On the Line - 2006 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

Emerging Artists Theatre will present the inaugural Spark Musical Theatre Festival NYC, showcasing 26 new musicals ranging from staged readings to fully produced works at the 28th Street Theatre in Manhattan.

SPAMALOT, otherwise known as Monty Pythony’s Spamalot: A New Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail is an absurd spoof on the already absurd.

CACTUS has released a new music video for "300 Pounds of Joy," a Howlin' Wolf cover from the band's latest album TEMPLE OF BLUES II, featuring Ty Tabor and Artie Dillon alongside drummer Carmine Appice.

A new musical by Nancy Burke, Ignacio Valdivia and Ed Levy inspired by Chilean resistance fighters will perform at Emerging Artists Theatre's inaugural SPARK Musical Theatre Festival in New York City.

Composer David T. Little announced season highlights including the New York premiere of WHAT BELONGS TO YOU at NYU Skirball, a 20th-anniversary release of SOLDIER SONGS by Opera Philadelphia, and new productions of DOG DAYS and JFK across North America and Australia.

All Roads Theatre Company will present its third annual gala at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, featuring 50 Broadway performers and an 18-piece orchestra.

TWISTED SISTER returns for select fall dates with Sebastian Bach on lead vocals, performing alongside founding members Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda at Hard Rock Live in Gary, Indiana.

What did our critic think of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Boch Center Wang Theatre?

NOSTALGIA BAIT was an excellent night of fun that celebrated growing up as a theater kid in the early 2000s. Creative choices were made that enhanced the show into a full production.

54 Below will present performances featuring Broadway talent including SUFFS star Housso Sémon, Disney Channel icon Anneliese van der Pol, and RuPaul's Drag Race's Sapphira Cristál.

Real Gone Music confirmed four limited-edition colored vinyl titles for Record Store Day Black Friday, including remastered 30th-anniversary albums from BARENAKED LADIES, a debut LP from Bazzi, and a previously unreleased live collection from Tom Verlaine.

This October, Broadway treasure Kelli O’Hara is heading from the stage to the big screen—or at least, one of her stage performances is. O’Hara stars in Fallen Angels, the sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent Noël Coward comedy, coming to movie theatres this month, giving audiences everywhere another chance to see one of Broadway’s most celebrated leading ladies in action.

Reba McEntire's personal collection of stage-worn gowns, jewelry, boots, and memorabilia will be auctioned to benefit The Reba McEntire Fund supporting local and national nonprofits.

Actor Ray Romano and executive producer Rory Rosegarten will be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, making history as the organization's first non-music inductees in its 22-year history.

New York Live Arts, BAM, and L'Alliance New York will present the U.S. premiere of TOI, MOI, TITUBA… by choreographer and performer Dorothée Munyaneza and Kadidi Company, exploring suppressed voices through movement and music.

Michelle Branch surprised Los Angeles fans by welcoming Lisa Loeb to perform the 1994 hit "Stay (I Missed You)" during a sold-out stop on her EVERYWHERE AND BACK AGAIN tour at The Wiltern.

BET announced the SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2026 nominees, with fan voting for R&B/Soul Song of the Year on BET.com and a new Spotify R&B X International Artist category voted on Spotify.

Platform in Easterhouse turns 20 this autumn.

Dorothée Munyaneza will present the U.S. premiere of her solo performance based on French philosopher Elsa Dorlin's essay on Tituba, performed at New York Live Arts Theater.

Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga will star in Theatre Group Asia's Philippine staging of ANG TAHANAN NI BERNARDA ALBA, a Filipino adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic play adapted by director-playwright Chay Yew.

54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.

The upcoming production of the 1955 musical written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics) and Douglass Wallop and George Abbott (book) will star Neil Patrick Harris as Applegate, Julianne Hough as Lola, and Austin Scott as Young Joe Hardy. It will play Broadway’s Marquis Theatre, which incidentally, hosted the first revival of the show from 1994-1995. The 2027 production will be the second Broadway revival for the perennially popular property which has been a favorite in schools and communities since it made a splash during musical theatre’s Golden Age. 

the cell in Chelsea will present 22 new projects from over 27 resident playwrights, composers, designers, and interdisciplinary artists developing new work through readings, workshops, and staged productions.

Disney Jr. released the official trailer and key art for MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE+ season 2, featuring new adventures with Mickey, Minnie, and their pals, plus the debut of Goofy and Daisy's clubhouses.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?”