Boy George News

Daniel Nardicio will present Jimmy James live at Red Eye NY, on Wednesday, Dec 28th. Learn how to get tickets!

The creative team adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby into a Broadway-bound stage musical has been announced. It will feature music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Nathan Tysen & Jason Howland, and a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan, helmed by award-winning director Marc Bruni.

Toronto pop darling Victoria Alex is back, this time asking: “Let’s Pretend.' The Torontonian behind the smash, “Screaming”, is solidifying her pop prowess on her latest single. “Let’s Pretend” features a hypnotic melody, crushing beats, and slung together With Alex’ signature powerhouse vocals. Listen to the new single now!

Boy George & Culture Club announced their highly-anticipated return to Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas with a three-night engagement in 2023. Following their sold-out debut at Wynn in 2022, flamboyant frontman Boy George, along with bass guitarist Mikey Craig and guitar and keyboardist Roy Hay, together with a 13-piece band.

Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher of iconic and legendary music in the world, and Lively McCabe Entertainment, the production company led by Michael Barra, have announced a new partnership to develop a slate of new stage musicals.

Producers Ken Davenport and Primary Wave Music announced the development of The Ten, a new musical project inspired by the power and spiritual energy of gospel, featuring music that also draws from hip-hop, bluegrass, R&B, soul, and the blues.

The Green Room 42 has announced its October line-up for in-person cabaret performances. October will feature new installments of Broadway Sessions, At This Performance, Villain: DeBlanks and much more.ARTZ

The highly anticipated series “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” is returning to WOW Presents Plus and World of Wonder has now Ru-vealed the next set of fabulous drag queens. The queens of Season 4 are: Baby, Black Peppa, Cheddar Gorgeous, Copper Top, Dakota Schiffer, Danny Beard, Jonbers Blonde, Just May, Le Fil, Pixie Polite, Sminty Drop, and Starlet.

Hannah Waddingham, Boy George, Mel B, Dame Joanna Lumley, Alison Hammond, Lorraine Pascale, Leomie Anderson, Olly Alexander, FKA Twigs, AJ Odudu, Tess Daly, Giovanni Pernice, Aisling Bea and Cathy Dennis all sashay their way on to the glamorous set of a brand new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

Rufus Wainwright has created an original score for HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis starring Improv and Comedy Legend Colin Mochrie (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?”) and Hypnotist Extraordinaire Asad Mecci. 

Witness the songs of one of the greatest pop icons of our generation on Saturday 24 September in the beautiful Concert Hall, Concourse Theatre in this world premiere starring 'The Voice' finalist Masha Mnjoyanaccompanied by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra as they pay homage to the music and voice of the late, great  Whitney Houston, with musical direction by George Ellis.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra have commissioned a new work by famed Latin Jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Paquito D'Rivera. Entitled “The Journey,” the new work is a concerto for cello, clarinet, erhu, and orchestra. Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet, will be joined by Cathy Yang, erhu, and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by José Luis Gomez.

'This season is really focusing on acknowledging history'

With the release of “Baker Miller Pink”, Sofie Royer also shares news of a series of shows with Toro Y Moi on his UK and European tour this Autumn. She will play several UK and Ireland shows including at St John at Hackney Church in London and New Century Hall in Manchester. Sofie features on the track “Clarity” from Toro Y Moi’s new album MAHAL.

Glow Lyric Theatre, South Carolina’s only summer opera and musical theatre, has announced the highly anticipated full return of their annual Summer Festival Season.

Other contributions come from the band’s longtime mixer, Brandon Bost (HAIM, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga), Finnish electronic duo Pihka Is My Name and Brooklyn’s Lauren Flax; each re-imagining the haunting track to make it their own. The song that started it all, “Ketamine,” was the first release from the band’s debut self-titled EP.

On the heels of a successful, sold-out series of spring tour dates, Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum (Michael C. Hall, Peter Yanowitz & Matt Katz-Bohen) have announced a July headline tour. The tour kicks off on July 22 at Soundstage in Baltimore, along with a special appearance in Michael C. Hall’s hometown of Raleigh, NC.

Rosie O’Donnell is set to host an incredible night of comedy to benefit Friendly House LA on Saturday, July 16th, 2022, at The Fonda Theater. The “Stand Up For Friendly House LA” benefit will also feature an array of amazing fierce and funny women including performances from Atsuko Okatsuka, Beth Lapides, Gina Yashere, and headliner Kathy Griffin.

The Green Room 42 has announced their May line-up for in-person performances. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club.

An unmissable one-woman show by acclaimed playwright Mark Davies Markham is returning to the Liverpool stage this summer after winning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.