Judith Ivey News

Nantucket Performing Arts Center revealed two more additions to the Summer 2026 season, adding Emmy Award-winning comedian JB Smoove and a performance from Grammy Award winner Colbie Caillat.

Nantucket Performing Arts Center is expanding its Summer 2026 season, adding Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian Seth Meyers and a new production of Craig Lucas' beloved play Prelude to a Kiss, directed by Mark Shanahan.

Westport Country Playhouse announced its 2026-27 season featuring six productions, including two world premieres, under artistic director Mark Shanahan, with works by Ken Ludwig and Charlotte Booker and a cast including Judith Ivey.

Theatre Aspen is accepting submissions through next Friday, April 10 for the organization’s seventh annual one-person show festival, Solo Flights, to be held from September 8-13, 2026.

Theatre Aspen is now accepting submissions through Friday, April 10 for the organization’s seventh annual one-person show festival, Solo Flights. Solo Flights is an annual weeklong developmental festival of one-person shows.

Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason and Tony Award winner James Naughton will join previously announced Tony Award winner Judith Ivey in Westport Country Playhouse's Script in Hand playreading of 'The Pancake Club'.

Westport Country Playhouse will present two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey in a Script in Hand playreading of “The Pancake Club'. The new comedy is written by Charlotte Booker and directed by Mark Shanahan, Playhouse artistic director.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage “A Sherlock Carol,” a family-friendly holiday production based on two classic tales, “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” a classic Sherlock Holmes story, and “A Christmas Carol.”

xGingold Theatrical Group celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a Gala, honoring Tony Award winner Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman, and Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie with the Golden Shamrock Award. See photos!

The Tent Theater Company will host its 2025 benefit, LASTINGNESS next week at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons. Learn more about the event here!

Gingold Theatrical Group will host a one-night-only gala fundraiser, which will honor Tony Award winner Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman, and Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie with the Golden Shamrock Award. 

Samuel D. Hunter’s plays have quietly shaped contemporary American drama. Known for their compassionate look at working-class lives in his native Idaho, Hunter’s works explore faith, loneliness, community, and redemption with remarkable empathy. Hunter (finally) just made his Broadway debut in 2025 with Little Bear Ridge Road, now running at the Booth Theatre.

The Garry Marshall Theatre (GMT), in partnership with producer Bob Boyett, will host its annual fundraiser on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at Verse LA, a modern-day supper club in Los Angeles.

Theatre Aspen has revealed the two grant recipients from the 2025 Solo Flights Project Advancement Fund. Learn more about the recipients and about the Fund here!

Pasadena Playhouse has revealed the largest and broadest slate of community classes for all ages after the historic purchase of the Pasadena Playhouse campus. Learn more!

JANE EYRE WASN'T A WHORE is set to make its World Premiere at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The solo show, written and performed by Carly Polistina and directed by Alexandra Brokowski, will be running in August.

Casting is everything,” said legendary director Martin Scorsese. “If you get the right people, they make you look good as a director.”  That philosophy is on full display at this year’s Palm Springs Young Playwrights Festival, where two outstanding student-written plays will be brought to life by an all-star lineup of actors and directors from stage and screen.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “The Shark Is Broken,” based on true events during the making of the film “Jaws.'

The Palm Springs Young Playwrights Festival (PSYPF) has announced the two winning playwrights for its 2025 season. Learn more about the winners and their productions here!

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “Still,” a romantic story of two reunited lovers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.