The Four Of Us - 2008 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

Today’s subject Reggie D. White is currently living his theatre life two fold. He is the Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, only the third in the company’s 48 year history. He assumed the position in January of this year. That position is a full time job all by itself, but Reggie is also the director for the company’s current production of Venus. The show is the inaugural production for White’s first season as Artistic Director and plays through Oct 4th.

Arizona Broadway Theatre adds 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL to its 2026-27 season, featuring an original score by Dolly Parton and honoring the icon's life and legacy. Tickets are on sale now.

Intermission Youth will present an adaptation of Shakespeare's political tragedy set in a contemporary secondary school, following the critical success of Darren Raymond's TARTUFFE (REMIXED).

'Evita' is making its way back to Broadway, but it’s been more than four decades since Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-winning musical first arrived in New York City. BroadwayWorld looks back at the original cast.

The San Francisco Symphony appoints conductor Manfred Honeck as Festival Director, a newly created role in which he will conceive and lead an annual multi-week festival exploring themes of human experience through symphonic works.

Soulpepper Theatre has announced that it is parting ways with its executive director. Gideon Arthurs will step down as Executive Director in October. Learn more here.

Roy Thomson Hall will present Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation as a cinematic live-to-film event, with a hybrid ensemble performing the score and music live in sync with the full movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film adaptation will be presented as a cinematic live-to-film event at Ruth Eckerd Hall on March 2, with a hybrid ensemble performing the score and music live in sync with the movie. Tickets go on sale September 18.

Some people know innately who they are and what they stand for. Within minutes of any interaction with Craig Morgan, it’s clear God, family, and country are his foundation. The veteran hitmaker continues to celebrate those pillars on his new EP, American Soundtrack. “I try to celebrate God, family, and country in my music and in everything I do,” the Tennessee native says. “That’s what I have always done, and I’ve come to realize it’s my platform. I don’t stress about things as much as I used to. I just try to write, sing, produce, and play the best music that we can and go where I think God wants me to be.”

Danny Wimmer Presents and Spotify announced a partnership for the rock festival's 12th edition, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, IRON MAIDEN, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT, Pantera and nearly 200 bands across seven stages in Louisville.

The Kravis Center will present a season featuring Broadway productions, world-renowned orchestras, legendary artists, dance, comedy and family entertainment across three venues in West Palm Beach.

Darius Rucker released his new song I BELIEVE, marking his first new music since 2023's Carolyn's Boy. He co-wrote the track with Eric Paslay, Wayne Hector and Steve Robson.

The 25th anniversary national tour of the comedy musical will make its only Chicago-area stop at Aurora's Paramount Theatre, timed to National Menopause Awareness Month.

Rakugo master Katsura Sunshine will present three encore New York performances of KATSURA SUNSHINE'S RAKUGO on October 9, December 9, 2026, and January 8, 2027 as part of his US tour.

UNDEROATH released a live performance video of BREATHING IN A NEW MENTALITY, filmed at the Long Beach date of Vans Warped Tour, ahead of upcoming shows in Mexico City.

BET will air the return of "SOUL TRAIN AWARDS," simulcast on CBS for the first time, taped in Chicago and produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.

American Composers Orchestra will present a two-season celebration featuring world premieres, a gala honoring composer Thea Musgrave, and new commissions presented with Carnegie Hall.

Popejoy Hall announced a new series called POPEJOY LIVE!, adding seven one-night events spanning concerts, film-to-concert screenings, and holiday shows to its season lineup.

Directed by Elaine Epstein, the documentary follows the arrest of a midwife serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York and the women who organized in response.

“The Shark Is Broken” is a fascinating invite into a hidden world that informs us how the sausage gets made when it comes to mega-hit films. This play snickers as three famous actors suffer “slings and arrows” while Bruce, a damned mechanical shark, turns turtle repeatedly during filming “Jaws” off Martha’s Vineyard in 1974.  The result is simultaneously funny, scary, and oddly touching. 

Scottish quartet CANTRIP and bluegrass/Americana trio LOW LILY will perform together at the Spire Center in Plymouth, bringing traditional Celtic and Americana sounds to the same stage.

Tickets for the original Tony & Olivier Award-winning musical sensation, Jersey Boys in Chciago, are now on sale. The engagement will play Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre for a limited two-week engagement.

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all. 

Coal Mine Theatre will present the Canadian premiere of Marin Ireland's PRE-EXISTING CONDITION, directed by Linda Kash, featuring Amy Rutherford, Lindsay Leese, Diana Bentley, and Philip Riccio.

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium will present Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia as part of the Fringe Arts Festival, directed by Tina Ann Brock.