CLINTON — The Mohawk Valley Chapter Retired Public Employees Association will host a trip to see the Broadway musical, “State Fair,” at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn on Friday, August 26. The cost is $100 per person, with a driver’s tip included. Places must be reserved and payment must beRead More →
Ghosts and The stall actor Utkarsh Ambudkar is developing a new rap musical for Disney+ titled best in the world. He co-wrote, produced and starred in the film, which tells the story of a young mathematician who vows to become the best MC in the world. best in the worldRead More →
In present day Auradon, all is calm and normal as King Adam and Queen Belle prepare for the coronation of their son, Ben, who will soon become king. Ben, benevolent and generous, decides to offer four “misfit” children from the Isle of the Lost to go to school in AuradonRead More →
Several listeners, upon suddenly discovering from a program insert that soprano Lise Davidsen had canceled her appearance in Richard Strauss’ beloved Four Last Songs, did grimacing double takes. Rather than banishing the shadow cast by cancellation, the substitution of a Symphonic Fantasy on die Frau ohne Schatten seemed to replaceRead More →
The Black Box Theater in Moline offers two regional premieres, in August and December. Auditions for “Ride the Cyclone” and “All Is Calm” will take place in May. “Ride the Cyclone” is a 2016 musical with music, lyrics and book by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, and tells the storyRead More →
Breadcrumb Links Theater local arts Canadian theater welcomes a fun, contemporary and inspiring new musical. Ruth (Jenny Weisz) and Hannah (Arinea Hermans) learn about cannabis from retailer Alexis (Masini McDermott) in the musical Grow which opened Friday at the Grand Theater and will run until April 30. (Mike Hensen/The LondonRead More →
An additional cast has been announced for the world premiere of A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical – a six-week pre-Broadway engagement at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston which will run from June 21 to July 31. As previously announced, Tony-nominated Will Swenson will lead the production asRead More →
The Queen’s Theater Hornchurch today announces the full cast of its brand new fresh and cheerful musical adaptation of The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – the Musical (April 28 – May 21, 2022). Based on Sue Townsend’s bestseller, this outrageously funny tale of teenage angst andRead More →
The new all-female musical Soul Sisters is heading to Lincoln’s New Theater Royal with a star cast including Sugababe’s Amelle Berrabah. Described as a journey of success, survival and brotherhood, it takes place at the venue on Tuesday and Wednesday. Soul Sisters is the story of Dionne, Monique and Rachael,Read More →
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati presented by TriHealth has announced a long-awaited lineup of seasonal shows, including previously announced HADESTOWN as well as new musicals TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, TOOTSIE and the Tony Award Winning Best Musical MOULIN ROUGE. The season also includes rescheduled shows from the 19/20Read More →
Music: Frank Wildhorn Book: Ivan Menchell Lyrics: Don Black Director: Nick Winston “He puts the hell in the hello”. When Clyde Barrow met Bonnie Parker in early 1930, a legendary criminal duo was born. 90 years later, the musical by Frank Wildhorn, Ivan Menchell and Don Black has arrived inRead More →
Twisted comedy and smooth rhythm-action come to PC and consoles from Norwegian indies SURT. The Plant Kingdom is under siege from the Sugar Daddy King’s candy army, and only the Rhythm Sprout has the cool, funky moves to save the day without missing a beat. Published by tinyBuild and developedRead More →
Arts & Culture DAILY SRQ TUESDAY GOURMET EDITION TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2022 | Asolo Repertory Theater is proud to announce the full cast for the world premiere of the new musical KNOXVILLE. The project brings together Frank Galati, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the Tony Award®-winning creative team behind Broadway’sRead More →
Amas Musical Theater today announced the recipients of the fourth Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a cash and production grant awarded annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theater librettist, commemorating the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017), who wasRead More →
Interview with composer Cody Matthew Johnson Listen to most video game soundtracks and you’ll hear the sound of an orchestra. Of course, sometimes the composer will use traditional instruments in new ways or add electronics. But very often, game and film music use the same orchestra that was born inRead More →
Julie Johnson wants to create more opportunities for people to experience the performing arts in the Upper River Valley region of New Brunswick. That’s why the woman from New Denmark applied for a Canada Council for the Arts grant to fund her idea for an original musical set in theRead More →
ORANGE – The Lutcher Theater is delighted to announce that Waitress will be playing Orange for one night only. Catch the hilarious Broadway hit musical on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $85 and are available online at lutcher.org. Discounts are available for groupsRead More →
The film, based on the 2005 Broadway adaptation, will mark the artist’s acting debut. Grammy-winning Jon Batiste, best known as bandleader and musical director of Stay Human for The Late Show with Stephen Colbertwill make his acting debut in the upcoming musical The purple coloraccording to Rolling Stone. Batiste wasRead More →
Enthrallment: The Musical will premiere at the Orlando Fringe Festival, featuring well-known local artists as well as a few new faces, bringing this dark musical to life. The Orlando International Fringe Festival has long been known for its cutting-edge and original theater productions, and this year was no exception. WithRead More →
You can’t believe everything you read these days, but sometimes you have to get yourself out of your doubts. Case in point: there’s this clip circulating online, one of the particularly harrowing new subgenres of people on the street videos, in which young people on college campuses or at politicalRead More →
The American Theater Guild will present the North American tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical. This production is part of the BROADWAY IS BACK IN THOUSAND OAKS series and will take the stage at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center from May 12-15, 2022. For tickets CLICK HERE!Read More →
In this undated photo, the National Gugak Center’s Court Music Orchestra performs “Yeominrak.” (NGC) A concert aimed at shedding light on the musical talent of King Sejong the Great will be held next week at the National Gugak Center. King Sejong the Great (1397-1450) was the fourth ruler of theRead More →
Barry Manilow’s new musical “Harmony” might start with the lyrics: His name was Josef! He was a rabbi! The tune to “Copacabana” isn’t here – it’s not a jukebox show – but the tune the singer is known for abounds. It is one of the best incidental scores of theRead More →
YMCA Productions brings Disney magic to Scarborough this Easter with its full production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The production promises to be a high-octane powerhouse featuring musical favorites Part of Your World and Under the Sea. Also included in the score are the heart warmers Kiss the Girl andRead More →
The Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey will present the theatrical premiere of the new Disney musical Hercules as part of its 2022-2023 season. Hercules, which premiered in 2019 as part of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theatre, will run from February 9 to MarchRead More →
ENID, Oklahoma— Lifelong musician, educator and supporter of musical education, we remember his passion. Al Jensen died Friday at the age of 94. A music store owner and instructor, he was known locally for his decades of service to the local music community. “He was an incredible man,” said RandyRead More →
We know that Mani Ratnam finished all the shooting of his next magnum opus “Ponniyin Selvan 1” a few months ago. Filming work on the patch has recently been completed, and post-production work is in full swing. Dubbing and BGM partition work is in progress. Isai Puyal AR Rahman isRead More →
Pictured: Dylan Evans. With the school holidays on our doorstep Wolfgang Magic Musical Circus is the perfect show to entertain the kids and get everyone out of the house for a few hours. Designed to amaze people from the age of three, Wolfgang Magic Musical Circus reimagines the magicalRead More →
Zander accepts the Bruckner Medal (photo Hilary Scott) A huge experience of a rare live performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony is expected. I last heard it in Symphony Hall nine years ago and saw it again HERE, but Friday’s crossing by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, lovingly prepared and superbly conductedRead More →
After four years, a COVID-19 cancellation and two different casts, Middlebury Community Players will finally perform ‘Tuck Everlasting, The Musical’ at Middlebury Town Hall Theater from April 14-16. If you know the story, in peaceful Tree Gap, New Hampshire, Winnie Foster dreams of a life of adventure. But when sheRead More →
San Diego theater fans will see “Tootsie: The Comedy Musical” for the first time when it premieres at the San Diego Civic Theater next week. The musical was based on the 1982 Oscar-nominated film starring Dustin Hoffman as struggling New York actor Michael Becker, who dresses up as a womanRead More →
Marianas Trench, the Canadian group not the trench in the ocean, has five albums to its credit. They are best known for their concept albums, their collections of songs that have an intertwined history, and on Forever (2011, 604 Records) even plays as one long song. While they made itRead More →
Get your “golden ticket” to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Musical playing at the Lutcher Theater on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $85 and are available at lutcher.org. Discounts are available for students, groups of 10 or more, and active military. CallRead More →
Whether you have it or want more, money can trigger faulty logic that leads to erratic behavior. A couple who throws money they don’t have on a wedding to impress parents who don’t care about them and then spend years paying off the debt incurred is a puzzling but commonplaceRead More →
The hottest songwriting team for musicals is Emily Bear and Abigail Barlow who won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.” This project originated on TikTok and went viral due to the lyrical pop music score. Also in place was Andrew Lloyd Webber Cinderellaby StephenRead More →
The next animated musical will be the music and lyrics of The little Mermaid collaborators Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. West Side Story Principal Rachel Zegler lends her voice to a new animated musical from Alan Menken titled Bewitched. According to Deadlinethe film is created in collaboration between Apple OriginalRead More →
To continue to hype the highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secretstwo tracks from the film’s magical soundtrack have been released online to bring all wizards and witches back to the wizarding world musically. Emmy and Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated composer James Newton Howard is known to Wizarding World fans for writing theRead More →
Ben Zander’s guide-lecturer to Mahler’s Third Symphony is not only admirably thorough, but also engaging in each of its 76 minutes. My short first-person narrative will serve to point to this extended pre-concert guide to the Boston Philharmonic concert at Symphony Hall on April 8and at 8:00. Zander will startRead More →
In what can be considered a paradigmatic example of accidental foresight, the Boston Symphony performs the masterful work of Benjamin Britten requiem of war in the face of a real war. If, as Wordsworth asserted (and Eliot denied), poetry is an emotion remembered in quiet, then this week’s gigs couldRead More →
Previews begin at the Charing Cross Theater for the return of the newly revamped production. Newly reinvented Zorro the musical begins previews on April 2 at the Charing Cross Theater in London with the return of Benjamin Purkiss as Diego and Zorro. Production begins April 12. Set in 1805 California,Read More →
ROCKFORD — It was while bumping elbows with other artists on Saturday at a nominees brunch in Beverly Hills that it really started to hit Rockford’s Emily Bear. It’s real. She is nominated for the Grammy Awards. “I got to meet some of the nominees and it was a lotRead More →
Barry Manilow and Bruce Susman. Photo by Julieta Cervantes Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman talked about their new musical “Harmony,” which will debut April 13. The show began previews on Wednesday, March 23, and once officially opened, “Harmony” will only run for seven weeks (April 14 to May 8). ItRead More →
After presenting Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” earlier this month, Stage Door Productions makes a quick return to the stage with the rock musical “Spring Awakening.” The show opens at 8 p.m. tonight with performances through April 10. Sessions are at 8 p.m. for performances from Thursday to Saturday andRead More →
Yesterday evening Six the Musical celebrated 1000 West End performances with a special gala at the Vaudeville Theatre. To mark the occasion, the creators of the hit show, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, joined the company on stage to pose for a 1000th anniversary “selfie”. Left to right: Danielle Rose,Read More →
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired the American rights to the musical crime drama The scorewith Will Poulter (Drug), Johnny Flynn (The clothe), Naomi Ackie (master of nothing) and Lydia Wilson (Flack). The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company plans to release writer-director Malachi Smyth’s feature debut exclusively in theaters on JuneRead More →
The poster for the Korean production of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” which will premiere in August, was released by SEM Company on Tuesday. [SEM COMPANY] The Broadway musical “Mrs. Doubtfire,” based on the 1993 film of the same name, will premiere in Korea in August, according to production company SEM on Tuesday.Read More →
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio – The idea that everyone likes to sing and dance nuns will be put to the test again when the Cassidy Theater presents the feel-good musical “Sister Act” April 1-10 at Parma Heights. . No one knows that better than local theater manager Kim Mihalik, who helmedRead More →
CNA – A musical about Diana, the late Princess of Wales, and a semi-animated Space Jam remake starring LeBron James have won the most Razzies, the awards that confuse the year’s dumbest movies on the eve of the big Oscar ceremony. The Razzies announced the winners ahead of yesterday’s Oscars,Read More →
JOHNSON CITY — To wrap up its 2021-22 season, East Tennessee State University’s Department of Theater and Dance will present the Appalachian love story musical “Bright Star.” The show will be presented at the Bert C. Bach Theater at the Martin Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on AprilRead More →
Diana Musical, Space Jam and Jared Leto among 2022 Razzie winners for ‘worst’ of the year Netflix; Fabio Lovino/MGM Pictures; Pictures from Warner Bros. This year’s Razzie Awards have officially been awarded. Ahead of Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards, the “winners” of the 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards were announced over theRead More →
If you didn’t know better, and most moviegoers wouldn’t, you’d think the “Anastasia” family was a Disney musical. It has the romance, the twinkle, the Cinderella story of an amnesiac girl who finds out (or maybe not) that she is a Grand Duchess from a prominent Russian family. It hasRead More →
Disney fans rejoice! This year’s musical selection for the Penns Manor Musical Club is Disney’s “Descendants: The Musical.” The costumes, music, and characters will be familiar to fans of the franchise, but there will also be some exciting new parts. According to Junior Bailey Horn, who plays Carlos, “the wayRead More →
Brittny Smith (“Diva Donna”) and the all-female SUMMER ensemble.– picture by Denise Trupe Moments before the curtain for Tuesday’s opening night performance Summer – The Musical Donna Summer at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, I was asked to name my favorite song by the disco diva who laterRead More →
The buzz around Sian HederMasterpiece in the running for Best Picture CODA continues to grow ahead of the 2022 Oscars. Through a partnership between the Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre, Vendôme Pictures and Pathé Films, it will be able to expand its reach into the world of musical theatre. TheRead More →
A NEW VISION OF SHAKESPEARE: Gillian Murphy, left, and Ryoko Tanaka star in the American Repertory Ballet’s production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ choreographed by Ethan Stiefel. (Photo by Harald Schader) By Anne Levin For his final performance as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet in the lateRead More →
It’s a play and it’s about a photographer but “Parks” kept reminding me of poetry. There’s poetry in the way director Talvin Wilks interpreted it, caring more about capturing feelings than whether the actors are the same race, age, or gender as their characters. There is poetry in the staging,Read More →
Adam Pascal as Edward Lewis and Olivia Valli as Vivian Ward during the nationwide premiere of ‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’, which was first adapted to Broadway in 2018. Credit: With l courtesy of Matthew Murphy The musical “Pretty Woman” – based on the 1990 romantic comedy about self-transformation – isRead More →
Over the past three years, composer Gaurav Chatterji has covered Ginny Weds Sunny’s song ‘Phoonk Phoonk’ (2020), films like Jai Mummy Di (2020) and Aafat-e-Ishq (2021), short film Biscut (2019) and Bengali single ‘Mon Ke Bojhai’ with singer Sona Mohapatra. For his latest project, the composer worked on a songRead More →
By IANS LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who is one of the nominees for the Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards for his musical ‘West Side Story,’ has said he will never direct another musical his career, even though he’s involved as a producer on some. He made the remarksRead More →
Broadway Records releases cast album of Stephen Sondheim’s recent Off-Broadway cover by Classic Stage Company Killers. The music is available digitally, with a physical CD release scheduled for April 15. The recording features Adam Chanler-Berat as John Hinckley, Jr., Eddie Cooper as Landlord, Tavi Gevinson as Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, AndyRead More →
Best Tony Award-winning musical Red Mill! Musical comedy kicks off its North American tour on March 19 as it begins performances at the James M. Nederlander Theater in Chicago. Courtney Reed and Conor Ryan direct the new production as Satine and Christian, respectively. Joining Reed and Ryan are Austin DurantRead More →
The Slow Burn Theater Company and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts invite the public to the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Matilda: The Musical, presented by American National Bank, from Friday, March 25 through Sunday, April 10, 2022. The musical received widespread critical acclaim. and won seven OlivierRead More →
Dragon Age: Origins writer David Gaider and Humble Games have revealed the first teaser for Stray Gods, a new “musical role-playing game” in development at Gaider’s new Summerfall Studios. Summerfall Studios was announced in September 2019, founded by Gaider and CEO Liam Esler, a game developer with credits to Baldur’sRead More →
“Welcome to Hollywood! What’s your dream?” There is no doubt that many spectators who have attended or will attend a national tour performance of the musical “Pretty Woman” – in the middle of a run at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square – have quoted this line and many others from the filmRead More →
The Tony Award-winning Titanic The Musical will embark on a new UK tour from March 2023. Produced by Danielle Tarento, Steven M Levy and Vaughan Williams in association with the Mayflower Theater in Southampton, the production will open at the Churchill Theater in Bromley on March 16, 2023, 10 yearsRead More →
Minneapolis Musical Theater returns to the proverbial stage this spring with “Hands on a Hardbody.” The musical, about 10 unlucky Texans vying to win a new pickup truck in a radio contest, will be produced at the Luther Cadillac showroom (2325 Prior Ave N in Roseville, MN) from April 22Read More →
NEW ORLEANS, La (BRPROUD) – “HAMILTON” is coming to New Orleans this summer! Four people shot dead overnight as NOPD investigates back-to-back shootings Tickets for “HAMILTON” go on sale March 15 at 10 a.m. Prices will range from $59 to $179 with a number of premium seats available starting atRead More →
As far as the past decade goes, scoring a superhero movie seems like a thankless job. With so much time and money invested in the tentpole extravaganza that is a Marvel or DC film, producers can sometimes avoid taking risks with the score, a creative element that, despite its ubiquity,Read More →
Most Americans may never have heard of Bhangra, the energetic and expressive form of Indian folk dance and music that has swept the country for the past 30 years. But the creators of a new Bhangra-centric musical, currently premiering at La Jolla Playhouse, hope that will change. Sam Wilmott, theRead More →
“The Big Game,” a musical album by The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz, debuted at No. 1 on the Apple Music Album Sales Chart on March 10, 2022. The album’s cast includes sports columnist Miami Herald’s Greg Cote and ZooMiami spokesperson Ron Magill. Apple Music What would it takeRead More →
Barring another major upset like the one that sent Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos, it’s the Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Buccaneers. Tampa Bay only five teams likely don’t have their 2022 starting quarterbacks on the roster. An eight-pack of observations on thisRead More →
The preview of “The Detroit Musical Movie” is entwined with the kind of inside jokes that unite those who consider themselves Detroiters (whether or not they live within the city limits). Like this: “Why is it so bumpy?” a colonial-era woman asks of a strange new dessert. “I don’t know,”Read More →
The Sauk, the Hillsdale County Community Theater, will hold auditions for the musical “The Secret Garden” on March 19. It will be the theatrical organization’s biggest musical production since “Mamma Mia!” in 2019. This enchanting classic of children’s literature is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon andRead More →
Celebrity Series of Boston brought the stellar Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields to Symphony Hall on Sunday for its 13and rewarding visit. Superstar violinist Joshua Bell took over leadership in 2011 at the end of founder Neville Mariner’s 53-year career. I remember the admiration that struck me whenRead More →
The East West Players production of Stephen Sondheim and the brilliant jagged pill of a John Weidman musical killers is stimulating and heartbreaking. he threw rails on stage with an enraged right, depicting the four men who shot and killed sitting US presidents and the two men and two womenRead More →
Definitive Records asks interesting Vancouverites to sift through their sonic memories to release the three albums anchoring their musical tastes. As a vintage picker, shop owner, designer, baker, and the kind of person with uninterrupted creative energy, it’s no surprise that the woman behind Whistler’s Velvet Underground boutique, Amy Rafferty,Read More →
This is a theatrical production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical jointly produced by Stages Bloomington and Theater South of Bloomington South High School. The cast of the show are high school students from Bloomington South, Bloomington North and the Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship. Adapted from theRead More →
This production asks the audience to be part of the plotMaria Woodford The company of Medea the Musical tells us what to expect from this COVID-delayed but highly anticipated student-written production. Medea’s story may be centuries old, but the themes – passion, betrayal, revenge – are timeless and translate easilyRead More →
In reference to the smiles that are beginning to emerge from behind our masks, Mark Wigglesworth, the new Principal Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, has penned the most hopeful and optimistic welcome note to the program this concert featuring Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, K482 and Schubert. “Great”Read More →
Canadian-born actress Danielle Wade is surrounded by “Mean Girls”. “It’s on TV everywhere, even in the hotels we stay at,” she said. Wade stars as Cady in the upcoming Broadway musical iteration of the acclaimed 2004 film “Mean Girls.” The film starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, and arrives thisRead More →
Jill Moon, [email protected] March 4, 2022 Little Alton Theater Little Alton Theater ALTON — After a two-year postponement, Alton Little Theater (ALT) will hold auditions this month for its July musical “Shrek.” Auditions will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the ALT Showplace, 2450 Henry St., Alton.Read More →
The ArtsBridge Foundation’s Schuler Awards will include the nation’s first-ever gender-neutral category. The Schuler Awards are a statewide high school musical theater awards program designed to increase awareness, advocacy and support of Georgia’s arts education programs, to develop and foster the growth of talent by providing learning and performance opportunities,Read More →
Pictured (L-R): Danielle Wade (Cady Heron), Megan MasakoHaley (Gretchen Wieners), Nadina Hassan (Regina George),Jonalyn Saxer (Karen Smith), Mary Kate Morrissey (Janis Sarkisian),and the National Tourism Company of mean girlsCredit: © 2021 Jenny Anderson So go find it! off broadway mean girls is at the Wharton Center in East Lansing untilRead More →
Enid Blyton’s Beloved The famous five receives the musical treatment, it is announced. Co-produced by Chichester Festival Theater and Theatr Clwyd in Mold, the show sees Blyton’s tale adapted for the stage by Elinor Cook, with music and lyrics by Theo Jamieson (U.Me) and directed by Clwyd Artistic Director TamaraRead More →
Young actors dream of unexpected opportunities to lead their careers to great success. And There you go. Less than two years after moving from Colorado to New York, Kyler Hershman received an email about an audition. The name on the other end of the email was familiar to me. WhileRead More →
As news of Nazi rallies in Orlando and a white nationalist conference just outside Walt Disney World has Central Florida buzzing, Garden Theater is opening a musical that meets the moment this week: PARADE. First shown on Broadway in 1998, PARADE is the true story of Jewish American Leo Frank,Read More →
The full cast has been announced for the musical based on the life of Tony Valdovinos. After a record-breaking 2020 run at Arizona’s Phoenix Theater Company, ¡American!—the new musical based on the life of DREAMer Tony Valdovinos – will play a limited run at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages. Performances, asRead More →
Jacob O’Shea (Paul) causes chaos at the bar. (photo Annie Kao) Jack Heggie describes himself as a theater composer concerned with serving drama and exploring character. His last opera, If I were youas revealed in the Boston University Opera Institute’s workshop production at the Booth Theatre, looks solid for aRead More →
Soprano Anu Komsi (photo Maarik Kytoeharju) In a day that would otherwise live in infamy, the Boston Symphony brought together a rich program of Russians and Baltics with a double-headed soloist. Andris Nelsons welcomed compatriot Baiba Skride to reprise their 2013 collaboration on Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto in A minor, whileRead More →
To be completely frank, I had never heard of WITNESS UGANDA (AN AMERICAN MUSICAL) until their concept album popped up in my inbox for review. I was hesitant to listen to the project, fearing that the story of a person on a voluntary mission in Uganda would be too moralisticRead More →