Robert Benton News

IT’S A BIRD... IT’S A PLANE... IT’S SUPERMAN! Takes the Stage at The Broadwater Mainstage in August

by A.A. Cristi — August 1, 2025

Foster Cat Productions will take audiences on a nostalgic flight this August with a rare staging of It’s a Bird.

Photos: First look at Roundtown Players’ IT’S A BIRD… IT’S A PLANE… IT’S SUPERMAN: A MUSICAL COMEDY

by Jerri Shafer — July 24, 2025

Campy, dynamic, and larger than life, It’s A Bird.

Broadway Composer Charles Strouse Passes Away at 96

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 15, 2025

Charles Strouse, 96, the celebrated and multi-award-winning American film, television, and Broadway musical composer, died at his home in New York City on May 15.

Writer and Director Robert Benton Passes Away at 92

by Josh Sharpe — May 14, 2025

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of director and writer Robert Benton at the age of 92.

aGLIFF Reveals Film Lineup for Prism 36

by Chloe Rabinowitz — August 10, 2023

Discover the exciting lineup of LGBTQ+ films at aGLIFF's Prism 36.

Bruce Willis to Star in Tubi's CORRECTIVE MEASURES Film

by Michael Major — September 8, 2021

CORRECTIVE MEASURES is the story of an everyman’s journey into darkness, as the actions the guards and staff are forced to take at the prison slowly render them no better than the men and women at the prison.

HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME Will Screen March 28 at Oxford Film Festival

by Sarah Jae Leiber — March 9, 2021

Rapp is thrilled to return to Oxford where she lived for a couple of years in the mid 90s to study short story writing before moving back to Los Angeles to write movies for Robert Altman.

Announcing The Cast And Creative Team Of Diversionary's 20th Anniversary Production Of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

by A.A. Cristi — January 16, 2019

At long last, Hedwig comes to Diversionary! This iconic musical is an integral part of the LGBT theater canon and truly rocked the musical form when it debuted Off Broadway 20 years ago.

Carol Littleton to Receive Camerimage Award for Editor with Unique Visual Sensitivity

by Kaitlin Milligan — October 2, 2018

Little Elliott and his charming extraterrestrial friend hurry on a bike through a bleak forest at dusk.

BRING A GUN...THE LONG NIGHT OF LOUISE BROOKS Gets NYC Reading, Today

by BWW News Desk — September 25, 2018

A woman in her 70s tells her tale of the roaring 20s in this reading of Sondra Lee's and Jim Piazza's new play about a night in Hollywood you will never forget!

BRING A GUN...THE LONG NIGHT OF LOUISE BROOKS Gets NYC Reading, 9/25

by A.A. Cristi — September 19, 2018

A woman in her 70s tells her tale of the roaring 20s in this reading of Sondra Lee's and Jim Piazza's new play about a night in Hollywood you will never forget!

TCT Presents SUPERMAN This October

by Julie Musbach — September 10, 2018

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati will take audiences "up, up and away" with a SUPER season opener when they present SUPERMAN October 6-15, 2018 at the Taft Theatre.

Tickets Now On Sale for TCT MainStage

by Julie Musbach — August 22, 2018

Single tickets to all productions in the 2018-2019 Children's Theatre of Cincinnati MainStage season at the Taft Theatre are available starting TODAY, Wednesday, August 22.

BWW Picks Stars We'd Love to See in Female GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS

by Alan Henry — June 26, 2018

Our team put our heads together to figure out who we'd want to appear in the production! Check out some of our picks below - and join in the coversation on Facebook and Twitter to share your thoughts!

Photo Coverage: Charles Strouse Celebrates His Birthday at Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's Reading of IT'S A BIRD...IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN

by Walter McBride — June 9, 2018

SUPERMAN is the tale of Superman's efforts to defeat a vengeful scientist, the new villain Dr.