Karen Thornton

The Billie Holiday Theatre Reveals 2024/25 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2024

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced details for its 2024-25 season. Learn more about the season lineup here!

Interview: Director, Karen Thornton of AGNES OF GOD at Summit Playhouse
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 23, 2024

Summit Playhouse, one of the oldest continuously operating amateur community theaters in the United States, will be presenting Agnes of God from February 23rd to March 9th. Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing the show’s director, Karen Thornton about her career and the upcoming production.

VIDEO: Check Out a New Clip of WINNIE THE POOH at the Hundred Acre Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2021

Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, the new musical stage adaption opened to rave reviews including “Winnie the Pooh Is a Perfect Reintroduction to Live Theater. The show features the Sherman Brothers’ classic Grammy Award-winning music with additional songs by A.A. Milne. 

WINNIE THE POOH's Great Hunny Pot Hunt Begins Today
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2021

Beginning today, November 1, the Great Hunny Pot Hunt begins in celebration of the opening of Rockefeller Productions Disney’s Winnie the Pooh. Pooh’s Hunny Pots will be “hidden” throughout New York City until the end of the month.

VIDEO: Corbin Bleu Performs Theme Song From WINNIE THE POOH Musical
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2021

Corbin Bleu performed The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh theme song alongside a montage of puppets ahead of the upcoming off-Broadway run of Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation, coming to New York City this October.

Disney's WINNIE THE POOH to Hold Open Call for Young Actors for the Role of Christopher Robin
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2021

Rockefeller Productions and casting director Cindi Rush will host an open call on Monday, October 4 from 3-6 PM at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) with the hopes of finding a young actor to play Christopher Robin in the upcoming new musical, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation. 

AMITYVILLE '74 Comes to InterACT Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2021

Acclaimed playwright Tommy Jamerson brings “Amityville '74,” an original play inspired by the true story of the DeFeo murders, to the interACT stage, directed by Nicholas J. Clarey, with original music by Eddie Bean.

Cast Announced for WINNIE THE POOH: THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE ADAPTATION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2021

Rockefeller Productions has announced its cast and creative team for their highly anticipated debut of Disney’s Winnie The Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation created by Jonathan Rockefeller beginning performances on October 21, 2021, at Theatre Row. 

DISNEY WINNIE THE POOH Announces Safety Protocols
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 13, 2021

Rockefeller Productions has announced one of the country’s most thorough and considerate safety protocols for their highly anticipated new musical, Disney Winnie The Pooh, beginning performances on October 21, 2021, at Theatre Row. The new protocols will ensure the safety of every audience member and performer.

DanceAfrica Digital Celebration Continues With Memorial Day Weekend Programs
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2020

DanceAfrica-the nation's largest African dance festival-continues its celebration through May 29 with special Memorial Day weekend programs.

BAM Launches DanceAfrica Digital Programs Featuring Conversations With Abdel R. Salaam, Rennie Harris and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2020

BAM celebrates DanceAfrica-the nation's largest African dance festival-through digital public programming, launching May 18. The series of digital offerings pays special tribute to the people who have shaped the popular festival over the past 42 years.

BWW Review: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at The Summit Playhouse Brings the Poignant Story to Life
by Marina Kennedy - Mar 2, 2020

A superb play, The Diary of Anne Frank is now on stage at The Summit Playhouse. Based on the Anne Frank's journal accounts, it is written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman and directed by Karen Thornton.

BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE: PART 2 at The Summit Playhouse
by Michael Vest - Nov 15, 2019

2019 marks the 101st season for veteran NJ community theatre Summit Playhouse. Perhaps it is fitting, then, that the first play on the bill to kick off their next century also comes with a legendary past. For, as the title A Doll's House: Part 2 suggests, there is a rich past leading up to the ideas and characters being explored on Summit's stage this November. Lucas Hnath's recent play is about Nora, that famed feminist initially introduced to us by Ibsen, and what happened to her and the Helmer family after she strode out the door back in 1879.

Kwanzaa Celebration Held at American Museum of Natural History 12/26
by BWW News Desk - Dec 26, 2010

The Legacy Continues…KWANZAA 2010! A vibrant cultural festival of African and African-American music, dance and crafts that commemorates the seven principles of Kwanzaa at the American Museum of Natural History, The Legacy Continues…KWANZAA 2010!

Kwanzaa Celebration Held at American Museum of Natural History 12/26
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 23, 2010

The Legacy Continues…KWANZAA 2010! A vibrant cultural festival of African and African-American music, dance and crafts that commemorates the seven principles of Kwanzaa at the American Museum of Natural History, The Legacy Continues…KWANZAA 2010!

STAGE TUBE: Hoffman, Taylor Lead 'Billy Green' Webisode - Episode 7
by Gabrielle Sierra - Oct 28, 2010

Many of everyone's Broadway and off-Broadway favorites, including Michael Urie, Wesley Taylor, Jennifer Damiano, Karen Olivo, Mitchell Jarvis and more have teamed up on the webisode project Billy Green.