All-American - 2011 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 2

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:

World Music Institute will present Minyo Crusaders, a Japanese band blending traditional folk songs with Caribbean, Latin, and African influences, for their NYC debut at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn, with opening act Mariposas Galácticas.

Postmodern Jukebox founder Scott Bradlee and vocalist Miche Braden will perform at Feinstein's at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, IN, bringing the globally recognized collective's vintage-style reinterpretations of modern hits to the intimate 133-seat venue.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will conclude its 2026 Summer Season on August 2 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's under the baton of Xian Zhang and violinist Gil Shaham, who returns to the festival for the first time in a decade to perform Barber's Violin Concerto.

The highly anticipated thirteenth season of FX’s “American Horror Story,' the fan-favorite anthology series from Ryan Murphy, will debut this September.

Sarah Uriarte Berry will touch hearts and recall treasured memories during For The Love Of Judy. This will be a lovefest. Uriarte-Berry has starred in five Broadway shows and three Broadway National tours, in the opera house, and concert halls. She received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her performances in the Lincoln Center production of The Light In The Piazza. Music Director and accompanist is the renowned Gerald Sternbach of both Broadway and Hollywood.

The REV Theatre Company is staging TARZAN, featuring music by Phil Collins and a book by David Henry Hwang, at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY, directed by Producing Artistic Director Brett Smock.

Nonesuch Records is set to release Natalie Merchant’s Cabinet of Wonder, a digital collection of seventeen songs and accompanying videos from the singer-songwriter’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT).

The film adaptation of Prima Facie, starring Cynthia Erivo, will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Learn more about the film here!

The Actors' Gang will present Two Gentlebots of Verona, a free, family-friendly adaptation of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, from August 1–30, 2026 in Culver City and Burbank as part of its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families series.

The Grammy® Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) and LACC soloist Sophia Lalin join forces with Pacific Symphony, soprano Kaitlyn Lusk, and voices/LA, and for one of the Southland’s most highly anticipated summer events – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, In Concert, which makes its Los Angeles debut with four performances of 238 live musicians on July 16-18, 2026, at The Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.  The epic motion picture will be projected on a 60-foot screen accompanied by Howard Shore’s legendary Academy®- and Grammy® Award-winning score performed live on stage by 238 musicians. The considerable musical forces, led by guest conductor Ludwig Wicki, include some 85 Pacific Symphony comprising 238 live performers , 110 singers from voices/LA, and 50 members of LACC, and as well as Lusk and a soloist from LACC.

The Middletown Arts Center will present a Summer Nights Concert headlined by Reina Williams + The Remedy, with guest openers Renee Maskin and Patrick Bamburak, spanning reggae, hip-hop, soul, folk, and indie rock.

Shakespeare Royal Oak announced tickets are on sale for its 2026 production of AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Kelli Rademacher, set in 1830s Detroit woods and performed outdoors at Royal Oak's Starr Jaycee Park.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. 

Unbound Productions announced WICKED LIT 2026, a Halloween theater festival at Chance Theater in Anaheim featuring two one-act plays: an adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Las Lloronas, drawn from La Llorona myths.

The Nashville Symphony announced a free outdoor concert featuring actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise, with Music Director Leonard Slatkin conducting at Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville.

NCCAkron and MoBBallet has announced the Dancing Lab: MoBBallet Writing Workshop, gathering eight dance writers and editors in Akron, OH to examine the evolving role of dance criticism and storytelling.

54 Below will present a lineup including a Liberace & Liza tribute from the West End, Tony nominee Matthew Morrison, Lianne Marie Dobbs, William Michals, and more in its lineup for next week.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

The New York-based Mint Theater Company specialises in theatrical gems neglected by accidents of history. On this occasion, their charge is Teresa Deevy’s 1937 Wife to James Whelan, chiefly famous for its rejection from Dublin’s Abbey Theatre under newly conservative censorship rules, and not performed in the UK since a brief New Diorama run in 2011.

Synchronicity Theatre announced its 2026-27 STRIPPED BARE Arts Incubator series, featuring four new works performed at its Atlanta Annex space, with free performances open to the public by reservation.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat announced four Florida public school arts teachers as recipients of its 2026 STARs residency program, now in its sixteenth year, in partnership with the Florida Alliance for Arts Education.

Limón Dance Company will present a program at The Joyce Theater in NYC featuring José Limón's 1958 work Mazurkas, performed in full for the first time since 1964, alongside Aszure Barton's 2025 commission Join.

The Book of Mormon co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Tony nominee Jean Smart, and more are among those who will be inducted into The Television Academy's 28th Hall of Fame.

Marshall Charloff & Purple xPeRIeNCE will perform in Jacksonville as part of the FSCJ Artist Series Broadway in Jacksonville season, with tickets on sale soon.