Previews begin this Friday, April 13 for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) world premiere production of DANCE NATION, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning new play by Obie Award winner Clare Barron (You Got Older, I'll Never Love Again). Directed and choreographed by Obie Award winner Lee SundayEvans (Caught, D Deb Debbie Deborah, A Beautiful Day in November..., [Porto]), the play is the fifth production of the theater company's 2017/2018 Season.
On Wednesday April 11th at Bar Nine, The Koala Bears, of School Of Rock The Musical will be jamming out to all of your favorite rock cover songs to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! This band, led by Justin Collette (current Dewey Finn), will be joined onstage by our incredibly talented alumni Kids cast, Brandon Niederauer (Lead guitar), Jersey Sullivan (Bass), Raghav Mehrotra (drums) plus special guests.
In celebration of the official opening night of Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical at the Dominion Theatre on Thursday 19 April 2018, and due to overwhelming demand for tickets, the producers have announced a new booking period from 30 July to 27 October 2018, with tickets going on sale at 10.00am on 19 April. The winner of the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical 2017 began previews on Monday 2 April.
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) begins accepting entries today, Monday, April 2, for the Live for Five online lottery for $5 tickets to the world premiere of DANCE NATION, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning new play by Obie Award winner Clare Barron (You Got Older, I'll Never Love Again). Directed and choreographed by Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans (Caught, D Deb Debbie Deborah, A Beautiful Day in November…, [Porto]), the play is the fifth production of the theater company's 2017/2018 Season.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical worlds collide! Broadway's School of Rock - The Musical has released an all new music video for "Heaven on Their Minds," played by the show's kid band and featuring cast member John Arthur Greene singing the role of "Judas Escariot."
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Australia's bold contemporary circus company, Circa, with their exhilarating performance Opus on April 28, 2018 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Since forming in Brisbane, Australia in 2004, Circa has become an international sensation, being called to perform in more than 35 countries. In Opus, 14 acrobats-some of whom will be suspended from the Chan Centre ceiling-will perform gravity-defying feats as they interact with the four musicians of France's esteemed Debussy String Quartet. This genre-defying work pushes the boundaries of 'nouveau cirque' to the stirring music of Dmitri Shostakovich.
Additionally, audiences at many shows can purchase autographed posters, Playbills and other memorabilia or one-of-a-kind experiences, including backstage tours and meet-and-greets, in exchange for a donation. What items and special experiences has each show made available for fundraising season? We've got a full list below!
Japan Society presents a staged reading of Manhood by Japanese playwright Hideto Iwai, led by director Sarah Hughes, taking place Monday, March 26 at 7:30 PM at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). Manhood marks the 13th installment of the Society's Play Reading Series of contemporary Japanese plays in English translation, introducing topical plays from up-and-coming playwrights in Japan to artists and audiences in the U.S. This event, part of Japan Society's 110th Anniversary Season, aligns with the Spring 2018 Performing Arts focus on deepening the Society's relationship with New York artists.
BroadwayWorld is giving you and a friend a chance to win tickets to SCHOOL OF ROCK on Broadway! Enter the contest below for a chance to be in the band!
This summer, festival-goers will be able to experience the world premiere of the outdoor theatre companion to the enchanting, bestselling book The Lost Words, taking place at the major new festival Timber, which celebrates the transformative impact of forests upon people and places.
Earlier this week, at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre, the cast of School of Rock celebrated a milestone birthday of their legendary composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, with a special curtain call serenade led by leading man Justin Collette. Watch below!
Take a first look at the cast in rehearsal for Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical as it prepares for its West End return. Performances will begin at the Dominion Theatre in London on 2 April, with a Gala Night on Thursday 19 April.
The Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) is proud to announce the dynamic 2018 Feature Film Competition Lineup. The festival includes 35 U.S., international and documentary features, as well as other programming, to kick-off its 12th festival season. GIFF will begin on Tuesday, March 20th with the opening night musical/drama, Stuck, starring Giancarlo Esposito, Amy Madigan and Ashanti.
Everything Now is proud to present a more in depth advance look at “Money + Love,” a double video directed by David Wilson, written by David Wilson and Arcade Fire, and starring Arcade Fire and Toni Collette.
MANDA MOSHER--singer, songwriter and one half of Americana duo Calico The Band--today, Friday, March 9 has released her new solo single, 'Cold Cold Love.' The song is featured in the recently released film Please Stand By starring Dakota Fanning.
Write Act Repertory's Producing Artistic Director John Lant and Producer Tamra Pica are pleased to announce the extension of the off-Broadway East Coast premiere of LILI MARLENE, a new musical about a family's escape from the rising tide of Nazism, with book, music and lyrics by Michael Antin and directed and choreographed by Mark Blowers.
