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Music Theater Works will present JIMMY BUFFETT'S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE with special programming including ukulele performances, post-show discussions, and more.

Jose 'Candelita' Iglesias is opening up about his path from defecting out of Cuba as a teenager to landing on a Broadway stage on Craig Melvin's GLASS HALF FULL podcast. Watch the video!

Television and film star Xolo Maridueña will join the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway production of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, playing Juan De Marcos at the Schoenfeld Theatre.

None of the Above Theatre Company will open its 45th season with the Old Skool Playwrights Festival, featuring Robert Liebowitz's world premiere THE JULIA VARIATIONS and a revival of COULDA WOULDA SHOULDA at American Theatre of Actors.

Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the COLBURN ORCHESTRA in a season-opening concert at The Soraya featuring works by Márquez, Kevin Puts, Falla, and Giménez, with student soloists on marimba and mezzo-soprano.

A six-part PBS series offers intimate documentaries of classical music artists including violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, guitarist Andrés Segovia, and pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy, Evgeny Kissin and Daniil Trifonov.

The Broadway production of CHICAGO will extend the run of former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Reece Weaver in the role of Roxie Hart at the Ambassador Theatre due to demand.

Buena Vista Social Club is the latest in a long line of jukebox/biomusicals. This one in particular is set in Havana, Cuba from the 1950s to the 1990s. The story follows four prominent musicians. Over the course of their lives, they experienced the effects of communism and the rise of Fidel Castro, as well as their eventual collaboration in 1997 on the landmark album.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

New Adventures unveiled the full cast for the Olivier Award-winning production's 30th anniversary tour, opening at Theatre Royal Plymouth in November 2026, followed by stops in Salford, London, and 14 additional UK venues through 2027.

All new rehearsal photos have been released of How Soon is Now?, which is making its world premiere this October in Salford ahead of a UK Tour. Check out the photos here!

SPONGE will release its final studio album Recuerda Tu Muerte and tour with Candlebox. The band has unveiled new single Self Inflicted Loss.

The cast of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB performed live on GOOD MORNING AMERICA, playing the songs 'Bruca Manigua' and 'Candela' for the morning show's audience. Watch the video!

North America's largest poetry festival will present three days of poetry, spoken word, hip-hop and workshops featuring Patti Smith, Arthur Sze, Elizabeth Acevedo and Def Poetry Jam alumni across seven stages in downtown Newark.

Registration opened for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's fall arts education programs featuring courses in acting, musical theater, hip hop, technical theater, and jazz instruction taught by professional teaching artists.

The Lion King's North American tour will end in 2027 after 25 years, making way for a reimagined production from the original creative team.

Sony Pictures Classics will release Louis Clichy's hand-painted animated feature IRON BOY, winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize and multiple Annecy awards.

Mark Wills released the gospel standard "I'll Fly Away" featuring Grand Ole Opry members Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent from his upcoming GRAND OLE REVIVAL album, recorded live at the Grand Ole Opry Stage.

Maria Corsaro performs music from her 2026 MAC Award-nominated album LOVE MAKES THE CHANGES at Pangea, accompanied by the Gregory Toroian Quartet featuring swing, ballads and bossa style arrangements.

Gina Torres will play Omara Portuondo in Broadway's Buena Vista Social Club, stepping in during Natalie Venetia Belcon's leave this fall.

The National Theatre’s 2027 programme will include eight world premieres alongside much-loved classics, and a unique reach that extends across stages, screens and communities.

Mark Pellington's documentary THIS IS BUZZ chronicles the experimental MTV series that ran for 13 episodes in 1990 and was hosted by RuPaul. The film will screen at theaters across North America with Pellington appearing in person.

Supergrass added UK tour dates in Glasgow, Manchester and London for spring 2027, including a third consecutive night at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town on May 9.

What did our critic think of DISNEY'S THE LION KING at Place Des Arts?

Music historian and critic Lawrence Schulman will release new titles including a third GARLAND volume and a photographic biography of Judy Garland, with forewords from Will Friedwald and James Fisher.