As You Like It - 2020 - Articles Page 2

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.

If you're looking for a night of laughter that leaves you buzzing all the way home, look no further. Tadpole Productions' staging of Dave Armstrong's The Surprise Party opened at the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna, and as we say here in Aotearoa: it's bloody brilliant, mate. This play is extraordinarily delicious. There are times when the perfect people come together to do the perfect thing and this is one of those times. The premise is simple and gloriously dangerous.

DEF LEPPARD and GOO GOO DOLLS announced a 45-date North American tour running March 2 through July 2, 2027, with special guests THE STRUTS. Tickets go on sale October 16 at Livenation.com.

DEF LEPPARD announced a 45-date North American tour kicking off March 2 and running through July 2, 2027, with GOO GOO DOLLS and THE STRUTS. $1 from each ticket sold will benefit City of Hope cancer research.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present a discussion on creating and marketing solo theater work, featuring four artists with pieces in the United Solo Festival.

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.

Gay Meat, the solo project of Karl Kuehn, released a new track and video for 'Leslie' and announced East Coast tour dates with IMPERIAL TEEN this November. The song appears on Kuehn's debut album BLUE WATER, released on Skeletal Lightning.

His show, Call Me Ursula: A Musical Deep Dive Into the Sea Witch, looks at the different women, drag queens and writers who have influenced the way he sees Ursula. It also includes songs from Broadway and other sources that help tell the story.

Brandon Kyle Goodman's Queerties-nominated comedy returns to perform at The Elysian in Los Angeles, bringing the original New York cast from its Off-Broadway run.

Resonance Records will release a newly discovered 1976 live recording of saxophonist Clifford Jordan performing with pianist Al Haig, bassist Wilbur Ware, and drummer Kenny Clarke at Chicago's Jazz Showcase.

Future releases the music video for 'Build A Bitch,' directed by Cole Bennett, featuring the rapper constructing an animatronic woman from salvaged pieces of the Rock-afire Explosion. The track appears on his album THE REAL ME.

Robert Norman's deadpan comedy about an American author in Germany will have its world premiere at P&T Knitwear bookstore, directed by Alex Hare and starring Amara James Aja and Annika Burley.

GRAMMY-nominated Matisyahu and Eurovision runner-up Yuval Raphael released the pop-R&B track 'Carry On,' written by Rachel Sapoznik and produced by GRAMMY-winner Rico Love, as an anthem for healing and overcoming adversity.

Vanguard Theater will present Dominique Morisseau's PIPELINE, a drama about a mother navigating her son's education and confronting systemic racism. Directed by Marshall Jones III, the production runs at the Montclair, New Jersey venue.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present artists including Amanda Green, Ron Carter, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, and performers from Broadway musicals including REGENCY GIRLS and CRAZY RICH ASIANS.

Texas Red Dirt singer-songwriter Wade Bowen announced a seven-date West Coast tour in February 2027 supporting his 11th studio album, THE VERSION OF ME YOU GET. The tour will visit Arizona and California cities including Flagstaff, Mesa, Tucson, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Solana Beach, and Morro Bay.

New York band MX LONELY released their new EP PERFECT HOUSE via Julia's War Recordings, featuring four reworked demo tracks exploring tension and emotional turbulence.

The Black Watch, the Los Angeles indie band led by John Andrew Fredrick, will release its 27th studio album. The project marks the band's continued prolific output on ATOM Records.

The San Francisco Symphony's November lineup includes three orchestral series programs, a collaboration with Alonzo King LINES Ballet featuring two world premieres, the symphony's 19th annual Día de los Muertos celebration, and performances by soloists Hélène Grimaud and Hilary Hahn.

HAMILTON may choose to focus on Alexander as the assumed protagonist, but greatness never thrives in a vacuum. HAMILTON as read through our binary lens means that each performer must have great chemistry with Alexander, yes, but also with their binary counterpart as well.

A new music video from David T. Little's award-winning opera WHAT BELONGS TO YOU, based on Garth Greenwell's novel and featuring tenor Karim Sulayman and ensemble Alarm Will Sound, is now available.

WhyHunger announced its annual Amplified Hungerthon benefit concert featuring Lucy Dacus, Infinity Song, and special guest Julio Torres at Webster Hall in New York City, with 100% of proceeds supporting the nonprofit's food justice work.

Prior to their stop here at Proctors in Schenectady, I had the opportunity to connect with Michelle Jennings, who plays Valentina in the national tour of BOOP! THE MUSICAL. Based on the Fleischer Studios icon, the show follows Betty Boop's colorful leap from her black-and-white cartoon world into present-day New York, with Jennings' Valentina, an astrophysicist reuniting with Betty's grandfather Grampy after decades apart, anchoring one of the story's most grown-up love stories. In our conversation, we talked about trading opera's young ingenues for musical theater's women with some life behind them, as well as what she'd tell Valentina about taking chances.

HE.SHE.THEY Records marks five years with their first compilation album featuring Floyd Lavine's 'Bold' and tracks from Maya Jane Coles, SYREETA, Nikki Nair, and other underground artists.

BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon announced the 9th annual edition of their holiday show, which will tour 30 cities across the U.S. and Canada. The production includes a new book and ornament collection releasing this fall.