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Written from the point of view of a theatre fan, guest contributor David Appleford provides a piece full of details and insights regarding the new film, WICKED, and how it compares to the stage musical.

If the 2020s have occasionally uncomfortably reminded you of the 1920s, you’re not alone. Two Toronto theatre companies are currently using work from and about that turbulent decade to comment on present issues. At the Red Sandcastle, The Flare Productions presents Sophie Treadwell’s seminal work of feminist and Expressionist theatre, MACHINAL, a 1928 play very loosely based on the real-life story of Ruth Snyder, executed at Sing Sing Prison for the murder of her husband. At the Theatre Centre, Tall Poppy Productions presents a new work written and directed by Judy Reynolds, THE BEE’S KNEES, a fictional tale of one of the first women to run for Canadian parliament in the early 1920s.

This weekend, NYGASP will revive Ruddigore, the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera that has entertained world-wide audiences for 137 years. Catch it 11/23 and 11/24. We spoke with Hannah Holmes, who plays Mad Margaret in this production.

MCC Theater is now presenting Shit. Meet. Fan., written and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara. Check out what critics from the New York Times, Vulture, Deadline and more are saying about the new play.

Juno Award Winning and Certified Gold selling International R&B Icon Dru will present A SOUL NOSTALGIC Christmas on December 20 at Acqua Supper Club. Learn more here!

Finding the funny in one of Europe’s most violent episodes of political tumult, YESYESNONO’s The Glorious French Revolution (or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done) is a riotous romp.

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The world premiere of The Passenger by Nadya Menuhin, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, opens at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre for a five-week limited season.

Theater Resources Unlimited announced their 2024 TRU Love Benefit Online Auction, open until November 24, 2024, featuring 37 prizes including Broadway tickets and exclusive experiences.

Join Theater Resources Unlimited's Community Gathering to feature Tony Award-nominated producer Jamila Ponton Bragg. Explore the role of Black female producers in theater this Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom.

The curriculum vitae of Tom Stoppard is staggering. 1964’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” brought him initial fame in the theatre world. Prolific does not do the man justice. In every theatrical/writing genre he has excelled. Tony Awards, Academy Awards and every other conceivable one. To give some context, he wrote the film “Shakespeare In Love” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. His genius in writing is equal to that of Stephen Sondheim in musical theatre.

Returning to the West End La Clique is back with a new cast. After two decades of presenting some of the finest vaudeville talent around, is this the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning for this cabaret institution?

Open Jar Studios and Stage Door Network announced the next 'The Creative Match-Up' a networking event featuring an innovative, fun speed-dating structure for creatives to connect.

Is there some sort of formula for roping in both fans of a hit movie and stage hounds, to catch lightning in a new medium? Judging by what the musical's book writer Bob Gale, director John Rando and the musical team must have been thinking, the answer is you slavishly remake the movie on stage.

Los Angeles singer, songwriter, and composer Julia Holter shares her new song “The Laugh Is in the Eyes.” The song developed out of the demos for Holter’s 2024 LP Something in the Room She Moves. Listen to the song now!

Witty, smart and heartbreaking. That about sums up the new musical THE FITZGERALDS OF ST. PAUL now playing as  a preview production at Buffalo's Irish Classical Theatre Company.

Graham Abbott will conduct Handel's Messiah at the Sydney Opera House this holiday season. Learn more about the upcoming performances and find out how to get tickets here!

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will present their first live gala since 2019, the 2024 TRU Love Benefit: Passion...Pass It On! this month. Learn more about the benefit and how to get tickets here!

Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, where they learned more about the center’s work in air, space, and science. The show was in the area performing at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News. Check out photos from the production.

Sheffield Theatres is presenting KENREX- part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. See what the critics are saying...

One of the most explosive musical sensations has finally landed in Poland, and it’s here to school us all! Six years after its dazzling debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SIX has arrived, bringing with it six incredible women whose lives were tied together by one infamous husband—Henry VIII.

The Mercury Theatre has released photos from inside rehearsal for the 2024/5 pantomime, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, which will run from 23 November 2024 – 19 January 2025.

Blackstock Market has opened its final two performance spaces at its popular Liverpool site. The theatres are the latest phase of the acclaimed £8million city entertainment destination to be completed.

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre - one of the nation's preeminent arts and culture organizations - will launch the inaugural “Black Narrative” theater series.

In celebration of 30 enchanting years of the magical, musical world of The Swan Princess, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing a deluxe box set featuring all 12 animated features.