Nell Benjamin News

The Old Globe has announced its 2022 Season with a diverse and exciting lineup that features the Broadway-bound musical Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, with direction and musical staging by Tony Award–winning choreographer Wayne Cilento (Wicked, The Who’s Tommy); the world premiere and pre-Broadway run of Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical and more.

Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount is pleased to announce the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—will be coming to The Paramount Theatre from Tuesday, November 16 through Sunday, November 21 as part of the 2021-2022 Broadway Season.

The world premiere of Fairycakes just celebrated opening night at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street). Fairycakes is set to play a limited engagement through January 2, 2022.

Yash Raj Films announced today that it will bring its most popular film, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ as it is called throughout India) to the stage in the 2022-23 Broadway season as the new musical Come Fall In Love - The DDLJ Musical. Get all the details here.

Broadway in Portland has announced the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy based on the hit film—will be coming to Keller Auditorium from Wednesday, November 10 through Sunday, November 14 as part of the 2021-2022 Broadway Season. 

Mean Girls has announced full casting for the relaunch of its First National Tour and we've got the full cast list. Find out who is starring in the show and when it's coming to a city near you.

Nadina Hassan will be joining the cast of Mean Girls on tour as none other than North Shore apex predator, Regina George.

Husband and wife duo Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne have been selected to direct the film adaption of Tina Fey's Mean Girls the Musical. 

Director Robin M. Hughes is working with an extraordinarily talented cast, including local cast members Michael Ashford of Oak Park, Nathan W. Brown of Wood Dale, Haley Gustafson of Cary, Kaity Paschetto of Evanston, Jimmy Romano of Bloomingdale, and Michelle Tibble of Mount Prospect.

Single tickets for ten shows in the Fabulous Fox Theatre’s 2021 – 2022 U.S. Bank Broadway Series will go on sale Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m.  Tickets will be available online, by phone, and in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.

Zions Bank Broadway at the Eccles has announced the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—will be coming to the Eccles Theater from November 30 to December 5, 2021 as part of the 2021–2022 Broadway Season.

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, again will present a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Sixth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein’s/54 Below, with Team Yale looking to avenge a narrow victory by Team Harvard in Cantata V.

Since 2001, MTC has awarded a total of 100 commissions through the Sloan Foundation Program. Learn more about this year's commissions here!

Adele Lim makes her feature directorial debut on the project, which follows four Asian American women as they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has announced its 2021-2022 season. The 2021-2022 Season at Metropolis includes a series of popular theater productions: Groovy ‘60s musical revue SHOUT! The Mod Musical (September 16 – October 30, 2021); Thought provoking bio-musical Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (January 27 – March 12, 2022) and more.

Broadway at the Hobby Center will officially bring Houston’s protracted intermission to a close when the acclaimed Lincoln Center production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY takes the Hobby Center stage September 14-19, 2021, marking the beginning of its 2021-22 season.

The 2021-2022 Peace Broadway Season at the Peace Center has announced its full season and we have the complete schedule which will feature Tony Award-winners, fan favorites, theatrical takes on beloved films and reimagined revivals, representing the best in touring Broadway.

New season ticket packages for the 2021-2022 U.S. Bank Broadway Series will go on sale Monday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m. New subscribers will have the option to purchase the six-show package or add Disney’s THE LION KING for a seven-show package.

Celebrating a return to performances after an extended intermission due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the nonprofit Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is bringing the best of Broadway “Roaring Back” to Nashville with its 2021-22 HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC Season, featuring a multi-week return engagement of Nashville’s best-loved Broadway musical, Disney’s THE LION KING.

The producers of Mean Girls have announced the North American Tour will relaunch this November following an 85-week hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The record-breaking musical will resume performances with a one-week engagement at ASU Gammage in Tempe, AZ, from November 2-7, 2021, before continuing to 40+ cities across North America.