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ONCE Begins Performances at Le Petit Theatre In June
by A.A. Cristi - May 27, 2026

Le Petit Theatre in New Orleans will stage ONCE with a cast of 14 actor-musicians performing live onstage, marking the first New Orleans-originated production of the Tony and Academy Award-winning musical.

ONCE Will Come to Le Petit Theatre in June
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2026

Le Petit Theatre will conclude its 2025-26 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Once. Directed by Conner Wilson, the musical features a book by Enda Walsh and music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Tennessee Williams Theatre Company
by Tara Bennett - Apr 4, 2025

There’s a moment in ORPHEUS DESCENDING when Valentine Xavier, tall, lanky, with enough charisma to make a statue blush, enters a dry goods store in a dying Mississippi town, and you just know something is about to combust.

ORPHEUS DESCENDING to Launch Tennessee Williams Theatre Company 10th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2025

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans will kick off its tenth anniversary season with Orpheus Descending, a searing tale of passion, isolation, and rebellion set in the Mississippi Delta. Learn more!

THE FELT MENAGERIE Comes to The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2024

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans will be presenting the world premiere live production of The Felt Menagerie, a comedy spoofing tropes and characters from the plays of its namesake playwright Tennessee Williams.

Review: Tennessee Williams Theatre Company's SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH
by Tara Bennett - Aug 1, 2023

Tennessee Williams’ SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, an underrated tale of comebacks and second chances while desperately clinging to the past, is the playwright’s latest steamy, brutal Southern drama to hit the stage in New Orleans.

SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH Comes to The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2023

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans will be presenting Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams this July & August at The Marigny Opera House, returning for its fifth production in the historic space. In this piece, Williams dove into the human impulse to fly when faced with adversity, the tolls of aging, and the challenges of remaining pure in a hostile world.

Photo Flash: Take a Look at New American Folk Theatre's MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2019

New American Folk Theatre will present the world premiere musical MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG by Co-Artistic Director Anthony Whitaker*, the story of a woman starting her life over after a failed and abusive marriage in early 1980s South Carolina. Directed by Company Member Sarah Gise* with music direction by Joey Harbert, this new musical features a score inspired by country music of the late '70s and early '80s and explores how family and chosen family can save us from ourselves.

New American Folk Theatre Stages World Premiere of MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG
by Julie Musbach - Oct 18, 2019

New American Folk Theatre presents the world premiere musical MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG by Co-Artistic Director Anthony Whitaker, the story of a woman starting her life over after a failed and abusive marriage in early 1980s South Carolina.

New American Folk Theatre Presents MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG
by Julie Musbach - Sep 30, 2019

New American Folk Theatre presents the world premiere musical MY LIFE IS A COUNTRY SONG by Co-Artistic Director Anthony Whitaker, the story of a woman starting her life over after a failed and abusive marriage in early 1980s South Carolina.

BWW Review: TWTC's THE GLASS MENAGERIE Radiates Glowing Warmth
by Tara Bennett - Aug 1, 2019

Memory is very precious. It connects us to our past and helps guide us to our future. In Tennessee Williams' magnum opus THE GLASS MENAGERIE, memory is a force of gravity and as the season opener for The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company's fifth season, a grounded production is one rarely seen but feels so uncompromisingly right.

Tennessee Williams Theatre Co to Stage THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Julie Musbach - Jul 9, 2019

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans will be producing The Glass Menagerie, the play that enshrined the local favorite playwright as the foremost American dramatist in 1944 and changed the course of theatre forever. The company will deliver a daring, raw, and humorous take on drama on the stage of the Marigny Opera House.

Refuge Theatre Project Brings HANDS ON A HARDBODY To Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 7, 2019

Refuge Theater Project is proud to announce the cast and production team for its second production in its 2018 - 2019 season, Hands on a Hardbody, March 15 - April 27, book by Doug Wright, with lyrics by Amanda Green,  and music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, directed by Refuge Theatre Project's Artistic Director Christopher Pazdernik and music directed by Jon Schneidman.  

Photo Flash: First Look at City Lit's Production of J.B.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2017

J.B., the Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award -winner by the American playwright and poet Archibald MacLeish, takes place in a corner of an enormous circus tent, where two vendors prepare to perform a play based on the Book of Job. One vendor, Nickles (meant to signify the devil, who is sometimes called Old Nick ), will play the Devil. The other vendor, Zuss ( Zeus ), will play God. The two choose J.B., a wealthy banker, to play their Job. City Lit's production is directed by Brian Pastor and will be performed by an ensemble of nine women who take all twenty-three roles of men, women, and children in the play's cast of characters.

City Lit's 'J.B.' to Employ Cast Composed Entirely of Women over Age 55 
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2017

J.B., the Pulitzer Prize and Best Play Tony Award-winner by the American playwright and poet Archibald MacLeish, will be the second production in City Lit's 2017-18 season. Reviewing the original Broadway production in 1958, THE NEW YORK TIMES's legendary critic Brooks Atkinson called it A fresh and exalting morality that has great stature.

Photo Flash: First Look at Route 66 Theatre's 'A FUNNY THING... NEW YORK CITY'
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2017

Route 66 Theatre Company will conclude its ninth season with the Chicago premiere of Halley Feiffer's dark comedy A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT SLOAN-KETTERING MEMORIAL CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY, directed by Keira Fromm, playing now through September 23, 2017 at The Den Theatre's new Bookspan Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. The press opening is tonight, August 29, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!