The Life - 2017 - West End Articles Page 4

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Tee Grizzley has announced his new studio album THEY FORGOT and released the single and video for BACK INA YAMS, following his track NO EFFORT 2.

Jazz vocalist Lizz Wright and pianist Kenny Banks Sr. released a blues rendition of "Amazing Grace," the latest single from their upcoming duo album NEARNESS on Blues & Greens and Candid Records.

Alternative metal band BEAUTIFUL SKELETONS has released its new album PULSE/LINE/SCAR, produced by Ulrich Wild, and premiered a music video for the track Myrkur.

Lil' Kim will perform a one-night orchestral tribute to her album HARD CORE at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, joined by Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra.

Billy Strings released the track ahead of his upcoming album SO MUCH FOR GOODBYES, produced with T Bone Burnett and set for release via Reprise Records.

Trombonist, composer, and educator Sam Blakeslee will release a new album, NEW BLOOD, recorded with the Sam Blakeslee Large Group, on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records.

Alternative metal band Beautiful Skeletons will release its new album Pulse/Line/Scar, produced by Ulrich Wild, alongside a music video for the track Myrkur.

David Nail has released FLOWERS, a personal album co-written and produced by Anderson East, marking the Nashville singer/songwriter's first full-length project in ten years.

Canadian trio Dionée will release the post-rock and spiritual jazz album MILLE-FEUILLES on blue vinyl, while German band Hasa will issue STREIK, blending funk, reggae, and jazz with Swabian dialect lyrics.

Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point, NJ, is partnering with People and Puppies at Work for Sight during rehearsals for 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL, allowing service dogs in training to work alongside the cast.

Touchstone Theatre and Glitch Theatre will co-produce the world premiere of Jordyn Wood's VASCULAR NECROSIS, a queer zombie love story, at The NEST on Granville Island.

Avon Players will open its 80th season with Come From Away, directed by Ryan Moore and running September 11-26, 2026 in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present Playwrights' Platform, a live anthology of new short plays, on its outdoor Meadow Stage and in the Black Box Theater as part of its Annual Festival.

Vocalist Denise Donatelli will release a new recording featuring Kenny Rampton, Donny McCaslin, Geoffrey Keezer, Yotam Silberstein, and Reuben Rogers, arranged and produced by Keezer.

Concord Music Publishing has signed Tony and GRAMMY Award-nominated theatrical songwriting duo Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Death Becomes Her.

Underbelly's eighth annual Big Brain Tumour Benefit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe raised £20,000 for Professor Richard Gilbertson's Lab at the Cancer Research Centre.

RAVEN will begin the second European leg of its "Can't Take Away The Fire" 2026 tour September 3 in Belgrade, with stops including Zagreb, Essen, Den Haag, Tilburg, Stuttgart and Diest through September 13.

The Steve Bardwil Band has released an official video for the title track from its new studio album STARDUST IN DISGUISE, produced by Grammy-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli.

Ndeya, the label founded by the late Jon Hassell, will release previously unreleased music from the Fourth World pioneer, with the single BLUE BA-YA (EXCERPT) out now.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will kick off its 2026/27 Season, it’s second in the Associated Bank Theater Center, with The World Goes ’Round, a vibrant musical revue celebrating the legendary songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Jo Koy's sixth stand-up special, JO KOY: BLUE IN THE FACE, filmed before a sold-out crowd in Stockton, California, will premiere globally on Netflix on September 19, 2026.

A new school year is about to begin on Broadway! Manhattan Theatre Club will kick off its season with Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, directed by Whitney White, and BroadwayWorld recently stopped by rehearsals to catch up with the playwright, director, and cast. Watch in this video!

Polka Theatre in Wimbledon marked two decades of FREEFALLING, its fully funded drama programme for children in Merton facing challenges at home or school.

The musical about Woody Guthrie will run at Underbelly Boulevard Soho, with David M. Lutken reprising the title role alongside a cast of actor-musicians.