Second Stage News

Tony-winner Laura Benanti and Tony-nominee Christopher Jackson stop by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to celebrate The Actors Fund for their tireless support of actors put out of work by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Queens Theatre's 'The Fly on the Wall' series will continue this Saturday, March 13, when three theaters come together to present Douglas Lyons' new play in process, Invisible. Created to inspire community engagement amid the pandemic, the series affords patrons an opportunity to watch Invisible develop from blank page to first draft.

Everybody's got the right... to be vaccinated. On last night's reunion of the original company of Assassins, beloved Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, who turns 91 later this month, revealed that he is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

NAATCO, today announced that the company has commissioned five Asian American playwrights, all women, to write monologues for characters no younger than 60-years-old. Each monologue will be at least 30 minutes long, and all five will be performed together as a piece entitled Out of Time.

Artisan Children's Theater proudly presents JUNIE B. JONES JR. at its 150 seat Second Stage facility. The theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 3/4/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

On this day in 2002, Jason Robert Brown's beloved musical, The Last Five Years, opened Off-Broadway starring two-time Tony-winner Norbert Leo Butz and Tony-nominee Sherie Rene Scott.

Walton Arts Center is offering a week-long Virtual Broadway Master Class in Musical Theater with award-winning Broadway actor Adam Kantor for students between the ages of 13 and 18. Classes are via Zoom from 6-8 pm Central on March 22-26.

The 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, under the artistic direction of Ariel Cohen, will be held this year, from 31 March to 3 May 2021.

Today's top stories: Nick Jonas sings 'Drink With Me' from Les Miserables on Saturday Night Live, Brian Stokes Mitchell sings 'Stars' in concert with Seth Rudetsky, Andre De Shields performs as Frederick Douglass, and more!

Keen Company has announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the popular FREE event, Keen After Hours: Brian Eugenio Herrera on March 15th, Nick Blaemire on March 22nd and Dan Domingues on March 29th, joining the previously announced Thomas Jay Ryan (March 1st) and Jennifer Ashley Tepper (March 8th). Keen After Hours is free and open to all. 

San Diego Repertory Theatre has announced today the details of the brand new San Diego REP Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series, a brand new program that will be presented in March and April, 2021. The series will consist of a selection of plays representing a diverse range of Black voices.

Alongside the single, glimmers is sharing the next part of a series of cinematic videos that follow a couple through the highs and lows of a relationship.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 2/25/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Out of the Box Theatrics, Holmdel Theatre Company, and Blair Russell have announced the creative team and streaming dates for their upcoming site-specific virtual production of The Last Five Years.   

Keen Company announced the World Premiere of a newly commissioned audio play by acclaimed playwright Pearl Cleage: Digging in the Dark takes listeners to a moonless night on a wooded estate outside Atlanta, where a woman awaits her scheming brother’s arrival.

On Saturday, March 6th at 7 pm EST, timed in conjunction with International Women's Day, Neighbors for Refugees, a Larchmont, New York-based nonprofit, will premiere a virtual reading of 'In Her Words: Refugee Women's Stories on Stage.' Playwright Beth Blatt devised the play from interviews conducted with six women from all around the globe. Zachary Moore, an accomplished theatre educator and director, directs.

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced the launch of its new Commissioning and Fellowship Program, welcoming returning director Jade King Carroll as Resident Artist, who will design and oversee this program in collaboration with Artistic Director Dina Janis. Carroll will also work with Janis in producing the Festival’s new StageFree Audio Plays.

Amanda Seyfried will receive the Montecito Award at the 36th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Seyfried will be honored on Friday, April 9th and will be recognized for her impressive career and performance in David Fincher’s MANK from Netflix, for which she recently received Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice nominations.

Did you ever wonder what the relationship between the stars and the writers of a hit sitcom is like? Todays episode goes behind the scenes with Modern Family’s Ty Burrell and writer/exec producer Bill Wrubel.