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With “Fourteen Funerals,” playwright Eric Pfeffinger has given us a gentle, enormously insightful comedy about coming home, even if it’s a home you never knew you had.

A round-up of stand-out theater productions being staged throughout the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires this summer.

MAY WE ALL: A NEW COUNTRY MUSICAL today announced the first round of dates for the all-star rotating lineup of guest artists who will step into the role of “Bailey Stone” during the world premiere engagement of the highly anticipated stage show.

Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most adventurous and exciting small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, is delighted to announce its upcoming 2022 Mainstage Season – five full evenings (or afternoons if you choose to attend matinee performances) of thrilling, provocative, and innovative work that celebrate survival during these uncertain times.

Playhouse on the Square in partnership with tamburrino, inc., Playhouse on the Square season sponsor Dorothy O. Kirsch, and super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff present the Initial Production of new country music musical, May We All January 21 - February 20, 2022. 

The winners of the Finstrom Festival of New Work are Finding Neil Patrick Harris by Donna Hoke, The Guilt Mongers or Los Traficantes de Culpa (for those not willing to submit to the Anglicization of our people) by C. Julian Jiménez, The Equivalent of Sensation by Arianna Rose, One-Shot by Andrew Rosendorf and Baby Camp by Nandita Shenoy.

"May We All" coming in 2022 to Nashville Monday, February 22, 2021 – "May We All," a musical produced in part by Florida Georgia Lines Brian Kelley, will have its wold premiere in June 2022 as a special part of Tennessee Performing Arts Centers Broadway at TPAC series in Nashville. The show is a story of disappearing small-town America as seen through the hopeful eyes of its youth. Jenna Coates, a fledgling country singer, reluctantly comes home after a rough start in Nashville, ultimately...

The musical has a premiere date of June.

Brian Usifer, and is directed by Shelley Butler. Lively McCabe Entertainment and CuzBro Productions also announced last month that a film adaptation is in the works, directed by Andy Fickman (“She’s the Man,” “Parental Guidance”). Information on production cast, engagement dates, and ticketing information will be announced soon.   About Brian Kelley Brian Kelley is one half of GRAMMY-nominated, global superstar duo Florida Georgia Line – tallying 17 career #1 singles, 13.1+ bill...

Additionally, director Andy Fickman — known for films including 2006s  Shes the Man and TV series  Kevin Can Wait and  No Good Nick — will helm  May We All as part of a partnership with Lively McCabe Entertainment and CuzBro Productions, the latter of which Kelley founded. "My partners and I are really excited to welcome Andy [Fickman] to the  May We All fam!" the singer shares. "Not only do we connect on a country music-lovin level, but I admire his work as a director and truly be...