Bruce Smith

A joint letter has been sent to the president of Santa Monica College regarding the school’s cancellation of the play By the River Rivanna by G. Bruce Smith. Read the letter here.

The Santa Monica College (SMC) Theatre Arts Department will present the world premiere of “By the River Rivanna” Oct. 20-29 in the Theatre Arts Studio Stage. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

The song is a love letter to John's wife of nearly 5 decades, Nora, who is living with Alzheimer’s. A pensive, personal yet universal love song that will resonate with many, the song sees John reflecting on their lifetime well spent, and in particular, one of their happiest moments together in Hawaii.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is proud to partner with Nationals Park to host a free live simulcast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Toni Stone on Sunday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m.

On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 4pm PT, the Stenberg|Cahill Duo is presented by Old First Concerts in a livestream concert.

Lee and Bessie could not be more different and, though sisters, have not seen each other for almost two decades. During that time Lee has been raising two challenging boys on her own. Bessie has been caring for their father, along with his soap opera-obsessed sister. Now the two are thrown together as Bessie has just been diagnosed with leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces casting for Octavio Solis' Mother Road, a sequel to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Mother Road premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2019 and will run at Arena Stage from February 7 - March 8, 2020 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage.

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music officially opens its 2019-20 season with its annual Kick-off Weekend, Friday, September 27a?"Sunday, September 29, featuring eight free concerts performed by SFCM and Pre-College students, faculty, and renowned guest artists, highlighting the Conservatory's season-long theme, a?oeMusic and Nature.a?? 

Daytime's No. 1 entertainment talk show “Live with Kelly and Ryan” is teaming up with Guinness World Records for a full week of extraordinary record-breaking attempts Sept. 9–13, with the return of the always fun and unpredictable “Record Breaker Week.”

Disney Channel has ordered original animated series 'The Curse of Molly McGee,' a buddy comedy about tween optimist Molly McGee and grumpy ghost Scratch, from Emmy® Award-winning duo Bill Motz and Bob Roth ('LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures') who serve as executive producers with Emmy Award-winner Steve Loter ('Kim Possible').

Vintage Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of "The Language Archive" May 10 through June 16 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora 80010. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 - $32 and available online at www.vintagetheatre.org or by calling 303-856-7830.

JQA is running through April 14, 2019 at Arena Stage.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Aaron Posner's JQA, recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The first of Posner's plays that is not adapted from an existing work, JQA shines a spotlight with humor and care on an ineffectual presidency, the idea of government and how a society lives in relationship to it, and the American experiment as it continues to evolve. Directed by Posner as well, JQA runs March 1 through April 14, 2019 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for the world premiere of Aaron Posner's JQA, recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The first of Posner's plays that is not adapted from an existing work, JQA shines a spotlight with humor and care on an ineffectual presidency, the idea of government and how a society lives in relationship to it, and the American experiment as it continues to evolve. Directed by Posner as well, JQA runs March 1 through April 14, 2019 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.

Every year hundreds of D.C.-area military families must spend the Thanksgiving holiday away from loved ones. In gratitude for their service, Arena Stage is inviting wounded warriors, service men and women and their families to a complimentary dinner and performance of the musical comedy Anything Goes at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth Street, SW) today, November 23. Since the first Military Thanksgiving in 2011, Arena Stage has served nearly 1,500 military members and their families with the annual event.

After a seven-year hiatus, Playwrights 6 is pleased to announce its return to the stage with the world premiere production of G. Bruce Smith's 'Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones' Nov. 9-17 in Hollywood.

After a seven-year hiatus, Playwrights 6 is pleased to announce its return to the stage with the world premiere production of G. Bruce Smith's 'Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones' Nov. 9-17 in Hollywood.