Hell in a Handbag Reveals 2024/25 Season
Hell in a Handbag Productions has announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring a fan favorite and two world premieres. Now in its 23rd year, Handbag continues to serve Chicago audiences with the best camp and parody – thus ensuring the preservation and celebration of this unequivocally queer art form.
NEWSIES Wins BroadwayWorld's Ultimate Best Musical Loser Summer Bracket
The votes have been tallied and the BroadwayWorld raders have spoken and selected NEWSIES as the Ultimate Best Musical Loser. After weeks of deliberation, the final round came down to two Disney musicals - Beauty and the Beast and Newsies. Newsies won by an overwhelming margin, taking 83% of the vote.
Review: REEFER MADNESS at NextStop Theatre Company
'Reefer Madness' is an incredibly smart and pointed show impersonating something far more pedestrian, and NextStop Theatre Company manages to capture this perfectly without ever feeling overproduced or trite.
Review: NEWSIES at Rise Above
What did our critic think of NEWSIES at Rise Above? Rise Above Theater takes this show on in stride. There were many production choices that made this not just a night at the theater, but an experience! From being greeted at the door and ushered to our seats by the costumed cast, to the entire theater being used as a stage including side bar and aisles.
TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE Returns This Month
Listen to stories by Chester Himes, O. Henry, Katherine Anne Porter, and other well-known American authors while taking in the breeze on the porch of an historic bed and breakfast, drinking lemonade, and enjoying homemade desserts. Learn more about the upcoming lineup as part of Tales at the Dormer House!
TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE to Continue In Cape May
From June 8 through August 10, Classic American Tales (CAT) is presenting 'Tales at the Dormer House,' formerly known as 'Tales of the Victorians' and 'Tales in the Backyard' when previously produced by East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC). Guests are treated to lemonade and tasty treats while listening to stories by American authors like O. Henry, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mark Twain.
LOTNY to Present AMERICAN ONE ACTS in May
The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) will present American One Acts, a double bill, conducted by Gregory Hopkins and directed by Philip Shneidman, from May 31 - June 4, 2023 at Baruch Performing Arts Center.