Chance Theater Announces 2026 Season
by Gillian Blum - Oct 4, 2025
Anaheim, California's Chance Theater announces the productions for its 2026 season, including award-winning musicals, urgent new plays, and stories that resonate.
Interview: Rain Perry on THIS IS WATER at Broadwater Second Stage
by Shari Barrett - May 21, 2025
Those drawn to intimate, music-driven storytelling and powerful, personal theater take note of This Is Water, written and performed by a singer-songwriter Rain Perry, which makes its debut at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival. I decided to speak with Rain about the genesis of her show, her six-disc recording career, and how her own experience lends to taking an insightful look into her own history in the United States.
Full Cast and Creative Team Set For OPERATION MINCEMEAT
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025
Discover the full cast and creative team for Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,' premiering February 15 at the Golden Theatre. This award-winning show, directed by Robert Hastie, features original West End performers and a star-studded creative team. Learn more about its journey from London to New York.
EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING Comes to Rogue Machine
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2025
Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery confronts humanity’s darkest fears with humor, warmth, and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change.
Meet the Cast of GYPSY, Now on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2024
GYPSY is coming back to Broadway, starring Audra McDonald! The production begins previews at Broadway’s newly renovated Majestic Theatre. Meet the cast of GYPSY here!
GLORIA to Headline Chance Theater Beginning in September
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 24, 2024
Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, has announced the Orange County Premiere of Gloria, the provocative and darkly comedic play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Directed by the award-winning Marya Mazor, Gloria will run at the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center from September 27 to October 20, 2024.
Run With THE WOLVES at Spotlighters in Baltimore for One More Weekend
by Cybele Pomeroy - Jul 24, 2024
THE WOLVES, written by Sarah DeLappe, is an edgy show that garnered a great deal of critical acclaim during its 2016 off-Broadway premier season, and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Spotlighters in Baltimore keeps this well-written glimpse of young females dealing with impending adulthood onstage for an additional weekend.
Review: All-Star Cast Shines in A BROADWAY BIRTHDAY Celebrating Sondheim and Lloyd Webber
by Michael Quintos - Apr 10, 2024
A talented collection of Broadway vets led by Tony winner Betty Buckley gathered together for a one-night-only concert 'A BROADWAY BIRTHDAY: SONDHEIM, LLOYD WEBBER, AND FRIENDS' at Segerstrom Concert Hall on March 28, 2024 to celebrate the legacy—and coincidental same birthdate—of musical theater royalty Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim.
Olivier Award-Winner Katie Brayben and Andrew Rannells Will Lead TAMMY FAYE
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 22, 2024
Initial casting has been announced for the Broadway production of the acclaimed musical TAMMY FAYE. Two-time Olivier Award winner Katie Brayben will recreate her Olivier Award-winning performance as Tammy Faye Bakker, and Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will reprise his Olivier-nominated performance as Jim Bakker. TAMMY FAYE will begin preview performances on October 19th and will officially open on November 14th, 2024 at Broadway's Palace Theater.
Penfold Theatre Launches New Reading Series
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 20, 2024
Penfold Theatre Company (Penfold) has announced a new FREE reading series Homegrown: New Works by Local Playwrights hosted at the Round Rock Public Library. Learn more about the readings here!
Meet the Cast of THE OUTSIDERS on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Mar 16, 2024
The Broadway premiere of The Outsiders, the new musical based on the novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola’s film is now underway in previews ahead of a Thursday, April 11, 2024 opening night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Review: Bold Staging of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Rocks Chance Theater
by Michael Quintos - Feb 9, 2024
Featuring a humorous yet surprisingly poignant original story from John Cameron Mitchell and piercing, high-octane tunes from composer Stephen Trask, the gloriously ribald glam-rock musical HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is currently flipping its wigs out in a brand new extremely engaging production at the Chance Theater continuing thru February 25.
SHAED Debuts 'Everybody Knows I'm High' Single
by Michael Major - Jan 26, 2024
Layered harmonies and swooping vocals guide listeners on the sonic journey of SHAED's follow up to their 2021 album High Dive. “Everybody Knows I'm High” encapsulates the band's signature sound, blending Max and Spencer's instrumentalism with Chelsea's ethereal vocals. The accompanying music video is nothing short of psychedelic.