A Life - 1980 - Broadway Articles Page 16

Home opens at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway. Read the reviews!

Nutley Little Theatre closes out it's 89th Season with BENT, written by Martin Sherman and Directed by Mead Winters.

Renowned bassoonist Rebekah Heller and 10 top bassoonists will present three world premieres by Steve Reich, Julius Eastman, and Fay Victor. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Dame Vivien Duffield has made a major gift of £30m to the Clore Duffield Foundation to celebrate its 60th Anniversary.

To close out their 2023-2024 Series, Segerstrom Center welcomed theater aficionado Seth Rudetsky to serve as an interviewer/pianist for Tony Award winner Lillias White for three shows May 16-18, 2024 in one of the most incredibly wonderful, fan-favoring shows that the OC arts campus has ever hosted at the intimate Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa, CA.

Duff McKagan is celebrating the release of his double live record, TENDERNESS: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, by announcing the US leg of his Lighthouse Tour '24 in support of his critically acclaimed latest studio record, LIGHTHOUSE. Beginning November 4 at Boston, MA's Paradise and ends November 20 at Seattle, WA's Showbox. Take a look at the dates here and listen to the live album now!

Manhattan’s leading activist opera company Encompass New Opera Theatre will present Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream—a matinee concert. Learn how to purchase tickets.

 Enjoy an evening of art and theater with a Latin flair on Friday, May 31 with the opening of a new art installation titled “Galeria de Bellas Artes.” Located at the Gallery on Grant inside the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park, this unique showcase of NJ artists of Hispanic descent will coincide with the opening night of the hit musical Evita.

Discover the Contemporary Dance Series at Bryant Park Picnic Performances starting June 6, featuring Ayodele Casel, David Dorfman Dance, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Mark Morris Dance Group, and more.

Broadway actress Shereen Ahmed (My Fair Lady) will join the cast of John Monsky's The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day, with the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Great Barrington Public Theater will kick off its summer season with DOG PEOPLE this month. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center will present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita for 16 performances. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Experience the magic of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID at the LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers is presenting the Off-Broadway debut of Neil Simon's brilliant 1980 Tony Award-winning play, I Ought To Be In Pictures, directed by Nicholas Viselli. Go inside opening night in the photos from the big night.

Encompass Opera will present a unique collection of new works inspired by immigration on June 9th.

Join Encompass New Opera Theatre for Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream, a multicultural concert featuring premieres by Richard Pearson Thomas and Ángel E. Lasala.

Explore the vibrant spring and summer arts season announced by Governors Island Arts. Learn more about what the season has to offer!

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will return to Broadway this year! The pair will star in the new comedy, The Roommate by Jen Silverman. Learn more here!

WestCoast Black Theatre Troupe revives one of their most popular original shows, Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul. Created, adapted, and directed by WBTT’s founder, Nate Jacobs, Gaye’s story is told through the narration of his family and friends. Of course, peppered throughout is the enchanted music that made Marvin Gaye an icon and what continues to make him a legend. Originally written in 2011, this time around WBTT is more refined and developed.

ArtsUP! LA is presenting Broadway Bound: Songs & Scenes from Tony Award-Winning Musicals, a new jukebox musical created and directed by Laurie Grant, featuring Rex & Friends, all extraordinary musicians with different disabilities and perfect pitch. Rex & Friends will take you on a fantastic trip of a young man hearing Broadway music for the first time, featuring songs and scenes from acclaimed musicals that you know and love. The show opens May 3rd and runs through May 18th at The Blue Door in Culver City, CA. I decided to speak with Laurie about the creation and history of Rex & Friends, her experience working with people with disabilities, what motivated her to create this new jukebox musical, and the format for the show.

What’s up with all these therapists’ offices masquerading as beauty parlors? Women walk into these places as broken shells of themselves and often walk out feeling on top of the world. Sure, they get their hair and/or nails done, but they get so much more than just that. They’re renewed.

A State-Of-The-Art Hologram Interactive is Coming To The Blues Foundation. Learn more!

Juke box musicals are stage theatrical presentations in which a majority of the compositions were written before the presentation was conceived, rather than being original music conceived for that show.  They tend to be long on songs and short on a well-conceived plot.

Explore the captivating exhibition of Iranian artist Shahpour Pouyan at the Frist Art Museum. Dive into the unique blend of history, culture, and personal narrative through his work.

The Museum of Chinese in America will present a unique outdoor interactive performance program, “MOCA Performs – Catching Silhouettes: An Oral History Street Performance,” to bring oral histories and personal stories to life in the streets of Chinatown in May to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month.