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The 10th anniversary tour of Sara Bareilles' Broadway musical will present WAITRESS at Bass Concert Hall with local child actor Aliyah Thigpen playing the role of Lulu.

The Avant Symphony Orchestra will perform composer-pianist Thomas Nickell's UNSTUCK IN TIME alongside works by Bortkiewicz and Beethoven at Lake Forest's Gorton Center.

Warren Haynes' 34th annual holiday concert will take place at ExploreAsheville.com Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, featuring performances by multiple headliners and special guests, with proceeds benefiting local housing organizations.

Jake Broder's award-winning play about Canadian painter Dr. Anne Adams and French composer Maurice Ravel, both with frontotemporal dementia, continues its national tour at Miller Theatre at Columbia University, accompanied by free UnRavelled Outreach programming including art therapy workshops and brain health discussions.

The 10th anniversary tour of WAITRESS, featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, will open the Broadway at the Buddy Holly Hall Series. The production is the first Broadway musical to feature four women in the four top creative team spots.

Waitress 10th Anniversary Tour

Factory International has announced its 2027 season, featuring nine UK and world premieres including a mixed reality play with Ian McKellen and a new production of EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH with composer Philip Glass.

We had the opportunity to interview Marshall Jones III who directs Pipeline at Vanguard Theater. He gave us fascinating insights about his career and the show.

Sony Pictures Classics will release the psychological thriller BUNKER, written and directed by Florian Zeller and starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, following an awards-qualifying run.

The Doris Duke Foundation, Sundance Institute, and Islamic Scholarship Fund announced the fourth cohort of the Building Bridges Fellowship, which supports emerging filmmakers working on U.S. Muslim stories with grants, mentorship, and professional development.

Eleven young professional musicians will present concerts at Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, along with residencies at Skidmore College and The Pocantico Center, featuring commissioned works and new pieces by fellows.

Reba McEntire's personal collection of stage-worn gowns, jewelry, boots, and memorabilia will be auctioned to benefit The Reba McEntire Fund supporting local and national nonprofits.

What a delight to sit behind Sir Roger Hall at the 50th anniversary performance of the timeless classic Glide Time. Deftly and perceptively directed by Vikki Cunningham, and set firmly in 1976, Hall’s comic genius is still sharp, shrewd and strangely current: a deliciously awkward satire of office life that remains funny, familiar and uncomfortably true.

Nikki Glaser and David Spade announced upcoming dates for their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, with presales and public ticket sales beginning this fall.

LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling.

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.

Hilary Duff announced 32 additional dates for THE LUCKY ME TOUR across Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., with the European leg beginning May 7 in Madrid and the U.S. leg launching October 1 in Sunrise, Florida. Rebecca Black, Dashboard Confessional, and Tegan and Sara will provide support on select dates.

YACHT ROCK REVUE will perform at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on January 23 as part of the band's new PRIMETIME tour across North America. Tickets go on sale September 25.

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rapturous crowds for three consecutive nights at the Samueli Theater from September 10-12, 2026.

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.

The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the David H. Koch Theater for a three-week engagement featuring the company's repertory, world premieres by resident choreographers Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, and a New York premiere by Pam Tanowitz.

Chenango River Theatre launched a national search for a managing director as the Binghamton-area nonprofit theatre enters its 21st season. Current Executive Director Paige Tripp is stepping down.

SABATON released a new version of their 2025 hit TEMPLARS featuring POP EVIL frontman Leigh Kakaty. The bands debuted the collaboration at Louder Than Life and will tour North America together this fall.

The Martha Graham Dance Company will present four Studio Series events at its Times Square location, featuring Graham classics, newly commissioned works, and pre-show movement activities for audience participation.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Odell Williams about his career and Destroying David produced by American Theater Group.