The Big Voice: God or Merman? - 2006 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 2

Choreographer Zak Jacobs discusses creating an underwater movement language for Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID at Uptown Music Theater in Deerfield, IL, blending Latin, African, jazz, and lyrical dance styles.

FRIGID New York will present Neurotica Fest, a four-day festival of storytellers and stand-up comedians at UNDER St. Marks, featuring short films and an in-conversation event with author Kurt Andersen.

Upper Darby Summer Stage will present the regional premiere of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Jr. at Haverford High School, featuring a cast of more than 80 young performers from across the Delaware Valley.

The Foundry in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and NYC producers Spin Cycle announced a second season of co-produced shows, featuring Tammie Brown, Murray Hill, Jeff Hiller, Penny Arcade, and Jackie Beat, among others.

Ryan Sickles' new comedy A Humorless Exploration of Humanity, directed by Emma Lyndell, will perform at Paradise Factory Theater as part of the first-ever Manifestival, presented by Diamond Mesh Inc.

Crossroads Live North America and the Harris Center announced a brand-new tour of ELF THE MUSICAL coming to Folsom, CA. The production, based on the 2024 Broadway run, follows Buddy the Elf on his journey to New York City.

Three new productions are headed to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. Campitalism: Three Gays Try to Fix the Economy, BIRDS, and MAN!FEST will each make their festival runs with stories that blend comedy, drag, satire, and contemporary social commentary, tackling everything from capitalism and climate anxiety to boy-band culture and toxic masculinity.

Broadway veteran Rachel Potter, known for roles in 'The Addams Family' and 'Evita,' will play Elsa in Nashville Repertory Theatre's production of Disney's Frozen during its 2026-27 season.

Holiday tradition, Mannheim Steamroller is coming to the Fred Kavli Theatre. Chip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller, celebrates over 35 Years of his annual Christmas concert tour.

Award-winning queer cabaret artist Aidan Sadler will bring Big Gay Afterparty back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for two nights only this August. Following a sold-out 2025 season, the hit late-night variety show returns to La Belle Angele.

The FINI International Dance Awards & Gala Performance will celebrate its 16th edition at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. The lineup of performers includes Graham 2, Ballet Eloelle Grandiva, the Fini Dance Junior Company, Dzul Dance Company, and more.

Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, and their THE DINK castmates read mean pickleball comments in a new Apple TV video promoting the sports comedy.

Gracie Abrams appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON and attempted a blind-contour drawing of host Jimmy Fallon, a comedic segment tied to her visit promoting her album DAUGHTER FROM HELL.

A monumental production, brilliantly directed and choreographed by Brendan Stackhouse and true to Victor Hugo's vision.

AS YOU LIKE IT at CASALE DEI CEDRATI - VILLA PAMPHILI SHAKESPEARE IN LINGUA ORIGINALE PER FESTEGGIARE IL TRENTENNALE DELL'ENGLISH THEATRE OF ROME

A compilation of thoughts from days 1, 2 & 4

Future's latest album, The Real Me, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking his 12th chart-topping record.

Cape Fear Episode 9 hits Apple TV+ July 25! Amy Adams races to Cape Fear to find Crystal as Javier Bardem's Max gives lethal orders in 'The Scar.'

The Public Theater will resume Free Shakespeare in the Park with this summer’s second production of The Winter's Tale at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Check out photos of Lily Rabe, Raul Esparza and more in rehearsals.

Babatunde Akinboboye, a baritone singer will bring fresh new perspective to opera with “Hip Hopera,” a genre-defying musical style fusing the classical opera with the rhythmic intensity and attitude of hip-hop, at the Sierra Madre Playhouse.

CLUE, the murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the film, is returning to Minneapolis at the historic Orpheum Theatre as part of the Broadway on Hennepin Series.

Cirque du Soleil will return to Wallingford's Toyota Oakdale Theatre with its celebrated holiday theatrical, 'Twas the Night Before…, inspired by the joy of giving and the wonder of the season. 

'The Notebook,' the hit Broadway musical based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller, featuring music and lyrics by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and a book by American playwright and screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter, is making its first international premiere at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater this September.

Fly North has staged a solid and frightening production of Sweeney Todd. It is impressive that Healy and his Fly North team chose to stage an epic musical in a very small space with just 12 actors. The company was led by Chandler Spradling as Sweeney Todd and Jennelle Gilreath-Owens as Mrs. Lovett. The cast, including Parker Miller, Nathan Hakenewerth, Rachel Bailey, Margaret Beekman, Ken Haller, Matt Ingram, Dereis Lambert, Mia Millican, Crispin Shininger, and Isobel Ramsey sings their faces off with haunting vocals that add to the production’s sinister eeriness.

Oh, Mary! in London has welcomed a new cast! Watch a new video of Cole Escola and more joining the company, taking their first bows in the production.