Christopher Smith News

Set in the East Village of New York City in the early 1990s, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice, and living for today. Winner of the Tony® Award for Best Musical in 1996 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a veritable pop-culture phenomenon.

The Entertainment Community Fund is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Looking Ahead program. See photos from the event here!

Dazzling and rare high fashion pieces owned and worn by legendary style icons, Princess Diana, Princess Grace of Monaco, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Kim Kardashian, Nicole Kidman, Joan Collins, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton. Check out the full lineup!

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and CreateTheater.com invite you to a S.P.A. Day: a workshop created to help Self Producing Artists relax about producing. Learn more about the event and how to sign up here!

Love Among the Ruins has been extended on additional week.  Learn more about how to get tickets to the new shows here!

Join Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and CreateTheater.com for the TRU Producer Bootcamp: Essentials of Successful Self-Producing workshop. Learn how to view your creative work from a business perspective, make smarter choices, and generate your own opportunities.

Stagecrafters will present Monty Python's Spamalot running September 8-October 1 at the Baldwin Theatre.

Read the reviews for the national tour of MJ!

In his poignant and compelling memoir, Homeless to Hopkins, Christopher L. Smith, M.D., shares his extraordinary life story of resilience, determination, and ultimate triumph. From the depths of despair to the pinnacle of success, this remarkable memoir takes readers on an unforgettable journey of hope, self-discovery, and the power of the human spirit.

JoBeth Williams (“Poltergeist,” “The Big Chill”) and Peter Strauss (“Rich Man, Poor Man,” “The Jericho Mile”) star in the romantic Love Among the Ruins, written by James G. Hirsch and Robert A. Papazian, from a film script by James Costigan. Love Among the Ruins is a Papazian Hirsch presentation  and is directed by Michael Arabian.

Falmouth University is delighted to have been awarded funding for an innovative new research project that will use cutting-edge technologies to capture and archive performance practice, exploring new ways to widen access to performances and provide new income streams to support the creative industries in Cornwall.

American Theater Group (ATG) is now presenting an extraordinary production of 'Parade.'

McDaniel College theatre arts students perform in “Heathers The Musical,” written by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe. Performances are Thursday, March 2-Saturday, March 4, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 4, 2 p.m., in WMC Alumni Hall at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Maryland.

What did our critic think of TARMO PELTOKOSKI As He MAKES HIS U.S. DEBUT WITH THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Southwestern Colleges Performing Arts Center? We seem to be going through an unprecedented flood of young conducting talent. Finnland's Tarmo Peltokoski is an example. At 22 his recent-college-grad looks make it difficult to believe that he is the conductor or principal guest conductor of four European symphony orchestras. I attended the second of back-to-back performances in his U.S. debut with the San Diego Symphony and am now convinced that much of the hype is warranted.

The Town Players of New Canaan will present their third production of the 2022-23 season, JOYFUL NOISE, written by Tim Slover and directed by Nancy L. Mayer. The producer is Deborah Burke. The production will run November 18 to December 4 at the Powerhouse Theater at Waveny Park.

The new National Tour of Les Miserables launched earlier this month in Cleveland. Read the reviews for Les Miserables here!

The National Tour of Tina - the Tina Turner Musical launched in Washington, D.C. Read all of the reviews here!

The North American tour of Six, the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, launched a return engagement of the show in Chicago and is currently playing at the National Theatre in Washington, DC. Read all the reviews for Six here!

Arthur Giron, playwright, passed away February 2, 2022. A memorial for Giron will be taking place at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Thursday, May 26 at noon, open to the public. 

What did critics think of Moulin Rouge on tour? The cast is led by Chicago's own Courtney Reed as Satine and Conor Ryan as Christian, as well as Austin Durant as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, David Harris as The Duke of Monroth, Gabe Martínez as Santiago and Libby Lloyd as Nini.