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Pianist Ian Hobson will begin a five-year cycle pairing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff at St. Peter's Church in New York, with the inaugural recital featuring sonatas by both composers.

Playwright Paul Kruse has been selected to receive the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award from the National Theatre Conference for his play EELPOUT, a surreal farce about Midwestern masculinity and queer identity.

FRIGID Nightcap will present a special Days of the Dead festival edition featuring Mexican and Mexican-American performance, comedy, burlesque, sideshow, and theatre exploring ancestry and cultural inheritance.

The Gerda Lissner Foundation revealed the winners of its 2026 Art Song Competition, with top prize recipients set to perform at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall.

Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, NY, has announced its upcoming performance schedule, featuring jazz pianist Miki Yamanaka on October 23, vocalist Chiara Izzi on October 25, and additional concerts through November 1, including a Steven Feifke album release performance and a celebration of Billy Strayhorn's music.

Telos Ensemble announced casting for the ninth edition of its developmental reading series PURGATORY, returning to Pluto's Loft in Tribeca on October 23 at 8pm with five new works.

The original Christmas production will bring 17 performances to nine cities across the Southeast, Midwest, and Mountain West starting November 27 in Largo, Florida.

Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, and Patricia Quinn host Spooktacular tour!

BOOKTALK: THE MUSICAL will headline The Ripped Bodice's midnight release party for the sixth ACOTAR book at The Bell House in Brooklyn, performing five viral songs for an audience of 400.

Experience songs and stories from Canada’s First Lady of Broadway, live at The Rose.

Western Piedmont Symphony will present a concert featuring GRAMMY Award-winning tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das alongside Music Director Matthew Troy, at P.E. Monroe Auditorium in Hickory, North Carolina.

Dancers Over 40 will celebrate Anthony Marciona, Bill Nabel, Lenora Nemetz, Monica Tiller and Candace Tovar at their 18th annual holiday dinner and awards ceremony at Lips Restaurant in New York City.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, will turn its academic mall into a vibrant celebration of creativity when the UNLV College of Fine Arts presents the ninth annual UNLV Art Walk from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. This free community event brings together visual arts, music, dance, film, theater and interactive experiences, highlighting the artists, students and cultural organizations that contribute to Southern Nevada’s thriving arts scene.

Westport Country Playhouse will open its 2026-27 season with the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's stage sequel to Jane Austen's novel, directed by Emily Mann and featuring an eight-member cast.

Here There Are Blueberries, written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, and directed by Kaufman, will launch a student ticket access initiative bringing at least 7,500 students to the Barrymore Theatre to experience the new play.

Brooks & Dunn sat down with CBS' David Begnaud at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana to discuss their enduring legacy and the 35th anniversary of their debut album BRAND NEW MAN.

The Melbourne indie pop quartet releases their first studio album on Slumberland, a collection of 14 songs featuring the band's signature gentle melancholia and spare songwriting.

NYC sextet LONDON PLANE performs at Main Drag Music in Williamsburg, supporting their latest single produced by Interpol's Carlos Dengler.

Jon Lovitz stars in TOAST, a comedy about a wedding party attempting to stop a drunk father-of-the-bride from giving a disastrous toast. SHEEPWELL, a feminist thriller based on a classic play, will also debut at the festival.

BBC AMERICA released preview clips from THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW's fourth episode, featuring director Quentin Tarantino, actor Colin Farrell, Gemma Chan, Ellen DeGeneres, and musical guest Suede. Episodes air weekly and stream on AMC+, Acorn TV, and All Reality.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  October 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Watch Jessica Lange's Constance Langdon grow close to Mr. Nas in a new scene from American Horror Story: 13, airing Thursdays on FX and Hulu.

Harry Jowsey and Joe Gorga discussed their new competition series THE MOB on Good Morning America, describing mob-movie-inspired challenges contestants face for a $250,000 prize.

The Off-Central Players will present the Southeast Premier of Destroying David, by Jason Odell Williams. A sharply witty and provocative exploration of life, love, and the meaning of-well-art itself.

Roaring Epiphany Production Company will present a staged reading of the new dark comedy MURDER POD, written by Steven Hayet and directed by Dylan Antonio Perez, at Playwrights Downtown.