The Life - 2017 - West End Articles Page 1

David Allan Coe's last studio recordings will make up A MILLION REASONS, featuring a rerecorded version of his signature song, YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME.

Come From Away is the musical we need right now. As political tensions mount, we need to remember the kindness shown by our neighbor Canada during a most critical time for our United States. Director Rick Bumgardner tells us the “spine” of this show is the word “Goodwill.” We would do well to remember the lessons of 9/11, as well as the Golden Rule - Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Scenekvelder’s new Les Misérables trusts the score without treating it as a museum piece. Dark, modern and deeply felt, it finds new images for the story while remaining faithful to the form that gives it power. Les Misérables is so familiar that a new production can easily become either a careful reproduction or an argument with its own material. Guy Unsworth’s staging for Scenekvelder finds the more rewarding path between them. It honours the images and emotions audiences bring to the theatre, yet places them in a visual world with a force and logic of its own. The result feels timeless because it understands the past rather than trying to escape it.

Mercury Studios will release the first-ever live album from THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, capturing the band's Montreux Jazz Festival performance across Blu-ray+CD and Double LP formats.

Vince Gill has released STILLWATER NIGHT, the tenth installment in his year-long 50 YEARS FROM HOME EP series featuring previously unreleased tracks, including a duet co-written with Amy Grant.

New Jersey rock band THE BROTHERS UNION released a new single exploring faith and perseverance during uncertain times, blending pop-punk energy with reflective lyrics.

K.Flay released the single ANTS, addressing consumerism and the destructive nature of power. The track follows her 2023 album MONO and precedes tour dates supporting Evanescence and Poppy.

Nashville country artist Paige Rose released her new single, exploring themes of patience, comparison and trusting in a higher timeline, now available on streaming platforms.

Lorna Dallas, a 2020 Bistro Award recipient, will present an encore performance of her cabaret show at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City.

The stop-motion animation and live-action hybrid film, starring Tom Hanks as Abraham Lincoln and directed by Duke Johnson, has added the four actors to its voice cast.

Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, to open the ensemble's 48th and final season.

Ahead of Claybourne Elder’s upcoming 54 Below show, the actor gets candid on his Mormon upbringing and exclusively tells BroadwayWorld there is power in setting boundaries and saying ‘no.’

Daniel Pickard, the UK indie pop eccentric, announced his debut album BEHAVIOUR via AWAL, accompanied by new single HEARTBEATS THE FLAW and an official visualizer.

Joffrey Ballet announced President and CEO Greg Cameron will step down after a 15-year tenure, with the board forming a committee to lead a national search for his successor.

Jim Parsons will return to his alma mater in Spring, Texas, joining former classmates and theatre director Rick Garcia for a fundraiser benefiting the Maestro Arts Project.

Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, in the ensemble's 48th and final season.

Alexander Shelley will lead Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale in Mahler's Symphony No. 2, with soprano Miah Persson and mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly at Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Governor Josh Green and Mayor Rick Blangiardi will jointly issue proclamations honoring JOURNEY as the band wraps up more than five decades of performances in Hawai'i. Tickets start at $58.

Thomas Ellenson will write, direct and star in THOMAS & ME, becoming the first performer using a speech-generating device to headline a full-length New York play, at The Frank Shiner Theater.

Jim James' fifth solo album, WOWED OUT, is out now. The My Morning Jacket frontman will begin a solo acoustic headline tour November 28 in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

Portland Playhouse will open its 19th season with a limited-run revival of THURGOOD, directed by Lou Bellamy and starring Lester Purry as Justice Thurgood Marshall, at Adrienne C. Nelson High School in Happy Valley.

Scottish band NEON WALTZ released their second single in three years, WINNER, recorded in Glasgow with producer Tom Rees amid studio standoffs with a neighboring takeaway.

Presented by New Musical Theater Nashville in partnership with ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), The First Stage gives local Nashville composers and writers a chance to showcase their new work by performing 45-minute excerpts from original musicals in development. Presented quarterly, the concert series is held in the Analog Lounge at the Hutton Hotel.

Theater Resources Unlimited will hold its Writer-Producer Speed Date, pairing writers with producers for one-on-one pitch sessions and coaching in a virtual format.

Kane Brown will release a new song titled BOOTS featuring Shania Twain, a tribute to her classic Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?, via Sony Music Nashville.