The Public Theater News

Tune in to our Instagram Story today as Kimber Elayne Sprawl takes you behind the scenes of Wicked's 20th Anniversary performance!

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Shaina Taub’s new musical Suffs is set to come to Broadway this spring. What do we know so far about the new musical? We have all the scoop!

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Theatre for a New Audience will present the Soho Rep and NAATCO National Partnership Project production of Public Obscenities. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center will present the 22nd Monte Cristo Award to award-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage. 

THE BEST PART OF NIGHT IS BLACK, a new 'Black Queer Horror Love Story' written my multi-hyphenate artist and playwright UGBA and directed by award-winning director, deviser and arts advocate Zhailon Levingston, will host an invitation-only industry reading on Monday, October 30, 2023 at 8PM at Bed-Stuy Art House in Brooklyn, NY.

Vassar's Powerhouse Theater will present an industry reading of We Start In Manhattan: A New Queer Musical on November 3rd at 1pm at 54 Below in New York City. Directed by Ellie Heyman, the reading will feature the writers of the piece, Ariella Serur (1776) and Sav Souza (1776), with music direction by Jeremy Robin Lyons.

Watch Diane Paulus, Kenny Ortega, Caissie Levy, and more come together at Joe's Pub for a special celebration of the life and contributions of renowned theater icon, James Rado. Get all the details and highlights from this star-studded tribute event.

The Broadway star will take the audience on a soul-filled musical joyride with her powerful vocals, magnetic stage presence and impeccable interpretations of holiday classics. Shoshana will be joined by her Arranger/Music Director David Cook, an extraordinary band and some very special guest stars who will be announced in the coming weeks.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) announces a range of theater and musical performances at The Nimoy in November including Syrian-American rapper and spoken-word artist Omar Offendum's genre-bridging work The Little Syria Show, Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan songstress Nella and Broken Branches, a collaboration between renowned Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman and Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.

Playwrights Horizons will present the New York premiere of School Pictures, written and performed by Milo Cramer.

The complete cast has been revealed for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ APPROPRIATE, directed by Lila Neugebauer at Second Stage Theater. 

Get the latest news on Theater J's upcoming world premiere of the stage adaptation of 'Hester Street.' Directed by Oliver Butler, this highly-anticipated production brings Joan Micklin Silver's beloved film to life in April 2024. Don't miss your chance to experience this new adaptation at Theater J in Washington DC.

Tony Award winning Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman will be interviewed about her long and brilliant career, by Broadway Playwright Sharon Washington, at 6p.m., Friday, November 17, at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

Read an exclusive interview with Lamont Walker II as he discusses his transition from MJ to joining the original cast of Hell's Kitchen.

Playwright Lynn Nottage brings untold stories to the stage. This November, FPCT is producing Intimate Apparel, the third Nottage play in its 35-year history, after Ruined and Crumbs from the Table of Joy. 

Don't miss the encore performance of Jerry Lieblich's MAHINERATOR at The Tank, starring Steve Mellor. Get your tickets for this thrilling sci-fi monologue now!

With the National Theatre announcing experimenting with an earlier evening curtain time, Cara Joy David explores whether a similar experiment will be making its way to Broadway. New leadership at the Raven Theatre in Chicago, and New Rep in Boston has announced that they will be closing their doors after 40 years.

Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are, has officially opened at The Shed. Read the critics' reviews for Here We Are here!

What did our critic think of FAT HAM at the Calderwood Pavilion At Boston Center For The Arts?

Watch James Yaegashi, Cultural/Martial Arts Consultant and Co-Fight Director of SUMO, talk about training for the battles onstage and creating the illusion of an iconic visual in this new video from La Jolla Playhouse!