Roger Bean

SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM is a huge dose of 1950s nostalgia that anyone of any age will enjoy.

Ring in Spring with a musical road trip from Chicago to California through 34 songs from the 50s and 60s. From “King of the Road” to “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” and, of course, “Route 66', it’s a great time to get your kicks.

Clague Playhouse will present The Marvelous Wonderettes, Written & Created by Roger Bean, from Friday, March 22 through Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Actors Theatre of Indiana has announced the cast for the upcoming production of Route 66 which will be performed February 2 -18 at the Studio Theater at The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, IN. ATI co-founder Cynthia Collins will direct and choreograph the musical.

The Winter Park Playhouse, Central Florida's professional musical theatre, has revealed their 2024-2025 Mainstage Series of musical productions! 

Take a journey with Actors Theatre of Indiana on Route 66 - a high-octane musical filled with music and fun! Get your kicks with this coast-to-coast hit.

Weathervane Theatre will present its inaugural holiday season this Sunday, December 10 through Sunday, December 17.

Weathervane Theatre has announced the cast for its inaugural holiday season this December. Featuring four veterans of the Weathervane stage, the holiday season company will perform two productions—Who's Holiday! and Winter Wonderettes—in alternating rep over the course of one week in three locations.

Get ready for a festive and interactive experience at Gulfshore Playhouse's Winter Wonderettes. Running at the Norris Center in Naples, FL, this jukebox musical review promises to fill your hearts with holiday joy. Don't miss this delightful quartet as they perform timeless Christmas classics in four-part harmony.

Weathervane Theatre has announced that it will be presenting holiday programming this December. Learn more about the upcoming shows here!

The Winter Park Playhouse, a staple in the Orlando arts community has opened its 21st season of professional musical theatre with HONKY TONK LAUNDRY, a jukebox musical featuring music from some of the most popular women of country music including Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. This handclapping, foot-stomping musical provides a high-energy and fun evening for theatergoers in Winter Park and opens their season with a bang.

Following the smashing success of the bewitching BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE Theatre Palisades returns with a musical comedy sure to delight and entertain audiences of all ages!

The Winter Park Playhouse will kick off its 21st season as Central Florida's professional musical theatre with the popular Country-Western jukebox musical -  Honky Tonk Laundry - running August 4 - 27, 2023 on the theatre's Mainstage. 

From the creator of The Marvelous Wonderettes, Weathervane Theatre will present the country jukebox musical comedy Honky Tonk Laundry by Roger Bean. The production will play in alternating repertory, starting Monday, July 3, through August 3, 2023. It is sponsored by Scott Hunt in memory and celebration of Kathy Meddings.

What did our critic think of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at Porthouse? It’s summer, a time of year in Northeastern Ohio for escapist activities.  This is the only logical reason that Porthouse would pick a show like Roger Bean’s jukebox musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.

Summer isn't summer until there's a classic farce onstage at Saint Vincent.

NextStop Theatre has announced their special summer production of Super Senior Prom: Featuring the Marvelous Wonderettes ‘58, a fully immersive, theater-party hybrid event, opening Friday, July 14th and running through August 6th in Herndon, Virginia.

To kick off the summer season Lakewood Theatre Company will be presenting the Portland area premiere of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, a jukebox musical comedy by Roger Bean, that takes a cotton-candy-colored musical trip down memory lane. Directed by Thomas C. Graff, the production will continue through August 20, 2023, on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Theatre Company. 

The summer institution's season opener effortlessly blends the two genres the venue is most famous for.

On Saturday, May 13, 2023, I had the pleasure of seeing yet another first-rate installment of playwright Roger Bean’s Marvelous Wonderettes jukebox musical series, THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES DREAM ON, as put on by the Castle Craig Players, at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse, in Meriden, CT.