by BWW Awards - January 09, 2024
Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Des Moines! Winners include Des Moines Playhouse, Iowa State University, and more!...
by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023
It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023
There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023
It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023
It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023
Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by BWW Awards - November 20, 2023
The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 07, 2023
WINGS, a new musical by Danny K. Bernstein (Far From Canterbury, On Your Mark!) will receive its long-awaited premiere at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa this October....
by Stephi Wild - June 05, 2023
Native Gardens is now playing at Des Moines Playhouse. Performances run June 2-18....
by DC Felton - May 14, 2023
Every once and a while, when a new season is announced, I find a show in the lineup that I can help but anticipate seeing. For me, that happened when Iowa Stage announced they would be doing 'A Bright New Boise' as part of their 2023 season. It wasn't a show I was familiar with, but it was a plot I ...
Wannabe rock star Dewey Finn has been kicked out of his own band and makes a desperate attempt to be a substitute teacher at a ...
After benefitting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embarks on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious ...
Before she was hit-maker Carole King, she was Carole Klein, a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice. From the chart-topping hits she ...
You know what dragons really love? Tacos of course! A kid and their dog are watching a TV show about dragons when they unexpectedly get ...
Grover’s Corners is a nice town, much like yours or mine. The milk and the paper are delivered on time and childhood friends like George ...
The classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas comes to life in this faithful stage adaptation in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest ...
All is Calm recalls the remarkable World War I truce between Allied Forces and German soldiers in No Man's Land on Christmas, 1914. A lull ...
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an earnest elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos that he now must ...
East High basketball star Troy and brainy Gabriella cause an uproar in the school when they audition for the spring musical. The thespians resent the ...
On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over one fateful week, ...
Meek floral shop assistant Seymour pines for the love of his co-worker, Audrey. Musical sci-fi hilarity ensues when a foul-mouthed, R&B-singing, carnivorous plant from outer ...
Wannabe rock star Dewey Finn has been kicked out of his own band and makes a desperate attempt to be a substitute teacher at a ...
Pablo and Tania, an expecting couple, purchase a house next door to longtime community residents, Virginia and Frank. A disagreement over a long-standing fenceline soon ...
Braid Beard and his mates enlist young Jeremy Jacob as they look for the perfect spot to bury their treasure. The whole family will love ...
Flashy, inspiring, and downright fun, Kinky Boots is the heartwarming Broadway musical. Charlie Price reluctantly agrees to take over the familys failing shoe factory. Inspiration ...
Maddie Reeves has a dilemma. New classmate Wanda Petronski is a Polish immigrant with one dress. Peggy is a popular rich girl with dozens. When ...
In August Wilsons stunning story, brother and sister struggle with family history. Willie wants to sell the family piano so he can buy some land ...
Big dogs and little dogs. Dogs on bikes and dogs wearing hats. Where are they going fast in those cars? PD Eastmans classic childrens book ...
The magic has been updated in this version created for Broadway, but all the beloved songs, including "In My Own Little Corner," "Impossible/It's Possible," and ...
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy who writes down everything about her neighbors and classmates. After her friends read her secret notebook, they want nothing ...
A spunky orphan finds her home with wealthy Daddy Warbucks in this family favorite. Annie Jr. is The Playhouses first Penguin Project production, featuring a ...
A classic romantic comedy where opposites attract and the real gamble is love, this musical fable of Broadway has colorful gamblers, showgirls, and missionaries plus ...
Magical. Mischievous. Miraculous. From the nonsensical mind of Roald Dahl comes this timeless tale of young Matilda Wormwood. Intellectually gifted, Matilda is unappreciated by her ...
When Annies husband, John, dies of leukemia, she and her best friend, Chris, resolve to raise money for the local hospital. They manage to persuade ...
On the outskirts of town stands a ramshackle house. It may not seem like much until you peek through the railings. Then theres a horse ...
Silent movies are out. Talkies are in! Unfortunately for famed movie star Don Lockwood, his leading ladys comically harsh and squeaky voice is ill-suited for ...
Based on E.B. Whites endearing childrens novel, Charlottes Web is a beautiful and knowing story of friendship. Wilbur the pig, the runt of the litter, ...
From the Queen of Mystery comes the classic story in which everyone is a suspect. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in ...
Whatever you do, dont let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 ...
The hills are alive with the sound of music! Free-spirited postulant Maria has trouble fitting into Nonnberg Abbey. Sent to be a governess for the ...
Its holiday time and Room 1 is doing a lot of things to celebrate, like making elf costumes and singing carols. Tattletale May keeps ruining ...
The WORLD PREMIERE of a romantic comedy worthy of the gods the Greek gods, that is. American classics grad student Bud Schliemann is touring Greece ...
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget ...
Prepare ye for Godspell, a modern-day retelling of the New Testament parables. With a Tony-nominated score of songs ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, ...
Lily Polkadot has just moved to Rockaway, a Squares only town. As the first Polkadot in an all-Square school, Lily struggles to gain acceptance from ...
A suburban couple takes a suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 ...
The Final Act Ensemble radio troupe is back with a comedy show featuring Burns and Allen in George Meets a Hit-Man and Fibber McGee and ...
Mortality, relationships, loyalty, love, honor, trust, assumptions, bias, family, how we treat caregivers, and dealing with dementia are all themes in A Love Offering by ...
A cast of five singers pays tribute to the iconic Broadway musical team of Rodgers & Hammerstein with a celebration of their songs from Carousel, ...
A child and a sawdust-filled rabbit embark on adventures and discover love is the greatest force in the universe. The Playhouse will offer video-on-demand of ...
A cast of five singers pays tribute to the iconic Broadway musical team of Rodgers & Hammerstein with a celebration of their songs from Carousel, ...
A child and a sawdust-filled rabbit embark on adventures and discover love is the greatest force in the universe. The Velveteen Rabbit and Some Enchanted ...
An outlandish take on the classic family road trip, Leaving Iowa is the story of writer Don who returns home to find a final resting ...
Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever taken a family road trip.Leaving Iowa and Stuart Little will be in repertory, alternating weeks. ...
Stuart Little is a mouse born into a family of humans. Shy and thoughtful, Stuart is also a lover of adventure. When his friend, the ...
Leaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who has ever taken a family road trip. The Playhouse will provide the opening night recording as video-on-demand, ...
Stuart Little is a mouse born into a family of humans. Shy and thoughtful, Stuart is also a lover of adventure. When his friend, the ...
Join The Des Moines Playhouse online this fall for Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. New stories will be ...
This December, audiences will enter a 1940s radio studio where a radio host, sound effects artists, and a star-studded acting company perform the holiday classic, ...
Join The Des Moines Playhouse online this fall for Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. New stories will be ...
Join The Des Moines Playhouse online this fall for Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. New stories will be ...
Anthony (Clifton Antoine) arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's (Natalie Grote) door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass with an urgent assignment ...
Weekend Comedy finds a middle-aged couple (Sean Kanuso, Gina Gedler) and a young couple (Tiffany Liechty, Jobe Fee) accidentally renting the same cottage for a ...
Anthony (Clifton Antoine) arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's (Natalie Grote) door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass with an urgent assignment ...
What a Glorious Feeling!Silent movies are out. Talkies are in! Unfortunately for famed movie star Don Lockwood, his leading ladys comically harsh and squeaky voice ...
Do you believe in fairies? Because they believe in you! A multicolored tale of Tinker Bell meeting Peter Pan and their triumph at the Battle ...
"Where there's hope, there's life." Anne FrankIn a powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young ...
Adventures this big dont grow on trees!Recently orphaned James Trotter finds himself free of his cruel and repulsive aunts. He escapes in a giant peach ...
We triple dog dare you to see this show!Follow Ralphie Parker on his journey to procure the greatest Christmas gift of all time: an Official ...
Join the Des Moines Community Playhouse as it celebrates the 100s of shows and 1000s of volunteers, audience members, donors, and staff who have been ...
How freaky would it be if you turned into your mother?! Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and ...
The show won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, one of the few musicals ever to receive this honor, and the New York Drama Critics' ...
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind. The screenplay, it turns ...
Ring of Fire celebrates the Man in Black, Johnny Cash. Born a poor Arkansas boy, he picked cotton on the family farm before embarking on ...
Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town in 1935, is about to experience the dramatic events that will affect the rest of her ...
Maria, who proves too high-spirited for the religious life, is sent to serve as governess to the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Featuring ...
Gunshots, murder, and dastardly plots; seductive spies, thrilling chases and serious flirtation; they’re all part of this rollicking comedy/mystery and Broadway hit. Based on the ...
"Step 1: We find the worst play ever written. Step 2: We hire the worst director in town. Step 3: We raise two million dollars. ...
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Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (6/3 - 6/15) | |
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& Juliet
Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (5/6 - 5/11) | |
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Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
Iowa State Center (Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater) (10/20 - 10/20) | |
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (10/15 - 10/20) | |
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Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
RiverCenter Adler Theatre (3/13 - 3/13) | |
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Some Like It Hot
Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (3/18 - 3/23) | |
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