A Life - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 16

Comedian Nikki Glaser has announced The Stunning Tour, making 29 stops across Europe and North America beginning in June. The tour will make a stop at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 22.

Missoula, Montana-With transformative support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation, and in partnership with UM School of Theatre and Dance, Montana Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of Kendra Mylnechuk Potter's Can't Drink Salt Water.

Even as the Wicked mania begins to die down in the coming months, Ariana Grande isn't going anywhere. In June of this year, the superstar will embark on her highly anticipated 'eternal sunshine tour,' which the performer says is currently 'in a good place.'

What did our critic think of IS THIS A ROOM at Apollinaire Theatre Company?

In a world where AI increasingly tries to consume and simulate real human experiences, theatre sometimes feels like one of the last gasps of being in a room together. When we watch a show with others, respiration synchronizes, empathy increases, and information retention improves. It’s one of my favourite feelings.

Beetlejuice the Musical will end its limited 13-week Broadway return engagement at The Palace Theatre on January 3, 2026, at 8pm with a special audience curtain call sing-along finale.

Artistic Director Yuval Sharon will depart from the Detroit Opera at the end of the 2025-26 season. Sharon has been with the company for six years. Learn more here!

Embracing embarrassment as a musical theater student and leaning into 'cringe' could be the most freeing choices a performer can make.

Grammy-winning producer, guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli will celebrate the centennial of iconic singer Tony Bennett with a pair of heartfelt tributes.

The Dusti Bongé Art Foundation (DBAF/the Foundation) is publishing a digital catalogue raisonné to enable further research and document Dusti Bongé's (1903-1993) complete oeuvre on the occasion of the Foundation's 30th Anniversary.

James Dupré and Jacob Tolliver will appear at GRAMMY Museum Mississippi on Wednesday, Jan. 21, for a special program to mark the opening of The Killer, The Preacher and the Cowboy: The Legacies of Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley.

The idea of the concept album took flight at the same time as the idea of the rock musical. A concept album introduces audiences to the score of a musical by deliberately releasing an album of the songs before any live production exists at all. The concept album ostensibly stands on its own terms.

Cher, Paul Simon, Whitney Houston, and more will be honored during the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on Jan. 31, 2026. The event will celebrate the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustee Award and Technical Grammy Award recipients at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. 

The 8th '42e Rue Fait Son Show' just dropped on @francemusique – 'La Vie d'Artiste' celebrates the highs & dreams of performers with stars like Sabine Devieilhe, Rosemary Standley, Lily Kerhoas, and a world premiere of MAGIC HÔTEL! Brass, tap, glitter, and that unbeatable live orchestra energy. It only gets better every year! 🔥 Listen now: https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/42e-rue/42e-rue-fait-son-show-8eme-edition-la-vie-d-artiste-6639153 #ComedieMusicale #42eRuedio France?

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will continue its season in the new Associated Bank Theater Center with the upcoming production of The Lehman Trilogy. Get a first look in the video here!

On Monday, Monday, January 19, 2026, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso will present the 40th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Howard Gilman Opera House marking four decades of the city’s largest and longest-running public celebration honoring Dr. King’s life and legacy.

The world premiere of Eden Espinosa's solo concert Woman Is… brings her back to Los Angeles, promising to blend Broadway spirit with a pop edge, and a glimmer of holiday magic.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is coming to Chicago in a new English-language stage adaptation by Marco Antonio Rodríguez, continuing The Goodman’s Centennial 2025/26 Season

Andrew Young will bring SAXMAN to the Drama Factory next month. The performance is set for 25 January 2026. Learn more about the upcoming performance here.

One of the most effective things the musical gains by moving from page to screen to stage is permission to reframe the story without betraying it. By leaning harder into the Curtis brothers as the emotional spine, the musical clarifies a distinction that’s always been present in the text but rarely foregrounded this explicitly: Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy are family by blood, bound by obligation and grief; while the Greasers are family by choice, bound by loyalty and survival.

The Fountain Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Poetry for the People: The June Jordan Experience, a bold, joyous theatrical celebration of one of America’s most fearless writers and human rights activists.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will continue its record-breaking season in the new Associated Bank Theater Center with the upcoming production of The Lehman Trilogy.

Christopher M. De León, Director of Jazz Studies at Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, has been named the 2025 Instrumental Music Teacher of the Year by Palm Beach Symphony.

Sue Matsuki and Frances Hill stay determined to keep an intimate artistic playground going strong.

Will Jackson and Elinor Peregrin have been announced as the winners of this year’s New Music Theatre Award (NMTA) to develop their musical theatre show Sea Change for production in 2026.