Celebrity Bulletin , May 29 2026

The Tony Award winner will host Red Bull Theater's annual The Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit on Monday, June 1, 2026 at The Bowery Hotel. Actor JOHN LITHGOW (Matador Award for Achievement in Classical Theater) and former member of Red Bull Theater's Board of Trustees JOANNA COLE (George Mayer Award for Extraordinary Service to Classical Theater) will be honored.

UPDATED: KID CUDI will bring The Rebel Ragers Tour with special guests BIG BOI, A-TRAK, and CHIP THA RIPPER to NYC'S Madison Square Garden this Saturday, May 30 at 6:30 PM.

The EGOT will offer a concert at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 2026 Summer Gala presented by and benefiting Lincoln Center, on June 1st at David Geffen Hall. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Co-President ANDREAS C. DRACOPOULOS and groundbreaking dancer MISTY COPELAND will be honored.

JEFF ROSS, DAVE ATTELL, and ANDREW DICE CLAY will be among the many comedians headlining The Stand Restaurant & Comedy Club's Second Annual NY Laughs Festival, taking place June 4–7, 2026, at The Stand Restaurant & Comedy Club, Irving Plaza, Joe's Pub, Pier 57, and St. Marks Comedy Club, as well as a special preview of The Stand's upcoming newest location at Chelsea Market. The Festival opens with its signature event - Comedy in the Square - a free outdoor show in Union Square's Park North Plaza on June 4, 6 PM-9 PM featuring USAMA SIDDIQUEE, EMMA WILLMAN, CHRIS TURNER, and others.

The Oscar-nominated actor stars in and executive produces season two of Apple TV's acclaimed neo-noir detective series "Sugar," premiering globally Friday, June 19, 2026. FARRELL is joined in the second season by new stars JIN HA, RAYMOND LEE, TONY DALTON, LAURA DONNELLY and SASHA CALLE.

The comedian and entertainer, known for his award-winning turn as 'Elder Cunningham' in the Broadway smash hit The Book of Mormon, will join the show's entire original principal cast to reunite for a 15th anniversary performance at the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall.

The Australian film director is expected to conduct NY promotional activities this June in support of his superhero feature, Supergirl, starring MILLY ALCOCK. The Warner Bros. release is slated to hold an invite-only June 22nd NY Premiere before its June 26th opening in theaters.

The five-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter will perform with special guest JENNIFER HUDSON at Madison Square Garden on Friday, June 12 at 8 PM.

The wrestler turned actor is expected to conduct NYC promotional activities next month in support of his starring role in MATT SPICER's Little Brother. CENA stars along with ERIC ANDRÉ and MICHELLE MONAGHAN in the Netflix comedy film which is slated for a Thursday, June 18th NY Premiere before its June 26th release.

The celebrated stage and screen actor will be honored alongside CHRISTINE PEDI with Legend of Off-Broadway Awards at the 15th Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2025-2026 season, to be held on Tuesday, June 16th at 1 PM at Sardi's.

RESCHEDULED: Originally scheduled for February and postponed due to the NYC snowstorm, Twelve Hours With Tracy Letts, a day-long marathon theater reading festival of five of the playwrights works by an all-star cast including ABIGAIL BRESLIN, JASON BIGGS, GINA GERSHON, KEVIN KILNER, KATRINA LENK, MATTHEW LILLARD, ADRIENNE WARREN, and more, will now take place on Monday, June 22 from 11 AM to 11 PM at Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W. 50th St.). Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts is presented by Animus Theatre Company in association with Circle in the Square Theatre School, and all proceeds will benefit the school, which is the only conservatory located inside a Broadway theater.

Ripple Effect Artists (JESSIE FAHAY, Founding Director / Executive Producer) will present a limited Off-Broadway engagement of Building The Wall, a chilling political thriller written by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright. Directed by BRENT BUELL, the two-hander features AUSTIN LIGHTNING CARROTHERS and CECILY LYN BENJAMIN and will run June 11th through June 21st at Urban Stages (259 W. 30th St.).

The country star, who will bring her Cloud 9 Tour with JP SAXE & SOLON HOLT to Brooklyn's Barclays Center for a sold out show on July 9, will also perform live on the TODAY Plaza in Rockefeller Center on Friday, July 10 as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY. MORONEY will continue the tour with a sold out show at Newark, NJ's Prudential Center that evening (7/10).

The South African singer-songwriter, whose new album A*POP is out Friday, July 24th via Epic Records, will be in NYC to perform that morning live on the TODAY Plaza in Rockefeller Center as part of the Citi Concert Series on TODAY.

The award-winning comedian, who will bring her The Million Dollar Excuses Tour to Port Chester, NY's The Capitol Theatre on Friday, Nov. 6th at 8 PM; Huntington, NY's The Paramount for two shows, Saturday, Nov. 7th at 4:30 PM & 7 PM; and NYC's Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 31st at 5:30 PM, will also take center stage at The North to Shore Festival performing at Newark, NJ's Prudential Hall at NJPAC on Saturday, June 20th at 7 PM. 

The Golden Globe nominee is expected to be in NY this November for promotional activities in support of his starring role in J.J. ABRAMS' fantasy drama, The Great Beyond. Also starring SAMUEL L. JACKSON, JENNA ORTEGA, EMMA MACKEY, SOPHIE OKONEDO, and MERRITT WEAVER, the Warner Bros. release opens in theaters on Nov. 13, 2026.

The former First Lady and her brother CRAIG ROBINSON will be in London for a special live recording of their podcast IMO at the Truman Brewery (SXSW London Stage) on June 2, 2026, 11 AM-12:15 PM as part of SXSW London (June 1-6, 2026).

The Oscar-winning composer -- known for The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley & Cold Mountain -- will be in Switzerland to receive the Golden Eye for Career Achievement. The award will be presented at the Zurich Film Festival's (ZFF) annual Cinema in Concert Gala on Oct.1. The 22nd ZFF runs Sept. 24-Oct. 4, 2026.