My Beginning - 1962 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylor’s.

MOCA will present Ed Young's Bright Worlds, the first U.S. retrospective of the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book illustrator, featuring original artwork from 15 projects, running May 14 through September 13, 2026.

As Dionne Warwick took the stage at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton recently, before she had sung a single word, she was met by a rousing standing ovation. It was clear from the get-go that the capacity audience knew they were in the presence of a legend.

Starting with the 2026–2027 season, Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic will partner with Carnegie Hall on a five-year project that will annually bring exciting presentations of opera in concert to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

Renowned director Sir Trevor Nunn returns to Arts Theatre Cambridge to direct EASY VIRTUE, featuring Alice Orr-Ewing, Michael Praed, and Greta Scacchi.

Seth MacFarlane was in great voice when he took the stage at Symphony Hall recently for his sold-out New Year’s Eve concert with the Boston Pops, even if it wasn’t his most familiar voice.

Last week, Artistic Director Matthew Warchus and Executive Director Laura Stevenson marked the opening of Backstage — a new creative hub next door to the historic theatre on Waterloo Road. Check out photos here!

The premiere episode of the new HBO prequel series, IT: Welcome to Derry, features several not-so-subtle nods to The Music Man, including footage from the film and a sinister use of 'Ya Got Trouble.' Find out why the showrunners decided to reference the musical in their new series.

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

The Times Square Church, located on 51st Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue, is an extremely storied New York City spot. While it may not be apparent to those who unknowingly pass by the church, the venue across from the Gershwin’s stage door was once a glorious Broadway theater… and could potentially be one again someday.

Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Everyman Theatre through April 20, 2025, directed by Vincent M. Lancisi presents a contentious couple who return from a faculty party that has lasted past midnight to spitefully host young guests for additional drinks in their campus-adjacent home. It's awful, funny, entertaining, perplexing and satisfying

Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

Greenwich Theatre’s 2025 season is packed with theatre, musicals, live music, children’s shows and a magical pantomime. In autumn 2025, the venue will stage Murder Ballad, their first in-house musical in two decades.

On a recent visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers, Rita Moreno recalled winning the Oscar in 1962 for West Side Story, despite having no expectations that she would take home the award. Watch her interview now!

EGOT-winner Rita Moreno, Tony Award-winner Ben Vereen, and stage and screen legend sisters Hayley and Juliet Mills are set to attend the TCM Classic Cruise, sailing October 26, 2024, from Fort Lauderdale to Cozumel and Disney Castaway Cay on the Disney Magic.

Bay Area-based contemporary music group Ensemble for These Times has announced its 17th Home Season entitled 'Women in Transit,' the first in a two-year exploration of the transformational effects of women's border-crossing and liminality in 'our times.'

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts revealed upcoming presentations throughout the Fall and Winter. Learn more about the season!

From the moment Dionne Warwick took the stage at her recent concert at Beverly’s Cabot Theatre, accompanied by a thunderous, sustained standing ovation, it was clear that there was a legend in the house.

Don't miss out on an energetic evening of singing, dancing, fun, and reflection. HAIRSPRAY is at Music Hall at Fair Park June 18-30.

Folsom’s Harris Center for the Arts has revealed the Harris Center Presents 2024-2025 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

There's this obvious fantasy of the character in that we're in mid-century pinks and blues and teals and aquamarines and this whole color palette and it's a musical, and it's songs, and it's a man dressed up as a woman. But the thing the reality is that Edna turns out as a woman, and you're playing a mom, and she's and that's what she is.

What did our critic think of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF at The Lantern Theatre?

This time, the reader question was: How often do shows like The Wiz start on tour before coming to Broadway?

Renowned actress Christine Toy Johnson is set to receive the prestigious 2024 Patrick Quinn Award from the Actors' Equity Foundation.