Lockdown - 2019 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 17

Global superstar and feminist icon Oumou Sangaré’s new single “Wassulu Don” is out today, coinciding with International Women’s Day. The music video features a series of vignettes of modern African women celebrating and thriving in their own hometown communities. Watch the new visual now!

Composer, producer, vocalist and Rome Prize-winner Lisa Bielawa will have three major new works  premiered in Washington, DC (Washington National Cathedral, March 13), New York (Carnegie Hall, March 25), and the Boston area (First Cambridge Church, April 2), performed by the Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra (ACO), and the Radcliffe Choral Society with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), respectively. 

TREY ANASTASIO has announced that he will be releasing his first-ever solo acoustic album, MERCY. Mercy was produced by Bryce Goggin and Robert “rAab” Stevenson and engineered and mixed by Mike Fahey.

Deaf Lingo (melodic punk, lo-fi garage, bittersweet indie) shares 'Push It,' the third single from sophomore album Lingonberry. Combining melodic punk, lo-fi garage, and bittersweet indie, the four-piece group has invented their very own blend of alternative rock. 'Push It' is an energized garage rock track, out on all streaming platforms now. 

Broadway star, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, and musical legend David Byrne stopped by CBS Saturday Morning to talk with Anthony Mason about his show, American Utopia.

The 12-track independent collection features “The Unkind,” “Angie,” “An Okay Way To Go,” “It,” “Tile or Linoleum,” and “Stars.” Coinciding with the album’s release, Dust City Opera has issued the official music video for the title track “Alien Summer,” directed by Chris Walsh. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

San Diego Gay Men's Chorus announces the hiring of its new Artistic Director, Dr. Charles Beale. Dr. Beale will join SDGMC in April of 2022 and direct the chorus's Pride concert in July.

Where the Arts continue to reel in the face of the pandemic, along with its ever-shifting lockdown restrictions, entertainment specialists, Blu Blood, are offering a glimmer of hope, having just increased their already substantial investment in the sector by acquiring the management and operations rights of the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace.

Rufus Norris’ stage production of Andrea Levy’s Small Island was hailed as a triumph on its debut in 2019. The epic story of race, friendship and betrayal set among the Windrush generation was a welcome distraction when streamed during lockdown and now makes an exultant return to the grandeur of the Olivier’s stage.

From the award-winning company behind family favourite Me & My Bee comes a brand new show to tour this Spring, aiming to open up conversations for those who are curious about sex and relationships.

Each year, award-winning touring company New Perspectives support a group of early career artists from the East Midlands through a year-long development programme from their Nottingham base.

Global drag icon and RuPaul's Drag Race star, BenDeLaCreme, will embark on her biggest solo tour yet as star and Lead Producer – April 13 through July 16, 2022 – with her critically acclaimed, narrative-cabaret, “BenDeLaCreme is...READY TO BE COMMITTED” (produced by BenDeLaCreme Presents).

Deva Fest 2022 is promising to be the most spectacular and entertaining family festival in the region when it returns this summer, with a host of new attractions just announced.

Skylight Theatre Company and Playwrights’ Arena join creative forces to present their second world premiere offering, Boni B. Alvarez’ APARTMENT LIVING opening March 12, 2022, live at the Skylight Theatre. Jon Lawrence Rivera directs the cast of Gabriel Leyva, Geri-Nikole Love, Charrell Mack,  Gigette Reyes, Andrew Russel and Rachel Sorsa. I had the opportunity to field a few queries to Boni on APARTMENT LIVING and his previous relationships with Skylight and Playwrights’ Arena.

Global drag icon and RuPaul's Drag Race star, BenDeLaCreme, will embark on her biggest solo tour yet as star and Lead Producer – April 13 through July 10, 2022 – with her critically acclaimed, narrative-cabaret, “BenDeLaCreme is...READY TO BE COMMITTED” (produced by BenDeLaCreme Presents).

24th Street Theatre and The Wallis world premieres Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Kenny’s RAPUNZEL ALONE March 5, 2022, with live performances alternating between 24th Street Theatre and The Wallis. I had the chance toss a few questions to Mike across the ocean on RAPUNZEL ALONE, as well as on his very lengthy resume of past plays.

At Birdland Jazz Club, catch The Cookers, Celebrating the Slide Hampton Octet, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Grace Fox Big Band, Maqueque, Sean Harkness Quartet, Monty Alexander, and Emmet’s Place Live.

After teasing his third album last year with the track “2gether,” “bbycakes” further introduces the new era from the groundbreaking artist and producer.  It also follows last year’s collaborations with Shygirl—on a rework of Lady Gaga’s “Sour Candy” for her remix album Dawn of Chromatica—and PinkPantheress—on “Just For Me” from her breakout debut.

 Bard SummerScape will return this year with eight weeks of live dance, theater, music, and opera in New York’s Hudson Valley, June 23–August 14, 2022. SummerScape 2022 presents the world premieres of new commissions in both dance and theater.

Los Angeles-via-Austin band Oliver Future is excited for the release of their new album  A Year at Home, their first new record in 14 years, out today Peak Dumb Recordings. The band released three pre-album singles, 'All We've Lost,' 'Flattened' and 'Phases of The Moon.' Listen to the new album now!

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub has shared “The Last Song on Earth,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services; the gripping anthem – which takes a sardonic look at climate change and features Taub on accordion – is joined by an official animated video, animated by Gaia Alari. Pre-order the new album now!

This spring, Caroline Horton is touring the UK with her critically acclaimed solo show following a multi-award-winning Edinburgh run in 2019, a Twine adaptation and an audio version.

The first fruits of the sessions for new album ‘Imbecilica’ can be heard today in new single ‘Tiny Blue People’, a high-energy attack that explodes with vitality and melody. The Tiny Blue People in the video live an invisible existence at the bottom of swimming pools in the suburbs United States, cunningly camouflaged by their blue skin.

Just days before the COVID-19 lockdown shuttered theatres and businesses worldwide, Joshua Bell & The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields took to the stage in what would be The Soraya's final live performance for the next 18 months.  

After being postponed for two years due to the COVID-19 lockdown, The Last Five Years is finally going on stage at the beautiful Theatre on the bay from 29 March 2022 to 9 April 2022.