The Renaissance Theatre is presenting Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s legendary rock opera, "Jesus Christ Superstar," for a limited engagement the next two weekends. The musical, which has drawn in ...
R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development. According to the description, the show plans to capture “how Labelle ...
Labelle, a new rock opera inspired by the trio of the same name, is currently in development. Written by Labelle’s own Nona Hendryx, in collaboration with two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright ...
It’s a rock opera underworld, and Sir Babygirl stars as Persephone in a new, original play premiering this weekend. The story begins with Persephone as she wakes up on her last day in Hades, which, in ...
You’ve heard rock operas like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” and Green Day’s “American Idiot,” but what about a rock album that gets reimagined as an opera? Billy Corgan is ...
The cast of “Caleb and the Unicorn,” a rock opera that’s a collaboration between Gotta Be Me, a nonprofit for people with disabilities, and Opera Omaha’s Holland Community Opera Fellowship, a program ...
Todd Almond and Courtney Love, “Kansas City Choir Boy” (2014) (all photos by Cory Weaver, courtesy Prototype) Courtney Love’s rock opera duet with Todd Almond packed a small black box at the Here Art ...
Geremy Jasper has wanted to make a rock opera for the better part of 20 years. But it wasn’t until he watched Sadie Sink levitating with her eyes rolled back, running from a murderous, soul-eating ...
In 2008, Boston musician Chadwick Stokes jumped trains across the Great Plains to Denver. It was an unusual way to get to a gig — his then-band State Radio was playing with Rage Against the Machine at ...
In a season with some of the best opera offerings in recent years, the Aspen Music Festival topped things off Tuesday with the “arena” version of Puccini’s evergreen “La bohème.” The 2,000-seat Klein ...
If you're thinking about diving into The Scholars, the new album from Car Seat Headrest, don't mess around. Go past the three-minute songs, and the four-minute one and the eight-minute one, and the 10 ...