LEWIS BLACK “OFF THE RAILS” ON APRIL 20TH IN LITTLE ROCK

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Known as the King of Rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. His comedic brilliance makes people laugh at life’s hypocrisies and the insanity he sees in the world. A GRAMMY Award-winning stand-up, Black performs his critically acclaimed shows more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of a few performers to sell out multiple renowned theaters, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, the Main Stage at the Mirage in Las Vegas and a sold-out Broadway run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. Since 2014 Black has done over 400 live streaming shows, called “THE RANT IS DUE”, at the end of each of his standup performances.

 

Adding his own unique style, Black delivers audience-written rants which have been submitted from the fans at his show and throughout the world. These rants are now available on Black’s podcast, “Rant Cast”. Black is the longest-running contributor to “THE DAILY SHOW” on Comedy Central. He has had comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix. In 2001, he won Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards. His most recent special is “Thanks for Risking Your Life” (2020). He has released eight comedy albums, including the 2007 GRAMMY Award-winning The Carnegie Hall Performance. He won his second GRAMMY Award for his album “Stark Raving Black” and has published three bestselling books: Nothing’s Sacred (Simon & Schuster, 2005), Me of Little Faith (Riverhead Books, 2008) and I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Riverhead Books, 2010). In 2012, he performed eight sell-out shows at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway as well as did one of his two HBO Specials “BLACK ON BROADWAY”. In 2015, Black notably voiced the character “Anger” in the Academy Award-winning film from Pixar, “Inside Out”. A published playwright, he’s written over 40 plays and has found his work performed throughout the country, including at the A.C.T. Theatre, the Magic Theatre, The Williamstown Theatre Festival and The Public Theatre.

 

In addition to his professional pursuits, Lewis is dedicated to a number of charitable organizations including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Rogosin Institute, and The 52nd Street Project. He’s also deeply committed to supporting our troops. A seasoned USO tour veteran, he’s performed for the troops on three Christmas tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL

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Producers Fiery Angel Entertainment and Red Tail Entertainment are delighted to announce casting for the European Premiere of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol – A New Musical at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall from 8 December 2022 to 8 January 2023, with a press night on 13 December 2022. Extra performances have been added on 22 and 29 December due to popular demand. www.dollyschristmascarol.com

‘Cold Feet’ and ‘Toast of London’ star Robert Bathurst will lead the cast as Scrooge. He is joined by Halle Brown, Iona Fraser, Richard J Hunt, Vicki Lee Taylor, Olivier Award winner George Maguire, Ediz Mahmut, Sarah O’Connor, Christopher Parkinson, Minal Patel, Annie Southall, Carole Stennett, Danny Whitehead and Mitchell Zhangazha. Playing the role of Tiny Tim will be Daniel Lee, Alexander Quinlan and Samuel Sturge. Also in the children’s cast will be Elliot Marsden, George Menezes Cutts and Dereke Oladele.

Robert Bathurst is a TV and stage actor best known for Cold Feet, Toast Of London, Joking Apart and Downton Abbey. He played John Le Mesurier in the biopic Hattie and Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army – The Lost Episodes. Numerous West End and touring theatre productions include plays by Chekhov, Shaw, Shakespeare, Wilde, Ibsen, Michael Frayn, Joe Penhall, Steven Thompson, Michael Wynne and Claire Luckham. In Chicago he played the title role in King Charles III by Mike Bartlett. With the ex-professional jockey Nathan Horrocks he wrote and directed The Fall, a film drama about jockeys. He devised and produces the staging of Love, Loss & Chianti by Christopher Reid a two-actor play in verse with cartoon animation. He has written articles and book reviews on showbiz and horseracing and as a reader of audiobooks he won the Audie for Best Male Narrator in 2020.

 

Set during the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this heart-warming and truly unforgettable production imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season. As a Christmas Eve snowstorm approaches, Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his deceased business partner and three ghosts who compel him to see life anew and discover that love and family are the greatest and most precious gifts we have. Dickens’ classic characters and Parton’s heart-felt songs beautifully reimagine this timeless story in a whole new light.

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is an adaptation by David H. Bell, Paul T. Couch and Curt Wollan. The book is by David H. Bell with music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton.  It is produced by Fiery Angel Entertainment and Red Tail Entertainment.

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is directed and choreographed by Alison Pollard, with musical direction by Andrew Hilton. Set design is by Scott Davis, Costume design by Linda Roethke, Props design by Eleanor Kahn, Lighting design by David Howe and Sound design by Richard Brooker. The Assistant Director and Choreographer is Andrew Margerison, the Associate Musical Director is Leigh Stanford Thompson and the Associate Sound Designer is Kelsh Buckman Drudge. Casting is by Pearson Casting.

For further press information please contact Simon Raw, Emily Webb or Daniel O’Carroll on

simon@rawpr.co.uk, emily@rawpr.co.uk, daniel@rawpr.co.uk

 

LISTINGS

 

8 DECEMBER 2022 – 8 JANUARY 2023

DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL

www.dollyschristmascarol.com

 

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL

Southbank Centre

Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/queen-elizabeth-hall

 

Performances – Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm and Sunday at 3.00pm. Performance schedule and timings may vary during the Christmas period.

 

BIOGRAPHIES

 

DAVID H. BELL – Book and Adaptation

David H. Bell has served as Artistic Director of the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, and Associate Artistic Director to Kenny Leon at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently the Artistic Director of the American Music Theatre Project and Director of the Music Theatre Program at Northwestern University. As director, choreographer, or author, David has received 46 of Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award nominations (winning 12), five Carbonell nominations (Florida), as well as the Dramalogue Award (LA), the Helen Hayes Award (DC.), and numerous awards in Atlanta. His musical, Hot Mikado (book, additional lyrics) was nominated for the Olivier award (London’s West End). David has written and directed Cowboys and Lawyers (Goodspeed Opera House) and The Good War (Northlight Theatre), both with Craig Carnelia; Fanny Brice (Maltz Jupiter, Asolo Rep); Matador (Coconut Grove Playhouse); The Bowery Boys (Marriott Theatre); Don’t Stop the Carnival (Coconut Grove Playhouse); Hot Mikado (Ford’s Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO, Alliance Theatre); The Theatre of Dreams (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England); and Die Schone und das Biest (European Tour). He directed the world premieres of Murder for Two (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), HERO (Marriott Theatre, and Asolo Rep), Elmer Gantry (Ford’s Theatre), Peggy Sue Got Married (Marriott Theatre), and many others. He has worked on original musicals with Cy Coleman, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Buffett, Herman Wouk, Joe Kinosian, Kellen Blair, Russell Baker, George Stiles, and Daniel Green. David collaborated with Northwestern University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presenting a pair of new musicals in 2017 titled ATLANTIC for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a second pair in 2018 called LEGACY.

DOLLY PARTON – Music and Lyrics

Dolly Parton’s life and career are a rags-to-rhinestones story.  Born the fourth child of 12, Dolly grew up in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, nestled against the Great Smoky Mountains. Her songs have captured the hearts of generations. Her trademark style is recognized around the globe.

 

Dolly’s prolific writing and recording career span 50-plus years. Her self-penned hits include Jolene, Coat of Many Colors and I Will Always Love You. She holds the Guinness World Record for the Most Decades with a Top 20 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart and for the most hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart by a female artist.

 

Dolly starred in numerous movies for the large and small screen, including the hit movie 9 to 5 which became a hit Broadway musical for which she wrote the music and lyrics.

 

Dolly is one of an elite group of individuals to receive at least one nomination from all four major annual American entertainment award organizations; Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. In 2004 she received the U.S. Library of Congress Living Legend award and in 2006, the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. In 2011, she was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

 

Stories from Dolly’s life have been the subject of two NBC movies: Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors and Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Life.

 

Dolly’s love and generosity for her Tennessee mountain home was heroically demonstrated in her efforts to help the victims of the 2016 Smoky Mountain wildfires. Her Emmy-winning Smoky Mountains Rise telethon raised $9 million. Her philanthropy also extends to children around the world through her Imagination Library, which inspires a love of reading by providing a book a month to more than one million children age five and under in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia.  Most recently Dolly’s love for people everywhere was demonstrated when she donated $1 million to COVID-19 vaccination research as well as donating $1 million to fund pediatric infectious disease research.

 

Fiery Angel Entertainment – Producer

 

Fiery Entertainment was established in 2017 to develop concerts and special events in the UK and internationally.  Past productions include Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret at the Barbican Theatre, Our Finest Hour – Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain at concert venues around the UK, and Guys and Dolls (directed by Stephen Mear and starring Adrian Lester, Meow Meow, Lara Pulver, Jason Manford and Stephen Mangan) at the Royal Albert Hall.  In 2018, Fiery Entertainment produced the European premiere season of Circus 1903 at the Royal Festival Hall, returning in 2019 and 2021 for further Christmas seasons at the Southbank Centre as well as touring to Birmingham, Dublin and Salford in 2019. For Christmas 2022, Circus 1903 will play at Eventim Apollo. Other recent productions have included the world premiere of Peppa Pig – My First Concert, which showed in the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Southbank Centre’s Imagine Children’s Festival, with subsequent performances around the UK (including Royal Festival Hall, London Coliseum, Snape Maltings and Edinburgh Festival). Past productions also include Rob Brydon – A Night of Songs and Laughter, finding success in over 60 UK venues, as well as Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells Live in Concert – The 50th Anniversary Experience, which premiered in the Royal Festival Hall in August and tours internationally until 2024.

www.fieryentertainment.com

 

Red Tail Entertainment – Producer

 

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Red Tail Entertainment has established itself as one of the industry’s Top 100 Presenters with sold out engagements for Cinderella, Wizard of Oz, Stomp, The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Jr., Steve Martin & Martin Short, The Wild Kratts, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Hip Hop Nutcracker, Cirque Dreams, and many more. The company continues to expand and grow, becoming a leader in producing unique live events using international talent. In addition to Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Red Tail produced the 2018 and 2019 tours of Nickelodeon’s Double Dare Live! with Marc Summers as well as a three-month residency at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. for Erth’s Dino Zoo Live. Red Tail has also produced the U.S. tours of Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure, Scooby-Doo! Live Musical Mysteries, as well as A Night with Janis Joplin on Broadway, and has co-produced The Kite Runner on Broadway. As audiences change and new artists emerge, Red Tail Entertainment will continue to focus on producing and presenting only the best in live entertainment. For more information, visit www.redtailentertainment.com.

 

Southbank Centre

 

The Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre occupying a prominent riverside location that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. We exist to present great cultural experiences that bring people together and we achieve this by providing the space for artists to create and present their best work and by creating a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual and eye-opening work. We want to take people out of the everyday, every day. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is made up of the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery as well as being home to the National Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. It is also home to six Resident Orchestras (Aurora Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Philharmonia Orchestra).

 

DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL TO MAKE ITS EUROPEAN PREMIERE DECEMBER 8TH

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FOR A CHRISTMAS SEASON AT THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S QUEEN ELIZABETH HALLFROM 8 DECEMBER 2022 – 8 JANUARY 2023

TICKETS ON SALE 4 JULY 2022

Producers Fiery Angel Entertainment and Red Tail Entertainment are delighted to announce that the European Premiere of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol – A New Musical will play a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall from 8 December 2022 to 8 January 2023, with a press night on 13 December 2022. Tickets go on sale on 4 July 2022. www.dollyschristmascarol.com

Dolly Parton said today “Bringing our reimagined Charles Dickens classic to London feels like a homecoming. My songs weave the music of my beautiful Smoky Mountains into this timeless Christmas story, and I can’t wait for London audiences to hear them as we tell that story, set in a place that is truly special to me.”   

Set during the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this heart-warming and truly unforgettable production imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season. As a Christmas Eve snowstorm approaches, Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his deceased business partner and three ghosts who compel him to see life anew and discover that love and family are the greatest and most precious gifts we have. Dickens’s classic characters and Parton’s heart-felt songs beautifully reimagine this timeless story in a whole new light.  Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is an adaptation by David H. Bell, Paul T. Couch and Curt Wollan. The book is by David H. Bell with music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton.  It is produced by Fiery Angel Entertainment and Red Tail Entertainment.

LISTINGS

8 DECEMBER 2022 – 8 JANUARY 2023

DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL

Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/queen-elizabeth-hall

 Performances – Tuesday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm and Sunday at 3.00pm. Performance schedule and timings may vary during the Christmas period.

 

LAZER INVAZION LIVE! Premieres this Saturday (6.4.22) at The Frida in Santa Ana

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(Los Angeles, Calif.) A warp-driven laser ride through time and space, LAZER INVAZION is guaranteed to boldly take you where you’ve never been before. The mind-bending sonic and visual explosion lands at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, Calif., this June.

The Frida Cinema is located at 304 E 4th Street, #100, Santa Ana. Tickets can be purchased at thefridacinema.org.

Saturday, June 4 | 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Saturday, June 11 | 11 p.m.
Saturday, June 18 | 11 p.m.
Saturday, June 25 | 11 p.m.

Get in touch with your inner spaceman and suit up for a fantastical journey through the multi-media cosmos of our shared imagination delivered by a full battery of high-tech lasers, theatrical lighting and high definition video choreographed to the concert-quality sound of your favorite, out-of-this-world themed rock-n-roll by David Bowie, Queen, Duran Duran, The Police, The B-52’s, Portishead, Moby, The Church, Soundgarden, Patti Smith, Daft Punk and more of your favorites from across all time!

Red Tail Live Presents A BRONX TALE: One Man Show starring Chazz Palminteri live at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces

 

Tickets On Sale May 20, 2022


Red Tail Live Presents

A BRONX TALE: One Man Show
starring Chazz Palminteri

November 11 & 12, 2022 | 7:30 PM | Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

 

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces single tickets will go on sale on Friday, May 20, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.ET, for Red Tail Live Presents A BRONX TALE: One Man Show starring Chazz Palminteri featuring performances on November 11 and 12, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

Information and tickets ($55, $70.50, $85.50) are available at these Pittsburgh Cultural Trust official guest services sources:  www.TrustArts.org, call 412-456-6666.  For groups of 8+ call 412-471-6390.

For the most up to date information about the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Know Before You Go: Health and Safety Protocols, visit: TrustArts.org/Welcome.

 

Bronx-born and raised, Chazz Palminteri wrote A Bronx Tale in 1988.  The powerful one-man stage play depicted his bruising childhood which included witnessing a gangland killing when he was nine years old.  Palminteri played 18 characters and brought them all to life in his autobiographical play.  His friends, enemies and family came alive on stage.  Hollywood Studios went crazy after seeing it and offered him millions of dollars to turn it into a major movie.  There was one catch… They wanted to put a star in the role of Sonny and someone else to write the screenplay.  With $200 dollars in the bank…Palminteri said No… he would hold out and wait. He wanted to play Sonny and write the screenplay.  Then, one night Palminteri walked into his dressing room and sitting there was Robert De Niro who just saw the show… He said it was the greatest one-man show he’s ever seen. Robert DeNiro gave Palminteri the chance he was waiting for… And as they say in Hollywood the rest is history.

Palminteri wrote the screenplay for the film A Bronx Tale and then most recently wrote the book for the Broadway Musical.  It was the first time in history that the same actor wrote the one-man play, the movie, and the Broadway Musical and starred in each one. The show you will see now is the exact show Chazz Palminteri did 34 years ago with just a chair that made him a star.
chazzpalminteri.net | chazzpalminteri.net/pages/biography  | chazzpalminteri.net/pages/a-bronx-tale-schedule

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In 2019, A BRONX TALE Broadway’s New Hit Musical national tour was presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, as part of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh 2019-2020 season, November 19-24, 2019, at the Benedum Center.

‘The Kite Runner’ Is Coming to Broadway

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From The New York Times

By Michael Paulson

A stage adaptation of the best-selling novel “The Kite Runner” will be presented on Broadway in July.

The play, which began its life in California in 2007 and has been widely produced since, is planning a limited run, from July 6 to Oct. 30.

The announcement is encouraging news for Broadway, which has been clobbered by closings as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the industry. But there remain many producers with the appetite and the financing to bring new shows to Broadway as others end their runs.

The “Kite Runner” novel, written by Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003, is a coming-of-age story about a man born in Afghanistan whose life is haunted by his failure to protect a childhood friend. The novel, a surprise hit, has sold millions of copies worldwide, and was adapted into a film in 2007.

The theatrical adaptation was written by Matthew Spangler, and was first staged in 2007 at San José State University, where Spangler teaches performance studies. It had an initial professional production in 2009 at the San Jose Repertory Theater, which no longer exists, and has since been staged in multiple countries around the world.

The Broadway version will be directed by Giles Croft, who has been directing productions of the play since 2013, when he oversaw a run for the Nottingham Playhouse in Britain; he has since directed productions in the West End and on tour in Britain.

The play is slated to run at the Hayes Theater, which, with 600 seats, is the smallest on Broadway. The theater is owned by the nonprofit Second Stage Theater, which will rent the space to “The Kite Runner.”

The lead producers are Victoria Lang and Ryan Bogner; Daryl Roth will serve as executive producer. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the producers are seeking to raise up to $5.75 million, but a spokesman said that the actual Broadway capitalization is likely to be closer to $4.6 million.

New Musical Paradise Square Announces Full Broadway Cast

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From Broadway.com
Broadway Buzz by Citlin Moyniham

The new musical Paradise Square, which recently concluded its pre-Broadway run at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre, has announced its complete casting. The production, directed by Moisés Kaufman, begins performances at the Barrymore Theatre on March 15 with opening night set for April 3. Bill T. Jones choreographs the show, which was conceived by Larry Kirwan.

Paradise Square stars Joaquina Kalukango, Chilina Kennedy, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, A.J. Shively, Nathaniel Stampley, Gabrielle McClinton, Jacob Fishel, Matt Bogart and Kevin Dennis, who all headlined the Chicago run. Aisha Jackson serves as the standby for Kalukango. The ensemble features Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Colin Barkell, Karen Burthwright, Kennedy Caughell, Dwayne Clark, Conor Coleman, Eric Craig, Colin Cunliffe, Chloe Davis, Josh Davis, Bernard Dotson, Jamal Christopher Douglas, Camille Eanga-Selenge, Sam Edgerly, Shiloh Goodin, Sean Jenness, Joshua Keith, Jay McKenzie, Ben Michael, Kayla Pecchioni, Eilis Quinn, Lee Siegel, Erica Spyres, Lael van Keuren, Sir Brock Warren, Alan Wiggins, Kristen Beth Williams and Hailee Kaleem Wright.

Within this galvanizing story of racial harmony undone by a country at war with itself, audiences will meet the denizens of a local saloon called Paradise Square in this show. They include Nelly O’Brien (Kalukango), the indomitable Black woman who owns it; Annie Lewis (Kennedy), her Irish-Catholic sister-in-law and her Black minister husband, Rev. Samuel Jacob Lewis (Stampley); Willie O’Brien (Matt Bogart), Nelly’s Irish husband, who is off fighting for the Union army; Owen Duignan (Shively), a conflicted newly arrived Irish immigrant; Washington Henry (DuPont), a fearless freedom seeker; Frederic Tiggens (Dossett), an anti-abolitionist political boss, and Milton Moore (Fishel), a penniless songwriter trying to capture it all. They have conflicting notions of what it means to be an American while living through one of the most tumultuous eras in our country’s history.

Paradise Square features a book co-written by Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan. The music is by Jason Howland and Kirwan, with lyrics by Nathan Tysen and additional material by Masi Asare. Graciela Daniele provides the musical staging, in collaboration with Kaufman and Jones.

The creative team includes scenic designer Allen Moyer, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Jon Weston, hair and wig designer Matthew B. Armentrout, associate choreographers Talli Jackson and Gelan Lambert and projection designer Wendall K. Harrington with special effects by Gregory Meeh. Irish and Hammerstep choreography is by Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus.

The world premiere of Paradise Square was produced in January 2019 by Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The musical is based on Hard Times, conceived by Kirwan, which was originally presented off-Broadway in 2012.

Watch Kalukango, Kennedy and more sing the musical’s opening number below!

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES coming to Huntington, WV

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RAIN – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES presents The Best of Abbey Road Live! In celebration of Abbey Road, RAIN will bring the greatest hits to life in addition to all your early favorites. The Celebration stops in Huntington at the Mountain Health Arena on Thursday, March 17th and tickets go on sale this Friday (1/21/22), 10am at Ticketmaster.com!

 

This mind-blowing performance takes you back in time with the legendary foursome delivering a note-for-note theatrical event that is “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press). Experience the worlds’ most iconic band and come celebrate The Best of Abbey Road Live with RAIN – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES. In addition to the updated sets that include state of the art LED, high-definition screens and multimedia content, RAIN will bring the Abbey Road album to life with the launch of the 2021 Tour.

 

Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. Let RAIN take you back with all of the greatest hits along with all of your other Beatles favorites! This adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!

 

Like The Beatles, the onstage members of RAIN are not only supreme musicians, but electrifying performers in their own right!

 

For more information on tour dates, and tickets, please visit:

Red Tail Live brings THE BACHELOR LIVE ON STAGE to Milwaukee and Birmingham

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BIRMINGHAM, AL (October 27, 2021)  MagicSpace Entertainment and producers Mark Swanhart and Guy Phillips, in partnership with Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television announced today the return of The Bachelor Live On Stage Official Tour, the ultimate Bachelor Nation fan party in the form of a wildly fun, flirtatious and interactive evening hosted by former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin, who is also host of the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast and was most recently seen in the newest season of Bachelor in Paradise. The nationwide tour kicks off in Peoria, IL on March 16, 2022, before traveling to over 40 cities from coast to coast including Milwaukee and Birmingham. Tickets are available at bachelorliveonstage.com.

 

This time around, the tour will feature men from recent seasons of The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise as the on-stage Bachelor; cast members to be announced at a later date. Once again, the live show fits an entire season of The Bachelor drama into one evening, as the audience and on-stage participants will leave the theater feeling like they just spent an evening at the mansion. It’s a thrilling night of laughter, lively games and lighthearted connections with a handful of local ladies, hand-picked from the audience to experience first-hand what life at the mansion is really like. From glamorous limo entrances to outrageous group dates and all the memories that come along with it, Bachelor Nation fans dressed to the nines can bring their watch party crew to cheer on those vying for the final rose of the evening.

 

And, for the first time ever, Bachelor Nation will have a say! Audience members will help along the journey by asking questions, making suggestions and cheering on the participants on stage. From the first impression rose to group date challenges and the coveted one-on-ones, the production gives fans the chance to watch live from their seats as the journey unfolds on stage.

 

“I hope the audience will feel that unique energy, positivity, hope and connection (fingers crossed) that I felt when I joined Bachelor Nation,” said host Becca Kufrin. “I can’t wait to get back out on the road again.”

 

The tour is the latest extension of the hit franchise, which already includes The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, all produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television. The Bachelor television series is entering its 20th year on ABC and airs in over 100 countries around the world. The Bachelor Live On Stage Official Tour guarantees a wild night of fun, shocking surprises and a front-row seat to the journey fans have been watching on television for years. There’s only one question – are you here for the right reasons?

 

The Bachelor Live On Stage is a production of MagicSpace Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment. Creative team Mark “Swany” Swanhart and Guy Phillips are producing in partnership with MagicSpace.  Their broad experience across television, film and live entertainment includes bringing television hits Dancing with the Stars and America’s Got Talent to the live stage. The Bachelor franchise series are a production of Next Entertainment and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon.

 

The Bachelor Live On Stage will follow all local and state health department guidelines for COVID-19 to ensure a healthy and safe environment for everyone.

 

Follow The Bachelor Live On Stage (#BachelorLiveOnStage, #BachelorLive, #BachelorOnStage) on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

 

The Bachelor Live On Stage tour schedule can be found here:  bachelorliveonstage.com

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About Warner Bros. Unscripted Television

Warner Bros. Unscripted Television is the leading unscripted studio in America, currently producing over 60 series and documentaries, totaling nearly 2,500 hours of programming annually across broadcast, cable, streaming, digital, first-run syndication and podcasts. Led by studio president Mike Darnell, the division is comprised of Warner Horizon, Shed Media and Telepictures and produces leading and award-winning series and franchises such as “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” “The Voice,” “Who Do You Think You Are,” “Friends: The Reunion,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “Extra” and “The Real,” as well as “Family Game Fight,” “Home Sweet Home,” “The Real Housewives of New York City” and “The Bradshaw Bunch,” among others. Upcoming projects include “The Wheel,” “Paris in Love,” “True Story with Ed Helms and Randall Park,” “Finding Magic Mike” and the first television projects based on the world of Harry Potter to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary.

 

About Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment

Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment (WBTE), part of WarnerMedia Global Brands and Experiences, is a worldwide leader in the creation, development and licensing of location-based entertainment, live events, exhibits and theme park experiences based on WarnerMedia’s iconic characters, stories, and brands. WBTE is home to the groundbreaking global locations of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, WB Movie World Australia, and countless other experiences inspired by DC, Looney Tunes, Scooby, Game of Thrones, Friends and more. With best-in-class partners, WBTE allows fans around the world to physically immerse themselves inside their favorite brands and franchises.

AMY GRANT & MICHAEL W SMITH CHRISTMAS COMING TO ARONOFF CENTER IN CINCINNATI

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Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® winners Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith are thrilled to reunite to co-bill their popular Christmas tour this upcoming holiday season. After not being able to celebrate the holiday season last year on the road, they are excited to bring the merriment with Balsam Hill® starting December 1st in Charleston, WV and continue for eight more dates.

The highly anticipated show will feature selections spanning the artists’ expansive Christmas repertoires and combine their vast collection of critically-acclaimed holiday albums.

 

Amy Quote: “Christmas is about hope and we all need to be reminded of that right now.  Reuniting with Michael for a run of Christmas shows just feels right.  We both love Christmas music and doing this tour together is one of my favorite things I get to do all year long.”

 

Smith states,“This is my absolute favorite time of the year and I am so happy to be back on the road with my dear friend, Amy Grant.  We’ve been doing this tour together for many years and it just never gets old.  We love it and I’m more excited about this year than ever before.

 

In addition to the performance, and in support of their longstanding relationship with Compassion International, Grant & Smith will be bringing awareness to their child sponsorship experience at each show.

 

December 10            Cincinnati, OH

 

For more information on the upcoming tour and to purchase tickets, visit:  https://www.cincinnatiarts.org/events/detail/amy-grant-michael-w-smith-christmas-show  or   AmyGrant.com/Tour and MichaelWSmith.com/Tour