Stella Adler News

After the Wicked mania comes to an end, Ariana Grande is excited to return to her stage roots. The superstar, who plays Glinda in the two-part film, has shared that she will be appearing in a to-be-announced stage production. 

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Meet the cast of Oedipus here!

Art of Acting Studio has announced that the Seventh Annual Party in the Parking Lot Gala will be held next month. Proceeds from the event will benefit Art of Acting Studio's Scholarship Fund.

Coming Out, the Musical will make its Off-Broadway debut at The Incubator Festival 2025! Join us at The Theater Center Off-Broadway for an evening filled with heartwarming ballads and queer joy!

The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company, in association with Karakuva Productions, will present a stage reading of Roar of the Grain, a new play by Satu inspired by true events during the Winter War between Finland and the USSR.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting will host its Fall benefit, Stella by Starlight. Alan Cumming will be presented with the Voice of Humanity Award. Learn how to attend!

This comedy-drama opens with a romp through a day in the life of two New York City sanitation workers, an intriguing and mismatched twosome that find common ground in uncommon times.

Shakespeare Theatre Company is currently presenting Merry Wives, and we spoke to Jacob Ming-Trent about the production. The first show of STC’s forthcoming 40th Anniversary Season, Merry Wives is adapted by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Taylor Reynolds (Studio Theatre’s Fat Ham). Merry Wives plays STC’s Harman Hall through October 5.

Joanna Pickering's play Misty and Rover has been selected for The Spark Theater Festival, with a special performance on Sunday, September 21st at 5:00 PM at the Chain Theater in New York City.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the musical’s Broadway debut and the release of the classic film, this fully staged, immersive production invites audiences to unleash their inner creatures of the night in a run of sci-fi, seduction, and rebellion.

Today’s subject Ana Villafañe is currently living her theatre life at Arena Stage preparing to begin performances of the newly revised version of Damn Yankees. She will be playing the iconic role of Lola made famous by Gwen Verdon. The show will run from September 9th to November 9th in Arena Stage’s Fichandler Stage space.

Jerry Adler, the versatile performer best known for his role as Hesh Rabkin on The Sopranos, has passed away at the age of 96. His longtime friend Frank J. Reilly shared the news on social media.

Today's subject Robert Sella is currently living his theatre life onstage at Round House Theatre as he prepares to begin performances of Matthew López's epic play The Inheritance. The show is performed in two parts and will begin performances on August 27th running through October 19th.

The 'Coach to the Stars' Studio starts a weekend conservatory program with the goal of 'doing work that gets work.' Learn more about the upcoming program here.

What happens when your mentors disappear? How do you honor serious classical training in an industry that’s shifting so rapidly toward digital performance and social media? It's a question that actress, writer, and filmmaker Helen Hayden has found herself asking recently. An alumna of Circle In the Square Theatre School (and Vice President on the Executive Board of its Alumni Association), she is sharing how she finds herself continuing to work as an actor while also carrying forward the Circle legacy. 

Creative Stage Collective will present CSC Open Day. Children ages 8-16 will be invited to join the CSC Youth Troupe and some of their fabulous CSC Adult Professional Artists. Learn more!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of theatre performer Sandra Weldon. Learn more about the life and career of Weldon on BroadwayWorld here.

You can see the Falcone Repertory Theatre’s script-in-handing reading of Tina Howe’s Painting Churches at the Pine Brook Theater in Trumbull (the old Group Theater's summer home).

A gender bending troupe of nine electrifying women take over a barge, in the New York Premiere of The King's Men. The farcical comedy written by Javen Turner who holds an MFA from The Old Globe was inspired by Shakespeare's plays.

Shakespeare & Company will open Season 2025 with the World Premiere of The Victim by Lawrence Goodman, directed by Daniel Gidron. Learn more about the show here!