Woody Guthrie News

THE MUSIC OF US: FROM THEN TO NOW on 3/13 celebrated America's 250 years in music. The trio of phenomenal guest singers - Max Clayton, Nova Payton and Ephraim Sykes brought down the house at the famed venue. Bravo!

Coinciding with the United States' upcoming semiquincentennial, Women of Americana: A Celebration of American Music, will perform at Popejoy Hall.

Following a sold-out run and an overwhelming audience response, Urban Stages,led by Founding Artistic Director Frances Hill and Associate Artistic Director Antoinette Mullins, has announced a limited encore extension of The Porch on Windy Hill. 

The Woody Guthrie Center will debut A Dozen Loops: The Radical Voice of Woody Guthrie, a new exhibition that aims to highlight Guthrie’s fight for justice through 12 of his songs, which confronted some of the most pressing social issues of his time. 

Following a sold-out run and overwhelming audience response, Urban Stages will present an Encore Production of the New York premiere of The Porch On Windy Hill, a heartwarming and musically rich theatrical experience.

The South Carolina New Play Festival will premiere its first full production The House That I Live In; Josh White's America, by Donnetta Lavinia Grays, taking place as part of the fifth anniversary season of the festival.

John Mellencamp will embark on a landmark tour this summer—Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits will take place across 19 U.S. cities. Watch the cinematic tour trailer featuring Sean Penn.

Following its previous sold-out run, Urban Stages will present an Encore Production of the New York premiere of The Porch On Windy Hill. Learn more about the show here!

The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show. The stage production’s direction, choreography, puppetry design, and ensemble synergy create moments of theatrical awe that are impossible to deny. What the songs lack in dramatic momentum, the production more than makes up for in its combination of narrative intimacy with large-scale visual storytelling.

NYC singer/pianist Eric Yves Garcia will return to Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel in London with a rousing new solo show this week. Learn more about the performance here!

Bono and The Edge will accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 on October 21 in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom. This prestigious award annually recognizes a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie's social consciousness and musical legacy.

Urban Stages will present the New York premiere of a heartwarming and melodically rich new musical play, THE PORCH ON WINDY HILL: a new play with old music. Learn more!

​​​​​​​The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) has announced the first production of their 35th season, “Norma & Wanda” a 20th Anniversary production of the comedy by Jeff Daniels, which originally premiered at The Purple Rose in 2005.

Urban Stages will present the New York premiere of a heartwarming and melodically rich new musical play, THE PORCH ON WINDY HILL. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Bob Dylan Center and New York University have announced The Gallatin Galleries as the destination for a special adaptation of the center’s exhibition, “How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961–1964.” 

The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), in partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, will present a one-day symposium titled Wasn’t That a Time: The Boston Folk Revival 1958–1965 on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the Arrow Street Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Musician and historian Elijah Wald, whose book inspired the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' will perform his show 'Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village' at Club Passim.

It’s the end of the 2025 Toronto Fringe, which has entertained audiences for the past 12 days with more than 100 shows in 22 venues. Which was your favourite?

Performances of Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness have joined the outdoor summer repertory “Season of Resilience” at Will Geer Theatricum. Learn more!

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s “Music at the Odyssey” series, curated, directed and emceed by bass player John Snow, will present American Folk Revival. Learn more here!