Interview: Simon Thew - Future Music Director & Chief Conductor of the Houston Ballet
by Miranda Keating - Mar 14, 2024
As Maestro Ermanno Florio steps down after 32 seasons, Australian Conductor Simon Thew will be appointed as Houston Ballet's Music Director and Chief Conductor. BroadwayWorld got the chance to speak with Simon Thew about his worldly career, his experience with the Houston Ballet, and his goals for the future of the Houston Ballet.
Canadian Opera Company to Present DON PASQUALE This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024
The Canadian Opera Company will usher in spring with a feel-good comedy that hasn't been seen on the COC stage in 30 years: Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. Learn more about the opera and see how to purchase tickets.
Saxophonist Kevin Sun Releases First Live Album 'The Fate Of The Tenor' in March
by Michael Major - Jan 22, 2024
Recorded on the summer solstice in June 2022, The Fate of the Tenor documents Sun's working band with bassist Walter Stinson and drummer Matt Honor–a true rarity in modern jazz–on a particularly good night during his residency at Lowlands Bar, where he has performed every Tuesday since September 2021 and continues to perform weekly in 2024.
BWW Q&A: Ade Solanke of Phillis In Boston at Revolutionary Spaces
by Joshua Wright - Dec 5, 2023
Boston nonprofit Revolutionary Spaces announces the debut of Phillis in Boston, an original new play dramatizing a key moment in the life of both the nation and the celebrated poet Phillis Wheatley, enslaved author of the first known book of poetry in English by an African American woman, “Reflections on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.”
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is Coming to Palace Theater Waterbury in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2023
Get all the details on the complete casting for 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at Palace Theater Waterbury in November. Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas and original film 'Scout' Mary Badham headline this critically acclaimed production based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Don't miss out on this must-see show!
Alasdair Beckett-King Will Embark on New UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2023
Alasdair Becket King is taking his total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show “Nevermore” on tour across the UK, playing 23 dates from March to May 2024. Learn more about the tour and find out where you can catch the show here!
Vallis Alps Releases Debut Album 'Cleave'
by Michael Major - Aug 24, 2023
Channelling the smash of Glass Animals and Biig Piig, with notes of Pretty Girl’s digital soul to Flume’s clanging percussion, Vallis Alps unveil a unique prism of electro-pop. Cleave is as sonically diverse as the stories that unfurl, balancing the affecting with club-thumping. They'll also embark on a headline tour across the US this fall.