BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Scala TeaternFebruary 1, 2019Glasses of champagne stood in rows on the bar counter, the premier guests sipped and mingled with each other before it was time for the darkness to settle over the audience.
PETER JÖBACK SUMMER TOUR at Summer TourJanuary 23, 2019In December, Peter completed his acclaimed pop theater performance 'Med Hjartat som Insats' on Circus. Peter and his play was voted by the audience to be the winner of the BroadwayworldSwedenAwards in the category Best Play and Best Actor in a Play. In December he sold out two exclusive concerts at Storan in Gothenburg in less than a few hours. A couple of weeks later it was announced that he will have a concert at Dalhalla this summer. Now we can happily tell you that Peter goes on a big summer tour of Scandinavia. This summer, now is the opportunity to experience Peter as he performs new songs and earlier classics, in the way they do best - LIVE! The tour visits large parts of Sweden but also Oslo and Helsinki. With him on stage, Peter is flanked by a large band led by Kristofer Nergardh. 'Look forward to working with this fantastic band to make both my new and previous material !! It was too long I did a summer tour - it's time now! ', Says Peter Joback. Tickets will go on sale on Friday the 25th of January.
BWW Review: THE GRANDAD at IntimanJanuary 23, 2019Tonight was the opening night of the monologue The Grandad, written by Bjarni Haukur Thorsson. The granddad is played by Allan Svensson. Allan Svensson most famous character is probably Gustaf Svensson from the series Svensson, Svensson and the Christmas program from it is broadcasted prime time each Christmas Eve in Sweden. In Svensson Svensson he played the dad, but now the years have passed and he is 67 so it is time to become a grandfather.
HUMANOLGY CONCERTS PETER JÖBACK Comes To DalhallaDecember 21, 2018Today it's been announced that Peter Joback will have one concert in the amazing arena of Dalhalla in Rattvik, Sweden. Dalhalla arena is in the old limestone quarry which closed in 1990 and was then set up as an outdoor concert hall. It is just an amazing setting with the stage floating on the emerald green water. Several international and Swedish artist has performed here over the years. For example Pink Floyd, Dionne Warwick, Simple Minds, Tom Jones, Norah Jones, Sting, Toto, Scorpions and Pet Shop Boys, Some of the Swedish artists who performed her before is Malena Ernman, Roxette and First Aid Kit, Chess in concert and various operas. Peter Joback has performed in Dalhalla before and is pleased to be back again with a concert with a mix of songs from his latest album Humanology and from his previous albums. Some week ago he announced a concert (10th of February) at the Grand Theatre (Stora Teatern) in Gotheburgh and it was sold out within minutes after tickets went on sale. An additonal date, 9th of February, was added which also been sold out now.
BWW Review: 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at Tibble Teater, Täby, StockholmNovember 26, 2018In 1980 the film '9 to 5' about the secretaries who rebelled against their CEO when they were tired of his behavior, was a blockbuster at the cinemas worldwide. The film may well be seen as a classic because Dolly Parton's lead motive became such a success. Ten years ago, it opened as a musical in Los Angeles with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and script by Patricia Resnick. In 2009 it opened on Broadway for a short period of time and has been played for example in England and in a couple of places in Germany and will open on January 28, 2019 at Savoy, West End in London. But the 23rd of November it was premiered at Tibble Theatre outside Stockholm, produced and directed by Robin Karlsson.
BWW Review: DJUNGELBOKEN THE MUSICAL (THE JUNGLE BOOK) at WaterfrontNovember 11, 2018For some years, Drose & Norberg has set up a family musical based on a famous story like The Wizard of Oz, Snow White the Musical and the Aladdin Adventure- The story they chosen this year is the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It's not a Disney version of the Jungle Book but a new musical with newly written music by Marin Landh and Peter Nygren. The well-known characters such as Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan and the snake Kaa is still in the story.
Anton Zetterholm To Be Part Of Disney's Broadway Hits At Royal Albert HallNovember 10, 2018After playing Raoul in Phantom of the Opera in Stockholm and Tony in West Side Story in Malmo, it seems like the Swedish Musical star Anton Zetterholm will leave Sweden next year again in order to work abroad for some time. It was just announced that he will play Joey, one of the lead roles in Paramour in Hamburg in 2019 and now it been announced that he will also be one of the singers at Disney's Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall the 1-2 of March 2019.
ANTON ZETTERHOLM TO PLAY JOEY IN PARAMOUR at Neue FloraNovember 8, 2018Once again the Swedish musical star Anton Zetterholm has landed a role internationally. He will play the young pianist Joey in Paramour at the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg, which is premiered in April 2019, which is also the Europe premier for the show. Anton has last played in West Side Story in Malmo and before that he played Raoul in the Fantasy at the Stockholm Opera, together with Peter Joback. In Germany he has played Tarzan and on West End he played Enjolras in Les Miserables.
PETER JÖBACK VISTING MORNING TV SHOW 'NYHETSMORGON' at Nyhetsmorgon At Channel TV4November 5, 2018Each Saturday the morning show 'Nyhetsmorgon' at TV4 has a music artist as a guest. This morning it was Peter Jöback. He was interviewed by the host Jenny Alversjö. They talked about his new pop album Humanology and why this is his first pop album in 11 years. He lost his inspiration for a while and then the years with Phantom of the Opera came. But during the period he been working on the album and didn't want to release it until he the right time came. The music is to be in line with his age of 47 and not trying to be 25 year.
BWW Previews: ANNIE at Nöjesteatern, MalmöOctober 31, 2018The musical Annie is premiered on November 30, 2018 at the Nojesteatern in Malmo. This classical musical will captures the whole family, with beautiful music, colorful dance scenes and a moving story.
BWW Previews: ROCKY HORROR SHOW at ÖstgötateaternOctober 29, 2018The musical for the spring 2019 at Östgota Teatern will be the rock musical Rocky Horror Show. The show opened 1973 at Royal Court Theatre in London. This will be the first time it is played at Östgota Teatern.
ROBYN, SECRET CONCERT at ArtipelagOctober 28, 2018Robyn just released her new album Honey and the first concert with the new songs was a secret concert for her fans. In order to get tickets you had to compete in a game with your mobile phones and solve several missions and get clues for the concert hall. In order to get clues you need to be a certain places and share clues with other fans.