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Here is your complete guide to everything happening at The Festival, the three-day Broadway event taking place this August.

The Festival has released initial programming for the three-day outdoor event taking place at Kingston’s historic Hutton Brickyards. The first-of-its-kind celebration of Broadway will feature three days of musical theater performances and activations.

The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its 2026 Summer Season featuring Kelli O’Hara, Yuja Wang, Punch Brothers, and Gil Shaham. The lineup spans classical, jazz, dance, and family programming across multiple venues.

Red Sky, a sci-fi musical about how life endures in the aftermath of the end of the world, will debut its next staged reading on May 23, 2026 at The Colony Theatre in Los Angeles.

The San Francisco Symphony has revealed four upcoming performances as part of the 2026 Summer with the Symphony season, including a concert featuring Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara, plus more.

Caramoor will present a vibrant lineup of over thirty performances from June 20 to August 2, 2026, featuring a diverse range of music and arts events.

Watch a video excerpt of Mandy Gonzalez's performance of 'Breathe' from IN THE HEIGHTS in her recent program at Carnegie Hall called EVERYTHING I KNOW.

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The air crackled with electric energy inside the famed Carnegie Hall on Friday November 21 with its celebration of hometown musical theater icon, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The stupendous performance featured IN THE HEIGHTS star Mandy Gonzalez.

Here are a few top picks to consider in NYC this week including Melissa Errico, a new work by William Finn, Mandy Gonzales singing Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more.

See some of the biggest names performing at cabaret venues this month, at a range of budget points. See some of the biggest stars of the stage, screen, jazz, cabaret and comedy live in an intimate venue

Kelli O’Hara will star alongside Academy Award winner Tom Hanks in the world premiere of This World of Tomorrow, a new play by Hanks and James Glossman based on Hanks’ short stories, about a lonely scientist from the future who travels through time in search of true love.

Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez is coming home to New York and to the music that helped define her career. Read our interview as Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda prepares to hit the Carnegie Hall stage.

Mandy Gonzalez is featured in the New York premiere of a new concert program with The New York Pops—Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda. Learn about the upcoming concert, whether Lin will appear and how to purchase tickets.

A is For hosted its annual Broadway Acts for Abortion (BAfA) benefit last night at 54 Below, bringing together some of Broadway’s brightest stars in a powerful evening of performance, solidarity, and advocacy for abortion access. Check out photos of the event below.

A is For’s Broadway Acts for Abortion has revealed the line up for their annual fundraiser being held at 54 Below. Learn more about the event and see how to attend.

Mandy Gonzalez first met Lin-Manuel Miranda when she was cast to play Nina Rosario in the 2007 off-Broadway and 2008 Broadway premieres of “In the Heights.” Born in professional respect, Gonzalez says her relationship with Miranda has since come to mean much more to her.

The Appell Center for the Performing Arts will soon present the Strand Theatre’s Centennial Celebration: An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara with the York Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Lawrence Golan. This one-night-only celebration concert will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM in downtown York’s historic Strand Theatre.

Get tickets to some of the hottest shows in NYC for Fall 2025 before they sell out! We scoured the fall listings for can’t-miss events you’ll want to get your tickets to way, way in advance: Halloween-themed treats, standup, Broadway stars & more