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Doghouse Ensemble Theatre And Third Onion Productions Present GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES

Doghouse Ensemble Theatre and Third Onion Productions present GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES by Rajiv Joseph. This heartbreaking comedy bluntly showcases the beauty and pain of friendship. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at unexpected moments, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that draw them together. These pivotal junctures drive them to contemplate the range of human experiences available in the 21st century.

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Announces New Executive Producer

After a nine-month national search, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has appointed Tom Ridgely, a Drama Desk-nominated director, producer and educator, as the Festival's new Executive Producer, a title that encompasses both artistic and executive leadership roles, it was announced today.

A Noise Within Announces 2018-2019 Season

Led by co-producing artistic directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott, A Noise Within (ANW) is excited to announce its 2018-2019 season, themed "Let Me In."

SCHOOL OF ROCK Tour Announces Open Auditions

Producers of School of Rock - The Musical National Tours are pleased to announce an open casting call hosted by the School of Rock Ann Abor facility on Saturday April 14, 2018. The show is looking for young rock musicians for future replacements for the kids' roles in School of Rock - The Musical touring productions.

Review Roundup: Did the Critics Think MEAN GIRLS Was Fetch?

Mean Girls opened tonight, Sunday, April 8, at the August Wilson Theatre. The musical features a book by nine-time Emmy Award winner Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for the film, music by three-time Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin. Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.

Mint Theater to Present CONFLICT

Theater (Jonathan Bank, Producing Artistic Director) will present the New York Premiere of Miles Malleson's political love story Conflict. Performances will begin May 25th and continue through July 21st at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Opening Night is set for June 21st.

Cape Rep Theatre Announces 2018 Season

Cape Rep Theatre is celebrating its 33rd season with an exciting line up of plays and musicals, all of them Cape Cod premieres, and one world premiere by a local playwright. The Indoor Theater season will open May 9th with the George Furth and Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along, followed by the world premiere production of The Tuna Goddess, by local theater artist, Jade Schuyler. Next up is the Broadway sensation, Mamma Mia!, music by the beloved super group ABBA and book by Catherine Johnson, followed by the 5-time Tony Award winning Fun Home, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. The season will close with the Cape Cod premiere of Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall.

New Conservatory Theatre Center Announces 2018-2019 Season

New Conservatory Theatre Center Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker announced the line-up for NCTC's 2018-19 subscription season last night at NCTC's annual Season Announcement Party for subscribers, donors and artists.

Class is Now in Session in Appleton

Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center April 24-29, 2018. 

A.R.T. Announces C1's WIG OUT At OBERON 4/26 - 5/13

Company One Theatre (C1), in collaboration with American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) presents, Wig Out! by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Previews begin Thursday, April 26, with press opening on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm. Performances continue through May 13 at OBERON (2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA). Tickets $25 - $35 are now on sale at americanrepertorytheater.org, by phone at 617-547-8300, an in person at the Loeb Drama Center Ticket Services Office (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge). Group, student, and senior discounts are available.

Review Roundup: Critics Check-In at Encores! GRAND HOTEL

Encores! is back for round two! The second production of this season is Grand Hotel, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. Grand Hotel, The Musical will run for seven performances at New York City Center from March 21 - 25. The Encores! at 25 season concludes with Me and My Girl (May 9 - 13). Let's see what the critics had to say!

TCU Announces World Premiere Opera in Partnership with US Army

Texas Christian University's School of Music is proud to present the world premiere of a new opera, The Falling and the Rising, by contemporary artistic duo Zach Redler, composer, and Jerre Dye, librettist. The new opera paints a powerful portrait of the incredible resiliency, fortitude and heroism of our nation's wounded warriors, and is the culmination of a large-scale project commissioned by TCU together with the Arizona Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Memphis, Seagle Music Colony, Seattle Opera and the U.S. Department of Defense. A product of the TCU School of Music's dedication to commissioning new music, The Falling and the Rising will premiere at 7 p.m. April 6 at Ed Landreth Hall and Auditorium and run for five performances.

SCHOOL OF ROCK Heads to Detroit's Fisher Theatre

Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber's high-octane Broadway and West End hit School of Rock - The Musical is coming to Detroit's Fisher Theatre, April 10-22, 2018.

RBTL Announces The 2018-2019 M&T Bank Broadway Season, Including HAMILTON and More

The 2018-2019 M&T Bank Broadway Season at RBTL's Auditorium Theatre, presented by the Rochester Broadway Theatre League (RBTL) and Albert Nocciolino, was announced on Wednesday, March 14th. During the '17-'18 Season, audiences have been entertained by SCHOOL OF ROCK, Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID, FUN HOME, A CHRISTMAS STORY and ON YOUR FEET! - plus AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and RENT are still to come!

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