The New Century - 2008 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

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.

The Santa Fe Desert Chorale announced its 45th anniversary season, featuring summer and winter festivals in addition to a new partnership with the VOCES8 Foundation for early-career vocalist training.

Irish Arts Center has raised more than $40 million to redevelop its 51st Street building as part of a $100 million transformation. Executive Director Aidan Connolly will step down in July 2027 after a twenty-year tenure.

A recent audience disturbance at Wicked on the West End caused the performance to be paused for an hour. Unruly patrons were singing along, talking loudly, sneaking in their own alcohol, and generally creating an unpleasant experience for their fellow theatergoers. They were finally ushered out of London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre successfully by the heroic front of house and security teams. The situation went viral thanks to TikTok, with theatre fans and professionals around the world weighing in on what happened at the show.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Richard  Greenberg’s acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist THREE DAYS OF RAIN will begin performances on Saturday, January 30, 2027, and officially open Monday, March 1, 2027 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.

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

The upcoming production of the 1955 musical written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics) and Douglass Wallop and George Abbott (book) will star Neil Patrick Harris as Applegate, Julianne Hough as Lola, and Austin Scott as Young Joe Hardy. It will play Broadway’s Marquis Theatre, which incidentally, hosted the first revival of the show from 1994-1995. The 2027 production will be the second Broadway revival for the perennially popular property which has been a favorite in schools and communities since it made a splash during musical theatre’s Golden Age. 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

Pluto TV's Halloween Hits collection streams free horror films throughout the month, including 30 titles spanning major franchises, Stephen King adaptations, found-footage films, and box-office hits.

Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland in the Fred Astaire biopic in which Holland will star as the famed actor and dancer from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The Claremont Dramatic Society returns to the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg with Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy GOD OF CARNAGE, the company's first production since the pandemic.

Pianist Chengcheng Ma will perform his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall, featuring world and U.S. premieres and works by living composers.

Boston's all-documentary festival announced its 12th-year lineup of 30 films covering investigative journalism, the environment, sports, LGBTQ+ issues, and social justice, with screenings at multiple venues and filmmaker Q&As.

Albert Bouchard's Imaginos Band will perform at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, celebrating the album release and previewing an AI-created film based on the Imaginos saga.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

Conductors, choirs and vocal soloists announced for the 25th anniversary UK and Ireland arena tour of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING IN CONCERT, featuring 239 musicians performing Howard Shore's Oscar-winning score live to the film.

Roy Thomson Hall will present Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation as a cinematic live-to-film event, with a hybrid ensemble performing the score and music live in sync with the full movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a season-long cycle of Mahler's nine completed symphonies at Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Met Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present a live, non-verbal performance by Korean company kNOT inspired by 18th-century painter Shin Yun-bok's depictions of women and daily life.

Theatre has long history of cultural exchange between the cities of New York and London. Every season, new productions make it to Broadway and off-Broadway after starting in the West End and vice versa. But what of all of the Broadway shows that have originated in countries beyond England? Productions originating in other foreign countries happen far less frequently but have resulted in some fascinating moments of history on Broadway.

Dita Von Teese will continue her burlesque residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, adding new performances featuring couture costumes and Bob Mackie showgirl designs.

Vangeline will perform her Butoh dance work MAN WOMAN at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford, followed by a discussion on gender and Butoh history with Dr Baldock.

Timothy Bloom will receive The Prince Fellowship and Chase Parker will receive The Prince/TTLP Fellowship, programs supporting early-career producers in association with Columbia University School of the Arts.

Directed by Elaine Epstein, the documentary follows the arrest of a midwife serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York and the women who organized in response.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck will personally cover the cost of a student's first ticket through PSO GO, the orchestra's discounted student ticket program at Heinz Hall.