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World Premiere Musical Based on The Skin of Our Teeth Part of New Public Season

1 day ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

The Public Theater’s artistic director Oskar Eustis and executive director Patrick Willingham have announced the lineup for the Public’s 2025-26 season at their Astor Place theater. The Public season will feature five world premieres, including a musical by Obie Award winner and Emerging Writers Group alumnus Ethan Lipton, based on Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Skin of Our Teeth, and three New York premieres, including one by Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo.
Beauty and the Beast Tour Announces Full Cast

1 day ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsStephen Mark Lukas, Danny Gardner, Kathy Voytko, and more join. Disney Theatrical Group has announced full casting for the North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years. The tour will launch in Schenectady, New York, on June 25, before its official opening in Chicago in July. Joining the previously announced stars Kyra Belle Johnson (Mamma Mia!) as Belle and Fergie L.
Jackie Burns, Rob McClure Join the Cast of Dear Evan Hansen at the Muny

2 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsMichael Fabisch will play Evan Hansen. Principal casting has been announced for the Muny and midwest regional premiere premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, running July 28-August 3 in Forest Park. The production stars Michael Fabisch (Dear Evan Hansen national tour) as Evan Hansen, Jackie Burns (Wicked) as Heidi Hansen, Maggie Lakis (Avenue Q) as Cynthia Murphy, Tony nominee Rob McClure (Mrs.
Taylor Mac, Sierra Boggess to Lead Prosperous Fools in Brooklyn

2 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsMac’s new play will be presented by Theatre for a New Audience. Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) presents Taylor Mac’s Prosperous Fools, running June 1–29 and directed by Tony winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder). Very loosely inspired by Moliere’s 17th century classic Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Prosperous Fools is a comedy of manners for an age with no manners.
Gun & Powder, Now Titled Wanted, Is Broadway Bound

2 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsThe musical had a run at Paper Mill Playhouse last year. The producers of the musical formerly known as Gun & Powder have announced that the production will be rebranding to the new title Wanted and are aiming for a Broadway bow in 2026. Theater, dates, and casting will be announced at a later date. A workshop for Wanted will take place this June.
Eureka Day, Pictures From Home, and More Announced for Marin Theatre’s 2025-26 Season

6 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsThe season also includes Sally & Tom and The Cherry Orchard. Marin Theatre’s 2025-26 season of four plays includes Eureka Day’s return to the Bay Area stage, the west coast premiere of Sally & Tom, a new rendition of The Cherry Orchard, and the west coast premiere of Pictures From Home. The productions will be mounted on the Boyer Main Stage at Marin Theatre.
Storm Lever, Frankie Rodriguez, and More Join the Cast of Rent at the Cape Playhouse

6 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA will continue its summer season with Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, running June 25-July 12. Chip Miller will direct and choreograph the production. With book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, Rent is set in the East Village of New York City in the 1990s and is about a found family of artists fighting the impending uncertainty of rent due.
Adam Pascal Will Direct Feels Like the First Time, New Musical Featuring the Songs of Foreigner

6 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

The rock band Foreigner will develop and stage the world premiere production of Feels Like The First Time – The Foreigner Musical, directed by Adam Pascal (Rent) and featuring 14 of Foreigner’s hit songs, a book by Stephen Garvey (The Bardy Bunch), and orchestrations and arrangements by David Abbinanti (Ghost The Musical).
Maybe Happy Ending Will Launch North American Tour in 2026

6 days ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

The producers of the Tony Award-nominated new romantic musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending announced that in addition to continuing on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, the show will embark on a multi-year North American tour beginning in the fall of 2026. The tour will launch in Baltimore at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center before continuing to 30+ cities including Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Tampa, St. Louis, Detroit, San Francisco, Providence, and other cities.
The Muny Will Receive the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that, based on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association, the Muny—the Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis—will receive the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor, recognizing a regional theater company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theater nationally, is accompanied by a grant of $25,000, made possible by City National Bank.