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Before he heads off to do an out-of-town workshop of Mary & Max, Award-winning composer/lyricist Bobby Cronin is embarking on an International Concert Tour. Last stop, New York City!  

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Finally an extraordinary musical that is high on substance and heart as well as entertainment value! 2015's Tony Winning Best Musical Fun Home is based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. The Bechdels are an atypically dysfunctional family living in Pennsylvania. Cartoonist Alison (Kate Shindle) is trying to draw her father Bruce (Robert Petkoff) and to understand why he committed suicide. Currently onstage at the Ahamsnon Theatre through April 1, Fun Home with its emotionally engaging book by Lisa Kron and curiously vibrant music score by Jeanine Tesori, boasts seamless direction from Sam Gold and a wonderfully sensitive cast. 

The Tony Award-winning musical 'Fun Home' opened last night, February 22, at the Ahmanson Theatre and continues through April 1, 2017. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry opening festivities below!

Yesterday, Paige Price announced that she will resign as the First Vice President of Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union that represents all professional stage actors and stage managers, effective March 31, 2017. Ms. Price announced that she will take the helm of the Philadelphia Theatre Company as its Producing Artistic Director.

The Tony Award-winning musical "Fun Home" opens February 22 at the Ahmanson Theatre and continues through April 1, 2017. "Fun Home" has one preview performance on February 21.

Following an extensive two-year renovation, San Francisco's Curran reopened last night with the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home. Performances began January 25 (running four weeks through February 19) with an official opening night held last night, January 26. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry opening festivities below!

The Dolphin Show, America's largest student-produced musical, proudly announces LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as the 75th Annual Dolphin Show.

There's wiping a tear from your eye during an emotional performance, and then there's mopping up buckets of tears from your shirtsleeve for most of the show. For me, Fun Home was the latter.

Tino Gagliardi, President of Local 802 AFM, the Associated Musicians of Greater New York; James Claffey, President of Local 1 IATSE; Kate Shindle, President of Actors' Equity Association; Mike Hodge, President of SAG-AFTRA NY Local; and Thomas J. O'Donnell, President of Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 today applauded Governor Cuomo for vetoing S7709/A10283-A.

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FUN HOME and Kate Shindle have more than a couple things in common. A lengthy conversation with her in Minneapolis and the show both provide a lot of food for thought.

Members of L.A.'s 'PRO-99' theater community continue to gather signatures to demand a new referendum on Actors' Equity's 99-Seat Theater Plan, which is scheduled to end today.

Fun Home is a show unlike any other. The one hour and forty minute without an intermission production transports the audience into the life of Alison Bechdel as she looks back on growing up. And hopefully, when it is over, they are changed from taking the journey with her.

Fun Home, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musical, arrives November 29th at the Fisher Theatre. "Most people have never seen anything like Fun Home, especially in the realm of musical theatre, because the telling of this story is exquisite," said Kate Shindle. "If you like good theatre, you should come see our show while we're in Detroit. There are going to be many other productions of more traditional musicals, but I think this is chances to see a really first-class production of something will challenge, excite, and hopefully move you."

I was book shopping a while back and stumbled across the graphic novel FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel. I sat down and read through it, appreciating Bechdel's artistic style, but also thoroughly engaged in the glimpses into her life that filled the pages. The musical version (music by Jeanine Tesori, with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron) definitely captures the essence of Bechdel's work, and that's really important when something is adapted for the stage. The current touring production of this show is playing at the Fox Theatre and I highly recommend this 2015 Tony Award winner.

Actors' Equity Association and the Off-Broadway League announced today that they have reached an agreement for a new 5-year contract for actors and stage managers who work at commercial and non-profit theaters.

Producers Fox Theatricals and Barbara Whitman have announced casting for the first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical. The tour will premiere in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, November 15 - 27, 2016.

The Dolphin Show, America's largest student-produced musical, proudly announces LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as the 75th Annual Dolphin Show.

Following the announcement that Donald Trump had been elected President of the United States, much of the LGBTQ community and specifically the Broadway community took to social media to express disappointment and fear.