The Sound of Music - 1998 - Broadway Articles Page 9

Jason Robert Brown, one of America’s most celebrated composers and lyricists of this new millennium, is currently enjoying a resurgence with two of his finest musicals. THE LAST FIVE YEARS, an off-Broadway hit that was later adapted into a film starring Anna Kendrick, is making its return to Broadway this year starring Joe Jonas and Adrienne Warren. Meanwhile, PARADE, which originally debuted on Broadway in 1998, had a triumphant revival last year starring Ben Platt and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

The touring production of the recent Broadway revival of Parade is now on tour across the United States. What did the critics think? Read all the reviews. The company is led by Max Chernin (Broadway Revival of Parade) and Talia Suskauer  who will play Leo and Lucille Frank.

GRAMMY-Award-winning rock band OK Go has unveiled their brand new single, “A Stone Only Rolls Downhill,” alongside the official music video. The track is the first single off the band’s forthcoming fifth studio album. Watch the video now!

Let's toast the New Year by looking ahead to some of the most anticipated shows of the next 6 months. We put together 14 shows we're looking forward to seeing next year, that are likely to sell out well in advance.

I now have a new favorite Christmas rock band! Scratch that. I now have a new favorite rock band that happens to play Christmas music, and let’s be honest, if you can make Christmas music sound this cool, you deserve high accolades.

The string quartet ETHEL and legendary bassist Ron Carter will join forces for an unforgettable classical-jazz mashup performance at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall this winter. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Disney’s The Lion King will make its return to  Anchorage at the Atwood Concert Hall during the 25/26 season. Performance dates and times for the Fall 2025 engagement will be announced at a later time.

BroadwayWorld chats with composer Andrew Lippa about 'Lippa @ 60' his one-night-only gala concert to benefit TheatreWorks Silicon Valley on December 16th

Acclaimed string quartet ETHEL has released their eighth album Persist, for which the group reconvened with the dynamic flutist Allison Loggins-Hull. Listen to it here.

Branford's Legacy Theatre has announced a star-studden lineup for the 2025 Sunday Broadway Concert Series lineup for the historic theatre's 5th anniversary season.

The City of Mississauga has unveiled its additions to the 2025 season, a spectacular lineup of performances and events that promise to inspire, entertain, and unite audiences of all ages.

Pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder will return to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as Sergei Rachmaninoff in the Northern California Premiere of Rachmaninoff and the Tsar. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Tickets for the long-awaited return engagement of Disney's The Lion King will go on sale to the public in December. Learn more about the national tour and see how to purchase tickets!

The new Toronto production of Disney’s The Lion King will extend performances through August 30, 2025. The new block of tickets, for performances from April 29 to August 30, 2025, will go on sale at 10AM on Saturday December 7, 2024.

Brixton House has announced the appointment of Levi Roots as Chair Designate, with the transition to Chair scheduled for Spring 2025. Learn more about Levi Roots here!

GatherNYC will continue its 2024-2025 season at the series’ home venue, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) (2 Columbus Circle) with four upcoming concerts in December and January - W4RP on December 8, Excelsis Percussion Quartet on December 22, Emi Ferguson (flute) + Dan Tepfer (clavichord) on January 5, and cellist Gabriel Cabezas on January 19.

Let us help you find some fresh audition material. These 25 soprano audition songs are a combination of greats and lesser knowns, so you can choose material that you love and knock that audition out of the park. Check out what made the list!

Tickets for the return engagement of Disney’s The Lion King in Kansas Citywill go on sale to the public this week. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

Pianist Ian Hobson will continue his Robert Schumann Cycle with a concert at Tenri Cultural Institute, featuring Schumann's piano trios with violinist Lucia Lin and cellist Ko Iwasaki. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Lion King has opened in Toronto.  On opening night, the Princess of Wales Theatre hosted celebrities and returning cast members from the 2000 engagement of the show. Check out the video here!

The Lion King will celebrate its 27th anniversary on Broadway on Wednesday, November 13th. Learn more about the show and its history, as well as the historic milestone, here!

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Watch the cast of New York City Center's Ragtime perform 'Till We Reach That Day.' Learn more about the production starring Joshua Henry and more, and see how to purchase tickets.

Nichelle Lewis is taking on the iconic role of Sarah in the New York City Center gala production of Ragtime. Watch as she performs 'Your Daddy's Son' in this video.

An obvious labor of love by all concerned, actor and writer John Leguizamo’s The Other Americans is an extremely well-written and highly ambitious play that delineates the tragedy of a man’s fatal flaws ripping apart his family at the seams.