Get a first look at photos from the cast of INTO THE WOODS at Encores! including Sara Bareilles, Denee Benton, Gavin Creel, Jordan Donica, Ta'Nika Gibson, Annie Golden, Ann Hard, Heather Headley, Julia Lester and more
The Town Hall & Mark Cortale will continue with the latest installment of the internationally acclaimed concert series Seth Rudetsky's Broadway, hosted and music directed by Sirius/XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). On Monday, June 20 at 8pm, Seth welcomes platinum recording artist and star of stage and screen Vanessa Williams.
Performances officially began last night for New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods. Directed by Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet with music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman and choreography by Lorin Latarro, the special two week run of Into the Woods (through May 15) is dedicated to the memory of the legendary Stephen Sondheim. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the opening night gala performance, and you can check out photos from the star-studded arrivals below!
Performances began last night for New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the opening night gala performance, and you can check out photos of the company below!
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen. The series stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans.
The ’80s delivered endless iconic pop culture trends like leg warmers, neon, Walkmans, Whitney, and Madonna. Broadway in the ’80s also saw a unique culture shift as British mega musicals like LES MISERABLES and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA began to take over the American stage. First on the scene, though, was CATS, which uniquely married the worlds of theater, ballet, spandex, and synthesized music in 1982. And although CATS has purrhaps only grown more hair-raising with age (not to mention enhanced audience expectations), the song-and-dance spectacle continues to mesmerize and mystify audiences more than 40 years after its inception.
Bestselling author Wendy Mitchell is giving an exclusive reading at Leeds Playhouse on Tuesday 10 May as she explores how to live creatively with dementia alongside her fellow Yorkshire writer Rosa Peterson.
See the cast of the New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods take their bows on opening night. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the opening night gala performances, and you can check out the photos here!
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company continues its in-person 45th Anniversary season with August Wilson’s JITNEY opening May 11 and running through May 29, 2022. This production is directed by Ron Himes, Founder and Producing Director of The Black Rep. Previews of JITNEY begin May 11 at the Edison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis.
Below are the CW Network's Primetime listings for the week of May 22nd. All times in the schedules are EST.
Ahead of the May 13 release of their new Nonesuch album, Dropout Boogie, The Black Keys have announced two high-profile events to celebrate the project. On May 11, the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will perform at Los Angeles’ famed Troubadour and offer an international livestream of the intimate show in this 500-capacity venue exclusively via Flymachine. In addition, the band will also participate in an album release party with iHeart stations across the country at 7pm PT on May 13. Audiences can tune into http://YouTube.com/iHeartRadio or https://youtu.be/INgfoIad8pk to watch.
Today, The Bentonville Film Festival unveiled their distinguished Competition Jury, singularly dedicated to inclusive representation in media and entertainment. The festival, produced by the BFFoundation and chaired by Academy Award-winning Actor Geena Davis, will take place in-person June 22-26 and virtually June 22-July 3. The illustrious group of jurors is composed of award-winning producers, directors, actors and authors, including actor Yolonda Ross, film and television producer Bird Runningwater, actor Shohreh Aghdashloo, writer and filmmaker Justine Bateman, among others. The Festival is sponsored by Founding Partner, Walmart and Presenting Partner Coca-Cola.
On the heels of signing with Melody Place, Multi-Platinum selling vocalist Jackie Evancho has released her second single, Both Sides Now, out today.
Due to popular demand, Westside Ballet alumnus and former Mikhailovsky Ballet First Artist Adrian Blake Mitchelland his partner Slovakian Andrea Laššáková (former Mikhailovsky Soloist) - are now performing not only only on Saturday eve, May 7th - but now additionally also will appear on Sunday, May 8th at 2pm, when the preprofessional company performs at the world-class Broad Stage in Santa Monica, an encore of the 'New Horizons'' Spring Performance.
Kennedy Center events and performances have been announced for the months of May – June 2022.
On the heals of a sold-out show at Los Angeles’ Troubadour, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Burg has dropped new single, “Break The Rhythm.' Hailing from Detroit and now living in Brooklyn with a stop in Syracuse, NY in-between, the track finds Charlie deftly unpacking rootlessness with indie rock-influenced soundtrack.
Mesmerism meets drummer Tyshawn Sorey featuring pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer. Sorey – a 2017 MacArthur Fellow, Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania, collaborator with Vijay Iyer, Kris Davis, Roscoe Mitchell, Hafez Modirzadeh, Myra Melford, Marilyn Crispell and other musical luminaries
A Strange Loop has arrived on Broadway at last and we've got photos of the stars on the opening night purple carpet. The Broadway production of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, opened just last week at the Lyceum Theater.
Wexford Festival Opera will present a new commission from the WFO Artist-in-Residence 2022 Conor Mitchell. A chamber piece entitled Les Selenites, Mitchell's work explores the bizarre world of 20th century French film pioneer and stage illusionist, Georges Méliès.
Greenway Arts Alliance, in association with Two Sisters Media, presents the world premiere of Who Are You, written and performed by Shareen Mitchell, beginning May 13, 2022, with Kate Jopson directing this one-woman show. Shareen made some time to answer a few of my queries into her show, her fashion background and Two Sisters Media.
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