Cirque du Soleil News

CHRISTMAS IN HELL, a new musical comedy, will be have a staged reading on Friday, December 22nd at 7 pm as part of the Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival (259 West 30th St). The show won the 2017 Show-Score Best of Fest Award (Reading) at the New York Musical Festival.

Cirque Du Soleil closes one of its longest running tours, Varekai, this month right here in north Texas. I was able to catch the show in Fort Worth last week, and as my first Cirque show, it did not disappoint.

In 2018, Uptown Underground salutes the shadows, pays homage to the hush-hush and uncovers what Chicago has had under wraps Join us as we move burlesque from late-night to prime-time, take drag from lip-synched to live, and shine a spotlight on the beautiful rebels of the Chicago entertainment scene. Uptown Underground is transforming from Top Shelf Retrotainment to Subculture Redefined!

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that FINDING NEVERLAND will take the stage January 2 7.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced a post-performance Beyond the Stage talkback series for Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of the American Repertory Theater production of In the Body of the World, written and performed by Tony Award winner Eve Ensler and directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus.

Maestro LUKE FRAZIER and THE AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA - Washington, DC's innovative hometown orchestra - will present a special holiday concert not to be missed, with special guest stars Rumer Willis ('Dancing with the Stars,' Broadway's Chicago), Lea DeLaria (Broadway, comedy and jazz star, 'Orange is the New Black'), Claybourne Elder ('Gossip Girl,' Broadway's Sunday in the Park...), Nova Payton (Helen Hayes Award winner), Mobley (singer/songwriter featured on HBO, Fox and NBC) and Luke Hawkins (Star tap dancer from 'America's Got Talent').

The Public Theater has announced complete casting today for the world premiere of KINGS, written by Sarah Burgess.

Ubisoft announced today its first foray in to live entertainment experience with a pilot tour of JUST DANCE LIVE, an immersive and interactive experience, based on the #1 music video game franchise of all time. The tour will play locally at Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago (March 15-18).

'LIP SYNC BATTLE LIVE: A MICHAEL JACKSON CELEBRATION' will be a landmark television event celebrating the legendary entertainment icon, The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, on Thursday, January 18 at 9:00pm.

Need a cure for holiday cheer overload? Go to hell! CHRISTMAS IN HELL, a new musical comedy, will be have an industry presentation (by invitation) today, December 14th, at 12 noon at Urban Stages (259 W 30th St). An encore reading open to the public is on Friday, December 22nd at 7 pm as part of the Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival.

After 15 years performing around the world and thrilling more than 11 million people, Varekai will take its final bow this December in the Dallas region.

NETworks Presentations presents the New York engagement of Elf The Musical. The show will play from tonight, December 13, through December 29 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Imagined by Cirque du Soleil , One Night for One Drop is an extraordinary, one-night-only philanthropic event created to benefit safe water access programs around the world. This year's production is inspired by the life of GRAMMY -nominated singer-songwriter Jewel.

Hold on to your swords. Right Angle Entertainment today announced more than 20 U.S. tour dates through March 2018 of its new touring sensation, Musical Thrones: A Parody of Ice and Fire, a send-up of the popular HBO drama, Game of Thrones.

Cirque du Soleil announces a brand-new UK arena tour with OVO. Next summer OVO, a celebration of nature and co-existence will bring its fun-filled production for the whole family to arenas around the country. Making its UK debut in London in January, the arena tour will then start in Liverpool on 16 August 2018, and the show will then visit Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and finally Birmingham, ending on 7 October 2018.

ONE17 A Christmas Celebration is a playful and lively show guaranteed to lift your spirits and bring you to your feet! Carol Bernard's genius sketches a Gospel rainbow, ranging from traditional to hip-hop, in English and in French. The contagious energy of the 100+ voices of these two choirs will captivate audiences of all ages!

Cirque du Soleil is coming to Worcester with its brand-new arena creation. Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL, explores the artistic limits of ice for the first time in the company's 33-year history. This unique production pushes boundaries of performance by combining stunning skating and acrobatic feats that defy the imagination. CRYSTAL will perform at the DCU Center for six performances only, Today, December 7 to Sunday, December 10, 2017.

Sara Jean Ford (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats) will star in two concert presentations of the Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster's musical Calamity Jane at Feinstein's/54 Below on Monday, January 29th, 2018, at 7:00pm and 9:30pm.

Associated Bank Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee is pleased to announce that individual tickets for FINDING NEVERLAND go on sale to the public this Friday, December 8 at 10:00 am. FINDING NEVERLAND will play the Marcus Center's Uihlein Hall on February 20-25. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, online at Ticketmaster.com or MarcusCenter.org or by at phone at 414-273-7206. Groups 10+ SAVE! and should call Group Sales at 414-273-7121 x210 or x213.

The unbelievably funny and electrifying Gabriel Iglesias adds March 29 31 and May 25 27 to his 2018 'Aces of Comedy' series schedule. Newly announced Nick Swardson also will make his return to the Terry Fator Theater Friday, April 27. Tickets are on sale now.