David Byrne News

David Byrne, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, has announced that Mike Bartlett (Love, Love, Love), Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy), Vinay Patel (An Adventure) and Nina Segal (Shooting Hedda Gabler) will join the Royal Court as Associate Playwrights, alongside Gillian Greer (Boy Parts) as Associate Playwright and Dramaturg who joined the organisation earlier in this year. 

CINDY OF ARC Invades Baltimore Theatre Project

On her Instagram page, Ingrid Michaelson, the composer of 'The Notebook,' shared a message of comfort for fellow artists and productions who might have felt overlooked by this year's Tony nominations.

The recently announced compilation from the 501(c)3 non-profit organization NOISE FOR NOW’s recently launched label is out June 21st. Set to benefit independent abortion providers throughout the nation via Keep Our Clinics, the album features 11 exclusive tracks from Webster, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne and Devo, MC50 ft. Arrow De Wilde, Big Freedia, SOFIA ISELLA, Julia Jacklin, Becca Mancari, Claud and AJ Haynes (of Seratones).

CINDY OF ARC by Cynthia Kaplan comes to The Theatre Project next month. Performances run May 2 - 4.

For the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, A Night of Stop Making Sense will be coming to Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, June 13 at 8:30pm ET.

Natalie Tenenbaum is a composer, pianist, and music producer recognized equally on the stages of Carnegie Hall, SXSW and Broadway for breaking the boundaries between classical composition, popular storytelling, and improvisational jazz to create acoustic and electro-acoustic concert music for a wide scope of artists.

The nominations are in! Check out how each show fared individually in a full list of nominations by show.

The 77th Annual Tony Awards nominations were announced this morning by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renee Elise Goldsberry and here they are, celebrating the best of the 2023-24 theatre season. Check out the full list of nominees here!

This time, the reader question was: Have a lot of shows this season had a long time between their first productions and Broadway premieres?

Park Avenue Artists has expanded both its artist roster and its executive team in its booking division. This division extends PAA's mission to transform how artists and agents collaborate to build meaningful, sustainable, creatively groundbreaking careers for some of the world's most talented musicians and performers. 

Read the full list of 2024 Drama League Nominations! Nominations include Cabaret, Merrily We Roll Along and more.

Due to popular demand, Massey Hall will present a second Choir! Choir! Choir! show taking place at 2pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024 with “Un-Silent Night” EPIC Holiday Sing-Along!

The Moth has unveiled the details for their annual fundraising gala, Making Waves: The 2024 Moth Ball. Learn about the event and see how to purchase tickets!

Join the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as they honor three-time Tony Award-winning actor and producer LaChanze and internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Lar Lubovitch at their commencement ceremony on May 11.

Experience a unique rendition of David Bowie's music at NEC on April 17th. This event offers a fresh perspective on Bowie's iconic sounds, reimagined like never before.

Follow along on our Instagram story as Justin Matthew Sargent takes you behind the scenes of A Sign of the Times, currently running New World Stages.

The Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus will present AND SING!, a one-night-only conversational concert celebrating music of the Black Diaspora. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

Lorde pays tribute to Talking Heads with a cover of 'Take Me To The River' for A24 Music's compilation album, 'Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense'.

Hear David Bowie's music as you've never heard it before on Wednesday, April 17 when New England Conservatory's Contemporary Musical Arts Department pays tribute to an icon of pop culture in The Music of David Bowie, a program curated by faculty member Lautaro Mantilla in collaboration with Eden MacAdam-Somer and Anthony Coleman.