Theatre critic Ben Brantley responded to James Franco's all-caps rant earlier this week — and for someone who'd just been called a "little bitch," Brantley was extremely civil
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 08:46PMLynne Meadow and Barry Grove have once again produced a small-theatre ensemble gem at the Stage I at City Center of the Manhattan Theatre Club.Assembled for this fine work are the "it" girl,…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 08:39PMThe Delaware Theatre Company's production of Ain't Misbehavin', directed by Richard Maltby, Jr., could be eying a return to the New York stage, according to Delaware Online.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMLA SOIREE is leaving town The naughty international show at the Union Square Theatre will close on May 11 prior to an engagement in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 15-25 as the principal a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMHBO has just released a full trailer fir its highly anticipated upcoming presentation of THE NORMAL HEART, which will air on Sunday, May 25, at 9pm on HBO. Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMJames Lapine's adaptation of Moss Hart's classic autobiography is a love letter to Broadway.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMAndrew Lippa's iconic musical The Wild Party is back and bigger than ever. With the help of Charlie Rosen and his 17-piece jazz band, 54 Below featured the show's biggest hits like never bef…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs with your favorite Broadway stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this week's ed…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMLorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun opened last week at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street. Below you can check out photos of the cast in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week or you're just in the mood for a recap, BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end-of-the-week fix Take a l…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMHBO has confirmed the debut date for BILLY CRYSTAL 700 SUNDAYS, with the special slated to premiere on Saturday, April 19 900-1100 p.m. ETPT. 700 SUNDAYS is an original two-act play in which…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMCast members from the Las Vegas company of the high-octane musical ROCK OF AGES will perform on 'The Queen Latifah Show' Monday, April 21. The show airs in the Las Vegas area at 2 p.m. on KT…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMDogfight, featuring music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Peter Duchan, is now available for licensing through Music Theatre International. For additional information…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMGoogle's office on Eight Avenue hosted a conversation with Tony Award-winning musical revival PIPPIN's new lead stars Kyle Dean Massey Pippin and Ciara Renee Leading Player, together with or…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMIn the video below, the writers of MURDER FOR TWO play one of the songs they definitely wrote from the new Broadway hit, Act One
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMChristopher Sieber will officially make his debut as the tyrant Miss Trunchbull in Broadway's Matilda the Musical tonight, April 18. Sieber was previously scheduled to begin performances in …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMIn a new interview with Vulture, O'Hare confirmed that he'll be back for the fourth installment in Ryan Murphy's acclaimed horror anthology, AMERICAN HORROR STORY FREAKSHOW. O'Hare previousl…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMPop hitmaker Sara Bareilles has utilized social media to share news about her upcoming screen-to-stage adaptation of the indie drama WAITRESS according to a series of new posts, including a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMOn April 7, Ars Nova hosted their Diamond Ball, not just another fing benefit. The evening honored Elizabeth Meriwether, Ars Nova's inaugural Playwright-in-Residence and creator of Fox's New…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMThe new Broadway play Mothers and Sons from 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, now playing at the Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, will hold a special talkback on Wednesday, Apri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMInternational pop superstar and notable THE VOICE judge Christina Aguilera seems set to be essaying one of the most iconic musical theatre roles of all time according to a new report confirm…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMRoundabout Theatre Company's production of Violet, starring Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell,Alexander Gemignani and Joshua Henry, is currently in previews and officially opens this Sunday, Apri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMDean's "Paul Robeson" originally starred James Earl Jones when it opened on Broadway in 1978. It would go on to several revivals in New York and Europe.
Linked From National Public Radio at 08:19PMOld Red Lion, LondonA warm and touching performance from Illona Linthwaite is at the heart of this ambitious new playAt the centre of this ambitious play is Ingrid, who suffers from dementia…
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Broadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:58PM“Ubu Sings Ubu” mixes a Google Translate version of the 1896 scatological satire “Ubu Roi” with songs by the experimental rock band Pere Ubu.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:45PM“Our God’s Brother,” a 1949 play written by Karol Wojtyla, who became Pope John Paul II, is being revived at the Theater of the Church of Notre Dame.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:45PMDon’t be surprised to see the name Cadden Jones appear in lights some day.
The Springfield native is making a name for herself on Broadway, and in Tinseltown, having appeared in a numbe…
Linked From Montgomery News at 06:23PMMiles Levy, former manager to James Franco, has been sued by his business partners in what is described as a scheme to divert the actor’s commissions to one of Levy’s own compani…
Linked From Variety at 06:22PMFriday night, April 11th, Kevin James Doyle surprised his co-star Margaret Copeland by announced her impending engagement before the sold-out audience at Off-Broadway's comedy smash, HOW TO …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:22PMSan Diego Opera set a new deadline of May 19 to obtain new funding or close down after the resignation Thursday of 13 members of its board of directors, including President Karen Cohn.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:22PMThe company's new contemporary repertory isn’t necessarily high-minded, and it certainly isn’t dreary.
Linked From NJ.com at 06:22PMBEN CLAWSON received his B.F.A. in Theater from Montclair State University. He is the author of numerous full-length plays, short comedies, and evenings of thematically connected one acts. &…
Linked From Visible Soul at 06:19PMLISA TIERNEY-KEOGH: Lisa’s work has been performed in Dublin, London, Belfast and New York. Lisa has won the Irish Times Theatre Awards Bursary and been nominated for the Stewart Park…
Linked From Visible Soul at 06:18PM“Transcendence” is a movie with a message, and it’s got some really serious things to say about technology. Unfortunately those things are all over the map and it goes on to prove that…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 06:10PMIt would take a series of spoilers to explain who might have killed whom in "The Galapagos Affair." See the movie and find out, and revel in the grim gallows humor.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 06:07PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber, whose March debut in the Broadway company of Matilda was delayed after the actor sustained an injury to his hand during rehearsals, steps into the r…
Linked From Playbill at 06:05PM(photo by Valérie Remise)A man of many facesby Aleksandra KoplikAlfred is the type of play, where you sit down, quickly hope for an intermission in order to escape, then moments later get b…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 06:04PMBroadway.com catches up with Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub and the stars of James Lapine’s adaptation of Moss Hart’s memoir Act One at the opening night party.
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Linked From Broadway.com at 06:04PMThe cast is off, so let the child-hurling begin! Tony nominee Christopher Sieber steps into Matilda as the frightening Miss Trunchbull on April 18. As previously reported, Sieber, who was or…
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The first official trailer for the HBO film adaptation of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart”, which features a star-studded cast including Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, Matt…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:58PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Broadway production of Violet, starring Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell, Alexander Gemignani and Joshua Henry, opens Sunday, …
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:58PMThe Michael Grandage Company production of The Cripple of Inishmaan, by Martin McDonagh, starring Daniel Radcliffe and the critically acclaimed West End cast, directed by Tony Award-winner M…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:58PMAudra McDonald, who currently stars as Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, stopped by MSNBC to discuss her current role and transformation. Check out the in…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:58PMThe latest Miss Trunchbull's arrival was delayed for a month because of an injury.
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:46PMThe Callaway sisters are back and better than ever.
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:17PMArrested Development’s hilarious man-child makes his Broadway debut in August; here are the scenarios he should avoid
Linked From Time Out at 05:09PMJai Rodriguez, Kate Pazakis, Jason Paige and Segun Oduladaw perform songs from Rocky Horror Show, as part of the April 18 Rocky Rises event at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles.
Linked From Playbill at 05:03PMActress Alyssa Robbins has stepped into the title role of the Casa Mańana production of the classic musical Peter Pan, which will begin performances April 25.
Linked From Playbill at 05:03PMIn an April 18 interview with the New York Observer, New York Times critic Ben Brantley responded to an Instagram post by Of Mice and Men star James Franco, in which the actor took the criti…
Linked From Playbill at 05:03PMAct One, the stage adaptation of Moss Hart's show-business memoir, opened April 17 at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Santino Fontana, Andrea Martin and Tony Shalhoub …
Linked From Playbill at 05:03PMTickets for Los Monólogos de la Vagina, a Spanish version of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, are now on sale. Directed by Jaime Matarredona, the play will begin performances…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:03PMPippin's Kyle Dean Massey takes us exploring the secret passages of Broadway and a softball game in the latest epiosde of Fresh Prince.
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:03PMTickets for the U.S. premiere of Atomic, a new musical by Danny Ginges, Gregory Bonsignore and Philip Foxman, are now on sale. Starring Euan Morton, Jeremy Kushnier and Sara Gettelfinger and…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:03PMThe New Group's production of Sharr White's play will run at the Acorn Theatre.
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The NY theatrical riddled webseries WALLFLOWERS, created by Kieran Turner, is out and about and exploring relationship. With Patch Darragh, Christianne Tisdale, John Halbach, Max Crumm, Gibs…
Linked From Out at 04:48PMAll The Way With Bryan Cranston: Robert Schenkkan’s new political drama is fraught with history. Emmy Award-winner Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad makes his Broadway debut as Lyndon Baine…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 04:48PMLife is a Cabaret: Our Picks for April/May: 54 Below at 254 West 54th St. Ann & Liz Callaway prove Sibling Revelry is a lot of fun
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 04:48PMHeadlining At Nutmeg Summer Series At UConn In StorrsLeslie Uggams, the Tony and Emmy Award winning actress will be starring as Rose in Connecticut Repertory Theatre ’s (CRT) product…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:47PMApril 18,2014 – In the same week that the London production of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning hit musical ONCE won two Olivier Awards, the National Tour of ONCE has just received a …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:41PM“theatreWeek Theatre!"
In honor of theatreWeek, we're spotlighting ALL of the shows currently on stage. From comedies, to dramas, to everything in between. Theatre is for…
Linked From theatrewashington.org at 04:26PMFour monologues written by diseuse Ruth Draper are brilliantly performed by Annette Bening as a 90-minute one act evening of entertainment. This new show at the Geffen begins nicely enough, …
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 04:26PMGot your watch? Don't forget your phone. Keys? Wallet? Theater tickets?
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 04:25PMThe Jon Robin Baitz revival began preview performances April 10.
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:15PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 04:07PMLocal artists and tours make up the season.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 04:07PMName: Jon HugginsHometown: Nashville, ArkansasEducation: 1 year of collegeWho do you play in The Mysteries?: Caiaphas and PaulTell us about The Mysteries: It is a 3rd generation epic underta…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 04:06PMSomeday, maybe, costume design will be easy. All theaters will have some variation on Cher Horowitz’s closet from “Clueless,” and with a few swipes right and left they’ll have arrive…
Linked From Washington Post at 04:05PMThe 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Dogfight — featuring a pop-rock score by theatrical songwriters and Tony Award nominees Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Peter Duc…
Linked From Playbill at 04:03PMThe April 18 performance of Second Stage Theatre's production of Jon Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire, which began previews April 10 at the Tony Kiser Theatre, has been canceled.
Linked From Playbill at 04:03PMQueenie is back—but this time, she’s brunette! The Wild Party raised the roof at 54 Below on April 17, when composer Andrew Lippa and a cast of Broadway heavy hitters assembled t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:02PMBeautiful's Jarrod Spector and Anika Larsen answer your questions about music icons, what makes the perfect pizza and what's on their bucket list.
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:02PMDenis O’Hare is no circus act, but he’ll soon be collecting them on American Horror Story: Freak Show! According to Vulture, the AHS favorite and Tony winner will return to the F…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:02PMChicago has come up with a really big idea to boost tourism: giant puppets roaming the city's streets for days in an elaborate theatrical presentation.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:02PMA triumph of stagecraft and musicianship, this Drury Lane production is one not to miss. We likely won’t have the chance to see Les Mis performed this well and this intimately in a long ti…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 04:01PMGrounded flight attendants take a compelling journey at A Red Orchid Theatre.
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A montage of scenes from Act One, a play written and directed by James Lapine, from the autobiography by Moss Hart.
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:57PMAndrew Lippa's cult favorite met Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band.
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:44PMThe San Diego theater company has announced its full 2014-2015 docket.
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:44PMWith The Last Confession bringing the mystery of Pope John Paul 1 to Toronto stage, a look at other papal portrayals in theatre, film and TV
Linked From Toronto Star at 03:39PMBroadwayBox counts down the 10 best female songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to sing along to.
Linked From BroadwayBox at 03:37PMContributor Lindsay B. Davis reviews The Library, a theatrical collaboration between Hollywood heavyweights Scott Z. Burns and Steven Soderbergh. In The Public Theater’s The Library, two …
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 03:17PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 03:17PMKevin Young's poetic line is generally on the brusque side, generating a pithy, earthy, evocative quality that hovers somewhere between the haiku-like jazziness of Robert Creeley and the del…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:04PMThe snowstorm on Tuesday night might have been freakish for New York, but the fact that three Broadway shows opened this week was not. It's that pre-Tony time of year when the Street bea…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMTony Award winner Nathan Lane, who has previously worked with Mothers and Sons playwright Terrence McNally on multiple productions, will join McNally and actress Tyne Daly followin…
Linked From Playbill at 03:01PMReview: Joanie Smith explores self-infatuation in “Narcissus,” but the work feels a tad short.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:01PMBefore you cut out of work early and head to the beach for some much-needed relaxation time—wait, what? It's still freezing outside? Oh, whoops. Let's try this again. Before yo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMClick for photos of Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally in Annapurna, a new darkly funny play by Sharr White. See them in the New Group production at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row, opening A…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMSkylar Astin took a road trip to the Great White Way on April 17—his first stop? Violet, starring two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, Joshua Henry and Colin Donnell! The Glee, Pit…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMA Steady Rain has a gripping narrative but feels best suited to a different medium.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:00PMThe Boston theater company will celebrate 20 years of work at the Red Sox's Fenway Park.
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Lane will chat with the cast on April 23.
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:41PMAct One is a stage adaptation of the memoir, Act One, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Moss Hart (known for writing You Can’t Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner). …
Linked From Maxamoo at 02:41PMby Alison Humphrey As far as we’re aware, Faster than Night is one of the first handful of theatre productions in the world to use facial performance capture live on stage. But while f…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:39PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 02:12PMBy Joelle Jameson. The neglect of playwriting as a genre in what I’ll lovingly call the creative writing industrial machine—poetry, fiction, and non-fiction/memoir are the ruling three…
Linked From HowlRound at 02:12PMSWEET Details aren’t really the point. And I don’t want to spoil the surprises in store for those interested in viewing the show. Let me instead simply point out the cast–i…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 02:07PMConductor Charles Dutoit seems to have little affinity for Mahler’s distinctive style. The quintessential Mahlerian traits – the grotesque, the naïve, the terrifying, the ironic – all…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 02:03PMOriginal The Wild Party star Julia Murney was joined by Jeremy Jordan, Leslie Kritzer, Michael Cerveris and more for a special one-night-only concert of re-imagined songs from that Andrew Li…
Linked From Playbill at 02:01PMEmmy Award winner Megan Mullally and her husband Nick Offerman co-star as estranged lovers in the New York premiere of Sharr White's Annapurna, which began performances April 13 at the A…
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PM Our Game Maker, Brandon Rubendall, is back! He’s seen the first round, assessed the skills of both the Tributes and their sponsors/mentors. Now, without further adieu, we presen…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 02:00PMLa Soiree is leaving town. The internationally acclaimed live circus-cabaret, which is playing at off-Broadway's Union Square Theatre, will shutter May 11. It will have played 10 pr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:00PMDenzel Washington and the cast of A Raisin in the Sun had two extra special guests in the audience on April 11: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama! The first family arrived…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:00PMJonathan Groff on a beach has never been so devastating. A new trailer for the HBO movie version of Larry Kramer’s award-winning play The Normal Heart is out, and i…
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By Loy Webb. We cannot be preoccupied before or during a show with differences of race, class, sexuality, etc., and assume because of these differences the lives of those we see before us ar…
Linked From HowlRound at 01:42PMBy David Dower. Many of you have already read the story of my first meeting with Olga Garay-English in 2002 in Portland, Oregon. A TCG-sponsored gathering called New Works, New Ways. From th…
Linked From HowlRound at 01:42PMLA SOIRÉE is leaving town! The naughty international show at the Union Square Theatre will close on May 11 prior to an engagement in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 15-25 as the principa…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:37PMIt was appropriate that the Laurie Beechman is called a “Theatre” because Shana Farr’s cabaret solo show “In The Still Of The Night” is certainly a nice musical theatre e…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 01:25PMWe’ve still got about two months to wait until the release of Clint Eastwood’s take on the career of 60s rockers the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, hits theaters. With the first trailer rele…
Linked From Philly.com at 01:25PM"Jersey Boys," Clint Eastwood's big-screen adaptation of the Broadway jukebox musical, is scheduled to open June 20. On Friday, Warner Bros. released the trailer for the highly anticipated m…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:25PMA new drama inspired by the life of author Patricia Highsmith and written by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith will be among the offerings of the Geffen Playhouse's 2014-15 season, w…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:25PMThe president of San Diego Opera's board of directors resigned Thursday and walked out of an afternoon board meeting, deepening the uncertainty surrounding the troubled company.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:25PMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with writer and lyricist Lisa Diana Shapiro about her new Off-Broadway children's musical "Samantha Spade, Ace Detective" with music by Georgia Stitt. "Sa…
Linked From Call Me Adam at 01:25PMEveryone knows Mama Rose’s first line in 1959’s “Gypsy.” It’s “Count four before you start, Louise!” Or at least it was. But one day in rehearsal Ethel Merman crossed it out fo…
Linked From Variety at 01:23PMName: Matthew JeffersHometown: Baltimore, MDEducation: B.S- TheatreWho do you play in The Mysteries?: GodTell us about The Mysteries: The Mysteries is a tour de force of collaborative art th…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 01:04PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMTADA! Youth Theater will present the world premiere of Samantha Spade, Ace Detective: The Case of the Maltball Falcon, an original family musical performed by kids for kids, April 26-May 18…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Idina Menzel, Denzel Washington & More Get Competitive
Idina Menzel, Denzel Washington, Bryan Cranston, James Franco …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:00PMChuckling merrily at Natalie West's sardonic turn as a washed-up flight attendant in Marisa Wegrzyn's hilarious "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre on Monday night, I found myself wonderi…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:00PMIncluding "A View from the Bridge" by Teatro Vista. Arthur Miller's play is directed by Ricardo Gutierrez at the Biograph.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:00PMTHEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and 'The Deer' by Ruckus ★★½
THEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★ …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:00PMThe theater company The Neo-Futurists announced its 2014-15 season on Friday. The theater also said that Kurt Chiang will succeed Megan Mercier as Artistic Director. Chiang will work alongsi…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:00PMBROADWAY REVIEW: "Act One" in the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Act One" in the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center ... "Inevitably," wrote Moss Hart in …
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Linked From TheaterMania at 01:00PMYou wouldn’t think that a Soviet-Jewish immigrant would find much in common with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. But the late novelist once helped Boris Fishman find his first love.
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Ines Nassara is currently playing Ronny in the smash hit production of Hair at Keegan Theatre. Ines recently made a big impression on me and everyone else as the Civil Rights Marcher in Cros…
Linked From Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:53PMPrepare to be dazzled by iLUMINATE, playing at New World Stages. An electrifying story told through dance and cutting-edge technology, iLuminate Productions takes you on a fantastical journe…
Linked From www.gomag.com at 12:45PMNow why can’t we have more sophisticated debate like this here at the Lemon? C’mon, people, kick it up a notch! If you missed the “news” you can read it here. And her…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 12:40PMJudy Kuhn, Roger Rees, and more also join the festival's 2014 summer season.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:39PM By Mike Hallinan Greetings, dear readers of the dark, and welcome to another eerie edition of the Dark Side of Broadway. Now, dear readers, we have uncovered some dark depths t…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 12:35PMToday, in honor of Holy Week, we shine a special spotlight on one of the most revered and rockin' musicals ever written, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMDigiNext, the In-Venue Film Festival, a joint venture between Digiplex Destinations NASDAQ CMDCIN and Nehst Out LLC, announces the theatrical release of Michael Urie's Thank You for Judging.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMInternationally celebrated auteur Jacques Demy is set to be feted with a retrospective box set from hallowed film preservation and home video label Criterion Collection later this year accor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMTwo of opera's greatest superstars-Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming-will return to LA Opera in May, each starring in a major LA Opera premiere.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMThe Lincoln Center Theater under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop production of Act One, a play written and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss H…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMGood 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 XXXX
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMAndrew Lippa's iconic musical The Wild Party is back and bigger than ever. With the help of Charlie Rosen and his 17-piece jazz band, 54 Below featured the show's biggest hits like never bef…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMThe Old Globe today announced its 2014-2015 Season, beginning September 13 with the World Premiere of Bright Star, a new American musical with music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, lyrics…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMBroadway veterans will share the stage with celebrated newcomers as Bryan Cranston, Fran Drescher, James Franco, Idina Menzel,Denzel Washington and more than 200 of Broadway and off-Broadway…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMJust a day after the release of the highly anticipated first trailer, the JERSEY BOYS movie, directed by Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has announced the release dates for the film in 49 co…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 4182014.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival has announced exciting casting for their Main Stage productions, along with a several special events for their 2014 Summer Season. On the Main Stage Festival ve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMAfter rumors online, Broadway vet and pop sensation Ariana Grande confirmed via her Instagram her next single, 'Problem,' would be a collaboration with Iggy Azalea. The vocalist released the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMA new feature film adaptation of William Shakespeare's bloody tragedy MACBETH starring international superstars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard is on its way to theaters, and here ar…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMThe New Group presents the New York premiere of Annapurna by Sharr White, directed by Bart DeLorenzo and featuring Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, in a limited Off-Broadway engagement thro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMIt's Good Friday, and what better way to reflect on Jesus' death than with musical theatre In the vintage video below, Broadway favorite and Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda performs Jesus' Ac…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMThe trailer for the upcoming film adaptation was released yesterday, and below, BroadwayWorld shares five reasons that the trailer is making us freak out over the film's June 20th release Wa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMWritten by: Linda FowlerWith his suave, dimpled looks, Broadway baritone Norm Lewis is known for being a heartbreaker in many of his favorite roles – even if those characters carry a whiff…
Linked From The AndyGram at 12:15PMFor both artist and curators, this is one of the great honors of the American art world.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:01PMRemote Control is not afraid to suffer for its art. It is a company that uses theatre as a means of probing into the darker recesses of human nature. This was evident at last year’s Ed…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:01PMTony Award-winning director and lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr., who conceived and directed the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin', is considering moving the Delaware The…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMFollowing the resignation of San Diego Opera board president Karen Cohn, the company's board of directors voted to proceed with a new reorganization plan that will prevent the company fr…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMSan Diego's Old Globe Theatre announced its 2014-15 season, which will feature the world premiere of Edie Brickell and Steve Martin's new musical Bright Star, Jonathan Tolins…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMAct One, the new stage production based on the memoir of Broadway playwright, director and lyricist Moss Hart, officially opened on Broadway April 17 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian B…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMJames Franco, Ramin Karimloo, Andy Karl, and Jessie Mueller will also be on hand.
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One thing I’ve always wondered about Shakespeare’s Henry plays is why do Hal and Falstaff like each other so much? I understand that Falstaff sees a younger version of himself in Hal, wi…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:59AMCurrently starring in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller has played a wide range of roles in her Broadway career. In studio with Seth Rudetsky, she shares stories about her f…
Linked From Playbill at 11:59AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for their Main Stage productions. Justin Long, Roger Rees, Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin and Nancy Opel are just some of the n…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMInternational Dance Festival | Kidd Pivot/Crystal Pite: The Tempest ReplicaThis biennial festival showcases a range of local dance activities alongside an impressive international selection.…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:57AMUncle Vanya/Three Sisters | Catch 22 | Buzzcut Festival | The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon | Debris | Tonight At 8.30 Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 11:57AMIn the 1960s, simple was radical. Performers who did nothing more than walk around onstage, or run around, were called revolutionary. Choreographer Yvonne Rainer called it dance. With the …
Linked From Washington Post at 11:50AMTo the tune of “Mack the Knife”: Brecht’s “Threepenny” has Songs with teeth, dear Read full article >>
Linked From Washington Post at 11:43AMJames Lapine's new play is inspired by Moss Hart's acclaimed memoir.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:37AMThis month's headlines on WhatsOnStage are dominated by the announcement of the Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tonys.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:37AM“You are the antithesis of tango!” my husband told me at breakfast the other day when I mentioned my plan to take a tango lesson at the Embassy of Argentina. I knew what he was trying to…
Linked From Washington Post at 11:34AMSo get this noise . . . Today is my 4,000th post. I really can’t believe it, but it’s true. Since I started bloggin’ back in 2008 (!), I’ve written four-freakinR…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:34AMDarren Bluestone, who stars as Princeton/Rod in the off-Broadway musical Avenue Q, talks puppets, Muppets and yearning for the college quad.
Linked From BroadwayBox at 11:02AMUpcoming guests have been announced for three CBS programs: "Late Show with David Letterman," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "The Talk."
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMCelebrity participants have been announced for the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which will be presented April 21 at 4:30 PM and April 22 at 2 PM at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre.…
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMThe original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies opened April 4, 1971, at the Winter Garden Theatre. Playbill.com marked the occasion with an audio quiz for musical fans.
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMTony Award and Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush will portray Tony-winning Oliver! composer Lionel Bart in an upcoming musical biopic, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMIn recognition of the 20-year anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, actor-writer Jay O. Sanders' play Unexplored Interior will receive a reading May 11 — that wi…
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMJudy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Roger Rees and Nancy Opel will join Tony Award winner Chita Rivera in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Kander and Ebb's The Visit.
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMThree-time Grammy nominee Ryan Shaw, who can be seen on Broadway in Motown The Musical, will return to The Cutting Room April 21 at 8:30 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMBetty Buckley, Mimi Hines, The Skivvies and more will be part of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2014 Cabaret & Performance Conference.
Linked From Playbill at 11:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column, I review three New York openings, Act One, Of Mice and Men, and...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:00AMThis article originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of The Dramatist, the official magazine of The Dramatists Guild of America. In advance of the Guild’s upcoming anti-piracy aw…
Linked From newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMClint Eastwood's film adaptation of the Tony-winning biomusical looks like a hit.
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Geraldine Walther, Edward Dusinberre, András Fejér, and Károly Schranz. Photo: Keith SaundersWe seem to be awash in Bartók these days - with a great deal of…
Linked From The Hub Review at 10:57AMBroadway.com catches up with the stars of the new staging of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men on opening night.
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:56AMStep inside the star-studded opening night of Act One on April 17, 2014, starring Tony Shalhoub and Santino Fontana as theater legend Moss Hart. See the new play by James Lapine at Lincoln C…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:56AMRise and shine, San Diego! Bright Star, a new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will receive its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre this fall. According to U-T San …
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:56AMTwo-time Tony winner Sutton Foster is back on the boards in Violet, her 11th—count ‘em—11th Broadway show! She did the hand jive in Grease, forgot about the boy in Thorough…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:56AMAudra McDonald's amazing ode to jazz legend Billie Holiday
Linked From at 10:49AM For years Broadway has turned to the jukebox musical to fill theaters. Most full of stories that include down on their luck artists and groups who manage to defy all odds and become one of…
Linked From Girl Meets Broadway at 10:34AMDinner With Friends, the second production at the Laura Pels Theatre in our 2013-2014 Season brought Donald Margulies’ Pultizer Prize-winning play back to the New York stage. This producti…
Linked From blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:31AMThe hauntingly beautiful musical DOGFIGHT by Pasek and Paul (EDGES, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, A CHRISTMAS STORY THE MUSICAL) and Peter Duchan, was praised by countless critics and nomina…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:29AMAlso Mimi Hines, The Shivvies And New FacesTony Award winning actor-singer Betty Buckley will present her cabaret show Aug. 1 at the 2014 Cabaret & Performanmce Conference at the Eugene…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 10:24AMGet thee immediately to the Lucille Lortel Theatre for an evening of side-splitting, howling hilarity that is a glowing tribute to the talent of Charles Ludlam and his partner Everett Quin…
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 10:16AMHere is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’ It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12AMA trio of screen favorites make their way to The Great White Way for the first time in a revival of "Of Mice and Men."
Linked From NY1 at 10:10AMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, which is under the leadership of founding artistic director David Staller, will continue May 12 at 7 PM with George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbre…
Linked From Playbill at 10:00AMHere Lies Love, the musical which received its world premiere at New York's Public Theater last year and has recently resumed performances there for an open-ended commercial run prior to…
Linked From Playbill at 10:00AMThe first trailer to Clint Eastwood's film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, which is scheduled to arrive in theatres June 20, was released April 17.
Linked From Playbill at 10:00AMSix contestants now remain on the Fox singing competition "American Idol XIII."
Linked From Playbill at 10:00AMAct One, the new stage production based on the memoir of Broadway playwright, director and lyricist Moss Hart, officially opened on Broadway April 17 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian B…
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"Myself, I cannot compose all the time. I don't get ideas just sitting around waiting for them. They come from...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:58AMThe Public Theater’s acclaimed Here Lies Love is crossing the Pond! According to the Daily Mail, the U.K.’s National Theatre will open its newly named Dorfman Theatre (formerly t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:56AMThe choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh explains the thinking behind her project Translocations, which invited scholars from unrelated disciplines to interpret her workHow does a choreographer c…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:56AMWith a haul of Olivier awards and the sold-out, four-star production King Charles III on its stage, the Almeida is on a roll. Mark Lawson picks the 10 best productions he's seen at the north…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:55AMIn the week the Almeida won eight Oliviers, Mark Lawson traces the turbulent history of one of the leading lights of London studio theatre The Almeida theatre's top 10 productions in pictur…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:55AMThe first revival in 100 years of Arthur Wing Pinero's proto-feminist, anti-marriage drama is shrewd and polished, even though it does patronise its independent-minded heroine"The play …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:55AMKatherine Ryan | Manford's comedy club | SadwaveKatherine Ryan's mixture of sweetness and brutality has already managed to win her a regular spot on the panel show circuit, and her sharply h…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:55AMA comedy of gothic proportions, a comedy of outlandish imagination and wit that gives new meaning to the word “ridiculous”.
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 09:55AMTHIS WEEKEND’S HIGHLIGHTS: Friday, April 18 * Rachel Bonds’ Five Mile Lake, directed by Daniella Topol, featuring Corey Brill, Nate Mooney, Rebecca Mozo, Nicole Shalhoub and Bri…
Linked From Grace Notes at 09:55AMMatthew-Lee Erlbach ("Handbook for an American Revolutionary") talks about his National Playwrights Conference finalist script "Kevin Lamb," getting an April 21 New York City reading under t…
Linked From By Kenneth Jones at 09:31AMFor years, he was your stalwart leading man. He had the good looks, the great voice and the requisite masculinity. But, as Lorelei Lee taught us, “we all lose our charms in the end.” Now…
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Praise is due Peggy Pearson and Winsor Music for providing a forum for the talented young composer Lev Mamuya.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:58AMMoss Hart’s autobiographical “Act One” was an instant best seller when it was published by Random House in 1959, and it has remained in print ever since. The book was cri…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:58AMUstinov Studio, BathInspired by the Jeffrey Dahmer case, Mad Men writer Keith Huff's look at two childhood friends turned Chicago cops is meticulously staged even as it drowns in its own gr…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:54AMRockville Little Theatre’s 2013-14 season closes with Molière’s classic comedy The Miser, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre from May 2-11, 2014. Produced by Nancy Blum and Chris Penick…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMPlaywright says bringing his adaptation of Somerset Maugham novel to Soulpepper Theatre stage has been one of best experiences of his life.
Linked From Toronto Star at 08:30AMLet your freak flag wave! Let your freak flag fly! Never take it down, never take it down and raise it way up high! For everyone at the Toby’s Dinner Theatre production of Shrek the musica…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:24AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of Buster Keaton’s The High Sign (1921). Technically The High Sign was Keaton’s first solo film, but he was dissatisfied with …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:17AMWith all the renewed interest in Moss Hart’s ACT ONE – spurred by the new play written and directed by James Lapine – I re-read the memoir, as well as two Hart biographies. One, Stephe…
Linked From Kritzerland at 08:17AMCharles Ludlum's quick-change 2-hander still a hoot 30 years later .
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:15AMThere’s no riddle about the aim of “The Mystery of Irma Vep.” The goal is to crack you up.
Linked From New York Daily News at 08:15AMNEW YORK (AP) -- During the 25th Annual Rain Forest concert at Carnegie Hall, Chairwoman Trudie Styler introduced a man that recently found out he was going to be a grandfather, and out …
Linked From Associated Press at 08:15AMOn Saturday, you can see what happens when a pink thing goes too far at Walnut Street Theatre's stage production of Pinkalicious, which runs through April 27.
Linked From Philly.com at 08:13AMNeil Patrick Harris, who just completed a nine-season run on "How I Met Your Mother," stars in the Broadway production "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the story of a transgender rock star.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:12AMSutton Foster knows how to play outsize personalities who fill up the stage. Now in 'Violet.' she's taking on a character who's the exact opposite—and it's her most challenging role yet.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:12AMPlaywright Moss Hart's "Act One" is the best Broadway memoir ever written. Now, finally, a thrillingly well-staged adaptation that does the book justice.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:12AMLess than a week from today is the cut-off for productions that want to be considered for the 2014 Tonys, and awards season will begin. But, since all of the new musical productions ha…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 08:08AMWe all know about lotteries – I’m sure many people have entered lotteries before (the Powerball has been over $100 million so I’m sure people have tried!) The luck has to be on your si…
Linked From BroadwayAudience.com at 08:01AMThe Queen of Soul, coming to Toronto for an April 25 concert, talks music, being a natural woman and Anne of Green Gables.
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With family, it’s all relative. In Noel Coward’s comedy Relative Values, we see a family dynamic entrenched in historic values disturbed by a shift in society. Sam Hoare as Nigel, …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 05:57AMPlotted on the Nunn Curve of Fatal Attraction to Flare Path, Sir Trevor’s latest West End outing – Noël Coward’s post-war comedy Relative Values – lands solidly in the upper-middle …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:56AMWhat is it with the London theatre and this particular Arthur Miller play? In 1987, Michael Gambon reached a career-best peak playing the Italian-American longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, in a d…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:56AMThrow a rock around Broadway and you’ll hit someone obsessed with Moss Hart’s 1959 memoir, “Act One,” about his escape from a destitute Bronx childhood through a love for theater....
Linked From The New York Post at 05:55AMGregory Doran launched his new cycle of Shakespeare's history plays last year with the hugely successful Richard II starring David Tennant. He now follows that up with this spacious, vivid…
Linked From The Independent at 05:54AMThe freewheeling comedian will be answering your questions live on Tuesday 22 April get your questions in now"How come Miss Universe is only won by people from Earth?" The freewhe…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:51AMTime is too precious to waste watching gaudy spectacles with TV characters, writes choreographer Liv Lorent. The best children's stage shows can be enjoyed by adults tooWhen it comes to cont…
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With everyone hungry for the security of big names, does art stand a chance?
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:43AMBeing Independentby Jim Murchison The GCTC has decided to include The Public Servant in its season next year. I saw the play at undercurrents and it was my opinion that it would be one …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:25AMAlbert J. Repicci’s Honor Bound begins performances on April 18 at St. Luke’s Theatre. Under the direction of Josh Iacovelli, the new drama stars Boardwalk Empire’s Anthony…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:24AMThe Harry Potter star comes back to Broadway this weekend in a transfer of Michael Grandage's West End production of the play.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:13AMCatherine Russell has starred in the show since its first performance.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:13AMThe prolific author steps into the latest phase in his auspicious career.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:13AMPlaybill.com chats with Leigh Silverman, who is directing the Broadway premiere of the award-winning musical Violet.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMBe A Good Little Widow, Bekah Brunstetter's comedy about loss and longing, makes its Los Angeles premiere at the NoHo Arts Center, opening April 18.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMPlaybill.com offers a guide to proper etiquette for theatregoing audience members.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMThe U.S. premiere of French playwright Mohamed Kacimi's play Holy Land is presented April 18-May 10 at HERE in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMAlbert J. Repicci's dramatic play Honor Bound plays St. Luke's Theatre beginning April 18, prior to an official opening May 14.
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMWhen 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 12:12AMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present the Tony Award-winning musical Cats, featuring Broadway actor and YouTube sensation Todrick Hall as Rum Tum Tu…
Linked From Playbill at 12:12AMWith the 2013-14 Broadway season coming to a close this month (April 24 is the cut-off date for eligibility for the 68th Annual Tony Awards), Playbill.com offers a four-part look at the curr…
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