After-Play - 1995 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 5

SFJAZZ will open its 2026-27 season with a September lineup marking centennials for Ray Brown, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, featuring Christian McBride, Nduduzo Makhathini, and Paul Cornish.

Composer Robert Sirota's new album CONTRAPASSOS will feature world premiere recordings performed by the Telegraph Quartet and soprano Abigail Fischer, released on the Azica label.

Comedy Works Entertainment will present two special taping performances of Craig Ferguson's stand-up show at Boulder Theater, with audiences subject to being filmed for future release.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  August 6, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Florida band THE CADETS, whose members include Chad Matheny of EMPEROR X, signed to Bar/None Records and shared a music video ahead of a retrospective album release.

Arena Stage posted a new performance clip showing the company of CRAZYSEXYCOOL: The TLC Musical performing TLC's 1995 hit 'Waterfalls.' The video, produced by Miceli Productions, gives audiences a preview of the musical built around the group's Billboard-topping, MTV VMA-winning single.

Mistaken identities, secret double lives, and a suitor named Earnest is set to take over the stage this August as The Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) is set to present Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.

Beyond The Valley announced its 11th edition lineup, with John Summit leading the New Year's Eve countdown and Black Eyed Peas set for an exclusive Australian performance at Barunah Plains.

Gretna Theatre will mark its centennial with a mainstage season featuring THE COLOR PURPLE, BONNIE & CLYDE, STEEL MAGNOLIAS and Ken Ludwig's MORIARTY, alongside special events celebrating a century of live theatre in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania.

Riverside Studios announced further details of its five-play repertory season and In Conversation events with Simon Callow and Lindsay Duncan celebrating the venue's anniversary.

Ekkozone will release Nsambia Mpungun, a recording of works by Cuban composer Louis Franz Aguirre performed by Karolina Leedo, Mina Fred, and Adam Ørvad.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. While last week’s column focused on spouses penning shows together, this week is all about blood relatives partnering to write work. 

Mark 'the Beast' Labbett and Flavia Cacace will lead the cast of THE PANTOMIME ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN at St Helens Theatre Royal, presented by Regal Entertainments Ltd.

SOUL ASYLUM has reworked its track Freak Accident for MPLS Unplugged, a live album marking the anniversary of the band's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance.

Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produced. This vibrant and humanely grounded new production of the 2018 jukebox musical—featuring music from Alanis Morissette—continues performances in Anaheim Hills through August 9, 2026.

La Femme Theatre Productions built its off-Broadway AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER from eight versions of Wendy Wasserstein's play. Jean Lichty explains how.

After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.

Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment will present the 1991 Giants Stadium concert in select cinemas worldwide, featuring the full June 17 show with bonus content and an introduction by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.

Andrea Bocelli announced two new collections: a 30th anniversary edition of Romanza and a Rarities: Collectors Edition, marking a milestone for one of classical music's best-selling albums.

Sharon Stone is hoping to make her Broadway debut someday, with many ideas for shows she'd like to star in, including a gender-swapped La Cage aux Folles, a stage production of All About Eve, and a punk-era Mame.

Jamie Allan’s Amaze will celebrate its first anniversary at New World Stages in New York City. In its first year, Amaze has played 496 performances, and recouped its initial investment after just 37 weeks Off-Broadway.

Theatrical Press Agent, award-wining Author (Jameson Currier), Independent Publisher devoted to gay literature and later an Artist, died of a sudden heart attack at his home in in Chatham Center, New York.

Door Shakespeare announced the return of Will in the Woods, a free pre-show discussion series tied to its productions of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Björklunden in Baileys Harbor, WI.

Crow's Theatre will present the world premiere stage adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's A FINE BALANCE, adapted by Anosh Irani and directed by Artistic Director Chris Abraham, at the Guloien Theatre in Toronto.

Aren Der Hacopian, a senior arts executive with over 20 years of experience at Seattle Opera, was named Executive Director of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts following a nationwide search.