Paul Hodge

Olney Theatre Center Funds Three Week-Long Workshops In 24-25
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2024

Olney Theatre Center announced the three collaborative projects it will develop with week-long workshops as part of its Vanguard Arts Fund (VAF) during the 24-25 season.

Cast Set For ROUND THE TWIST THE MUSICAL at QPAC
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2024

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Queensland Theatre have announced the cast for the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical – busting into the Playhouse from 12 November 2024. 

Australian Theatre Festival NYC Reveals 2024 New Play Award Finalists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

The Australian Theatre Festival NYC revealed the five finalists for the 2024 New Play Award, showcasing diverse and high-quality entries from around the world. Learn more about the festival!

BLACK BOX Comes to QPAC in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2024

BLACK BOX is Queenslander Paul Hodge's ground-breaking new musical based on the extraordinary true story of David Warren, the Australian inventor who created the black box flight recorder that is now on every plane around the globe, and it will have its world premiere at QPAC's Cremorne Theatre this May.

The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest Returns To The Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2024

Catch the second year of The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts from May 14 - 21.

BLACK BOX Makes its World Premiere at QPAC in May
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2024

BLACK BOX is Queenslander Paul Hodge’s new musical based on the extraordinary true story of David Warren, the Australian inventor who created the black box flight recorder that is now on every plane around the globe, and it will have its world premiere at QPAC’s Cremorne Theatre this May.

Single Tickets to Queensland Theatre's 2024 Season Go On Sale Today
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2023

Single tickets to Queensland Theatre’s 2024 Season will go on sale from 4 December, meaning theatre lovers can secure their spot to any of the seven plays taking centre stage next year, including the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical.

Joriah Kwamé's LITTLE MISS PERFECT & More to be Featured in Goodspeed's 17th Annual Festival of New Musicals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023

Come in from the cold and check out what’s hot at the 17th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals. The much-anticipated three-day festival of brand-new works will light up the Goodspeed campus with a weekend filled with insider events, seminars, cabarets and staged readings.

Million Dollar Endowment Gift Given to Olney Theatre For Innovative New Works
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2022

Olney Theatre Center has received a $1 million endowment gift from the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, to support the work of the Vanguard Arts Fund which provides intensive workshop time for collaboratively-developed new works.

Boublil and Schoenberg Revising MARTIN GUERRE for Potential London 2024 Run
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 17, 2022

According to an interview with The Age, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg are currently revising Martin Guerre for a potential London run in 2024. Paul Hodge, who wrote Clinton: The Musical, is helping with the rewrite. Original producer Cameron Mackintosh has returned the rights to the creators and will not be involved. 

JMF Writers Grove at Goodspeed Announces 30 Participants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 20, 2022

Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals will return to the Goodspeed campus January 31 - February 27, 2022 after being virtual in 2021.

ROUND THE TWIST THE MUSICAL Successful With Federal Government RISE Grant
by Marianka Swain - Sep 6, 2021

RGM Productions is pleased to announce development and production of ROUND THE TWIST THE MUSICAL following the successful application to the Federal Government’s Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund. 

National Alliance for Musical Theatre Announces 2020-2021 Frank Young Fund for New Musicals Grant Recipients
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 13, 2020

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced 12 awards granted from their Frank Young Fund for New Musicals. The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals (FYFNM) is a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals.

Olney Theatre Center Kicks Off the Decade With a Production of Quiara Alegría Hudes' MISS YOU LIKE HELL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2020

Olney Theatre Center kicks off the decade with a production of Quiara Alegría Hudes' newest musical, Miss You Like Hell on the Mainstage (January 29 - March 1, 2020). Hudes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Lin-Manuel Miranda's collaborator on the book and film of In The Heights, wrote the book and shares credit for the lyrics with folk-rock star Erin McKeown who also wrote the music. Lisa Portes and Breon Arzell make their Olney Theatre debuts as director and choreographer, respectively. Press is invited to attend the performance on Saturday, February 1 at 8:00 pm.

Berkeley Rep Announces Ground Floor Summer Residencies
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2018

Today, The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work announced the 21 projects selected for its 2018 Summer Residency Lab. Chosen from a new record of 690 submissions, the eclectic and ambitious slate of projects are the most ever housed by the Lab in its seven-year history.  

CAILLER, Switzerland's Premium Chocolate Brand, Returns To The U.S. For Only The Second Time In Its Nearly 200-year History
by Marina Kennedy - Nov 9, 2016

CAILLER, home of Swiss chocolate since 1819, is now available online and at an exclusive New York retail pop-up location just in time for the gifting season and holiday celebrations. With Amazon as its primary retailer, Nestl will again sell CAILLER chocolate in the U.S., bringing its super-premium chocolate from the lush foothills of the Swiss Alps to American doorsteps nationwide.

Australian Premiere for Perth - Clinton: The Musical
by Rebecca Russo - Jul 27, 2016

Black Swan State Theatre Company presents in association with the Perth Theatre Trust the Australian premiere of Clinton: The Musical from Sat 27 August to Sunday 11 September 2016 in the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA. 

Simon Burke Joins Cast of Black Swan's CLINTON: THE MUSICAL
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 9, 2016

Black Swan has announced that leading actor, singer and producer Simon Burke AO will make his debut performance with the company and join the cast of Clinton: The Musical, from Queensland brothers Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge.

TV Exclusive: Go Inside the Recording Studio with the Company of CLINTON THE MUSICAL!
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 23, 2015

Ghostlight Records has released the Original Cast Album of the hit, headline-making Off-Broadway musical Clinton The Musical with CDs in stores and online today, Friday, November 20. It was released in all digital formats earlier this season. The production has book, music and lyrics by Paul Hodge, book by Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge, and was directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Dan Knechtges with musical direction by James Dobinson and orchestrations by Neil Douglas Reilly. Clinton The Musical was produced by Kari Lynn Hearn ofCoolChic Productions, and with Ken Davenport serving as executive producer. The recording was produced by Dean Sharenow and Paul Hodge, with Kari Lynn Hearn serving as executive producer. To order the album, please visitwww.sh-k-boom.com/clintonthemusical. Below, check out an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the cast in the recording studio!

CLINTON THE MUSICAL Original Cast Recording Out This Week
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 28, 2015

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album of the hit, headline-making Off-Broadway musical Clinton The Musical on Friday, October 30; with international digital release and physical CDs in stores and online Friday, November 20. The production has book, music and lyrics by Paul Hodge, book by Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge, and was directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Dan Knechtges with musical direction by James Dobinson and orchestrations by Neil Douglas Reilly. Clinton The Musical was produced by Kari Lynn Hearn of CoolChic Productions, and with Ken Davenport serving as executive producer. The recording was produced by Dean Sharenow and Paul Hodge, with Kari Lynn Hearn serving as executive producer.  To pre-order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/clintonthemusical.