Ken Ludwig News

The York Theatre has unveiled its 2025 Spring Season with a new “New2NY” series. See full programming, learn more about the season, and see how to purchase tickets.

Penguin Rep Theatre and Shadowland Stages present Ken Ludwig's DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE at 59E59 Theaters, directed by Stephen Nachamie. The production stars Alexandra Fortin and Michael Liebhauser. The company met the press this week. Check out our photos from the event. 

Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse will welcome 2025 with the whodunit BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY. Learn more about the show here!

Florida Repertory Theatre will present the play “Boca,” in the Historic Arcade Theatre. “Boca” is a series of short intertwining comedies that follow a group of retirees who soak up the good life in the fictional retirement community, the Boca Oasis. Learn more!

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will present the St. Louis premiere of Clyde's, the Tony-nominated hit by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage, running February 5 – March 3, 2025, at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the campus of Webster University.

The show’s farcical first half works because the second sticks the landing. Agatha Christie was the master of the big reveal, and this is one of her best. It all comes together beautifully in the final moments.

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

​Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the complete cast for the World Premiere of Ken Ludwig's Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. See who is starring and learn more about the production.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will present Athena by Gracie Gardner as the second and final play in the 24/25 Steve Woolf Studio Series - Adventurous Theatre for Adventurous Theateregoers -  in the Emerson Studio of the Loretto-Hilton Center on the campus of Webster University January 15 - February 9, 2025.

Watch a new video of the stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile! Now running at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, the story was adapted for the stage by two-time Tony Award nominee Ken Ludwig.

I often say that certain things in the theatre are a total mystery to me. Today’s subject Katie Kleiger is currently living her theatre life as Jacqueline de Bellefort in a true mystery of the theatre Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile. The show runs through December 29th in Arena’s Kreeger Theater space.

With Ken Ludwig's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, Arena Stage's new Artistic Director, Hana S. Sharif, debuts as Director. The sumptuousness of the production may not quite balance with the slightness of the script, but as amusement during the holiday season, Death on the Nile offers fine performances, the fun of puzzling out a mystery, and stunningly beautiful visual elements.

 Asolo Repertory Theatre and the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee have announced their partnership to host the First Annual Asolo Luminary Award, sponsored by Joel and Gail Morganroth.

Olney Theatre Center announced the three collaborative projects it will develop with week-long workshops as part of its Vanguard Arts Fund (VAF) during the 24-25 season.

The cast, crew, and creative team of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg present a show that is full of heart and hope, bringing light, life, and warmth to the stage.

The New Jewish Theatre (NJT) is pleased to announce its 27th season of producing professional plays and musicals at the J, beginning in March of 2025. The new season brings beloved shows by celebrated Jewish authors, as well as new work that presents unique perspectives on the Jewish experience.The Season opens with CABARET, and includes THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR..., THE WANDERERS, and BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY.

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, now delighting audiences at Austin Playhouse, is a theatrical romp that blends the logic of a classic whodunnit with the absurdity of over-the-top comedy. It is a good laugh!

Virginia Rep will celebrate the holiday season with an ambitious and scrumdiddlyumptious production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, presented December 5 - January 12 on the Majorie Arenstein stage at the historic November Theatre. 

The New Jewish Theatre has announced its 27th season of producing professional plays and musicals at the J, beginning in March of 2025. Learn more about the season here!