TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced its 52nd season, featuring six plays and musicals to be presented November 2022 through August 2023. Three of the season's productions will be mounted at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and three will be staged at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. Subscriptions are now available; single tickets will be available in the coming months at TheatreWorks.org.
The Old Globe has announced the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor (The Old Globe's Krapp's Last Tape, Measure for Measure, Broadway's 24 Hour Plays), who was recently named Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop, directs a cast of 20.
Five of NYC's most iconic dance companies-Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem-return for the second BAAND Together Dance Festival, sharing the spotlight and an outdoor stage as a part of Summer for the City, Lincoln Center's new program that activates the entire campus under one banner offering hundreds of free live shows this summer season.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites.
SHOWTIME was recognized with 17 Primetime Emmy Award nominations by the Television Academy, led by seven nominations for YELLOWJACKETS, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress for Melanie Lynskey and Outstanding Supporting Actress for Christina Ricci. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY and VICE earned nonfiction series nominations
The Old Globe has announced the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Globe Resident Artist Patricia McGregor directs a cast of 20. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwill begin performances on July 31 and run through September 4, 2022.
Check out the complete list of Emmy nominations, which include Andrew Garfield, Steve Martin, Jodie Comer, Tony Awards Presents: Broadways Back!, Annie LIVE!, Jane Lynch, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Nathan Lane, Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalom, Mare Winningham, Laurie Metcalf, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and more!
Additional casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Opening night is set for Sunday, October 9 at the Hudson Theatre, and the show will run for a strictly limited 17-week engagement starting Monday, September 19.
Laura Benanti took to Instagram to share the birth of her second daughter, Louisa Georgia Benanti-Brown.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), announces the launch of TRU Diversity: Amplifying BIPOC Voices, an initiative to highlight the works and explore the concerns of BIPOC theater artists, producers and administrators. The debut of the TRU Diversity program will feature a free reading of Greenwood, a relevant new play by TRU member Coolidge Harris II, set during the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Musical Theatre West's production of Grease premiered in Long Beach, CA this weekend with a packed preview performance on Friday, a sock hop and star-studded red carpet for the sold out opening night on Saturday, and a rockin’ Sunday matinee. The show will run through July 14. Get a first look at photos here!
The world premiere of “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool” will open at Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum on August 3 and continue through August 28 with previews running July 27 through August 2, 2022. This one-man show is written and performed by Mike Birbiglia and directed by Seth Barrish.
Duncan Trussell will perform at Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square July 14-16. Duncan Trussell is a stand-up comedian, podcaster and actor. His popular podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, which has been downloaded over 25 million times, is known for its blend of humor, fringe ideas, eclectic guests, and great interviews.
On the stage, Bailey has most recently starred in Marianne Elliott’s sold-out revival of Cock, which opened to rave reviews in March 2022. Bailey previously collaborated with Elliott for the award-winning Company, alongside Patti Lupone, for which he won an Olivier Award. He also starred alongside Ian Mckellen in King Lear in 2017.
The Cape Cod Theatre Project (CCTP) presents the largest cast of the 2022 season with Brittany K. Allen's MTC/Sloan Commission, Ball Change, on July 14th, 15th, and 16th at 7:30pm ET at Falmouth Academy, directed by New York-based Dina Vovsi.
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the musical event of the summer: Ragtime The Musical.
General Director Shawna Lucey has announced Opera San José’s 2022-23 Resident Company, a cohort of brilliant opera talent who will be featured in this season’s four California Theatre mainstage productions.
Released earlier this year, Lady For Sale saw Kirke building upon the artistic momentum of her 2016 debut EP and 2018’s full-length Heart Head West with an invigorating country pop-tinged blend of twangy hooks, glam guitars, high-spirited synth stylings, and the New York/Nashville-based artist’s deeply candid, increasingly powerful songcraft.
Are you a college student interning in New York for the summer on a budget, but you want to see a lot of theatre? Or are you moving to New York in the fall and planning on seeing as many shows as possible? Luckily, it is possible to see almost any show without breaking the bank!
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites. The 2022/23 Season 45: Sapphire Season begins with HSDC’s fall series Refraction at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
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