When I arrived at Thalian Hall for Opera House Academy's performance of Mean Girls, I was swallowed into a sea of pink (even though it wasn't Wednesday). A group of girls and women ranging from elementary school ages to moms posed in front of the poster outside. A middle schooler wore a t-shirt featuring the original film stars. A girl in the bathroom was wearing army pants and flip-flops. I'd never seen Mean Girls put on as a musical. I saw the film the night it opened, my 1

Splintered Stage presents “Love/Sick,” a one-act dark comedy play cycle by John Cariani. Instead of one through-line narrative, the play is a collection of short plays that explore how romance can go wrong. Each short features just two characters, ranging from love at first sight to long-ago ex-lovers.

While the script of ‘The Shark is Broken’ is tough to chew, Chase Harrison finds the production and cast do their best to deliver.

The Shark is Broken is a comedy about the filming of JAWS: feuding costars, unpredictable weather, and a mechanical shark that won't stop malfunctioning... is JAWS destined for failure?

Five hundred years after their deaths, the six wives of Henry VIII return to the stage to belt out their sides of the story—and to argue over which one had it worse—in ‘Six: The Musical.'

Taking on a classic is a daunting task, but Suellen Yates, with her cast and crew may have just staged Wilmington’s best musical of 2026.

“Gypsy” opens this coming Thursday, June 18 and runs through June 28 only at the historic Thalian Hall.

‘Men on Boats’ is fast-paced splash, one-part history lesson and part madcap comedy.

Get ready to grab an oar and hop aboard Big Dawg’s "Men on Boats” at Thalian Hall.

Don’t make the disastrous mistake of missing out on Panache’s hilarious production of “Disaster: The Musical,” now playing at the Ruth and Bucky Stein Theatre until May 3.

'Disaster! The Musical’ is full of laughs and class acts going into the premiere at Ruth and Buck Stein Theatre on April 23.

Audiences should rush on down that yellow brick road to Thalian Hall, and experience this magical production of ’The Wizard of Oz' for themselves.

Ready to support a new and inventive night out? Don’t Tell Comedy shows are $25 plus fees. Performances are Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 7 p.m.

While the city prepares for the full-fledged festivities of Azalea Fest 2026, the cast and crew of the Thalian Association’s “The Wizard of Oz” are ramping up for the ever dreaded “Hell Week” to begin.

Wilbur & Orville: The Workshop Upstairs is a limited 8-week production about the Wright brothers in a temporary space from April to May.

Big Dawg Productions play about Robert Harrill, “The Hermit of Fort Fisher” at Thalian Hall opens April 2-5 and 9-12.

The Campfireball show has evolved over time and returns to Jengo’s Playhouse this week, March 26.

Wilmington Theater Awards host Erin Sullivan sits down to laugh with Chase Harrison before the show this week on March 25 at Thalian Hall.

Running March 6–8 in the Red Box at Thalian Hall, the cabaret is part fundraiser, part artistic experiment, and part declaration of intent from one of Wilmington’s newest—and most purpose-driven—theatre companies.

“True Confessions of a Failed Debutante” is a show worth seeing and runs one more weekend at Thalian Hall, March 6 - 8, with evening performances at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.