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Review: 42E RUE FAIT SON SHOW 2025 at Radio France

Review: 42E RUE FAIT SON SHOW 2025 at Radio France

by Patrick Honoré — December 19, 2025
The 8th '42e Rue Fait Son Show' just dropped on @francemusique – 'La Vie d'Artiste' celebrates the highs & dreams of performers with stars like Sabine Devieilhe, Rosemary Standley, Lily Kerhoas, and a world premiere of MAGIC HÔTEL! Brass, tap, glitter, and that unbeatable live orchestra energy.
Review: CHICAGO at Casino De Paris

Review: CHICAGO at Casino De Paris

by Patrick Honoré — December 16, 2025
The Paris revival remains polished and efficient, but once again raises a familiar question: has Chicago become more concert than theatre?
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Théâtre De Châtelet

Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Théâtre De Châtelet

by Patrick Honoré — December 14, 2025
La Cage aux Folles finally returns to its French roots at the Théâtre du Châtelet—and the homecoming is worth the wait.
SIEGFRIED By Richard Wagner Comes to Opera Bastille in 2026

SIEGFRIED By Richard Wagner Comes to Opera Bastille in 2026

by BWW News Desk — December 10, 2025
Siegfried by Richard Wagner comes to Opéra Bastille next year.
SIEGFRIED Comes to Opéra Bastille in January 2026

SIEGFRIED Comes to Opéra Bastille in January 2026

by BWW News Desk — December 5, 2025
With Siegfried, staged in Calixto Bieito’s new production, the Paris Opera presents the third part of Richard Wagner’s extraordinary undertaking, the Ring of the Nibelung.
Photos: KINKY BOOTS First-Ever French Production Brussels

Photos: KINKY BOOTS First-Ever French Production Brussels

by BWW News Desk — November 28, 2025
You can now get a first look at photos of the first-ever French adaptation of Kinky Boots in Brussels, Belgium.
Pianist Yuja Wang's PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN IMMERSIVE ODYSSEY is Now at Philharmonie de

Pianist Yuja Wang's PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN IMMERSIVE ODYSSEY is Now at Philharmonie de Paris

by BWW News Desk — November 24, 2025
A bold reimagining of the classical concert experience has made its world premiere at Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris.
Cast Set For Sting-Led THE LAST SHIP in Amsterdam, Paris, and Brisbane

Cast Set For Sting-Led THE LAST SHIP in Amsterdam, Paris, and Brisbane

by BWW News Desk — November 7, 2025
Seventeen-time Grammy Award winning artist Sting will perform in his musical, The Last Ship, in Amsterdam, Brisbane and Paris.
Review: LE FANTÔME DE L'OPÉRA at Théâtre Antoine

Review: LE FANTÔME DE L'OPÉRA at Théâtre Antoine

by Patrick Honoré — October 27, 2025
Just days after its October 22nd 2025 premiere at Paris's Théâtre Antoine, Benoît Solès's bold French adaptation of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra has already sparked a whirlwind of reactions.
Pianist Yuja Wang’s Immersive Performance Installation Comes to Philharmonie de Par

Pianist Yuja Wang’s Immersive Performance Installation Comes to Philharmonie de Paris

by BWW News Desk — October 27, 2025
A bold reimagining of the classical concert experience makes its world premiere this November at Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris.
Review: THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT at Théâtre Du Lido

Review: THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT at Théâtre Du Lido

by Patrick Honoré — October 22, 2025
From Cherbourg to Rochefort: completing Demy's dream trilogy, The Young Girls of Rochefort soars on stage in Paris.
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Théâtre de La Madeleine

Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Théâtre de La Madeleine

by Patrick Honoré — October 19, 2025
The French premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at the Théâtre de la Madeleine on 10 October 2025 marks an accomplished and thoughtful introduction of the Tony Award–winning musical to Parisian audiences.
Review: THE PRODUCERS at Théâtre De Paris

Review: THE PRODUCERS at Théâtre De Paris

by Patrick Honoré — October 13, 2025
A Triumphant Return: 'Les Producteurs' Lights Up Théâtre de Paris Once More.
AIDA is Now Playing at the Paris Opera

AIDA is Now Playing at the Paris Opera

by BWW News Desk — September 30, 2025
Tel est le dilemme d’Aida, princesse éthiopienne réduite en esclavage en Égypte, confrontée de surcroît à la rivalité d’Amneris, la fille du pharaon, qui aime le même homme qu’elle, Radamès.
gaudanse to Perform at FUSA Dance Festival in Paris This September

gaudanse to Perform at FUSA Dance Festival in Paris This September

by BWW News Desk — September 18, 2025
gaudanse will perform mamihlapinatapai, choreographed by Imani Gaudin, at the FUSA Dance Festival in Paris on September 19, 2025.
ROOTS Comes to the Paris Opera in October

ROOTS Comes to the Paris Opera in October

by BWW News Desk — September 17, 2025
Entitled Roots, this programme explores those of George Balanchine who, in Theme and Variations, created in 1947 in New York, adopted Tchaikovsky’s music to pay homage to the Russian academic tradition that nurtured him.
Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre Announces European Premiere & French Tour

Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre Announces European Premiere & French Tour

by BWW News Desk — September 8, 2025
​​​​​​​Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (US/Palestine) and Au Contraire Productions (France) will bring their acclaimed production Gathering to France this fall, with performances across Nouvelle-Aquitaine from October 8 through November 27, 2025.
Review: REBECCA at Château Du Karreveld

Review: REBECCA at Château Du Karreveld

by Patrick Honoré — August 26, 2025
At Brussels’ enchanting Château du Karreveld, Festival Bruxellons! delivers a climatic French-language premiere of Rebecca, a romantic thriller musical that easily surpasses the English-language London production with its breathtaking spectacle, including the audacious use of real fire on stage.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LA DISTANCE By Tiago Rodrigues

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LA DISTANCE By Tiago Rodrigues

by Wesley Doucette — July 28, 2025
A two-person epistolary drama between a father and daughter - On the surface, this sounds like the kind of conventional, writer-driven theatre that the Festival d’Avignon seeks to disrupt.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents GAHUGU GATO By Dida Nibagwire and Frédéric

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents GAHUGU GATO By Dida Nibagwire and Frédéric Fisbach

by Wesley Doucette — July 28, 2025
Through music, dance, and storytelling in the Festival d’Avignon’s beautiful Cloître des Célestins, a company of performers brings to life the story of a family.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents TAIRE By Tamara Al Saadi

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents TAIRE By Tamara Al Saadi

by Wesley Doucette — July 28, 2025
This protest forms the foundation of childhood life.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LES INCRÉDULES By Samuel Achache

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LES INCRÉDULES By Samuel Achache

by Wesley Doucette — July 28, 2025
Currently onstage at the Festival d’Avignon’s restored Opéra Grand Avignon is, much to my astonishment, an opera.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents YES DADDY By Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents YES DADDY By Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel

by Wesley Doucette — July 28, 2025
The performances of this year’s Festival d’Avignon trended towards the intimate and the documentarian.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOMMET By Christoph Marthaler

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOMMET By Christoph Marthaler

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
Duri Bischoff’s set for Christoph Marthaler’s Le Sommet, now playing at the Festival d’Avignon’s FabricA theatre, presents a photorealistic cross-section of a chalet.

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