Joseph Jefferson

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Liz McCartney, the celebrated stage veteran currently appearing in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, for two performances on Sunday, June 25 at 9:30 PM and Sunday, July 2 at 7:00 PM.

Due to popular demand, Shattered Globe Theatre has announce one added week of performances for its hit U.S. premiere musical London Road, extending through Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Pride Film Fest will celebrate the Pride month of June with three programs of short LGBT films from around the world and an in-person screening of the Argentine film HORSEPLAY at  Chicago’s Facets on June 22.

A Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 31st Season. Learn about the productions, see who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic theatre, concludes Season XIII: Celebrating the Extraordinary with a world premiere of Paul Oakley Stovall’s Written by Phillis, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce. A new play exploring the life and poetry of America’s first published Black poet Phillis Wheatley, Written by Phillis is presented in association with Chicago’s New Classics Collective, opens tonight, May 13. Check out production photos here!

Porchlight Music Theatre is presenting the Chicago premiere of the critically acclaimed musical comedy Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, music by Brendan Milburn, lyrics by Val Vigoda, orchestrations and additional music by Ryan O’Connell and book by Joe DiPietro, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, now playing in a limited run through June 1 only. Check out photos from opening night here!

Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theatre & Arts Honors, has announced the three young winners of the 2023 Jack Zink Memorial Student Scholarships.

Grippo Stage Company will present the world premiere of Shaw vs. Tunney, written by Douglas Post and directed by Nick Sandys, based on the book “The Prizefighter and The Playwright” by Jay R. Tunney, May 25 - July 8, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.

Wagner Productions in association with CPA Theatricals has announced the NYC cast for industry staged readings of Jungle Jim, A Musical Wildlife Adventure, to be staged at 12:00 p.m. on June 3 and June 4, 2023, as part of the CreateTheater New Works Festival at Theatre Row.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has announced the complete principal casts, creative teams, and events planned for the previously announced summer season.

'Call Me Elizabeth,' a one-woman show about the early life of Elizabeth Taylor, will be presented June 16-18 by KB Productions at Venus Cabaret Theater.

After a national search, Asolo Repertory Theatre's incoming Producing Artistic Director Peter Rothstein along with the Board of Directors has selected Ross Egan as the new managing director. Egan will assume the role on July 1, 2023 following the planned departure of Linda DiGabriele on June 30, 2023. DiGabriele has been at Asolo Rep for 50 years, with 35 of those years in the position of managing director.

The Windy City Playhouse has closed and gone up for sale. Artistic Director Amy Rubenstein told the Tribune that she felt that “the Chicago theater community seems to want something we are not able to provide and that other leaders can do better.”

An award-winning audience favorite, big Broadway dreams, a pulp fiction musical, a neurotic family drama and murderous mayhem will share the spotlight during Island City Stages thrilling 12th South Florida Season beginning October 12!

Yale Repertory Theatre has announced the commissioning of new work by Guadalís Del Carmen (Bees and Honey), Dave Harris (Tambo & Bones), Rachel Lynett [Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)], and Sanaz Toossi (English).

Raven Theatre has announced its 41st Season, kicking off this fall with an ingenious and hair-raising revival of Lucille Fletcher’s drama Night Watch directed by Georgette Verdin.

The new American play, Good Night, Oscar starring Sean Hayes opens on Broadway tonight, April 24, at the Belasco Theatre. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright and directed by Lisa Peterson, Good Night, Oscar’s 20-week limited engagement will end on August 27. Check out all new photos and video footage of the production here!

A new arts center is opening in midtown Manhattan to provide rehearsal and teaching space for performing arts organizations. Houghton Hall Arts Community offers 17,000 square feet of rehearsal rooms, acting studios, offices, and meeting space to performing arts organizations, teachers, actors, and other arts professionals for low hourly, daily, or weekly rates.

Writers Theatre will concludes its 2022/23 Season with the Midwest Premiere A Distinct Society, a timely story—needed more now than ever—about finding each other across borders, both physical and emotional.

The 46th annual Carbonell Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, November 13 at 7:30 pm at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center.