The Way of the World - 2017 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 16

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has revealed its 46th season, marking the final season programmed by Artistic Director Maria Manuela Goyanes before her departure from the Tony Award-winning company in September. Learn more!

Elizabeth Reaser gives a career-defining performance under the creative direction of Jennifer Chang in this utterly delightful triumph at the Pasadena Playhouse

National Sawdust has announced the formation of its inaugural Global Strategic Council, as it enters its second decade. Formed at a pivotal moment for the performing arts sector, this group of visionary leaders and advocates from diverse disciplines will offer connections, expertise, and insights that help National Sawdust model how a cultural institution can both catalyze artistic innovation and drive social change.

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

54 BELOW will honor the LGBTQ+ performers, producers, and artists who are vital members of our artistic community this Pride Month. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Links Hall will present its fifth and final year of the Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two weekends of exciting new work in movement, theatre, puppetry, spoken word and more, from June 15th through 29th, 2025. 

Raue Center For The Arts will present the return of funny-man Pat McGann for an evening of stand-up comedy. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Sikisa (Live at The Apollo, Off Menu, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club) body-slams the expectations placed on women, especially those who are black, childless, or labelled 'successful' just for surviving.

The Old Vic has announced the full cast for the return of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning Girl from the North Country, following its world premiere at the theatre in 2017.

Miller Theatre has announced its 2025-26 season—a combination of new and early music, as seen through its core series Composer Portraits, Early Music, and Jazz, alongside community hits Morningside Lights and Pop-Up Concerts. 

In the 2024-2025 Broadway season, David Yazbek is credited with the conception, compostion, arrangements, and orchestrations on the bluesy new musical, Dead Outlaw, the original score for the comic play The Roommate, and as a co-producer and creative consultant of Buena Vista Social Club. Go inside his genre-defying legacy.

A lot of people ask, “Why do you think it won the Pulitzer?” Post pandemic, and with all of the social media stuff that we have going on. There's something so simple that she was able to capture again, how we need each other, and it goes so against what society tells us.

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation has announced the recipients of its prestigious Richard Tucker Award, Richard Tucker Career Grant, and Sara Tucker Study Grant. 

Center Theatre Group has revealed full slate of eleven productions for the 2025/26 Season, including Here Lies Love, Mamma Mia and more. See the full lineup here!

On the heels of 2024’s acclaimed album Blu Wav, legendary indie-rock band Grandaddy have announced a 2025 North American tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal studio album The Sophtware Slump.

Freeform’s “30 Days of Disney” will make a splash this Summer with themed weeks full of feel-good favorites and nostalgic classics. Highlights include the world television premieres of Disney Pixar’s “Elemental” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Strange World.'

It’s not so strange, really, that there’s  a serious opera about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. His life’s work is usually invoked before every production of the last decade or more, when audiences are asked to silence their smartphones.

San Francisco International Arts Festival has lost a 20K NEA pledge in the midst of its two-week program due to Trump cuts to the agency. The grant award was originally made in November 2024.

A new UK Tour of the Wiltshire Creative Production of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is Coming to Milton Keynes Theatre this June. Learn more about the show here!

The 2024 Samuel G. Roberson Jr. Resident Fellowship, awarded to artivist Abby Thompson and Filament Theatre, was awarded for the development of the play Alex in Windyland, now slated for production at Filament Theatre.

Folk superstars Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are heading to Boston. The Grammy winning duo will perform at the Boch Center Wang Theatre May 10. The show is presented by the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame.

Ireland’s popular indie band The Coronas are set for their 2025 North American tour in support of their 8th studio album, THOUGHTS & OBSERVATIONS, beginning on July 11. Take a look at the dates here!

There’s no business like show business! In the first trailer for Everything's Going to Be Great, Broadway alums Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney showcase their stage chops in the roles of regional theater performers Buddy and Macy Smart. Watch it now!

Mean Girls is a fantastic musical based on the beloved movie written by Tina Fey. The story follows Cady Heron, a teenage girl who moves from Africa to a new high school in the United States. As she navigates the tricky social scene, she befriends Janis and Damian, who introduce her to the school's popular clique—the Plastics. Led by the charismatic Regina George, along with Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith, this group is both glamorous and a little bit ruthless.

One of comedy's brightest stars is coming to town! The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts will present Josh Johnson: The Flowers Tour. Learn how to purchase tickets!