The Actors Studio News

Theater for the New City will present The Great American Play Series in the premiere of 'The Story of Sal B. and Barbranne: A Mob Fantasia (Cyrano Redux),'.

Killian Thomas Lefevre and ‘Iffy’ Mizrahi will join Levi Kreis to complete the cast for the UK premiere of Kreis’s new musical, Already Perfect. Learn more about the show here!

​Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has named Charlotte Cohn as this season's SDCF Denham Fellow for her upcoming production of The Sound opening in May 2025 produced by Center Stage Theatre.

This holiday season, Centenary Stage Company will present The Wizard of Oz. Performances will run in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus.

Centenary Stage Company will present The Wizard of Oz November 28–December 14, 2025, in Hackettstown, NJ. Directed by Michael Restaino, the Family Holiday Spectacular features music by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.

Sparkler, a new play by Erik Champney (Dead Brains), will receive an industry reading, directed by Ryan Dobrin (The Last Five Years). Learn more about the upcoming reading here!

Labyrinth Theater Company (LAB) has announced its 33rd season of new work, marking the first under new Co-Artistic Directors Neil Tyrone Pritchard and Dina Janis.

The Actors Studio of New Jersey will present No Place Like Home for the Holidays at the historic Dunellen Theater on Friday, December 19 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 20 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

SPQR Stage Company will present the East Coast premiere of THE MISSILEMAN OF PEENEMÜNDE, written and directed by Bill Sterritt, running November 14–15 and 21–22, 2025, at Studio;Space.

Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl dropped on October 3rd, and it includes plenty of references—some explicit and some ambiguous—to real showgirls throughout history. Many of these women have a Broadway past worth exploring that adds new context to Swift’s songs.

The Marsh San Francisco will present a World Premiere from Adam Strauss, Before I Forget, a ferociously funny true tale about the impossibility of getting life right, told by a man trying to outrun his genes, his past, and his Google search history.

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.

Westport Country Playhouse will present Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist in “The Fitzgeralds: A Reading with Music.' Portions of the proceeds from this fundraising event will support the Joanne Woodward Internship Program and educational programming at the Playhouse.

Danny Boy, a play written and directed by Michael J. Harney, will be presented by Lightning Horse Productions. Learn more about this upcoming production here!

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) just announced its 2025-2026 season—a line-up of bold new plays that cross cultures, generations and borders, featuring stories of love, intersectionality and resistance.

Cassie Beck is reprising her performance from the National Tour production. Alongside Beck, the complete cast includes MJ Sieber as ‘Legionnaire’ and local 12th grader Natalie Stephens as ‘Debater.’

Post-performance talkback hosts have been announced for the remaining eight performances of Committed? A Ritual for Robbie, written and performed by Lisa Robins and directed by Mitch Levine.

The Fountain Theatre will present Bricolage Production Company’s staging of Protest, a two-person, one-act play by world-renowned dissident playwright and former Czech President Václav Havel. Learn more!

Tony Award winner and Broadway legend Len Cariou will star in the New York premiere of Richard Vetere’s new play ZAGŁADA, a suspenseful wartime drama set for a limited engagement October 16–November 2 at the American Theatre of Actors.

Following a sold-out run at Rogue Machine in 2024, Committed? A Ritual for Robbie, written and performed by Lisa Robins and directed by Mitch Levine, will return for a limited encore engagement at Beverly Hills Playhouse from August 1–17, 2025.