Tennessee Williams News

New York Stage and Film announces participants for the 2024 Filmmakers' Workshop and recipients of the 2024 Awards, highlighting emerging talent and their contributions to film and theater.

The West Bank Cafe is closing its doors next month. According to a post on the venue's social media pages, the closure is due to 'circumstances beyond our control.' It is set to close in August, which an exact date to follow.

A group of young theatre professionals have joined forces to produce the RI premiere of America's 'most influential playwright' Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play, directed by Trinity Rep's Gia Yarn.

Lea DeLaria will play The Big Gay Cabaret on Friday, July 19 at 8pm, Saturday, July 20 at 8pm, and Sunday July 21 at 5pm.

Presale for Season 42 at the Roxy Regional Theatre is happening now for package holders, with ticket sales opening for the general public this Friday, July 12.

Acclaimed theatre director Michael Wilson will be spending the summer in St. Louis to helm the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis’ production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Wilson, who has long examined the works of Tennessee Williams could not pass up the opportunity to work in St. Louis.  

Filigree Theatre's sixth season, 'Masks and Mirrors,' will be showcased at Factory on 5th. The season explores themes of identity and perception through a series of compelling performances.

New York Stage and Film has revealed additional casting for its 2024 Summer Season at Marist College, kicking off this July in Poughkeepsie, NY. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Le Petit Theatre in New Orleans will host a free reading of Kelley Nicole Girod's play A BODY OF WATER. The play, set during the 2016 Baton Rouge flood, explores themes of family, crisis, and resilience. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Chris Chinn is now starring as Detective James Ascher in NYC’s longest-running play, Perfect Crime, now playing Off-Broadway at the Anne L. Bernstein Theater. 

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis has announced the cast for their upcoming production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, featuring a talented ensemble set to bring the classic play to life.

STAGES St. Louis has announced the full cast of their 2024 production of Disney’s NEWSIES, performing July 26- August 25 at The Ross Family Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. The show will be led by Daniel Marconi as Jack Kelly and Taylor Quick as Katherine. St. Louis’ Matthew Cox will be making his STAGES St. Louis Debut when he takes on the role of Crutchie.   Steve Bebout, immediately off of his St. Louis Theatre Circle win as Best Director of a Comedy for last year’s hit show CLUE, will return to STAGES to direct Disney’s NEWSIES. Bebout’s CLUE set box office records as the best-selling production in the history of STAGES St. Louis. Choreography will be created by STAGES newcomer, Lindsay Joy Lancaster. 

54 BELOW will present two new brunch series this summer as part of its expanded brunch programming: Lea DeLaria: Brunch Is Gay and Scott Siegel’s Broadway Musical Brunch. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Intiman Theatre has announced their 2024-25 season, and the launch of the Intiman Cabaret, a brand new experience that will showcase work from Seattle and beyond in an intimate setting.

Tennessee Williams’ sprawling classic about what happens when the unstoppable force, fading, fluttering Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Amy Rutherford), meets the immovable object of her brother-in-law, pragmatic, animalistic Stanley Kowalski (Mac Fyfe) proves a night of searing theatre, with Weyni Mengesha’s effectively musical direction providing an electric backdrop for a simmering contest of wills.

MAN, A ONE WOMAN SHOW explores identity and gender through a compelling solo performance at Canal Cafe Theatre. Join us for an evening of thought-provoking theater.

The 19th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has announced its September 2024 program.  Learn more about the lineup here!

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) will present Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire this summer at the historic Marigny Opera House.

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans has planned an ambitious season to celebrate its 10th anniversary 2025 season. Learn more about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.