Man To Man - 2017 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

Don't think that the words 'Lecture Series' means something dry or preachy. J2 Spotlight's 'Behind the Spotlight' series emphasizes fun facts and insiders' perspectives. These go along with the mood of the varied post-show events after the bows at most performances of fully staged full-length musicals, with Carnival! playing now, followed by The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Olympic Ballet Theatre will present GISELLE at Edmonds Center for the Arts, with 21-year-old trainee Yasmin Arafe stepping into the title role for two performances only.

Friendship is nearly always a side element in musicals. From the comic sidekick of the leading character to the backup pals who provide background vocals, friends are part of the fabric of many shows—but rarely are they the main event. 

Four-time GRAMMY® Award nominees The Avett Brothers will perform at The BayCare Sound in Downtown Clearwater with special guest The Secret Sisters. Tickets start at $49.50.

Soulpepper Theatre will present the world premiere of TIGER BRIDE, a punk-rock song cycle adapted from Angela Carter's gothic short story, starring Dora Award-winning performer Hailey Gillis.

The SYDNEY CON JAZZ FESTIVAL will present its seventh all-day event at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, featuring 140 artists across 26 concerts in six venues, with tickets starting at $29.

A wildly talented group of incredible instrumentalists, world-class wordsmiths, and sensational singers, this cast of nine (extra)ordinary guys serve it all... live!

George Lopez, star of NBC's Lopez vs Lopez and the Warner Bros. film Blue Beetle, will perform live at Paramount Theatre in Denver as part of his ongoing national comedy tour.

The Coronet Theatre will present two poetry events featuring actor Simon McBurney performing Basil Bunting's Briggflatts and a Poetry Club reading with Tishani Doshi, Asmaa Azaizeh, and Isabelle Baafi.

Clubbed Thumb has announced initial casting for its 2026 SUMMERWORKS festival. The annual festival of new plays will take place at the wild project in New York City. The lineup will include three productions running throughout the summer.

City Theatre in Pittsburgh will present an in-process reading of NEIGHBORLY: A PLAY ON TWO STOOPS, a commissioned work by playwright Chisa Hutchinson, directed by Monteze Freeland with cast members Randy Kovitz and Bria Walker-Rhoze.

Transport Group announced tickets on sale for LIZA! AT 80: A CELEBRATION IN SONG AND DANCE, a one-night-only tribute at Carnegie Hall featuring Kristin Chenoweth, Donna Murphy, Andrew Rannells, and more honoring Liza Minnelli's 60-year career.

THE CHOIR OF MAN, the Olivier Award-nominated West End hit, will make its long-awaited Queensland premiere at Brisbane Festival, performing in the returning Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent at South Bank Cultural Forecourt.

BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the original cast of Heathers: The Musical, including Barrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and more have been up to since its Off-Broadway debut!

Oklahoma City University's Bass School of Music is bringing the sweeping Broadway musical ANASTASIA to the historic Kirkpatrick mainstage this April, with a 31-member cast, a 15-piece chamber orchestra, and original costumes. Performances run April 24 through 26.

The Muny announced the principal cast for HAIRSPRAY, opening its 108th season at Forest Park. Katy Geraghty and Richard Kind lead the production, which marks the show's return to the St. Louis stage for the first time since 2015.

Glasgow's Citizens Theatre announced its autumn season, marking one year since its reopening, with productions including EAST IS EAST, OTHELLO, TRISTAN AND YSEULT, and CINDERELLA.

Marco Di Stefano's Via Crucis, a solo verse play inspired by young Italians who died in police custody, has been named the winner of the 2026 In Scena! Playwright Award by the Italian Theater Festival NY.

A new production of Shakespeare's As You Like It will be performed in London this summer, featuring an entirely trans and non-binary cast, introduced by Elliot Page.

Andrew Buckland's THE FOOL'S GUIDE ...TO LIVING AND DYING... will present at The Drama Factory, blending physical comedy and storytelling to examine social media, AI, and the human condition.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY presents the WEST COAST PREMIERE of one of the most inventive and stylish shows to come along in years: ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, April 22-May 10. It’s an imaginative musical romance that charms audiences with its original score and delightful wit. It won the 2017 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical and was nominated for two Lortel Awards: Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Projection Design.

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

As the name suggests, Midgitte Bardot is physically short albeit not short on ideas, impact, or charisma. And not just short but, at just 129cm, the shortest drag performer in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.

PADDINGTON THE MUSICAL, winner of 7 Olivier Awards and 9 WhatsOnStage Awards, has extended its West End run through February 13, 2028, with best ticket availability from Winter 2026.

Neptune Theatre has revealed the cast for RENT, running July 7 to August 30, 2026, with Geordie Brown and Allister MacDonald swapping roles they first played together in 2011.