Danny Horn, left, who played Kinks frontman and songwriter Ray Davies in the London production of the jukebox tuner “Sunny Afternoon,” reprises the role in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's North ...

The music hits like a flood of pure serotonin in “Sunny Afternoon,” the juke box-ish musical centered on 1960s groundbreaking rock-and-roll hitmakers The Kinks.

When “Sunny Afternoon” goes there, and, believe me, it often does, the show feels fresh, vibrant, joyful, unpredictable and delightfully chaotic — in other words, far truer to the Kinks ...

Still, Davies didn’t stray too far from the more tender writing of those earlier years. “Misfits,” found on the album of the same name released in 1978, was just such a song.

Danny Horn as Ray Davies of the Kinks during a rehearsal of “Sunny Afternoon,” a new musical which opens soon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier on March 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans ...

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 ...

The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave.

The Kinks star Ray Davies says the Internet has "pulled together" his broken relationship with brother Dave Davies. The brothers formed the band together back in the 1960s but their musical career was ...

The Kinks’ Sir Ray Davies after he was knighted by the Prince of Wales in recognition for his service to the arts, at Buckingham Palace in 2017 (PA/Getty)Then he had a breakdown.

Kinks frontman Ray Davies reveals in an 'NME' interview that he has "about 20" songs he's been working on for a possible reunion project.

Ray Davies has discussed the potential of a full Kinks reunion, and revealed that they have enough material to create “about 20” new songs.

The Kinks release a new Ray Davies mix of their 1974 studio track 'Money Talks.' The new 2023 mix of this classic track is taken from The Kinks' 1974 studio concept album Preservation Act 2, and ...