Company - 2017 - Regional (US) Articles Page 18

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA, led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, in Keith Warner's contemporary museum staging featuring a cast including Elena Pankratova and Elza van den Heever.

Classical Theatre Company announced its upcoming 2026-2027 Mainstage Season. Full details on productions and scheduling are available from the Houston-based company.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 13, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Queen Latifah, the musician and actress who appeared onscreen in the films of Chicago and Hairspray, will join season 30 of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” as a coach this fall.

The Muny announced the principal cast for Disney's NEWSIES, starring Casey Likes, Michael Park, and Anastacia McCleskey, among others, in the production's first Forest Park return since 2017.

Brooklyn-based composer David Cieri's 84 BELLS will receive its world premiere at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, conducted by Marin Alsop with the Philharmonia Orchestra, as part of the city's Year of Gaudí centennial celebrations.

Ars Nova has launched Big Dreams, Big Swings, a fundraising campaign designed for the resiliency and sustainability of New York City’s premier home for emerging talent.

BalletCollective unveiled its 15th Anniversary Season, opening with a four-week revival of Translation at Chelsea's Culture Club, followed by three world premieres.

The full cast has been announced for the 20th anniversary UK and Ireland tour of JERSEY BOYS, led by Luke Baker as Frankie Valli, with the production opening at New Wimbledon Theatre and booking through 2027.

The US Karagoz Theatre Company will bring THE FOREST OF THE WITCH to The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo, Maryland, presenting the 700-year-old Karagöz shadow theatre tradition through handcrafted puppets and live performance.

WHAT SURVIVES, a new one-act play about a community reckoning with an ICE abduction, will have its world premiere at The Broadwater in Los Angeles during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Diana Varco will present RISE, a solo show told through 20 characters exploring foster care, childhood rage, and addiction, at The Actor's Company in Los Angeles during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Strictly Come Dancing alumni Karen Hauer and Nadiya Bychkova will join Nikita Kuzmin as special guest dancers on select dates of his headline SUPERNOVA tour, choreographed by Jason Gilkison.

When Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice premiered 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in 1971, it jolted both the Church and the musical theater world.

The Soraya announced its 2026-27 season featuring 45 performances, eight major debuts including Sutton Foster, Snarky Puppy, Audra McDonald, and Dance Theatre of Harlem, plus the introduction of incoming Executive & Artistic Director Chad Hilligus.

La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for THE MONSTERS, a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu stars alongside Sullivan Jones in the sibling drama set in the world of mixed martial arts.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston will present The Gondoliers at the Cullen Theater in Wortham Theater Center, marking the company's 75th season with the same opera that launched its very first production in 1952. Tickets on sale now.

When I saw Portland Playhouse's 2025–2026 season announced, the show I was most irrationally excited about was THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL. I’m far from an expert on the SpongeBob SquarePants universe, but I've watched enough episodes to have completely fallen for the little yellow sponge in square pants and a tie whose greatest ambition in life is to be the best fry cook at the Krusty Krab.

The 2017 Olivier Award winner for Best Musical Revival, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' has officially opened at The Theatre at Solaire.

Wesleyan University has named its black box theater in the new Fries Arts Building the Lin-Manuel Miranda Theater, in honor of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who graduated from the university in 2002.

Following a sold-out opening weekend at Dolby Live at Park MGM, superstar Mary J. Blige has added 10 additional performances of Mary J. Blige: My Life, My Story The Las Vegas Residency.

Everyman Theatre will present Kate Hamill's adaptation of EMMA, directed by Laura Kepley, featuring the theatre's Resident Company in a feminist, contemporary take on Jane Austen's classic.

The tenth edition of its Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance will include a retrospective of films by and about theater artist Robert Wilson. Learn more about the upcoming program and film lineup.

Forty high school vocalists from 13 states and 29 cities have been chosen for the 2026 SONGBOOK ACADEMY, a weeklong summer intensive in Carmel, Indiana, featuring masterclasses and performances with Broadway stars including Mandy Gonzalez.

Don't think that the words 'Lecture Series' means something dry or preachy. J2 Spotlight's 'Behind the Spotlight' series emphasizes fun facts and insiders' perspectives. These go along with the mood of the varied post-show events after the bows at most performances of fully staged full-length musicals, with Carnival! playing now, followed by The Mystery of Edwin Drood.