Simmons News

TheatreSquared's 2022 Gala for Education and Access, the theatre's signature annual celebration supporting arts-in-education outreach to 20,000 students throughout Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma is nearly sold out.

East West Players has announced casting for the rolling world premiere of INTERSTATE, an Asian-American pop-rock poetry musical that follows Dash, a transgender spoken word performer who becomes internet-famous along with his best friend Adrian, a lesbian singer-songwriter.

Susie Mosher starts May with another stellar episode of The Lineup.

The April 26th edition of The Lineup brought to the Birdland stage a new Sondheim star, everyone's favorite twins, a jazz icon, and a whole lot more.

Plaza's Broadway Long Island, Nassau County's only professional theatre in residence at the State-of-the Art Elmont Library Theatre, has announced the cast and creative team for the Long Island premiere of The Color Purple. Performances begin on Saturday, May 21 and runs through Sunday, June 12.

Released on what would have been Stephen Sondheim's 92nd birthday - March 22, 2022 - Yellow Sound Label’s SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED: THE NYC SESSIONS - VOLUME TWO is the glorious middle chapter of an epic trilogy of beloved Sondheim showtunes sung by musical theater luminaries. Like the previous entry, this collection is chock full of talented artists skillfully performing hits from Sondheim’s complex yet accessible catalog with glorious dexterity.

B. MOORE DANCE returns to the stage, May 27-29, 2022 for exhilarating performances of a World Premiere, i am magic, at Addison Theatre Centre, Friday/Saturday, 8:00 PM and Sunday, 3:00 PM.

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC), Salt Lake City's fully professional regional theatre, has announced the four titles and authors to be included in this season's PLAY-BY-PLAY new play reading series to be held June 9 through June 18, 2022, in the Babcock Theatre level of the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre.

hree Celebrity Housewives, from Bravo's 'The Real Housewives' of New York, Orange County and New Jersey - Vicki Gunvalson (RHOC), Jill Zarin (RHONY), and Caroline Manzo (RHONJ) - star in An Evening With The Celebrity Housewives at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) on Thursday, May 19 at 8:00PM.

'Do yourself a favor, DO NOT miss this incredibly sobering production.' says BWW's critic.

3rd Act Theatre Company, a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company in Oklahoma City presents their final production of Season 3: UNKNOWN.

The first museum exhibition of its kind, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 opens at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on August 21, 2022. It offers the public a chance to learn more about how Black performers and filmmakers have helped define cinema in the United States. The exhibition explores the achievements and challenges of both independent production and the studio system, from cinema’s infancy in the 1890s through the height of the civil rights movement. Regeneration features rarely seen excerpts of films restored by the Academy Film Archive, as well as other narrative films and documentaries; newsreels and home movies; photographs; scripts; drawings; costumes; equipment; posters; and historical materials, such as entrance tickets, note cards, and telegrams; along with augmented reality experiences (AR) designed specifically for the exhibition.

The upcoming third and final season of 'Motherland: Fort Salem,' which will premiere on June 21 at 10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT. In addition, 'Good Trouble' will be back for the second half of season 4 on July 7 at 10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT, and Emmy®-nominated 'grown-ish' will return for season 5 on July 20 at 10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT.

American Repertory Theater of WNY postpones The Paradigm Bomb to a different opening date Due to circumstances beyond ART/WNY control, the currently scheduled The Paradigm Bomb for May 12th to June 4th is being rescheduled to open on May 19th and runs until June 11th.

The Tank has announced the World Premiere of War Stories, by Marthe Rachel Gold and directed by Christina Roussos. Performances for War Stories begin on May 20, with an opening night set for May 21 and limited run through June 12 at The Tank’s Proscenium Theater (312 W 36th St, New York, NY, 10018).

The American Repertory Theater of WNY presents the World premiere of Western New York playwright Matthew LaChiusa's 'The Paradigm Bomb' on May 12th and runs until June 4th. Show dates and times are Thursday & Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 5:00 pm. ART/WNY will continue the 2022-23 season ticket policy of pay-what-you-can for the production run.

The newly renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Roald Dahl’s Charlie and The Chocolate Factory for four performances on Friday, May 13, 2022, at 8pm; Saturday, May 14 at 2pm and 8pm; and Sunday, May 15 at 2pm. Tickets range from $40-$98.  

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced full casting for the new musical HOOD. Five-time Tony-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane reunites with composer and lyricist Lewis Flinn, his Give it Up/Lysistrata Jones collaborator, to bring to life this hilarious and stirring new theatrical adventure.

CLUB44 RECORDS has announced the new album from Daniel Glass Trio, BAM!, is available on streaming platforms and on CD in stores and online today, Friday, April 29. 

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