91 stories by "Frank Arthur"
COMEDY UNDER PRESSURE A writers' room in early television on deadline, and a production that hits every punchline Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor fictionalizes the writers' room behi…
Visiting Broadway for the first time is a super exciting moment in any theater fan's life. You're finally in New York, ready to see the biggest shows in the most famous venues, and you're ke…
Harold Arlen's Timeless Songs Take Center Stage in a New Book Musical at El Portal North Hollywood is set to get a sparkling shot of classic American songwriting, big-band swing music from t…
THE GREATEST STORY CONTINUES AT COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY CVRep's Executive Artistic Director Adam Karsten helms Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's powerful, profound, and provocative rock …
The full cast and creative team for the new musical Life After at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto have been announced and tickets are now on sale at Mirvish. With book, music & lyrics …
Karen, a young woman, is offered the chance to rescue her impoverished family from its dire straits if she agrees to become the companion of an enchanted bear for a year. Within the body of …
TALLULAH BANKHEAD AND TENNESSEE WILLIAMS RETURN TO PALM SPRINGS Unwanted Laughter by Marty Martin plays for one night only, November 9, 2024, at 7pm, as a fundraiser for Temple Isaiah's LGBT…
It is the Fourth of July sometime in the future, and history is about to be made. We are about to witness the annual Hot Dog Eating Contest. The five women invited to this stage have set out…
THE SECRET GARDEN: A NEW MUSICAL STREAMING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME StarVista Music has reissued of The Secret Garden: A New Musical, featuring an extraordinary ensemble of West End talent " …
Aditya Prakash's ROOM-i-Nation, an unprecedented adaptation of his 2023 album ISOLASHUN, comes to CAP UCLA's Nimoy Theater on October 4 & 5, 2024. Drawing from his vibrant Los Ange…
It's rare to see so many superstars on stage at once. That's what you'll get for Parents in Chains, a new comedy by Jay Martel, which will have a developmental workshop production at Hollywo…
If the heat in the kitchen is getting you down, you'll want to head on over to La Mirada Theatre, where the Broadway hit Waitress opens tonight and plays through October 13. Designed by an a…
HEADS. WILL. ROLL. The Revolutionists is feminist history laced with an argument for the value of art in revolution. Playwright Lauren Gunderson (The Book of Will, Silent Sky, Exit, Pursu…
A GREAT BIG BROADWAY SHOW Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, starring Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga, and directed by Sir Matthew Bourne " side by side with Julia McKenzie " with …
HOLY HADES! HERE COME LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE! Otherworld Theatre, North America's premier fantasy and genre live theatre production company, is bringing The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson…
A PLAY NOT WORTH EXPLORING Doggedly determined to fight yesterday's battles, Nell Benjamin's chronic farce The Explorers Club manically mocks the heyday of male British explorers. Fudd…
EXTRA! EXTRA! MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE CAUGHT ON FILM! David Pevsner's solo musical show Musical Comedy Whore! is about sex, love … and musicals. Whether acting in stage hits When Pigs Fly …
WRITERS READY AND RARIN' TO GO Chicago's amazing company, Writers Theatre, has announced its 2020/21 Season with a new adaptive producing model, one committed to remaining flexible and respo…
GO AHEAD…ASK Theatre of the Electric Mouth (ThEM) " a newly formed theatre collective " will release its first audio drama, Ask the Void, on September 15, 2020, landing on on Spotify, Stit…
LOVVE CONNECTION 3 Way Lovve is a modernized Shakespearean love tragedy with its lead character, Willie Kenwood aka Lovvespear, a talented street painter who is discovered by an art tycoon, …
YORK'S YOUNG PERFORMERS MAKE GOOD MON., JUNE 8, 7:10 pm EST Top: Josh Colley and Aidan Gemme Bottom: The full cast of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Photos by Carol Rosegg. CLICK HE…
MY WHITE NIGHT I first saw Lillias White when she made her Broadway debut in Barnum in 1981; I've been watching her work for almost four decades since, and I promise you she never fails to b…
MIXING IT UP For over four decades, The Groundlings has proved itself to be one of the premiere comedy troupes in the nation, creating more stars than the Big Bang. Performers showcase mater…
THE MUSIC MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC MAN When 5-Star Theatricals announced their production of The Music Man, which opens next week in Thousand Oaks, I actually got excited. I never tire of seeing…
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT; IT'S GOING TO BE A GRUMPY RIDE John and Max are elderly neighbors in a cold Minnesota town. They both live alone in their homes since their wives have died, and exchan…