Marsha Norman News

City Theater's Spring production is the magical Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden, running March 13 through 29, with performances on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Redtwist Theatre will present Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘NIGHT, MOTHER from April 2–May 10 in Chicago. Directed by Executive Artistic Director Dusty Brown, the production stars Anne Sheridan Smith and Kathy Ruhl.

York Theatre Royal is presenting the revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Secret Garden - The Musical. You can now get a first look at rehearsal photos here!

Keen Company will host its first gala under new leadership at Manhattan Penthouse, honoring playwrights Julia Jordan and Marsha Norman, and featuring Rebecca Naomi Jones, Elizabeth Stanley and more.

Chromolume Theatre has announced the first production of its 2026 Season of Musicals — A Season of Identity and Expression — The Color Purple. Learn more here!

International Literary Properties, the global company that invests in, acquires, manages, and enhances literary and theatrical intellectual properties, revealed the closing of a new credit facility from Fifth Third Bank.

The 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced the Judging Panel for the 48th Annual Award. The Winner of the 2026 Prize will be announced on February 26 in a special invitation-only celebration at London's Royal Court Theatre.

York Theatre Royal has announced the full cast and creative team for the revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Secret Garden - The Musical. Learn more here!

The Chromolume Theatre has announced its 2026 season of musicals at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles. Themed as a season of identify and expression, it will kick off in March with The Color Purple

4th Wall Theatre Company will present public readings of Furlough's Paradise, the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner by a.k. payne.

International Literary Properties has revealed two new appointments to its senior leadership team. James Meader has been named President, Publishing of ILP Literary and Jennifer Bassuk will serve as President, Partnerships for ILP Literary.

Pittsburg Theatre Company kicks off its 2026 season with The Color Purple, running January 30 to February 8 at the California Theatre in Pittsburg, CA. The show then goes on the road to the Martinez Campbell Theatre performing February 13 to 22.

MCC Theater presented The Bridges of Madison County: In Concert, an Original Broadway Cast Reunion to benefit MCC Theater. See photos here!

The Mac-Haydn Theatre has announced its 2026 season, kicking off next summer. Tickets are now on sale. The lineup will feature The Addams Family, 9 to 5, and more.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 12, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Theatrical division of International Literary Properties, the global company that invests in, acquires, and manages literary estates, has acquired the literary interests of Marsha Norman.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has revealed this year's finalists for the prestigious international playwriting award- the largest and oldest award recognising women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre. 

Paul Alexander Nolan (The Lost Boys, Water for Elephants) has joined the cast of The Bridges of Madison County: In Concert at MCC Theater as “Bud,” stepping in for original cast member Hunter Foster.

InterAct Theatre Company, in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library, will present the fifth season of their fully staged readings featuring Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning plays.

New York Theater Festival will premiere The Discerning Dummy by Juan Carlos Hernandez at The LATEA Theater, running November 17–22, 2025. The play follows a young seminarian and his ventriloquist dummy as they navigate questions of faith, corruption, and conscience.