Article by Linda Buchwald for Theatre Mania July 28, 2026 Co-founders and co-artistic directors Peilin Chou and Jeanne Hagerty have announced the lineup for the second annual Newport NewWorks Musical Theater Festival, held in Newport, Rhode Island. The 2026 festival takes place August 2-16 and features three new musicals. The musicals include … The...
NEWS & REVIEWS: GENE & GILDA at Detroit’s Tipping Point Theatre
GENE & GILDABy Cary GitterRuns through May 3Tipping Point Theatre, 361 E. Cady St., NorthvilleTickets are $25 – $47.www.tippingpointtheatre.com Review by Erica Hobbs for Detroit News Married couple Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were two iconic comedic actors, but who were the people behind the laughs? Northville’s Tipping Point Theatre is exploring the relationship...
NEWS & REVIEWS: Jelly’s Last Jam Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson
Jelly’s Last JamBook by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther HendersonDirected by Tyrone RobinsonThrough April 26, 2026, at Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol(215) 785-0100 or brtstage.org Review by An Nichols for the Broad Street Review 4/7 …The production elements succeed: Dr. Yatande Whitney Hunter...
NEWS & REVIEWS: MEXODUS, Choreographed by Tony Thomas, at the Daryl Roth Theatre
March 6 – June 14Daryl Roth Theatre – NYCWritten and Performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. RobinsonChoreographed by Tony ThomasDirected by David Mendizabal In Mexodus off Broadway, a fresh story reveals an untold historic era: when thousands of people escaped slavery by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico. You know the story of...
NEWS & REVIEWS: HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE, A MUSICAL by Playwright Cary Gitter and Composer Neil Berg
In 1933, Charlie, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to America a decade earlier, returns to his hometown of Rovno in search of a bride. There Charlie meets Chava, who works at a hat shop and hopes to become a scholar. However, Chava’s ambitions for the future and the growing clouds of European anti-Semitism and...