Debbie Allen won Fame for playing an iconic dance teacher in film and television. Now, she's getting new fans for roles on shows like Grey's Anatomy. She talks about the highs and lows of he…
Linked From National Public Radio at 02:32PMIt’s the 1960′s in the Catskill mountains and nestled among the vacationing families escaping their normal lives for the summer is a colony of men trying to escape what society h…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 02:25PMAnd Memories Of Summer Of '75 In Connecticut
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:25PMName: Alex SeifeHometown: Larchmont, New YorkEducation: So much Hebrew School. Who do you play in The Mysteries?: I play Cain, John the Baptist, Pontius Pilate, and a guy who yells "Mustard …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 02:15PMThe Stephen Joseph Theatre turned to Twitter today to announce that the highly anticipated MONTY PYTHON LIVE show will be live streamed to theaters.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:06PM"It takes a good couple hours to get ready, a girl’s gotta look pretty, you know?"-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 02:05PMToday is Barbra Streisands 72nd birthday! To celebrate, contributor Marcus Scott interviews Buyer & Cellar star, Christopher J. Hanke and dishes about the diva and other theater favorit…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 02:04PMStages St. Louis revives last season's hit production, this time at a new venue.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:04PMNew works by Pulitzer Prize winners Annie Baker and Doug Wright have been selected for development at the Sundance Institute's 2014 Theatre Lab.
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Earlier today, Terrence McNally penned a heartfelt column for the Huffington Post, intertwining the AIDS crisis, his story of losing a partner to it, and the gay movement as it moves into mo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMIt was a little bit country and a little bit rock n' roll as the American Idol Top 6 each performed twice on the Idol stage
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMInside Broadway's Executive Director Michael Presser has announced that on Thursday, May 22, the historic Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46th Street will be visited by thousands of NYC publi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMEd Hyland and the cast of off-Broadway’s Under My Skin had two very special visitors on April 23, 2014: Hyland's daughter, Modern Family fave (and Broadway alum) Sarah Hyland and h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:59PMMATCHMAKERS GET BURNED In the social maze of Regency England, where any successful matrimony required sexual politics and emotional intrigue, novelist Jane Austen understood how love gets lo…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 01:39PMArtist Marina Abramovic and theater director Diane Paulus are among Time magazine's 100 most influential people for 2014. The annual list, which covers fields as diverse as arts, politics, …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:39PMFrom Alex Timbers and Leigh Silverman to Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Ryan Scott Oliver, these are the men and women who will shape the theatrical world for years to come.
Annoying Actor Frien…
Linked From Backstage at 01:39PMRoger Rees brings his Bard-centric one-man show "What You Will" back to San Diego's Old Globe, for one night only. Plus, 3-D Theatricals ventures "Into the Woods" with that Sondheim musical,…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:39PMActor Brandon J. Dirden currently walks in the shoes of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Broadway play “All the Way” alongside Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson. A political pla…
Linked From stagebuddy.com at 01:22PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Ruined" by Eclipse Theatre Company at the Athenaeum ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Ruined" by Eclipse Theatre Company at the Athenaeum ★★★ ... In …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:14PMThe other day I received a strange e-mail from a young man named Brian O'Donnell who lives in Independence, MO. He thought I might be interested in some stuff he recently acquired, and tho…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 01:14PMWith their two-minute 'topicals', Mitchell and Kenyon gave us an unparalleled picture of Edwardian life then split in mysterious circumstances. A new play sets out to tell their story The L…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:04PMDavid Javerbaum's parody Twitter account and subsequent satire A Memoir by God will be a play, set to debut in 2015"Life would make a lot more sense if you could hear the laugh track,&q…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:04PMJazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:04PMRoundabout Theatre Company announced April 24 that a new block of tickets for the Broadway revival of Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of Cabaret is on sal…
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMThe new Broadway play Mothers and Sons from four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally announced April 24 that portions of The AIDS Memorial Quilt are on display in the lower lobby of the …
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMStars in the Alley, a free outdoor concert presented by The Broadway League, will be offered May 21 beginning at 11 AM in Shubert Alley, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Str…
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMA one-night-only concert of the cult classic Reefer Madness, benefiting Baby Quest Foundation, was held at New World Stages April 19 at 11:59 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMNew works by Pulitzer Prize winners Annie Baker and Doug Wright have been selected for development at the Sundance Institute's 2014 Theatre Lab.
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMTony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and John Glover will be part of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Linked From Playbill at 01:03PMThe city's namesake king turns 800 on April 25.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 01:03PMWatts' run will lead up to the show's 56th anniversary on May 3.
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A conversation with LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose and Sophie Okonedo, now starring with Denzel Washington in the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s drama.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:58PMHighlights of the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which raised a grand total of 4,532,129 this year, included the riotous opening number starring Book of Mormon's Rory O'Malley, perfo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMThe Public Theater announced additional casting today for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the first show of The Public's 2014 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Directed by Jac…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMIn the special issue, 5-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, who worked with Paulus on the recent Broadway revival of Porgy amp Bess, pens a loving tribute to the director.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMIn the special issue, Tony Award winners Trey Parker and Matt Stone Book of Mormon pen a loving tribute to the award winning husband and wife composing team.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMTony winner Betty Buckley has already put her stamp on the stage - and now she's taking on YouTube.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, will take place on Wednesday, May 21st from 1100am-1230pm in Shubert Alley, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID, the new play by Sarah Treem House of Cards, In Treatment, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon Who's Afraid…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMLife is going to be a Cabaret for that much longer! Originally set for a 24-week limited engagement, the Roundabout revival of the musical has extended its run through January 4, 2015. The s…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:58PMIs it hot in here, or is it just us? Before taking the small screen by storm, the talented and handsome gents of HBO’s The Normal Heart are looking tres chic in the newest issue of Vog…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:58PMTony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) and Steel Burkhardt (Hair) are among the performers joining the previously announced Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater for the Public Theater&r…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:58PMTime has released their 2014 list of The 100 Most Influential People, and a host of stage favorites have made the cut. Among the honorees are The Book of Mormon and Avenue Q composer Robert …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:58PMRevamped Musical Taps Into Devilish Red Sox 'Curse'If you asked true blue Boston Red Sox fans during much of the 20th century if they would sell their soul to the devil in order to lift the …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 12:55PMReston Community Players concludes its 47th season with Neil Simon’s sparkling comedy, Chapter Two, which opens tomorrow night-April 25th at Reston Community Center’s CenterStage…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PMAn Irish Tale Full of Lore and LongingBy Lauren YargerA bucolic Irish landscape stretches across the stage at the Broadway premiere of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, but a swirl…
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:38PMYou now have an additional four months to see this acclaimed revival.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:34PMDavid Yazbek will provide original music for Jack O'Brien's free Shakespeare in the Park production.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:34PMMusic, art, and the technological magic of iLUMINATE brings you a story of adventure and romance told through dance styles ranging from contemporary, hip-hop, Latin, and breaking, all using …
Linked From www.partyearth.com at 12:31PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND UNAFRAID, the new play by Sarah Treem (“House of Cards,” “In Treatment”), directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKin…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:25PMCatch Me If You Can opens tonight and plays through this Sunday, April 27, 2013 at McLean High School -1633 Davidson Road, in McLean, VA. For tickets, purchase them online, or at the …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:24PMName: Molly O'KeefeHometown: Baltimore, MDEducation: Middlebury CollegeSelect Credits: Serious Money (Potomac Theatre Project), Harriman-Baines (Theater for the New City), A User's Guide To …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:14PMThe Goodman Theatre has announced the final show in its 2014-15 mainstage season: it is to be a new production of the classic Amerian potboiler "The Little Foxes," written by Lillian Hellman…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:14PMNeil Patrick Harris Proves He’s a Star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Revivals of shows, as I have said earlier, are a tricky business.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 12:08PMThe New York premiere of The Civilians' The Great Immensity officially opened April 24 at the Public Theater following previews that began April 11.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMCasa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opened on Broadway April 23 at …
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMThe world premieres of Frederick and Wonderland, Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure, as well as the return engagement of The Selfish Giant, will be featured in the 2014-15 season at Chica…
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMTony winner Alan Cumming and Broadway newcomer Michelle Williams chum it up backstage at Studio 54, where the Broadway return of Cabaret opens April 24.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PM"Burning Blue," a new film based on DMW Greer's play of the same name, will open in cinemas and on demand June 6.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMThe 2014 Live Design Broadway Master Classes will feature conversations with Tony-winning composer John Kander and Tony-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMEdward Watts, who was seen on Broadway in Scandalous, will join the cast of Off-Broadway's The Fantasticks April 28.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMIn a new guest column published in the Hollywood Reporter, Grammy Award-winning producer Clive Davis cited a dearth in new musicals — as compared to the quality of those written by Rod…
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMThe soundtrack to the Oscar-winning movie "Frozen," Disney's 3-D animated film that features the voices of Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and stage…
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMThe Dramatists Guild's Anti-Piracy Committee hosted its first anti-piracy awareness event April 21 from 5 PM–7 PM in New York City.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMThe new Broadway play Mothers and Sons from 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally and starring Tony Award and six-time Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly is proud to announce that portions of T…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMOscar-winning actress Jodie Foster married her girlfriend of one year, photographer Alexandra Hedison in April 2014.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Jennifer Lewis about her upcoming appearance in the special celebration
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a new block of tickets is now on sale for Cabaret on Broadway starring Alan Cumming in his Tony Award-winning role as 'Emcee' and three-time Academy …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMIf you think performance art isn't for you, perhaps Glasgow's artist-led Buzzcut festival will change your mindThe festival season is upon us. Between now and the end of August, you could pr…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:02PMArches, GlasgowTheatre company Enormous Yes present a serious study of transgression and redemption centred on a Scottish islandInchkeith is an island in the Firth of Forth, a short distance…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:02PMDukes, LancasterDaragh Carville's play records the work of two pioneering film-makers who documented northern working-class lifeLong before Andy Warhol predicted everyone's 15 minutes of fam…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:02PM“A handshake in a corridor,” is the phrase John Moletress used to describe the genesis of Jarman (all this maddening beauty). Described as “a premiere work-in-progress performance,” …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:02PMThe Tony Awards Nominations Announcement will be co-hosted by multiple SAG and Emmy nominated actress and star of “Elementary” on CBS, Lucy Liu, and Tony-nominated star of HBO’…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:02PM“The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock,” part of the Brits Off Broadway series at 59E59 Theaters, looks into the filmmaker’s youth and early career for clues to his later cinematic obses…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:01PMThe Origin Theatre Company's production is playing through May 4 at The Cell.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe actors will discuss their careers and current projects.
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Brendan Murray and tutti frutti's latest collaboration, Monday's Child, is an exquisite exploration of friendship, play and memory across the generations.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMWodehouse's wit and a dazzling new cast make this a perfect entertainment
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMTable names, favours and entertainment. We look at 11 ways to include your love of theatre in your special day
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMToday marks the centennial birthday of the colossal, the stupendous, the unspeakably great low-budget cinematic impresario William Castle (1914-1977). This is a man to be celebrated. I beli…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:57AMThe Play That Goes Wrong will transfer to the West End’s Duchess Theatre, following an acclaimed 21-week U.K. tour. Co-written by Mischief Theatre's Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMEdward Watts (Scandalous, It's a Bird...Plane...It's Superman at Encores!) is joining the cast of The Fantasticks at off-Broadway’s Snapple Theater Center. He will take over fr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe relationship between Charles and Emma Darwin is the basis of Sara Gmitter’s new play, “In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story,” which is now having its world premiere at Lookingglas…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:57AM“Juno” is based not on the 2007 film about a pregnant girt, but on “Juno and the Paycock,” Irish playwright Sean O’Casey’s 1924 masterpiece. Set in the working-class tenements of…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:57AMGrammy winner Ricky Martin joins Dancing with the Stars for Latin Night MONDAY, APRIL 28 800-1001 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMYork Theatre Royal Studio: The Tutti Frutti company looks at declining memory in an older person and how we build memories in its deeply moving new play, Monday's Child. Two characters …
Linked From The Stage at 11:56AMBarbara Walters, Joel Grey, playwright Martin McDonagh
and director Michael Grandage took to the red carpet on the opening night of The Cripple of Inishmaan to chat about the show coming t…
Linked From Playbill at 11:55AMA favorite scene from Foreign Correspondent, referenced in David Rudkin's new play The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock. Some time in the early 1980s, my dad flagged a listing in our loc…
Linked From The Wicked Stage at 11:55AM"South Pacific" provides a most enchanting evening. An exquisite revival of "Raisin." Reviews appear in other North Jersey Media Group Newspapers.
Linked From NorthJersey.com at 11:37AMLike the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors.
However, with so many shows and performers included in…
Linked From Gold Derby at 11:37AMNew plays by Pulitzer winners Annie Baker and Doug Wright are among the nine in-development stage projects tapped for the Sundance Institute’s 2014 Theater Lab. Baker, who just picked up t…
Linked From Variety at 11:37AMFierstein's new drama, directed by Joe Mantello, plays the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:32AMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 11:30AMThe Montgomery Playhouse in partnership with The City of Gaithersburg presents: Woody Allen, Woody Allen Two Woody Allen comedies directed by Bruce Hirsch May 2 thru May 18, 2014 at the Gait…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26AMPerformances, Music and Production Excel, but Message Falls ShortBy Lauren YargerHedwig and the Angry Inch, a cult film by John Cameron Mitchell rocks 'em out at the Belasco Theatre with Nei…
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 11:23AMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 11:20AMIt was announced today that Tony Award winner Diane Paulus, director of the Tony Award winning Best Revival of a Musical PIPPIN on Broadway, was named to TIME Magazine’s 2014 list of the 1…
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Linked From showbizchicago.com at 11:08AMA few years ago, around Halloween, pop-up costume stores starting appearing in empty street-level shops, doing a ton of biz in a short period of time. The retailer was happy. The landlor…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:08AMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 11:07AMLillian Hellman's The Little Foxes is the final addition to the Goodman Theatre's upcoming 90th Anniversary “Season to Celebrate.”
Linked From Playbill at 11:02AMThe Montclair Film Festival will present an afternoon entitled Patrick Wilson & Friends May 4 at the Montclair Art Museum.
Linked From Playbill at 11:02AMCasa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opened on Broadway April 23 at …
Linked From Playbill at 11:02AMTime Magazine's "Time 100: The World's Most Influential People" list, which includes 100 "people who most affect our world," features Oscar-winning songwriters Ro…
Linked From Playbill at 11:02AMFolger Shakespeare Theatre’s 2014-2015 will focus on the political and the historical, the company announced yesterday, including a production of Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart which w…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:02AMTony award-winner Christian Borle will be Patrick Wilson's special guest at the Montclair Film Festival on Sunday, May 4 at 1200 noon.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMThe Hull Truck Theatre has been handed a £400,000 bail-out in emergency public funding to ensure its financial stability, three years before the city hosts the UK City of Culture celebrat…
Linked From The Stage at 11:02AMArtists are a community, an enormous community from infinitely different backgrounds and disciplines. It always makes me incredibly sad to see someone in this community question the legitima…
Linked From newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMNeil Bettles directs the production, which plays at 59E59 Theaters.
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Broadway music directors Annbritt duChateau Disney's 'Aladdin' and Charles duChateau 'Spider-man Turn Off the Dark', alongside a group of their 'Broadway friends,' are donating their time an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMToday, TIME reveals the eleventh annual TIME 100, TIME's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMSundance Institute today announced the nine projects selected to participate in its 2014 Theatre Lab, July 7-27 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. The Lab is the centerpiece of the Institute's …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMClick for photos from the star-studded opening night of Harvey Fierstein’s new drama Casa Valentina on April 23, 2014 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:56AMOur chief critic reflects on a busy week for the RSC, plus looks at a new ITV drama and the use of live music in theatre
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:56AMIt is one of the pleasures of my life – but simultaneously the bane of it – that I’m besieged daily with an endless stream of invitations and press releases advising me of a shows&…
Linked From The Stage at 10:52AMLaBute has the best ear for colloquial conversationin a certain stratum of society, at least: office workers, city dwellers, factory guys, not too rich, not too poor.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:45AMAs soon as Bobby and Kristen told us that they were working on the songs for Frozen and what the movie was about, we knew it was a perfect fit. They are both completely steeped in the tradit…
Linked From time.com at 10:33AMThese five performers made big impressions in break-out roles this spring on Broadway.
Linked From BroadwayBox at 10:20AMVirginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre releases a photo of their production of The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMLittle Orphan Annie is all grown up and a total mess The iconic character stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS. Check out the appearance below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThe Play that Goes Wrong, which originated at fringe venue the Old Red Lion Theatre in north London, is to transfer to the West End this autumn. The Mischief Theatre production is currently …
Linked From The Stage at 10:01AM“I feel like it’s one of the greatest achievements of our career. I feel more proud than I’ve ever felt of anything,” Susan Marie Rhea, co-director of Keegan Theatre’s …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMIt’s a controversial subject: film stars coming to perform on the stages we hold so dear. One side is that Broadway is a business, ticket sales are important and by bringing in well kn…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMMs. AprilLaChanzeWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: I've been a fan of hers since I first heard the cast recording of Once on This Island, and I finally got to see her in the 1995 revival of Compa…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM
Casting has been announced for the premiere of Tim Crouch's Adler & Gibb, which will begin performances June 13 at London's Royal Court Theatre prior to an official opening …
Linked From Playbill at 09:59AMPicture Perfect, a contemporary song cycle featuring songs by American composer Scott Evan Davis, will premiere at London's St. James Studio in a production that will play four performan…
Linked From Playbill at 09:59AMThe Play That Goes Wrong, which premiered on the London fringe at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington last year before a season at the Trafalgar Studios 2, is to transfer to the West End&#…
Linked From Playbill at 09:59AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Casa Valentina, the play by four-time Tony Award winnerHarvey Fierstein, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello just opened last night…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMRyan Murphy, the writer, director and producer of HBO's upcoming presentation of THE NORMAL HEART, along with cast members Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch and Jim Parsons grace the M…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Casa Valentina, the play by four-time Tony Award winnerHarvey Fierstein, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello just opened last night…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMFrozen's Josh Gad will once again team with Disney on a new family comedy adventure film.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMOn this week's Top-6 edition of AMERICAN IDOL Season XIII, we were treated to not one, but two, songs by each competitor. The theme, A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll gave the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMPlus, catch up on Drama Desk Awards host and Tony winner Laura Benanti's very busy spring.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:55AM Today’s Highlights: * Roundabout‘s Cabaret, co-directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall, with Alan Cumming, Michelle Williams, Danny Burstein, Linda Emond, Bill Heck, Aaro…
Linked From Grace Notes at 09:55AMFlamenco artist's latest, at Harbourfront Centre April 24 to 27, uses a genre of flamenco music that blends Andalusian tradition with Latin American influences.
Linked From Toronto Star at 09:30AMRobert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Fran Drescher will announce the 59th annual Drama Desk nominations from 54 Below at 11am.
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:29AMI’ve been shooting Running Lines videos for years. Before there was Running Lines, we did a series called “Sixteen Bars,” in which one actor from each show sang about 16 ba…
Linked From The Journal News at 09:16AMHedwig and the Angry Inch
Broadway, Belasco Theatre
Reviewed by Greg Solomon
BOTTOM LINE: A triumphant revival of a show finally making its Broadway debut -- Hedwig and the Angry Inch may…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 09:13AMCritic's Notebook: Is irony getting old? It may feel that way in a look at two dances that deal with brotherly ties: 'Rocco' at REDCAT and 'Pavement' at UCSB.Bar business wasn't so hot at RE…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:09AMPlayhouseSquare will light its new chandelier -- a symbolic centerpiece -- on Friday, May 2, in a rain-or-shine ceremony intended to highlight $16 million worth of new outdoor amenities, gat…
Linked From Cleveland.com at 09:09AM By: Sandi Durell (click on photos to enlarge) We all spend too much time looking in the mirror, comparing, seeing flaws that, most of the time,...
The post “Vio…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 09:08AMClothes unmake the men in Casa Valentina, Harvey Fierstein’s mostly effective period drama about cross-dressers in 1962. Set at a Catskills resort that caters to straight married fellows w…
Linked From Time Out at 09:07AMWhen you talk to Diane Paulus, her bright, sparkly blue eyes always look like she has just discovered something, whether you’re talking about No. 2 pencils or the cosmos. She is that passi…
Linked From time.com at 09:05AMFormer soap actors Debra Stephenson and Steven Pinder are to headline Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers at St Helens’ Theatre Royal. Producers Regal Entertainments have adapted the…
Linked From The Stage at 09:00AM
New news briefs in brief about about the very stuff dreams are made of to quote the guy born 450 years ago this week.
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 08:59AMLyttelton, LondonHoward Davies brilliantly handles Seán O'Casey's blend of Dublin realism and expressionismSeán O'Casey's tumultuous play has always posed a problem: how to reconcile…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:59AMIn Rockland Country Day School’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” this weekend, the role of the nebbishy Seymour Krelborn is shared by junior Chris Kim and sophomore …
Linked From The Journal News at 08:58AMThe National Theatre offers a rare opportunity to experience Sean O'Casey's ground-breaking anti-war play
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:55AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of the still-popular Keystone comedy short Love, Loot and Crash (1915). People like to check this one out for two reasons. (A) It is one of…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:54AMRobert Lopez and Kristen Anderson- Lopez, A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Amy Adams and Benedict Cumberbatch were among those named to Time's Most Influential People in the WORLD list…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news CABARET, starring Alan Cumming and Mic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMIn “The German Doctor,” Argentinian film director Lucia Puenza focuses on the stories of Nazis who found new lives in her native country. But when she started it, she hadn’…
Linked From forward.com at 08:45AMNextStop Theatre Company opens its production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods next weekend and in between battling witches, wolves, and giants the cast shared with us their jour…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AMMike Bartlett's new play fails to come to life
Linked From The Telegraph at 08:33AMRent is at the center of an academic controversy again, with a few twists. This time, it’s not the whole show, it’s just one song, “La Vie Boheme.” It involves multiple high schools …
Linked From Howard Sherman at 08:27AMNatalie Imbruglia makes a superb stage debut in this immaculately judged production of Ayckbourn's bittersweet tale, says Charles Spencer
Linked From The Telegraph at 08:08AM
Get an exclusive listen to three hot tracks from the production, 'Zaz Zuh Zaz', 'OpeningDaybreak Express' and 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love,' which feature Fantasia and her co-star, 'P…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57AM"A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:55AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM The only cooking show I ever cared a fig about was something I knew as The Cookin’ Cajun, a local New Orleans show (I think) that was broadcast nationally during the cable tv explo…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:53AMWe caught up with Skins and Game of Thrones star Hannah Murray to discuss her latest project currently playing at the Finborough Theatre
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:53AMThis production of Jeeves and Wooster remains as big a hoot as before, says Dominic Cavendish
Linked From The Telegraph at 07:50AMFull disclosure: Peekskill director Scarlett Antonia is not a big fan of “Little Shop of Horrors.” The show was selected before Antonia—who breathed life into PeekskillR…
Linked From The Journal News at 07:47AMA God in Need of Help not only keys in on the clash of Catholicism and the new Protestantism but also adds the spice of old Gods versus the new Christianity.
Linked From Toronto Star at 07:30AMWhen Audrey II, the giant, man-eating plant that dominates and animates “Little Shop of Horrors,” talks, people listen. Even when she’s still in the crate. When director St…
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Josie Long has never been one for comedy clubs her latest gig takes audiences on a whistlestop tour of Tate Modern. Art always inspires her sets, but she may be an unreliable guideI used to…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:56AMThe great Shakespearean will be answering your questions on his career, from King Lear to Spamalot, on Monday 28 AprilHe's back at the National Theatre and this time he's howling and stagge…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:56AMThe comedy revue will run for a limited season at the Chocolate Factory from 19 June to 16 August
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:53AMAlfie Boe, who is internationally recognized for his tenor voice, first gained recognition in the US when he starred in Baz Luhrmann's LA BOHME. In 2010, he took on the role of Jean Valjean …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:53AMYou can’t stage “Hairspray,” Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s musical retelling of the John Waters film, without great choreography — and Mahopac High School ha…
Linked From The Journal News at 06:38AMScott Zimmerman has been shepherding musicals at New Rochelle High School for a long spell. For 28 years, he has been collaborating with kids, many of whom are part of the school’s PAV…
Linked From The Journal News at 06:29AMModern cabaret artistes Joey Arias and Sherry Vine sat in their Ramada Inn suite in New Hope between sets at the hotel's recently opened RRazz Room and talked about how much they love RRazz …
Linked From Philly.com at 06:18AMWhen Danny Burstein steps on stage as Herr Schultz Thursday night for the opening of "Cabaret," it will be the first time in a long while that the actor isn't juggling the performance of one…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:18AMNeil Patrick Harris hurls himself into the title role in the new Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which opened last night at the Belasco Theatre on West 44th Street. As the "in…
Linked From reason.com at 06:14AMThe girls in their summer dresses are actually a bunch of guys in Casa Valentina.
Linked From cititour.com at 06:11AMI believe everything can be turned into a monologue and everyone can write a monologue. It’s one thing to say that, it’s another thing entirely when you say that in front of a ro…
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"I don't think it makes a good play, but it's a remarkable one," Sean O'Casey famously remarked of The Silver Tassie, his late-1920s drama about the depredations of war, and how simultaneous…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:56AMRebecca Lock and Alasdair Harvey are to join the London production of Mamma Mia! from this summer. Lock, who has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins, will play R…
Linked From The Stage at 05:56AMRiverside Studios, London: Chiefly notable for featuring the stage debuts of the latest two members of the Redgrave and Fox acting dynasties, in Daisy Bevan and Jack Fox, this is an otherwis…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMUdderbelly, Southbank Centre, London: When juggling is just about numbers it can be a bit mechanical, but here the numbers - including two women, four tea sets, seven men, nine chairs and 80…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMTheatre Royal Bath: Natalie Imbruglia already has a richly varied portfolio of showbiz success - Australian soap star, award-winning pop diva and cinema leading lady opposite Rowan Atkinson …
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMLyttelton, National, London: Sean O'Casey's dream-like, disjointed 1928 anti-war play was rejected by Yeats' Abbey Theatre and has rarely been performed since, and on tonight&…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMThe WhatsOnStage Award-winner will open at the Duchess Theatre in September
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After more than 15 years of rough drafts and a successful Kickstarter financing project, an Aurora playwright will debut his two-act play at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre next month.
Linked From Denver Post at 02:52AMIn the year of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, the box-office hit Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall. Go behind the scenes with the play's director Declan Donnellan…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMAs Imelda Staunton storms the West End as another hard-scrabble working woman, she explains why it's class and not the classics that matters"Those women!" says Imelda Staunton. &…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMA satire on The X Factor that's been endorsed and partly financed by Simon Cowell sounds an improbable proposition – equivalent to imagining a big West End revival of Pravda blessed and pa…
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMTheatre stars and luvvies had their glad rags on tonight ahead of Britain’s most prestigious theatre awards, the Oliviers.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMThe Book of Mormon has won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2014, beating competition from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Once and The Scottsboro Boys.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMLucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica has been named Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMThe hit play about a photographer’s search for the Tiananmen Square “tank man” was the big winner at the most prestigious awards ceremony of the UK’s theatre calendar.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMYoung Everyman Playhouse present a gripping and timely play at the newly refurbished venue.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:49AMSarah Frankcom announces first new season since taking over as Associate Director.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:49AMThe Play That Goes Wrong, which was first staged by a group of drama students at a pub two years ago, is to transfer to the Duchess Theatre on September 14.
Linked From The Telegraph at 02:30AMThe play Privacy would have you believe that David Davis, the former Conservative Party chairman, retained two mistresses to entertain him during the party conferences. season.
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Shatner's World: We Just Live in It, which was seen on Broadway in February 2012 starring William Shatner, is screened in cinemas nationwide April 24 at 7:30 PM local time.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMAlan Cumming, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to the Kit Kat Klub in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of t…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMThe New York premiere of The Civilians' The Great Immensity officially opens April 24 at the Public Theater following previews that began April 11.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AM"Bad Teacher," a single camera comedy based on the feature film of the same name, makes its TV debut April 24 at 9:31 PM ET on CBS; check local listings.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMSit in front of a television set long enough, and you'll probably see a familiar Broadway face or two — and not just on your regularly scheduled programs, but in the commercials, t…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Teal Wicks and Natalie Weiss are among the performers participating in Putting the Pieces Together: Volume 2, a benefit concert for autism awarene…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMWhere the principals of the musical Cabaret pursued their college studies.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMDebutante, a new play by Ryann Weir that is inspired by the lives of real-life debutantes Barbara Hutton and and Brenda Frazier, begins performances April 24 in New York City.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMLOUIS-AND-ELLA, a new jazzical by Trent Armand Kendall reunites The Architect of Jazz and The First Lady of Song for one magical night and will receive a developmental table reading today, A…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMRoundabout Theatre Company's revival of Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb, featuring three-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams for the first time on Broadway as Sal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMTonight, April 24, 2014, ArtsConnection will celebrate its 35th anniversary at a fundraising gala honoring Time Warner Inc. and internationally-renowned visual artist Vik Muniz. Lisa Garcia …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMTelevision and movie superstar William Shatner stars in his own one-man show, 'Shatner's World,' brought to you by Fathom Events and Priceline.com.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMGolden Globe and two-time Emmy Award-winner Daniel J. Travanti (“Hill Street Blues”) and Amanda Saunders (“Firemen”) star in the West Coast Premiere of Oren Safdie…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 12:29AM"Come hear the music play" once more at Studio 54! Roundabout's revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret opens officially on April 24, the last Broadway show to do so …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:23AMThe high-heeled cast of Harvey Fierstein's new play takes to the MTC stage.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMThe John Kander-Fred Ebb-Joe Masteroff musical comes back to Studio 54.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMJacobs also gives the inside scoop on the "costume gnomes" that keep the Swarovski crystals on his princely garb.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMScenic Designer Robert Brill explains what it took to rebuild Studio 54 — from the ground up.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMYou know summer is coming, despite all signs to the contrary, when Shaw and Stratford Festival go into previews. Shaw is revving already with Arms and the Man. It is a comedy, it is one of S…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:16AMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH star Neil Patrick Harris will appear on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' tonight, April 24th.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMRecognizable small screen star and mainstage newcomer Leighton Meester discusses her role in the new Broadway production of John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN as well as comments on the differ…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMToday we are turning our attention to the world's most famous playwright on the 450th anniversary of his birth this week - the incomparable Bard himself, William Shakespeare.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMIconic movie musical leading lady and acclaimed international performer Leslie Caron touches upon many of her experiences working with an astounding array of legendary stars as part of a new…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMAn irresistible romantic-comedy about love, family, and a trust fund. Love and Marriage (proposals) are the “flavor of the month” at an old-fashioned ice cream parlour in a SoCal beach…
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A musical adaptation of the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing will launch its national tour in Washington, D.C. this summer. The production will premiere at The …
Linked From Ticket News at 12:06AMBritish choreographer Matthew Bourne has created a Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that drips with candle wax and vampire blood and opens its eyes to modern times. Learn more about his bold re-im…
Linked From PBS at 12:06AMDudes look like ladies in “Casa Valentina,” an intriguing but diffuse new drama about straight cross-dressers in 1962 New York.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:06AMNEW YORK — Someone pretty critic-proof is coming to Broadway: The Almighty.Producer Jeffrey Finn on Wednesday said he hopes to mount a stage adaptation of the humor book "The Last Testame…
Linked From bostonherald.com at 12:06AMBroadway Green Alliance and Wearable Collections Cleans Up: The semi-annual Spring Textile Drive was today in Time Square! The Broadway Green Alliance partnered once again with Wearable Col…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AMStephen Sorokoff My View: Revisiting The Scene Of The Crimes - A Gentleman’s Guide: Actually a more accurate headline would be revisiting the fun, the wonderful music, and the spectacular …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AMDisney chairman Alan Horn reveals bad news for "Frozen" fans: there are no concrete plans for a sequel. Speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, he said, "We're not demanding speed.…
Linked From Gold Derby at 12:03AMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lawyers for a theater producer on Wednesday denied sexual abuse claims made against their client in a lawsuit by a man who has leveled similar allegations against oth…
Linked From Associated Press at 12:03AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Brooks has seemingly done it all in his illustrious show biz career. But there's one thing he's tackled only recently - a one-man show....
Linked From Associated Press at 12:02AMMusical about infamous killers hits stage at time of transition for theater, director.
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 12:02AMThe inspiration for Harvey Fierstein’s “Casa Valentina” was a discreet sanctuary in the Catskills where manly men (with wives and children and other baggage) could get thei…
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