The Public Theater News

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced that Broadway's Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls, Bring it On: The Musical, Legally Blonde) and Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers, The Bridges of Madison County) will star as Ellen and Clark Griswold in the upcoming world premiere of the laugh-out-loud new musical comedy The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation.

Producers Academy Award® nominee Lee Daniels and Brian Anthony Moreland will present the comedy, Ain’t No Mo’ written by and starring Jordan E. Cooper,  on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre (111 W. 44th St.).

Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Kim’s Convenience,” a funny and touching comedy about a Korean family who owns a Toronto convenience store, written by Ins Choi and directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III, from July 5 through July 17. Check out photos!

Mykal Kilgore and Company members of Fat Ham came together for a cover of Kill The Lights! Watch the music video here!

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites. The 2022/23 Season 45: Sapphire Season begins with HSDC’s fall series Refraction at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

Today's top stories include a real-life couple playing opposite one another in Company! Jeff Kready will temporarily take on the role of David, opposite his real-life wife Nikki Renee Daniels, who plays Jenny. Plus, a new Stranger Things stage play is in the works, get a first look at Broadway-bound & Juliet, and more!

The national tour of HAMILTON will return to Detroit at the Fisher Theatre November 15 – December 4, 2022.

The Public Theater announced complete casting today for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Public Works’ AS YOU LIKE IT, closing out the 60th Anniversary Season at The Delacorte Theater. Featuring music and lyrics by Shaina Taub and more.

Oklahoma City Repertory Theater's has announced the new lineup for the theater's 2022-2023 season. OKC Rep's most ambitious season since emergence from the pandemic brings a cutting-edge and adventurous mix of five theater pieces in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary, including two touring presentations and three original productions never before produced in Oklahoma.

Today's top stories include The Kite Runner, which begins previews on Broadway tonight! Plus, check out this week's Broadway grosses, get a first look at pre-Broadway A Beautiful Noise, and more!

Single tickets for HAMILTON at the Hult Center will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, July 6 at 10 a.m. online and in person at the Hult Center Box Office. Tickets will be available for performances Sept. 13–25, 2022. HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now.  Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway.

Just last week, The Public Theater celebrated opening night of Free Shakespeare in the Park production of RICHARD III at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Check out production images of Danai Gurira and company in action!

All For One Theater has announced that an additional week of performances have been added to the limited run of the world premiere of Mister Miss America, written and performed by Neil D'Astolfo and directed by Tony Speciale. The production is now playing July 6 through August 7 at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

Hamilton has announced that booking is extending at the Victoria Palace Theatre to 3 March 2023.  In addition, the first of new production images have been released.

Directed and produced by TaNisha Fordham in Association with TaNisha Fordham Productions, TaNisha Fordham’s SNATCH YO’ FREE is an unabashed celebration of who we already are regardless of what we will become.

Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK announced an extension of Hoi Polloi's White on White

Center Theatre Group is announcing six new commissions as an extension of Not a Moment, But a Movement initiative created to amplify, center and celebrate Black voices.

The Public Theater celebrated opening night of Free Shakespeare in the Park production of RICHARD III at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Check out photos here!

The Public Theater just celebrated opening night of Free Shakespeare in the Park production of RICHARD III at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. BroadwayWorld was there for the big day and we have photos from the red carpet arrivals!

THE CENTER AT WEST PARK (CWP), the Upper West Side's cultural hub for diverse, engaging, and boundary-pushing performing arts, announces the lineup for The 2022 Evolution Festival, a multi-disciplinary performance festival featuring six original works-in-progress of theater, dance, and music by NYC-based artists.