I Like it Like That - 2016 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

Origami Angel announced two new songs set for release, ahead of the band's appearance at Warped Tour in Long Beach, California.

University colleges are renowned for their wild nights, hazing rituals and strange stories. Bianca Watkin's Holy Hell, presented by Bloodline Productions, explores the complexities of the elite and untouchable institutions that form the backbone of these experiences. I was able to chat with Bianca herself and the cast of Holy Hell as their season opens at Old Fitz in late July.

American Ballet Theatre announced the promotion of six corps de ballet dancers — Zimmi Coker, Michael de la Nuez, Tyler Maloney, Joseph Markey, Andrew Robare, and Yoon Jung Seo — to the rank of Soloist, as announced by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe.

Perhaps the biggest change was the audience. In the 1980s, AC/DC was the rebellious band parents warned their children about. Now, the band is the spectacle parents bring their children to experience. It was a little unnerving to hear a mother asking, “Timmy, would you like a cookie?” before the band opened with “If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It.”

What did our critic think of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is getting a new box set album to commemorate its tenth anniversary. Titled Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology, the collection arrives on September 25.

Salt Lake Acting Company announced its 2026/2027 season, featuring a world premiere, two Utah premieres, and a rock musical, as the company celebrates 55 years of professional theatre in Salt Lake City.

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.

Lesher Center is set to present in partnership with Diablo Regional Arts Association, a collection of internationally recognized performers for their 2026/27 season Headliners Series. Featuring a diverse roster of celebrated artists.

Exiled Theatre has announced that 2026 is the year they will be returning from our long hibernation to present a world-premiere play to Boston audiences, M: Refractions from an Evil Act. The production marks a reuniting of the creative team behind Exiled Theatre’s IRNE-nominated production of Nurse Play and is possible in part because of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s New Play Incubator program.

Savannah Stage Company will present Lisa Loomer's ROE, exploring the human stories behind Roe v. Wade, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah. SCAD MFA graduate Emily Gates stars as Norma McCorvey.

I want to praise the quality of the large cast for their dedication to bringing so many authentic characters to life onstage while changing costumes, accents and physicality often in the blink of an eye. But with so much interesting history to be explored about a man who was often quoted, and misquoted, in the press, I was hoping to learn more about the iconic physicist as a profoundly complex human being, exile, husband, philosopher and thinker, and not watch him be represented singing silly songs.

Critics have spoken on Disney's live-action Moana, directed by Thomas Kail with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. See what reviewers think of the remake.

Syracuse Stage's current artistic director Robert Hupp will retire after a decade of leading the region’s premier professional theatre. He will step down at the completion of the 2026/2027 season after programming the 2027/2028 season.

Country star Maren Morris has revealed that she has her sights set on Broadway. She will be taking a step back from touring soon and focus on songwriting and time with her son.

The Happy Together Tour is coming to Paramount Theatre. The 2026 bill features bands and artists including The Association, The Troggs, Chicago lead singer Jason Scheff and more.

Secret Cinema announced the full cast for GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, returning to Evolution London in Battersea Park for a strictly limited run, with Kieran Alleyne, Charlotte Avery, and others joining previously announced leads.

The Tank NYC will present TrashFest and DarkFest, two festivals exploring sustainable theater practices, with DarkFest showcasing alternative energy performances and TrashFest centering work that reuses discarded materials.

West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall will release her new memoir, The Showgirl and the Prince, detailed her secret relationship with Prince Edward in the 1980s. Learn more here.

Starry cast fails to lift a play that can be funny, but proves rather too pleased with its own cleverness

BroadwayWorld looks back on the original Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey musical 'Next to Normal.'

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Christopher Charles McDaniel has been named Artistic Director of Dances Patrelle, succeeding founder Francis Patrelle. McDaniel, a former Dance Theatre of Harlem principal dancer, will lead the company into its next chapter.

Stephanie Nakasian brought warmth, wit, and deep jazz chops to Chelsea Table + Stage, blending swinging standards, personal stories, and guest appearances by Meri Ziev and mouth trumpeter Robert Gurland.

What did our critic think of ANNIE at Greater Boston Stage Company?