Touring & Regional

North American tours on the road, plus the regional theatres — Steppenwolf, the Goodman, A.R.T. and others — that feed New York.

Artwork for 1972 at American Repertory Theater
Touring & Regional

1972, Chadwick Stokes and Jessie Nelson’s rock opera, names its cast for A.R.T. in Cambridge

American Repertory Theater has named the company for the world premiere of 1972, a rock opera by Chadwick Stokes and Jessie Nelson that runs at Harvard’s Farkas Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Tuesday, October 27…

Cast artwork for Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse
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Saycon Sengbloh, Ty Taylor and Britton Smith lead Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse

Ty Taylor, Britton Smith and Saycon Sengbloh will lead a 20th-anniversary production of Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse, running November 4–29 with opening night on Sunday, November 8.

Artwork for John Proctor Is the Villain at American Conservatory Theater
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John Proctor Is the Villain sets its West Coast cast for San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles

John Proctor Is the Villain begins its West Coast premiere at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco on November 12, the first of three stops for a rolling co-production that continues at Seattle Rep and at the…

Ben Levi Ross, Beth Leavel and Brad Oscar. Beth Leavel photo by Drift Studio NYC
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Asolo Rep workshops a revised My Favorite Year in New York with Ben Levi Ross, Chris Hoch and Beth Leavel

Sarasota’s Asolo Repertory Theatre has taken a revised My Favorite Year to New York City this week. The developmental workshop of the musical by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Joseph Dougherty runs from September 25…

Emma Busse as Gretta and Kevin William Paul as Max in Begin Again at The Old Globe. Photo by Jeff Lorch
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Begin Again, the musical built on Train’s songs, now runs through October 18 at the Old Globe

Begin Again, the new musical built on songs by Pat Monahan and the band Train, now plays The Old Globe in San Diego through October 18, a week beyond the October 11 closing the theater gave when it announced the cast in…

The company of the 2025 North American tour of Elf The Musical. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade
Touring & Regional

Jack Ducat is Buddy as Elf The Musical sets its 2026 US tour cast

Jack Ducat will play Buddy in the new US tour of Elf The Musical, which takes to the road this holiday season with a company of 23.

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? key art, Arena Stage
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Arena Stage casts Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, Anna D. Shapiro’s City Center revival, from October 17

Washington, DC, gets the Off-Broadway revival of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? next. Arena Stage has named an 11-strong company for Anna D.

Will Burton, who plays Bert in Mary Poppins at Paper Mill Playhouse
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Will Burton and Will Blum join the Mary Poppins company at Paper Mill Playhouse

Millburn, New Jersey has its Bert. Paper Mill Playhouse has named five more principals and the full creative team for Mary Poppins, the musical that opens the theater's 88th season in November.