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There is a genuine buzz in the air heading into The Hippodrome. The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman has spent years embedded in popular culture, so bringing those anthems under a big top naturally sets expectations high. When the show leans into its circus themes, it is nothing short of breathtaking.

Presented by New Musical Theater Nashville in partnership with ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), The First Stage gives local Nashville composers and writers a chance to showcase their new work by performing 45-minute excerpts from original musicals in development. Presented quarterly, the concert series is held in the Analog Lounge at the Hutton Hotel.

Latino Theater Company will present Glass Half Full Theatre's bilingual production about a girl pursued by immigration agents and haunted by figures from Mexican folklore at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Samantha Fish will headline a multi-artist blues tour stop with Cedric Burnside and DADDY LONG LEGS at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, with tickets set to go on sale this week.

In Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 Modernist classic Persona, an actress named Elisabeth breaks down mid-performance, becomes mute, and goes on to develop a strange codependent relationship with her nurse, Alma. Much ink has been spilled over the film and its varied psychological readings, but Australian writer-director Benedict Andrews takes a new tack – he poses the question of why, of all the plays, Elisabet’s breakdown should happen during Sophocles’ Electra.

Opera Orlando's Youth Company will perform the double bill at Orlando Family Stage, with each show followed by a free talkback held with the Holocaust Center of Florida.

The Keegan Theatre will stage a limited three-performance concert run of A BEAUTIFUL BLUE MORNING SKY, a song cycle marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with proceeds benefiting Northern Virginia Family Services.

ABC's WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR drew 8.731 million total viewers, topping NBC and CBS in total viewers and key demos for a 20th straight week, Nielsen data show.

Cape Ann Symphony will launch its 75th season with THE 75TH FANTASTIQUE! at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, featuring a new work by composer Robert Bradshaw and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

The San Francisco Symphony will honor Michael Tilson Thomas with a memorial concert featuring longtime collaborators including Audra McDonald, Yuja Wang, and Jamie Bernstein at Davies Symphony Hall.

San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild rescheduled Opera Ball, the season's largest fundraiser, following contract negotiations with the Opera Orchestra ahead of opening night.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will open its season at Skyview Concert Hall with pianist Yulianna Avdeeva performing Grieg's Piano Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6.

PLUTO TV will add free streaming premieres of MEAN GIRLS and SMILE, expand its anime lineup with ONE-PUNCH MAN and KENICHI: THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE, and present live sports and Double Feature Fridays.

Berkeley Playhouse will present LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at the Julia Morgan Theater, starring Ayani Dorsey as Elle Woods in a 24-person Bay Area company, with two dogs making their stage debuts.

The 8/25 edition of Mosher's madcap variety show included luminaries like Charles Busch alongside some of the best and brightest up-and-coming talent. See highlights from last Tuesday's show.

The Music Center has revealed its fall 2026 programming across its Downtown Los Angeles campus, featuring Oh, Mary!, The Music Man, Patti LuPone in Candide, Lang Lang, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, a Jerome Robbins Ballet Festival and more.

San Diego Junior Theatre will present seven productions for its 79th season, including CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, HOLES, MARY POPPINS and HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION.

The tour will stop at the Anne L. Bernstein Theater with lead actors Mauricio Martínez and Casey Elliott, previewing the film BROTHERHOOD: A Cinematic Musical ahead of its theatrical release.

Angel's animated series THE WINGFEATHER SAGA will return for a fourth season, with Dan Stevens joining the voice cast as the Wingfeather family faces new dangers in Ban Rona.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 2, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

A Noise Within will present COME FROM AWAY, the musical based on the true story of Newfoundland residents who welcomed thousands of stranded travelers after 9/11.

Carly Ozard will bring back THE ETHEL MERMAN DISCO PROJECT for a brunch performance at The Green Room 42, joined by musical director Lon Hoyt and a live band.

Sony Pictures Classics released the official poster for THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, starring John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, and Steve Buscemi, ahead of its theatrical release.

Badfish will release its debut original album WATCH YOUR MOUTH on Ineffable Records October 30, the same day Brian Lisik issues THE SLOVAK CLUB, mixed by producer Don Dixon.

Tubi announced a ten-episode horror anthology series from executive producer Peter Rice and GJMD Studio, set to stream exclusively on the platform across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.