Awake - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 10

Riding a massive wave of success from their 2018 collaboration 'Superstar' – melodic champions Dabin and Said The Sky team up yet again on euphorically heartfelt single 'Hero' with Olivver The Kid, out now via Seeking Blue Records.

Due to overwhelming demand, an additional show has been added for Josh Groban's forthcoming residency at New York's iconic Radio City Music Hall. 

Josh Groban was a guest on Tuesday morning's episode of Good Morning America, and during his interview, Groban announced that he will debut a one-of-a-kind residency at New York's iconic Radio City Music Hall beginning in 2020. ​​​​​​​

The Young Vic today announces the complete cast for Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview, directed by the Young Vic's Genesis Fellow and Associate Director Nadia Latif.

Tom Stoppard's genre-bending comedy, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead comes to the Huntington Theatre Company helmed by Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Peter DuBois. Performances began September 20 at the Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Avenue Theatre (264 Huntington Avenue, Boston) and will run through October 20. Tickets are now on sale to the general public.

De Nederlandse modeontwerper Mart Visser ontwerpt speciaal voor Giovanca honours Diana Ross exclusieve kleding. a?oeIk werk al 20 jaar met Giovanca als model en ben nog veel langer een bewonderaar van Diana Ross,a?? laat Visser weten. a?oeHoe mooi is het dat ik nu Giovanca mag kleden in de stijl van Diana Ross? Zo fijn dat deze werelden nu bij elkaar komen.a?? Zijn eerste haute couture-collectie kwam in 1993, sindsdien brengt hij twee keer per jaar een nieuwe collectie. Vanaf 27 september 2019 gaat Giovanca met haar voorstelling Giovanca honours Diana Ross langs de Nederlandse theaters. a?oeDiana Ross was een stijlicoon. Mart Visser snapt Diana Ross als geen ander. Hij heeft zoveel mooie dingen gemaakt die eigenlijk al helemaal Diana zijn. Net alsof hij altijd al met haar in zijn achterhoofd ontworpen heeft,a?? aldus Giovanca.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of beloved performer, lyricist and women's healthcare advocate Phyllis Newman, who passed away on September 15, 2019 at age 86. To commemorate her life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of the American Airlines, Broadhurst, Helen Hayes, Lunt-Fontanne, Lyric, New Amsterdam, Samuel J. Friedman, St. James, and Vivian Beaumont Theatres in New York for one minute on Friday, September 27 at exactly 7:45pm. 

Tom Stoppard's genre-bending comedy, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead comes to the Huntington Theatre Company .

Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham and Executive Director Ellen Richard are thrilled to announce that acclaimed film, TV and theatre veterans Frances Fisher (a?oeTitanic,a?? Native Gardens, Barbeque), will star as a?oeQueen Eleanora?? and Gregory Harrison (a?oeTrapper John, M.D.,a?? Broadway'sChicago, Steel Pier), will star as a?oeKing Henry IIa?? in its upcoming production of THE LION IN WINTER, written by James Goldman and directed by Sheldon Epps.  

Yesterday, the New York-based singer, songwriter and acclaimed pianist Jon Regen premiered his new song 'East Side Blues' on BBC Radio 2's The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum. The album, produced by Jamiroquai's Matt Johnson, is now available for pre-order and includes instant downloads of that track along with 'Wide Awake,' 'Higher Ground' and 'Who Cares If Everybody Else Knows.'

See reviews for the Broadway production of The Height of the Storm, starring Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins!

Dana Lee Block opens-up about her brother, Marc, in MONKEY MAN, a one-person show.

Dana Lee Block opens-up about her brother, Marc, in MONKEY MAN, a one-person show, Saturday, November 2 @ 7:30 p.m

Philadelphia Zoo (3400 W. Girard Avenue) announces the grand opening of LumiNature Presented by JP Morgan Chase & Co. opening on November 20, 2019. This giant-sized fantastical holiday-season light experience will transform the entire Zoo by taking guests on a magical journey of lights, music, sounds and surprises - all designed to inspire and delight each and every night through January 5, 2020. LumiNature will feature 12 experiences that include hundreds of illuminated penguins, oversized bold-colored illuminated flowers, a 21-feet tall brilliant colored snake, giant cat eyes glowing in the dark of night, and a 25-foot tree made entirely of lit flamingo lawn ornaments! More experiences will be announced as Luminature's opening date approached. LumiNature will be Philadelphia's Zoo's first major night-time installation and also represents Philadelphia Zoo's first-ever major light and sound installation. Timed tickets for LumiNature will go on sale in mid-October at www.PhiladelphiaZoo.org.

Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College (MDC) will present Black Power Naps/Siestas Negras byNavild and Sosa, a multi-sensory, interactive installation designed to provide joyful and relaxing relief from fatiguing systems of inequality.

Already when you enter the entrance you start to wonder what will happen here. You are greeted by half naked door men who smokes, the fog is tight in the foyer where people begin to gather. Inside the theater lounge there is a bar on the stage where the audience can order something to drink. The ensemble is joining the audience as they take their seats. The audience are supposed to feel like they are part of the show. The Three Penny Opera is a classic story about poor and dirty London with beggars, thieves and a corrupt police chief, and everything is circulating around Mac the Knife (Fredrik Lycke).

Gingold Theatrical Group continues the 14th Season of Project Shaw, Art as Activism: A Theatrical Survival Guide, a special series of evenings of plays that embrace human rights and free speech. All of GTG's programming, inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw, are designed to provoke peaceful discussion and activism.

Menopause The Musical at Ogunquit Playhouse has received a first look at that joyous production! This musical parody is on stage from September 4 through September 14.

The Playwrights Realm today announces recipients of two career-propelling development programs the organizationa?"led by Founding Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Roberta Pereiraa?"offers to gifted, incisive, and diverse playwrights. Now entering its thirteenth season, The Realm has continually produced work by brave new voices and expanded its commitment to providing holistic support to playwrights striving to make a life in the arts.

The AFL is pleased to announce an All-Australian line up will perform in the Virgin Australia Pre- Game Show at the 2019 Toyota AFL Grand Final Day, with Dean Lewisto play another set at the Premiership Party after the match has finished.

On September 20 Fawning will release their debut EP Too Late on NeverNotGoth a brand new subsidiary from Graveface Records (Casket Girls, Xiu Xiu, Appleseed Cast, Tokyo Shoegazer etc). The NeverNotGoth label will reissue obscure darkwave/industrial/goth gems but will also release new artists and Fawning's EP is available to pre-order HERE. Today Fawning shared the title track from the EP with Post-Punk Magazine and the song can be shared at Bandcamp orSoundcloud. About the song the band told Post-Punk ''Too Late' was the first song that we finished together. The lyrics are mostly about being so invested and in love in a relationship, that the other person could really do nothing wrong and even if they did, you wouldn't be able to leave. But it also just words because they sounded good.' 

Huntington Theatre Company announced today the cast and creative team for Quixote Nuevo, a comedic and poetic reimagining of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote by award-winning playwright Octavio Solis. Directed by KJ Sanchez and produced in association with Hartford Stage and the Alley Theatre, Quixote Nuevo will begin performances at the Avenue of the Arts/Huntington Avenue Theatre (264 Huntington Ave, Boston) on Friday, November 15, 2019 and will run through Sunday, December 8, 2019.  

The Donmar Warehouse and Clean Break today announce full casting for the world premiere of [BLANK] a new play by Alice Birch. Directed by Maria Aberg, full casting includes Ayesha Antoine, Shona Babayemi, Sophia Brown, Jackie Clune, Grace Doherty, Lucy Edkins, Zaris-Angel Hator, Zainab Hasan, Joanna Horton, Thusitha Jayasundera, Petra Letang, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Kate O'Flynn, Ashna Rabheru, Jemima Rooper and Taya Tower.

Josh Groban is heading to the Jellicle Ball! The Tony nominee took to Instagram to post his 'leaked' audition tape for Tom Hooper's upcoming film adaptation of the classic Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical Cats. Check out the video to see the star perform his rendition of 'Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats'!

Musical Comedy Award winners 2018 sing about everything keeping them awake at night: tax, wooden cutlery and the consequences of last night's eight double G&Ts. Each. From the creators of the hit show, Adele Is Younger Than Us, Stiff and Kitsch: Bricking It is a story of life's favourite fears, told through one big night out and one miserable morning after. Everyone's scared of something, but there's safety in numbers: maybe we'll be braver together.