Don Walker

When the COVID pandemic shut down live theater, Theatre Odyssey was one of the first producing companies in the country to promptly pivot to an alternate form and produced two festivals as radio theatre that would have been live-stage performances. The technical director for those festivals was Ren Pearson, who has now written and designed THE GOTHIC LIBRARY to be presented at BookStore1 on June 16 and 17.

Students at five Madison Metropolitan School District elementary schools and one middle school are singing, acting and dancing again with Disney Musicals in Schools after a three-year intermission. In celebration, Overture will host the Disney Musicals in Schools 2023 Student Share on Tuesday, May 23 with a one-hour performance at 11:45 a.m. in Capitol Theater.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced that The Drowsy Chaperone JR.  is now available for licensing.

Disney's Moana JR. is playing on June 7, 2023 at 6 pm in the Warner Theatre's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre!

On Tuesday, May 23, nearly 100 elementary students from Pittsburgh will have the extraordinary opportunity to sing and dance on the Byham Theater (located at 101 6th Street) stage as the result of a grant awarded to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's education department by Disney Theatrical Group (DTG).

The classic Evil Dead films come to life on stage in one of the craziest, funniest and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time.

Sometimes a show comes along that is so powerful, at times shattering, with a top-flight cast, that it deserves two Broadway World reviews. Tampa Rep's production of THE ELEPHANT MAN certainly fits into that category. My BWW colleague, Drew Eberhard, saw the show at its final preview, and I had the honor of attending its opening weekend. At the play's center is a performance by Paul Potenza in the title role that should have anyone reading this sentence to stop what they're doing and obtain their tickets ASAP. THE ELEPHANT MAN runs at the HCC Studio Theater in Ybor City thru February 19th, so you better hurry.

Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man, premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in November of 1977. Pomerance’s play also transferred to the National Theatre in London for an “In Rep” residency. From January to March of 1979 it played off-Broadway, and made a transfer to the Booth Theatre on Broadway later in 1979, but the production closed in 1981 after 916 regular performances. The Elephant Man received revivals in 2002 and 2014.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) announced that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is now available for a limited licensing window.

This production is especially poignant as it was a conversation between the late beloved C. David Frankel, co-founder and artistic director of TampaRep, and Paul Potenza that set the show in motion.

TampaRep's second show this season will play throughout February at the Hillsborough Community College Ybor Campus in the Performing Arts Building.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced that Alice by Heart has joined the MTI catalogue and will be available for licensing in the early part of 2023 for a limited time only.

Drew Cohen, president and Chief Executive Officer of Music Theatre International has announced that Sarasota and Bradenton streets will be filled by the smell of rebellion when Spotlight Kids presents Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical JR.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced that a stage version of the movie musical 1660 Vine has joined the MTI catalogue.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) announced that May We All: A New Country Musical is now available for licensing across the US and Canada. 

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has announced the licensing availability of Mean Girls High School Version.

The Educational Theatre Association, Disney Theatrical Group, and Music Theatre International have announced 51 winners of the United States of Frozen contest, after an extraordinary response from high schools across the US. 

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced the acquisition of May We All: A New Country Musical. Co-written by Troy Britton Johnson, Todd Johnson, and Eric Pfeffinger, the musical features arrangements and orchestrations by Brian Usifer. Suitable for all audiences, May We All features an authentic country score of hit songs made famous by Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Brooks & Dunn, Keith Urban, and many more.

Audiences are invited to return to the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's (CCM) concert halls and theaters to experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists!

The Big One-Oh! JR. features lyrics by Academy Award-winner (Fame, Footloose) Dean Pitchford, the author of the novel; music by three-time Tony-winner Doug Besterman (The Producers, Fosse, Elf, Young Frankenstein); and book by iTheatrics award-winning playwright Timothy Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, James and the Giant Peach).