Review: SMALL TOWN at Ogunquit Playhouse
If memory serves, John Mellencamp last performed in Maine about a decade ago.
If memory serves, John Mellencamp last performed in Maine about a decade ago.
John Mellencamp's new lyric book traces his evolution as a songwriter and poet across five decades, featuring previously unpublished photographs, handwritten drafts, and a foreword by Stephen King.
Ogunquit Playhouse shared a video from the first rehearsal of SMALL TOWN, the world premiere musical built around John Mellencamp's songbook, ahead of its Maine premiere.
The 2026 Horton Foote Prize has been awarded to Talene Monahon for her play Meet the Cartozians.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Ogunquit Playhouse announced complete casting for the world premiere of SMALL TOWN, A JOHN MELLENCAMP MUSICAL, led by Dillon Klena and Morgan Higgins, with a book by Naomi Wallace and direction by Lisa Peterson.
Golden Thread Productions will present five short plays by MENA playwrights at Potrero Stage in San Francisco, with this edition dedicated to Iran and Palestine.
Uncharted Territory will present an industry reading of Ismail Khalidi's TENNIS IN NABLUS in New York, directed by Ghina Fawaz, as the company seeks collaborators and backers for a full NYC staging.
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch took home the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for CATS: The Jellicle Ball.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has terminated all of its staff as the merger with Pittsburgh CLO proceeds.
Lucille Lortel Theatre to host memorial for stage director Mark Brokaw.
Menagerie Theatre's ALBATROSS, written by Bruntwood Prize winner Martha Loader, will tour the UK before a London run at Omnibus Theatre, following a glaciologist and her mother navigating secrets against a climate crisis backdrop.
Signature Theatre has announced performers and special guests for its 35th Anniversary Gala, set for Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the Edison Ballroom.
Ogunquit Playhouse has unveiled the final production of their 94th season.
The world premiere production of Girl, Interrupted has been added to The Public’s 2025-2026 season.
Working Theater has announced its 41st Season, marking a new era of growth and artistic innovation following its 40th anniversary year.
Alex Winter and Chris Myers will join Small Boat’s Artistic Director Ben Nathan for a conversation following a performance of Slaughter City by the award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace.
Alex Winter, who has starred on the stage and screen over the last four decades, has joined the producing team for the New York premiere of Slaughter City by the award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace.
Working Theater has revealed the 2025 recipients of the Mark Plesent Commission Fund: Max Garcia and Brian Francis Pickett.
Undermain Theatre will present a special encore presentation of An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare from the Robert Fagles translation of Homer.