Sleeping Beauty or Coma - 1985 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 18

What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?

Broadway in Portland will present Back to the Future: The Musical at Keller Auditorium, closing out the 2025-26 Broadway season. The Olivier Award-winning production features music by Alan Silvestri.

Listening to SELECTED STORIES is a delight. The actors bring energy, nuance, intonation, inflection, and character to every aspect of the story they are telling. Having them do so live, in-person to a room full of enthusiastic audience member reactions made it even more so.

Tony-nominated stars Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty have spent the last year sharing the stage in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and as it turns out, they've become much more than scene partners along the way. Watch in this video as both chat more about preparing for Sunday night!

Millbrook Playhouse will present Jonathan Tolins' Lucille Lortel Award-winning one-person comedy Buyer & Cellar, starring Jackson Pavlik and directed by Shannon Agnew, at the Poorman Cabaret in Mill Hall, PA.

Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will present a Family Fairy Tale package for its upcoming season, featuring three storybook ballets — The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, and The Sleeping Beauty — performed at the Benedum Center.

Much has been written about the proliferation of pop singer-songwriters writing new musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway. Less covered is the trend of pop singers performing on Broadway, which has made for a number of memorable appearances in current and recent seasons. 

Ballo Arthur Pita's award-winning production of THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL will make its London debut at Wilton's Music Hall this Christmas, combining dance, song and live music in Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale.

Divina de Campo, runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race UK, will star in the London debut of AMANDA – THE NIGHT BEFORE ME, a solo musical about gender identity, at The Bridgehouse Theatre in South London.

Jackalope Theatre Company is now presenting the world premiere of Andy Warhol Presents: The Cocaine Play, written and directed by Terry Guest. Check out photos here!

As the grand finale of “Universal Cool Japan 2026” (Read the article: Universal Studios Japan’s Universal Cool Japan 2026), “Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Story Walk -- Echoes of Adventure” will debut at Universal Studios Japan for a limited time beginning May 30, 2026. Marking the park’s first-ever collaboration with the TV anime “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End,” the new attraction introduces an immersive walkthrough experience enhanced by large-scale visual and audio effects, inviting guests to step into the world of Frieren and embark on a journey alongside the beloved characters. In addition to the walkthrough attraction, a themed restaurant and story ride attraction will also be available. At the May 29 opening ceremony, Atsumi Tanezaki, the voice of Frieren, and Nobuhiko Okamoto, who plays Himmel, appeared on stage to celebrate the launch of the event.

Scottish Ballet's MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS is likely to stand as the most spectacular triumph at Spoleto Festival USA 2026, and festival founder Gian Carlo Menotti's 1939 radio opera, THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, will probably remain the best theatre.

Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will perform at Duke University's Page Auditorium in a co-production by Theatre Raleigh and Duke Arts, joined by Broadway performer Megan McGinnis.

Berkshire Opera Festival will present Grétry's rarely staged ZÉMIRE ET AZOR at PS21 in Chatham, NY, marking the launch of the company's new eight-week paid Resident Artist Program for emerging opera singers.

Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B vocalist known for Disney hits 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'A Whole New World,' has died at the age of 75. His career spanned more than five decades across R&B, pop, and musical theater.

Voices of Ascension announced its 37th season, The Radiant Depths, featuring programs spanning Renaissance masterworks to newly commissioned works, including a Nico Muhly commission written for organist James McVinnie.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will present 'Soul, Sound, and Voice: The Art of Jerry Pinkney,' a retrospective of over 75 works exploring music's influence on the late illustrator's career.

Arena Stage announced the first five productions of its 76th season, including world premieres from Step Afrika! and a new musical, plus Tony-nominated PRIMA FACIE, PURPOSE, and a holiday tradition.

The Alliance for Canadian Musicals will present 13 musical theatre productions in a free matinee preview at Scadding Court Community Centre's Flavours of the Game event in Toronto ahead of the Toronto Fringe Festival.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

Queen Latifah has joined the first-ever Board of Advisors at BET Media Group alongside BET Founder Bob Johnson, Grammy Award-winning artist LL COOL J, National Football League's Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Troy Vincent, and more.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards have come and gone! As winners took the stage at the big event, BroadwayWorld brought you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

The National Museum of Mathematics revealed its summer lineup at its new Chelsea location, including That Math Show, the 10th annual NYC Math Festival, and the international MATRIX x IMAGINARY 2026 conference.

Flying into the Omaha Community Theatre with parrot umbrella and a satchel of tricks in hand, MARY POPPINS instantly enthralls her appreciative audience.