The Comeback - 2021 - West End Articles Page 8

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.

K-pop phenomenon ONEUS announced their return to America with the Reach for Us World Tour in 2023. The 14-city North American leg will kick off in New York on January 12th and end in Sao Paulo, Brazil on February 15th. After a triumphant US tour earlier this year, which packed theaters all over the country, the hottest Korean boy band since BTS is back to prove they're still the most electrifying act on the world stage today. 

Lifting off to another stratosphere, multi-platinum and six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning, genre-bending pioneers Black Eyed Peas unveil an anthemic new single and music video entitled “SIMPLY THE BEST” [with Brazilian global pop superstar Anitta & El Alfa]. Watch the new music video now!

EPEX (이펙스) is an eight-member boy group under C9 Entertainment, consisting of WISH, KEUM, MU, A-MIN, BAEKSEUNG, AYDEN, YEWANG, and JEFF. Their name describes them as “the gathering of eight youths reaches eight different apexes.” It represents the 8 members forming a collective, powerful new team.

Legendary punks, Dropkick Murphys, will perform live at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on October 24 for the New York City date of their This Machine...Theatre Tour. Tickets for the show are on sale now.

Casting has been announced for Bad Victims, a new play from award-nominated playwright Joanna Pickering at The Courtyard Theatre, directed by Erica Gould. 

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Amy Jo Jackson in The Brass Menagerie on November 1st, 2022 at 9:30pm. It’s not a comeback – IT’S A RETURN! Fresh off a run at the 2022 Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Amy Jo Jackson brings their signature blend of belting and the-yah-tuh to the 54 Below stage. 

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam has announced that director Eline Arbo has committed herself to the theatre as Associate Artistic Director. Alongside director Ivo van Hove, she will be part of the artistic core of ITA. From January '23, Arbo will be appointed Ibsen Artist in Residence, an initiative of the Philip Loubser Foundation, which gives directors with an international ambition the opportunity to develop themselves artistically.

After breaking pre-sale records at the Theatre Royal Sydney box office last month, producers have announced a new release of tickets to the critically acclaimed smash hit TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will go on sale Friday 14 October.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Shubert Organization will bring Tina – The Tina Turner Musical to the Kimmel Cultural Campus' Academy of Music from November 22, 2022 to December 4, 2022, as part of the Broadway series.

The ten new Italian queens competing for the title are: Aura Eternal, La Diamond, Gioffrè, Narciso, Nehellenia, Obama, Panthera Virus, La Petite Noire, Skandalove and Tanissa Yoncé. Which queen will rise above and win it all, following in the footsteps of Elektra Bionic who won the franchise’s premiere season in 2021?

This fall, Mark Tuan’s “The Other Side” North American tour will commence in October starting in San Antonio, Texas. The tour will visit 15 cities including 2 Canadian stops in Toronto and Vancouver! BroadwayWorld had the pleasure of speaking with Mark about his new album, upcoming tour, and experiences with GOT7.

Tickets to TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL went on sale last week and broke box office records!   The show sold more tickets in the pre-sale period than any other show at Theatre Royal Sydney since it reopened. 

DPAC has announced that TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is on stage for eight performances beginning January 3 – 8, 2023, as part of Truist Broadway at DPAC.

See first look photos from the North American tour of TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL, which hit the road this summer for a 30-city tour and learn more about the tour coming to a city near you.

Broadway In Detroit has announced that tickets for TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will go on sale Friday, September 30 at 10:00 a.m. for 16 performances from December 6 - 18.

WILLOW has released a new single “curious/furious” from her forthcoming album. was produced by WILLOW and Chris Greatti and follows 2021’s explosive release, lately I feel EVERYTHING. Fans can pre-save and pre-order the album on CD and cassette. This past week WILLOW also announced a performance at the GRAMMY Museum.

Last month the Australian production of the critically acclaimed smash hit TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL was announced to a rapturous response, with the season confirmed at Theatre Royal Sydney from May 2023. 

The Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center is delighted to announce that tickets for TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will go on sale Friday, September 2 for eight performances from Tuesday, November 15 to Sunday, November 20.  

The HADESTOWN North American Tour is coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre October 11-23, 2022. Produced by Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy, Hadestown is the most honored show of the 2018-2019 Broadway season.

Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway and Cabaret announce the new, bigger, brighter and bolder 2023/2024 season. Subscription shows include 1776, Jagged Little Pill, Beetlejuice, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, SIX, Message In A Bottle, MJ and Company, with Denver favorites:  The Book of Mormon, Disney's Aladdin, Les Misérables, Wicked and many more as added attractions.

After recently returning to deliver his comeback single “Keeps Me Going,” his first piece of new material since the widely-praised 2021 EP It’s Gonna Be OK, which has since garnered more than twenty million streams since its release, Liverpool native Michael Nelson aka BANNERS is back once again to unveil his soaring new offering “Happier.”

WILLOW announced her new album’s title COPINGMECHANISM. She has also released her new song, “hover like a GODDESS,” along with a visualizer directed by Jaxon Whittington and edited by Dana Trippe. “hover like a GODDESS” was produced by WILLOW and Chris Greatti. Listen to the new single now!

Joe’s Pub has announced fall programming. This season presents incredible performances from Latine artists: Afro-Cuban jazz grooves from Dayramir González, an evening of Latin alternative music with Jessica Medina & Mai-Elka Prado, and more.

Nkeki Obi-Melekwe appeared on Good Morning America to discuss starring as Tina Turner in TINA: the Tina Turner Musical on Broadway. During the interview, Obi-Melekwe revealed what she has learned from playing Tina Turner on Broadway, which songs are her favorite, and what's next for her. Watch the new video interview now!