Albuquerque Theatre Newsroom

Catch the comedic murder mystery DEATH BY DESIGN at THE ADOBE THEATER from August 30 to September 22. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm, with an additional show on September 19.

Santa Fe Playhouse will present BEAR GREASE LIVE, an all-Indigenous parody of the classic musical GREASE by hip-hop duo LightningCloud.

Teatro Paraguas will present Wayne Lee next month. The event is on Sunday August 11, 2024 from 5pm - 7:30pm.

Get a first look at the Santa Fe Opera's co-production with the Garsington Opera and Irish National Opera of Der Rosenkavalier.

 New Mexico Actors Lab will open its Tenth Anniversary 2024 Fall Season with the world premiere of Carolyn Gage's Georgia and the Butch, directed by Robert Benedetti as a staged reading performed by Suzanne Lederer, Kat Sawyer, and Mary Beth Lindsey.

New Mexico Actors Lab has announced its Fall Season of four powerful and provocative plays by award-winning playwrights. Learn more about the season here!

HOME, I'M DARLING will run at North Fourth Theatre from August 30 - September 15, 2024.

Enjoy first look photos of the Santa Fe Opera's 19th world premiere, The Righteous composed by Gregory Spears and libretto by Tracy K. Smith.

Enjoy first look photos of the Santa Fe Opera's new production of Don Giovanni directed by Stephen Barlow and inspired by the Picture of Dorian Gray.

Get a first look at the Santa Fe Opera's new production of La traviata directed by Louisa Muller and starring Mané Galoyan, Bekhzod Davronov and Alfredo Daza.

Santa Fe Playhouse will present a revamped edition of THE MELODRAMA featuring four short plays by New Mexican playwrights. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George opened at Santa Fe Playhouse on Saturday and all I can say is wow. The 1984 musical features music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by James Lapin.  Inspired by the French pointillist  painter Georges Seurat’s painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, the plot revolves around George (deftly played by Playhouse regular David Stallings), who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece, and his great-grandson (also named George, also played by Stallings), a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist.

Teatro Paraguas will present a poetry reading with Jim Barnes on Sunday, July 21 at 5:00 p.m.

Sandscape Publications and Teatro Paraguas will present “Consent Agenda,” a multimedia performance that features comedy sketches, historic and contemporary music, videos, guest speakers and audience participation

Teatro Paraguas will celebrate its 20 years of producing theatre in Santa Fe with a fundraiser and festive occasion!

Here we go – another summer of fun, frothy musicals all over northern New Mexico. This week alone you can choose from Kinky Boots, Head Over Heels or this one, Legally Blonde. Tri-M’s latest offering is playing now through June 23 at the Santa Fe High Theater. I know what you’re thinking – do we need ANOTHER musical based on a well-loved movie about a young woman overcoming adversity to win the day? Maybe we do.

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe is presenting And now for something completely different a mash-up of scenes from Shakespeare and Monty Python at The Crows’ Nest (7 Caliente Road, Building 1 - enter through the Fusion Taco lobby), July 12, 13, 14, at 6:30 p.m.. See photos from the production.

Head Over Heels is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics from the catalog of 1980s girl band The Go-Go’s. With a book by Jeff Whitty, adapted by James Magruder, the plot is derived from the 16th century play The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney. Head Over Heels opened on Broadway in 2018 and ran for six months. It is currently running through June 16 at Albuquerque Little Theatre in Albuquerque, NM.

Popejoy Hall announces the 2024-2025 Popejoy Presents season, offering an exciting lineup of theatrical performances. Learn more about the lineup here!

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe presents a unique adaptation of KING HENRY V by Hugo Pinkerton, showcasing young talent in a fresh take on Shakespeare's classic. Performances start June 10, 2024.

Santa Fe Playhouse has shared first look photos of rehearsals for the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, with book by James Lapine, music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and directed by Anna Hogan, one of SFP’s new Artistic Directors.

Guy R. Newsham from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada, has won THE SEVEN 2024 short works festival with his play 'A Flicker,' which will be performed June 6-9 at FUSION. Learn more!

Teatro Paraguas will present Motherhood: What a Bitch! with Carolyn Meyer. Performances are on Sunday July 14, 2024 and Sunday July 21, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

THE ADOBE THEATER will present THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, running from July 19 to August 11. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm, with an additional show on August 8.

Popejoy Hall will present TheaterWorksUSA’s Dog Man: The Musical based on the popular book series by Dav Pilkey. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.