On the Record - 2004 - New York Articles Page 5

Final casting has been confirmed for the Australian leg of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! Due to demand, extra performances were recently added in Australia.

Global rock superstars Green Day reup, recharge, and reignite their GRAMMY®Award nominated 14th studio album, Saviors, with a brand new (édition de luxe) out May 23. Listen to a new track now!

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) rolls out the red carpet for its 2025 Gala Celebration honoring esteemed studio executive Paul Broucek, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Music, who has made a global impact on the film and television industry, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Skirball Cultural Center's Ahmanson Ballroom in Los Angeles.

Alec Ounsworth and his band, Clap Your Hands Say Yea,h are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the announcement of limited deluxe vinyl reissues and a wide-ranging world tour.

The play Liberation which is currently playing at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre off-Broadway features nudity. How often do plays and musicals feature nudity on stage? We're breaking it down!

Steve Earle has announced his Fifty Years of Songs and Stories, a solo acoustic tour sprawling journey across over 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada. The tour will kick off on May 25 at the Princess Theater Centre for the Performing Arts in Decatur, AL.

 Irvine Barclay Theatre, one of Orange County’s top performing arts venues, will kick off its 35th season of bringing top-tier artists to Southern California with a community celebration of music and dance.

Global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will extend its booking period to Saturday 28 March 2026 at London's Novello Theatre, with tickets on sale from Friday 4 April.

A 20th anniversary reissue of Naturally, the famed album by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, is set for release on May 2nd, in time for the late Jones’ own birthday on May 4th.

The Minnesota Orchestra and Music Director Thomas Søndergård have announced plans for the Orchestra’s 2025-26 season, a year which includes performances by star artists from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to violinist Leila Josefowicz.

The Decemberists have announced a short North American Summer Tour. The band will play two Canadian festival dates - Ottawa Blues Festival and Halifax Jazz Festival before headlining a string of Northeast and Midwest shows.

This evening, or rather last evening, during their “Final Preview,” I was once again regaled to my seat with baited breath as I waited for the lights to fall on McDonagh’s masterpiece and, forthrightly, my favorite play, The Pillowman.

Kim David Smith, the provocative international singer and actor, will release the new album Mostly Marlene in digital and streaming platforms on 3/21. Smith will celebrate the album’s release with a special New York concert at Joe’s Pub that night.

Ray LaMontagne will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of his seminal debut album, Trouble, with a special remastered vinyl edition. Additionally, LaMontagne will embark on the Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour, performing the album in its entirety for the first time since its release.

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present the North American Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy adapted from the hit Paramount Pictures film—April 8-13, 2025.

The Spire Center for Performing Arts has announced four new shows. Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Steve Earle will perform on June 12, Grammy award-winner Chrisette Michele will take the stage on June 14, award-winning Boston musician Les Sampou will perform on June 26, and New England Museum Music Hall of Fame inductees The Fat City Band will play on June 28.

Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra (MTO) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a career retrospective at Carnegie Hall this week. Learn more here

International folk act The Wailin' Jennys are headed to Minneapolis will perform at the historic Pantages Theatre in July. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Due to demand, extra performances have been added in Australia for LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! The World Tour arrives at the ICC Sydney Theatre on 30 April 2025.

hile many of them are original concepts or based on plays, 14 are already films or series that you can watch from home now. If you are seeing any of the below productions in 2025, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!

Bear McCreary has shared two previously unreleased B-sides from his epic concept album, The Singularity. “Escape from the Machines (1995 Demo)” – recorded when McCreary was just 15 years old – and “Supermassive Spiral” are available now. Listen to them here!

Celebrate a century of innovation at Goodman Theatre with six world premieres, including two musicals, a major cultural attraction, and beloved annual productions. Join us for a year-long citywide event and a festival of new plays from September 2025 to August 2026.

“Bent Compass”, a one-man show which explores the transformation of a young man from raw Army recruit to seasoned combat medic to a civilian attempting to re-adjust to life back in the world, is coming to Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre. Learn more!

The 92nd Street Y will present Ian Bostridge, tenor & Julius Drake, piano in March. In one of the great vocal events of the season, world-renowned tenor Ian Bostridge performs Schubert's brooding masterpiece Winterreise. Learn more!

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra celebrates its 25th anniversary with a career retrospective at Carnegie Hall on Friday, March 14.