John Cariani News

In their second full-length Covid-adapted production this season, one of Buffalo's newest theatre companies Bellissima Productions will present John Cariani's 'Love/Sick' for one weekend only at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-14 through ShowTix4U.

Portland Stage has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights. This project will provide exposure, encouragement, and critical feedback to emerging playwrights who typically receive little more than a return postcard for material they send to theaters and producers.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 2/4/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/28/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

West Coast Players will present Almost, Maine  by John Cariani, directed by Ashlie Timberlake, by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service from January 29-February 14. The theatre is opening for the first time since March of 2020. Social distancing and mask wearing protocols will be observed.

Shaker Theatre Arts Department will present virtual performances of She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms by Qui Nguyen and Almost, Maine by John Cariani, streaming this December.

This week's Theater Stories features Studio 54! Learn about the star-studded parties during the venue's nightclub days, with artists artists including Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, and more; the long-running revival of Cabaret starring Alan Cumming and more!

Fresh, funny and smart – it's back. Conceived and directed by Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, Connecticut's favorite holiday tradition returns to TheaterWorks Hartford. CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS features seven playwrights each adding their own spin to the canon of holiday traditions past. 

Shaker Theatre Arts Department will present virtual performances of She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms by Qui Nguyen and Almost, Maine by John Cariani, streaming this December at shakertheatre.anywhereseat.com.

The students of Husson University will be performing Edward Albee's The Zoo Story on November 13-15 at the Gracie's Black Box Theatre on Husson University's Bangor campus.

On this day in 2017, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, The Band's Visit, opened on Broadway!

PORTLAND STAGE is inviting the public to register to attend Almost, Maine-the Writer's Cut, a three-part series of live, selected readings from the newly published novel, Almost, Maine, read by the novelist, John Cariani, followed by a live Q&A. All sessions are free to those who register.

Equity One: Broadway's Happy Hour has announced their Spooky Special. The podcast co-hosted by Caleb Dicke (Broadway Backwards, Goodspeed Opera House, Music Theatre Wichita) and Elliott Mattox (Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) will be having a virtual Happy Hour with guests from I Put a Spell On You including: Jay Armstrong Johnson!

TheaterWorks Hartford (TWH) Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero announced today that their 20/21 season will begin streaming Sunday, September 27, 2020. 

Tonight at sundown marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the New Year in the Jewish faith. In celebration and in recognition of the High Holidays beginning this Shabbat, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has sahred this stirring version of Sabbath Prayer, created virtually by cast members from the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof.

Portland Stage has announced they have received Equity's approval to mount the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Talley's Folly by Lanford Wilson.

Today (August 11) in live streaming: The Chers reunite on Stars in the House, John Cariani visits The Producer's Perspective, and so much more!

Tailgate Theater will present Almost, Maine by John Cariani on Sunday, August 16 at 6pm in Drew UMC Parking Lot, 28 Gleneida Ave., Carmel, NY.

Today's top stories: Hamilton cast members will reunite for a HAM4CHANGE fundraiser, and more!

Today we rewind to 2015, when Something Rotten! was rehearsing for Broadway. Something Rotten! ran for 708 performances at the St. James Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, it starred Christian Borle, Brian d'Arcy James, Heidi Blickenstaff, John Cariani, Brad Oscar, Kate Reinders and Brooks Ashmanskas.