Wilma Theater News

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Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the lineup for the 2024 Ted Snowdon Reading Series.

MusiCoLab, a nonprofit organization founded to encourage and support new musicals and the artists who create them, has brought together several theater companies to establish “Curtain Up Philly! A Celebration of New Musicals” – a two-month celebration of the creation of new works for the musical stage.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 2/8/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

City Theatre has announced the fourth show of its 2023/2024 season, Fat Ham by James Ijames, a co-production with TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AR.

Inis Nua Theatre Company is celebrating the company's 20th Anniversary season with the East Coast premiere of Once Upon a Bridge, written by one of Ireland’s most popular playwrights right now, Sonya Kelly.

The Flea has revealed the complete cast and design team for the world premiere production of BATHHOUSE.PPTX, written by Jesús I. Valles.

In this exclusive interview, Trezana Beverley discusses her experience starring in the world premiere of Ladysitting at the Arden Theatre. Discover the heartwarming story of this tribute to a grandmother's journey and get an inside look into the cast and creative team behind the production.

Sacha Yanow's 'Uncle!' at The Kitchen is a world premiere set to be presented in February and March.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/18/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Philadelphia-based theater company The Wilma Theater (265  South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) will partner with The League of Live Stream  Theater (LOLST) to present four worldwide live-stream performances of My Mama and The Full-Scale Invasion by Ukrainian playwright Sasha Denisova.

Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer. Directed by Peter DeLaurier and featuring Anthony Lawton, Ian Merrill Peakes, and Geneviève Perrier, Faith Healer explores memory, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/12/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Hedgerow Theatre presents Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom, a modern classic that explores the complexities of women of a certain age. Directed by Emma Gibson, this production features an all-female design and production team.

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) will present playwright Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dual dialogue of human connection in Cost of Living for its ongoing 2023-24 season.

Cara Joy David looks at the stage door experience at the musicals currently running on Broadway, we check in with various insiders hopes for Broadway in 2024, and we look at Dallas and Denver - where the recovery has taken different paths. Across the pond, the National Theatre Wales deals with a complete funding cut from their arts council.

Dive into the behind-the-scenes process of 'Hilma,' the groundbreaking contemporary opera, as The Wilma Theater releases the second installment of their captivating docuseries. Discover the creative journey and inspiration behind this world premiere production.

Geva Theatre Center has announced James Haskins as its new Executive Director. Learn more about James here!

This February, Sarah Alice Shull stars in her debut self-written, one-woman show, Something to Believe In.

THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY presents August Wilson's 'How I Learned What I Learned,' a powerful one-man show about the life of the acclaimed playwright. Don't miss this heartfelt portrayal of a theatrical trailblazer.