Sarasota Opera Reveals Casting for Winter Opera Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2024
Casting has been announced for Sarasota Opera’s 2025 Winter Opera Festival. The season will open on Saturday, February 15, and will feature Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Giuseppe Verdi's Stiffelio.
Morgan Wade Releases New Single 'Moth To A Flame' From Upcoming Album
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 21, 2024
Morgan Wade returns with another look into her upcoming album Obsessed with her latest release ‘Moth to a Flame’. Wrought with yearning, ‘Moth to a Flame’ plays over a lilting acoustic guitar line complemented by a soulful lap steel and piano. An entirely solo-written, stripped-down 14-track collection, Obsessed was produced by her touring guitarist Clint Wells and showcases Wade at her rawest and most vulnerable. Listen to the new single!
Cast Set For Disney's THE MAGIC BOX in South Africa
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2024
Disney's The Magic Box recently announced the world premiere of its English-language production. The show, featuring an all-South African cast and crew, will open at Artscape, Cape Town, on 9 October for a limited season and then transfers to Montecasino's Teatro, Johannesburg, from 22 November before embarking on an international tour.
Principal Cast Set For IN THE HEIGHTS at the Muny
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2024
Benji Santiago, Ariana Burks, Alex Joseph Grayson, Alysia Velez, Nancy Ticotin, Miguel Gil, Martín Solá, Karmine Alers, Darilyn Castillo and Marlene Fernandez will star in the Muny premiere of In the Heights, which runs Aug. 9-15 on the James S. McDonnell Stage in Forest Park.
Tobacco Factory Theatres Will Perform Three New Productions In The Round
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2024
Artistic Director of Tobacco Factory Theatres, Heidi Vaughan, has announced three new shows to be performed in the round in the theatre’s main Factory Theatre; including co-productions with Opera Project and New International Encounter (NIE) and one, in-house Shakespeare production.
COCAINE BEAR: The Opera Comes to Orlando Fringe Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2024
If a bear does cocaine in the woods, does anyone hear him? Inspired by a movie which was inspired by a true story, Cocaine Bear: The Opera is a story about what happens when a bear ingests cocaine, and everyone sings about it. The notes are high and so is the bear.