Century Theatre News

The new Park Theatre will present its first stage play production, First Night, on December 28 and 29 at 7:30pm each night in the 333-seat Eppes Auditorium.

 On February 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.

Gingold Theatrical Group will continue the 16th Season with A Scintillating Shaw Party, a companion event to compliment GTG’s mainstage production of Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession – now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre Row (through November 20th only).

To cap off its over yearlong festival run, the gripping docudrama feature Mercy, written and directed by UK-based actress Wendy Morgan, has been named an official selection of the 12th edition of the Awareness Film Festival, scheduled from October 21 to 31, 2021 at the Regal Cinemas in downtown Los Angeles.

The Board of the Belgrade Theatre is thrilled to announce the appointment of the new senior leadership, who will take up their posts in January 2022, succeeding outgoing Executive Director, Joanna Reid and Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Hamish Glen.

The Season, originally scheduled to take place in April 2020, is curated by the Centre for the Less Good Idea founder, William Kentridge and animateur, Phala Ookeditse Phala. The festival of new works will take place over 5 days at Arts on Main in downtown Johannesburg. 

The Board of the Belgrade Theatre today announced a major restructure to the senior leadership team for 2022. Chief Executive and Artistic Director Hamish Glen and Executive Director Joanna Reid will step down at the end of March 2022.

The touring programme includes theatre with Nouveau Riche's dance-theatre piece, Resonate, written and performed by Ntonga Mwanza; Lung Theatre's Who Cares by Matt Woodhead which explores the experience of young carers; the bike-powered family comedy, How to Save a Rock, written by Conky Kampfner, Alex Rugman and Pigfoot; and Tim Crouch's reimagining of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night from the point of view of its most notoriously abused steward in I, Malvolio.

A talented young cast, led by the incredible Lindsey Fabian, brings this SPELLING BEE to life!

This hybrid co-production of Hold These Truths marked San Francisco Playhouse’s return to in-person performances and was also available for audiences to enjoy at home on-demand. San Francisco Playhouse followed strict health and safety protocols to minimize risks to patrons, actors, and staff.

ETT (English Touring Theatre), today announces Trailer Story – a travelling outdoor performance space touring across the UK presenting national and local artistic programming and community events, finding a safe, joyous, and locally focused way to bring people together in public spaces to celebrate theatre.

The hybrid programme of intimate in-person and digital events curated by the Artistic Director of Boundless Theatre, Rob Drummer showcases a veritable celebration of creativity bound by performance, workshops, talks, music, art, and drop-in career guidance by industry authorities. The Boundless Ideas Space is a platform for young voices to produce culture for positive social change.

Highlighting the precariousness of entitlement and shifting social status Eamon Flack’s (Director) adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD proves that Anton Chekhov’s work retains a relevance in the 21st century as the mighty families can fall and those that once served may end up in charge. 

MST's production garnered rave reviews locally and nationally, including acclaim from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The Festival runs online May 20 – June 4, 2021, and includes 33 productions from across the globe. All productions are free for streaming online.

San Francisco Playhouse announced its return to in-person performances with a fully staged production of Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata, directed by Jeffrey Lo.

BroadwayWorld rounds up the top performing arts schools in Greece.

Shakespeare & Company will launch its 2021 season with a production of Shakespeare's King Lear, featuring acclaimed actor and three-time Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd. Directed by Nicole Ricciardi, King Lear will run July 2 through August 29.

The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry – the UK City of Culture for 2021 - today announces that its doors will fully reopen to the public on 17 May – the first day that the government's roadmap allows - with socially distanced audiences able to enjoy Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw in John Godber's APRIL IN PARIS, which kicks off its UK tour at the Belgrade.

Shri Ram Center, Mandi House, famous for theater and arts, was once again full of theatre lovers after a year. 'Giraftari' became the first play to kick start theatre at Shri Ram Centre which stopped last year due to COVID Pandemic.

On Tuesday, March 9, Dress Circle Publishing will release of THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY, VOLUME 4, the latest in a series by acclaimed historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Can't wait to get your hands on it? Let BroadwayWorld hold you over with a special sneak peek from a chapter all about The Imperial Theatre.