Whitney Smith

Moonbox Productions will present the Tony-Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.

On Saturday, January 23rd, MassOpera and Opera on Tap Boston will present a special broadcast of MassOpera's 2018 performance of the comedic opera, The Beautiful Bridegroom, by Boston-based composer Dan Shore, originally presented at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End.

NAGLY (the North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ+ Youth) and MassOpera are partnering to present A NAGLY Virtual Cabaret on Saturday, July 25 at 8:00 PM via NAGLY's YouTube and Facebook pages.

COVID-19 may have cancelled many events, but it's hasn't stopped Kansas City's premiere high school singing competition and the Jewish Community Center's (The J) Annual fundraiser KC SuperStar-we are going virtual!

COVID-19 may have cancelled many events, but it's hasn't stopped Kansas City's premiere high school singing competition and the Jewish Community Center's (The J) Annual fundraiser KC SuperStar-we are going virtual!

OPERA America is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2020 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards. Now in their 13th year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership and generosity on behalf of their respective organizations. OPERA America's Professional Company Members are invited each year to nominate one of their trustees for this award. 

New Hampshire Theatre Project's 2019-20 season continues with a thoroughly different take on a much-beloved novel. NHTP presents Pride & Prejudice by Kate Hamill, adapted from Jane Austen's classic. NHTP's own Kate Hamill brings Lizzy Bennett to life for the 21st century audience with traditional language in a hilariously modern approach.

You might think a play written 140 years ago in Norway about a wife's subservience would no longer be relevant in 2019 America. But the director of "A Doll's House," opening April 19 at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth contends Henrik Ibsen's classic play about women's empowerment is as relevant today as it ever was.

As a holiday tradition, Christopher Savage of Exeter and his family sit around the dinner table each year reading aloud from "A Christmas Carol," the iconic tale by Charles Dickens. It is no wonder, then, that when the Player's Ring asked Savage to write an adaptation of this emotional holiday story, he chose to incorporate more language from the 19th Century British author.

Running June 21-30, 2018 in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, DIVAS is a world premiere play with opera music that finds nine great opera divas from across two centuries locked together in the afterlife, pitted against each other to fight for the soul of opera. Written by Boston-based playwright Laura Neill, DIVAS includes thirteen operatic selections from Purcell to Puccini. Packed with incredible true stories, extravagant fashion, and gorgeous music, DIVAS is a hilarious and poignant showcase of larger-than-life women whose voices reverberate across the centuries.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards. Now in their 11th year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective organizations.

Fearon Productions presents William Mastrosimone's EXTREMITIES at The Players' Ring in Portsmouth, NH from October 6th to the 22nd.

From September 15 to October 1 the NEW York Theatre Company will present the premiere production of Michael Kimball's colonial crime drama, "Patience Boston," at The Players Ring Theater, 105 Marcy St, Portsmouth, NH. Show times are 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays. Tickets cost $18, with discounts for students, seniors, and Players' Ring members. To reserve, visit www.playersring.org or call 603-436-8123.

Auditions for KC SuperStar 2017, Kansas City's high school singing competition ala 'American Idol/The Voice,' have been set for Wednesday, March 30, 4-8:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 1-5 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (The J), 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS. Singers only need to attend one audition for the competition, which is produced by The J. The final event will take place Sunday evening, Aug. 27, 2017.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2017 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards, selected from a record number of nominations. Now in their 10th year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective organizations.

January 27th through February 12th Fearon Productions will present The Maids by Jean Genet at The Players' Ring, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH.  Showtimes are 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays. Tickets cost $15 with discounts for students, seniors, and Players' Ring members.

From December 2nd-23rd the Player's Ring will present Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as its 25th Anniversary Season holiday offering at 105 Marcy St, Portsmouth NH.

Brownwater Productions presents the world premiere of G. Matthew Gaskell's Ye Merry Gentlemen at The Players' Ring in Portsmouth, NH. 

Portland's Lyric Music Theater has mounted a sweetly sad production of the Marsha Norman-Lucy Simon musical version of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel, The Secret Garden, that is sure to touch the hearts of young and old alike. Directed by Joshua Chard, the production showcases the versatility of the company and offers a gentle lyrical contrast to previous endeavors such as Sweeney Todd and The Addams Family.

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2016 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards. Now in its ninth year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-building efforts on behalf of their respective opera companies.