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Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced a diverse lineup of shows for its 2025-2026 season. The season begins with a musical adaptation of a beloved American novel, followed by a sultry, spooky classic, and a hilarious, but heartfelt, family comedy.
With its engaging and sentimental tale of “forbidden-love-that-could-of-been,” Robert James Walker’s 1992 best-selling novel, The Bridges of Madison County, was made into a 1995 successful movie of the same title starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. After the success of that motion picture, book writer Marsha Norman teamed up with composer Jason Robert Brown to create the 2014 Broadway musical. Wichita audiences now have the opportunity to hear that luscious score performed once more.
Looking for unique audition songs for kids? Explore our expert list of 20 songs that offer young performers a chance to shine with less common selections in musical theatre. From simple melodies to challenging pieces, find options suitable for different voice types and ages.
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced this year's finalists for the prestigious international playwriting award. Learn more about the finalists and the award here!
The organizers of The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize have announced that the playwriting award will be presented at an invitation-only event on Monday, March 10 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Learn more here!
The Chromolume Theatre at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles has announced a season of musicals for 2025, kicking off in February with the off-Broadway hit I Love You Because.
These actors tackle the difficult themes in this play with wonderful authenticity. Their pacing and line delivery are perfect, keeping the show moving while allowing the audience space to breathe and take it in.
American Theater Group will present the premiere reading of Pandora Scooter’s new 2-person drama Mother’s Day as part of its free Monday Night Play Reading Series next month.
When I was at the Juilliard Playwriting Program, my instructor Marsha Norman talked a lot about how every playwright has their “stuff” – essentially the themes and ideas that they keep coming back to in all their work.
The New London Barn Playhouse has announced its 93rd summer season, as one of the oldest continuously operating summer theaters in the country.
The Black Theatre Troupe's production of THE COLOR PURPLE is a rousing and emotionally powerful show, thanks to a brilliant cast and the keen direction of Karen Davis Jones and the musical direction of Brenda Hankins.
Phoenix Arizona’s The Black Theatre Troupe presents THE COLOR PURPLE at Tempe Center for the Arts, which opened to a full house Friday, October 15, 2024. This excellent production runs through November 3, 2024. With matinee shows on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as evening shows on Fridays and Saturdays, this production is worth seeing, twice.
David Rasche and Emmy Award winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Mare Winningham will star in Leslye Headland’s CULT OF LOVE at Second Stage Theater. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Primary Trust is a touching, intimate, and deeply affecting work. The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winner is making its Washington-area premiere at Signature Theatre in an outstanding production directed by Obie Award winner Taylor Reynolds.
Orphaned Mary Lennox, a ten year old English girl born and raised in India, is sent to the moors of Yorkshire, England, to live with a brooding uncle she has never met, on an estate that seems to be locked in the past. There, she finds her personality blossoming among the other residents of the estate as they bring new life to a long-neglected garden.
The Appalachian Center for the Arts has announced its 2024-2025 Vitality New Play Commissions. Five nationally-recognized playwrights are writing new plays for The App's Vitality Touring Theatre Company, which presents plays and musicals on health and wellness topics for elementary school through adult audiences.
Tony and Grammy Award-winning artists Heather Headley and Ben Platt will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut on October 25, 2024, at 8:00 PM.
Black Theatre Troupe has revealed its 2024-25 lineup, marking its 55th season! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
A new musical, Particle Fever, based on the 2013 documentary film about the largest scientific experiment ever undertaken, is currently in development. The musical is written by David Henry Hwang, includes new music and lyrics by Bear McCreary and Zoe Sarnak, is directed by Leigh Silverman, and produced by Megan Kingery and Annie Roney.
Sedos, London's leading amateur theatre company, has announced their cast of The Color Purple. This is a momentous and significant development in the diversity of amateur dramatics, not just in London but in the UK. In their 119-year history, Sedos has never had an all-Black cast nor an all-Black creative team, until now.
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