Jane Austen News

The Actors' Church will hold its first Pride event this weekend as part of its Theatre in the Garden, its dedicated summer season filled with Shakespearean comedy, puppetry, comedy, musical theatre concerts and new takes on classic tales. 

The Cape Playhouse, the longest-running professional summer theatre in the country, will continue its 2023 Summer season on July 1st with the Tony and Grammy Award-Winning Smash Hit Musical, Jersey Boys.

Broadway veteran Mamie Parris will star as Jane Austen in the one-night-only concert presentation of the new musical Austen’s Pride at the prestigious Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Learn how to purchase tickets!

From the acclaimed PASTICHENYC, who recently brought audiences Jane Austen's Persuasion Song Cycle and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle comes the World Premiere of sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE follows the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the '90s, an age of diminished expectations.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will be heading outdoors for an updated revival of the three-person comedy The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] presented on a new outdoor stage in front of the Trexler Library at DeSales University. The show previews, Wednesday and Thursday, June 28 and 29, opens Friday, June 30, and runs through July 16.

The full cast and creative team has ben revealed for Prejudice & Pride, featuring a book by Sam Wright & Nicholas Collett, music and lyrics by Sam Wright and direction by Nicholas Collett.

BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of shows returning to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Directed by Brian Deedrick, the production features an impressive cast and intricate Georgian costumes.

From June 16 to June 25, The Rally Cat will present Ragercize: an aerobic catharsis at Sunlight Studios in Manhattan.

The Cape Playhouse, the longest-running professional summer theatre in the country, will continue its 2023 Summer season on June 21st with an exciting retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

Center Valley, PA, June 06, 2023-Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival launches its Main Stage summer season with the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, previewing Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15, opening Friday, June 16, and running through July 2nd at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of DeSales University.

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Adrian Lukis, as he discusses Being Mr. Wickham, now playing as part of the Brits Off Broadway Season at 59E59.

PCPA Season 59 brings romantic misadventures, toe tapping live music, and uplifting stories all under the stars this summer! Learn more about the season lineup here!

Boston is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. June 2023's top picks include The Normal Heart, The Color Purple, and more!

The 2023-2024 season has been announced at Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth's esteemed classical theatre company. Join in for the company's 18th season and experience the magic of live theatre with seven incredible productions.

Continuing their partnership with Fuller's pubs, 2023 will see Open Bar Theatre tour Sense and Sensibility followed by two Shakespeare plays to pub gardens up and down the UK, bringing classics back to the people. Updating the satire in the plays to suit modern day, and performing with a physical, high energy style and a dash of audience participation, Open Bar Theatre perform for today's groundlings, those who want to sit back with a big glass of something cold and be entertained.

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) has announced their Summer 2023 Season.

Producer R. Erin Craig has announced that the new musical Austen's Pride will play a one-night-only concert engagement at the prestigious Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 8 PM. Featuring a book, music, and lyrics by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs and orchestrations by Amanda Jacobs, Austen's Pride is directed by Igor Goldin with musical direction by Matt Perri, who will also conduct the evening, and choreography by Lisa Shriver.

David Mirvish has announced the 2023/24 Off-Mirvish season. Learn more about the lineup here!

The Theatre Group at SBCC presents its 2023-24 theatre season beginning in July with the classic musical GUYS AND DOLLS.