One and One - 1978 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 12

The whole evening had felt clumsy, awkward, and without focus.

Horrendous events in Guyana, now almost 50 years ago, provides the subject matter that this extraordinary company carry forward by harnessing every element of the power of theatre

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.

This time, the reader question was: How often do Broadway musicals change their titles after Broadway? We're unpacking the history of shows that have been renamed.

Legendary singer, songwriter, musician and social activist Judy Collins celebrated 85 years on planet earth along with International Women’s Day at The Town Hall on March 8 with a concert, many musical friends, and a full house.

The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough's Paradise. Awarded annually since 1978, the prestigious international Prize is the largest and oldest award recognizing women+ who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre. 

KIM DAVID SMITH has released the new single from his upcoming album Mostly Marlene. “Illusions” – a studio duet with Tony-nominated playwright and performer Charles Busch. Listen now!

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press announced the March prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite. Learn more here!

Grease was first staged in 1971, with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. It had its debut on Broadway in 1972 until it was eventually adapted into a movie starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John in 1978. This play and its consequent movie were a cultural icon, with songs that persist through time and are deeply rooted in modern pop culture. And for the first time, in 2025, it was performed in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Chay Yew’s production for East West Players - improbably the play’s L.A. premiere seven years after its debut at South Coast Repertory – is as raw and raucous as it is timely. Yee urges us to remember the past, be watchful of the future and enjoy the holy hell out of the process.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will return to the air waves and online at Classical California with four special broadcasts featuring milestone concerts under the baton of Music Director Jaime Martín.

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.

Laura Overby had one of those “pinch me, I must be dreaming” moments when she found out she was going to be performing with Laura Bell Bundy at the Short North Stage’s gala 8 p.m. March 1 at the Garden Theatre (1187 N. High Street in downtown Columbus).

KIM DAVID SMITH will release the new album Mostly Marlene in digital and streaming platforms on Friday, March 21. Learn more!

Emmy Award winner John Wesley Shipp will play Captain Queeg in Judson Theatre Company's April production of Herman Wouk's “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial..' Learn more here!

Under the direction of artistic director Susan V. Booth and bolstered by actors at the heights of their craft, the Goodman’s BETRAYAL provides audiences with a sincere and sympathetic take on a modern classic.

'O Fortuna!', one of the most popular and exhilarating choral movements in the Western canon becomes the finale to Pacific Symphony's upcoming concert exploring the power, complexity, and beauty of music and the human voice.

Fans of Whitney Houston traveled from around the country and the world to attend the New York City premiere of The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration, the highly anticipated concert event, this past weekend.

The premise of The Shark is Broken is deceptively simple; three men in a boat, waiting and talking. We meet the cast of a new film in 1974 when Bruce the mechanical shark, necessary for the whole shoot, is indeed broken. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss would go on to star in the iconic 1975 film Jaws which sparked a lifelong fear of the ocean for many.

Previews are now underway for The Jonathan Larson Project and fans who have checked out the new musical already have intel on the more than 20 undiscovered songs, as audiences are treated to a brief breakdown as they leave the Orpheum Theatre. BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive, in-depth version of the story behind each song, courtesy of the show's conceiver, Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

Riverside Theatres will present the cabaret-style homage to Kate Bush, An Evening Without Kate Bush at the Riverside Theatre this March. Learn more about the show here!

A new exhibition at The Carle explores the often-overlooked creativity of endpapers—the decorated pages inside a book's covers—which have become an expanded artistic canvas in contemporary children's publishing. Learn how to attend.

City of London Sinfonia and the London Review of Books will present dazzling works of music and literature created in the twilight of great artistic lives. Learn more about the March performance and see how to attend.

What did our critic think of TREM BERNAMA DESIRE at GRAHA BHAKTI BUDAYA?

Tickets for the Memphis engagement of The Wiz will go on sale Wednesday, February 12 at 10am for 8 performances July 22-27. Learn more about the show here!