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Holiday Baking Championship 2026 premieres Nov 2 on Food Network, joined by Wizards of Baking, Beat Bobby Flay, and Tournament of Champions.

Whether you're single, dating, or happily married, everyone remembers those pre-date nerves, the acute agony of deciding what to wear, and the awkward silences that seem to go on for eternity. FIRST DATE sets these moments to a catchy score you'll be humming long after you leave the theatre.

The Hails released their sophomore album DUCKPOND via ONErpm, produced by Brandon Shoop. The band kicks off their headline tour in Atlanta this weekend.

Nathan Cottam discusses directing, choreographing, and starring in Mannakin Theater & Dance’s reimagining of Lanford Wilson’s THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT, playing Minneapolis through October 25 and San Francisco November 6 through 15, 2026.

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, one of the most beloved musicals of all time, RENT, has returned to the West End. Written by Jonathan Larson, the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning show - inspired by Puccini’s La bohème - follows the lives of a group of young people living in New York City in the 1990s. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Billy Nevers, who plays Tom Collins in this production of RENT. We discussed what it has been like to take on such an iconic musical, his favourite songs from the show to perform and listen to and even what it was like to rehearse for this show whilst in Jesus Christ Superstar!

'When it comes to a murder mystery, there's so much low hanging fruit for good comedy, good improv, and character building.'

Alley Theatre will present staged readings of new works by Liz Duffy Adams, Jake Brasch, Gloria Majule, and Luis Quintero, featuring members of the resident acting company and guest performers.

Theatre helps us remember, helps us savor the life that we have while we have it. We must remember those who gave us life, who walked this path with us, who taught us what we know. We must see the joy in this world in spite of the sorrow. 

She is also one of the busiest writers of high profile award shows in Hollywood, New York and the UK.  She frequently works punching up screenplays and writing special material, comedy and song lyrics for performers. Shelly has doctored scripts or written special material for such artists as Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Sharon Stone, Jimmy Kimmel, Liza Minnelli, Larry Wilmore, James Earl Jones, Kathy Bates, Billy Connolly, Samuel L Jackson, Richard Kind, Jay Leno, Morgan Freeman, Laraine Newman, Hannah Einbinder, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Princess Caroline of Monaco and Yoko Ono. Recently, Shelly is known for writing  Sherlock & Daughter (2025), Legend of the Bog (2009) and Flying with Byrd (2011). Shelly is at Catalina’s on Nov 1 in the 4th Annual NAMI Benefit concert (National Alliance for Mental Health.) Produced by Dianne Fraser, MD’d by Brad Ellis. m/event/fraser-entertainment-group-presents-you-catalina-jazz-club-tickets/14297244

The Almeida Theatre has announced Dominic Cooke's first season as Artistic Director. Cooke said, “It brings together four world premieres, ambitious revivals and a landmark co-production. The season explores ideas around a world in crisis and brings together groundbreaking artists whose work I have long admired.'

Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.

'...the standout of the piece is the writing itself. Daye has a gift for calling out performative activism in a way that doesn’t feel accusatory... Our Ghost Drinks Matcha explores the grey area, the place where there isn’t a ‘happy ending’...'

JAWS: the (very unauthorized) Musical is the very ill-behaved brainchild of writer/composer/lyricist/genius/madman Wayne Henry, who also happens to be the star. The fringe sensation is hitting the iconic Beechman Theater on Sunday, October 18

PBS will premiere a theatrical special about America's space race, featuring live music, storytelling, and performances by Broadway and film actors, with an introduction by director Ron Howard.

A veritable whirlwind of events, contrivances, and literal storms brought Lord Byron, his physician John William Polidori, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont to the Villa Diodati mansion at Lake Geneva, Switzerland.

Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. 

When I was around the age of three, my parents showed me the movie adaptation of The Sound of Music for the first time. Combined with the 1960 videotaped broadcast of Broadway’s Peter Pan starring Mary Martin, this movie started my love for the world of theatre.

Tim Connell has a thing... a vibe... an aesthetic. And it's just what his fans and followers want when they go to one of his shows. His latest show has that thing.

SPOONS announced their eighth studio album NIGHTLIFE with lead single Take the World. The new wave pioneers are releasing the album on multiple formats.

Independent Opera Company will present G. C. Menotti's two-act opera THE MEDIUM, a dramatic work centered on a fake spiritualist and the guests who visit her home seeking contact with deceased loved ones.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches when the witching hour will be upon us, there’s no more appropriate seasonal spookiness than Helen McKenna-Uff’s riveting one-woman show at the Ritz Theatre, Tell-Tale Poe, in which she is eerily transformed beyond recognition into Edgar Allan Poe (and Sarah Helen Whitman, a poet who was briefly his fiancée). 

Singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen released the single 'Do Better' via Arista Records, a track from his forthcoming sophomore album ETERNITY OF ANYTHING. Kagen wrote, produced, recorded, engineered and mixed the song himself.

Singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen released the single 'Do Better' via Arista Records, the latest track from his forthcoming sophomore album. Kagen wrote, produced, recorded, engineered and mixed the album himself.

Big Idea Theatre continues its season with the world premiere of Tabletops, written and directed by Tyler Selee. Their dedication to presenting a diverse theatrical experience while supporting local artists is one of their strengths, and makes their shows even more meaningful. Tabletops is the kind of show that leaves you thinking about how the things that bring us together should be cherished and preserved, and how they can also help us work through the things that threaten to tear us apart.

After its previously sold-out world premiere in Toronto last year, The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical is returning to sprinkle some holiday cheer, this time at the Meridian Arts Centre Lyric Theatre from November 28th-January 3rd.