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Get ready for the holidays with this list of festive shows for your upcoming holiday season!

From pioneers in the women’s suffrage movement to contemporary teachers, parents, prisoners, athletes and entertainers, here’s a broad spectrum of meaty roles for strong women in both plays and musicals.

A blockbuster hit in 1969, Promises, Promises took Broadway by storm, wowing audiences and critics alike. How well do you know this groovy, urbane 60s musical?

Garden District, a short film based on Rosary O’Neill’s full-length play Solitaire, is earning awards and nominations at prestigious film festivals around the world. The playwright and her daughter, Rory Schmitt, discuss the development and success of the play and film.

It was a Broadway smash and a blockbuster film, and it remains an international sensation. How well do you know the phenomenon known as Dreamgirls? Take our quiz and find out!

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is celebrating its 25th anniversary! We sat down with creators Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts to discuss the show’s creation, history and enduring success.

These Concord Theatricals literary adaptations – from A Tale of Two Cities to The Phantom of the Opera to Fun Home – are sure to pique the interest of any bookworm.

Despite her early death at age 34, Lorraine Hansberry broke new ground with dynamic, challenging plays that took Broadway by storm. Explore the work of this trailblazing playwright and activist.

The fifth session of Concord Theatricals’ Read More Plays Club featured playwright Karen Zacarías and director Lisa Portes discussing Zacarías’ Native Gardens.

If your messages often feature an emoji (or five), and you think you know our shows like the back of your hand, we’ve got a quiz for you! Can you guess the correct emoji-style titles of our plays and musicals?

Playwright Allan Miller reflects on the process of converting D.H. Lawrence’s deeply interior novella The Fox into a dynamic and thrilling stage play.

The fourth session of Concord Theatricals’ Read More Plays Club featured playwright Aleshea Harris and director Whitney White discussing Harris’ What to Send Up When it Goes Down.

With the authors’ blessing, Stanford University’s Ram’s Head Theatrical Society revised Heathers The Musical to feature JD and Veronica as a same-sex couple.

Award-winning theatre educator Corey Mitchell discusses his career, his philosophy towards theatre education, and his newest venture, The Theatre Gap Initiative.

We continue our trip around the globe with a look at Vérité Theatre Company’s production of The Mad Ones in South Korea. Read more about the company’s unique experience.

One of Britain’s greatest playwrights, Terence Rattigan created a wealth of comedies and dramas that triumphed in the UK and US. Explore these five selected plays demonstrating the breadth of his talent.

Always wondered which stage best friend duo you and your pal are like? We’ve put together a short quiz that’ll help you figure it out.

Happy National Best Friend’s Day to our number one pals, buddies, mates, chums, cronies and sidekicks! Check out these fantastic plays and musicals that feature the best friendships on the stage.

Marvin Hamlisch is the only other person in history, after Richard Rodgers, to have won the PEGOT: the Pulitzer Prize and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. Here’s a look at each of Hamlisch’s PEGOT accolades.

The third session of Concord Theatricals’ Read More Plays Club focused on Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, a new, autobiographical dramatic comedy.

Tarek ‘Taz’ Skylar and Ross Berkeley Simpson discuss working together on Warheads, a striking show based on the lasting impact of war on those who return from it and try to assimilate back into the day-to-day.

Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter creators Stevie Holland, Gary William Friedman and Richard Maltby, Jr. discuss the musical’s history and upcoming world premiere on Broadway on Demand.

Damon Chua, author of Film Chinois, The Emperor’s Nightingale, Incident at Hidden Temple and other plays, discusses his experience as an Asian writer of plays.

Madhuri Shekar, author of A Nice Indian Boy, In Love and Warcraft and Queen, among other plays, discusses writing for “mainstream” and South Asian audiences.

Want to know who you would be at the Jellicle Ball? Take this quiz to find out!

Ted Chapin, former President and Chief Creative Officer of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, recounts the colorful history of Irving Berlin’s smash musical.

No matter what time of year, it’s always a perfect time for an Irving Berlin tune.

From the CFO of a trendy sports apparel company to a nerdy 16-year-old in Long Beach, California, you’ll find a wide variety of compelling roles in this collection of Concord Theatricals plays and musicals featuring Asian men.

The second session of Concord Theatricals’ Read More Plays Club focused on Our Town (Multilingual), a new translation of Thornton Wilder’s classic play.

With Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ now available to license, we caught up with the authors about the new musical and its timeless appeal.

Planning your upcoming community theatre season? Here are some suggestions to fit your needs, whether you’re looking for a large-cast comedy, a guaranteed audience pleaser, or a fresh new work.

Darkly comic and incredibly idiosyncratic, Samuel Beckett’s work strikes a chord with anyone who encounters it. From his fast-moving monologues to the full-length masterpiece Waiting For Godot, here’s a list of some of Beckett’s most memorable works.