First Down - 2022 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 2

GatherNYC will present its 2026–2027 season at Jazzcultural, a new Manhattan listening room, featuring 31 weekly Sunday concerts. The series founded by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd will include classical performances, spoken word, and silence.

Director Telly Leung discusses DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at Theatre Raleigh, starring Nick Adams, his return to the company after directing YELLOW FACE, and the immersive BITE ME Bar pre-show experience.

Herb Alpert announced his first UK tour with The Tijuana Brass in over 50 years, kicking off May 6 in Gateshead and closing May 13 at London's Royal Albert Hall, with stops in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol, and Birmingham.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is fitting that a play about questioning the stories we inherit has a story of its own worth revisiting. Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is the Villain, now being presented by Kansas City Repertory Theatre at the downtown Copaken Stage, has so far traveled a remarkable road.  I Imagine Kimberly as Luke Skywalker with a laser pistol taking comic potshots at almost everyone in her galaxy. But there is something darker going on in this play too

The Licensing Company announced that professional and amateur stage rights for THE OSMONDS: A NEW MUSICAL will be available for licensing in the US, UK, and Canada. The musical tells the true story of five brothers who became one of the 1970s' biggest musical sensations.

Dark-alternative duo SHE WANTS REVENGE launches their fall tour starting Oct. 10 in Ventura, CA, with multiple sold-out dates across North America. The band plans to release new music soon.

Multiplatinum singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin released the new single FOLLOW ME via Atlantic Records, accompanied by an official lyric video. The track features acoustic guitar and conversational vocals.

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Shania Twain released the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, LITTLE MISS TWAIN – THE PLACES I'LL GO, featuring six additional songs including three new tracks and a collaboration with The Milk Carton Kids.

Rock icon Slash received the Les Paul Spirit Award at an intimate celebration at The Les Paul Recording Studio in Hollywood, honoring his innovation and creative legacy.

MONSTA X are back and arguably better than ever. Their return to New York as part of their new world tour, The X: Nexus, marked the group's first tour in four years. Read my full review here!

Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.

Brandon Kyle Goodman's Queerties-nominated comedy returns to perform at The Elysian in Los Angeles, bringing the original New York cast from its Off-Broadway run.

Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club announced Kazuo Ishiguro's KLARA AND THE SUN as the monthly selection, with exclusive content and a podcast interview between Lipa and the Nobel Prize-winning author.

Guitarist John 5 announced three new Fender signature Telecasters and released the song and video for "Phantom." His international tour begins October 11 in the UK, followed by dates in Mexico, South America, and Thailand.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 6, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Michelle Branch surprised Los Angeles fans by welcoming Lisa Loeb to perform the 1994 hit "Stay (I Missed You)" during a sold-out stop on her EVERYWHERE AND BACK AGAIN tour at The Wiltern.

BROWN SAUCE and Tara Theatre selected eight emerging South Asian comedians for the third edition of THE COMEDY LAB. The cohort will participate in a free workshop and ticketed showcase headlined by Sukh Ojla.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL announced its full cast for the relaunched North American tour, beginning performances at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas in November 2026. Jesse Labelle returns as Neil Diamond – Then, joined by Stuart Metcalf as Neil Diamond – Now and an ensemble cast.

SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS announced a world tour in 2027 supporting their fifth studio album FLYING BLIND, arriving February 26 via Gibson Records. Early ticket access begins October 9.

Breaking the Binary Theatre revealed additional cast members for its fifth annual festival, which will present staged readings and new plays by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ theatre artists at MCC Theater Space.

Jenny Lee Lindberg, founding member of WARPAINT, released a cover of The Kid LAROI's GIRLS. The track features guitar contributions from Johnny Marr and marks her first new music since 2022.

New York band MX LONELY released their new EP PERFECT HOUSE via Julia's War Recordings, featuring four reworked demo tracks exploring tension and emotional turbulence.

Noah Kahan released "Draw You Out," the lead single from THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING (THE ALBUM). The soundtrack features 29 cross-genre artists and arrives ahead of the film's theatrical release.

HAMILTON may choose to focus on Alexander as the assumed protagonist, but greatness never thrives in a vacuum. HAMILTON as read through our binary lens means that each performer must have great chemistry with Alexander, yes, but also with their binary counterpart as well.