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2024 Queerly Festival to Take Place This Summer At UNDER St. Marks
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 19, 2024


Join the 2024 Queerly Festival at UNDER St. Marks this summer. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Adam Guettel, Austin Pendleton and More Will Be Honored with Dramatists Guild Awards
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 19, 2024


The Dramatists Guild previously announced that playwright Christopher Durang will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s ceremony. He will be joined by two additional recipients, George C. Wolfe and Emily Mann.

Cape Rep Theatre Opens 2024 Season With OUR TOWN
by Stephi Wild - Apr 17, 2024


Cape Rep Theatre will open its 2024 with a fresh take on the American classic Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Maura Hanlon.

OUR TOWN To Be Presented At Grossmont College Stagehouse Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2024


Experience the timeless classic OUR TOWN at the Grossmont College Stagehouse Theatre.

Mark Ruffalo and Jessica Hecht to Star in IRONWEED at BAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 15, 2024


On May 17th BAM will present IRONWEED: An Evening of Art & Humanity, based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Dan Lauria and Patty McCormack Will Lead the Off Broadway Premiere of JUST ANOTHER DAY at Theater555
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2024


Coming next month is the off-Broadway premiere of Just Another Day, a play by Dan Lauria about wonderful old friends who may not even know each other, but who relive and celebrate a life together…maybe. A limited engagement (through June 30), previews begin on Friday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. with an official opening on Sunday, May 12 at 2:00 p.m. at off-Broadway's Theater555.

Cast and Creative Team Set for TWELFTH NIGHT at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2024


Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has revealed the full cast for Twelfth Night or What You Will. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Matthew Broderick & More to be Featured in Shakespeare Theatre Company 24/25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2024


Shakespeare Theatre Company has revealed the lineup of its upcoming 24/25 Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

LEOPOLDSTADT, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and More Set For the Huntington's 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2024


Five of the seven titles have been announced for The Huntington’s upcoming 2024/25 season. The season will feature new plays by masterful writers, the first two plays of an ambitious, epic cycle, and a soaring, contemporary classic musical. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Review: GASLIGHT at Comedy Theatre
by Josh Stent - Mar 11, 2024


The psychological drama Gaslight, thrills Melbourne audiences at the Comedy Theatre. This must-see theatrical experience is only in Melbourne for three weeks, so make sure to get your tickets quick!

TheatreSquared Unveils 24/25 Season Featuring a World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 4, 2024


TheatreSquared has revealed its 2024-2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Odyssey Theatre Hosts STALIN'S MASTER CLASS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2024


Odyssey Theatre Ensemble founding artistic director Ron Sossi will direct Stalin’s Master Class, a wildly comic, music-filled ride by British playwright David Pownall.

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces 4000 MILES, Rodgers & Hammerstein and More for Summer 2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 29, 2024


Get the latest updates on the BTG's Summer 2024 season. Discover what's new, what's returning, and what you can't miss from the upcoming lineup.

Review Roundup: DEAR OCTOPUS at The National Theatre
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 15, 2024


The National Theatre just celebrated opening night of Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith. Check out what the critics are saying!

Complete Cast Set for SWIMMING IN JERUSALEM: A MODERN MUSICAL PARABLE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2024


Swimming in Jerusalem: A Modern Musical Parable will be presented in a concert format for five free public performances at off-Broadway's Theater555. Learn how to purchase tickets.

SWIMMING IN JERUSALEM: A Modern Musical Parable to Have Free Public Performances at Theater555
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2024


Swimming in Jerusalem: A Modern Musical Parable, exploring relationships among citizens of Israel as presented through the complex experiences of teenage swimmers in a YMCA swim club in Jerusalem, will be presented in a concert format for five free public performances at off-Broadway's Theater555.

James Conlon Presents The Music Of William Grant Still And Alexander Zemlinsky, February-March 2024
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 26, 2024


This February and March, James Conlon directs and curates a series of performances and events across Los Angeles highlighting the music of William Grant Still and Alexander Zemlinsky around the momentous return of Conlon’s Recovered Voices initiative at LA Opera featuring the Los Angeles premiere of Still’s Highway 1, USA and the revival of Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf (Der Zwerg) from February 24 to March 17. 

Rochester's DEEP Arts Approved For $15K 2024 NEA Grant For MOSES MAN FINDING HOME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2024


ROCHESTER’S DEEP ARTS receives $15K grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, following a $10K grant in 2023.

Cast and Creative Team Set for ESCAPED ALONE World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2024


Yale Repertory Theatre will continue its 2023–24 Season with Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Liz Diamond.

Review: THE DRUMS OF WAR at Abbey Theater of Dublin
by Paul Batterson - Jan 21, 2024


Director Joe Bishara uses overhead projections of the actual leaders in the play, allowing the audience to compare the actors on the stage and the Roosevelt and Churchills on newsreels.

Review: GASLIGHT at Union Station
by Alan Portner - Jan 20, 2024


They say you never forget your first.  That was certainly the situation for a former Scotland Yard Police Inspector named Rough (played by John Rensenhouse).  Oddly, Inspector Rough had no known first name. Rough’s first bloody murder case in 1865 remained unsolved fifteen years after the event.

Cast Set for Open Space Arts' SUNSETS: TWO ACTS ON A BEACH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 12, 2024


Classic gay drama 'Sunsets: Two Acts on a Beach' will be opening on February 2 at Open Space Arts.

January's Whidbey Island Film Festival Brings Screwball Comedies To Langley With Whidbey Island Film Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 5, 2024


Whidbey Island Film Festival brings screwball comedies to Langley in January. Don't miss this hilarious lineup of classic films.

Single Tickets to Queensland Theatre's 2024 Season Go On Sale Today
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2023


Single tickets to Queensland Theatre’s 2024 Season will go on sale from 4 December, meaning theatre lovers can secure their spot to any of the seven plays taking centre stage next year, including the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical.

What's New on Max This December 2023
by Michael Major - Nov 27, 2023


Stream Original Comedy Specials “Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!” For HBO And “Gary Gulman: Born on 3rd Base” For Max, Max Original Documentary “Oprah and The Color Purple Journey,” HBO Original Documentary Series “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning,” and more. Check out what's coming to Max and leaving Max in December 2023.

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What productions of What a Life have there been?
What a Life has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1938.

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