Unexpected Joy 2018 - Articles Page 3

for KING + COUNTRY brother duo Joel and Luke Smallbone, wrote the song with Josh Kerr, and Sean Douglas; and it was produced by for KING + COUNTRY, Josh Kerr, and Tedd T.  Filmed in the Mojave Desert, California, the video takes the listener on a journey as the larger-than-life track challenges listeners to be the change. Watch the video now!

Experience the riveting performances of Kellie Overbey, Carmen Zilles, and T. Ryder Smith in 'NO GOOD THINGS DWELL IN THE FLESH,' a compelling play by Christina Masciotti. Don't miss this powerful production that will leave you captivated.

Queensbury Theatre-- West Houston’s only professional theatre-- is producing SPRING AWAKENING, the first production by the theatre’s recently created Bridge Program, which connects young professionals in Houston. Kristina Sullivan-- Queensbury Theatre’s Executive Director and Director of Education-- gave us a sneak peek of what is in the works!

IrrePRESSible Comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month. Performances run 14-20 August.

City of London Sinfonia has announced its 2023/24 season, featuring a collaboration with singer-songwriter and electronic rock-sitarist, BISHI, exploring sound and space and culminating in Terry Riley's hypnotic communal classic, In C, as part of Sound Unwrapped at Kings Place; a scintillating double piano programme at Cadogan Hall with Ivana Gavrić and David Greilsammer; and a return to Southwark Cathedral to revisit some of the great masters of the early part of the twentieth century.

Until the Ribbon Breaks continues to peel back the layers of his exciting new musical era with the richly atmospheric and moody new single “Red Skies” featuring Columbian rising star La Pardo. Recorded at the hallowed Joshua Tree studio Escape, and in Bogotá, Columbia, the song was initially the direct result of the day’s unexpected events.

This Fall, Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK wrestles with family - both chosen and related in two theatrical premieres and the return of their experimental performance festival Radical Acts.

LA-based songwriter, producer, and all-around artist Postcard Boy (aka Garrett Seamans, aka carwash) shares his latest, 'when tomorrow comes, we'll be nothing but a fading feeling.' On the track, Postcard Boy bends toward funky experimental pop, sending his listeners on an unexpected vibey journey through a new soundscape. 

Portland Opera has announced its 2023-2024 season, featuring a lineup of productions including beloved classics, an immersive Shakespearean inspired experience, and a heartwarming new family opera in a season that celebrates opera's timeless magic.  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Grammy Award-winning conductor and Metropolitan Opera Music Director, led a surprise concert on Little Island on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Joining Nézet-Séguin at this urban oasis on the Hudson River were a quartet of Met Orchestra horn players – Erik Ralske, Roy Femenella, Javier Gándara and Barbara Jöstlein Currie.  

75 years since the arrival of HMS Windrush into Britain, Montel Douglas's debut play explores young  British Caribbeans' experiences of the Windrush crisis through the story of four young friends on the cusp of adulthood leaving college.

At the same time the LP also preserves the special relationship Tré shared with his grandfather who passed away earlier this year - this was the music the two shared. Along with the announcement, Tré Burt shares the LP’s lead single, the jubilant “Santiago,” which recounts an overseas tryst that ended too soon.

With their production of Sasha Hails’ Possession about to open at the company’s home base, Arcola Theatre, led by Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen and Executive Director Leyla Nazli, has announced their new season.

The Brook & The Bluff is perfectly poised between the past and the present, at an unexpected crossroads where indie rock and folk-rock have found new frontiers and possibilities online. Their new album Bluebeard, will be released via AWAL, feels like a modern classic, shaped by the past but very much of and for right now.

LA-based songwriter, producer, and all-around artist Postcard Boy (aka Garrett Seamans, aka carwash) shares 'i still look for our house from the freeway.' It falls in line with his boundary-pushing pop sound a la Caroline Polachek or Japanese House, glimmering with gorgeous, sometimes unexpected twists of phrase that satisfy. 

STEVE MARTIN & MARTIN SHORT bring their “You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today!” show to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in Providence, RI on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 7:30P. Martin and Short will be joined by very special guests Jeff Babko and The Steep Canyon Rangers. 

RANSART & Cultural Services (TRANSART) has announced its second annual Pinkster celebration with a week-long, family-friendly series of free events in Ulster County, New York. Known as Pinkster: Joy Is An Act of Resistance, the celebration features a variety of engaging activities to take place in and around Kingston from Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Hale Centre Theatre has announced their 2024 Season of Entertainment at the Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, with two regional premieres, one US premiere and a World premiere flanked by beloved classics. Season Ticket renewals begin about June 10th and the general public may subscribe starting August 1st.

BILLY RECCE has released his effervescent new single “Come Out” on all digital and streaming platforms. Listen now!

Artpark, Western New York's premier summer destination for live performance, music, and interactive art, has announced its 50th season lineup packed with spectacle, drama, indigenous and global influences. Situated just outside Niagara Falls, New York—a half-hour drive from Buffalo, an hour and a half from Rochester, and under two hours from Toronto—Artpark's 50th season promises something for everyone throughout the region.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents a fresh lineup for its 2023–24 season, filled with a diverse range of voices, talents and perspectives from around the world, including artists from Sweden, Russia, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United States. 

The third Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust features further huge theatrical and comedic names, noteworthy newcomers, international inspirational talent and insightful talks. 

Blue13 Dance Company, the celebrated LA-based dance ensemble living at the intersection of diaspora and disruption, returns to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with five culturally daring Bollywood-inspired works by Artistic Director and prolific choreographer Achinta S. McDaniel, on Friday, May 12, 7:30 pm, and Saturday, May 13, 2023, 7:30 pm, in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater.

The Charleston Gaillard Center announced its largest season ever for the 2023–2024 programming year with more than 40 shows spanning dance, music, theater, comedy, arts festivals, and family programming from leading local, national, and international artists and organizations.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below is a non-profit organization with a mission to preserve and expand the art of the cabaret, honor the music of Broadway, and provide an unparalleled experience to diverse communities.