The Group Theatre News

Wilbury Theatre Group presents Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, from the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy (Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage, Three Pianos and Ghost Quartet). 

This weekend, cut loose…Footloose! Kick off your Sunday shoes—the music will make you want to get up and dance! With a stage full of youth actors ages 12 through 19 from Berkshire County and pop-rock hits from the 1980’s including “Almost Paradise,” “Let’s Hear It For the Boy,” “Holding Out For a Hero” and the ever popular title song “Footloose,” this show is pure fun!

Come From Away is set to play at the Center Theatre Group. Previews begin May 31. The production opens June 1 and plays through June 12, 2022. Tuesday through Friday performances are at 8 p.m., Saturday performances are at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday's are at 1 and 6:30 p.m. There are no Monday performances. Tickets range from $40 – $150. (Ticket prices are subject to change.) 

Broken Box Mime Tackles Contemporary Issues, I get emotional at Suffs and Dominique Morisseau encourages laughter at Confederates.

Responding to the challenges of structural racism in performing arts institutions across the U.S. and Canada, Live Arts Centers of North America (LACNA), a coalition of more than 50 of the largest performing arts centers in both countries, and the LACNA Foundation today announced the launch of the BIPOC Executive Leadership in the Arts Program.

Tony nominee and two-time Pulitzer finalist Jon Robin Baitz's “I'll Be Seein' Ya” will have its world premiere March 31 on CTG's Digital Stage.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will finish the 75th Anniversary season with Sarah DeLappe’s new play, THE WOLVES, April 6-23, 2022 in the Jurkowitz Theatre.

The Play Group Theatre presents The Dinosaur Musical. A delicious treat for the whole family!

Berkshire Theatre Group and Kate Maguire have announced spring 2022 Concerts at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. These national performing musical acts, along with the regional and local bands, add to BTG’s exciting lineup of events already announced this year.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will finish the 75th Anniversary season with Sarah DeLappe's new play, THE WOLVES, April 6-23, 2022 in the Jurkowitz Theatre.

The Los Angeles engagement of 'The Lehman Trilogy' opened Sunday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre. 'The Lehman Trilogy,' comes to Los Angeles direct from a run on Broadway and follows runs at London's National Theatre, the Park Avenue Armory, and in London's West End. This epic portrayal will play through April 6, 2022.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has announced that award-winning architect and scenic designer David Rockwell and the LAB at Rockwell Group, Rockwell Group’s experience design and technology studio, will design the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will continue the 75th anniversary season with Agatha Christie’s mystery, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, adapted by Ken Ludwig, directed by Katie Laris, March 2-19, 2022 in the Garvin Theatre.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will continue the 75th anniversary season with Agatha Christie's mystery, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, adapted by Ken Ludwig, directed by Katie Laris, March 2-19, 2022 in the Garvin Theatre.

The Theatre Group at SBCC announces auditions for THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Sara Rademacher, February 1 from 4-6pm & February 2 from 6-8pm, in the Jurkowitz Theatre. 

The Theatre Group at SBCC will hold auditions for its upcoming 2022 summer musical, SOMETHING ROTTEN! Music & Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick, Book by Karey Kirkpatrick & John O'Farrell, Conceived by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick. 

Wilbury Theatre Group is among The Champlin Foundation's latest round of grantees and has received a grant of $185,745 to fund the build-out of a new performance space at WaterFire Arts Center, including the soundproofing of the flexible black box theater, backstage renovations, and necessary electrical and HVAC modifications. The Champlin Foundation supports the capital needs of Rhode Island non-profits -- funding that is often the hardest to raise.

There is much to enjoy in this stage adaptation of the 1954 American Musical film. This production features David Adkins as General Henry Waverly; Allison Briner Dardenne as Martha Watson; Alanna Saunders as Judy Haynes; Claire Saunders as Betty Haynes; Michael Starr as Phil Davis and Michael Wartella as Bob Wallace.

Wilbury Theatre Group presents a new virtual iteration of Shey Rivera Ríos' Fire Flowers and a Time Machine (Flores de Fuego y una Máquina del Tiempo) streaming December 16 through January 1. 

Gamut Theatre is known for its creative adaptations of classic tales. November 6-28, audiences can enjoy Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, written by Harrisburg’s own Sean Adams and directed by Melissa Nicholson.