C.S. Lewis News

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 22, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

A.D. Players continues its tradition of thought-provoking theatre with Freud’s Last Session, a play that imagines an extraordinary meeting between Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and C.S. Lewis, the beloved author and Christian apologist. As the two men wrestle with questions of faith, reason, and the meaning of life on the brink of World War II, audiences are invited into a dialogue that feels strikingly relevant to our own polarized times. We spoke with Christy Watkins, who brings this intellectual and emotional journey to life on stage, about the play’s enduring resonance, the challenges of embodying such weighty historical figures, and the importance of listening across differences.

Adapted from the beloved novel by C.S. Lewis, this enchanting tale follows the adventures of four siblings who discover a mysterious wardrobe that leads to a land frozen in an eternal winter by the wicked White Witch.

Chris Harper Productions, producers of the acclaimed stage production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and London’s Kingdom Choir Foundation, joined forces to celebrate the show’s summer season. See photos here! 

If it ain't broke, don't fix it - but by all means develop it into a one-show-does-all situation, which is very much the case for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe currently showing at Sadler’s Wells. The production is geared towards a younger audience, however anyone who goes won't be able to escape the magic and undeniably high level of the entire production.

It's the summer of 2022. Journalist Ngofeen Mputubwele knows he should pitch an article to his bosses at The New Yorker about the global outbreak of “monkeypox” (since renamed mpox).

Broadway In Chicago has announced five holiday productions set to bring cheer to the Windy City this winter. The 2025 holiday lineup includes A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS, ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH EXPERIENCE – A JOHN DENVER CHRISTMAS, and more.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe which this year celebrates the  75th Anniversary of the publication of C.S. Lewis novel, returns to the Capital for a Summer Season at Sadler's Wells.

Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) is headed overseas this summer with a two-week concert tour across the British Isles, featuring ten performances in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, England, and Wales from June 29 to July 11, 2025.

The Spiegeltent will return to the Shaw Festival grounds for one last summer. Brought over from Belgium by The Shaw in 2023, the Spiegeltent has since become the Festival’s home for distinctive and one-of-a-kind entertainment. Learn more!

What did our critic think of THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE at North Little Rock High School Performing Arts Center? Once upon a time, in the bustling halls of North Little Rock High School, a door to another world quietly opened. With the masterful direction of Chris Klinger and the imaginative guidance of student directors Piper-Bliss Chudy, Shelby Sharp, and Brianna Wood, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe—dramatized by Joseph Robinette from C.S. Lewis’ treasured story—came to brilliant life upon their stage April 10-12, and those lucky enough to attend were whisked away into a world where snowflakes whispered secrets and magic lived around every corner. 

A man has been charged following the theft of a cloak from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. The costume remains missing.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the final entry in the Shaw Festival’s Narnia cycle, begins previews this week at the Festival Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Philadelphia is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2025 include Groundhog Day and more!

A.D. Players at the George Theater has announced their 59th Season of Exploration, featuring beloved classics and two world-premieres.   The Season of Exploration opens with Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session.

A.D. Players at the George Theater has announced their 59th Season of Exploration, featuring beloved classics and two world-premieres. The Season opens with Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session.

For two men who built grand worlds of myth and magic, LEWIS AND TOLKIEN is a strikingly intimate and deeply human story—not of great battles or epic journeys, but of friendship, regret, and the quiet ache of unspoken words. Now playing at the Taproot Theater, this play, adapted from Colin Duriez’s novel Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship, is not a play about C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as authors, but as friends—friends who have hurt each other, who feel unseen, and who struggle, in the way that sometimes men do, to be truly vulnerable with one another.

Acclaimed actor Daniel Payne will star in Churchill at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater for three performances only in March. Learn more about the upcoming performances and see how to purchase tickets.

Brand new production photos have been released from the acclaimed production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which has just opened at Leeds Playhouse. Check out the photos here!

Christmas With C.S. Lewis is now playing at Tulsa PAC this holiday season. Performances will run through November 23 at the Liddy Doenges Theatre. Learn more here!