Ride - 2023 - West End Articles Page 18

Discover the diverse new works at PlayGround's Free-Play Festival, featuring 11 productions from acclaimed theatre artists, including three from Los Angeles. Runs August 9-25 at Potrero Stage and simulcast.

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival will return in Augus at Potrero Stage, featuring 11 diverse productions by theatre artists nationwide. Enjoy a variety of performances from dance to ensemble plays. Learn how to purchase tickets.

What did our critic think of 9 TO 5 at Music Theatre Of Wichita At Century II Concert Hall?9 to 5 is one of my favorite shows - it’s entertaining, it’s full of comedic moments, and it has some great lessons in self love, trusting your instincts, and believing in yourself. It shows us not only how far we have come in terms of respecting women’s rights, but also shows us how much more needs to be done in terms of equal rights for not only women, but for all minority groups.

The Marsh has announce the inaugural In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival, running from August 1 to 25, 2024, showcasing a diverse array of live performances.

Full casting has been announced for someone spectacular, the world premiere of a new play by Domenica Feraud, directed by Tatiana Pandiani.

Mental illness is no laughing matter, but in the new solo show Clowns Like Me, audience members are encouraged to laugh, cry and enjoy the ride into the unknown. Clowns Like Me will have its New York Off-Broadway Premiere at the DR2 Theatre this summer.

Nuevo Flamenco sensation Jesse Cook has just announced the spring 2025 leg of his “Jesse Cook in Concert” world tour, adding 15 shows that will take him to five Canadian provinces between February and April. The extension is the clearest testament yet to the unprecedented success of the tour, which started in 2024 and has been bringing the already wildly in-demand Cook to new markets and bigger venues than ever before.

Queer|Art, the national organization connecting and uplifting generations of LGBTQ+ artists, has announced the new Mentors for the 2025 Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM) program cycle.

theSpaceUK has announced the full 2024 programme with over 400 shows on sale at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The 2024 line-up features the return of Fringe favourites and a packed programme of new writing and companies. 

Country superstar Luke Combs will release his new full-length album, Fathers & Sons, June 14 on Columbia Nashville. A collection of 12 poignant tracks, Fathers & Sons was recorded entirely live and features Combs most personal songwriting to date, as he reflects on his own experiences being a dad to his two sons. Ahead of the-first-of-its-kind album release, the new song, “The Man He Sees In Me,” written by Combs and Josh Phillips, is out now. Listen to the new song!

GRAMMY-nominated, Platinum-certified singer-songwriter, Cassadee Pope has released her newest single, “I Died (ft Dashia Mcbride)” off of her forthcoming album, Hereditary. The album marks The Voice winner’s first full length following her shift from country back to her pop punk roots. Listen to the song now!

Brand Associates, in partnership with Brand Library & Art Center and Glendale Library, Arts & Culture, has announced the opening of the 52nd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper (Brand 52), on view from June 15 through August 9, 2024 at Brand Library & Art Center.

K-pop's Gen Z icons and 4th Generation Leaders TOMORROW X TOGETHER packed the house for two consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden this past weekend, becoming the first ever K-pop act to achieve this milestone. Read our review of TXT's ACT : PROMISE Tour here!

Role Model will join acclaimed singer-songwriter Gracie Adams as special guest on her The Secret of Us tour. Produced by Live Nation, the North American run will kick off on September 5 at Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds in Portland, OR, and include shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (September 11), Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium (September 15) and Radio City Music Hall in New York City (October 4). See here for itinerary!

This June, the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York, will kick off the first of its Mainstage 2024 productions with Ride the Cyclone.

Killer Queen – A Tribute to Queen Featuring Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury comes to Fargo Theatre on Saturday, July 20th. 2024.

The Felice Brothers have released the new single “Flowers By The Roadside,” the second song to be released from their new album. The 13-song collection consists of recordings primarily from sessions for the band’s 2019 album, Undress, as well as their most recent release, 2023’s Asylum On The Hill. Listen to the song now!

Theatre Communications Group has revealed the participants in the eighth round of its Rising Leaders of Color Program. See who is taking part.

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2024 include The Matchbox Magic Flute, Bye Bye Birdie, and more!

Waverley Council has announced this year’s Bondi Festival, boasting an astonishing arts line-up that’s bolder and better than ever before, with first-class theatre, comedy, cabaret and interactive experiences, from Friday 5th to Sunday 21st July 2024.

The Keegan Theatre has announced the opening of Priyanka Shetty’s acclaimed one-woman play THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, making its DC Premiere June 1-23, 2024.

I was so excited to interview Jimmy Moore, the Producing Artistic Director of the San Pedro Playhouse. He and his team specifically scheduled The Boys in the Band to coincide with pride month to celebrate the experiences of the gay community, and he was excited to let me know that the show  is about to become an official pride month event in San Antonio!

Next month, Los Angeles songwriter talker will release her long-awaited debut album, I'm Telling You The Truth. Part diary and part arena-filling anthemic pop, it's a vibrant and versatile display from an artist determined to say her piece. Now, she releases 'Everything Is Something (I Never Saw Coming),' an offbeat adventure that celebrates both the chaos of life and its own formation. Watch the music video!

Standout Country star Kameron Marlowe has impacted Country radio with his soul-stirring duet “Strangers” with rising Country maverick Ella Langley. The track comes in with a career-high 36 first-week stations. “Strangers” hits the airwaves ahead of Marlowe's highly anticipated sophomore album release, Keepin' The Lights On, arriving Friday, May 31. 

The Green Room 42 will present “Gotta Sing with Kenneth Gartman” on Monday, June 17th at 9:30 pm.  Host and Music Director Kenneth Gartman shines a light on some of NYC's best musical theatre talent each month in a new cabaret series - Gotta Sing.