Barnes News

Broadway's hit musical, SIX, received 8 Tony Award nominations this morning, May 9, including one for Best Musical. Immediately following the Tony nomination announcement, the cast of SIX performed live in Times Square this morning as part of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's “Let's Do London” campaign launch.

To some it may seem like Theatre Collingwood has not been affected by the past 2+ years but the truth is they really have, and May 31st-June 5th will mark the first of their Regular Season Theatre Programming since 2019.  You are correct to think they have been staying in t

The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation is excited to announce their Award Finalists in Dance and Theatre. These young artists demonstrate outstanding artistry and promise. The Winners will be announced in late September during an Awards Ceremony in NYC.

Welcome to Girl World, also known as Music Hall at Fair Park. Broadway's Mean Girls brings you a story of friendship, insecurity, curiosity, and acceptance. Don't miss out, and don't forget to wear PINK! Music Hall at Fair Park May 3-15. It’s going to be so FETCH!

Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute collaborates with The Brick to present the sixth annual Queer Butoh 2022, available online from June 1-30, 2022 and in-person from June 28-30, 2022 at 8pm at The Brick, 579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn.

  Seattle Rep today announced a second round of its large-scale playwright commission project, 20x30: Reimagining the Anthropocene, in which the organization has commissioned three playwrights in an effort to plants seeds for the future of the industry.

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser will perform two Chicago-area shows at Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, on Saturday, June 4 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Following phenomenal public demand and a remarkable haul of five prestigious Olivier Awards, including Best New Play, it was announced today (6 May 2022) that public booking for Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaption of Yann Martel's award-winning book at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, has been extended until 30 October 2022.

Grace Chorale of Brooklyn (Jason Asbury, Music Director), in collaboration with Vertical Player Repertory (Judith Barnes, Artistic Director), presents the in-person premiere of The Constitution, a Secular Oratorio by Benjamin Yarmolinsky, a musical performance of our nation's foundational document, accompanied by a chamber orchestra on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7pm and Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3pm at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NYC.

The debut novel is semi-autobiographical, inspired by the childhood of Shawn Amos, a blues musician and the son of iconic Wallace 'Wally' Amos Jr., founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie brand. The series is is in development at Disney Branded Television's animation studio, Disney Television Animation.

​​​​​​​Jessica Hendy, (CATS, AIDA, AMOUR) is bringing her own story to the stage in Walking with Bubbles, a new play with music about the journey of a single mother navigating her life after her husband suffers a shocking mental health crisis that leads to his homelessness.

Legacy Launch Pad Publishing has released 'Loose Cannons: A Memoir of Mania and Mayhem in a Mormon Family', written by Diana Cannon Ragsdale.

Complete casting has been announced for the new Off Broadway musical Between the Lines.

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser will celebrate their 25th Anniversary at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 7:30 PM.

Following critically acclaimed, sold-out engagements in the UK, the reimagined 50th Anniversary tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will make its anticipated Miami premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County from May 31 – June 5, 2022.

The Celebrity Series of Boston announces its 2022/23 season today, marking 84 years of bringing touring and local performing artists to Boston.

Chart-topping a cappella group Straight No Chaser will celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2022 with a 62-date fall tour, which includes The Kentucky Center in Louisville, on Thursday, October 27, 2022 and their third PBS special airing nationwide starting in June. 

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced Straight No Chaser: 'The 25th Anniversary Celebration' on November 2, 2022.

Seven-year-old author, Sammy Wallace, will release his debut rhyming children's picture book, 'I Slept in My Bed Last Night' (ISBN 979-8985784404; WF Publications), on May 2, 2022, in conjunction with Children's Book Week.

Look out Dallas, there's a new Cady Heron in town, and she's even more 'grool' than you could imagine. English Bernhardt is coming in hot with a performance full of personality, popularity, and PINK. Don't miss out on Broadway's MEAN GIRLS National Tour. Music Hall at Fair Park May 3-15.