Adolpho Blaire’s 2018 Theatre Season List All Seasons announced as of January 31st, 2018 www.justdolphy.com 1 Welcome to this year’s THEATRE SEASON LIST - a special guide to the seasons and trends of the 2018 theatre season among regional and stock theatres throughout the United States. This list is a labor of love of mine and this also marks the 16th year since I began putting it together. As far as I know the information is correct but there have been mistakes in the past so always check with the theatre’s website as well as the AEA website, particularly for the union contract as these change from time to time. If you happen to find outdated or incorrect information, please contact me at [email protected] THE SEASON This season overwhelmingly finds it’s most popular title in Mamma Mia! with a whopping 33 showings. For plays, both A Raisin in the Sun and Noises Off have proved to be trendy with 8 theatres putting each title in their seasons. Even with a healthy amount of runs in 2017, newer titles like Million Dollar Quartet, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The 39 Steps have continued to find interest around the country. First-run titles finding significant showings include Fun Home, Murder for Two, A Doll’s House Part 2, Shakespeare in Love, Skeleton Crew, Constellations, Heisenberg and The Wolves, – many of which should continue into 2019 seasons. And many beloved classics are making popular comebacks this season like Oklahoma! (celebrating its 75 anniversary), Singin’ in the Rain (also popular in 2017) as well as The Pirates of Penzance (which has rounded out the last 4 years as a popular title). Titles by Ken Ludwig (with 6 plays presented this year), the Church Basement Ladies canon (4 titles, including the newest Rise Up, O’ Men) and the perennial William Shakespeare have filled many of the seasons across the board. Following the pervading political commentary tide, Chicago, West Side Story, Ragtime, Hairspray and Disgraced (popular the last 3 seasons) seem to resonate with many artistic directors and titles like A Raisin in the Sun, Crowns, Vietgone, and The Wiz seem to mirror the newer commitment to diversity in storytelling that theatres have begun to champion. Many titles, which in recent years have found popularity and numerous showings, have seemed to have run their course for awhile including Newsies, Saturday Night Fever, All the Way, Sister Act and the recent re-interest in Beehive. For 2019, popular titles are apt to be Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Jersey Boys, Holiday Inn, The Great Society, Matilda, Every Brilliant Thing, Freaky Friday, The Legend of Georgia McBride, The Savannah Sipping Society and The Magic Play. 2 For this tally, I’ve only notated titles being presented by 4 or more theatres in 2018. Mamma Mia! – 33 Ragtime – 6 Diary of Anne Frank - 4 Million Dollar Quartet – 16 Shakespeare in Love - 6 Disgraced - 4 Annie – 12 Skeleton Crew - 6 Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End - 4 Disney’s Beauty & the Beast – 11 The Wiz – 6 Footloose - 4 Newsies – 11 The 39 Steps – 6 Great Society - 4 Once – 11 Bridges…Madison County – 5 Glass Menagerie - 4 A Christmas Carol – 9 Crowns - 5 Hand to God - 4 Oklahoma! – 9 Constellations - 5 Jesus Christ Superstar - 4 Always, Patsy Cline - 8 Grease -5 Kiss Me Kate - 4 Chicago – 8 Heisenberg - 5 Legally Blonde - 4 Elf – 8 Hairspray - 5 The Mousetrap - 4 Fun Home – 8 Little Shop of Horrors – 5 Next to Normal - 4 Hunchback of Notre Dame – 8 The Little Mermaid – 5 Romeo and Juliet - 4 A Raisin in the Sun – 8 Man of La Mancha – 5 Saturday Night Fever - 4 Singin’ in the Rain – 8 Pirates of Penzance – 5 Savannah Sipping Society - 4 West Side Story 8 Steel Magnolias – 5 Twelfth Night - 4 Murder for Two – 8 South Pacific – 5 Two Trains Running - 4 Noises Off – 8 Smoke on the Mountain – 5 Vietgone - 4 Our Town – 7 The Wolves - 5 42nd Street - 4 Sister Act – 7 Ain’t Misbehavin - 4 A Chorus Line – 6 Bright Star - 4 A Doll’s House Part 2 – 6 Barefoot in the Park - 4 Guys & Dolls – 6 Ken Ludwig’s Baskervilles - 4 I hope this list helps you to find work and to keep abreast of the community around you! Sincerely, ADOLPHO BLAIRE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Capital Rep – 10 A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) – 1 Casa Manana – 10 Actors Playhouse – 1 Center Stage – 10 Actor’s Theatre of Louisville – 1 Central Piedmont Summer Thtr – 10 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – 1 Chanhassen Dinner Theatre – 10 Alhambra Dinner Theatre – 2 Chautauqua Theatre Co. – 10 Alliance Theatre – 2 Cincinnatti Playhouse in the Park – 11 Allenberry Playhouse – 2 Circa 21 Dinner Theatre – 11 Alley Theatre – 2 Circle Theatre – 11 Alpine Theatre Project – 2 Cleveland Playhouse – 11 American Conservatory Theatre – 3 Connecticut Rep Theatre – 11 American Rep Theatre – 3 Cortland Rep – 12 American Stage – 3 Creede Repertory Theatre – 12 Arden Theatre Company – 3 Cumberland County Playhouse – 12 Arena Stage – 3 Dallas Summer Musicals – 12 Arizona Broadway – 4 Dallas Theatre Center – 12 Arizona Theatre Company – 4 Delaware Theatre Company – 13 Arkansas Rep – 4 Depot Theatre – 13 Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre – 4 Derby Dinner Theatre – 13 Artists Repetory Theatre – 4 Detroit Repertory Theatre - 13 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina – 5 Downtown Cabaret – 13 Arundel Barn – 5 Drury Lane Oakbrook – 13 Arvada Center – 5 East Lynne Theatre Co – 14 Asolo Rep Theatre – 5 East West Players – 14 Atlanta Shakespeare Festival - 5 Elm Shakespeare Co - 14 Barn Theatre – 5 Emelin Theatre – 14 Barnstormers – 5 Farmer’s Alley Theatre – 14 Barrington Stage – 6 Fifth Avenue – 14 Barter Theatre – 6 Fireside – 15 Bay Street Theatre – 6 First Folio Theatre - 15 Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre – 7 Flat Rock Playhouse – 15 Berkeley Rep – 7 Florida Rep – 15 Berkshire Theatre Group – 7 Florida Studio – 16 Bickford Theatre/Morris Museum – 7 Folger Theatre – 16 Big Fork Summer Playhouse – 7 Ford’s Theatre – 16 Bridge Street Theatre 8 Forestburgh Playhouse – 16 Bristol Riverside – 8 freefall Theatre Company – 17 Broadway Rose Theatre Co – 8 Front Porch Theatricals - 17 Broward Stage Door – 8 Fulton Theatre – 17 Bucks County Playhouse – 8 Gallery Players – 17 Cabrillo Music Theatre – 9 Gateway Playhouse – 18 Candlelight Pavillion Dinner Theatre – 9 George Street Playhouse – 18 Cape Fear Regional Theatre – 9 Geva Theatre – 18 Cape May Stage – 9 Gloucester Stage Company - 18 Cape Playhouse – 9 Goodman Theatre – 18 Capital City Theatre – 9 Goodspeed Opera House – 19 1 Granberry Theatre Company - 19 Mason Street Warehouse – 27 Great Lakes Theatre Festival – 19 McCarter Theatre – 27 Great River Shakespeare Festival – 19 Media Theatre – 28 Greenbrier Valley Theatre – 19 Merrimack Rep Theatre – 28 Gretna Theatre – 20 Merry Go Round/Finger Lakes Thtr Fest. – 28 Gulf Shore Playhouse – 20 Mill Mountain Theatre – 28 Guthrie – 20 Millbrook Playhouse – 28 Hangar Theatre – 20 Milwaukee Rep – 29 Hartford Stage Theatre – 20 Montana Rep Theatre – 29 Hippodrome State Theatre – 21 Moonlight Stage Productions - 29 Hope Summer Rep Theatre – 21 Mountain Playhouse – 29 Hudson Stage Co – 21 MUNY – 29 Human Race Theatre Co – 21 Music Theatre of Connecticut – 30 Huntington Stage – 21 Music Theatre of Wichita – 30 Idaho Shakespeare Festival - 21 Musical Theatre West – 30 Indiana Rep – 22 New Bedford Festival Theatre – 30 Infinity Theatre Co – 22 New Harmony Theatre – 30 Intiman Theatre – 22 New London Barn Playhouse – 30 Ivoryton Playhouse – 22 New Repertory Theatre – 31 Jackson Hole Playhouse – 22 New Stage Theatre – 31 Jean’s Playhouse – 22 New Theatre – 31 Jenny Wiley Theatre – 23 New Theatre Restaurant – 31 John W. Engeman Theatre – 23 North Carolina Theatre – 31 Kansas City Actor’s Theatre - 23 North Shore Music Theatre – 31 Kansas City Rep – 23 Northern Stage – 32 Kansas City Starlight – 23 Northlight Theatre – 32 La Comedia Dinner Theatre – 24 Ocean State Theatre Co – 32 La Jolla Playhouse – 24 Ogunquit Playhouse – 32 Laguna Playhouse – 24 Old Creamery Theatre - 32 Lake Theatre – 24 Old Globe – 33 Lake Dillon Theatre Co – 24 Olney Theatre – 33 Lamb’s Players Theatre – 25 Ordway Theatre – 33 Lees-McRae Summer Theatre – 25 Oregon Shakespeare Festival – 33 Lexington Theatre Company - 25 Ozark Actor’s Theatre - 34 Little Theatre on the Square – 25 Palace Theatre – 34 Long Wharf – 25 Palm Beach Dramaworks – 34 Lookingglass Theatre Co – 25 Paper Mill Playhouse – 34 Lyric Stage – 26 Paramount Theatre – 34 Lyric Stage Co of Boston – 26 Park Square Theatre – 34 Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma – 26 Pasadena Playhouse – 35 Mac-Haydn Theatre – 26 Pearl Theatre Co – 35 Main Street Theatre – 26 Peninsula Players Theatre – 35 Maine State Music Theatre – 27 Pennsylvania Center Stage – 35 Maltz Jupiter Theatre – 27 Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival - 35 Marin Theatre Company – 27 People’s Light and Theatre Co – 35 Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire – 27 Peterborough Players – 36 Philadelphia Theatre Co – 36 2 Pioneer Theatre Co – 36 Teatro Vista – 45 Pittsburgh CLO – 36 Ten Thousand Things – 45 Pittsburgh Musical Theatre – 36 Tennessee Rep – 46 Pittsburgh Public – 36 Tent Theatre – 46 Playhouse on the Square – 37 Texas Family Musicals – 46 Porthouse Theatre – 37 Theatreworks (CT) – 46 Portland Center Stage – 37 Theatreworks Silicon Valley – 46 Portland Stage Co – 37 TheatreZone – 46 Prather Entertainment Group – 38 Theatre Aspen – 46 Preseverance Theatre – 38 Theatre at Monmouth – 47 Reagle Players – 38 Theatre at the Center – 47 Rep Stage – 38 Theatre Barn – 47 Rep Theatre Of St. Louis – 39 Theatre By the Sea – 47 Riverside Center Theatre – 39 Theatre for a New Audience – 47 Riverside