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Royal Family Productions will present a special invite-only reading of the musical Rock and Roll Refugee. Written by Chris Henry and Genya Ravan, directed by JoAnn Hunter with musical direction by Daniel A. Weiss, the readings will take place March 14-16 at Royal Family Performing Art Space (145 West 46th street). For more information please email jessica@royalfamilyproductions.org.

CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive pop musical experience, officially opened on November 7 at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue located beneath Chelsea Market. BroadwayWorld has an exclusive video from the red carpet on opening night! Watch it below!

CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive pop musical experience, officially opened on November 7 at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue located beneath Chelsea Market. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out the photos below!

CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive pop musical experience, is now in previews at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue located beneath Chelsea Market. Directed and choreographed by JT Horenstein, the new musical features music and lyrics by Jeff Daye and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum. CLEOPATRA will celebrate its opening night on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.

CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive pop musical experience, is now in previews at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue located beneath Chelsea Market. Directed and choreographed by JT Horenstein, the new musical features music and lyrics by Jeff Daye and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum. CLEOPATRA will celebrate its opening night on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. 

CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive pop musical experience, will begin performances tonight at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue located beneath Chelsea Market. Directed and choreographed by JT Horenstein, the new musical features music and lyrics by Jeff Daye and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum. The premier offering of the new venue - which will officially opened to the public on Thursday, October 18 - CLEOPATRA will celebrate its opening night on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Tickets are now on sale for the open-ended engagement Power. Seduction. Ruin. The legendary Queen of the Nile is throwing one of her famously lavish parties to celebrate the Empire's latest triumphs over Rome, and you are invited to attend. Inside the palace, drinks flow, and music seduces as guests are met with every indulgence. But outside the city walls, the alluring Marc Antony beckons, the nefarious Octavian lurks, and Cleopatra's enemies plot a violent end to her prosperous reign. The Queen better watch her back.

Producer Nathaniel Hill announced completed casting today for CLEOPATRA, a unique Off-Broadway immersive musical experience which will begin an open-ended residency at Chelsea Music Hall (407 W 15th Street), a new venue opening underneath Chelsea Market. Directed and choreographed by JT Horenstein, the new pop musical features music and lyrics by Jeff Daye and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum. The premier offering of the new venue, which will officially open to the public in October, CLEOPATRA will begin performances on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 with an official opening night on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Tickets are now on sale.

It is 1626 and a young d'Artagnan heads for Paris, determined to join the King's Musketeers. After befriending legendary Musketeers Athos, Aramis and Porthos, the four friends quickly become embroiled in a plot to ruin the honour of the Queen and threaten the stability of the entire French state. Set in atmospheric St Paul's Church in Covent Garden, a swashbuckling version of Alexander Dumas' classic tale The Three Musketeers is a captivating joy to watch.

Matthew Rose has been appointed as the Artistic Consultant to the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, the company's elite program for artists on the cusp of international opera careers. An acclaimed bass, Matthew Rose has sung at leading opera houses around the world, including the Met, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and English National Opera. He is an advisory member of the Mahler Foundation and has coached young singers at the National Opera Studio and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Program. In his new role, he will work closely with the new director of the program, Sophie Joyce, to implement a series of one-on-one and group coaching sessions, as well as master classes.

Rose Theatre Kingston announces its summer school programme for young people, offering a variety of courses.

Come to witness the divine in Mill Hall, PA (July 2018). The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present their second main stage production of the 55th anniversary season, *SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane, based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture 'Sister Act' written by Joseph Howard. *please note correction from the previously submitted press release.  

This August, Jenny Horsthuis (Swift in Word, Corbett Theatre; Macbeth, St. Paul's Church; Inside Pussy Riot, Saatchi Gallery) will return to St. Paul's Church to star as the brave hero d'Artagnan in Iris Theatre's thrilling re-gendered The Three Musketeers. Also returning to St. Paul's is Matt Stubbs (A Serious Business, Pleasance Theatre/The Hat Factory; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stafford Castle; Macbeth, St. Paul's Church) who will be playing Athos - one of the formidable musketeers. Completing the infamous trio are Albert De Jongh (The White Princess, Starz Network; As You Like It, Petersfield Shakespeare Festival; King John, Union Theatre) and Elliot Liburd (Bismillah: An ISIS Tragicomedy, Pleasance Theatre; The Girl With The Iron Claws, Dartington; Titus Andronicus, Fourth Monkey Theatre Company) who will be playing Aramis and Porthos respectively. They are joined by Ailsa Joy (Bad Jews, Theatre Royal Haymarket and UK Tour; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Guildford Shakespeare Company; TimePlays, Hampton Court Palace) as Milady and Bethan Rose Young (The Great Gatsby, Theatr Clwyd; Cosy, Millennium Centre Wales; Dead Born Grow, Frantic Assembly) as Constance. Stephan Boyce (Dangling, Southwark Playhouse; Thirst, The Space; Romeo & Juliet Unzipped, Salisbury Playhouse) who plays Treville, the moral leader of the Musketeers, will round off this stellar cast.

Find "adventure in the great, wide somewhere", or more specifically, Mill Hall, PA (June 2018). The Board of Directors and Artistic Director, David Leidholdt, are proud to present the first main stage production of the 55th anniversary season, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, playing from June 15th to 30th.

Thistle Rose Academy of Arts presents W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comedic opera "The Pirates of Penzance." It has been nearly 139 years since the New York premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's follow up to their smash hit "H.M.S. Pinafore" and yet, the catchy melodies and clever lyrics prove as entertaining today as they ever were.

Theatr Clwyd, and Guild of Misrule today announce the full cast for an immersive production of The Great Gatsby in an adaptation from Alexander Wright. Opening at The Dolphin Hotel, prior to the building being extended and completely refurbished before re-opening in 2019, Wright will direct Oliver Towse in the role of Jay Gatsby and he will be joined by Matthew Churcher (George Wilson), Jake Ferretti (Tom Buchanan), Zoe Hakin (Jordan Baker), Michael Lambourne (Nick Carraway), Amie Burns Walker (Daisy) and Bethan Rose Young (Myrtle Wilson) alongside a nine-strong community chorus.

Following its premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Ian Bonar and Rob Watt collaborate once again to bring Be Prepared to VAULT Festival for a limited run. This is a heart-breaking and moving yet hilarious play about one man struggling to remember while another finds himself unable to forget.

From not knowing which group you belong to at school, to having a crush on someone, or dealing with an uncomfortable home life situation, I'm pretty sure everyone can relate to the feelings touched upon in 13. Amy Lauter, Producer of 13, continues, This show pulls together all of those uncomfortable feelings that we all (or most of us anyway) experienced at one time in our lives. The book and the music are spectacular, with just the right combination of humor and heart!

Rose Theatre Kingston's Summer Schools are back, running from Saturday 22 Jul - Saturday 2 Sep, for ages seven - twenty-five, ranging from three days to a week.

Rose Theatre Kingston today announces its autumn 2017 and spring 2018 season.

The 22nd anniversary of the Young Playwrights Festival will give audiences a glimpse into the minds of teens, May 4-7, 2017 at The Rose. Performances are May 4 (7pm FREE teen night), May 6 (7pm) and May 7 (4:30pm). The 22nd annual Festival showcases a large ensemble of talented teen actors, five creative young writers, and two professional director mentors, Kevin Ehrhart and Autumn Simpson.