Wake Up With BroadwayWorld February 18, 2025
by - Feb 18, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 18, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Jenny Owen Youngs Shares New Single 'Someone's Ex'
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 25, 2024
Singer, songwriter, producer, and podcast host Jenny Owen Youngs has shared a new single and video, “Someone’s Ex.” Recorded during the Avalanche sessions, Youngs pulled “Someone’s Ex” from the album’s final track listing as she didn’t feel it matched the tone of the rest of the songs. Listen to it now!
Breymer (aka Sarah Walk) Explores Gender & Identity on Upcoming LP; Listen to New Singles
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 2, 2024
Minnesota born singer-songwriter Breymer, aka Sarah Walk (she/they), has revealed that they will release their new album When I Get Through on October 18. The album is a strikingly honest exploration of their relationship with gender and identity, and specifically it tracks Walk’s experience undergoing top surgery, from making the decision to the process itself. Listen to two singles from the album now.
Video: Watch Emma Pittman and Trevor Wayne Perform 'I Could Talk to You All Night' from THE OUTSIDERS
by Josh Sharpe - May 23, 2024
This week, at The Wall Street Journal’s The Future of Everything Festival, The Jamestown Revival's Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, along with The Outsiders bookwriter Adam Rapp sat down with John Jurgensen for a panel discussing bringing S. E. Hinton's best-selling novel for the stage. The conversation was followed by a special performance of the song 'I Could Talk to You All Night' by Emma Pittman and Trevor Wayne from the show. Watch the performance here!
May Rio Releases Reimagined Songs in New EP 'Elegant Ensemble'
by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2024
May Rio has shared her new LP, Elegant Ensemble. Featuring one new song, “Fun!,” and the fourteen previously released tracks with new arrangements, Elegant Ensemble is brave in its exhibition of what ‘new’ can mean. These songs, previously studio-shined, are now reduced to essentials, featuring grand piano, cello, backing vocals, and some saxophone. Listen to the EP now!
Darren Criss and Helen J Shen Will Lead MAYBE HAPPY ENDING on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - May 14, 2024
Darren Criss will return to the stage alongside Helen J Shen in the Broadway premiere of the new romantic musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending with music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park and book by both Aronson and Park. We have all of the details!
Video: Jenny Owen Youngs Shares Live Performance of 'Next Time Around'
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 30, 2024
Ahead of her New England tour, which begins May 3 in Northampton, MA, Jenny Owen Youngs shares a live performance video for “Next Time Around” from Avalanche, her first full-length solo album in over a decade and Yep Roc Records debut. Following her May tour run, she will join Fruit Bats for two New York dates on their summer tour. A complete list of dates is below. Watch the video here!
Regina Spektor Reveals Limited-Run of Summer Tour Dates
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 22, 2024
Regina Spektor, the acclaimed singer-songwriter, has announced a special series of performances set to grace stages this summer – An Evening with Regina Spektor. Produced by Live Nation, the eight city tour kicks off on July 24 at The Egg* in Albany, NY making stops across North America in Toronto, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Montclair, Boston, and Portland (Maine) before wrapping up in Stamford, CT at The Palace Stamford on August 3.
Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo and Dhani Harrison Collaborate on New Album 'Dreamers in the Field'
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 19, 2024
Dark Horse Records has announced the release of Dreamers In The Field, the first-ever collaboration between Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo and Dhani Harrison. Mastered by Paul Hicks (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, George Harrison), Dreamers In The Field is now available for streaming everywhere while a very special, limited edition clear vinyl pressing is being released exclusively for Record Store Day on April 20. Listen to the project here!
GROUPLOVE Can't Stop Taking 'Chances' on New Single
by Michael Major - Feb 23, 2024
With the band's vocalist/keyboardist Hannah Hooper at the helm, the new offering is an overstimulated, hallucinogenic, aggressive singsong. A band that transcends their ever-shapeshifting genre, GROUPLOVE too has evolved over the last decade, channeling their ecstatic energy into the deepest tensions of the human psyche.