Nia Vardalos News

The Writers Lab Canada has announced Canadian Actress & Producer Jennifer Podemski as their Ambassador for its return for a second time January 2026.

The Writers Lab Canada will  return for a second time January 2026. Building on the success of its inaugural edition, TWL Canada continues its mission to support Canadian women and nonbinary film and TV writers aged 40 and above. 

Termination Fee will be having its world premiere as part of the Hollywood Fringe. Performances will take place from June 8 through June 24 at the Broadwater (Black Box) 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

What happens when the written word becomes a lifeline? In TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, Crescent City Stage delivers a stirring answer, offering audiences not just a play, but an experience in empathy and shared vulnerability.

Tiny Beautiful Things is coming to Crescent City Stage for the 2025-26 season. The production is based on the book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, and co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail and Nia Vardalos.

Terrific New Theatre will continue its 2024/25 abbreviated season (“2024-25 Mini-Season: The Return of TNT”) with “Tiny Beautiful Things” based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Nia Vardalos of the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” film series. 

Crescent City Stage has announced its 2025 Season Programming opening with the regional premiere of Tiny Beautiful Things, followed by Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B and finishing the year with the return of the audience and critic holiday favorite A Christmas Carol.

Preeminent theater director, cultural worker, and collaborator Ken-Matt Martin has been appointed as Producing Director at both Baltimore Center Stage and Arkansas Repertory Theatre.

George Street Playhouse has announced that Artistic Director David Saint will retire as Artistic Director at the conclusion of the 2024/2025 season.  George Street Playhouse will honor Saint at the 2025 Gala.

DIETRICH, written by Willard Manus, starring Cindy Marinangel, Chicago Second City Conservatory graduate, directed by Glenda Morgan Brown and produced by Sea Angel Productions., LLC is based on a true story. Set in May 1960, the play takes place when the actress returned to the Berlin stage for the first time since fleeing the Hitler regime in the 1930’s. Inside her dressing room at the Tatania-Palast Theater, Dietrich weighs whether to go through with the live performance despite threats on her life by Nazi sympathizers who resented her for having spent much of World War II entertaining American soldiers on the front lines. To them, Dietrich is a turncoat; a traitor who deserves to be shot and killed on stage.

As part of its rotating cast, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Nia Vardalos & Gail Winar have stepped into the roles of Bernie and Mags in the Off-Broadway production of Pen Pals. See photos!

As part of its rotating cast, Catherine Curtin (“Stranger Things,” “Orange is the New Black”) and Sharon Lawrence (“Joe Pickett,” “NYPD Blue,” “Queen Sugar”) will step into the roles of Bernie and Mags in the Off-Broadway production of Pen Pals.

Kate Burton, Elle McLaughlin, and Gail Winar will join the rotating cast of Pen Pals at the Theatre at St. Clements. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Bridge Initiative returns to Tempe Center for the Arts with original productions of Tiny Beautiful Things and Crooked Shadows presented in repertory this winter.

A rotating cast schedule has been revealed for Pen Pals' Off-Broadway run at the Theatre at St. Clements, starring Nia Vardalos and more. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Scripps Ranch Theatre continues their Season 45 with TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, directed by Kym Pappas. The production runs through December 8th on the campus of Alliant International University. Check out production photos here!

An interview with director Kym Pappas for “Tiny Beautiful Things,” which runs at Scripps Ranch from November 15th through December 8th.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 24, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Bridge Initiative’s new season titled “Many Beautiful Things” will bring full productions, play and musical readings, musical cabarets, and more to stages in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix, and Avondale. Learn more about the lineup here!

The 24 Hour Plays bring their unique, one-night-only live performances to Shelter Island's Rams Head Inn on July 12, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.