Lynn Ahrens News

In Ragtime, set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together - that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician - united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future.

Anastasia is now playing in Richmond, the first Broadway show to be performed in the city since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Classic Stage Company presents John Doyle's highly anticipated staging of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins November 2, 2021, through January 8, 2022. The production officially opens on November 14.

Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser have joined forces to write and star in A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, a new musical off-Broadway. The show is “is everything you want the first new musical premiering in NYC to be: whip-smart and stupid funny, packed with songs as catchy as a jingle.” I had the opportunity to see Regina Comet this past weekend and had such a fun time!

Music Theater Works will present Ragtime at the North Shore Center For The Performing Arts In Skokie (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from October 29, 2021 through November 7, 2021 being the third production of the 2021 Season.

School of Drama Junior Music Theater Ensemble Presents Annual Cabaret SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, featuring the Stephen Flaherty songbook. 

Lyric Stage Reopens & Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary of Majestic Theatre The 28th season will kick off with a Best of Broadway concert this October.

The York Theatre Company has announced show-only tickets are now available for the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, honoring musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire on Monday evening, November 1, 2021 at The Edison Ballroom.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!

Asolo Repertory Theatre kicks off its 2021-2022 season with the thrilling rock musical that started it all – HAIR. With a Grammy Award-winning score by Gerome Radni (book/lyrics), James Rado (book/lyrics) and Galt MacDermot (music), HAIR marks Asolo Rep's highly anticipated and triumphant return to the indoor stage.

The critically-acclaimed Broadway touring production of ANASTASIA will return to Philadelphia, presented by the Kimmel Cultural Campus in partnership with The Shubert Organization. The blockbuster runs November 23 – 28 at the Campus’ Merriam Theater.  

Oregon Shakespeare Festival today announced its 2022 Season, making a joyous return to repertory programming after two years of extreme uncertainty—and emerging with an ambitious vision of theatre as an accessible artform that can boldly meet our current moment.

The York Theatre Company has announced the roster of performers for a concert celebration at the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, which will honor musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire, and Elisa Loti Stein.

Single tickets for the shows in Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2021-2022 season will go on sale to the public on Monday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m.

Casting has been announced for the return of the North American tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA. The ANASTASIA tour will launch in Connecticut (the Palace Theatre in Waterbury October 19-21, 2021 and the Shubert Theatre in New Haven October 22-24, 2021) and will go on to play over 40 cities this season. 

The Link Theatre Company in collaboration with the Delta Symphony Orchestra will present a concert version of the acclaimed Broadway musical, Ragtime, written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and Tony Award-winning playwright, Terrence McNally.

Celebrate the return of the live theater community on Sunday, October 3, 2021, when Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' much-anticipated Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction once again takes to the streets of New York City's Theater District.

Music Theater Works brings this 13-time Tony Award-nominated musical with its rich, award-winning score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens - the lyricist and composer duo behind Once on This Island and Seussical to its stage.

The York Theatre Company will honor musical theater legends Richard Maltby, Jr. & David Shire (Baby, Big, Starting Here, Starting Now, Closer Than Ever) with the 2021 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater and Elisa Loti Stein with The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award at the 29th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center has announced its 2021-2022 Season!