In My Life - 2005 - Broadway Articles Page 15

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.

Becca Stevens has unveiled a new single, “I’m Not Her.' The track is the second single from her highly anticipated forthcoming album Maple to Paper. Stevens has also joined the cast of Broadway’s ‘Illinoise.' Listen to her new single!

On Thursday, July 18, at 7 p.m., Le Petit Theatre will host a public reading of Louisiana-native playwright and producer Kelley Nicole Girod’s play “A Body of Water.”

National Sawdust will open its momentous 10th anniversary season with the world premiere production of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek's sensual and poetic new opera Silent Light from September 26-29.

Melissa Errico and Isabelle Georges will debut their new show DEUX GRANDES DAMES at Crazy Coqs.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Reefer Madness The Musical has announced a special, one-night-only, reunion concert to celebrate the four-week extension of the critically acclaimed production. 

Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club has revealed details about July’s Monthly Read: Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Noughts & Crosses is the first book in Malorie’s young adult fiction series and depicts a parallel world in which white people – 'noughts' – live as second-class citizens in a society run by Black people – 'Crosses.'

Jersey Boys is closing up in Vegas. The new residency at The Orleans Hotel and Casino, which opened in January, will play its final performance in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 7. 

Acclaimed theatre director Michael Wilson will be spending the summer in St. Louis to helm the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis’ production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Wilson, who has long examined the works of Tennessee Williams could not pass up the opportunity to work in St. Louis.  

Tony Award-winning Bartlett Sher is set to direct the recently announced Hello, I’m Dolly, a new musical inspired by the life and career of Dolly Parton. Learn more about the Broadway-bound musical here!

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

On Friday, July 26, 2024, Academy Award-winning composer Kris Bowers and GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Charles Yang are spotlighted on a heartfelt new album, For A Younger Self, featuring the talented musicians of the American Youth Symphony (AYS) conducted by Carlos Izcaray.

Last week, legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and activist Cyndi Lauper sat down with the stars of the brand new production of  KINKY BOOTS, Johannes Radebe (Lola) and Dan Partridge (Charlie Price) to chat about the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour ahead of her appearance at Glastonbury this weekend. Check out the photos!

Greater Boston theatre companies and collaborative partners gathered at Boston’s City Hall today, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, to announce major plans for an ambitious two-year, citywide celebration of the Ufot Family Cycle, a cycle of nine plays about three generations of a Nigerian American family by Massachusetts-raised, visionary playwright Mfoniso Udofia.

Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills will present the London Premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical adapted from Rick Riordan's 2005 best-selling book series at The Other Palace this Autumn.

Hawaii Performing Arts Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary from June 27 to July 21, showcasing world-class music and exceptional faculty artists on Hawai'i Island. Discover the festival's rich history and impact.

Explore the life of 1960s football legend John White and his son Rob's journey in the one-man play THE GHOST OF WHITE HART LANE, commissioned for the Fringe. Discover the story of 'The Ghost' of White Hart Lane.

The world premiere of IS THIS AMERICA?, a civil rights opera, will be held in Boston from September 20-22. The opera explores pivotal moments in the civil rights movement through powerful performances.

David Spade brings his CATCH ME INSIDE TOUR to the Kravis Center on October 3, 2024. Don't miss the chance to see the comedian live in West Palm Beach.

White Snake Projects will premiere the opera IS THIS AMERICA? celebrating civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with original music by Mary D. Watkins. Pre-show talks at Boston Public Library branches on Sep 4 and 14.

Comedian David Spade will perform at The Bushnell in Hartford, CT this fall. See how to purchase tickets.

2X GRAMMY nominated singer-songwriter and rising star Becca Stevens has confirmed her highly anticipated forthcoming album Maple to Paper, set for release August 30. Ahead of the album, she unveiled the lead single “Now Feels Bigger Than The Past.' Stevens has also joined the cast of Broadway’s ‘Illinoise’, which yesterday won Best Choreography at the 2024 Tony Awards and was nominated for three others. Listen to a single from her album!

Today’s subject Salar Nader is currently living his theatre life as the Tabla Artist in the national tour of The Kite Runner. The show will conclude it’s tour in the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center starting on June 25th and playing through June 30th.

Chelsea Factory will present resident artist Yara Travieso’s ANTOLOGÍA: UNA TETA NOVELA, a bilingual work-in-process, from June 20-22, 2024.