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AZRA finds clarity by tapping into her inner voices in new video for 'ALL OUT'.

What did our critic think of Paula Vogel's INDECENT at American Stage?

Oracle reader and Feng Shui consultant Vicki Iskandar will be presenting her just released The Chinese Five Elements Oracle at Vitello’s Velvet Martini Lounge as part of their Tarot Week, October 22, 2023.

OMD shares 'Verushka' single and video, announces UK headline tour and performance at Darker Waves Fest in LA. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) have sold over 40 million records worldwide, establishing them as electronic synthesiser pioneers and one of Britain's best-loved pop groups.

Alluvial announces the release of their new EP 'Death Is But a Door' and shares the track 'Bog Dweller.' Alluvial will hit the road this month with TesseracT this fall. Check out upcoming tour dates now!

Jazz vocalist and pianist Sarah McKenzie is set to release her new album 'Without You' featuring renowned Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo and cellist Jacques Morelenbaum, along with drummer Peter Erskine. The album is a culmination of McKenzie's career and showcases her collaboration with the talented trio.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 10/5/2023 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Portland, Oregon artist Jeffrey Martin recently announced the release of Thank God We Left the Garden, his first new full-length since 2017's One Go Around. The album was released via Fluff & Gravy Records (Margo Cilker, Kassi Valazza) and Loose Music in the UK/EU (Andrew Combs, Courtney Marie Andrews).

Luna Loves Library Day The Musical, based on Joseph Coelho's best-selling book, brings the joy of libraries to life with a catchy score and magical set design. Premiering in Manchester and touring in 2023 and 2024, don't miss this enchanting family show.

In 2017, Tony-nominated actress Jessica Hecht and producer Jenny Gertsen, founded the campfire project, an program that travels to refugee spaces to impart arts-based wellness to displaced communities around the globe. Read our interview with Hecht and actress Maura Tierney from their latest program in Uganda.

Today’s subjects Danielle A. Drakes and Kelsey Mesa are currently living their theatre lives as the director and playwright respectively of Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s World Premiere production of La Salpêtrière. The show runs through October fourteenth at the company’s artistic home Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW).

Tina Burner, Alexis Michelle, and Scarlet Envy have returned to kick off their 2023 Witch Perfect tour at Troupe 429 in Norwalk, CT. Read about how they have updated the show for 2023, how they hope their tour inspires others Drag Race alums, their Broadway dream roles, and much more below!

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), with generous support from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, has launched its first-ever media publishing arm, UNCSA Media, a mission-driven recording label that will feature the creative projects of faculty and alumni from UNCSA across all disciplines and offer curricular opportunities for students to gain practical career skills in intellectual property and entrepreneurship.

BroadwayWorld talks to Bay Area theater veteran Margo Hall about directing 'Nollywood Dreams,' red-hot playwright Jocelyn Bioh's rollicking Nigeria-set comedy running at San Francisco Playhouse September 28th to November 4th

Author Ken Ludwig has certainly had a prolific career filled with some wonderful gems, “Crazy for You”, “Lend Me a Tenor”, and “Moon Over Buffalo” to name just a few. So, Village Theatre’s new production of his 2017 work, “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood” sounds like a rollicking good time. Unfortunately, this new retelling of a classic adventure meanders about awkwardly not knowing what it wants to be. And that’s just one of the two big problems of a production that just laid there hoping the audience would find something funny in it.

Broadway World talks to playwright & actor Jessica Dickey about her captivating new book 'Sistering' written with her sister Danielle Neff, a United Church of Christ pastor, about maintaining their unusually close bond while following very different paths in life.

Discover the untold stories of Jack the Ripper's real victims in 'Killing Jack.' This dark and thrilling play puts the spotlight on the women who were tragically murdered, shedding light on their lives and the challenges faced by women today. Don't miss this thought-provoking production at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch for Halloween.

Described as a ‘rising-from-the-ashes’ record” by DeLaughter, who often found himself alone with a guitar when making this record. The instrument soon doubled as a creative north star for what would eventually become Salvage Enterprise. Watch the new music video and check out upcoming tour dates!

Next month Bell Witch hit the road on a full headlining tour in support of their acclaimed new album Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate which is available now via Profound Lore. They’ve announced a December West Coast run which routes them through SoCal for the first time in five years.

This time, the reader question was: which Broadway shows had the biggest overhaul from their out-of-town tryout to their Broadway opening?

The track follows the release of “Twenty Something”, already included in the Rock Italia playlist on Spotify andn which premiered internationally via Idioteq. Both songs will be part of the tracklist of the group's new EP, “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living”, out September 27, 2023 on Dear Gear Records on vinyl.

There is nothing that gets me more excited than discovering new music that makes me instantly fall in love. You know what I’m saying...those artists and songs that make your mind drift away to a fantasy world for a few minutes of escape...that’s what THE IVY does with their new single “Good Faith.”  

The Playwrights Realm will present a one-week extension of the world premiere production of 2021/22 Realm Writing Fellow Emma Horwitz’s Mary Gets Hers.

Alternative pop rock band Broadside will release its highly anticipated new album Hotel Bleu. The news comes with new single and music video “Lucid” featuring Devin Papadol (Honey Revenge). Broadside will be on tour this fall with This Wild Life, Worry Club, and Not My Weekend.

Psymon Spine will embark on an October 2023 tour. The dates kick off on October 13 in Madison, WI and conclude with a hometown show in Brooklyn, NY on October 26. The band will be playing fan favorites, previewing new songs, and also performing tracks off their 2021 album Charismatic Megafauna.