On the Lock-In - 1977 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 5

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all. 

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra will perform music from SPIRITED AWAY, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, STAR WARS and video games at The Concourse in Chatswood.

THE SECRET AGENT, nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, will join the Criterion Collection with new 4K and Blu-ray editions featuring bonus interviews and essays.

Jeff Saenz's project performed the OUROBOROS single live at the Modern Electric Sound Recorders studio where the song and band originated.

Musica Viva NY will open its season with an evening featuring young singers from The Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program and Madrid's Teatro Real Crescendo at All Souls NYC in Manhattan.

A 49th anniversary box set edition of Elvis Costello's debut album MY AIM IS TRUE is set for release through UMe, according to a label announcement.

Eastman School of Music will release a double album of art songs by Black American composers, featuring Joshua Conyers, Nicole Cabell, and Kiera Duffy.

The new wave band behind THE SAFETY DANCE will bring new album ON THE MOON to the Totally Tubular Festival at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York as part of a North American tour.

The album, released on Biscoito Fino, explores the work of Brazilian saxophonist and composer Paulo Moura and is being submitted for Latin Grammy consideration in multiple categories.

A previously unreleased 1977 recording by THE CRAMPS, produced by Alex Chilton, will arrive via Vengeance Records under the newly formed Cramps Inc., on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining in Jacksonville will present SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER: THE MUSICAL, based on the 1977 film, running through late September with the venue's live orchestra and dinner service.

Sun Records has announced the release of previously unreleased recordings from THE GENTRYS and DAVID ALLAN COE, drawn from the label's archival vault.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Tony-nominated choreographer and performer Hope Clarke passed away. Learn more and read her obituary here.

A wonderful production that provides a heavy dose of optimism that's needed now more than ever!

IFC's DOCUMENTARY NOW! announced new episodes and special screenings, continuing the series' tradition of parodying iconic documentary films with an all-star cast.

The cult classic film BATTLE ROYALE is set to screen in a 4K presentation during its final weekend of engagements.

Who doesn’t enjoy an evening of young musical theater performers strutting their stuff on a professional stage? Not me and certainly not the enthusiastic Opening Night audience of ANNIE now playing at The Candlelight Theatre.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center announced the 2026/27 Culture Collective, kicking off with an inaugural Hispanic Heritage Celebration as part of its MPAC Presents Series in Milwaukee.

THE JACKIE MASON MUSICAL – A COMEDY, starring Jackie Mason look-alike Ian Wehrle and Mason's real-life daughter Sheba Mason, will play Actors Temple Theatre on West 47th Street in New York City.

Finally, prog gets its Prom. The BBC's heart is unarguably in the right place in handing the genre's back catalogue to their Concert Orchestra, in tribute to a 'pioneering, British-driven movement' rendered, as the billing has it, 'on an orchestral scale'. And yet the result falls a fair way short of the ambition.

AGMP Concerts will present a series of performances at The Assembly in Leamington Spa to mark the venue's 100th anniversary, featuring Macy Gray, The Blockheads, Trevor Horn & His Band, Incognito, and The Ordinary Boys.

The celebration of Chicago’s native and Indigenous artistic community will return for a fifth summer in The Sweetest Season: A Gathering of Indigenous Creativity at The Goodman.

The world premiere of a new stage adaptation of The Hour of the Star, the acclaimed novella by Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector, is set for a limited, five-performance engagement at The Broadwater.

What did our critic think of BETRAYAL at Gloucester Stage Company?