David S. Craig News

The Growing Stage - The Children's Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre on Route 183 in Netcong, New Jersey is proud to present its 2016 - 2017 Main Stage Season:

Tonight, before a gathering of theatre artists and patrons, theatreWashington announced the nominees for the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards, drawn from 202 eligible productions presented in the 2015 calendar year. Scroll down for the full list of nominees!

Books (and talking animals and congressional bills and a tin man and a toy china rabbit) come alive at Children's Theatre of Charlotte in the 2015-16 season, with a lineup that includes adaptations of some of the most popular titles and fairy tales, including three productions making their world premiere.

Andy Pringle, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Shaw Festival, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Jennings as the next Executive Director of the Shaw Festival. Jennings will succeed Elaine Calder, who is retiring in September of this year.

FESTIVAL PLAYERS OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY will kick off their eighth season of professional live theatre with the new Sunday Series @ Huff Estates featuring Weaksauce by Sam Mullins on Sunday, July 13, and a fully improvised play by Naomi Sniekus and Matt Baram of The National Theatre of the World with legendary improviser Colin Mochrie on Sunday, July 20.

At a press conference held June 2 in the lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 238 nominations for 222 eligible productions for the 35th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto. BroadwayWorld Toronto has exclusive photo coverage of the event below.

The Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award was inaugurated in 1996 and is given to a Canadian artist who demonstrates excellence in the performing arts and is dedicated to advocating and being an ambassador for the arts in Canada. The Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award is presented every two years and is sponsored by the City of Toronto. The recipient is awarded with an official scroll from the City and this year the City has increased the cash prize from $1,000 to $ 1,750.

Fairies, dogs, monsters, genies, and long-lost sisters make up Imagination Stage's 2014-2015 season of professional theatre. In the season ahead, five very different role models for bravery are explored on stage: a night fairy surviving by day; a Dalmatian couple trying to rescue their pups; a little boy facing his darkest fears in the southern swamp; young explorers tasked with saving their city of Baghdad; and two twins unknowingly separated and reunited in an unexpected location.

Actress Shirley Douglas and Tony Award winner Brent Carver will join a star-studded line up of performing artists to Holler 4 Health Care!, an evening of merry maladies and malady melodies to protest the end of federal leadership in Canadian health care, to be held March 31, 2014 at 8pm at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W., Toronto.

"This is a story that's old as old, of how a girl turned straw into gold," and one that the audiences at Imagination Stage are sure to know! Directed by Janet Stanford and written by Mike Kenny, Rumpelstiltskin is a unique interpretation of a fairytale in which the characters discover their true place in the world, complete with witty poetry, exquisite movement, and original music performed live by a fiddle player.

'This is a story that's old as old, of how a girl turned straw into gold,' and one that the audiences at Imagination Stage are sure to know! Directed by Janet Stanford and written by Mike Kenny, Rumpelstiltskin is a unique interpretation of a fairytale in which the characters discover their true place in the world, complete with witty poetry, exquisite movement, and original music performed live by a fiddle player. Best for ages 5-10, Rumpelstiltskin runs in Imagination Stage's Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre today, February 5-March 16, 2014.

"This is a story that's old as old, of how a girl turned straw into gold," and one that the audiences at Imagination Stage are sure to know! Directed by Janet Stanford and written by Mike Kenny, Rumpelstiltskin is a unique interpretation of a fairytale in which the characters discover their true place in the world, complete with witty poetry, exquisite movement, and original music performed live by a fiddle player. Best for ages 5-10, Rumpelstiltskin runs in Imagination Stage's Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre February 5-March 16, 2014. Tickets start at $10, and may be purchased online at www.imaginationstage.org, at the Imagination Stage box office, or via phone at 301-280-1660. Group rates are available.

New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will to present the U.S. premiere of The Neverending Story from Toronto's Roseneath Theatre. This engagement marks the New York debut of one of Canada's most celebrated theater companies and features the New York stage debut of Adamo Ruggiero, who played Marco on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will to present the U.S. premiere of The Neverending Story from Toronto's Roseneath Theatre. This engagement marks the New York debut of one of Canada's most celebrated theater companies and features the New York stage debut of Adamo Ruggiero, who played Marco on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Atreyu, Falkor, and the ultimate world of fantasy come to Main Street Theater in The Neverending Story, based on the wildly popular novel by Michael Ende, adapted for the stage by David S. Craig.

Atreyu, Falkor, and the ultimate world of fantasy come to Main Street Theater in The Neverending Story, based on the wildly popular novel by Michael Ende, adapted for the stage by David S. Craig.

Amicus Productions presents Neil Simon's award-winning play, Barefoot in the Park, at Fairview Library Theatre, running January 27-29, February 2-5 at 8p.m. and January 29 & 30 at 2p.m.

Amicus Productions presents Neil Simon's award-winning play, Barefoot in the Park, at Fairview Library Theatre, running January 27-29, February 2-5 at 8p.m. and January 29 & 30 at 2p.m.

Amicus Productions presents Neil Simon's award-winning play, Barefoot in the Park, at Fairview Library Theatre, running January 27-29, February 2-5 at 8p.m. and January 29 & 30 at 2p.m.