A world-premiere musical about jazz legend and singular American icon Louis Armstrong, featuring songs recorded and made popular by Armstrong, and original book by Aurin Squire, the multi-talented Opalocka-raised playwright and TV writer (This is Us, The Good Fight), and co-author of last season’s hit Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy. A Wonderful World, traces Armstrong’s odyssey, the musical genre he helped define, and the complex history of race in America, from the birth of jazz in Armstrong’s native New Orleans to international stardom and the Civil Rights era. Squire focuses his musical drama through the prism of the women in Armstrong’s life. Directed by Drama Desk winner and Tony nominee Christopher Renshaw. Music arranged by Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell.
New York Stage and Film announces the 2020 Artists/Projects-in-Residence: Shairi Engle, Morgan Green, Khiyon Hursey, Monet Hurst-Mendoza, Jian Jung, Ilya Khodosh, Sandra Tsing Loh, Molly Beach Murphy, Phanésia Pharel, Brian Quijada, Christina Quintana (CQ), Nygel D. Robinson, Keenan Scott II, Susan Tenney, Lucie Tiberghien and Lily Wolff.
The global pandemic has cast its spell of uncertainty far and wide. Due to many unknowns, and in an effort to keep everyone safe, cultural events and major performances across the country and around the world have been cancelled.
Dear Cat in the Hat, Ita??s hard to believe ita??s been a little over seven years since our paths crossed in Seussical the Musical.
Kentwood Players presented their annual Marcom Masque Awards during this yeara??s ceremony held on Zoom on Saturday, August 15, 2020, honoring the shortened 2019-2020 season of five productions: Pippin, Blithe Spirit, Dial M for Murder, Little Women, and The Giver. It was a wonderful evening of entertainment, filled with the community theater spirit which has fueled Kentwood Players during its 70 years of presenting quality live theatre in Westchester. Here is the complete list of winners.
Solomon Kee's A NIGHT WITH MR. WONDERFUL goes virtual! A Night With Mr. Wonderful will take place live on Instagram Sunday, August 16th 2020 at 6:00PM EST / 12:00AM CEST.
The Tony Award®-winning Alley Theatre and Artistic Director Rob Melrose have announced updates to the Theatrea??s 74th season. The 2020-21 season programming, the second season curated by Rob Melrose, will feature world premiere plays developed as a part of the Alley All New program, a twist on a holiday favorite, a major world classic, and plays by award-winning contemporary voices.
The Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival is being offered in response to continuing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 and official crowd restriction policies that have necessitated the cancellation of the festival's live performance series.
Arizona Opera announced today that it will be replacing its planned a?oein-theatera?? productions for the 2020/21 Season with an array of exciting alternative programs that can be more safely enjoyed by a larger audience.
Korea! As BroadwayWorld reported in April, the world tour of The Phantom of the Opera resumed performances in Seoul on April 23- just weeks after the show was suspended because of illness within the cast. BroadwayWorld checked in with The Really Useful Group's Vice President of Production, Serin Kasif to find out more about what others can learn from the Phantom South Korea model.
The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall has just announced exciting new performances for the 2020-2021 season. Single tickets for these performances go on sale Friday, July 24, 2020 at 10 a.m.
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati today issued a joint announcement that they will delay the start of their 2020-21 seasons due to the complex challenges around continuing live performances. All three theatres plan to kick off their revised seasons this winter with a smaller slate of rearranged, rescheduled or new shows.
Walt Disney World is now fully open, with two of its parks (Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) having opened their gates over the weekend, and two more (Epcot and Hollywood Studios) opening today, July 15.
Houston Early Music is entering a new season, literally and figuratively. The organization will begin its 2020-2021 season with new leadership: Artistic Director Nancy Ellis has retired, and Executive Director Deborah Dunham is now serving as Executive & Artistic Director.
Justin Sayre takes NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS online for the annual benefit concert for The Ali Forney Center. Here, the writer and host of the event speaks with Stephen Mosher about the show, the charity, and the Judy.
WORLD Channel invites audiences to take a trip across the country, as the acclaimed series Local, USA returns with the premiere of States of America. Created, directed and produced by Brad Barber, States of America takes viewers on a tour of America, exploring the country one state and one life at a time through a series of short vignettes. Local, USA: States of America premieres on Monday, July 6, at 9 p.m. ET on WORLD Channel, worldchannel.org and on the WORLD Channel YouTube.
On July 3, 2020, Disney+ will start streaming the smash hit HAMILTON, filmed on Broadway, and it is truly a gift to the world. It's truly too good to miss, so don't throw away your shot.
GRAMMY/BRITs-nominee and two-time recipient of BET's Best International Act award, BURNA BOY, officially unveils an official music video for his newest single “Wonderful” from his upcoming 4th studio album TWICE AS TALL.
In an effort to celebrate all of the amazing local theatre Southwest Florida did get to see prior to COVID-19 shutdowns, I reached out to local directors, actors, students, artists, etc., asking if they would answer a couple questions about their experiences with theatre from this past season and what they're most looking forward to next season.
This year, the ASCAP Screen Music Awards took to the screen itself to honor 2020's winning music creators.
Little Angel Theatre are thrilled to be adapting two stories from Tim Hopgood's classic songbook collection, Moon River and What a Wonderful World. The performances will be broadcast for free on the Little Angel Theatre YouTube channel on consecutive weekends in July.
Joint Artistic Directors Neil Armfield AO and Rachel Healy's fourth Adelaide Festival generated an estimated gross expenditure of $70.2 million for the state of South Australia.
The final results of the 2020 Sanrio Character Ranking were announced earlier this month and YOSHIKITTY has defeated Hello Kitty to win #1 in France, Germany, and Brazil, as well as, #2 in China.
The Philly POPS announced todaya??its performances in the 2020 Wawa Welcome America virtual festival, which include the annual POPS on Independence performance, now planned as a virtual stream, and a performance from The Philly POPS BIG Band in the City's Celebration of Freedom Ceremony.
Last year, Rebecca Luker was diagnosed out of nowhere with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease closely related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Now she chats with BroadwayWorld about life since her diagnosis and how you can help.
Organizers of the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival announce that their ninth annual festival will take place as planned on Tuesday, September 15 a?" Saturday, September 26, but major changes are required in order to address public health and safety concerns during the continued threat of COVID-19.
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