Walker News

Comedy Works has announced that Erik Griffin will perform at Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square.

Celebrate the return of live theater at Drury Lane with audience favorite Forever Plaid.

It has been announced that the soundtrack for the Dear Evan Hansen film will feature reimagined tracks by Sam Smith, Summer Walker, Sza, Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Finneas and Tori Kelly!

Collaborating across the many facets of artist engagement, development, and producing, Scarlett Kim and Mei Ann Teo join Evren Odcikin on a three-person, non-hierarchical team of Associate Artistic Directors—respectively, of Innovation and Strategy, of New Work, and of Artistic Programming.

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 13th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

In MJ, “Young Michael” appears at age 10 and should have an unchanged singing voice. Performers may be older or younger to audition, as long as they are still able to sing in Young Michael's range.

Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts, of the Australian Theatre Festival NYC, announce Lewis Treston ('Hubris & Humiliation'), Raymond Harding ('Kangawomb') & Yvette Walker ('Seven Deadly Gins') as the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2021 New Play Award Finalists.

Manhattan Repertory Theatre will present the New York City premiere of Kim E. Ruyle's award-winning play, KALISPELL, directed by Ken Wolf. Kalispell, winner of the 2018 Brevard Full-Length Play Writing Competition, will be presented by Manhattan Repertory Theatre at The Chain Theatre, 312 West 36th St (off 8th Ave) opening September 24, 2021.

Tony nominee Jacob Langfelder (Sea Wall/A Life) launched Broadway and Vine this week with Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (On The Town, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, and star of the upcoming Broadway production of Flying Over Sunset) and Emmy Award winning composer and lyricist, Lance Horne, at Tre Posti in Napa Valley.  

Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, H.E.R., is currently in final talks to make her feature film debut in the upcoming movie musical adaptation of The Color Purple.

Next week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

It's not just your imagination! Broadway is coming back and so are the Temptations!  Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, the Tony Award-winning musical is getting ready to resume Broadway performances on October 16 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

Ekstasis Duo celebrate the return to live concerts in the classical music world with performances throughout New York, and in Maryland and Arizona.

UTA Artist Space presents Literary Muse, a new group exhibition inspired by Black literary novelists, poets, and scholars, curated by Baltimore-based Myrtis Bedolla of Galerie Myrtis.

Roberta Emerson, who has worked as an actor and director in many theaters throughout the United States, has been named Director of New Play Development with Orlando Shakes and Visiting Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Central Florida, artistic director Jim Helsinger announced.

Blitz Bazawule will direct the movie, according to Deadline, with a script by Marcus Gardley. 

All four members of the Quartet – Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and Paul Watkins – will continue to perform and teach individually; as a group, they will continue to coach and mentor young ensembles through the Emerson String Quartet Institute at Stony Brook University, along with cellist David Finckel, who was a member of the quartet for 34 years. 

Stage Write makes it simple to plan the blocking, choreography, and spacing for MTI productions. Stage Write is an innovative software program that allows users to track movement of actors, set pieces, props, and cues for their shows. Stage Write consists of three main features designed to make blocking and choreography fun and easy: Spacing Charts, Digital Script & Score, and Collaboration.

KC Melting Pot Theatre will return to the theatre with an original work by Lewis Morrow, Baybra's Tulips. Baybra’s Tulips is a compelling family drama that pivots around Baybra, an African American man returning home after a 10-year stint in prison to live with his sister, Tellulah, and her born-again Christian husband Charles.

MJ Director and Tony Award-winning Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is introducing a unique part of his creative team – Rich + Tone Talauega, who will focus particularly on Michael Jackson movement.