Mandela - 2022 - West End Articles Page 5

'Samarpan' is an artistic rendition of the Indian freedom struggle against British colonial rule. This dance drama has been conceptualized, written, and directed by American-based artist -  Mr. Prasanna Kasthuri, the Artistic Director of Soorya Performing Arts in St. Louis.

Gartland Productions and producer Chris Maguire have released the trailer for LIFT, which is currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse until Saturday 18th June 2022. 

Today’s subject Schele Williams is currently living her Theatre Life as the director of the World Premiere TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) production Show Way The Musical now running in the Family Theater at Kennedy Center through May 29th.

The Chicago Philharmonic Society will present and perform Marvel Studios' Black Panther in Concert at the historic Chicago Theatre, 175 N State St, Chicago, June 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm, the weekend of Juneteenth.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s  (DBDT) annual fundraising event, The BIG Dance, features a Boot Scootin’ Boogie: Hometown Salute to Charley Pride, the late country music icon honored with the 2020 CMA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Little Girl Blue announced it will extend its run at the New World Stages through May 29th.

The Juilliard School will hold its 117th commencement ceremony on May 20, 2022, at 10:30am. The ceremony will be held outdoors on the Lincoln Center campus in Damrosch Park, presided over by Juilliard President Damian Woetzel. It will also be livestreamed at juilliard.edu for those unable to attend in person.

Leeds Playhouse is touring award-winning slam poet Zia Ahmed’s play I WANNA BE YOURS to a host of community settings across the Leeds City Region heartland in May following its run at the Playhouse.

Philadelphia's Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) will honor Emmy-award winning CNN anchor, journalist, author, and prominent Jewish American, Wolf Blitzer, during its reopening celebration gala.

Children's YouTube sensation Blippi is touring North America, with a special date in Denver on May 8 at 2 p.m. (Doors open at 1 p.m.). Blippi The Musical is set to bring the vivacious, energetic, and educational children's character from the screen to the stage for an all-ages extravaganza of fun, dancing, singing and meeting amazing new friends onstage.

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, presents Chloe Flower in Conversation with Amanda Nguyen on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 8pm ET at Buttenwieser Hall. The concert will also be available via livestream and available for 72 hours from time of broadcast.

Young Vic Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah has announced the upcoming work for Summer and Autumn 2022.

The Old Vic just celebrated opening night of the world premiere production of Mike Bartlett's viciously funny The 47th, directed by Rupert Goold and co-produced with Sonia Friedman Productions and Annapurna Theatre.

Gartland Productions has announced the cast of LIFT, opening at Southwark Playhouse  on Friday 13th May 2022. Leading the company, X Factor finalist Luke Friend He/Him (Footloose, American Idiot) will play the role of Busker. He will be joined by West End star Hiba Elchikhe She/Her (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Fiver), playing the role of Secretary.

In the summer of 2021, Kaskade made history as the first public concert performed at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. The sold-out show featured a surprise set by deadmau5 and had the two artists reuniting again for a set to close the show and catapulted them to start a music project together as Kx5.

Måneskin has announced details for their first world tour, which will consist of 48 dates spanning across North America and Europe. The LOUD KIDS tour dates have expanded to include the band’s very first headline tour of North America, as well as upgrades and additions to their rescheduled European indoor shows due to popular demand.

Prospect Theater Company announced today the complete casting for their upcoming work-in-process concert presentation of The Oscar Micheaux Suite. The concert performances of The Oscar Micheaux Suite will take place on Saturday, March 26th at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday, March 27th at 2pm at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).

On Thursday, March 17 at 7:30pm, New Orchestra of Washington (NOW) presents MADIBA: WATCHING THE SUNSET, a concert to honor the legacy of South African anti-apartheid leader and activist Nelson Mandela, who was known as Madiba, a term of respect and affection. The concert will be held at The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater and will feature a world premiere by South African composer, Mokale Koapeng.

Music Director and Principal Conductor David Charles Abell brings the fun and elegance of Oscar Hammerstein 2nd's masterworks to the POPS in HAMMERSTEIN: The Song is You, April 1–3 at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - IL VENTENNALE IN TOUR IN TUTTA ITALIA E CON IL CAST ORIGINALE, TORNA IN SCENA UNA DELLE OPERE PIù CONOSCIUTE E AMATE DAL PUBBLICO.

The Chicago Philharmonic Society will present and perform Marvel Studios' Black Panther in Concert at the historic Chicago Theatre June 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm, the weekend of Juneteenth.

This March Flushing Town Hall will present a Women's History Month series featuring four, unique performances celebrating iconic women of music history - women whose talent, boldness, and originality overcame barriers in the male-dominated spaces of their time.

The Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical, based on the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger and the New Line Cinema film screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, will premiere at Storyhouse in Chester from 30 September to 15 October 2022.

The Echo Theater Company has moved the previously announced Echo LABFest 2022, readings of seven new plays developed in the company's Playwright's Lab under the leadership of Brian Otaño and Hannah Wolf, online.

ALL YOU GAIN: Totaled: A New Musical started as a passion project between Richard Eyler (Averno's Bittersummer) and Tyler McCall (Mandela) as a way to use their time during the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of development the first look into this new work will be arriving on streaming services on January 13th, 2022 preceding their Green Room 42 performance now postponed til February 2nd, 2022.