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Stage Left Theatre Seeks Submissions for DrekFest 2013; Deadline 6/24

Stage Left Theatre in association with ComedySportz, the interactive improv experience, announces DrekFest 2013, Stage Left's Annual National Contest for the Worst Ten-Minute Play. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Trouble Puppet's CRUEL CIRCUS is Cruelly Entertaining

Hurry, hurry! Step right up! The circus has come to Austin, and it's not to be missed. Filled with imagination, whimsy, and charm, The Cruel Circus, now playing the Salvage Vanguard Theatre thru Ma... (more...)

STEERAGE SONG, ALL IS CALM, OUR TOWN and More Set for Theater Latte Da's 2013-14 Season

Theater Latte Da announced yesterday that a season of four adventures in musical storytelling and the continuation of a major new work development program will comprise its 16th Season. Slated for pro... (more...)

SILENCE! THE MUSICAL Celebrates 500th Performance Today

Off-Broadway's sellout sensation SILENCE! THE MUSICAL will celebrate its 500th performance at the 2 PM matinee today, May 18th at the Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square. (more...)

BWW Flashback: Second Stage's THE LAST FIVE YEARS Ends Extended Run Today; Ghostlight Set for New Recording, Film

In May, it was announced that Ghostlight Records will preserve the hit Second Stage Theatre production of The Last Five Years, created and directed by Jason Robert Brown. Second Stage Theatre has exte... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Power of SANTA'S STORY Diluted by Sentimentality and Nostalgia

The experience of SANTA'S STORY as a theatrical performance is thought-provoking, not only in regard to its subject matter but also as an exercise in theatre-making. While the story clearly deals with... (more...)

The Church of the Transfiguration to Present BACHFEST: CANTATA 147, 6/7

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan, presents Bachfest: Cantata 147 ('Hertz und Mund und tat und Leben') and Brandenburg Concerto... (more...)

HAIR Opens Tonight at Town Hall Arts Center

Start the summer of 2013 off right! You don't want to miss Hair at Town Hall Arts Center with a live band lead by Town Hall favorite Donna K. Debreceni (2012 Henry Award winner for Outstanding Musical... (more...)

Cornelia Street Cafe to Present THE LIFE I'M LEADING: MUSIC OF DANIEL FELSENFELD, 6/2

Cornelia Street Cafe presents CCi's Serial Underground featuring The Life I'm Leading: Music of Daniel Felsenfeld including several premieres on Sunday, June 2nd at 6pm. Guest Artists include flutists... (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - WNBC to Air MOTOWN 'Making Of' Special Tomorrow

MOTOWNGo behind the scenes of the hit new Broadway show MOTOWN THE MUSICAL. WNBC will air a thirty minute "making of" special this Saturday, May 18that 7:00PM, featuring interviews with the stars and ... (more...)

No Exit Cafe to Present A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK, 5/31-7/21

No Exit Cafe (6970 N Glenwood Avenue, Chicago) presents A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK on Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE Features Post-Show Talkback, 5/19

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, starring internationally-acclaimed storyteller and pianist, Mona Golabek, will feature a special talkback discussion on Sunday, May 19 with Alison Pure-Slovin, Midwest D... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Theatre Under the Stars' Rollicking SPAMALOT is Hilarious and a Ton of Fun

Having grown up on Monty Python reruns and films, it doesn't take a lot to get me excited about seeing a production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT. The hilarious hit musical is making a gloriously triumph... (more...)

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Announces 2013-14 Season

Artistic Director/co-Founder Fred Anzevino has announced the 2013-2014 season of Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. The schedule of five productions will include an exciting mix of musical theatre, cabaret,... (more...)

ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE Begins 7/6 at Broken Nose Theatre

Broken Nose Theatre (BNT) will present the Chicago premiere of ROOMS: a rock romance, a new musical by Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon, in Collaboraction's Pentagon space in the Flat Iron Arts Bu... (more...)

THE WIZARD OF OZ Opens Tomorrow Night at Boulder's Dinner Theatre

Click your heels together and join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion as they journey off to see the Wizard through the magical Land of Oz. In their search for their heart's desires, th... (more...)

Steppenwolf's NEXT UP 2013 Begins 5/28

Performances begin in just five weeks for the third annual Next Up, continuing Steppenwolf Theatre Company's commitment to Chicago's next generation of theater artists. Next Up features three producti... (more...)

FLANAGAN'S WAKE Opens Off-Broadway

FLANAGAN'S WAKE, The Hilarious, Interactive Irish Wake that has been running 17 smash years in Chicago, has finally hit the Big Apple, Off-Broadway! (www.FlanagansWakeNYC.com) Directed by Amy Binns-Ca... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at New Line Theatre's BUKOWSICAL

New Line Theatre, 'the bad boy of musical theatre,' closes its 22nd season May 30-June 22, 2013, with the regional premiere of one of the most outrageous shows the company has ever produced. With book... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Evocative MIRAKEL a Tribute to the Legacy of Reza de Wet

With De Wet's death from leukaemia last year still fresh in the minds of South African theatremakers, the opportunity to see her work on stage is the ultimate tribute to a playwright who was known for... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Haves and Have Nots Square off in Last Act's HAPPY COUPLE

No story is completely original. It's all been done before. Surely we've seen shows that involve a crumbling marriage or others that involve class struggle, but rarely are those themes seamlessly in... (more...)

THE CASUALS, LIVING NEWSPAPERS FESTIVAL and More Set for Jackalope Theatre's Summer 2013 Season

Jackalope Theatre Company, the Edgewater based group which cultivates theatre that manifests the adventure deeply rooted in the American mythos, announces their new storefront home - The Frontier, new... (more...)

ArtCenter/South Florida to Open UNPREDICTABLE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, 6/5

ArtCenter/South Florida's new exhibition 'Unpredictable Patterns of Behavior' opens June 5th at both its Richard Shack Gallery (800 Lincoln Road) and at Project 924 (located upstairs at 924 Lincoln Ro... (more...)

No Exit Cafe to Present A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK, 5/31-7/21

No Exit Cafe (6970 N Glenwood Avenue, Chicago) presents A COLE PORTER SONGBOOK on Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 pm. (more...)

Moonlight Stage to Open 2013 Summer Season with SOUTH PACIFIC, 6/26-7/13

Moonlight Stage Productions' 33rd summer season, the first planned by new Artistic Director Steven Glaudini, will begin with the great American classic musical SOUTH PACIFIC, with performances from Ju... (more...)