Interview: Janet Adderley CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF THE ADDERLEY SCHOOL
by Sabrina Wallace - May 23, 2023
The Adderley School celebrates 30 years of empowering kids and spreading joy at Santa Barbara's Lobero Theatre on May 27th, where three generations of Adderley School alumni will unite onstage to pay homage to their alma matter and loving founder Janet Adderley. In this interview with Broadway World, Ms. Adderley opens up about her journey, her unique approach to teaching theatre, and the work her foundation is doing to open opportunities for under-resourced communities across the country.
Cast Revealed For Matthew Bourne's ROMEO AND JULIET
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2023
New Adventures and Sadler's Wells have announced casting for Matthew Bourne's “ROMEO AND JULIET” which will tour to 13 UK venues including a five-week Summer Season at Sadler's Wells, ahead of a major international tour next year.
Simply Red Release Brand New Single 'Just Like You'
by Michael Major - Apr 27, 2023
Simply Red continue their phenomenal return with the release of a brand new single ‘Just Like You’ - out now. The video for ‘Just Like You’, directed by Jackson Ducasse, sees the band turn in spectacular performance to camera. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!
CPT to Present DANCEWORKS 2023 PART TWO Beginning This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 1, 2023
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)'s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan will present DanceWorks (Part Two) 2023. This is the second in this year's installment of the annual festival. The first was presented earlier this year.
Interview: Yamato's Masa Ogawa on Their Latest Production HINOTORI - THE WINGS OF PHOENIX
by Gil Kaan - Feb 26, 2023
Yamato: The Drummers of Japan will play Southern California at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts March 3rd and the Soraya Center at CSUN March 4th with their latest show Hinotori -The Wings of Phoenix. This North American tour marks Yamato’s 30th anniversary season. Masa Ogawa, the founder and artistic director of this globally-renown Japanese Taiko drumming group, shared a few behind-the-scenes facts on Yamato.
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Wows At The Overture Center
by Scott Rawson - Feb 22, 2023
The last time I saw this show live I was a young man. It affected me on a very visceral level. That was back in 1993, the twenty-year celebration. Ted Neely and Carl Anderson starred as Jesus and Judas, respectively. Now, thirty years later, we are at the fifty-year celebration. I was a bit trepidatious about this new modern adaptation. I shouldn’t have been.at did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at The Overture Center?
Natalie Merchant Unveils New Single 'Come On, Aphrodite'
by Michael Major - Feb 15, 2023
It is the first track released from Merchant’s forthcoming album, Keep Your Courage, and establishes the record’s themes of love and passion as essential to the human experience. Merchant’s ninth solo studio album, and the latest new material since 2014’s self-titled record, Keep Your Courage will be released in April.
Matthew Bourne's ROMEO AND JULIET Comes To Wolverhampton Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2022
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced that Matthew Bourne's New Adventures will play Wolverhampton for the first time from Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 October 2023 with ROMEO AND JULIET, which gives Shakespeare's timeless story of forbidden love a scintillating injection of raw passion and youthful vitality.
BAT OUT OF HELL is Headed to Germany This Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2022
Jim Steinman's globally successful stage epic Bat Out of Hell – The Musical returns to Germany: The award-winning original from London's West End with the greatest hits of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf can be experienced for the first time in its original English version in this touring production from 20th December 2022 to 4th January 2023 only, at the Capitol Theater Düsseldorf.