P. James News

Theatre Royal will tomorrow celebrate its 150th birthday, an extraordinary milestone that will be honoured over the next few months with a range of events.

Saoirse Ronan will make her hosting debut when 'Saturday Night Live' returns on Dec. 2. Ronan can be seen in Greta Gerwig's film 'Lady Bird,' which is currently in theatres nationwide.

Don't go to Cinderella at Greenwich Theatre expecting a winsome or even wimpy female character in the kitchen. She may be downtrodden by her circumstances but this Cinders is no damsel in distress. And she's more than capable of taking the Fairy's wise advice: 'There is one person who can help you most of all. You!' BroadwayWorld has a first look at this year's Cinderella panto below!

This January The Carnegie will take audiences on a fantasy ride into the land of pure imagination as it continues its 2017-18 Theatre Series with Roald Dahl's WILLY WONKA, playing weekends January 18-28, 2018.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents James Torm in 'Color Me Jazz' on November 25, 2017.

Teatro Paraguas presents a book launch and reading of two books of poetry: Catherine Ferguson's I Thought You Would Be Shelter men poems and James McGrath's A Festival of Birds

Under Construction Productions is proud to present the BIGGEST comedy event of the year! Stand-Up Comedy is one of the original forms of entertainment, and this is a comedy show that cannot be missed.

The New Group presents New Group Now: Where Art Meets Our Present Culture, an ongoing series of public discussions locating New Group productions within the larger context of American and/or global society, continuing on Monday, December 11 with a conversation on 'Confronting Racial Bias in Our Communities.'

La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, featuring songs by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and others; book by Robert Cary, Colman Domingo and Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys); with direction by Des McAnuff;choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Memphis); and musical direction by Ron Melrose, is running through December 24. Let's see what the critics had to say!

Stream Jim James' Version of THE WORLD IS FALLING DOWN by Abbey Lincoln. New covers album TRIBUTE TO 2 to be released 12/8/17 via Ato Records.

Fresh from their celebrated and sold-out run of Cymbeline last November, LA's newest classical theatre ensemble, Chase What Flies, presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD the SECOND, a timely tale of misrule and rebellion, performed at Hollywood's Studio/Stage Theatre, November 17th-December 3rd.

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS runs at the Old Globe Theatre through December 24, adn the critics are weighing in!

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight: A Day of New Music returns Saturday, November 18 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. As it did during last year's successful inaugural performances, the day-long event offers audiences L.A.'s most far-sighted ensembles with pop-up performances scattered throughout the various spaces of the iconic venue.

Some musicals from the golden age of Broadway are done to death. Let's face it, how many productions of Guys and Dolls and Fiddler on the Roof can you take? Anytime a theater chooses to produce a show that isn't seen as often as the aforementioned ones I get very excited. When they are presented well, my musical theater geekiness goes into overdrive. Arena Stage has put my geekiness into overdrive with its current production of the 1954 tuner The Pajama Game. With the exception of a production at Roundabout Theatre Company a few years back, this show really isn't performed very often professionally anymore.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents James Torm in 'Color Me Jazz' on November 25, 2017.

Red Bull Music Academy returns to Berlin in September 2018 for the 20th anniversary of its annual workshop and event series. Leading up to the event, the Academy is digging into its archives to present some of the best lectures from previous editions in downloadable audio form via Couch Wisdom

Fresh from their celebrated and sold-out run of Cymbeline last November, LA's newest classical theatre ensemble, Chase What Flies, presents William Shakespeare's RICHARD the SECOND, a timely tale of misrule and rebellion, performed at Hollywood's Studio/Stage Theatre, November 17th-December 3rd.

Sunday nights at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater continue to push the boundaries of jazz, when Jose James joins the lineup.

Signature Theatre will host Concert for America: Stand Up, Sing Out!, presented by Sirius/XM radio host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley, on November 27 at 7:30 PM.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2017-2018 season opened with a two-week celebration of Mozart. Pianist Emanuel Ax was the featured guest artist.