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Michael Apted's documentary about Soviet rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov returns in a newly remastered edition, featuring appearances by Dave Stewart, Annie Lennox, and Chrissie Hynde.

Halloween season in Williamson County has found its crown jewel. Studio Tenn has officially launched its 17th theatrical season at the Turner Theater with a deliciously macabre production of The Addams Family running through October 25. Directed with razor-sharp comedic timing and vibrant visual flair, this production proves that Broadway’s favorite ghoulishly eccentric clan translates brilliantly to the local stage.

Singer-songwriter Crys Matthews released a soulful version of the classic song via Shamus Records as part of the HOLIDAYS & EVERGREENS collection. Matthews is a two-time International Folk Music Awards Song of the Year winner.

Jazz vocalist and pianist Isabella Isherwood will perform her New York debut at Chelsea Table + Stage, celebrating her debut album The Sweetest Sounds, which draws from the Great American Songbook and contemporary material.

Michael Apted's documentary about Soviet rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov returns in a newly remastered edition with an epilogue charting the musician's life as an exile and Putin critic.

THE TEMPTATIONS will perform their farewell tour at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. The legendary group, known for hits like My Girl and Papa Was a Rolling Stone, continues to draw multi-generational audiences.

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.

BritBox will premiere AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TOMMY & TUPPENCE starring Antonia Thomas, Josh Dylan and Imelda Staunton, headlining a fall slate that also includes new seasons of LUDWIG, DEATH VALLEY and TIME.

Spring has sprung, and with it's arrival, comes new plays for theatre lovers of all kinds. Whether you live for intense dramas or would rather escape with zany comedies, there's something for everyone both on and off-Broadway in April 2026.

A second batch of shows for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been announced, bringing the current total number on sale for 2026 to 2,083. Learn more here!

The festival runs from 25 February to 8 March in Glasgow.

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times has announced the guest pianists for its E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit. Learn more here!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Discover the Freeform schedule for '30 Days of Disney' this November, packed with beloved Disney films and holiday favorites. Don't miss out!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been taped at the Ed Sullivan Theatre located on Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets since it began in 2015. Before the Broadway-loving Colbert took over The Late Show, the host was David Letterman, who ruled late night from 1993 onward via his perch at 1697 Broadway.

The Bob Dylan Center and New York University have announced The Gallatin Galleries as the destination for a special adaptation of the center’s exhibition, “How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964.” 

Just In Time’s origin story as well as overall conceit has much in common with one of Broadway’s very first jukebox musicals, which was ahead of its time. In 1985, Leader of the Pack, telling the story of pop singer-songwriter Ellie Greenwich, opened at the Ambassador on Broadway. Learn all about pop music bio-musicals here!

Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 24 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2025 reading list.

This time, the reader question was: Who Are the Most Tony-Nominated People of All Time? Audra McDonald now holds the record for the most-nominated performer, but do you know who has the most ever?

Burton Cummings, lead singer of The Guess Who and successful solo artist, has announced a North American tour beginning this summer. The tour will feature songs from Burton's latest album, A Few Good Moments, along with hits from The Guess Who and his solo career.

Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced National Theatre Live screenings coming to Harman Hall this February. Kicking off the month of screenings is The Donmar Warehouse production of Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo.

What holiday season can be claimed as complete without a Disney musical, right?  While one can tick that box with the opening of “Moana 2” at the local movie house, there is nothing like a live performance to energize those merry-making juices.  Palm Canyon Theatre provides that much needed “spoon full of sugar” into their magically musical punch bowl of fun, “Mary Poppins”.

 South Coast Repertory has announced the passing of Founding Artistic Director Martin Benson on Saturday, Nov. 30 at the age of 87. Read the full obituary here.

Elemental Music will release Bill Evans in Norway, a brilliant 1970 trio concert captured at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival, as an exclusive RSD Black Friday two-LP set on Nov. 29.