The Way of the World - 2017 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 3

Nicholas Kaminski and Grammy-nominated Stephen Kaminski's new musical BIG FAMOUS will hold a benefit concert for The Directors Company in Brooklyn, featuring a satirical story based on a Polish immigrant's accordion-fueled rise and fall.

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.

Danny Worsnop released a full re-recorded version of 'Ain't No Use,' co-written with UNDEROATH's Aaron Gillespie, accompanied by a new music video. The song explores themes of acceptance and authenticity across different life stages.

Lucas Hnath's Tony-nominated play returns to Redondo Beach, exploring the aftermath of Nora's departure from Ibsen's original. The production stars Tara Donovan, Patrick Vest, Shirley Hatton, and Adrianne Gaor, directed by Stephanie A. Coltrin.

Read reviews of the Broadway production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, now open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The award-winning documentary on civil rights leader Harry Belafonte's final years will debut on major streaming platforms including Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango.

Lil' Kim has announced a second orchestral performance following the sold-out debut of HARD CORE SYMPHONY, featuring Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra.

OMNI shares a demo of 'Wire' ahead of the reissue of their debut album DELUXE, a two-disc, 24-track set featuring original songs, demos, B-sides, outtakes, and unreleased tracks via Coliseum Records and Danger Collective.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

54 Below will present performances featuring Broadway talent including cast members from Diana The Musical, Heathers, and Illinoise, alongside Tony Award nominees and performers from hit shows.

Performances are now underway for Other Desert Cities, which will play a 16-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Other Desert Cities here!

Rise Up! HAMILTON: The Anthology compiles a decade of musical history in 7LP and 5CD limited-edition sets, featuring the Original Broadway Cast Recording, THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE, and HAMILDROPS: The Complete Collection.

Matt Willis, BRIT award winner and CABARET emcee, will appear at the Kit Kat Club in conversation with journalist Bryony Gordon to discuss his debut memoir, Mending: Busted, Breaking and Getting Better.

THE MALE PATTERN released a narrative fiction Americana concept album about divorce and midlife crisis, featuring a guest appearance from Daniel Bateman of FROG.

This season, Donna Feore has had the rare opportunity to helm two Stratford Festival productions: Guys and Dolls, running through November 14th, and Something Rotten!, running through November 15th, which share a stage and company of actors. 

Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the COLBURN ORCHESTRA in a season-opening concert at The Soraya featuring works by Márquez, Kevin Puts, Falla, and Giménez, with student soloists on marimba and mezzo-soprano.

SXM Festival has revealed its Phase One lineup for its 10th edition on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, featuring Bob Sinclar, MEDUZA, Sasha, Claptone, Franky Rizardo and other electronic artists.

Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based artist Stacey released her first original single in five years, a psychedelic pop track available via AWAL, alongside performances scheduled across North America.

Guitarist Miles Okazaki reissues his six-disc solo guitar album WORK, which features the complete Thelonious Monk songbook, coinciding with the release of THE MONKATHON film.

Phylicia Rashad will direct August Wilson's Fences at the Mark Taper Forum. Set in segregated Pittsburgh in the 1950s, Fences depicts the life of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star now scraping by as a sanitation worker.

Actor and Tony Award-nominated playwright Jocelyn Bioh will join the cast of her own play, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play for four performances only. Learn more here!

Sarasota Youth Opera will present Rachel J. Peters' one-act opera based on Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories, featuring young performers aged 8-18 alongside professional artists.

Anita Mitchell recounts her life alongside Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell in a new memoir that explores behind-the-scenes moments from America's space program era.

Music supervisor and orchestrator Sam Davis exclusively tells BroadwayWorld how he’s freshening up ‘The Fantasticks’ for Broadway for its first production on the Great White Way.