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The National Alliance for Musical Theatre and The Ira & Leonore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund launched a new granting program providing $2,000 to $5,000 to member organizations developing musicals from existing songs, stories and cultural touchstones.

CHARGED PARTICLES returns with its second live album featuring trumpeter Randy Brecker as special guest, recorded at the Half Moon Bay club and available via Origin Records.

Drummer Juan Chiavassa releases a new piano trio album featuring pianist David Kikoski and bassist Boris Kozlov, exploring the legacy of Roy Haynes.

On September 17th, we lost Duncan Sheik, a major composer and influence on 21st century theatre, whose music for Spring Awakening pushed the art form forward. Sheik was impressively prolific. While the headline of his theatre career may be the impactful Spring Awakening, his career was filled with over a dozen other varied and worthwhile theatrical projects, in addition to his achievements in popular music. He wrote music and sometimes lyrics for an impressive slate of musicals in addition to composing music for plays, and amassed a notable collective of collaborators on his many shows. 

Final tickets have been released for the Sydney season of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, following record-breaking sales in Melbourne. The production stars Broadway's Will Swenson in his Australian debut.

Saxophonist-composer Kevin Sun released two parallel albums designed as interconnected but stylistically distinct works via Endectomorph Music.

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?” 

Islandia Music Records released the third volume in the WEATHER SYSTEMS series from percussionist Steven Schick. The album features compositions exploring themes of time and temporal experience.

Rising country singer-songwriter Grace Tyler received an invitation to perform at the Grand Ole Opry after appearing alongside Lee Brice at a festival performance.

The Broadway History Harvest by Friends of Wait in the Wings will be returning for its second year on September 26th to record new items and stories for their online Theatre History Archive. Here are some examples of what they collected last year!

Tucked into La Grange's intimate corner of Bruxellons, Andrew Lippa's near-sung-through two-hander proves a musical can carry real psychological weight.

54 Below will present multiple cabaret shows featuring Tony Award winners Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Natalie Venetia Belcon, Grammy nominee Marilyn Maye, and performers from HAMILTON, HADESTOWN, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

Yeat and Drake link up again on 'MISS MY DAWG,' a standout from Yeat's new seven-track project COCOON, out now with EARNËD IT's music video.

 Come From Away is a show about the ripple effect of kindness. You do not have to save the world to make a difference. Fred Rogers famously told us to “look for the helpers.”  Perhaps that is why this particular musical continues to feel so welcome: In a world that can sometimes feel determined to remind us of everything that divides us, Come From Away is two hours honoring those who did exactly that.

Hayley Williams will bring her solo show to Australia with intimate performances at Sydney's Enmore Theatre and Melbourne's Forum. The tour features material from all three of her solo albums.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

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.

Rosie O'Donnell will take on the role of Narrator in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW for a two-week limited run while Rachel Dratch takes a leave from the production.

Complete principal casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway revival of Spring Awakening at Studio Seaview, directed by Danya Taymor and beginning performances November 27, 2026.

Teagan Croft shares her first look as Rapunzel in TANGLED, dancing in costume to a remix of Into the Woods' "Your Fault" in a new TikTok video.

BraveWords Records has released the power metal album SCYTHE BALLET by Australian band ILIUM digitally via Bandcamp, with additional streaming services announced later.

Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff will perform at the Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. The concert features the artist known for her ballads and songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, and Linda Ronstadt.

The Country Music Association announced BROOKS & DUNN as recipients of the 2026 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented during The 60th Annual CMA Awards from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.

The Color Purple is a mid-tier movies-to-musical adaptation that falls just short of becoming a classic. Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray’s score is competent but uneven. However, Marsha Norman’s book and her message of resilience, self-actualization, liberation, and reclamation resonates strongly. The Black Rep’s production captures Celie’s emotional transformation in a convincing and satisfying way.

It’s the kind of story you read about in books and watch on the big screen at the movies. For the band ALABAMA, it’s not just a story; it’s their life. It’s a classic American tale of rags to riches. From humble beginnings picking cotton in the fields to international stars that went on to sell millions of albums while changing the face and sound of country music.