The upcoming season at the Massachusetts venue kicks off with Hold These Truths and also includes the new musical Fall Springs.

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.

Seeking to broaden its performer pool, the Broadway hit Rent was scheduled to hold an open casting call at the Apollo Theatre in the heart of New York's Harlem neighborhood, Sept. 3. However, due to a union strike at the theatre, the auditions have been postponed, according to a message on the show's casting hotline (212) 479-0833. (Ironically, Rent is one of the few Broadway show that openly solicits non-union performers.)

The tap master launches the IGNITE@theFORD series at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

More details on the upcoming IGNITE@theFORD series at L.A.'s John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth, a champion of new work who has shepherded seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, reflects on her own successes, what she learned during the troubled times of Nick & Nora, representation for women in the arts and her hopes for the future of theatre as part of Playbill.com's Booking It series.

Pittsburgh Public Theater will replace Lanford Wilson's Talley's Folly with Arthur Miller's The Price in the coming season because rights to the Wilson play were pulled due to a planned Broadway production.