Beowulf Boritt News

The American Theatre Guild is pleased to thrilled to present the must-see engagement of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world.

Once in a while, an event occurs that is so viscerally powerful that you will always remember exactly what you were doing when it happened.  Most people over 70 will remember what they were doing when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.  People my age remember the Challenger disaster vividly (I was in my 6th-grade classroom watching the launch on t.v.).  Arguably even more tragic are the events that transpired on September 11, 2001.  From the dust of the wreckage, though, came hope and a unified country.  Come From Away is a story of that hope and unification.  It makes its Sacramento premiere this week in a special engagement that had been postponed since 2020. 

The Drama Book Shop will host a reading, discussion and signing for Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt’s new book, Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00pm.

DPAC has announced the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will return to DPAC for a limited engagement January 18 – 22, 2023.

The new solo play Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool will open on Broadway this fall at the esteemed Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center.

The first-ever performance of the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is now in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Get a first look at photos and video here!

COME FROM AWAY will welcome original Broadway cast members Josh Breckenridge, Petrina Bromley and Jenn Colella  back to “The Rock” for the show's final two weeks on Broadway!

Last week, the Board of Directors at Victory Gardens opted to terminate their full staff and change the fundamental direction of the institution. This is the latest development in a sweeping labor reset taking place across the industry.

 National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene has announced additional casting for their upcoming seven-week return engagement of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, the revelatory and award-winning production of one of the world's most beloved musicals. 

The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its Madison debut at Overture Center for the Arts for a limited engagement from Tuesday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 20.

Broadway Grand Rapids has announced the national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its Grand Rapids debut at DeVos Performance Hall for a limited engagement on November 8-13, 2022.

The 1/52 Project, the new financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the first seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from $100,000 in grants.

Trinity Church Wall Street has announced the upcoming fall music season, which will include the return of Bach at One, performances by NOVUS NY, and Handel's Messiah, alongside a new jazz concert series and dynamic collaborations.

Trinity Church Wall Street has announced the upcoming fall music season, which will include the return of Bach at One, performances by NOVUS NY, and Handel's Messiah, alongside a new jazz concert series and dynamic collaborations.

TheaterWorksUSA has announced their upcoming 2022 - 2023 season, including the national touring premieres of PETE THE CAT'S BIG HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE, EL OTRO OZ, and THE LIGHTNING THIEF: TYA EDITION, along with returning favorites touring across the country.

The marquee for the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which comes more than 30 years after the seminal, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama’s premiere, is now up at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for its 17-week engagement.

Beowulf Boritt has enjoyed a twenty-five-year career in the theater and has designed more than 450 shows in New York (among them twenty-five on Broadway and more than one hundred Off Broadway), across the United States, and internationally. Now, he is a published author with his new release from Applause Books, Transforming Space Over Time. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge just checked in with Beowulf to chat about the new book and you can watch the full interview in the video below!

Applause Books has announced the August 2022 release of Transforming Space Over Time a new book by Tony Award-winner Beowulf Boritt.

Mike Birbiglia is an undoubtedly remarkable storyteller. The way his latest solo show, The Old Man and the Pool, which is playing now at CTG’s Mark Taper Forum, is structured is clean, snappy, clear, and concise.

The world premiere of Selina Fillinger’s modern farce POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, will be filmed for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.