Anika Larsen News

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Musicals will premiere tonight. The actors performing the series of Viral Monologues will include: Allison Posner, Andrew Leeds, Anika Larsen, Bonnie Milligan, Chad Burris, Derek Klena, Derrick Baskin, Joél Pérez, Lennon Parham, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Melody A. Betts, and Robbie Fairchild.

New York City Children’s Theater will present their first virtual Gala - Kaleidoscope - to celebrate their 24th year and continue to build awareness and amplify their mission that promotes children’s literacy and social development through professional theater productions and arts-in-education programs. 

THE SPOTLIGHT SERIES, a bi-monthly live streamed concert series created by A LITTLE NEW MUSIC will  “spotlight” the music of composer/lyricist team Katya Stanislavskaya on April 20th.

This year's Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) presents Tony nominee Jenifer Lewis with its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th Annual MAC Awards. Additionally, James Wesley and Seth Rudetsky will be honored for their creation of Stars in the House.

Today's Theater Stories features the Hayes Theater! Learn about Broadway's smallest theater, which has presented shows including Rock of Ages, Lobby Hero, What the Constitution Means to Me, Grand Horizons and many more!

Today's Theater Stories features the Stephen Sondheim Theatre! Learn about the theatre's longest-running show, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the show currently inhabiting the theatre, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more!

Today (March 9) in live streaming: ladies take over Stars in the House, Next Year, Some Year is back, and more!

Today's top stories: The Queen's Gambit to be adapted into a Broadway musical, Chaka Khan and Idina Menzel sing 'I'm Every Woman', original Assassins cast reunites, and more!

“Stars In The House” will be celebrating Women’s History Month with a line-up of talented, award-winning guest hosts.  Anika Larsen will kick things off tomorrow night at 8:00pm PT, followed by Laura Benanti, Krysta Rodriguez, and Brenda Braxton, all in support of The Actors Fund, for which “Stars In The House” has raised OVER $715,000!

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm ET) for Women's History Month:  What I Learned About Women's History Through The Roles I Played with guest co-hosts Anika Larsen and Nicole Lewis, joined by Ruthie Ann Miles, Andrea Varga, Hannah Elless, Annie Golden, Patricia Noonan and Saycon Sengbloh.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical concluded its Broadway run on October 27th, 2019, after having played 60 preview and 2,418 regular performances.

Tony-winner Matthew Broderick, 4-time Oscar-nominee Annette Bening, and Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest) are featured in this week's special holiday episode of The Pack Podcast “The Christmas Letter” which is available starting today.

After an extraordinary year with over 300 original pieces produced, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues teamed up with You Gotta Believe last night to finish 2020 with a bang! In the year’s final edition, a stellar lineup of writers and actors came together virtually to write, rehearse, perform and produce 18 all-new pieces in just 24 hours.

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will finish 2020 with a can’t-miss new edition tonight to benefit You Gotta Believe! A stellar lineup of writers and actors will come together virtually to write, rehearse, perform and produce 19 all-new pieces in just 24 hours. Beginning at 6 PM ET, the monologues will be published, one every 15 minutes.

Emmy-winner Sarah Jessica Parker, Tony-winner Matthew Broderick, 4-time Oscar-nominee Annette Bening, and Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest) are joining an online spoken word performance series benefitting The Actors Fund & Feeding America.

Emmy-winner Sarah Jessica Parker, Tony-winner Matthew Broderick, 4-time Oscar-nominee Annette Bening, and Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest) are joining The Pack Podcast, the spoken word series benefitting The Actors Fund & Feeding America.

Margaret Cho, Jackie Hoffman and Maggie Wheeler appear in this week’s new episode of The Pack Podcast, now up online. The episode 'Sky High' is a fantastical tale of a life coach, her client, and a life-altering sandwich. The spoken word series features star-studded casts performing short comedies by Emmy-nominated & Drama Desk-winner Eugene Pack.

Caroline Aaron (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) joins The Pack Podcast in a special Thanksgiving short comedy Butterball which is now up online.

Today (November 12) in live streaming: Lillias White visits Backstage Live, Aisha de Haas in concert, and so much more!

There's no doubt Aisha de Haas can put on an excellent performance! Check out some of her past gigs before this week's Birdland concert on Thursday, November 12 at 7pm ET!