Theater News: Jonathan Larson's tick, tick...BOOM! Leads the 2014 City Center Encores! Off-Center Lineup

In the Heights pair Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo will reunite onstage in the roles created by Raúl Esparza and Amy Spanger.

You Wanna Talk About It review – the mad world of breaking news by Jane Howard

Adelaide Fringe festival: The German ClubThe audience gets its chance to connect with events of the day in this show that delivers with humour and warmthJane Howard

Former critic chronicles his pedal pushing

Theater critics do a great deal of sitting. For the most part they are either watching a play or are chained to a computer writing about it. But in his new book, “Life Is a Wheel” (Scrib…

WATCH Awards 2013 – Elden Street Players and Kensington Arts Theatre win top Awards by Lorraine Treanor

The WATCH Awards, Washington area community theatre’s version of the Tony’s, were presented to a packed house on Sunday, March 9th at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.The Washingt…

Here are the Winners of the 14th Annual WATCH AWARDS Awards by Joel Markowitz

Announcement of Winners 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors THE WATCH AWARDS Award Ceremony Sunday, March 9, 2014 – 7:00 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA And now for th…

Review: No Exit

(They can't get no) satisfaction in Jean-Paul Sartre's uncommonly-pleasant-looking depiction of hell.

Adelaide festival 2014: Monday 10 March – Live! by Vicky Frost, Alex Needham, Alfred Hickling, Alicia Canter, Jane Howard, Bill Code

On the liveblog today: we’ll be hearing from musicians about their favourite musical discoveries, catching up with the latest from Womadelaide and Fringe, reviewing The Seagull, Fugitive a…

Windmill Theatre Trilogy: Fugitive review – a dystopian Robin Hood by Vicky Frost

A suburban rumpus room with tree-patterned wallpaper does duty as the forest and massive fight scenes are performed on carpetVicky Frost

BWW TV Exclusive: CUTTING EDGE COMPOSERS CORNER - Ben Platt Performs Drew Gasparini's 'The Last Loser in the Universe' by BroadwayWorld TV

Last month, Cutting Edge Composers held their concert at 54 Below, and one of the highlights of the evening included 'The Last Loser in the Universe' by Drew Gasparini being sung by the incr…

At the Helm! BWW Rounds Up This Season's Broadway Directors by BroadwayWorld

Broadway stars might boast the biggest fan-bases, but without their directors, the vehicle driving their talents could easily swerve off the tracks. Keeping the runaway train at bay are seas…

Photo Coverage: Tony Winner Stew Previews 'NEW STEW REVIEW' at 54 Below by Walter McBride

Tony Award-winning singersongwriter Stew Passing Strange, recently gathered at 54 Below for a press performance of his his show THE NEW STEW REVIEW, which he performed at the venue this week…

Photo Flash: Jeremy Kushnier & Catherine Cox Visit Cast of Marymount Manhattan College's FOOTLOOSE by BroadwayWorld

Marymount Manhattan College presented FOOTLOOSE this past week. Jeremy Kushnier and Catherine Cox-Broadway's original Ren and Ethel McCormack-attended a cocktail party held by President Juds…

Photo Flash: Inside AMERICAN SHOWSTOPPERS: AN EVENING OF JERRY HERMAN with Beth Leavel, Klea Blackhurst, Fred Barton & More by BroadwayWorld

On Saturday evening, March 1st at 730pm Pace University presented American Showstoppers, with the 13 piece Fred Barton Orchestra, AN EVENING OF JERRY HERMAN. The evening was directed and cho…

Rupert Holmes to Headline New York Theatre Barn's Master Class Benefit, 4/13 by BroadwayWorld

Tony Award-winning Rupert Holmes will headline the second annual master class benefit event for the New York-based non-profit theatre company New York Theatre Barn called A Conversation with…

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Mar. 9

Upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, March 9, 2014.

Breaking News: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Karen Olivo to Star in tick, tick...BOOM! for Encores! FAUST and PUMP BOYS Announced by BroadwayWorld

This just in New York City Center's acclaimed Encores Off-Center series, under the artistic direction of Jeanine Tesori, will return this summer for a second season of landmark Off-Broadway …

Reviews: ''No Exit'' by Zachary Stewart

Jewish Theater: Every Good Question Deserves Another Question by HowlRound

By David Winitsky. Jewish theater? What does that mean? Is that redundant (insert your “theater would be dead without the Jews” joke here). Is it just old fashioned (are we talking Yiddi…

Pump Boys & tick, tick, Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda & Karen Olivo, to Boom at Encores! by Broadway.com

Encores! Off-Center has announced its program for its second season of landmark off-Broadway musicals. It will feature Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick… BOOM!, headlined by Ton…

Encores! Off-Center Season Will Include tick, tick… BOOM!, Faust, Pump Boys and Dinettes by Andrew Gans

New York City Center's Encores! Off-Center series, under the artistic direction of Jeanine Tesori, will return in June for a second season of Off-Broadway musicals presented at the famed…

Review: The Magic Flute (ETO)

English Touring Opera's popular production of Mozart's late Singspiel embarks on a lengthy spring tour

Adelaide festival podcast: episode 3 by Vicky Frost, Jane Howard, Alex Needham

Join Guardian Australia's culture team for dancing lessons with Afrobeat band Femi Kuti and The Positive Force; a chat with the woman behind the soundtrack to the Tunisian uprising, Emel Mat…

Take Me Back at Walkerspace by Sandi Durell

      Reviewed by Susan Hasho       Take Me Back is a jewel of a production. Housed in downtown Walkerspace, this darkly humorous new play by Emily...The post T…

ArtsBeat: Lineup Announced For ‘Encores! Off-Center’ by Adam W. Kepler

City Center has announced the lineup for its second “Encores! Off-Center” series, which is intended to showcase new interpretations by contemporary artists of older Off Broadway musicals…

Theater Review: Jim Brochu Honors Broadway Colleagues With ‘Character Man’ by Daniel M. Gold

In this solo show at Urban Stages, Jim Brochu portrays Zero Mostel and other Broadway actors who were recognizable if not household names.    

Theater Review: Emily Schwend’s ‘Take Me Back,’ at Walkerspace by Andy Webster

After a stint in prison, Bill is readjusting to freedom in Oklahoma in Emily Schwend’s “Take Me Back,” playing at Walkerspace.    

Bryan Cranston debuts. Daniel Radcliffe returns. King Kong retreats. Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Bryan Cranston made his Broadway debut in All The Way, about LBJ, one of five shows I reviewed this week in a season that’s heating up.  Fiddler on the Roof will play once more on Broadwa…

Win a Copy of Nothing Like a Dame! by Wendy Caster

To win a copy of the very enjoyable Nothing Like a Dame (review here), just match up the quote and the dame and send your answers to retsac@gmail.com. A winner will be picked at random from …

Tomorrow on TCM: Berle’s Big Picture by Trav S.D.

Tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. Eastern, Turner Classic Movies is showing a most interesting artifact, Milton Berle’s 1949 film Always Leave Them Laughing.  This was neither Berle’s…

Actresses’ Efforts Inject Passion Into Stilted Talky Mamet Philosophy-Fest, The Anarchist by Bill Hirschman

Not every show is a home run. But that doesn’t deprive the audience of an interesting night when talented actresses make a flawed script land as well as can be hoped. Patti Gardner and Jac…

Gardley’s ‘Gospel’ a poignant cry from the heart

HEDY WEISS: Four highly skilled actors bring the world premiere to life at Victory Gardens.

"The Outgoing Tide" Takes a Compassionate Look at Aging

All wiry tension, Rhys physicalizes Gunner's pain in a heartrending manner. Florence Lacey shines as his long-suffering wife, bringing a quiet radiance to her often unvoiced anguish and a co…

Fuse Views: Remembering a Preserver of Memory by Bill Marx

Jiri Fiedler's was a life of quiet heroism dedicated to the indispensable task of keeping the past alive.

WATCH AWARD Winners Posted as They Are Announced by Joel Markowitz

As the winners are announced tonight they will be bolded below. Refresh the page to see who won! Announcement of Winners 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors THE WATCH AWARDS…

Visitors review – 'Infinitely touching' by Michael Billington

Playwright Barney Norris's first full-length work for the stage sensitively captures a married couple's descent into old ageBarney Norris is a young man in his mid‑20s. I mention this beca…

Theatre News: Announcement of Winners of the 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) by Mark Beachy

The winners of the 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) will be announced Sunday,  March 9, 2014 at 7 PM at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. MDTG will be posting th…

Brian d’Arcy James at Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater by Nelson Pressley

Brian d’Arcy James listens to the anthem “Who I’d Be” from the Broadway version of “Shrek” and hears Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.” He convincingly mashed them together to…

Diana Rigg: 'Women of my age are still attractive. Men of my age are not' by Stuart Jeffries

Soon to appear in the new season of Game of Thrones, the actor talks about her long career, how to deal with getting older and why she talks to pigeonsDiana Rigg is trying to cross the …

BWW's On This Day - March 9, 2014

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Photo Coverage: ALL THE WAY's Opening Night Red Carpet with Diane Paulus, Chris O'Dowd, Tracy Letts & More by Walter McBride

All the Way, the new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, starring BREAKING BAD's Bryan Cranston, opened on March 6, 2014, on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. The p…

Photo Flash: Inside Jim Caruso's CAST PARTY GOES TO THE MOVIES with Billy Stritch, Christina Bianco, Clarke Thorell & More by BroadwayWorld

On Friday, March 7, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Presented 'Jim Caruso's Cast Party Goes To The Movies,' with two shows at The Allen Room overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park S…

Photo Coverage: Meet ROCKY's Creative Heavyweights Alex Timbers, Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine! by Walter McBride

The new musical Rocky is currently in previews at Broadway's historic Winter Garden Theatre ahead of an official bow on March 13. ROCKY brings to life the iconic and inspiring story of strug…

Photo Coverage: Remembering Sheila MacRae by Walter McBride

Sheila MacRae, film, TV and Broadway actress known for her portrayal of 'Alice Kramden' on the TV series THE HONEYMOONERS, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014. She was 92. Below, BroadwayWor…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics - March 8 - Part 2 - Backstage with 'VANYA AND SONIA' in L.A.; Plus IF/THEN, York's TENDERLOIN & More by BroadwayWorld

Yesterday's shots come from CTGMark Taper Form's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE with Christine Ebersole, David Hull, Kristine Nielsen and more Broadway's IFTHEN Max von Essen, currently…

Theatre News: Booking for Glyndebourne's 80th season is now open

Booking is now open for Glyndebourne's 80th season, and it promises yet again to be another unforgettable year

BWW Reviews: Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD Is a Killer at the New York Philharmonic by Richard Sasanow

Like the young Anthony Hope in Stephen Sondheim's scintillating SWEENEY TODD, "I've sailed the world, beheld its wonders...," with SWEENEY TODDs ranging from the original cast in New York, t…

A brash, bittersweet look at life in Memphis by Kerry Reid

THEATER REVIEW 'Saturday Night/Sunday Morning' at Steppenwolf Garage Theater ★★★ Since 2009, Steppenwolf's innovative Garage Rep series has provided hospitality and exposu…

Review: The Earliest Known Photo of Men Drinking Beer/Drinking & Writing by Zach Freeman

RECOMMENDED Self-referential by repeatedly remarked upon design, “The Earliest Known Photo of Men Drinking Beer” tries to say in thousands of words seemingly everything the titul…

Theatre Review: Marry Me a Little is a mashed-up musical that works about as well as it should; A Beautiful View is teasing, elegant by Robert Cushman

It’s all duologues at the Tarragon. In the Extra Space, there’s the all-talking Lungs; on the main stage the all-singing, and sometimes-dancing, Marry Me a Little, which is a sort of Ste…

Take Me Back by Theasy.com

Take Me Back Off Off Broadway, Walkerspace, The Kindling Theatre Company Reviewed by Zak Risinger BOTTOM LINE: A solid New York premiere by a gifted up-and-coming playwright, employing a …

Fatal Attraction writer: why my stage version has a different ending

It was the film that shook the 80s. Fatal Attraction's writer James Dearden relives the controversy it caused – and explains why his new version is fairer to the bunny-boilerIt is hard, ev…

The New Stew Review – 54 Below Debut by Sandi Durell

          by: Sandi Durell   Stew, born Mark Stewart, made his way from the Brooklyn and downtown clubs uptown to the cellar for two nights at...The post The Ne…

The week ahead in arts by The Guardian

Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales are played out in Shoreditch, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler, Berlioz and Ives, plus Handel's Rodelinda from director Richard JonesOpening this week■ Gr…

The Sunday Giveaway: Two Tickets to Mothers and Sons on Broadway! by Ken Davenport

I told you today’s giveaway was for a show that was close to me! Today I’m giving away two sweet seats to my latest Broadway Production, Mothers and Sons, by the incomparable Ter…

The Bridges of Madison County Broadway Review: Lush and Lovely by Jonathan Mandell

“If you went away for a week and I spent the whole time in bed with a photographer, would you be mad?” nosy neighbor Marge asks her husband Charlie in “The Bridges of Madison County,�…

#JewPlay: Working Towards a Greater Jewish Theater by HowlRound

By Guy Ben-Aharon. #JewPlay: What is the future of Jewish theater in the United States? In this series , co-curators David Winitsky, Artistic Director of New York’s Jewish Plays Project an…

‘Hairspray’ at Magruder High School by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

The words “tuneful” and “energetic” only begin to describe Magruder High School’s production of the Tony-award-winning musical Hairspray. Based on the 1988 John Waters film of the …

SXSW 2014: Tilda Swinton on Derek Jarman: 'He wrapped the centre around him' by Henry Barnes

Actor, in Austin to promote films with Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch, pays tribute to the director who started her career and cites her early influences, including the 1974 Disney film Herbi…

Fuse Commentary: Boston Symphony Orchestra Season 2014-15 — A Jolt of Energy and Stability by Jonathan Blumhofer

Most of the programs during BSO conductor Andris Nelsons’ ten subscription weeks look fresh and, if not outright adventurous, on paper they at least look more exciting than not.

Fuse Book Interview: JFK, Conservative? by Blake Maddux

In his book, Ira Stoll argues that John F. Kennedy was, "by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative."

Poem: Dispatch From the Suburbs by HowlRound

By Melinda Lopez. I have been making apple scones / For a friend who died / Doug, my neighbor, whose last name / I don’t know

We Are Proud to Present, Bush Theatre, review by Dominic Cavendish

This play about early 20th-century genocide is an insult to our intelligence and to the dead, says Dominic Cavendish    

“The Most Deserving” Set for Women’s Project Theater by Sandi Durell

          Catherine Trieschmann is back in New York at Women’s Project Theater with a tart, satirical skewing of small town cultural wars entitled The Most D…

Audiences, Artists, Theaters: Livestreaming Triple Play (#TrplPlay) Discussion Series—Mon, March 10 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. Join Theatre Development Fund (TDF) and Theatre Bay Area as they host a series of six roundtable discussions intended to uncover the best new thinking and practices around w…

Review: No Exi tat curtainup.com/ by Jacob Horn

Jean-Paul Sartre's play at the Pearl Theatre Company charmingly grapples with heavy existential questions by skipping ahead to the afterlife

Review: Loose-limbed 'Street' takes a U-turn

Hit-and-miss musical revue has feel of two separate shows.

'Masked Ball' soars at Civic

It all comes together in superb San Diego Opera production of Verdi's masterpiece

Jacques d’Amboise elevates at Harlem's National Dance Institute by Beth Stebner

Educators have convened in Harlem this month to learn dance techniques from Jacques d’Amboise. For those who don’t know the self-proclaimed New Yorker 'with a fancy French last name,' th…

Yo, Adrian, I'm on Broadway

Yo, Paulie, I hope this don't sound crazy or nothing, but I think I feel a song coming on. In the strangest pop crossover since Jerry Springer: The Opera, Rocky, the saga of the stumblebum b…

Cirque du Soleil's 'Amaluna' comes to Citi Field by Joe Dziemianowicz

Cirque du Soleil’s latest show to hit New York does more than just mark the troupe’s 30th year — it brings a dazzling spectacle of girl power. “Amaluna,” landing at its Citi Field …

Stephen Sorokoff Through the Lens at Cast Party (Goes to the Movies) at the Lincoln Center American Songbook by Stephen Sorokoff

Stephen Sorokoff Through the Lens at Cast Party (Goes to the Movies) at the Lincoln Center American Songbook: Billy Stritch and Christina Bianco

The Amanda McBroom Project With Mandy Gonzalez by Suzanna Bowling

The Amanda McBroom Project With Mandy Gonzalez: Mandy Gonzalez is well known on Broadway.

Revolutionary opera director Gerard Mortier dies

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Gerard Mortier, the Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who worked tirelessly to bring the art closer to the publ…

Avant-garde opera director Gerard Mortier dies aged 70

Belgian former artistic director of Madrid's Teatro Real is praised as 'visionary and generous figure'Gerard Mortier, the avant-garde artistic director of Madrid's Teatro Real opera house un…

Review: The Roper/The Den Theatre by Zach Freeman

RECOMMENDED “Nothing is more dangerous than stupid men who think they have a good idea,” says a character at one point. The play is based on the true account of a Chicago band of Irish-A…

Jim Caruso’s Cast Party Goes to the Movies with Billy Stritch by Sandi Durell

    Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. New York City residents know one of the great places to take out-of-towners is Jim Caruso’s Cast Party Monday nights at Birdland, an...The post Jim …

CS

: "CS" is the abbreviation for "center stage" and refers to the middle plane of the stage, going from

Century of Slapstick #29: Tango Tangles by Trav S.D.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release of the Keystone comedy Tango Tangles, co-starring Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and Ford Sterling, directed by Mack Sennett. This is anoth…

Review: The Gospel of Lovingkindness/Victory Gardens Theater by Zach Freeman

RECOMMENDED 415. The number of homicides recorded in Chicago in 2013. 46. The number of homicides recorded in Chicago as of January 1, 2014. 266. The price of a pair of Air Jordans, and the …

‘Aladdin’ gets big changes for Broadway debut by Gregory E. Miller

Genie’s not the only aspect of 1992’s “Aladdin” to earn a face-lift for the Great White Way. Here are six more changes. Sorry, no pets allowed. The stage version does...

Puppet star of ‘Hand of God’ isn’t afraid to rebel by Frank Scheck

In Robert Askins’ “Hand to God,” a devout Christian teenager is led astray by a demonic hand puppet named Tyrone. At off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre, where the MCC Theater prod…

Iglehart’s wish granted as he takes on iconic Genie in ‘Aladdin’ by Gregory E. Miller

In 1992, James Monroe Iglehart’s mother took him to see the animated Disney movie “Aladdin” as a high-school graduation gift. “When ‘Friend Like Me’ came on, I leaned over to...

Bway Across Miami 2014-2015: Newsies, Mormon, Cinderella, Sister Act & (Really) I Love Lucy by Bill Hirschman

Three of Broadway’s most popular hits come to the Arsht Center next season through the Broadway Across Miami series: the irreverent satire The Book of Mormon, the exuberant Disney’s News…

Review: La traviata (WNO)

Verdi's consumptive heroine returns in a revival of David McVicar's much-loved production for Welsh National Opera

Review: Boulevard Solitude (WNO)

Henze's retelling of the Manon Lescaut story is a five-star triumph for Welsh National Opera

Review: Manon Lescaut (WNO)

Puccini's version of the time-honoured tale by Abbé Prévost receives an oblique new production from Welsh National Opera

The theatrical life of Derek Jarman by Veronica Horwell

Derek Jarman is remembered as an innovative film-maker and artist but his stage work is key to his career – even his own residence was a performanceDerek Jarman wandered into theatre, as h…

Jan Koum, WhatsApp and the Meaning of 'The Walls Have Ears'

What is the origin of the expression ‘the walls have ears’? Philologos delves into Hebrew scholarship — and explains what it has to do with WhatsApp billionaire Jan Koum. Click here f…

A Coupla Jewish Writers Talk Theater, Drinking and Escaping the Midwest

Playwright Brooke Berman chats with Joshua Furst over drinks about escaping the Midwest and her newest work, which is set in the racially torn Detroit of the late ’60s. Click here for …

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 3/8/2014

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 382014.

Norm Lewis, Hugh Panaro, Alice Ripley and More Set for I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU: 54 SINGS SIDE SHOW Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Lauren Kennedy, Norm Lewis, Jeff McCarthy, Hugh Panaro, Alice Ripley, The Skivvies and more will take part in 'I Will Never Leave You 54 Sings Side Show' tonight, March 9, 2014 at 54 Below.

Hottest Articles on BWW from Saturday, Mar. 8

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Saturday, March 8, 2014.

MISS SAIGON Star Rachelle Ann Go Arrives In The West End For Rehearsals & Tours UK by Pat Cerasaro

The hotly anticipated revival of international smash hit mega-musical MISS SAIGON by the team of Alain Boublil and Claude Michel-Schonberg is gearing up for a West End revival spearheaded by…

Lea Michele's LOUDER Reaches #1 In 11 Countries; Summer World Tour Confirmed by Pat Cerasaro

Broadway headliner and GLEE breakout star Lea Michele has found considerable success in just a few days with the international embrace of her new solo album LOUDER.

Good People, at Hampstead Theatre by Tim Walker

Imelda Staunton stars in an intelligent, stylish, new play at Hampstead Theatre about living on the wrong side of South Boston's tracks, says Tim Walker    

Theatres with stories to tell by Tim Auld

A £120 million butterfly; a 'Cambodian gothic' auditorium; a giant stage floating on water. Tim Auld on the world's most dramatic buildings    

The world's most spectacular theatres by Telegraph Staff

From ancient Greek amphitheatres to movie palaces and water-borne stages, a new book showcases some of the most beautiful theatres in the world    

Waterdale's "GYPSY" - Production Photos by Johnathon White

Check out these photos from Waterdale's latest Production of "GYPSY" Book Your Tickets Now! Good seats still available at www.waterdale.org.au …

ON THE RECORD: Original Cast Albums of Big Fish and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Steven Suskin

This week's column discusses the Broadway cast album of Andrew Lippa's Big Fish along with Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill in the original production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid…

"Gotta Dance!" — Imagining Musical Episodes for "Girls," "Modern Family" and More by Benjamin Solomon

Playbill.com offers a list of TV shows that should feature musical episodes in their upcoming seasons.

PLAYBILL VIDEO WEEK IN REVIEW: Life With Laura Benanti, Sutton Foster in Violet, Idina Menzel, Big Fish Cast Album Exclusive and More by Playbill Staff

Playbill.com's weekly recap of its coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were missed the first time around.

Do You Know the Puppet Man? Steven Boyer Plays Schoolboy and Sock Puppet in Off-Broadway's Hand to God by Michael Gioia

Meet actor Steven Boyer, who reprises his acclaimed performance as a boy and his foul-mouthed hand puppet in Off-Broadway's Hand to God, which will open March 10 at the Lucille Lort…

Bailiwick Chicago Presents Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Musical Drama Dessa Rose, Opening March 9 by Carey Purcell

The Chicago premiere of the historical musical drama Dessa Rose officially opens March 9. Presented by Bailiwick Chicago, the production began previews March 6. 

Tim Burke, Andrew Glaszek, Andy Halliday, John Kevin Jones, Rory Max Kaplan Star in Nothing But Trash, Opening March 9 by Andrew Gans

Theater for the New City's production of Andy Halliday’s Nothing But Trash, a satire of 1950’s teen-angst films and gay pulp fiction, officially opens March 9 at 3 PM followi…

PLAYBILL POLL: Who Is Your Favorite Disney Musical Villain?

With the arrival of the new Disney musical Aladdin, Playbill.com thought it was a good time to revisit our list of favorite Disney villains from Jafar to Scar to Gaston. We then w…

Grammy Winner K.D. Lang Plays Final Performance in Broadway's After Midnight March 9 by Michael Gioia

Grammy Award-winning artist K.D. Lang, who succeeded fellow Grammy winner Fantasia Barrino as the special guest star vocalist in After Midnight, plays her final performance in the jazz-…

Handle With Care, Starring Tony Nominee Carol Lawrence, Ends Run at the Westside March 9 by Carey Purcell

Handle With Care, a new play by Emmy Award nominee Jason Odell Williams that stars Tony Award nominee Carol Lawrence, concludes its run at the Westside Theatre Downstairs March 9. 

Adelaide Fringe: Wake In Fright by Stephen House

I must admit that I was a bit sceptical about seeing this show, given that I’m a huge fan of the 1970s film and also of the original book. I wondered, how the hell Yabba Productions could …

Jane Howard’s Adelaide Fringe diary: Carousel & Clothesline, Fright or Flight, and more Street Theatre festival by Jane Howard

A Canadian circus show that’s just kidding around; blindfolded women with washing gloves on their feet; and a magician for drunksJane Howard

Adelaide Fringe festival 2014 - in pictures by Alicia Canter

We meet some of the artists behind the Adelaide Fringe festival, the largest annual arts festival in the southern hemisphere. The festival takes over various Adelaide venues from 14 February…

Batsheva Dance Company: Sadeh21 review – striking stage imagery

By the time the end credits roll over the back of the set, the cumulative effect of Sadeh21 is devastating.

This Week’s Picks: Get Whipped at 50 Shades, Root For Rocky & Toast Klendez by Pete Croatto

Hey, remember back in January when you made that New Year's resolution to go out and do more stuff? It's horribly cold outside for what seems like the millionth day in a row, but don…

Sunday Feature: First-person - Priscila Uppal on 6 Essential Questions by The Charlebois Post

Fear of Brazilians, Mothers, and other Essential Thingsby Priscila UppalPriscila Uppal is an internationally-acclaimed Toronto poet, fiction writer, essayist, memoirist, playwright, and York…

‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ at The Highwood Theatre by Joel Markowitz

Who is the man on the twenty-dollar bill? The Highwood Theatre answers that question with Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson to the beat of some catchy rock music. Alex Timbers wrote the book and …