SIX - 2019 - St. Paul, MN (Regional) Articles Page 1

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.

Luna Composition Lab announced its 2026-27 season, continuing the Luna Lab@10 anniversary initiative featuring over 90 new commissions for 50 alumni, with premieres by Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, and more.

Originally named as a 'must-see' show by the Philadelphia Inquirer when it debuted in 2019, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s The Little Prince is on stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia this weekend.

Comedian Jeff Dunham will bring his Inappropriate Contact Tour to The Weidner in Green Bay, marking his first regional performance in over two years. Tickets go on sale exclusively at WeidnerCenter.com.

Natalie Paris and Aimie Atkinson, the Olivier Award nominated original Jane Seymour and Katherine Howard in the UK production of SIX, will make their Broadway debuts as they join the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical this August.

Tony ® Award-winning stage and screen legend Betty Buckley today releases her new live album, Enough, via Palmetto Records. Recorded during her acclaimed 2025 residency at Joe's Pub in 2025, the 13-track collection is now available on all major streaming and digital platforms

Emmy Award Winner Derek Hough will be delivering Chicago’s opening monologue on Broadway. A post-performance talk back with Mark Ballas will follow the performance. 

Today’s subject Peggy McKowen is currently living her theatre life as the Artistic Director for one of the most important theatre festivals for new plays in the country Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF). Located at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia this year’s festival will present five new plays in repertory between July 10th and August 2nd. 2026 marks CATF’s 36th season.

American Theater Group and Sieminski Theater announced a free summer theater workshop called 'Pearls of Wisdom,' offered in partnership by the two organizations.

Country artist Randy Travis will release his first album of original music in over 18 years. The album is a collection of lost songs from throughout Travis's career, which have been assembled, remixed, and remastered by longtime producer Kyle Lehning.

Nonesuch Records is set to release Natalie Merchant’s Cabinet of Wonder, a digital collection of seventeen songs and accompanying videos from the singer-songwriter’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT).

The Actors' Gang will present Two Gentlebots of Verona, a free, family-friendly adaptation of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, from August 1–30, 2026 in Culver City and Burbank as part of its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families series.

Amphibian Stage will present THE SHARK IS BROKEN, Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon's behind-the-scenes comedy about the chaotic making of Jaws, featuring a cast of DFW veterans directed by David A. Miller.

The next generation find their voices with help from the National Theatre's development programme

The six-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, starring original Broadway cast members Steven Huynh and Claire Kwon, is set to play Tanger Center in Greensboro for eight performances.

Twenty-eight years ago, The Ladyboys of Bangkok made a brief appearance at what was then the Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue (now the Sondheim, which has committed itself to Les Misérables with a fervour that makes Swifties look fickle). Now the company has finally brought its full touring operation to London. The Sabai Pavilion — a vast pink tent pitched on Shepherd's Bush Green, fragrant with pad thai and ambition — houses what the company bills as its official London debut: a two-hour kathoey cabaret revue now in its twenty-sixth year of nine-month UK tours.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center have revealed six new board members for the upcoming season, including Lisa Barwick, Jake Bergstrom, Christopher Drees, Kristin Heiges, Amy Smith, and Tiffany Woelfel.

East West Players will launch its 61st season by centering female, queer, and marginalized voices, both onstage and off. The mainstage season opens with the Southern California premiere of the comedy Wives by Jaclyn Backhaus.

The Book of Mormon co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Tony nominee Jean Smart, and more are among those who will be inducted into The Television Academy's 28th Hall of Fame.

Now running at The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre is A Walk on the Moon. Inspired by the acclaimed 1999 film, A Walk on the Moon is directed by Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller and features a book and additional lyrics by original screenwriter Pamela Gray, music and lyrics by Tony Award and Grammy Award nominee AnnMarie Milazzo, and choreography by Josh Prince. In this interview, Talia Suskauer, who plays 'Pearl', reflects on the rehearsal process and the journey of the new musical so far.

Betty Buckley has released her new single, “On the 4th of July,” written by six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor. The track is the second single from Buckley’s forthcoming album, Enough. Listen now!

James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027. Learn more here.

Artists from four of Portland's theater companies are coming together to mount a fully staged production of Samuel Beckett's seminal Waiting for Godot as a fundraiser for The Canon Shakespeare Company. 

Carolyn Marcell Elmore passed away peacefully in her New York City apartment on June 19, 2026

Center Theatre Group's LA Writers' Workshop Reading Series will feature six new plays at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and REDCAT, marking the program's 20th anniversary. Tickets are $17.25 for general admission.