On the Record - 2004 - US Tour Articles Page 17

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the West End revival of Cabaret will open on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre in Spring 2024.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland has announced a set of North American tour dates where he’ll play live for the first time in several years. He’ll cover selections from his entire catalog and invite special guests along the way. Glenn-Copeland will kick off the tour with performances in Toronto on October 15th and Montreal on October 18th.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances! 

This month, the reader question was: How often do shows that open on Broadway in the summer go on to become Tony Award winners for Best Musical?

The Ones Ahead is Glenn-Copeland’s first studio LP in almost 20 years and the first since the extraordinary career renaissance triggered by the rediscovery of his now-classic Keyboard Fantasies album. He returns with another preview of the record with the track, “Stand Anthem.”

 Jennifer Ellison is joining The Official Take That Musical GREATEST DAYS, with a book by award-winning playwright Tim Firth. 

BIRDLAND THEATER will present the return of Carole J. Bufford in the world premiere of her new show “Divine Decadence” for a special six-performance engagement from Friday, July 21 to Sunday, July 23 with shows each night at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM.

Co-produced by the band and The Used guitarist Joey Bradford, “Right Where We Belong” marks Letter Kills’ first new music since The Bridge with the same propulsive energy, devil-may-care attitude and airtight rhythm section that made the album a cult favorite in the underground, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Natalie Joy Johnson in “Miss Natalie’s Summertime Spectacular” on Friday, June 30 at 9:30 PM.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the selection of five Honorees who will receive the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. Learn more about the honorees here!

BIRDLAND THEATER will present the return of The Billy Stritch Trio for a special six-show engagement from Friday, July 14 to Sunday, July 16, with shows each night at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will open for the first time in Italy at Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Trieste on 4th July 2023. Additional casting has now been announced, including Earl Carpenter as Monsieur Andre and Bradley Jaden as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny.

An all new video has been released featuring the Emcees of London’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club celebrating John Kander and Joel Grey’s Tony Lifetime Achievement Awards!

Featuring a classic reggae inspired arrangement complete with a lyrical shout out to Bob Marley, the track futhers Cope’s message of positivity and strength through struggle. Here, the track is a tribute to resilient women artists who inspire Cope, containing mentions of Maya Angelou, The I Threes, and Frida Kahlo.

 Ivo van Hove's English language première of Hanya Yanagihara's critically acclaimed prize-winning novel, A Little Life, comes to cinemas across the UK and selected European countries on 28 September 2023.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Broadway’s newest sensation Julie Benko – in “Julie Sings Jule,” a concert celebrating the songs of Jule Styne – on Monday, July 24 at 7:00 PM.

At 10 a.m. CST this morning, with one flip of a switch by country icon Randy Travis, Midwest Communication’s CHR Station, Hot 106.7, was transformed to “Y’all 106.7.” The first song to air on this new 80’s and 90’s-based country format was none other than Travis’ very own “Forever and Ever, Amen.” 

Steely Dan’s third album, Pretzel Logic, will return to vinyl for the first time in over 35 years. Originally released in 1974, the best-selling album marked the band’s first to break Billboard’s Top 10, “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” plus such favorites as “Any Major Dude Will Tell You,” “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo,” and “Barrytown.”

Rian Keating, the Manhattan Association of Cabarets' Male Vocalist of 2023, will return to Don't Tell Mama on June 18th and 24th to perform his acclaimed program of songs by Jacques Brel to benefit the Golden Door Scholarship Fund.

Due to overwhelming demand, and on the heels of the first leg of their critically acclaimed Twenty | The Tour, multi-planum recording artists and American Idol favorites Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken are hitting the road again for the second leg of their reunion tour.

The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Courtney M. Leonard's first retrospective, and the artist's first solo museum exhibition in New York from June 10 through November 12, 2023.

Providing assistance to young conductors in the early stages of their careers and thereby helping to continue the art form, The Solti Foundation U.S. has selected a record 22 young conductors to receive a 2023 Career Assistance Award (CAA).

Massey Hall presents Steve Earle for his Alone Again – Solo & Acoustic tour on Friday, August 25, 2023, with special guest Ron Sexsmith. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 2, 2023 at 10am ET .

On May 26, 1993, when the Princess of Wales Theatre officially opened, it solidified Toronto’s growing status as a major urban centre. Take a look back at the theatre's 30 year history!

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) has announced their Summer 2023 Season.