When a dedicated follower of the Kinks, Luke Skywalker (aka Mark Hamill), went to Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre on Nov. 3 to see the band’s guitarist Dave Davies perform a solo show, he had lots to tell ...

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CHICAGO — “There was the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 ...

Friday evening (Dec. 16), Ray Davies, former frontman of the Kinks, made a special appearance at Coniston Institute in Cumbria, England, where production was underway for his new musical, 'Child's ...

“The way Ray Davies writes has always been so conceptually tight,” said Terruso. “His songs are so character-driven, you couldn’t help but see these very, very vivid people. I always pictured taking ...

Ray Davies's Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon has opened at the Hampstead Theatre. The production, directed by Edward Hall, features music and lyrics by Ray Davies and a new book by Joe Penhall. Sunny ...

LONDON (Reuters) - "Sunny Afternoon," based on the music of the 1960s rock group the Kinks, blew away American competitors to win best new musical at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, while a revival of ...

RICHARD Darbourne is under no illusions about the challenge that lies ahead as he prepares to take the hit musical to Sunny Afternoon on a national tour. The show based on the story of The Kinks opens ...

<!–[CDATA[Charting the career of Ray Davies and the Kinks at their peak, "Sunny Afternoon" is a jukebox musical in the mold of Buddy Holly bio-tuner "Buddy." Trouble is, no one dies at the end. And ...

Fans of the Kinks are to get a big screen version of the band's seminal album "Schoolboys in Disgrace." By Stuart Kemp, The Associated Press LONDON — The Kinks’ album “Schoolboys in Disgrace” is ...

A film based on the Kinks album Schoolboys in Disgrace has been announced. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bobcat Goldthwait is writing and directing the picture, based on the band's 1975 LP.