The Brothers Grimm News

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman's Children's Theatre presents SNOW WHITE, running June 7 at 10 am, June 8 at 10 am & 7:30 pm and June 9 at 10 am & 1 pm. (more...)

Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV announce that the two nonprofit theaters will formally merge effective July 1, 2012 under a new name - Virginia Repertory Theatre (Virginia Rep). With a budget exceeding $5 million, four distinct venues, and an annual audience over 550,000, Virginia Rep will become the largest professional theater and one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia along with the Richmond Ballet, Richmond Symphony, and the Virginia Opera. Barksdale and Theatre IV celebrated the announcement and the unveiling of the new Virginia Rep sign today, May 20, at the November Theatre (formerly the Empire Theatre) at 114 West Broad Street at 4:00 p.m. after the closing of Seussical, thelast mainstage children’s production under the Theatre IV name. Virginia Rep will transition into the new organization between now and July 1. (more...)

Connecticut's Pantochino Productions Inc will bring its popular musical, "The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" to the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury for two performances this week, and at New Haven's Audubon Arts On the Edge festival sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven on Saturday, June 2nd. An abridged version of the show has been added to the company's touring roster and will begin appearing in Connecticut schools on May 30th. (more...)

Summer is just around the corner and Theater Works has some exciting theater camps for kids 3 - 18. Theater Works' first camp is the exciting tale of THE GOATS GRUFF with over 40 speaking roles available. This camp kicks off the summer series with 3 weeks of fun, acting, encouragement and a FULLY-COSTUMED AND STAGED PRODUCTION with your child performing on stage. This play has plenty of roles to keep every actor (boys and girls) engaged and active and will provide a fun filled time for performers and audiences alike. Theater Works camps are open to all ages, budgets and schedules. Registration is now open and discounts are offered for siblings or multiple camps. (more...)

Thalia Kids' Book Club presents Michael Buckley and The Sisters Grimm series on Sunday, May 20th, 1 pm at Symphony Space. Tickets for the event $15. (more...)

Dayton Theatre Guild has announced its "'Til Death Do Us Part" 2012-2013 season. Come see the company's palette of plays that will take you right to the edge, whether in a theater filled with laughter or the lean-forward-in-your-seat intensity of great drama. Some will be a little bit of both. The intimate confines of the Guild's new Oregon District home now backs its award-winning casts with the very latest in technology. The season schedule follows. (more...)

No child forgets the story of the witch, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house. Described as "an enchanting experience, this new interactive adaptation of The Brothers Grimm tale will capture the imagination of children and adults alike." Performances across the first weekend of the Brighton Fringe Festival, with two shows each day including the bank holiday. (more...)

You might not expect a theatre company named Zombie Joe’s Underground would be the typical place to find a fairy tale play based on The Brothers Grimm characters. What you would expect to find is Grand Guignol horror done up in genius ZJ fashion in productions like their long-running URBAN DEATH and ATTACK OF THE ROTTING CORPSES. This unique group of artists, however, loves to delve into worlds beyond the norm and explore them from a new perspective. (more...)

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced 10 additional musical productions for their ninth annual festival. These musicals will play alongside the ten Next Link productions made public last month, as well as several productions, special events and concerts to be announced in the coming weeks. This year's Festival will begin July 9th and continue through July 29th. (more...)

The Bronx Opera invites you to follow the famed mischievous brother and sister into Ilsenstein forest and meet the echoing trees, the little Sandman, the 14 angels of protection, the little Dew Fairy, and emerge in front of the enormous gingerbread house and meet the evil Rosine Leckermaul ("Rosina Tastymuzzle"), the evil witch that turns children into gingerbread in this classic Humperdinck opera based on the famed Brother Grimm story. (more...)

The Arizona Broadway Theatre has announced its upcoming 2012-2013 season. The season includes OKLAHOMA!, ANNIE, HELLO DOLLY, BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, 9 TO 5, INTO THE WOODS, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, and THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL. (more...)

Into the Woods began performances at The Pearlstone Theater on March 7, as a coproduction between Westport Country Playhouse and Baltimore Centerstage. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the production below! (more...)

Into the Woods began performances at The Pearlstone Theater on March 7, as a coproduction between Westport Country Playhouse and Baltimore Centerstage. Check out production shots below! (more...)

Pantochino Productions Inc, Connecticut's theatre company, will bring its newest musical, "The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" to The Palace Theatre in Danbury on Saturday, March 31st for two performances at 2pm and 7pm. (more...)

Pantochino Productions Inc has announced its next show, "The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" which will play The Off-Broadway Theatre at Yale in New Haven for a limited engagement through March 18. (more...)

Pantochino Productions Inc has announced its next show, "The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" which will play The Off-Broadway Theatre at Yale in New Haven for a limited engagement March 16 - 18. (more...)

Pantochino Productions Inc. opens its new musical, "The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" on Friday, March 16th at The Off-Broadway Theatre at Yale in New Haven for a limited engagement of five performances. (more...)

The Building Stage, now in its 7th year creating original works of theater, continues its first ever four-show season with an original adaptation of the classic fairy tale HÄNSEL UND GRETEL. Performances run from March 9 to April 22 at The Building Stage, entrance and parking at 412 N. Carpenter Street in Chicago’s West Loop. (*Please note REVISED production dates.) (more...)

The cast and crew of Into the Woods are rehearsing to take the stage of The Pearlstone Theater tomorrow, March 7, with CENTERSTAGE’s Into the Woods, a co-production with Westport Country Playhouse. Leading the adventure is director Mark Lamos (also Artistic Director at Westport), who last visited CENTERSTAGE with his staging of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. (more...)

Sydney Theatre Company’s Actor On A Box series returns during the Autumn school holidays, created and directed by the incomparable Jonathan Biggins, who turns his talents to theatre for young people for the first time with The Tale Maker. (more...)