2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (359+ words) One early closing is unfortunate. Two starts to feel like a pattern. Three makes you wonder what exactly is going on. The strange part is that Australia's musical theatre scene is not empty. Far from it. MJ the Musical is…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (431+ words) Hana S. Sharif has abruptly departed as artistic director of Arena Stage in Washington, D. C. , according to Playbill, which reported that it had received a copy of her resignation letter. The news comes as Arena Stage is in the middle of one…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (432+ words) Bridgeport, Connecticut's Downtown Cabaret Theatre is facing possible closure after more than 50 years, and the response from the community has been pretty hard to ignore. A Change. org petition calling for the venue to be saved has gathered thousands of…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (372+ words) For some families, going to a show is not just about buying the tickets, finding the seats, and hoping everyone behaves. It is about whether the entire experience feels possible in the first place. But with the emergence of relaxed…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (408+ words) I have a soft spot for any community theatre that looks at the usual season options and decides to take a slightly different road. That does not mean every company needs to suddenly program the most provocative show they can…...

4+ day, 43+ min ago  (275+ words) Welcome to a new series where we look at upcoming Broadway productions and ask: how excited are we? If you listen to the On Stage Blog Theatre Podcast, you've probably heard Rachael and Jacklyn talk about this from last season,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (366+ words) There are few places more dependent on trust than a community theatre. What keeps a community theatre alive is the faith people place in it. When that trust is broken, the damage does not stay attached to the person who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (434+ words) For high school theatre students, summer can feel like the one time of year when everything finally slows down. No rehearsals after school. No tech week. No homework piled on top of memorizing lines. And honestly, students should enjoy that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (508+ words) With Spider-Man: Brand New Day set to hit movie theaters in July and it being 12 years since Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark closed at the Lyric Theatre(formerly the Foxwoods Theatre), it feels like a fitting time to ask a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (855+ words) The pipeline from the West End to New York is getting crowded again, and honestly, that is not a bad thing. Broadway and Off-Broadway could use a few imports that feel different from the usual revival, movie musical, jukebox musical,…...