Orson Welles News

The newly relaunched Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has announced a landmark collaboration with the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe which will open up the Film Festival programme in new venues across the city including non-traditional cinema spaces at Summerhall and the heart of the Fringe footprint.

Wellesnet has just uncovered vintage video footage of stage and screen legend Orson Welles at the ripe age of 17. Check out footage from a dress rehearsal for a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 1933.

From March 14 to 31, Theater for the New City (TNC), in association with Oberon Theatre Ensemble and Strindberg Rep, will present the 25th Anniversary presentation of 'Orson's Shadow' by Austin Pendleton, directed by the author.

The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script by Howard E. Koch will be the first radio theatre produced in University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre’s new audio studio.

The Stranger screens at The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, New Hampshire for one time on Friday, February, 23rd at 7pm.

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre has revealed the cast and production team for Porchlight in Concert: Sunday in the Park with George.

In all, Maestro is the fast-paced chronicle of a giant living a giant life, as told through a love (or love-ish) story

HIROSHI-ME-ME-ME, written by Natalie Menna, is coming to Theater for the New City this month. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Every month, we take a moment to honor someone among those having a birthday that month who has made a real mark in the entertainment world .  January's birthday salute goes to a sensation on the stages of theatres and cabaret. With a click, you can see who it is and then see how much you know about their by taking our multiple-choice quiz.

ACW-TV’s JAY WATCH returns for a second season, celebrating the Golden Age of Television with classic episodes of iconic shows like The Lucy Show, Burns & Allen, and Dick Van Dyke.

Broadway's Sean Allan Krill and Kathy Voytko will star in Porchlight in Concert: Sunday in the Park with George. Tickets go on sale on Dec. 5 at 12 p.m.

Find out what's headed to auction with “JULIEN'S AUCTIONS AND TCM PRESENT: HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS” taking place Thursday, December 14th, Friday, December 15th, Saturday, December 16th and Sunday, December 17th in Beverly Hills and online here!

Connecticut Repertory Theatre will present 'War of the Worlds 2023: A Servant of Two Networks' from November 30 to December 10, 2023. Join them for the world premiere of this exciting play conceived and directed by Jaron Hollander.

Explore the Coolidge Corner Theatre's 'Big Screen Debuts' series, featuring the first feature films of renowned directors such as The Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Barry Jenkins, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, and Satyajit Ray. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the early works of these iconic filmmakers at the newly-expanded Coolidge theater.

East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC) will present “The Death of Sherlock Holmes?”, a radio-style production, for two weekends: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4, and 10 and 11.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that theatre actor and director Keith Baxter has died at age 90.

Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the War of the Worlds with West Windsor Arts and the Historical Society of West Windsor at the “Broadcast Bash” on Sunday, October 29 from 2 to 5 pm.

Iconic Hollywood actress Irina Maleeva returns to TV screens in original dramedy 'Sunny's Closet' at the LA Femme International Film Festival, October 19-22, 2023.

Porchlight Music Theatre is launching the Cole Porter Festival - A Celebration of the Man and his Music this October. The festival includes a production of Anything Goes starring Meghan Murphy. Don't miss this incredible tribute to Cole Porter's career.

The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep presents 'The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script,' a thrilling stage adaptation of the infamous radio play that terrified listeners with its realistic alien invasion.