Cirque du Soleil News

The full cast are now announced for David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Take That's UK Tour of Tim Firth's new musical, THE BAND, with the music of Take That.  The tour will begin at Manchester Opera House on 8 September, with a national press night on Tuesday 26 September 2017.  The advance box office for the tour has now topped a record-breaking £10million.

Tony nominee Karine Plantadit will present Victory Dance Project's 'Woman of Valour Award' to Broadway legend Chita Rivera, on Thursday, June 15 at 7:30pm at the opening celebration of the company's third season, at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (MMAC), 248 W. 60th Street.

Robin Henderson, creator of the Best of Fringe hit Dance Animal, will be returning to the Toronto Fringe Festival with Pineapple Club, from July 7th-16th, 2017 at the Factory Theatre Mainspace.

Robin Henderson, creator of the Best of Fringe hit Dance Animal, is thrilled to be returning to the Toronto Fringe Festival with Pineapple Club, from July 7th-16th, 2017 at the Factory Theatre Mainspace.

The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will play the Peace Center on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. as part of its tour of more than 45 U.S. and Canadian cities from coast to coast. The immersive concert-style show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry, to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the '60s, to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous The Concert in Central Park reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.

Happy Tonys season BroadwayWorld! Is your CD collection and iPod Tonys ready? The big show-the 71th annual Tony Awards-is just over 24 hours away! Naturally, New York City and theatre fans across the world are excitedly buzzing about this year's ceremonies, which will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 8/7c on CBS. As always, this Broadway season has some exciting contenders in the musical categories, and to get you ready for the big night, I'm recapping the albums you should be listening to (or at least pre-ordering).

Astonishing tap artists from across the U.S. and abroad come together in a Jacob's Pillow-exclusive program curated and introduced by the "tireless ambassador of tap" Michelle Dorrance (The New York Times).

When Denis Cote released Vic et Flo ont vu un ours in 2013, it took the film world by storm. A genre bending horror/love story, it won numerous international awards, including the prestigious Berlin Film Festival Alfred Bauer award for 'opening new perspectives on cinematic art.'

Step right up, step right up! Circus 1903-Golden Age of Circus will help cap off SPA's 50th Anniversary Season, for several performances June 9th through the 11th in Jones Hall, presented by the Society for the Performing Arts.

Singers, dancers, actors, models, and instrumentalists will compete at the 21st Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) July 1 - 9, 2017 in Long Beach, California. This international meet is often cited as the official "Talent Olympics"for performers and is the only event of its kind!

Lookingglass Theatre Company announces a partnership with TodayTix-the free mobile app that provides on-demand access to theater tickets-to offer exclusive $25 Lottery tickets to the return of its award-winning production of Moby Dick.

Stand-up comic and Broadway, film and television star David Alan Grier will perform at the Treasure Island Theater with Kira Soltanovich on Friday, July 14 at 9 p.m.

The satire, which hammers HAMILTON with love-by-parody in a zippy 70-minute show, is moving to midtown.

BWW Review: CIRCUS 1903 at Music Hall At Fair Park

Cirque du Soleil returns to London's Royal Albert Hall in January 2018 with OVO which comes to the UK for the first time. Having travelled North America and set to make its European debut in Zurich in October 2017, OVO, a celebration of nature and co-existence, will be making its way to London from 7 January. This follows Amaluna, which saw record-breaking success in London in 2015 and 2016. Pre-sale tickets are available now via Cirque Club, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday 28 April 2017 via the Cirque du Soleil website or www.royalalberthall.com or 020 7589 8212.

Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway and regional theaters - presents Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner in their award-winning, critically acclaimed production of OLD HATS from Signature Theatre

Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to venture into uncharted territory with its brand new creation, Cirque du Soleil Crystal, exploring the artistic attributes of ice for the very first time.

The national tour of PIPPIN is coming to the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, for two shows only, on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, June 4, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Naysh Fox plays the title character, and Housso Semon showcases her powerful voice as the 'Leading Player.' Broadway World interviewed Tyler Jacobson, who is one of the show's acrobats.

This June, the phenomenal imagination, athleticism and humour of Australia's next generation of circus talents will be on show when the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) presents Circosis: Left Brain, Right Brain, a two-part production of elite-level circus. Set in a world where obsession is the norm, the graduate showcase performances range from the poignant and evocative, to the flamboyant and outright absurd.

Entomology is not usually associated with elegance, but Cirque du Soleil's immersive and insect-inspired touring production, 'OVO', brings breathtaking beauty to the world of bugs.