What We Wanted - 2017 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 8

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!

The cast has been announced for Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!, running off-Broadway at Soho Rep, and written by Alina Troyano (a.k.a. Carmelita Tropicana) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

Currently in previews at The Geffen Playhouse, Sara Porkalob’s Dragon Lady officially opens September 12, 2024. Andrew Russell directs Sara backed by musicians Pete Irving, Mickey Stylin and Jimmy Austin.

Theatre unlocks something really magical in kids. Watching it teaches them that they live in a world where anything is possible, and making it helps them find their place in that world. I could also stand on a rooftop and shout for days about the impact arts-based learning within the classroom has on kids - on their confidence, their enthusiasm for learning, and their ability to succeed in school. Like I said, it's magic!

It's been almost a decade since Jen Silverman wrote The Roommate- a play that is making its Broadway debut this season with the help of the stage and screen power duo that is Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone. Jen checks in about the new play in this interview!

The Olivier Award-winning comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong, is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the West End at the Duchess Theatre. Recently, we had the chance to speak with the writers of the show, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields on what it is like to be celebrating this anniversary!

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Brian Rosenthal and Joey Richter, two members of the Tin Can Bros. We discussed what it was like to create Spies Are Forever, how the show has changed since it first premiered in 2016 and even what it was like to recently perform another one of their shows, Solve It Squad, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

The Microphone Doctors & Doctor Noize's new family album, Mood Food is out now.

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced details for its 2024-25 season. Learn more about the season lineup here!

Stratford Festival announced its 2025 season, featuring productions of HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The season will also include a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

BroadwayWorld’s Linda Hodges chats with Carol de Giere, the biographer who reveals the magic of Stephen Schwartz!

Sean Dorsey Dance will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Season with a powerful retrospective program at Z Space from September 19-21. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Today's new incarnation of Ringling Bros famed Barnum & Bailey Circus has no ringmaster, no animals, and no clowns. Consequently, circus-goers may not know what to expect when they buy their popcorn and sit down to watch the show, which runs in Orange County August 16-18 and in LA August 23-25. 

ILLUSION THEATER celebrates its 50th anniversary with a season of new plays and special performances, honoring its legacy of producing transformative theater on pressing social issues.

COAL MINE THEATRE will get their 10th anniversary season underway with one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the fall season, the Canadian Premiere of Annie Baker’s most recent play, INFINITE LIFE, on stage September 6 – September 29 at the company’s Danforth home.

Jupp's new play, Wormholes, is currently running at the Omnibus Theatre in London's Clapham Common. As well as writing Wormholes, she's also producing it. BroadwayWorld caught up with Emily to chat about the play.

The Fluxus Brothers Present: Good Art Bad Art will premiere as part of the Cannonball Festival on September 13th, 18th, and 27th at The MAAS Building.

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

BWW caught up with Matt Chiorini on bringing Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW caught up with Kirby Thompson & Orla Graham about bringing Float to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW caught up with Joel Baxendale about bringing Werewolf to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

On Sanctuary, their extraordinary second album as co-leaders, violinist Jason Anick and pianist Jason Yeager explore the vast spectrum of what that concept can mean through the medium of their own personal sanctuary – the music they create. 

Coming out this fall on October 18, Brian King (guitar, vocals) and Dave Prowse (drums, vocals) have decided to part ways but not before releasing one last album. At once a return to form and a thrilling step forward, this album is a monument to the chemistry they’ve honed over nearly two decades side-by-side. Listen to a single from the album now!

Algos Music has announced the release of the new album by vintage vocalist extraordinaire ALLYSON BRIGGS – Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach – on CD and in digital and streaming platforms.

Generations of fans were dancing and singing together to the music that changed the landscape of an era, embracing the artists that ushered in Rock-n-Roll. It was a fun night had by all, and we didn’t want it to end.