Richard Stafford

A CHRISTMAS STORY The Musical Comes to Walnut Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2025

Walnut Street Theatre will continue their 217th season by inviting audiences to experience the holidays with Ralphie Parker and his family! Learn more about the production here!

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Comes to Riverside Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2025

Riverside Theatre has announced the Golden Era film turned stage musical Singin’ in the Rain as the next production of the 2024-2025 season on the Stark Stage.

Opera Hispánica to Present The New York Staged Premiere Of KLARA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2025

Opera Hispánica will present the New York staged premiere of KLARA, a chamber opera in four haikus. General admission tickets are $40 and can be purchased now. Learn more!

Opera Hispánica Announces 2024/25 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2024

Opera Hispánica has announced its 2024-25 season featuring exciting collaborations and repertoire raging from the Latin American Baroque to World Premieres.

JERSEY BOYS to Kick Off Walnut Street Theatre 216th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2024

Walnut Street Theatre will begin their 216th season with the Broadway musical phenomenon JERSEY BOYS. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Video: Highlights From BEAUTIFUL �" THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL At Walnut Street Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Apr 2, 2024

Get an extended look at Walnut Street Theatre's final show of the 215th season - the highly anticipated BEAUTIFUL – THE Carole King MUSICAL.

Video: First Look At BEAUTIFUL �" THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL At Walnut Street Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Mar 28, 2024

Get a first look at Walnut Street Theatre's final show of the 215th season - the highly anticipated BEAUTIFUL – THE Carole King MUSICAL. Check out the cast in action in all-new video.

Photo: First Look At BEAUTIFUL �" THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL At Walnut Street Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2024

Get an exclusive first look at Carole King in the Broadway musical BEAUTIFUL. The sneak peek reveals King's captivating performance, stirring anticipation among fans and theatre enthusiasts.

New York City Opera Hosts a Workshop Presentation of Pedro Halffter's New Opera KLARA
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2024

New York City Opera presents a presentation of a brand-new production of Pedro Halffter’s opera KLARAdirected and choreographed by Richard Stafford which will take place on Monday, January 22, 2024 at Theatre of St. Jean.

New York City Opera to Offer a Presentation of Pedro Halffter's Opera KLARA This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 13, 2024

New York City Opera will present a presentation of Pedro Halffter's opera KLARA, an operatic and dance performance about artificial intelligence this month.

The Tank to Present New Dance Premiere LITTLE MARBLE KISSES in August
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 24, 2023

Conceived by Sabrina Gail Lobner, Little Marble Kisses is a new dance work premiering at THE TANK, 312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018.

Review: JUDY ON TV! Honors Judy Garland Nicely At 92NY
by Stephen Mosher - May 7, 2023

JUDY ON TV! Is a delightful production, the kind that one might expect when going to see something at 92NY.

New York City Opera to Present ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 in December
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 12, 2022

New York City Opera will celebrate the holidays with All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 at Sacred Heart University Community Theatre, presented in association with Bodhi Tree Concerts and with the support of Kings Alley.

Houston's Alley Theatre and Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre Square Off in World Series Bet
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2022

The Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre Managing Director Dean Gladden has bet President & Producing Artistic Director Bernard Havard of Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre that Houston will win the World Series.

Licensing Rights Now Available for ROCKY Through MTI
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 24, 2022

Rocky features music and lyrics by Tony® winners and Academy Award® nominees Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and a book by multiple-Tony winner Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone, adapted from the acclaimed Oscar®-nominated screenplay by Stallone.  The show had its world premiere in Hamburg in 2012 and opened on Broadway in 2014. The musical follows the plot of the Academy Award-winning Best Picture classic, Rocky.

The Garden of The Finzi-Continis
by - Jan 31, 2022

Special Offer - The Garden of The Finzi-Continis

BWW Review: GARDEN OF FINZI-CONTINIS at City Opera-NYTF Is Too Much of a Good Thing
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 29, 2022

Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie, in their new opera for New York City Opera and National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene, weren’t the only ones to be inspired by the famed 1962 novel THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (IL GIARDINO DEI FINZI CONTINI) by Italian Giorgio Bassani. The film version, by Vittorio De Sica, won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1970, running half the time of the opera. Still, it is the novel that excited them all.

New Dates Announced For World Premiere Of THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2022

Now opening January 27, New York City Opera will produce its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.

New York City Opera Presents THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2021

This January, New York City Opera will produce its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director). 

New York City Opera to Present The World Premiere Of THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2021

This January, New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will produce its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director).