A Number - 2022 - West End Articles Page 1

Ancram Center for the Arts will hold its second annual Summer Bash at The Farm at Pond Lily in Elizaville, NY, featuring a performance by THE BENGSONS and emceed by Rena Sofer and Danielle Skraastad.

Sophie Duker, Taskmaster champion and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee, announced a UK and international tour for her new show, HOT BEEF INJECTION, following a sold-out Melbourne International Comedy Festival run.

The Paley Center for Media announced a live recording of THE PIVOT PODCAST with former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder, plus a preview screening of THE BRINK OF WAR starring Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris.

OFC Creations founder Eric Vaughn Johnson discusses the 2026-2027 Broadway in Brighton Series, a season of six musicals featuring rarely produced titles, a North American premiere of THE OSMONDS, and a New York State premiere of THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK.

The EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival, the second oldest fringe festival in the United States, will return for its 35th annual edition in Arcata, California, with applications open to all artists via public lottery.

Netflix's 'Owning Manhattan' star Chloe Tucker Caine will make her Broadway debut as Anne Boleyn, while Hamilton alum Stephanie Jae Park joins SIX as Catherine Parr at the Lena Horne Theatre.

Tangent Productions will present Katchafire, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Through the Roots, and Tomorrows Bad Seeds at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles for a 21-and-over reggae event.

Land of the Long Long Drive is a delightful production that succeeds in entertaining children and adults in equal measure

avantgardey: A dance team produced by akane(Read: Interview: Producer akane Makes AGT Finalist, avantgardey Go Viral), the choreographer behind “Bubbly Dance,” consisting of 16 members. Established in 2022, they gained recognition in 2023 as finalists on the renowned American famous TV show, 'America’s Got Talent,' and also performed in the same year's 'Kohaku Uta Gassen（紅白歌合戦）,” one of the Japan’s biggest music TV shows. Known as the 'mysterious uniformed bobbed-hair group,' they have amassed global popularity on TikTok and Instagram. Furthermore, starting from May 16th, they held their Avantgardey Tour 2026. Here, we present the highlights from Osaka performance on May 23rd.

Advance Gender Equity in the Arts named Beth Piatote, D.L. Patrick, and Minita Gandhi as recipients of its annual AGE Legacy Playwright grants, each awarded $10,000 to support emerging BIPOC playwrights over 40.

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame awarded $10,000 in scholarships to ten graduating high school seniors across Long Island, with an additional Pat DeRosa Memorial Scholarship presented for the fourth consecutive year.

Tickets for the Tony Award-winning musical SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, go on sale at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore for a limited eight-performance engagement.

St. Ann's Warehouse announced its fall season, featuring buffalo puppet spectacles, Daniel Fish's KRAMER/FAUCI, Emma Rice's TRISTAN & YSEULT revival, and Caroline Guiela Nguyen's SAIGON.

Musicals at Richter, Connecticut's longest-running outdoor theater, will present the Tony Award-winning musical 1776 to kick off its 42nd season at the Richter Arts Center in Danbury.

Justin Elizabeth Sayre brings their solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, produced by Outside In Theatre and supported by Soho Theatre's Edinburgh Lab programme, blending standup, storytelling, and queer visibility.

Comedian David Hoare brings HOW TO LIVE TO 100 to Edinburgh Fringe's Hoots @ Nicolson Square, exploring longevity after skipping last year's festival to attend his partner's grandfather's 100th birthday.

Cellist Miles Goosby and horn player Douglas Nunes have been named Minnesota Orchestra Fellows, following a competitive audition process. The two-year fellowship supports emerging orchestral musicians through performance experience and community engagement.

The nation's most talented teens will gather at the Minskoff Theatre to perform at the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards! This year, 116 nominees, coming from 58 high school musical theatre awards competitions across the US will compete for the ultimate prizes of Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor award, as well as other honors and scholarships. It took years for the Jimmy Awards to grow as big as they are now. Watch videos of all 16 opening numbers from ceremonies past, starting with 2009, which featured just 32 students.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks. 

The Everyman is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new members to its Board of Directors following a recent public recruitment process. learn more here!

Nearly 200 independent record stores across the United States will host special midnight sale events on Thursday, June 11, celebrating the release of Olivia Rodrigo's third studio album.

The 2026 Tony Awards achieved an impressive 5.06 million viewers on Sunday, very slightly down from the 78th Tonys in 2025, which came in at 5.10 million.

You can now watch the acceptance speeches from this year’s Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapin, and Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award winner Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including the cast of MJ, Norm Lewis, and many more. 

In what seems to be a Cabaret Convention aperitif, KT Sullivan gathers some of the industry's best to pay tribute to the songwriting industry's best.