Jack London News

Transcendence Theatre Company, California Wine Country’s award-winning, premiere entertainment experience, has announced the highly anticipated titles for their 2022 Season of original outdoor musical revues: Let’s Dance, Hooray for Hollywood and The Gala.

Michael Harrison for Crossroads Pantomimes today announced the return to the West End of The London Palladium Pantomime for a seventh year, with Dawn French and Julian Clary leading the cast in a brand-new production of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Dream punk band Glacier Veins are reconnecting with nature in latest single “Embers.” The song, inspired by smoke-filled skies caused by widespread wildfires in 2020, reminds us that we have the purpose and power within our lives to create a more meaningful space for ourselves and the world around us.

After selling out London's Hammersmith Apollo, Jack, Hilary and Michael Whitehall have added an extra date to their run of Jack Whitehall with Hilary and Michael: How To Survive Family Holidays. Taking place on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at The London Palladium, tickets go on sale at 10am on Monday 7th February.

The new album will be available on a selection of limited-edition vinyl variants that tie into the color palette of the album artwork, CD, cassette and digitally. Author & Punisher has announced two rounds of 2022 European tour dates with a pair of North American performances slated for March. Listen to the new single now!

The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir under the direction of Terrance Kelly, is excited to present their 36th annual holiday concert, SING JOY!, the first in-person event in almost 2 years. The free concert will take place outdoors at Jack London Square's Broadway Plaza on Saturday, December 4 at 4 p.m.

Spring Cleaning by Frederick Lonsdale, a spicy comedy about infidelity, began previews September 2, 1923 at Detroit's Bonstelle Theatre. But the play has never been seen in Wisconsin, until now. Even the film adaptations once screened here are now considered lost.

Transcendence Theatre Company will close their 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars with their highly anticipated  Annual Gala Concert, September 10th through the 19th at Jack London State Historic Park.

There’s something truly extraordinary that happens when you step onto the grounds of Jack London State Historic Park.  It’s not just any park.  You are whisked away into a magical land of beauty, passion, exuberance -- and immersed in spellbinding talent that is known as the Transcendence Theatre family.  This year was special.  Celebrating over a decade of performances and surviving a global pandemic, Artistic Director Amy Miller affirms “impossibility turned into possibility” and joyously proclaims, “Cherish life and live it to the fullest!”

Transcendence Theatre Company celebrates the 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars and the return to Jack London State Historic Park with an all-new concert, ROAD TRIP!, now through August 29th.  First production shots have just been released.

Co.llective Arts Productions, a new Norman-based theatre company serving as an incubation space for new and emerging artists to produce original work, presents the third play in its inaugural season, Scripted, by Oklahoma native and OU alumnus Michael Darmon.

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, Sheffield-born comedian-turned-playwright Gareth Edward is taking his debut play about a gay sauna to the Camden Fringe this August, before transferring to London’s only LGBTQ+ theatre Above The Stag in Vauxhall.

ROAD TRIP! will showcase a diverse style of music – from patriotic to pop, jazz to musical theater, funk to Disney, and much more. The show will cover many cities and states, starting and ending in California. Featuring popular hits songs such as Born in the U.S.A., California Dreamin', Viva Las Vegas, Route 66, Georgia, Empire State of Mind, and more.

Untitled Theater Company No. 61 will present the World Premiere of Alma Baya, a new science fiction drama written and directed by Edward Einhorn (The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein at HERE, NY Times Critic’s Pick), at A.R.T./New York’s Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre (502 West 53rd Street at 10th Avenue), August 13-28.

Transcendence Theatre Company celebrates the 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars, and the return to Jack London State Historic Park with an all-new concert, ROAD TRIP!, August 6th through the 29th.

Casting has been announced for Transcendence Theatre Company's MY HERO, June 4th - 20th.

Transcendence Theatre Company, the award-winning, Sonoma County based theatre company, has announced its 2021 season of Broadway Under The Stars, June 4 through September 19, 2021.

Untitled Theater Company No. 61 will be releasing its newest audio drama podcast, The Iron Heel, adapted by Edward Einhorn from the 1908 dystopian novel by Jack London, which he described as “socialist propaganda.”  

Dingbat Theatre Project has announced casting and production team for its upcoming production of Shrek the Musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire writer of Rabbit Hole and music by Jeanine Tesori composer of Fun Home and Caroline, or Change.

Over the course of two memorable evenings in June 2018, legendary soul-funk-R&B outfit Tower of Power returned to Oakland, the city that started it all, to celebrate its landmark 50th anniversary with a few thousand friends, family and fans. The window-rattling grooves and raucous party spirit of ToP has been a balm for the soul throughout the band's half-century existence, but the release of 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018 couldn't have come at a better time.