Hunter Bell News

In our new series, 'Where Are They Now?' we're taking a look back at some of our favorite original Broadway casts, and catching up with their careers! Next up, the original cast of [title of show].

THE WILTON PLAYSHOP will reopen its doors with the hilarious one-act musical ironically titled [title of show]. Directed by Nancy Meyer with musical direction by Zachary Kampler, the show will run from October 29 - November 13, 2021.

New York Theatre Barn, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, has announced the launch of its new podcast The Musicals of Tomorrow. An exploration of new musicals, as well as conversations with the writers and creative teams, based on their award-winning YouTube Series.

Subscription renewals and new subscriptions go on sale Monday, July 19. Single tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 7. Learn more about the lineup and how to purchase tickets here!

Performances will begin on Friday August 6 and run until Thursday August 12 with matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Learn more about the production and how to purchase tickets here!

The Bridge Production Group has announced a return to live theatre with an outdoor summer residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yards this August that will include a production of [title of show] packed with Broadway talent, world premiere short plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) & more.

New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its award-winning New Works Series on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 at 7PM EST, featuring excerpts from the new musicals Other World and Goodbye New York. The live 1-hour presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers. 

This coming Saturday, June 5, at noon, a celebration is happening in Brush Park, Downtown Flint, as the Flint Mural Plays kicks off the Flint Rep Summer 2021 season.    

New York Theatre Barn will continue to host free live streams of its New Works Series on select Wednesday evenings at 7PM ET. Available on New York Theatre Barn’s YouTube channel and Broadway on Demand, each installment of the live 1-hour series includes excerpts from two new musicals and a conversation with the writers and creative team.

Florida Theatrical Association presents [title of show] in Concert at The Abbey in downtown Orlando for three performances, July 25 - 27 at 7 pm.

Flint Rep announces a new, reimagined season for the summer: FLINT REP OUTSIDE!

Theatre Fairfield will present [title of show], beginning tomorrow, April 14 and running through Sunday, April 18.

Spring is in the air this month as BroadwayHD, adds a lineup of new musicals, plays and documentaries. Kicking off the month on April 1st is Irving Berlin’s Easter Parade, a classic movie musical starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Ann Miller, about a Broadway star who decides to go solo. 

Dress Circle Publishing has announced the release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. The book will be available on Tuesday, March 9 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2020-2021 Broadway shutdown.

Be An #ArtsHero has announced “Dear Mr. President and Madam Vice President,” a nationwide letter writing campaign, organized in partnership with The Dramatists Guild of America, imploring the incoming administration to prioritize commitment to the Arts.

Florida Theatrical Association presents [title of show] in Concert at The Abbey in downtown Orlando for three performances, February 7-9, at 7 pm.

When he's not pursuing his dreams onstage, Gen Parton-Shin spends his spare time translating musicals like Hamilton from English to Japanese, on a mission to bridge the gap between Japanese and American musical theater audiences.

Not since the Landor production in 2013 has the UK seen a professional production of Title of Show, the self-referential musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell about two struggling writers in New York who decided to write an original musical for the New York Musical Theatre Festival. But joyfully, Lambert Jackson Productions has bought it back to the British masses and assembled a superb cast directed by Josh Seymour.

Colt Coeur is welcoming 3 additional artists (playwrights Bleu Beckford Burrell, Adrienne Dawes, and Noelle Viñas) to its Residency Program, with 4 of last year's Residents (directors Tara Elliott, J. Mehr Kaur, and Portia Krieger, and playwright Emma Goidel) opting to extend their Residency through 2021 (due to the unique impact of the Covid-19 pandemic).

Baylor Theatre has announced its lineup for fall 2020 performances.