Today's top stories include the first production photo from The Music Man, featuring Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, and the full cast! A Strange Loop is officially headed for Broadway in Spring 2022. It was also announced yesterday that Jagged Little Pill has officially closed following suspended performances due to COVID-19.
A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, and produced by Barbara Whitman along with Page 73 Productions, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Playwrights Horizons, will open at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th St) in Spring 2022.
BroadwayWorld talks to lyricist Adam Gwon and TheatreWorks Director of New Works Giovanna Sardelli about their collaboration with Montalvo Arts Center on the development of the new musical 'Alice Bliss.'
Florida Repertory Theatre’s 2021-2022 Season continues with Alfred Uhry’s modern classic, “Driving Miss Daisy.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a timeless story about the power of friendship and the endurance of human connection.
Today's top stories include more cancelled performances, including Hamilton, Cursed Child, and 12 total London productions. In happier news, Lin-Manuel Miranda is launching a new TeeRico collection of Moondance Diner wear, with a portions of sales going to charity. Plus, get a first look at the pre-Broadway run of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's A Strange Loop.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is now presenting A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer-Prize winning musical. Directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, music directed by Rona Siddiqui, and produced in association with Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 Productions, A STRANGE LOOP will run through January 9, 2022.
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the tenth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a four-night event that includes nightly readings of new works written by emerging artists. The Reading Series will feature new works by Liz Appel, Noah Diaz, Daria Miyeko Marinelli and York Walker. The Roundabout Underground Reading Series is January 18 - 21, 2022 at 5:00PM at the Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Avenue).
Page 73 will present the world premiere production of John J. Caswell, Jr.’s Man Cave, directed by Taylor Reynolds, March 1-April 2, 2022, at The Connelly Theatre, 220 E 4th Street in Manhattan.
Molière in the Park's free staged readings of Gaël Octavia's FAMILY, translated by Katharine Woff and Lucie Tiberghien, and Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD, both directed by Lucie Tiberghien, premiere tonight, Thursday, December 9 at 7pm, with an additional performance on Friday, December 10 at 7pm.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has extended its engagement of A STRANGE LOOP, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, music directed by Rona Siddiqui, and produced in association with Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 Productions.
The William Inge Theater Festival will celebrate its 39th anniversary April 21-23, 2022 by honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award.
Write what you know, the adage goes. Thus, John Grisham writes courtroom dramas. Bill and Hillary Clinton write political thrillers. Robin Cook writes stories about medicine.
Beginning December 17th at 7:30 PM, pianist Sara Davis Buechner premieres Of Pigs and Pianos — the new one-woman show of her extraordinary life story in music & words. This theatrical & musical evening consists of excerpts from her recently-completed autobiography, illustrated with luminous piano performances, visual imagery & dramatic narration.
P3 Theatre to present My (Unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical, an innovative live one-woman show, written and performed by Eloise Coopersmith who is supported by a cast of eight characters in her imagination via multimedia. Audiences will escape into her Hallmark movie fantasy, where men and women find courage and acceptance to speak their own voices without judgment. T
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, has announced its spring 2022 season Featuring Commissions Celebrating New York's Modern, Street, and Vernacular Dance and Beatbox artists, and World Premiere of Third Bird by Isaac Mizrahi, Nico Muhly, and John Heginbotham.
Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group will present Dave Harris’ Tambo & Bones, directed by Taylor Reynolds, January 12-February 20, 2022 (opening January 31) in Playwrights Horizons’ Mainstage Theater before being produced at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, May 1 - 29, 2022 (opening May 8).
The Town Hall and Strand Book Store will present an Encore Presentation of their conversation with James Lapine and Steven Sondheim. To celebrate the legacy on one of the greatest composers, lyricists, and a true Broadway icon, this Encore will be offered free of charge to the public.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is accepting submissions for the Writer-Director Communications Lab, an amazing opportunity for directors and writers to meet and hone their ability to talk productively with each other. The deadline for writer submissions is extended to Friday, December 3, 2021.
A concept recording of SCARLET, a new musical written by award-winning composer and lyricist team Richard Lindenfelzer (he/him) and Jess Newman (he/him), featuring Dear Evan Hansen's Maggie McKenna (they/them), will be released on December 26th 2021.