Glen Hansard News

Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced the cast of the Tony Award®- winning musical ONCE, which makes its long-awaited return to Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse in June before touring.

The Ravinia Festival plans to reopen in July for the 2021 summer season. Now, the full lineup has been announced!

New York Theatre Workshop announced today that Artistic Director James C. Nicola will depart the theater on June 30, 2022. Nicola has been the Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop since 1988.

En 2012, el 18 de marzo ONCE se estrenaba en Broadway tras su paso por el Off-Broadway los años anteriores. El musical basado en la película homónima de John Carney contaba con la música de Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, incluyendo el oscarizado tema 'Falling Slowly'.

On this day in 2012, the musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning love story, Once, opened on Broadway!

West End performers, Sharon Sexton (Mamma Mia, Bat Out of Hell, Billy Elliot, The Commitments) & Rob Fowler (Mamma Mia, Bat Out Of Hell, Rocky Horror Show, Jesus Christ Superstar) have released 7 lockdown concerts over the past year, including their headline show as part of the Tonight At The Coliseum series, which streamed during the Autumn.

The Hangar Theatre has announced its summer 2021 Outdoor Mainstage Season!

Hollywood has always had a love affair with musicals. Whether it be Golden Age classics, ambitious Broadway adaptations, or animated adventures, American audiences flock to theaters to see a film that features some toe-tappin’ tunes. 

Darlinghurst Theatre Company has been awarded $605,562 through the Australian Government's Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund for a 21-week tour of the multi award-winning musical ONCE in 2021.

This week's theater stories features the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre! Learn about the theatre's namesake, Bernard B. Jacobs, how this revival of Company is different from the others that have come before it, how Once broke the theatre's box office record and more!

For anyone in the theatre industry, an added stressor of this summera??s health and political chaos has been the complete loss of our industrya??s traditional in-person activity.

The 2020 ASCAP Pop Music Awards, taking place this year in an innovative virtual awards format, was a hit across all digital platforms.   Exclusive photos and videos from pop music's top songwriters, producers and publishers were shared via @ASCAP on Instagram & Twitter.

Debuting an innovative virtual awards format, the 2020 ASCAP Pop Music Awards will recognize pop music icons, chart-topping producers and the genre's hottest rising stars on social media June 17 - 18.

Glen Hansard, along with most of the world, has been in quarantine and attempting to make sense of everything.

On Thursday, May 14 from 6 - 10pm EDT - Music on the Rebound presents the New Music Solidarity Marathon, a live benefit concert designed to support the New Music Solidarity Fund.

We've been compiling showcase videos from college seniors all around the country. Although their performances were cancelled, the show must go on-- virtually! This entry features Students From Point Park, UCLA, Missouri State, and More!

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

On this day in 2012, the musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning love story, Once, opened on Broadway!

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced that ONCE is now available for licensing. ONCE, the stage production of the 2006 film by the same name was nominated in 2012 for eleven Tony awards and won eight, including Best Musical.

Once in awhile a musical comes along that strikes the right chord. Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova collaborated on a stage version of the 2007 film by John Carney. This deceptively simple story won a Tony Award for Best Book by Enda Walsh along with 7 more wins out of 11 Tony nominations in 2012, including Best Musical, Best Orchestration, and Best Direction. Its most familiar song, 'Falling Slowly,' won an Academy Award and the cast album captured a Grammy.