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Eagle Theatre's 2022-2023 Mainstage Season kicks off with a bang of a soiree…literally.  Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party runs this February 9-26, 2023.  The prohibition-era musical is based on Joseph March's 1926 book-length ballad. 

With guest vocals of Maria Muldaur on “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and Evan Price’s violin on two tracks, the album covers 14 standards composed by the likes of Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, George Gershwin and Louis Armstrong, brought to life by the unique voice and character of the one and only Taj Mahal.

David French’s semi-autobiographical award-winning Canadian classic receives its British premiere 38 years after its debut, but it appears it’s not a timeless play. Much has changed since then and, directed by Peter Kavanagh, Salt-Water Moon comes off as quite the tired shadow of a love story.

Watch the trailer for The Guthrie Theater's production of The Little Prince, adapted by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar and based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

A funny and poignant new play exploring the impact of the iconic cooling towers at Ferrybridge Power Station on the lives of the people who lived and worked beneath them is opening at Leeds Playhouse on 3-11 February before heading out on tour across Yorkshire and the North East.

The distinguished clarinetist Charles Neidich, 1985 Naumburg Competition winner, will be performing live with noted pianist Mohamed Shams at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall under the aegis of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation on Monday evening, January 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m. as part of the Naumburg Looks Back Series.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from Finborough Theatre’s upcoming production of David French’s Salt-Water Moon.

​​​​​​​The title Mr. Yunioshi refers to the name of the character portrayed by Mickey Rooney in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's, directed by Blake Edwards (Rooney's former roommate). Rooney portrays Audrey Hepburn's neighbor. It is a cringe-inducing characterization, in which Rooney dons yellowface and wears appliances to 'play Asian.'

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In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the UK premiere of David French's classic Salt-Water Moon opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 3 January 2023 (Press Nights: Thursday, 5 January 2023 and Friday, 6 January 2023 at 7.30pm). It's a splendid moon-filled night in Coley's Point in 1926.

The Guthrie Theater has announced the cast and creative team for The Little Prince, adapted by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar and based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Under the direction of Dominique Serrand, The Little Prince will play December 10, 2022 – February 5, 2023, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

From the makers of CROOKS 1926 comes The West is an immersive experience bringing the Wild West to the heart of South London. Blending theatre, gaming and escape rooms, COLAB Theatre invites audiences into their bespoke venue to learn cowboy tricks, catch bandits, gamble, rob a bank and smoke out the traitor in their midst.

Mint Theater Company returns to New York City Ce nter Stage II with the American premiere of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, directed by Alexander Lass, opening Monday November 21st (7pm) at New York City Center Stage II for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through December 10th only. 

Michael Butler, famed producer of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, passed peacefully November 7, 2022 at the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda, CA.  He was born November 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois.

Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, created and directed by Jonathan Rockefeller, will be make its West Coast debut beginning November 23rd.

Harlem Stage and Beth Morrison Projects, in their first ever collaboration, present Song Cycles, featuring visionary women and non-binary composers and musicians Tamar-kali (she/her), Yaz Lancaster (they/them), and Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano (she/her).

San Jose's Playful People Productions has announced its 2022—23 season: eight months of fantasy, fairytales, classic literature, comedy, drama, music, and a supportive environment for children and adults alike to play.

Discover the story behind one of the greatest musicals in history as we dive deep into the history of Broadway's longest-running American musical, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse's, 'Chicago.'

The Ocean Community United Theatre Board of Directors, led by board co-Chairs Charles Royce and Nicholas Moore, have announced that they have hired Carly Callahan to lead the organization as Executive Director.

The Mint Theater company will be presenting the American Premiere of Noel Coward's The Rap Trap, and the world premiere of Becomes a Woman by Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn).

The acclaimed, record-breaking run of Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation will be arriving in Lincoln on October 16-17!

The Martha Graham Dance Company will present GrahamDeconstructed: Diversion of Angels on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 11–12, at 7pm. GrahamDeconstructed is an ongoing series that offers audiences an opportunity to view the great Graham works up close and to hear about the artistic and historical context of their creation from Artistic Director Janet Eilber.

The acclaimed, record-breaking run of Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, created and directed by Jonathan Rockefeller, will be arriving in Brooklyn on March 19, 2023.

Out of the Box Theatre Company opens its 2022-23 season with an Actors' Equity Association-approved showcase production of the rarely seen but classic comedy Chicago: The Play by Maurine Watkins, October 13-23.

The Hundred Acre Wood comes to San Jose when Playful People Productions presents an original adaptation of Winnie the Pooh, directed by Shannon Santandrea. Children ages 4 to 11 — many of them performing alongside siblings — will bring A.A. Milne's classic tales to life before a live audience at Historic Hoover Theatre.