First Down - 2022 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 3

To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt off while watching the show unfold in its new staging—which, in the end, proved to be the desired jolt it wanted from us all along. Selected as its first show for its new 2026-2027 season, this aesthetically-reinvisioned production continues extended performances through October 18, 2026.

Taylor Swift's new Showgirl deluxe tracks dominate YouTube's charts, while Aventura, Don Omar and Manuel Turizo hit the Billion Views Club.

Joe's Pub announced a new slate of programming spanning jazz, comedy, and pop music, featuring performances by Jake Schroeder, Kate Nash, Mollie Elizabeth, Gus Heagerty, Alice Smith, Morgan Bassichis, and others.

Sundance Institute announced 19 nonfiction projects selected to receive over $1 million in grants through its Documentary Fund. Projects span all production stages as the program approaches its 25th anniversary.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

Saxophonist-composer Johannes Enders premiered the lead single from his upcoming album PHANTOM HAPPINESS, featuring pianist Rainer Böhm, bassist Doug Weiss, and drummer Jorge Rossy on the Enja Records label.

Beat Street, the Broadway-bound musical based on the 1984 film, has assembled its principal creative team, joining the previously announced GRAMMY Award-winner Nas.

Jacob O'Connor's darkly comedic debut play explores men's mental health and class through a ten-week therapy-via-poetry course at Riverside Studios. Written by and starring O'Connor, the production is directed by Sean Turner.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will return to the Providence Performing Arts Center for a six-day engagement.

Grammy-winning singer Michelle Branch opened her headline tour at The Showbox in Seattle, performing a career-spanning 90-minute set ahead of the EVERYWHERE AND BACK AGAIN EP release.

Los Angeles rock trio FAILURE starts a fall tour behind LOCATION LOST, their seventh studio album featuring collaborations with Hayley Williams and other artists.

Austin post-hardcore band PORCELAIN announced a North American tour beginning with album release shows on October 22 and 23 at Hole in the Wall in Austin, supporting their sophomore album TODAY'S MINOR VICTORIES, out October 23 via TODO Records. The tour runs through December with support from ZASTAVA, NIGHTOSPHERE, TIPPER GORE, and MY WIFE IS AN ANGEL.

I suspect like most people, you have never come across the name of Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan before.  A mixed-heritage British Indian and Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in Nazi-occupied Paris who was the first woman to be parachuted into France to provide radio communication vital to the Resistance when the average life-span of such operators was just six weeks. After providing essential support, she was captured and executed at Dachau and posthumously awarded the George Cross. Stephanie Street's a small and quiet light attempts to unpick her extraordinary story.

Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) returned to DC this weekend for a three-performance engagement co-presented by Washington Performing Arts at The National Theatre.

Olney Theatre Center will produce LES MISÉRABLES with Tony-nominated director Stephen Brackett and a cast including Broadway veterans Trent Saunders and Kevin S. McAllister. The production marks the first regional staging of the musical in a decade.

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

Parting is such sweet sorrow! After more than four years of pop hits, confetti and second chances, & Juliet will play its final Broadway performance at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on January 3, 2027. Looking for an excuse to experience it one more time? Here are 10 reasons to see & Juliet before it's too late.

Leon Bridges released his new album HAPPINESS ANYTIME, produced by J Lloyd-Watson and Lydia Kitto of British trio JUNGLE. The project combines the warmth of his earlier work with groove-oriented new territory.

STARCLEANER REUNION released their debut album UMBRELLA via Take Care Records, a self-produced effort blending retro-futurist pop with poetic abstraction and sonic craftsmanship.

GOOD RIDDANCE frontman Russ Rankin released his third solo EP, A SEASON IN HELL, featuring three original songs and covers of tracks by The Records, The Avengers, and Leon Rosselson.

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's landmark 1966 debut album receives a six-disc super deluxe edition featuring 105 tracks, including 90 rare live and studio recordings, many released for the first time.

This season, Donna Feore has had the rare opportunity to helm two Stratford Festival productions: Guys and Dolls, running through November 14th, and Something Rotten!, running through November 15th, which share a stage and company of actors. 

That question sits at the center of AT THE EDGE OF NOWHERE, the debut one-act play by Austin-based Argentine-American playwright and producer Sabrina Wallace. Set in a small rural Texas town in the weeks following the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the play follows Sadie, a teenager carrying a secret with the potential to reshape her future. Family expectations, religious beliefs, town gossip, politics, and fear surround her, creating a growing chorus of voices while Sadie struggles to hear perhaps the most important one: her own.

The creative field and show business are industries where networking and connections determine demand for your work. Without contacts or recommendations, even the strongest portfolio barely opens any doors — barely. When Andrii Melnychuk arrived in the United States, he found himself in exactly this position. In 2022, when the young cinematographer moved to a country that was entirely new to him, all he carried was one old camera and more than five years of production experience. Today, he collaborates with US artists, serves as Director of Photography on independent film projects, and crafts commercial campaigns. In this article, we tell the story and talent of the Ukrainian Andrii Melnychuk, operating under the moniker Adamayzer.

Jesse Labelle, an award-winning singer-songwriter who has toured with Elton John and Garth Brooks, will star as Neil Diamond in A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL's North American tour, launching November 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas.