Wayne Blood News

LA-based collective Beauty In Chaos presents 'Diving For Pearls', featuring The Mission trailblazer Wayne Hussey and Cinthya Hussey, his wife and partner in Archeometre. This is the first offering from the forthcoming record by the revolving evolving sonic entity that is Beauty In Chaos, formed in 2018 by guitarist Michael Ciravolo. Listen to the song!

On June 8, 2024 Maraya Performing Arts will present a heartfelt jukebox musical that explores the coming of age, triumphs and resilience of a first-generation Filipina-American artist seeking the American dream.

National Black Theatre has announced the public presentation of blood work by Kristen Adele Calhoun (Black Cypress Bayou, Geffen Playhouse) and directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene (Covenant, Roundabout Theater Company).

The post-pandemic rush of immersive theatre in London has been very hard to ignore with new shows popping up every month. Next month, this resurgent art form is celebrated with voidspace live, a packed day produced by Theatre Deli and Voidspace Zine editor Katy Naylor which showcases over a dozen works .

This week, at The Wall Street Journal’s The Future of Everything Festival, The Jamestown Revival's Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, along with The Outsiders bookwriter Adam Rapp sat down with John Jurgensen for a panel discussing bringing S. E. Hinton's best-selling novel for the stage. The conversation was followed by a special performance of the song 'I Could Talk to You All Night' by Emma Pittman and Trevor Wayne from the show. Watch the performance here!

On May 31, 2024, Ton-Up Records will release 'First Blood,' featuring early versions of classics like 'Ghost on My Heart,' 'I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again,' and 'I Thought I Heard Some Thunder.'

Alan Mingo Jr. will return to the title role of ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway beginning Thursday, June 13, 2024. Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play his final performance in the role of ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

More stars have been announced for the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards, being presented on May 20 at 7:30PM at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more about the lineup here!

Seattle’s venerable post-hardcore five piece The Blood Brothers are celebrating two decades of their seminal album ‘Crimes’ with a limited vinyl reissue out on October 4th and the announcement of their first shows in ten years. Reuniting for the first time since 2014, The Blood Brothers are heading off on a surprise anniversary tour slated for Fall/Winter 2024. It starts on November 2nd with back-to-back nights in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, NYC & Chicago.

We chat with director Wayne R. Scott about Anne of Green Gables at LifeHouse Theater. He is a writer, composer, producer and director who has authored 30 original musicals and numerous other widely produced works.  He has also produced and directed nine musicals at the internationally known Redlands Bowl, including Annie, The Sound of Music, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and most recently, Disney’s Mary Poppins for the Redlands Community Music Association.

Theater Mitu will present the world premiere of (holy) BLOOD. Created by Kayla Asbell, Stivo Arnoczy, Cinthia Chen, Denis Butkus, Dana Haynes, Alex Hawthorn, Michael Littig, Justin Nestor, Rubén Polendo, Monica Sanborn, Scott Jumawan-Spahr, Corey Sullivan, and Ada Westfall.

Composer/trumpeter Frank London presents SPIRIT STRONGER THAN BLOOD, a career retrospective concert at Brooklyn's Roulette on June 3, 2024 at 8pm.

Catch the world-premiere of MURDER BLOOD BEAR STORY Part 2 at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

STARZ continues to round out the cast for “Outlander: Blood of My Blood,” announcing additional casting for several roles in the highly anticipated prequel series. Several newcomers are actors with extensive stage backgrounds. The series will center on two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England. Production on the 10-episode season is underway in Scotland.

Studio Wayne McGregor has announced the launch of Resident 6, its year round artist residency programme for next-generation artists pushing the boundaries of dance, movement and physical  intelligence, unveiling the six artists who will inaugurate the programme: Bullyache, Sam Chester, DK Fashola, Rebecca Evans, Rowdy SS and Tyroneisaacstuart.  

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert. Learn how to purchase tickets!

American Ballet Theatre just celebrated the North American Premiere of Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The production runs through 14, 2024. Check out photos from the opening night performance here!

Fort Wayne Youtheatre has announced RUBY BRIDGES, the 10th anniversary production of the Linda L. Ruffolo Young Heroes of Conscience Series.

Join Rachel Z, Ethan Iverson, Carl Atkins, Jerry Bergonzi, and the NEC Jazz Orchestra as they honor jazz legend Wayne Shorter with a live and livestreamed performance on April 18.

STARZ announced additional casting for several roles in “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.”  Learn more about the cast here!