Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has announced the capstone production of its 45th season, the world premiere musical, ALICE, FORMERLY OF WONDERLAND.
If you have ever remarked how silly adults can be, the story of The Little Prince might resonate with you (and the children in your life). The culmination of Ballet Co.Laboratory’s 2023/24 performance season is based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella and will take place at E.M. Pearson Theatre in St. Paul from May 17-19, 2024.
Celebrity Series of Boston has announced its 2024/25 season, marking 86 years of bringing world-class touring and local performing artists to Boston. Learn more about the season lineup here!
Shakespeare’s great romance Romeo and Juliet begins performances at the Festival Theatre today, featuring Jonathan Mason and Vanessa Sears in the title roles. At the helm is director Sam White, returning to Stratford from Detroit for her third season.
The biggest challenge of pulling off a show such as Romeo and Juliet is finding new ways to keep the audience interested when we all know what happens. If you’re going to put on a production of a play that has been endlessly adapted, performed, and studied for longer than any of us have been around, it has to be fresh and exciting. Fortunately, Seattle Shakespeare’s production of the famed work does just that. Innovatively directed by Sheila Daniels, the reimagined production of Romeo and Juliet is now playing at Center Theatre at Seattle Center.
The Players Theatre hosts the Off-Broadway Premiere of MY TRUE LOVE A Perfect Musical Fairytale by author and music director Ben Boecker. See photos from the production.
The touring production of the acclaimed Broadway revival of Parade, winner of the 2023 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical, will play Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre from March 11-23, 2025.
The first night Batiste went from performing solo, to playing with a jazz trio to playing with a 41-piece orchestra in a two-hour span. The following night The former musical director of LATE NIGHT WITH STEPHEN COLBERT unveiled a previously unheard piano concerto commissioned by ProMusica. Either night was a transformational performance.
East Carson Street, a world-premiere rock musical written by local rocker Joe Grushecky, is now playing at the Bell Theater in the historic Bell Works complex in Holmdel through May 12. Watch video footage from the production here!
Theater artist Leslie Ayvazian is bringing her latest experiments in “mercurial minimalism” to Pangea. Starting May 7 and running through July 23 she boldly chronicles her coming of age in the ‘60s and ‘70s and the lingering legacies of genocide. We spoke with Ayvazian about the upcoming shows and the inspiration behind them.
According to reports, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon and Hamish Linklater are all set to join Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in Sony's upcoming imaginative A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Their roles in the film have not been confirmed and specific plot details have also been kept under wraps. The film is said to center on an emotional connection between two strangers, likely to be Robbie and Farrell.