Because I Say So - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 9

Two new shows have been added to the 2024 Concert Season at Atlantic Union Bank After Hours at the SERVPRO Pavilion in Doswell, Virginia. Bryson Tiller, R&B singer and rapper, is coming on Saturday, June 8, 2024 and country pop singer, Elle King, performs on Sunday, June 23, 2024.

Ken Kojima: Leader of Ae! group, formed in 2019, affiliated with STARTO ENTERTAINMENT. The group is set to make their CD debut with '《A》BEGINNING' on May 15, 2024. Ken is actively engaged in various fields including movies, dramas, information and variety shows, and YouTube. Some of his notable works include the dramas 'Kaette Kitara Ippai. (帰ってきたらいっぱいして。)' (2023) and “Can’t Erase Her (消しゴムをくれた女子を好きになった。)' (2022). Additionally, as Ae! group, they regularly appear on 'Ae!!!!!! Iko (Aぇ!!!!!!ゐこ)' (MBS TV) as their own programs, “asapara - s (あさパラS)' (Yomiuri TV), and “Dodesuka! (ドデスカ！)' (Nagoya TV). Starting from May, they will embark on a debut tour covering 8 cities nationwide. In this interview, Ken discusses the comedy 'COME VISIT! MINAMI LAUGHING STREET,” (Click here to read Review: COME VISIT!…) held at the Shochiku Theater, where he served as director and featured a total of 43 Junior members.

Today’s subjects Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean, and Eva Steinmetz are currently living their theatre lives as the creative team for the DC premeire of Signature Theatre’s latest piece of musical greatness Penelope. The Greek myth inspired solo performer musical runs through April 28th in Signature’s ARK space.

Hadestown is a show that has taken the West End by storm. Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Melanie La Barrie, who plays Hermes. We discussed how La Barrie first got into theatre and decided to move to London, how she changed the role of Hermes by removing references to the character’s gender and why Hadestown such a special show.

BroadwayWorld talks to Obie Award-winning actor Francis Jue about returning to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, where he has appeared so often in the last 35 years, in Mike Lew's trenchant comedy, 'Tiger Style!'

He started as a standby when he joined the 'Hamilton Universe' in 2018. In Puerto Rico, Darnell Abraham debuted as George Washington for a limited historic run, with Lin-Manuel Miranda reprising his role as Alexander Hamilton. As excited as he was, Abraham became full-time when he took over the role a few months later and has been doing it ever since.

Regarded as the most influential Brazilian artist of her generation, Céu returns once again to the spotlight with her newest single “Gerando Na Alta” featuring the London based French/Senegal singer, anaiis.

I think the biggest thing I wanted to focus on was not making it like a character and not making it like some tasteless impression. Because I don't know. It's not necessarily what the show is about, and the three of us do a really good job of “a hint of Cher.” But there's still us!

Throughout my career, I’ve tried to stay attuned to the ticket-buying experience. I walk through the process online at the major retailers. I’ll stop by rush lines or in-person lotteries to talk to folks. And, last week, I woke up early a few days to talk to people on/participate in the standing-room-only line for Hadestown.

Cher needs only one name to be immediately identified. When it comes to dramatizing her life for the stage, however, it’s not surprising that it takes three performers to play her in the Tony Award-winning musical “The Cher Show,” which comes to the Boch Center Wang Theatre March 15–17 on its North American tour.

Will Berger is a renaissance man on a mission.  When he's not lecturing on classical music and opera, or writing the commentaries for the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius, or co-hosting the live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, or producing (and writing) the broadcasts' Met Opera Quiz, or writing books (Wagner Without Fear (1998), Verdi With a Vengeance (2000), Puccini Without Excuses (2005), all published by Random House) he's writing the libretto for a new Jazz Metal Opera!  

Since her film debut in Carrie, Betty Buckley has carved out a lengthy history with horror movies. BroadwayWorld caught up with Buckley to discuss working with Jason Blum on her new film, Imaginary, how she got her start in horror films with Carrie, and how she created her new short film, The Mayfly.

Escape to Margaritaville, is a 2017 Jukebox Musical written by Greg Garcia, and Mike O’Malley, and based on songs by Jimmy Buffett.

Page 73 has revealed the cast and creative team of its upcoming world premiere production of 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at Page 73 Majkin Holmquist's Stargazers. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Following a sell-out tour across the UK, British comedy sensation Myra DuBois will be extending her Be Well live tour into Autumn 2024 across September and October.

Jenna Ortega has confirmed that she will be playing Lydia Deetz's daughter in Beetlejuice 2. The Wednesday star gave more insight into her role as Winona Ryder's daughter, Astrid, in the upcoming film. Ortega went on the explain the complicated dynamic between Astrif and Lydia in the upcoming film, which is titled 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.'

Sacramento is brimming with new works in theatre this month, and one play that I am particularly looking forward to is by former Sacramento-based playwright James Van Eaton. The premiere of his Oscar Wilde-inspired An Honest Apology will be performed at FreeFall Stage beginning with their annual Valentine’s Day Dessert on February 14th. BroadwayWorld spoke to James about feminism, video games, and all things Wilde.

Nadia Rosenchtejer: A professional vocalist and performer from Argentina. With a captivating presence, her voice has graced prominent stages. Her career with the first cruise ship was in 2018 as a Lead Production Vocalist on MSC. Her powerful voice has also been showcased on Silversea Cruises and at Universal Studios Japan. Nadia has graduated from the Buenos Aires Theater School and participating in courses at the Working Actor Studio (NYC), Broadway Dance Center, and the Collective Creative Initiative (UK).

What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! At Straz Center For The Performing Arts.

She co-produced Don't Forget Me with Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris) at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, writing eight of its 10 songs with him and penning two alone. Shawn Everett (Brittany Howard, The War on Drugs) mixed. The album was mastered by Emily Lazar (Beck, Coldplay), who has mastered all of Rogers' albums to date.

Joe Salanitri is one of three members of Sooshi Mango, the team behind a slew of viral internet comedy videos primarily poking fun at having an ethnic family. Their live show has sold out all over the world, including their home in Australia, and they're bringing it to New York City for the first time ever later this month on February 28th.

Luke Yankee’s Marilyn, Mom & Me world premieres February 16, 2024, at the International City Theatre. Written by Luke, he also directs the cast of Laura Gardner, Alisha Soper, Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield, Brian Rohan and Noah Wagner.

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet will have its North American Premiere at the Ahmanson January 31, 2024 (with previews starting January 28th). Matthew directs and choreographs his cast of 27 New Adventures dancers. Matthew managed to answer a few of my queries on the phone amidst the background of police sirens blaring.

If you’re a fan of vampires (and who isn’t?), you’ll want to check out Blood/Love, a new poppy rock opera that speaks as much to human nature as it does to the sultry glamorous lives of the undead. I spoke to Carey Sharpe, one of the creators and stars of the show, about some of the inspiration behind writing it, next steps, and more.

In the past few years in film, television, and onstage, it’s been proven that nostalgia sells…and it sells well. So it only seems natural (or should I say supernatural) that a spooky season favorite film “Beetlejuice” would make its way to the stage in a big flashy Broadway musical.