A Kind of People - 2019 - West End Articles Page 2

Just when you thought understudying multiple roles as a swing could be a challenge, try going into a show you haven’t done in a few months. That’s totally expected for a vacation swing.

FONTAINES D.C. released the music video for 'Tongue,' the second single from their fifth studio album DOPAMINE CHAMBER. The video was directed by John Angus Stewart and shot in New York City.

Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel released an expanded version of their acoustic-driven folk album CELESTUN, adding three tracks including collaborations from tour openers and a fingerstyle guitar cover.

TIME has revealed the 2026 TIME100 Next, an annual list recognizing 100 emerging leaders from around the world. Among the theater highlights of this year's list are Isa Briones, Joshua Henry and Sarah Pidgeon.

The four-time GRAMMY-nominated folk-rock band will perform at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Georgia, as part of the venue's 25th Anniversary Season.

New York City trio BAILEN released their new album SWIM!!!, their first fully independent release. The 10-track record includes the focus track 'Eve Babitz,' with a music video produced by Lorde collaborator Devin Hoffman.

Seth MacFarlane curates new film composer fanfares for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, featuring John Williams, Thomas Newman and more in 2027-28.

Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the COLBURN ORCHESTRA in a season-opening concert at The Soraya featuring works by Márquez, Kevin Puts, Falla, and Giménez, with student soloists on marimba and mezzo-soprano.

Country singer-songwriter Jacob Hackworth released 'Last Night I Got Lonely,' the fourth track from his concept debut EP WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, which chronicles a breakup that led him to Nashville.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Commissioner Diya Vij announced “Opera for All,” a long-term partnership between the City and the Metropolitan Opera that will provide 70,000 free tickets this season to New Yorkers who have never attended a performance at the Met.

The full cast has been announced for SCROOGE THE MUSICAL, a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, opening at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo. The production will be directed by Thom Southerland.

The GRAMMY-winning Experiential Orchestra will open its 2026-2027 season with a program celebrating composer Anna Clyne, featuring cellist Inbal Segev performing the New York City premiere of DANCE.

Comedian Jim Jefferies will perform his SON OF A CARPENTER TOUR at The Capitol Theatre, a 2,000-capacity historic venue 30 miles north of New York City.

Film and television actor David Rasche held the audience fast in the palm of his hands with his original compositions and unique performance style.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

Islandia Music Records released the third volume in the WEATHER SYSTEMS series from percussionist Steven Schick. The album features compositions exploring themes of time and temporal experience.

The 80s tribute band will perform at a charity celebration in Los Angeles featuring original cast members Laura Summer, Maurice LaMarche and Phil LaMarr, plus a live script reading and special screening.

SABATON released a new version of their 2025 hit TEMPLARS featuring POP EVIL frontman Leigh Kakaty. The bands debuted the collaboration at Louder Than Life and will tour North America together this fall.

Saturday Morning Cartoons United will host a fundraiser featuring voice actors Catherine Cavadini, Tara Strong and E.G. Daily, along with a live performance by BIS, at Glendale's Alex Theatre.

Jonathan Josephson's Unbound Productions will present the Halloween theater festival at Chance Theater in Anaheim, featuring two one-act plays and an interactive artisan fair.

Catherine Cavadini, Tara Strong and E.G. Daily will reunite for a one-night fundraiser at Glendale's Alex Theatre, with a live performance by BIS and proceeds benefiting Starlight Children's Foundation.

“Tonight we honour what was lost, but we also commemorate what we found.” Pangdemonium’s beautiful final production, Come From Away, focuses on the connection, kindness, and joy that was found amidst the 9/11 tragedy. 

BroadwayWorld caught up with Zack Abbey, the actor who plays the title character in Dog Man: The Musical to find out what it’s like to play a dog-human mashup, what happens when an audience full of kids meets its comic-book hero in real life, and why Dog Man: The Musical might actually charm the grown-ups, too.

Temporal Drift announces a reissue of Hiroshi Yoshimura's QUIET FOREST, the Japanese ambient pioneer's final album released in his lifetime, now available on vinyl for the first time with remastered audio and archival materials.

ECM releases ROMA, the fifth and final concert recording from Keith Jarrett's 2016 European solo tour, captured at Santa Cecilia Hall in Rome. The pianist's spontaneous composition concludes a series of five concerts performed across 13 days.