The Life - 2017 - West End Articles Page 18

With this marvelous Aida, WNO kicks off its 70th-anniversary season in grand style.

Center Theatre Group is offering a slate of artistic programming that helps identify and support the next generation of great plays and playwrights. Learn more!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano with Sir George Benjamin, piano, a New York premiere, at the Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall.

The September Go Try PlayWrite winner is Gordon Blitz for his piece Caged. After forty years as an accountant, Gordon Blitz retired in 2017 and became a passionate writing machine.

Read a conversation with drag artist Kiki Ball-Change about We’re In Hell — a devilishly hilarious, one-night-only cabaret descending through the nine circles of Dante’s Inferno on 10/27.

Today’s subjects Edwaard Liang and Dwight Rhoden make up two fourths of the choreographic team for The Washington Ballet’s program of Moving Forces. The production will be presented in the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center on October 24th through 26th.

CENTER STAGE RECORDS will release The Lightning Thief: Original London Cast Recording in streaming and digital formats. Learn more about the recording here!

My play Ragdoll takes place across two timelines. In 1978, a young American heiress is put on trial for her role in an armed bank robbery that has captivated the nation. In 2017, a disgraced celebrity lawyer calls upon a former client to help him redeem his reputation. The former really happened. The latter did not.

Joe Walsh and Grammy Award-winning multi-hyphenate Zac Brown will serve as mega mentors on season 28 of the musical competition series “The Voice,” airing Mondays on NBC and streaming on Peacock.

Many Steppenwolf productions have made the jump to Broadway, with three shows transferring in 2025 alone. Learn more about Purpose, Bug, The Minutes, and more!

An exceptionally tight production of the hit show where nearly everything goes right.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 20, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

The current fragile state of, arguably, one of our country's most important founding documents—and whether or not some of our current leaders are legally following it—seems to be top of mind these days, which bodes well for the timely arrival of Chance Theater's latest production, playwright Heidi Schreck's semi-autobiographical 2017 Tony and Pulitzer Prize nominated play WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, which continues performances in Anaheim through October 26, 2025.

See what the critics are saying about Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre. Read the reviews for Ragdoll in BroadwayWorld's Review Roundup here and learn more about the production.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited will present an upcoming town hall, Queery: Is Theater As Gay-Friendly As We Think?. Learn more and see how to attend.

Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete cast for the New York return of Matthew Warchus’ production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic, adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne. Learn more!

Eight years into redefining what a holiday show can be, drag powerhouses Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are once again decking the halls, and the patriarchy, with a brand-new production of The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show.

Performances begin tonight for Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway production of Queens, newly imagined by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok. Learn more here!

Jacob's Pillow will present Dance Your Purpose, its first-ever winter dance intensive, as the organization expands its year-round dance initiatives. Learn more here!

Additional casting has been announced for August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway, starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer”. Learn more here!

The full cast of The Greatest Showman stage musical is here! Oliver Tompsett, Samantha Barks & more head to Bristol Hippodrome from March 2026.

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul will present Jesus Christ Superstar from December 9–28, 2025. Tickets are available now at Ordway.org.

Plastered Productions has announced the full cast for Michael McKeever's hit off-Broadway play DANIEL'S HUSBAND which will make its UK Premiere at the Marylebone Theatre.

Multi-award-winning actor Santino Fontana, has joined the star-studded cast of TARRYTOWN THE MUSICAL, a one-night-only musical event playing at the Tarrytown Music Hall on October 30.