Theatre
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Simon Stone's Cherry Orchard
Park Avenue Armory Goes Korean
By: - Sep 21st, 2026What is striking about the current production of The Cherry Orchard at the Park Avenue Armory in New York is its musicality. You notice this quickly, because, if you’re like most of us, you don't understand the Korean language spoken in this version of the play. It was written by the brilliant director Simon Stone, who says he wanted to "pin words onto his actors." You clearly get the emotion of the phrases—they chirp and tinkle and chip away at the air like musical notes.
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Co-founder Dolly Jacobs Ousted from Circus Arts Conservatory
Sarasota Supporters Outraged
By: - Sep 18th, 2026In the days since Circus Arts Conservatory co-founder Dolly Jacobs’ Sept. 11 announcement that she had been terminated by the organization’s board of directors, fans of the legendary aerialist, supporters of the nonprofit and members of the Sarasota circus community have reacted with shock, outrage and vows to discontinue support for the organization.
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Come From Away at Sharon PLayhouse
A Timely Revival
By: - Sep 18th, 2026Though it seems as though everyone must know the plot of come from Away by now, it is set in Gander, Newfoundland on Sept. 11, 2001, and the days following. Gander, once a major refueling stop for cross Atlantic flights becomes one of the airports that flights that are in the air on 9/11 are directed to when the US airspace is closed. 38 jumbo jets, mostly originating in Europe, are told to land; the 7,000 passengers on board exceed the population of the town.
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Music Theatre of Connecticut
Harmony Opens Season
By: - Sep 18th, 2026The show tells the story of the Comedian Harmonists, a singing group of six men formed in Germany in the 1920s. Their close harmony and jazzy routines, as well as their humor made them an international success. Tours of Europe led to an appearance at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1932. Best selling recordings led to movie contracts.
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Edith Wharton Play Roman Fever
Staged Reading at the Mount
By: - Sep 17th, 2026Set against the timeless backdrop of Rome, “Roman Fever” explores friendship, jealousy, betrayal, and the secrets that can reshape a lifetime. In Wharton’s sharply observed story, two longtime friends revisit their shared past, gradually revealing simmering tensions, long-buried secrets, and startling revelations. The reading brings Wharton’s razor-sharp wit and enduring fascination with the complexities of human relationships vividly to life.
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Don Giovanni
Opera San Jose's Fine Production of Mozart Classic
By: - Sep 15th, 2026Serial sex abuser Don Giovanni's downfall begins with his killing Donna Anna's father The Commendatore in a swordfight. Three of his conquests are joined by two male friends to bring an end to his reign. Meanwhile, we enjoy Mozart's fine music and an exceptional libretto from Lorenzo da Ponte that integrates comedy, tragedy, and fantasy in a matchless manner.
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Sarasota Players Fundraise for New Home
It Hasn't Been Easy
By: - Sep 15th, 2026At the Sept. 10 ceremony, the theater company broke with tradition to kick off the launch of Payne Park Auditorium and the fundraising campaign by plugging in a ghost light, which has been part of theatrical history and superstition since the 19th century.
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Norweigans by C. Denny Swanson
Launches Fall seasob for Shakespere & Company
By: - Sep 14th, 2026Launching the Berkshire shoulder season, Shakespeare & Company, is presenting a dark comedy, The Norwegians, on weekends in the intimate Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. It's a rare treat to see the hilarious Elizabeth Aspenlieder sharing a stage with Peggy Phar Wilson.
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Boston Lyric Opera's Fiftieth Season
Launches with William Tell
By: - Sep 14th, 2026Although its overture remains among the best-known classical pieces ever written, Angus says, WILLIAM TELL also contains some of Rossini’s richest music, including soaring choral writing, expansive ensembles, and virtuosic arias that reveal a composer working on a far grander canvas than the comic operas for which he is often remembered.
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Baker Street Beginnings
Heckscher Theatre for Families Production
By: - Sep 09th, 2026Theatre Lab's annual family-friendly production this year is the humorous, thrilling, and endearing "Baker Street Beginnings." The production marks the world premiere of Gina Montét's new play.
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Noises Off
Farce at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Sep 03rd, 2026There were many challenges to Noises Off, as its director Gordon Greenberg explained in program notes. "It feels like a mountain to scale, honestly. Why does one want to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? Because its a challenge. And for people who love theatre as much as I do, it's not only a great challenge, but also a great joy."
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Forbidden!
U.S. Premiere at the Foundry Near Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Sep 02nd, 2026More than a century after it was nearly lost to history, South Florida's Plays of Wilton presents the American premiere of Forbidden! The play's original title in Dutch was "Wat Niet Mag!" or "Mustn't Do It!" Plays of Wilton's strong production runs through Sept. 27 in the intimate Foundry.
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Magnus at Theater for a New City
Wendy Biller Writes, Directs and Choreographs
By: - Aug 31st, 2026Theater for the New City is presenting Magnus, written, directed, and choreographed by Wendy Biller. It is an animated evening of theater, with the physical movements of the actors contributing a moving image to the story being told.
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Sarasota County Approves Arts Grants Without DEI Debate
Leaves Urbanite Behind
By: - Aug 29th, 2026When arts organizations in line for tourist tax grants were asked in July to acknowledge new diversity, equity and inclusion stipulations to receive public funds for 2027, most hoped the Sarasota County Commission would either provide more clarity or overlook the culture war issue.
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Batboy the Musical
Sarasota Players
By: - Aug 29th, 2026“Bat Boy: The Musical” is one of the most unusual and bizarre shows you’re likely to come across. That shouldn’t be surprising considering it was inspired in part by a 1992 story in the mostly fictional Weekly World News tabloid newspaper, about the discovery of a boy who was half human and half bat.
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Is The Snow Goose Broadway Bound
Musicals Take Years to Develop
By: - Aug 28th, 2026The goal is for The Snow Goose to go on to future productions, including, possibly Broadway. Hilton said that during its run in East Haddam, Goodspeed will be inviting and encouraging Broadway professionals – including producers – to see it.
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Eureka Day
Island City Stage's Hilarious Satire
By: - Aug 28th, 2026Island City Stage near Ft. Lauderdale has mounted a funny and touching production of the bitingly funny satire "Eureka Day." The production runs through Sept. 13 in Island City Stage's intimate black-box theater in Wilton Manors. This mounting marks the second production of "Eureka Day" in South Florida in less than six months. "Eureka Day" is the third most-produced play in the United States this season.
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Summer Theatre Reading
Including New Sondheim Bio
By: - Aug 21st, 2026Florida Theater On Stage’s summer reading list worth for a few evenings encompasses three looks at our venerated Stephen Sondheim including a fresh off the press biography. Plus we dissect a detailed look at Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’s evolution from play to film, plus a look at the bloodiest plays of the early 20th Century, plus a newly prefaced edition of Raisin in the Sun with post-script analysis, and a collection of in-depth interviews with theater critics of the 20th and 21st Century.
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Hamlet at Shakespeare & Company
Best of the Bard
By: - Aug 20th, 2026The character of Hamlet, the tragic Prince of Denmark represents one of the great roles in the canon. Brooding, melancholy, unhinged and bent on revenge for the murder of his father he is both sympathetic and not. He’s an early prototype of the modern anti-hero.
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Other Desert Cities
Bridge Across the Pond Theatre in South Florida
By: - Aug 20th, 2026In its third mounting, Bridge Across the Pond Theatre presents a strong production of Jon Robin Baitz's family drama, Other Desert Cities. The production runs through Aug. 30 at Empire Stage's intimate black box theater in Ft. Lauderdale. The play takes place in 2004 in Palm Springs, Calif. and an epilogue is set in Seattle several years later.
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Come From Away at Ivortyton
Reminder of Bssic Humanity
By: - Aug 19th, 2026Twenty-five years ago next month, the unimaginable happened. Two passenger jets crashed into the World Trade Towers, another into the Pentagon and a fourth in a field in Ohio.The world stood still for days in shock and horror. We learned many people demonstrated enormous acts of courage and kindness. One of those acts of kindness occurred after 28 jumbo jets enroute to the US from Europe were told to land at the airport in Gander, Newfoundland. US air space was closed.
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Cannibals of McGower County at Theatreworks
Well Acted but Tough to Watch
By: - Aug 19th, 2026The acting is terrific; the production values are great and yet The Cannibals of McCower County is a play I probably will never see again. Why? I find it difficult to watch a character who relishes in manipulation of people as well as emotional and physical cruelty. A character with no redeeming qualities.
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Theater for the New City Dreams Up
Edgy Theater for New Yorkers
By: - Aug 17th, 2026With Theater for the New City's 14th Dream Up Festival fast approaching (August 23 through September 13), The annual event is an ultimate new works festival, dedicated to the joy of discovering new authors and edgy, innovative performances.
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Lili Elbe
Winning Opera of Early Transsexual Surgery
By: - Aug 16th, 2026Santa Fe Opera offers an imposing American premiere of Tobias Picker's powerful statement about an oppressed group through the biography of Lili Elbe, who underwent sex reassignment surgery a century ago.
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The Magic Flute
Santa Fe Opera's Visual and Vocal Kaleidoscope
By: - Aug 15th, 2026Mozart's popular fable-like singspiel is given a scintillating, near comic-like treatment. The hero wins the girl and passes the tests of the brotherhood
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