Date of Birth: March 14, 1916 (110)
Birth Place: Wharton, TX, USA
Award-winning Redtwist Theatre, launching its 22nd season with Prayer Circle, September 17 - November 8, by Erik Gernand and directed by Executive Artistic Director Dusty Brown, announced an added special engagement to its 2026 - 2027 season, the world premiere of Flying Monkeys, produced in collabo
Composer Peter Melnick has released a new single reflecting on the 2018 Montecito debris flow, marking another step toward his forthcoming debut album.
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Emmy Award and SAG Award nominee Jurnee Smollett will join the company of The Whoopi Monologues.
Tony ® Award-winning stage and screen legend Betty Buckley today releases her new live album, Enough, via Palmetto Records.
Betty Buckley has released her new single, “On the 4th of July,” written by six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor.
Penguin Rep Theatre will present Lloyd Suh's THE HEART SELLERS, directed by Maria Mileaf, at its Stony Point, New York hay barn venue.
Composer and songwriter Peter Melnick has released his debut single, “Bring Them Home,” available now on all streaming platforms alongside an accompanying music video.
PlayGround will present a simultaneous four-city gala honoring Margo Hall, Jessica Kubzansky, Emily Shooltz, and Ericka Ratcliff, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the June Anne Baker Prize for women and non-binary playwrights.
Burning Coal Theatre Company's Second Stage Series will present three works by emerging artists — SHADOWS IN RED LIGHT, DANGER!, and DR.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has terminated all of its staff as the merger with Pittsburgh CLO proceeds.
Burning Coal Theatre Company will present WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2026, featuring three plays in repertory by emerging artists, including works by Roné Sargent, Lucius Robinson, and Liza Birkenmeier, at its Raleigh, NC venue.
Playwright Zach Barr received the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for THE PILON, which had its world premiere at Chicago's Red Theater.
The Dramatists Guild of America celebrated its 2026 Awards on Monday, April 27, 2026, in New York City, honoring a remarkable group of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theater artists, and advocates whose work continues to shape the American theatre.
The Dramatists Guild of America announced its 2026 award recipients, including Bess Wohl, Kimber Lee, Lisa Kron, Victor I.
Tony Award–winning stage and screen icon Betty Buckley releases her new single, “Enough,” written by GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.
Ahead of the highly anticipated new film, Forbidden Fruits co-writer Lily Houghton spoke to BroadwayWorld about the cinematic adaptation of her play, and how she channeled her own grief and 'hyper-fem” voice into this heightened world.
The Broadway Women's Fund revealed its 2026 Women to Watch on Broadway list, the seventh list from the fund spotlighting women in leadership in theater.
Continuing the 2026 theatre season, City Theatre will present Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus.
Act II Playhouse has announced its slate of 2026-2027 productions.
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about the fictional small town of Maycomb, Alabama, in the Depression-era South grappling with violence and racial inequality, along with issues of class, courage, and compassion, is a classic of modern American literature
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