Mad Horse Dark Horse Night will present readings of Letters to Morrissey by Gary McNair, directed by Jake Cote, on May 7th and May 21st. Mad Horse Theatre's Dark Horse Night is a new series of staged readings that presents works that provide additional insights and conversation to the mainstage productions.
The Bent is proud to announce the regional premiere of The Inheritance Part I, the acclaimed, Tony Award-winning play by Matthew Lopez. Inspired by E.M.Forster’s Howards End, this sweeping and deeply moving epic story explores love, legacy, and the lives of gay men in 21st-century New York, decades after the height of the AIDS crisis.
It's a wonder Some Like It Hot, the Billy Wilder film, has held up as well as it does without seeming totally creaky and outdated. This is, after all, a 1959 Hollywood comedy, albeit one that is remarkably fluid in its attitudes towards both gender and sexuality.
South Coast Repertory has announced two of the country's most prestigious regional theatres are coming to together to produce the world premiere of Fremont Ave. by Reggie D. White.
The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez, directed by Joshua Chard is an uplifting play about inclusivity; a wildly entertaining story about friendship, acceptance, and finding a family in the unlikeliest of places.
The film “Some Like it Hot” conjures up visions of blonde Marilyn Monroe with her two musician sidekicks, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in prohibition era Chicago. The musicians dressed as women join an all women band to avoid a mafia boss when they witness a murder.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County has revealed the lineup for the 2025-26 season of its Theater Up Close series. Learn more!
On a recent visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show, Andrew Burnap shared that he learned Jake Gyllenhaal's acting process before joining him in the new Broadway revival of Othello. Watch him discuss his experience here!
Tesseract Theatre Company dominated at The St. Louis Theater Circle Awards on Monday evening winning 10 awards, including Outstanding Production of a Musical for ANASTASIA: THE MUSICAL and Outstanding Production of a Drama for Matthew Lopez’s THE INHERITANCE Parts 1 & 2. ANASTASIA and THE INHERITANCE each picked up five awards. Directors Brittanie Gunn and Stephen Peirick were honored for Outstanding Direction of a Musical and Drama. Each production picked up two acting awards as well.
Andrew Burnap is starring in two major revivals this month with Disney's live-action Snow White and the Broadway production of Shakespeare's Othello. Watch the Tony winner discuss both of these projects on a recent visit to CBS Mornings!
Disney's Snow White is now in theaters and, to mark the occasion, Andrew Burnap stopped by Good Morning America to shed light on his character, Jonathan, who differs from the Prince who appeared in the original animated film. Watch the interview!
Disney's new live action reimagining of Snow White is in theaters now! To celebrate, take a look inside all of the Broadway performers featured in the new movie musical, including Rachel Zegler, Tituss Burgess, Andrew Barth Feldman, and more.
Broadway alum Carson McCalley is currently competing for the $1 million prize in the new season of The Amazing Race, which just premiered. McCalley previously appeared in Matthew Lopez's play The Inheritance.
Discover the star-studded cast of Broadway's OTHELLO as previews launch tonight, February 24, 2025, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Premiere set for March 23.
The nominees’ reactions are starting to pour in following the St. Louis Theater Circle Awards announcement last week naming the nominees. Awards will be presented in 34 categories for outstanding achievement in Musicals, Dramas, Comedies, and Opera. Leading all companies is The Muny with 30 nominations. Two of the nominated actors are Adam Heller and Jessica Vosk. Heller played Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and Vosk starred as Jenna in The Muny premiere of WAITRESS. Both were nominated for Outstanding Performer in a Musical.
This past season was the year of the drama in St. Louis Theater. Patrons returned to the theatre in droves and many of the regional companies experienced strong box office with sold-out or extended runs. Tesseract Theater Company had a breakout year, placing two productions on this top 10 list. The Black Rep, ERA, They Muny, New Jewish Theater, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, and STAGES St. Louis all benefited from positive word of mouth and strong single ticket box office sales thanks to their marvelous seasons and well-reviewed productions.
Previews begin tonight for Luna Stage's New York premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith! Learn more and see
Luna Stage's New York premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith, is extending and moving to Off-Broadway's WP Theater.
Arv (The inheritance) is an eight hour long roller coaster of emotions.
While Marc Shaiman's score often sounds effortful in striving to make SOME LIKE IT HOT what it was in the first place—a musical with cherry-picked hits for Marilyn Monroe to sing—the book by Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin helps the story and its main characters diversify and evolve. Director Casey Nicholaw's high-heel tap choreography further assures high energy all evening long.
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