As You Like It - 2019 - West End Articles Page 1

ROLLING LOUD INDIA announces its 2026 lineup with international headliners Burna Boy, Metro Boomin, and Skepta making their India debuts, alongside returning headliner Karan Aujla.

A new track from the 30th anniversary reissue of Japanese ambient pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura's 1996 album QUIET FOREST is now available on streaming services. The reissue marks the album's first-ever vinyl release.

The New Jersey metalcore band released their first album in seven years, HOWLS FROM THE HOLOGRAPHIC HEART, via Equal Vision Records. The band will tour through October 30 celebrating the 20th anniversary of MONGREL with Kaonashi and Differences.

Fontaines D.C. release the Luna Carmoon-directed video for 'Japan' off new album Dopamine Chamber, out now via XL Recordings.

Foldout, a new Glasgow-based theatre company founded by actor Oat Jenner, will present its inaugural production of MACBETH at Burns Street Studios, aiming to foster collaboration among artists.

In contemporary American performance, one of the more celebrated creative pairings are theater artists and makers Taylor Mac and Matt Ray, who will launch ArtsEmerson’s 2026/27 season with “Taylor Mac and Matt Ray: Songs from Bark of Millions” – a reflection on queer lineage, community, and futures told through a collection of new music – presented in association with The Huntington, at the Emerson Paramount Center’s Robert J. Orchard Stage October 15–18.

BroadwayWorld was given an exclusive look at Pioneer Theatre Company’s new professional production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, including interviews with the stars and director/choreographer.

Colt Coeur selected eight artists for its residency program in its ninth year and named playwright Kallan Dana as the second Beacon Commission recipient. Dana's project focuses on Vietnam War-era draft evasion.

The Fisher Center at Bard, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, will present EVIDENCE: 2026 LAB International Festival.

Indigenous power pop rockers Low Budget Rock Star from Opaskwayak Cree Nation released the single Cotton Candy on New Sun Records, featuring a music video with Melody McArthur.

GatherNYC will present its 2026–2027 season at Jazzcultural, a new Manhattan listening room, featuring 31 weekly Sunday concerts. The series founded by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd will include classical performances, spoken word, and silence.

Julia Masli's award-winning solo performance arrives at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The New York Times Top Pick blends comedy and vulnerability in a show that differs each night.

A recent audience disturbance at Wicked on the West End caused the performance to be paused for an hour. Unruly patrons were singing along, talking loudly, sneaking in their own alcohol, and generally creating an unpleasant experience for their fellow theatergoers. They were finally ushered out of London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre successfully by the heroic front of house and security teams. The situation went viral thanks to TikTok, with theatre fans and professionals around the world weighing in on what happened at the show.

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Florida, released its upcoming lineup including CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE 2027, holiday programming, BROADWAY AT THE KING CENTER's sixth season, and the Brevard Symphony Orchestra's 73rd season.

Brenda Liz Henry returns to The Green Room 42 with an encore of her solo cabaret debut, tracing her musical journey through Hip Hop and genres that shaped her Bronx upbringing.

The cast of NEW GIRL, including Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans Jr., reunited in Los Angeles to receive the inaugural Rising Phoenix Award at the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, an annual fundraiser that raised $2.7 million.

NOSTALGIA BAIT was an excellent night of fun that celebrated growing up as a theater kid in the early 2000s. Creative choices were made that enhanced the show into a full production.

Alt rock band SELFISH THINGS released their new studio album RECEPTIVITY via FLG, featuring focus track Cracks with an official visualizer.

Multiplatinum singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin released the new single FOLLOW ME via Atlantic Records, accompanied by an official lyric video. The track features acoustic guitar and conversational vocals.

CJ Solar and The Old Souls released the ballad 'Can't Put You Down' ahead of their debut album BLACK LABEL BLUES. The track was inspired by Solar's fiancé.

Alt rock band SELFISH THINGS released the single "Liability" with an official visualizer ahead of their studio album RECEPTIVITY via FLG. Frontman Alex Biro discussed the track's themes of self-reckoning and addiction.

The Assembly announced five projects selected for its 2026-2027 Deceleration Lab, including works by Catalina Beltrán, Brett Ashley Robinson, and ensembles CAN TUNA and Friend of Friend.

Goodspeed Musicals announced its 2027 season featuring INTO THE WOODS, THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL, and RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S THE KING AND I at its East Haddam, Connecticut venue.

Wendy Bevan released her album ALONE WITH THE UNKNOWN and shared a music video for the track 'Sirens' via Magnetic Magazine. The gothic synth-pop artist also released videos for additional album tracks.

Ben Schwartz sits down with journalist Anthony Mason to discuss his new six-episode independent television series based on THE EARLIEST SHOW, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in after years of failed Hollywood development deals.