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THE CHOIR OF MAN To Return To Chicago's Apollo Theater This Fall
by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2024

International sensation The Choir of Man has announced a second season following the completion of its initial run on May 26, 2024. The Chicago production will return to the Apollo Theater stage in September 2024 to resume performances at the start of Chicago's fall theater season.

THE CHOIR OF MAN Extends in Chicago
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

 International sensation The Choir of Man has announced the extension of its Chicago production due to popular demand! The cast of Chicago area natives and all-star The Choir of Man veterans direct from the UK will now entertain audiences through July 14, 2024, at the Apollo Theate at 2550 N Lincoln Avenue in Chicago.

Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN at Apollo Theater
by Rachel Weinberg - Apr 4, 2024

Raise a glass to THE CHOIR OF MAN, a rollicking good time of a show. The show’s a UK transfer and it transports audiences to the fictitious pub The Jungle, modeled after classic Irish and British pubs. Therein, the eponymous nine man choir serves up pop and rock hits on tap. THE CHOIR OF MAN is all about having fun and delivering on its promise of great vocal arrangements.

Video: The Cast of CHOIR OF MAN At Apollo Theatre Performs 'Some Nights'
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2024

See first look video of the Chicago engagement of The Choir of Man, now playing at the Apollo Theatre. Check out the cast singing 'Some Nights' by Fun.! 

Video: The Cast of CHOIR OF MAN At Apollo Theatre Performs 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song)'
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2024

See first look video of the Chicago engagement of The Choir of Man, now playing at the Apollo Theatre. Check out the cast singing Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes! 

Chicago Artists Join UK All-Stars In THE CHOIR OF MAN At the Apollo Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2024

Local artists RJ Griffith and Kevin James Sievert join UK all-stars in the Chicago production of international smash-hit THE CHOIR OF MAN this spring. Performances begin March 27, 2024, at Chicago’s Apollo Theater.

Review Roundup: Andrew Scott Stars in Sam Yates' VANYA. What Did the Critics Think?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 22, 2023

This production explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.So what did the critics think?

Australian Production of GREASE Releases Sneak Peek Music Video of 'You're The One That I Want' - Watch Here!
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 20, 2023

Producers of the multi-million dollar stage musical GREASE have revealed a sneak preview of a recording of one of the beloved musical's favourite songs, You're The One That I Want featuring Annelise Hall in the role of Sandy and Joseph Spanti in the role of Danny. GREASE is set to open in Melbourne on December 31 2023 and at Sydney's Capitol Theatre from March 2024. Watch here!

Patti Newton, Marcia Hines, Jay Laga'aia and More Join Cast of GREASE Musical
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 18, 2023

Some of Australia's favourite performers are joining the cast of the multi-million dollar stage production of GREASE, including Patti Newton as Miss Lynch, Marcia Hines as Teen Angel and Jay Laga'aia as Vince Fontaine in the hit musical set to open in Melbourne on 31 December 2023 and in Sydney from March 2024.

GREASE To Return To Australia In 2024
by Blair Ingenthron - May 6, 2023

A brand-new production of the number one party musical GREASE is set to debut as Melbourne's summer musical at Her Majesty's Theatre from January 2024 and the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from March 2024.

Matthew Broderick, Tony Shalhoub, and More Join the Roth Festival Line-Up
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2023

New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced the complete cast of its one-time dramatic reading of the late Philip Roth's bestselling novel The Plot Against America featuring some of the most esteemed actors working today in a monumental performance at the center of PHILIP ROTH UNBOUND: Illuminating a Literary Legacy, NJPAC's three-day celebration of the iconic writer.

TAKE ME OUT To Host Post-Show Talk Back With Cast Members, Billy Bean, and Sports Journalists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2022

The Tony-nominated Best Revival, TAKE ME OUT, will host a special post-show talkback on Tuesday, May 17 featuring members of the cast; Billy Bean, one of only two Major League Baseball players to come out as gay; as well as sports journalists Howard Bryant and Kat O’Brien.

Altameda Release New Album 'Born Losers'
by Michael Major - Apr 18, 2022

To mark the release of Born Losers, Altameda has unveiled a new music video for their song “Sweet Susie.' The video shows Altameda guitarist and vocalist, Troy Snaterse. The album was recorded in Toronto by Thomas D’Arcy (Neko Case, The Sheepdogs) and mixed in Portland, OR by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Whitney, R.E.M.).

The Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra Builds Management Team
by Stephi Wild - Mar 9, 2022

The Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the not-for-profit organization known as MOSSO, have engaged a management team to assist them in producing live classical music concerts for Greater Springfield and Western Massachusetts.

All-Star Lineup Of 2020 Innovators Announced For NOWHERE FEST
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2021

On the anniversary of the WHO’s declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, NOWHERE, a new social and events platform that revolutionizes online gathering by offering face-to-face interaction in beautifully designed three-dimensional spaces in partnership with Preview Events, presents three days of performances, panels, and serendipitous connection. $5-$100 tickets are on sale at www.urnowhere.com/fest. The proceeds will benefit Helping Hearts NYC.

Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon Perform In HUMANITY RISING: NOTRE-DAME REBORN
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2020

Chicago's own Alfreda Burke and Rodrick Dixon will perform in this virtual gala benefiting the rebuilding and restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Burke and Dixon have starred in the Auditorium Theatre's annual production of Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah since the show began 16 years ago.

ISTC Announces Scriptease Series
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2020

Iowa Stage Theatre Company, central Iowa's home for award-winning theater that inspires, enlightens and entertains, announces its 2020 Scriptease Play Reading Series, with its first production slated to be KAA-ZOWIE, the first play from renowned journalist Scott Simon of National Public Radio.

AMERICAN INSPIRATION â€"A New, Best-Selling Author Series To Premiere In Boston's Back Bay
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2019

Today's top writers are coming to Boston for a new series of author talks called American Inspiration. The series is produced by American Ancestors, the country's oldest genealogical institution, headquartered in Boston's Back Bay. American Inspiration presents best-selling authors and their latest books exploring themes of personal identity, families and immigration, and social and cultural history. Tickets for the fall season are on sale now.

Tony Bennett to Take the Stage at the Majestic Theatre
by Julie Musbach - Aug 19, 2019

The Majestic Theatre welcomes back Tony Bennett, the nineteen-time Grammy Award-winning musician whose music spans over six decades, on October 9, 2019 at 7:30PM in the a?oeI Left My Hearta?? Tour! Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 23 at 11AM.

BWW Review: Stages St. Louis' GREASE Is the One That You Want (Oh Yes Indeed)
by Tanya Seale - Jul 27, 2019

WOW is the word right now, as Grease, with direction and musical staging by Michael Hamilton, plays at Stages St. Louis! In this automatic, systematic, hyyyydromatic show, it's 1950s USA, and a new school year is beginning at Rydel High. A feisty Miss Lynch (Kendra Lynn Lucas) greets us as her students with the morning announcements (and theatre etiquette, too a?" thank you Miss Lynch), using a training clicker to keep us in check lest we get too rowdy. She knows her students, after all. Moving into the musical, we encounter Sandy Dumbrowski (Summerisa Bell Stevens) and Danny Zuko (Sam Harvey), who met at the beach over summer break and had a sweet little romance. Both will be attending Rydel for their senior year, unbeknownst to one other, so that makes for a scrumptiously awkward...