Lockdown - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

On 24 May, cabaret siren Amber Topaz will be at Crazy Coqs to bring us Red, a musical revue celebrating redheaded musical theatre stars of stage and screen. A journey from Old Hollywood via the Westend to Broadway, with iconic show-stopping numbers that have shaped musical theatre her-story.

Greg Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and celebrated Shakespearean, revives his acclaimed production of Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare's greatest narrative poem, for a limited UK tour starting in June.

Sullivan Fortner, recent Grammy winner for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, will perform at the 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival in Kalamazoo, MI. The event spans from April 30 to May 10, showcasing Fortner's acclaimed jazz compositions.

SFJAZZ will present a diverse lineup of jazz performances in February 2026, featuring renowned artists and ensembles. The month-long event will take place at the iconic SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco.

Disrobed - The Virtual Event, a unique nudist comedy, returns for a virtual run. The show, a quarantine love story, features a bashful accountant meeting his fiancée's nudist family for the first time via Zoom.

Grammy-winning producer, guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli will celebrate the centennial of iconic singer Tony Bennett with a pair of heartfelt tributes.

LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN returns to Los Angeles this month for a one-night-only performance. The show is a one-man show bringing 40 characters to life, telling two unbelievable true stories using hip-hop theater, spoken word, blues, calypso, comedy, and a video DJ.

Now BTC has produced a report on British Theatre Repertoire in 2019, the last full year before the Covid shutdown, and 2023, the first full year after theatres reopened.

National Theatre at Home has announced the addition of James Corden's smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors and Indhu Rubasingham's Bacchae to its winter offering.

Primary Stages hosted its 2025 Fall Gala on Monday, October 20, at Sony Hall, honoring Thom Sesma with the Einhorn Mentorship Award and Mickey Rolfe with the Andrew Leynse Commitment to New Plays Award. See photos of the event.

PRIMARY STAGES' 2025 Fall Gala will honor Thom Sesma with the Einhorn Mentorship Award and Mickey Rolfe with the Andrew Leynse Commitment to New Plays Award. Learn more!

Elton John’s album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy will receive a 50th Anniversary Edition reissue, featuring the 2016 remaster of the original album, previously unreleased session demos, plus Elton’s live performance of tracks from the album, recorded during 2005 for the album’s 30th anniversary.

Elton John - Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will be released on July 25, both digitally and on CD for the first time, alongside a vinyl repress.

A new comedy with heart, THIS IS GOVERNMENT grapples with the real-time consequences of political disarray. Learn more about the show and the award here!

The full cast has been announced for MAKE IT HAPPEN – a new play by James Graham, directed by Andrew Panton telling the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Celia Keenan-Bolger Will Receive the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her unwavering dedication to advocacy work through the arts.

Inspired by conversations Rosenbaum had with Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein, the International City Theatre in Long Beach is presenting the American premiere of The Violin Maker, a new play based on the true story of how he gathered and restored ruined violins that survived the Holocaust to create the remarkable collection known throughout the world as the “Violins of Hope.” I decided to speak with playwrights Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum and Ronda Spinak (artistic director of The Braid) about the play’s creation and history, especially why it is so important to tell the Violins of Hope maker’s story.

For his debut album on Signum Records, cellist Zlatomir Fung will release Fantasies, a collection of opera fantasies and transcriptions for cello and piano, on which he is joined by pianist Richard Fu. 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a full slate of nightly performances all April long. See the full lineup, including Nicole Henry and more, and learn how to purchase tickets.

Red Theater has announcef the cast and creative team for our premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring's Kairos, directed by Artistic Director Clare Brennan, running April 23 - May 18, 2025 at The Edge Off Broadway.

Get ready to laugh Australia and New Zealand with Becky Lucas as she tours Things Have Changed, But The Essence Remains. She comes to Melbourne Comedy Festival this week.

Japanese-born pianist Yoko Miwa and her and music return to Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge on Friday, April 11. Joining Miwa will be bassist Brad Barrett and drummer Scott Goulding. 7:30 p.m.

Discover the star-studded cast of Broadway's OTHELLO as previews launch tonight, February 24, 2025, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Premiere set for March 23.

Round House Theatre's Teen Takeover Weekend will return from February 28 to March 2, 2025, showcasing performances by students participating in Round House's teen performance ensembles.

Dance music powerhouses Steve Aoki and David Guetta reunite to deliver a new anthem, “My Life,” featuring Swae Lee and the late PnB Rock. Listen to the single here!