The Ambassador - 2014 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

U2 announced a world tour supporting their album CARNAVAL DE LUZ, with dates set for Mexico City, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires starting February 23, 2027, with Beck as support. Europe and North America dates are forthcoming.

Former AEW wrestler Tanea Brooks has been named honorary board member of I AM ALS following congressional passage of landmark ALS legislation co-written by the advocacy group's co-founder.

Broadway’s most dazzling and dangerously seductive musical is coming back to the Theatre at Solaire! GMG Productions, in association with legendary Broadway producers Barry & Fran Weissler and Crossroads Live Group CEO David Ian, has officially announced that 'Chicago The Musical' will play in Manila for a limited run from March 9 to 28, 2027—fresh off performances in Seoul, Dubai, and India.

Cathy Weis Projects will present four one-time-only performances this fall featuring choreographers, filmmakers, musicians, and visual artists. The curated evenings take place at the SoHo studio venue with suggested donations benefiting performers.

U2 and Third Man Records have partnered on a limited-edition yellow vinyl pressing of CARNAVAL DE LUZ, the band's new album, created exclusively for independent record stores.

Phylicia Rashad will direct August Wilson's Fences at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker.

The holiday musical featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton will begin its national tour across more than 20 cities, with the book by David H. Bell adapted for the stage by Bell, Paul T. Couch, and Curt Wollan.

International Ballet Stars will bring a world premiere production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, designed with pop artist Romero Britto, to Shea's Buffalo Theatre for a single performance.

54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.

Joy Machine Records announced the release of PENELOPE: Live at Joe's Pub, a chamber musical starring Broadway's Grace McLean, as the one-woman show prepares to run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Single tickets are now on sale for The Soraya's 2026-27 season, a 44-performance lineup featuring eight debuts, including Sutton Foster, Snarky Puppy, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Audra McDonald, and the National Symphony Orchestra.

Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.

Limón Dance Company will present a program at The Joyce Theater in NYC featuring José Limón's 1958 work Mazurkas, performed in full for the first time since 1964, alongside Aszure Barton's 2025 commission Join.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  June 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: 

The Non-Violence Project North America Foundation and National Sawdust will host a free workshop for middle and high school students to reinterpret the Knotted Gun, with one design selected for permanent installation.

Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and composer Gabriel Kahane will perform at 92NY, including the New York premiere of Kahane's Elevator Songs, composed for the ensemble.

The CUNY Dance Initiative will present a performance by Kizuna Dance on May 2, 2026, at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. Learn more about the event here!

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock is scheduled to grace the stage at Massey Hall in March 2026. This event marks a significant moment for fans of jazz and Hancock's innovative music style.

Grammy Award-winning violist Richard O’Neill and renowned pianist Garrick Ohlsson will perform a selection of classical pieces at 92nd Street Y, showcasing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff.

British comedian, broadcaster and producer Amelia Dimoldenberg will return as the 98th Oscars Social Media Ambassador and Red Carpet Correspondent, having previously served in this role for the 96th and 97th Oscars seasons.

World Music Institute will continue celebrating 40 years of presenting the finest global music and dance in New York City with a brand-new Spring-Summer season full of new discoveries, old favorites, and special events.

Last week Hell’s Kitchen, located at the Shubert Theatre, announced that they would close on February 22. Aside from the unfortunate news that is for all who work on the show, it stands to wonder what might take that theatre in the next couple of months, and could that happen before the Tony Awards deadline? Furthermore, why is the Shubert Theatre in particular considered so desirable? 

The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) will honor Laurence Fishburne with the inaugural James Earl Jones Prize at the 2026 Voice Arts Awards, taking place on January 18 at the Beverly Hilton.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will welcome the return of one of the foremost vocal artists of our time when Renée Fleming appears in recital for Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, inspired by her 2023 Grammy Award–winning Best Classical Vocal Solo album.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Peter Frampton, will record a special for the 50th anniversary of his landmark album Frampton Comes Alive! on November 8 in Nashville.