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The March sisters seem to spike in popularity every decade or so, due to films, series or feminist movements. Most recently Greta Gerwig turned Louisa May  Alcott’s novel into a high grossing blockbuster featuring a stellar cast. Now the Park Theatre have resurrected Little Women in the form of a 16-year-old Broadway musical that nobody seems to remember even though it won Sutton Foster a Tony nomination. History repeats itself. With a book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, the piece is sadly unmemorable, but the company give their best nonetheless. A list of forgettable songs populate a traditional musical with pacing issues that’s nothing to write home about.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts announces the casting of students from the William J. Gillespie School to perform alongside the world-renowned American Ballet Theatre dancers in the return to their annual holiday engagement.

All new production images have been released for LITTLE WOMEN, the musical based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.

 Award-winning actor and producer Gloria Mann (The Cassie Confession, The Lennon Report, Point Break) is co-producing and leading the cast along with Ryon Thomas & Bryanna McQueeney in writer/director Robert Mann's new Thriller 'R BnB' which has just wrapped filming in Garrison, New York.

The Savannah Sipping Society is Hanover Little Theatre’s first live show in almost two years, and it is well worth the wait. It is also the perfect show for these times—many of us have faced uncertainty, loss, and the struggle of rediscovering who we are and who we want to be—difficulties the characters in this show face with much humor and grace.

Burbank-based Conundrum Theatre Company presents FUN HOME at the Victory Theatre Center from November 19-21, 2021. Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book/lyrics by Lisa Kron, FUN HOME is a refreshingly honest musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

A little chat and a little music is just the thing for a Wednesday morning, as the cabaret journalists of Manhattan meet the stars who will bring their gifts to the 54 Below stage this holiday season.

Mad Horse Theatre Company presents Dying to Know by David Butler in a special limited engagement December 2-12. Directed by Mad Horse Company Member Nick Schroeder.

Columbia University School of the Arts, with support from the Center for Teaching and Learning at Columbia University, will present PLAYSONOS, a digital audio festival featuring work from Theatre Program MFA Playwrights.

Part two of Gossip Girl will continue to explore just how much social media — and the landscape of New York itself — has changed in the intervening years. The series stars Jordan Alexander, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Tavi Gevinson, Donna Murphy, Adam Chandler-Berat, and Jason Gotay.

Get your Christmas lists together and join 9-year-old Ralphie this holiday season! Returning from Mill Mountain Theatre's 2017 season is, A Christmas Story! Celebrate the holiday season with Mill Mountain Theatre! Based on the popular movie of the same name, A Christmas Story is the perfect way to kick off your holiday spirit!

A private, developmental reading of the new musical Heartbreakers in Hell will be presented on November 12 in Manhattan at Open Jar Studios. The cast will be led by Nick Martinez (Bat Out of Hell), Keri René Fuller (Cats, Jagged Little Pill), Kelly McIntyre (Love in Hate Nation), Ben Bogen (Frozen), and Noah Virgile (The Royal Family of Broadway).

Reprising their roles from the 2019-2020 season are Danielle Wade as Cady Heron, Megan Masako Haley as Gretchen Wieners, Jonalyn Saxer as Karen Smith, Mary Kate Morrissey as Janis Sarkisian, Eric Huffman as Damian Hubbard, Adante Carter as Aaron Samuels, Kabir Bery as Kevin G. and Lawrence E. Street as Mr. Duvall.

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center will present Disney's Descendants: The Musical, a bold, colorful, and character-filled show based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, as part of its 2021-2022 Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Subscription Series.

The six-week limited engagement of Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show plays in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, from November 19 to December 26, with the official opening night on Tuesday, November 23.

Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research announced today that former NFL athlete, model and reality TV personality Dale Moss will host their upcoming Young Professionals Committee FALL GALA, an event born from the desire of young professionals to give back and make a difference in the fight against cancer. All proceeds from the FALL GALA will benefit Gabrielle's Angel Foundation's music therapy programs and cancer research.

Do you have a mom who you think wants to control your every move? Do you think she does not want you to live your best life? Or, do you have a daughter who you feel may not be living up to her teenage potential? Does she not want to participate in family activities? If you can relate to any of these questions, then Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY is for you, and you are in luck. Cabot High School has two more public performances of FREAKY FRIDAY at the Cabot High School auditorium, 602 North Lincoln Street, in Cabot, Saturday, Nov. 6, at 7pm, and Sunday, Nov. 7, at 2:30pm.

Theatre at the Hockomock Area YMCA will be joining thousands of theatrical organizations around the globe by producing their own local production of Music Theatre International's All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre.

All new rehearsal footage has been released for LITTLE WOMEN, the musical based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.

All new rehearsal images have been released for LITTLE WOMEN, the musical based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.