Promises, Promises - 2017 - West End Articles Page 6

Latitude Festival 2025 at Henham Park, Suffolk, announced Sting, Snow Patrol, and Fatboy Slim as headliners. The event promises a vibrant mix of music, arts, gourmet food, and family activities.

The inspiring and critically acclaimed FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical will take center stage at City College Center for the Arts' Aaron Davis Hall, Marian Davis Theater, from February 20-22, 2025, in a highly anticipated staged concert performance,

Read our critics coverage of the first three shows in Toronto Fringe's annual curated festival.

Creators Ashley Jana and Will Nunziata and their Tony Award® and GRAMMY Award winning producing team have announced that West End leading man Jon Robyns will play the title role in Figaro: An Original Musical at the iconic London Palladium.

Neurodivergent-led production company Exciting Stories has announced the premiere of the company's debut production. MOREAU is a bold new contemporary reimagining of the science fiction horror classic The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells, and will be performed at Drayton Arms Theatre, South Kensington.

Explore the behind-the-scenes documentary of Allyson Briggs as she celebrates the release of her new Burt Bacharach album, PROMISES, PRAYERS, AND RAINDROPS, offering an intimate look at her creative process.

Strictly Come Dancing favourites Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara have announced they will be returning to theatres across the UK in 2025 with their a brand new show: A Night To Remember.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center revealed the top five finalists for the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, featuring emerging talents from around the world. Learn more!

Vertical.Show, featuring circus, pole, and aerial artistry, begins its residency at Notoriety Live in Las Vegas on October 10. Performances run through the year every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Moss Cultural Arts Center has announced a free Mexican-themed celebration on Nov. 2, featuring an evening of music, food, and festivities.

NAATCO will present the World Premiere of Andrea Thome’s modern verse translation of one of Shakespeare’s most complex plays, Cymbeline, presented in partnership with Play On Shakespeare. Learn more about upcoming performances and see how to purchase tickets.

Creators Ashley Jana and Will Nunziata and their Tony Award® and GRAMMY Award winning producing team have  announced initial casting for Figaro: An Original Musical which will receive its world premiere at the iconic London Palladium with two fully-staged concert performances on Monday 3 February & Tuesday 4 February 2025.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has announced their October 2024 lineup featuring performances by John Pizzarelli, Stacey Kent, and the Mingus Big Band.

Allyson Briggs is launching a new video series to celebrate her latest album, PROMISES, PRAYERS, AND RAINDROPS, featuring the music of Burt Bacharach. The series showcases her vintage vocal style. Learn more about the series!

Reece Clarke, Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, will join American Ballet Theatre as a Guest Artist for the 2024 Fall Season at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Clarke will make his debut with ABT on October 26, 2024, at 7:30 P.M., performing The Kingdom of the Shades alongside ABT Principal Dancer Christine Shevchenko.  

The Den Theatre has announced its lineup of December comedy shows, featuring performances by Anna Przy and more.

Phoenix has announced a spoken word poetry extravaganza featuring performances from renowned poets.

Trans Voices Cabaret will return to Caveat in Manhattan with a Halloween show featuring transgender and nonbinary performers. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces No Cowards in Our Band, a powerful musical drama that tells the story of an aging and contemplative Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Set against the backdrop of post-Reconstruction America, No Cowards in Our Band portrays Frederick Douglass as he considers the social, economic, and political ramifications of slavery and the Civil War and their impact on the future of the United States.

Stories include the opening of nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards and the donation from Ken Ludwig to save Hall’s Croft. Financial difficulties are impacting institutions like the University of the Arts and Seattle’s theater scene, prompting a rethinking of models and operations.

The Emerson Colonial Theatre has revealed it's fall season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce its annual pantomime will be a new version of Aladdin; a re-imagining of the classic tale with a distinctly Scottish flavour.

San Jose's Playful People Productions has announced its 2024—25 season: live stage productions of both classic musicals and musicals so new, you may not have heard of them yet; plus group classes led by local professionals teaching everything from the Charleston to breakdancing, multi-part singing, and more.

The Barn at Lee, an artist development space and residency program nestled in the Berkshires town of Lee, Massachusetts, will unveil its newly renovated theater with a lineup of performances set to debut on consecutive weekends, from Friday, September 13th through Saturday, September 28th.

Curio Theatre Company marks its 20th anniversary in West Philadelphia with the Philadelphia premiere of Larissa Fasthorse’s Broadway hit, THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, to open the new season.