Herman Melville News

Broadway Records has released the original London cast recording of The National Theatre and Roald Dahl Story Company’s co-production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Listen to it now!

Tomorrow, Broadway Records is set to release the original London cast recording of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Ahead of the release, BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive track from the recording, featuring the company performing the song One Day. Check it out now!

The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires will present the Argentina premiere of Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd during its 2025 season. This production, directed by Marcelo Lombardero, is set for July.

The Indeterminacy Festival will present a preview of Into the Charmed Churned Circle in March. This multi-discipline, multi-generational, immersive performance piece is created by Stanzi Vaubel. Learn how to attend.

With life-size puppets and cinematic stylings, Plexus Polaire’s Moby Dick is a dark and immersive plunge into Herman Melville’s epic story.

The Indeterminacy Festival will present Fourteen Porches in Concert on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 7:30pm-9pm at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church.

The Donmar Warehouse has announced the full cast for the UK premiere of Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 which marks new Artistic Director Tim Sheader's directorial debut at the venue.

MELVILLE AND HAWTHORNE makes for an intriguing evening of theater that made me want to run back home and pull out MOBY DICK and perhaps THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE and start my summer reading. As a student, I never knew of this possible affair between two literary giants.

The play follows the year and a half that authors Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne spent living only a mile away from each other in the Berkshires. At the same time, Melville wrote and developed the novel MOBY DICK (which he dedicated to Hawthorne). The show is based on historical facts and will play from August 1st through August 10th.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum for a free poetry reading, Sailing Without Ahab, on Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 2pm aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree located at Pier 16 (Fulton and South Streets).

Explore the centennial celebration of Herman Melville's BILLY BUDD at The Grolier Club in NYC, featuring rare editions, manuscripts, and artifacts from the American literary classic.

A Theater in the Dark has announced its newest audio play – BIO-DAD, by Chicago actor and playwright Julian “joolz” Stroop. This new play is a story of a young person whose journey to understand their late father takes them across galaxies and leads them to a greater understanding of themself as well as their family.

The Princess of Wales Theatre will dim its marquee lights in honor of Frank Stella's work. Learn more about Stella.

A charming adaptation of Herman Melville’s masterpiece, Sebastian Armesto’s Moby Dick mixes music and drama in an effective, atmospheric production that never gets lost at sea, no matter how daunting a task it is to stage the novel.

Explore the immersive new VR experience by acclaimed artist Xavier Veilhan, debuting at Perrotin Shanghai on March 15.

Simple8 has announced casting for the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Herman Melville's leviathan masterpiece, Moby Dick.

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.

Watch as Sylvia Hernandez DiStasi, the Acrobatic Coordinator of Moby Dick, discusses her approach to circus arts - and David Catlin, the Director and Adaptor of Moby Dick discusses how aerial acrobatics can add depth to creative storytelling.

The Rep’s Moby Dick isn’t just a cleverly staged reinvention of a stodgy classic, it’s an emotionally driven theatrical voyage that challenges, engrosses and captivates audiences. This is breathtaking and jaw dropping theater.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents BILLY - Bay Area LGBTQ theatre icon John Fisher queers the espionage genre in this action-packed play.