Lorna Ventura News

Without You, written and performed by Anthony Rapp, directed by Steven Maler with musical direction by Daniel A. Weiss opens on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at New World Stages. See how to purchase tickets!

“Christmas In Hell,” the very unconventional holiday musical by Gary Apple, is finishing its premier run in Las Vegas. If you weren’t in Sin City to see it,  take this photo journey into the bowels of Hell to get a glimpse of what you missed.

The seasonal musical comedy 'Christmas In Hell' will be concluding its premier Las Vegas stint on the first of the year. The limited-run show, which bills itself as 'Holiday Fun For The Whole Family... Except The Kids,' ran for six weeks at Notoriety Theater on Fremont Street in downtown Vegas.

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

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The holidays have arrived, with images of decorating a tree, shopping, parties, dinners with family, and all of the joy the season brings. Then there is Bah Humbug, but Christmas in Hell takes it one step further as an irreverent musical comedy performing in the Notoriety Renkus Heinz Theater at Notoriety Las Vegas through Jan. 15, 2023.

‘Love Goddess, the Rita Hayworth Musical’  is a new musical from New York getting its UK premiere at The Cockpit in London now through 23 December 2022. Check out all new production photos here!

Previously featured at sold-out shows at Off-Broadway's York Theatre, 'Christmas in Hell' will debut at Notoriety on November 17, 2022 and continue into the new year with shows until January 15, 2023.

NYC's Royal Family Productions, a theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, continues to bring quality family theatre to Maine.

Marylebone’s The Cockpit will look across the Atlantic this Autumn, bringing a season of New York plays to the heart of London. Two major productions lead the season: one, a classic revival of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folley; the other, an exciting new musical based on the life and legacy of Rita Hayworth. 

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is now presenting the world-premiere musical American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words, which kicks off the historic theater’s “Surviving and Thriving”-themed 2022/23 Season. Check out photos here!

'Love Goddess, the Rita Hayworth Musical'  is a new musical from New York getting its UK premiere at The Cockpit in London from 18 November to 23 December 2022.

Royal Family Productions will present the inaugural production in a new Young BIPOC Directors series, Romeo and Juliet. This new adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play by Lindsay Price is directed by Lily Ventura.

Following the sold-out success of COVID SUX: The Musical at Cumston Hall, Chris Henry, and Mark Falconer have written a new sequel to their previous original musical comedy about the pandemic featuring parodies of hit Broadway songs from shows like Hamilton, Les Miserables, Tick Tick Boom, West Side Story, Chicago, and Annie.

Royal Family Productions will present a workshop production of MAMA ROSE. This piece is written and stars Richard E. Waits (A Turtle on a Fence Post, RFP: Worth St.), with direction by Royal Family Creative Director Lorna Ventura and Royal Family Artistic Director Chris Henry. 

Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, is re-opening its Times Square theater with a workshop production of WINDOW PAYNE.

These spooky classics are given new life as chilling theatrical stories. Though told with some humor, this production might be too intense and scary for very young audiences. 

Love Goddess, the Rita Hayworth Cabaret is a celebration of music, dance, and magic with the glorious Rita Hayworth, played in a tour-de-force performance by the show’s creator, New York-based Almog Pail, accompanied by composer-lyricist & Broadway pianist, Logan Medland. 

The Guthrie Theater, in association with The Foxboro Company, today announced that Destiny of Desire will complete its 2021–2022 Season. Prior to an anticipated 2022 Broadway run produced by The Foxboro Company, the Guthrie is pleased to produce Destiny of Desire for its audiences.