Westport Country Playhouse Names Mark Shanahan Incoming Artistic Director For 2024-25 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 22, 2023
Westport Country Playhouse's board of trustees have announced that director, playwright, and actor Mark Shanahan has been named as incoming artistic director for the 2024-25 season. He will officially assume the artistic director position in March 2024. Currently, Shanahan is curator of the Playhouse's Script in Hand playreading series.
Cast Set For the UK Tour of CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2023
The cast has been revealed for the new production of Calendar Girls the Musical, written by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth. Learn more about the cast, the tour, and how to get tickets, here!
Photos: First Look at UNNECESSARY FARCE at Cortland Repertory Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 6, 2023
For their next production in the 51st annual summer season of quality live theatre in Central New York, Cortland Repertory Theatre presents a revival of the highest attended comedy in their history, Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade Smith. Check out all new photos from the production here!
TheatreSquared Will Undergo Leadership Transition
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2023
TheatreSquared (T2) Board President Todd Simmons and Artistic Director Bob Ford announced that the company will undergo a leadership transition this September, when longtime Executive Director/Producer Martin Miller will depart to take on the role of Executive Director for the Tony Award-winning McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey.
UNNECESSARY FARCE Comes to Cortland Repertory Theatre in July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2023
For their next production in the 51st annual summer season of quality live theatre in Central New York, Cortland Repertory Theatre presents a revival of the highest attended comedy in their history, Unnecessary Farce by Paul Slade Smith.
Readings and Special Events Announced for TheatreWorks' 20th Anniversary NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 17, 2023
Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this August for an advance look at tomorrow's hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 20th Anniversary New Works Festival. This unique festival returns to Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre with its extraordinary opportunity for audiences to experience new plays and musicals in their early stages of development and see their evolution over multiple performances.
FIZZ & GINGER to Play New York Comedy Club This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 4, 2023
The Curiosity Cabinet in partnership with Fresh Squeezed Opera will premiere a jazz opera Fizz & Ginger. This production reunites composer/conductor Whitney George and librettist/stage director Bea Goodwin after their critically acclaimed opera Princess Maleine and radio drama tryptic In the Throes of Death.
ArtsBridge Foundation Announces Nominees For 2023 Shuler Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2023
In a special online presentation in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting, ArtsBridge Foundation has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (GHSMTA), for the 2022-23 school year.
Theatre Tulsa Academy to Kickoff 100th Season With SHREK JR. & INTO THE WOODS JR.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2022
Theatre Tulsa Academy will start the theatre company’s 100th season with two youth productions in July, “Shrek Jr.” and “Into The Woods, Jr.” Theatre Tulsa Academy is an interactive theatre training program for youth. The course trains students on the essentials of musical theatre – auditioning, acting, vocal music, dance, and more.