Mark Cohen News

Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company is closing out its 2024-25 season with the electrifying Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT! See photos here!

The York Theatre will present a developmental industry reading of The Genius of Being Stupid, a new solo work written and performed by Keenan Scott II. Learn ore!

On May 1, 2025, Emerald Phoenix LLC will present an invitation-only industry reading of Kleban Award-winner Christian Duhamel's new play, THE GIRL WHO TURNED INTO A FEATHER.

What did our critic think of RENT at CM Performing Arts Center?

What did our critic think of RENT at Coastal Players & Theater On The Bay?

PYGmalion Theatre Company will open its 2024/2025 season with 'Tender Hooks' by Julie Jensen, directed by Fran Pruyn, from Oct. 4 to Oct. 19 at the Rose Wagner Center for Performing Arts.

Director Trey Ellett brings American cast of RENT to Japan for limited run in Tokyo and Osaka. Led by Japanese actors Koji Yamamoto (reprising his role as Mark) and Crystal Kay (as Maureen). The show plays in English with Japanese subtitles. Tokyo performances run August 21 - September 8, 2024. Osaka performances run September 11 - 15, 2024.

The New London Barn Playhouse is presenting RENT on the MainStage for the first time. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company begins their 2024-2025 season with CRY IT OUT by Molly Smith Metzler, running September 12-28, 2024 at Spring Street Studios.

The producers of the brand new musical HERE & NOW, presented by UK pop sensation, Steps, have announced the lead cast joining the production. Learn more about the cast here!

The world-famous Comedy Cellar has announced the July 2024 lineup for its first West Coast location, an exact replica of its New York club, at Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The San Diego Symphony has announced casting for the upcoming production of RENT in Concert at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on August 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM.

Katie Folger brings her one-woman show GETTING IN BED WITH THE PIZZA MAN back to Austin, offering a unique theatrical experience that explores personal narratives and comedic storytelling.

RENT, the late Jonathan Larson's masterpiece, was a cultural sensation in 1996, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer for Drama. But does it still resonate with today’s younger audiences?

Buffalo Tom - pioneers of college / alternative rock - come full circle to celebrate their latest release Jump Rope at The Drake in Amherst, MA where they formed over three decades ago while students at the University of Massachusetts. Jump Rope, out now, is their tenth studio album. Listen to it now!

Set in the East Village of New York City in the early 1990s, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice, and living for today. Winner of the Tony® Award for Best Musical in 1996 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a veritable pop-culture phenomenon.

A major new London production of the multi Tony-nominated Broadway musical THE WILD PARTY will open at EartH Hackney, a new 680-capacity venue in Dalston.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted more than 125 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF).

Garrett Bolden, a Sparkle GMA Artist Center talent, perfectly fits the computer genius Tom Collins role. A 15th-anniversary presentation of 9 Works Theatrical, this Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical returns to the stage at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium until the first week of June 2024, where Bolden shares the stage with Anthony Rosaldo (Roger), Reb Atadero (Mark), and Ian Pangilinan (Mark), among others.

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, 9 Works Theatrical brings back 'Rent,' Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical. This restaging promises a unique theatrical experience, offering a fresh perspective on the beloved classic and placing HIV/AIDS front and center.