Friday, September 28, 2018
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 roles …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:43PM[SHARE]Ralph 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 09:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 20, 2018
Music 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 03:04PM[SHARE]It 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 over th…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 19, 2018
America, 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 ne…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:15AM[SHARE]Friday, September 14, 2018
A 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 also especially…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:42PM[SHARE]Music 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[SHARE]Monday, September 10, 2018
"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 every se…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:58PM[SHARE]Friday, September 7, 2018
New 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 join a pair …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:47PM[SHARE]London 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 startin…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 6, 2018
"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 the Alme…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:27AM[SHARE]Friday, August 31, 2018
This 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 fans have pl…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:40PM[SHARE]This 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 "The …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 30, 2018
Judith 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 you have…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:28AM[SHARE]Monday, August 27, 2018
The 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 factor in t…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:31AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 26, 2018
Londoners 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 09:15AM[SHARE]The 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 Butterworth…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 22, 2018
"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 time to do…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:43AM[SHARE]Monday, August 20, 2018
The 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 scatte…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Friday, August 17, 2018
In 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 of t…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:16PM[SHARE]London 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 at …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 16, 2018
To 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."To p…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:44PM[SHARE]Monday, August 13, 2018
The 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 hav…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:26AM[SHARE]Friday, August 10, 2018
The 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 of the high…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:29AM[SHARE]As 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 joining "Othel…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 7, 2018
As 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 Edinb…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:39PM[SHARE]Friday, August 3, 2018
Music 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 perfo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 2, 2018
As 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 a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:18PM[SHARE]It'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 300…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Ian 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 adm…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:34PM[SHARE]Friday, July 27, 2018
New 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" presents the many…
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