The Life I Lead 2019

Allen Barton's drama examines financial crises through two men separated by time: an economics professor during 2008's market collapse and a theatre owner navigating pandemic lockdowns.

In contemporary American performance, one of the more celebrated creative pairings are theater artists and makers Taylor Mac and Matt Ray, who will launch ArtsEmerson’s 2026/27 season with “Taylor Mac and Matt Ray: Songs from Bark of Millions” – a reflection on queer lineage, community, and futures told through a collection of new music – presented in association with The Huntington, at the Emerson Paramount Center’s Robert J. Orchard Stage October 15–18.

The Fisher Center at Bard, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, will present EVIDENCE: 2026 LAB International Festival.

Indigenous power pop rockers Low Budget Rock Star from Opaskwayak Cree Nation released the single Cotton Candy on New Sun Records, featuring a music video with Melody McArthur.

Hulu has greenlit Ryan Coogler's reimagining of THE X-FILES, starring Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel as FBI agents investigating unexplained phenomena. Coogler wrote and directed the pilot for the series produced by 20th Television.

The cast of NEW GIRL, including Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans Jr., reunited in Los Angeles to receive the inaugural Rising Phoenix Award at the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, an annual fundraiser that raised $2.7 million.

Lou Spisto will step down as executive director and producer of Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles on January 31, 2027, after leading the organization through a financial turnaround and landmark European tour.

American Ballet Theatre will perform in Guangzhou and Shanghai, marking the company's debut in Guangzhou and closing the Shanghai International Arts Festival at the newly opened Shanghai Grand Opera House.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

Julian Clary announced a 40-date UK tour of his new hour FULLY DILATED from April 7 to June 5, 2027, following his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut. The tour includes two performances at London Palladium on May 13 and 14.

Read reviews of the Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, now open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Singer-songwriter Marco Luka released the single "GOTTA LET YOU GO" with an accompanying music video ahead of his debut album F_UNK on Arista Records.

New York City trio BAILEN released their new album SWIM!!!, their first fully independent release. The 10-track record includes the focus track 'Eve Babitz,' with a music video produced by Lorde collaborator Devin Hoffman.

Choreographer Joanna Kotze will present an interdisciplinary dance work examining history, leadership, and collective agency at New York Live Arts Theater.

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.

Jesse Labelle, an award-winning singer-songwriter who has toured with Elton John and Garth Brooks, will star as Neil Diamond in A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL's North American tour, launching November 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

Tove Lo releases her sixth studio album ESTRUS, featuring focus track 'source of life,' and kicks off her ESTRUS World Tour with a Brooklyn show.

Tove Lo released her sixth studio album ESTRUS via Pretty Swede Records and Virgin Music Group. The 13-track electro-pop album explores contradictions central to her music, from euphoria to melancholy and desire to doubt.

The Des Moines Metro Opera board extended General and Artistic Director Michael Egel's contract, recognizing his leadership in expanding the company's artistic ambitions and national profile since 2013.

Keegan Powell announced his album BETWEEN THE HALLS, sharing the third single Urge To Learn. The Toronto musician's new record combines ethereal octave rock with pop melodies.

Billy Bragg, Ruts DC, and Nine Below Zero will join the biographical play about Dr. Feelgood co-founder Wilko Johnson at the Palace Theatre in Southend. The run opens October 12 with a post-show Q&A featuring writer Jonathan Maitland and Dr. Charlie Chan.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT released the new single 'Dying In Reverse' and will perform at the official NFL halftime show for the Patriots vs. Lions game in Munich on November 15th. Tickets for the band's 2027 EU/UK headline tour go on sale soon.

Two-time BRIT Award winner Becky Hill released the single 'Changes' as part of the rollout for her upcoming album REBECCA. The track follows previously shared singles including 'hands on me', 'what do i have to do?', and 'More! More! More!'

Creative Coven LLC will present David Mamet's BOSTON MARRIAGE, a queer period comedy staged inside a private Studio City residence with actors swapping roles nightly.

Kansas City Repertory Theater’s new production of “Come From Away” is top notch in every possible way. “Come From Away” is about how one remote Canadian town rallied in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America to embrace neighbors they could not have imagined they shared on the day before.