David Payne News

Overture Center has revealed its 20th Anniversary 2024/25 season. Broadway at Overture welcomes back audience-favorite “Wicked,” also celebrating its 20th anniversary year, and includes the Wisconsin premieres of “& Juliet,” “Shucked” and “The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise.”

Birmingham Hippodrome has welcomed 15 musical theatre writers and creatives to their new Musical Theatre Writers Group programme. 

Experience the holiday spirit with 'Christmas with C.S. Lewis' at Overture Center from November 24-26. David Payne portrays C.S. Lewis in this captivating performance.

The Drama Book Shop presents a series of events featuring new theatrical literary works by authors and playwrights. Join them for inspiring discussions and celebrations of the power of American theater. Reserve your seat on their website.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center will present Is It Thursday Yet?, The March, and Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. 

The FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by VyStar Credit Union, presents Christmas with C.S. Lewis at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts in the Terry Theatre on Sunday, December 10, 2023 for two shows, at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Acclaimed actor David Payne stars in Christmas with C.S. Lewis at the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater for five performances only from December 20-23, 2023 (see below for performance schedule).  The one-man show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2023-24 Season.

David Payne as C.S. Lewis is back with performances of Christmas with C.S. Lewis at Overture.

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is filled with truly beautiful moments. The cast performs with such energy and heart that they bring the audience to their feet.

Side Show wows audiences with its incredible music and complex story that is filled with both triumphs and heartache. This production is larger than life, engaging the senses and drawing the audience into the riveting story. The cast is simply incredible. Theatre Harrisburg’s production of Side Show is thought-provoking and hauntingly beautiful.

The Eisemann Center will present Emery Entertainment's CHURCHILL starring David Payne at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson, Texas for three performances: Saturday, March 18 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm.

Celebrate the holiday season with C.S. Lewis! Acclaimed performer Gregory Williams Welsch brings the iconic author to life onstage at Charles W. Eisemann Center's Hill Performance Hall this December.

On Sunday, November 27 Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance (CLD) will present a reimagined reprise of Mythologies, Lavagnino's (2021) choreographic work inspired by the stories of Ancient Greece, and a first look at CLD's newest theater-dance work in process, The Winter's Tale, based on one of Shakespeare's last great plays.

The season includes the full subscription series: Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations with a total of four concerts; and a varied roster of artists including the return of the Paul Taylor Dance Company and The BRIT PACK. Single tickets for all shows are on sale now.

Moonlight and Magnolias is a farce that combines physical comedy with rapid-fire dialogue to create a hilariously funny, yet thought-provoking play. Treat yourself to an enjoyable evening with a talented cast and crew.

North Coast Rep presents AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS starring David Payne.  The year is 1962 and C.S. Lewis, the famous British author, is hosting a group of American writers at his home near Oxford. They are about to experience a captivating evening with a man whose engaging conversation and spontaneous humor made him one of the great raconteurs of his day.

Rescheduled from earlier this year, An Evening with C.S. Lewis – starring David Payne – will be a captivating performance for C.S. Lewis fans at Overture Center's Playhouse Theater on Friday, April 8 at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m.

North Coast Rep presents AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS starring David Payne. The year is 1962 and C.S. Lewis, the famous British author, is hosting a group of American writers at his home near Oxford. They are about to experience a captivating evening with a man whose engaging conversation and spontaneous humor made him one of the great raconteurs of his day.

Southern Plains Productions, the Oklahoma City-based professional theatre company, recently recognized with three BroadwayWorld Regional Awards-including Best Professional Play, Best Professional Production of the Year, and Best Direction in a Professional Play (Jacob Musgrove)-for its 2021 production of the Bess Wohl drama, Small Mouth Sounds, has announced the addition of several new members to its board of directors:

An Evening with C.S. Lewis – starring David Payne – will be a captivating evening for C.S. Lewis fans at Overture Center's Playhouse Theater on Friday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m.