Matthew Sklar News

Get a first look at the Spanish-language production of the hit musical The Prom currently playing at Centro Cultural Teatro II in México City. 

The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM began performances on November 2 at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. The tour stars Kaden Kearney (they/them) as 'Emma, High School Student, Banned from The Prom,' Kalyn West as 'Alyssa Greene, Head of Student Council with a Secret,' and more.

In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from coming to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date.  She challenged the ruling, which resulted in the cancellation of the prom.  The student and the ACLU sued the district.  The federal court found the school district guilty of violating the student’s first amendment rights and said the prom must be held.  

The Argyle Theatre will present Elf The Musical, the must-see holiday musical tradition. Elf will begin performances on November 12 and run through January 2, 2022, at The Argyle Theatre (34 West Main Street, Babylon, Long Island).

Elf The Musical is returning to Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC) December 3, 2021 and runs through December 18, 2021.

The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM begins performances tonight at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.

Stages Theatre Company (STC) announces the return of live in-door theatre as it presents ELF THE MUSICAL, JR. Buddy the Elf is back at Stages this holiday season in his quest to find his true identity. This heart-felt and hilarious musical, based on the beloved holiday film from New Line Cinema, is filled with memorable music and lots of laughs for the whole family to enjoy.

The Historic Royal Theatre will bring Elf The Musical to their stage this Christmas season!  Sponsored by Everett Buick GMC and performed by The Royal Players, Elf The Musical is a must-see, hilarious family favorite. 

Beck Center for the Arts has announced Elf The Musical, a soon to be holiday classic for the stage.  

Adapted after the popular 2003 'Elf' the movie, 'Elf The Musical' is directed by Kenney Workman and features songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin and Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin. Diane Trautman is music director and Bliss Soucek is choreographer.

The holiday season is approaching fast, and what better way to kick it off than with a hilarious family musical! Lakewood Theatre Company presents Elf - The Musical on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center for the Arts November 5 – December 19. This show marks the theatre's second mainstage show since re-emerging from the pandemic. 

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's 2021-2022 MainStage Season kicks off with ELF tHE MUSICAL JR. at the Taft Theatre December 4-12, 2021. Tickets will go on sale Monday, November 1 at 10 a.m.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the National Tour cast of THE PROM in rehearsal. The show will officially open at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, followed by a multi-season tour that will visit more than 20 cities in the 2021-22 season.

The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM will play at the Connor Palace from November 2 – 21, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at Playhouse Square. Tickets for the Cleveland engagement, which kicks off the national tour, are on sale now.

An example of the incredible resilience in Australia's live entertainment industry, David Venn Enterprises is proud to announce new opening dates for the feel-good '80s spectacular, The Wedding Singer, at Sydney's State Theatre from 5 January, followed by an encore season at Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre from 27 January, with more cities to be announced.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming National Tour of THE PROM. Kaden Kearney (they/them)  will star as Emma, Kalyn West as Alyssa Green, Courtney Balan as Dee Dee Allen, Patrick Wetzel as Barry Glickman, Emily Borromeo as Angie Dickinson, Bud Weber as Trent Oliver, Sinclair Mitchell as Mr. Hawkins Ashanti J'Aria as Mrs. Greene, and Shavey Brown as Sheldon Saperstein.

Guests at the Majestic Theatre last night know that the show must go on! Theater director Sammi Cannold, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Dori Berinstein, WYSIWYG Studios, CEO Kwan-Woo Park and Elizabeth Armstrong, just premiered their new documentary film, The Show Must Go On. The film was presented in front of a live audience at the home of The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running show in Broadway history, to benefit and celebrate the work of The Actors Fund.

The 5th Avenue Theatre lineup for the upcoming 2021/22 Season, featuring a brand new production of the spellbinding classic Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the world premiere of Afterwords, which was produced as a musical radio play in last season’s Essential 5th Digital Collection, and more. Find out shows, dates and how to get tickets.

Additionally, the off-season specials will include The Play That Goes Wrong, Mystery Science Theater 300 Live, The Prom, Jersey Boys, Fiddler On The Roof, and Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.

Attending the musical ELF in July, (and August) in the air-conditioned comfort of Toby's, which is featuring reduced capacity pod seating until further notice, is a sweet novelty, and a community-supportive way to emerge from seventeen months of dormancy. You're in for holiday sweetness with heart and soul and singing and dancing and sparkle and jolly and a side of cheese. It's delicious food for the soul.