Celebrity Bulletin , September 30 2026

The Emmy Award winner will make her Broadway musical debut as 'Lola' in the first Broadway revival of Damn Yankees in over 30 years. This newly adapted production of Damn Yankees will play the Marquis Theatre (210 W. 46th St) with its first preview on Wednesday, March 24 and an official opening on Tuesday, April 20, 2027.

The Grammy Award® nominee will reunite with his Proof co-star AYO EDEBIRI in New York City Center's Encores! You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Feb. 3–14, 2027). JIN HA will play 'Linus' opposite EDEBIRI as 'Snoopy.'

The performer and humanitarian will be in NYC to emcee the 41st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, presented by and benefiting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis on Monday, Oct. 5 at The New York Hilton Midtown. This year's Great Sports Legends include ROB GRONKOWSKI, LAILA ALI, SHAUN WHITE, MISTY MAY-TREANOR, DALE JARRETT, ANDRUW JONES, CHRIS WEBBER, CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW, MARK RECCHI, JOHN RANDLE, EDGAR PRADO, and SHANE BATTIER. Special performance by PAT MONAHAN.

The Broadway royalty and triple Tony Award winner celebrated for her iconic performances in Company, Gypsy, Evita, and more, opens the new Tisch Music season with a one-night-only concert of the songs that have been touchstones in her remarkable life on and off the stage. LuPONE will perform this Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 PM at 92NY's Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall. 

The actor stars alongside THOMAS JAY RYAN and JENNIFER SEASTONE in DANIEL FISH's play, FAUCI / KRAMER, which officially opens this Sunday, Oct. 4th, 7:30 PM at St. Ann's Warehouse (45 Water St.) in Brooklyn.

The Atlanta, GA, Grammy-nominated vocal powerhouse TEDDY SWIMS (born JATEN DIMSDALE) will bring his The UGLY Tour with MAC AYRES & MarcLo to Brooklyn's Barclays Center this Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 PM.

The Grammy Award legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will be a featured guest at the upcoming Voices for ALS benefit, "Deborah Silver & Fabulous Friends" on Sunday, Oct. 11th, 7:30 PM at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. Ms. WARWICK, whose new album DWuets is being released this fall, will perform along with Ms. SILVER as well as fellow Grammy winner JON SECADA, his daughter, Broadway singer MIKAELA SECADA and noted vocalist STELLA COLE. Proceeds from the evening of music will benefit ALS research.

The actor, host, author and Global Ambassador of Wellbeing for Wellhub will be among the  dynamic lineup of changemakers and visionaries onsite at Project Healthy Minds' fifth annual World Mental Health Day Festival, taking place Saturday, Oct. 10 at NYC's Spring Studios.

The "Kill Jackie" series star, Oscar, BAFTA, and Tony Award-winning actress will join Showrunner, Writer and Executive Producer TOM BUTTERWORTH and Executive Producer PETER LAWSON at New York Comic Con's Main Stage for a special conversation about the new AMC+ revenge thriller, featuring exclusive sneak peeks at upcoming episodes. Moderated by Collider's PERRI NEMIROFF, the Kill Jackie Panel will take place Friday, Oct. 9, 3:30 PM-4 PM. The series premieres Friday, Oct. 2 on AMC+. **Press line available on Friday, Oct. 9 from 4:20 PM-4:50 PM at the Javits Center (please note, no video.) Space is limited, please RSVP to NYCC@ferencomm.com for confirmation**

 

The Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee will join ANASTACIA McCLESKEY, TERRANCE LAMONT JOHNSON, BRYSON BATTLE and ZEMY BURKE in THE LAST GATEKEEPER – an Afrofuturist, Black Queer musical theater work by GERMONO TOUSSAINT (book, music and lyrics) – which will be presented in a developmental staged reading on Monday, Oct. 19 at 7 PM. The event will take place at Dorothy Maynor Hall at Harlem School of the Arts (645 Saint Nicholas Ave.). Directed by KEVIN R. FREE, the event is free, but reservations are required. The presentation will be followed by a conversation about the work’s spiritual and cultural themes, its creative process, and the development of its immersive theatrical world. The panel will be moderated by PATRICK L. RILEY and feature Dr. JOHN-MARTIN GREEN (Founder and Executive Director, The Gatekeepers Collective), and ANTOINE CRAIGWELL (Founder, President and CEO, DBGM).

"YAGA" series cast members CARRIE-ANNE MOSS, NOAH REID, and CLARK BACKO are joined by Showrunner, Writer and Executive Producer KAT SANDLER and Executive Producer MACKENZIE DONALDSON for a New York Comic Con panel discussion on Friday, Oct. 9, 4:03 PM-4:33 PM, Main Stage, moderated by TV Guide Magazine and TV Insider's DAMIAN HOLBROOK that will feature a sneak preview of the new AMC+ series that premieres Friday, Oct. 23 on AMC+. **Press conference available on Friday, Oct. 9 from 5 PM-5:30 PM at the Javits Center (please note, no video.) Space is limited, please RSVP to NYCC@ferencomm.com for confirmation**

The 13-time Emmy winner and two-time Grammy winner's new comedy, The Dog Show: Come. Sit. Stay, will play The Triad Theater (158 W. 72nd St.). Directed by RICHARD ISRAEL, the Off-Broadway production begins performances on Oct. 13, with opening set for Oct. 18 and runs through Nov. 29. The Dog Show is produced by AMRK F. KAPLAN/30 Minutes From Broadway Entertainment in association with JULIUS GAUDIO. In a first, there will be two pairs of Pooch Seats available at each performance. Priced at $129, Pooch Seats consist of a chair for the dog parent and a pet bed for their canine companion.

The Laika CEO and director of the company's upcoming epic fantasy Wildwood is expected to attend the 36th Annual Gotham Film Awards where the acclaimed stop-action animation studio will receive The Gotham Anniversary Tribute. The Awards will take place on Nov. 30, 2026 at Cipriani Wall Street.

The "Cobra Kai" & Blue Beetle star, currently seen in Practical Magic 2, will make his Broadway debut in the Tony & Grammy Award-winning musical Buena Vista Social Club at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, playing 'Juan De Marcos' for seven weeks from Nov. 17, 2026 through Jan. 3, 2027.

CAST / DATE CHANGE:The Tony Award nominee will step into the role of 'Terence Alan Smith/Joan Jett Blakk' in the Vineyard Theatre's 2026-2027 season production of MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT. BLANKSON-WOOD replaces WAYNE BRADY who has withdrawn from the upcoming Off-Broadway production due to vocal polyps & vocal strain. BRADY's doctors ordered immediate vocal rest, requiring him to undergo a medical procedure. Previews will now begin at the Vineyard Theatre on Oct. 22, 2026 rather than Oct. 15th, with a Nov. 8th Opening and run through Nov. 22nd. Co-written by Tony Award nominee TINA LANDAU (who also directs) and Academy Award winner TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY, the show is inspired — but not bound — by the true story of drag performer and activist TERENCE ALAN SMITH. 

On Monday, Nov. 2, The PATH Fund, Inc.® will present the 33rd annual Rockers On Broadway® at Sony Hall. Celebrating 33 years of uniting music and philanthropy, this milestone event features an all-genre concert experience in support of arts education. From high-octane rock classics to infectious pop and country hits, Broadway performers and music icons will come together to reinvent the songs that shaped our lives. The evening will honor COREY GLOVER (LIVING COLOUR) with the Rock Legend Award and wealth management leader JEFF GERSON as the Ambassador of Rock, with all proceeds directly benefiting arts education programs.

Media coverage / Photo & News Opps are available this Thursday, Oct. 1st as former NJ Governor JAMES (fka JIM) McGREEVEY, Executive Director of The New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC); Brigadier General (Ret.) MICHAEL FLEMING, Community Relations Senior Manager, Cohen Veterans Network; GRACE CAULFIELD, LCPC, LPC (DC & VA), CAC-AD, Director, The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic and Vice President, Easterseals DC/MD/VA; Assemblyman WAYNE DeANGELO, 14th District (serves on the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee), and more, will be in attendance as The New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) launches a new veterans mental health initiative built around a simple promise: Any NJ Veteran. Every NJ Veteran. The initiative, launched in partnership with The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals, is designed to intervene before a veteran's mental health challenge becomes an acute crisis. It's one door to a whole continuum of care at no cost to the veteran. **Press Check in at 10:45AM at NJRC Veterans Center, 762 Roosevelt Avenue in Carteret, NJ. Event Begins at 11 AM.**

The Oscar-nominated indie producer (for 2024's Past Lives) has been named the Marquee Industry Guest for The 12th Annual Orcas Island Film Festival (OIFF) scheduled for Oct. 14-18, 2026 in Eastsound, WA. Additionally, KOFFLER and her producing partner CHRISTINE VACHON will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' 17th annual Governors Awards to be presented in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, Nov. 15.

The new original series for AMC and AMC+, "Happy Jack," a half-hour family comedy from AMC Studios will star CHARLIE SHEEN and his father, MARTIN SHEEN, as a father and son. The series will start production in Los Angeles early next year on a six-episode first season and premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2027. lt will be filmed in front of a live audience at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, in the same studio where "Friends" was filmed.

The multi-platinum recording artist, who is celebrating the Sept. 25th release of his new studio album Rewind, heads to California for performances in Oakland (Oct. 21, Yoshi’s Early & Late Shows), Tracy (Oct. 22, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts) and Cerritos (Oct. 25, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts) before bringing his holiday tradition to Las Vegas with JOYFUL NOISE, a special Christmas residency at Harrah’s Showroom on The Las Vegas Strip on Dec. 18, Dec. 19 (Matinee & Evening), Dec. 22 & 23. In February, AIKEN launches the 2027 REWIND TOUR, his first solo tour in 15 years at Westerly, RI's United Theatre (Feb. 20).