EUREKA DAY, THE GLASS MENAGERIE & More Set for 2026-27 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2026
Citadel Theatre has announced its 2026-27 mainstage season, featuring EUREKA DAY, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and the musical ORDINARY DAYS.
THE MONSTERS Cast & Creative Team Unveiled at La Jolla Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2026
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.
ALL MY SONS, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, and More Set For Lyric Stage Boston 2026-27 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2026
Lyric Stage Boston announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring ALL MY SONS, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MIRROR CRACK'D, KING JAMES, and a yet-to-be-named musical.
World Premiere of TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY Comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2026
Troupe has announced the world premiere of Simon Reade's new stage adaptation of Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton. Learn more here!
Casey Abrams And Hunter To Perform At FEINSTEIN’S At Hotel Carmichael
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2026
Casey Abrams and Hunter will perform two evenings of popular hits with a soulful twist at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and drinks, with performances beginning at 7:30 p.m.
La Jolla Playhouse Sets Lineup for 2026 WOW Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2026
La Jolla Playhouse has announced full programming for the 2026 WOW Festival of immersive, interactive and site-inspired work, presented in partnership with UC San Diego. The WOW Festival will take place April 23 – 26 on the UC San Diego campus.
Actors Theatre of Indiana to Stage ALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS This March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2026
Actors Theatre of Indiana will present ALL OUT FOR CHRISTMAS at The Studio Theater in Carmel, Indiana, offering a unique theatrical experience. Learn more here!
Music Theater Heritage Will Present BRIGADOON Starring Lauren Braton And Patrick Lewallen
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 29, 2026
Music Theater Heritage will present BRIGADOON starring Lauren Braton and Patrick Lewallen. The Lerner and Loewe musical will be staged as a limited engagement at the company’s Grand Theater in Kansas City.
Crow’s Theatre And Soulpepper Theatre Present Tennessee Williams’ SUMMER & SMOKE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2026
Crow's Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre, in association with Birdland Theatre, will present a new Canadian production of SUMMER & SMOKE, one of Tennessee Williams’ most lyrical and searching plays.
Review: 'A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE' at Theatre 29
by Charlie Thomas - Mar 7, 2025
Pulling into the hi-desert with a head of steam, clash and clatter is Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize winning drama 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Theatre 29 has staged a mesmerizing production under the astute direction of Gary Daigneault. The play, featuring Bobbie Breckenridge as the fragile and complex Blanche DuBois, Deacon Ledges as the brutish yet charismatic Stanley Kowalski, and Victoria Shupe as the conflicted Stella Kowalski, offers a compelling exploration of desire, illusion, and the harsh realities of life.
Photos: OUD PLAYER ON THE TEL At HERE Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2024
The World Premiere of Oud Player on the Tel written by Tom Block opened last week at HERE Arts Center in SoHo. The play is directed by Jesica Garrou with an original score written and performed live on the oud by Rachid Halihal. See photos of the production.
Photos: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL At Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2024
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse is presenting the long-awaited return of a seasonal favorite in MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL. See photos from the production.
Photos: OUD PLAYER ON THE TEL at HERE Arts Center in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2024
Oud Player on the Tel was written by Tom Block who has been a leading figure in Jewish-Muslim peace-building and forensic history for over 30 years. The World Premiere production runs November 8 – 24. Get a first look at photos from the production.
Photos: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's DEAR ELIZABETH
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2024
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s Dear Elizabeth, the first production of its 2024 - 2025 season, written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Remy Bumppo Creative Producer Christina Casano, is now playing through November 17, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. See photos from the production.
Review: ORDINARY DAYS at BWU Musical Theatre Program
by Roy Berko - Mar 19, 2024
What did our critic think of ORDINARY DAYS at BWU Musical Theatre Program In Collaboration With Playhouse Square/Cleveland? Adam Gwon, who wrote the music and lyrics for ORDINARY DAYS, which recently finished its run as part of the Playhouse Square/Baldwin Wallace annual collaboration, was in attendance at the brief 3-day run.
Photos: First Look at BEHIND THE SIX at Loft Ensemble
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 4, 2023
Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood is presenting the world premiere of Behind the Six by Dan Perry. Directed by April Littlejohn, the cast will feature Antwan Alexander II, Lemon Baardsen, Lara Blanco, Nathan Bock, Cassandra Carmona, Abram Connor, Travyz Santos Gatz, John Goodwin, Robert Jolly, Xavier LeFlore, Sean Alan Mazur, Alejandro Mungaray, Mitch Rosander, Matthew Scheel, and Kyle Wallen. Check out photos here!
BWW Review: Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS Examines Accepting Responsibility, Loss, Love and Hope for a Better Future
by Shari Barrett - Jan 15, 2020
Arthur Miller's electrifying family drama ALL MY SONS won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play and Miller his first Pulitzer Prize when it first opened in 1947, and went on to be a recipient of numerous Tony Awards. Inspired by a story from an Ohio Newspaper on an aircraft factory's troubled contracts during WWII, the tale remains as timely as it is timeless about pointing your finger at someone else rather than soil your own reputation by taking responsibility for your own actions, a personality trait all too evident in today's society.
Photo Flash: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET At the Bradley Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2019
Most of us are quite familiar with the nostalgic and beloved 1947 Christmas movie, Miracle on 34th Street. But did you know that the inspiration for the story, about a disillusioned woman, her skeptical daughter and a mysterious man who believes he is the real Santa Claus, came when Valentine Davies was standing in line at a big department store during the Christmas season.
India's Independence Celebrates With Lady Liberty At Sunset For Battery Dance Festival
by Cindy Sibilsky - Sep 9, 2019
It was fitting that Manipuri dance was chosen to commemorate India Independence Day, because during British colonial rule the dances were ridiculed as savage, immoral and outdated. Fortunately, thanks to India's independence, the help of activists, scholars and performers revitalizing ancient yet timeless traditions, and organizations like Battery Dance Festival, Manipuri dance can continue to thrive not only in India but on the world's stage. Lord Krishna must be pleased!
BWW Review: DANCERS FOR GOOD 2019 Outdoes Itself Again!
by Cindy Sibilsky - Jul 29, 2019
Last year, in 2018, the third annual Dancers For Good Benefit supporting the Actors Fund Dancers Resource in East Hampton was so impressive that I challenged the founders to 'high-kick it up a notch even higher next year'. I'm thrilled to announce that not only did they clearly accept that challenge, they superseded all expectations!
BWW Review: SuperbLADY DAY Jazzes Up The Beck Center
by Roy Berko - Mar 19, 2019
Having seen Audra McDonald's Tony Award winning Broadway performance of Billie Holiday in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill,' I went to see the Beck production of the show with trepidation.
Photo Flash: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: THE MUSICAL Opens at TATC
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 20, 2018
Director Linda Fortunato has cast Neil Friedman as Kris Kringle, Stella Rose Hoyt as Susan, Courtney Jones as Doris and Christopher Kale Jones as Fred for Theatre at the Center's Miracle On 34th Street: The Musical. Previews began November 15 with Opening Night on November 18 and a continued run through December 23. This production is sponsored in part by American Community Bank.
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