Richard Lewis News

TV favourite Peppa Pig is back on stage this spring with a brand new tour heading to the Belgrade Theatre from 7-9 April.

In My Life - A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles is the nationally touring musical biography of the Beatles through the eyes of manager Brian Epstein, featuring the live music of renowned tribute band, Beatles For Sale. The show is widely considered by industry insiders to be the most unique Beatles show in decades. In My Life comes to the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, March 9 at 7:30 pm.

Emmy-nominated, People's Choice award-winning producer-actress-playwright passed away from a fifteen month battle with pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, California, on February 4, 2020, surrounded by family and friends. She was 64 years old.

PEPPA PIG'S BEST DAY EVER, a brand new live show based on the much loved animated TV series, will arrive at Wolverhampton Grand from Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 April 2020.

Today Carlos Candal launches GMG Productions (GMGP), a brand-new Asia-Pacific entertainment company that will present the world's most successful theatre productions throughout South East Asia.

Today, Carlos Candal launches GMG Productions (GMGP), a brand-new Asia-Pacific entertainment company that will present the world's most successful theater productions throughout Southeast Asia.

Theatre 68 and the Royal George Cabaret Theatre (1641 N. Halsted) are thrilled to announce the extension of the critically-acclaimed production, a?oeI'm Not a Comediana??I'm Lenny Brucea?? is now extended through Feb. 16, 2020. Directed by multi award-winning actor and director Joe Mantegna and produced in partnership with Lenny Bruce's daughter Kitty Bruce, a?oeI'm Not A Comediana??I'm Lenny Brucea?? was written by and stars Ronnie Marmo and brilliantly chronicles the life and death of the most controversial comedian of all time. For tickets and more information, please visit LennyBruceOnStage.com. 

“Let's join hands and stand in a circle” isn't just the chorus of this year's holiday song from writers Avery Pearson & Jordan Baum, benefittng the non-profit Comedy Gives Back, but the foundation for a new initiative being activated by the organization. Comedy Gives Back: Taking Care of Our Own benefits stand-up comedians in times of need, whether it's emergency financial relief grants, access to mental health services or substance abuse treatment. Being on-stage alone is the job. Feeling alone offstage is unacceptable, and Comedy Gives Back is changing that.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM returns SUNDAY, JAN. 19 (10:30-11:07 p.m.), exclusively on HBO.

Wouldn't it be great if you could see a New Year's Eve show and still be home falling asleep by 11 p.m. like you do every year? Good news: there is! Raue Center For The Arts is excited to announce the return of Steve Cochran's New Year's Eve Comedy Show at 1 p.m. on December 31, 2019.

The wait is (almost) over. Curb Your Enthusiasm returns this January.

PEPPA PIG'S BEST DAY EVER, a brand new live show based on Entertainment One's much loved animated TV series, will arrive at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 April 2020.

Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever, a brand new live show based on Entertainment One's (eOne) much loved animated TV series, will embark on an extensive 2019-2020 tour, and London season, running from 29 November 2019 - 5 January 2020, at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Broadway Sacramento announced the 2020 lineup for Broadway At Music Circus, the 70th season for the Sacramento institution. The season includes six musicals taking place June through August, two of which are Broadway At Music Circus premieres. It was also announced that the theatre where Broadway At Music Circus takes place, located at 1419 H Street in Sacramento and known since 2003 as the Wells Fargo Pavilion, will now be called the Dignity Health Theatre.

Broadway Sacramento President & CEO Richard Lewis announced today that the theatre where the venerable Broadway At Music Circus series takes place, located at 1419 H Street in Sacramento and known since 2003 as the Wells Fargo Pavilion, will now be called the Dignity Health Theatre. This change is part of a new multi-year partnership between healthcare provider Dignity Health and nonprofit arts organization Broadway Sacramento. The new venue name is effective immediately, and exterior signage on the theatre will likely be changed in early 2020.

Hot off its critically acclaimed, sold-out Los Angeles and Off-Broadway engagements, the Chicago premiere of a?oeI'm Not a Comedian...I'm Lenny Brucea?? will come to the Royal George Cabaret Theatre (1641 N. Halsted) Oct. 23 a?" Dec. 1, with the press performance scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. Directed by multi award-winning actor and director Joe Mantegna and produced in partnership with Lenny Bruce's daughter Kitty Bruce, a?oeI'm Not A Comedian...I'm Lenny Brucea?? was written by and stars Ronnie Marmo and brilliantly chronicles the life and death of the most controversial comedian of all time. For tickets and more information, please visit LennyBruceOnStage.com. 

The final show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of In The Heights, a multiple Tony Award-winning Best Musical from Lin-Manual Miranda, creator of the smash hit Hamilton, running Tuesday, Aug. 20 through Sunday, Aug. 25 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento.

The 2019 season continues with the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of The Wiz, a multiple Tony Award-winning Best Musical retelling of L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, running Tuesday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. Get a first look at the cast in action!

The 2019 season continues with the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of The Wiz, a multiple Tony Award-winning Best Musical retelling of L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, running Tuesday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento.

The 2019 season gets underway with the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy Shrek the Musical. Sure to delight the entire family, the musical comedy, which Variety calls 'a gently subversive fairytale with a contemporary edge, conjuring genuine enchantment and brimming with heart and irreverent charm,' runs Tuesday, June 11 through Sunday, June 16 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. Check out photos of the cast in action!