The Last Five Years - 2006 - London Fringe Articles Page 1

Emerging Artists Theatre will present the inaugural Spark Musical Theatre Festival NYC, showcasing 26 new musicals ranging from staged readings to fully produced works at the 28th Street Theatre in Manhattan.

Nathalie Harrison will replace Charlotte d'Amboise in Jay Presson Allen's TRU, starring Tony Award winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The production runs at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

COLD WAR KIDS released "Jesse Latour," a newly recorded track from their ROBBERS & COWARDS era, ahead of the 20th anniversary edition arriving via UMe. The expanded release includes four completed songs and six live recordings from 2007.

Vancouver bluesman Al Walker's eighth self-produced album BLUESMAN reaches #1 on the Roots Music Report Canada chart and debuts at #13 on the Canadian Big Blues Chart.

Andrew McMahon announced a new EP featuring stripped-down versions of SOMETHING CORPORATE songs, with the first single 'She Paints Me Blue' now available.

Better Noise Music announced a month-long Rocktober celebration featuring new albums from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, THE HU, FROM ASHES TO NEW, IN THIS MOMENT, YELLOWCARD, and others, plus special discounts on bundles, merchandise, and catalog releases.

Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga will star in Theatre Group Asia's Philippine staging of ANG TAHANAN NI BERNARDA ALBA, a Filipino adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic play adapted by director-playwright Chay Yew.

54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.

Joe's Pub announced a new slate of programming spanning jazz, comedy, and pop music, featuring performances by Jake Schroeder, Kate Nash, Mollie Elizabeth, Gus Heagerty, Alice Smith, Morgan Bassichis, and others.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 29, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Grammy-winning singer Michelle Branch opened her headline tour at The Showbox in Seattle, performing a career-spanning 90-minute set ahead of the EVERYWHERE AND BACK AGAIN EP release.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

Neil deGrasse Tyson will present 'This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe' at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Broadway History Harvest by Friends of Wait in the Wings will be returning for its second year on September 26th to record new items and stories for their online Theatre History Archive. Here are some examples of what they collected last year!

What did our critic think of JERSEY BOYS at TPAC'S Jackson Hall?

Seasick Steve released his new album THE LAST SEASON OF AMERICA, a protest record featuring 10 tracks including a bilingual collaboration with Ricardo Arjona. The veteran performer will play live dates in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville.

SABATON released a new version of their 2025 hit TEMPLARS featuring POP EVIL frontman Leigh Kakaty. The bands debuted the collaboration at Louder Than Life and will tour North America together this fall.

BroadwayWorld spoke with Fernandes to discuss both projects, early theatrical memories, portraying several characters in a fast-paced farce, playing games with audiences, and his experience as a first-time director with the Shaw Festival. 

The National Theatre’s 2027 programme will include eight world premieres alongside much-loved classics, and a unique reach that extends across stages, screens and communities.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present the second part of its virtual feedback lab for musical theater writers and producers, focusing on songs that express conflict, character turnarounds, and plot complications.

Annette McLaughlin, Deka Walmsley, Jack Bandeira and Lesley Joseph will lead BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, with new tour stops added at Wales Millennium Centre, Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin, Bristol Hippodrome and Alhambra Bradford.

ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS has announced its Season 35 celebrity cast and professional dancer pairings, with a two-night premiere set to air live on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.

The Texas-born country singer known for his hit BLACKLAND FARMER died at home of natural causes, according to Heart of Texas Records president Tracy Pitcox.