Production Office News

Soft Power at Signature Theatre, is lush and polished, wacky and worrisome, absurdist and cautionary. It’s a tightrope of high political stakes and a zany montage of the US and China. As we head into high season of the 2024 election, the timing is perfect for staging the recently revised musical by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for Kelly Jones’ darkly comic new drama, My Mother's Funeral: The Show, (a Paines Plough, Mercury Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, Landmark Theatres and Royal & Derngate Northampton co-production), previewing at The Belgrade Theatre from Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 July.

The cast of the critically acclaimed 5* new British musical CABLE STREET is announced as it prepares to open at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant this Autumn (Friday 6 September to Thursday 10 October 2024).

The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company has announced a 30th anniversary production of Keely and Du by Jane Martin, directed by HCLAB associate artistic director Bryan Keith, at the Art of Acting Studio in Hollywood.

The cast and creative team for MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL: THE SHOW have been announced, featuring a talented ensemble and innovative direction, promising a compelling and emotional theatrical experience.

LA Carnival on Crenshaw Boulevard returns June 30, 2024, celebrating Juneteenth and Caribbean American Heritage Month with music, dance, and masquerade. The event aims to revitalize local businesses.

The sell-out new British musical CABLE STREET comes to Southwark Playhouse ELEPHANT on Friday 6 September to Thursday 10 October 2024 - for just 42 performances!

Jill A. Anderson, Syracuse Stage managing director since 2016, will become managing director of Minneapolis’ Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company.

 Children’s Theatre Company has named Jill A. Anderson to be its new Managing Director. Anderson will assume the post on July 22, 2024.

Martin McCallum, FRSA, has passed away at age 73.

For their 20th season, BYMT will fully produce seven brand new British musicals and develop another seven new musical theatre ideas in week-long camps - working with venues, creatives and young people from across the United Kingdom. Learn more about the season lineup here!

The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company presents the Los Angeles premiere of Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, directed by HCLAB associate artistic director Bryan Keith, at the Art of Acting Studio in Hollywood. See photos from the production. 

The Barbican Centre and international live entertainment business Trafalgar Entertainment have announced a new theatrical partnership covering the period 2024 - 2026. Together they will present first class, large-scale productions in the 1,200 seat Barbican Theatre over the next three summers, featuring major international talent. 

The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company, returning to live production following a four-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will present the Los Angeles premiere of Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, directed by HCLAB associate artistic director Bryan Keith, at the Art of Acting Studio in Hollywood.

As work ramps up on the trio of innovative productions comprising Opera North’s first sustainable season, the Company has revealed some of the transformations it is making in search of more environmentally responsible ways to bring its operas to the stage. 

The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company is returning to live production following a four-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has announced the Los Angeles premiere of Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, directed by HCLAB associate artistic director Bryan Keith, at the Art of Acting Studio in Hollywood.

There’s no doubt that the COVID pandemic has resulted in the loss of countless lives, caused numerous businesses to collapse and brought enormous tension to those who were forced to live in tight quarters for many months. It also presented enormous problems for those in the performing arts.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/10/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

A group of theatre producers have joined forces to launch The Theatre Leadership Project, an ambitious nonprofit aimed at providing resources to programs that seek to diversify commercial theatre leadership.

For the past eleven years, California Roots Music & Arts Festival has been bringing the best reggae, roots music, rock, hip hop and psychedelic art center stage to the iconic Monterey County Fair and Event Center. To celebrate “International Women's Day,” the festival is proud to highlight artists HIRIE, Nattali Rize, Vana Liya and Artikal Sound System fronted by Logan Rex on their 2020 lineup. DJs also bringing the vibes include Kayla Kush and Lexy Love. In addition to the talent on stage, behind stage has plenty to celebrate with a staff of over 70% women bosses!