Hans Christian Andersen News

HONK comes to StoryBook Theatre next month. Performances run October 13 - November 4. Learn more about the production and how to purchase tickets here!

29th Street Playwrights Collective New Works Series presents a staged reading of TRIP-TRAP written by Robin Rice and directed by Kenny Wade Marshall. Learn more about the upcoming reading and how to get tickets here!

In celebration of The 92nd Street Y, New York's 150th anniversary, our Theater for Young Audiences announces their most ambitious season ever with world premieres and returning favorites from our repertory of kid-sized musicals with giant-sized heart.

der Oktober steht im SchauSpielHaus ganz im Zeichen fortgesetzter Serien: Folge III und IV der Antikenserie ANTHROPOLIS in der Regie von Karin Beier – Ödipus und Iokaste – verfolgen weiterhin die tragischen Verflechtungen um die Stadt Theben und deren Herrscher*innen.

Discover how the Oceanside Theatre Company and Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside are providing a free after-school theatre program for youth ages 9-19. Learn more about the program and how to register your child today!

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, August 28, 2023.

The Oceanside Theatre Company (OTC) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside (BGCO) are offering a free theatre program for youth ages 9-19 from August 29 through November 19 at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oceanside and the Brooks Theater.

The Franklin Performing Arts Company has announced its 2023-24 season of musicals and plays in their home venue THE BLACK BOX.

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler Kemper has announced the commission of two operas created to be presented in community spaces where audiences of all ages gather. The Haberdasher Prince by the twin-sister creative team of composer Rosabella Gregory and librettist Dina Gregory will premiere in April 2024. Maya and the Magic Ring by composer Lori Laitman and librettist Dana Gioia will premiere in spring 2025.

Cap off the summer with the alluring songs of ocean nymphs and explorers when Opera Orlando finishes its annual Opera in Concert: Summer Concert Series with Cuban-American soprano Shannon Jennings. Central Florida native and a graduate of Lyman High School,  Ms. Jennings returns to Orlando on August 27 to present A SIREN’S SONG at the University Club of Winter Park.

The CLO production proves once and for all that this is the best musical you've never heard of.

Special Offer: RMT Presents The Little Mermaid!

BroadwayWorld talks to celebrated Bay Area playwright/composer Min Kahng about his rollicking new show 'Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical,' which is part of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 20th Anniversary New Works Festival at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto August 11th to 20th.

There was “The Summer of ’42,” then “The Summer of ’69,” but this is definitely the summer of Taavon Gamble.

Get ready for the world premiere of Devilfish, a captivating adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid. Join Blue Water Theater Company in Wayzata, MN for a dark and fantastical retelling set in the bioluminescent sea and a Florida freak show.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) is proud to introduce new programming for the next generation titled Classics for Kids! The series will launch on August 12th, 2023 with an elaborately staged reading of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Fort Salem has announced the cast of their upcoming production of Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr., set to captivate audiences on August 4, 2023, with performances at 4:00 PM and 5:30 PM.

The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University has revealed its 2023-24 season of musicals, dramas and theatre for young audiences by celebrated theater makers. 

On Saturday 14 October, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs present a very special 'double bill': two exquisite concerts featuring acclaimed works by two of the world's most celebrated living choral composers. These one-off performances will be quick to sell out. Book now for either one; or indulge in the exceptional pairing. 

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