John Paul News

The Troubies are breaking and entering at the Colony Theatre in Burbank! For THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE and Troubie audiences, the merry-makers of mirth have combined the classic holiday film Home Alone, with the Beatles’ signature album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center is presenting INTO THE WOODS over two weekends. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece… and a rare modern classic. Check out photos!

The Book of Mormon, winner of nine 2011 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will celebrate its 5,000th performance on Broadway on Monday, November 4.

The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center will present INTO THE WOODS over two weekends, October 18–20 and October 25–27, 2024.

Lost Nation Theater’s season finale production of Shakespeare’s magical final play, The Tempest performs Thursdays through Sundays, October 10th – 27th  at Montpelier City Hall. 

The stars of Peacock’s Days of our Lives will be back with fans at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 2 for the annual “Day of Days” fan event to celebrate the start of the 60th season of the beloved series. 

The agency has launched representing a handful of playwrights each with numerous works performed, often in New York City, as well as composers, directors and others. The idea, according to the Peacock Agency, is to create a small agency that will take people worthy of representation in a sector where that often has been woefully absent.

The Appalachian Center for the Arts has announced its 2024-2025 Vitality New Play Commissions. Five nationally-recognized playwrights are writing new plays for The App's Vitality Touring Theatre Company, which presents plays and musicals on health and wellness topics for elementary school through adult audiences.

The Royal Shakespeare Company announced the full cast for its upcoming production of OTHELLO, featuring Hugh Quarshie in the title role and Lucian Msamati as Iago. The production opens in November.

The Living Arts Centre has revealed the first four shows of its Fall 2024 season, featuring a mix of theater, music, and dance performances.

Chastity will release their self-titled LP on September 13. Ahead of the album, the band shares a new single 'Offing,' which is available now.

A new Christmas musical with songs ranging from rock to rap is debuting at Theater for the New City, bringing some of the holiday spirit to town during warm weather, along with great songs and a story worthy of giving it a place as a new, classic Christmas show.

On Sunday, August 4th, I had the pleasure of seeing the musical GREASE at Musicals at Richter in Danbury, CT.  With book and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, director Jessica Smith combines her talents with music director Andrew Gadweh, and choreographer Melissa Arizzi to help bring out the best in this stellar cast of actors and actresses who come across as professional ringers, enjoying their roles, and radiating positive energy from the stage, drawing the audience right in, as we all enjoyed this wonderful performance in this newly renovated first-rate outdoor venue. 

“Jim Henson Idea Man” will make its broadcast debut on ABC on Aug. 11 at 8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT, during the network’s “Wonderful World of Disney” Sunday night movie lineup. From award-winning director Ron Howard, the film has become the most Emmy®-nominated documentary project of the year.

Helltown Players, Forum 24 and the Provincetown Art Gallery Association will present a staged reading of “A Part of the Noise,” a new play exploring the life of the renowned American painter, Franz Kline.

Only Twin, the solo project of Seattled-bred, Los Angeles-based Thomas Dutton has shared his sophomore album. It Feels Nice to Burn continues the exploration of love, rebirth, and new beginnings found on Dutton’s debut album, Rare Works. Listen to it now!

Perth Theatre has announced the cast for its new Beatles inspired drama There's A Place.

Musicals at Richter will celebrate its 40th season with the classic high school musical GREASE. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Thomas Dutton will release his exciting sophomore album, It Feels Nice to Burn on Friday, July 18. Now, he shares another glimpse of the album with the incredible and uniquely conceptual video for “Give You Up,” featuring the exceptional Julianne Hough. Watch it now!

Chastity is a 13-track record about the things that have always run through the band’s records—struggle, death, despair, redemption, darkness, and light. Ahead of the upcoming album, the band has shared the album opener 'Jaw Locked.' Listen to it now!