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Theatre503 has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Donbas, the award-winning debut play by Olga Braga, directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike.

Jon Marans’ Old Wicked Songs posits that beauty sits at the intersection of sadness and joy. By that logic, the play itself is indeed a beauty. On stage now at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre under the direction of Elyse Gorens Edelman.

31 January 2025 marks 100 years since Agatha Christie's story Witness for the Prosecution – originally titled Traitor Hands  –  was first published. Learn more here!

Details have been announced for the twelfth cast for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall which will take the show into its eighth year. 

Milwaukee Rep has revealed complete cast and creative teams for the last shows in their 2023/24 season.

Mercury Theater Artistic Director Christopher Chase Carter, Managing Director Kristi J. Martens and Executive Producers L. Walter Stearns and Eugene Dizon have announced Rock of Ages, the blockbuster classic rock musical. The show is written by Chris D’Arienzo. This production is directed and choreographed by Brenda Didier, with music direction by Linda Madonia.

Watch Amy Di Bartolomeo sing “Promises' from the world premiere of Glory Ride at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.

Peter Benedict's smash hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE at Wilton's Music Hall must end this Saturday, 25th March.  Check out production photos here!

GLORY RIDE, a new musical with Book, Music & Lyrics by Victoria Buchholz & Todd Buchholz, directed by Kelly Devine (Olivier Award-winning choreographer of 'Come From Away'), reveals the secret wartime heroics of Gino Bartali, one of the most beloved athletes of all time.

Victorian ghosts and a sensational cast are set to raise the roof of Wilton's Music Hall from 14th - 25th March in Peter Benedict's unmissable production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE or The Witch's Curse.

All new photos have been released from The Canterville Ghost at the photocall in London. Check them out below!

The Canterville Ghost is Oscar Wilde's short novella of an American family moving into a British mansion, to the annoyance of its resident ghost. Tall Stories, as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations, have adapted the narrative and given the tale a quirky treatment by intertwining the narrative with that of four Victorian music hall entertainers.

The cast of four valiant vaudevillians has been announced for Oscar Wilde's uproarious spectacular The Canterville Ghost, which will haunt and delight audiences at the Southwark Playhouse this autumn, as part of a wider UK Tour. The gloriously ghoulish show, directed by Olivia Jacobs, is part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the award-winning theatre company Tall Stories. See photos from inside rehearsal.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is bringing back the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Titanic The Musical with story and book by Peter Stone, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston and Orchestrations by Joshua Clayton in the Quadracci Powerhouse, September 20 – October 23, 2022. 

What could be more charming than watching a Shakespearean comedy in the heart of Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew as the sun sets? Peter Hamilton Dyer’s Twelfth Night is a light-hearted romp through one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has announced the cast and creative teams for the 2022/23 Season show openers in all three venues - Unforgettable: John-Mark McGaha Sings Nat King Cole, Titanic The Musical and Wife of a Salesman.

The cast of four valiant vaudevillians has been announced for Oscar Wilde's uproarious spectacular The Canterville Ghost, which will haunt and delight audiences at the Southwark Playhouse this autumn, as part of a wider UK Tour. The production will run Tuesday 11th October – Saturday 5th November 2022. 

Read the reviews for Stephen Sondheim's Passion at the Hope Mill Theatre. Sondheim's Passion is a legendary musical based on Ettore Scola's Italian film, Passion d'Amore, starring Ruthie Henshall in the role of Fosca. 

Sondheim's Passion is a legendary musical based on Ettore Scola’s Italian film, Passion d’Amore. Situated in 19th Century Italy, the production tells the tale of a young soldier, Giorgio (Dean John-Wilson), who is obsessively pursued by the relation of his superior officer, Fosca (Ruthie Henshall) - a woman prone to severe melancholy and mania.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents the five-time Tony Award-winning musical Titanic The Musical with story and book by Peter Stone, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston and Orchestrations by Joshua Clayton in the Quadracci Powerhouse, April 6 - May 14, 2022. Opening Night is Saturday, April 9.