Fish - 2024 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 6

Welcome to my 2024 Broadway World Year in Review. It’s been a busy year, and I’m having a great time. This year I’ve written 174 articles (175 counting this one), which is up 30 articles from last year. Thank you for allowing me into your world and entertaining me.  

The Muny has revealed the teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will bring the theatre’s bold 2025 season to life. Learn more about the upcoming season!

After ongoing efforts to save the venue, The West Bank Cafe will be reopening this month, with the Laurie Beechman Theatre expected to reopen in February. Learn more here!

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University has announced the cast of its musical-in-concert performances of Queen of the Mist. Learn more about the production here!

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Vermont Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Paul Sparks has joined Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville, a Signature-commissioned world premiere directed by Jack Serio. Sparks replaces Brendan Fraser. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Local theatre saved me in 2024, which turned out to be an extremely rocky year--with statewide and national political maelstroms and two hurricanes hitting our area weeks apart.

The Franklin Performing Arts Company will present To Tell a Story About the Earth, a new play by Miranda Rose Hall in development by LubDub Theatre Co in January at THE BLACK BOX.

Fresh Binder Productions has announced the first public performance of plays written by the Fall 2024 Writer's Cohort. The public presentation of 'FALLING... FALling... fall' will take place on Tuesday, January 7 at The Center at West Park.

With breathtaking visuals and puppetry, the stage adaptation of Life of Pi stays true to the novel while putting spectacle in the spotlight. Through a heart-wrenching odyssey across the Pacific, this production will make you believe in the power of stories—beautifully told, with imagery that sticks—to help us survive.

The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise (MORC), the world’s premier hard rock and heavy metal fan immersive music cruise sailing the high seas since 2012, has announced the addition of rock icons Night Ranger to the 2025 lineup.

Performances are now underway for the US tour of LIFE OF PI, Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel. Read the reviews so far here!

Dog Man: The Musical, based on the best-selling book series by Dav Pilkey, is making its Wisconsin public premiere at the Marcus Performing Arts Center, running for a limited engagement from May 3 through May 4, 2025. Dog Man: The Musical is a special co-presentation between First Stage and the Marcus Performing Arts Center.

CCAE Theatricals will bring this annual showcase of some of the area's brightest Rising Stars back to Escondido! See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Legendary children's musician Laurie Berkner will bring her 'Greatest Hits' solo concert to Pittsburgh area families at the historic  Roxian Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

BroadwayWorld chats with composer Andrew Lippa about 'Lippa @ 60' his one-night-only gala concert to benefit TheatreWorks Silicon Valley on December 16th

East West Players has announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Legacy Season, helmed by recently appointed Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal. Learn more about the lineup here!

Jesse Dayton is closing out 2024 with a bang, releasing “Never Be Untrue”—a live recording from last year’s explosive reunion of the Road Kings. Captured during a sold-out performance at Houston’s legendary Continental Club, the single is now available here.

At the end of the day actors, professional or not, are all those same kids who would make up plays to perform at family gatherings, would break into song whenever so moved during recess, and dance like no one is watching even if everyone is. Letting that inner child run free onstage is a gift and it makes your performance that much better.

Oh, Mary! has found its next Mary! Emmy Award-nominated actor Betty Gilpin, best known for “Glow,” and Netflix’s upcoming “American Primeval”, will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln.

With the holiday season now upon us, there are many theatrical viewing options. Many of them have a holiday theme, but for those of you that want something off the tinsel and caroling path, I am about to tell you about a world premiere commission musical that the Kennedy Center is running at this festive time of year.

South Street Seaport Museum will present Gone But Not Forgotten Artist Talk this December. Join the Seaport Museum with artist Naima Rauam at City Lore Gallery. Learn more here!

What did our critic think of A HANUKKAH CAROL, OR GELT TRIP! THE MUSICAL at Round House Theatre?

Grammy-nominated FISHER and indie dance duo AR/CO team up on ‘Ocean’, the sun-kissed new single, available now. Arriving just in time for Aussie summer, this is a bright and uplifting anthem that makes you want to bomb down Gold Coast beach and dive headfirst into the sea. Listen to the new collaboration now.

South Street Seaport Museum will present Holiday Tree Lighting Activities. Each year, the Seaport hosts its annual neighborhood tree lighting event--a magical evening filled with community spirit, music, and cheer. Learn how to attend.