Lynn Ahrens News

Tanglewood will kick off its summer activities with Top Gun: Maverick in Concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The Boston Pops will perform the score live to picture, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulous on Friday, June 20 at 8 p.m.

Watch the cast of Goodspeed's Ragtime rehearse 'New Music,' before performances begin on April 25. The video features Michael Wordly and Brennyn Lark with Shaunice Maudlyn Alexander, Jordan Alexander, Mia Bergstrom, Tommy Betz, and more.

Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have just announced the company’s diamond anniversary season. We have all of the details here!

Watch a first look at the New England Regional Premiere of Anastasia the Musical at Maine State Music Theatre. Check out the new video video. Book by Terrence McNally Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

Keen is partnering with Audience Rewards on a series of conversations designed to connect their patrons and community with some of the themes surrounding All the World’s a Stage. Learn more about upcoming events here!

Actors Training Center announces 2025 Summer Fundraiser: an Alumni Cabaret at Hey Nonny in downtown Arlington Heights on June 8, 2025. Check here for more information.

Watch the trailer video for Anastasia at Fulton Theatre. From the Tony-winning creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, the new production is running at Fulton Theatre’s Mainstage.

Theatre Tuscaloosa will hold open auditions for 'Anastasia' in the Wilson Carr Rehearsal Hall on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College. Learn how to attend.

Geva Theatre has announced its upcoming 2025/26 season. The One Geva subscription offers a full season of exciting work across our two theatres – now with five shows in the Wilson and two shows in the Fielding!

Encore Theatre Group will present its spring mainstage musical production: the sweeping, romantic, and adventure-filled Anastasia: The Musical. Learn more about the show here!

AMPLIFY 2025, Maestra Music’s annual benefit concert, was held on Monday, March 31 at Sony Hall. Featuring unforgettable performances by Sara Bareilles, Joy Huerta, Kecia Lewis, Jordan Fisher and more. Take a look at photos from the evening now!

Opera Australia, in partnership with Crossroads Live, will bring the Broadway hit musical ANASTASIA, will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before touring to Perth and Sydney in 2026.

THE LEADING LADY CONCERT at 54 Below on March 22 featured lots of talent and more than just bravura belting--with some surprises. An annual concert for Women's History Month is strong and stylish.

A Noise Within will present A Man of No Importance, an evocative, intimate musical gem from the Tony Award-winning team behind Ragtime. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Star of the Day has revealed the cast and creative team of the upcoming mainstage production SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Dallas Theater Center has revealed the titles for the 2025-26 season, including Noises Off, a classic British farce and a play-within-a-play; Fat Ham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning hit Broadway comedy that reinvents Shakespeare’s Hamlet; and more!

Duluth Playhouse has unveiled its 2025-2026 Main Stage, Underground, and Youth Theatre seasons. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Fulton Theatre will present a production of the Broadway musical Anastasia, bringing the captivating story of a lost princess to life on its historic stage. The show will run from April 11 to May 11, 2025 on the Fulton Theatre’s Mainstage.

La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment have announced its 2025/2026 season of shows. The season will include a production of Sweeney Todd, directed by Jason Alexander.

In love with a pet shop employee, Rocky Balboa is a talented boxer with inconsistent results who makes a living collecting debts for a loan shark. Thanks to a stroke of luck (and marketing), he is challenged by the heavyweight champion. The underdog trains, runs through the streets of Philadelphia and becomes a pop star overnight.