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Major League Baseball veteran and recording artist José Iglesias, known to music fans as Candelita, has made his Broadway debut in Buena Vista Social Club. Check out photos from his first performance here!

See some of the biggest stars of the stage and screen and the biggest names in jazz, cabaret, comedy and Broadway with shows in NYC. Check this list when you plan out your month!

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including a free Moliere performance, a reunion of Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde, Gabrielle Stravelli, and more.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts revealed its 2026-27 season, featuring Princess Nokia's venue debut alongside concerts by Ginuwine, Aida Cuevas, and family programming in the Bronx.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts announced its upcoming season, featuring Princess Nokia, Ginuwine, La India, Aida Cuevas, Flor de Toloache and the United European Ballet Company in the Bronx.

Sun Valley Playwright's Residency named Talene Monahon, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for MEET THE CARTOZIANS, as its resident playwright, with new music by Will Butler.

Laurence Kardish's biography of filmmaker Shirley Clarke traces her career from Dance in the Sun through Portrait of Jason, drawing on her diaries and personal history.

Fifteen-time GRAMMY winner Ricky Skaggs will bring his bluegrass band Kentucky Thunder to the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, with tickets set to go on sale this week.

Theater for the New City will present an archival exhibit marking 55 years of its Summer Street Theater, featuring photos, recordings, costumes and props at its gallery in New York City.

Tony winner Lillias White will headline a one-night-only benefit cabaret at Forge 28 Studios in Warwick, with proceeds supporting Core Theatre Group's nonprofit mission.

Beenie Man released a 16-track album titled EMINENCE, produced by Kemar McGregor and featuring Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, T.I., Ashanti, Mýa and Stefflon Don among others.

Set against the backdrop of 1997 New York City—a world of answering machines, complex relationships, and a looming turn of the millennium—experience Company through an intimate and vivid journey inside Bobby’s mind. We…

Metrograph will present an 11-film retrospective of director Tsui Hark, featuring a newly restored version of his 1980 film DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE alongside titles from across his career.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom stars A Noise Within resident artist Amber Liekhus in the title role, with ANW newcomer Jamar Gilbert taking on the role of Levee. I decided to speak with the two actors about their experience bringing the two iconic roles to the stage and why they believe the play teaches important lessons about Power, Music, Survival, and Legacy.

Today’s subject Anne Tolpegin is currently living her theatre life on tour playing the roles of Allie’s Mother and Nurse Lori in The Notebook. The show begins performances this evening at the National Theatre where it will play through August 30th.

The West Harlem Art Fund will present a fall exhibition of paintings by Carlos Mateu in Nolan Park's Building 10B on Governors Island, featuring the artist's Pop Geometric style.

Disney kicked off World Princess Week with the release of ONCE A PRINCESS, ALWAYS A PRINCESS: A DISNEY SHORT FILM, directed by Alex Prager, streaming on Disney+.

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro opened the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, offering fans first looks at upcoming film, television, and stage projects at the Anaheim Convention Center and Honda Center.

Grand Ole Opry member Mark Wills will release Grand Ole Revival, a live gospel album recorded inside the Opry Circle featuring Cody Johnson, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill and others, via Gaither Music Group.

Playwright Siân Owen's How Soon is Now? is coming to Storyhouse. It's New Year's Eve 1997 in Manchester. The DJ is in full flow, and as your favourite indie songs blast out into the smoke-filled air of the club, the whole place feels electric.

One of the world's most beloved stage productions is set to arrive in Melbourne, as Disney's THE LION KING brings its internationally acclaimed production to audiences in Melbourne, returning for the first time since 2015.

Disney's THE LION KING will return to Melbourne for the first time since 2015, with performances set to begin at the Regent Theatre as part of the musical's third Australian tour.

Canadian-born David D’Lancy Wilson is nearly one year into his run as Mufasa in THE LION KING. Next week, Pride Rock comes roaring into Montreal and Wilson is coming home to Canada. I had the opportunity to chat with Wilson about his life, career, and the experience of wearing the mask of one of musical theatre’s most iconic fathers. For Wilson, however, Mufasa is more than a king, warrior, husband and protector. At his core, he says, “he is just a parent trying to do right and best for their child.” As a father of two young boys himself, that perspective carries particular weight. THE LION KING takes the stage at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Places des Arts, 175 Rue Sainte-Catherine O, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y9 from August 19 - September 6, 2026.

Reece Weaver, known from the Netflix series AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS: DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS, will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO at the Ambassador Theatre for a limited engagement.

The Barbican will host the European premiere of a stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and End of the World, starring Tatsuya Fujiwara.