RED to Close Out the Season at Laguna Playhouse with Rob Nagle and James Hayden Rodriguez
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2026
Laguna Playhouse will present RED, John Logan's Tony Award-winning two-character drama about painter Mark Rothko, directed by J. Scott Lapp, starring Rob Nagle and James Hayden Rodriguez to close its 2025-2026 season.
Cate Blanchett, Anne-Marie Duff, and More Join National Theatre's 2026 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2026
The National Theatre announced further casting and dates for its 2026 season, including Cate Blanchett in ELECTRA/PERSONA, Anne-Marie Duff in SOME WOMAN, and new casts for CLOUD 9 and THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE.
Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh Join Cast for UK Reading of RIGHT BEFORE I GO
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2026
Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.
Review: & JULIET — A Pop-Fuelled Blast of Heart, Humour, and Girl Power
by Kym Vaitiekus - Oct 6, 2025
Review: & JULIET — A Pop-Fuelled Blast of Heart, Humour, and Girl Power, PACA Productions’ staging of & JULIET bursts onto the Riverside Theatre stage with infectious energy, flair, and wit
PHOTOS: Orange County Theatre Guild Announces 2024 Award Winners
by Michael Quintos - May 19, 2024
For the 3rd Annual OCTG Theatre Awards—held at the Samueli Theatre in Costa Mesa on May 13, 2024—lauded productions of RIDE THE CYCLONE, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, CLYBOURNE PARK, YELLOW FACE, AND THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME earned the most wins.
Photos: Corbin Bleu & Constance Wu in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 11, 2023
Get a first look at Corbin Bleu and Constance Wu in the upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors. Check out the photos of the cast in action and learn how to purchase tickets.
Photos & Video: Betty Who and Phillip Boykin Take First Bows in HADESTOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 6, 2023
See photos of Betty Who and Phillip Boykin taking their first bows in Hadestown!
Photos: First Look at Betty Who in Rehearsals for HADESTOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2023
Get a first look at Betty Who in rehearsals for HADESTOWN. Check out these behind-the-scenes photos of the talented performer preparing for her role in the hit musical.
Photos: Eva Noblezada Takes Her Final Bow in HADESTOWN
by Stephi Wild - Aug 14, 2023
Original Hadestown cast member Eva Noblezada played her final performance as 'Eurydice'. Noblezada began playing the role in 2018 at London’s National Theatre before transferring with the production to Broadway in 2019. Check out photos of Noblezada's final curtain call here!
Photos: First Look at TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL in Australia
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2023
The multi award winning TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL had its Australian Premiere gala performance last night in front of a star-studded audience. Check out all new photos here!
Photos: Katrina Lenk and George Abud Return To Birdland
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2023
George Abud and Katrina Lenk thrilled a sold-out Birdland audience with a return engagement of their sold-out 2019 debut show, featuring a new selection of sizzling songs from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Jacques Brel, Marlene Dietrich, Umm Kulthum, and many more. Check out photos here
Photos: In Rehearsal For TOSCA At English National Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 22, 2022
Opening the 2022/23 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Puccini’s much-loved thriller, Tosca. Receiving its UK premiere, this staging was last seen at The Finnish National Opera in 2018. See photos from inside rehearsal!
Photos: Inside Look at TheatreWorks' Production of RAGTIME
by Marissa Tomeo - Jun 4, 2022
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley continues its 51st season with the hit musical Ragtime. This sweeping and stirring musical masterpiece paints a portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, interweaving the lives of three families—an African American family, a Jewish Immigrant family, and a wealthy white family—finding their places and pursuing the American Dream in a rapidly changing world. Featuring a Tony Award-winning book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Terrence McNally (Master Class, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink) and a Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island, Anastasia, Seussical The Musical), this musical is based on E. L. Doctorow’s best-selling novel of the same name. Ragtime will be presented June 1-26, 2022 (press opening: June 4) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets (starting at $30) and more information the public may visit TheatreWorks.org or call (877)-662-8978.
Photos: HADESTOWN Celebrates Opening Night at Center Theatre Group
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2022
The Los Angeles engagement of 'Hadestown' opened this week at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre.
Photos: Inside Look at SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Theatreworks Silicon Valley
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 13, 2022
Jane Austen’s engaging story of two resilient sisters comes to musical life on stage when TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Regional Premiere of Sense and Sensibility. This sensational work features book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon, whose Pride and Prejudice broke box office records when it premiered at TheatreWorks in 2019, and was then streamed by more than 160,000 viewers worldwide at its virtual debut.
Inspired by Songs of the Famous Brazilian Girl Group Rouge, Musical BRILHA LA LUNA Opens in São Paulo
by Claudio Erlichman - Jan 23, 2022
The story is based on the character Luna, who gives the show its name, a young girl who lived all her life in the Arereje Community, a hippie refuge created by her parents hidden from the big cities. She lives a quiet life, but when she turns 18, she finds herself an orphan and feels something is missing from all that Paradise. That's where he “turns the corner” and meets Diego, a backpacker passing through the community, who enchants Luna leading her to believe that has finally found the last piece she needs to complete the perfect life.
Photo Flash: First Look at SCHOOL GIRLS; OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Pittsburgh Public Theater
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2019
Pittsburgh Public Theater continues its 45th anniversary season with the Pittsburgh premiere of School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play. A smash hit Off-Broadway last year, the play was written by Jocelyn Bioh, a first generation American whose parents emigrated from Ghana in West Africa. Directed by Kenyan native Shariffa Ali, School Girls runs November 7 - December 8, 2019 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600, go to ppt.org, or visit the Box Office.
BWW Exclusive: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Sings Noel for Carols For A Cure
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Dec 20, 2019
Carols for a Cure is back for 2019 in its 21st edition! Below, Check out exclusive photos as the cast of The Phantom if the Opera gathers to record their track- 'The First Noel.'
Photo Flash: First Look at 42nd Street Moon's HOT MIKADO
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2019
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the first production of Moon's 2019-2020 season: the intoxicating jazz riff on Gilbert and Sullivan, HOT MIKADO. HOT MIKADO features a book and lyrics adapted by David H. Bell, music adapted and arranged by Rob Bowman, and is based on “The Mikado” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. 42nd Street Moon's production of HOT MIKADO runs from September 25 – October 13, 2019 and will perform at San Francisco's Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111). The press opening will take place on Saturday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets range from $31 - $72 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (415) 255-8207 or online at www.42ndstmoon.org.
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At ALMOST FAMOUS At The Old Globe
by Alan Henry - Sep 26, 2019
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the The Old Globe's world premiere musical Almost Famous, with book and lyrics by Academy Award winner and San Diego native Cameron Crowe (films Jerry Maguire, Say Anythinga??, Fast Times at Ridgemont High).
Photo Flash: First Look at THE WIZARD OF OZ at Sierra Rep
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2019
The story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has gone through many incarnations over the years: An American fairytale, a Broadway extravaganza, one of the first technicolor MGM movie musicals, and the 1989 West End holiday musical. Now, complete with dancing Munchkins and flying monkeys, Sierra Rep is delighted to present The Wizard of Oz this summer at the Historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Park. The book is by John Kane, music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It has additional background music by Herbert Stothart. It is based on the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film version written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. This production will be co-directed by Scott Viets and Jerry Lee, who previously teamed up for Holiday Jukebox and The Robber Bridegroom. The production sponsor is DSN Outdoor.
Photo Flash: San Jose Stage Company Presents MAMMA MIA!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 4, 2019
San Jose Stage Company presents the smash hit ABBA musical MAMMA MIA! Featuring music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and a book by Catherine Johnson, through July 7, 2019 at San Jose Stage Company (490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113).
Photo Flash: First Look at COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL At Santa Paula Theater Center
by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2019
The Santa Paula Theater Center will present the warmly humorous and timely comedy/drama COMPLICATIONS FROM A FALL by Kate Hawley on its Main Stage, 125 South 7th Street in historic downtown Santa Paula. This production will run from April 12- May 19, 2019 with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm. Tickets and reservation can be purchased or made through the Santa Paula Theater Center Box Office at www.santapaulatheatercenter.org, santapaulatheatercenter@gmail.com, or (805) 525-4645. Ticket prices are Adults $24.00, Seniors and Students $22.00.
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