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Broadway Bound Theatre Festival to Run at AMT Theater This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2025

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival has unveiled its 2025 Summer Festival line-up, spotlighting four new musicals and eight original plays, each of which are making their New York debut and that champion story, substance, and stagecraft.

TICKETS ON SALE FOR BBTF 2025-- New York's only curated festival of full-length new works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 24, 2025

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival has revealed its 2025 Season, showcasing the brand-new works of playwrights from across the country at AMT Theater on 45th Street.

MOVING PICTURES: SONGS FROM THE SCREEN to Debut at The Triad Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 29, 2024

MOVING PICTURES: SONGS FROM THE SCREEN will debut at The Triad Theater. The event will showcase a variety of musical numbers that have defined cinematic history. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Bellissima Opera's Summer Double-Header BOXING & SPEED DATING to Open Next Weekend
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 14, 2024

Bellissima Opera will present double-header featuring a new work on friendship, rivalry, racism, and redemption during WWII, paired with a modern exploration of romance and life. Performances on July 20 and 21, 2024.

Inkwell Singers Bring BROADWAY BABIES: Our Favorite Showtunes to The Triad in June
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2024

INKWELL SINGERS will debut their new show BROADWAY BABIES: Our Favorite Showtunes on June 6th and June 8th, 2024, at 7:00pm at The Triad Theater.

Inkwell Singers Will Debut AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY MINUTES at the Triad
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2023

One of New York City's most acclaimed new singing groups, THE INKWELL SINGERS, will debut their new show AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY MINUTES on November 4th and November 9th, 2023, at 7:00pm at The Triad Theater.

Cast & Creative Team Set for THE JERUSALEM SYNDROME World Premiere at The York Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2023

Discover the cast and creative team behind the highly anticipated world premiere of THE JERUSALEM SYNDROME. Get a sneak peek into the talented individuals bringing this exciting new play to life and find out what to expect from this captivating production.

Schermerhorn & Rice Debut New Show I WANT SONGS Next Month at the Triad Theater
by Stephi Wild - Apr 17, 2023

Matthew Schermerhorn and Andy Rice will return to The Triad Theater to debut their new show “I Want” Songs on May 10th  & 12th, 2023, at 7:00pm. 

PAPERBOY World Premiere Musical to Begin Performances This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2023

Manhattan School of Music’s Musical Theatre Division will present the World Premiere of Paperboy, a new musical based on the award-winning novel by Vince Vawter.

Manhattan School of Music Musical Theatre To Present World Premiere Of PAPERBOY
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2023

Manhattan School of Music's Musical Theatre Division will present the World Premiere of Paperboy, a new musical based on the award-winning novel by Vince Vawter.

HERE COMES THE SUN: SINGING THE SHADOWS AWAY To Play The Triad Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2022

Matthew Schermerhorn, Andy Rice, and Kara Masciangelo will headline Here Comes the Sun: Singing the Shadows Away on October 1st  & 8th, 2022, at 7:00pm at The Triad Theater.  

Bellissima Opera Premieres FUTURE PERFECT This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2022

Over the course of five years, 1300 young people were asked what matters to them, how they see themselves in the world and how to change it. Their texts and drawings became the basis for a new musical play premiering June 23-26 in Chicago.

Dreams Of 1,300 Chicago Youth Expressed In New Opera Premiering This June
by Marissa Tomeo - Jun 4, 2022

In 2014, an opera singer, a poet, and a teacher are coming out of a Unity Temple (Oak Park, IL) coffeehouse when the singer says, 'Let's create an opera with underserved youth.' This is story of how singer Christine Steyer, Diane Piette, a Chicago teacher at Nicholas Senn High School, and myself, an author and poet, began the journey that results in a world premiere of Future Perfect almost eight years later.

FUTURE PERFECT Comes to the Kehrein Center for the Arts
by Stephi Wild - Jun 3, 2022

In the World of Future Perfect, what is a Draglion?  If you said a cross between a Dragon and a Lion, you're more than ready to meet one, along with flutterbys and other creatures in the musical and magical world of Future Perfect. The characters and lyrics of this modern tale of curiosity by librettist Christine Steyer are based on writings and drawings from 1,300 Chicago area school children. 

FUTURE PERFECT Comes to the Kehrein Center
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2022

In October 2014, Christine Steyer embarked on a partnership with Chicago Public Schools: performing opera excerpts for five different classes at Senn High School, and facilitating a space for the students to think and write through what it feels like to be labeled… what words like “Diversity” and “interconnectedness” and “transcendence” mean to them…  and what a future perfect world would look like.

FUTURE PERFECT, a Modern Tale Of Curiosity, Comes to Bellissima Opera
by Marissa Tomeo - May 21, 2022

The Magic Flute meets The Wizard of Oz in this fantastical world premiere perfect for all ages! From Bellissima Opera's award-winning Transcendence Series, Future Perfect tells the adventures of Miranette, a curious youth who leaves a forbidding society to go towards a future that she wants to see.

Laura Bell Bundy, Kimberley Locke & More Announced for The Green Room 42 March Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 25, 2022

The Green Room 42 has announced their March line-up for in-person performances. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club.

International Women's Day Concert Features Top Female Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 26, 2022

Award-winning female singers are centerstage for an International Women's Day (IWD) concert celebrating this year's IWD theme, 'Break the Bias.' Working In Concert and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church present Bellissima Opera's International Women's Day Concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park.

ON CALL: COVID-19 Opera to Stream Free on Thanksgiving For Healthcare Workers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2021

To show gratitude to health care workers and their families this Thanksgiving, Working In Concert will stream the Bellissima Cast production of On Call for free.

Bellissima Opera Announces 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2021

Working In Concert's Bellissima Opera presents in 2021-22: a virtual opera, a celebration of women artists, and a full-length live opera premiere.