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LE PETIT BAIN Comes to Paris Opera This Week
by Stephi Wild - March 18, 2024

Le Petit Bain comes to Paris Opera this week. Performances run from 20 to 23 March 2024 at Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen.

SIMON BOCCANEGRA is Now Playing at Paris Opera
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2024

Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi comes to Opéra Bastille, playing now through 3 April 2024.

Review: WOMAN OF THE YEAR at Théâtre Firmin Gémier
by Patrick Honoré - February 18, 2024

Finally, this Kander and Ebb masterpiece has been done in France, with French dialogue and lyrics to boot

Review: 42ÈME RUE FAIT SON SHOW! at Maison De La Radio
by Patrick Honoré - February 17, 2024

Laurent Valière continues to bring us highlights from the 'New Golden Age for Musicals in France'.

'WRONGED' Exhibition Comes to Galerie Marguo, Paris
by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2024

Galerie Marguo will present WRONGED, a group exhibition organized with Olivier Renaud Clément, on view from 22 February to 30 March, 2024.

BEATRICE DI TENDA is Now Playing at the Paris Opera
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2024

Beatrice di Tenda is now playing at the Paris Opera. Performances run through 7 March.

Paris Opera Performs SADEH21 Beginning This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2024

Paris Opera performs Sadeh21 this month. Performances run 7 February - 2 March, 2024.

An Exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in Paris Celebrates Revolutionary Russian Art by Kazimir Malevich
by Stephi Wild - January 23, 2024

Eminence Rise Media has announced the exhibit of a painting by the famous Russian Artist, Kazimir Malevich, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Paris.

Review: ARTISTE? at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule
by Patrick Honoré - January 21, 2024

Is one born an artist, or does one become an artist? Axel Alvarez intimately explores this question in his spectacularl, exuberantly danced, autobiographical one-man song and dance show in Paris.

Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Châtelet
by Patrick Honoré - January 13, 2024

For the 6th time since the beginning of the 80s, West Side Story, the Berstein-Sondheim Laurents masterpiece, was back in Paris for a limited run as part of a French tour before going to Sydney in April. In sync with the release of the Bradley Cooper biopic Maestro, it is great that younger generations are able to get a look at the real original thing.

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Opéra De Massy
by Patrick Honoré - January 05, 2024

Don't miss this new touring production of The Sound of Music, with dialogues in French and Songs in English.

Photos: Get A First Look At The WEST SIDE STORY International Tour
by Joshua Wright - January 05, 2024

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the International Tour of West Side Story, directed by Lonny Price. The production recently finished a run in France which was attended by 138,385 audience members playing to 98% capacity over 85 performances.

BEJART BALLET BAUSANNE Comes to the Paris Opera This Week
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2024

More than ten years after its last tour at the Paris Opera, the Béjart Ballet Lausanne returns this season in answer to a fourth invitation. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

JIRI KYLIAN EVENING is Now Playing at the Paris Opera
by Stephi Wild - December 28, 2023

Jiří Kylián Evening is now playing at the Paris Opera. Performances will run through 31 December 2023.

Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPEND ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Lido 2
by Patrick Honoré - December 17, 2023

Jean-Luc Choplin continues to bring Sondheim to Paris

Michael Canitrot Will Perform at the Eiffel Tower to Commemorate the Passing of Gustave Eiffel
by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2023

On the occasion of the centenary of Gustave Eiffel's passing, the Eiffel Tower invites the French DJ and producer Michael Canitrot, creator of the Monumental Tour project, for an unprecedented artistic collaboration to rediscover the iconic monument through a unique fusion of heritage, electronic music, lighting, and performances

Review: ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY at Le Son De La Terre
by Patrick Honoré - December 04, 2023

Callaway has a way of finding new depths to even though most familiar songs, exerting a warmth that Winter in Paris needs.

TURANDOT is Now Playing at the Paris Opera
by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2023

Turandot is now playing at the Paris Opera. Performances run through 29 November.

DQATS Band Will Be Live at Sophia Tahanan: A Sonic Extravaganza Next Weekend
by Blair Ingenthron - November 19, 2023

DQATS Band Live at Sophia Tahanan: A Sonic Extravaganza on November 25th! Experience the soul-stirring live performances of DQATS Band, a genre-defying quintet from France. Don't miss this captivating night of music in Biot, French Riviera.

Adaptation of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER Makes World Premiere at the Théâtre de l'Opprimé
by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2023

Fem Devising Lab will present the Premier European Project of The Yellow Wallpaper, an English Devised Theatrical Performance, directed by Tori Johnson (originally written by C. P. Gilman).

Ma Mère l'Oye /​ L'Enfant et les Sortilèges Comes to the Paris Opera
by Stephi Wild - November 08, 2023

Ma Mère l'Oye /​ L'Enfant et les Sortilèges comes to the Paris Opera this month. Performances run from 21 November to 14 December 2023.

Review: SPAMALOT at Théatre De Paris
by Patrick Honoré - October 27, 2023

After the huge success of the Mel Brooks musical 'The Producers', 'Monty Python’s Spamalot' was a logical choice to follow suite with another stage adaptation of a hilarious and sometimes bawdy movie, just like it happened on Broadway, where both shows followed one another, winning Tonys.

Review: BLACK LEGENDS at 13ème Art
by Patrick Honoré - October 26, 2023

After many different incarnations since it first appeared as Swinging Life at L’Alhambra in 2009 and 2012, Valéry Rodriguez’s brainchild—now called Black Legends—has just begun its second 'season' in the new 13ème Art auditorium, following its sold-out run at Bobino last winter.  With a lot of new numbers added, a hip-hop medley, lively LED walls and lighting, and enhanced choreography, Black Legends fully deserves a second visit.

Lonny Price Helmed WEST SIDE STORY Opens in Paris
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2023

Get ready for an unforgettable performance as Lonny Price directs WEST SIDE STORY in Paris. Discover the opening date and venue for this highly anticipated musical production. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of this iconic show.

Interview: Nathan Guichet on Directing the Madonna Musical HOLIDAYS at L'Alhambra
by Patrick Honoré - October 23, 2023

A Madonna Juke Box Musical in Paris. In the sub-genre of the juke box musical that doesn’t tell the story of the star from whose oeuvre the songs are taken, but rather works those songs around an original story, comes Holidays on the heels of several predecessors, notably Broadway’s Mama Mia and Jagged Little Pill. 


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