Rose - 2023 - West End Articles Page 9

For decades, Miss Saigon has occupied contested terrain within the musical theater canon—championed by some as an essential work, scrutinized by others for perpetuating orientalist narratives and reductive stereotypes.

The hit Broadway musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will make its Canadian premiere at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre from April 28 to June 7, 2026.

Betsy Wolfe will take over as ‘Madeline Ashton’ in DEATH BECOMES HER starting January 16, 2026, replacing Megan Hilty. Get the latest updates!

The national tour of Shucked, the Tony Award winning musical comedy is coming to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Matthew Harvey, who is currently starring in the West End musical Just For One Day, will release the Live Concert Cast Recording of his new musical Unbound to coincide with this year’s Halloween celebrations.

Under the Radar has unveiled the full lineup of over 30 productions for the festival’s 21st edition. See the full programming lineup here and see how to purchase tickets!

Performances begin tonight for Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway production of Queens, newly imagined by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok. Learn more here!

Actors Theatre of Indiana will perform Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN October 24 - November 9. If you like good music, like to laugh and like Mel Brooks, then you'll love this show!

The Kravis Center in West Palm Beach will present Air Supply’s 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 17 and Robert Jon & The Wreck’s Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes US Tour on March 1.

With frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the news due to actor Bruce Willis fighting the disease for several years, I decided to speak with playwright Jake Broder, an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, about his motivation to create Unravelled and his research on the disease.

For over a decade, BamBam has stood at the crossroads of cultures. Born in Bangkok and inspired by K-pop from a young age, he has built a career defined by versatility and charm. With HOMETOWN, released on October 10, the GOT7 member turns his gaze inward. His first full album in Thai is a deeply personal return to the place that started it all, a letter to his roots told through music. 

It’s been a really, really good year in St. Louis for French songs.  In April the Blue Strawberry hosted a marvelous evening of Jacques Brel, the superstar chansonnier of the ‘50s and ‘60s.  Now, at the Sheldon, we have an evening of that even more dazzling icon, Édith Piaf, who blazed across the world’s musical firmament a generation earlier.

Shucked, the Tony Award winning musical comedy, is coming to Portland’s Keller Auditorium this fall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the tour here!

Dylan Mulvaney's The Least Problematic Woman in the World is now open Off-Broadway. Directed by Tim Jackson, the show is an autobiographcial, one-woman play from the actress, comedian, content creator, and New York Times bestselling author best known for her viral series “Days of Girlhood”. Read reviews for the show!

Invictus Theatre Company's follow-up to its enormously successful production of ANGELS IN AMERICA will be THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND, by Marcus Gardley, a former playwright-in-residence at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre.

Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl dropped on October 3rd, and it includes plenty of references—some explicit and some ambiguous—to real showgirls throughout history. Many of these women have a Broadway past worth exploring that adds new context to Swift’s songs.

Individual tickets for the Portland engagement of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, will go on sale next week. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Massey Hall will present the return of highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Matt Andersen for his fourth headline performance on the Allan Slaight Stage at Massey Hall.

South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Suzanne Appel) brings to life one of America’s most produced plays with the heartwarming comedy The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh.

3 hearts canvas and Izzy Carney have announced the cast for Jessica Norman’s debut play This Little Earth. Imy Wyatt Corner will direct Fanta Barrie and Ross O’Donnellan. 

English National Opera (ENO) will bring a new production of the compelling death row opera Dead Man Walking to the London Coliseum stage this November.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project will kickstart its 29th season with BANG THE DRUM: a one-night only orchestral concert at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Learn more.

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) will return to the United States for the first time in over ten years under the baton of Music Director Jaap van Zweden. The tour will include a highly anticipated performance at Carnegie Hall on Monday, October 27, 2025.

The world premiere of Black Power Desk, a new Black British musical by critically acclaimed playwright Urielle Klein-Mekongo (Old Vic 12, Roundhouse, Bush Theatre), will take place at Birmingham Hippodrome’s Patrick Studio from Wednesday, October 22 through Saturday, October 25, 2025.

Individual tickets for A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL in Salt Lake City will go on sale this week. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!