Raw Youth 1985

Opened: July 10, 1985
Closing: July 21, 1985

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Front 242 Set To End Their Live Concert Career After 40-Plus Years; Final Performances Scheduled For Fall & Winter 2024-2025
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 24, 2024


After an incredible 40-plus-year run on the road, Belgian EBM act Front 242 are setting an end to their live concert career, announcing their final performances to take place in the fall and winter of 2024-2025. Learn more here!

Matthew Bourne's ROMEO AND JULIET to Have North American Premiere at The Ahmanson Theatre This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2024


Matthew Bourne's 'Romeo and Juliet' opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on January 31.

MARGARET GLASPY Shares New Single 'Get Back'
by Michael Major - Aug 15, 2023


Echo The Diamond is the third full-length from Margaret Glaspy. It was produced by Glaspy with co-production from her partner, guitarist/composer Julian Lage and is the follow-up to 2020’s Devotion. Echo The Diamond takes its title from a turn of phrase that Glaspy tossed off in the midst of a conversation with Lage.

Margaret Glaspy Shares New Single 'Memories'
by Michael Major - Jul 11, 2023


Echo The Diamond is the third full-length from Margaret Glaspy. It was produced by Glaspy with co-production from her partner, guitarist/composer Julian Lage and is the follow-up to 2020’s Devotion. Echo The Diamond takes its title from a turn of phrase that Glaspy tossed off in the midst of a conversation with Lage. Check out tour dates!

Margaret Glaspy Shares Lead Single From New Album & Announces US Tour
by Michael Major - May 31, 2023


Glaspy shares the first taste of the album via the LP’s exultant opening track “Act Natural.” The video for the track, directed by Phineas Alexander, is a deep dive into Glaspy’s artistic New York City community and a showcase of her love for the guitar. She has also confirmed her first North American tour in support of the album.

JUST FOR LAUGHS LONDON Announces Initial Line Up
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2022


Global leader in comedy, Just For Laughs, in collaboration with leading live entertainment company, AEG Presents, and The O2, the world's most popular music, leisure and entertainment venue, have shared details of the first slate of programming to be added to the first-ever edition of Just For Laughs LONDON.

BWW Review: LES MISERABLES, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - Jul 16, 2022


It’s tough to keep a musical juggernaut like Les Misérables going. It’s even tougher to keep it feeling fresh, night after night for well over 35 years. Where others have faltered, Les Misérables has kept marching on to its own revolutionary drum beat. 

Lesher Center Announces 22/23 Season Featuring IN THE HEIGHTS & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2022


From breathtaking contemporary dance to internationally acclaimed musicians, a rollicking celebration of Patsy Cline to a hit musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, theLesher Center for the Arts will present a remarkable year of arts and cultural offerings for Bay Area arts lovers.

YORK Will Be Performed at the Heath Ledger Theatre in July and August
by Stephi Wild - Jun 17, 2021


Set on Ballardong boodja, the story takes place around an abandoned hospital in the township of York. It's a thrilling ride from humour to terror as we wind back time to reveal a dark past. 

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

NewFest 2018 Announces Full Lineup For Their 30th Anniversary
by Tori Hartshorn - Sep 21, 2018


Following the announcement of their Opening Night Film, Yen Tan's award-winning AIDS drama 1985, NewFest today announced the full lineup of their 30th annual celebration of the year's best LGBT films from around the world. The program of more than 140 narrative features, documentaries, episodic series and shorts runs from October 24-30 at the SVA Theatre, Cinépolis Chelsea, and The LGBT Community Center in New York City.

SXSW Film Festival Announces 2018 Features And Opening Night Film A QUIET PLACE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2018


The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the features lineup and opening night film for the 25th edition of the Film Festival, running March 9-18, 2018 in Austin, Texas. The acclaimed program draws thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders every year to immerse themselves in the most innovative, smart and entertaining new films of the year.

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre to Present HARRIET'S RETURN: Based Upon The Legendary Life Of Harriet Tubman
by Julie Musbach - Jan 15, 2018


At a time when the USA is waffling on its commitment to honor Harriet Tubman with her image on the 20 dollar bill, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present 'Harriet's Return: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman,' written and performed by Karen Jones Meadows. The production takes audiences on a deeply personal, high energy journey into the private and public life of this famed Underground Railroad conductor, spiritual icon, revolutionary, and entrepreneur, whose life spanned nine decades and still influences the consciousness of people throughout the world. The production is directed by Clinton Turner Davis and will take stage February 8 to March 4 at Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street.

HARRIET'S RETURN Based On Harriet Tubman Comes to New Federal Theatre/Castillo
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2018


At a time when the USA is waffling on its commitment to honor Harriet Tubman with her image on the 20 dollar bill, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present 'Harriet's Return: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman,' written and performed by Karen Jones Meadows. The production takes audiences on a deeply personal, high energy journey into the private and public life of this famed Underground Railroad conductor, spiritual icon, revolutionary, and entrepreneur, whose life spanned nine decades and still influences the consciousness of people throughout the world. The production is directed by Clinton Turner Davis and will take stage February 8 to March 4 at Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street.

New Federal Theatre to Stage HARRIET'S RETURN
by Julie Musbach - Jan 5, 2018


At a time when the USA is waffling on its commitment to honor Harriet Tubman with her image on the 20 dollar bill, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present 'Harriet's Return: Based Upon the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman,' written and performed by Karen Jones Meadows.

Lydia Kontos Announces Retirement After 40 Years of Leadership at Kaufman Music Center
by BWW News Desk - Sep 15, 2017


In January of 1979, Lydia Kontos, then a public relations consultant with a background in concert management, joined the staff of The Hebrew Arts School for Music and Dance as a member of the administrative team of the brand-new concert hall at the Abraham Goodman House.

BWW Interview: Jonathan Tindle and POTOMAC THEATRE PROJECT 31ST Repertory Season
by Marina Kennedy - Jul 20, 2017


Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing one of PTP/NYC's cast members, Jonathan Tindle who will play Murgatroyd in Pity in History and Ezra Chater in Arcadia.

Full Free and Ticketed Events Schedule Announced for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2017
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2017


The 2017 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2017, the first programmed exclusively by new Director Pamela Tatge, is full of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements, all to celebrate a momentous 85th Anniversary Season. Running June 21-August 27, Festival 2017 includes more than 200 free events, performances, exhibits, and talks, as well as many new offerings and initiatives launched under Tatge's leadership. In keeping with the Jacob's Pillow mission to engage and educate the community through the depth and breadth of dance, the genres and styles presented as part of the 85th Anniversary Season are far-reaching and inclusive, encompassing modern, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, improvisation, flex, tap dance, step, Brazilian social dance, dance theater, traditional Native American, Bharatanatyam, musical theater dance, classical Cambodian, Latin ballroom, capoeira, and traditional Korean movement styles.

New Works by Lisa Kron, Duncan Sheik, Josh Radnor, Stephen Trask, Lynn Nottage and More Set for Knockout 33rd Season at Vassar
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2017


Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced the programming lineup for their upcoming 33rd Powerhouse Season, the annual summer season, which brings together some of the most influential theatrical voices working today for fully-staged productions of new plays, workshop presentations of new plays and musicals, and readings of other works in progress.

33rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Celebrates Global Writers
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 29, 2017


Author Services, Inc. and Galaxy Press will present The 33rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards celebrating the winners of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests, honoring 12 writers and 12 illustrators from around the world in the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Abigail Breslin, Norbert Leo Butz and More Join The New Group's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - Dec 2, 2016


The New Group announces additional casting for productions coming up in the company's 2016-2017 Season.

THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! A PUPPET PARODY Gets Holiday Makeover
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2016


Just in time for the holidays, Jonathan Rockefeller's That Golden Girls Show! will deck the halls and get a holiday makeover, script and all, for the entire month of December in That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody: Holiday Edition.

THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! Puppet Parody Extends Through the Year Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Oct 20, 2016


Due to popular demand, Off-Broadway's hit puppet parody, That Golden Girls Show! will extend its stay at the Union Square's DR2 Theatre (103 E 15th Street) for the holidays as a new block of tickets is made available through January 1, 2017. 

BURIED CHILD Announces Final Casting, Including Charlotte Hope of GAME OF THRONES
by Liz Cearns - Sep 30, 2016


Charlotte Hope (Myranda in Game of Thrones, Allied, A United Kingdom), Jack Fortune (King Lear, Route Irish, Sparkling Cyanide), Barnaby Kay (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Real Thing, Wuthering Heights) and Gary Shelford (Twelfth Night, Angry Young Man) join the previously announced multi award-winning, international star Ed Harris (forthcoming HBO series from J.J. Abrams & Jonathan Nolan; Westworld, Pollock, The Hours and The Truman Show), Golden Globe winner Amy Madigan (Twice in a Lifetime, Roe vs. Wade), and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse, The Railway Man, Now is Good) to complete the cast in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer & Obie prize winning play, Buried Child, following a critically acclaimed New York run earlier this year.

THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! - A PUPPET PARODY Begins Next Week Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Sep 14, 2016


As previously announced, Drama Desk nominee Jonathan Rockefeller debuts a brand new tribute show entitled That Golden Girls Show! - A Puppet Parody that will have its world premiere in NYC.

Raw Youth FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Raw Youth have there been?
Raw Youth has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1985.

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