Classic Stage Company News

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Punch, by James Graham is now playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Meet the cast of Punch here and learn all about the show's stars!

We know her as Kimmy, Margaret, Marie, and more- but how well does Victoria Clark know those characters? We're putting her to the test in the latest edition of BroadwayWorld's Line Please! In this video, watch as she tries to guess which shows she said each of these lines...

Classic Stage Company has announced additional casting for the two-night-only benefit concert performances of The Rink, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

SoHo Playhouse will present the world premiere of its 2024 Lighthouse Series winner, Ali Keller’s (un)conditional, directed by Ivey Lowe. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

After a year-long process of ensemble exploration and rehearsals, Adult Film, in association with BKE Productions, today announced that it will present a reimagined production of Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard this fall at Rutgers Presbyterian Church.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 15, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Golden Globe winner Scott Bakula will star in The Baker’s Wife at Classic Stage Company as Aimable Castagnet alongside Ariana DeBose. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 11, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose will star in The Baker’s Wife as Geneviève at Classic Stage Company. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

Concord Theatricals has announced the six winning plays of the 2025 Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, which will be published by Samuel French in the 50th Off Off Broadway Festival Plays anthology. The winning playwrights were selected from over 750 submissions worldwide.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 4, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

Classic Stage Company has added a second benefit concert performance of The Rink, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Midsommer Flight will present a one-night-only staged reading of Oh, These Times!, a satirical one-act play by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, on August 12, 2025 at The Understudy (5531 N Clark St, Chicago).

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 31, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Tony Award winners Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom) and Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, Waitress) will star in Classic Stage Company's one-night-only benefit concert performance of THE RINK.

Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre has officially rebranded as Expand the Canon, marking a new era for the Brooklyn-based company and affirming its long-standing mission: to reshape the classical theatre canon through advocacy, research, and restoration of plays by women and gender-expansive playwrights.

Following their acclaimed collaboration on Orson’s Shadow, Emmy Award winner Cady McClain and Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning director Austin Pendleton reunite for the world premiere of What Happened Was, a new dark comedy by Walter John Thompson.

The Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has revealed this year's honorary OOB Festival playwrights. Learn more about the festival here!

I’ve been writing about the lack of female representation in creative teams for at least 15 years. When I wrote a series on female playwrights a couple of years back, there was a sense that things were getting better. Indeed, when Julia Jordan handed off leadership of the Lillys in December 2023, she proudly reported that gender parity had been reached on off-Broadway stages dedicated to new plays. There was even talk of sunsetting the organization, which has been a driving force in the fight for gender parity.

Thirdwing will soon follow up Burbank with The Animals Speak, closing out what began with The Fairest in 2021, Bossert’s “Venomous Color” trilogy asks what is the true cost of commodifying art for the masses and examines the role of women at the Disney Studio, artistically and financially.