She Has A Name - 2017 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 18

The Desert Playwrights' Retreat, established in 2018 as the first writing retreat created solely for LGBTQ playwrights, has named its first Board of Advisors.

Full casting has been announced for the 10th Anniversary Concert of MADE IN DAGENHAM at the London Palladium on Saturday 16 March 2024.

A release steeped in R&B nostalgia, the 10-track project explores what it would mean for love to send you a letter for every phase of life. Collaborating with producers from both sides of the Atlantic, Love's Letter combines Shaé's once-in-a-lifetime raw vocal talent with sultry guitar melodies, old-school-flows and modern gritty bounces.

Signature Theatre has revealed the cast of Spotlight Resident Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, adapted from Virginia Woolf’s novel and directed by Will Davis.

UMI has released three new versions of her chart-topping single “wherever u r” ft. V of BTS. The romance-tinged reworkings follow the January 19 release of UMI's critically acclaimed talking to the wind EP. The three delicate new versions (all mixed by producer and UMI's close collaborator V-Ron) showcase UMI's soft, alluring spirit.

Open Fist Theatre Company will present the world premiere of A Froggy Becomes, written by Becky Wahlstrom and directed by Pat Towne, opening March 9 and running through April 13 at Atwater Village Theatre.

The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, will present four world premieres for the 14th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition. Learn more about the programming here!

Produced by Live Nation, the 16-city tour kicks off on May 2 at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago, making stops in Austin, San Francisco, and more before wrapping up in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on May 31. One of the tour's highlights will definitely be her performance in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum on May 25.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail. Performances run 20 March – 12 May.

Due to popular demand, Greenway Arts Alliance has announced a one-week extension for I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER, based on the #1 New York Times Bestseller novel of the same name by Erika L. Sánchez.

It’s showtime! Popejoy Presents Broadway in New Mexico announced today that an additional performance on Tuesday May 7, 2024 has been added to the North American Tour of BEETLEJUICE, the edgy and irreverent Broadway smash hit musical comedy.

What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! At Straz Center For The Performing Arts.

Netflix has added the additions of five recurring cast members joining No Good Deed, creator and executive producer Liz Feldman’s upcoming dark comedy series. Previously announced cast includes Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, O-T Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu and Dennis Leary.

New Seats Just Opened - By Popular Demand! Nashville Songwriters at DPAC with Lee Brice on February 16, 2024. Don't miss this special performance by the songwriters behind country music's greatest hits.

Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced that Lisa Sanaye Dring has been awarded a 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright Residency. Ma-Yi has also announced the 2024 Ma-Yi Writers Lab cohort, which is the largest collective of AANHPI playwrights in the country.

San Diego Opera’s most recent production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni is an example of how opera companies hope to attract younger audiences while coping with rising costs and smaller budgets. The pandemic hasn’t been kind to the arts. The National Endowment for the Arts has reported that stage performances joined oil drilling/exploration and air transportation “as the steepest-declining areas of the U.S. economy in 2020.” And opera, which had already been experiencing shrinking audiences, was the hardest hit of all the arts. Smaller companies are struggling to stay in business. Even New York’s Metropolitan Opera had to dip into its reserves this season for $40 Million.

Legendary international conceptual artist Marina Abramović and the Marina Abramović Institute (MAI) have chosen eight artists to engage in site-specific, long-durational work during the 2024 Adelaide Festival. Learn more about the artists here!

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS begins previews tonight, Saturday, February 24, 2024, and opens on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). Meet the cast of Water For Elephants here!

Join Singer Katrina Aguilar in Concert, a Benefit for Autism Care Today at Hollywood Club LA. The event, hosted by Christopher Tenney, will take place on Sunday, February 25, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now!

Fun and witty, with elements of dark humour, yet also philosophically heart-warming. This musical provides an excellent psychological examination of the human condition and not only honours, but excellently extends upon, the classic Columbia Pictures 1993 film of the same name.

Some powerful Tudor women have taken Sacramento by storm; Six of them, to be exact. The former wives of Henry VIII have come back from the dead to tell their side of the story in this powerful musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss.

Marking the end of an era of over twenty years, where it has hosted hundreds of critically acclaimed, award-winning and fan favorite shows, legendary theater space Studio/Stage officially turns off the lights on April 30.

Additional principal casting has been revealed for the Broadway premiere of the acclaimed new musical The Great Gatsby, opening on Broadway this spring. Find out who is joining the cast here!

Heartbeat Opera returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its Spring Festival from April 2-14, 2024. 

Key City Public Theatre's next show, Living IncogNegro, opens this February starring Gin Hammond. Limited tickets available.