Jacques Brel News

Actress/singer, Gay Marshall, winner of the 2022 Bistro Award for Outstanding Recording and 2022 MAC nominee for Major Recording, celebrates the genius of Leonard Cohen in Back on Boogie Street at Pangea in New York City on May 24th and 31st and June 4th at 7PM. Marshall released her recording, Back on Boogie Street – Songs of Leonard Cohen, just before Covid lockdown.

The Town Hall will present Broadway By The Year: From The Ziegfeld Follies To Moulin Rouge on Monday, May 23 at 8pm. Created, written, directed and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, the evening will continue Broadway By The Year’s 21st landmark season at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street).

EARTH + ICEAGE come to the FOX THEATRE on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Doors open at 8:30 pm with the showat 9:00 pm. Tickets on sale at 10AM Friday, April 29th.

The Muny has announced casting for their production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Find out who is in the show, and how to get tickets.

The classic comedy Some Like It Hot will begin performances on Broadway this fall! It was announced today that the new musical will begin performances on Tuesday, November 1 and officially open Sunday, December 11 at  the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).  Find out who's in the cast and on the creative team!

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson’s sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean. This seminal classic will be directed by Artistic Director Tim Bond, a close friend of the late playwright and a leading interpreter of his work, making his TheatreWorks directorial debut with this play.

Two of South Africa’s most-loved stars – Andre Schwartz and Amanda Strydom - join forces in a spectacular new musical revue celebrating the magic of Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf.  Titled BREL/ PIAF, this revue of their songs is written and staged by Saartjie Botha. Andre and Amanda will be accompanied on stage by pianists David Boverhoff and Coenraad Raal.

Two of South Africa's most-loved stars – Andre Schwartz and Amanda Strydom - join forces in a spectacular new musical revue celebrating the magic of Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf.

This week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak and Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman will find its way to the Lyric Stage Company of Boston after originally scheduled to open on May 15, 2020.

Can you imagine the Met--or any other major opera house--cutting the length of a new opera so commuters could make the last train? That’s what baritone Etienne Dupuis told me about the world premiere in Paris of Verdi’s DON CARLOS (1867). Dupuis is starring as Don Rodrigue, Marquis de Posa, at the Met these days, in the new David McVicar production of the Verdi opera.

Mere weeks after closing his latest acclaimed storytelling cabaret, Rian Keating returns to the scene with a reprisal of his pre-pandemic smash, all the while raising money for charity. Rian Keating is living his best life.

The Town Hall will present Broadway By The Year: The New Wave on Monday, March 21 at 8pm. Created, written, hosted and directed by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, the evening will launch Broadway By The Year’s 21st landmark season at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street).

The Musical Theatre Guild will be presenting for one-night only A Sondheim Birthday Celebration Live! Laugh! Love! on Stephen Sondheim’s birthday March 22nd at The El Portal Theatre. Jason Graae hosts the Celebration featuring Musical Theatre Guild members with special guest, Stephen Sondheim veteran Teri Ralston. I got to playfully rouse Teri to reminisce about her decades’ history with Stephen Sondheim.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson’s sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean. This seminal classic will be directed by Artistic Director Tim Bond, a close friend of the late playwright and a leading interpreter of his work, making his TheatreWorks directorial debut with this play.

When Marlene Dietrich phoned a young singer out of the blue, the icon stayed on the line for an unforgettable three hours...30 years later West End and Broadway star Ute Lemper reveals all in her 5-star critically acclaimed show 'Ute Lemper: Rendezvous With Marlene'.

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

The Living Record Festival is set to feature Chansons in a cabaret of the same name. The performance is an intriguing award-winning show about France with songs and stories from Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Stefanie Rummel. The show will be presented live on February 13th, 2022 at 2pm (New York City time) at 7 pm (London time) and 8pm (Berlin time).

On the heals of a successful UK band tour, Rufus Wainwright announces a new Massey Hall date, May 16, 2022 as part of his North American tour.