Sage News

Snohomish, Washington based Fretland has just busted into the national music scene, but are already turning heads. The release of the official video for “Long Haul” is an intimate look of where Fretland comes from.  

The McCallum Theatre presents Rhythmic Circus and Holiday Shuffle on Monday, December 2, at 7:0pm. There's tap dancing, and then there's Rhythmic Circus, the percussive-dance phenomenon that electrifies audiences with its hard-hitting, rapid-fire tap, humor and finger-snapping tunes. Rhythmic Circus is a troupe of internationally renowned artists, home-grown hoofers from Minneapolis that hit the road with a trunk full of tap shoes, funky costumes and a big brass band, ready to burst onto the stage with their holiday spectacular Holiday Shuffle.

An Indigenous farmer begins planting wild rice along ancestral lakeshore, causing ripples throughout the local cottager's association in Drew Hayden Taylor's Cottagers and Indians, on at GCTC November 26 - December 15.

Fane have announced a live tour celebrating the prolific career of one of Ireland's best loved writers, Roddy Doyle. Conversations with Roddy Doyle will tour across the UK and Ireland in 2020 and will see Roddy discuss his work in an intimate and entertaining evening of sprawling conversation, with various special guest interviewers, beginning at HOME Manchester on Sunday 8th March 2020 and concluding at Belfast's Ulster Hall on Thursday 4th June 2020. Conversations with Roddy Doyle will take in a total of 10 dates across the UK and Ireland, tickets for all venues on sale from Thursday 14th November at www.fane.co.uk/roddy. Tickets for the dates at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and Southbank Centre, London are on sale now.

Thanksgiving Day celebrations are bountiful this year for everyone at Tulalip Resort Casino. The acclaimed culinary team at Tulalip are cooking up their annual turkey day madness for November 28. Below are highlights of the featured feasts from around the Resort with a choice of relaxed-casual, modern-sophisticated, or on-the-go dining options. There's even a traditional buffet experience with copious amounts of dishes to enjoy.

The Off-Broadway hit comedy Men Are From Mars a?" Women Are From Venus LIVE!, is a one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up, and is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. 

The Off-Broadway hit comedy Men Are From Mars a?" Women Are From Venus LIVE!, is a one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up, and is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book of the last decade by John Gray. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom.

If you're not cooking Thanksgiving dinner, the top chefs in New York City are and they are ready to serve fabulous meals.

Continuing to put up numbers on streaming platforms and fuel an unforgettable 2019, rising star Marteen releases his anxiously awaited new mixtape, 8 [New Mogul Records/EMPIRE], today.  Get it HERE.

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

U.K. contemporary composer, pianist and producer Alexis Ffrench has today announced details of his 2020 U.K. tour in support of the stunning new album Dreamland. Tickets on sale Friday 15th November at 9am at LiveNation.co.uk.

A Christmas Carol is now in previews on Broadway! The holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, comes to Broadway this holiday season for eight weeks only following critically acclaimed runs at London's Old Vic. Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and director Matthew Warchus (Matilda), offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic story, starring Campbell Scott ('House of Cards,' Dying Young) as Ebenezer Scrooge. Beginning previews on Thursday, November 7 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street), with the opening night set for Wednesday, November 20, A Christmas Carol will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, January 5, 2020 only.

The Off-Broadway hit comedy Men Are From Mars a?" Women Are From Venus LIVE!, a one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up that is a light-hearted theatrical comedy based on the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book by John Gray, will be at the Temple of Music & Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16.

Following its 7th sold-out season at Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre in London's West End, Andrew Kay presents the phenomenal, award-winning Tango Fire, which returns to tour the UK from 12 February to 2 March 2020.

It's not too early to make reservations for Thanksgiving. Restaurants all around the city are open and their Executive Chefs are making plans for outstanding menus.

Fane have announced two live events to celebrate the publication of the bestselling author Marian Keyes' hugely anticipated novel Grown Ups, at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on 3rd February 2020 at 8pm and at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 5th February 2020 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale now at www.mariankeyes.com/events. Marian will also appear at Fane's inaugural Words Weekend at Sage Gateshead on 7th December 2019 at 1pm.

The Tony-nominated hilarious, hit musical WAITRESS, opening November 7, 2019 has cast two young area actresses to take on the role of 'Lulu' during the Boise engagement.

Joseph Mechavich conducts The Barber of Seville at Minnesota Opera November 9 - 17.

Ragtime will make its Australian premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne 2 - 10 November 2019.

As the release of his anxiously awaited new mixtape 8 nears on November 8, Marteen keeps up the momentum by uncovering the music video for his latest single “Turned Off” [feat. Sage The Gemini].