The making of a new musical is as daunting as a jigsaw puzzle. The challenge can be ratcheted up when all of the pieces seem to be the same color: a blue sky melting into a mountain stream. …
By Josh Platt. Josh Platt reflects on Boston-based director Summer Williams' interpretation of Bootycandy by Robert O'Hara, in light of her recent direction of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-…
The York Theatre Company, in association with Van Dean, Tony HeyesMia Moravis and Sister Productions presents YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, with book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner an…
Monumental Theatre Company presented an abridged reading of a brand new musical on Sunday, May 15th at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Life: A Comic Opera in Three Short Acts, is a…
Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a pair of proclamations on Wednesday, one in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the other recognizing the two decades of…
Pioneer Theatre Company's production of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO,with music by Frank Wildhorn and book and lyrics by Jack Murphy, has been the best-selling show of the theatre's last two se…
Sideshow Theatre Company has announced its 10th season, featuring three area premieres. The season begins with Philip Dawkins' solo show "The Happiest Place on Earth" (Sept. 17-Oct. 23),…
The season is the first under new artistic director Will Davis and will feature two world premieres from Dan Aibel and Basil Kreimendahl.
 Rare Production of Strindberg's Pelican at Arcturus The Pelican"a Victorian melodrama long abandoned by modern producers "has happily returned to the DC stage in a brilliantly staged one…
A decommissioned water tower is transformed into the perfect venue for Keith Huff's play
American Theater Company (ATC) has announced its 2016-17 season, the company's 32nd season and first under new artistic director Will Davis. The season begins in the fall with the world p…
The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a terrific title for a show. When you hear it, you know exactly where it takes place " and you can probably guess what the story and the characters…
The season will include a world premiere from David Valdes Greenwood.
Los Angeles may be named after those who pride themselves in virtue and goodness, but NextStop Theatre Company's production of City of Angels is a reminder that the citizens of Hollywood are…
Director Paul Daigneault and SpeakEasy Stage have a hit on their hands
"The Two Character Play," one of the many offerings during this year's inaugural Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, is one of Williams's later works, and performed in The Learning Center…
La Crosse,Community Theatre takes on the demanding West End and Broadway hit.
By Hugh Iglarsh The Haymarket affair remains not just a defining moment in Chicago history but also a contested and ambiguous one. The basic facts are well-established: at the end of a labor…
"Prodigious technicians; hot choreographers; moody pieces; and a sexy, cool vibe: everything points to a homerun. Instead, it's more like a bunt to first." Erin Bomboy, New York.
What does it take to start a professional theatre company in our area, which already has a large number of companies vying for performance space and audiences? One person who knows firsth…
The internationally acclaimed thriller starts its run this evening.
Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre NSMT is announcing full cast and creative team is being announced for the sparkling new production of FUNNY GIRL. They will be joining S…
The Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical ships up to Boston.
Rambert, the UK's biggest contemporary dance company, present Macbeth, mystery, samba and skateboards