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Photos: First look at Hilliard Arts Council's THE PROM A MUSICAL

Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
American Coast Theater Company Presents AN INSPECTOR CALLS

American Coast Theater Company will present AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J.B. Priestley at the Lyceum Theater on the Vanguard University campus, starting June 21, 2024, and running through June 30. Directed by Connor Berkompas.
Photos: First Look at Kentwood Players' AN INSPECTOR CALLS at Westchester Playhouse

Kentwood Players will present J.B. Priestley’s suspenseful drama An Inspector Calls directed by James Rice and produced by Lyndsay Palmer and Marty Feldman for Kentwood Players with rights secured from Dramatists Play Service. Performances take place Friday, September 15 through Saturday, October 7 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Check out photos here!
FREAKY FRIDAY to Open Outdoor Season at Theatre In The Park This Summer

'Freaky Friday' opens Theatre in the Park's 2023 OUTDOOR season on Friday, June 2 through Sunday, June 4. 'Freaky Friday' has four additional performances Wednesday, June 7 through Saturday, June 10.
Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS, Theatre Royal Glasgow

30 years on from Stephen Daldry’s National Theatre debut, an inspector has called in Glasgow. Thankfully, we are delighted he is here to present this timeless theatrical masterpiece.
THE SPONGEBOB MUSCAL Comes to Theatre in the Park This Week

Remember SpongeBob Square Pants, the joyful, fun-loving, childish, and accident-prone sea sponge who starred in the Nickelodeon television series? While Kansas City is far from his ocean home, SpongeBob and his beloved friends have found their way to Theatre in the Park in “The SpongeBob Musical,” the final OUTDOOR production of the 2022 summer season!
SOMETHING ROTTEN! to Open Theatre In The Park's 53rd Outdoor Season With

A blockbuster season is in store for Theatre in the Park's 53rd outdoor season with five premiere musicals this summer! Never in TIP's history has the entire outdoor season featured all new productions on its stage in Shawnee Mission Park.
BWW Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS at ARTS Theatre

This was Priestley's indictment of the British class system and it is still relevant.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Comes to Theatre In The Park

Theatre in the Park opens the second outdoor production of its 50th season on Friday, June 21. Performances of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG continue Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, and Wednesday, June 26th through Saturday, June 29th.
BWW Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS: Gripping Revival Rings True

The U.S. tour of the National Theatre's multiple award-winning production of J.B. Priestley's classic thriller, AN INSPECTOR CALLS, presented by ArtsEmerson at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, features masterful direction by Stephen Daldry (who also directed the 1992 West End revival), Ian MacNeil's grand-scale set, spectacular design elements (lighting, sound, and music), as well as a sterling cast of British actors in the principal roles, making you feel as if you have crossed the pond and are in attendance at the venerable National Theatre. Written in 1945 at the end of World War II, Priestley set the action in the fictional town of Brumley, England, in 1912, when the winds of the Great War were in the offing, and these bookends provide a sociopolitical arc to the plot. Pitting the attitudes of the wealthy proponents of industrial capitalism against the socialist view of the needs of the working class, the play strikingly resonates with the current climate of privilege, income inequality, and #MeToo.
BWW Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

AN INSPECTOR CALLS is a gripping theatrical experience from start-to-finish. Director Stephen Daldry's breathtaking revival of J.B. Priestley's 1946 thriller had its origins in 1992 and comes to Chicago Shakespeare Theater now as part of an international tour from the National Theatre of Great Britain. Though Daldry originally conceived of this staging decades ago and Priestly has set his play in 1912, this production possesses both a timeliness and a timelessness that make it deeply impactful now.
Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS Offers an Episode of The Twilight Zone Wrapped in an Agatha Christie Mystery

AN INSPECTOR CALLS has been described in the Washington Post as, 'an episode of 'The Twilight Zone' wrapped in an Agatha Christie mystery,' and after seeing the show at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, I must say that about sums up the play for me. Running at almost two hours without an intermission, at first it seemed to be just a bunch of talking heads yelling loudly with strong British accents – that is until the end when a Rod Serling-like phone call delivers a twist that sets the whole thing into the realm of “what just really happened?”
BWW Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS at Dolphin Theatre

Dolphin Theatre's An Inspector Calls is beautifully presented, illuminating the message of exploitation by those wrapped up within the walls of social status and money in an engaging and relevant piece.
Photo Flash: Olathe Civic Theatre Association Opens 2017-18 Season with the Musical RUTHLESS!

OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of the stage mother of all musicals September 15 October 1. This production comes with a bonus: two of the roles are double cast, so audiences will have the opportunity to see two sets of talented young actresses approach the same roles during the run.
Curtain to Rise This Fall on Campy Musical RUTHLESS! at OCTA

OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of 'the stage mother of all musicals' September 15-October 1.
Curtain to Rise This Fall on Campy Musical RUTHLESS! at OCTA

OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of 'the stage mother of all musicals' September 15-October 1.
BWW Review: AN INSPECTOR CALLS, Playhouse Theatre, 10 November 2016

Director Stephen Daldry's production of J B Priestly's An Inspector Calls, was first seen 24 years ago at the National Theatre in 1992 and has finally returned to London's West End after a long UK tour.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Set for Theatre in the Park

Joseph and his band of 11 brothers will rock the stage at Theatre in the Park with the energetic musical 'JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT' opening Today night, July 15.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Set for Theatre in the Park

Joseph and his band of 11 brothers will rock the stage at Theatre in the Park with the energetic musical 'JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT' opening Friday night, July 15.
AN INSPECTOR CALLS Returns To The West End From November!

Stephen Daldry's multi award-winning production of JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls makes its much-anticipated return to the West End this winter. This will mark the 70th anniversary of the first UK staging of the play and the 25th anniversary of its first appearance at the National Theatre

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