Lockdown - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 12

Self-reflection can be uncomfortable, but the insight and clarity that comes from it can spark tremendous creativity. Though singer-songwriter Caroline Spence typically spends much of her time on the road – a lifestyle that doesn't allow for much self-reflection – the lockdown provided her with an unexpected gift of time that ultimately enabled her to create the 12 new songs that make up her latest album, True North, released on April 29

Coeurage Ensemble, LA's Pay What You Want performance company, has announced its first in person production since Under Milk Wood during the summer of 2019 — Jonathan Larson’s ​Rent.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete roster of unparalleled dance talent slated to showcase their artistry at The Joyce Theater during the Fall '22/Winter '23 season.

BWW catches up with Guy Masterson to chat about bringing 9 Circles to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

There is less than a week to go before the three-part concert series presented at Theatre Royal Drury Lane kicks off, starting with Chess the Musical in Concert on Monday 1 August.

Ideologic Organ will release a collaborative album from Norwegian musicians/sound artists Runhild Gammelsæter and Lasse Marhaug, with a special color variant available (limited to 300 copies). Gammelsæter and Marhaug both started in the early 1990s music underground and have worked in many constellations with a wide range of collaborators.  

Theatre for a New Audience has announced its 2022-23 season, its 43rd, held at TFANA’s home, Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.

Babes With Blades Theatre Company (BWBTC) launches into their 2022 season with Richard III, in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Disability Cultural Center and directed by Richard Costes, August 25 – October 15, at The Edge Theater

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this August with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch John Pizzarelli Trio, Sam Gravitte, Alexa Tarantino Quartet, Karen Mason, Artemis, John Yao Orchestra Plays Bird, Bobby Conte, and more.

Celebrated for his innovative programming and award-winning recordings, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is offering a window into his musical life story with his new album, From Afar. Due for release on October 7, 2022 on Deutsche Grammophon, the highly personal double album reflects Ólafsson's musical DNA, from childhood memories growing up in Iceland to his international career and contemporary inspirations.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that “No One Is Alone” – the new single from Eleri Ward’s upcoming album – is available on streaming and digital formats. Listen here!

This September, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its namesake with two projects: the opening of Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy—a new permanent exhibit exploring Kennedy's presidency and commitment to the arts—and a reprise of Bernstein's MASS, which premiered at the Center's opening exactly 51 years earlier. These projects cap an extraordinary year that saw the Center reopen its doors after the pandemic lockdown for a landmark 50th Anniversary season.

Vatican Falls, the controversial play written by Frank J. Avella that closely examines the Catholic sex abuse scandal while telling real survivor stories and exploring the fictional journey of one particular survivor will make its world premiere this Fall in a limited engagement run Off-Broadway.

Mischief, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery as well as BBC comedy series The Goes Wrong Show, announced the full cast for the return of Mischief Movie Night, the improvised movie live on stage.

The International Guest Artists have been announced for Cape Town City Ballet’s Winter Season.

The latest from Loud Luxury celebrates nightlife’s return and release of a long-awaited new single for the pair with Armada Music.  Loud Luxury--who is Andrew Fedyk and Joe De Pace --have been busy as ever coming out of lockdown forging their way into 2022 with new shows and performances. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Global phenomenon Bring Me The Horizon resume the next chapter of their hugely successful journey with the release of a new single entitled “sTraNgeRs” out today via Columbia. The track is the latest single to be released from their critically acclaimed POST HUMAN series.

The video sees animated imagery and blasts of fuzzy static nod to the band’s DIY sensibilities. Reminiscent of a cut-and-paste punk zine plucked straight from the 1970s, the video sees two floating heads and hand-drawn, cataclysmic visuals put to music as The Velvet Hands deliver a broiling barrage of live-ready rock riffs.

Francesca Moody Productions and Kater Gordon have announced the full cast for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 world premiere of KATHY AND STELLA SOLVE A MURDER! The five-strong cast features real-life best friends Bronté Barbé (Kathy) and Rebekah Hinds (Stella) in the title roles, playing Hull’s least successful true crime podcasters Kathy Baxter and Stella Carmichael.

THE CENTER AT WEST PARK (CWP), the Upper West Side's cultural hub for diverse, engaging, and boundary-pushing performing arts, announces the lineup for The 2022 Evolution Festival, a multi-disciplinary performance festival featuring six original works-in-progress of theater, dance, and music by NYC-based artists.

Endearingly inspirational and beautifully performed, COME FROM AWAY---as experienced in this relaunched post-lockdown tour now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 26, 2022---certainly proves itself worthy of repeat visits. At its core, the show is a hopeful, positive reminder that unconditional kindness does still exist in our world, even if evidence of such behavior is harder to find these days.

On June 28-29, Harbourfront Centre presents the final work in the Torque dance series, Alan Lucien Øyen and winter guests’ STORY, STORY, DIE. This multidisciplinary production from the award-winning Norwegian director is an exploration of the way we shape the world’s perception of our lives, and the lies we tell to appear more desirable.

“Look For The Light” is the radiant new single release by Pearl Diver. Written by lead singer and guitarist Matt Sage whilst on retreat in a hut overlooking the North Cornish sea; mesmerised by his shimmering surroundings and at one with the natural world, he found himself in a consummate state of being.

“Don’t You Worry” sees Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, andGuetta level up together on the kind of international banger meant to eclipse genre lines and borders. They each bless the track with a signature flavor, uniting for an undeniable summer anthem that’s as hot as it gets. Watch The music video, by Director X!

Today, New 42 announced the tenth group of New Victory LabWorks and LabWorks Launch artists for the 2022-23 season. LabWorks explores, devises and reimagines what theater for families can be by supporting New York-based artists of all disciplines.