697 stories from Luner on Theatre
While the world may never know if Urinetown is an actual place or not, for the time being, let’s assume it is London. Now why would we say that? We only say that because Urinetown the …
As if the brand new animated film Frozen didn’t have enough going for it already, fans today were treated to an exciting announcement many hoped for but never expected. While Frozen ha…
In her final years on earth, 79-year-old Alexandra is going out with a bang! Literally! The Velocity of Autumn tells the story of an aging artist whose family wants to put her somewhere she&…
An ordinary girl from Brooklyn who grew up to become the soundtrack of a generation. Carole King was 16 years old the first stepped into a professional music office in New York City and by 1…
Who doesn’t want their own Broadway musical these days? While the idea of a music artist creating a musical based off of their music and lyrics is no new idea to Broadway, the Great Wh…
While Broadway is one heck of a business to work in, for producers, it’s a hard one to make money in. While many Broadway shows are used to bringing in large audiences and grosses each…
Broadway is overflowing with stars this spring! As the Great White Way prepares for its spring season, we have found ourselves looking at a variety of new musicals, musical revivals, new dra…
How Do You Want It? It seems as though Broadway audiences and the material used for productions is an ever-changing one as it should be. It feels safe to say such a fact after the official w…
One of America’s favorite books is coming to Broadway this spring for the first time in a brand new musical. The Bridges of Madison County, based off of the 1992 novel written by Ro…
Wagner College’s student run theatre organization, Completely Student Productions, hit campus this semester determined more than ever before to make theatre a presence in campus life a…
When Spiderman swung back into New Yorker’s lives in 2010 headed for the Great White Way, it seemed as though he caught in several webs of his own on the way there. Major renovations t…
London. Thursday Night. A night the West End is usually packed with hundreds of people flooding into theatres to see some of the greatest stage performances Europe has to offer. It was like …
Revolting Children! While these children aren’t revolting at this news by any means, no good thing can last forever. We are far too often reminded of this in the theatre world as some …
What happens when a human, raised by elves, discovers he actually isn’t an elf and heads out to magical land called New York City to find his real father? You find yourself with one of…
Society has found itself at a crossroads like never before. The world we know has expanded from our daily communications face to face into a 24/7 365 media spectacular that takes place not o…
There is no other time in your life you’ll get the chance to experience the things you do in College. Weird hookups, wild parties and the life the young adult has the chance to experie…
“I’ve never seen controversy over one of our shows before”. When a Connecticut high school principal decided he was going to cancel a scheduled production of RENT: School E…
The Gershwin’s are back and they’re hitting the road! However, this time it isn’t with one of their iconic tap dancing, big band musicals everyone loves. Instead, the class…
Less than 100 miles from where from the theatre world was changed forever, students are being denied an opportunity to produce a piece of theatre that changed the world. RENT exploded onto t…
Below you will find a letter from Marc W. Guarino who is the principal at Trumbull High School in Connecticut. Recently, Mr. Guarino decided to cancel his high school’s scheduled pr…
While Aladdin may be as far off as Agrabah, or Toronto, right now playing it’s out of town run before it’s Broadway bow later this spring, that hasn’t stopped some serio…
Pick a pocket or two if it means you’ll get the chance to make your way to Paper Mill Playhouse to experience their second production of the 2013-2014 season! After kicking off their n…
No Day But Today. While many school districts across the country work to minimize or eliminate their arts programs all together due to a lack of funding, it seems the districts not affected …
Before Carole King become the iconic music artist she is now, King was nothing more than a girl from Brooklyn with a passion for music. She worked her way through the record business to beco…
A Tag Team Reunites and an Icon Returns. While the spring season on Broadway is filled with plenty of theatrical events, many eyes are already watching Washington D.C. as it hosts the out-of…
