Staples Players Will Perform URINETOWN in Westport This Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2026
Staples Players will present the satirical musical Urinetown, directed by David Roth (SHS '84) and Kerry Long (SHS '97). Learn more about the upcoming show here!
Photos: First Look At URINETOWN The Musical At Natural Talent Productions
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2023
First look photos! Natural Talent Productions presents the cult musical comedy, Urinetown!
Photo Flash: McKinney Youth OnSTAGE Starts The New Decade With A Trip To URINETOWN
by Stephi Wild - Jan 1, 2020
McKinney Youth onSTAGE (MYO) will open the second half of their season with the satirical musical Urinetown. Despite the bad title, Urinetown is full of fun, quirky humor, off the wall characters, and some really good music.
Photo Flash: Bergen County Players to Open MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD in September
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2018
Bergen County Players (BCP), one of America's longest-running little theater companies, is proud to open its 86th season with the Tony Award-winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Book, Music and Lyrics written by Rupert Holmes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. Under the direction of Steve Bell, The Mystery of Edwin Droodwill be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from September 8th through October 6th, 2018. Shows will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours.
Photo Flash: TYA Professional Training Program Opens URINETOWN
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2018
Drama Learning Center's professional training company for emerging young artists will present Urinetown, the Musical beginning tomorrow. Urinetown is a sidesplitting sendup of greed, love, revolution (and musicals) in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Presents YEAST NATION
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2018
New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," presents the area premiere of YEAST NATION: THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE, the world's first bio-historical musical, a comic political thriller with book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, and music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, the subversive geniuses behind the award-winning Broadway musical Urinetown, running May 31-June 23, 2018 at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District.
BWW Review: URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at Chanticleer Community Theater is a Privilege to See
by Christine Swerczek - Mar 9, 2018
Urinetown: THE MUSICAL, opens at the Chanticleer Theatre in Council Bluffs, Iowa tonight and runs through March 18. If you loved SOMETHING ROTTEN, you will love this crazy show. Nothing is free from biting satire: corporate greed, populism, or even your most loved musicals.
Photo Flash: L/A Community Little Theater Announces the Cast of URINETOWN
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 22, 2018
L/A Community Little Theatre is excited to announce the cast for their upcoming production of Urinetown. The 2001 Broadway hit features music by Mark Hollmann and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, with book by Greg Kotis. Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious, touchingly honest, musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! This production is being directed by Kay Warren, assistant directed by Nicole Chase, produced by Brandon Chaloux, choreographed by Jake Boyce, with musical direction by Rebecca Caron.
BWW Review: URINETOWN, Bad Title, Fun Show, Flushed With Success @ Blank Canvas
by Roy Berko - Dec 6, 2017
'Urinetown: The Musical' opened on Broadway in 2001, but its path from lyricist Greg Kotis traveling Europe, encountering a pay toilet, getting an idea for a story, joining with Mark Hollman, writing the lyrics together, Hollman writing the music, previewing the show at the New York's Fringe Festival, and getting it on Broadway, was filled with pitfalls. Mainly, producers were turned off by the title.
Photo Flash: New Pre-Production Rehearsal Photos of the cast of THE GEEZE & ME!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2017
What if there was a musical - simultaneously serious and hilarious, that explores the wild ride of life's later years, addressing the good, the bad and the ugly of aging? Rag Lady Productions is thrilled to announce the World Premiere of THE GEEZE AND ME, a new MUSICAL featuring a troupe of baby boomers who sing, dance, and hobble their way through issues of retirement, leakage, and more. At THE TENTH Avenue Arts Center downtown San Diego, March 31st through April 29th.
Photo Flash: Street Theatre Company Brings You The Explosive TICK...TICK...BOOM
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 3, 2016
Street Theatre Company presents the final musical of its explosive 2016 season, tick...tick...BOOM!. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Larson, creator of the Tony Award smash hit RENT [recently in production at TPAC], and David Auburn, whose incredible play Proof earned him his own Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, tick...tick...BOOM! opened Off-Broadway in 2001 before moving to West End and the London stage.
Photo Flash: First Look at KISS ME, KATE at Maltz Jupiter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2016
What do you get when you combine Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew with Cole Porter's music and lyrics? A musical that is just too darn hot! Follow the backstage story of feuding couples, raging egos, gamblers and gangsters in the beloved Tony Award-winning musical KISS ME, KATE, onstage now through March 27 at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Celebrate the joys, madness and rewards of working in the theater -- both onstage and off. Brush up your Shakespeare and don't miss this witty and delightful musical. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: Broadway Legend John Cullum Gets His Own Theatre on 54th Street!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 19, 2015
On Friday, October 16, The Chernuchin Theatre, one of the theatres housed at The American Theatre for Actors (ATA, 314 West 54th Street, New York City) was named for beloved Broadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner John Cullum. He is best known as Holling, the bartender in 'Northern Exposure.'
Photo Flash: First Look at ALTAR BOYZ, Opening Tonight at Pittsburgh CLO
by BWW News Desk - Sep 24, 2015
Pittsburgh CLO presents the CLO Cabaret premiere of ALTAR BOYZ, tonight, September 24, through December 20. This heavenly cast includes Pittsburgh CLO alumni Mike Greer as Luke and Mason Alexander Park as Mark, as well as exciting newcomers Michael Brown, Carter Ellis and Javier Manente. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars in action below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Penny Seats Theatre Company's URINETOWN
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 29, 2015
Urinetown: The Musical! The Tony-award-winning hit from 2001, will be performed by The Penny Seats Theatre Company July 30, 31, Aug 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15 (all shows at 7 pm). Set in an admittedly absurd dystopian future where one must pay to pee, the show lampoons corporate bureaucracy, pie-in-the-sky optimism, revolution without a plan, and the musical theatre genre itself. With a full pit orchestra (led by Richard Alder) on the band shell stage, the action takes place around the audience in the park. Featured performers include Brendan August Kelly (Ypsilanti), Roy Sexton (Saline), David Francis Kiley (Ann Arbor), John DeMerell (Walled Lake), Sarah Ann Leahy (Ann Arbor), Paige Martin (Ann Arbor), Cathy McDonald (Plymouth), Christina McKim (Albion), Jenna Kellie Pittman (Waterford/West Bloomfield), Linda Rabin Hammell (Detroit), Jeff Stringer (Jackson), Maika Van Oosterhout (Ann Arbor), and Daniel Bachelis (Howell). Production photos taken by Scarlett London.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for Penny Seats Theatre Company's URINETOWN
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 13, 2015
'Urinetown: The Musical!,' the Tony-award-winning hit from 2001, will be performed by Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Company July 30, 31, Aug 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15. Set in an admittedly absurd dystopian future where one must pay to pee, the show lampoons corporate bureaucracy, pie-in-the-sky optimism, revolution without a plan, and the musical theatre genre itself. With a full pit orchestra (led by Richard Alder) on the band shell stage, the action takes place around the audience in the park. Featured performers include Brendan Kelly (Ypsilanti), Roy Sexton (Saline), David Kiley (Ann Arbor), John DeMerell (Walled Lake), Sarah Leahy (Ann Arbor), Paige Martin (Ann Arbor), Cathy McDonald (Plymouth), Christina McKim (Albion), Jenna Pittman (Royal Oak), Linda Rabin Hammell (Detroit), Jeff Stringer (Jackson), Maika Van Oosterhout (Ann Arbor), and Daniel Bachelis (Howell).
Photo Flash: First Look at West End's URINETOWN with Richard Fleeshman, Jenna Russell & More
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 4, 2014
Urinetown, the musical, runs at The St James Theatre until 3 May 2014, with press night on 11 March 2014. Urinetown stars Marc Elliott (EastEnders/The History Boys/Tape) as Mr. McQueen, Richard Fleeshman (Ghost/Legally Blonde/Coronation Street) as Bobby Strong, Simon Paisley Day (Sherlock/Musketeers/Timon Of Athens) as Caldwell B. Cladwell, Jenna Russell (Merrily We Roll Along/Sunday In The Park With George/Guys And Dolls) as Penelope Pennywise, Jonathan Slinger (Hamlet/The Tempest/Yes, Prime Minister) as Officer Lockstock and is directed by Jamie Lloyd (The Commitments, Macbeth, The Hothouse, The Pride) at the St James Theatre. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with the Cast of West End's URINETOWN
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 19, 2014
Urinetown, the musical, will begin its limited season run at The St James Theatre from this Saturday, 22 February 2014, running until 3 May 2014, with press night on 11 March 2014. Check out a first look at the cast in reherasal below!
Photo Coverage: First Look at Moonlight Stage Productions' SOUTH PACIFIC!
by Lily Lim - Jul 3, 2013
Moonlight Stage Productions' 33rd summer season, the first planned by new Artistic Director Steven Glaudini, begins with the great American classic musical SOUTH PACIFIC, with performances from June 26 to July 13. Single tickets are priced $15 to $50 and include price levels for student rush, military, senior, and family discounts. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (760) 724-2110 or visit moonlightstage.com. Check out photos of the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: First Look - The Eagle Theatre Opens URINETOWN
by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013
The Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Hammonton, NJ, premiered its Main Stage production of Urinetown: The Musical on June 7. Scroll down for a first look at the production!
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Moonlight Stage's SOUTH PACIFIC
by BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2013
Moonlight Stage Productions' 33rd summer season, the first planned by new Artistic Director Steven Glaudini, will begin with the great American classic musical SOUTH PACIFIC, with performances from June 26 to July 13. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!
Photo Coverage: The Story Begins - Theatre 20's First Concert
by Kelly Cameron - May 16, 2011
Theatre 20 kicked off it's 2011-2012 concert season on Monday May 9th with The Story Begins, an evening of songs from story driven musicals. Featuring special guest Colm Wilkinson and some of Toronto's best and brightest stars, it was a truly magical evening of amazing musical theatre talent. BWW was on hand to bring you exclusive photos from the event.
Photo Coverage: 60th Anniversary Party for the Actors' Equity Gypsy Robe
by Walter McBride - Oct 30, 2010
Actors Equity held a celebration for the 60th Anniversary of the Gypsy Robe on Monday night, October 25th at Sequoia on Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport where past gypsy robe winners came back to reminisce and to celebrate.
Photo Coverage: Production Photos of Paper Mills' LOST IN YONKERS
by BWW News Desk - Feb 11, 2010
Directed by Michael Bloom, Lost in Yonkers will run at the Millburn theater from February 17 through March 14, 2010. Lost in Yonkers was selected by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces Series in New Jersey. American Masterpieces is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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