First Down - 2022 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 17

Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT), Spring Spark Theatre Festival NYC opens on Monday. During the 3 week festival, over 65 new works will be premiered including new musicals, dance, solo shows, cabaret, and plays in various stages of development.

Multi-talented singer, songwriter and producer JVKE is premiering his first new release of 2025, with the sweetly melodic and emotionally-driven ballad “pretty.” Listen to it now.

BroadwayWorld is excited to spotlight five incredible female theatre-makers who are changing the game from offstage. In this first edition of 'Female Theatremakers' we are catching up with the incredible director and choreographer Camille A. Brown. 

Presenter Nederlander National Markets has revealed the line-up for the 2025 - 2026 Broadway In Richmond six-show subscription series, including The Outsiders and more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Cypress Hill celebrates his storied career with Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a three-day theatrical event and live album both immortalizing the hip-hop icons’ collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Rock legend Billy Idol is set for the release of his first full-length album of new music in over a decade. In anticipation of the forthcoming record, Idol has debuted the new single “Still Dancing.” Listen to it here!

Craft Recordings celebrates the enduring, 75-year legacy of PEANUTS, with an expanded reissue of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown. Arriving April 4th, the collection features 11 never-before-heard outtakes plus the original album.

After five months on tour, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical has recouped its investment and broken records in several cities, with producers citing strong attendance and audience engagement.

Xhloe and Natasha have announced their return to Edinburgh Fringe with all three of their consecutive Scotsman Fringe First-winning shows. Learn more here!

Playwrights Horizons has announced Noah Silva as the organization's new General Manager, with Carol Fishman departing the role after 17 impactful years.

Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Max Frost returns with his sophomore album, Shelby Ave, a genre-blurring collection that showcases his signature fusion of inventive lyricism and genre-defying sound. Listen to the album!

Goo Goo Dolls have debuted a cover of INXS’ “Don’t Change,” which was recorded semi-acoustically for the radio show Modern Rock Live Los Angeles in 1996. This rendition will appear as a bonus track on the band’s 30th Anniversary reissue of their fifth studio album, A Boy Named Goo. Listen to the track now!

Mt. Joy has returned with a brand new single and album announcement; 'More More More' is the first single from forthcoming studio album Hope We Have Fun. Listen here!

Experimental artist Saya Gray has released her highly-anticipated debut album SAYA. The project was heralded in by previous singles “SHELL ( OF A MAN ),” “H.B.W,” and “LIE DOWN..,” and serves as a 10-track introduction. Check it out here!

Steppenwolf’s Purpose begins previews tonight, February 25, ahead of an opening on March 17th, and running through July 6, 2025 at the Helen Hayes Theater. Meet the cast of Purpose here!

Fresh off the back of a sold out World Premiere run at The Pit, Barbican, HighRise Entertainment (The UK Drill Project) has announced a UK tour of Lil.Miss.Lady as part of the company's 10th anniversary celebrations, with tickets on sale for dates in Gloucester, Salford and Brixton.

This summer, iconic punk rock bands Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion will be co-headlining for the first time during their U.S. Summer Of Discontent Tour with openers The Mainliners from July 22 through August 17. 

“Tamron Hall,” the nationally syndicated Emmy® Award-winning daytime talk show, and Disney’s second longest-running syndicated talk show has been renewed for a seventh season (2025-2026) with the ABC Owned Television Stations and Hearst Television.

Vivian Chong premieres her new solo theatre piece, BLIND DATES, at Theatre Passe Muraille. Directed by TPM artistic director Marjorie Chan, Chong's show invites audiences to experience the highs and lows of love through true stories from her dating life, interspersed with original songs.

Meet Maxwell 'Max' DeVivo, one of our new student bloggers! In this blog, he shares what theatrical projects he's currently working on, how he got into acting, singing & performing, as well as his experiences in joining a performing arts high school as an acting freshman major. Read the article to learn more!

Based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s memoir, The Bedwetter uses brazen humor to explore themes of broken family bonds, depression, and being different.

Kiln Theatre has announced its new 2025/26 season, Amit Sharma's second as Artistic Director. The programme features three world premieres and a new version of a much-loved hit.

Japanese Breakfast shares “Mega Circuit,” the fierce new single from her recently announced new album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). Japanese Breakfast is also expanding her tour in support with recently announced shows. Listen to the song and check out the new tour dates here!

The Play That Goes Wrong will welcome John Rapson as Robert for a limited run in February and March at New World Stages. Learn more about The Play That Goes Wrong and see how to purchase tickets.

Center Theatre Group is presenting the world premiere of Fake It Until You Make It, a farce by LA based Larissa FastHorse (pictured), the first Native American playwright to be featured at the Mark Taper Forum through March 9. I decided to speak with her about her life in the Sicangu Lakota Nation and the creation of the play.