Celebrity Bulletin , July 06 2026

The internationally acclaimed artist, touring in support of his third studio album How Did I Get Here? (released Jan. 23, 2026), will bring his HOW DID WE GET HERE? World Tour with special guests THE BEACHES and PICTURE PARLOUR to NYC's Madison Square Garden this Wednesday, July 8th at 7 PM. 

The Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Awards nominated actor & singer returns to NYC's 54 Below with his Show Up concert, performing this Saturday, July 11th at 7 PM on Live from 54 Below, a new series featuring streams of LIVE performances direct from Broadway's Living Room.

The legendary French actress will be at L'Alliance New York's Florence Gould Theater on Tuesday, July 21 for the 7 PM screening of The Swindle (Rien ne va plus, 1997) directed by CLAUDE CHABROL. Screening as part of their cinema series Chabrol & Huppert: Doing Wrong, celebrating one of cinema's most extraordinary actor-director partnerships, the film will be introduced by HUPPERT and followed by an onstage Q&A moderated by filmmaker IRA SACHS.

The actor will join with director/co-writer DAVID WAIN & co-star MILES GUTIERREZ-RILEY for Q&As at screenings of their new comedy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (Sony Pictures Classics), on Friday, July 10 at 7:30 PM at Angelika Film Center and Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 PM at AMC Lincoln Square.

Center Stage Records will release Songs from Monte Cristo: A New Musical – based on ALEXANDRE DUMAS' beloved novel and the 19th century play by CHARLES FECHTER – in digital and streaming formats on Friday, July 10. Monte Cristo features book and lyrics by PETER KELLOGG (Drama Desk & Outer Critics winner for Desperate Measures and two-time Tony Award nominee) and music by STEPHEN WEINER (two-time Richard Rodgers Award winner), and is directed by PETER FLYNN. These five tracks highlight the cast of the original Off-Broadway production, including ADAM JACOBS as 'Edmund,' SIERRA BOGGESS as 'Mercedes,' and NORM LEWIS as 'Villefort,' produced by The York Theatre Company in association with WILLETTE KLAUSNER. The recording was produced by DAVID HANCOCK TURNER and JOANNA LYNNE STAUB, with VAN DEAN serving as executive producer. 

The Beauty & Lifestyle mogul will be among the featured speakers at the second annual East Hampton Design Day, Presented by NivenBreen & East Hampton's Guild Hall this Sunday, July 12 at noon with AD at Home in the Hamptons: AMY ASTLEY (Global Editorial Director & U.S. Editor in Chief, Architectural Digest) in conversation with AERIN LAUDER (Founder and Creative Director of AERIN) & SARA WETENHALL (Owner & CEO, The Colony Hotel). This year's program brings together leading voices in interiors, architecture, publishing, and landscape design for four engaging panel discussions that explore the ideas, collaborations, and innovations shaping our built and natural environments.

The 2025 Oscar nominee is expected to conduct NY promotional activities next month in support of her starring role opposite CALLUM TURNER in director-producer WILL GLUCK's romantic comedy, One Night Only. The Universal release is slated to hold a Aug. 3 NY Premiere before its Aug. 7 release. The cast also includes MAYA HAWKE, JULIA FOX, KING PRINCESS, ZIWE, BEN MARSHALL, ELLA LOUDON with MOLLY RINGWALD and LEVAR BURTON.

The Emmy-winning star of "Hacks" is expected in NY next month with co-star GILLIAN ANDERSON and director JANE SCHOENBAUM for promotional activities in support of their horror comedy, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI), which will hold a Aug. 5th NY Premiere before opening in theaters on Aug. 7th.

The multi-Platinum-selling band, who released their exhilarating new song "Almost Ready" on June 26th (their first new music in three years), are gearing up for a major run of live dates, including an extensive North American summer tour with TRAIN and MATT NATHANSON and a December headline tour across the UK. The Drops of Jupiter: 25 Years in The Atmosphere Tour includes a July 18th show at Wantagh, NY's Northwell at Jones Beach Theater. BARENAKED LADIES will also offer an exclusive limited-edition 7” vinyl featuring "Almost Ready" and the upcoming track "Careful (For Dee)" (due out via digital streaming platforms on July 31). Media coverage is encouraged.

The dancer-singer-musician will return for a limited engagement in Broadway's Chicago as 'Billy Flynn' at the Ambassador Theater beginning July 20 through Aug. 16.

The Tony Award winner will join the cast of the 2026 Lortel, Dorian Theater, and Off-Broadway Alliance Award-winning revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as the Bee's moderator & 3rd annual Putnam County spelling champion 'Rona Lisa Peretti,' beginning Friday, Aug. 7, for 4 weeks only at New World Stages. Tony Award nominee LILLI COOPER will play her final performance as 'Rona' on Sunday, Aug. 2. NEWELL joins a coterie of new stars in the celebrated revival, including 2-time Emmy Award winner JON CRYER, Disney Channel star LAURA MARANO and NINA WHITE (beginning Monday, Aug. 10).

The NYC icon returns to 54 Below for his annual summer residency with his jazz band in Hooray, Aug. 12-15, performing music ranging from BILLIE EILISH to COLE PORTER, while discussing subjects ranging from social media to politics and a good deal of insider tea. 

From Sept. 18-Dec. 20, 2026, L'Alliance New York will present an international survey of new experiments in audience and form, highlighting a diversity of artists working at the intersections of visual art, music, film, dance, and theater with their acclaimed Crossing The Line Festival, which celebrates dynamic artists and diverse perspectives from around the French-speaking world, in partnership with NYCity's leading art institutions. Making its English language World Premiere, Losing Your Bag, a one-woman piece collaboration between renowned French playwright PASCAL RAMBERT and actress PAULINE CHALAMET, will play Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM; Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM; & Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM at Le Skyroom at L'Alliance New York. The play follows a young woman with a Master's degree, who is—temporarily—a window cleaner, as she expresses her anger at social stratification and grapples with loneliness.

The Broadway star, Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nomineewill star as 'Terence Alan Smith/Joan Jett Blakk' in the Vineyard Theatre's 2026-2027 season production of MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT. Co-written by Tony Award nominee TINA LANDAU and Academy Award winner TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY. LANDAU also directs. Inspired — but not bound — by the true story of drag performer and activist TERENCE ALAN SMITH, the play begins performances Oct. 15 with an opening night of Nov. 1 with the production playing for six weeks. Additional cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.

The acclaimed director, screenwriter & actor will receive the inaugural EIFF Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award at Scotland's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). BRANAGH will also participate in a wide ranging discussion of his illustrious career to date on Sunday, Aug. 16, 3 PM at Tollcross Central Hall Auditorium. EIFF runs Aug. 13-19.

The 7-time Emmy winner & showrunner for HBO series "The Sopranos" will be in the Czech Republic as a key speaker at the Karlovy Vary's Industry Day programs. CHASE will participate in the on-stage conversation, The Sopranos and Beyond: David Chase on Storytelling, Television, and the Future of Creative Risk, on July 8, 12:15 PM at the Kaiserbad venue, drawing on his 50 year experience in the industry.

Editorial & social media coverage is encouraged as the French electronic music producer, DJ and artist -- internationally renowned for large-scale performances that fuse electronic music, cultural heritage, and grand visual scenography -- in collaboration with MATTHIEU GAUTHIER, made the U.S. debut of his Monumental Tour with Liberty Lights, a musical and visual masterpiece at the Statue of Liberty to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the iconic landmark (a gift from France to commemorate America's centennial), and America's 250th anniversary of independence, which took place over the 4th of July holiday weekend (available now to watch via YouTube). CANITROT will next travel to Houston to appear at Fast Ferrari HTX on July 10 at 9 PM CDT. 

Staunton, VA's 501(c)(3) non-profit community theatre, ShenanArts (The Hilltop, 300 Churchville Ave.), will present the World Premiere of DEVOUT, a new play written and directed by SHERRY RAMSEY, starring "Guiding Light" favorites GRANT ALEKSANDER, ROBERT NEWMAN, and MICHAEL O'LEARY, alongside Los Angeles stage actor ROBIN NUYEN. There will be two fundraising Special Preview Nights: Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 PM (Conversations with the Actors follows) & Friday, Aug. 28 at 7 PM (Playwright and cast Q&A follows) prior to the play's Premiere Performances on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7 PM and Sunday, Aug. 30 at 3 PM.

The actor-singer best known for being the longest running 'Genie' in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway, who currently stars as 'Nurse Dubois' in the ABC reboot "Scrubs," will be in Colorado to join The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen's seventh annual co-production, Guys and Dolls in Concert, as 'Nicely-Nicely Johnson,' alongside JULIE BENKO ('Sarah Brown'), Tony Award winner BONNIE MILLIGAN ('Miss Adelaide'), Tony Award nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER ('Nathan Detroit'), and RYAN VASQUEZ ('Sky Masterson'). Guys and Dolls in Concert will be directed by Tony Award-nominated JEFF CALHOUN and conducted by ANDY EINHORN, returning for his sixth production. Guys and Dolls in Concert will be presented with a full orchestra on Monday & Tuesday, July 13 & 14 at 7:30 PM in the Michael Klein Music Tent. 

The Oscar and two-time GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter will offer his first live performance in seven years at the GRAMMY Museum® on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary limited edition vinyl release of his landmark debut album Careless (out Aug. 14 on his own Life's A Bish Records), this Sold Out  intimate event will feature acoustic performances spanning BISHOP's remarkable career, with special guests including songwriter JACK TEMPCHIN, musician JAMES LEE STANLEY, and singer-songwriter MARCUS EATON, as well as stories behind the songs, a live conversation moderated by LIZ KAMLET (aka "Liz the Music Manager"), and audience Q&A. Remastered by legendary engineer BERNIE GRUNDMAN, who mastered the original 1976 release, the limited edition vinyl features a newly designed gatefold package along with an extensive 20-page booklet that includes rare and previously unseen photographs, archival material, STEPHEN's first-ever liner notes, and his personal reflections, as well as two unreleased bonus tracks written during the original Careless era, "Back Again" and "I Don't Know You Anymore."