William News

The West End is bursting with amazing shows this October. The stars are out: Nicole Scherzinger, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Kenneth Branagh, Giles Terera and Joseph Fiennes are just some of the actors treading the boards of the capital this month.

WEST OF FRANK, a new queer dance drama film by Breton Tyner-Bryan, will make its New York premiere at the Chelsea Film Festival. The film explores the historic Jefferson Market Library and the Women's House of Detention in Manhattan's Greenwich Village through the medium of dance.

The Tempest, William Shakespeare's redemptive farewell to the stage, will perform for free at ten different outdoor venues throughout the Shelby County area October 5-22. 

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the complete cast and creative team for the highly-anticipated World Premiere play Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, based on the acclaimed children’s book by Christine Baldacchino with illustrations by Isabelle Malenfant. 

Washington National Opera presents Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Adam Smith and Rosa Feola.

Philadelphia is ready to make history once again. Pride 365: A Program of Galaei will present the inaugural Philadelphia OURfest: National Coming Out Parade and Festival/Resource Fair, the first National Coming Out Parade in the United States. Get event and lineup information here!

Produced by longtime collaborator Oscar Charles (Caroline Spence, Charlie Worsham), Dusk finds the Nashville-native group showcasing their razor-sharp storytelling and expansive sound they've honed for over a decade, featuring late-night party anthems and stripped-down meditations including the driving “Feel For You (Dusk)”.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Choral Ensemble Musica Sacra kick off the 2023-2024 concert season with SURROUND on Tuesday, October 17.

Marriott Theatre has announced its 2024 Season featuring In the Heights, The Music Man, Beehive: The 60’s Musical, 1776, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and more!

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) will present its penultimate production for the 2023 Main Stage season, Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons beginning, next month.

The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, will celebrate these honorees at the 2023 Bessies Angel Party on October 11.

The filmed capture of the U.K. tour of Titanic the Musical is coming to theaters. The production was filmed over the summer prior to its July closing. Titanic: the Musical joins Fathom Events' exciting lineup of filmed musical theatre productions coming to theaters this fall, also including Waitress on Broadway coming to theaters in December.

Overture Center for the Arts and The Grand Theater in Wausau have named nearly 40 Wisconsin high school students to their 2023/24 Jerry Ensembles, the premier vocal performance groups representing the Jerry Awards. Learn more about the students here!

All new production photos have been released  for new musical ‘Trompe L’Oeil’ at The Other Palace. Check out the photos here!

Τhe singular production This is Britten, based on two emblematic song cycles of Benjamin Britten that have been inspired by poems of William Blake and John Donne, is coming to the lobby of the National Library of Greece. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

San Francisco Opera presents Richard Wagner's Lohengrin from October 15–November 1 in director David Alden's staging, a co-production of London's Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Antwerp's Opera Vlaanderen. Learn more about the opera here!

The San Francisco Symphony’s 2023–24 Chamber Music Series presents 10 performances throughout the season at Davies Symphony Hall and the Gunn Theater at the Legion of Honor. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!

MasterVoices opens its 2023-24 season on November 3 and 4 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater, with three performances of a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's The Frogs, as adapted by Nathan Lane. Learn more about this new production and how to get tickets here!

The Curtain, Jersey City's premier classical theatre, released a first look at their all-new production of William Shakespeare’s classic Romeo & Juliet set in the Jazz Age, ahead of their first performance tonight at 7:30pm at Nimbus Arts Center (329 Warren Street), in downtown Jersey City just steps from the PATH train. See first look photos below.

The Garden Theatre, one of Houston's newest theatre companies, has announced its plans to bring a new version of the comedy The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) to life at MATCH. Featuring all of the stories we know and love (and hate), the production will run October 20-29, 2023 at Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (3400 Main St.) in the heart of Midtown.