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Prime Stage Theatre presents Twelve Angry Men, running for seven shows May 2-11, 2025 at New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, on Pittsburgh's Northside.

During the 2023-2024 school year, more than 10,000 books were banned in public schools across the United States-a nearly 200% increase from the previous year. This was the highest number of book bans in a single school year. What was banned? Books about mental health, suicide, substance abuse, sexual well-being, and puberty were axed.

The jury of its peers finds Inherit the Wind at Goodman Theatre worthy of a one-week extension, adding six more performances of Henry Godinez’s major revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s 1955 classic courtroom drama. See photos and video highlights from the production.

What did our critic think of TWELVE ANGRY MEN at Asolo Repertory Theatre?

The first Broadway revival of the American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by legendary Ossie Davis will officially open in September. Learn how to purchase tickets!

MUSE/IQUE honors Duke Ellington in performances entitled THE DUKE: Ellington as America's Ultimate Renaissance Man, conducted by Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby, Sunday, May 21, 7:30 pm at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles and Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 pm at the Huntington Library in San Marino.

The French Institute Alliance Fran aise (FIAF), New York's premier French cultural and language center, today announced the 2019 Crossing the Line Festival, featuring 11 performances and a gallery exhibition from a geographically, generationally, and artistically diverse group of artists whose work transcends genres and boundaries. All performances are world, US, or New York premieres; they are united by their convention-breaking fearlessness as they confront topics from social injustice to personal demons. Many of the performances pay homage to legendary artists of our time and previous eras, while the theme of migration and its transformational effects on identity informs several others. The festival runs from September 12 to October 12. Ticket are available at crossingtheline.org.

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players' annual Gala will honor multiple TonyAward-winning author-composer and show business tour de force Rupert Holmes, Wednesday, June 12, at the city's The Players, 916 Gramercy Park South, starting at 6:30 PM. The event supports the theatrical company's performances and arts education programs.  

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts presents their summer theatrical production 12 Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose under the direction of new KD Conservatory school director Mike Schraeder. The play opens August 2nd, followed by performances August 3rd and 4th, and August 9th through August 11th. All performances are at 7:30 pm and will be held at the T.A. Taylor Theatre on the KD Conservatory Campus, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207.

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts presents their summer theatrical production 12 Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose under the direction of new KD Conservatory school director Mike Schraeder. The play opens August 2nd, followed by performances August 3rd and 4th, and August 9th through August 11th. All performances are at 7:30 pm and will be held at the T.A. Taylor Theatre on the KD Conservatory Campus, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207.

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts presents their summer theatrical production 12 Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose under the direction of new KD Conservatory school director Mike Schraeder. The play opens August 2nd, followed by performances August 3rd and 4th, and August 9th through August 11th. All performances are at 7:30 pm and will be held at the T.A. Taylor Theatre on the KD Conservatory Campus, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207.

It's funny how many shows we've seen recently that bring to mind concepts evident in the current election season. In In the Heights, it was the plight of immigrants trying to make lives for themselves in America, in Amadeus, it was a lead character with an obsessive personality, and in Ragtime, it was a character who seeks justice for a racially-based assault. In David W. Rintels' one-man play, Clarence Darrow, which made its debut last weekend at the Rubicon Theatre Company, reexamines the life of a man whose philosophy of democratic socialism reflects the political philosophy of Democratic challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders.

Judson Theatre Company (Morgan Sills, Executive Producer and Daniel Haley, Artistic Director) has announced the stars of their Fifth Anniversary Season: John Davidson in On Golden Pond and John Wesley Shipp in Twelve Angry Men. On Golden Pond opens Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7:00 pm and runs through Sunday, March 27. Twelve Angry Men opens Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 7:00 pm and runs through Sunday, September 25. Judson Theatre Company performs exclusively at Owens Auditorium, located at 3395 Airport Road in Pinehurst.

The Museum of Modern Art has announced its film exhibitions for September 2015. Scroll down for details!

The Museum of Modern Art has announced its film exhibitions for September 2015. Scroll down for details!

It was announced today that five-time Oscar nominee Caleb Deschanel has been tapped to direct BiteSize Entertainment's Elvis Presley bio-pic “Growing Up Graceland.” The announcement was made by BiteSize Entertainment's founder and CEO Ron Bloom.

The IU Department of Theatre and Drama announces its second annual Indiana Festival Theatre season. Hosted in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center on the IU Bloomington campus, the new season offers a slate of classic comedies and musicals for theater lovers of all ages

George Street Playhouse continues its series of Pride Nights for the Gay Community on March 29, following the performance of the Playhouse's smash hit courtroom drama, Twelve Angry Men. For $55 patrons will receive premium seating for the 8pm performance, and admission to the post-show reception at Mike's Courtside Bar and Grill featuring complimentary snacks, drink specials and door prizes.

The American judicial system is as much on trial as the defendant when twelve diverse jurors dramatically wrestle with their civic duty. Locked in a jury room, tempers flare and frustration abounds as their own prejudices, fears, and cultural biases boil to the surface in what was expected to be an open-and-shut case of an inner-city teen on trial for the murder of his abusive father.

The American judicial system is as much on trial as the defendant when twelve diverse jurors dramatically wrestle with their civic duty. Locked in a jury room, tempers flare and frustration abounds as their own prejudices, fears, and cultural biases boil to the surface in what was expected to be an open-and-shut case of an inner-city teen on trial for the murder of his abusive father.

Veteran actors Ed Dixon and Scott Jaeck lead the cast of The Cleveland Play House production of Inherit the Wind, written by Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee and directed by Associate Artistic Director Seth Gordon.

2nd Story Theatre presents their latest production, the courtroom drama Inherit the Wind, in a courthouse setting, The Bristol Statehouse