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Mile 0 Fest Shares 2023 Lineup

Brought to you by The Monroe County Tourist Development Council, the remarkable lineup for this year’s festival includes Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Morgan Wade, Shane Smith & The Saints, Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Cody Canada & The Departed and Jamie Lin Wilson with more lineup announcements to come.

Jodi Picoult & More Announced For Creative Team of THE BOOK THIEF World Premiere Musical

Coming to the Octagon Theatre Bolton this autumn, the musical adaptation of The Book Thief has announced its full creative team. This beloved book is brought to life with a script by award-winning author Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper and Small Great Things) and Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptor of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach).

Barbara Eden, George Chakiris, Margaret O'Brien, and Debbie Wileman Join DANCE TO THE MOVIES at La Mirada

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts  announced that additional talent has signed on to its upcoming special event DANCE TO THE MOVIES, featuring just-added special guest appearances by Hollywood icon Barbara Eden (”I Dream Of Jeannie”), Academy Award winners George Chakiris (West Side Story) & Margaret O’Brien (Meet Me in St. Louis), and recording artist Debbie Wileman (who will perform a stunning tribute to Judy Garland).  

McKinley Belcher III Joins Wendell Pierce & Sharon D Clarke Led DEATH OF A SALESMAN on Broadway, Plus Creative Team Announced

Today, Broadway’s upcoming production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman announced that McKinley Belcher III will join the cast as Willy and Linda Loman’s son, “Happy.” Producers also revealed key members of the creative team, who will help bring the show to life at the Hudson Theatre for a limited 17-week engagement starting September 19.

La Monnaie Launches Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Between October 2023 and February 2025, the new Monnaie Ring will be forged by music director Alain Altinoglu and director Romeo Castellucci - who began his opera career at La Monnaie with Parsifal in 2012.

Interview: MEAN GIRLS at Proctors: Fetching Up with Lindsay Heather Pearce

Prior to next week’s arrival of the film-inspired musical MEAN GIRLS to Proctors, I spoke with Lindsay Heather Pearce, who recently took over the role of Janis on tour. Her resume includes some notable television and theater credits, including her participation on The Glee Project/Glee and her Broadway debut as Elphaba in WICKED.

Rankin Performing Arts Announces WILLY WONKA JR. Camp

Explore the wonderful world of musical theatre during this two-week full day camp for 5th - 12th grade graduates. (Entering 5th grade 2022). ​Campers will be divided into age groups and rotate through fun and exciting performing arts classes and activities daily!

Take a Look Back at Emma Thompson's Musical History & Meet the Cast of MATILDA

The new film adaption of Matilda features a completely transformed Emma Thompson in the role of the evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. Check out Thompson's musical theatre history, which includes Sweeney Todd and Beauty and the Best, and meet the rest of the cast of Netflix's Matilda!

BWW Review: Florida Theatrical Association's BLOOD BROTHERS at The Abbey

“So, did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins? As like each other as two new pins. Of one womb born, on the self-same day, how one was kept and one given away?” These are the words spoken by the Narrator at the beginning of BLOOD BROTHERS, the long-running West End musical by Willy Russell which provides the perfect setup for the play that follows. BLOOD BROTHERS is not a show that gets produced that often, but that is likely exactly why the Florida Theatrical Association has opted to mount a production of the musical – to introduce it to new audiences and provide theatregoers the unique experience of seeing the show. I attended opening night and it was, in fact, the first time I have had the chance to see a live production even though I have been familiar with the piece due to its popularity in England and its not-as-successful run on Broadway in the early 1990’s. And though the piece itself has some challenges (more on that later) the FTA’s production is solid with outstanding and emotional performances by the cast and a creative vision true to the material

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