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Purdue Fort Wayne Offers Early Bird Special Theatre Season Subscriptions
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2019


The Purdue University Fort Wayne Department of Theatre is offering a $55 Early Bird Season Subscription Special for tickets to four (4) Mainstage productions and two (2) Studio Showcase productions in the 2019-20 subscription season. 

BWW Review: We Go Together: MSMT and Lewiston's Public Theatre Co-Produce GREASE
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 19, 2019


Just as the youthful cast sings their exuberant anthem, 'We Go Together,' at the close of GREASE, so, too, might the theatre-loving communities of Midcoast Maine find new reason to celebrate in the first-ever co-production of Maine State Music Theatre and The Public Theatre. From June 18-30, 2019, the two Equity companies have joined forces to present Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's beloved classic, in Lewiston in a fresh, new, vibrant production that recaptures all the joy, travails, libido and angst of adolescence.

Theatre Tuscaloosa Presents GREASE
by Stephi Wild - Jun 19, 2019


Theatre Tuscaloosa will present its summer musical, Grease, July 12-21 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College.

BWW Review: Sing Along With GREASE at Toby's In Columbia
by Cybele Pomeroy - Jun 17, 2019


Ready for some young energy at Toby's in Columbia? Here's a whole high school musical of less-frequently featured faces! The company dances Mark Minnick's fun choreography like they go together forever, bedecked in rolled denim jeans, wiggle skirts, saddle shoes, Chuck Taylor sneakers, product-heavy hair and pink satin jackets- in short, just what you expect of GREASE.

BWW Review: GREASE Starts the 2019 Season at The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
by Natasha Ashley - Jun 10, 2019


The 2019 season of the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival has officially begun at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, New York. The season's first musical is none other than the very familiar hit Grease, directed by Igor Goldin. It has been 21 years since a production of Grease entertained audiences at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse and local audiences are, without a doubt, excited to see the familiar musical. The title of the show alone is making tickets disappear like lightning.

BWW Review: Pioneer Theatre Company's GREASE is Nostalgic
by Tyler Hinton - May 14, 2019


GREASE at Pioneer Theatre Company is a nostalgic, feel-good snapshot of the 1950s.

Centenary Stage Company's Young Performer Workshop To Present Annual SPRING FESTIVAL OF SHOWS
by Julie Musbach - Apr 29, 2019


Centenary Stage Company's critically acclaimed Young Performers Workshop returns to the Little Theatre at 400 Jefferson Street on the campus of Centenary University for the annual Spring Festival of Shows.

PTC Presents GREASE By Jim Jacobs And Warren Casey
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2019


Pioneer Theatre Company presents a rollicking evening of nostalgic fun with the classic '50s musical Grease, running Friday, May 10 - May 25, 2019, to close its 2018-2019 season. 

Casting Announced For Stages St. Louis' 2019 Season
by Julie Musbach - Apr 25, 2019


STAGES St. Louis is thrilled to announce casting for its 33rd Season: THE BOY FROM OZ, GREASE, MAN OF LA MANCHA, and its Emerson Family Theatre Series production of Disney's 101 DALMATIANS. 'The tagline at STAGES is 'Experience The Story' and our 2019 Season stays true to these words offering something special for everyone,' expresses Associate Producer Andrew Kuhlman.

Dan Partridge, Martha Kirby, and More Will Lead GREASE Tour
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2019


The producers of the 2019 UK and Ireland tour and first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE are delighted to announce that Dan Partridge, Martha Kirby, Louis Gaunt and Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky will star as Danny, Sandy, Kenickie and Rizzo respectively. They join the previously announced Peter Andre playing Teen Angel at most performances.

Riverdale Rising Stars Presents GREASE
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 27, 2019


Grab your black leather jacket, pull on your poodle skirt, and get ready to hand-jive as the award-winning Riverdale Rising Stars present GREASE, the classic rock-and-roll musical celebrating high school life in the 1950's, at the Riverdale YM-YWHA for six performances only, from March 31 to April 14, 2019.

BWW Review: GREASE Strikes Lighting at Beef & Boards
by The Marriage Matinee - Feb 11, 2019


'Grease' is certainly the word at Beef & Boards as the original production of the celebrated musical started its run.

Garden Theatre 2019-2020 Season Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2019


At the opening of the 2018-2019 season production of The Legend of Georgia McBride, Garden Theatre's Artistic Director Rob Winn Anderson took the stage to announce the Garden's 2019-2020 season. Current subscribers can renew their subscriptions immediately. New subscriptions start at $90 and go on sale March 19. Single tickets go on sale May 8, 2019.

GREASE Returns To London
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2018


It is nothing short of a global phenomenon. First came the smash Broadway and West End musical, then the 1978 hit motion picture. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cinema release, the world's favourite musical is returning to London for a strictly limited time!

Kravis Center & MNM Theatre Co. Co-Presents GREASE
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2018


Marcie Gorman, Executive Producer & Artistic Director for MNM Theatre Company, today invited fans to its fourth and final production in 2018, the rock n' roll musical GREASE, the most popular movie musical in history. Co-presented by MNM and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the show with a 15-person cast and backed by a live six-piece band, will run November 15 through December 2 in the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse.

STAGES St. Louis Announces Its 2019 Season
by Julie Musbach - Sep 14, 2018


STAGES St. Louis announces its spectacular 33rd Season! The 2019 Season includes the dazzling and hilarious THE BOY FROM OZ, the smash hit GREASE, the romantic adventure MAN OF LA MANCHA, and our Emerson Family Theatre Series production of Disney's 101 DALMATIANS.

GREASE Comes to The King's
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2018


Following a highly acclaimed sold out 8-week run at Curve, the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE will tour the UK and Ireland in 2019, with a stop in Glasgow.

Peter Andre To Play Teen Angel In New Production Of GREASE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2018


Following a highly acclaimed sold out 8-week run at Curve, the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE will tour the UK and Ireland in 2019, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips and starring Peter Andre as Teen Angel at certain performances. Further casting to be announced.

Drayton Entertainment Announces 2019 Season - NEWSIES, ROCKY, and More
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2018


Drayton Entertainment will present a knockout playbill in 2019 packed with Broadway blockbusters, hilarious comedies, stirring tributes, fun-filled family musicals and a few more dramas than in previous seasons. Artistic Director Alex Mustakas continues his bid to bring a wide variety of crowd-pleasing productions to the award-winning charitable not-for-profit theatre organization's seven stages throughout Ontario.

Tickets Now On Sale For Pioneer Theatre Company's 2018-2019 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018


 Tickets for the first two productions of Pioneer Theatre Company's 2018-2019 season, and the theatre's add-on productions, are now on sale to the general public.

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