The Comeback - 2021 - West End Articles Page 17

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced its 44th Season, including the inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, featuring new commissions by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson, and live main stage performances at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT.

Turn Up That Dial, released April 30 via the band’s own Born & Bred Records, is Dropkick Murphys’ tenth studio album, and fourth consecutive Billboard top 10 album debut, joining 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (2017), Signed and Sealed in Blood (2013), and Going Out In Style (2011).

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced details of the 2021 summer season at The Ford, marking the return to live in-person performances at the historic venue. From July 30 through October 31, the upcoming season is the venue’s first under the stewardship of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.

In a week filled with another flurry of announcements, the CDC’s announcement loosening mask wearing guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals solidified the reopening timeline for many theatres. While this is causing adjustments to seating plans (towards higher capacity), planning for bringing back company members, and more - the news was more than welcome by most in the entertainment industry.

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical will re-open at the Aldwych Theatre on 28 July 2021 following over a year of shutdown - get the new show schedule here including new Sunday performances!

The life story of entertainment icon Cher is on the way to the big screen, courtesy of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again producers, Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman. 

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom submitted his $100 billion California Comeback Plan to the Legislature, a comprehensive recovery package tackling the most persistent challenges facing California. The package includes sever

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the twelve-time Tony nominated musical  TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL, will reopen at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Friday, October 8, 2021, but that's not all! Just a week earlier, the musical will arrive in Madrid. Tina will play the Teatro Coliseum starting October 1.

In 2017, they released their lone album thus far, Caravelle, to critical acclaim, with New Yorker calling it “a voyage across blissful destinations.”

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, produced by the Flynn in association with Burlington City Arts, kicks off at the Burlington waterfront on June 4 with a joyous community event called 50 Saxophones—an open-call gathering of local saxophonists of all backgrounds (registration open now).

It has been announced that Best Musical Tony Award nominee TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will reopen at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Friday, October 8, 2021. 

Having spent much of the past 4 years on the road with US blues guitar juggernaut Joe Bonamassa, gracing stages such as Royal Albert Hall, Red Rocks Colorado and The Greek Theatre LA, Jade is thrilled to be returning to Australia to launch Weather The Storm with shows in Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne in May, June and July.

Better Off Said is an afternoon to release some words, thoughts and reflections for the living and dead. It was created by the incredible duo: Emilie Zoey Baker and Marieke Hardy, part of the team behind the international literary phenomenon Women of Letters.  

Max & Louie Productions announces its “Comeback” with the St. Louis premiere of “Tiny Beautiful Things” based on the New York Times bestseller, “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar” by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Oscar nominee, Nia Vardalos, playing at The Grandel Theatre July 29-August 8,2021.

The sun will come out tomorrow. That's because after over a year of waiting, New York officials have at last spread word that Broadway is indeed back. Which shows will return when? BroadwayWorld has gathered all of the latest news on the return of live theatre. Check back regularly for updates!

The musicians union, AFM Local 802, is celebrating the news that Broadway is aiming for a fall comeback.

The Roundhouse is back! They’ll be re-opening their doors for seven days of electric performance with this year’s The Last Word Festival. This exciting programme will see some of the boldest stories told by some of the capital's most vital voices. 

Mikron Theatre are aiming to score with their next theatrical offering for their 49th year of touring. They will be premiering Amanda Whittington's new play Atalanta Forever which looks at the story of the pioneering women in football in 1920.

Today Steppenwolf Theatre Company shared that Anna D. Shapiro, who has served as Artistic Director since 2015, will step down from this role when her contract expires in August 2021.

The critically acclaimed production of Murder in San José opens at the HKAPA on 30 April 2021, marking the return of live theatre in Hong Kong since the start of the pandemic.

At the end of May 2021, the Bayerische Staatsoper will present its very own in-house label, which will document the versatility of the institution and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester with releases of recent and past highlights of the repertoire in exclusive audio and video recordings.

Today (April 30) in live streaming: Broadway Rocks the Who!, Stars in the House reunites The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and more!

Today (April 22) in live streaming: Lucie Jones visits Backstage Live, an ER reunion on Stars in the House, and more!

The New Media Film Festival is the first event of its kind in the world to accept non-fungible tokens in competition. During its 12th annual event on June 2-3, 2021, the winner will be announced and then purchased live during the awards ceremony.

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, April 10-11, 2021.