Through the Night - 2011 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

Next week when The Muny premiere of Disney’s Frozen opens in St. Louis audiences will be in for a rare treat. Broadway’s original Anna, actor Patti Murin, will reprise her role as the plucky princess. Murin is really excited about opening night, getting to see all the children in the audience, and sharing this grand vision of Disney’s Frozen with thousands of people. “This production is going to be larger-than-life. It is the same story, but this enormous space will be filled on a scale that could not be done at a different theater.” She beamed, “It is going to be fun!”

Just In Time’s origin story as well as overall conceit has much in common with one of Broadway’s very first jukebox musicals, which was ahead of its time. In 1985, Leader of the Pack, telling the story of pop singer-songwriter Ellie Greenwich, opened at the Ambassador on Broadway. Learn all about pop music bio-musicals here!

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the US premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception. Learn more and see how to attend the event here!

Award-winning composer Lewis Flinn, along with special guests Julie Benko (Broadway's Funny Girl) and Susanna Phillips (Metropolitan Opera) will perform a one-night-only concert at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 W 42nd St) this Friday, June 20 at 7PM, doors opening at 5:30PM. 

TUTA Theatre has announced a change in its two-play summer repertory. WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT will replace the replace the previously announced EVERY BRILLIANT THING and will play Sundays and Mondays through August 16.

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the US premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception this month. Learn more about the event here!

The grit, gears and glory of the most challenging road race on earth rides into Edinburgh for Fringe 2025. CADEL in Lungs On Legs. Learn more about the show here!

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Stephanie Pope: Livin’ It Up! on Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 7pm EST. See here for more information.

Demons on their lunch break. Virgil as a shady tour guide. A tenants association meeting as torture, food and sex combined in unholy ways, and confusion about which door leads to the blood pool.

Houston Grand Opera is now offering single tickets to all performances of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

NextStop’s production of 'Footloose' felt haphazard and emotionless, and what should have been a fun evening of theater and nostalgia was instead entirely lackluster.

Tickets are on sale now for Olney Theatre Center’s summertime series, Olney Outdoors, performed, as the name suggests, on the outdoor Root Family Stage at Omi’s Pavilion. See who is performing and learn how to attend!

Wayne L. Firestone of plays2gather (p2g) and David Winitsky of Jewish Plays Project (JPP) are proud to announce their second ten-minute play contest seeking plays that respond to the prompt: 'Moving Forward at the Edge of the Unknown'.

Incel. As a word, its used as an insult, a harmful label, a warning. But what if the men who once was called the cautioned word started wearing it like a badge of honour and as a way to validate their disturbing behaviour?

Dimensions & Dragons created by the neurodiverse theatre company Actionplay starts its limited run tomorrow at the 14Y Theater. The World Premiere runs May 17 and 18. Check out photos from inside rehearsal.

The urbane baritone’s smart and sophisticated romp through the Great American Songbook is out 5/16, in streaming and digital formats from Club44 Records. Read a conversation with Caruso about the remastered Swing Set.

During a career-spanning conversation at the British Film Institute, Tom Cruise revealed that he would like to star in more musical projects in the future.

Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, Chris Stapleton, and more took home honors at the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards last night. Take a look at the full list here!

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more.

Raul Garza’s timely new play Men in Shorts opens tomorrow night, Thursday, May 8 at The Producers Club. The World Premiere straddles the tennis and literary world, and runs until May 24. Tyler Crosby directs the solo show that stars John Concado. Derek Crosby serves as the Producer. Check out photos from inside rehearsal.

A strange, insistent music is coming back to Broadway. BroadwayWorld has just learned that Lincoln Center Theater will soon present Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Performances begin September 26. Member onsale May 13. Public onsale May 28.

A group of actors fight to save their town in the exciting new musical Dimensions & Dragons created by the neurodiverse theatre company Actionplay. The World Premiere runs May 17 and 18 at the 14Y Theater.

NextStop Theatre Company has announced its 2025/26 season—the first fully programmed by Producing Artistic Director, Heather Lanza, who joined the company in the fall of 2024.

The 2025 Tribeca Festival has revealed its lineup of talks, reunions, and retrospectives featuring groundbreaking artists, cultural icons, and unforgettable moments from cinema history.

Raising a toast to some of the biggest Country smashes of the past decade, Dustin Lynch and Scotty McCreery are joining forces for their co-headlining TWO FOR THE ROAD TOUR, announcing a dozen special shows in the fall.