Kaplan News

AT THIS PERFORMANCE… will return to The Green Room 42 in August, featuring Broadway's rising stars. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

See what our critic thought of LES MISERABLES at Uptown Music Theater at Deerfield Performing Arts Center.

Penguin Rep Theatre opened the Off-Broadway premiere of A Sabbath Girl: A New Musical, with book by Cary Gitter, lyrics by Neil Berg and Cary Gitter, music by Neil Berg, and conceived and directed by Joe Brancato last night, Sunday, July 28th, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the festivities. Check out the photos here!

Check out production photos from Penguin Rep Theatre's Off-Broadway premiere of A Sabbath Girl: A New Musical, starring Marilyn Caserta, Diana DiMarzio, and more!

The Toronto Fringe’s 12-day extravaganza has concluded! Over 40,000 tickets were sold to 76 different shows around the city, from companies both local and international. With plenty of free arts programming at the Fringe Tent behind the Tranzac Club, the Fringe is a thrilling glimpse into the future of Toronto theatre.

Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy comes Focus Features’ captivating gritty biker film inspired by true events, THE BIKERIDERS. Releasing in a special Collector’s Edition with exclusive bonus content, THE BIKERIDERS will be available on Digital August 9, 2024 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM and DVD on August 13, 2024. The movie will be streaming exclusively on Peacock beginning August 9. 

Children’s Theatre Company has announced that Mary Loeffelholz has been elected by the Board of Directors to serve as the theatre’s Chair of the Board of Directors. Professionally, Loeffelholz currently serves as Co-proprietor, with her husband, of the Dampfwerk Distillery located in St. Louis Park.  

Partnering with oceanographer Georgy Manucharyan and six visionary composers, violinist Rachel Lee Priday will embark on a musically rich project that blends classical music with the visual poetry of fluid dynamics experiments, including a new album, Fluid Dynamics, with pianist David Kaplan out Friday, August 23, 2024 on Orchid Classics. 

Violinist Rachel Lee Priday releases her new album Fluid Dynamics, featuring works by Smith, Wiancko, Spinei, Andres, Lanzilotti, and Cerrone, with pianist David Kaplan.

EXIT Theatre will host the 33rd annual San Francisco Fringe Festival from August 9-25, 2024. Tickets are $15 and under. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Casting has been announced for week three of The Blank Theatre’s 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The next three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented live onstage July 25–28.

Penguin Rep Theatre has released first look photos of the cast of the Off-Broadway premiere of A Sabbath Girl: A New Musical, with book by Cary Gitter, lyrics by Neil Berg and Cary Gitter, music by Neil Berg, and conceived and directed by Joe Brancato.

Blank Theatre Company is now presenting the second show of their 2024 season, THE MAD ONES, by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk. Check out all new photos here!

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this August for an advance look at tomorrow's hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 21st Annual New Works Festival, running August 9-18. See the full lineup here!

Anne L. Kaplan, Joffrey Board Chair, and Shari Massey, Acting President and CEO, have announced the appointment of Ofelia Casillas to the Joffrey Board of Directors for the 2024–2027 term.

TERF, a new one-act production set to premiere on August 2 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, takes on J.K. Rowling, the billionaire creator of the Harry Potter universe and the biggest celebrity supporting the gender-critical movement, which seeks to ban transgender women from women-only spaces and services.

Catch BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at theREP next week, celebrating the life and music of the legendary singer-songwriter Carole King.

Charly Bliss share “Waiting For You,” the lively and dynamic new single from FOREVER, the band’s highly anticipated new album out August 16. The song comes with a video directed by frequent collaborator Henry Kaplan.

Feel a little sunshine on your shoulders this holiday season when Rocky Mountain High Experience®: A John Denver Christmas starring Rick Schuler plays the Aronoff Center’s intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM.

The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its return to the Kentucky Center for a limited engagement in January. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.