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Mint Theater Company will present the New York Premiere of Sump'n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

I had the absolute delight of interviewing Jenny Lavery, the director of San Pedro Playhouse’s upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz. She had such a warm spirit and such a great love for the story and meaning behind the show, which will be showing July 12 - August 4. Here’s what she had to say.

Acclaimed journalists Rex Reed and Will Friedwald will celebrate Polly Bergen with the newest edition of “Clip Joint,” featuring rare video clips of the late show business legend, at The Triad Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Dear Readers, I will admit that “Girl From the North Country”, currently playing at The Paramount, is a tough one to get into. It’s not a happy little romp and not structured like your typical musical. But if you can get past the bleak and let those voices wash over you, it’s a tragically beautiful ride, assuming they can work out some of those sound mixing issues in the theater.

What did our critic think of CRAZY FOR YOU at Ogunquit Playhouse?

Flat Rock Playhouse will present Cabaret in July and August. Learn more about the show and performance dates and see how to purchase tickets.

ONE FOR JOHNNY MERCER at Dizzy's was another treat in the Songbook Sundays series. Johnny Mercer had a way with words. Stritch, Blackhurst, Stravelli and Lee have a way of singing and winging them. Duke Ellington's turn comes in August.

 Citadel Theatre will lead off its 2024-25 season with the comedy THE COTTAGE, less than a year after its Broadway production, which was directed by Jason Alexander and starred Eric McCormick, played its last performance.

The Players’ Ring Theatre has announced its Mainstage Season for 2024-25. Learn more about the full season here!

'...why not produce more plays with inclusion of older women in roles and older people in the story line? Instead the majority of theatres in my community constantly hit “replay” of plays done over and over and are always producing musicals again and again like worn out shoes.'

Nutley Little Theatre closes out it's 89th Season with BENT, written by Martin Sherman and Directed by Mead Winters.

Today’s subject Stephen Cole is an accomplished lyricist, performer, and book writer. You can now add novelist to that already impressive list of accomplishments. Stephen Cole’s latest literary endeavor takes us back to the Golden Age of Broadway with his first novel entitled Mary & Ethel…and Mikey Who?. The book is now available everywhere for purchase in both hardcover and digital versions.

The South Street Seaport Museum kicked off the 2024 Summer Sailing Season with a celebration featuring remarks from notable officials and the ceremonial ringing of the Ambrose bell.

Spring fever?  If you’ve been made a bit dozy by these warm spring days the new production at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis will, with a bang, hoist you wide awake in all your senses.  Rossini’s The Barber of Seville opened Saturday to an audience that packed the Loretto-Hilton theatre to the rafters.   

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival returns for its 22nd season from June 12-29 at Theatre Row.

We continue with the creatives from Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club- Hair and Wig Designer Sam Cox, Make-Up Designer Guy Common, and Sound Designer Nick Lidster.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum's Summer Launch celebration on May 28, 2024, featuring U.S. Congressman Dan Goldman and the ceremonial ringing of the 1908 lightship Ambrose bell. Registration required.

New Perspectives Theatre Company has announced the Sweet Noise Mini Festival of Readings, featuring new works from the Women's Work Full-length LAB. Learn more about the lineup here!

McCarter Theatre Center has announced its 2024-2025 Dance Series – featuring Ballet Hispánico, SW!NG OUT from superstar choreographer Caleb Teicher, Noli Timere – a new collaboration between Director/Choreographer/Princeton University Professor Rebecca Lazier and sculptor Janet Echelman, Seoul-based Bereishit Dance Company, and Twyla Tharp Dance. Also included as an optional season encore is the highly anticipated return of Pilobolus.

Nu Sass Productions has announced a year of celebrations for its fifteenth season, featuring the DC premiere of a new play, a new look at their first production, a revival of one of their most popular shows, and exciting new partnerships that deepen the company's ties to the DMV arts community.

McCarter Theatre Center has announced two significant appointments to its leadership team: Donya K. Washington as the new BOLD Associate Artistic Director and Joe Peacock as Director of Development.

Much Ado About Nothing is a quintessential Shakespeare farce: mistaken identities, intertwining romances, betrayals and deception all wrapped up with a neat little bow by the end. The same can be said for the screwball comedies that dominated 1930’s and 40’s cinema, so it’s no surprise why Tom Wentworth would want to bring the events of Renaissance-era Messina to the backstage gossip of Golden Age Hollywood.

What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Desert Theatreworks?

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish MC welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

Singer Klea Blackhurst has long been doing tribute shows rich in song and Broadway history. Now, starting this Sunday, April 14th at 7 pm, Blackhurst will be revisiting each of these shows in a season-long series of “The Box Set” at Chelsea Table + Stage, starting this Sunday with “Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke’s Broadway.”