Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Cult Show examines groupthink and collaboration by Micco Caporale

Cult Show is a play about the human need to socialize and the cult of the Neo-Futurists. In it, ensemble members Alex Hovi, DeVaughn Loman, Joanna Jamerson, and Lara Johnson and writers/dire…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:22PM

New Program Plans To Put Money Into Broadway Investors’ Pockets by Marc Hershberg

Similar to how loans are issued against film and television tax credits, Blue Fox Financing and Runyonland Productions will soon issue loans against theatre tax credits.

SOURCE: Forbes at 10:00AM

Drama Critics’ Circle Names Stereophonic Best Play, Dead Outlaw Best Musical by Darryn King

On May 13, the New York Drama Critics' Circle named David Adjmi’s Stereophonic best play of the 2023-24 season. The award for best musical went to Dead Outlaw, with music and lyrics by Dav…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:18AM

The Deep Blue Sea review – Tamsin Greig adds bite to Terence Rattigan by David Jays

Ustinov, BathAs a woman who has left her husband for a dissolute younger man in postwar London, Greig’s quiet despair compels The torch song Stormy Weather sobs between scenes in this revi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

IMPRESSIONS: "THAT SHOW," a Celebratory Evening Showcasing Emerging New York Performance Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

"I found myself in a loft in Chinatown delightedly surrounded by a slew of familiar faces. A certain sector of the New York dance scene—young, determined, earnest— mingled about, doused …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Winter’s Tale review – Royal Ballet’s powerful war of the worlds by Sarah Crompton

Royal Opera House, LondonChristopher Wheeldon strips Shakespeare’s play of distractions in this boldly choreographed, nuanced masterpiece Ten years ago, when Christopher Wheeldon created T…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Friday, May 10, 2024

Matthew López to Pen Screen Sequel to Red, White & Royal Blue by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-winning playwright is working on a follow-up to the queer rom-com for Amazon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM

Twelfth Night review – splashes of fun beside the seaside by Kate Wyver

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London Owen Horsley’s frolicking staging has jaunty music and mischief, but this production dances over sadness Tonight belongs to the lovers, but not th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Thomas Weatherall’s debut production makes Queensland premiere at La Boite by Aussie Theatre

Blue, a poignant exploration of the complexities of growing up, written and performed by Logie and AACTA award winner Thomas

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:59AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Small Aspects of Daring Invention by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen May 8, 2024: Windows are so filthy, only shadows show beyond. Everything inside is concealed by dirty drop cloths. There’s an old shopping cart piled high with – what? …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:45PM

Andrew Dawson and Matt Chambers Accent Thrills at Big Air Show with CHAUVET Professional by Michael Eddy

It’s been said that until people sprout wings and fly, there will never be anything quite as thrilling as freestyle jumping. Anyone who attended the Big Air Show at the Blue Mountain Resor…

SOURCE: PLSN at 06:15PM

‘You wiped the floor with me!’ Tamsin Greig and Oliver Chris are having a riot with Rattigan by Ryan Gilbey

They are comedy sparring partners from Green Wing. Can the duo play stricken lovers in The Deep Blue Sea, the eviscerating play Rattigan poured his own heartbreak into? Warning: contains spo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM
Monday, May 6, 2024

2024 Lucille Lortel Awards Announced; (pray), Stereophonic, Hell's Kitchen and More Recognized by Darryn King

The recipients of the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced on May 5 at a ceremony at NYU Skirball. Ars Nova and National Black Theatre's…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM

2023 - 2024 Broadway Musical Logos: Illinoise by JK

21 openings of musicals this season - 6 revivals and 15 new - means so many logos to look at and love. Today, we bring you our thoughts on the last one: the beautiful and emotional dance pie…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:18AM

Rosie Holt: That’s Politainment review – Tory targets are a safe seat by Brian Logan

Colchester Arts CentreThe comedian’s rightwing alter egos have not yet evolved beyond the two-dimensional in this droll but conventional set It’s lovely to be here in Colchester, says Ro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Boy Blue: Cycles review – a constantly shifting hip-hop high by Sarah Crompton

Barbican theatre, LondonThe company’s exploration of the act of dancing ebbs and flows loose-limbed precision – and some astonishing pyrotechnics It will soon be 50 years since hip-hop e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Boy Blue: Cycles review – dazzling hip-hop dance alchemy by Sanjoy Roy

Barbican, LondonIn ragged rocksteps and snaredrum springs, choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael Asante catch the connections between sound and movement Founded in 2001, Boy Blue …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

“Blue Door” Asks “Who Am I?” & Finds Out—at Aurora by Lynne Stevens

Tanya Barfield’s Professor Faces His Demons, Brings Us to Tears  by Lynne Stevens After a bout of terrible insomnia, math professor Lewis (the stellar Michael J. Asberry) is visited by th…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:05PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Oona Doherty "Navy Blue" | The Joyce Theater June 4 - 9 by Joycetheater

A rising star in the field of contemporary choreography, Belfast-raised choreographer Oona Doherty makes her Joyce debut with "Navy Blue," a thrilling amalgamation of ensemble movement, spok…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24AM
Monday, April 29, 2024

“OH, MARY!” – AN OUTRAGEOUS OVER THE TOP COMPOUND FRACTURED FAIRY TALE by Oscar E Moore

Feeling blue?  Down in the dumps?  Have your tickle bones not been tickled lately?  The extremely talented and wonderfully funny Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln and company might just be…

SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 05:12PM

‘Michael Flatley appeared like a rockstar’: how Riverdance gave the jig cool factor by Hollie Geraghty

Thirty years ago, Riverdance’s groundbreaking Eurovision interval performance ignited a new generation’s devotion to Irish dancing Every Irish dancer remembers the first time they watche…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024

The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic; Battersea Arts Centre; Bush theatre, LondonRichard Jones’s supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell’s 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale wit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Jacqueline Woodson Throws Another Block Party at the Kennedy Center! by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/jacqueline-woodson/ Music! Food! Fun! On April 13, 2024, the Kennedy Center threw a free Block Party on th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PM

Robe Spiiders for TPAC by Michael Eddy

The spectacular Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC), which contains three world class performance spaces – The Grand Theatre, the Globe Playhouse, and the Blue Box, has recently invested …

SOURCE: PLSN at 12:20PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

2023 -2024 Broadway Musical Logos: Suffs and Hell's Kitchen by JK

Two of the last shows of the season are the subject of today's show art analysis. Though both started life off-Broadway at the Public Theater, on paper, they couldn't be any more different. …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:42AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Boys on the Verge of Tears review – a whistle-stop tour of bewildered masculinity by Ryan Gilbey

Soho theatre, LondonSet entirely within the stained walls of a men’s public toilet, Sam Grabiner’s award-winning play is an ambitious, hallucinatory series of vignettes dramatising the g…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Len Cariou On a Six Decade Career That’s Included Shakespeare, Sondheim, and Selleck by Harry Haun

The 84-year-old actor—currently off-Broadway in 'Tuesdays With Morrie'—looks for shows without a Wednesday matinee so as not interfere with the shooting schedule for 'Blue Bloods,' now i…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:57PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Blue Man Group founder turns his head into wild canvas for wearable art — he’s ‘making baldness cool’ by Alexandra Klausner

Similar to how people express their personalities through hair and nails, performer Chris Wink realized he could do that with his head.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:03AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Stranger Things wins Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design | Olivier Awards 2024 by Official London Theatre

The Blue-i Theatre Technology Award Best Set Design goes to Miriam Buether for Set Design and Tom Wexler for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre. The B…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AM
Monday, April 15, 2024

Brian Culbertson Takes Bandit Lites on Trilogy Tour by Michael Eddy

As the architect of 25 albums and nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 Single, Brian Culbertson is no stranger to delivering gorgeous, well thought out spectacles. The American smooth jazz/R&B/funk…

SOURCE: PLSN at 12:51PM
Friday, April 12, 2024

John Riddle Will Bring Solo Show BLUE LADY to the Sultan Room

Brooklyn’s The Sultan Room will soon feature John Riddle in his newest solo show “Blue Lady' on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards