Lauren Mitchell News

See the cast of the New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods take their bows on opening night. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the opening night gala performances, and you can check out the photos here!

Off-Broadway is back and better than ever, with countless new shows soon opening across Manhattan and beyond. BroadwayWorld is helping you pick what to see next by rounding up our top recommended theatre each month. Coming up this May is a Sondheim classic, a world premiere, and so much more!

Rehearsals are underway for New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods and we've got footage of the cast in rehearsals. Watch the full cast perform, Heather Headley sing 'Stay with Me' and watch interviews as well.

Get a first look at photos of the cast as rehearsals are underway for New York City Center Encores! production of Into the Woods. 

New York City Center today announced that Emmy and Tony Award‐ winning actor Neil Patrick Harris will join the cast of Encores! Into the Woods as the Baker.

New York City Center today announced additional casting for the third and final production of the 2022 Encores! season, Into the Woods (May 4 -15).

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces July dates for Cabaret by the Bay, a series of intimate performances held in the Grand Foyer. Blues songstress Lauren Mitchell headlines the performances on Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Hussian College's all-puppet version of Urinetown The Musical will premiere online April 16th at 7PM PST. This student-led limited engagement is a HCLA

The Citizens Theatre today announces two new productions: Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?, performed by the Citizens Theatre's new Care Experienced theatre ensemble and Adrift, performed by the Citizens Young Co.

The Orange County Playwrights Alliance travels to Newport Theatre Arts Center - Newport Beach's beautiful 'theatre on the cliff' - for its July new play event, presenting staged readings of three new one-act plays that all concern the possibility of a 'second chance.'

The Citizens Theatre has announced a new season of work by women writers that will put women centre stage.

There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.

Award-winning Artemisia's Intent makes its Rhode Island debut this July, bringing to life the work of Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi at the 5th Annual Providence Fringe Festival. FRINGEPVD brings independent performers from around the world to Providence to share original work from artists on the 'fringe.'  Performances will take place on July 31 (8:30PM) andAugust 1 (7PM) at the Wilbury Theatre Group (40 Sonoma Ct, Providence, RI). Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. More information at http://www.fringepvd.org/artemisias-intent.html.

Award-winning Artemisia's Intent will bring the life and work of Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi to the 5th Annual Providence Fringe Festival, FRINGEPVD. Before making its Rhode Island debut, Artemisia's Intent will receive a send-off performance in NYC on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:30PM at The Kraine (85 East 4th Street, NY, NY 10009). Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.horsetrade.info or at the box office.

After a sold out run and winning Best Solo Drama at the 2018 Frigid Festival, The Antropologist's Artemisia's Intent returns with an Encore Performance at the 18th annual Estrogenius Festival, the longest running women's theater festival, on Friday, March 16, 2018 at 8PM at The Kraine (85 East 4th Street, NY, NY 10009).

THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS open their newest show, Artemisia's Intent on Valentine's Day.

The Anthropologists evoke 17th century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi to create a vivid portrait of an artist caught at the intersection of power, sexism and art. Inspired by every proclamation of, me too, Artemisia's Intent unmasks power structures one gripping masterpiece at a time.

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.

The producers of the Tony, Grammy & Olivier Award-Winning Best Musical Jersey Boysannounced today that Nicolas Dromard and Drew Seeley will join the Broadway cast in the roles of Tommy DeVito and Bob Gaudio (respectively) beginning Tuesday, September 20th. Richard H. Blake and Quinn VanAntwerp will play their final performances this Sunday, September 18th.

The producers of the Tony, Grammy & Olivier Award-Winning Best Musical Jersey Boys announced today that the Broadway production will end its record-breaking, 11-year run on Sunday, January 15, 2017 after 4,642 performances at the August Wilson Theatre (245 W 52nd St, NYC).