Benjamin News

Cast Theatrical Company's next theatrical pursuit is Tim Kelly’s The Butler Did It, which will be directed by Karen Lasater.  The show opens June 2 and runs through June 18.

Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC), educating and inspiring new generations of theater artists and audiences with exceptional theatrical experiences, announces its return from a strategic pause with an all new leadership staff led by Executive Director and former Education Director, Melynda Burdette Wintrol, Artistic Director, Kurt Boehm, and Lisa Carrier Baker, Academy Director.

Get a first look at Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) brand-new original staging of Jonathan Larson's iconic Bohemian musical, RENT!

Like Water for Chocolate will be released on Royal Opera House Stream. This critically acclaimed production is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest full-length work for The Royal Ballet, inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel of the same name, and will be available to watch on ROH Stream from Thursday 18 May 2023. 

What did our critic think of 1776 MUSICAL SHINES A LIGHT ON THE PRESENT at Broadway San Jose?

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT have announced full casting for the most colorful, final show of its season, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.  

Benjamin Prelvukaj and Benjamin Sinanaj both came to New York from Europe and began working as waiters at Brooklyn’s Peter Luger Steakhouse. It was there that they met and learned the ins and outs of running a successful steakhouse, driving them to join forces and eventually open their own. We sat down with Prelvukaj and Sinanaj to chat about their restaurants, steak, and how they got to where they are today.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will welcome Parade composer Jason Robert Brown and stars Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond to a White House event celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. Learn more about how to tune in here!

The complete casts and creative teams have been announced for Theatre Aspen’s historic 40th Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

The story of the outsider Peter Grimes mirrored composer Benjamin Britten’s own life. The modern opera classic is a tale of personal persecution in a restrictive society.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA will present A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr, and Nicholas Dante, the show that changed the course of musical theatre! Rejecting traditional sets, costumes, and big stars, the show introduces gritty psychological realism to musicals.

Watch Jeremy Strong revisit his theatre roots and discuss his post-SUCCESSION return to Broadway in ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE on CBS Sunday Morning.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic theatre, concludes Season XIII: Celebrating the Extraordinary with a world premiere of Paul Oakley Stovall’s Written by Phillis, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce. A new play exploring the life and poetry of America’s first published Black poet Phillis Wheatley, Written by Phillis is presented in association with Chicago’s New Classics Collective, opens tonight, May 13. Check out production photos here!

On May 8th Amy Grant gave a City Winery crowd an intimate, personal, and fun night of art and philosophy.

Dayton Performing Arts Alliance will continue celebrating Dayton’s oldest performing arts organizations with a weekend of anniversary performances on May 20 and 21.

Jeremy Strong (Succession) will star in a new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, featuring a new adaptation by Amy Herzog, directed by Tony Award- winner Sam Gold. The production will premiere on Broadway in early 2024 at a theater to be announced.

Insightful, comical, and wonderfully presented, The Habit of Art by Original Theater is now being performed at 59E59 Theaters.

Top stories: Casting for Chess at The Muny, JoJo and Derek Klena extend in Moulin Rouge!, plus a message from Mischief Theatre!

Get all the scoop on BOB'S BURGERS, airing on FOX on Sunday, May 14, 2023! Linda almost totally accidentally kidnaps a children’s book author. Meanwhile, the kids help Mr. Frond try to get his cat out of a tree in front of the school in the all-new “Mother Author Laser Pointer” episode. Watch a video clip from an episode now!

On Saturday evening, May 6, 2023, at the Liederkranz, the establishment of Marshall Opera, New York City’s newest opera company, was announced.