano Megan Moore, and baritone Samuel Kidd.
Karamu House, the nation's oldest Black producing theatre, opens its 2026-27 season with Ed Schmidt's historical drama MR. RICKEY CALLS A MEETING at the Cleveland Foundation Jelliffe Theatre.
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.
Trumpeter and percussionist Amir ElSaffar and Susie Ibarra will present an evening of contemporary music at Harvard's Ming Mei Residency Concert, featuring ElSaffar's New Quartet and Ibarra's Pulitzer Prize-winning SKY ISLANDS.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will join the Michigan Marching Band for a halftime performance featuring music from THE LORD OF THE RINGS at a University of Michigan football game, marking a collaboration between the world-renowned musician and the acclaimed student ensemble.
Pioneers Go East Collective announced six artists selected for the second cycle of its NEXT! Mentorship Program, which offers tailored support including monthly meetings, workshops, and presentations over 20 months.
Desdemona Chiang, Cheeyang Ng, and Eric Sorrels' new musical THE PHOENIX has been chosen for Rhinebeck Writers Retreat's Triple R Program, with a staged reading set for NYC.
Christine Dwyer, Nathaniel Hackmann, Jake Pedersen, and Elise Frances Daniells will lead Blake Allen's new musical based on Kevin Brockmeier's O. Henry Prize-winning short story, directed by Susan Aston.
Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith releases a new album featuring four ensembles with musicians including Bobby Naughton, Bill Laswell, and Marcus Gilmore on Burning Ambulance Music.
An excellent production of a strong play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
djassi daCosta johnson has been appointed artistic director of DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION, succeeding founder Naomi Goldberg Haas. The New York-based organization focuses on dance, education, and performance for older adults.
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