If you want to actually hear the songs in Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” you may have a problem. When teen heartthrob Nick Jonas took over the role of J. Pierrepont Finch (f…

The No. 1 dish at Joe Allen is the sauteed calf’s liver — yes, liver! — but no one goes to Joe Allen for the food. The eatery on West 46th Street’s Restaurant Row is less a hash house than it is a hango…

The strong and diverse musical score, by Galt MacDermot (of Hair fame), also creates a sense of excitement. Genres range from rock and classical to Latin and gospel, though all of the songs have a 70s vibe. Amo…

Dominic Molon, 41, chief curator for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

'It makes it less of a class and more of a night out,' participant says.

Oh the things you will think when this play you come see— all wonderful things I promise, just take it from me. You’ll see wonders and amazement and I swear that’s the truth— from Continue reading

Artistic Director – Kabosh, Director Belfast IRELAND My favorite book is ‘Grace Notes’ by Bernard McLaverty – a superb piece of work about a creative Belfast woman. Amongst many theatrical experienc…

Relatively Speaking, which features one-act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, plays its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre Jan. 29 at 8 PM.

Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Janet McTeer, Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh are among the nominees for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be presented Jan. 29 at the Los Angeles Shrine Ex…

Broadway's revised revival of the 1965 musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, starring Harry Connick Jr. as a conflicted shrink who uncovers a patient's past life in hypnosis sessions, and the…

The Flea Theater presents the New York premiere of These Seven Sicknesses, a five-hour marathon of all seven Sophocles plays re-envisioned by playwright Sean Graney, officially opening Jan. 29, following previe…

The Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, a comedy about an Ohio businessman navigating misunderstandings of language and etiquette on an important business trip to China, ends its run Jan. …

Jersey Boys stars Matt Bogart, Andy Karl, Jarrod Spector and Quinn VanAntwerp recently visited "Imus in the Morning" to perform a medley of songs from the Tony Award-winning musical.

This month's column discusses the 50th anniversary Blu-ray of "To Kill a Mockingbird"; new releases of Hitchcock's "Rebecca," "Spellbound" and "Notorious"; Woody …

Children of Eden, the 1991 Old Testament musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, is being revived at the West End's Prince of Wales Theatre Jan. 29 for a one-night charity gala performance.

SAYING ‘YES’ TO CLOSERI’ve always had an inclination to say yes to impossible tasks.BY CALEB MCMULLENI had every intention of writing something articulate in some sort of essay format. However, I’m feel…

Where the COC goes to play(Photo: Tim Griffith, courtesy COC)Tale of Two CitiesL’Opera de Montreal’s premiere of Il Trovatore the same day Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company premiered Tosca highlighted some…

It's a tale about a coal miner's son who wants to be a ballet dancer against his father's wishes. The family drama plays out against a major strike in which the government is out to break the union. Sound famil…

There's not much that's ordinary about the centerpiece of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 2011-12 season. Rather than the usual switch this time of year from the grand Benedum Center to the more intimate Byham Thea…

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"End of the Rainbow" finds Judy Garland wrestling with the legend she had created, and her own self-image.

CHEATED OF FEATURE The joy of watching Shakespeare in performance largely depends on the ensemble’s ability to make sense of the language.  In this regard, Sacred Fools’ new Richard III succeeds, a…

IF THIS IS THE CIRCUS, WHERE’S MY BREAD? In 1992, Guy Laliberté gentrified the big top with Saltimbanco, offering pure spectacle at Wagnerian prices, and in the process conflating art with acrobatics.  …

THE NATURALIST THING TO DO In the late 19th century, Naturalism emerged as a viable theatrical style in response to the artifice that had earlier been in vogue.  It was almost inevitable that overly manipulate…

A play about cancer and dying is probably not something that is first on your uplifting winter "must see" list.  But don't click the back button on your browser just yet.  Attention must be paid. &nbs…

King Ubu is a glove puppet going psycho. In the prologue to Simon Stephens's new play The Trial of Ubu, as staged by Katie Mitchell, this miniature scabrous clown, resembling Mr Punch, zips around in a sharp-ed…

What are we talking about?A starry new West End production of François Archambault's satire, a dark comedy in which a yuppie dinner party spirals out of control.

At the start of last week, the name Sergei Polunin was barely known beyond hardcore ballet fans. On Tuesday, the 21-year-old walked out of his job as a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet.

Visually striking yet kinetically static, this hourlong marionette musical is driven by an intelligent, humorous script that is probably better appreciated by middle-aged moms than little children.

As producers, Erasing the Distance has made a brilliant and moving production out of a tender subject matter. From this show I learned that it's okay to look people in the eye and give acknowledgement. You neve…

The Naked City will become a little more modest this weekend when “Naked Boys Singing!,” the all-male, all-nude musical revue, closes on Saturday night after an almost 13-year run in New York.

Metropolitan Opera star Paul Plishka is saying goodbye to the stage after nearly 45 years and 1,642 performances.

The Coterie Theatre and the UMKC Theatre Department have joined forces to produce a remarkably well-acted revival of "The Wrestling Season," a taut one-act play by Laurie Brooks about intense social pressures a…

"Occupy Heart" is a collection of short plays that will run at the Little Casa Theater in downtown L.A. from Feb. 10-26.

Tova Carlin, Ania Diakoff, and Katerina Llanes' Sub-Standard installation​If Los Angeles is a car culture, then the parking garage of the Standard Hollywood represents that beastly reality's bow

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Three gifted sopranos will put aside all rivalry and come together for a program of late Renaissance and Baroque opera and song: Jessica Heuser, Christine Johnson and Elise LaBarge are the Kingsbury E

Is the three-act dead? By Karen McKevitt on the Berkeley Rep Blog: At a company meeting this fall, Artistic Director Tony Taccone declared, “Artists are moving away from the three-act structure. Not because i…

On January 26th Toronto was abuzz with excitement as film and stage star Daniel Radcliffe arrived in the city for the first time ever, to promote his upcoming film The Woman in Black. The story has been a hit …

Overflowing with colorful detail and smartly observed anecdotes, this one-man show is an affectionate, funny, and spicily authentic collage of growing up Puerto Rican in the Bronx of the 1970s.

A change of artists usually means a change of repertoire. Not this weekend at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; the change involves the guest conductor and the soloist, making the retention of all thr

Do critics want to go on living for "Wit"?

WIT by Margaret Edson, directed by Lynne Meadow and starring Cynthia Nixon opened on Broadway last night, January 26 to rave reviews at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and BWW was there to chat with the cast a…

Roundabout Theatre Company recently announced the theatre organizations permanent archives, which document the companys illustrious 46-year production history. The archives are a resource for the theatre commun…

EDDIE ANTAR(Playwright) began his career in theatre working with the Indie theatre company TheArt & Work Ensemble, appearing in many of its productions including JosephHeller's We Bombed in New Haven, anda …

Review: This expansive and glorious metaphor on the American Century is given beautiful treatment at Park Square Theatre.

Last Monday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend TEDxBroadway at New World Stages in New York City. With no direct experience, but a keen interest, in the Broadway scene, I was excited to have the opport…

Please read the following important note from Die Grüppe: Comedy. Who has the right to call themselves funny in this sprawling Los Angeles landscape of starving improvisational artists and earnest sketch shows…

Rorschach Theatre continues to maintain a standard of excellence among its artists with their wonderful production of The Gasllerist. With this production Rorschach will surely see it rise as one of the top ti…

The Metropolitan Opera concludes Robert Lepage's misconceived version of Wagner's "Ring Cycle."

I was going to pick this one randomly, but when I read how Marty Strenczewilk was just as passionately bummed about missing How I Learned the first time around, how could I resist! Marty, you and I are finally …

Wow, a lot happened this week, you guys! Here’s the rundown… The musical Rebecca? So not happening, says all the people who refused to pay for it. Incoming instead? A revival of A Streetcar Named De…

Maura's moderating another panel for The Field's Economic Revitalization in the Performing Arts program on Monday 1/30 at 6:30 at Joyce Soho about "How Artists and Presenters Works Together." FREE.

Principal casting has been announced for Charlie Kaufman's upcoming film, Frank or Fraancis, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Elizabeth Banks, Jack Black, Nicolas Cage, Steve Carell, Catherine Keener …

Today in 1982, Macbeth opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it ran for 21 performances. Written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest t…

Recently, I Tweeted all of my Twitter followers asking them: Darren Criss and Jeremy Jordan are cute guys!  BUT which Broadway Boys do YOU think are HOT, that others might not?  Actually, as one of my…

Tonight at 7:00pm, DreamStem Productions presents Dreams on the Page: Exposure by yours truly, Michael Bradley. Directed by Leah Benavides, the cast includes Kyla Blocker, Corey Camperchioli, Meredith Cody, Rem…

Behind the Scenes: Making a PSA Get a behind the scenes look at the making of the fantastical Memphis PSA! From: MemphisTheMusical Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 01:02 More in Entertainment

Avi Hoffman’s performance as a troubled writer, struggling to deal with success but escape his past, is one of the virtues in the promising but flawed inaugural offering from Parade Productions, a professiona…

The Nixon Rule is named after Cynthia Nixon, who is starring as a literature professor dying of cancer in the Broadway debut of “Wit” 13 years after it opened Off-Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize. Best-k…

Tony Award winner Patricia Neway has passed away, according to published reports. She was 92 years old.

Woodley, Clooney, Miller, and Krause, on the beach in The DescendantsWriter-director Alexander Payne’s films—if About Schmidt, Sideways, and now TheDescendants are any indication—are sensitive, expressive…

The new wing of the St. Louis Art Museum won't open for another year, but the museum has reinstalled 18 galleries in the original Cass Gilbert building. The galleries feature 12 new acquisitions, 45 w

The play does not make any strong technical demands on a theater, and Asolo has put forward a perfectly adequate production.

"The Recommendation" ... making its world premiere at The Old Globe through February 26, goes in the direction of interrogating the influence of class differences and upward aspirations on relationship

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with No Fit State Circus hosted by Dick McCaw about their show, Mundo Paralelo, performed as part of the 2012 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre.

First look at what lies in store for us in the 2012-2013 season comes from Vpstart Crow Manassas-based Vpstart Crow Productions yesterday announced that its 2012-2013 season would feature four plays with large…

Sharon D Clarke in “Ghost the Musical” While my primary purpose in London was work-related, I carved out some time for a two shows. Lucky for me, the TKTS booth was just a five minute stroll from m…

Delia Ephron's   funny but, sadly, all too  true, Op-Ed  piece Banks Taketh, but Don’t Giveth  in  the  January 27,  New York Times,  credits her as the author&nbs…

The talented playwright discusses the Signature Theatre production of his provocative new work, Really! Really.

Were you like Seth Rudetsky in the 70's Not just overweight with a Jewfro, but also obsessed with POSEIDON ADVENTURE, AIRPORT '75, EARTHQUAKE, THE SWARM etc...AND obsessed with Casey Kasem's top 40 countdown Di…

"The Horn in Song." Tod Bowermaster, horn; James Howsmon, piano. (Available at the Powell Symphony Hall boutique, Amazon.com, CDBaby.com, iTunes.)

Patricia Neway, who won the Tony Award for her role as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, died in Vermont on January 24 of natural causes, according to reports. She was 92. Her many other theater and ope…

Golden Age, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally's new 1835-set backstage drama that swirls around the premiere of Bellini's opera I Puritani, will get its New York City debut at Manhattan The…

Josie Long’s comedy has something of a DIY mentality. Introducing herself from the side of the stage in full view of the audience, then chastising people in the crowd for looking at her and spoiling the illus…

In Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan’s The Bee, a collaboration between Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and Soho Theatre in association with NODA MAP, two men push the limits in a dangerous game of ‘who will …

A complete list of presenters has been announced for the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will will be held on Sunday, January 29 in Los Angeles and aired live on TNT and TBS. Presenters will incl…

People have been going to the theater to see stars since Thespis broke out of the chorus in the 6th century, barnstormed the cities of ancient Greece and gave his name to the acting profession that he is credit…