Matt Vinson News

Coinciding with the breakthrough success of their Lavender Days album, Ohio alt-folk band, Caamp will tour this autumn for a total of 11 European shows.

Caamp has announced its 2025 Tour, which kicks off in Austin, TX, on May 29th. The US tour marks the Ohio-bred band’s first headline tour since 2023, and includes headlining shows at iconic venues such as Radio City Music Hall.

Broadway Licensing has announced its acquisition of Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson's Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical.

Broadway Licensing has acquired Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson's Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical. Learn more about the musical and about Broadway Licensing's catalog!

Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical will hold three industry presentations on February 1st and 2nd following a four-week developmental workshop and a successful run at Goodspeed Musicals. 

The two musicals: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - THE MUSICAL, featuring a book by Donald Harron and music by Norman Campbell, originally produced in 1965 on Prince Edward Island; and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW MUSICAL, book and lyrics by Matte O'Brien and music by Matt Vinson, which ran at Goodspeed in 2022, have been in a legal battle over the use of the words ANNE OF GREEN GABLES in the new musical's title.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for Rent by Jonathan Larson, directed by Zi Alikhan (Resident Director of Hamilton) and choreographed by Steph Paul (New York Theatre Workshop: How to Defend Yourself). Learn more about who is starring, and how to get tickets here!

Dance news, lawsuits, and J.J. Abrams is coming to the stage all featured in this week's newsletter, along with a surprisingly strong report on the state of the creative economy in California. If California is any indication, there is reason for hope even as the bounceback is slower in other parts of the country as we re-emerge from the pandemic.

Theater fans are used to seeing multiple shows with the same name. We all know about the dueling WILD PARTYs. Yet the producer of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW MUSICAL has felt the need to go to court to ask the court to declare the show legally entitled to keep its name.

Brand new musical Anne of Green Gables is at the Goodspeed now through September 4, 2022. The classic story is brought to life in a heartfelt and clever folk-rock musical with beautifully developed and charming characters. he cast is absolute perfection and I would fight anyone who dares to change it. The writing and music is more than promising and I wish I could get my hands on this exact soundtrack. Anne of Green Gables is charming, well-written, and the performances are phenomenal. Don’t miss this bold and vibrant new musical.

With the recent opening of their new musical Anne of Green Gables at Goodspeed in Connecticut, composer Matt Vinson and lyricist/book writer Matte O'Brien sit down with Why I'll Never Make It podcast host Patrick Oliver Jones.

Get a first look at Goodspeed Musicals' world premiere of Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical. Experience the classic story reimagined as a lively folk-rock musical that will inspire and entertain audiences of every age. The show runs through Sept. 4 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn.

Goodspeed Musicals has announced the cast for the world premiere of Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical. Find out who is in the cast and how to get tickets.

Developed by CO/LAB Theatre Group's Musical Theater Production class, with book and lyrics by Matte O’Brien and music by Matt Vinson, An Itty Bitty Musical is sure to get your feet tapping and put a song in your heart!

In a return to producing full-scale musicals at the iconic Goodspeed Opera House, Goodspeed Musicals has announced four productions for the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2022 season

The nine-track Shiner is a soundtrack for early mornings and late nights mixing the organic with the synthesized, the intimate with the collaborative, and folky with the pop-inspired.

Canal Shores kicks off on August 5th with Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos, followed by Patti Smith and her band on the 6th, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals on the 7th and closing out on August 8th with CAAMP.

On the night of their chance encounter with Filiatreau, Meier and Vinson immediately began plotting how to move forward. Thirty seconds into Sam’s set, the two looked at each other across the room in agreeance; we have to do something with this guy. 

Gjenny Records is proud to announce their first signee, Sam Filiatreau, a rising songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky, who blends the lyricism of ‘70s vinyl with the acoustic feel of Appalachian folk music.

The much-anticipated production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific will be delayed and is projected to open in September.