Ken Ludwig News

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a new 2025/26 season including Metropolis' first ever Main Stage production of Grease.

Virginia Repertory Theatre has announced its 2025/2026 season, beginning with Murder on the Orient Express in September. Learn more about the full season here!

After years of multi-million-dollar renovations, East Lynne Theater Company, Cape May's award-winning Equity Professional Theater, will officially be handed over the keys to the former Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) by the city of Cape May in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 22. The building will now publicly be called the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME Church.

Date night is always a fun time at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse in Little Rock, and from now until May 24, Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies will have you laughing as they deliver a delightful evening of farcical comedy, blending theatrical wit with a tasty dinner that will have you going back for seconds.

Alley Theatre has revealed new photos and video of Primary Trust. Directed by Niegel Smith, Eboni Booth’s journey explores the intimate moments where every choice matters and every connection holds the power to change lives.  

Zach Theatre in Austin has announced its 2025-26 season, featuring Murder on the Orient Express, Dear Evan Hansen, Annie, Come From Away, and the regional premiere of Suzan-Lori Parks' Sally & Tom, along with holiday favorites and family programming.

The Bergen County Players has announced its 2025/26 season with an ambitious, joyous, and playful year of audience-pleasing musicals and innovative plays for its 93rd season.

Penn State will present the premiere production of the musical True Crime Frankenstein or the Modern, Modern Prometheus June 12-15 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre.

Why do mysteries grab us? Auckland Theatre Company creatively crafts  Ken Ludwig’s adaption of Agatha Christie’s whodunnit -  and brings to lavish life the inherent fascination we have with the detective mystery genre. Drawn in immediately by dynamic  dramatic and cinematic opening moments , the audience watches as the linear plot of MURDER OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS unfolds in spectacular and opulent fashion.  It’s 1934 and we are aboard the most luxurious train in the world, en route to Istanbul from Paris when it is caught in a snow storm .

From April 25 to May 18, The Wimberley Playhouse proudly presents LEND ME A SOPRANO, Ken Ludwig’s side-splitting comedy adapted from his beloved hit Lend Me a Tenor. Set in 1934, the story is set in a hotel room while the Cleveland Grand Opera Company waits in anticipation of a one-night-only performance by world-famous soprano Elena Firenzi, starring as Carmen.

Overall, this production of Murder on the Orient Express at Theatre Harrisburg is beautifully crafted, providing audiences with a complex performance filled with both comedy and intrigue.

This new production from director Lucy Bailey is a visual feast of delights. Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig in 2017, this is the first time there’s been a UK Tour of the infamous play and Bailey has given it the first-class treatment.

All aboard as City Theater presents Agatha Christie's masterpiece Murder on the Orient Express in May. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Market House Theatre has announced its 62nd Signature Series, featuring a dynamic lineup of four productions that blend high-energy comedy, classic suspense, a world premiere play, and one of the most iconic rock musicals of all time.

East Lynne Theater Company will host its annual “Spring Soiree” fundraiser, May 25, as a kick off to the theater company's 45th Season, which they have themed “The Story Continues.”

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced complete casting for the epic closing of the 2024 – 2025 Season, Jesus Christ Superstar, which begins previews on May 14, 2025. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice and directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes. Jesus Christ Superstar runs May 14 – June 15. 

I like to write all the time and generally write two plays a year, just because I take very seriously the notion of this being my profession. I would say playwright is spelled WRIGHT [write]. It's like a Cartwright or a wheelwright. It's somebody who rolls up their sleeves and does their work.

BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY is a hilarious adaptation by playwright Ken Ludwig, of Alley’s Lend Me a Tenor fame. Read our review here!

Everyman has announced its 2025/2026 season, a six-show lineup featuring its 18-member ensemble of resident actors in productions that embody the company’s three-decade legacy of building incredible theatre in the city of Baltimore.  

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the campus of Webster University. Get a first look at photos here!