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SANCTA SUSANNA To Have West Coast Premiere At Heritage Square Museum
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2024

Source/Filter Music Collective has announced the West Coast premiere of SANCTA SUSANNA, a horror opera by Paul Hindemith, at Heritage Square Museum on October 24-25. Learn more about the show including who is in the cast and how to get tickets.

West Coast Premiere of Hindemith's SANCTA SUSANNA to be Presented At Heritage Square Museum
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 18, 2024

Source/Filter Music Collective will present the West Coast premiere of Paul Hindemith's Sancta Susanna, an immersive horror opera. Learn more about the site-specific horror opera production and how to purchase tickets.

40th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Dolby's 'The Flat Earth' Coming This Month
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 17, 2024

In celebration of 40 years of The Flat Earth, BMG is releasing an expanded, 40th Anniversary Edition of the album. As well as the complete tracklisting from the original record, the special release of the anniversary edition includes live tracks, rare mixes and alternate versions of songs from the iconic album, which tell the story of a songwriter and performer reaching new musical heights.

Review: Heartbeat's Bio-Version EUGENE ONEGIN Dazzles under Director/Designer Dustin Wills
by Richard Sasanow - Apr 8, 2024

If you cross the traditional EUGENE ONEGIN by Tchaikovsky (great even when overfilled with drama and, yes, music music music, with Konstantin Shilovsky’s co-libretto) with a touch of Ken Russell’s 1971 “The Music Lovers” (the overwrought bio-pic of Tchaikovsky with Richard Chamberlin and Glenda Jackson as his patron and wife that took the composer out of the closet for anyone who didn’t know he was there), and you might have an idea of what Heartbeat Opera’s version of the opera-cum-composer’s tale is like.

Broadway Stage and Screen- A Spring 2024 Watch Guide
by Sidney Paterra - Mar 30, 2024

A new Broadway season has arrived at last, full of exciting new shows and revivals of beloved classics. While many of them are original concepts or based on plays, 10 are already films that you can watch from home. If you are seeing any of the below productions in 2024, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!

Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste & More Join Tanglewood 2024 Popular Artist Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2024

Exciting new additions to the Popular Artist Series at the Tanglewood Music Festival bring a parade of classic rock, contemporary pop and more to the stage. See who is performing!

Review: TINA ~ THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL At ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - Oct 11, 2023

TINA ~ THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL ~ At show's end, with the sound of Tina's music still echoing in one's mind, the most that may be remembered is why there wasn't more of the explosive high energy and volume of a live concert. At ASU Gammage through October 15.

Friends and Colleagues Celebrate the Life of Murray Melvin
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2023

On Sunday 13 August friends, colleagues and loved ones came together to raise a glass and celebrate the life of actor, archivist and author Murray Melvin. The event was organised by Murray’s close friend and mentee, Artistic Director Kerry Kyriacos Michael. The day consisted of performances, tributes and speeches.

Darren Day, Hannah-Jane Fox & More Complete the Cast of CLOSE UP - THE TWIGGY MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 14, 2023

Discover the latest additions to the cast of THE TWIGGY MUSICAL, including Darren Day and Hannah-Jane Fox. Find out when and where this highly anticipated production will be held, and secure your tickets to experience this sensational musical firsthand. Don't miss out - book your seats now!

Elena Skye to Star as Twiggy in CLOSE UP �" THE TWIGGY MUSICAL World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 3, 2023

Elena Skye will play Twiggy in the world première of Close Up – The Twiggy Musical at The Menier Chocolate Factory.

Long Beach Opera's THE RECITAL Runs At The Art Theatre 4th Steet Long Beach, June 24-25
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2023

For its second annual LB Opera & Film Festival, Long Beach Opera presents THE RECITAL; a day's worth of expansive programming that explores the intersection of film and opera with new live stagings and a robust and unexpected slate of filmic content that breaks through the boundaries between these two mediums of art.

PACIFIC OVERTURES, CLOSE UP - THE TWIGGY MUSICAL, and More Set For Menier Chocolate Factory 2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 21, 2023

With Marjorie Prime currently running at the company's home base in South London and Funny Girl on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory announced forthcoming programming for 2023. Learn more about the lineup here!

Musical BOSQUE DOS SONAMBULOS (Sleepwalkers' Forest) Delves Into LGBTQ Gothic Fantasy Romance by Throwing Audiences Between Eccentric Characters
by Claudio Erlichman - Nov 9, 2022

A gothic musical inspired by horror films from the 1960s and 1970s is the plot for the show Bosque dos Sonambulos (Sleepwalkers' Forest), which opens at Teatro Pequeno Ato. With libretto and direction by Matheus Marchetti and original compositions by Vitor Mascarenhas, the play embarks on a queer gothic fantasy told in songs.

LA's Maraschino Shares New Single 'Smoke & Mirrors'
by Michael Major - Oct 5, 2022

There’s a cinematic quality to Maraschino's songs—equal parts Surrealism, Derek Jarman, Ken Russell (not to mention those Madonna classics), and its own meta-universe of characters and situations seen through eyes that have seen it all. The lyrics drip with equal parts honey and venom.

Review: Lab Theater Project Presents Owen Robertson's CREATING MONSTERS, A New Take on Mary Shelley's Creation of Frankenstein
by Peter Nason - Aug 27, 2022

It's structurally a mess, but well worth your time to explore.

BWW Review: JARMAN, Greenwich Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Feb 1, 2022

Derek Jarman, a seminal figure in British culture, is given a 21st century voice in this one-man show

BWW Review: ASU Gammage Presents the National Tour of MY FAIR LADY
by Herbert Paine - Dec 9, 2021

The National Tour of MY FAIR LADY is a theatrical joy ride that bursts into life the moment the giant pillars of Convent Garden are lowered from above and the opening scene is established. Running through December 12th at ASU Gammage in Tempe, AZ.

BWW Review: THE WHO'S TOMMY at Titusville Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison - Sep 6, 2021

With one of the more memorable rock and roll scores of the 20th century, THE WHO’S TOMMY has been entertaining, exciting, confounding, and stimulating listeners for over 50 years. And with its current production of this iconic score (now full-fledged musical), Titusville Playhouse thrills, challenges and delivers an electric and energetic two hours of theatrical magic that simply rocks.

BWW Review: You've Never Seen Anything Like Jobsite Theater's SHOCKHEADED PETER
by Peter Nason - Jun 12, 2021

Based on a notoriously deranged German children's book, it's a theatrical marvel...but will audiences get it?

Glenda Jackson Receives Richard Harris Award From BIFA
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2021

Check out Glenda's interview with Josh O'Connor and watch highlights from her career!