Barnes News

De Stichting Musical Awards is verheugd vandaag mede te delen dat de genomineerden voor de Musical Awards 2022 bekend zijn. De afgelopen maanden bezocht de vakjury, bestaande uit Jon van Eerd, Hilde Scholten, Arno Gelder, Dianne Zuidema, Joy Kreiken, Maurice Luttikhuis, Michiel de Regt, Henriëtte Tol en Rennie Rijpma alle producties. Na vakkundig beraad hebben zij hun nominaties bekend gemaakt. Disney's Aladdin en Come From Away zijn beiden met 12 nominaties het meest vertegenwoordigd direct gevolgd door Rocky Horror Show met 11 nominaties. Ook dit jaar kan het publiek bepalen welke musical van het afgelopen seizoen, volgens hen, de beste is via de Leukstetickets.nl Publieksprijs voor Beste Musical. Publiek kan sinds begin maart hun stem uitbrengen op leukstetickets.nl. De prijsuitreiking vindt plaats op 28 april 2022 in RTM Stage, de grote theaterzaal van Rotterdam Ahoy en wordt om 20.35 uur live uitgezonden door AVROTROS op NPO1. Het gala wordt gepresenteerd door Frits Sissing. Kaarten voor het gala zijn vanaf aanstaande maandag te koop via eventim.nl

Emerging artist Auditorium—the musical alias of multifaceted musician Spencer Berger—unveils new song “Young Man, You’ve Fallen” today. Berger is currently recording the third, full-length Auditorium album, which he’s planning to release in 2023. Watch the lyric video for the new track now!

Saturday, March 26th at 8pm ET, the Spring 2022 season of Queens Theatre's popular play reading series New American Voices (NAV), will continue with 'AS I WAS NOT AS I AM' by Alice Hakvaag.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Broadway Across America announced today that PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL tickets are on sale now; the Broadway musical will play May 4 – May 15, 2022.

Emmy-nominated writing team Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond have released the world premiere recording of their song 'Chaos', performed by Ben Fankhauser (Newsies) with orchestrations by August Eriksmoen (Come From Away, Bright Star), is now available.

The producers of the PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL announced today that single tickets for the upcoming tour engagement at Proctors in Schenectady November 8 – 13, 2022, will go on sale Friday, March 25.

Due to phenomenal demand, the smash-hit, Olivier-nominated THE CHOIR OF MAN returns to The Arts Theatre in London's West End this autumn, with performances beginning 1 October 2022 and a national press night on Thursday 13 October.  Tickets will be on sale from 10.00am, Friday 25 March.

In a special online presentation, ArtsBridge Foundation today announced the nominees for the 14th Annual Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards for the 2021-22 school year. View the full list of nominees.

Michael James Scott (Genie) surprised a lucky guest – the 888th ticketholder scanned at the theatre that afternoon – with a cruise aboard Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Wish. The giveaway was announced during curtain call in front of the sold-out audience.

DISRUPTION, a new play written by Andrew Stein and directed by Hersh Ellis (Rain and Zoe Save The World; Pacific Overtures) will have an industry reading on Thursday, March 31 at 4:00PM at Open Jar Studios (1601 Broadway, 11th Floor).

OVO's production of 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'  here opens the festival on May 24th at 7.30pm; The Dream runs to June 11th and is co-directed by Adam Nichols and Matt Strachan.

The Gudinski Family and the Mushroom Group have announced that a statue of the late Michael Solomon Gudinski AM, Mushroom Group founder, was unveiled this morning outside Melbourne's iconic Rod Laver Arena, part of the Melbourne & Olympic Park precinct.

Global storytelling nonprofit The Moth, in collaboration with the South Orange Performing Arts Center, presents a special Mainstage show on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30PM.

Broadway In Hollywood has announced their new 2022-23 season entitled, 'Simply the Best' - the first full season announcement in two years, consisting of eight Broadway national tour productions which will play both the Pantages and Dolby Theatres in Hollywood.

Producer Daryl Roth has announced a special series of “Meet The Author Nights” at BETWEEN THE LINES, which will feature talkbacks with NY Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who wrote the novel the musical is based on alongside her daughter Samantha Van Leer.

Animal welfare advocate, author, and TV/film professional Lisa Pellegrene recently released 'A Glimpse Into the Sunshine,' a novella length book consisting of short, inspirational, true stories to uplift and motivate people to 'seek the good,' and focus on the blessings. 'A Glimpse Into the Sunshine' was released in February of 2022 and is available in all formats - full color paperback, Kindle, and a hard back cover.

Session Zero LLC is a partnership between David Andrew Laws, Sarah Reynolds and David Carpenter/Gamiotics, the creative brain trust behind The Twenty-Sided Tavern, an experiential entertainment event that will have its World Premiere on Friday, April 15, at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s famously unique Greer Cabaret.

Aladdin, the hit musical based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, will celebrate its 8th anniversary on Broadway this Sunday, March 20, 2022. The hit musical opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre to critical acclaim on March 20, 2014 and quickly established itself as one of the biggest new blockbusters in recent years.

Following its recently announced nine Olivier award nominations, it was announced today (17 March 2022) that public booking for Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel's award-winning book, has been extended until 4 September 2022.

Seeing new musicals is something I relish. With no frame of reference, it allows me to take in every aspect of the show more profoundly. The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes at BDT Stage is the latest contemporary musical to be picked over by yours truly.