Aspects of Love - 2023 - West End Articles Page 18

A packed line-up featuring nearly every single musical playing in the West End has been unveiled ahead of this year's West End LIVE. This free celebration of London's world-leading theatre scene comes to Trafalgar Square on the weekend of 17 and 18 June.

The epic pop-culture musical smash sensation that revolutionized the theater, The Who’s Tommy, is reimagined anew at Goodman Theatre this summer. The cast and crew of the production went began rehearsals this week! Go behind the scenes and meet the cast with new photos and video!

2SLGBTQ+ stories take centre stage at the Stratford Festival for Pride Month and throughout the 2023 season. The month begins with the world première of Casey and Diana by Nick Green and directed by Andrew Kushnir, as well as the openings of Rent, directed by Thom Allison, and Richard II, adapted by Brad Fraser, and conceived and directed by Jillian Keiley.

All new production photos have been released for Aspects of Love in London's West End! Performances began on 12 May 2023, with a press night on 25 May 2023.

​​​​​​​bergenPAC announces one new show going on sale this week: Craig Morgan: God, Family, Country Tour 2023God, Family, Country Tour 2023 on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m.

SEX AND THE CITY certainly owes quite a bit to the source material for this play. Main Street Theater’s production of this work is adapted by Julie Kramer, and pushes THE BEST OF EVERYTHING into a satirical statement on the world then contrasted with the world now.

Newcomer Kasey Inez (The Sex Lives of College Girls) leads a cast of incredibly talented actors including; Jahking Guillory (Kicks, The Chi), Pedro Correa (The Middle), Maduhlika Krishnan (F.U. Woody Allen), and also appearing as Naomi’s father Thomas, Damon Gupton (Black Lighting, Deadline, Criminal Minds).

On June 12-13, over 1,600 students will flock to the State Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis for Spotlight Showcase 2023: Minnesota high school theater's biggest (annual) celebration! The awards and recognition event highlights student performances, awards and alumni appearances.

From the 20-24 June 2023 the National Theatre is celebrating youth theatre as ten youth theatre companies and school groups from across the UK will stage new plays in the Dorfman Theatre as part of its 2023 Connections Festival. 

The beloved production “Patty”—inspired by the real-life experiences of celebrated American novelist Patricia Highsmith—will return to the stage for a limited engagement this month, with a trio of performances set at the Vino Theater following a sold-out run in March 2023. 

In the spirit of their 40th season with its focus on Her Vision, Her Voice, Skylight Theatre Company is presenting the second of three new plays by female playwrights and directors, Elizabeth Dement's No Place Like Gandersheim, directed by Randee Trabitz. Opening on May 20, the play features an all-female creative and production team. I was curious to find out the inspiration for Dement's lead character Roz, the time-traveling aspect of the play, and what insights the playwright learned along the way about women in the entertainment industry.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Chad Smith, one of the country’s leading orchestral music executives, as the institution's next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective early fall 2023.

MUSE/IQUE honors Duke Ellington in performances entitled THE DUKE: Ellington as America's Ultimate Renaissance Man, conducted by Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby, Sunday, May 21, 7:30 pm at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles and Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 pm at the Huntington Library in San Marino.

The New Jersey Symphony presents two world premiere commissions in June: Chen Yi's Landscape Impression, inspired by two ancient Chinese poems, and Farah (Joy) for Voice and Orchestra by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), the Symphony's Resident Artistic Catalyst.

MasterVoices has announced details of the celebrated chorus’ 82nd season, celebrating the power of the human voice to unite, inspire and connect since 1941.

Renowned American countertenor Randall Scotting, who has become one-to-watch on the stages of Europe, will lead the world premiere of Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino’s new opera Venere e Adone in five performances at the Staatsoper Hamburg from 28 May-8 June 2023. 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents a fresh lineup for its 2023–24 season, filled with a diverse range of voices, talents and perspectives from around the world, including artists from Sweden, Russia, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United States. 

The Denver Fringe Festival is a hub of creativity and innovation where artists from all around the world come together to showcase their talent. This year, the festival has taken a unique turn, with several shows focusing on history and its impact on our present-day lives.

In Part One we discussed some of the modern UK connected Musical Theatre Eurovision stars, but let's go back to the 90's where there was an exceptional run from 1991 to 1994 of stage steppers.

MB Stage Productions will present Ghosts Can't Pay Rent at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

'The Year That Carrie Fisher Died', written by Scout Storey (He/Him), directed by Lauren Sperling (She/Her) and Silas Jean-Rox (He/Him), and produced by Make Believe Stage Productions (MB Stage Productions) will have its world premiere at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival on June 4th, 2023.

The 13th Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa (SSFSA) opens tonight (8 May 2023) at the Star Theatre at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town.

BroadwayWorld takes a look back at highlights from San Francisco Ballet's just-concluded 2023 season.

​​​​​​​ The New Real, a world-leading and Edinburgh-based AI research hub, premieres its leading international AI Art award and commission that brings together the foremost institutions in both the AI and the arts, and announces UK and Netherlands-based Polish artist Kasia Molga as the winner of The New Real 2023 AI Art Commission: Uncanny Machines.

Sarasota Music Festival announced its concert programs for the 2023 Festival season. This year’s Festival centers around a special theme that ties together the 12 concerts: the power of storytelling through music.