Now-a-Days - 1929 - Broadway Articles Page 9

As many students of history know, 1929 was the beginning of a chaotic, and often tragic, decade for the United States. Seven months after a small stock market crash and recovery on March 25, the bottom fell out.

Discover the presentation of the book ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE XALAPA at the National Conservatory of Music of Inbal. Dive into the world of symphonic music and enrich your knowledge about this renowned orchestra.

 Experience the 1929 Berlin club scene with Blackfriars Theatre (795 East Main Street) for Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, running May 10th-26th. 

​​​​​​​Philadelphia Ballet will conclude its 2023/2024 subscription season at the Academy of Music with the upcoming presentation of The Dream, the whimsical, romantic ballet inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present the Black Theatre Society's inaugural new works reading event.

The current revival of Cabaret just opened on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre- a space that has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club, with an in-the-round auditorium and sinfully dreamlike spaces. To get the full experience, you've gotta show up for the Prologue.  Let BroadwayWorld be your guide!

Papatango has announced a new Autumn tour of Chris Foxon's adaptation of The Watch House, based on the novel by Robert Westall. This will follow the opening of Some Demon by Laura Waldren – this year's winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize, at the Arcola Theatre in June.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy will present Going Mad: Alice in Hollywoodland, written by Richard Alger and directed by Tina Kronis, co-founders of Theatre Movement Bazaar.

LAIBACH has released a new two-track single, “Opus Dei Live 1987 - 1989 pt.1”,  featuring two unreleased live recordings: “Leben heisst Leben (Opus Dei)”  Live from London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987 and “F.I.A.T. (Let It Be)”  Live from Paris, Espace Ornano, 1992. Both tracks are from the expanded edition of their 1987 album, Opus Dei, which is set to be released digitally on Mute on May 10, 2024. Listen to the tracks here!

Cabaret runs April 19 through May 12 at the Titusville Playhouse.  Check out all new photos here!

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish MC welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

The life and works of Tamara de Lempicka come to life on Broadway this weekend. The character at the center of the new musical, opening Sunday, April 14 at the Longacre Theatre, left behind a lasting legacy that continues to inspire and influence generations of artists... but how much do you know about her?

Celebrate jazz at SMOKE Jazz Club in NYC this May with album release concerts by Charles McPherson and Jane Monheit, and more! See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd. (BHT), New York City’s only theatre group dedicated to raising money for local charities, will mark its 100th Anniversary with a production of H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor—Gilbert & Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration and their first international hit.

Join the final days of the South Street Seaport Museum's exhibit, SEAPORT DISCOVERY: EXPLORING OUR WATERS WITH ERIC CARLE, ending on April 14, 2024.

Discover the newly processed archival collections from the Great American Songbook Foundation, featuring influential women of the Songbook.

Join pianist Han Chen and Argento New Music Project for a chamber concert at DiMenna Center on April 6, 2024.

La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) recuerdan a Ángela Gurría Davó (24 de marzo de 1929- 17 de febrero de 2024) en el 95 aniversario de su natalicio, artista que definió la escultura moderna y primera mujer en integrarse a la Academia de Artes.

Asolo Repertory Theatre, has revealed its 2024-2025 season. See the full lineup of plays and learn how to purchase tickets.

“Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” produced by Theatre 68 and directed by and starring Ronnie Marmo, has been extended by popular demand through April 28 at the Richard Christiansen Theater of the Biograph Theater in Lincoln Park.

Celebrate Balboa Theatre's 100th anniversary with a special screening of the 1929 silent film, THE FLYING FLEET, accompanied by organist Ken Double.

When you’re considered to be one of the greatest songwriters ever, with a catalogue stretching back 60 years, it’s not surprising that you would want to put your music in proven hands when it’s time for Broadway.

Mikron have announced that this April they will be premiering Jennie Lee, a new play by Lindsay Rodden, with original songs and integrated audio description, charting the extraordinary life of the radical Scottish politician, Westminster's youngest MP, so young that, as a woman in 1929, she couldn't even vote herself.

Mikron has announced that this April they will be premiering Jennie Lee, a new play by Lindsay Rodden, with original songs and integrated audio description.

 This week, the principal cast of the  first-ever UK & Ireland of BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL set off on the road in a vintage 1929 Ford Model A Saloon as the tour moves to Wolverhampton Grand from Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 March 2024.