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ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS has announced its Season 35 celebrity cast and professional dancer pairings, with a two-night premiere set to air live on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.

Vangeline will perform her Butoh dance work MAN WOMAN at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford, followed by a discussion on gender and Butoh history with Dr Baldock.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat named its 2026-2027 National Curatorial Council, adding Mark Ronson, Will Butler, Bill Rauch, Ian Alteveer, and Justin Torres to the Sarasota County arts organization's roster of nominators.

Theater for the New City will present its 14th DREAM UP FESTIVAL, featuring 23 productions including 18 world premieres curated by Michael Scott-Price, entertainment news reports.

David LaMarche, a conductor with American Ballet Theatre since 1998, has been named the company's next Music Director, extending a decades-long relationship with the organization.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. 

New York Stage & Film has revealed the cohort for its 2026 Filmmakers’ Workshop. S&F’s Summer Season audiences experience stories in their earliest stages before they go to Broadway, Off-Broadway, resident theaters and more.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

Voices of Ascension announced its 37th season, The Radiant Depths, featuring programs spanning Renaissance masterworks to newly commissioned works, including a Nico Muhly commission written for organist James McVinnie.

On the legal and legislative front, a federal judge ordered the removal of President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center and temporarily blocked its planned closure, while New York State added $150 million to its theatrical production tax credit program. Broadway closed out its 2025–2026 season with a new all-time box office record of $1.91 billion, and the Broadway League and Actors' Equity announced a new audition initiative called LEAP.

New York's largest dance event will feature over 10,000 dancers and four Grand Marshals for its 20th annual celebration, culminating in a festival at Tompkins Square Park.

Every night on the Vegas Strip, Awakening at Wynn Las Vegas transforms the world. This show doesn’t just perform on stage—it pulls in the audience. The visuals are wild, the imagination explodes, and the stage magic comes to life with award-winning puppet master Michael Curry.

−320°F, written and directed by Hideki Noda OBE, will come to Sadler’s Wells in July. Learn more about the upcoming production here and find out how to get tickets!

MOCA will present Ed Young's Bright Worlds, the first U.S. retrospective of the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book illustrator, featuring original artwork from 15 projects, running May 14 through September 13, 2026.

Dance Parade New York announced its Grand Marshals for the 20th Annual Dance Parade & Festival on May 16, honoring Joan Myers Brown, Timmy Regisford, Christine Jowers, and Jeff Selby.

Boston Ballet will present Spring Experience, a compelling mixed-repertory program that highlights the Company's versatility and artistic depth through three distinct works.

LATITUDE FESTIVAL will present its 20th anniversary literary programme from 23-26 July 2026 at Henham Park, Suffolk, featuring poets including INUA ELLAMS, DR JOHN COOPER CLARKE, and COURTTIA NEWLAND.

The New York Philharmonic has revealed the 2026–27 season— which marks the start of Gustavo Dudamel’s tenure as the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director.

The Stanford Jazz Workshop has announced the 54th annual Stanford Jazz Festival at Stanford University. This year's festival will feature a diverse lineup including jazz legends and contemporary artists across various genres.

Cape Ann Symphony will continue Season 74 at 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 PM with MOZART, MENDELSSOHN, AND RODRIGO featuring guest artist world renowned classical and flamenco guitarist Grisha Goryachev.

M+ will present an exhibition titled SEEING SOUND, HEARING TIME, featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto's installation music, exploring the intersection of sound and visual art.

Bill Rauch ’84, acclaimed theater director and artistic director of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York (PAC NYC), will be the recipient of the 2026 Harvard Arts Medal.

This history gives context to the legacies of theatrical dynasties—considered to consist of at least three subsequent generations of theatre creators. In 2026, there is a stigma around any successful professional who follows a parent into their line of work, with this being seen as a pattern of nepotism.

To say that the Tony Award-winning 2022 musical “Some Like It Hot,” which Broadway in Boston is presenting at Citizens Opera House through February 8, has quite a pedigree is putting it mildly.

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation will celebrate its 25th anniversary with 'Dialogues & Conversations', an exhibition curated by founder Emily Rauh Pulitzer. The show features over 90 works by artists like Jasper Johns and Doris Salcedo, exploring artistic exchanges and significant engagements in art history.