42nd Street - 2020 - Chicago Articles Page 18

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce that the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will return to PPAC for two performances only on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3, 2022. Both performances begin at 7:30P.

Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage & Screen, the interactive costume exhibition in the heart of Times Square, will reopen tomorrow after being forced to close its doors on October 5 due to a major water leak.

Amas Musical Theatre in association with Quixote Productions (Jason Rose, Producer) will present a two-week developmental workshop of Americano!, a new musical with a book by Michael Barnard and Jonathan Rosenberg and music composed by Carrie Rodriguez at the New 42nd Street Studios (229 West 42nd Street).

The Laurie Beechman Theater will continue its reign as The Happiest Place on Earth as DISTORTED DIZNEEreturns after its 8-year run began a pandemic-induced slumber in March 2020. Presented by Twizted Sisterz, this non-stop, high-energy, late-night cult hit parody of beloved pop culture princesses and villains resumes performances October 22, 2021.

The York Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood, a song and dance celebration featuring the music and lyrics of the legendary Irving Berlin.

The New Group has announced the world premiere of Black No More, a new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’s 1931 novel of the same name, featuring Book by John Ridley, Music and Lyrics by Tariq Trotter, Choreography by Bill T. Jones, Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Daryl Waters and Direction by Scott Elliott. 

BroadwayWorld chats with Cate Hayman, star of 'CHESS in Concert' at 42nd Street Moon. The show marks Moon's return to live, in-person performance and features a killer score by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson and renowned lyricist Tim Rice. It remains the only musical of the modern era to generate multiple, massive hits on the pop charts.

The Love Hate Club by Juan Ramirez, Jr. is a love dramedy about Lily, on her way to a new life, she finds herself face-to-face with her ex, Mia, and it's clear she has to decide if the one who got away, should stay away. The play calls attention to young love and the love/hate relationships we experience.

The popular competition for women of advanced glamor will have a seventh annual performance on October 4th

After producing Americano! – based on the life of a DREAMer – last year with The Phoenix Theatre Company, Arizona-based Quixote Productions, Jason Rose producer, announced today an ambitious slate of upcoming new musicals, all with commercial aspirations, scheduled to debut over the next several years, created by artists from around the world.

It was announced today that Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from Stage & Screen, the new interactive costume exhibition in the heart of Times Square will extend its residency at 234 West 42nd Street through October 31, 2021 due to popular demand.

It has been a long wait, but audiences can prepare to have the time of their life again at North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) when Bill Hanney brings back MAMMA MIA! for an Encore Performance to re-open the award-winning theatre which has been closed for 18 months due to the pandemic.

The producers of Company today announced that Manu Narayan will play the role of Theo when the eagerly anticipated production resumes performances Monday, November 15 ahead of a Thursday, December 9 opening night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).

The York Theatre Company in association with Riki Kane Larimer, will present the world premiere of Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood, a song and dance celebration featuring the music and lyrics of the legendary Irving Berlin, with book by Barry Kleinbort, music direction by David Hancock Turner, and directed by Randy Skinner.

The “silly, sassy, sexy” (Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld) husband-and-wife piano/vocal duo Michael Garin and Mardie Millit return to the West Bank Café this weekend for their post-Labor Day September shows, September 12 and 19 from 8:00-10:00 p.m., bringing their signature cocktail of musical virtuosity and goofy charm to Theatre Row. 

Center Theatre Group has selected participants for the 2021-2022 L.A. Writers' Workshop, where local playwrights are invited to spend a year in residence at the company researching and writing new works with the feedback from artistic staff and their fellow writers.

The anticipated debut of the new musical, 'The Whimsical World of Sherlock Holmes', will premiere Off Broadway as part of The Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, in the first live performances at Theatre Row on 42nd Street.

Delayed over a year, the finals of the 7th annual “Tomatoes Got Talent” contest, which celebrates women over 40 with careers outside of entertainment, will take place at The Triad Theatre, 158 West 72nd Street, on Monday October 4 at 7pm.  

BroadwayHD is celebrating the re-opening of Broadway with exciting new productions coming exclusively to the platform, as well as a special playlist dedicated to some of the most iconic theater hits of all time.

Playwright & Social Justice Advocate, Michael Hagins, once again uses art to influence life with S.U.N. (Shut Up, Negro) in the U.S.A. (United States of America) presented by C.A.G.E. Theatre Company.

The Tony darling of 2015, winning Best Musical, Book, and Score, creators include Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) and Jeanine Tesori (music) is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

BroadwayWorld is checking in with theaters around the country as they prepare to reopen this summer. Next in our series we check in with Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew D. Carney!

New York City guitarist, singer and songwriter Steve Conte has found the way back to center stage with his first solo album in five years, the attitude-infused Bronx Cheer, releasing Friday, November 5 on Wicked Cool Records.

Carnegie Hall today announced that it will reopen its doors to the public on Wednesday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m., adding a celebratory Opening Night Gala performance to its fall concert schedule. The festive evening will feature The Philadelphia Orchestra joined by renowned pianist Yuja Wang under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

BroadwayHD announced today that it will bring Lambert Jackson Productions’ virtual production of the musical comedy I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, filmed at the London Coliseum in late 2020 exclusively to the platform in honor of the hit show’s twenty-fifth anniversary.