Charles Perrault

Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre Celebrates its 70th Birthday in 2025

Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2025 with a year of entertainment. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!

CINDERELLA Runs at the Royal Ballet This Holiday Season

This Christmas, The Royal Ballet invites you to the ball with Frederick Ashton’s spectacular Cinderella.  A fairytale like no other, this magical ballet boasts astonishing stagecraft, enchanting design and exquisite dance.  This much-loved ballet is a masterpiece for all the family to enjoy this festive period. 

Teatro Paraguas Presents Umbrella Children's Theatre's Production Of CINDERELLA

UCT will present Cinderella - A Farcical Funny Fairy Tale adapted by Rebecca Morgan from the Charles Perrault's fairy tale, with original music by Melange.

THORNROSE, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY FAIRY TALE MUSICAL At The Shawnee Playhouse

The Shawnee Playhouse, celebrating its forty-fifth season, will present Thornrose, the Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale Musical, from September 14th through September 29th, 2024.

Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale Musical THORNROSE to be Presented At The Shawnee Playhouse

The Shawnee Playhouse will present the upcoming production of THORNROSE, a musical adaptation of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Broadway's Best Fairy Tale Musicals

It's no surprise that many of our favorite musicals have been adapted from beloved books or films. More specifically, however, some of Broadway's most delightful shows have come straight from even more humble origins- fairytales! Once Upon a Mattress is offically back on Broadway and to celebrate, you can study up on even more musicals with a happily ever after.

The Shawnee Playhouse to Hold Auditions For Fall 2024 Shows

The Shawnee Playhouse will hold auditions for adults for their 2024 fall plays and musicals on July 21st and July 24th, 2024. Learn how to attend!

Esa-Pekka Salonen and SF Symphony Partner With Choreographer Alonzo King and Director Peter Sellars For Multidisciplinary Program

On June 7–9, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony partner with two creative visionaries—director Peter Sellars and choreographer Alonzo King—for a multidisciplinary program highlighting opera and dance.  

LA BELLA DURIENTE Comes to Teatro Colon in June

La Bella Duriente comes to Teatro Colon in June. Performances run 11-25 June.

Ballet Austin Celebrates Mother's Day Weekend With THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

Ballet Austin will conclude the 2023/24 Season Mother’s Day weekend with one of the most memorable classical ballets of all time, The Sleeping Beauty.

A&A Ballet Performs CINDERELLA Next Month

Cindrella returns to the Chicago stage for the first time in six years. This unique performance and take on the fairy tale is colorful, bright and fun, and features Asian American Tatiana Chen (Naperville) as Cinderella and welcomes A&A Ballet and Joffrey Ballet veteran, Amber Neumann, back as Stepmother.

English National Opera Performs DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE Next Month

Closing the 2023/24 Season, the English National Opera will present a semi-staged concert performance of Béla Bartók’s psychodrama Duke Bluebeard’s Castle on 21 and 23 March at the London Coliseum.

Cast Set for CINDERELLA Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre

Cinderella the Off-Broadway Musical has revealed its cast for the upcoming production at Players Theatre.

CINDERELLA Comes to Det KGL. Teater in January

Cinderella comes to Det KGL. Teater next month. Performances will run 27 January - 10 March 2024.

Opera CENDRILLON (Cinderela), by Pauline Viardot, Opens at Theatro São Pedro

The opera will be presented in Portuguese and will feature black artists, such as soprano Marly Montoni and tenors Jean William and Mar Oliveira among the main characters; with Priscila Bomfim in the musical direction and Julianna Santos in the scenic direction. In celebration of Children's Day, there will be a performance on October 12th, at 5pm.

SLEEPING BEAUTY is Now Playing at Den Norske Opera

Sleeping Beauty is now playing at Den Norske Opera. Performances run through 24 September 2023.

Photos: First look at Ohio University Lancaster Theatre Department's INTO THE WOODS

'Into the Woods' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood“, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, and “Cinderella”, as well as several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has cursed them, and their journey into the woods. Performances are July 23 & August 3 - 6, 2023 at the Wagner Theatre | Brasee Hall, Ohio University Lancaster, 1570 Granville Pike Lancaster, OH 43130. For tickets or more information, visit: https://www.ohio.edu/lancaster/current-students/theatre/upcoming-shows

The Ajkun Ballet Company to Present THE SLEEPING BEAUTY in NYC in August

The rendition of Tchaikovsky's ballet by Chiara Ajkun performed by the Ajkun Ballet Theatre is offered in August 2023 by The Face To Face and the Theater Experience in partnerships with SecretNYC and is completed by an after show meet-and-greet the dancers.

Review: Pittsburgh CLO's INTO THE WOODS Restores the Weirdness at Benedum Center

Forty years of productions and a Disney movie have made the show cuddly, but this CLO production restores the weirdness and wackiness at the show's edges.

SLEEPING BEAUTY is Now Playing at Den Norske Opera

Den Norske Opera presents Sleeping Beauty, a new classic full-length ballet by Christian Spuck. Dancing on toes to Tchaikovsky in a fanciful version of the fairytale. Performances are running now through 24 September.