Once - 2016 - US Tour Articles Page 9

Though the revival of Merrily We Roll Along ended its limited Broadway run in 2024, the show will live on in the form of the new filmed version, now in theaters. To celebrate the release of the hit Stephen Sondheim musical, we are taking a look back at the storied careers of its three leading stars, starting with Tony Award-winner Daniel Radcliffe.

The Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department, operating as Pompano Beach Arts, will present the milestone 'sapphire' 5th anniversary of Jazz Fest Pompano Beach.

The Ensemble Company, the repertory theatre company in residence at Imagine Performing Arts Center, will conclude its seventh season with Steve Martin’s gawky comedy, Meteor Shower. 

BroadwayWorld talks with composer Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab about the music, puppets, and family fun behind Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile musical, playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre through January 4.

For the first time in 13 years, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will return to its tradition of presenting four symphonic concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

From December 3-14, 2025, FROM THE OTHER SIDE transforms La MaMa into a home for an incredible group of Balkan artists, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 1PM.

54 BELOW will celebrate the happiest time of the year with an incredible lineup of performances by Tony winner Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Darius de Haas, and more.

Since this column began, I have always made it a point to acknowledge the people that are instrumental when it comes to putting these interviews together. It’s not just me asking an interviewee cold. There is generally a marketing or publicity person that helps to coordinate things.

Global artist, actor, and ASTRO member CHA EUN-WOO has released his highly anticipated 2nd mini album ELSE, marking his first music project in a year and nine months. 

With End, David Eldridge completes his triptych of modern relationships. Beginning saw  Bleary-eyed flirtation in the early hours, to the introspection of mid-life melancholy in Middle. Now the final chapter. In that sense, End feels destined to sag with sentimentality, and despite admirable moments, it does exactly that.  

Folger Theatre at the Folger Shakespeare Library revealed the plays and playwrights for the fourth annual Reading Room Festival, a four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations.

Tony, EMMY, and five-time GRAMMY Award-nominated performer Josh Groban has announced his first world tour in 10 years, with Taipei, Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, Tokyo, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and more.

A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing production that wraps nostalgia, comedy, and a festive score into one joyful package.

William Finn seemed to be talking directly to the overflowing audience in 54 Below with his poignant, mischievous and truthful words in a concert performance of his final work. It has one final performance on 11/17. See photos from 11/16.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Leonel Baizan about his background, career and Taquería Condesa. 

Josh Groban has released Hidden Gems, a new collection bringing together some of his rarest tracks, many of which have never been available on streaming platforms. Check it out here.

A decade after taking Broadway by storm with his Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of An American in Paris, world-renowned director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon will launch Toy Theater Productions.

The iconic rock musical Hair is back in a bold new Brazilian production directed by Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho. Opening at São Paulo’s BTG Pactual Hall, the show celebrates the spirit of the 1960s counterculture — peace, love, and rebellion — through powerful anthems like Aquarius and Let the Sunshine In. With a cast of 30 led by Rodrigo Simas and Eduardo Borelli, this vibrant staging fuses rock, poetry, and raw emotion to explore freedom, identity, and protest in a turbulent era. Nearly six decades after its debut, Hair still pulses with youthful defiance and idealism, inviting audiences to sing, reflect, and feel the rhythm of a revolution that never truly ended.

SF contemporary chamber music group Ensemble for These Times will start the New Year with the seventh edition of its popular annual series, a program of music by women and nonbinary composers.

MAYBE HAPPY ENDING has launched a special digital lottery ticket initiative titled “Club 2064,” (named after the year the show takes place) available for performances starting tomorrow in honor of the production’s one-year anniversary on Broadway.

The Liverpool Everyman and Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced complete casting for the 30th Anniversary production of Shelagh Stevenson’s Olivier Award-winning comedy, The Memory of Water. 

Savage Wonder Art Center will present an exclusive one-day industry reading of Brat, a new play by Afghanistan veteran Jason Pizzarello, directed by Bob Balaban.

Tom Felton visited The Tonight Show to discuss reprising his role of Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Watch the interview, where he spoke about coming to New York for the show, the stage magic in the production and more.

Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of course, have also spawned the hugely profitable Marvel Universe and DC Comics film franchises.

Andrew Barth Feldman takes his final bow in Maybe Happy Ending, concluding his nine-week run alongside girlfriend Helen J. Shen. Watch the moment!