Wilma Theatre News

Urban Stages has announced the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Yussef El Guindi's play People of the Book, directed by John Langs.

The FringeArts Board of Directors is pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search conducted by Arts Consulting Group, award-winning theater director, creator, and arts administrator Nell Bang-Jensen has been appointed as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer and Producing Director.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet will kick off its 31st season—its first led by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert—with a thrilling program of premieres and celebrated works. Learn how to purchase tickets.

FringeArts, Philadelphia's home for contemporary performance, is pleased to announce the full roster of programming for the 28th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, a city-wide celebration of progressive, world-class art that expands the imagination and boldly defies expectations.

Jeffrey Foucault will release The Universal Fire on September 6. A series of high-voltage performances captured live in one room, the album is a kind of working wake – Foucault lost his best friend and drummer, Billy Conway, to cancer in 2021 – as well as a meditation on the nature of beauty, artifact, and loss. Listen to a new single.

This morning they were just nominees, but tonight... they're winners! BroadwayWorld is backstage at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the 77th Annual Tony Awards and we're bringing you live photos of tonight's winners.

How does it feel to be a Tony winner? What project is up next? Who did they forget to thank? Find out straight from the winners themselves!

On September 6, Jeffrey Foucault will release The Universal Fire, his first album of entirely new material since 2018. A series of high-voltage performances captured live in one room, the album is a kind of working wake – Foucault lost his best friend and drummer, Billy Conway, to cancer in 2021 – as well as a meditation on the nature of beauty, artifact, and loss. Listen to the title track now!

Woolly Mammoth Theatre announces its new season, adopting the London model of short-term programming. The season will run through the end of the year with diverse and dynamic productions.

Emmanuel Wilson, Co-Executive Director of Dramatists Guild of America, joins PlayPenn's Board of Directors, bringing his extensive experience in supporting playwrights to the Philadelphia-based organization.

Watch as cast members Rachel Handler and Christian Prentice talk about bringing playwright Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dual dialogue of human connection in Cost of Living to Philadelphia Theatre Company.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Coolidge Corner Theatre present Shakespeare Reimagined: A MIDWINTER’S TALE, a new production written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. This article provides details about the upcoming performance on Thursday, February 29 at 7 PM.

City Theatre has announced the fourth show of its 2023/2024 season, Fat Ham by James Ijames, a co-production with TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AR.

Get a first look at Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company's world premiere of Ladysitting. Ladysitting is written by Lorene Cary, acclaimed Philadelphia-based author and playwright, University of Pennsylvania senior lecturer, and advocate.

 Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company announced the extension of its third production of the 2023/24 season, the world premiere of Ladysitting.

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) will present playwright Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dual dialogue of human connection in Cost of Living for its ongoing 2023-24 season.

Theatre Philadelphia has revealed the 2022-2023 Barrymore Award recipients, honoring the local theater community in the Greater Philadelphia region.

 Dramatists Guild Foundation has announced that acclaimed, Award-winning playwrights David Henry Hwang and James Ijames join the Board of Directors to help shape and guide the organization’s mission to support theater writers at all stages of their careers.

COALITION OF IMMIGRANT ARTISTS is launching an initiative to combat xenophobia in the theater industry. The Immigrant Theatermakers Advocacy initiative works with institutions to reverse xenophobic policies and support immigrant artists.

Discover the cast and creative team behind the highly anticipated world premiere of THE SALVAGERS by Harrison David Rivers. Get all the details on this exciting new production.