True Stories - 2021 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

Dash Arts will tour THE RECKONING, a dramatization of witness testimonies from the war in Ukraine, to Belgrade Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Arcola Theatre.

Santa Monica Playhouse will present its Eleventh Annual Binge Fringe Festival, six weeks of free performances, workshops and music featuring local and visiting artists from across the country.

The folk-rock musical WAKEMAN, based on the true story of Civil War soldier Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, will make its developmental production debut at the New London Barn Playhouse.

The new folk-rock musical Wakeman, based on the true story of Civil War soldier Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, will make its developmental debut in New London through the Barn Playhouse's NEST Initiative.

Director Timothy Koh talks to us in much depth about his journey as a director and with Pangdemonium, giving hints of what to expect from their final production, and contributing to the future of the Singapore theatre scene.

Matty Lewis's new punk rock band Rocketsuit Rogue released its debut album via Double Helix Records and SBAM Records, led by the track Watch The World Just Fall Apart.

Shattered Globe Theatre's new season under Producing Artistic Director Ian Frank will include Midwest premieres of VLADIMIR and THE WATERFALL alongside BRACE BRACE at Theater Wit in Chicago.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS recognized Nate Bargatze onstage in Toronto for selling more tickets than any stand-up comedy tour in history, a milestone reached during his BIG DUMB EYES World Tour.

Margo Cilker's third album, LITTLE WHITE CROSS, is set for an October 9 release via Fossil Records, following sessions with producer Bruce Robison in Lockhart, Texas.

Emily Johnson / Catalyst will premiere OVERFLOW RADIO, a performance, skill-share, and radio transmission housed in a large quilt installation, at Northrop, University of Minnesota.

The Orchard Project announced the writers and projects selected for its upcoming Episodic Lab, a summer residency for television, film, and audio storytelling held at Skidmore College.

Emmy Award nominee Eureka O'Hara, known for “RuPaul's Drag Race' and HBO's “We're Here”, will step into the pumps of drag icon Divine, leading Divine: Beyond The Flamingos!, a new play written and directed by Donnie. 

All new principal cast members will join the Broadway cast of Hadestown in September, including Norbert Leo Butz, Amber Iman, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kayko, and Geno Segers. Learn more here!

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

Theatrical Press Agent, award-wining Author (Jameson Currier), Independent Publisher devoted to gay literature and later an Artist, died of a sudden heart attack at his home in in Chatham Center, New York.

BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys has been up to since the show first opened on Broadway, ahead of its 20th anniversary tour!

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its upcoming Rosen House Concert Series, featuring 21 performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, and global music, plus a new Juilliard Extension collaboration.

Bringing a Broadway production to life in a new city is a massive undertaking, and few people know that better than Steve Quinn. As Company Manager of the Wicked National Tour, Quinn oversees the logistics of moving one of Broadway's largest touring productions from city to city, coordinating everything from the show's arrival at the theater to opening night.

The multi-award-winning solo show WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY ARSE FOR ENGLAND, written and performed by Alex Hill, will make its U.S. debut at SoHo Playhouse in a limited Off-Broadway engagement.

King’s Head Theatre, Islington has announced that Sofi Berenger is stepping down from her role as Executive Producer and CEO. Sofi led the theatre through restabilishing after Covid, the opening of its new venue, and programme since the new venue opened in January 2024. Her programme will finish in August 2026.

Four new shows have been announced for October at Plymouth’s Spire Center - Big Yellow Taxi, Adam Ezra Group, Bywater Call and Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice.

Cincinnati Opera announced GOOD BONES, a new opera from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels and playwright James Ijames, as the third work in The Black Opera Project trilogy, set to premiere at Cincinnati Music Hall.

Clark, Pell & King Productions will present the world premiere of MOMMA WON'T DIE, a dark comedy based on a true story, at Bryant Hall at Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, directed by Del Shores.

Premiere Stages at Kean University announced its 2026 season, featuring three full productions including MALA ARIA, the 2025 Play Festival winner, and the New Jersey premiere of FLAWLESS, a cautionary tale about AI and creativity.

While The Winter's Tale's regarded as a play of two halves (set in Sicilia and Bohemia), former Royal Shakespeare Company director Greg Doran's poignant and absorbing Walking Shadow is a book of two halves.