Kaplan News

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is pleased to announce the hiring of Justin R. Hoffman as the Festival's new Production Manager.

'The Boys Next Door'-a poignant comedy by Tom Griffin about four men with various mental disabilities living in a group home-will be the third play of the Hampton Theatre Company's 2017-2018 season, opening on March 22 at the Quogue Community Hall and running through April 8.

GFour Productions, winners of fifty-six Drama Desk and forty-four Tony Awards, are proudly bringing the international hit show Menopause The Musical to the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater from March 22-31 for twelve performances (see performance schedule below). The show is part of Cincinnati Arts Association's 2017-18 Presenting Season.

Soho Rep. (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director), has extended the world premiere of Aleshea Harris's Relentless Award-winning Is God Is, directed by Taibi Magar, a second time, through March 31.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today Saturday Night Strings, a special post-show concert series following select Saturday night performances of A WALK WITH MR. HEIFETZ, written by James Inverne and directed by Andrew Leynse. All ticketholders for the evenings of Saturday, February 10 (Mariella Haubs); Saturday, February 17 (Edward W. Hardy of Sterling Strings); and Saturday, February 24 (Luisa Bastidas) are invited to remain after the performance to enjoy live music performed by special guest violinists. The concerts are free for all ticketholders for that evening's performance.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today additional programming and events for the Winter 2018 season.

The Tony Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY is celebrating one year and over 400 performances on Broadway! Junkyard Dog Productions announces today a new block of tickets on sale for the Tony Award-winning smash hit Broadway musical COME FROM AWAY for performances through Sunday, February 24, 2019.

Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, presents an exhilarating array of musical programs this spring.

ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com is proud to announce an amazing line-up of performers for their Fifth Anniversary Celebration Concert at The Green Room 42 on Monday, March 5 at 9:30 PM. Packed with great contemporary musical theatre songs and curated by Laura Josepher & David Sisco, Contemporary Writers' Circle: Fifth Anniversary Concert represents the best of today's wide range of contemporary musical theatre styles featuring songs by celebrated, award-winning, and emerging writers.

The Mountain Play - Casting is complete for the Mountain Play's production of Mamma Mia! which will inject the San Francisco Bay Area with a dose of Abba elation this May.

Imagination Stage's IStage Performance Ensemble will perform Antigone, adapted by Don Taylor, March 16 - 18, 2018 in the Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre.

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is pleased to announce the first annual Tennessee Williams Birthday Bash. The party kicks off a new spring tradition for the Festival by raising a glass to one of America's great playwrights.

Just as news comes of their 2018 JUNO award nomination, Canadian groove masters FIVE ALARM FUNK have teamed up with legendary funk icon Bootsy Collins for the release of a new song, 'We Play The Funk,' out today, February 16. The track debuted first at Relix.com.

Just as news comes of their 2018 JUNO award nomination, Canadian groove masters FIVE ALARM FUNK have teamed up with legendary funk icon Bootsy Collins for the release of a new song, 'We Play The Funk,' out today, February 16. The track debuted first at Relix.com.

Audiences everywhere will be inspired to leap for the stars and realize their dreams when global mega-brand Dance Academy returns to the screen in a BIG way with its first-ever full-length major motion picture, Dance Academy: The Comeback! Starring much-loved original members of the Dance Academy “troupe” – Xenia Goodwin, Thomas Lacey, Keiynan Lonsdale, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, and Jordan Rodrigues – along with fresh faces Nic Westaway and Miranda Otto, the new film, based on the two-time Emmy-nominated Dance Academy Australian TV series, will dance its way into the hearts of viewers of all ages on March 2, 2018.

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) is thrilled to present for the first time in more than a decade the internationally renowned Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in the spectacular, full-evening Romeo et Juliette on Saturday, February 24 at 8 pm at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Shakespeare's tale of the famous star-crossed lovers gets an exotic French twist in this 'gorgeously original' (The London Telegraph), stunningly imaginative interpretation by renowned choreographer and director Jean-Christophe Maillot.

Actress and former Miss America, Lee Meriwether, was honored in Los Angeles on February 10th by Theatre West; the theatre company she helped found 55 years ago.  Aside from originating the role of  Catwomen on Batman in the 1960s, Meriwether starred in such series as Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones,  All My Children, Star Trek and many more. 

Jaap van Zweden begins his tenure as the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in the 2018–19 season. In introducing Jaap, the Philharmonic also welcomes an expanded connection to New York City: embracing our position as New York's Orchestra; weaving our tradition of innovation throughout the season's programs; celebrating seminal works of the repertoire; exploring ways in which music impacts and responds to social issues; and telling the stories of our home city through music. The Philharmonic emphasizes its commitment to today's composers and expanding audience experiences through two new series at The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. With a legacy of firsts, the New York Philharmonic will pave the way for its future while building on its storied past under the leadership of its new Maestro.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards, will play RBTL'S Auditorium Theatre for a one-week engagement March 20-25, as part of the 2017-2018 M&T Bank Broadway Season presented by RBTL and Albert Nocciolino. Tickets are on sale now and available via ticketmaster.com, 800.745.3000 and the Box Office. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 585-277-3325.