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The Royal Shakespeare Company today released the first images of new musical The Magician’s Elephant by Nancy Harris (book/lyrics) and Marc Teitler (music/lyrics) based on the novel by prize-winning children’s author Kate DiCamillo.

Collectively, their fanbase helped propel the self-produced single “Wouldn’t Come Back” to over 2 million streams and their cover of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” by The Beach Boys to over 1 million streams.

The African-American Shakespeare Company was to begin streaming its colorful new production of Twelfth Night on May 17, but due to technical/production delays will be rescheduled; new dates TBA.

This summer, Free Shakespeare in the Park became Free Shakespeare at Home as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival transitioned its public theater program to a virtual format. Offering live virtual performances of King Lear became the safest way to continue thirty-eight years of tradition in the face of the current pandemic.

This summer, Free Shakespeare in the Park will become Free Shakespeare at Home as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival transitions its public theater program to a virtual format. Offering live virtual performances of King Lear is the safest way to continue thirty-eight years of tradition in the face of the current pandemic.

FailSafe Festival invites you to join five exciting artists as they share work-in-progress. In an evening of new work, audiences will enjoy refreshments and provide feedback as artists share 10 to 15 minutes of work in development.

FailSafe Festival invites you to join five exciting artists as they share work-in-progress. In an evening of new work, audiences will enjoy refreshments and provide feedback as artists share 10 to 15 minutes of work in development.

Este fin de semana se estrena La Confesion en el teatro Deca en la ciudad de Bogota. Dirigida y protagonizada por Yacko Marquez, esta historia hace que el publico se questione todas sus ideas sobre el bien y el mal.

Just in time for the new year, The Players Club of Swarthmore presents the quirky romantic comedy Italian American Reconciliation, Jan. 5-20, for 10 performances on the PCS Main Stage at 614 Fairview Ave., Swarthmore. Buy tickets online at www.pcstheater.org.

The Old Globe today announced the complete company and creative team for the Pam Farr Summer Shakespeare Studio, named for a Globe board member whose generosity supports a four-week program for rising 9th - 12th grade students and recent high school graduates to develop foundational skills for reading, interpreting, and performing Shakespeare's plays, and to cultivate their own artistic voice through storytelling and creating original material.

Cast members Wesley King and Cassie Donegan move into our spotlight today, taking on our Friday 5 questions, offering you some insight into how they got to where they are today, what informs their creative process and, perhaps more importantly, telling why they think you should come see their show!

Mix together fable, biblical stories, music and a cast filled with talented local performers, and the result is Circle Players' production of Children of Eden, running March 18-April 3, at Nashville's Z. Alexander Looby Theater. This epic musical by the award-winning creators of Wicked (Stephen Schwartz) and Les Miserables (John Caird) continues Circle's 66th season, as the oldest community theater organization in Middle Tennessee.

Once again, it's that time of year: a period of reflection and introspection that gives us all the perfect opportunity to express our gratitude for the things in our lives that have meant the most to us in 2015. We reached out to members of our theater community, to inquire about that which they are thankful for and we got some very heartfelt, considered romances that, leavened by the humor injected from some of our favorite people, gives us added insight into the psyche of the artistic and creative-minded people who make theatrical magic every day…

Street Theatre Company has brought a little bit of Memphis to Music City with their production of Memphis: The Musical. The show opened Friday night at Street Theatre Company's new location, Bailey Middle School. This is the first regional production in Tennessee since the touring Broadway production ended.

In its first regional Tennessee performance since its National tour, the Broadway smash hit MEMPHIS comes to Nashville. Street Theatre Company stages MEMPHIS as its premiere 2015 performance with its own edgy style.

In its first regional Tennessee performance since its National tour, the Broadway smash hit MEMPHIS comes to Nashville. Street Theatre Company stages MEMPHIS as its premiere 2015 performance with its own edgy style.

In its first regional Tennessee performance since its National tour, the Broadway smash hit MEMPHIS comes to Nashville. Street Theatre Company stages MEMPHIS as its premiere 2015 performance with its own edgy style. Music City is in for a treat: MEMPHIS showcases Tennessee's music at its finest! Talented Nashville artists sing and dance to blues, gospel, southern soul, and r&b in this electrifying score, music directed by Randy Craft and choreographed by Bakari King.

Street Theatre Company has yet another edgy rock musical on their hands. Opening today, Passing Strange explores life and the journey one young man takes to self-discovery. With direction by Jon Royal and musical direction by Rollie Mains, Passing Strange is a simple story, but one that will resonate with most every person in the audience.