Lillian Gish News

Interview: Mickey White Brings a Starry DEAR EVAN HANSEN to Hingham

by R. Scott Reedy — August 4, 2026

Mickey White is about to realize one of his career dreams – playing the title role in “Dear Evan Hansen,” the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical.

Netflix Will Stream Eddie Murphy AFI Life Achievement Award Special

by Josh Sharpe — March 31, 2026

Netflix and the American Film Institute (AFI) will premiere the televised special, The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Eddie Murphy, on the streamer on May 31, 2026.

Meet the Broadway Icons of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

by Jennifer Ashley Tepper — October 7, 2025

Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl dropped on October 3rd, and it includes plenty of references—some explicit and some ambiguous—to real showgirls throughout history.

Rogue Machine's ANTHROPOLOGY Comes to The Matrix Theatre

by Stephi Wild — October 1, 2025

The North American Premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s anthropology, directed by John Perrin Flynn, will launch Rogue Machine’s new season on their mainstage.

Rosalba Rolón Awarded 32nd Annual Dorothy And Lillian Gish Prize

by Chloe Rabinowitz — September 16, 2025

The 32nd annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize has been awarded to actress, director, dramaturg, and theater founder Rosalba Rolón.

Who Are the Oldest Actors to Star in a Broadway Show?

by Jennifer Ashley Tepper — August 30, 2025

June Squibb is a beloved actor with an incredibly long career—but does 96 make her the oldest actor to play Broadway in a regular production with 8 performances a week? According to our research, that is indeed the case!

BECKY AND HER LUNG TRANSPLANT to Premiere at 7th Annual Durango PlayFest

by Stephi Wild — June 13, 2025

Denver-based husband-and-wife writing team Lucy Wright and William Missouri Downs will premiere their dramedy, Becky and Her Lung Transplant, at the 7th Annual Durango PlayFest.

Durango PlayFest Reveals Four Plays for 2025 Festival

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 8, 2025

Durango PlayFest has revealed the four new works that will headline its 7th annual play development festival in June.

Review: Theatre Raleigh's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

by Jeffrey Kare — March 27, 2025

The Trip to Bountiful is set in Houston, Texas in the 1940s after World War II.

Trisha Brown Dance Company To Return to The Joyce with a Premiere and 2 Landmark Works

by Josh Sharpe — March 4, 2025

The Trisha Brown Dance Company returns to The Joyce Theater (April 29 - May 4) with a program celebrating Trisha Brown’s Unstable Molecular Structure cycle.

Anna Deavere Smith and Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean To Headline Long Wharf Theatre's Artistic Congress

by Blair Ingenthron — October 5, 2024

Long Wharf Theatre, in partnership with Yale Schwarzman Center, has announced that Anna Deavere Smith and Dr.

Cast Set for UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS at East West Players

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 17, 2024

East West Players will present Unbroken Blossoms, by Philip W.

Westport Country Playhouse to Present Michael Wilson-Helmed THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Reading

by Chloe Rabinowitz — March 5, 2024

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “The Trip to Bountiful'.

Trisha Brown Dance Company to Present Second Commission At The Joyce Theater in March

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 23, 2024

THE TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY will present its second commissioned work at The Joyce Theater, March 26-31.

Stories On Stage Presents The World Premiere Of David Nehls' Suspenseful New Musical THE WIND, January 14

by A.A. Cristi — December 20, 2023

Stories on Stage presents the world premiere of David Nehls' suspenseful new musical “The Wind,” a one-person musical, performed by Emily Van Fleet (fresh from her dazzling performance as Carole King at the Arvada Center), accompanied by Nehls, violinist Emily Lewis and cellist David Short.