The Big Voice: God or Merman? - 2006 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

The Quota Foundation of Genesee County awarded a $5,000 grant to FIM Flint School of Performing Arts to support its Seeing Stars Tuition Assistance program, helping remove financial barriers to arts education for students in need.

WYO PLAY and Tandem Productions announced plans to stage THE LION KING JR. at the WYO Theater in Sheridan, Wyoming, bringing the stage adaptation of the classic story to local audiences.

Connecticut Theatre Exchange announced a New Play Festival featuring works by playwrights Stephen Kaplan and Kareem Fahmy, including new plays 'Let There Be' and 'Pareidolia.'

Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist Leslie Odom, Jr. will perform live in concert at the London Palladium, presented by producers Darren Bell and Cuffe & Taylor. The evening will feature selections from the American Songbook, pop favourites, and songs from HAMILTON.

THIRD SPACES, a new play by Dylan Sherman directed by Louise Colin, will run at Theaterlab in New York, exploring the importance of extracurricular safe havens for youth amid NEA and DOE funding cuts.

The Orlando Gay Chorus will host singers from Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida, Gay Men's Chorus of Tampa Bay, and Diversity: The Voices of Sarasota for a free collaborative concert at First United Methodist Church of Orlando.

Fountain Hills Theater will present Coffee Mixed with Cream, an original drama written by playwright Elias Matthews. The production marks a new work for the Arizona theater company.

Natalia Jacques, Gracie O'Brien, and Cecilia Petrush will share the role of Ali Rose in BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL, with Jacques leading the West End run, O'Brien heading the UK tour, and Petrush serving as alternate.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present Earth, Wind & Fire with a newly added Hawaiian artist on the bill. A new documentary about the legendary band is also set for release.

Set and costume designer David I. Reynoso thought his chances for making it on Broadway greatly diminished after moving 2,400 miles away from New York City.

You may ask yourself—is seeing a touring stage production of the globally and generationally ubiquitous 1959 musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC still worth experiencing live on stage in 2026? While the stage musical in its current touring form certainly doesn't offer anything revolutionary or new to the show's now timeless canon, this latest iteration is, overall, a genuinely enjoyable, unabashedly earnest, and pleasantly nostalgic revival of a classic, featuring everything that made the show so gosh darn lovable to our parents and their parents before them. Sticking to the familiar, the show remains a comfortably cozy revival that will satisfy those expecting more of the same. The tour continues at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 14, 2026.

A new version of Handel's 1724 opera Giulio Cesare is always an exciting prospect. The love story between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, with the backdrop of war with Egypt, political ambition and domestic unrest is ripe for reinterpretation. Indeed, Handel and his librettist the librettist Nicola Francesco Haym, wrote the opera as a tragi-comedy, but David Alden's new production at The Grange Festival piles on the slapstick to such a extent that it undermines some of the excellent vocals in display.

Theatre Prometheus, a company devoted to queer and feminist art, celebrates Pride Month 2026 with a production that’s more than 400 years old.

Earlier tonight at the 79th Annual Tony Awards, Schmigadoon! took home a Tony Award for Best Musical. After the team left the stage at Radio City Music Hall, lead producer Lorne Michaels checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Joshua Henry took home a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Ragtime. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Caissie Levy took home a Tony Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for Ragtime. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, she checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share her initial reaction!

One of the West End’s most iconic leading men.

Ali Louis Bourzgui took home a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for The Lost Boys. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge.

For his performance as Roald Dahl in Giant, John Lithgow has broken records with his third Tony Award, making him the oldest man to ever receive an award in an acting category.

At the Tony Awards, Qween Jean took home the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for CATS: The Jellicle Ball. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, she checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share her initial reaction!

Alden Ehrenreich took home the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Becky Shaw. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Jack Knowles took home a Tony Award for  Best Lighting Design of a Play for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Chloe Lamford took home a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, she checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share her initial reaction!

Though the producers of ‘Liberation’ couldn’t reveal too much, they said that the play will certainly live on in upcoming iterations.

As a late-night Festival companion, it hits the mark nicely.