Brooks News

Playwright, actress, and singer Synthia L. Hardy performs in Billie! Backstage with Lady Day at the historic Brooks Theater in downtown Oceanside.

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.

The Barn Theater will present YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN for one week only, August 30 through September 4. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 5:00 PM.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre has announced that tickets for the Tony Award®-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will go on sale Monday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. for 16 performances from January 24 – February 5.

Country music songstress Maddie Leigh recently released her new single 'Morning After.'

CCT (Columbus Children’s Theatre) will open its 60th season with the two-time Tony Award winner Disney’s Newsies (Sept. 23-Oct. 2) at the historic Southern Theatre.

Baz Luhrmann’s smash hit musical Strictly Ballroom is set to sweep audiences off their feet once more when the new 2022/2023 tour, directed by the fab-u-lous Craig Revel Horwood, begins in Portsmouth on 26th September.

Collaboraction, an ethno-diverse, social justice theater company that uses theater and digital media to incite change and grow equity in Chicago, has a turbo-charged 26th season of art and social activism lined up for 2022-23. 

A 30-seat Rogers Park theater is home to Theatre Above the Law. TATL is opening their 7th season with a new version of last season’s hit, GRIMM! All performances will be held at the Jarvis Square Theater.

Bravo has shared a first look at the upcoming Real Housewives of Dubai season one reunion. Kicking off with Andy Cohen receiving a phone call from supermodel Naomi Campbell, the reunion features Nina Ali, Chanel Ayan, Caroline Brooks, Sara Al Madani, Lesa Milan, and former Ladies of London star Caroline Stanbury. Watch the new video trailer now!

Recognizing a strong return to the spotlight over the 2021-2022 Equity theater season, the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago announced its nominations for theater excellence. This year’s nominees include 201 theater artists across 38 categories of excellence in theater production among shows from 43 companies.

The all-star voice cast includes Ethan Hawke (as Bruce Wayne/Batman), Jacob Bertrand (as Bam), Gina Rodriguez (as Catwoman), Xolo Maridueña (as Snowy),  Jordan Reed (as Redbird), Madigan Kacmar (as Bibi), Noah Bentley (as Buff), Lilimar (as Batwing), Kimberly D. Brooks (as The Batcomputer), and more. Watch the new video clip now!

PBS has shared a first look video of the filmed capture of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Intimate Apparel. Set in turn of the century New York, GREAT PERFORMANCES 'Intimate Apparel' tells the story of Esther (Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies' undergarments.

The Joseph Jefferson Awards have announced this year's Equity nominations, including 201 theater artists across 38 categories.  The 54th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. 

Broadway In Boston has announced that tickets for the eight week engagement of the electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss are now on sale to the public. 

Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth’s classical theatre company, is happy to announced the cast for THE PRODUCERS, a Mel Brooks musical, with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and based in the 1968 film.

The Queens of SIX are taking over South Florida this October! The Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale and the Arsht Center in Miami will kick off South Florida's new Broadway season with the electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss this fall. Fans will have two opportunities to catch the Tony Award-winning musical beginning at the Broward Center from October 11-23, and at the Arsht Center from October 25-30.

Filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington DC, in a set that is hilarious with an emotional undercurrent, Nick  shows a bit of his vulnerable side as he talks getting his heart broken for the first time at the ripe age of 33, the power of mothers,  his journey to fatherhood, and  the trick to farting without making any noise … and much more.

St. Ann’s Warehouse and The Walk Productions with Handspring Puppet Company have announced the full schedule for Little Amal Walks NYC, a staggering 55 unique events welcoming Amal to America.

Broadway veteran Kurt Peterson (Dear World, Follies) will appear in the NYC concert debut of Proud Ladies at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center (129 W. 67th St.) on Monday, October 10 at 7:00pm.