In This House - 2006 - New York Articles Page 1

Acclaimed trumpet soloist, composer, arranger, and conductor David Perrico will take center stage at The Industrial Event Space on June 4 for a unique live music experience. He will premiere six new original compositions with his renowned Pop Symphonic Orchestra during a special live music video production event.

DJ WEBZ aka Andrew Lloyd Webber made a guest appearance in the DJ booth alongside original CATS star Ken Ard, who portrays DJ Griddlebone in the production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Check out photos here!

The Canadian Opera Company will host a one-night-only concert at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, featuring the COC Orchestra, COC Chorus, and an all-Canadian lineup of soloists performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

Stage One announced partners for its 2026/27 Producer Placement Scheme, offering emerging producers paid year-long placements at London and regional theatres, including Sonia Friedman Productions and Sheffield Theatres.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga will headline the opening night concert of Broadway and Vine's 2026 season at Carneros Resort's Vineyard Lawn in Napa Valley, with tickets starting at $95.

The Royal Ballet will present SO ARE WE, its first-ever program of works by choreographic duo Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, including a world premiere and a 20th-anniversary staging of Shoot the Moon.

Initial casting has been announced for a new production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play, ARE YOU NOW OR  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro. 

The 2026 Tony nominees are already winners... literally. For some, this marks their first nomination, but others have already won Tony Awards in seasons past. We took a look at which nominees have won at least a Tony or two (or four!) - amongst them, they've gathered a total 64 awards.

Queen Latifah, the musician and actress who appeared onscreen in the films of Chicago and Hairspray, will join season 30 of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” as a coach this fall.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will return for its 43rd season, featuring 13 concerts celebrating American music, BCM founder Marya Martin’s 50th anniversary in the U.S., and more.

“Sister Act” owes its status as a global phenomenon to the iconic Whoopi Goldberg film, but Alan Menken’s stage version of the beloved Hollywood comedy has long since conquered stages all over the world. In its acclaimed West End incarnation, the musical has already been touring German-speaking venues for a third year, presented by production company Showslot, continuing to fill auditoriums all over the country. Both the linguistic adaptation and the technical realization for touring operations across Germany are flawless. The show is nothing short of a gospel of good fun – hallelujah!

Emerging Artists Theatre is accepting submissions for the SPARK THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC, a developmental festival welcoming short plays, solo performances, dance, cabaret, and more. There are no submission or festival fees.

The life and career of Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is the subject of a new musical currently in development.  The show will feature iconic James Brown hits including, “Please, Please, Please,” “Cold Sweat,” “It’s a  Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” “Get Up (I Feel Like Being) Sex Machine,” “The Payback,” “Living in  America,” and more.

Celia Pacquola, winner of Most Outstanding Show at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, has added Perth and Sydney dates to her GIFT HORSE national tour, along with extra Melbourne performances.

New York's largest dance event will feature over 10,000 dancers and four Grand Marshals for its 20th annual celebration, culminating in a festival at Tompkins Square Park.

THE NEWSREADER star Sam Reid will make his Sydney Theatre Company debut in DOUBT: A PARABLE, joining Pamela Rabe, Zindzi Okenyo, and Shannen Alyce Quan at Roslyn Packer Theatre, directed by Marion Potts.

Ballet Vancouver announced its inaugural 2026/27 season, featuring guest principals from The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet, world and Canadian premieres, and the return of @GISELLE at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Cameron Mackintosh and LW Entertainment announced full casting for the new North American Tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre, led by Isaiah Bailey in the title role.

Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells will star as Salieri and Mozart in the first major West End revival of Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS in over a decade, directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play San Diego Civic Theatre for a limited engagement. Learn more here!

Soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee join pianist Malcolm Martineau at 92NY's Kaufmann Concert Hall for GOLDEN AGE, a bel canto recital tied to their new duo album.

Cape Ann Symphony closes Season 74 with a program featuring Rossini, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, with pianist Frederick Moyer performing the Grieg Piano Concerto.

Kathleen Marshall’s sumptuous revival of (Top Hat) transforms the Théâtre du Châtelet into a 1930s fantasia of tap brilliance, screwball romance, and Irving Berlin classics. Phillip Attmore and Nicole‑Lily Baisden lead a radiant cast through a whirlwind of mistaken identities, Art Deco glamour, and showstopping choreography. Running until 3 May.

Sir Wayne McGregor was appointed Resident Choreographer of the Royal Ballet in 2006, the first from a contemporary dance background, and here we are 20 years later acknowledging that fact with a triple bill of his work for the company called Alchemies.

This season, Broadway royalty has taken up residence in the splendid library of an Upper East Side mansion. So how did House of the Redeemer, a retreat house within the Episcopal Archdiocese of New York, become off-Broadway’s hottest new venue?