Adolf Hitler has just died and the Nazi regime is crumbling. Amidst the chaos, the father of the V-2 rocket, Wernher Von Braun, leads a team of colleagues on a daring escape out of Germany and into Cold War history.
Barefoot Shakespeare Company's LADY CAPULET to Play 2023 Little Shakespeare Festival Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - July 22, 2023
Barefoot Shakespeare Company will present Lady Capulet written by Melissa Bell and directed by Emily Gallagher. The production will be presented as part of the 2023 Little Shakespeare Festival at UNDER St. Marks (94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009) with performances on August 3 at 9pm and August 5 a...
George Abud, Jeannette Bayardelle & More to Star in THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2023
Discover the exciting cast of the upcoming unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson musical, featuring George Abud, Jeannette Bayardelle, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the star-studded production and learn about the talented actors bringing Thompson's iconic story to the stage....
Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of American Library Association, to Join COLLABORACTION RADIO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 05, 2023
On Saturday, June 10 at 4 p.m. CT, Chicago’s Collaboraction Theatre Company will go “on the air” with the premiere episode of Collaboraction Radio on WCPT 820 AM, Chicago’s Progressive Talk. ...
Sage Theatre Presents IGNITE! FESTIVAL OF EMERGING ARTISTS
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023
Sage Theatre will support emerging artists again in 2023, as it presents its annual IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists. From June 7 - June 10, 2023 at Pumphouse Theatres, the IGNITE! Festival will provide development, networking and presentation opportunities for Calgary artists. ...
Green Light Arts Presents The World Premiere of IZAD ETEMADI: LET ME EXPLAIN
by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2023
Pre-COVID you may have been lucky enough to attend one of Green Light Arts' theatrical productions starring Leila, the alter-ego character created by Izad Etemadi (Buddy the Elf in Elf: The Musical, Grand Theatre; Orphan Black: Echoes (AMC), who became an unexpected KW cult following phenomenon. Wel...
New Native Theatre Presents THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE By Keith Barker
by A.A. Cristi - April 24, 2023
New Native Theatre presents its second in-person, mainstage production since the pandemic, April 19 through May 7, 2023 at Dreamland Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...
Canadian Stage Announces Thrilling 2023-24 Season Featuring THE INHERITANCE And More
by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2023
Nearing the end of the company’s first full season since 2019 - a season that saw audiences eagerly returning to the joy and thrill of live theatre, bringing back pre-pandemic subscription levels, full houses, and sold-out shows – Canadian Stage has announced an ambitious 23.24 season defined ...
Cast & Creatives Announced for ROE Austin Premiere at ZACH Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 07, 2023
ZACH Theatre has announced cast and creatives for the Austin premiere of Roe written by Lisa Loomer....
Interview: Lindsay Northen And Jared Bradshaw performing in BROADWAY ON THE ROCKS cabaret at the Hyatt Regency Orlando
by Joseph Harrison - February 11, 2023
A new cabaret series is coming to the Orlando featuring stars from some of Broadway’s most beloved musicals. The series, called “Broadway On the Rocks” premieres on Saturday, February 18th at the newly renovated Rocks Lounge at the Hyatt Regency Orlando and is just the first of three concerts ...
SURFACING Comes to the VAULT Festival Next Month
by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2023
At VAULT Festival 2023, neurodiverse production company ASYLUM and their creative team present an enticing exploration of reality and mental health in SURFACING. Applying new technology to visualise the journey of a young therapist with a repressed past, this production offers a beautiful and thri...
2022 Year in Review: Kat Mokrynski's Best of 2022
by Kat Mokrynski - December 22, 2022
Well, we may not know how we got here, but here we are - December 2022. Somehow, we are nearly at the end of the insane year that has been 2022. In this article, I take a look back at some of the highlights of my time in the theatrical worlds of New York and London these past twelve months....
BROADWAY BODIES: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF CONFORMITY To Be Published By Oxford University Press February 2023
by A.A. Cristi - December 12, 2022
Oxford University Press will soon publish Ryan Donovan's Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity on February 17, 2023....
La Jolla Playhouse Announces 2023/24 Season Featuring Five World Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2022
La Jolla Playhouse has announced the first five productions of its 2023/2024 season, including the world-premiere musical The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss, directed by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley....
Astrophysicist, Scientist, TV Host and Author Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Comes to The Bushnell Next Month
by Stephi Wild - November 02, 2022
Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson for an evening of engaging conversation on science, exploration, and the world as we know it. The humorous and insightful discussion with the celebrated host of the popular Star-Talk will take place at The Bushnell on Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m. ...
Review: THE INHERITANCE PARTS 1 & 2 at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - October 21, 2022
THE INHERITANCE is designed to make an audience feel quite a few different kinds of emotions: sadness certainly over lives lost and squandered; seething bitterness over a country adrift; humor over the many creative ways in which smart people cope and endure; and perhaps even a strong inclination to...
Review: ROSE, Park Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 16, 2022
One woman's reflections on her life as a Jew in the 20th century throw light on the history of a people - and give us much food for thought in the 21st....
22nd Annual Black Excellence Awards Nominations Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 06, 2022
The Board of Directors of the African American Arts Alliance, and the Black Excellence Awards Committee have announced the nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Excellence Awards. The Awards were established in 2002 to honor the outstanding works of art by African Americans in Theater, Dance, Music,...
Portland Opera To Go Presents the World Premiere of BEATRICE
by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2022
Tickets are on sale for the world premiere of Beatrice, by composer Dave Ragland and librettist Mary McCallum, commissioned for the fall 2022 Portland Opera to Go (POGO) tour. Beatrice is a 50-minute youth opera inspired by the life and story of Beatrice Morrow Cannady, a prominent leader in Oregon'...
Roger Q. Mason to Host New Series QUEERLY YOURS, PROFILES IN COURAGE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2022
Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will host a new four part series, Queerly Yours, Profiles in Courage with Roger Q. Mason on This Way Out: The International LGBTQ Radio magazine centered on the global queer experience....
Final Main Season Shows Start Previews at the Shaw Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 14, 2022
Bernard Shaw's brilliant dark comedy The Doctor's Dilemma, the first of the final trio of main season shows, begins previews July 16 at the Festival Theatre. On July 27, Cicely Hamilton's funny and prophetic Just to Get Married begins previews at the Royal George Theatre, while August Wilson's haunt...
Sophie Melville & Rachel O'Riordan Will Reunite to Bring IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 14, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the return of Gary Owen’s critically acclaimed Iphigenia in Splott, originally commissioned and produced by Sherman Theatre and later performed at the National Theatre, directed by the Lyric’s Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan, with Sophie Melville repr...
Barefoot Shakespeare Company Presents LEAR
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2022
Barefoot Shakespeare Company presents William Shakespeare's Lear, directed by Joe Raik. All performances will be held at Summit Rock in Central Park and admission is free....
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, CHITRA & EVERYBODY to Begin Previews at Shaw Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2022
Three more shows from the Shaw Festival’s 2022 playbill are poised to begin previews. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece of wit, comedy and satirical social commentary, begins previews May 18. ...
OUTDOORS @ THE SHAW to Return This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022
The Shaw Festival will once again go al fresco with a series of specially produced performances, concert series and curated experiences throughout the summer and fall. Popular Outdoors @ The Shaw events return with new enchanting and imaginative encounters at various locations in and around the ...
RED PILL Comes to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022
In 2014 #gamergate started trending on Twitter. The movement it spawned would lead to the resurgence of white nationalism, the election of Donald Trump and the murder of an anti-fascist activist in Charlottesville as well as multiple other murders and terrorist attacks across Europe and the United S...
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