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The musical may have many flaws, but this is one stellar production of it featuring so many fabulously talented teens.

JEAN LOUISA KELLY – the stage and screen star from the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods, and the movies Uncle Buck, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Fantasticks, and Top Gun: Maverick – will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with “Anything Can Happen!” for two additional shows after her sold-out New York concert debut earlier this year. The encore performances will take place Friday, March 31 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, April 1 at 9:30 PM.

Now having its California premiere at OC's Chance Theater in Anaheim through February 26, RIDE THE CYCLONE is a must-see, wonderfully odd, yet endearingly touching musical comedy that feels like a thoughtfully bonkers hybrid of The Breakfast Club and It's A Wonderful Life, with room for a dollop of Tim Burton-esque quirkiness.

JEAN LOUISA KELLY – the stage and screen star from the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods, and the movies Uncle Buck, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Fantasticks, and Top Gun: Maverick – has added a livestream option for her New York concert debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Saturday, January 21 at 9:30 PM.

JEAN LOUISA KELLY – the stage and screen star from the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods, and the movies Uncle Buck, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Fantasticks, and Top Gun: Maverick – will make her New York concert debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 9:30 PM.

Movies @ the Warner presents PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and more. Find out the full schedule and how to get tickets. .

A new Halloween compilation A(aaagh!)lbum by musical theater virtuoso Joe Iconis, is available in digital and streaming formats starting today, Friday, October 21.

The new Halloween compilation A(aaagh!)lbum by musical theater virtuoso Joe Iconis, will be available in digital and streaming formats on Friday, October 21. The release includes one previously-unissued track, “Haddonfield, 15 Years Later (For Judith) Alternative Version.” Get an exclusive first listen here!

Broadway and television star Barrett Foa (“NCIS: Los Angeles,” Avenue Q) will join Hypnotist Extraordinaire Asad Mecci for the combined hypnosis and improvisational comedy hit HYPROV at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

GROUP PROJECT is a new work written and directed by Lindsay Goss in collaboration with a cohort of Temple University theater students. GROUP PROJECT will be performed live and in person from September 8 to 18, 2022, at The Randall Theater.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces its lineup of upcoming FST Improv performances June 11 - September 24. From the audience favorite Comedy Lottery and the return of FST Improv's Independence Day tradition, When X Meets Y: American Revolution, to a fully improvised disaster movie, We're Doomed, and more, this summer is packed with a wide variety of performance styles and techniques.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts virtually hosted more than 125 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. 

Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater will celebrate 15 years of Summer Classic Movies when the annual series begins June 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic 1925 auditorium. Enjoy classic movies in the beautifully restored historic theater Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m. June through August. Tickets for each film are just $8 and are on sale now. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended.

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think back to the music of 1969?  Perhaps it's Woodstock, the rock festival that still defines the very concept of the rock festival.  Or maybe it's one of the year's many great albums: The Who's Tommy, Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers, The Band's self-titled, Blind Faith's debut, Led Zeppelin I and II and more.  The Beatles played their final concert on a London roof, and Cream said “goodbye.”  

The SHU Community Theatre presents a month of film programming in January. Films run at SHU Community Theatre, 1420 Post Road, Fairfield.

Chris Isaacson Presents and Ronn Goswick have announced the addition of the Season 10 winner of NBC's The Voice Alisan Porter along with Chad Doreck, Kate Harmon, Bethany Joy Lenz, Nicole Santiago, Matt Zarley, and newcomer Ava Delaney to the lineup of performers for the 12th Annual A Broadway Christmas. 

For the Record’s perennial holiday hit LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE returns to The Wallis for its third year with previews beginning November 27th.  Cast with incredible vocalists, songs from the Love Actually soundtrack are performed along with some original compositions onstage in front of the screened 2003 film. Got the chance to chat up one of For The Record’s mainstay performers Michael Thomas Grant, also known to TV audiences as Leif on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

This past weekend saw a reading of Broadway Vacation, a new musical based on the Vacation film franchise. The reading featured cast members Hunter Foster, Kerry Butler, Ben Wang, Daniela Rodrigo, Alan H. Green, and Andy Grotelueschen, in roles inspired by the films.

Tease your hair, dig out those Trapper-Keepers and your favorite acid wash jeans, and get ready for the party of the year! Feinstein's at the Nikko announced today that For The Record—the nationally acclaimed genre-bending series that brings classic movie soundtracks to thrilling life on stage—will make their San Francisco debut with BratPack.

If you are a theatre teacher, past or present, or a student who takes theatre in middle school or high school, then you need to hurry to the Tampa Fringe to watch this show.