SMART Opens at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Next Month
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024
The 2024 Season at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will open with Smart, by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, directed by Jess Chayes. Performances run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m., June 8-23, 2024.
SURRENDER Will Have London Run Ahead of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024
HFH Productions has announced a play set for a London run ahead of Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. Surrender by Sophie Swithinbank in creative partnership with Phoebe Ladenburg will be on at the Arcola Theatre between 19 June and 13 July.
Alberta Bair Theater Reveals 2024-2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2024
The stage is alive in 24-25! Alberta Bair Theater has announced its 2024-2025 season packed with top-notch entertainment. Learn more about the full lineup here!
Interview: Spencer Liff's Passionate About REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL & Playing It Forward
by Gil Kaan - May 21, 2024
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original Reefer Madness, a new revised version Reefer Madness the Musical will open May 30, 2024 at The Whitney. I talked to director/choreographer Spencer Liff during the early days of rehearsals, so casting hadn’t been finalized. Members of the original creative team reuniting to produce are: actors Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell and Alan Cumming, creators Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, Andy Fickman, who directed 2005's Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, and America Olivo Campbell.
Pianist & Wellness Expert Chad Lawson Shares 'Like The Stars In The Sky'
by Josh Sharpe - May 21, 2024
World-renowned pianist, podcaster, and certified breathwork educator Chad Lawson has released a new single “Like The Stars In The Sky,” from his new album Where We Are, out on July 19 via Decca Records US. Known for exploring the intersection between music and wellness, Lawson shares “Like The Stars In The Sky” in conjunction with World Meditation Day, which aims to spread and create awareness of how this simple discipline can reduce stress and improve well-being. Listen to the single now!
North American Tour of MYSTIC PIZZA to Launch in January 2025
by Blair Ingenthron - May 20, 2024
The highly-anticipated musical adaptation of the 1988 classic movie MYSTIC PIZZA, which recently completed a critically hailed run at LA Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts this past January, will embark on a North American Tour in January 2025.
Give A Girl The Right Shoes And She Can Conquer the World
by Team BWW - May 17, 2024
Ballet Dancer Beatris Khamidullaeva, whose work includes most prominent Swan Lake, Gisele, or The Wills, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and many others, reached success in dance competitions with her students will tell the story of her journey from being a beginner ballet dancer in Tashkent now setting her sights on making a mark in the global dance scene, harnessing the power of Oriental allure.
BALTHVS Releases Single 'Asha' Ahead of New Album
by Josh Sharpe - May 17, 2024
Adding to the epic rollout of BALTHVS’ album Harvest, is their 6th single “Asha.” With the new single BALTHVS’ mixes a Latin rhythmic groove with traditional melodies of Azerbaijan and the Middle East to create a sonically hypnotic mixture that only the band can conjure. “Asha'' is available now. Listen to the new single!
Review: THE HOT WING KING at Circuit Playhouse
by Kevin Shaw - May 16, 2024
A couple of months ago, newly elected Memphis Mayor Paul Young, in partnership with the African American Mayors Association, announced the launch of the Black Mayor’s Coalition on Crime which is an initiative to “harness the collective power of black mayors across the nation to fight crime.”
Interview: Michael Rider Gears Up for THIS 'OL HOUSE at Green Room 42
by Rebecca Kaplan - May 16, 2024
This ‘Ol House: Stories of a City Bear, Country Queen is a collection of stories and songs detailing Rider's journey of discovery from an awkward, out-of-place, gay boy in the country to an out, openly fabulous queen in the city. Rider shares his story through the songs of Stuart Hamblen, Jerry Herman, Henry Mancini, Stephen Sondheim, and more.
The Secret Sisters Celebrate Mother's Day With New Song 'Mama, Now'
by Josh Sharpe - May 10, 2024
GRAMMY-nominated duo The Secret Sisters’ new song, “Mama, Now,” has debuted in celebration of Mother’s Day this weekend. Of the track, the sisters, Lydia Slagle and Laura Rogers, reflect, “Nothing in our lives has transformed our music and priorities quite like motherhood. If you’ve worn the name, you know...' Listen to the new song!
Initial Cast Set For FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Muny
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2024
Adam Heller, Jill Abramovitz, Samantha Massell, Hannah Corneau, Emerson Glick, Jed Resnick, Clay Singer and Andrew Alstat are among the stars of the Muny production of Fiddler on the Roof.