Mary Ann News

Betsy Wolfe will take over as ‘Madeline Ashton’ in DEATH BECOMES HER starting January 16, 2026, replacing Megan Hilty. Get the latest updates!

Deborah Grace Winer hosts the bi-monthly series with Tedd Firth as music director. The 10/5 edition featured the music of Leonard Bernstein. See photos of the performance from Sunday night.

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club with Tonight, Bernstein.

Beginning with the 2025-26 Season, the home of Broadway in Austin will host the Heller Awards ceremony at Bass Concert Hall. Learn more about the event here!

After a sold-out debut at Joe's Pub in May, Anne-Marie Kavulla will bring her debut solo show, 'Songs of a Midlife Crisis' to the Laurie Beechman Theatre this fall. Learn more!

Jim McLaughlin, the Emmy-winning television news producer whose work at CBS News transformed the way the arts were covered on American television, died August 7, 2025, in New York City after a brief battle with cancer.

On Monday, July 21 Barrington Stage Company rolled out the Red Carpet for its dazzling annual Gala 2025, “A Night on the Red Carpet” at the Stationery Factory in Dalton, MA. Check out photos here!

Bucks County Playhouse is continuing the new book club series with “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Learn more!

Manchester International Festival 2025 officially gets underway at 6pm today as a herd of life-sized puppet animals stampede through the streets of Manchester to launch the festival, travelling north to flee climate disaster. Learn how to attend!

The 6/11 and 6/12 cabaret extravaganza revealed secrets about “fashion, food  and men.” Morgan sang, danced and even cooked on stage. See photos from the June 12th performance snapped by photographer Conor Weiss.

OPERA America has awarded $180,000 in Civic Practice Grants to seven opera companies. The grants are designed to support company initiatives that align with and support civic priorities in their communities.

What could be more pleasing than an evening of extracts from George Eliot's diaries and novels read by Hermione Norris (Cold Feet, Spooks, The Salt Path) and actor/singer/songwriter SuRie?

LET.HER.RIP. is the show to see this summer! It will be one we will refer back to again and again. Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, and the Matchstick Women would be proud.

54 BELOW will honor the LGBTQ+ performers, producers, and artists who are vital members of our artistic community this Pride Month. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Short+Sweet Sydney – the world's largest short play festival will continue this week Fri 9 to Sun 11 May with an all-singing, dancing bite-sized selection of tasty treats!   Learn more here!

The 5/8 cabaret show offers an evening of joyous revelation and heartfelt introspection with a diverse musical song selection that all speak the language of love in their own unique way.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that their 2025 annual Spring Gala will honor Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal. Learn more about the event here!

Three-time Tony Award recipient and MTC Board Member Bernadette Peters (now starring in Manhattan Theatre Club's Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends) will host their 2025 annual Spring Gala. The event will honor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on Monday, May 19 at Cipriani 42nd Street (110 E 42nd St).

Roundabout Theatre Company will present a special one-night event Ring Them Bells: A Birthday Celebration for John Kander, featuring Jennifer Lopez, Whoopi Goldberg and more. Learn more about the event and see how to attend.

Art, architecture, spirituality, and music unite as the Tulsa Opera presents the Tulsa Opera Signature Chorale, the Tulsa Opera Orchestra, and four soloists in Antonín Dvořák's Stabat Mater. Learn how to attend.