Prince News

Kristin Chenoweth and Kenny Ortega are teaming up for a new docu-series inspired by Chenoweth's Broadway Bootcamp. Joining Chenoweth and Ortega in teaching classes this past summer were Mary Mitchell Campbell, Jordan Fisher, Kevin Chamberlin, Faith Prince, Booboo Stewart, Madison Reyes and Stephen Schwartz.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost, Oz), Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) will star and Terry Pheto (Tsotsi, The Bold & the Beautiful) and Lerato Mvelase (Justice Served) will guest star in the highly anticipated new series KING SHAKA, an epic drama centered around one man’s personal journey from stigmatized childhood to legendary king.

Oprah sits down with Viola Davis to discuss her new film, The Woman King. Davis reveals her grueling transformation into Nanisca, a general of an all-female army in 19th Century Africa. We hear from director Gina Prince-Bythewood and others in the cast.

The Fulton Theatre will present the World/Regional Premiere of FOR COLORED BOYZ on the verge of a nervous breakdown/ when freedom ain’t enuff, a new choreopoem by author and playwright Bryan-Keyth Wilson. FOR COLORED BOYZ officially opens tonight – Thursday, September 8 – with a limited run through September 25. Get a first look at photos here!

Celebrate Día de los Muertos and Halloween with FRIGID New York at the Days of the Dead Festival produced by Something From Abroad at The Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009), October 20-November 1.

The new cast has been announced for the global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! from Monday 10 October 2022 and the extension of its booking period to Saturday 30 September 2023 at London's Novello Theatre, with ticket prices frozen and now on sale.

The Finborough Theatre's new digital initiative #FinboroughFrontier continues with a unique rediscovery from Ukraine – an online premiere reading from leading Soviet-Ukrainian playwright Oleksii Kolomiiets, written in 1965, premiering FREE-TO-VIEW on the Finborough YouTube channel on Monday, 12 September at 6.00pm, and concurrently with subtitles on Scenesaver.

Micaya will present the 24th Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest (SFIHHDF), and has announced a return to live performances this November 11-13, 2022. This year's SFIHHDF features five world premiere works commissioned by the festival, and welcomes artists from Paris, Norway, Los Angeles, Vacaville, Oakland, San Jose, San Mateo, San Francisco, and New York. 

Show business tour de force and 10-time Tony Award-winning producer Jamie deRoy brings her acclaimed Jamie deRoy & friends cabaret show back to New York's famed Birdland, Monday, October 3rd, at 7:00 p.m.  

Two Cincinnati area schools and one Atlanta school will receive $10,000 to participate in the second-year pilot phase of the Educational Theatre Foundation's (ETF) Pathway program designed to foster racial equity through school theatre.

Directed by Ricky Dukes, Lazarus Theatre offer a take on Christopher Marlowe’s demonic tale that defies all genres, spanning everything from farce to gore in 95 minutes of esoteric intrigue. Historically controversial, Marlowe’s play had its first outing at the end of the 16th Century, but stays relevant. After all, has there ever been a time when the hunger for fame and thirst for wisdom haven’t ruled mankind?

This November 2022, musical theater is coming to LUSH Lounge and Theatre and will debuting La Cage Aux Folles!

Pink Martini, Portland Oregon’s globetrotting, self-described “little orchestra,” is excited to share that lead singer China Forbes, the Voice of Pink Martini since 1995, is releasing new solo material on the band’s label Heinz Records for the first time since her autobiographical album 78, which came out in 2008.

RED BULL THEATER will kick off the 2022-’23 Season with Hispanic Golden Age Classics - Lope de Vega, beginning Thursday September 8th. Presented in collaboration with Diversifying the Classics | UCLA, this three-part series of events will focus on Lope de Vega and his play The Capulets and the Montagues (Castelvines y Monteses). 

Jon Batiste, Pentatonix and the iconic Grammy winning and 13-time Oscar nominated songwriter Diane Warren deliver the official music video for “Sweet (Single Edit)” (Di-Namic Records/BMG) directed by Matt Earl (Doja Cat, Carlos Santana, G-Eazy, Cordae) with music and lyrics by Diane Warren.

KD Theatre Productions has announced the cast for the year's special 10th anniversary pantomime, Cinderella.

Mercury Theatre has announced the full cast for their pantomime this Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, written by Andrew Pollard and directed by Olivier Award-winning Donnacadh O'Briain.

The Howard County Arts Council will commemorate 20 years of its Rising Star Performing Arts Competition at the 25th annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 6 to 10 pm at the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College (HCC) in Columbia.

As Raven Theatre embarks its 40th anniversary season and celebrates 20 years in its Edgewater home, the company is launching a campaign to revitalize its 85-seat East Stage theatre with new seating, along with upgrades to the lobby.

The cast has been announced for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical which will begin preview performances Wednesday, November 2 ahead of a Sunday, December 4 opening night at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.