Barnes News

Opera Saratoga announces additional casting and concert series for the company's 62nd annual Summer Festival.

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Louisville! Winners include Oldham Co. Arts Center, Derby Dinner Playhouse and more.

Houston’s Apollo Chamber Players presents REVISED on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:00pm at Holocaust Museum Houston and on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 2:00pm at Unity of Houston.

A MATTER OF FAITH, a new play by Ian Richard Barnes, will have its world premiere beginning January 24 for a limited off-Broadway engagement.

The Royal Ballet has announced further details about the forthcoming Festival of New Choreography, opening in February 2024.

Disney's Aladdin comes to Alaska PAC in April. Performances will run April 10 - 21, 2024.

American Composers Orchestra announces composers selected for national EarShot Readings & Residencies, pairing composers with mentors and training with major American orchestras.

The world-famous Comedy Cellar has announced the January 2024 lineup for its first West Coast location, an exact replica of its New York club, at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Dive into the behind-the-scenes process of 'Hilma,' the groundbreaking contemporary opera, as The Wilma Theater releases the second installment of their captivating docuseries. Discover the creative journey and inspiration behind this world premiere production.

Pugnacious Records announces a March 8th release date for Stone Cold Hands, the new album from singer/songwriter/guitarist Sean Riley. Based in New Orleans, Riley is a familiar face in the New Orleans music world, playing frequently throughout the city, from the Bywater to the French Quarter and Uptown, as well as regional shows in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

A Palm Springs favorite is back… and already selling out fast! Palm Canyon Theatre (PCT) will present Del Shores’ Sordid Lives, January 19-28, 2024. In the tradition of a good “cult classic,” PCT is encouraging audience participation with cues to sing along and get involved in the action (from the comfort of a seat).

‘Overcome' was largely recorded at the five-piece's various home studios by James de Malplaquet (vocals), Jim Briffett (guitars, piano), Will Calderbank (cello, keyboards, piano), Rhys Lovell (double bass) and Martin Deering (drums) with production assistance and mastering from Lotte Lindenberg's Wolfgang Gottlieb.

We loved WALKING WITH BUBBLES the show and now we truly enjoy this OCR. It is one to return to again and again.

Introducing 'My Journal' by Robert O'Toole: A Tool for Motivation, Inspiration, Love, and Kindness.

MCC Theater will present a special performance of Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice on Saturday January 6 at 7:00PM.

Rebecca Pidgeon just released the 'Everybody Learning to Fly' EP, celebrating it with a video for the title track. The other songs on this release are the first single 'Cry' and 'Big As The Sea.' The songs on this album, composed with long-time writing partner David Batteau, grow out of Pidgeon's fascination with filmmaking.

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) has announced nominations for the 2024 MUAHS Guild Awards. The MUAHS Awards represent a spectrum of outstanding achievements in 23 categories of make-up and hair styling artistry in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and live theater.

Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) has partnered with New Zealand-based producer A Mulled Whine to bring a collection of their celebrated productions to Auckland this month for the Talk Is Free Theatre Festival, continuing their tradition of touring tailor-adapted immersive projects around the world.

Broadway says goodbye to two productions. Some Like It Hot takes its final bow at the Shubert Theatre following 43 previews and 440 regular performances; and I Need That will conclude its limited run at the American Airlines Theatre following 21 previews and 68 regular performances. The venues will soon be home to Hell's Kitchen and Doubt respectively

Actress Vinie Burrows, once proclaimed “the queen of Black theater” by Clive Barnes of The New York Times, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day 2023 surrounded by family, at the age of 99.