Drew Johnson News

After playing the Narrator in the original West End production in 1979, Peter Straker returns to the iconic rock opera THE WHO'S TOMMY as the Acid Queen.

Process & Practice will be on view February 17 - March 19, 2017 at DCAC, with an opening Reception set for Today, February 17 from 7 to 9 pm, and an Artist Talk slated for Sunday, March 12 at 5 pm.

Producers have announced details of two planned cast changes in the European premiere production of the musical Death Takes A Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces the cast and creative team for Shakespeare's playful romantic comedy Love's Labor's Lost, staged by acclaimed director Marti Maraden as part of the Theater's 30th Anniversary Season.

Process & Practice will be on view February 17 - March 19, 2017 at DCAC, with an opening Reception set for Friday, February 17 from 7 to 9 pm, and an Artist Talk slated for Sunday, March 12 at 5 pm.

Following standing ovations across the country including acclaimed seasons at Sydney Opera House, Melbourne's Hamer Hall and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Australia's smash hit stage spectacular, Rumour Has It, will be performed at Riverside Theatres on 17th February 2017.

Producers have announced that there has been a cast change for the upcoming European premiere of the musical  Death Takes A Holiday.

Studio Tenn and Tennessee Performing Arts Center's joint venture to produce Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita in Nashville resulted in the production claiming the top prize as "Outstanding Musical of The Year" at Sunday's Midwinter's First Night event at The Larry Keeton Theatre. Nashville Repertory Theatre's production of Nate Eppler's original play Good Monsters took the title of "Outstanding Play of The Year" in the annual ceremony that dates back to its origins in 1989.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces the cast and creative team for Shakespeare's playful romantic comedy Love's Labor's Lost, staged by acclaimed director Marti Maraden as part of the Theater's 30th Anniversary Season.

Meet some of the cast of Death Takes A Holiday and see what they've been getting up to in rehearsal.

Acclaimed director Thom Southerland ("Ragtime", "Titanic", "Grey Gardens") is to direct the world premiere of a major new musical, "The Braille Legacy".

This is the first London production in 20 years of the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, based on the Billy Wilder film 'The Apartment'.

Maxwell Caulfield, Zoe Doano and Chris Peluso are to head the cast of Death Takes A Holiday, the third Charing Cross Theatre musical directed by Artistic Director Thom Southerland following the critically acclaimed Titanic and Ragtime, which has just received an all-time record 14 Off West End Award nominations as well as WhatsOnStage Award nominations for Best Musical Revival and Best Off West End Producton.

AND THEY'RE OFF... Meet the cast and creative team for the European premiere of DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY, pictured this morming on the very first day of rehearsals.

Maxwell Caulfield, Zoe Doano and Chris Peluso are to head the cast of Death Takes A Holiday, the third Charing Cross Theatre musical directed by Artistic Director Thom Southerland.

Some grand holiday traditions are exactly what is needed in these turbulent times and nothing is more pleasing than the 2016 version of Nashville Repertory Theatre's live stage version of A Christmas Story, the theatrical treatment of the movie of the same name that somehow captures all the memories and nostalgia, all the laughter and mayhem of the holiday season.

Nashville audiences can look forward to the warm-hearted and comedic holiday treat when Nashville Repertory Theatre produces A Christmas Story for an eighth consecutive season. This familiar story of young Ralphie's wintertime woes has become a tradition that many Middle Tennessee families eagerly attend year after year.

With Sinbad the Sailor opening on Monday and Rani Moorthy's Whose Sari Now? currently playing in Gerry's studio space, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, Kerry Michael today announces the theatre's forthcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season.

Redtwist Theatre presents the World Premiere of TURTLE by Jake Jeppson, directed by Damon Kiely. The show opens Today, Nov 19, 2016, at 3pm (also press opening). Featuring Redtwist Company Member Michael Sherwin, with guest artists Drew Johnson, Carolyn Kruse, and Emily Tate. A sea turtle waddles into Molly's seemingly happy life and opens Molly's eyes to the pain around her.

Final casting is today announced for the first London production in 20 years of the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, based on the Billy Wilder film The Apartment.