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This is a sensational finale to the company’s Golden Jubilee year.

Costume designer Suzette Guilot-Snider, who created TWISTED SISTER's iconic stage looks, will be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame as the first costume designer to receive the honor.

BLONDIE announced HIGH NOON, their first album of new material in nine years, featuring contributions from Johnny Marr, Glen Matlock, and Zach Condon of Beirut. The album marks the final recording of co-founding drummer Clem Burke.

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and Music Director Radu Paponiu will present a season of five concerts featuring works by composers including Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven, and Ravel.

The Sundance Film Festival announces ticket packages for its debut in Boulder, Colorado, including new offerings such as Encore and Matinee packages alongside discounted student and young adult options.

THE CHURCH released two new singles ahead of their upcoming album LACUNA. The tracks showcase the band's ability to blend genres while maintaining their signature psychedelic dreampop sound.

The London International Festival of Theatre will return under new leadership, presented by Battersea Arts Centre with artistic direction by Pelin Başaran.

SPOONS announced their eighth studio album NIGHTLIFE with lead single Take the World. The new wave pioneers are releasing the album on multiple formats.

Theatre of NOTE’s world premiere production of Forever in There or F*ck Around and Find Out is written by Ashley Rose Wellman and directed by Spenser Davis.

When people hear about Idlewild, the first thing that comes to mind is the 2006 drama film with a musical score produced, written, and mostly performed by the Grammy award winning hip-hop duo Outkast. Set in fictional Idlewild, Georgia, the film focuses on the seedier side of the music business rather than the majesty that was Idlewild, Michigan.

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Brenda Lee's remastered 1983 single arrives on streaming platforms for the first time, accompanied by her first-ever official music video now available in HD on YouTube.

MÖTLEY CRÜE has released a newly remastered version of Take Me to the Top from the TOO FAST FOR LOVE 45th anniversary edition, available for pre-order.

A new documentary about former Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder, directed by Academy Award winner Brigitte Berman, will premiere at the Chicago History Museum. The film examines Holder's career in ballet, choreography, theater, music, and costume design.

SLAYER will release a limited-edition liquid-filled vinyl edition of REIGN IN BLOOD, marking 40 years since the Gold-certified thrash metal album's original release. The special zoetrope 1LP is filled with crimson-red liquid and available exclusively through Sound Of Vinyl.

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.

Over 400 items from Paul Reubens' archive, including the iconic gray suit, Schwinn bicycles, puppets, and scripts from PEE-WEE HERMAN productions, will be auctioned by Julien's Auctions at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Doris Duke Foundation, Sundance Institute, and Islamic Scholarship Fund announced the fourth cohort of the Building Bridges Fellowship, which supports emerging filmmakers working on U.S. Muslim stories with grants, mentorship, and professional development.

Composer Brent Michael Davids's orchestral work REQUIEM FOR AMERICA: SINGING FOR THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE will premiere in the United States following its London premiere by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The production features Native American and Boston Cecilia choruses with opera singers and orchestra.

Julien's Auctions will present an auction of Paul Reubens' career archive, including the iconic gray suit, bicycles, puppets, and props from PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE and PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.

Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding will share the role of Grizabella in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of CATS touring the UK and Ireland.

The upcoming production of the 1955 musical written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics) and Douglass Wallop and George Abbott (book) will star Neil Patrick Harris as Applegate, Julianne Hough as Lola, and Austin Scott as Young Joe Hardy. It will play Broadway’s Marquis Theatre, which incidentally, hosted the first revival of the show from 1994-1995. The 2027 production will be the second Broadway revival for the perennially popular property which has been a favorite in schools and communities since it made a splash during musical theatre’s Golden Age. 

Julien's Auctions will present Paul Reubens' historic collection including the iconic gray suit, bicycles, puppets, and memorabilia from PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE and related productions at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.

Director Luc Besson's LE DERNIER COMBAT and THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC arrive on 4K Ultra HD with newly added special features and bonus materials.

Here’s my interview with Katherine Chou on directing a rare revival of The Dance and the Railroad, an early play by David Henry Hwang, why its message will still ring true to modern audiences, and how she handles representing the intersection of art and labor in its storyline.