Folk singer-songwriter Laurelyn Dossett talks about her collaboration on a new Appalachian-set musical, "Snow Queen," inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story, now getting its world pre…
Part of the mission of Triad Stage, the ambitious American resident theatre headquartered in Greensboro, NC, is to promote a regional voice " reviving or creating stage literature that refle…
Director Gordon Greenberg, co-conceiver Abigail Pogrebin and producer Daryl Roth talk about crafting their new musical "Stars of David," a revue about Jewish personalities processing their r…
Stars of David: Story to Song, a new musical that mixes comic, rueful and ruminative songs about how prominent Jews approach Judaism, is in the middle of a five-week run at Off-Broadway̵…
A look at how director Rob Ruggiero approached Goodspeed Musicals' current revival of Frank Loesser's "The Most Happy Fella," including trimming songs, changing the time period and adding a …
The Most Happy Fella, the final presentation of the 50th season of Goodspeed Musicals at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, is winding down toward its scheduled Dec. 1 closing date. Th…
Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, puts a distinctly folky mountain spin on a classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale Dec. 1-22 with the world premiere of Snow Queen by founding artistic dire…
An appreciation of lyricist Dorothy Fields, whose work is heard on Philip Chaffin's new PS Classics release, "Somethin' Real Special: The Songs of Dorothy Fields." Includes reprint of Maury …
PS Classics, the record label devoted to the heritage of theatre music and American popular song, turns its attention to Dorothy Fields in its latest album by singer Philip Chaffin, “S…
Playwright Ken Ludwig reveals details about his sequel to "Lend Me a Tenor," and discusses his Sherlock Holmes-inspired titles and his new book about teaching Shakespeare to kids.
The main characters in Ken Ludwig’s international hit farce Lend Me a Tenor " namely, Cleveland opera impresario Saunders, his assistant-turned-unexpected-opera-star Max and boisterous…
26 Pebbles, a new play by Eric Ulloa about the emotional ripples that followed the unthinkable 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, will get its first reading O…
The first production in the 2013-14 season of Michigan’s Meadow Brook Theatre ends Oct. 27 with the final performance of Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Hol…
Alabama Story, the new history-inspired six-actor play by Kenneth Jones, is one of three plays announced to be presented in Pioneer Theatre Company’s inaugural Play-by-Play new-play re…
The 25th-anniversary season of Jewish Ensemble Theatre in West Bloomfield, MI, in suburban Detroit, kicked off Sept. 25 with the first performance of Wendy Wasserstein’s rueful comedy …
The idea of the kitchen-sink drama " gritty, angry plays of social realism " gets a full remodeling job in suburban Detroit this month with “The Kitchen Plays,” a world-premiere …
The first great discovery of the 2013-14 Off-Broadway season, TACT/The Actors Company Theatre’s Natural Affection by William Inge, expertly directed by Jenn Thompson, is bait for…
Theatre students in Rochester, NY, are cutting their teeth on a world-premiere collection of short comic pieces " including eight songs " by two-time Tony Award winner Greg Kotis (Urinetown)…
A blog news item about the two world-premiere titles in InterAct Theatre Company's 2013-14 season in Philadelphia.
InterAct Theatre Company, the Philadelphia troupe that produces “new and contemporary plays that explore the social, political, and cultural issues of our time,” will stage two w…
Ruth, actress-playwright Enid Graham’s play about a woman’s mysterious upbringing and her unsteady new contact with the world at large, will be read 8 PM Aug. 5 in Los Angeles…
Goodspeed Musicals continues its commitment to the development of new work with the Equity premiere of LMNOP, the musical fable of government extremism, mob mentality, a love of language and…
Jerry Herman, the Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist of La Cage aux Folles, Mame, Mack and Mabel, The Grand Tour, Dear World and Hello, Dolly!, turned 82 on July 10, 2013. To mark the mile…
God’s Country, a new musical by composer Elaine Chelton and lyricist-librettist Erik Johnke, makes its world premiere July 18-24 as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)…
Human Race Theatre Company, the Ohio resident Equity company that gave my musical Voice of the City a workshop production, has two new musicals planned for its summer 2013 Musical Theatre…