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Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Tracy Letts and nominated for Best Play at the 2022 Tony Awards, THE MINUTES is a political satire infused with dark humor, offering a timely critique of power dynamics, political corruption, and the manipulation of history.

Due to popular demand, The Marsh Berkeley has extended Terry Baum’s Lesbo Solo: My True-Life Adventures Thru 50 Years of Gay Liberation through November 30, 2025.

Over the last 65 years, The Second City improv and sketch comedy school has built itself into one of the premiere comedic factories of its kind. Lorne Michaels, the creator of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, seems to draw the majority of the show’s talent from three primary sources: Second City (Chicago, New York, and Toronto), the Groundlings (primarily of Los Angeles) and the Upright Citizens Brigade (NYC).

Stripped-down production values but a game cast make the Pythonesque musical fly. There used to be a blog called 'Low Budget Beasts,' which eventually evolved to 'Low Budget Shreks.' Like the title implies, it was a site full of photos mocking community and small professional theatres for staging productions of tech-heavy musicals without the money and supplies to do them right.

The partnership celebrates the energy, diversity, and inventiveness of the finest UK fringe theatre by presenting new voices and ground-breaking stories on a global scale.

Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak revealed the Barrie-based company's 23rd season with full line-ups in Barrie, in Toronto, and activities on all seven continents of the world–examining all the ways we treat legacy.

This show is a Houston summer tradition, and it is the Catastrophic Theatre's version of A Christmas Carol at the Alley or The Nutcracker at the Houston Ballet. Except every year, this one's a new script and a new ball of crazy to enjoy.

Chair Robert Khan and the board of the King's Head Theatre in Islington have announced the appointment of Sofi Berenger to the position of Executive Producer and CEO, effective immediately.

This piece, along with the fight it is fighting, is not quite finished yet. This exceptionally promising play is something I think needs to be sat in for a while to fully immerse yourself in the understanding of it. 

Brighton Fringe is the perfect breeding ground for improvisational comedy, and there’s plenty of it scattered across the city. At The Quadrant—a venue that has become a staple part of the festival each year—comedian Samantha Day took to the stage to ask one very big question: Which generation is the most unhinged?

At the heart of THE MINUTES lies the bitter debate over the town's origin—a controversy surrounding a long-commemorated event that reveals uncomfortable contradictions under closer scrutiny. What begins as a procedural discussion about a public monument gradually evolves into a broader struggle over whose version of history will prevail and at what cost.

Talk Is Free Theatre Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that their production of Tales of an Urban Indian–which, for most of its 800+ performances across Canada and around the world, has been performed on a moving city bus–will make its upcoming Toronto engagement a stationary one.

The Marsh Berkeley to present the hilarious folie à deux from national television stars Caryl Kristensen and Marilyn Kentz: The Mommies: The Last Trimester, a wild ride from cul de sac, to Hollywood, and back again.

The Tank has revealed the cast and the creative team for Lobster, a Spring 2025 Core Production by Kallan Dana. See who is starring and learn more about the production here!

​Talk Is Free Theatre will be further extending their remount of Cock in Toronto this April. The play, which TIFT first produced in Barrie in early 2024, enjoyed a sold-out run in Toronto in January. Learn more!

Get a first look at EMILY D—STAR-CROSSED EMPLOYEE, now running at The Tank’s 56 Seat Theater (312 West 36th Street). See photos from the production.

 Florida Repertory Theatre’s board of directors welcomed two new members, Laurye O’Melia and Spencer Roach beginning their terms during the 2024-2025 Season.

The Tank is presenting Melissa Maney's new play, Emily D - Star-Crossed Employee, as a part of their 'The Tank Presents' series. This marks Maney's second collaboration with The Tank after Emily D was selected for The Tank's 2023 'LimeFest'.

Talk Is Free Theatre will stage three site-specific productions in Toronto, with two occurring simultaneously in January and another later in the spring. Learn how to attend.

Find out which of your favorite Christmas and holiday songs were penned by Broadway composers!

“Let the games begin” is a phrase most often associated with an Olympic event, but it also holds true for the characters in ‘Sleuth,’ Anthony Shaffer’s engrossing thriller, now at Granite Theatre, where two adult men play a cunning, intriguing game of cat-and-mouse, each ready to strike and unable to hide, with no clear victor worthy of commendation.

The Tank will has revealed their Spring 2025 Core Productions. The spring season will begin in January with Peregrination, a co-production with Dutch Kills Theater. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

As presented by Stray Cat Theatre as its 23rd season opener, THE MINUTES, a blistering satire of small-town city council meetings, begins as one thing and concludes as something completely different. And no matter what clues or giveaways you think you might have picked up on throughout the play, you won't be prepared for the emotional wallop that will eventually come. And you may not fully recover from its uncomfortable implications, either.

What did our critic think of THE MINUTES at Wichita Community Theatre?

Gateway's Haunted Playhouse is set to open this month. See what to expect and learn how to purchase tickets!