Thursday, September 21, 2017
Performing arts this week offer New York everything from Stevie Wonder to challenging new plays. Here is a choice of the very best – one-time concerts, theatrical openings, shows at the en…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:59AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
The autumn season is shaping up on the London stage.A lot of promising new plays are hitting off-West-End – and one on the West End this week, with “Labour of Love.”Here are some shows…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:16PMFriday, September 15, 2017
As Berlin gets into the swing of its Art Week, there are some fine concerts and shows on the city’s stages to enjoy too. Jazz at Berlin PhilharmonicFlautist Magnus Lindgren leads a tr…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:23AMThursday, September 14, 2017
Paul McCartney The former Beatle’s shows now range over his entire career with ease. We get everything from teenage compositions up to his collaborations with Kanye West.At Madison Square …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:36PMWith a lot of promising new plays to hit the off West End, here are some shows to see over the coming week – starting with the openings, adding some last-chance-to-sees and a few not-to-be…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:55PMWednesday, September 6, 2017
1 “Inanimate”The world premiere of “Inanimate,”’ written by Nick Robideau and directed by Courtney Ulrich, tells the story of Erica, played by Lacy Allen. She is a shy, socially aw…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:40PMThursday, August 31, 2017
However 2017 goes down in history, it will be remembered as a year in which some fine albums emerged – often by artists already acclaimed trying to perfect their music further.It seemed wo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:32PMWednesday, August 23, 2017
The tide of musicals continues to rise on New York’s Broadway, the West End of London in theaters worldwide. Alongside the long-established shows proven to be commercially safe bets, plays…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:58PMFriday, August 18, 2017
Top Picks From 2017 Edinburgh Fringe – From “B*easts” to “BRUCE” We are now well into events at the world’s largest arts festival. The clear critical favorites are emerging …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:31PMTuesday, August 1, 2017
The world’s largest arts festival, starting this week in Edinburgh, is bigger and better than ever. The Edinburgh Fringe has more than 5,000 events scattered over 300 venues, alongside man…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:50PMFriday, July 21, 2017
Lana Del Rey’s new album “Lust for Life” is a surprise. We have the sound of summer, songs drenched in sunshine and even a smiling Lana on the cover.It’s not quite the end of her pou…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:03AMSunday, July 9, 2017
U2 is coming out all guns blazing at the start of the European leg of its latest tour. Political themes, a common thread throughout the Irish band’s career, move slightly higher on the age…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:36AMThursday, June 22, 2017
“Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell – The Musical” takes one of the most revved-up albums of all time to a new even-faster, over-the-top, feelgood, sexy, gasoline-infused high. The loud …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:50AMFriday, June 9, 2017
You say you want a revolution. With Britain’s General Election making it hard for the politically-engaged to concentrate, something is stirring at the National Theatre.“Common” is a pl…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:17AMWednesday, June 7, 2017
You say you want a revolution. With Britain’s General Election tomorrow making it hard for the politically-engaged to concentrate, something is stirring at the National Theatre.“Common�…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:04PMThursday, May 25, 2017
The Beatles are celebrating “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” with 50th-anniversary releases that shed invaluable light on the creation of popular music’s most acclaimed album.…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:39AMWednesday, May 10, 2017
“Salomé” at the National Theatre is certainly spectacular. We have come to expect nothing less from South African writer-director Yaël Farber, as shown by her “Les Blancs” at the O…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:21PMFriday, May 5, 2017
Jez Butterworth’s play “The Ferryman” is an extraordinarily powerful work: a new modern classic, easily the best of 2017 so far.Many playgoers will go into it with high expectations, g…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:27PMThursday, April 20, 2017
London is marking the 40th anniversary of its most famous punk venue, the Roxy.The club – where the Clash, the Police and the Sex Pistols partied and performed - is the subject of a new bo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:56AMThursday, April 13, 2017
It’s 1648 and we are in Agra, India. Marveling the recently completed Taj Mahal, the latest wonder of the world…. Well, more realistically, it’s 2017 and we are in the newly reopened B…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:23AMWednesday, March 29, 2017
A century ago, one of the bloodiest battles in human history was being waged on the Somme. British and French troops advanced slowly to push the German forces back. More than a million peopl…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:48PMMonday, March 13, 2017
Britain’s 2016 referendum on the European Union was bound to make it onto the stage sooner rather than later. Now we have a hasty and intriguing first draft, modestly called “My Country,…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:15AMFriday, March 3, 2017
Kate Fleetwood has to spend an hour or so in makeup for Lindsey Ferrentino’s “Ugly Lies the Bone.” She comes out almost unrecognizable.Fleetwood is best known for her acclaimed theater…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:33AMTuesday, February 21, 2017
Mark your diaries for July 12 to 14 in 2019. Yes, it’s a long way off, but something extraordinary is promised for music fans. We are talking about the reincarnation of a festival once bra…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:11PMSaturday, February 18, 2017
Pink Floyd has confirmed details of a blockbuster show to mark the band’s 50th anniversary. “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains,” the group’s first major international r…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:11AMMonday, January 9, 2017
Ed Sheeran’s race back to the top of the charts on both sides of the pond signals just one of a host of musical events to watch over the next few months.In summary:Among the albums on thei…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:23PMTuesday, December 27, 2016
There is a lot of unanimity among listeners and critics this year on the best music of 2016 – Beyoncé, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie among them.Let’s look at a few neglected …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:26PMThursday, December 15, 2016
If you want a run-up-to-Christmas play that entertains with feel-good humor, bright music and a heavenly, happy ending with loved-up families, look away now. “Love” by Alexander Zeldin, …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:45PMMonday, December 12, 2016
The new Rolling Stones album “Blue & Lonesome” is something of a time machine.Its 12-bar blues is a party like it’s 1999 or even earlier. The first of a dozen songs kicks off with …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:43PMTuesday, November 29, 2016
Mark Rylance is one of the hottest actors in the world, period. The prospect of his first co-authored stage work, with him starring in it, is therefore one of the hottest tickets on the stag…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:13AMThursday, November 24, 2016
It’s the onset of doomsday and there is still a funny side.The backdrop of London’s latest hot ticket - Lucy Kirkwood’s new play “The Children” - gets pretty rapidly sketched in. T…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:05PM 
