The UK’s first circus competition, Circus Maximus, has announced its finalists, which will include hula hoop dancer Sylvia Pavone, aerial contortionist Ben Brown, and ‘cloud swing’ dou…
Linked From The Stage at 12:53PMThe retro-minded Peccadillo Theater Company proffers the first major local revival of Sidney Howard's 1926 Broadway depiction of a smothering mother and the two sons she undermines. Company …
Linked From Time Out at 12:45PMVirginia’s Arlington County has awarded Signature Theatre a $250,000 grant – principally so that it can pay its real estate taxes to Arlington County, the County announced Tuesday. About…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:40PMOne of the signatures of Signature Theatre is Stephen Sondheim. Almost from its inception, works by Sondheim have been a hallmark of the Arlington-based company’s seasonal output. When Sig…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:40PMWest End Eurovision 2013 takes place tonight (23 May 2013) from 11.30pm at the West End's Dominion Theatre, and Whatsonstage.com will be there!Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves - fo…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:40PMActress/comedian Lea DeLaria (The Rocky Horror Show) will join Classic Stage Company's production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle beginning June 11. The production, originally…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:39PMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood's Tony nominees Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase are consummate professionals. That's why they were recently back on stage at Studio 54 prepping for their big per…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:39PMRupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood closed on Broadway in March and was recently nominated for five 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMCelebrating the launch of her new solo album, 'ALL THIS HAPPINESS', on PS Classics, Judy Kuhn is making her debut at 54 Below, 254 W. 54th Street between Broadway amp 8th Avenue in, 'ALL THI…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMNATASHA, PIERRE amp THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 will add performances to its weekly playing schedule beginning Thursday, May 30th, due to popular demand. The playing schedule will now be as foll…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that their new production of Bertolt Brecht's THE CAUCASIAN …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMThe Broadway cast of Pippin traded the Music Box Theater's stage today for Good Morning America's studio - check out their appearance below, featuring Matthew James Thomas singing 'Corner of…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMOriginal cast member Jenny Bacon is set to return to the off-Broadway production of My Name Is Asher Lev on June 10, replacing Ilana Levine in the play’s female roles, including A…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:33PMThe cast of the sexy new musical Murder Ballad is heating things up at the Union Square Theatre, and on May 22, stars Caissie Levy, Will Swenson, John Ellison Conlee and Rebecca Naomi J…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:33PMClassic Stage Company has announced an extension of its current production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which will welcome Lea DeLaria to the cast for the final two we…
Linked From Playbill at 12:28PMRags, the Charles Strouse-Stephen Schwartz-Joseph Stein about immigrants arriving in a promising and dangerous America, will return to New York May 28 in a revised production by Beautiful So…
Linked From Playbill at 12:28PMTony-Award winning actress Patti LuPone will give an oral history and interview to the League of Professional Theatre Women June 3 at 6 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 12:28PMMurder Ballad, the new immersive musical by playwright Julia Jordan indie rock singer/songwriter Juliana Nash, opened May 22 at the Union Square Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 12:28PMThe Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd and featuring music by Duncan Sheik, began previews May 3 Off-Broadway.
Linked From Playbill at 12:28PMReview of the Saturday, May 18 matinee performnce at the John Golden Theatre in New York City. Starring Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielson, Billy Magnussen, Shalita …
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:22PMToday is the birthday of Franz Mesmer (1734-1815). He’s someone I’ve been planning to write a play about for over a decade. One of the great charlatans of all time (the best kind…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 12:14PMRehearsals begin today for Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s CHOIR BOY, the new play featuring gospel music directed by Trip Cullman at MTC’s The St…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:11PMI first heard about musical Renaissance man Dave Malloy when I graded the reviews for Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage for Critic-O-Meter back in 2009; the repeated comparisons of his ro…
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One of the subtexts of the recent news that Backstage would discontinue theater reviews altogether is that it was never inevitable that an actors' trade paper would review theater. Clea…
Linked From The Wicked Stage at 11:58AMYou know Alan Cumming, always trying to connect with the kids. For his most recent stunt, Cumming decided to man the box office window this past Sunday, May 19, and hand out tickets to unsus…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:38AMAfter performing in Broadway musicals such as The Will Rogers Follies and The Goodbye Girl, Tammy Minoff has transitioned into the world of playwriting. Her new show, Perennial, is set to op…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:38AMThe composer David Malloy is a one-man band, almost — with at least four duties, including a starring role — in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:37AMTanztheater Wuppertal has appointed a new artistic director to take the company in a different direction and commission new works. But can anyone live up to Pina Bausch?When Pina Bausch died…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:33AMCBS has given the greenlight to The Performers alum Ari Graynor’s star vehicle comedy series Bad Teacher, reports TVLine.
The late-in-the-game pick-up is a rarity, considering that …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:33AMAge & Hometown: 28; Queens, NY
Current Role: Giving a Tony-nominated performance as Spike, the simple, lovable and nearly naked boy-toy to Masha (Sigourney Weaver) in Christopher Dura…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:33AMTony-winning stage and screen star Laura Benanti gets her meditation on with Susan Blackwell in the latest installment of Side by Side. See the ladies go Zen, play iPhone photo roulette…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:33AMPut down the gimlet and get your speech ready, Eileen! In anticipation of Smash’s two-hour series finale on May 26, we asked readers to make their prediction for how the show’s l…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:33AMYou can see and hear Lindsay Garritson via webcast.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 11:33AMOn June 16th, acclaimed composer and lyricist Scott Alan will return to Birdland for a one night only concert.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMKathy Evans, Founder and Executive Director, announced the nine musicals and eighteen writers selected for the third summer of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. For nine consecutive weeks begin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:33AM(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). A performer walks into a theatre, sit…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 11:29AMAcclaimed composer and lyricist Scott Alan will return to Birdland for a one-night-only concert June 16.
Linked From Playbill at 11:27AMThe third annual Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards were announced May 23.
Linked From Playbill at 11:27AMMurder Ballad, the new musical that played an acclaimed, sold-out engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's The Studio at Stage II, officially opened May 22 at 7 PM following previews that …
Linked From Playbill at 11:27AM"The National Memorial Day Concert 2013," broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, will air May 26 on PBS stations around the country beginning at 8 PM ET; check loca…
Linked From Playbill at 11:27AMBritish actress Lisa O'Hare, who starred in the Hartford Stage-Old Globe Theatre premiere productions of the new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will repeat her work …
Linked From Playbill at 11:27AMHelp co-create Culture Coin! Dear HowlRound reader: We’ve made it to the semi-finals in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual National Challenge ! To move forward to the finals we need your help. C…
Linked From HowlRound at 11:27AMTheater students from 14 public and private high schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties received Cappies awards Tuesday, recognizing excellence in both productions and theater criticism …
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 11:21AMToday is the birthday of beloved character actor Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers (1910-1986). Scatman’s cheerful, bald-headed visage seems just as indispensable as his husky, m…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:14AMStarting at 8pm tonight and going all the way into tomorrow at 6am, TCM will be showing Harold Lloyd films, including four features and 16 shorts. The menu will range from the well-known (su…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:14AMA corrosively good revival. Review appears in other North Jersey Media Group Newspapers.
Linked From NorthJersey.com at 11:08AMThis blog is a simple one, my friends. Easy for us to accomplish, and symbolic for us going forward. If you’ve been to an ad meeting for a Broadway show recently, then you’ve p…
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WHO: Vineyard Theatre POSITION: Part-Time Box Office Assistant DESCRIPTION: Vineyard Theatre, the non-profit Off-Broadway theatre company whose Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning hits in…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:56AMThis year’s West End Live will include performances from new shows including Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity and the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of The Color Purple. The fre…
Linked From The Stage at 10:51AMActor Robert Sean Leonard is currently playing Atticus Finch in Timothy Sheader's production of To Kill A Mockingbird at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which opened last night (22 May 2013)…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:39AMIt’s never too early to plan your theater’s holiday show, and MTI is pleased to offer a wonderful and diverse selection of musicals perfect for this coming season. Looking for a musical …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:37AMDouglas C. Baker, producing director for Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group, was honored with the Samuel J. L'Hommedieu Award last week at the League's Spring Road Conference, held from May 1…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:37AMAudra McDonald, Steve Kazee, Ari Graynor, Mamie Gummer, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Constantine Maroulis were among the stars on hand to celebrate the off-Broadway o
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:37AMHow I Met Your Mother’s newly minted title star Cristin Milioti is heading to Joe’s Pub on May 26 for a one-night-only concert event. Below the adorable Once Tony nominee jo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:32AMIn the weeks leading up to the 2013 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting video clips of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Scott Ellis, who re…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:32AMClassic Stage Company's production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which was originally schedule to play through June 9, will now run through June 23. Starring Chri…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:32AMDying to know Lea Michele’s secret to her fabulous hair? How about what it was like growing up on Broadway? Well now you can, thanks to the Glee star’s upcoming book Brunette Amb…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:32AMRouge Events are delighted to announce that Musical Theatre Legend and double Olivier Award winner Michael Ball is to host and perform at 'Summertime - An Evening of Gershwin', part of the L…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMAccording to The New York Times, Harmony Books, a division of of Random House's Crown Publishing Group, announced today that they would be publishing the the GLEE and Broadway star's debut b…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMThe Brooklyn Diner yesterday dedicated its famous 15-Bite Brooklyn Diner 'All Beef' Hot Dog to Harvey Fierstein, one of Brooklyn's favorite sons. Check out photos below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMMURDER BALLAD, the critically acclaimed new musical which has been nominated for Best Musical by the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Lortel Awards, will run through Sunday, September…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMCaring Across Generations -- a movement of 3 million people across the country uniting to ensure that all Americans have access to quality homecare -- has partnered with Tony nominees JoshYo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMToday in 1960, Finian's Rainbow opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMForslund Theatricals LLC announced today that the 2013 revival of Let My People Come, off-Broadway's controversial smash-hit musical revue, will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with all ticke…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMFor one night only, two of the world's most celebrated songwriters and composers will take to the stage for 'Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken The Disney Songbook.' The concert will take pl…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMSecond Stage Theatre Carole Rothman, Artistic Director has announced that the new musical comedy, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book and direction by James …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMMichael Ball, who recently won the Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd in the West End, will headline Summertime – An Evening of Gershwin Sept. 1, as part of the o…
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMCanadian actress/comedienne Rebecca Northan bring bring her show Blind Date to London's Charing Cross Theatre, beginning performances May 28 prior to an official opening June 4, for a ru…
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMThe annual West End LIVE, a weekend of free entertainment from West End productions and performers, returns to Trafalgar Square June 22-23.
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMBonnie Wright, who is best known for playing Ginny Weasley in the "Harry Potter films," will make her stage debut in the role of The Girl in Peter Ustinov's The Moment of Truth…
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMAn Evening of Movies and Musicals will come to London's Apollo Victoria Dec. 1 for one night only, starring John Owen-Jones and Louise Dearman.
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth's charity, Maddie's Corner, has designed a T-shirt to help raise funds for the victims of the recent Oklahoma tornado.
Linked From Playbill at 10:26AMHamish Linklater and Jesse Tyler Ferguson take on two roles each in “The Comedy of Errors” at the Delacorte Theater.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:22AMThis is part two in a series of interviews with the cast and creative team behind Landless’ upcoming prog-metal rock opera Richard Campbell’s Frankenstein. Today, meet Andrew Baughman. A…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19AMOriginally posted in 2010. The man whose name became synonymous with “swashbuckler” began his adult life in tame enough a fashion. After a brief stint at Harvard and a desultory early …
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Ms. Michele, who plays the overachieving Rachel Berry on “Glee,” will write a book called “Brunette Ambition,” which is described as being “part memoir, part how-to and part style-…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:52AMMichael Ball, Kerry Ellis and Gina Beck are to perform at a concert celebrating the music of George Gershwin. Summertime – An Evening of Gershwin will be part of the Live by the Lake seaso…
Linked From The Stage at 09:51AMVampire Weekend may hail from New York City, but with their boat shoes, button downs, and lyrics like, “Irish and proud, baby, naturally/But you got the luck of a Kennedy,” Massachusetts…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMMURDER BALLAD, the critically acclaimed new musical which has been nominated for Best Musical by the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Lortel Awards, will run through Sunday, September…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMWhen The History Boys was first performed at the National Theatre in 2004 the reverential cupping of a sixth former's genitals by an appreciative retirement-age teacher was enough to elicit …
Linked From The Independent at 09:28AMPeter Shaffer's pair of one-act plays The Private Ear and The Public Eye, which premiered in the West End in 1962 and were subsequently seen on Broadway a year later, will receive their …
Linked From Playbill at 09:25AMToday is the birthday of Jose Collins (Charlotte Josephine Collins, 1887-1958). The daughter of Lottie Collins, she was second generation English music hall royalty, which enabled her to mak…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:14AMScripts due June 1 for Playwright Discovery Competition Middle and high school students are invited to explore the disability experience–-in their own life, the lives of others, or by cre…
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Hereford’s Courtyard Centre for the Arts has become the first theatre to sign up to a national alliance aimed at improving the quality of life for people living with dementia. The Courtyar…
Linked From The Stage at 07:51AMBut for some reason this year doesn't quite feel the same... By Annissa Omran (Writer/College Student) It is getting to be that time of year again - the sun is defrosting the frigid north, s…
Linked From Crazytown at 07:45AMIt’s an odd hour and a half long evening where you can buy a beer or whatever and watch the clichéd and heated passions of these unhappy dudes play out.
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 07:44AMA look at the winners and losers.
Linked From popdose.com at 07:37AMWord of mouth has helped to give a new life to this pop-opera . . Read More
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:37AMA FRATERNITY OF MASTER THESPIANS At its core, Jeff Stetson’s Fraternity is about the two options that face black men in today’s society (or, at least, the society of Birmingham in 1987, …
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:37AMHaddon went on the road in the national touring companies of Tea and Sympathy with Maria Riva and The Warm Peninsula, which starred Julie Harris and Larry Hagman and opened on Broadway in 19…
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 07:37AMSOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES In a rare clash of film noir, an awesome murder mystery party, and Shakespeare, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More is the ultimate voyeuristic thrill. Audience membe…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:37AMStephanie Gularte's Hedda Gabler floats onto the shadowed stage with an otherworldly presence. Alone in a darkened living room, she snatches off sheets covering furniture, gasping quietly, a…
Linked From The Sacramento Bee at 07:37AMSKETCHY BLUEPRINT The great John Turturro stars as the architect Halvard Solness in David Edgar’s translation of Ibsen’s enigmatic chef-d’oeuvre The Master Builder, which is curren…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:37AMLike the show’s cheating upper West Side married mom, who can’t resist her lower East Side ex, the musical “Murder Ballad” has been drawn downtown.
Linked From New York Daily News at 07:37AMThe 42 folks who make up the nominating committee for the Tony Awards gave the cold shoulder to Bette Midler this season.
That the two-time Oscar contender was not nomina…
Linked From Gold Derby at 07:37AMCBS has aired the Tony Awards since 1978 and just inked a deal to keep these top theater awards till 2018. While the ratings for this kudocast pale next to those of the other major show…
Linked From Gold Derby at 07:37AMAll things come to an end, and we get better at it. By Sam Perwin I'm writing this on a Sunday night having just finished the run of Life Could be a Dream at the Meadow Brook Theatre. Last n…
Linked From Crazytown at 07:37AMTrying to understand the place of Shakespeare in modern theatre--starting with the mighty Macbeth. By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) I am going to come out and say it, blasphemous as it m…
Linked From Crazytown at 07:37AMOn Monday night, Glamour magazine pried several stylish scenesters—Zosia Mamet, Emma Roberts—from their smartphones and on to the stage for a night of monologues, "These Girls," at Joe's…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 07:37AMWhy isn't this show as popular as it should be? By Michael Kras (Actor/Playwright/Director) A few years ago, I went through this huge rock musical phase, pretty much like any theatre-loving …
Linked From Crazytown at 07:37AMThe economic realities of the theater world have hit artists hard. Even rehearsal spaces are no longer free from the vagaries of New York City rent, falling prey to outrageous fees or total …
Linked From Backstage at 07:37AM“Comfortable clothing” is not the usual dress code for attending the theater.But then most adaptations of “Pirates of Penzance,” at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, don…
Linked From bostonherald.com at 07:37AMWhen soprano Natalie Dessay showed up for rehearsals for the 2011 production of "La Traviata" at the annual Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, she encountered a rather unwelcome presence --…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:37AMIn my latest video interview, "Call Me Adam" sat down with Ben Rimalower to talk further about his hit one-man show "Patti Issues," currently playing at the Duplex in NYC and on tour around …
Linked From Call Me Adam at 07:37AMThe British Library receives handwritten lyrics to “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “She Said She Said” and “In My Life."
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 07:37AMThere’s something for the artist in everyone.
Linked From Cleveland.com at 07:37AMThink you know who will take home a Tony on Broadway’s biggest night? TrueTheatergoer, the Web site where audiences rate and recommend shows in DC and New York, is holding a contest to…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 07:37AMTimothy Sheader's production of To Kill A Mockingbird opened at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre last night (22 May 2013).
Harper Lee's classic story centres around a court case marred by rac…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:36AMWest End Live, a weekend of free entertainment from top London shows, will return to Trafalgar Square on 22 and 23 June 2013.
Now in its ninth year, West End Live, organised by Westminster …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:36AMStunner Sarah Lazard to appear at The Standard Hotel & The Cutting Room in June: In advance of her fifth CD Lumiere being released in September, stunning songstress and classical crosso…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:33AMLaura Benanti – infectious joy & quirkiness make for a great mash up: With a sparkle in her eye, a happy heart and a soprano range capable of anything, Laura Benanti makes you sit up,…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AM By: Sandi Durell With a sparkle in her eye, a happy heart and a soprano range capable of anything, Laura Benanti makes you sit up, take notice and ask for more.…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AMWhen You Do Not Have To Delete! Lea Salonga at the Cafe Carlyle: My View: Written by Stephen Sorokoff
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AM My View written by Stephen Sorokoff Some confidential behind the lens info……Not all photos of performers are flattering. My Delete Folder contains more jpegs than m…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AM In advance of her fifth CD Lumiere being released in September, stunning songstress and classical crossover artist Sasha Lazard will offer two special NYC concert performances on Wed…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AMLooking for Real Estate in Times Square?: The Toys R Us flagship, is scheduled to vacate roughly 100,000 square feet at 1514 Broadway in 2016, leaving behind a space worth tens of millions o…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AMYahoo Pays $1.1 Billion in Cash For Former New York Times Building: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced a new office in Times Square as Mayor Michael Bloomberg attended the event today.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:32AMArts Council surplus, teaching diction and projection, audience behaviour, memories of Paul Shane and Hilary Labow and poor treatment of Emma Watson and Mary-Jane Burcher
Linked From The Stage at 07:32AMLicensing firm R&H serves the educational sector with musical scores and aids for students It’s a very ancient saying/But a true and honest thought/That if you become a teacher/By your…
Linked From The Stage at 07:32AMHow to Build an Arts District
If You Build It, Who Will Come?
Stage of Development
What to Expect at LUMEN8 2013
Anacostia's Arts Scene Is Growing
A month after the Anacostia Playhouse was…
Linked From Washington City Paper at 07:31AMHow to Build an Arts District
If You Build It, Who Will Come?
Stage of Development
What to Expect at LUMEN8 2013
Anacostia's Arts Scene Is Growing
The art of Amber Robles-Gordon is the art…
Linked From Washington City Paper at 07:31AMFor all you lonely young singles out there, here is a show for you. But be forewarned: drinking and falling in lust with the wrong person in a bar could be dangerous to your health. But …
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 07:30AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:30AMEvery May the townspeople of Monroeville, Alabama, the home of Harper Lee, perform Christopher Sergel’s theatrical adaptation of Lee’s acclaimed, much beloved novel, on the grounds of th…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 07:30AMBrainchild of Harry Hill will feature 19 original songs and an explanation for the height of Simon Cowell's trousersHarry Hill's spoof X Factor musical has been given a title, I Can't Sing!,…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:29AMGrayson Perry, Idris Elba and Peter Serafinowicz are among the many stars involved in this inventive series of 30-minute one-offsHow often do TV critics hark back to the heady days of Play f…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:29AMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's video of "Meet Me in St. Louis" is a part of the Cardinals' regular rotation at Busch Stadium this season: music director David Robertson conducts the red-…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 07:27AMShakespeare, the Magna Carta _ and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics.
Linked From Philly.com at 07:24AMCrucible Theatre, Sheffield: The concluding production in the Crucible's Sheffield Season, a revival of Alan Bennett's celebrated play, makes a fitting companion piece to the first…
Linked From The Stage at 07:23AMBush Theatre, London: After a career as an actor and scriptwriter, New Yorker Ayad Akhtar turned to playwriting and his debut, which premiered in Chicago in 2012, was a huge success. It tran…
Linked From The Stage at 07:23AMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre, London: From the outset of this lively and intelligent production, Harper Lee's world bursts into life on the bare stage when the cast draw in chalk an o…
Linked From The Stage at 07:23AMSince the polls closed on election day, the fate of the Republican Party remains front-page news. “Demographics will doom Republican Party,” the Chicago Sun-Times blared the day after th…
Linked From HowlRound at 07:08AMI love you, I hate you, I’ll kill you. That’s the lurid premise of “Murder Ballad,” the hot and sticky rock opera that made auds sweat when it opened six months ago a…
Linked From variety.com at 07:06AMThe Tonys will remain with the network that has broadcast them for the past 35 years.
Linked From variety.com at 07:06AMNEW YORK (AP) -- There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding it still feels like h…
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ITV has commissioned a drama about Tommy Cooper, written by Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye and starring Shameless actor David Threlfall as the comedian. The 120-minute drama, called To…
Linked From The Stage at 06:50AMScottish Opera will create new main-stage productions of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in a 2013/14 season that otherwise focusses on smaller shows. The 14-s…
Linked From The Stage at 06:50AMGhost-Writer, Michael Hollinger’s story of a Victorian novelist’s secretary who continues to complete his novel after the novelist has passed on, will be extended until June 16, MetroSta…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:35AMJust when you think you’ve seen Cinderella more than enough times, Puppet Co. offers yet another version enchanting enough to warrant a re-visit. Loved throughout the world, this timeles…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:35AMTimothy Sheader's production of To Kill A Mockingbird opened at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre last night (22 May 2013).
Harper Lee's classic story centres around a court case marred by rac…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:35AMThe timing of this UK premiere of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced is eerily apposite in light of yesterday's events in Woolwich.The play, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:35AMThis beautifully scattered shot and occasionally confusing piece presents a bleak and affecting portrait of mental illness, told through the eyes of the ill woman’s children. In a worl…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:34AMThe only sin Scout Finch, the eight-year-old narrator of Harper Lee’s classic novel, has ever heard her lawyer father denounce was to kill a mockingbird; they do nothing but make music for…
Linked From The Independent at 06:25AMIt was always going to be a tall order bringing Khaled Hosseini’s mega-selling 2003 novel about friendship, betrayal and exile to the stage.
Linked From The Independent at 06:25AMAmy Herzog's play has travelled, well, nearly 4,000 miles: it premièred in New York in 2011 – winning its young author an Obie – while in the UK it opened at the Ustinov Studio in Bath,…
Linked From The Independent at 06:25AM
Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A tender look at the loving relationship that develops when a 20-something granddaughter moves into the…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 01:34AMThis musical adaptation conveys to a remarkable extent the epic scope and compelling narrative force of Flaubert’s novel. One is intent, watching the musical, on catching every word and th…
Linked From Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 01:34AMWHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF has been nominated for four Tony Awards this year, including Best Revival of a Play, but now the show is under scrutiny for a possible infraction of the Tony A…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMExtending this season's hot streak of productions that make bold artistic statements, Asolo Repertory Theatre will present Noah Racey's Pulse. A song and dance celebration that harkens back …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMAnnouncing the cast and creative team for the enchanting musical, South Pacific. Sailor hijinks, the danger of war, and the passion of young love are all joined together by Rogers amp Hammer…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMCirque du Soleil will debut its new show, 'Michael Jackson ONE' at Mandalay Bay Resort amp Casino this summer. Previews are slated to begin tonight, May 23, with opening night set for June 2…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMPasek and Paul - along with Lindsay Mendez, Derek Klena and other original cast members - will also appear at an in-store performance and CD signing at Barnes amp Noble on the Upper East Sid…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks Artistic Director, Roger T. Danforth will officially dedicate its new home, The Drama League Theater Center 32 Avenue of the Americas, a n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMThough at times a rather unfocused cross-section of lavender life in the big city, this high-energy ensemble is too driven to be dull. No question, these mainly teen players are paying thei…
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Oh no, not another immersive, sung-through rock musical!
But “Murder Ballad” first opened at Manhattan Theatre Club last fall, the same time the Russian-inflected “Natasha, Pierre & th…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:29AMGetting your Actors' Equity Card is one of the most important pieces of the mythos of becoming a professional actor. But sometimes gaining that precious piece of paper can lead to disenchant…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:27AMJessica Hecht and Judith Light descend the staircase to the lower lobby of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in a fit of laughter. Looking as luminous in person as they do in Richard Greenberg'…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:27AMAnthony Whitaker’s original songs are well sung and fit nicely into the story and Jamal Howard’s choreography is snappy and fun. The result is a charming production that holds true to th…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 12:19AMIn the midst of "May Madness" Playbill.com continues its new Tony Awards poll, which allows readers to vote for their favorite Tony Award nominees.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMGayfest NYC, Inc.'s Fifth Festival of Plays begins performances May 23.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMTickets to Let It Be, a concert experience of The Beatles' greatest hits, are available for purchase starting May 23.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMRodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific begins performances at the John W. Engeman Theater May 23, prior to an official opening May 25.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMIrish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th anniversary season with Conor McPherson's The Weir, which officially opens May 23 at 7 PM following previews that began May 15 on the Irish Rep…
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AM"Nurse Jackie" cast member Jake Cannavale stars in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater world premiere of Mando Alvarado's Basilica, which officially opens Off-Broadway May 23 a…
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMBroadway dancer-choreographer Noah Racey premieres his new show Pulse, staged by two-time Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun, which opens May 23 at Florida's Asolo Repertory Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMChristian Coulson, George Morfogen and Jonathan Hogan star in the Mint Theater Company's American premiere of N.C. Hunter's A Picture of Autumn, which begins May 23 Off-Broadway.
Linked From Playbill at 12:16AMBucks County Playhouse, under the producing direction of Jed Bernstein, kicks off its 2013 season with the Jerry Herman classic Mame, starring Tony Award-nominated Annie actress Andrea McArd…
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Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMIt's not often we feature a full-on face shot as our POTW, but this Dahlia Katz portrait for Making Love With Espresso, featuring Lorenzo Pagnotta, is not only delicious in its own right, it…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMBig winner Terminus (in photo: Maev Beatty who also won for Best Actress in Proud; photo by Josie Di Luzio) Directly from Press release with some reformatting (links are to CharPo's rev…
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