Simmons News

The Cape Playhouse will continue its 98th summer season with the Tony-nominated musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET directed by Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster, and the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, directed and choreographed by David Ruttura and Joyce Chittick.

Riverside Theatre for Kids will present a magical summer of musicals for the whole family with Shrek the Musical JR., June 14-16, and Shrek the Musical KIDS, June 28-29, 2024.

Ben Kassoy's solo show THE FUNNY THING ABOUT A PANIC ATTACK will premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Discover the exciting lineup at 54 Below next week, featuring Linda Eder, Tony Danza and more. See the full schedule and learn how to purchase tickets.

Nonesuch Records will release a recording of the current Tony-nominated Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical. Listen to two tracks now!

Head on over to the Goppert Theatre at Avila University this weekend for The SpongeBob musical. First Act Theatre Arts is finishing out their 24th season with this immersive, family friendly show.

CubaCaribe has announced its 18th Annual Festival of Dance & Music featuring two weeks of world premieres, performances, master classes, and celebrations at venues in San Francisco. 

The Encore Musical Theatre Company has announced its upcoming production of the timeless musical classic, Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. The production is set to take to The Maas Stage June 6-30, 2024.

Black Ensemble Theater has announced the next production in the 2024 Season of Affirmation: Protection – The Salon, written and directed by Michelle Reneé Bester.

19x ACM Award-winner Chris Stapleton was the top winner at the 59th Annual ACM Awards with four wins: Album of the Year (Higher, as artist and producer), Male Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. Stapleton also performed his song, “Think I’m In Love With You,” with surprise special guest Dua Lipa during the live show.

For the 3rd Annual OCTG Theatre Awards—held at the Samueli Theatre in Costa Mesa on May 13, 2024—lauded productions of RIDE THE CYCLONE, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, CLYBOURNE PARK, YELLOW FACE, AND THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME earned the most wins.

The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) hosted its Spring Gala: Ballet Brilliance tonight. This one-night-only program featured a curated selection of excerpts from ABT’s upcoming 2024 Summer season, including a preview of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works ahead of the New York Premiere in June. See photos from the evening below.

Experience the Tony Award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING at FIM Flint Repertory Theatre this summer. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Warner Records artist Warren Zeiders enters his revenge era with his ​​fiery single, 'Betrayal.”  Written by Zeiders, Blake Pendergrass, Justin Ebach, Jacob “JKash” Hindlin and Ali Tampos (Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber), the track finds Zeiders at his most vindictive, with his raw-edged voice dripping with hurt as he cries out to the person who did him wrong. Listen to the new single!

Check out photos from opening night of Invasive Species at The Vineyard Theatre.

A couple of months ago, newly elected Memphis Mayor Paul Young, in partnership with the African American Mayors Association, announced the launch of the Black Mayor’s Coalition on Crime which is an initiative to “harness the collective power of black mayors across the nation to fight crime.”

On Tuesday, May 14th, Grammy Award winner and Emmy and Tony nominee Sara Bareilles visited the cast of ILLINOISE at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. See photos from her visit.

Is a Richard Simmons musical coming to Broadway? Not quite yet, but beloved fitness personality recently took to X to share that something could be in the works. 

Get ready for a fun, immersive theater experience as THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL opens at Goppert Theatre at Avial University, presented by First Act Theatre Arts. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, now on stage through May 25th 2024. The musical is written by by Dave Malloy and adapted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.