Gender-swapping is everywhere on the London stage. This week Stephen Sondheim’s bachelor Bobby becomes a female Bobbi in “Company.” Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate in the lead …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:43PMRalph Fiennes, always a crowd draw, plays a prowling General Mark Antony; Sophie Okonedo is the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Fiennes lurks and sulks like a wounded tiger. Okonedo regally flounc…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:01AMMusic still leads New York performing arts this week. Paul Simon follows his Madison Square Garden shows with one last big tour gig, at Corona Park, Flushing Meadows. Central Park SummerStag…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:04PMIt is a week of stellar returns for the London stage this week. Ralph Fiennes is back at the National Theatre, this time playing Antony in “Antony and Cleopatra.” Kylie Minogue takes ove…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:12PMAmerica, get ready. The Magic Numbers are heading back. If you don’t know this UK-based, Mercury Prize nominated band, now is a great time to catch up. They have returned with their first …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:15AMA string of new plays opened this week in London, led by “Foxfinder,” starring Olivier Award-winner Iwan Rheon. Off West End, “The Village,” “Distance” and “An Adventure” are…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:42PMMusic leads our choice of New York performing arts this week. Paul Simon is playing his last big shows in New York before retiring from touring, while David Byrne is returning to the Forest …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:57AM“Distance” is powerful, hard-hitting, shocking, challenging, thought-proving, bleak, and important, all in one. Alex McSweeney’s play has just premiered at Park Theatre in London.On ev…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:58PMNew York’s autumn theater season adds another two shows this week: “Girl From the North Country,” Conor McPherson’s play with Bob Dylan music, and pool-room saga “The Nap.” They …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:47PMLondon is saying farewell to the Proms for another year with the Last Night and looking forward to a lively autumn season for performing arts.The “Pinter at the Pinter” season is now sta…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:43AM“Dance Nation” starts with a wild, tightly-choreographed group dance. Don’t be fooled by this scene, the show’s title and its posters into thinking that this is all about dance, and …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:27AMThis week, New York has two significant plays making their debuts: Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy “Bernhardt/Hamlet” and “The True,” Sharr White’s political satire.Meanwhile, music …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:40PMThis week London is about to get some amazing transfers of acclaimed shows, both from New York and Edinburgh.One of New York’s best plays of the past few years, the multi-award-winning “…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:39AMJudith Owen’s latest album “redisCOVERed” is a superb collection that reinterprets songs by Drake, Ed Sheeran, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney and more. Owen radically reworks them as yo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:28AMThe beauty of “Swan Lake” makes it one of the most crowd-pleasing ballets. Tchaikovsky’s familiar, enchanting music is entertainment enough for some audiences. That’s not even to fac…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:31AMLondoners seeking entertainment in this bank-holiday week are spoiled for choice.Music fans can listen to Dizzy Rascal at the South West Four festival, Britney Spears at the O2 or Bernstein …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:15AMThe new fall season looms in New York, with a lot to look forward to, including three shows that were big hits in London: “Girl From the North Country,” with Bob Dylan songs; Jez Butterw…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:31AM“The Rise and Fall of Little Voice” has become something of a British classic, especially after its film version.It’s been revived many times. If you’ve not seen it, now is a good ti…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:43AMThe main batch of awards is coming in this week at the world’s largest arts festival in Edinburgh. It is time for the final part of the BLOUIN ARTINFO pick of the best of 5,000 events scat…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:00PMIn one of the hottest musical tickets in months, Drake is at Madison Square Garden. “Pretty Woman” is another big seller as the hit movie comes to the New York stage. These are just two …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:16PMLondon performing-arts events this week include a great variety of music. There’s a hit-packed show by Britney Spears at the O2, Sir Simon Rattle’s Ravel at the BBC Proms and Fatboy Slim…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:50AMTo get a sense of the passions and talent that drove Aretha Franklin, who has died at the age of 76, you can do little better than listen to her superb 1972 double album “Amazing Grace.”…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:44PMThe world’s largest arts festival is now midway through its run in Edinburgh, with more information coming in to help choose from 5,000 events scattered over 300 venues. Some productions h…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:26AMThe Center Park’s Summer Stage’s free shows; comedy by Mike Birbiglia; Jeff Lynne’s ELO; serious plays such as the latest by Tracy Letts, “Mary Page Marlowe.” These are just some o…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:29AMAs London’s unprecedented heatwave eases, performing arts are preparing for a host of outdoor shows, such as “Little Shop of Horrors” and the Art’s House Festival. “Emilia” is jo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:05AMAs the world’s largest arts festival continues in Edinburgh, it is getting clearer which shows are among the best of the 5,000 events scattered over 300 venues.The Edinburgh Fringe and Edi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:39PMMusic by Rod Stewart, Shakira and The Breeders; comedy by Mike Birbiglia; serious plays such as the latest by Tracy Letts, “Mary Page Marlowe.” These are just some of the highlights of p…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:06AMAs London’s heatwave continues into August, there are many cool performing-art shows on offer. In music, the BBC Proms this week includes everything from folk to Bernstein, Mahler, Britten…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:18PMIt’s a tough job for people attending the world’s largest arts festival, which is starting in Edinburgh, to choose from the plethora of 50,000 performances and 5,000 shows scattered over…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:16AMIan McKellen’s King Lear has predictably got some glowing reviews. Some explanations for this are obvious even before seeing his impressive performance.McKellen always wins deference and a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:34PMNew jukebox musicals are opening in New York to strong initial reviews. “Head Over Heels” showcases the music of The Go-Go’s and Belinda Carlisle, while “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” prese…
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