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THE KOBOLD SHOW! is Heading to Edinburgh Fringe From NYC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 8, 2026

The Kobold Show!, a five-clown physical comedy from the co-creator of The Twenty-Sided Tavern, will present at Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after winning Best Ensemble at the NYC Fringe.

Thriller Series THE LISTENERS to Premiere on STARZ in the U.S.
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 27, 2026

STARZ has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the five-part thriller The Listeners, starring Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee Rebecca Hall and directed by Janicza Bravo

Nottingham Playhouse Reveals Cast and Creative Team for THE LITTLE MERMAID
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2025

Nottingham Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for its 2025 Christmas production THE LITTLE MERMAID, a new adaptation written by Rob Gathercole and Joe Venable and directed by Alessandra Davison.

Pants on Fire Release New Single 'Vodka Shampoo'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 18, 2024

PANTS ON FIRE released their new single 'Vodka Shampoo,' marking a bold new chapter with significant lineup and sound changes.

BWW Review: HAMNET Explores the Complexities of a Famous Father Through the Eyes of a Child at Next Wave 2019
by Cindy Sibilsky - Nov 12, 2019

Children of powerful or accomplished parents have a hard enough time as it is stepping into the massive shoes laid out before them or being able to be seen for who they are unobscured by the huge, formidable shadow cast by someone who has been called a 'great man', but what of a child who never got the chance in the first place? These are some of the questions that arose from Hamnet, written and directed by Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel of Ireland's Dead Centre as part of BAM's Next Wave 2019.

JAGGLED LITTLE PILL, MOULIN ROUGE And More Winners Announced For the 23rd Annual IRNE Awards; Danny Burstein, Lauren Patten and More!
by Alan Henry - Apr 9, 2019

Global Creatures' Broadway-bound Moulin Rouge and the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Man in the Ring were the big winners at the 23rd Annual IRNE Awards, as the two productions garnered a dozen awards between them. Moulin Rouge took home seven awards, including Best Musical, New Musical and Director in the Large Stage category, and Man in the Ring was honored with five, including the Best Play, Director, and Actor awards. Moonbox Productions' Cabaret earned a half-dozen awards, including Best Musical, and Best Director and Choreography awards for its director, Rachel Bertone.  Lauren Patten of JAGGED LITTLE PILL took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for a Large Company.

MOULIN ROUGE, JAGGED LITTLE PILL & More Earn Nominations for 23rd Annual IRNE Awards
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2019

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) today announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual IRNE Awards, which honor the best of the previous year's actors, directors, choreographers, designers and companies across the full spectrum of large, mid-size and fringe theater companies. Moulin Rouge!, a new musical produced by Global Creatures, and An American in Paris, produced by the Ogunquit Playhouse, led with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively, in the Large Stage Musical Category. The Huntington Theatre led all companies with 31 nominations across seven productions, including 11 for Man in the Ring, the story of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith.

ArtsEmerson Welcomes The Premiere Of HAMNET
by Julie Musbach - Jul 20, 2018

ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theatre, proudly welcomes Dead Centre's (Ireland) Hamnet, co-directed and co-written by Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd. A multimedia theatre experience, Hamnet brings Shakespeare's only son, who died at age 11 without knowing his famous father, to the stage.