In Old Age - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

The 23rd edition of NYC Winter Jazzfest will present performances featuring Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Ravi Coltrane, and artists from major jazz communities, celebrating William Parker's 75th birthday and John Coltrane's centennial.

Tomáseen Foley's A CELTIC CHRISTMAS will perform at UCSC Music Recital Hall in Santa Cruz, featuring Irish musicians, dancers, and storyteller Foley alongside lead dancer Natalie Wagner.

Dita Von Teese extends her residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with performances throughout 2027, featuring extravagant sets, Bob Mackie costumes, and an ensemble cast.

Initial casting has been announced for Warriors, the new musical with book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, coming to Broadway next year! Find out who is starring in the show here.

Jess Poole will play evil Carabosse in the Anton Benson Productions pantomime at Oak Theatre, joining Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson as Prince George the Dragon-Slayer.

Ensemble for These Times announced its 19th season program featuring world premieres by Alexander Malinas and Mary Bianco, Shostakovich selections in Yiddish, and new works by Andrea Casarrubios, David Garner, and Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and Music Director Radu Paponiu will present a season of five concerts featuring works by composers including Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven, and Ravel.

401 RECORDS will release the new album by Nicolas King on CD and streaming formats. No Bad Chords: Live in New York City – A Tribute to Mike Renzi celebrates the career of the late Mr. Renzi.

NOSTALGIA BAIT was an excellent night of fun that celebrated growing up as a theater kid in the early 2000s. Creative choices were made that enhanced the show into a full production.

The Assembly announced five projects selected for its 2026-2027 Deceleration Lab, including works by Catalina Beltrán, Brett Ashley Robinson, and ensembles CAN TUNA and Friend of Friend.

Patti LuPone will perform SONGS FROM A HAT and Bianca Del Rio will bring her IT GETS BITTER World Comedy Tour to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

Alt-rock band THE INTEMPERATE SONS released their third studio album EPHEMERA via FRAME|WORK, with vinyl and CD editions coming in early November. The album features the single 'Chasing the Shadows of Dragonflies' and explores themes of memory, loss, and mortality.

Versatile character actress returns to play a favorite role in 5-Star Theatricals' production of 'Les Miserables,' beginning October 9

Prior to their stop here at Proctors in Schenectady, I had the opportunity to connect with Michelle Jennings, who plays Valentina in the national tour of BOOP! THE MUSICAL. Based on the Fleischer Studios icon, the show follows Betty Boop's colorful leap from her black-and-white cartoon world into present-day New York, with Jennings' Valentina, an astrophysicist reuniting with Betty's grandfather Grampy after decades apart, anchoring one of the story's most grown-up love stories. In our conversation, we talked about trading opera's young ingenues for musical theater's women with some life behind them, as well as what she'd tell Valentina about taking chances.

Playhouse Square released individual tickets for three touring Broadway productions in the 2026-27 KeyBank Broadway Series. BOOP! The Musical, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, and BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB will perform at the Connor Palace.

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.

Early music ensemble Sonnambula will premiere three 300-year-old airs by Baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, discovered in a rare 1712 book at the Morgan Library & Museum and never performed for modern audiences until now.

Performances are now underway for Other Desert Cities, which will play a 16-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Other Desert Cities here!

Trumpeter and percussionist Amir ElSaffar and Susie Ibarra will present an evening of contemporary music at Harvard's Ming Mei Residency Concert, featuring ElSaffar's New Quartet and Ibarra's Pulitzer Prize-winning SKY ISLANDS.

The Goldrich Cultural Center will present a staged reading of FANIA IN THE FOREST, a television pilot about a 16-year-old Jewish girl who escapes the Vilna ghetto and joins forest partisans fighting Nazis. The script was named to the 2026 Women's List and selected as a Top 5 ScreenCraft Fellowship finalist.

We've watched her grow up before our very eyes and, in her new show, Hannah Jane tells what it's like to be a woman in her twenties.

New 42 has added J. Harrison Ghee, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Joshua Henry, and more to its Artist Council, a group of professional artists who serve as ambassadors.

LA-based singer-songwriter Skylar Simone released the sultry new single 'Gasoline,' which blends R&B sensuality with pop appeal and 80s-inspired alt-R&B production. A music video directed by Kanya Iwana accompanies the track.

djassi daCosta johnson has been appointed artistic director of DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION, succeeding founder Naomi Goldberg Haas. The New York-based organization focuses on dance, education, and performance for older adults.

The Nordic Center in America will present the annual festival celebrating cinema from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, featuring Iceland's official Academy Awards entry and works by acclaimed directors.