A Time to Sing - 2020 - Off-Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

International conductor Dr. Elizabeth Askren has released the first volume of her new opera comic book series Volume One: The Magic Flute, available on Amazon.

Black Theatre United will present the next installment of The Business of Show Series: Producing 101. Learn more about the series and see how to tune in!

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has unveiled details of its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which legendary maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, will serve in his current role.

On April 14, 2025, Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor star of stage and screen Mandy Patinkin with the company's fourteenth Stephen Sondheim Award. The Stephen Sondheim Award will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at The Anthem and will benefit Signature Theatre's artistic, education, and community programs.

Texas Performing Arts’ 2025-2026 Broadway in Austin Season will include Tony Award–winning Best Musicals, five Austin premieres and the return of fan favorites. Learn more about the full season here!

All Roads Theatre Company’s (ARTCO’s) 2025 Season kicks off with the World Premiere musical One For My Baby, which features Broadway stars Lana Gordon and Luba Mason leading a cast of 28 performers, supported by a 12-piece Big Band. I decided to speak with ARTCO’s Fred Barton and Scott Thompson who wrote the musical’s book, with conductor Barton also creating the music arrangements and Thompson directing and choreographing the production.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Jenn Colella, Norbert Leo Butz, and more. See the full March programming here!

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida at the Schuster Center.

The musical Waitress, with book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, premiered in 2015. It opened on Broadway in 2016 and ran until 2020. Waitress explores themes of self-discovery, family, happiness, friendship, and dreams as the audience goes on a journey with waitress and pie maker Jenna.

Half Gringa, the solo project of Chicago-based singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Isabel Olive, has announced her third full-length album. Listen to a lead single from the album now.

New York-based distribution company Cinema Guild has announced the North American theatrical release of You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas), the latest work from Matías Piñeiro.Vanguard University’s Theatre Arts Department will present Footloose written by Dean Pitchford, adapted by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie, and music by Tom Snow.

OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Learn more about the program and the awardees.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter David Shaw has teamed up with the legendary Jim James (My Morning Jacket) for a powerful new rendition of “Take a Look Inside.' Watch the music video here!

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Joaquina Kalukango and many more! See the full lineup!

Red Bull Theater has announced the cast for the next offering of Revelation Readings season: The Misanthrope by Molière, a version by Martin Crimp, directed by Marc Vietor.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See the full lineup featuring stars including Joaquina Kalukango, Kerry Ellis and more. Learn more.

Toronto City Opera has revealed the eight finalists selected for the second annual Macina Voice Competition. The event will feature some of Canada's most promising young opera singers as they compete in front of a live audience. Learn more!

Peter Kim, NAATCO’s Creative Producer, will be stepping down from his position at the end of this month. Learn more about Kim and about the company's plans for the future.

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, now in its 46th year, will present RHINESTONE COWBOYS as part of its 2024-2025 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

AMT has announced a preview of their upcoming show Becoming Chavela, a musical play about iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas which will run in Guadalajara, Mexico in June before returning to AMT Theater later in the year.

Genre-fluid musical duo poptropicaslutz! have announced their sophomore album ‘the new 925’ out March 28th. Building on the release of the lead single, the band presents a new puzzle-piece to the project with “tryna get that kate moss 2025.” Listen to it now!

Acclaimed Canadian rock band Silverstein have shared their brand new single “Don’t Let Me Get Too Low”. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming album Antibloom, the first part of their prolific double album. Listen to it now.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 3, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway veteran Linda Lavin has died at age 87, following complications from lung cancer. Read Linda Lavin's obituary here.

Platinum-selling indie trio Wild Rivers teams up with acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow for a new version of their track 'Backfire.' Listen to it now!