The Big Life - 2004 - London Fringe Articles Page 6

MAGIC FLOWERS will return to The Point this holiday season, offering audiences a captivating theatrical experience.

Written from the point of view of a theatre fan, guest contributor David Appleford provides a piece full of details and insights regarding the new film, WICKED, and how it compares to the stage musical.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that Timothy Lancaster West, CBE, stage and screen actor, has died at age 90. Read the full obituary for Timothy West here.

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, November 11, 2024.

Peppa Pig returns to Australia for the first time since 2018 with her stage show PEPPA PIG'S FUN DAY OUT LIVE, offering fans an opportunity to enjoy a lively performance featuring the beloved character.

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, November 4, 2024.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about the November 2024 lineup, featuring a diverse array of performances from renowned jazz musicians and emerging artists.

On the heels of selling out all three of their shows at BleauLive Theater inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas this week, iconic British duo Tears For Fears have announced their return to Las Vegas in 2025 with four additional dates for their limited engagement.

Currently, BTC finds itself fully immersed in yet another exciting school year. The school just announced that they will kick off the 2024-2025 performance season with a Fall production of Les Misérables.

With that in mind, depending on your place in the pecking order, you may or may not be ready to immerse yourself into MEAN GIRLS, the stage-show with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by the queen of television comedy, Tina Fey.

The Avett Brothers new musical Swept Away begins previews tonight, Tuesday, October 29. The official opening will be on Tuesday, November 19 at the Longacre Theatre. Meet the cast of Swept Away here!

Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning performer Billy Porter will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut. Learn how to purchase tickets.

As much a persona as a musician, the Canadian rapper and classical pianist Chilly Gonzales comes to the Royal Albert Hall on 28 October to promoting his latest album Gonzo with special guest Jarvis Cocker and Peter Serafinowicz as Elvis Presley.

West End and Broadway star Rachelle Ann Go, wearing a draped velvet gown encrusted with ruby gemstones, gave a stirring rendition of Schonberg and Boublil’s 'I Dreamed a Dream' from 'Les Miserables.' It was a special moment for theater fans because Go was recently announced to star as Fantine, a role she often returns to. Next year, she will join the Australian leg of the 'Les Miserables: The Arena Spectacular' world tour.

Anne and Mark Burnell, national jazz radio favorites, will perform at the Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago on November 10. The concert celebrates their new CD, featuring jazz renditions and originals.

With a packed Taper house, a stage full of hot young singer/dancers performing, signing and middle fingering their hopes and disillusionments into an iconic rock score; yeah life doesn’t suck too much. Neither does this production, although ironically, here’s wishing that that the experience could have been even more roof-raising,

Green Day's American Idiot, produced by Center Theatre Group in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre, officially opened Wednesday, October 9 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles - and the reviews are coming in. Our editors have rounded up the top critic's reviews.

About Face Theatre has announced plans for a 30th anniversary party and fundraiser on November 7 at Venue West in West Town.

Iconic British duo Tears For Fears debuts a brand new song “Astronaut” alongside a live version of their hit single “Head Over Heels.” The tracks will appear on the band’s first-ever official live album, Songs For A Nervous Planet, which is set for release on October 25.

It's a big gay weekend in Atlantic City onFriday, Dec, 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. in Sounds Waves Theater at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.  That’s when 'My Big Gay Italian Christmas' takes the stage as the third Anthony J. Wilkinson theatrical production since his Hard Rock Atlantic City residency began in early 2024.  

To mark the 20th anniversary of U2’s critically-acclaimed eight-time Grammy-winning album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, Interscope Records has announced the release of a shadow album titled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, which includes new, unreleased songs discovered in the archive of the original album recording sessions.

MidAmerica Productions Founder and General Music Director Peter Tiboris has passed away. Learn more.

TheaterWorks Hartford has unveiled its 2024-2025 season, featuring Jeffrey Lieber's FEVER DREAMS (OF ANIMALS ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION). Learn more about programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke will star in Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier's new version of Chekhov's masterpiece The Seagull. Also directed by Ostermeier, the production will play a limited 6 week run at the Barbican Theatre from February 2025.