How to Be an American! - 2016 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 18

Count Basie would have turned 120 in August, while the Count Basie Orchestra lives on, having just won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble. In a collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra, acclaimed two-time #1 Billboard chart-topping Jazz singer Deborah Silver is now gearing up for the early 2025 release of her new album Basie Rocks!, produced by Rolling Stones drummer extraordinaire Steve Jordan. She is here to tell us all about it in this video.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis' have been working hard on a new concept album, Warriors. The pair has just announced that it will be out everywhere October 18 on Atlantic Records, Executive Produced by Grammy Award winning rapper Nasand produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Mike Elizondo.

Individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, in Detroit will go on sale Friday, August 23 at 10:00 a.m. 

Irish Arts Center has revealed their Fall 2024 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Gingold Theatrical Group has announced that their 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala will be held on Monday September 23 at 6pm at Robert Restaurant atop the Museum of Arts & Design. The evening will honor Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty with the Golden Shamrock Award for their tireless work as supporters of human rights and their artistic excellence in musical theater writing.

ArtsWest revealed its 2024-2025 season lineup featuring a diverse range of productions, including classics and contemporary works. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born revealed new projects and the Artists Supporting Artists initiatives under Sweat Variant, promoting collaboration and innovation in the arts community. Learn more!

Once Upon A Mattress will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The revival will celebrate its opening night on Monday, August 12, 2024, for the limited engagement through November 30, 2024, at The Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Once Upon a Mattress here!

Partnering with oceanographer Georgy Manucharyan and six visionary composers, violinist Rachel Lee Priday will embark on a musically rich project that blends classical music with the visual poetry of fluid dynamics experiments, including a new album, Fluid Dynamics, with pianist David Kaplan out Friday, August 23, 2024 on Orchid Classics. 

Wé Ani, from The Voice and American Idol, will play City Winery on August 14th.

Violinist Rachel Lee Priday releases her new album Fluid Dynamics, featuring works by Smith, Wiancko, Spinei, Andres, Lanzilotti, and Cerrone, with pianist David Kaplan.

The Palace Theater has announced its 2024-2025 Spotlight Series, featuring a diverse lineup of performances and events.

Playhouse Square announced that tickets to the touring Broadway productions of TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL and DEAR EVAN HANSEN will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday July 17, 2024, at 10 a.m.

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will receive a staged reading of THE PINK, directed by Kevin Newbury.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Actors include Tony Award winners, current Broadway stars, and Royal Shakespeare Company members. Take a look here to find out which stars you may recognize from the theatre, including Gayle Rankin, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Eve Best, and more.

Theatre Under The Stars is launching the new national tour of the Tony and Grammy -winning Best Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Algos Music has announced the release of the new album by vintage vocalist extraordinaire ALLYSON BRIGGS – Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach – on CD and in digital and streaming platforms.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999.

Producers Ken Davenport, Bob Gaudio and NETworks Presentations with the Fabulous Fox Theatre have announced that individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, are on sale now.

Prolific playwright Tom Jacobson world premieres his two latest works The Bauhaus Project and Crevasse in July. Open Fist Theatre Company premieres The Bauhaus Project, a theatrical event presented in two parts (Part 1: Bauhaus Weimer and Part 2: Bauhaus Dessau and Bauhaus Berlin) opening July 19, 2024, at Atwater Village (with previews July 12th, 13th and 14th). Son of Semele and The Victory Theatre co-produces Crevasse beginning July 26 (with previews July 19th and 20th) at the Victory Theatre. In The Bauhaus Project, Martha Demson directs the cast of Jack Goldwait, Sang Kim, Katarina Joy Lopez, Chloe Madriaga and John C. Sweet. In Crevasse Matthew McCray directs Leo Marks and Ann Noble. The ever busy Tom was ever gracious enough answer a few of my queries again.

Signature Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for SOFT POWER.

Van Alen Institute launches 'With Your Voice,' a public art project showcasing site-specific installations in Gowanus, highlighting the neighborhood's changes due to rezoning. Learn more!

This is an important play, to be considered a peer of Angels in America and The Inheritance, a sweeping two-play multigeneration account of the impact of AIDS on the American gay community -- with the difference that this one focuses on men and women of color. It may suffer from some lack of restraint and melodrama, but it makes up for it with the depth and breadth of its consideration, the power of the acting, and the force of its polemic concerning the beauty of the gay community and its members, the care shown by its caretakers, and the importance of creating records. You could feel the love in the play, and fall in love with the characters.

Theater Latte Da reveals three new works for the 2024 NEXT Festival, showcasing innovative and diverse storytelling in the performing arts.

Red Bull Theater and Bedlam have revealed the complete cast for MEDEA: RE-VERSED, featuring Sarin Monae West. Learn how to purchase tickets!