OPERA America announced $135,000 in commissioning grants to seven opera companies through its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation since 2014.
Actress Miriam Margolyes and Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman are named Raindance Icon Award recipients, with a posthumous honor going to rock & roll legend Eddie Cochran at the festival's 34th edition.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown announced its summer concert lineup, featuring performers including The Stray Cats, Derek Hough, and Abbott Elementary's Janelle James, plus free outdoor events.
Set in the late 1980’s, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS expresses the enduring power of the sisterhood in helping face the challenges of life.
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling as the first production in its 2026 Golden SummerStage season, with tickets ranging from $25–$70.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced eight newly elected board members, joining as the company celebrates its 60th Anniversary Season. Ann Cady Scott returns as Board President for a third term.
What did our critic think of KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House?
The red carpet was full of beauty and style at the Opening Night of Steel Magnolias at Theatre at the Center on Sunday, February 25. Cory Goodrich, in the role of M'Lynn, Landree Fleming, as Shelby, and Heidi Kettenring as Truvy, lead the cast of Theatre at the Center's Steel Magnolias with Joslyn Yvonne Jones as Ouiser, Jeannie Affelder as Clairee and Myesha-Tiara as Annelle. The show continues through March 25.
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presented the Original Broadway cast in Legs Diamond 30th Anniversary Reunion Concert on Sunday, December 3 at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm. The concert was produced and directed by original cast member Jonathan Cerullo and associate producer Carol Baxter. BroadwayWorld attended the show and you can check out photo coverage below!
Ken Ludwig is the crown king of writing modern farcical plays. He and the Cleveland Play House seem to have a 'thing' for each other. Ludwig has had world premiere productions of his scripts A Comedy of Tenors (2015), The Games Afoot (2011) and Leading Ladies (2004) on CPH stages.
Actors Co-op (Ovation Award-Winner 2014 Best Intimate Theatre Musical for 110 in the Shade) presents the first show in its celebratory 25th Silver Anniversary season with OUR TOWN, by Thornton Wilder and directed by Richard Israel. OUR TOWN will preview on Wednesday, September 14 and Thursday, September 15 at 8pm and will open on Friday, September 16 at 8pm and run through Sunday, October 23 at the Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre, 1760 N. Gower St. (on the campus of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood) in Hollywood.
Hershey Area Playhouse is proud to present Lend Me A Tenor, a wacky comedy filled with misunderstandings, mixed signals and mistaken identity. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the first photos from the production!
Moonlight Stage Productions' 33rd summer season continues with the Broadway hit YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, presented professionally for the first time in Southern California, with performances now through September 7. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, based on the hilarious 1974 film by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder that spoofed the horror film genre, opened on Broadway in 2007 and toured the U.S. in 2009. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The world premiere of the highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie Event, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, is set to debut Sunday, October 7 at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime. Get a first look at the all-star cast below!
The Town Hall, New York City's landmark theatre and concert venue (123 West 43rd Street), honored two influential women: Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President of the Fashion Institute of Technology. They received The Town Hall's ‘Friend of the Arts' Award on Sunday, October 16th, 2011. The award is presented annually to individuals in recognition and appreciation for their abiding interest in the development, enrichment and support of the arts.
