MAGIC TREE HOUSE, SHREK, VELVETEEN RABBIT, SWIMMY and More Set for Stages Theatre Company's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2016 As Stages Theatre Company (STC) unveils our 33nd season, we continue our commitment providing high-quality, accessible theatre for young audiences. Welcome to what promises to be an inspiring season at Stages Theatre Company! A season built to inspire the young as well as the young at heart. A seaso...
The Alden Sets 2016-17 McLean Kids Performance Series with THE GIVER and More
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2016 The Alden in McLean's 2016-2017 McLean Kids Performance Series includes an eclectic mix of performances designed for the enjoyment and entertainment budgets of families with young children....
Bay Area Children's Theatre to Create New Musicals for 2016-2017 Season
by Louisa Brady - June 25, 2016 The Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) will bookend its 2016-2017 season with two original musicals inspired by popular children's books....
FANCY NANCY, THE MUSICAL to Return to the Chance This Spring
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2016 Due to overwhelming demand, Chance Theater is delighted to present an encore presentation of Fancy Nancy, The Musical as part of its second Theater for Young Audiences Series....
Max Vernon's New Musical THE VIEW UPSTAIRS Sets Off-Broadway Premiere
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2017 Invisible Wall Productions has announced that The View UpStairs - the provocative new musical written by Max Vernon and directed by Scott Ebersold - will launch an Off-Broadway run at Culture Project - The Lynn Redgrave (45 Bleecker Street)....
Chicago Director/Playwright Ernie Nolan Picked To Lead Nashville Children's Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 07, 2016 Ernie Nolan, an award-winning director and playwright based in Chicago, has been named as the new artistic director of Nashville Children's Theatre, beginning February 1, 2017. Nolan succeeds Scot Copeland, NCT Producing Artistic Director for 31 years, who died unexpectedly in February of this year....
Artisan Children's Theater Presents FANCY NANCY – THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2017 Artisan Children's Theater proudly presents FANCY NANCY - THE MUSICAL at its 150 seat Second Stage facility. The theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. The show runs Friday, February 3, 2017 through Saturday, February 25, 2017. Performances are at5:00pm on Fridays and 10:00am and ...
Main Street Theater Announces Theater for Youth Accommodations Performances
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2016 Main Street Theater's professional Theater for Youth program produces plays based on children's literature for families and school groups and reaches over 130,000 audience members yearly. MST strives to be a theater for all youth and is launching its first ever accommodations performances. Families ...
MAGIC TREE HOUSE, SHREK, VELVETEEN RABBIT, SWIMMY and More Set for Stages Theatre Company's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016 As Stages Theatre Company (STC) unveils our 33nd season, we continue our commitment providing high-quality, accessible theatre for young audiences. Welcome to what promises to be an inspiring season at Stages Theatre Company! A season built to inspire the young as well as the young at heart. A seaso...
FANCY Musical, Inspired by Reba McEntire, Gets NYC Lab
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2017 Margot Astrachan and The Peccadillo Theater Company will present a developmental lab presentation of FANCY, a new musical, on Thursday, March 16 at 4PM and Friday March 17 at 11AM and 3PM at The Westside Theatre, downstairs (407 West 43rd Street)....
FANCY NANCY: SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS to Return to the City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2016 Families will join Nancy in a very fancy holiday celebration as Fancy Nancy: Splediferous Christmas plays at the City Theatre from Friday, December 16 to Sunday, December 18....
Chicago Director/Playwright Ernie Nolan Picked To Lead Nashville Children's Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - December 07, 2016 Ernie Nolan, an award-winning director and playwright based in Chicago, has been named as the new artistic director of Nashville Children's Theatre, beginning February 1, 2017. Nolan succeeds Scot Copeland, NCT Producing Artistic Director for 31 years, who died unexpectedly in February of this year....
Bay Area Children's Theatre's ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! to Open Next Month
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2016 A party invitation?! Piggie is thrilled! But when she remembers she has never been to a party, she asks her best friend Gerald, the elephant, to accompany her. Good thing Gerald knows how to party! ...
Akvavit Theatre Announces New Artistic Leadership; Associate Company Members
by A.A. Cristi - January 03, 2017 Akvavit Theatre, Chicago's premier Nordic Theatre Company, will launch 2017 with new artistic leadership and an expanded ensemble. Five year Akvavit veterans Kirstin Franklin and Breahan Pautsch will serve as the company's new Co-Artistic Directors, succeeding Artistic Director Chad Eric Bergman and...
Bay Area Children's Theatre's ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! to Open Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2016 A party invitation?! Piggie is thrilled! But when she remembers she has never been to a party, she asks her best friend Gerald, the elephant, to accompany her. Good thing Gerald knows how to party! ...
Cast Announced for THE WIZARD OF OZ Tour's San Diego Engagement
by Tyler Peterson - February 19, 2016 Broadway/San Diego is delighted to announce that the North American tour of the new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ will play at the San Diego Civic Theatre from March 15-20th and tickets are on sale now!...
Roanoke Children's Theatre Starts Conversation on Teen Pregnancy wth BABYLAND
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2017 In the early 1990s, Roanoke City had the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state of Virginia. Roanoke City has seen incredible progress over the last 20 years and in 2014, a big decrease in teen pregnancy put Roanoke City as 14th in the state out of approximately 130 cities/counties. Roanoke Childr...
BACT Presents Special Engagement of A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2016 The Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) opens a special limited engagement of the whimsical musical, A Year With Frog and Toad, Saturday, September 3, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Peet's Theatre), 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703. The show plays at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekends throu...
Photo Coverage: Inside the 24th Annual JEBBY Awards
by Jerri Shafer - March 22, 2016 Party goers celebrated the past year in local theater (as well as some national awards sprinkled in). Red carpet started the event along with performances, home baked cookies, and awards as local actor and theatre lover Jeb Bigelow brought to Central Ohio an awesome (locally grown) awards show at th...
Cast Announced for TUTS Underground's HEATHERS
by Tyler Peterson - April 14, 2016 TUTS Underground presents the cast of the Heathers: The Musical, which makes its Houston debut on April 28, 2016. Based on the 1989 cult classic film, this musical is a dark, delicious story of the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High - Heather, Heather and Heather. Veronica Sawyer, ...
Chance Theater's TYA Series Proudly Presents California Premiere of THE BOY AT THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2016 Anaheim's official resident theater company, Chance Theater is pleased to present the exciting and wondrous The Boy at the Edge of Everything. Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer, and directed by Darryl B. Hovis, The Boy at the Edge of Everything will begin October 13 and continue through October 23, on ...
Artisan Children's Theater Presents FANCY NANCY – THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2017 Artisan Children's Theater proudly presents FANCY NANCY - THE MUSICAL at its 150 seat Second Stage facility. The theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. The show runs Today, February 3, 2017 through Saturday, February 25, 2017. Performances are at5:00pm todays and 10:00am and 12:00...
DM Playhouse's 2016-17 Season to Include WEST SIDE STORY, ROCK OF AGES & More
by Tyler Peterson - March 01, 2016 The Des Moines Community Playhouse has the most romantic, rocking, decadent, side-splitting season ever. The theatre's 98th season includes four musicals, plus dramas, comedies, and family shows. Playhouse season tickets go on sale Mar. 15 online at dmplayhouse.com and at the Playhouse ticket office...
Getting to Know...Nashville Children's Theatre's ERNIE NOLAN
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 16, 2017 We were finally able to track him down and ask him to help our readers learn more about him via our Getting to Know… feature while he was on a trip to Ireland where he represented NCT at an international conference on theater for younger audiences. In fact, Nolan's been so peripatetic since settling...
FANCY Musical, Inspired by Reba McEntire, Gets NYC Lab
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2017 Margot Astrachan and The Peccadillo Theater Company will present a developmental lab presentation of FANCY, a new musical, on Thursday, March 16 at 4PM and Friday March 17 at 11AM and 3PM at The Westside Theatre, downstairs (407 West 43rd Street).... |