The West - 2022 - West End Articles Page 9

The multi-award-winning solo show WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY ARSE FOR ENGLAND, written and performed by Alex Hill, will make its U.S. debut at SoHo Playhouse in a limited Off-Broadway engagement.

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame awarded $10,000 in scholarships to ten graduating high school seniors across Long Island, with an additional Pat DeRosa Memorial Scholarship presented for the fourth consecutive year.

West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm in memory of Dame Penelope Keith, the Olivier Award-winning actress known for THE GOOD LIFE and decades of stage work.

James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027. Learn more here.

The stage adaptation of SPIRITED AWAY will embark on a world tour beginning in December, with stops in Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, and Los Angeles before returning to the London Coliseum.

The Tank NYC will present TrashFest and DarkFest, two festivals exploring sustainable theater practices, with DarkFest showcasing alternative energy performances and TrashFest centering work that reuses discarded materials.

Tickets for the Tony Award-winning musical SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, go on sale at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore for a limited eight-performance engagement.

World Music Institute announced its upcoming Fall-Winter season, featuring NYC debuts from Japan's Minyo Crusaders, South Korea's Leenalchi, and others, alongside returning favorites like Angélique Kidjo and a new NEXT GEN series.

Heathers The Musical will present its fourth and final extension at New World Stages, prior to embarking on an extensive North American tour, launching in Baltimore in May 2027.

Hadestown will welcome three new ‘Fates’ to Broadway this summer. The ‘Fates’ will be played by Kelly Belarmino, KC Dela Cruz, and Khori Michelle Petinaud who will all begin performances in July.

West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall will release her new memoir, The Showgirl and the Prince, detailed her secret relationship with Prince Edward in the 1980s. Learn more here.

The stories about Francis Albert Sinatra are endless. Two decades before Beatlemania hit the States, thousands of girls queued around the block so they could see the short, skinny kid from Hoboken sing while they cried, screamed and fainted. He had a thick New Jersey accent and a thin skin, punching one critic in the back of the head and physically threatening other members of the press. His friendship with mob members and their goons supposedly helped him out of a recording contract and for decades the FBI kept a file on him running to thousands of pages. He was close friends with Marilyn Monroe and gifted her a dog; she named it “Maf”, short for Mafia Honey, just to wind him up. At the age of 48, he dated a teenage Mia Farrow and the two eventually married in 1966.

Noah Mannion, Rafferty Smale, Spencer Collins, and William Gurney will share the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical's national tour and limited West End season, with original Olivier Award-winning Billy, Liam Mower, returning as 'Older Billy.'

BroadwayWorld looks back on the original Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey musical 'Next to Normal.'

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Theatre Royal Plymouth has announced the cast for its new production Badgers, which will have its world premiere at the Traverse Festival during this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, once again celebrating choreography and costume design. The evening will feature a World Premiere by Jennifer Archibald, in her NYCB debut, plus more.

In celebration of legendary blues artist Buddy Guy, the Radio City Music Hall will host Buddy’s Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration. The evening will feature an all-star lineup including Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Jon Batiste, among others.

Strictly Come Dancing host and dancer Johannes Radebe will tour the UK with FINALLY HOME, featuring ballroom, South African rhythms, and pop anthems, culminating in a gala performance at the London Palladium.

Jazz vocalist and songwriter Stevie Holland, who recently released her new album Talk to Your Tomatoes – will perform a celebratory New York summer concert at 54 Below.

Theatre Royal Plymouth's production of Badgers, a new folk play by Malaika Kegode blending spoken word and live music, will world premiere at the Traverse Festival during Edinburgh Fringe.

Gerardine Sacdalan, known for her WhatsonStage-nominated turn in the UK tour of @Juliet, will play Veronica Sawyer in HEATHERS THE MUSICAL's London season and UK & Ireland tour, with full casting now announced.

Swargaloka is once again hosting Ksatria Fest 3.0, a national-level tradipop (traditional-pop) dance competition that highlights the synergy between traditional values and popular styles in the performing arts. This program was initiated by the Ksatria Dance Group, known as the first-place winner of Indonesia Mencari Bakat in 2021.

Paige Parkhill, who hails from Kelowna, B.C., serves as Associate Choreographer on the Tony Award-nominated musical Water For Elephants, coming to Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre next month.

Aniya Thompson will make her Off-Broadway debut as Martha Dunnstock in HEATHERS THE MUSICAL at New World Stages, replacing Erin Morton, who received Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominations for the role.