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Pregones/PRTT's TORCHED! to Make Off-Broadway Debut in June

Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s original musical production TORCHED! will run for the first time in the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Manhattan, the company’s historic Off-Broadway house.

Video: Sara Bareilles Sings 'When You Wish Upon a Star' For Disney's 100th Anniversary

Sara Bareilles recently opened an American Idol episode with a special rendition of Disney100 song “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Disney has now released a new music video of Bareilles recording the track, along with orchestras in New York, Scotland, and London. Watch the music video of Bareilles recording the song now!

THAT MUST BE THE ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN Comes to the Urbanite Theatre

Urbanite Theatre will present a second World Premiere for its final production of the 2022/23 season, THAT MUST BE THE ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN by Franky D. Gonzalez. This production was first commissioned by Urbanite Theatre in 2020 as part of the Charles Rowan Beye New Play Initiative.

Photos/Video: Rita Moreno Visits THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW

 Last night, EGOT winner Rita Moreno attended Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window after originating the role of “Iris” in the original Broadway production in 1964. This was the first time Ms. Moreno had seen the show from the audience since the original premiere over 50 years ago. Check out photos and video from her visit!

Full Cast Revealed For The UK Premiere of BENEATHA'S PLACE at the Young Vic Theatre

The Young Vic Theatre has announced full casting for Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah's (The Collaboration) razor-sharp satire and UK premiere, Beneatha's Place, about the power of knowing your history and the cost of letting it go. The production runs in the Main House from 27 June to 5 August with opening night for press on 5 July. 

IN Series Opera Reveals Season Lineup

IN Series Opera has announced its 2023-24 season, “Resurrection,” with five innovative productions that continue to push the boundaries of music, theater, and drama. The season opens on September 23.

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD Returns To The Hollywood Fringe Festival This June

Quick-witted humor, an intense, compelling storyline with a Quentin Tarantino edge, and a Jerry Springer vibe, Love Is A Battlefield takes place in the 1990's at a college campus in Pennsylvania. Love is a Battlefield is about a group of college friends, sex and accountability for that sex. Ryan is a college student, living his best life, with an amazing circle of close friends, however, Ryan doesn't know yet if he's gay. 

Jillian Walker's THE WHITNEY ALBUM Comes to Soho Rep This Month

Soho Rep presents the world premiere of multidisciplinary theater-maker, musician, and composer Jillian Walker's The Whitney Album. Walker's ritual performance flows between incantation, love lecture, scene, and song as it considers the labor of performance itself and honors the legacy of Whitney Houston and so many other Black women beloved, and consumed, for their art.

Photos: First Look at WRITTEN BY PHILLIS at Quintessence Theatre Group

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic theatre, concludes Season XIII: Celebrating the Extraordinary with a world premiere of Paul Oakley Stovall’s Written by Phillis, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce. A new play exploring the life and poetry of America’s first published Black poet Phillis Wheatley, Written by Phillis is presented in association with Chicago’s New Classics Collective, opens tonight, May 13. Check out production photos here!

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