Jack Horner News

To kick off its 2025 Spring Puppet Performance Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will welcome back Jim Napolitano of Nappy’s Puppets to perform Jack and the Beanstalk. Learn more!

Gingerline, pioneers of the underground, immersive dining scene, will celebrate their homecoming and first show in London since 2019 with The Grand Expedition: The Incredible Edible Journey, opening in February 2024 in an undisclosed central London location. 

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone (Black Widow), Samson Kayo (Sliced), Emmy nominee Anthony Mendez (Jane the Virgin) and Tony Award nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Featured Actress in a Musical – Ghost: The Musical

Watch the lyric video for KAROL G’s song “La Vida Es Una (from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish).” This holiday season, everyone’s favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and more.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar® winner Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone (Black Widow), Samson Kayo (Sliced), Emmy nominee Anthony Mendez (Jane the Virgin) and Tony nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Trolls World Tour, Ghost: the Musical).  Watch the new video trailer now!

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse announces its new programme of work, the first under Creative Director Suba Das. It confirms the venues' commitment to artistic innovation, talent development, and social change, whilst reflecting and entertaining the people of Liverpool and beyond.

Academy Award® nominee Antonio Banderas returns as PiB as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws (Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek). 

Starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar® winner Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone (Black Widow), Samson Kayo (Sliced), Emmy nominee Anthony Mendez (Jane the Virgin) and Tony nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Ghost the Musical).  

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features an all-star comedic cast that includes Oscar® winner Olivia Colman, Florence Pugh, John Mulaney, Harvey Guillén, Antonio Banderas, Ray Winstone (Black Widow), Samson Kayo (Sliced), Emmy nominee Anthony Mendez (Jane the Virgin) and Tony nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Ghost the Musical).

Curve and Rose Theatre Kingston are proud to announce their purrfect cast and tour for their brand new co-production of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat.

Originally premiered June 2017, the Colorado Springs Conservatory (CSC) team is bringing this original production back with timely and amazing revisions and additions to the story and music. Josh Franklin, CSC alumni and Broadway veteran has teamed up with Linda Weise, original composer and librettist and CSC Founding CEO, to bring "Jack" to a whole new level. This moral musical tale presents Jack, a ten year old bully at school who is taken on a journey through a dream that includes some of literature's most famous "Jacks," as he comes to realize that life choices can determine your successes or otherwise.

The epic musical love story CHESS starring Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar asFreddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Browne as Molokov has just two weeks remaining of its limited West End season which must end on 2 June 2018.

The epic musical love story CHESS starring Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Browne as Molokov opens tonight, Thursday 26 April 2018 (Press night on Tuesday 1 May 2018) for a strictly limited 5 week season. Check out a first look at the production in the photos below!

Chess is coming back to the West End for the first time since 1986, opening at the London Coliseum on Thursday 26 April 2018 (Press night on Tuesday 1 May 2018) for a strictly limited 5 week season. The show will come without one of its previously announced cast members, however. BroadwayWorld has just learned that Murray Head has withdrawn from the production. A show representative explained:

The first West End production of Chess since 1986 stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Murray Head as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Philip Browne as Molokov. This epic musical love story will open at the London Coliseum on Thursday 26 April 2018 (Press night on Tuesday 1 May 2018) for a strictly limited 5 week season.

Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Jurassic World: The Exhibition, opened its gates this morning at the renowned Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Based on the continued success of Universal Pictures' groundbreaking franchise, Jurassic World, NBCUniversal Brand Development and Imagine Exhibitions will launch the North American premiere of Jurassic World: The Exhibition

Curve and Rose Theatre Kingston have announced full casting for their upcoming production of Roald Dahl's THE TWITS.

Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC), announced today that EDUARDO A. BRANIFF has been unanimously elected as the new chairman of the board of INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. Eduardo has over 15 years experience in creating brands and brand experiences for corporate and cultural enterprises. As CEO and Creative Director of Imagination, he stewarded brands such as Ford, Claire's, SAP, Patron and Coca-Cola. More recently, as Partner of IDEAB he's focused on coaching leaders of creative enterprises in defining more effective growth strategies, leading more engaged teams and creating more compelling company cultures. In addition to serving on the board of Independent Shakespeare Co., he's a board director of Silkroad, Yo-Yo Ma's music and culture foundation. He is a graduate of Yale University.

The Provincetown Theater announces today the induction of three new members to The Theaters Board of Directors and Tristan DiVincenzo as the Executive Artistic Director. The newly elected members of the community represent diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and interests. They are: Allison Baldwin, Jack Hornor, and David Wilson.