Drama Department News

Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced NPR humorist David Sedaris returns by popular demand on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023 at 8 p.m. at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis).

Best-selling author David Sedaris is set to appear October 30, 2023 at Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls.

Durham's Hillside High School Drama Department will conclude its 2022-2023 season of productions with the children's show Too Slow The Turtle written by Leroy Meadows based on the beloved children's classic and one of Aesop's Fables 'The Tortoise and the Hare' March 17-19 2023.

Take a look at this week's top Stage Mag's including productions from the Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Austin Community College Drama Department, and more!

The Distell Group and Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards panel have announced the anticipated list of nominees in contention for the prestigious awards which reward outstanding work in the theatre industry annually. 

Playwrights Horizons has appointed Hector Rivera as the pioneering Off Broadway theater’s Director of Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately.

Zoë Van Tieghem and Matt Baker will play The Green Room 42 this weekend.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Alyson Cohn about her career, the Player’s 90th Anniversary, and her experience directing 'The Play That Goes Wrong.'

Kiki is one smart cookie.  

Bruce Clough returns to Don't Tell Mama with From Out of the Blues, a timely, therapeutic celebration of blues music related to the New Orleans region.

Bruce Clough returns to Don't Tell Mama with From Out of the Blues, a timely, therapeutic celebration of blues music related to the New Orleans region.

The Cardinal Schools Board of Education has canceled a spring production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee after deeming the musical  'not family-freindly.'

Sheriff Clarence Birkhead wants to use the arts as one of the ways to reach young people concerning gun violence in Durham. The sheriff is joining Durham Public Schools to host a talkback and open dialogue with DPS students after they attend the play 'State of Urgency.'

Yale Repertory Theatre will start the second half of its 2022–23 season with Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles by Luis Alfaro, directed by Laurie Woolery, March 10–April 1 at the University Theatre.

The Virginia Theatre Festival will take another exciting step in its return from the pandemic by kicking off its 2023 season with a major musical.

Live Arts Theater's 2022/23 Transformations Season is leaping into the new year with the Virginia premiere of Jez Butterworth's hauntingly lyrical THE RIVER, directed by Robert Chapel.

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of King Lear. STC favorite Patrick Page will star as the titular king. See who else is in the cast, how to purchase tickets, and more!

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Anchorage Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Anchorage Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.