Benjamin News

Each year since 2012, the Long Beach Playhouse mounted a production of Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol. Learn more about this year's edition of the show here!

The Cleveland Orchestra has released its 2023-24 fiscal year operating results, reporting a balanced operating budget for the sixth consecutive year with a small surplus of $6,000. The operating results span July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.  

Tickets are on sale now for Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, which will play at Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre this spring. Plus listen to new music from the show!

This year marks 15 years since I was in New York and saw my first musical on Broadway, Shrek the Musical, a fantastic family musical. On January 5, 2025, it premieres at the classic Maxim Theater and it is the first musical to be staged there after the renovation of the theater.

The John W. Engeman Theater is currently presenting CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, running through Sunday, December 29, 2024. Check out a first look at the production in the video here!

Cody Farkas is stunning as the title character in Brecht's frightening and funny work.

The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep will present the wildly silly The Beauty Sleeping for its next student production. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

“From Brooklyn to Boca” comes to The Studio at Mizner Park in Boca Raton from January 9 through January 19. The cast is from New York to Miami. “From Brooklyn to Boca” debuts with a VIP Opening Night and champagne reception on Friday, January 10.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Lyra, reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in a provocative collaborative production from the experimental San Francisco-based guitar/percussion duo The Living Earth Show and contemporary dance company Post:ballet.

Pegasus Theatre Chicago has announced the cast of the 38thAnnual Young Playwrights Festival, January 5 - 26, 2025 at Chicago Dramatists. Learn more here!

Recently, we spoke with John Dagleish, who plays the titular Benjamin Button, and Clare Foster, who plays his love interest, Elowen Keene. We discussed what it has been like to be joining the show for its West End run, playing for the stage versus the screen and even the impact they hope the show has on audiences.

DEATH BECOMES HER comes to life on Broadway tonight as it celebrates its opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in a production starring Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber, and Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams. Did the critics fall under the spell of Broadway's most glamourous new musical? Find out below!

English National Opera has announced the first wave of plans for a major new partnership between the company and the city-region of Greater Manchester for the next three years, enabling ENO to be firmly established within Greater Manchester by 2029.

Pegasus Theatre Chicago has revealed the cast of the 38th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. For nearly four decades, the Young Playwrights Festival has engaged and inspired high school students. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Amas Musical Theatre will present developmental readings of Call Me From the Grave, a new musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Romano, and book by Harold Hodge, Jr. at Ripley-Grier Studios.

Young Concert Artists (YCA) is now accepting applications for its 2025-2027 Composer-in-Residence Program.

Explore the Nordic & Baltic Oscar Contenders series at Scandinavia House, featuring screenings and director talks of films vying for the 97th Academy Awards, including Latvian and Estonian entries.

Let us help you find some fresh audition material. These 25 soprano audition songs are a combination of greats and lesser knowns, so you can choose material that you love and knock that audition out of the park. Check out what made the list!

The 92nd Street Y in New York will present a performance of THE LIVING EARTH SHOW and POST:BALLET: LYRA, reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in December. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Applications are open for Young Concert Artists' Composer-in-Residence program, offering $18,000 in commissions and collaboration opportunities with YCA artists and alumni. Learn how to apply.