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Keen Company’s 2025–2026 season will feature the debut of its Mixtape Series—four one-night-only events curated by Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Adam Gwon, Ato Blankson-Wood, and Mona Mansour.
The Winterset Stage will present a concert version of The Bridges of Madison County at the Iowa Theater October 11–12, 2025, during the Covered Bridge Festival.
The Bridges of Madison County: In Concert, an Original Broadway Cast Reunion will take place to benefit MCC Theater. Learn more about the concert and see how to purchase tickets!
The cast has been revealed for a concert version of The Secret Garden, a co-production between the Delta Symphony Orchestra and The Link Theatre Company. Learn more!
The Alchemy Theatre will stage Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play ’night, Mother October 17–26, 2025, at The Whisenhunt at Zach Theater. The production will star Sarah-Marie Curry as Jessie and Johanna Whitmore as Mama.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 9, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
With the world premiere of Debbie Isitt’s Military Wives – The Musical about to open, York Theatre Royal announced a major revival of the critically acclaimed Broadway hit The Secret Garden – The Musical with music by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman.
Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, Arizona, is presenting ANASTASIA as part of a growing trend of local theaters bringing this once semi-obscure Broadway adaptation to local stages.
The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.
Chromolume Theatre has announced the next production of its 2025 Season of Musicals — A Season of Love and Romance (and Adultery) — the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County. See the photos here!
Watch Brittney Mack and the cast of The Color Purple perform the reprise of the title song in The Goodman Theatre's production. Check out the video now!
A new production of THE COLOR PURPLE brings Alice Walker's dynamic work to the Goodman stage, now through August 3! Watch a video montage from the production!
I’ve been writing about the lack of female representation in creative teams for at least 15 years. When I wrote a series on female playwrights a couple of years back, there was a sense that things were getting better. Indeed, when Julia Jordan handed off leadership of the Lillys in December 2023, she proudly reported that gender parity had been reached on off-Broadway stages dedicated to new plays. There was even talk of sunsetting the organization, which has been a driving force in the fight for gender parity.
Cinnabar Theater has announced that subscriptions are now available for its 53rd Season, a bold and adventurous year of live theater On the Road at Warren Theater at Sonoma State University.
Though THE COLOR PURPLE has a fair share of tragedy, the ending is heartwarming, celebratory, and puts a pin in Celie’s story — and with Brittney Mack at the lead, this musical makes that range of emotions land.
The Color Purple will present a six-performance extension at Goodman Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets to the extended run here!
Watch a video from inside the rehearsal room of the Color Purple at the Goodman Theatre now! Brown’s 21-member company is led by prolific Chicago talent—including Brittney Mack as Celie.
The Color Purple the musical bursts onto the Goodman stage this weekend, directed by Lili-Anne Brown, with music direction by Jermaine Hill and choreography by Breon Arzell. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Second Street Players is excited to present their 2025 summer musical, the Tony-award winning The Secret Garden. With a heartwarming story and beautiful, soaring ballads, The Secret Garden is a musical treat for young and old alike.
The Carnegie kicks off its 2025-26 musical theatre season with THE COLOR PURPLE, running June 27 – July 6. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Marsha Norman, with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.
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