Cirque du Soleil News

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts has announced the launch of AfterParty @ The Wallis, a new ticket access and post-show party program created to introduce new audiences to the Wallis' 2016/17 programming.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/16/2016.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, by Kristoffer Diaz and directed by Kate St-Pierre, runs at Cockroach Theatre Company October 13 - 30, 2016.

The School of Night is pleased as punch to announce the impending remount of its 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival hit Punch and Judy.

Following the success of last season's new DEMO series, Damian Woetzel continues to unite artists from across fields around a common theme in a performance on October 10, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. This installment of the multi-genre series brings together acclaimed artists for a special one-night performance to celebrate their heroes and artistic inspirations. The cast of Heroes features soprano Jacqueline Bolier, singer/songwriter Kate Davis, Broadway and New York City Ballet star Robert Fairchild, tap dance powerhouse Jared Grimes, acclaimed ballerina Carla Korbes, visual art curator, author, and historian Sarah Lewis, Memphis jookin' dance pioneer Lil Buck (last seen as part of DEMO: Place), the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band, and jazz prodigy Matthew Whitaker.

Following a wildly successful run in San Francisco last year, which charmed more than 82,000 spectators of all ages, Odysseo - Cavalia's latest theatrical production that expands the definition of performance into an epic experience - will make its South Bay debut under the White Big Top in San Jose with shows beginning September 14, 2016.

Finding Neverland, the enchanting Broadway musical set to soar on tour this fall, began rehearsals under the visionary direction of Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus. The cast is led by Kevin Kern (Bridges of Madison County, Wicked) and Christine Dwyer (Wicked, Rent), with Tom Hewitt (Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago), Joanna Glushak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, After the Night and the Music), Jordan Cole, Finn Faulconer, Ben Krieger, Jacob Morrell, Gregory Trechel, and Mitchell Wray.

Tickets for the world premiere of Nicky Silver's play THIS DAY FORWARD opening the Vineyard Theatre's 2016-2017 season will went on sale today, September 12 at 10:00 AM.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/9/2016.

Priscilla Costa is bringing her edgy, and unconventional one-woman hit, Mona Monae to the Montreal Clown Festival (Les Festival des Clowns de Montreal). This shameless and hilarious romp was a hit of the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival and is a brave and courageous solo bouffon show that tackles gritty material in a playful way. It's a full plate of sass with an extra side of ass.  A maniacal dance on a tightrope balanced between perversion and ecstasy, this wild ride has made past audiences howl with pleasure! Mona Monae shows October 1 and 2 at the Mainline Theatre.

One of Entertainment Weekly's '25 Funniest People in America,' Wanda Sykes brings her wry, intelligent stand-up comedy to the Treasure Island Theatre, Sept. 9 at 9 p.m.

KOOZA by Cirque du Soleil has been amazing audiences under the Big Top at the Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park with its death-defying acrobatics and genuinely funny clowns since it opened on August 25. 

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, guest James Cameron chatted about his Avatar-inspired Cirque du Soleil show, TORUK - THE FIRST FLIGHT, and the four sequels he's working on.

Due to unprecedented advance ticket sales,Cirque du Soleil is extending the San Francisco Bay Area engagements of its latest Big Top production LUZIA by three weeks in San Francisco and two weeks in San Jose. Tickets are now on pre-sale exclusively to Cirque Club members and will be available to the general public beginning Friday, September 16.

CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College present the World Premiere of Rites of Passage on September 24, 2016 at 8pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.   Admission is $30 ($25 for CUNY students, faculty and staff and $10 for John Jay College students, faculty and staff). Tickets are available at dzul.eventbrite.com.

Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that individual tickets for FINDING NEVERLAND go on sale to the public on Sunday, September 11.

Oscar-winning director of “Titanic” and “Avatar,” James Cameron stopped by NBC's TODAY to talk about “Toruk – The First Flight,” the new stage production by Cirque du Soleil inspired by “Avatar.”

Slava Polunin, miembro de la familia de Cirque du Soleil y posiblemente el clown en activo de mayor prestigio internacional, traerá de nuevo a España su espectáculo más popular, SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, durante los meses de septiembre y octubre.

Today's big news: Jessica Vosk and Kristen Martin join the WICKED tour today, Cirque du Soleil's AVATAR-inspired show TORUK begins in NYC, and WAITRESS' Jessie Mueller & Jenna Ushkowitz will take part in a talkback tonight!