John Chapman News

The Springfield Chamber Players (formerly MOSSO), has announced the final two concerts of its 2023-24 chamber music series in Longmeadow. Learn more about the upcoming shows here!

The Springfield Chamber Players (formerly MOSSO), presents a holiday musicale with the woodwind quintet Harmonia V, on Sunday, December 3, at 3PM at First Church of Christ, 763 Longmeadow Street (Route 5), Longmeadow, MA. This is the first of three concerts planned for Longmeadow in 2023-24. 

Playhouse Square celebrated and honored the hard work, dedication and excellence in Northeast Ohio’s high school theater programs at the annual Dazzle Awards presented by Pat and John Chapman on Saturday, May 20.

The next generation of Broadway stars are taking center stage at Playhouse Square’s Dazzle Awards presented by Pat and John Chapman. 

Playhouse Square will welcome unique shows to its stages this May, spanning comedy, dance, music and theatrical performances and more.  Learn more about the lineup here!

Have you ever wondered what was the most dramatic night in Broadway history? Well, boy, do I have a story for you! The year: 1980. The show: 42nd Street. I sat down with the show’s lead, the iconic and peerless Lee Roy Reams to get the true story straight from someone who was actually there that momentous evening.

The Off Broadway Palm Theatre opens its 2022-2023 Season with the laugh-out-loud NOT NOW, DARLING playing September 22 through November 5, 2022. This 1967 farce was written by English playwrights John Chapman and Ray Cooney.

WICKED will welcome back Mark Curry as 'The Wizard' from Tuesday 18 October 2022. Gary Wilmot will play his final performance as 'The Wizard' at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Sunday 16 October 2022.

See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, and its Executive Director Julia Mayer, kicked off their 10th Chicago Dance Month, this year in conjunction with the city’s Year of Chicago Dance campaign, Saturday, May 28 at Navy Pier’s Lake Stage. The launch included a sample of Chicago’s dance community and 2022 Chicago Dance Month offerings. 

With the aim of recognizing the importance of musical theater and arts education in Northeast Ohio high schools, Playhouse Square held the annual Dazzle Awards on May 21. Check out the full list of this year's winners.

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Playhouse Square will once again host the Dazzle Awards. Students from 29 area high schools will share their talents on the Connor Palace stage on Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Sky Masterson, Nathan Detroit, Sarah Brown, and of course Miss Adelaide...these are names that are often familiar to Broadway aficionados of all ages.  Guys and Dolls, the third joint production to be presented by MNM Theatre Company, the City of Lauderhill, and North End Theater Company will bring these iconic characters (along with Nicely Nicely Johnson, Harry the Horse, Angie the Ox, and others) to life on the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC) stage from April 1st through April 16th. 

MNM Theatre Company, North End Theatre Company, and the City of Lauderhill present what is often called 'the perfect musical comedy! Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, Guys and Dolls is a classic beloved by theatre goers of all ages.

A new online club for people missing their fix of theatre and the buzz of meeting up afterwards to chat about the performance. Scenesaver’s online Theatre Club is like a book club but for performance. Their meetings are free, friendly, fun and open to all theatre fans. 

Playhouse Square recently hosted Holiday Dazzle, an online special that is now available to stream on YouTube.

Today (May 13) in live streaming: Ben Cameron counts down song about Spring, Laura Michelle Kelly sings Rodgers and Hammerstein and so much more!

Today (May 12) in live streaming: It's the Day of the Show Y'all with Spencer Glass, Ken Davenport chats with James Snyder and so much more!

Today (May 11) in live streaming: Join the BroadwayWorld Book club, JRB and Georgia Stitt visit Stars in the House and so much more!

The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, and a special performance of scenes from Ian Doescher's The Taming of the Clueless, presented by Quirk Books as part of their Pop Shakespeare Events.