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For nine years, the Kindling Arts Festival has been bringing audiences together by giving local artists the chance to display their creativity. From July 23rd to the 26th this year, over one hundred and fifty local artists got to perform twenty-two shows spread across eight venues in Nashville.

American Theater Group will present the East Coast premiere of DESTROYING DAVID as the opening production of its upcoming season.

Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, and Samantha Pauly took their final bows in The Great Gatsby on Broadway. New videos include applause after songs like 'New Money,' 'Beautiful Little Fool,' and more.

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

La Femme Theatre Productions built its off-Broadway AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER from eight versions of Wendy Wasserstein's play. Jean Lichty explains how.

Lastly, speaking of generations, this show lands differently in 2026. Hair is a celebration of peace, love, and joy associated with the youth culture of the Boomer generation. When the show was first produced, it was easy to go along with the idealism and righteousness that the story celebrates. However, with time and reflection, the question that kept nagging me as an audience member was when and why did this generation change their priorities?

Singer-songwriter Tiger La Flor released her latest single, 'Forevermore,' a cinematic track described as swooning in tone.

Night Tapes released a deluxe version of their debut album 'portals//polarities,' adding three new tracks, and announced upcoming US festival appearances including Outside Lands, Capitol Hill Block Party, and Austin City Limits.

NoShows released a new track titled 'For the Addicts,' marking the band's latest musical offering for fans.

PBS announced WE CHOSE TO GO TO THE MOON, a living documentary filmed at Carnegie Hall blending live orchestra, Broadway vocalists, and storytelling about America's space race, directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer.

PBS will present We Chose To Go To The Moon, a new “living documentary” about an iconic moment in history, America’s space race. It will premiere on PBS, online, and the PBS app on the eve of Veterans Day.

Apple TV+ announced that 'The Morning Show,' the Emmy, SAG Award, and Critics Choice Award-winning series starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, will return for its fifth and final season in 2027. The series was among the flagship original titles that launched Apple TV+'s streaming service in 2019. From television studio Media Res, and produced by Echo Films and Hello Sunshine, 'The Morning Show' is showrun and executive produced by Charlotte Stoudt, executive produced by Mimi Leder, who also directs, and executive produced by Michael Ellenberg for Media Res, Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and Kristin Hahn for Echo Films.

Singer-songwriter Melaina Kol released her new single 'Idola,' accompanied by an official music video, marking her latest musical offering.

Ukrainian cinema is having an unlikely run on the international festival circuit. Even with the industry hollowed out by full-scale war, Ukrainian directors and producers turned up in force at Cannes this May, and earlier in 2026 Kyiv committed roughly 124 million dollars to a new national cultural fund, the Thousand Spring program, part of it set aside for film, as The Globe and Mail reported. Underneath the numbers sits a stubbornly practical question: how does a small, battered national cinema get its work selected by the most competitive festivals on the planet, and then keep it there?

Luke Thompson, Yerin Ha, and fellow BRIDGERTON Season 4 cast members joined showrunner Jess Brownell on SUITE 305 WITH LELE PONS to discuss the new love story, intimate scenes, and what lies ahead in Season 5.

Future's latest album, The Real Me, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking his 12th chart-topping record.

Future's latest album, THE REAL ME, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131K units, marking his 12th career chart-topper and 10th solo studio album.

University colleges are renowned for their wild nights, hazing rituals and strange stories. Bianca Watkin's Holy Hell, presented by Bloodline Productions, explores the complexities of the elite and untouchable institutions that form the backbone of these experiences. I was able to chat with Bianca herself and the cast of Holy Hell as their season opens at Old Fitz in late July.

Jaiden Leo Riley discusses making his professional leading man debut as Edward Lewis in PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at Clear Space Theatre Company, running July 1 through August 25, 2026 in Rehoboth Beach.

There are a lot of good laughs there.

Hit the Lights! Company will present Light Nights!, a series of post-show community events tied to the world premiere of ISLA at WP Theater, including a Queens neighborhood night, a Latine family matinee, and a shadow puppetry talkback.

Benjamin O'Mahony will star as Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich in Holy Fool, a new play about art and resistance under Stalin, at Park Theatre in London.

Sunflowers grown from seeds planted on stage during CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL will be sold at the Stephen Joseph Theatre box office for £5, with proceeds split between the SJT and Blood Cancer UK.

BWW caught up with writer and performer Monique DeBose to chat about bringing Adding Up America to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Lisa Antoni, already in preperations for CHESS, The Musical in Germany, sat down to chat with us about her career. Lisa starred in numerous musicals, including Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, Rudolf, Les Misérables, The Witches of Eastwick, and The Phantom of the Opera, before expanding into film dubbing and providing the German singing voice for Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns. This summer, Lisa is joining Chess The Musical alongside Melanie Gebhard and Mathias Edenborn, staring as Svetlana Sergievsky.