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Next Friday, the Country will pause to remember, mourn and honor those victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001. The town of Gander, Newfoundland, is called the Rock. During the week that followed, it truly was a rock. The current production at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is the emotional but uplifting true story Come From Away by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.

The one-man show MOFFIE, starring David Viviers, will play the Adam Small Auditorium in Stellenbosch following acclaimed runs in London and at the Baxter Theatre.

Scott Fagan released the title track from SOON, an album drawing on his long-lost 1971 Broadway rock opera that once starred a young Richard Gere.

DC JazzFest continues across Washington, DC neighborhoods, culminating in a two-day finale at The Wharf featuring NEA Jazz Masters, GRAMMY winners and emerging artists on indoor and outdoor stages.

Future Ritual will present the second edition of CEREMONY at Copeland Park & Bussey Building, featuring Ron Athey, Mal Parry, Pianka Pärna and Paul Regan, curated by Joseph Morgan Schofield.

English Touring Opera will present a new production of Gluck's ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, directed by Jenny Ogilvie with a new orchestration by Leo Grant, opening in Sheffield alongside a double bill of ARIADNE and DIDO & AENEAS.

Inis Nua Theatre Company will present the Philadelphia premiere of Gary McNair's A GAMBLER'S GUIDE TO DYING at Fergie's Pub, part of its Pop-Up Play in a Pub series.

Dazy announced MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026, out October 23 via Lame-O Records, and shared new single "Beat Change" ahead of a North American tour beginning Sunday, September 6.

Olivia Lee Ondrasik and Caroline Lace McPherson will open FIVE FOR FIGHTING's String Quartet Tour beginning September 19, ahead of their debut EP MIRROR MIRROR, out November 27.

The award-winning documentary OUT THERE: A National Parks Story is available to rent or purchase online, with proceeds benefiting the National Parks Conservation Association.

BINI has become a familiar presence in Vancouver over the past few years, but each visit has arrived at a different point in the group’s continued growth. After performing at The Centre in 2024 and the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in 2025, the eight-member Filipino girl group returned on August 18 for the Vancouver, BC stop of the SIGNALS WORLD TOUR, this time taking over the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. 

BroadwayWorld talks with the creators of FRANKENSTEIN: RESURRECTION, an original musical based on Mary Shelley’s iconic horror novel. The show opens at The Nocturne Theatre in Glendale on September 11.

The Prism Stage Company and Cate Cammarata will present the world premiere of Debbie Goodstein's play, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, in a limited Off-Broadway run at Theatre Row.

Jaxson Free performed his single WALK IN THIS BAR atop Kane Brown's on Broadway in Nashville, joined by VWillz for the third verse in his Skyline Sessions series.

Every season, more than a few household names make their way to perform alongside all of our Broadway favorites! Fall 2026 is no exception, with some of the entertainment industry's brightest stars heading to Broadway. See the full list!

The American Broadway musical has seen quite the evolution since the 1927 introduction of SHOWBOAT, widely considered the blueprint for using song and dance to advance a story’s plot. Over the years, audiences and technology have grown so sophisticated that 2025’s Tony Award winner for Best Musical about two robots falling in love (MAYBE HAPPY ENDING) no longer seems far‑fetched.

Farmers Alley Theatre will present the comedy MY MOTHER AND THE MICHIGAN/OHIO WAR by Paul Stroili, following a sold-out world premiere at The Purple Rose Theatre.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has launched the Keep It Fringe US bursary initiative for a second year ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe 2027, which will be the Edinburgh Fringe’s 80th anniversary year.

Lakeshore Records released BAD ZOMBIES, a mashup of Billie Eilish's Bad Guy and Crazy Dave's Theme from Plants Vs Zombies, performed by The String Revolution and cellist Tina Guo.

The documentary OUT THERE: A National Parks Story will launch online, with a portion of rental and purchase proceeds benefiting the National Parks Conservation Association.

Vanessa Kamp brings Houndstooth, a 60-minute interdisciplinary performance, to this year’s Cannonball festival at Icebox. Multiple characters transit and inhabit sensorial spaces and soundscapes where themes of touch are at once literal and expansive.

The Jimmy Buffett-inspired musical ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE will run at New London Barn Playhouse, bringing the beach-set comedy to the New Hampshire stage this summer.

The Gilmore in Kalamazoo will present five emerging classical and jazz pianists in solo recitals as part of its Rising Stars Series, including Sophia Liu and Aristo Sham.

ARIEL QUARTET will release the third volume of its complete Beethoven string quartet cycle on Orchid Classics, ahead of a box set marking the composer's 200th anniversary.

International Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand brings to life the legendary Harold Clurman-hailed as the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre'- in his critically-acclaimed solo play, LET IT BE ART!, in the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage.