Alex Brightman & Sara Chase Will Lead SCHMIGADOON! on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 15, 2025
Schmigadoon has found its leading players! Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) and Sara Chase (The Great Gatsby) will reprise their roles of Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble in the Broadway production of Schmigadoon! Brightman and Chase originated the roles in The Kennedy Center production earlier this year.
A Hot Time: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at Toby's in Columbia, Maryland
by Cybele Pomeroy - Sep 23, 2025
Mark Minnick directs SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at Toby's in Columbia through November 2, 2025. The music is most of the Saturday Night Fever album by the incomparable BeeGees. It’s a terrific immersive experience, filled with color and sound. The band is flawless, the vocals impressive, the choreography inspired, and the cast’s commitment to the performance unrestrained.
Review Roundup: EMPIRE Opens Off-Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 12, 2024
EMPIRE: The Musical just celebrated its opening night at New World Stages. The production, with Book, Music & Lyrics by Caroline Sherman & Robert Hull, is directed by Tony Award winner Cady Huffman. Check out what the critics are saying about the new musical!
Broadway Goes Mainstream- A Spring 2024 Listening Guide
by Sidney Paterra - Apr 14, 2024
A new Broadway season has arrived at last, full of exciting new shows and revivals of beloved classics. While many of them are original concepts or based on plays, two are based on concept albums, two on existing catalogs of music, and four are original scores by music icons.
Playwrights Foundation Announces Cohort For 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, April 12-21
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2023
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, has announced the playwright cohort for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF46) which will be presented in a hybrid festival with in-person readings April 12 - 21, 2024 in San Francisco and on-demand recordings released post festival.
Playwrights Foundation Reveals Finalists/Semifinalists For 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2023
Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, has announced the semifinalists and finalists for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), which will be presented in a hybrid festival (both in-person and streamed attendance options) April 12-21, 2024, per Playwrights Foundation's recent announcement to shift to a biennial festival structure.
Interview: Theatre Life with Jason Ma
by Elliot Lanes - Mar 29, 2023
Today's subject Jason Ma is currently living his theatre life telling us all about 'The Advantages of Floating in The Middle of The Sea' in Signature Theatre's current production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's underappreciated masterpiece Pacific Overtures. Jason plays the lead role of Reciter plus other characters as well. The production runs through April ninth in Signature's MAX space.
James Vincent Meredith to Join THE MINUTES on Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2022
THE MINUTES by Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, will welcome celebrated actor James Vincent Meredith (The Skin of Our Teeth, The Book of Mormon) back to Big Cherry.
Kurt Cobain's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Guitar Sells for $5,000,000
by Marissa Tomeo - May 22, 2022
Julien's Auctions' blockbuster three-day music auction event MUSIC ICONS held on Friday, May 20th, Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd 2022 culminated today in the highly anticipated sale of the mythic electric guitar that changed music and the world: Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar played in Nirvana's breakthrough hit and landmark 1991 music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'
Black Ensemble To Begin GRANDMA'S JUKEBOX, May 21
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2022
Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor continues the 2022 Season of Excellence: The Season of Healing and Joy with the world premiere of Grandma’s Jukebox, written and directed by Michelle Reneé Bester.
How Many Musicals Have Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 30, 2022
Dozens of plays have earned the honor since the Prizes were established in 1917, but did you know that only a few of them are musicals? Learn more about the Pulitzer Prizes and unpack the ten musicals that have earned the special distinction below!