Benjamin News

92Y has announced it's upcoming events including a screening of Tick...Tick... BOOM! and conversation with Andrew Garfield, and more!

TWO WEEKS REMAIN to submit songs to the FOURTH ANNUAL Write Out Loud Contest, led by Taylor Louderman (Tony Nominee, Mean Girls) and the Write Out Loud team -- Benjamin Rauhala (Disney Princess - The Concert), Hannah Kloepfer (Pitch In), Sarah Glugatch, Josh Collopy.

The Pleasing Recollection – a playful and witty musical adventure that blends opera and cabaret – will make its New York debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below for two shows only on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM and Wednesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM. 

The Royal Opera will present Lost and Found: a series of brand-new, train-themed, micro-operas created by women composer and librettist teams. On Tuesday 8 March 2022, between 11am and 4pm, St. Pancras International will become a stage for the day, giving commuters the chance to enjoy stories and songs based on submissions from the public. 

Rehearsal images for the critically acclaimed production of Small Island are released today. Adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel and directed by Rufus Norris, the production will open on 24 February in the Olivier theatre.  

Wigmore Hall, home to the UK’s largest classical music concert programme, announces the full line up of 224 concerts from April 2022 until the end of the concert season in July 2022.

Griffin Theatre Company and Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta present the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award-winning Orange Thrower from Friday 18th February to Saturday 19th March at the SBW Stables Theatre before heading to Riverside Theatres from Wednesday 30th March to Saturday 2nd April.

Keri René Fuller, Nick Martinez, Deon'te Goodman and more can be heard on the recording previewing the new musical by Benjamin Halstead and Joey Contreras

Alex Edelman’s critically acclaimed new show Just For Us will play an encore engagement this spring at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, NYC), producer Mike Birbiglia announced today. Due to popular demand, the one-man comedy moves to the SoHo Playhouse for six weeks only, playing March 14 - April 23, 2022.

Gary McAvay, former President of Columbia Artists Theatricals has passed away at age 68. 

Wharton Center has announced the First National Tour of MEAN GIRLS will be coming to East Lansing from Tuesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 6, 2022, as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Season.

Lifeboat Productions will present the world premiere of The Black Knight by Angeli Primlani, on stage at City Lit Theater in Edgewater, from February 26 - April 2.

Bucks County Playhouse has rescheduled the previously announced release of Broadway and television star Andy Mientus’s “Ladies of the Canyon” film to March 18, 2022. The film will now stream on the Stellar platform through April 1, 2022.

'You + I' was written by Wil Martin, Andy Stafford, Aaron Fink, John Novak and Michael Sylvia. The song was produced by Wil Martin & Aaron Fink, mixed and mastered by Allen Terry. 'Tongue Tied (Unplugged)' was written, produced and mixed by Wil Martin and mastered by Rob Brill. The song was previously released on their second album TWO.

It was a usual great week at Birdland Theater for THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER... only a little more great because Dan Finnerty and Susie Mosher in the same room gets the party going.

Based on the celebrated novel by famed mystery writer Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), “Deep Water” stars Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Dash Mihok, Finn Wittrock, Kristen Connolly, Jacob Elordi, Rachel Blanchard, Michael Braun, Jade Fernandez, Grace Jenkins, Brendan C. Miller, Devyn Tyler and Jeff Pope.

Edward Gardner, recently hailed by The Times (London) for the 'sheer vivacity' of his music-making, has been appointed Music Director of the Norwegian Opera & Ballet. He will assume the position of Artistic Advisor from 1 February 2022 before beginning his tenure as Music Director on 1 August 2024.

To celebrate Black History Month, Towne Street Theatre will present Black Annie and the Pastor for one night only on Sunday February 27, 2022 at 4:00 pm.

Last night, the hugely anticipated revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, starring two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award-winning star Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill and two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo opened triumphantly on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and we're taking you to the curtain call and after party below!

Last night, the hugely anticipated revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, starring two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award-winning star Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill and two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo opened triumphantly on Broadway.