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Pasadena Playhouse Unveils Expansion of Educational Offerings
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2025

Pasadena Playhouse has revealed the largest and broadest slate of community classes for all ages after the historic purchase of the Pasadena Playhouse campus. Learn more!

Pasadena Playhouse Marks 100th Anniversary with Major Building Announcement
by Emmy Rice - Apr 6, 2025

The building was lost to bankruptcy in 1970 and held in private ownership for more than five decades. Check here for more information.

Pasadena Playhouse to Launch Summer 2025 Theater Camps
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025

Pasadena Playhouse will launch three theater camps for Summer 2025, as part of the Playhouse’s second year of Education Programs serving over 250 students this summer. Learn how to enroll!

Carol Burnett & Carrie Hamilton's HOLLYWOOD ARMS to be Presented at Arts Center Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 14, 2023

Arts Center Theatre will present Hollywood Arms written by Carol Burnett and her daughter Carrie Hamilton playing March 15 through April 2. Performances are Wednesday through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 3pm.

Larry Owens' SONDHEIMIA, Bernadette Peters & More Announced for Pasadena Playhouse's Sondheim Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 15, 2022

Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announced the latest news for the theater’s upcoming six-month-long celebration of the works and impact of Stephen Sondheim January 26 through June 11, 2023. 

Carol Burnett to Receive Sondheim Award at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2022

On May 16, 2022, Virginia’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor Carol Burnett with the company’s eleventh Stephen Sondheim Award. The Stephen Sondheim Award will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit and will benefit Signature Theatre’s artistic, education, and community programs.

Robert Falls to Step Down as Goodman Theatre Artistic Director in Summer 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2021

After more than three decades leading creative operations for one of America’s largest theaters, Tony Award-winner Robert Falls is ending his tenure as Artistic Director of Goodman Theatre. Today, Falls announced his intention to step down next summer at the completion of the current 2021/2022 Season.

Nicolas King to Celebrate New Album With NYC Concert and National Tour Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2021

Nicolas King will celebrate his recent album Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings from Club44 Records with a string of concert dates throughout the summer including New York’s The Green Room 42 on August 5 at 7:00 PM.

Nicolas King Celebrates CD Release With August 5th Show at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - Jul 19, 2021

Nicolas King has been hard at work, and the work is paying off for him and his fans.

BWW Interview: Sharon Lawrence Always Zealously Involved In Taking Her SHOT
by Gil Kaan - Apr 20, 2021

Skylight Theatre Company begins its 2021 season of Skylight LIVE April 24, 2021; with Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT starring the incomparable Sharon Lawrence. This behind-the-scenes story of The Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham is directed by Michelle Joyner and produced by SPARKS Theatricals. Sharon managed to squeeze some time for my queries between filming Rebel and her many social justice commitments.

Nicolas King's Album Release Party to Feature Carol Burnett, Fran Drescher, Max von Essen, Norm Lewis and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 15, 2021

CLUB44 RECORDS will celebrate the new Nicolas King album Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:00 PM Eastern with an all-star online release party event. Nicolas will perform several songs with Mike Renzi at the piano.

Nicolas King's ACT ONE Album Featuring Liza Minnelli, Tom Selleck, Jane Monheit, and Norm Lewis Out Today on CD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 26, 2021

CLUB44 RECORDS is launching their relationship with acclaimed vocalist Nicolas King with the release of his new collection Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings, which is available on CD today, Friday, February 26. The album was released in streaming and digital formats last month.

BWW Interview: Nicolas King of New CD ACT ONE: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF RECORDINGS
by Stephen Mosher - Jan 29, 2021

Nicolas King dug into the vaults and found some treasures, then he made some new ones and he is sharing them with the world on a new album that celebrates his brief time already spent in show business.

Nicolas King to Release New Album Featuring Liza Minnelli, Tom Selleck, Norm Lewis and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2021

CLUB44 RECORDS is launching their relationship with acclaimed vocalist Nicolas King with the release of his new collection Act One: Celebrating 25 Years of Recordings, which will be available in streaming and digital formats on Friday, January 22.

Impro Theatre Presents Line-Up Of Free Online Performances
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2020

The award-winning Impro Theatre has announced an innovative line-up of ongoing, live Main Company performances that will be free for anyone to watch online. The improvised shows include Impro Theatre's acclaimed, classic genres along with brand new shows and airings of older celebrated performances that have never been shared online.  Like all of Impro Theatre's productions, every show starts with audience suggestions, and every performance is entirely unique.  

Signature Theatre Will Recognize Carol Burnett With The 2020 Stephen Sondheim Award
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2019

On April 6, 2020, Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor Carol Burnett with the company's eleventh Stephen Sondheim Award. The Stephen Sondheim Award will be presented at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of Italy and will benefit Signature Theatre's artistic, education, and community programs.

Carol Burnett Joins MAD ABOUT YOU Revival
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Nov 4, 2019

Deadline reports that stage and screen legend Carol Burnett will reprise her role in the upcoming Spectrum Original 'Mad About You' revival. Burnett plays Theresa Semple, Jamie (Helen Hunt)'s mom.

Pasadena Playhouse Has Announced Holiday Season Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2019

Festive Holiday celebrations return this season for the entire family at the Pasadena Playhouse - with performances of Bob Baker's Nutcracker from November 30 to December 29 in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre; and the Playhouse District Association Tree Lighting Ceremony - an event that is free to the public on Thursday, December 5 at 7:00pm.

TOKYO STORIES Film Series Announces Schedule, Nov. 8 - Dec. 7
by Abigail Charpentier - Oct 16, 2019

From the bustle of neon-lit Shinjuku and its ultramodern skyscrapers to the traditional scenery of Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, and Shinto shrines, Tokyo has served as a source of creative inspiration for generations of international filmmakers. Anticipating the 2020 Summer Games, when the eyes of the world will once again fall upon Japan's dynamic capital, Tokyo Stories: Japan in the Global Imagination considers the ways Japan—and the elusive concept of “Japaneseness” —is rendered and interpreted outside its borders with a revealing selection of Tokyo-set films by foreign directors, including Japanese co-productions, Hollywood blockbusters, and European arthouse favorites.

Moritz Von Stuelpnagel Will Direct West Coast Premiere Of New Musical FOUND For IAMA In 2020
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2019

IAMA Theatre Company has revealed the mystery title of the new musical promised in the company's 2019-20 season announcement: Tony-nominated director Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Broadway's Hand to God, Present Laughter, Bernhardt/Hamlet; off-Broadway's Teenage Dick) will direct the West Coast premiere of Found: A New Musical Comedy, with a book by Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree and music and original lyrics by Eli Bolin.