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” prese…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:41PMWith London roasting in some of the hottest July weather on record, there is a good case for getting out of the sun to enjoy some seriously cool performing arts this week. The music on offer…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:10PMWhen three much-loved British singer-songwriters decided to come together for a few shows, little did they know what they were starting. Beverley Craven had the idea of working with Judie Tz…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:07PMThe New York stage offers a lot of choice in new openings and one-off events this week for those wanting to be adventurous. The pick of performing arts in the Big Apple over the next seven d…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:11PMThe Proms is moving into top gear. Acts as varied as the Flaming Lips and Beth Orton are also on this week’s pick of London performing arts. Sir Ian McKellen plays King Lear at the Duke of…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:07PMThis is a play about the sweet American dream; and how it can become a sour nightmare. About the joys of power; and how power can corrupt. About the lure of money and capitalism; and how fin…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:52AMTopping New York performing arts this week, the award-winning writer Tracy Letts is back with an experimental play, “Mary Page Marlowe,” off Broadway.The Foo Fighters, Billy Joel and Bec…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:42PMMany stars lead London performing arts this week. Van Morrison, Bruno Mars, Paul Simon and James Taylor play in Hyde Park. Sir Bryn Terfel sings at the Royal Opera. Two theater veterans are …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:05PMNew York has many short summer drama festivals starting up soon, led by the Ice Factory. Music on offer in the Big Apple this week runs from Radiohead through to Michael Tilson Thomas. There…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:40AMLondon’s credentials as a major performing arts capital, if not the world’s best (sorry New York) are clear this coming week. Roger Waters, The Cure, Eric Clapton and Santana all have co…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:25AMAidan Turner is right up there in the field of acting hot property. He is especially known as Ross Poldark in the BBC series “Poldark,” where steamy scenes of him shirtless somewhat ecli…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:04AMThe lengthy “Imperium” at London’s Gielgud Theatre can be summed up in a few short sentences: It’s in two parts, with three one-act plays in each. It fully justifies its total r…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:43AMIt’s your last chance to see two acclaimed works on the New York stage. First there is Denzel Washington in “The Iceman Cometh” Then there is “Dance Nation”: Clare Barron’s excel…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:08PMLondon is getting ready for its big run of summer concerts. The Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park kicks things off with Stormzy and J Cole. We are also only a week away from BST Hyde Park i…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:20AMNew York says goodbye to one of the most garlanded Broadway shows this week. The Tony-winning “Three Tall Women” comes to an end. Meanwhile, Manhattan welcomes U2 for a run of shows at M…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:42AMMany star-vehicle shows are opening over the next week in London. Watch out for a lot of reviews hailing young and acclaimed performers. Lia Williams is in the title role for an adaptation o…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:23AMDanielle de Niese is hoping to inspire female musicians with a new documentary film. “Unsung Heroines: Danielle de Niese on Forgotten Female Composers,” made for BBC4, will be shown firs…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:14PMDanielle de Niese is hoping to inspire female musicians with a new documentary film. “Unsung Heroines: Danielle de Niese on Forgotten Female Composers,” made for BBC4, will be shown firs…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:14PMWhat is life without surprises? One of the most famous musical power couples has just sprung another big surprise upon us. They have given us a new record out of nowhere with plenty of shock…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:46PMThe days after the Tony Awards always see a rush of tickets for the prize-winning shows. Those at the forefront of the acclaimed Broadway ceremony this year were “The Band’s Visit,” �…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:39AMLondon’s busy schedule for performing arts is led by the opening of this year’s Meltdown Festival curated by Robert Smith of The Cure and including The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:37AMThis week the Northside festival has joined a run of summertime shows in New York, such as the Central Park Summerstage and the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival. Off-Broadway shows include …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:17AMOrlando Bloom completes the transformation from movie elf to stage baddie in “Killer Joe.” Circolombia brings sexy circus to the Southbank.Summer music festivals continue with Lionel Rit…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:03PMThe headlines are out: The nudity in the London stage production of “Killer Joe” includes a scene where movie star Orlando Bloom, with his back to the audience, proudly shows off his bar…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:59PMCircolombia is in London to prove that the old idea of circus is dead in 2018. Forget other antiquated shows with frightened elephants and lion tamers, unskilled jugglers, phony fire-eaters …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:57AMThis is the week that New York explodes with music. Jack White and Eminem headline the Governors Ball. There are some weekend tickets left at about $300. Common opens the BRIC Celebrates Bro…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:59AMNick Cave and Patti Smith move the London summer rock-festival season into top gear. Opera Holland Park starts its season with its first “La Traviata” in a decade. Brian Friel’s “Tra…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:49PMThe revival of “Translations” by Brian Friel at London’s National Theatre comes with a lot of positive signs:* The late Friel’s admirers rate him highly, even putting him in the same…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:04AMTokio Myers has had a wild 10 months of success after being catapulted to fame by winning the “Britain’s Got Talent” contest.The 34-year-old pianist, drummer, composer and producer def…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:53PMTokio Myers has had a wild 10 months of success after being catapulted to fame by winning the “Britain’s Got Talent” contest.The 34-year-old pianist, drummer, composer and producer def…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:21PMTokio Myers has had a wild 10 months of success after being catapulted to fame by winning the “Britain’s Got Talent” contest.The 34-year-old pianist, drummer, composter and producer de…
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