Kathleen Turner doesn’t shy from acknowledging that her devotion to the play High, a harrowing look at the world of addiction, is somewhat rooted in her own battle with alcoholism. “I th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:55PMZach Braff’s debut theatre piece begins with Charlie (Mr Braff himself), in an empty house, swinging from a noosed extension lead, attempting to do the big FO while f(l)ailing to extinguis…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:53PMCreation takes the ancient theatrical art of puppetry and uses it to stir the soul
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:10PM2012 Frigid Festival, UNDER St. Marks, Off Off Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: A silly-somber plea for acceptance and understanding, which warms the bearded, tartan cockl…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:04PMWith its tangy tale of overqualified underlings suffering humiliations by a horrific boss, Leslye Headland’s office comedy “Assistance” smacks of “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Swi…
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"Call Me Adam" chats with Robert Petkoff about starring in the Tony Award Winning revival of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" as well as other details of his life and career!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:43PMBroadway Backwards 7: Advocate.com Interview
Broadway Backwards 7 is not just another night on Broadway. It's the only annual Broadway event custom-made for the gay and lesbian communit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42PMKristen Chenoweth, the original star of "Wicked"and currently the star of the ABC comedy "GCB," will play a rare concert performance at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., on J…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:37PMNathan Lane, star of the upcoming Snow White pic Mirror, Mirror, talked about his trip to the Academy Awards on David Letterman. Watch the interview below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PMTonight on AMERICAN IDOL, the top 12 guys sang for your votes. The episode left us with many questions Who'll make it through to the next round What was the big surprise scheduled for the en…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26PM"So There!" comes off as a poetic species of chick lit, its female characters desperate to break deadly dull routines, longing for more (not even sure what) but generally expecting the doorw…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:03PMMichael Esper and Virginia Kull lead a superb cast in Leslye Headland's scathing play about the employees of an abusive mogul.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
The Gallery at Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica will display an exhibit, Poured Paintings by locally-based, Australian-born artist Felicity Nove, with an opening reception schedul…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:37PMAbraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Behind the Scenes and Official Trailer
Behind the scenes of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! Watch the official trailer in HD!
Visionary filmmakers Tim …
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:32PMDeadline.com reports that Joe Keenan and Scott Ellis' comedy about a gay man and his straight brother has been fast-tracked by TV Land as a half-hour sitcom. Keenan comes from Frasier and De…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Tontlawald, Cutting Ball Theater.
By Sam Hurwitt
Cutting Ball cut its teeth (or, I suppose, its ball) on experimental theater, so the only real surprise about t…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:12PMHello dear readers! My last week’s theatre review for the LA Weekly was for Ty DeMartino’s play Finding Fossils, now playing at The Road Theatre in NoHo. Click here and s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:07PM"Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:05PMYou think human workers can be dedicated? You don't know the meaning of the phrase "burning the candle at both ends"
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Rose theatre, Kingston-upon-ThamesJoely Richardson is very brave. In playing Ellida, the mysterious heroine of Ibsen's 1889 drama, she takes on a role already made famous by her mother and l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMFebruary House, in a world premiere production at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven through March 18th, inspires through the striking talent of the artistic collaborative team of Seth Bockley …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:49PMThere is a simple explanation to why Cardiff-born Peter Gill has never directed in his home city, despite the fact that many of his own plays are set in the Catholic, working-class Cardiff o…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:44PMon CUNY TV: Sat., March 3rd at 8:30 PM Sun., March 4th at 12:30 PM and Mon., March 5th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM We pay tribute to our beloved colleague, the late critic Howard K…
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 07:36PMon CUNY TV: Sat., March 10th at 8:30 PM Sun., March 11th at 12:30 PM and Mon., March 12th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM The Academy Award-winning actor joined us in 2009 to discuss …
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 07:34PMOlney Theatre Center in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, has created an entertaining, tuneful production whose charms outweigh the rough edges.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:34PMWe are preempted on Thirteen by the PBS Spring Pledge Drive. We will return to the station Friday, March 23rd. Meanwhile, you can watch us online or on our other member stations in New York:…
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 07:32PMOn the Monday, March 5th episode of NBC's SMASH entitled 'Let's Be Bad', the pressure begins to build. Check out the preview of the upcoming episode below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMOffice stress, office humiliation and a powerfully absent boss are the stuff of “Assistance,” at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:09PMThis is the sixth Henrik Ibsen play the Rose Theatre's artistic director Stephen Unwin has taken on. His self-diagnosed "Ibsenitis" has taken such a hold that for this project he wrote a bra…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Playwright Jennifer Haley has won 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn prize for her play The Nether, according to Variety. The award comes with a $20,000 prize.
The work follows a young detective on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53PMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presented BACK TO METHUSELAHPART TWO a comedy of epic proportions by George Bernard Shaw last night, February 27 at The Players Club. Now in its sev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMSee TV and film superstar William Shatner appeared today on “Morning Joe.” WATCH HERE, or here http://tinyurl.com/7wuzxud . His one man show SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT p…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PM By: Sandi Durell The Laurie Beechman Theatre was alive with laughter as the man of the hour, Mark Nadler, strolled onto the stage beckoning with “Let The Good Times Roll.” Needl…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:49PMDon’t miss last night’s episode of Smash featuring Nick Jonas!
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:48PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more info…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Fisherman" by Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Fisherman" by Stage Left Theatre ★★ ... The danger of writing a play abo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PM"The Jungle Book" will be the latest Disney musical to make its way to the stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:40PMWilliam Shatner braved the winter weather to pay a visit to Cat Greenleaf’s Brooklyn brownstone on February 25 to discuss his one-man show Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. Wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMMTI’s Theatre on the Edge Collection series is home to an array of contemporary musicals that are innovative and groundbreaking. To honor Black History Month, the MTI Marquee is featuring…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:28PMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson's drama about the rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will begin previews at Broadway's Longacre Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMThe new musical adaptation of hit indie film Once has arrived on Broadway, and we’ve got a video sneak peek at the talented actor-musicians bringing this bittersweet love story to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMOn last night's season finale of Bravo's 'It's a Brad, Brad World,' Brad Goreski got a surprise from boyfriend Gary Janetti, as he and many of his friends performed the Act 1 finale of Les M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMWilliam Blake, Joshua Dixon, Natalie Douglas, Nicole Johndrow, Erin Lindsey Krom, Vicky Modica, Sierra Rein, Erik Sisco, and Nikki Van Cassele will take part in a concert celebrating the rel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PMA Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch, begins its limited Broadway run at the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMIdina Menzel recently visited Better and discussed her new album Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony, date nights with her husband Taye Diggs, being compared with Barbara Streisand, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMNilo Cruz will provide the libretto for Jimmy Lopez's opera Bel Canto, which will premiere as part of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2015-2016 season. Stephen Wadsworth will direct …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMMike Daisey, the demonstrably effective scold of Apple Inc., is bringing his hit solo show, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" to the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., on April 7.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:11PMA Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch, begins its limited Broadway run at the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMNick Jonas recently joined the cast of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, taking over for Darren Criss in the lead role of J. Pierrepont Finch. The video below features Jonas …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMJean-Claude van Itallie will direct Patricia Buckley's new solo performance Evolution as part of Cherry Lane Theatre's 2012 Mentor Project, running March 13 - 24 at the Cherry Lane…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMPatricia Buckley's new solo performance Evolution will be presented as part of Cherry Lane Theatre's 2012 Mentor Project, March 13-24 at the Cherry Lane Studio Theater. Michele Chi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMOnce, the new stage musical based on the independent film about an Irish singer-songwriter who meets a muse in the person of a Czech immigrant, opens at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM
Singer Adam Lambert, who appeared in the L.A. production of the musical Wicked, will appear later this season on FOX's reality-music series American Idol, according to The Hollywood Rep…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMBroadway favorites Chester Gregory and Kingsley Leggs are among the performers who will take part in Lee Summers' sixth annual Just a Piano concert series this spring at the Triad Theat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMTony Award nominee Marin Ireland will play a potentially recurring role on the Showtime drama, The Killing, according to published reports. She will portray the sister of Detective Holder (p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMFive-time Tony nominated director Scott Ellis and Frasier and Desperate Housewives writer Joe Keenan have teamed up to create a half-hour sitcom about two identical twin brothers, accor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMFive-time Tony nominated director Scott Ellis and Frasier and Desperate Housewives writer Joe Keenan have teamed up to create a half-hour sitcom about two identical twin brothers, accor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMThe Marsh is set to present FWD: Life Gone Viral, a new play by David Ford, Jeri Lynn Cohen, and Charlie Varon, April 19-June 10 on The Marsh MainStage.
FWD: Life Gone Viral is a two-person…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:45PMKatori Hall ’s work is remarkable for her keen ear for wisecracks and irreverent, self-deprecating humor.
The post <em>Hurt Village</em>: Katori Hall’s Broken-Dreams America …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:43PMA lucky few — actually, a lucky 22 — people will get to sit in the front two rows of "American Idiot" when it plays in Denver starting next week.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:43PMNothing says love like a Les Miserables flash mob! On the season finale of reality show It’s a Brad, Brad World, celebrity stylist Brad Goreski was treated to a very special surprise s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMTony Award-winner Alice Ripleys new single, Beautiful Eyes, is now available from iTunes and other digital music vendors, it was announced today. Beautiful Eyes is the first original song of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMNominees have been announced for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will be presented on April 26.
Ricky Martin, who will star in the upcoming Broadway production of Evita, is nom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:37PMThanks to our lively mother, my childhood household was full of making things—food, poems, make-believe, sweaters, parties, baskets, candles, music, paintings, dances, costumes. We all par…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 04:34PMThe following manifesto was presented as part of the American Voices New Play Institute’s 21st Century Literary Office Convening that took place February 24 & 25, 2012 at Arena …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:34PMThe following manifesto was presented as part of the American Voices New Play Institute’s 21st Century Literary Office Convening that took place February 24 & 25, 2012 at Arena …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:32PMThe newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical, had its first preview on January 31, 2012 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The show will open officially on March 1,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMThe 'Body Heat' star and two-time Golden Globe winner is set to star in the addiction-themed play "High."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:27PMTony nominee Gavin Creel will return to Joe’s Pub on March 19 to celebrate the debut of his brand new album Get Out. The album marks Creel’s third independent release and first t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel recently filmed her first-ever musical special entitled "Barefoot At The Symphony." NY1's Frank DiLella sat down with the leading lady to talk about the concer…
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:16PMSeth Rudetskys DISASTER, A 1970s disaster movie musical written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, directedchoreographed by Denis Jones with music direction by Steve Marzullo, due to popula…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMSee TV and film superstar William Shatner on “The Colbert Report” tomorrow Wednesday February 29 on Comedy Central at 11:30 PM. His one man show SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT pla…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:14PM"No Boundaries" Show From Spanish ChoreographerSpanish choreographer and performer Cuqui Jerez presents "The Rehearsal" as part of Yale's "No Boundaries" performances March 23 at 8 p.m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PMSeth Rudetsy's DISASTER, originally slated to close on February 26, has been extended through March 25. Performances take place at The Triad. Direction and choreography are by Denis J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMDesigner Mike Holmes tells me his swell new card game “The Big Time”, now available from Barnacle Press, was partially inspired by No Applause. It looks fairly ingenious. In the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:10PMORIGINAL SIN In their fevered exploration of the seven deadly sins, Figure 8 playwright/co-director Phinneas Kiyomura and co-director Jerry Kernion seem hell bent on making sin seem as origi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:08PMBroadway veteran David Hasselhoff just released a new album titled 'This Time Around,' featuring the music of Frank Wildhorn. The full track list is as follows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMSee theater history in the making! A revival of the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire is readying for Broadway, where the iconic roles will be played by actors of color for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PMTwo things happen every single time we see Andy Mientus in anything. We spend the entire show completely unable to pay attention to anything or anyone else when he is on stage. We spend hour…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:01PMDirector Andrew Traister's duties for Antaeus' The Seagull involve picking the right translation, rehearsing two different casts in a small space, and contemplating how Sorin should snore. H…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PMF. Kathleen Foley reviews 'Figure 8' at Theatre of NOTE.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM
The Royal Shakespeare Company will bring its production of "Matilda the Musical," based on the Roald Dahl children's book and now running in London, to Broadway next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:59PMNick Jonas in HOW TO SUCCEED on Broadway's "Brotherhood of Man"
Watch Nick Jonas and company perform a montage of songs from HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:59PMWith honors ranging from the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame to the Tony Awards, Broadway's best performers gathered last night, February 27, to raise awareness of the rare disease, pulmonary fibro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMVeteran dancer-choreographer Carmen DeLavallade will be part of the spring revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMSeth Rudetsky's Disaster, A 1970's disaster movie…musical, written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnik, has extended its run at The Triad. The production, which was originally s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMJoe's Pub has announced an updated line-up of concerts and performances for March and April.
Among the artists who will perform in concert are Justin Vivian Bond (March 4, 11, 18, &…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMHow did country music star Brad Paisley end up on stage at the Music Box Theatre in Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It? The CMA Entertainer of the Year traveled from Nashville to Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew" at Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:41PM"The Petrified Forest," Robert E. Sherwood's hoary, melancholic and heavily symbolic drama from 1935, is one of those Depression-era plays that seem to show up in Chicago every few seasons.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:37PMEver wonder about the routine of a professional actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Edward Watts, currently starring as El Gallo in the Off-Broadway revival of The Fantastic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMAs the *Magic Parlour* gets going, the audience’s gasps get louder. The tricks get more elaborate, involving an astounding array of props, extraordinary feats with a deck of cards and mind…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:32PMStephen Byrd, Alia Jones and Anthony Lacavera just announced that Ms. Carmen DeLavallade will join the cast of their much anticipated production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Ms. DeLavallade …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMPlaywrights Foundation has launched a new international exchange project entitled Des Voix...Found In Translation, supporting the translation of vanguard French and American playwrights. Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMEmmy winner James Spader, who made his Broadway debut in David Mamet's Race, will not return to the NBC sitcom "The Office" next season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMWhat’s a feminist spectator to make of an awards show that honors films that have so little to do with women behind the camera or as central to their stories? Other writers have detaile…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 03:12PMArs Nova has announced its line-up of comedy, music, and theater programming for March.
Performances include Isaac Oliver: Intimacy Idiot (March 1), Delilah Dix - America's Showgirl! (…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMOff Broadway March 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:05PMOn February 28, Tony winner Tonya Pinkins and the cast of Hurt Village brought the scorching Memphis heat to off-Broadway’s Signature Center. The world premiere drama by Katori Hall be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PMBaltimore native Wallis Simpson, who famously took on the title Duchess of Windsor when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne for her in 1936, has been a muse for many. The Oscar-winning The…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 03:01PM
Last night, the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association held it’s Annual General Meeting. At that meeting, a Member’s Resolution was put forward by director, playwright and ind…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:57PMAndrew D. Hamingson will assume the post of Executive Director of St. Ann's Warehouse on March 1.
Hamingson's appointment as St. Ann's first Executive Director follows a year…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMOfficials have banned an artist from publicly slaughtering chickens, saying the proposed art installation would amount to animal cruelty.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:53PMAlejandro Cerrudo's new full evening dance work, featuring the music of Philip Glass, will launch Hubbard Street Dance Company's 35th season, running October 18-21 at the Harris Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMA new play is based on the writings of a 13-year-old whose St. Paul family donated the governor's residence to the state of Minnesota.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:49PMThe multi-racial revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega, will begin previews at the Broadhurst Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMUh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh nah nah... This has never happened before, but Broadway.com’s newest video blogger, Christina Sajous, who plays the lovely spider goddess Arachne in Spider…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMOn Friday March 30, 2012, The Trevor Projects Trevor NextGen in celebrating the third annual Spring Fling event benefitting the organizations life-saving work for lesbian, gay, bisexual, tra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMDisney and Mary Zimmerman are a wild combination. Almost as wild as Julie Taymor and Spider-Man. Regardless of how wild, Zimmerman is entering the jungle to bring the Disney Classic and Rudy…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:41PMMariska Hargitay spends her days chasing bad guys as Detective Olivia Benson on the long-running hit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Away from the set, the Emmy-winning actress is per…
SOURCE: calgary.broadway.com at 02:35PMMariska Hargitay spends her days chasing bad guys as Detective Olivia Benson on the long-running hit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Away from the set, the Emmy-winning actress is per…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMA host of visual artists will collaborate with choreographer Karole Armitage to present Werk!: The Armitage Gone Variety Show, held May 2 - 5 at Abrons Arts Center.
The unique multimedia ev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMLas Vegas Previews March 2012 Program
Las Vegas Previews offers viewers a sneak peek of the hottest shows playing on the Las Vegas Strip! Discover the diverse world of Cirque du Soleil, exp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:32PMState Theatre will present Broadway veteran and cabaret legend Michael Feinstein at their 24th Annual Benefit Gala, May 19 at 5pm at The Heldrich Hotel.
The five-time Grammy-nominated singe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMJeremy Jordan, who stars as Jack Kelly in the upcoming Disney musical Newsies, describes his role in the new Broadway production in the "Meet the Newsies" video series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMThough he’s currently starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive off-Broadway, Norbert Leo Butz pulled over long enough to answer questions from Broadway.com fans, a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMBroadway fans have the opportunity to go backstage and meet the casts of The Book of Mormon, Rock of Ages, and Chicago the Musical via upcoming online auctions through Charitybuzz.
Supermod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMViewership for NBC's "Smash" was up slightly in its fourth week, according to ratings company Nielsen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMJoe's Pub has announced the following upcoming events. For more information, follow the links below, or go to www.joespub.com.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMCQ/CX playwright Gabe McKinley sat down with NY-1 News “On Stage” host Patrick Pacheco this week to discuss Atlantic Theater Company’s critically acclaimed world premiere production of…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:15PMSignature Theatre Company's Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater in the new Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street is officially open for business Feb. 27 with the opening of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMHere's the thing about Iran - we could completely go the way they did in the next year or so.Iran was overtaken in the 1980's by a theocracy that destroyed any hope of Westernization or demo…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:13PMPlays by Oscar Wilde, Neil Simon, Katori Hall and Ivan Turgenev complete Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2012 summer season, which join the previously announced musical Far from H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMThe Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston is once again serving up its warm Irish brew, A Little Bit of Ireland. Now in its 14th year, this annual musical celebration of St. Patrick's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMThe two will star in stage comedy "Lonely, I'm Not," premiering Off Broadway as a Second Stage Theatre production.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:05PMThe sinewy body of Antoine Vereecken is a somatic feat as it languidly moves across stage, highlighting every defined muscle with each astute movement.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:00PMCasting is complete for the upcoming Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Previews of the Tennessee W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMGathering Tuesday morning in front of Marc Chagall’s “America Windows” — the striking cobalt blue stained glass mural that pays homage to the arts and religious freedom, and is a per…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:00PM
Heather MacRae will join musical director Mark Nadler for Songs & Stories, presented Tuesday, March 6 at The Iridium.
ScoBar Entertainment will present the concert, which will feature M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMThe Kennedy Center's production of Follies as well as the Broadway-bound prouction of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are among the nominees for the 28th Annual Helen Hayes Aw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMAdministrators of Ottawa's Rideau Awards have announced the finalists for this year's prizes. The organization and award, created to promote English- and French-language theatre in the Capit…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:57PMWallace Shawn and André Gregory are collaborating on a film version of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, according to a report in The New York Times. Jonathan Demme will di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMI Dare Us: a Manifesto on the 21st Century Literary Office (by Julie Felise Dubiner on HowlRound)
SOURCE: direct address at 01:51PMTopher Grace and Olivia Thirlby will star in Second Stage Theatre's world premiere production of Paul Weitz's Lonely, I'm Not, to run April 10 - May 27, with an opening on May…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47PMBeginning Saturday, March 3 2012, THEATER TALK pays tribute to the late critic Howard Kissel with a rebroadcast of its award-winning 2009 program, A Walk Through The Players Club 301. On thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMJudith Blazer will play Vera Charles opposite the previously reported Louis Pitre in the title role of the musical Mame, to run April 20 - July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMUsher is one of the pop world’s great dancers (a skill he showed off on Broadway during a 2006 limited engagement as Billy Flynn in Chicago), so it makes perfect sense for him to spend…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM"Beautiful Eyes," a new single from Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, is now available from iTunes and other digital music vendors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMLibrary, ManchesterIt's remarkable that, until relatively recently, DH Lawrence's paintings were probably more esteemed than his plays. Lawrence never saw his depiction of marital warfare be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Robert O’Hara continues this series. What makes an artistic hom…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:36PMNominees for the 28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in the Washington, DC, theatre community, were announced Feb. 27. The list of more widely-known performers nominated …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMGrosses continue to rise. Though the jump is not as substantial as last week’s end, the slow month of February is reaching its close. Wicked, The Lion King and Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dar…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:33PMAcademy-award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has signed on for a guest-starring role in the season opener of the FX acclaimed hit comedy WILFRED, starring Elijah Wood and Jason Ga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe previously reported UK tour of Hair staring Gareth Gates has been canceled, according to WhatsOnStage.com.
The tour was slated to open at Liverpool's Empire Theatre on April 10 and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:32PMA host of Broadway performers joined forces Feb. 27 to pay tribute to the late Grammy-winning artist Whitney Houston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
"I thought you were decent. A decent man. Shows what I know." Eighteen-year-old David (Alexander Cobb) is disgusted by Frank (Roger Sloman) who, he has di…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMSt. Ann's Warehouse has announced that former Public Theater executive director Andrew D. Hamingson has been tapped to take on the same role at the Brooklyn-based theatre company, accord…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMHit play The Jacksonian, by Beth Henley at the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre, stars Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Bill Pullman, Glenne Headly and newcomer Beth Rous.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:21PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Leslye Headland's new social comedy, "Assistance," lacks the savage bite of her 2011 hit "Bachelorette" (which the scribe also adapted and directed …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PMA floating opera written by Monty Python star Terry Jones and impromptu Shakespeare recitals on the Tube by award-winning actor Mark Rylance are among the cultural events that will run along…
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Anyone who has ever braved a Manhattan sample sale knows the etiquette of the social changing room: There are…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 01:16PMComplete casting has been announced for The New Group's world premiere of An Early History of Fire by David Rabe. Although Rabe’s daughter Lily Rabe was pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PMUpdated information has been announced for the 2012 summer season at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Tony Award-winner David Hyde Pierce will direct a Main Stage production of Oscar Wild…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMAndrew D. Hamingson, who resigned from the Public a year ago, will be St. Ann's first executive director.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PMThe New Group will present the world premiere of An Early History of Fire, a new play by Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Directed by Jo Bonney, this production features Deema Aitke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
The age of the genuine theatrical stinker is over. But there are still plenty of terrible things to watch out for ...In all the recent controversy about whether British theatre has become mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PMSecond Stage Theatre's world-premiere production of Paul Weitz's comedy Lonely, I'm Not will star Topher Grace ("That '70s Show") and Olivia Thirlby ("Juno,&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMIn “Hurt Village,” an African-American family preparing to leave a shabby apartment in a housing project for a newer home encounters plenty of barriers, inside and out.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:57PMCasting has been announced for the Doma Theatre Company's season-opening production of The Who's Tommy, to run March 23 - April 15 at The MET Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jess Ford wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMScreen stars Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby will co-star in the world premiere of Paul Weitz’s Lonely, I’m Not at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. Trip Cullman will dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMBroadway Remembers Whitney, a benefit concert honoring one of the greatest icons and voices of our generation was held last night, February 27th at Joes Pub.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMThe New Group has announced that Claire van der Boom will replace Tony nominee Lily Rabe in the world premiere of An Early History of Fire, a new work by Tony winner David Rabe, Off-Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMThe New Group has announced full casting for the world premiere of David Rabe's An Early History of Fire. Jo Bonney will direct the Off-Broadway production, which will perform at Theatr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMTOPHER GRACE and OLIVIA THIRLBY will co-star in Second Stage Theatres production of Paul Weitzs world premiere comedy, LONELY, IM NOT, directed by Trip Cullman. Preview performances are sche…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMArtistic Director Jenny Gersten announced in Williamstown today the roster of Main Stage and Nikos Stage productions for the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival WTF Season, the Festivals 58th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMPremieres of "Whaddabloodclot," "Far From Heaven," "The Blue Deep" David Hyde Pierce will direct Oscar Wilde 's "The Importance of Being Earnest," which opens the main stage at William…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PMDarlene LoveAdam Pascal, Julie Halston, Carl AndressAward-winning Broadway actress Julie Halston hosted the second annual Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) benefit "BROADWAY BELTS for…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:37PMBroadway veteran, Jan Neuberger will present with her one-woman show, "Boomer Girl!" at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park March 22 to 25 for four performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:31PMDavid Alan Grier, an alumnus of television’s “In Living Color,” is currently starring in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway transfer of British hit One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Cordon. Written by Richard Bean, the production is helmed by Nicholas Hytner. One M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMCelebrating the American Musical, a 90-minute concert benefiting Vermont’s Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, is presented at New World Stages Feb. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMThe Broadway revival cast of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire met the press Tuesday, February 28 at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Emily Mann directs the production, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PMThe creators of the influential art-house movies “My Dinner With André” and “Vanya on 42nd Street” are planning a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:23PMBroadway Previews March 2012 Segment I
March is an exciting month as The Broadway Channel® welcomes the return of the ground-breaking Tony nominated rock opera, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:19PMGrace Gummer, daughter of Meryl Streep, will soon guest star on an episode of NBC's SMASH as Eileen's Anjelica Huston daughter. Zap2it just released photos of the actress in action, and you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMNorthern Stage and Live Theatre have announced casting for their upcoming production of Alan Plater's Close the Coalhouse Door, April 13-May 5 at Northern Stage. Following the engageme…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:17PMThe Ordway Center has announced the productions set for its 2012-2013 season, which will begin in August.
The season will open with Kander and Ebb's Chicago (August 7-12), which will b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMNothing wishy-washy about Olney Theatre Center’s exuberant, child-sized production of the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Here, the Peanuts gang is rendered with such bright, b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:11PMA commitment to Shakespeare in the Park will keep Lily Rabe from starring in "An Early History of Fire" for the New Group.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:09PMJohn Lee Hancock, known for his work on the 2009 film "The Blind Side," is in talks with Disney to direct the upcoming "Mary Poppins" film "Saving Mr. Banks," a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMONCE, the acclaimed new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film is now in previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production will open on Sunday, March 18, 2012. New prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMATTN: James Marino
James-- Once again this most recent review failed to deposit automatically at your site as in the past. Is there something I must do to correct this?
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SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:04PMOn last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE on Bravo TV, Broadway stars Megan Hilty and Nick Jonas visited with host Andy Cohen and discussed their busy lives as actors of both stage and screen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMAccording to published reports, NBC's SMASH, which aired its fourth episode last night, got a slight ratings boost with almost 6.9 million viewers. Last week's audience was 4 smaller at 6.5 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe forthcoming UK tour of 60s musical Hair, which was due to open at Liverpool's Empire Theatre on 10 April 2012, has been cancelled.
Gary Lloyd’s production had been due to star Pop…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:03PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN ROUND 5 OF HOT/HOTTER!AND YOU ONLY HAVE 1 DAY LEFT TO PICK BROADWAY'S MOST ROMANTIC COUPLE!(LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND CAST YOUR VOTES!)Today's Blog: (S…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PM
Syrian rebels smuggled a wounded British journalist out of the besieged central city of Homs Tuesday and whisked him to safety in neighboring Lebanon, activist groups said.
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SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:58AMThe world premiere of Katori Hall’s drama Hurt Village has extended its run at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in the new Signature Center. Directed by Patricia McGregor and starr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMFull casting has been announced for the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which will play the Broadhurst Theatre, April 3-July 22, with an opening on Sun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the world premiere of Oliver Award-winning Mountaintop playwright Katori Hall's Whaddabloodclot!!! as part of it 2012 summer season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMAbout the Author:
David Garrison may be best known as Steve Rhoades from the hit 80s sitcom Married with Children, but theater fans know him as the Tony-nominated star of A Day in Holl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMBenRo Service and Inspire Entertainment will present Benjamin Walker's Find the Funny, which returns to NYC March 6 at 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMThe Signature Theatre Company's world premiere of Katori Hall's Hurt Village has announced a one-week extension, and will now play through March 25. Patricia McGregor has directed.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s hit musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda is headed to an unspecified New York theater in “early 2013.” Auditions for adult casti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMMark Nelson will be featured in the final show of the 2011-12 season at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre: "My Name Is Asher Lev."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:41AMA musical about a girl with extraordinary powers is hoping to jump the Atlantic. The Royal Shakespeare Company said Tuesday it is planning for its production of Roald Dahl's "Matilda The Mus…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:40AMHurt Village — the new work by Katori Hall, the Olivier Award-winning writer of The Mountaintop — which officially opened Feb. 27, has extended its engagement at Signature Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company will open its production of Matilda The Musical on Broadway in early 2013. Casting, a theater, and specific dates will be announced in the near future.
Direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMSignature Theatre has just announced a one-week extension for the world premiere of Katori Halls HURT VILLAGE, directed by Patricia McGregor. This inaugural production in The Romulus Linney …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe Goodman Theatre's 2012-13 season will include The Jungle Book, a new musical based on the 1967 animated Disney film and the stories of Rudyard Kipling. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerm…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMGerman composer and director Heiner Goebbels' performance in A Room for London – a boat-like structure on the South Bank – on 26 February
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMatilda the Musical will transfer to New York in early 2013, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMThings got messy fast when Smash star Megan Hilty and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’s Nick Jonas (who guest starred on the series latest episode) dropped by Wat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMToday we are talking to one of the busiest lyricists in show business, Glenn Slater, all about todays movie theater showing of his collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber, LOVE NEVER DIES - a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMThe Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:30AMHBO has announced that playwright, producer and screenwriter Alan Ball will not be the show runner of the hit vampire series "True Blood" for its possible sixth season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMAs will come as no surprise to those who know me even a little bit, in my youth I was never more inwardly arrogant than when sitting in a playwriting or screenwriting class. In theatre and f…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:28AMThe former ladies of Wicked, Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel will appear on television in the coming days. The two will be making separate appearances; Chenoweth will b…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:27AMThe hit London musical Matilda inspired by Roald Dahl's children's book, will make it's American premiere in New York early 2013. Matthew Warchus will direct the musical with a book by Denni…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:27AMFREUD’S LAST SESSION is opening yet another major U.S. production, with performances beginning at Pittsburgh Public Theater this Thursday, March 1st. The official opening night is March 9t…
SOURCE: pittsburgh.broadwayworld.com at 11:25AMThe second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) benefit, featuring a star-studded lineup of performers belting out some of Broadway's most memorable songs, was …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMGirl singer Rosemary Clooney, who invited listeners to "Come On-a My House," is brought to life in the world-premiere musical Tenderly, which is currently playing Dayton, OH's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThe Just for Laughs Comedy Festival said Tuesday that comic Aziz Ansari has been booked for the Chicago Theatre on June 15. Ansari stars opposite Amy Poehler on the NBC series"Parks and Re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:18AMTony winner Idina Menzel is hitting the road this year. The Rent and Wicked alum will perform in 25 cities during her 2012 North American tour, which kicks off June 1 at the Centre in Vancou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMDark Matters by B.C.-born Crystal Pite opens Tuesday at the Bluma Appel Theatre thanks to Canadian Stage.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:15AMBroadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth appeared on ABC's LIVE WITH KELLY talk show this morning to promote her new ABC series, GCB.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMSignature Theatre opened the world premiere production of Katori Hall's HURT VILLAGE, directed by Patricia McGregor last night, February 27. HURT VILLAGE runs through March 18, 2012 and is t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThe millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company plans to bring its production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical to New York in early 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has just announced that it is currently planning for its production of Roald Dahls Matilda The Musical, to open in New York early 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMCirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, the previously announced 3D movie of the company's work, will be released on December 21, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As previously announced,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMToday in 2008, Passing Strange opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 165 performances. Passing Strange is a rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMNBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson stopped by the box office and a recent rehearsal for the world premiere Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird, which will begin performances …
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMI really can't believe we're about to enter our 4th and final Quarter of the year. The year has flown by. It seemed like yesterday we were counting up the number of Tonys Book of Mormon was …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTony Award winner Idina Menzel, whose new CD and DVD, "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," will be released March 6, will launch a brand-new concert tour June 1 in Vancou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 2212012 - 2282012.
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Fresh from winning four gongs at the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards, the Royal Shakespeare Company has announced plans to transfer its hit production of Matilda The Musical to New York early n…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:58AMTony winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses) will write and direct the premiere stage production of Disney’s The Jungle Book, according to The Chicago Tribune. Based on the classic 1967 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMOohrah! - LiveWire Chicago at Steppenwolf Garage Rep 2012, 1624 N. Halsted, is offering industry $5 off regular ticket price with code 'LEAGUE' for our upcoming performances, March 1, 4, 7, …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 10:58AMOpening of the show at the theater formerly known as KodakWhat’s a feminist spectator to make of an awardsshow that honors films that have so little to do with women behind the c…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 10:57AMLucy Liu will play Watson opposite Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in CBS' Elementary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously reported, Michael Cuesta will direct t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMOn next week's episode of SMASH, titled 'Let's Be Bad,' Karen discovers a new acting opportunity while attending a government party with Dev. Things get more complicated between Michael and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMRe/Union Company has announced casting for Dream Acts, written collectively by Mia Chung, Jessica Litwak, Chiori Miyagawa, Saviana Stanescu and Andrea Thome. Kristin Horton will direct the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:53AMTheater for the New City has announced casting for its production of Satan's Whore, Victoria Woodhull by Richard Geha, to run March 22-April 8. Lissa Moira will direct.
The play follo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:47AMJoins Louise Pitre in CastGoodspeed's "Mame" has got its Vera.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:43AMSignature Theater Company celebrated the opening of Katori Hall's Hurt Village with a post-performance celebration on Monday, February 27 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
The c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMAccording to his official website, Jim Steinman is busy working on lyrics for a new musical version of The Nutcracker. Titled Nutcracked, the musical will feature the classic music by Tchaik…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMLast night on NBC's SMASH entitled 'The Cost of Art', Karen needed to start learning how to get ahead in the world of Broadway, and Eileen tested a new fundraising strategy. Tom went on a da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMF. Murray Abraham has joined the cast of ABC's drama pilot Beauty and the Beast, according to Deadline.com.
As previously reported, the show will be a fantasy retelling of the fairy t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMOff-Broadways The New Group honored David Rabe and Nancy Manocherian with the Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater at its 2012 Gala, hosted by Janeane Garofalo amp M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMTaking voices away from actors, or plunging audiences into darkness, can provide an immersive, more intimate experienceFor the makers of The Artist, clutching five Oscars this week including…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMDirector John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) is in talks to helm Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks, according to Deadline.com. Written by Kelly Marcel, the forthcoming film is the story of how W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:27AMOff-Broadway's The New Group, which is under the artistic direction of Scott Elliott, honored David Rabe and Nancy Manocherian at its 2012 Gala.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMApartheid was virulent and ignored outside South Africa in 1961 when Athol Fugard wrote “Blood Knot,” launching his international career. The American anti-apartheid movement was in full…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 10:22AMBroadways Robert Creighton Anything Goes, Lindsay Mendez Godspell and Betsy Wolfe Encores Merrily We Roll Along, along with Tony nominee Adam Pascal Memphis, Heidi Blickenstaff Now. Here. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMFebruary’s Most Valuable (Theatrical) Player works hard for the money. Actually, given the Off-Broadway venues she performed in this month, I’m guessing she worked hard for not a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:19AMTickets to the Chicago production of the Tony-winning musical The Book of Mormon will go on sale to American Express cardholders March 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe Phantom of the Opera UK Tour 2012
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The Phantom of the Opera tours the UK in 2012 - opening in preview TOD…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:16AMThe Goodman Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 season, which will consist of eight productions, including a new stage musical version of Disney's animated feature The Jungle Book. Mar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMLast night before a crowd of 200 theatre makers and theatre lovers, theatreWashington announced the nominees for the 28th Helen Hayes Awards. The National Theatres Helen Hayes Gallery set th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMAccording to the star's official web site, hot on the heels of her wildly successful 2011 Symphony Tour, Idina Menzel will be hitting the road again with a brand new show on an extensive Nor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMThis week's Off-Broadway Tweet links. . . Robert Hogan as Rutherford …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:09AMStage veteran Melissa Gilbert will be among the contestants for the 14th season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, according to EW.com. The show will return to the air on March 19.
Gilb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:02AMThe Sound of Music Kids Then and Today (Rare Footage)
The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook by Fred Bronson (Applause Books)
April 2012
Contains never-before-seen personal photos and collecta…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:01AMThe Mint Theater, Off Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: An infrequently revived masterpiece from 1912, ably performed by an outstanding cast.
In 1912, Rutherford & Son, by then…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:01AMThe tour production of “CATS” has canceled a March 21 performance at Penn State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The show was to be held in the Eisenhower Theatre. Penn Sta…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThis is a disc that may be of more interest intellectually than aesthetically for American fans of musical theatre. It is a classic illustration of a basic truth of the musical theatre – B…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AM
TheatreWorks has announced casting for John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, April 4-29 at TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Founding artistic director Robe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58AMThe next two episodes of the new NBC musical drama "Smash" are titled "Let's Be Bad" and "Chemistry" and will air, respectively, March 5 at 10 PM ET and Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMOn Monday, February 27, country music star Brad Paisley joined William Shatner on stage after Shatner's World: We Just Live In It for a reprise of the show's final number.
Directe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMAs one of our occasional forays over to the BSO these days, the partner unit and I caught Beethoven's Missa Solemnis on Saturday night, because we're big fans of Christine Brewer, one of the…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:53AMIt's here ONCE, the acclaimed new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film begins performances tonight on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 242 West 45th Street. The prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMOval House, LondonChris Goode didn't believe in God. Then, one day last April, he was walking home from the supermarket when he had a powerful sense that he was in God's presence. God/Head i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMThe nominations for the 28th annual Helen Hayes Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented in a ceremony to be held on Monday, April 23, 2012.
The most highly recognized prod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMTwo songs from the latest episode of "Smash," which aired Feb. 27 on NBC, are now available from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records on the iTunes store …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMLet me get this straight: the State of Texas gave the producers of The Tree of Life $434,252.79 as a subsidy for them to shoot a single film in Texas. And the NEA annual budget is how much?
SOURCE: Theatre Ideas at 09:42AMOn Monday, February 27, The New Group held their 2012 Gala, Cabaret Soirée, at the Edison Ballroom. Jeneane Garofalo and Morgan Spector hosted the evening, which featured performa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMOn Twitter Watch, Rhidian Marc wrote We been shootin' guns You can see the flames in this one Kick ass.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth will be a guest on ABC's "Good Morning America" Feb. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMFrom a projection on the backdrop, a blinking eye surveys us. Ingeniously positioned speakers fire instructions at the audience from every angle before music so heavy with bass it’s ba…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AMThe second annual Broadway Belts for PPF! benefit was held Monday, February 27 at Birdland Jazz Club. Julie Halston hosted the concert, which raised over $40,000 for the Michael Kuchwara Fun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AMTony winner Idina Menzel will be making several television appearances to promote her upcoming CD and DVD, "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," which will be released Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMSingle tickets ($45-$115) for the Tony Award-winning musical “Book of Mormon,” set for a Chicago run Dec. 11, 2012-March 3, 2013, at the Bank of American Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, will go o…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:12AMRenaissance woman Natsu Onoda Power is generating a reputation for original, highly inventive performance pieces. Writer, director, designer, theater prof at Georgetown University, Onoda Pow…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:05AMChannel 4 dramas Top Boy and The Promise will compete with BBC2's The Crimson Petal and the White for the title of best drama serial at this year's Royal Television Society Programme Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMThe upcoming Chicago production of "The Book of Mormon" will put single tickets on sale Mar. 19, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday morning. But if you have access to an American Express card,…
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SOURCE: Variety at 09:03AMPreviews begin tonight, February 28 - Save up to 40 on tickets
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMSMASH is out for blood - wolfs blood, that is. So, go howl In the climax of the series so far - at least since that thrilling finale to the pilot episode - the wildly talented cast of charac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
We’re teaming up with the Royal Court as they present their Young Writers Festival from February to April. It’s a big festival featuring new plays, staged readings, workshops and…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:56AMThe title of Luke Norris’ impressive debut play, which launches the Young Writers Festival at the Royal Court, is already taken by Robert Graves for his famous First World War autobiog…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:23AMThis invaluable addition to the Austen literature offers two for the price of one: a beautifully designed and printed edition of the novel many consider her best and a parallel critical comm…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has revealed he is considering writing a new musical about the 1963 Profumo affair, to coincide with its 50th anniversary.
Speaking to Chris Evans on his BBC Radio 2 sho…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:10AMThe Oscar-nominated actor discusses his work in A.C.T's production of Wajdi Mouawad's compelling play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMLeslye Headland examines the overly ambitious New York culture in her sharp workplace satire "Assistance" at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMInspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AM
Chicago's Goodman Theatre has announced that it will be presenting a new musical version of Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK adapted and directed by Tony Award winning Mary Zimmerman from June 27 to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47AMInbetweeners actor Blake Harrison is to make his West End debut in Step 9 (of 12) at the Trafalgar Studios this May.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMAlso New Works By Dael Orlandersmith and Quiara Alegria HudesChristopher Shinn 's new play "Teddy Ferrrara" will receive its world premiere in early 2013 at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:31AMBefore The Ewings - those wealthy, powerful and greedy Dallas oil and cattle barons; before The Carringtons - that wealthy, powerful and greedy Denver dynasty came The Rutherfords - specific…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:23AMToday is the birthday of Charles Blondin (1824-1897) who did a tightrope walk over the gorge at Niagara, not once, but many times, and with many variations (on stilts, blindfolded, carrying …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:21AMJoe Iconis is a musical theater writer and concert performer. He has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, and is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, a Jonathan …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:05AMGregory Mosher is the former Director of the Lincoln Center and Goodman Theatres, and is the producer or director of nearly 200 plays at those theaters, on Broadway and in the West End. His …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:05AMJoseph Craig has more than 20 years of experience in entertainment marketing and market research, starting his career at Blockbuster Video before moving on to Paramount Pictures and then for…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:04AMJuan Enriquez, Managing Director of Excel Venture Management, is a bestselling author of As the Future Catches You (an Amazon best book of year; The Untied States of America (Miami Herald's …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:04AMVincent Gassetto is the Principal of the Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology, also known as M.S. 343, which is a small middle school located in District 7 of the Bronx. The school …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:03AMBarry Kahn is CEO and founder of Qcue where he drives the vision and overall business strategy for the dynamic pricingcompany. An economist and recognized thought leader in the ticketing ind…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:03AMDamian Bazadona founded Situation Interactive (formerly, Situation Marketing) in 2001 and oversees the strategic direction for the company which maintains offices in New York, Las Vegas and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02AMSteve Gullans, PhD, is an innovator, entrepreneur, and investor who enjoys translating scientific breakthroughs into products and services that transform people's lives. As a professor at Ha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02AMToday is the birthday of the great Yiddish performer Molly Picon (for her full story go here). Here she is on record in 1931 singing “Yom Pom Pom”: To find out more about the h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:02AMKara Larson is founder and principal of Arts Knowledge, a marketing consulting firm specializing in the performing arts. She is also the founder and director of the Portland Performing Arts …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:01AMFrank Eliason, Citibank's Senior Vice President of Social Media, has been described as the "most famous customer service manager in the U.S., possibly the world." By expanding the reach of c…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:01AMTalk about a striking case of "Snap!". To be seen at the Royal Court now - on both the mainstage and in the Theatre Upstairs - is the spectacle of a helpless ageing man in a bed, hooked up t…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:01AMMatt Sax is a writer, actor and musician. His one-man hip-hop musical Clay, was presented by Lincoln Center (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Nominations), Lookingglass Theatre/About Face Theatr…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:00AMJoe Iconis is a musical theater writer and concert performer. He has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, and is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, a Jonathan …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:00AMPatricia Martin is an author and noted expert on commerce and culture. She is CEO and founder of LitLamp Communications, an award-winning marketing boutique acclaimed for using culture as a …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Randy Weiner is best known as the foremost proponent of a hybrid form of theater that mixes the music and energy of a nightclub with the drama and spectacle of theater. His writing credits i…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:59AMJordan Roth is the President of Jujamcyn Theaters, overseeing five Broadway theaters. Current productions include The Book of Mormon, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Jersey…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:59AMKatori Hall's play is disturbing, painful to watch and, If you're squeamish about vulgarity and cussin', be aware that thee " N" word pops up in just about every other sentence . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:59AMBlake Harrison, best known for appearing on TV's "The Inbetweeners," is to make his West End debut, starring in Tom Attenborough's production of Step 9 (of 12) by Rob Hayes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:59AMKen Davenport is a Broadway producer whose credits include Godspell, Chinglish, Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Blithe …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:58AMInitially, it’s impossible to ignore that 15-year-old actor J.P. Viernes leaping and soaring through the musical Billy Elliot is not a typical youngster in a downtrodden unsophisticated mi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:58AMGita Sowerby's 1912 drama returns to the Mint Theater . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:57AMFrank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's 1997 Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde will be revived at London's fringe Union Theatre in Southwark, beginning performances May 16 for a run thro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:50AMMozart’s Magic Flute at The Puppet Company is as engaging and expressive as it gets for full family fun and entertainment. The story is true to the original with the major songs and ar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:31AMFrom the moment I entered the Garrick theatre the excited squeals of children were audible. They had seemingly come expecting the charming wit of Terry Deary and the joyous mirth of the tele…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:30AMWe tend to forget, living in our cosy homes in the UK, that there is a wider world beyond our waters. The world is an expanse of land and sea inhabited by seven billion humans, living their …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:19AMMad Cat Theatre Company’s Paul Tei, Alliance Theatre Lab’s Mark Della Ventura and The Project [theatre], all known for their edgy approach and Gen X/Y/Z-oriented material, are featured i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:17AMIn the past year or so, I've been spending more and more time participating in storytelling events. Sure, I have done my fair share in the past - I created the SKALD competitions that WNEP …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMCosì fan tutte is one of Mozart’s less popular works and is revered more amongst the cognoscenti than general audiences. Despite its beautiful music, the story has always seemed thin to m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:08AM"Call Me Adam" once again chats with singer/songwriter Jay Brannan. This time around we discuss his new album "Rob Me Blind," working with producer David Kahne, performing at Le Poisson Roug…
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Two free-speech groups have called on Villanova University to reconsider its decision to cancel a workshop by a controversial gay performance artist.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:58AMRozin, a Class of 1982 graduate, has since enjoyed almost 24 years of success with InterAct Theatre Company, which he helped create in 1988. As InterAct's producing artistic director, he rem…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:55AMLegit News:
Pair join cast of Weitz's Off Broadway play
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51AMAs his play Bingo returns to London, playwright Edward Bond gives a rare interview to Andrew Dickson, looking back on five decades and more than 50 playsAndrew DicksonCameron RobertsonAndy G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AMThe successful casting of non-singing stars (or at least stars not known for singing) such as Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town, Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady and Richard Burton in…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:24AMGovernment must protect funding for conservatoire-level drama schools in the long-term, according to Darren Henley's much anticipated review of cultural education in England.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMCorporate sponsorship of the arts has fallen for the fourth year in a row, down 7% on 2010's figures, according to results published this week by Arts & Business.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AMMAC, Birmingham: Arzhang Pezhman's Gravity is described in its own literature as a "contemporary and dynamic new play about provocation" .Yet while provocation is certainly a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMaking its first appearance in the United States, NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision present Andrew Lloyd Webbers Love Never Dies, the long awaited continuation to The Phantom of the Opera, in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMOriginal Broadway cast member J. Bernard Calloway will return to the company as Delray, following his performance in the critically acclaimed Jitney at the Two River Theater Company. Callow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMBoradway favorite Kritin Chenoweth will make an appearance on 'Good Morning America' on February 29. Tune in to ABC at 7am to check out her interview.
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In a news feature in The Observer on the weekend, arts correspondent Vanessa Thorpe picked up where her sister paper The Guardian left off in its enquiry into the current state of British th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:59AMThe Oregonian reported this weekend that the city of Portland would start to tie arts funding to the diversity of the art organization’s board, staff and ultimately audiences. Specific…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:52AMBroadway audiences will walk the streets of Dublin as romantic new musical Once, starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, begins performances on Broadway on February 28. The show, based on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31AMIf the recession is hitting the financially precarious dance world especially hard, it is also sparking new thinking. Take Company E, a start-up troupe that gave its first local performance …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:20AMIn her best, loosest moments, Twyla Tharp choreographs the way Woody Allen writes — with a keen understanding of personality, idiosyncratic rhythm and the essence of the performer.
In mu…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:20AMDirector Richard Corley seems to have not found a way to make this static and sometimes preachy piece of writing more compelling.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThe producers of the new Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT have announced a "'S Wonderful” Box Office Opening on Thursday, March 1st at the Imperial Theatre (249…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMOriginal Broadway cast member J. Bernard Calloway will return to the company as "Delray," following his performance in the critically acclaimed Jitney at the Tw…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMMary Zimmerman will premiere her new stage-musical version of "The Jungle Book"in Chicago, as part of the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-13 subscription season, the Chicago theater announced.
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Check it out! I’m starting a new blog:foodrulesforreals.blogspot.comEarlier in the year, I mentioned that at the end of January, this blog would go into retirement – or at least hiberna…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 12:31AMThe lights of Broadway will be dimmed on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in memory of former Daily News theater critic Howard Kissel. He was 69 when he died last Friday due to complications from an April …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:14AMAnd for the second week in a row, we don’t start in fantasy musical mode, but instead on day one of the workshop. But before we begin, shout out to Ann Harada playing the stage manager! Ya…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:09AMAn impressive array of veteran artists and rookie contenders share the nominees’ list for this year’s Helen Hayes Awards, now in its 28th year celebrating achievement in Washingt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06AMExecutive Director, The Moth New York, New York USA I was born into a family that prized creativity and the arts, where the pursuit of any artistic discipline was supported over acquiring pr…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMThe Safe Haven of FluffAre theatres playing it too safe?By Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn about three months I will be 55 years old. I remember the day John F. Kennedy was shot. I remember Nixon's …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American Popular Song, has begun pre-production on its next vintage restoration and studio recording: composer George Gershwi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMEmma Hunton, currently starring as Maureen in the Off-Broadway production of Rent at New World Stages, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe last time I went to a film screening was when I saw Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMHere's the piece about Whit Stillman that I wrote for Civilization in 1998. It breathes the air of another time,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it." Edith Wharton, The House...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMIf you think that a sunny day is enough to cure The Terrible Manpain of Umberto MacDougal you may not fully understand the depths of his "manpain." Rainy days are easy for this woebegone Iri…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMSandrine Lafond's solo show Little Lady is exquisitely executed and utterly esoteric. In this clown-based movement theatre piece, Lafond depicts a character that appears to be part clown, pa…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMIf you're a parent, daredevil stuntman Evel Knievel is probably not the person you want topping your child's list of heroes. But that's exactly the case in Big Plastic Heroes, the solo show …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMGitha Sowerby caused a major cultural sensation when, in 1912, London’s Royal Court Theatre produced Rutherford and Son, her first play. Not only was the work greeted with universal ac…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMWhile it's named after the Gabriel Garcia Marquez magical-realism novel Love in the Time of Cholera, it's difficult to find the same obvious magic operating in the world of Nicole Pandolfo's…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMIf you've ever been an assistant, or if you've ever had a high-pressure/low-paying job, or just a horribly obnoxious boss, you may quickly find yourself developing a severe case of apoplexy …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM"B.U.S." arrived on schedule Saturday for the seventh year at Bricolage in the Cultural District.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMAs a new play in the FRIGID Festival notes, Craigslist has institutionalized the notion of a missed connection, with a sublist of its personals ads called just that. As a celebration, Missed…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMWhat is it about wardrobes and closets that so fascinate children's authors in the U.K.?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThe re-creators of "Marathon 33" must have thought, "We've hit the jackpot!"
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMOnce, the new stage musical based on the independent film about an Irish singer-songwriter named Guy, who meets a muse in the person of a Czech immigrant named Girl, begins performances on B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSara Jean Ford succeeds original cast member Mary Faber in the role of Smitty in the Tony-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying beginning Feb. 28 at the Al Hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBobby Steggert, Michael Esper, Sue Jean Kim, Virginia Kull, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe and Amy Rosoff play satellites spinning around an unseen, bullying international mogul in the world premiere…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAudiences across America can travel with the Phantom and Christine to turn-of-the-century Coney Island in Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sequel to The Phantom of the Oper…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share ten of the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony and Olivier Award-winning international hit War Horse, a WWI-set story of a bond between a boy and his beloved horse, officially opens Feb. 28 at Toronto's Princess of Wales The…
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