Venus Is 1966

The award-winning documentary on civil rights leader Harry Belafonte's final years will debut on major streaming platforms including Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango.

Cherry Bomb, the solo project of MISTERWIVES' Mandy Lee, will release her debut album THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE with the lead single CRASH! already available.

Performances are now underway for Other Desert Cities, which will play a 16-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Other Desert Cities here!

Michael Apted's documentary about Soviet rock legend Boris Grebenshchikov returns in a newly remastered edition with an epilogue charting the musician's life as an exile and Putin critic.

Welsh collective Acid Casuals will release the first vinyl pressing of their album OMNI, sharing new visuals for the track BOWL ME OVER ahead of a rare Cardiff performance.

Polka Theatre has cast its festive productions of PETER PAN and ANTARCTICA, running November 2026 through January 2027 at its Y C Chan Theatre in Wimbledon.

Johnny Venus, best known as one half of EARTHGANG, released the single Nightmares, a track exploring obsession and emotional unrest tied to falling in love, ahead of his debut solo album.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts announced its upcoming season, featuring Princess Nokia, Ginuwine, La India, Aida Cuevas, Flor de Toloache and the United European Ballet Company in the Bronx.

Theatre Washington will present Theatre Week 2026, offering discounted tickets to more than 30 productions along with free pop-up performances at airports and a Metro station across the DMV region.

Conductor and pianist Donald Lee III has been named Music Director, joining a roster of new Handorf Company Artists that includes sopranos, a mezzo-soprano, and a tenor for the upcoming season.

Elizabeth Cook released her new studio album Great Television, featuring a Wynonna Judd collaboration, and is set to perform on CBS Saturday Morning's Saturday Sessions.

Brooklyn band UPPER WILDS released the track "Reaper" and announced tour dates beginning September 15 at Union Pool, ahead of their album MERCURY, due August 28 via Thrill Jockey.

Broadway is about to get even starrier than usual. As BroadwayWorld previously reported,  Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei, will open on Broadway in Fall 2026. It will be the second new musical of the 2026/27 Broadway season (the first is Wanted). While we await its arrival, catch up on everything there is to know so far!

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

The Contemporary American Theater Festival announced full casts and creative teams for its 2026 mainstage season at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W. Va., featuring five new plays, including four world premieres.

Polka Theatre announced casting for THE RAPPING PRINCESS, a world premiere stage adaptation of Hannah Lee and Allen Fatimaharan's book, with Anu Akinseye leading as Shiloh, alongside a May Half-Term programme of workshops.

Simon Russell Beale will return to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers. 

Performances are now underway for Dog Day Afternoon, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis. Meet the cast of Dog Day Afternoon here!

Music Worcester will present early music icon Jordi Savall in a concert titled  A World of Emotions: Musical discoveries from the old and the new world (1100-1780) at Mechanics Hall on April 11.  

Kicking off 2026, Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. will present Venus in Fur. Drawing inspiration from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's 1870 Marchella Venus in Furs, Ives' provocative and dark play is an exploration of power dynamics, control, and sexuality.

Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, the new feature documentary exploring McCartney’s creative rebirth after The Beatles’ breakup, will be released in cinemas for one night only on Thursday, 19th February 2026.

The Frist Art Museum will open In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century, a major exhibition highlighting the contributions of women artists to the region’s visual arts community.

The Middletown Arts Center will present the sixth edition of The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival, featuring original, one-act works by New Jersey playwrights read theatrically by local actors.

1236 shows span many genres of the Fringe programme, including cabaret and variety; children's shows; comedy; dance, physical theatre and circus; music; musicals and opera; spoken word; and theatre.

To celebrate revolutionary composer Kurt Weill’s 125th birthday on March 2, acclaimed singer & actress Ute Lemper has released “Mack the Knife,” the new single from her album Pirate Jenny. Listen to it here!