Video: Watch New Trailer For WAITRESS at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - May 14, 2025
Get a first look at an all-new trailer for Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Waitress from May 2-17, 2025. Nominated for four Tony Awards, the musical features a book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Grammy-winning artist Sara Bareilles.
Video: Watch the Trailer For WAITRESS at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Michael Major - May 7, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah’s premier professional theatre company in residence at the University of Utah, presents the Utah premiere of Waitress. Watch the videos, which features a book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles.
Review: WAITRESS at Pioneer Theatre Company is a Sweet Treat to Savor
by Tyler Hinton - May 3, 2025
Pioneer Theatre Company’s professional production of WAITRESS is a well-balanced recipe for the mind and heart, and ultimately a sweet treat to savor. WAITRESS (book by Jessie Nelson, music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles) is based on the 2007 film of the same name. Jenna, who works at a diner baking pies and waitressing to make ends meet, feels like her life with her deadbeat husband is at a dead-end.
1776 Comes to Kansas City at Starlight Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 12, 2023
Prepare to party like it’s 1776 with a witty retelling of our founding fathers' stories and how our great nation came to be! This production was developed and premiered by the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University before playing on Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre.
Review: 1776 at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - Jul 2, 2023
1776 is now being given a triumphantly moving and vigorous radically deconstructed interpretation at the Kennedy Center. There are many fans already who are firm believers in the message of this uniquely conceived musical but this production will lead them even further into intellectual and sensory depth.
1776 Comes to 5th Avenue Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2023
The national tour of 1776 makes its premiere in Seattle at The 5th Avenue Theatre August 2-6, 2023. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at The 5th Avenue Theatre’s website, over the phone, or by visiting the box office.
Review: 1776 at Ahmanson Theatre
by Evan Henerson - Apr 17, 2023
What did our critic think of 1776 at Ahmanson Theatre? In contemporary theater - as in life - optics matter. A lot. Given current trends in theatrical programing, the musical 1776 would probably never get staged. Granted, Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone's 1969 take on the sturm and drang surrounding the Second Continental Congress's decision to form a new nation may be a patriotic Tony Award-winner.
Cast Announced For 1776 at The Ahmanson Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2023
The national tour of “1776” will make limited engagement stops at major cities across North America including its premiere in Los Angeles at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre April 11 through May 7, 2023 with an opening night scheduled for April 12, 2023.
Dallas Theater Center Presents TROUBLE IN MIND
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2022
Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents Trouble in Mind at the Kalita Humphreys Theater Oct. 13 - 30. Directed by Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company member Tiana Kaye Blair, Trouble in Mind is a funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York Theater.
Photos: The Cast of AIN'T TOO PROUD Takes Closing Night Bows
by Bruce Glikas - Jan 17, 2022
Last night, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, the Tony Award®-winning musical sensation, played its final Broadway performance at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). The musical, with a book by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau, choreography by Tony Award winner Sergio Trujillo, and direction by Tony Award winner Des McAnuff played 488 performances.