Roald Dahl News

Kristin Chenoweth has joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Roald Dahl's book The Witches.

From Hamilton to Matilda, we're highlighting just 11 of many shows based on books for National #ReadaBookDay! Which one is your favorite?

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced its fall schedule of classes and workshops are now open for registration. Classes will be held online via Zoom or in-person in outdoor and social-distanced settings, and vary from on-camera acting workshops, to musical theater reading clubs, to performances of Shakespeare. For additional information, contact Director of Education Allen O'Reilly at allen@baystreet.org.

The first virtual Helen Hayes Awards ceremony kicked off with the first night of its multi-night event last night, August 31.

The Unicorn Theatre will stream a reading of The Twits, based on Roald Dahla??s book of the same name.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) originally announced that Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical, Disney's Descendants, would open the theatre's 2020-21 MainStage Season, followed by ELF THe Musical Jr., Doctor Dolittle Jr., and the world-premiere musical, Princess & Frog. 

Deadline reports that Jessica Hynes and Rob Brydon have joined the cast of 'Roald & Beatrix, The Tail Of The Curious Mouse.'

Civic Theatre announced plans to cancel season-opener, Roald Dahl's MATILDA THE MUSICAL due to concerns related to COVID-19.

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) has announced a new, revamped 2020/21 season lineup with special precautions in place to protect audiences, volunteers and staff from COVID-19. 

According to the annual school play survey conducted by the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), The Addams Family, Clue, and Check Please received top billing for the most produced musical, full-length play, and short play, respectively, during the 2019-20 school year, which was cut short by the closures required by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Everyman Theatre's Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi is thrilled to announce that actors Felicia Curry and Helen Hedman have joined the organization as members of the Everyman Theatre Resident Company of Artists. Everyman Theatre is one of only a handful of Regional Theatres that has a resident company of professional artists as part of its mission.

Topeka Civic Theatre presents Matilda July 10-August 15, 2020!

Palo Alto Players, the Peninsula's first theatre company, has announced its reimagined 90th Anniversary season - a lineup of shows designed to withstand these uncertain times.

Child's Play NY will host a Roald Dahl-themed summer camp this year for children aged 7-11.

The world's a?oesweetesta?? musical will convert the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre into a wonderfully weird candy factory when Roald Dahl's a?oeWilly Wonkaa?? invites its audience to enter a world of pure imagination.

The Omaha Community Playhouse is changing the order in which shows will open during its 2020-21 season.

From Laurel & Hardy, Shakespeare and Roald Dahl to live cabaret, photography and a showcase of East Asian talent from across the UK, the full line-up for next month's Reading Fringe Digital Festival has been announced.

The Van Wezel has announced that the Box Office will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 16 at 10 a.m. Plexiglass panels have been installed to protect patrons and staff, and social distancing will be required.

Dame Judi Dench has been creating TikTok videos with her grandson, Sam Williams, while in lockdown. Now, the pair has finally reunited! Dench showed off her moves with Williams in a new video, in which they recreated a viral TikTok dance!

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces changes to the 2020-2021 Broadway Series. While the theater plans to open in late October 2020 (conditions permitting), Broadway productions at the Hall will begin in January 2021.