Musical Theater News

Five musicals for the price of one. Kind of. In fact, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical is just one story, but it's interpreted five ways - in the styles of various legendary musical theater creators.

Dylan Stout, Sam Gibbons and Chloe Quinnett like to think they transcend the stereotypical high school cliques.

Orchestras, theaters, museums and other arts organizations in the nation's suburbs are facing additional challenges in the recession.

Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman have done it again. Not just created another rich new musical , but a delightfully brash, new version of one they've been reworking for years.

Watch to see a clip from May of Jenny Wine singing as the bride in Wichita East High School's "The Wedding Singer" -- and receiving Music Theatre of Wichita's award for best high school actress in the Wichita area.

Every artistic diet needs a dash of each. Where you place "Evil Dead: The Musical," now playing at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, is up to you.

They're not bringing home trophies, but Kian McCollum and Elizabeth Bailey remained upbeat about their participation in the competition for National High School Musical Theater Awards.

Kei Aran, center, performs during the Takarazuka theater's "The Rose of Versailles" final rehearsal in Tokyo in Februrary 2006 TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / Getty Images Forty-four young women in wide hakama pants, fans tucked diagonally into waistbands, stand on stage at the Takarazuka Grand Theater, a 30-minute train ride west of Osaka.

Last year, Bruce Bouchard approached his Board of Directors at the Paramount Theatre with a novel way to bring New York City musical theater to Vermont.

On the first day, some of them seemed a little unsure as they followed their instructor's steps across the dance floor.

Actors and actresses in Fairfield are tuning up their instruments and their vocal cords for a one-of-a-kind musical.

Winners of the Portland Area Musical Theater Awards took home one of these golden globes.

Veteran actor Laurie Pennington was unfamiliar with a musical whodunit called "Curtains," so when the Charleston Light Opera Guild announced plans to produce the show, she did what any good actor does: she picked up the music.

When it comes to Father's Day, columnists tend to talk about their fathers, or life after their fathers passed away, or growing up without a father.

An off-Broadway contender is waiting in the wings at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

As it turns out, Ashanti has a lot in common with the iconic heroine she portrays in the new, ambitious revival of "The Wiz" that opened Thursday at off-Broadway's New York City Center.

When theaters around the country attract the attention of the venerable Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, it's usually because they've done something wrong - and R&H isn't shy about shutting down a show it thinks has betrayed the intentions of the most successful writing team in the history of the American musical theater.

Paper Mill Playhouse The Rising Star Awards are modeled after the Tony Awards and Paper Mill's program serves the entire state of New Jersey with 100 entered productions from high schools.

"Imagine That" director Karey Kirkpatrick had a little more input on the movie's soundtrack than many directors might: He produced nine of the album's 11 tracks and performs on another.

The MIT Musical Theatre Guild announces auditions for its Summer 2009 production of Bat Boy.