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IN THE SPOTLIGHT to Highlight New World Stages Front-of-House and Backstage Staff
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2025

New World Stages and Shubert Events will present the 2025 edition of In The Spotlight, the annual talent showcase highlighting the front-of-house and backstage staff of New World Stages. Learn more!

MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLY to be Presented by Vanguard University Theatre Department
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2025

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts invites audiences to kick off the holiday season with a witty, romantic, and heartwarming production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Learn how to purchase tickets.

2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards- Night One Winners List
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 7, 2025

On Saturday, September 6, the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies. Notable honors included Julie Andrews for her work in Bridgerton, Tony Award winner Bryan Cranston for The Studio, and more. Take a look at the winners here.

WICKED, EMILIA PEREZ, & More Win MPSE Golden Reel Awards
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 24, 2025

Wicked, Emilia Perez, and more have won MPSE Golden Reel Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.

WICKED, EMILIA PEREZ, & More Nominated for MPSE Golden Reel Awards
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 6, 2025

Wicked, Emilia Perez, Mufasa: The Lion King, and more have been nominated for the 72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.

Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Opens January 12 At St. Dunstan's Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 19, 2023

St. Dunstan's Theatre will present Neil Simon's beloved classic, 'Brighton Beach Memoirs,' from January 12 to 27, 2024.

Trap Music Museum Joins Forces with DTLR and Nike for a Special Experience Celebrating the Southern Rap Movement's Influence on the Classics
by Michael Major - Oct 30, 2023

Trap Music Museum, a symbol of Atlanta's rich hip-hop culture, is proud to set a historic collaboration with brands Nike and DTLR, a leading urban and athletic retailer, to commemorate 50 years of hip-hop history and its influence on streetwear fashion and classic silhouettes we love.

STRAVINSKY'S SOLDIER'S TALE Comes to BroadStage This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2023

 BroadStage, as part of its Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica series, presents Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale. Learn more about the upcoming performance here and find out how to get tickets!

TheREP Announces New Appointments To Board
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2023

The new president of theREP board is Margaret Becker who was appointed when Harold Iselin completed his term after filling the role for many years. Becker previously held the role of vice president; she has long been a subscriber and donor of theREP as well as enrolling her daughter in theREP's wonderful summer education programs. Becker has been a board member at theREP since 2015 as well as a member and supporter of many other community organizations.

Slovo Theatre Group to Present MOTHERMOTHERLAND at The Cannonball Festival's Miniball This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2022

The Cannonball Festival's Miniball is adding one more show to its risk-taking event opening December 8. Miniball is thrilled to welcome Solvo Theatre Group's Mothermotherland to Christ Church Neighborhood House for one-night and one performance.

VIDEO: Apple TV+ Shares Sidney Poitier Documentary Trailer
by Michael Major - Aug 16, 2022

From producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, , the documentary features candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee and many more, the film is also produced by Derik Murray, in close collaboration with the Poitier family. Watch the new video trailer now!

Photos: See Anna Chlumsky, Eric Rutherford & More at American Ballet Theatre's June Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2022

 The American Ballet Theatre’s June Gala returned on Monday, June 13th, in-person to the Metropolitan Opera House after three long years. The event featured a special performance of Don Quixote staged by Artist Director, Kevin McKenzie, featuring three different Principal casts in each act. Check out photos!

BWW Review: Funny But Flawed TOOTSIE Musical Adaptation Sashays Into OC's Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - Jun 8, 2022

What did our critic think of Tootsie in Costa Mesa? Despite a still problematic central premise, the non-equity national tour of the stage adaptation of TOOTSIE---now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 12, 2022---is, for the most part, a funny but flawed musical sprinkled with lots of funny lines, rapid-fire humor, and amusing shenanigans.

BWW Review: TOOTSIE Closes the Season at Broadway Sacramento
by Courtney Symes - May 19, 2022

Broadway Sacramento is closing out their 2022 Broadway on Tour season with the first national tour of Tootsie.  Based on the 1982 film of the same name, Tootsie features music and lyrics by David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and a Tony Award-winning book by Robert Horn.  Rolling Stone called it “musical comedy heaven” and they’re not wrong.   Easily the funniest show of the season, Tootsie is full of one-liners, sarcastic wit, and self-deprecating humor. 

BWW Review: TOOTSIE THE MUSICAL at San Diego Civic Theatre
by E.H. Reiter - Apr 14, 2022

Read our critic's review. TOOTSIE  the musical brings an old-fashioned musical to life based on the movie of the same name from 1982.  The show offers up a talented cast, physical comedy, and some updates to the story, but can’t fully disguise a problematic premise under comedy, costumes, and choreography.  TOOTSIE is playing at the San Diego Civic Theatre through Sunday, April 17th,

BWW Interview: Lukas James Miller talks about bringing TOOTSIE THE MUSICAL to the San Diego Civic Theatre
by E.H. Reiter - Apr 11, 2022

TOOTSIE  the musical is bringing the hijinks from the 1982 hit movie (with some modern updates) to the stage.  Playing at the San Diego Civic Theatre from Tuesday, April 11th to Sunday, April 17th, Lukas James Miller brings a new character to the show, Max Van Horn.  Miller talks about the show, and his character, and warns that you may laugh so much you can skip your ab workout.

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Comes to Theatre of Dare Beginning Tonight
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2022

Mortimer is the drama critic who hates theater, and Elaine is the girl he wants to marry. But just as Mortimer ventures to share their good news with his seemingly harmless little-old-lady aunts, Abby and Martha, he discovers the sisters’ proclivity for murdering lonely old men as an act of charity.

BWW Review: TOOTSIE at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
by AniKatrina Fageol - Feb 16, 2022

Tootsie is a new musical based on the 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman. The story follows Michael Dorsey ('Is he an actor? Yes, of course, he is. Is he successful? Yes, of course, he's not') and the opening number immediately makes his rotten reputation evident and known.

BWW Review: TOOTSIE at Fox Theater
by Jennifer Skura Boutell - Feb 7, 2022

A New Musical About Making a New Musical #TootsieATL #BroadwayAtlanta #atthefox

BWW Review: TOOTSIE at The National Theatre
by David Friscic - Dec 10, 2021

The musical Tootsie, now playing at the National Theater in Washington, DC, has exceptionally good intentions and flashes of show-biz brio but it tries to do too many disparate things at once. Of course, the cultural zeitgeist of the brilliant film is pervasive in the “mind’s eye” but that should ideally be of little concern with a musical that veers into making differing choices appropriate for the stage.