Kurt Weill News

The Scott Dunn Orchestra returns to the Wallis Annenberg Center with FROM HELL TO HOLLYWOOD, exploring music by European émigré composers who fled the Nazis and shaped Hollywood's first golden age.

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music announced Lila Chrisp as the First Prize winner of the Lenya Competition, taking home $25,000. Claire Griffin and Ilanna Starr each received $20,000 Second Prizes.

The New York Virtuoso Singers will present A Bouquet of Jewish Choral Music at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in Manhattan, featuring works by Kurt Weill, Ernst Bloch, and others celebrating Jewish musical traditions.

Global drag excellence conquers the acclaimed “International May Festival” in Wiesbaden: Drag superstar Monét X Change, for one night only. Somewhere between opera, pop, and chanson unfolds a glittering gala concert evening – at times dreamy, at times exalted – unlike anything the sophisticated grand hall of the spa city has accommodated before.

Grammy Award winner Zachary James, known for Broadway's THE ADDAMS FAMILY and the West End's HADESTOWN, will play Billy Bigelow in CAROUSEL at The REV Theatre Company in Auburn, NY, featuring a 15-piece onstage orchestra.

Chanteuse Artemisia LeFay will premiere IT'S ALL A SWINDLE at Don't Tell Mama, drawing on Weimar Republic kabarett to explore how artists endured fascist upheaval through works by Brecht, Weill, and others.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapine will each receive the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

James Gaffigan will conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony this spring, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet among featured soloists.

Cabaret singer Hersh Dagmarr will present Dagmarr's Cabaret at the Circle & Star Theatre in Hampstead, featuring songs by Edith Piaf, Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Iggy Pop, and Kylie Minogue.

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music revealed the ten finalists for the 2026 LENYA COMPETITION, set for at Kilbourn Hall in Rochester, NY. The competition highlights exceptional singing actors from around the world.

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including a Miles Davis tribute, Claybourne Elder, star of HBO's Gilded Age, doing an album release celebratino show, and more.

Minha Estrela Dalva is not a conventional biography, but an imagined encounter between artist and muse. Onstage, Renato Borghi steps into the dressing room of legendary singer Dalva de Oliveira to fulfill a lifelong dream: inviting the “Queen of Radio” to perform the songs of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Blending memory and fantasy, the production—directed by Elias Andreato and Elcio Nogueira Seixas—brings together past and present in a poetic theatrical dialogue. Soraya Ravenle portrays Dalva at once as myth and woman, while Ivan Vellame embodies key figures from her personal life. With evocative music, movement, and striking visuals, the show reveals both the icon and the human story behind one of Brazil’s greatest voices.

Here are a few top picks to consider in NYC this week including the annual MAC Awards Show, music from the Heated Rivalry soundtrack sung by Justin Vivian Bond, comedian Kyle Dunnigan's band and more.

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The Brick Presbyterian Church in Manhattan will present John Stainer's oratorio THE CRUCIFIXION on Good Friday, April 3rd, as part of its 2025-26 Worship & Arts series.

Oh, What a Beautiful Day- Andrew Polec Sings the Golden Age of Musicals will run March 30 and March 31, 2026 at 7:30pm. Learn more about the upcoming performance and how to get tickets here!

The Glimmerglass Festival, in collaboration with Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and Seagle Festival, will present a tour of the production HAPPY END.

Staples Players will present the satirical musical Urinetown, directed by David Roth (SHS '84) and Kerry Long (SHS '97). Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Now in its 42nd year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, will return this spring with a series of three recitals.

The inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music takes place 25-29 March 2026 at Smith Square Hall, welcoming international artists and audiences to a series of concerts curated by 2026 Festival Artistic Director, pianist Alessio Bax.