My People 1963 - Articles Page 5

In 2017, I was fortunate enough to have attended the Tony Awards. Rachel Bay Jones was among the winners that night for her performance as Heidi in Dear Evan Hansen. On July 7th, I saw her perform in person for the very first time.

The original Grammy, Tony and Olivier award-winning smash-hit musical, Jersey Boys, celebrates its 18th birthday after opening on Broadway in 2005. Plus, find out who's joining the cast!

Rhode Island Latino Arts, in association with Trinity Repertory Company, will present La Luz Verde, the latest production by its bilingual community theater program Teatro en El Verano (Theater in the Summer).

'Good Vibrations'? 'California Girls'? 'I Get Around'? See where your favorite Beach Boys songs land on the list!

Miki Ratsula – the acclaimed trans, nonbinary artist using their voice and platform to make music more inclusive – has announced their sophomore album, i’ll be fine if i want to. They followed the album with their made for them EP, featuring gender-neutral covers of songs originally sung by Phoebe Bridgers, Harry Styles, and more. 

Edmonton Opera will present its upcoming cabaret “My First Hundred Years” written by highly acclaimed local talents, Andrew MacDonald-Smith and Stewart Lemoine, in collaboration with Frances Thielmann.

Multi-talented guitarist and songwriter Gary Murphy is taking two of his acclaimed and hugely popular live shows to audiences across the Northwest.

Three-time Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown and Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti will star in a reading of a new Broadway-aimed stage production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest on May 18 in New York City.

BroadwayWorld caught up with Emily Fairn, the breakout star of BBC's The Responder as she makes her theatrical debut, along with Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges. We spoke about getting a leg-up in the industry, perfecting a Wyoming accent and returning to the stage after her television work.

What did our critic think of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES at Tectonic Theater Project @ Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall?

Relive the timeless love story of Baby and Johnny as global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), GEA Live, Karl Sydow, and Innovation Arts & Entertainment have announced Dirty Dancing in Concert – celebrating the film favorite on a full-size cinema screen with a band and singers live on stage.

On Wednesday, May 17th at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater at 7pm, a live audience will have the unique chance to listen to songs written, composed, and arranged by the 2023 New York Youth Symphony's MTS cohort.

It seems like only a few weeks ago that Palm Canyon Theatre (PCT) began their 26th Season with the magnificent Titanic.  Now that season is coming to an end with a delightful little jewel box called She Loves Me. Canyon Theatre?

Brooklyn Choreographer Jamel Gaines and his dance theater company, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet (JGCO), will mark Juneteenth 2023 with a program commemorating defining events in African American history and the fight for equal rights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Sunday, June 18 at 2:00 p.m. The multimedia production will include dance, theatre, music, spoken word, film, photography and costuming. Tickets are $30 and are available here.

En kvinna talar i telefon med sin före detta älskare, en allra sista gång. Hon är förkastad och bortvald, men så visste hon hela tiden att det skulle bli, försäkrar hon. Med telefonen som livlina och lögnen som mask behåller hon sansen. Vi ser och hör kvinnan, men inte mannen hon pratar med. Och vi ser allt hon inte vill att han ska se.

“Oh What a Night” at the Alhambra Theatre and Dining for the opening of Jersey Boys on April 28th! I have been to many shows at the Alhambra Theatre and Dining, and I am not sure the last time I saw so many audience members so excited to hear such iconic songs. Jersey Boys follows the creation and downfall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Organized by Darling Green in collaboration with Soft Network, Re: Scott Burton's Atrium Furnishment brings together a group of artists in dialogue with artworks and archival material from the estates of Scott Burton (1939–1989) and Rosemary Mayer (1943–2014). 

Seattle Opera closes its 2022/23 season with the West Coast premiere of Bound, a new chamber opera from composer Huang Ruo and librettist Bao-Long Chu that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2014.

Two spectacular tribute concerts that will transport audiences to the golden era of American Rock and Roll and swing music will be featured in June at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, located on the campus of Fellowship Village.

Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney has announced the opening of the box office for single tickets sales for the 2023 Summer Season, celebrating 90 Years of Theatre By The Sea. Beginning on Friday, April 28 (online only) and Sunday, April 30 (in person) patrons may purchase tickets to Theatre By The Sea's Monday Concerts and Events, the Children's Festival, and any or all of the following four exciting musicals:

For Lynn Parkerson, the founder and artistic director of the Brooklyn Ballet -- one of the only ballet companies to feature an interdisciplinary performance style -- looking back on 20 years of breaking down barriers is what inspires her to keep moving forward.

What did our critic think of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at Cotuit Center For The Arts? This is one of dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker Neil Simon's tongue-in-cheek looks at life in mid-century Manhattan. It's set in 1963, and focuses on Corie and Paul (Troy Davies), young Manhattanites who, at the outset, have been married for all of six days.

En kvinna talar i telefon med sin före detta älskare, en allra sista gång. Hon är förkastad och bortvald, men så visste hon hela tiden att det skulle bli, försäkrar hon. Med telefonen som livlina och lögnen som mask behåller hon sansen. Vi ser och hör kvinnan, men inte mannen hon pratar med. Och vi ser allt hon inte vill att han ska se.

A look, an attitude, a sound like no other. Jersey Boys is the international phenomenon that takes you behind the scenes – and behind the music – of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. What started as four guys singing under a streetlamp skyrocketed into one of the best-selling – and most unique – groups of the 1960s.  

This season the new musical New York, New York is bringing the hopes and dreams of young artists to the Broadway stage in a new musical from iconic duo John Kander and Fred Ebb. From their meeting in 1964, Kander and Ebb have forged one of the longest-running and most successful partnerships in Broadway history, crafting beloved hits like Flora, the Red Menace, Cabaret, Zorba, Chicago, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Curtains, The Scottsboro Boys and many more.