Barnes News

Three of the country's hottest comics- Jonas Barnes, Rob Maher and Freddie Ricks- are headlining Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center's Comedy Explosion event on Friday, October 15 at 8 PM.

Hiran Abeysekera makes a welcome return to the show in the central role of Pi, alongside Mina Anwar as Ma, Nicholas Khan as Father, Payal Mistry as Rani, Tom Espiner as Father Martin and Commmander Grant-Jones, Raj Ghatak as Mamaji and Pandit-Ji, Syreeta Kumar as Mrs Biology Kumar and Zaida Khan, David K.S. Tse as Mr Okamoto, Kirsten Foster as Lulu Chen, Habib Nasib Nader as Cook and Voice of Tiger.

From October 29 to November 20, 2021, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the New England premiere of BLKS, Aziza Barnes' raucous comedy of misbehavior that it is also “serious and sad and profoundly human.” (New York Times).  

The producers of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL have released the first production photo for the tour featuring Olivia Valli as Vivian Ward and Adam Pascal as Edward Lewis. Take a look here!

New Adventures has announced their Overture dance artist cohort for 2021/2022. Established in 2016, Overture is the annual New Adventures professional development programme for dance artists and dance teachers from a variety of genres who have been working in community or education settings for less than five years.

 The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City's premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, announced the 2021 Bessie Award recipients tonight at the 37th annual Bessie Awards ceremony, held again this year on the virtual stage.

Winners included Tom Barnes, Arlo Parks, Lewis Capaldi, BTS, Jonas Brothers, Anne-Marie, Niall Horan, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, and more.

Binge Free Festival, the festival of free theatre performances based at Santa Monica Playhouse, has just added two more events to the festival line-up. These will be virtual, i.e. online. Both events are free of charge.

Joining the board at its annual fall meeting on October 7, 2021, were music director Ted Arthur, City National Bank Executive Vice President Linda Duncombe, actor Mandy Gonzalez, lyricist/composer Amanda Green, Times Square Alliance Executive Director Tom Harris, stage manager Kenneth J. McGee and actor John Eric Parker.

The producers of THE CHOIR OF MAN have announced the cast for the West End premiere. Learn more about the full cast and check out the new trailer here!

The podcast features GRSF's professional acting company and is accompanied by Scott O'Brien's haunting score and soundscape, originally designed for GRSF's 2019 season production, directed by Paul Mason Barnes.

Dean Wareham has shared a new single, the kaleidoscopic baroque-pop stunner, “As Much As It Was Worth It.” The track is off his upcoming album, I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A which is out next Friday, October 15.  The video for the song was directed by German artist Judith Berndsen and edited by Britta Phillips.

Performances of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at the Fabulous Fox run November 16-28. Show times are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoons at 2 p.m., Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee performance on Thursday, November 18 at 1 p.m.

Broadway gave Six a royal welcome last night, as the new musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss finally opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Mean Girls has announced full casting for the relaunch of its First National Tour and we've got the full cast list. Find out who is starring in the show and when it's coming to a city near you.

Broadway gave Six a royal welcome last night, as the new musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, finally opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. 

Nadina Hassan will be joining the cast of Mean Girls on tour as none other than North Shore apex predator, Regina George.

The National Center for Choreography - Akron and The University of Akron School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration have announced this year's Community Commissioning Residency, the annual fall phase of Ideas in Motion program.

Today, Sing It Again Records announced that it will release a special commemorative vinyl box set of the Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hadestown. Get all the details on the The limited edition special boxed set.

Following last night's reopening, Disney's Aladdin on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre has announced that tonight's performance has been canceled due to breakthrough Covid-19 cases detected within the company.