The City and the Town - 2023 - West End Articles Page 9

From June 19 to July 6, Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of 'A House Full of Flies,' written and directed by WillieAnn Gissendanner. The play is a meditation on family, identity, religion and the corrosive legacy of racism and repression.

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl) and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd) will lead the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS. We have all of the details on the production here, plus watch a promo video!

Season 3 of the Palm Springs Cultural Center's always sold-out Broadway’s Best…In The West concert series, Executive Produced by Dr. Tom Truhe and presented by the Palm Springs Cultural Center now has tickets on sale. The popular series continues to bring Broadway's best and brightest stars to the desert, and this season is no exception. 

On Friday May 30, 2025, at 8 PM, the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall conducted by Kenneth Kiesler featuring soloists Karen Slack, soprano, Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano, and Daniel Washington, bass.

The Cape Cod Theatre Project has revealed its 31st Season of New Plays, running weekend nights in July from July 3 through July 26 at Falmouth Academy's Simon Center for the Arts. See the lineup and learn more!

Sadé and Kristina Alleyne, Co-Artistic Directors of the award-winning Alleyne Dance have been appointed as the next Guest Artistic Directors of National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) for 2025/26.

Termination Fee will be having its world premiere as part of the Hollywood Fringe. Performances will take place from June 8 through June 24 at the Broadwater (Black Box) 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

A table read rumored to be called HEARTBREAKER: The Musical is set to take place in New York City on June 3. The production is a reworked version of the Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo musical previously called Invincible.

The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed two additional shows that will be a part of the company’s 2025-2026 season. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.

Rorschach Theatre has announced finalists for its annual Magic in Rough Spaces New Play Lab. Get full details for the plays. The final three plays will be announced May 19, 2025 and public readings of those finalists will be on June 14, & 15, 2025.

One of America’s most beloved bands, Turnpike Troubadours will continue to tour through this fall with their Wild America Tour. Newly confirmed stops include Chicago’s Salt Shed, Kansas City’s Uptown Theater, and more.

Craig Finn has announced a new headline tour, which gets underway October 9 at Millersville, PA’s Phantom Power and then travels through a tour finale at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on October 25.

Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) has announced the selection of Naomi Funaki (she/her) for its 2025 Jadin Wong Fellowship. Learn more about her and the prize here!

Project Y Theatre will present the World Premiere of Dorothy's Dictionary written by E. M. Lewis as part of their 10th Annual Women in Theatre Festival at A.R.T./New York Theatres. Learn more!

Center Theatre Group has revealed full slate of eleven productions for the 2025/26 Season, including Here Lies Love, Mamma Mia and more. See the full lineup here!

Songwriting duo and revered live performers, Royel Otis, have announced a new tour. The “meet me in the car tour” will see the guys play venues and select music festivals across North America including Governors Ball Music Festival (New York, NY), Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN) Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL) and Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA) and more.

Co-Artistic & Executive Directors Mark Barford & Connor Delves have announced six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2025 New Play Award. Learn more here!

MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW! is running May 7th at 7:30p at the Lexington Opera House. Read our interview with one of the show's stars, Tony Award-nominee Laura Bell Bundy!

Vincent Victoria is a playwright, director, filmmaker, actor, and fashion icon who has been producing work in the Houston Community for at least the last ten years, probably more. He has written scripts for his theatrical and film company that strive to bring historical figures of the black community alive in plays and movies.

Late Nite Catechism is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Written by Vicki Quade & Maripat Donovan, it's an interactive comedy, one of the longest-running shows in Chicago and U.S. theater history.

See Tony-nominated Broadway star Melissa Errico perform Stephen Sondheim's greatest New York songs in Sondheim in the City for a sensational performance in May at NJPAC.

American organist Paul Jacobs, the only organist ever to have won a GRAMMY Award, will return to the Pacific Symphony for three concerts at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626), May 15-17, 2025, at 8 p.m. PDT.

One of America’s most beloved bands, Turnpike Troubadours will headline the final day of the 2025 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix on October 19. Taking place at Austin, TX’s Circuit of The Americas, the three-day event will also feature Garth Brooks and Kygo in addition to races throughout the weekend. 

Breakout vocalist and songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith will set out on THE ART OF BEING A MESS headline tour this Fall. Kicking off on September 3 in Madrid, she will embark on a 29-date tour, spanning Europe, U.K., Australia and New Zealand.