Elyssa Samsel

Lucie Jones Will Lead World Premiere Concert Performance of AUSTENLAND
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2025

AUSTENLAND, a new musical based on the novel by Shannon Hale, will have its world premiere with two concert workshop performances at the Savoy Theatre.

Review: BETWEEN THE LINES at Horace High School Theatre
by Brian Michaels - Jan 21, 2025

What did our critic think of BETWEEN THE LINES at Horace High School Theatre?

20 Unique Audition Songs for Tenors
by Sarah Lasko - Jan 6, 2025

If you’re tired of seeing tenor audition song lists with recommendations that have already been sung a million times, we’ve curated this selection of songs to help you make a great impression at your next audition.

20 Great Audition Songs for Mezzos
by Sarah Lasko - Dec 3, 2024

If you’re a mezzo, it can feel overwhelming to find material you love that hasn’t already been sung to death. There’s so much great audition material for mezzos, and much of it is already in everyone’s audition book. Find great audition songs for mezzo-sopranos here!

Review: BETWEEN THE LINES at Newman University
by John Dalton-White - Nov 11, 2024

What did our critic think of BETWEEN THE LINES at Newman University?

Beck Center For The Arts Announces 2024-2025 Youth Theater Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2024

Beck Center for the Arts, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation has announced a creative and inspiring new season lineup.

BroadwayHD To Present BETWEEN THE LINES World Streaming Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2024

BroadwayHD will present the world streaming premiere of acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, Between the Lines, on Monday, September 23, with a Watch Party at 7:00PM.

BETWEEN THE LINES Will Stream on BroadwayHD This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 5, 2024

BroadwayHD will present the world streaming premiere of the Off-Broadway musical, Between the Lines this month. Learn more about the show and see how to watch.

Buck Creek Playhouse to Present BETWEEN THE LINES Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 28, 2024

Buck Creek Players will kick off their 51st season with a young adult musical on the mainstage. The 6 live in-person performances at the playhouse starting Friday, August 16th and running through Sunday, August 25th.

Applications Now Open for BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

 BMI is currently accepting applications to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for librettists and first-year composers and lyricists. Learn how to apply.

Andrew Barth Feldman, Taylor Iman Jones and More to Appear at 2024 Junior Theater Festival West
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2024

iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group have revealed the full lineup of performers, adjudicators, playwrights, songwriters and educators who will take part in the 2024 Junior Theater Festival West.

ITheatrics And Junior Theater Group Celebrate Record-Breaking Junior Theater Festival Atlanta
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2024

iTheatrics and Junior Theater Group are celebrating a record-breaking Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.

Arielle Jacobs, Lesli Margherita, and More Will Lead Industry Reading of New Musical AUSTENLAND
by Stephi Wild - Jan 18, 2024

Writers' Cage Productions presents a by-invitation-only reading of Austenland, a new musical from the team behind Between the Lines and The Book Thief.

Arielle Jacobs, Adam Jacobs, Taylor Iman Jones and More To Appear at 2024 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2023

iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group has revealed the full line up of performers, adjudicators, playwrights, songwriters and educators who will take part in the 2024 Junior Theater Festival Atlanta.

BETWEEN THE LINES Is Now Available for Licensing
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 2, 2023

Between The Lines is now available for licensing. The Off-Broadway musical based on the novel by international bestselling author Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer.

Video: Check Out All New Production Footage From THE BOOK THIEF
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2023

All new production footage has been released for The Book Thief. The Book Thief opened at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from 11 - 16 September followed by Leicester’s Curve Theatre from 29 September - 14 October.  Check out the video here!

Review: THE BOOK THIEF, Leicester Curve
by Laura Lott - Oct 6, 2023

With a charming libretto by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and folk-style music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, The Book Thief is filled with the warmth of a young girl's friendships and discoveries. But the dangers of war and Nazi rhetoric are a constant threat beneath the surface.

Photos/Video: First Look at Photos and a New Music Video From THE BOOK THIEF
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2023

 All new production photos and a new music video have been released for The Book Thief! Check out photos, as well as the video for the track 'Hello Stars'!

Andy Mientus to Star in JIM HENSON'S EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS in Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2023

A live theatrical adaptation of “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas” is making its Chicago debut this holiday season, November 14-December 31, 2023. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Guest Blog: Author Jodi Picoult on Cancel Culture and the Power of Rhetoric in Adapting THE BOOK THIEF
by Guest Author - Aug 18, 2023

When history repeats…and how theatre can break the cycle.