Michael Clark News

It's another packed weekend on Midlands stages; plus JERSEY BOYS rolls through town early next week!

An intimate and intriguing show from a 'one to watch' choreographer is to grace the Pyramid stage next week.

Dance Umbrella, London's flagship festival of international dance, is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary. To mark this milestone DU launched Four by Four - a programme inspired by the festival's four decades of artistic growth, a way of moving forwards by looking back.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the current theatre, Sadler's Wells commissions three works from a new generation of UK-based dance-makers.

The Barbican's Framed Film Festival returns for another weekend of screenings and free workshops and events that celebrates the best cinema from around the world for younger film lovers.

London International Mime Festival, directed by Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, is a unique event in the theatre calendar, a once a year chance to see the very best and newest contemporary visual theatre that embraces cutting edge circus-theatre, juggling, puppetry, live art, mime and physical theatre.

Yee haw! Ladies and Gentlemen, Cowboys and Cowgirls! Get ready for a rootin' tootin', shit kickin', sharp shootin' ride through the sick yet sparkling landscape of New England's foremost comedic theatre troupe the Gold Dust Orphans, as we bring you yet another fabulous offering, this time set in the Old West. Yes, it's "BROKELAHOMO!" and it's coming to New York City for a limited time only!

Jersey Boys is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo. The production includes Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements & Incidental Music by Ron Melrose and Orchestrations by Steve Orich.

Fresh off a rootin' tootin' run in Provincetown, New England's premiere comedic theatrical troupe, The Gold Dust Orphans, are set to bring their critically acclaimed musical Western back to Boston for two nights only. Yee haw! Cowboys, cowgirls, and cowfolks of all stripes will love this sharp shootin' ride through the sick yet sparkling landscape of "BROKELAHOMO!". 

Tickets are on sale now for the Raleigh engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts  November 13-18.

In news recently reported, the 2018-2019 season will be Zeitgeist Stage Company's last, after seventeen years of notable productions as an acclaimed stalwart of the Boston fringe theater scene. Artistic Director David J. Miller has never shied away from plays that deal with controversial or highly charged political subject matter, and he is not about to change now. For his penultimate production, Miller directs the New England premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's VICUÑA, a searing takedown of the current administration and its take-no-prisoners march from the nomination to the election.

Casting and tour dates have been announced for the 2018-19 touring season of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.  The cast will be led by Jonathan Cable (Nick Massi), Eric Chambliss (Bob Gaudio), Corey Greenan (Tommy DeVito) and Jonny Wexler (Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons.

Fall activities for the Centennial, which begins this month and extends through all of 2019, include a wide range of performances, film screenings, discussions, education initiatives, and new works by other artists in conversation with Cunningham's work.

The Ensemble Theatre celebrated its 2018 Celebrity Black Tie Gala - Elevating the Arts! at the Hilton Americas-Houston, Saturday, August 18, 2018. Lead sponsors: H-E-B; Shell, BP America, Inc, United, Bracewell LLP, Frost Bank, Andrea and Jarvis Hollingsworth, Wendy and Vince Armstrong, were joined by a host of devoted corporations and individuals who continue to invest in the advancement of the theatre's mission to enlighten, entertain, and enrich diverse audiences. The Gala serves as the theatre's major fundraiser supporting its annual $2 million operating budget that includes six mainstage season productions, and its educational initiatives directed toward youth. The theatre's board of directors and staff welcomed more than 400 esteemed donors and supporters.

Dates have been announced for the Jacksonville engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Times-Union Center on March 25, 2019 for one performance only.

Dance fans are in for a treat at Storyhouse this Autumn with the Chester venue announcing a wide-ranging programme of work from some of the UK's most exciting contemporary companies.

Sam Wolf joins the cast of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys, tonight, Monday, June 25, at New York City's New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) Stage 1.

Meet the cast of Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) upcoming production of All Shook Up!