The article is devoted to the development and role of the stage in forming the cultural background of the modern era and establishing a dialogue between art, society, and the state. The main tendencies of development and functional preferences of the stage in the contemporary information and communication space are revealed, its structural and genre modifications are traced. With the receipt of the status of an "independent" country, the Ukrainian stage begins to institutionalize. If, until that time, it played the role of compensation for the oppressed complex of ethnic underestimation, then from the time of gaining independence, it has become an independent cultural phenomenon. Differentiation occurs at several levels at once. The most important thing is genre and style. Ukrainian stage is divided into popular, folk, and rock levels. An essential factor in the functioning of Ukrainian pop music is the emergence of such a phenomenon as the pop art industry. The saturation of contemporary music trends correlates with the amount of investment. Accordingly, the art of music becomes dependent on general trends in the country's economy.