On-Stage News

The 2024 Williamstown Theatre Festival summer season has revealed its lineup. See the shows being presented and learn how to purchase tickets.

Legacy Theatre will welcome Tony Award-Winner Alice Ripley, the latest performer in the 2024 Sunday Broadway Concert Series, to Branford. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Get a first look at Atlanta Opera's A Midsummer Night’s Dream in an all-new trailer. The Atlanta Opera presents and all-new production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy.

The cast and creative team has been set for the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning acclaimed musical, A Strange Loop, making its West Coast premiere. Learn where and when you can see the show!

Shakespeare will be back on Broadway in 2025 when Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lead Othello, directed by Kenny Leon. Recap stage highlights from both of the stars in these videos!

New performers include an all-alumnae cast of Song Suffragettes talent including CMA and CMT Award winners Maddie & Tae, recording artist and The Voice tunesmith Hannah Ellis, Stevie Woodward from ACM nominated trio Runaway June, hit songwriter's Laura Veltz and Trannie Anderson, and a female-only version of bluegrass legends The Isaacs.

The Den Theatre will present Janine Harouini, Leah & Andrew Rudick, and Caitlin Reilly on The Heath Mainstage this May and June. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On Mar. 15, 16, and 17, 2024, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) will present the West Coast premiere of NOTHING#31: a bar, a bluff from acclaimed New York-based artist Autumn Knight. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

From the multi-award-winning writers of SIX, Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss, comes an all-new second musical, WHY AM I SO SINGLE? Watch clips from two of the songs in the upcoming West End production, featuring the show's stars Jo Foster & Leesa Tulley.

The national tour of SIX will launch a daily digital ticket lottery for its engagement at North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Gloucester Stage Company has announced the upcoming season, marking a significant milestone as it celebrates its 45th year of bringing theater to audiences in Gloucester and beyond. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Today’s subject Psalmayene 24 is someone we can aptly classify as the whole package when we talk about artists in the DC theatre community. He is an accomplished writer/actor/performer and educator whose work has been enjoyed by audiences of all ages over the years. Currently Psalmayene 24 is the director of Arena Stage’s current Power Play entitled Tempestuous Elements. The show is currently playing in the company’s Fichandler space through March 17th.

Nachtland is a nervous, difficult play whose purpose is decisively blurry. It doesn’t revel as much as it should in the unknotting of its cerebral conundrum and doesn’t bask in the incredible satire it holds. The ideas it presents are topical, yet the piece is distracted. It tries to be quirky and different, but the result is tired and unfocused. It will make audiences think and talk about what they just saw, but not necessarily in a good way.

We here at Broadway World love all sorts of theatre, but one of our favorite types of theatre is Children’s Theatre. We believe that going to the theatre during the developmental years is extremely important for the growth of our younger people.

Life With Oscar comes to the Arcola Theatre in April. In a frenetic on-stage exorcism, actor and filmmaker Nick Cohen relives his rollercoaster journey from South London to Sunset Boulevard. Performances run 2 – 20 April.

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre announced the ’24/’25 season lineup, which features multiple area community theatre premieres and a family favorite as a part of next season’s offerings, in addition to an exciting new effort to make live theatre more accessible for young audiences. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Red Concepcion, who just made his Broadway debut in “Chicago,” sprinkles a little sunshine in his character, Amos Hart, who’s often depicted as Roxie’s “scummy, crummy, dummy hubby.” In the show’s first few minutes, it’s made clear Roxie has been cheating on Amos, clinging to men who have promised her a shot at being a local celebrity.

Intiman Theatre reveals the cast for the world premiere of THE LION TELLS HIS TALE by Vida Oliphant Sneed.

New Village Arts (NVA), North County's cultural hub, will present San Diego comedic royalty in THE 39 STEPS, a parody play adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock. THE 39 STEPS will be directed by Dr. AJ Knox.

Celebrate 15 years of the Cole Foundation's Intercultural Conversations grant program, awarding $225,000 to 13 local theatre companies. The program, juried by bilingual theatre professionals, supports diverse creative teams and impactful themes.