Oscar Wilde News

As an homage to Oscar Wilde and his genius, Mesa Community College's production of Melissa Leilani Larson’s GIN MUMMY is an enjoyable and enlightening comedy of manners. Limited engagement through December 11th.

Torrance Theatre Company is back with in-person performance AND a brand-new musical! The next offering in the season is THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: A WILDE NEW MUSICAL, with music by Bret Simmons (Falling for Eve), book and lyrics by David Howard (Galaxy Quest), and directed by Glenn Kelman.

Following in the footsteps of the great salons of Paris, the opium dens of Victorian London, and the bedspread at a Red Roof Inn, comes The Wildly Inappropriate Poetry of Arthur Greenleaf Holmes, an intimate evening with the world's preeminent poet of the perverse.

 On February 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.

From rock to Rossini, Victorian Opera announces its Season 2022 with a year of undiscovered gems, thrilling epics and two world premieres. The state opera company presents eight productions, including three Australian operas.

Following successful productions in Belgrade, Dublin and New York City, Different Translation will present The Baby Monitor, a crucial play exploring same-sex parenting, surrogacy, race, family values, and the repercussions of making assumptions, at Italy's OnStage! Festival.

Producers John Lant and Maarten Cornelis with Write Act Repertory and Gatehouse Entertainment today announced the Off-Broadway production The Importance Of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+, a modern day N.Y.C. vogue telling of the classic duality tale, at The Actors Temple, 339 West 47th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Trouble In Mind officially begins previews tonight, October 29, at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Learn more about the cast here!

Who needs ghosts and ghouls when there's a rock star selling his soul to the Devil?  Edgy, Gothic and glamourous, Dorian: A Rock Musical is re-streaming after earlier success on the streaming platform stream.theatre. 

The 2022 Adelaide Festival program encourages us all to return to live performance with joy and anticipation, and will gather together a community of artists from across Australia and the globe.

What shapes your identity? How do you express who you are in public versus private spheres? What if who you are doesn't align with society's expectations? These are some of the ideas that Kelly Kitchens, stage director for The Importance of Being Earnest at the UW School of Drama, is exploring with glee.

The Good Theater reopened its doors last night with a breathtakingly stunning world premiere of Rob Urbinati’s new play LADY SUSAN, directed by Brian P. Allen and James Noel Hoban. Taking its inspiration from Jane Austen, this 21st century work has all the eloquence of an early 19th century classic, as it explores the intricate, timeless mating games that seem as relevant today as they did more than two hundred years ago.

Four actors take on 9 characters for 15 nights of high octane fun with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest! Join us for this meta-comedy as some of Apollinaire's favorite actors bring you on their wild ride through this Wilde production. 

Following the success of its sold out run in 2019, the Orange Tree Theatre today announces the return of Terence Rattigan's While The Sun Shines, directed by OT Artistic Director Paul Miller. Rebecca Collingwood, Conor Glean and Sophie Khan Levy join original cast members John Hudson, Philip Labey, Michael Lumsden and Jordan Mifsúd.

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams last night unveiled Act 1, six shows to kick off STC's 2022 season that he says will “celebrate the joy, revelation and connection only theatre can offer” as the industry returns to the stage.

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams last night unveiled Act 1, six shows to kick off STC's 2022 season that he says will “celebrate the joy, revelation and connection only theatre can offer” as the industry returns to the stage.

When I told people I was going to start a professional producing theatre in Reading the reaction was often the same: a sort of bemused smirk.

How much deceit is allowed in the pursuit of love? A rose by another name would smell as sweet, so Earnest would were he not Earnest called.

Following successful productions in Belgrade, Dublin and New York City, Different Translation is pleased to announce The Baby Monitor, a crucial new play exploring same-sex parenting, surrogacy, race, family values, and the repercussions of making assumptions, will be presented in Italy as part of the second edition of the OnStage! Festival.

With autumn well under way, Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced its lineup for the next couple of months! From political theatre to queer circus storytelling, magical children's shows to gruesome gothic horror, choose what makes you happy, come on in, and celebrate life returning to some kind of normal with a good old night at the theatre!