Once On This Island is being adapted into a movie for Disney+. Playwright Jocelyn Bioh, perhaps best known for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, is set to pen the script for the…
Disney+ is adapting a film version of Once On This Island, originally written by Lynn Ahrens and composed by Stephen Flaherty, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Playwright Jocelyn B…
Oh gods, oh gods! According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ is developing a feature adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once On This Island, with a screenplay by playwrightÂ…
Fresh off of the release of Hamilton, Disney+ is sticking with musicals and bringing an adaptation of Once On This Island to its platform! Jocelyn Bioh will pen the script and Wanuri Kahiu w…
The musical is penned by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Jocelyn Bioh is attached to adapt the Ahrens and Flaherty musical for the screen.
The stage and screen star joined Playbill's Stream Stealers June 30 to discuss the fifth and final season of the OWN series, as well as HBO Max's upcoming The Flight Attendant.
We here at BroadwayWorld know that sometimes social-distancing can get you down. With the theatre industry at a standstill, many of us are craving some trademark musical theatre merriment to…
Alex Newell was a guest star on Variety's Stagecraft podcast recently where he talked about genderfluidity, Barbra Streisand and his a?oeDreamgirlsa?? goals.
Music Theatre International has announced via Twitter that they have released Bonnie & Clyde and Once on This Island as 'Free Reads'.
Director Michael Arden announced on Instagram that the national tour of Once on This Island has played its final performance.
The national tour of Once On This Island has ended its scheduled run early, Tony-nominated director Michael Arden announced on Instagram on March 21. While many national tours have cancel…
Broadway couple Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus recommends listening to the 1990 Tony Award-winning musical.
Regional " Houston, TX: Theater Under the Stars (TUTS) at Hobby Center. Feb. 18-March 1, 2020. Musical. Music: Stephen Flaherty. Book/Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens. Director: Michael Arden. Critic: Da…
The Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday February 22.
If our country's politics is exhausting you with its complexity, this production offers the opportunity to consider some of the same themes in a gentler rhythm.
The central romance feels overly familiar, but this touring production's ensemble creates a magical environment. Your affection for Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flahe…
A TREE GROWS IN THE ANTILLES In 1990, eight years before he wrote Ragtime, Stephen Flaherty composed an eclectically exotic score for this one-act fairy tale. It's the forthright story of…
Showbiz Chicago Interview With <em>Once On This Island's</em> JAHMAUL BAKARE Chicago native JAMHAUL BAKARE on playing Agwe in the National Tour of Once On This [...] Interview W…
The Tony Award winner tells the story of an audition gone awry.
Tony nominee Michael Arden directs the tour of the Tony-winning revival.
The National tour of Once On This Island is now officially on the road across the country! Once On This Island will play over 25 cities in its first year on tour. Get a first look at all new…