The New World - 2017 - Regional (US) Articles Page 7

Harris Center for the Arts will present Mariachi Herencia de México in a concert honoring Juan Gabriel, featuring the Latin GRAMMY-nominated ensemble's tribute to the late Mexican singer's catalog.

Boston Ballet will open its 63rd season with CACTI and VERTICAL ROAD (Reimagined) 2023, running September 10–20 before performances in New York City September 24–25 and Paris October 8–11.

Philadelphia band Queen of Jeans announced hard/SWEET, a new album exploring tenderness as resistance, alongside the single Sweet Devotion, via Memory Music.

Matthew Rankin's documentary on former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney will have its world premiere in the Midnight Madness lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival.

La Jolla Playhouse shared clips from The Family Album, its world-premiere musical from MILCK, AG and Sam Chanse about a singer-songwriter confronting her past. Watch the video!

THE MALE PATTERN, the project featuring Daniel Bateman of FROG, will release its debut album blending Springsteen-style rock with an offbeat indie edge, preceded by the single I'M A SOLDIER.

Jacques Greene announced his third studio album, JG, featuring the new single Presence, marking his first record built for the dancefloor.

Mix & Match Productions presented Andrew Lippa: New Songs, New Stories, an intimate evening with one of musical theater's most celebrated writers, at Greenwich House Theater. He was joined by special guests Kate Baldwin and Jordan Fisher, who performed songs spanning Lippa’s career, sharing the stories, inspirations, and moments behind the music along the way. New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik joined in for a conversation about his creative process and a preview of his newest musical, Fairy Tale. BroadwayWorld is very excited to bring you exclusive photos from inside the big night!

BroadwayWorld spoke with Chameroy about what makes a musical sizzle, trusting your scene partner—even when it’s the stage itself—and how to balance explosive humour with laid-back cool.

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra announced its 48th and final season, led by Benjamin Zander, with four BPO programs and three Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concerts at Symphony Hall.

Krista Bradley, a veteran arts executive with more than 30 years of experience, will lead THE WASHINGTON CHORUS as its new Executive Director.

The Stephen Petronio Company has launched an online archive featuring videos, photographs, and interviews chronicling choreographer Stephen Petronio's four-decade career in contemporary dance.

The Boston Philharmonic will close its 48th season with four orchestra programs and three youth orchestra programs at Symphony Hall, all led by Benjamin Zander.

Phillip Phillips will release his new EP Let's Go Far: Vol. 1 on September 4, led by focus track My Dark Places, with new song Remember Me arriving August 14.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater in New York revealed a monthlong slate of jazz performances, including Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, Monty Alexander, and the MIKI YAMANAKA TRIO.

Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Petoskey, Michigan, has cast its September 2026 production of COME FROM AWAY, selecting performers from more than 1,500 submissions and over 250 auditions.

Jay McCarrol composed the score for TONY, a biopic about young Anthony Bourdain, with the soundtrack arriving in theaters via A24 Music.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for August Wilson's SEVEN GUITARS, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Jesse Eisenberg's new theater-themed film, The Debut, will close the 70th BFI London Film Festival in October. Learn more about the film and its UK premiere here.

Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals announced first casting for a new touring production of CATS, set to open at Theatre Royal Plymouth following its Regent's Park Open Air Theatre run.

In a program note for his latest play, “M: Refractions from an Evil Act” – being given its world premiere production by Exiled Theatre through August 9 at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, as part of the company’s New Play Incubator program – playwright James Wilkinson, an IRNE nominee for his 2017 “Nurse Play,” writes, “This piece is based on a disastrous three-day weekend I once spent in Paris. Make of that what you may.”

From the stage of the Broadhurst Theatre, “Tempress” Chasity Moore, who plays the role of ‘Grizabella,’ delivered the news that CATS: The Jellicle Ball, the wildly acclaimed Tony Award-winning musical revival, will record a cast album to be released this winter on Atlantic Records. 

Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, an emerging Shakespeare troupe, is set to present 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T/New York Theatres, 502 West 53rd Street. Co-directors John Gordon and Ruby Rich to stage the production.

Marcia Hines leads a new incarnation of the disco, cabaret, circus experience with VELVET INFERNO.

Indonesia has a long history of theatrical forms that integrate musical elements to the performance. From traditional art forms such as Lenong and Ludruk, to the birth of Komedie Stamboel during the colonial era, up to the modern influence of American musical theater, thespians throughout the nation have always been exploring how music can add another layer to theatrical works.