All-Asian Cast Set for TURANDOT at Grimeborn Opera Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 1, 2023
An all East and South East Asian (ESEA) cast has been announced for Turandot at Grimeborn Opera Festival this August. This marks the first time in the UK that a professional production of Puccini’s final opera, which is set in China and has its roots in Central and East Asian literature, has a full cast from the Asian diaspora.
Video: Watch an All New Trailer For CRAZY FOR YOU in the West End
by Stephi Wild - Jul 25, 2023
Chichester Festival Theatre’s new production of Crazy For You is playing a strictly limited 6-month season at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. An all new trailer has been released for the production. Check out the video here!
Cast Changed For THREE MEN IN A BOAT at Guild Festival Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023
Due to an actor's non-show related injury, Guild Festival Theatre (GFT) has had to recast Three Men in a Boat. Guildwood local, Azeem Nathoo will now be taking on the role of Jay and joining the cast is Jack Copland (Dora nominee for Three Ordinary Men) in the role of Harris. Suchiththa Wickremesooriya continues in the role of George.
Video: Watch the All New Trailer For BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN @sohoplace
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2023
An all new trailer has been released for the world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells, based on Annie Proulx's short story, and directed by Jonathan Butterell. Check out the video here!
Paramore to Join Taylor Swift For All 'Eras Tour' European Dates
by Michael Major - Jul 5, 2023
Paramore will join Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour as the opener for all 48 dates of the 2024 European leg of the tour. The European leg kicks off in Paris on May 9th and wraps in London on August 17th at Wembley Stadium, one of six nights the tour will spend at the venue. Paramore opened for Taylor Swift on the first two shows of The Eras Tour.
Interview: Diane Phelan's A Cinderella Story For All Little Asian Girls in INTO THE WOODS
by Gil Kaan - Jul 5, 2023
The Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award winning Into the Woods has just landed at the Ahmanson Theatre through the end of July. Reprising their Broadway Roles will be Montego Glover, Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus and Gavin Creel. New to this Into the Woods company, but not to the role of Cinderella, Diane Phelan was the first Filipino-American Cinderella in a major production of Into the Woods.
A RETROSPECTION Extends for Three Performances at the Hollywood Fringe
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 2, 2023
Absurdist comedian, Claire Woolner brought her brand new incredibly absurd devised solo show “A Retrospection” to the Hollywood Fringe Festival and, against all odds, WON Top of the Fringe (as well as an Encore Producer's Award, Pick of the Fringe, and a nomination for Best Solo Performance).