David Lee News

The first concert for 2023 explodes with raucous rock, topped with hilarious antics of Nerd Halen mashing the music of Van Halen while transporting the audience into a 1980s B-movie.

Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, presents a performance by The Flip Side, Vivid's house Improv team, on October 22 at 8:00 pm. Masks are optional in the theatre.

During their exclusive five-night run of shows, TESLA will touch all sides of their unique discography including the heavier edge of electric songs like “Modern Day Cowboy”, “Hang Tough” and “Edison’s Medicine”, as well as their acoustic driven songs such as “Signs” and “Love Song” (two Top 10 Billboard charting hits).

The script and music are brilliant, delving into issues that teens and families deal with every day with authentic dialogue and beautiful, emotion-filled music. This show comes to life at DreamWrights with a talented cast and crew. Audiences can catch this show at DreamWrights through September 25th.

Rogue Machine presents the Southern CA premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's “A GREAT WILDERNESS”, opening September 24, 2022.

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts will present the brand new Brennan & White musical ALiEN8! In a small Midwestern town, a tornado touches down on prom night, leaving devastation in its wake. The prom-goers emerge from the school to discover a third of their town gone.

Presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company and directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac’s ambitious nested-narrative play, ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME comes in hot and stirs the cultural pot, layering traditional Korean folk tales amidst a legacy of trauma, love, and endurance.

Ma-Yi Theater Company is presenting the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac's ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME. Directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, Isaac's epic new play mixes traditional Korean fables with the horrors of the Korean War. ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME runs through September 18, 2022, at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre. Read the reviews here!

Center for Performance Research, which supports the development and incubation of new work in dance, performance, and time-based art, has announced its 2022 Fall Season of public programs and residencies. The season features new and in-process work by CPR Artists-in-Residence, and a wide range of artists, collectives, curators, and organizers.

Vivid Stage, formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is offering three pass options that offer savings and flexibility for its new season.

The Jamie Lloyd Company's production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, in a version by Anya Reiss directed by Jamie Lloyd has entered its final three weeks of performances, running until 10 September at Harold Pinter Theatre.

Atlantic Theater Company will present First Gen MixFest, a series of free readings co-produced by playwrights Ngozi Anyanwu and Sanaz Toossi, that will run at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater from Monday, August 8th through Wednesday, August 17th, 2022. Casting information for the reading series is below.

ERNEST announces his first-ever headlining Sucker For Small Towns Tour. Kicking off in Birmingham, Ala. on October 6 and continuing through mid-November, the singer/songwriter brings Flower Shops (The Album) and more selects from his catalog to the road. Jake Worthington, Lauren Watkins, and Noah Hicks join as support across the fall run. 

Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is announcing its new season. This professional company will bring five productions to the stage in addition to improvisational comedy, cabaret, play readings, and educational programs for teens and adults.

Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka will open at The Scottish Rite Theater July 22 and run through July 31. Based off of the 1971 version of the movie with Gene Wilder, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka features a cast of young performers from the McGuigan Arts Academy ands supported by a cast of award winning actors and musicians from Omaha.

A buried secret and a community determined to keep it that way, a catastrophic event twists, breaks, and reshapes every facet of their lives, a mysterious stranger appears who seems to know them better than they know themselves. 

Ma-Yi Theater Company has announced details for the world premiere of Daniel K. Isaac’s ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME. Directed by Obie-winner Ralph B. Peña, Isaac’s epic new play runs August 23–September 18, 2022, at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre.

Broadway On Demand will stream Gingold Theatrical Group's Mrs. Warren’s Profession starring Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba as Mrs. Warren and Robert Cuccioli, beginning tomorrow Tuesday June 21st, for a limited time only - through June 27th only.

Savannah Repertory Theatre announced today that its summer musical presentation of The Spitfire Grill will be led by Dani Vazquez in the role of Percy Talbott, who arrives in the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin with one suitcase and a number of secrets.

All new rehearsal images have been released for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, in a version by Anya Reiss which opens at Harold Pinter Theatre on 7 July, with previews from 29 June, running until 10 September 2022.