The Life - 2017 - West End Articles Page 1

Betty McGuire, who starred in Broadway's Plain and Fancy and played Kate Malone on Growing Pains, has died at age 100.

The Geffen Playhouse annual fundraiser honored Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Paul, and Harold A. Brown while launching the Artist & Athlete Collaborative ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.

Hong Kong's first flagship venue dedicated to dance and theatre will open as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District. The centre will feature multiple theatres and a dancehouse, with Hong Kong Ballet as its first resident company.

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The Smoking Gun Collective presents Terence Rattigan's post-war drama directed by William B. Davis, featuring Jack Rigg, Chris Walters, John Prowse, Lucia Frangione, and others.

A new track from the 30th anniversary reissue of Japanese ambient pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura's 1996 album QUIET FOREST is now available on streaming services. The reissue marks the album's first-ever vinyl release.

Violinist Adé Williams makes her debut with the York Symphony Orchestra performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto alongside Philip Glass's Suite from Dracula at the Appell Center.

Allen Barton's drama examines financial crises through two men separated by time: an economics professor during 2008's market collapse and a theatre owner navigating pandemic lockdowns.

Pianist Jonathan Biss recorded three new solo piano commissions from composers Tyson Gholston Davis, Alvin Singleton, and Tyshawn Sorey on Orchid Classics.

The second single from THAT PARENTING MUSICAL, featuring Christopher Jackson of HAMILTON, is out now. The full studio cast album features Jackson and more, and will be released in October.

Swedish producer Christian Karlsson's GALANTIS released a six-track EP of reimagined covers via Counter Records, featuring reworkings of tracks by The Killers, Feist, Frankie Valli, José González, Paleface ft. Kyla, and The War on Drugs.

Vince Gill and Marty Stuart released MARTY AND ME, the eleventh installment in Gill's 50 YEARS FROM HOME EP series, featuring five new songs the pair wrote together.

New Jersey Symphony appointed Gaetan Le Divelec as Vice President of Artistic Planning & Operations. Le Divelec joins from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with 35 years of classical music experience.

Ensemble for These Times announced its 19th season program featuring world premieres by Alexander Malinas and Mary Bianco, Shostakovich selections in Yiddish, and new works by Andrea Casarrubios, David Garner, and Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.

U2 announced a world tour supporting their album CARNAVAL DE LUZ, with dates set for Mexico City, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires starting February 23, 2027, with Beck as support. Europe and North America dates are forthcoming.

A documentary chronicling the collaborative album PROLIFIC from Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux will screen at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, followed by a conversation with key figures from the project.

Irish Repertory Theatre will present four new play readings and a workshop performance featuring writers Chris Gethard, Hannah Khalil, and Eoin McAndrew, directed by Bailey Bass, Nicola Murphy Dubey, Kimberly Senior, and Keelie Sheridan.

Toronto jazz singer Ori Dagan releases his fifth album, a live recording captured at Kensington Sound featuring eight jazz standards performed with pianist Stu Harrison, bassist Brandi Disterheft, and drummer Ben Wittman.

The final completed studio album from outlaw country icon David Allan Coe, A MILLION REASONS, will be released digitally, featuring 11 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 2017.

GRAMMY Award-winning baritone and composer Will Liverman announced a publishing partnership with Just a Theory Press, releasing three works including song cycles and arrangements of spirituals.

William D. Caballero's Sundance Award-winning hybrid animated documentary THEYDREAM will open in New York City before expanding to additional U.S. cities. The film blends animation, motion capture, and live-action footage to explore Nuyorican identity and family memory.

Comedian and AMERICA'S GOT TALENT contestant Preacher Lawson performs stand-up at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and Music Director Radu Paponiu will present a season of five concerts featuring works by composers including Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven, and Ravel.

The Fisher Center at Bard, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, will present EVIDENCE: 2026 LAB International Festival.

Singer-songwriter Snoh Aalegra released new single KARMA, her first musical offering since 2023. The track, produced by Josh Grant and co-written by Snoh and Joel Compass, explores a transcendent connection across multiple lifetimes.