Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award goes to LGBTQ ally, advocate Annette Bening
Outspoken LGBTQ advocate and actress Annette Bening, who recently received an Oscar nomination for her portrayed of the iconic, openly gay swimmer Diane Nyad, will be awarded The Hasty Pudding Woman of...
Giselle Byrd, LGBTQ+ advocate and producer, named new executive director of The Theater Offensive
After a nationwide search, The Theater Offensive is proud to present theater and film producer, talentmanager, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Giselle Byrd as its new executive director. The appointment makes Byrd the...
Littleton, NH’s homophobic select board members target public art, production of ‘La Cage’
Since late August, the three-person selectboard of Littleton, New Hampshire has been threatening to ban all displays of public art from the town in order to keep their neighbors from seeing a...
Commonwealth Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ opens on Boston Common
Acclaimed scenic designer Riw Rakkulchon makes Boston debut with Commonwealth Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
If you’ve attended a theater production in New England over the past...
Alex Newell of Lynn, MA becomes first nonbinary actor to win Tony Award
At Broadway's Tony Awards last night, Lynn, Massachusetts native Alex Newell became the first nonbinary actor to win the prestigious award. Newell took home the trophy in the category of Best Featured...
A New ‘Much Ado’: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company returns to the Boston Common, July 20–Aug....
“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and frequently performed plays. But it’s a fresh spin on “Much Ado” that Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC)...
Moonbox Productions hosts first Boston New Works Festival June 23–26
Moonbox Productions is hosting their first-ever Boston New Works Festival this Thursday through Sunday, June 23–26, at the Calderwood Pavilion and the Boston Center for the Arts. Celebrating new original plays by...
Actor and director Fred Sullivan, Jr. celebrates lifelong love for Shakespeare at Warwick RI’s...
Rhode Island-based actor and director Fred Sullivan, Jr. is the embodiment of New England theater history.
The Chelsea, Mass. native first fell in love with...
Hate group marches from Maine to New Hampshire to protest drag queen reading stories...
File this one under bizarre but disturbing stories: Yesterday, Jan. 12, LGBTQ Nation reported on "a group of sad white men," members of the Nationalist Social Club, marching in protest from Maine...
Queer songwriter Justin Tranter, ART create ‘Wild: A Musical Becoming’
Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter and producer Justin Tranter is making the leap from pop music to musical theater as the composer and lyricist for the American...
