Jonathan Lewis

Chicago Cabaret Professionals Will Host MERRY MEASURES 2024 Benefitting Gilda’s Club Chicago

Chicago Cabaret Professionals has announced the return of its holiday event: Merry Measures, to be held at Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret this December.

Cast and Creative Teams Set for Stratford Festival 2025

Stratford Festival has its preparations for 2025 in full swing. The preliminary casting for the 11 productions of the coming season has been revealed! Learn more about the 2025 company, stars and shows and see how to purchase tickets.

Unique House Festival Honors Chicago Literary Classic in Song

The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Working In Concert invite you for three different spoken word and song programs in a 2-weekend festival celebrating this iconic work from the 1910s, and featuring some of Chicago's finest singers and actors.

Review: THE THREE MUSKETEERS Closes Out the Citadel Theatre's 2023/2024 Season

Comedy, friendship, and romance combine in this swashbuckling adventure.

POTTED POTTER: THE UNAUTHORIZED HARRY EXPERIENCE to Return to San Francisco

Starvox Touring and Potted Productions have announced that after several successful North American tours and over 1,000 performances at Horseshoe Las Vegas, London's West End hit Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff is returning to San Francisco for a limited engagement!

Review: SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5 at Charlotte Symphony

A worthy candidate for CSO's vacant musical directorship, Vinay Parameswaran brings a winsome personality and an eclectic modern program to the Knight Theater podium for his Charlotte debut.

Season 3 of CABARET BEAT to Launch in January

Season 3 of the online series Cabaret Beat – Music & Conversation will launch on January 8, 2023, with six episodes being released through March 12, 2023.  The show combines one-on-one interviews with video and a live performance by members of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals.

SongShop Live Presents THINGS CHANGE, December 11

SongShop Live presents Things Change,. exploring in song the many ways change can be good or bad, naughty or nice. When 'Everything Must Change' in this 'Crazy World', we offer Rodgers & Hart wit, Kurt Weill character, queens and pirates, elves and jingle bells (but not the carol), jazzy possibilities and endings, shifting seasons, soul-searching songs from our own Valentino, wishful thinking and resolve.

Chicago Cabaret Professionals Host Annual Holiday Cabaret And Fundraiser

Merry Measures, the annual cabaret holiday fundraiser series hosted by Chicago Cabaret Professionals, will be held on Monday, December 5th and Tuesday December 6th at Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret in Chicago. This year, 28 cabaret artists will take the stage, showcasing the diversity and unique talents within the local cabaret community.

Riverside Studios Announces Full Line Up Of Brand New Bitesize Festival

Riverside Studios announces the full line up of specially curated brand-new theatre initiative Bitesize Festival. To kick off the year, Riverside's Bitesize Festival showcases work from fresh new talent and award-winning performers.

Photos: Jim Caruso's Cast Party Continues To Dazzle

You can’t say Jim Caruso’s Cast Party hasn’t had staying power!  Every Monday night for the past eighteen years, musical talent has been celebrated on the Birdland stage.  Superstars, up-and-comers, Broadway legends, jazzers and cabaret divas have all been in the spotlight and taken a turn at the grand piano. 

Connor Chamber Series To Be Presented Virtually

Central Piedmont Arts is pleased to present virtually the Connor Chamber Series on Feb. 14.

MISS BENNET Ushers In The Christmas Season At The Citadel

In an imagined sequel to Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice, the characters celebrate the Christmas season in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Focusing on the often-overlooked Bennet sister, Mary, Miss Bennet is a romantic comedy that will appeal to Austen fans, as well as those who appreciate an underdog. When Mary comes to Pemberley to spend Christmas with her sisters, she finds herself entangled in a potential romance with Mr. Darcy's awkward cousin, Arthur de Bourgh.

Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival

The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.

SOLDIER ON To Open At The Other Palace

This autumn, after a sell-out London season and national tour earlier this year, Jonathan Lewis' play, 'Soldier On', arrives for a five week run at The Other Palace Theatre to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.

Kevin Hart's NIGHT SCHOOL to Make New York Premiere at Urbanworld Film Festival

The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.

Photo Flash: Get a First Look at Jonathan Lewis' OUR BOYS at Riddle's Court

Jonathan Lewis is directing an updated version of his critically acclaimed play Our Boys in a brand-new production premiering at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) until 27 August (excl. 8, 15, 22) at20:30.

OUR BOYS at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Offers Free Tickets For Serving And Ex-serving Military Personnel

Q productions are offering FREE theatre tickets to serving and ex-serving military personnel for Jonathan Lewis's critically-acclaimed hilarious and heart-breaking military play Our Boys at Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 3 - 6 August at 20:30, at PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277), just off the Royal Mile.

Jonathan Lewis Directs An Updated OUR BOYS at Edinburgh Fringe; Full Cast Announced

Jonathan Lewis will direct an updated version of his critically acclaimed play Our Boys in a brand-new production premiering at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, running at PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) from 3 - 27 August (excl. 8, 15, 22) at 20:30.

Photo Flash: York Theatre Royal Presents the World Premiere of THE BE ALL AND END ALL

Would you cheat? Would you lie? Would you betray your wife's trust? Would you do absolutely anything to safeguard your son's future? The Be All and End All is a contemporary drama by award-winning writer Jonathan Lewis that shows a politician's family in crisis after he makes a life-changing decision to ensure his troubled 18-year-old son has the best possible start in life. When his secrets and lies are exposed the result is an emotionally raw drama of a family split apart by the abuse of power and hunger for success.