Key financial support and acclaimed leadership team of Founding Artistic Director Ari Roth and Producing Director Serge Seiden build a firm foundation for inaugural season&#…
The Place, LondonSocial media and urban alienation were in the spotlight as the dance world came together to celebrate the massive force of one man's influence Continue reading...
Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, featuring a score by Tony-nominated songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and a book by Timothy Allen McDonald, has been acquired for licensing in th…
Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is now a Theatre for Young Audiences musical for the whole family to enjoy! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the TONY Award-nominated team o…
Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, featuring a score by Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Timothy Allen McDonald, has been acquired for licensi…
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of my theatre company Mountebanks. Throughout the year, I’ll be unleashing several activities to celebrate the theme of theatrical charl…
Play written by Stefano Massini about the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers is a story that should concern everyone Continue reading...
FAME BY DAY, A CLOSET AT NIGHT This retrospective 2010 drama by British playwright Dylan Costello is so well meant, you want to forgive it for its good intentions. But–well–don't…
The professional dancers of Kinetics Dance Theatre present Jack & the Giant as part of their Annual Family Concert Series on Saturday, February 28th at the Howard County Center for the A…
Hey, it’s not as crazy as you think. The Los Angeles Theater Club. Everyone’s a member. It was suggested by the lovely Eve Sigall on Facebook: An idea for AEA 99 Seat Theaters: L…
It’s Friday, and you know what that means—happy hour! Oh wait, it’s still 8 degrees? Happy hour canceled. It’s covers, wine and Netflix time. But first, let’s l…
RECOMMENDED Winter can be rough for parents and their children. Snow and cold and sniffles lock them inside for weeks or months, with only intermittent sledding sessions or the occasional pi…
"The Selfish Giant," part of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, opens Friday and runs through Feb. 22 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. Several of th…
Seated Giant, 1818If you haven't had a chance to check out the MFA's Goya show, this is your last chance, as it closes tomorrow - and you owe it to yourself to try to catch it.But I only say…
Well isn’t this just peachy? Justin Paul and Benj Pasek’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach will release a star-packed reference recording. Lendi…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThis seasonal offering for younger audiences roots Roald Dahl's dark, fantastical tale firmly in the far-out 60s Continue reading...
Oxford PlayhousePeter Duncan's take on the fairytale has the balance between kiddie and adult pleasures just about right Continue reading...
There's no disputing that Roald Dahl has written some absolutely brilliant children's books, bringing to life fantastic adventures that children and adults alike can indulge in. It's been ov…
YPT's production of James and the Giant Peach, a musical based on the Roald Dahl book and directed by Sue Miner, has two great things going for it
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Chris Lew Kum Hoi is simply a revelation as the narrator of the drudgery and slavery of the early part of his life and then his magical adventures. He has a …
Dundee RepChildren loved the bouncing peach, but the hero's journey was only ever physical, never emotional Continue reading...
Alessandro Costantini leads a terrific ensemble in musical adaptation of Roald Dahl story, at Young People's Theatre until Jan. 4.
Dundee Rep Theatre: It's Dahl time again at Dundee following last year's BFG. Like most people this festive season, there is a distinct feel of budget restrictions with the seven-s…
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are the songwriting partners behind the musical version of the Roald Dahl story coming to Toronto's Young People's Theatre.
THR's lead theater critic looks back over the director's remarkable half-century career on the stage, and its frequent overlap with his screen workread more