Coming Clean - - West End Articles Page 16

The Bloomsbury Festival has announced the initial line-up of shows, exhibitions, events, concerts, walks and talks in the 2022 programme with the theme 'Breathe' encouraging us to think about the air, the environment and being inspired through culture, art, communities, heritage, and science.

Aurora is at once a look back on Beckley’s influences – among them the triple Killer B’s of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, with Chicago thrown into the mix – as well as a fresh start, a clean slate moving forward coming on the heels of last year’s critically and greatest hits album, Keeping the Light On: The Best of Gerry Beckley.

Redtwist Theater's Modern Adaptation of ANTIGONE Opens This Sunday. Sophoklese’ Tragedy is given a modern adaptation by Anne Carson, directed by Christine Freije and starring Redtwist Company Members Brian Parry and Sarah Sapperstein.

For 14 months, Terrill Haigler was a sanitation worker in Philadelphia, living mostly as an anonymous figure in the city, collecting garbage daily until his Instagram posts garnered him national attention for his activism. Now, he's an internet and local sensation known as “Ya Fav Trashman,” CEO of YaFavTrashman, LLC, and founder of the non-profit Trash 2 Treasure. 

Katie Bejsiuk (fka Free Cake For Every Creature) shares a video “ONION GRASS,” the acclaimed lead single from her upcoming debut album, The Woman on the Moon, out tomorrow on Double Double Whammy. The video was filmed and colored by Florist’s Emily Sprague and directed by V Haddad. 

BWW catches up with Lucy Porter to chat about bringing Wake-Up Call to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Lifeline is the new, landmark double album celebrating the career of guitarist John Stein. Lifeline includes selected highlights from Stein's varied discography, capturing his eclectic spirit over decades of brilliant, honey-toned guitar playing.

Jim Breuer, brings his clean form of comedy for audiences of all ages to bergenPAC on Friday, December 16 at 8:00 p.m. Coming in the spring, Gary Mullen and The Works will deliver their popular two-hour tribute show, “One Night of Queen,” on Saturday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m., celebrating the stage theatrics and showmanship of one of the greatest Rock & Roll bands of all time, Queen. 

El Portal Theatre in association with 3000 miles Off-Broadway presents TRIBUTE FEST featuring BOHEMIAN QUEEN, KISSED ALIVE, and JIM CURRY featuring the music of John Denver.

REBECCA finally returns to the Raimund Theater! Michael Kunze & Sylvester Levay ('Elisabeth,' 'Mozart!') have created another magnificent masterpiece that has already captivated more than 2 million visitors* worldwide in twelve countries and ten languages. The spectacular production, based on the world-famous novel by Daphne du Maurier, is coming back to Vienna this September. Francesca Zambello (Director of Original Production) is recreating the show for the revival run with Simon Eichenberg (Choreography) and Peter J. Davison. ( Set Design)

On the cusp of her AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, we talk with Julie Andrews for an update on The Princess Diaries 3, her next installment in her series of memoirs, the potential of her returning to the Broadway stage and the upcoming Minions movie.

Set in 1950s Baltimore, the conservative squares face off against the leather-clad delinquents in this rockabilly musical from the creative team behind Hairspray – Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell – featuring a score from Fountains of Wayne co-founder Adam Schlesinger and The Daily Show executive producer David Javerbaum.  

Atlantic has been my artistic home since 2001.  I began as an acting student at Atlantic’s NYU program before moving on to direct and choreograph shows for Atlantic Acting School. Eventually, I found myself on staff as the School Artistic Director.

Temperatures are on the rise and that means it’s time to slide, splash and play at your favorite waterpark. Wildwater Kingdom opens  Saturday, May 28, and this year we plan to create thousands of happy lifelong memories.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus, in partnership with The Shubert Organization, will present the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird in a Philadelphia premiere engagement, July 12 – 24, 2022 at the Campus’ Academy of Music.

Romeo and Juliet meets High School Hellcats in the hit summer musical coming to the stage of Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre. Based on the John Waters cult classic film, CRY-BABY: The Musical opens Friday, June 3, at 8:00pm.  In keeping with the theatre's pay-what-you-can opening night tradition, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 7:30pm that evening for a $5 minimum donation.

Playful People Productions will present an interactive, original musical, Axoloris, under the direction of Celia Scheuerman.

Today, Wednesday 18 May, We Are Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022 called for action on the climate emergency, with the launch event for a programme of commissions set to inspire and shock people to act.

Artistic Director Mike Payette and Managing Director Andrea Vagianos today announce Tarragon Theatre's 2022-23 season: a season that embraces the range of artistic form within the theatre experience and encourages interdisciplinary, intercultural and intergenerational exchange.

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter chae continues her debut R&B solo EP rollout with a nostalgia-ridden - yet fully infectious - lead single, “I Tried”. The latest offering reveals to listeners another chapter of chae’s self-reflective story in her forthcoming EP, Letters I’ll Never Write, showcasing a memoir from a chapter of her life.

Redtwist Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its next production, Antigone, adapted by Anne Carson and directed by Christine Freije, June 23 – July 31, at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. 

Bassist/vocalist Maddie Jay and multi-instrumentalist/ producer Bobbing found their way to each other in true quarantine style – lurking around on SoundCloud with nothing else to do but stay inside and create. After forming an online relationship, the duo teamed up for the single “Marie” which is available on all streaming platforms today. The song functions as an ode to world famous organizing consultant Marie Kondo and how easy she makes it look to change your whole life around on her Netflix show, even if that isn’t the reality of it. Listen HERE / watch the lyric video HERE.

Theatre 40, the award-winning professional theatre company in Beverly Hills, announces its fifty-sixth season.

Tonys time is here at least! The nominations for the 75th Annual Tony Awards were announced this morning by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry. This year's nominees are checking in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how they got the news. Check back for live updates!

Cultivate South Park and the Cultural Space Agency have announced their successful purchase of  Four Properties in the Very Heart of South Park including South Park Hall • South Park Idea Lab • Resistencia Coffee and their permanent preservation as Community-Owned Cultural Space.