Christopher Johnson News

Highland Park Players proudly presents the Tony Award nominated musical, On The Town. On The Town runs October 12th through October 28th at the Northbrook Theatre, 3323 Walters Ave. Performances are October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM and October 14, 21, 28, at 2:00 PM.

Highland Park Players presents the Tony Award nominated musical, On The Town. On The Town runs October 12th through October 28th at the Northbrook Theatre, 3323 Walters Ave. Performances are October 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM and October 14, 21, 28, at 2:00 PM.

Highland Park Players presents the Tony Award nominated musical, On The Town. On The Town runs October 12th through October 28th at the Northbrook Theatre, 3323 Walters Ave. Performances are October 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM and October 14, 21, 28, at 2:00 PM.

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2018 season with the West Coast premiere of MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD, written by Adam Szymkowicz and directed by Christopher Johnson.

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2018 season with the West Coast premiere of MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD, written by Adam Szymkowicz and directed by Christopher Johnson.

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2018 season with the West Coast premiere of MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD, written by Adam Szymkowicz and directed by Christopher Johnson.

The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly announces the 5th annual Providence Fringe Festival, FRINGEPVD 2018 - to be held July 30 to August 4, 2018. The premiere Fringe Festival in New England, FRINGEPVD has grown rapidly since its inaugural year in 2014.

The School of Night returns to Fringe after a successful run of Punch and Judy (2016) and The Faggot King or the Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second (2017) with a new translation of a seldom produced play by the largely forgotten Roman tragedian who's influence extended across two millennia to furnish the thematic, structural and poetic blueprint for all of European Renaissance drama. Experience the rarely seen work of the playwright Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson and Webster considered the all-time master of tragedy ... Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

The School of Night returns to Fringe with a new translation of a seldom produced play by the largely forgotten Roman tragedian who's influence extended across two millennia to furnish the thematic, structural and poetic blueprint for all of European Renaissance drama. 

The critically-acclaimed concert pianist Christopher Johnson will make a rare New Jersey appearance when he performs at the Bickford Theatre on Sunday, May 6, with a program which features the New Jersey premiere of his new composition "Rhapsody on America the Beautiful." The program also includes well-known works by Frederic Chopin, Scott Joplin, Edward McDowell, and the solo-piano version of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin.

It's been a big year for theatre in Tuscon and tuscon.com has announced its list of this year's Mac Award nominees and winners. Check out the full list below!

'The Chaste Genius and His DeathRay Gun,' now on stage at congruence continuum, tells the tale of an obsessive, germ phobic genius who lived most of his life trying to get financial backing from the likes of JP Morgan, to develop his ideas.

Inspired by Roger Williams, Bill T. Jones and Everett Stage and School, New and Dangerous Ideas is the world premiere play by internationally known slam poet Christopher Johnson and directed by Johnson and Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short.

Daniil Trifonov's Carnegie Hall performance on October 28, Hommage Chopin, was the beginning of a season long series of performances entitled Perspectives. Let's see what the critics had to say!

The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly announces the world premiere of New and Dangerous Ideas by internationally acclaimed playwright and poet Christopher Johnson, directed by Christopher Johnson and Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short.

The Bickford Theatre has announced their 2017-18 season which includes a blend of jazz, bluegrass, classical, pop and a trio of live theater offerings. Subscription packages for the Main Stage productions are available and seats for most of this season's shows are reserved. Tickets are available online at www.morrismuseum.org or by phone at 973-971-3706. Food trucks which proved extremely popular over the summer will be offered for the concerts in September and October so make plans to tailgate while the weather is still nice.

The company and creative team behind the critically acclaimed Punch and Judy and The Faggot King or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second have announced The Final Girl, an original 80s slasher-horror play guaranteed to heighten the enjoyment of the Halloween season. Written and directed by Christopher Johnson, The Final Girl will play two preview performances on October 7 at 8pm and October 8 at 7pm. Opening is set for Friday, October 13, at 8pm at the McCadden Place Theatre in Hollywood. The limited engagement will run through Saturday, November 4 only.

Join the Wilbury Group for their Let's Fringe! Opening Party tonight, featuring performances by Christopher Johnson, Jesse Hawley & James Stanley, the Ben Shaw Jazz Quartet, and more! 

New documentary, parTy boi: black diamonds in ice castles, will premiere on May 7, 2017. The film project focuses on methamphetamine addiction within the LGBTQ community of color, and explores a drug epidemic that is affecting the lives of Black and Latino gay millennials at an alarming rate. Directed by Micheal Rice, parTy boi was designed to spark debate and educate LGBTQ youth around the world about crystal meth and drug addiction. The premiere screening and cocktail Q&A event takes place on May 7th at 7:30pm - ImageNation Cinema, 2031 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. New York, NY 10027. Tickets will be available at the box office window prior to the viewing. Admission: $20.

Stage Raw announces the nominations for its third annual awards show 'A Wake and Sing!,' coming Monday, May 15 to Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street, Downtown.