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Today's Theater Stories features The New Amsterdam Theatre! Learn about the history of The Ziegfeld Follies, the ghost of a showgirl that haunts the theater, the impact of The Lion King, and more!

Centerstage Theatre has announced its 2020-21 season! Tickets are on sale now for this exciting lineup of shows that spans genres and eras.  Individual tickets go on sale September 16.

Adelaide Festival Centre will welcome back audiences to the new Her Majesty's Theatre tonight for the first large-scale show in a major Australian arts venue.

This year the Staten Island Museum marks the centennial of the 19th Constitutional Amendment with a new exhibition, Women of the Nation Arise! Staten Islanders in the Fight for Women's Right to Vote.

Last night, Classic celebrated its announcement of season 13 with carefully selected cocktail recipes, Classic party favors to be delivered to all attendees, performance space reveals, the season 13 line-up of shows, and conversations with season 13 directors. 

AFL-CIO AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka led labor leaders in a telephone press conference to discuss the importance of passing the HEROES Act to save the lives and livelihoods of Americaa??s workers.

South Australians will finally be able to appreciate the newly redeveloped Her Majesty's Theatre in person, with Adelaide Festival Centre announcing guided tours to begin from the end of August.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a free 'screened' reading of THE PEOPLE, a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, via live stream video, with talkback to follow, on Saturday, July 18th, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Olivia Oguma has created a new video featuring performers reciting a monologue from Our Town, titled 'their town. OUR town.'

New Jersey's popular Morris Museum opens its doors on Tuesday, July 14th for a Members Only Week. The Museum opens to the general public the following Tuesday, July 21st,  with a slate of new installations and remodeled mansion galleries. 

BroadwayWorld has learned that online rumors about a Broadway revival of Our Town are true. Producer Scott Rudin has plans to bring Thornton Wilder's play back to Broadway for the first time since 2002. Rudin has tapped Tony winner Bartlett Sher (To Kill a Mockingbird) to direct the play, which will be led by Dustin Hoffman, who last appeared on Broadway in 1990. A timeline for the production remains unknown.

Actors Equity Association's National Council has just met and released a decision in regards to Black Lives Matter Movement.

American Slavery Project is partnering with Crossroads Theatre Co. (Tony, Outstanding Regional Theatre) to present Black Women and the Ballot, three short radio plays that will be available nationally and experienced virtually on Saturday, August 15 at 8 p.m.(EST).

As part of the Finborough Theatre's #FinboroughForFree initiative, the theatre will be releasing a new play every month for as long as we can during their closure to watch online for free.

In its ongoing series, Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a free 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's EVER YOUNG, via live stream video, with talkback to follow, on Saturday, June 6th, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Earlier today, Actors' Equity Association hosted a conversation with Dr. David Michaels, the public health expert who is consulting with the union to determine how and when it will be safe for workers and audience members alike to return to the theatre.  

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook's one-act comedy, SUPPRESSED DESIRES, via live stream video, with special guest J ELLEN GAINOR participating in a post-show talk on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8 PM, EST. Running Time: 40 minutes. Talkback to follow, including audience questions. Available via Zoom and YouTube.

This morning, Actors' Equity Association President Kate Shindle joined other entertainment union professionals to speak to how they are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best musical theatre characters from 1940-2020; see if your favorites are on our list of the best characters from Broadway musicals.

Metropolitan will present a Virtual Playhouse Double Feature Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's 191 one-act, OVERTONES, via live stream video on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's 1917 one-act, HEARTS, via live stream video on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 8 PM, EST. Available by Zoom and YouTube: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a stage reading of Alice Gerstenberg's short one-act, HE SAID AND SHE SAID, via live stream video on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 7 PM.