Cirque du Soleil News

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/9/2016.

Priscilla Costa is bringing her edgy, and unconventional one-woman hit, Mona Monae to the Montreal Clown Festival (Les Festival des Clowns de Montreal). This shameless and hilarious romp was a hit of the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival and is a brave and courageous solo bouffon show that tackles gritty material in a playful way. It's a full plate of sass with an extra side of ass.  A maniacal dance on a tightrope balanced between perversion and ecstasy, this wild ride has made past audiences howl with pleasure! Mona Monae shows October 1 and 2 at the Mainline Theatre.

One of Entertainment Weekly's '25 Funniest People in America,' Wanda Sykes brings her wry, intelligent stand-up comedy to the Treasure Island Theatre, Sept. 9 at 9 p.m.

KOOZA by Cirque du Soleil has been amazing audiences under the Big Top at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park with its death-defying acrobatics and genuinely funny clowns since it opened on August 25. 

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, guest James Cameron chatted about his Avatar-inspired Cirque du Soleil show, TORUK - THE FIRST FLIGHT, and the four sequels he's working on.

Due to unprecedented advance ticket sales,Cirque du Soleil is extending the San Francisco Bay Area engagements of its latest Big Top production LUZIA by three weeks in San Francisco and two weeks in San Jose. Tickets are now on pre-sale exclusively to Cirque Club members and will be available to the general public beginning Friday, September 16.

CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College present the World Premiere of Rites of Passage on September 24, 2016 at 8pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.   Admission is $30 ($25 for CUNY students, faculty and staff and $10 for John Jay College students, faculty and staff). Tickets are available at dzul.eventbrite.com.

Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that individual tickets for FINDING NEVERLAND go on sale to the public on Sunday, September 11.

Oscar-winning director of “Titanic” and “Avatar,” James Cameron stopped by NBC's TODAY to talk about “Toruk – The First Flight,” the new stage production by Cirque du Soleil inspired by “Avatar.”

Slava Polunin, miembro de la familia de Cirque du Soleil y posiblemente el clown en activo de mayor prestigio internacional, traerá de nuevo a España su espectáculo más popular, SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, durante los meses de septiembre y octubre.

Today's big news: Jessica Vosk and Kristen Martin join the WICKED tour today, Cirque du Soleil's AVATAR-inspired show TORUK begins in NYC, and WAITRESS' Jessie Mueller & Jenna Ushkowitz will take part in a talkback tonight!

The new Cirque du Soleil touring show inspired by James Cameron's record-breaking movie AVATAR, TORUK -  The First Flight, will be presented at Quicken Loans Arena from March 3-5, as part of a global tour in arenas around the world.

The new Cirque du Soleil touring show inspired by James Cameron's record-breaking movie AVATAR, TORUK - THE FIRST FLIGHT, will be presented in New York and New Jersey next fall. Engagements will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on September 7-11 and at Prudential Center in Newark on September 16-18, as part of a global tour in arenas around the world starting November 2015.

Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 9/4/2016.

Today, Paines Plough and Live Theatre have announced full casting for the world premiere of Tom Wells' new coming-of-age comedy Broken Biscuits.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/2/2016.

Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Tony Award winners Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, directed by the Donmar's Artistic Director Josie Rourke.

The School of Night is pleased as punch to announce the impending remount of its 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival hit Punch and Judy.

In tribute to the greatest entertainer of all time, the Estate of Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil just wrapped a three-day birthday extravaganza for the King of Pop to celebrate what would have been his 58th birthday. Hosted at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas August 27 - 29, the fourth annual birthday celebration delighted guests throughout the weekend, featuring unforgettable activities, coveted prizes and more. Scroll down for photos from the festivities!

The National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the Tony Award-winning new play by Simon Stephens, adapted from Mark Haddon's best-selling novel, has just revealed casting for its North American tour.