Caroline, or Change - 2003 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling.

Lakewood Playhouse will present the world premiere of THE DOCENT by Donna Kaz, a new play set in 1981 New York that follows an urban forestry expert and her transformative friendship during a pivotal moment in history.

Octavia Chavez-Richmond's Chicanofuturist musical CREATION STORY will have its world premiere at Teatro Círculo, directed by Rebecca Martinez. The production blends myth, migration, and environmental collapse with rancheras and desert-western sounds.

Joanne, the Italian restaurant on the UWS owned by Lady Gaga's parents is celebrating its 15th anniversary with two special shows on 10/3 and 10/17. We spoke with Joanne’s current resident performer, Grace Romanello (MEAN GIRLS)

The musical was on Broadway before it was a movie, and they highlight all the great songs from the movie, all the stuff with the kids, all the beautiful things with the nuns, and the captain and Maria. But there's also some really great stuff that they just didn't have time to put into the movie.

Giselle will run at TPAC’s Polk Theater. The cast for the Friday and Saturday night performances included Jamie Kopit as Giselle, Garritt McCabe as Albrecht, Nicholas Mihlar as Hilarion, and Summer Montenegro as Myrtha.

The American Renaissance Theater Company will present a staged reading of Andrew Heinze's new play, THE TRUST, at Bank Street Theater, 124 Bank Street, New York City. Admission is free.

Seth Rudetsky and Eric Jordan Young join Harbour Lights Theatre's upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors at The Ellison Center for the Arts in Duxbury under the direction of Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, who originated the role of Audrey on Broadway.

The Smith Center will present major Broadway productions including PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (October 21–November 1), ELF THE MUSICAL (November 24–29), and OH, MARY! (October 6–11), with tickets on sale now.

Matthew McConaughey addressed the long-running rumor that he and Woody Harrelson are secretly brothers and discussed his new show Brothers during a visit to THE TONIGHT SHOW.

Beetlejuice the Musical will be the final 2026 summer touring performance of the 2026 Broadway series at Starlight Threatre.  As a special treat, Broadway World was delighted to speak with Leianna Weaver who plays Lydia in this whole new original take on the Beetlejuice saga.

What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center? Traditionally, I would start with some kind of introduction that would quickly preview Olney Theatre Center’s regional premiere of SOME LIKE IT HOT. I’d like to do something different and start by pulling focus to the fact that this is the long-standing theatre’s first production in the “radically renovated” Bernard Family Theatre.

What did our critic think of OPERA À LA CARTE SAN DIEGO PERFORMS DONIZETTI at Liberty Station's Light Box Theater? Opera À la Carte San Diego’s third annual full production was the San Diego premiere of Donizetti’s operatic satire Viva la Mamma! The production was as entertaining and well-sung as its predecessors. (And it’s not as easy to get the opera’s many wrong notes right as you may think.)

BroadwayWorld chats with actor Jomar Tagatac about his latest project, 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' at San Francisco Playhouse September 26 thru November 28. He is enjoying the challenge of its slapstick humor, quite a change from his recent roles in Chekhov and Tennessee Williams classics.

54 Below will present “You're Like, Really Pretty: Broadway's Best Makeovers, Glow-Ups, and Transformations”. Everyone loves a makeover montage in a 2000s romcom, but what about the dramatic changes your favorite Broadway characters make?

Celeste Lannen-Kooistra has been appointed artistic director of the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, New Jersey. She brings over a decade of experience from the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and the 92nd Street Y.

Amelia Merrill's dystopian teen comedy about climate change and female friendship will run at Emerging Artist Theatre's Spark Festival in New York on October 15 and 18, starring Josie Altucher and Rachel Brudner.

The world premiere of Matte Kranz's BROOM PLAY, a physical tragicomedy about two janitors navigating repetition and desire, will run at The Player's Theater in Greenwich Village.

Tangerine Records released the first vinyl pressing of Ray Charles' complete 75-minute 1964 Shrine Auditorium concert, while Lizz Wright and Kenny Banks Sr. debuted their duo album Nearness featuring standards, spirituals, and originals.

Coy Middlebrook has been appointed Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, overseeing artistic planning, programming, and education initiatives.

Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing the morning of September 11, 2001, and as a former New Yorker who lived there when it happened, that day is indelibly burned into my memory.

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

Grammy-nominated guitarist Will Bernard released WHEREABOUTS, a soul-jazz and funk album featuring collaborators John Medeski, Robert Walter, and Skerik on Denver-based label Color Red.

Brooklyn rock trio GOOSEBERRY released their second album SIMPLE SUCKER and shared the single Gnash with an accompanying video. The band will perform a European tour and US dates.

The American Society for Jewish Music will present CABARET - TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN, a revue performance, in New York. Discounted tickets are available with promo code ASJM.