Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart & More Join Playa Luna's Dead Ahead
The event will celebrate the Grateful Dead songbook featuring two nights of curated collaborations themed “Dead Ahead” with Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, Jeff Chimenti, Oteil Burbridge, Don Was & Jay Lane featuring Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rick Mitarotonda, Margo Price and very special guest Sturgill Simpson.
Goose and LP Giobbi Unite for New Cross-Collaboration
Goose reimagines LP Giobbi’s “All I Need” – from her acclaimed 2023 debut album, Light Places (and not to be confused with their own song of the same name) – and delivers an instant dance-rock classic, putting their signature spin on the ethereal electronic original, with singer/guitarist Rick Mitarotonda’s vocals now at the forefront.
Curious Theatre Branch Shares its 35th Season of Original Works
Curious Theatre Branch has announced its 35th season of all original work including Moon at the Bottom of the Ocean, written by Bryn Magnus and directed by Jenny Magnus, September 1 - 23; The Rose is off the Bloom, December/January 2024, written and directed by Beau O’Reilly; Goodness, April 2024, written and performed by Jenny Magnus and The 35th Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, June 2024.
Photos: LA PIÑATA Premieres This Weekend In Los Angeles!
LA PIÑATA, written by comedian Jerry Garcia, with music and lyrics by Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning children's musician Lucky Diaz, directed by Drina Durazo premieres on Saturday, May 27, at Art Share LA. See photos from the production!
Bilingual Family Musical Comedy LA PIÑATA To Have World Premiere At Teatro Fogata, May 27
Woodcraft Rangers -- one of Los Angeles's largest, longest-running, and most inclusive youth enrichment programs -- has teamed up with comedian Jerry Garcia, Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning children's musician Lucky Diaz and director and designer Drina Durazo to co-produce La Piñata, a groundbreaking Spanish bilingual family musical comedy to premiere on Saturday, May 27, at Art Share LA.
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Presents CYMBELINE
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has announced that its 41st season of Free Shakespeare in the Park will present Cymbeline. Believed to be one of Shakespeare's final plays, Cymbeline is widely considered one of his greatest achievements, depicting powerful emotions in a fairy tale setting that concludes with inventive scenes of revelation and joyful reconciliation.
GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP 2023 Coming to Theaters
Featuring the Dead’s Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and with Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick on keys, the Soldier Field show was filled with fan favorites, including “Shakedown Street,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” “Playing In The Band,” “Terrapin Station,” “Dark Star,” and more. Watch the video trailer now!
Dave McMurray Returns with 'Grateful Deadication 2' Grateful Dead Tribute Album
The follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound joined by guests including Oteil Burbridge, Bob James, Jamey Johnson, Greg Leisz, and Don Was. Watch the video for “Scarlet Begonias” featuring vocals by Burbridge.
23 Theater Books for Your Spring 2023 Reading List
Need a great book to spring into the new season? This spring, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 23 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's spring reading list.
Marcella Arguello's BITCH, GROW UP! Special to Debut on HBO Max
In BITCH, GROW UP!, Arguello couples her larger-than-life stage presence with her brutally honest take on post-pandemic hook ups and why broke men are better in bed, an exploration of how “Beauty and the Beast” triggered an epiphany, and a self-reflection on her middle school D.A.R.E. essay. Watch the new video trailer now!
Free Shakespeare Comes To Redwood City This Weekend
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's 40th Anniversary season production of Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, returns to Redwood City at a new location this summer. Performances will take place at Red Morton Community Park, Valota Rd & Vera Ave (near Picnic Area #2), August 13-28 on Saturdays and Sundays at 4:00 pm.