Elyssa Samsel

Beck Center For The Arts Announces 2024-2025 Youth Theater Season

Beck Center for the Arts, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation has announced a creative and inspiring new season lineup.

BETWEEN THE LINES Will Stream on BroadwayHD This Month

BroadwayHD will present the world streaming premiere of the Off-Broadway musical, Between the Lines this month. Learn more about the show and see how to watch.

Buck Creek Playhouse to Present BETWEEN THE LINES Next Month

Buck Creek Players will kick off their 51st season with a young adult musical on the mainstage. The 6 live in-person performances at the playhouse starting Friday, August 16th and running through Sunday, August 25th.

Applications Now Open for BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop

 BMI is currently accepting applications to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for librettists and first-year composers and lyricists. Learn how to apply.

Andrew Barth Feldman, Taylor Iman Jones and More to Appear at 2024 Junior Theater Festival West

iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group have revealed the full lineup of performers, adjudicators, playwrights, songwriters and educators who will take part in the 2024 Junior Theater Festival West.

ITheatrics And Junior Theater Group Celebrate Record-Breaking Junior Theater Festival Atlanta

iTheatrics and Junior Theater Group are celebrating a record-breaking Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.

Arielle Jacobs, Lesli Margherita, and More Will Lead Industry Reading of New Musical AUSTENLAND

Writers' Cage Productions presents a by-invitation-only reading of Austenland, a new musical from the team behind Between the Lines and The Book Thief.

Arielle Jacobs, Adam Jacobs, Taylor Iman Jones and More To Appear at 2024 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta

iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group has revealed the full line up of performers, adjudicators, playwrights, songwriters and educators who will take part in the 2024 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.

BETWEEN THE LINES Is Now Available for Licensing

Between The Lines is now available for licensing. The Off-Broadway musical based on the novel by international bestselling author Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer.

Video: Check Out All New Production Footage From THE BOOK THIEF

All new production footage has been released for The Book Thief. The Book Thief opened at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from 11 - 16 September followed by Leicester’s Curve Theatre from 29 September - 14 October.  Check out the video here!

Review: THE BOOK THIEF, Leicester Curve

With a charming libretto by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and folk-style music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, The Book Thief is filled with the warmth of a young girl's friendships and discoveries. But the dangers of war and Nazi rhetoric are a constant threat beneath the surface.

Photos/Video: First Look at Photos and a New Music Video From THE BOOK THIEF

 All new production photos and a new music video have been released for The Book Thief! Check out photos, as well as the video for the track 'Hello Stars'!

Andy Mientus to Star in JIM HENSON'S EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS in Chicago

A live theatrical adaptation of “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas” is making its Chicago debut this holiday season, November 14-December 31, 2023. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Guest Blog: Author Jodi Picoult on Cancel Culture and the Power of Rhetoric in Adapting THE BOOK THIEF

When history repeats…and how theatre can break the cycle.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE BOOK THIEF

The Book Thief opens at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from 11 - 16 September followed by Leicester’s Curve Theatre from 29 September - 14 October.  Check out all new photos below!

Carolina Academy of Performing Arts Receives Special Permission to Perform BETWEEN THE LINES

Get ready for an incredible performance as the award-winning Carolina Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA) presents Between the Lines at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts. Don't miss this special opportunity to see the hit musical before its official release. Book your tickets now!

Coventry Local Daniel Krikler to Appear in THE BOOK THIEF at The Belgrade In September

The full cast for the musical stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Book Thief has been announced, which includes Coventry local Daniel Krikler as 'Max Vandenburg'.

Full Cast Revealed For New Musical THE BOOK THIEF

The full cast has been announced for the stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Book Thief, with a book by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald and music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson.

Winners of Taylor Louderman's 2023 Write Out Loud Contest Revealed

The Write Out Loud Team - Taylor Louderman, Hannah Kloepfer, Sarah Glugatch, Josh Collopy - has revealed the WINNERS of the FIFTH ANNUAL Write Out Loud Contest!

SOME LIKE IT HOT, PARADE, and More Take Home 2023 Drama Desk Awards; Full List of Winners!

Winners for the 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today. Among the big winners were Some Like It Hot, Parade, and more.