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Review: THE HEART SELLERS at Studio Theatre
by Jackson Malmgren - Oct 6, 2025

“How can you trust everything will turn out good when everything is so different?” Luna asks Jane. Philosophically rich and hilariously moving, Studio Theatre’s HEART SELLERS is a beautiful homage to a generation of immigrants.

Cast & Creative Teams Announced For South Carolina New Play Festival
by Emmy Rice - Jul 12, 2025

SCNPF is a festival like no other, presenting a multi-day lineup of developmental readings of new plays and musicals, outdoor variety shows and street fairs, cabarets, workshops and masterclasses, and a musical theater scholarship contest that transforms Greenville into a hub of theatrical innovation from Thursday, August 7, to Sunday, August 10. 

PRIDE PLAYS 2025 Announces Casting For New York Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2025

Initial casting has been announced for Pride Plays 2025 in New York. Partnering with longtime collaborator Rattlestick Theater (Will Davis, Artistic Director; Maegan Morris, Managing Director), Pride Plays 2025 in New York will take place on Monday June 23, 2025, at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (511 West 52nd Street). Tickets are free and open to the public and will be available by visiting prideplays.com.

Fault Line Theatre Reveals Casting For TREMOLO Reading
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2025

Fault Line Theatre has announced casting for a developmental reading of Tremolo, part of the 2025 Irons in the Fire new play development series. Learn more about the reading here!

Review: EXOTIC DEADLY: OR THE MSG PLAY at SF Playhouse
by Steve Murray - Feb 7, 2025

Award-winning playwright Keiko Green’s surreal comedy is a sure-fire hit featuring a stellar cast, smart writing and absurd situations. Director Jesca Prudencio who helmed the 23 world premiere at the Old Globe once again directs this outrageous  story that involves time-travel, high school awkwardness, family legacies and the mysterious story of the famous seasoning MSG (monosodium glutamate). Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play is wildly inventive and laugh out loud funny.

Interview: Keiko Green of EXOTIC DEADLY: OR THE MSG PLAY at San Francisco Playhouse
by Jim Munson - Jan 22, 2025

BroadwayWorld chats with playwright Keiko Green about her anime-infused adventure comedy 'Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play' making its Northern California premiere at San Francisco Playhouse January 30 to March 8.

San Francisco Playhouse Presents EXOTIC DEADLY: OR THE MSG PLAY
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse will ring in 2025 with the Northern California Premiere of Keiko Green's Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play.

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: FINDING HOME & MARILLA OF GREEN GABLES: BECOMING A FAMILY to Run Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2024

Royal Family Productions will present Chris Henry's two-part adaptation in full of LM Montgomery's classic novel, Anne of Green Gables. Learn more about the plays running in rep, and see how to purchase tickets.

Pipeline Theatre to Present Off-Broadway Premiere of HOUSE OF TELESCOPES This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2024

​​​​​​​Pipeline Theatre Company will present House of Telescopes by Kairos Looney, which marks the playwright's Off-Broadway debut. Learn more about the production!

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of Roundabout's JONAH
by Jennifer Broski - Feb 2, 2024

Roundabout Theatre Company just celebrated opening night of the world premiere of Jonah by Rachel Bonds, directed by Danya Taymor. Jonah will play through March 10, 2024 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos here

Play On Shakespeare Announces Fall 2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2023

Play On Shakespeare, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to exploring the world of Shakespeare in performance through translation and adaptation, today announces their Fall 2023 Season.

Dorset Theatre Festival's 46th Season Continues With MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT. 2B
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2023

Dorset Theatre Festival’s 46th Season will continue with Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, which is set to begin performances at the Dorset Playhouse on August 11, 2023. 

SMART Extends at Ensemble Studio Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2023

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced that Mary Elizabeth Hamilton’s new play Smart has been extended to Sunday, April 30. There will also be a post-show panel discussion following the April 22 matinee performance.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Presents SMART
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023

Ensemble Studio Theatre (Estefanía Fadul and Graeme Gillis, Co-Artistic Directors) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director) will begin performances for Mary Elizabeth Hamilton’s new play SMART on Thursday, March 30. Directed by EST Member Matt Dickson, SMART will run to April 23 with an official press opening on Thursday, April 6 at 545 West 52nd Street. 

Rattlestick Theater Names Will Davis As Artistic Director
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 28, 2023

After an inclusive nationwide search led by ALJP Consulting and a dedicated group of board, staff, and affiliated artists, Off-Broadway's Rattlestick Theater has named Will Davis, a director, choreographer, and producer of new work as Artistic Director. Davis will succeed Daniella Topol, who served as Artistic Director since 2016.

Mary Elizabeth Hamilton's SMART to Premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced that Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, an EST Youngblood Graduate, will make her Off-Broadway debut with her new play SMART.

BALD SISTERS Extended for Additional Week at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 28, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has added week of performances for its world premiere of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters, now extended through January 21, 2023.

Video: First Look at BALD SISTERS World Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

Get a first look at footage of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's world premiere of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters, a brazen, comic examination of the ties that bind multigenerational families of immigrants together.

Review: BALD SISTERS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - Dec 12, 2022

What did our critic think of BALD SISTERS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company? Steppenwolf presents a new twist on the well-trod territory of the dysfunctional family drama with Vichet Chum’s BALD SISTERS. As far as dysfunctional families go, too, the family in BALD SISTERS doesn’t have the most baggage. That said, Chum’s characters still have plenty to contend with as sisters Him and Sophea mourn the loss of their mother. The play is a meditation on the circle of life, but I appreciate that BALD SISTERS is an exercise in subtlety as far as family dramas go. As a result, some of Chum’s scenes meander and don’t seem to have a purpose within the context of the play, but I like that BALD SISTERS has themes that wash over audiences rather than hit them over the head.

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of BALD SISTERS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 7, 2022

Get a first look at production photos of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's world premiere of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters, a brazen, comic examination of the ties that bind multigenerational families of immigrants together.