A Life - 2001 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

The Entertainment Community Fund has revealed the five recipients of the 2026 Alex Dubé Scholarship Program. These one-time awards of up to $10,000 per recipient are distributed annually to dancers enrolled in accredited graduate degree programs.

Catherine Alcorn, Sally Bourne, Lena Cruz and Chelsea Gibb will star in a new Australian production touring Geelong, Parramatta, Melbourne, Newcastle, Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra.

Winners have been revealed for the 24th The Downtown Urban Arts Festival, which took place in May and June. This year, they presented the works of 19 playwrights.

Cary Michele Miller discusses returning to Maine State Music Theatre after nearly a decade to perform in COME FROM AWAY, closing the theatre's 68th season August 5 through August 22, 2026 at the Pickard Theater.

The thene of the evening is the great outdoors, with the LEO'S blending of the old and new making the audience stamp their feet for more.

Firehouse Theatre will present Confederates by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, to open its 33rd Mainstage Season in Richmond.

Rosie O'Donnell officially opened her new Off-Broadway solo show, Common Knowledge, at the Daryl Roth Theatre this week. See photos from the opening night celebration as O'Donnell is joined by celebrity guests including Cyndi Lauper, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Orfeh, Jerry Mitchell, and more.

A feature documentary on Julie Andrews, covering her career from stage to screen, is set to stream on Disney+. The film will draw on Andrews' personal archive and new interviews.

Rosie O'Donnell is opening up about why it was her idea to take on the role of the 'Cat in the Hat' in Seussical on Broadway. She also reveals she turned down playing Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and starring in Hocus Pocus.

Composer John Du Prez's never-before-released score to 'Weird Al' Yankovic's 1989 comedy UHF is now available for pre-order as a premium 2-disc vinyl set in Gold and Platinum editions.

Kristianne Kurner announced she will leave New Village Arts at the end of the 2026–2027 season after 25 years leading the Carlsbad theater company.

Ready or not, here comes Rosie! Stage and screen superstar Rosie O'Donnell is returning to the New York City stage with her solo show, Common Knowledge, premiering Off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre on July 22. Watch in this video as Rosie chats more about what audiences can expect from the new show.

Finally, prog gets its Prom. The BBC's heart is unarguably in the right place in handing the genre's back catalogue to their Concert Orchestra, in tribute to a 'pioneering, British-driven movement' rendered, as the billing has it, 'on an orchestral scale'. And yet the result falls a fair way short of the ambition.

tick, tick... BOOM! arrives in São Paulo for a limited engagement at Teatro Viradalata following a successful run in Rio de Janeiro. Produced by Play It! Produções, the Brazilian staging stars Matheus Boa, Camille Dutra, and Diego Montez under the direction of Luiza Lewicki, Julia Varga, and Marcela Pires, with musical direction by Caio Loureiro. Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical follows an aspiring composer approaching his 30th birthday as he struggles to balance artistic ambition, personal relationships, and the realities of adulthood. Since its acclaimed Off-Broadway debut, the show has become a contemporary musical theater favorite and inspired the Oscar-nominated 2021 film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield. The São Paulo production features an intimate staging and a live four-piece band performing Larson's iconic score.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will present Dance Theatre of Harlem in a one-night-only Bronx performance featuring works by William Forsythe, Robert Garland, and Robert Bondara.

The Broadway Bound Theatre Festival announced casting for its upcoming lineup of two musicals and ten world premiere plays at AMT Theater in Manhattan's Theater District.

There are directors whose names immediately make me start checking my calendar, and then there's Taijee. At this point, I would happily follow Taijee around to any theatre because I know I'm in for an entertaining, thoughtfully crafted evening.

Director and choreographer Keith Andrews discusses staging COME FROM AWAY at The Gateway Playhouse, running August 7 through September 6, 2026, just weeks before the 25th anniversary of September 11.

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed into a musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and, above all, Love.

For her final production as Artistic Director of Washington, D.C.-based Chamber Dance Project (CDP), Diane Coburn Bruning chose to pair a few of her signature contemporary ballets with others from CDP’s rich repertory, along with a world premiere ballet by up-and-coming choreographer William Moore. 

Cyril Nri will take on the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Liverpool Everyman, directed by Olivier Award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.

Michael Curry Design is famous for their puppetry for The Lion King, Frozen, and Beetlejuice on Broadway. Eva Curry, in collaboration with her father, Micheal Curry brings their work back to Portland with her directorial debut.

We caught up with Elle showrunners Laura Kittrell and Caroline Dries, who offered insights into the writing process, creating backstory for the beloved character of Elle Woods and landing on a tone for the prequel series.

Looking to escape from the hot sun? Why not check out one of the many intriguing offerings at greater Boston venues where this summer’s vibrant theater scene boasts pre-Broadway productions, national tours, and summer-stock productions of everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals, and concerts. Bay State audiences have much to look forward to, including:

What did our critic think of URINETOWN THE MUSICAL at Osceola Arts?