Thompson News

Birdland has announced jazz programming running at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater July 29th - August 11th.

Tony Award winner Sutton Foster stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss some of her recent projects, including playing the role of Princess Winnifred in the new Broadway production of Once Upon a Mattress. Watch the interview!

PACE brings a classic dark thriller in three acts to Columbus. One of Agatha Christie’s darkest tales and a masterpiece of dramatic construction, its growing sense of dread and unfaltering tension will keep you guessing to the very end. Performances are July 25 - 28, 2024 at 8pm and July 29, 2024 at 3:00pm at Columbus Dance Theatre, 592 E Main St Columbus OH 43215. Box office opens 30 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 online with coupon code 'NONE', Tickets are available at www.pacecolumbus.com/reservations

The New London Barn Playhouse is thrilled to announce a developmental production of the new musical Split in collaboration with the award winning Off-Broadway theater company Transport Group.

BWW caught up with Kirby Thompson & Orla Graham about bringing Float to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Cumberland Theatre teams with Embassy Theatre, Our Town Theatre, and Locust Post Brewery for a month-long Shakespeare festival in Allegany and Garrett Counties, featuring free performances and events.

Apple TV+ has unveiled the premiere date for its first German-language series “Where’s Wanda?,' to debut globally on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, with the first two episodes, followed by a new episode every Wednesday through November 13, 2024.

Joe Iconis, one of the songwriters behind hit musical Be More Chill is returning to 54 Below. Joe Iconis & Family is back for a blow-out run that promises to be their biggest shows yet. Shows run nightly from July 30th through August 3rd. Expect to hear classic tunes from Joe’s musicals and works-in-progress.

Experience the electrifying energy of TINA The Tina Turner Musical at Proctors in two weeks. Celebrate the life and legacy of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll with this powerful and inspiring show.

The citizens of Skid Row are back with the show's latest stars Sarah Hyland and Jimmy Awards winner Andrew Barth Feldman, with Tiffany Renee Thompson, Zakiya Baptiste, Khadija Sankoh and members of the Little Shop band for a funky fabulous new take on one of the show's iconic songs! Watch the video!

Idle Muse Theatre Company reveals the cast and creative team for their upcoming production of THE TEMPEST, running from September 19 to October 20. Discover who's bringing this classic to life.

A new play, THE BLACK FEMINIST GUIDE TO THE HUMAN BODY, by Lisa B. Thompson, will be performed at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Learn how to purchase tickets.

This time, the reader question was: What are some of the most unique ways that Broadway shows have originated?

In October, Seattle Opera audiences will experience a unique new work by visionary writer and director Tazewell Thompson. Jubilee tells the story of a group of Black American singers who brought African American spirituals to audiences around the world, forever changing the trajectory of music history.

West End Musical Theatre star Kerry Ellis will play Cruella de Vil at the New Theatre Oxford 3- 7 December and Brighton Theatre Royal 17 December 2024 – 5 January 2025, concluding the current UK and Ireland tour of 101 Dalmatians The Musical.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Henry V, staged by Artistic Director Edward Hall in the Courtyard Theater, September 6–October 6.

The Flaming Lips will celebrate 25 years of their seminal 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, with the brand new The Soft Bulletin 25TH Anniversary Vinyl out September 6. It will be available in limited-edition 2LP Vinyl with stunning Zoetrope designs notably co-created by Drew Tetz and band frontman Wayne Coyne.

The cast and creative team have been announced for Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold, presented by Art of Time in association with The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School and Koffler Arts.

Netflix and Shondaland have revealed that season 4 of Bridgerton will focus on the love story of Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson. Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down -- until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother's masquerade ball. Watch the announcement video!

‘Float’, a new production by Northern Irish writers Kirby Thompson and Orla Graham, will be making its way to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. Performances run 1–25 August.