Student Blog: A Theatre Kid Behind a Follow Spot
by Student Blogger: Natalie Liew - May 12, 2024
Just this weekend, from the 10th to the 11th, we completed the third year’s run of Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Show days went by so quickly; some part of me still feels like I have to be there for my 12.30 call time.
Video: Blessing Offor and Dolly Parton Release New Song 'Somebody's Child'
by Josh Sharpe - May 10, 2024
Building upon the success of two GRAMMY® nominations and coming off the first leg of a national tour with Lauren Daigle, two-time DOVE Award winner Blessing Offor has released a brand-new track, “Somebody’s Child,” featuring a collaboration with global music icon Dolly Parton. Watch the video here!
John Edward Will Embark on 2024 Australian Tour
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2024
So returning again, John will be touring Australia in October 24. See him connect with the other side. There will be question and answer sessions and messages from loved ones on the other side and more.
The Yard Reveals Plans For A Bigger, Better Theatre in Hackney Wick
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2024
The Yard Theatre has announced a major step forward. They have secured a significant £700,000 grant from Arts Council England (ACE) towards their building project, bringing the total raised by the organisation for the capital works to over £6m.
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere Play GALILEE, 34
by Michael Quintos - May 5, 2024
Eleanor Burgess’ brilliant, thoughtful, and often bitingly funny GALILEE, 34—currently having its impressive world premiere production at South Coast Repertory through May 12, 2024—is a humorously insightful, beautifully-performed new play that offers an unreliably revisionist examination of supposed events following Jesus Christ’s crucifixion.
Holly Humberstone Collaborates with Medium Build and Tiny Habits on Reimagined Versions of Her Songs
by Josh Sharpe - May 3, 2024
Award-winning singer songwriter Holly Humberstone has released reimagined versions of her favorite songs from critically acclaimed debut album Paint My Bedroom Black. Inviting friends and peers on her journey, Humberstone premieres new versions of “Cocoon” featuring singer/songwriter Medium Build and “Antichrist” featuring folk-pop group Tiny Habits. The new tracks follow the release of her recent collaboration with MUNA on “Into You Room.” Listen to the songs now!
Review: Backstage Babble Uncovers Broadway Flop History at 54 Below
by Rob Lester - May 5, 2024
Not every Broadway show is a smash. A focus on 14 hidden gems from shows that disappeared too quickly fueled an entertaining evening at 54 Below last Sunday on April 29th. Hosted by Charles Kirsch of Backstage Babble podcast and Robert W. Schneider, the evening was a success.
Scott Guild Shares Pensive 'Until They're Home' Ahead of Debut LP
by Josh Sharpe - May 1, 2024
Until They're Home, delves into grief and aims to make sense of the past and its impact on the future. Emerging from Guild's grief in his own life, the musician & author shares the track is, 'a song about grief, about feeling haunted by the loved ones you've lost, about wondering if you'll ever feel whole again...' Listen to the song here!
Performing Arts Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2024
Season highlights include a new Global Voices Music Series celebrating traditions from around the world and a limited engagement with illusionist Scott Silven that will transform the Eldorado Ballroom into an immersive Scottish Victorian dinner theater.
Review: FRONTIERS SANS FRONTIERS at Spooky Action Theater
by Tavish Young - Apr 29, 2024
Frontiers Sans Frontiers is good. It's refreshing, biting, funny, and relevant. From April 25th to May 19th, under a few trashbags and discarded cups of tea, DC theatre goers may be able to find Spooky Action Theater's production of Frontiers Sans Frontiers.
Interview: VARLA JEAN MERMAN of STAND BY YOUR DRAG at MATCH
by Brett Cullum - Apr 28, 2024
I live in Florida, and I love Florida; Florida has amazing people and an amazing LGBTQ community, but, as you know, the government really isn't on our side there. When the drag bans started to happen, it really freaked you out because it happened like suddenly you weren't allowed to perform outside in Florida. People didn't know this happened, but many of the Pride Celebrations in Florida were canceled.
Student Blog: My Summer Vision Board
by Student Blogger: Olivia Stevens - Apr 28, 2024
As we approach the final week of classes, I can only focus on one thing: summer. Though it’s still April, I’ve recently gravitated towards things that “feel” like summer. So, to get through this last week of class and the subsequent week of finals, I’ve decided to make a sort of “vision board” full of things that have made me most excited for the season, and things that I anticipate filling my summer with.
Photos: First Look at SIGNIFICANT OTHER at Dobama Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024
Dobama Theatre has released photos from Regional Premiere production of SIGNIFICANT OTHER by Joshua Harmon, directed by Colin Anderson. The production runs April 26 – May 19, 2024 at Dobama, Cleveland’s Off-Broadway Theatre.
Review: Wildly Over-the-top BEETLEJUICE - THE MUSICAL Spooks Laughs at OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - Apr 22, 2024
Adapted from the 1988 Tim Burton cult classic, BEETLEJUICE - THE MUSICAL is an over-the-top, chaotic, and wildly unhinged reimagining that amps up the kooky-ness of its source material a thousand-fold. Mostly funny and entertaining despite its tonal shifts and forced outlandishness, the show elicits lots of laughs thanks to its title character.
Review: DIVERSITY: SUPERNOVA, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
by Laura Lott - Apr 17, 2024
It's hard to imagine what more an audience could possibly want from a dance show than what Diversity provide in their current tour Supernova. There are stunning, tightly choreographed dance routines, impressive production values, up-to-the-minute technology, music loud enough to reverberate through your spine, and heavy doses of both humour and earnestness. Oh, and it rains on stage. This is bold, flashy entertainment underpinned by incredible talent.