It was the month that we had the 50th anniversary of a big event. On Feb. 2, 1962, the moon was in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligned with Mars. In short, it really was the official dawn…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:36PMThe Awkward Squad, On tourEmmerdale fans wondering why Val Pollard stomped off into the Dales recently should know that it wasn't so much a crucial plot twist as the fact that the actress wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMTotally Tom, LondonJust like sand or the actor John Barrowman, posh people do get everywhere. Not content with conquering the twin bastions of Westminster and Sunday night telly, they now se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSusan Calman has not had it easy. Growing up gay in Glasgow was like being 'a vegan abattoir worker'. At 30 she gave up the law to become a comedian, and it's starting to pay offThe lucky th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMThe magician talks about his familyMy mum, Nancy, and dad, Newton, loved each other to bits, so I was fortunate to have a happy childhood. They were a formidable double act. He was Mr Practi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMWe have FIVE family tickets to CBeebies Live! Enter our competition to win one – and meet the cast and characters afterwards at the venue of your choice (a family ticket is for four people…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMMs TN is heading up to Sydney tomorrow to participate in Belvoir St's upcoming Sunday Forum on Reviewing Theatre: In Print and Online. My fellow panelists, moderated by The Chaser's Chris Ta…
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Thinking of a show's next move is the job of Broadway director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall, whose hit production of "Anything Goes" won the 2011 Tony Award for best musical revival. Her …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:54PMIdina Menzel performs Defying Gravity from the Broadway smash Wicked with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. Watch the clip below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMThat’s a wrap for another week on Broadway! What have we learned? Well, the original stars of Wicked sure are keeping busy, for one thing, and Audra McDonald would get smoochy with a c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PMFeatured Performers 2012 (Working In The Theatre #409)
The point at which they knew they wanted to act was one of the first things discussed in our conversation with David Alan Grier, Judit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:20PMTickets for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park will be made available to the general public tomorrow, Saturday, March 3. Clybourne Park will open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PM"Memphis" opens the 5th Avenue Theatre's 2012-13 season on Sept. 18. Also: "Grey Gardens," "Jersey Boys."
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:10PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the lineup for its Next Up festival in June. Presented in rotating repertory June 5-24 in The Steppenwolf Garage will be:
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:03PMKatori Hall’s family drama Hurt Village has officially moved into off-Broadway’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, so Broadway.com headed to the brand new theater space to chat w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMMartin Short is one of the judges on Canada's Got Talent, premiering March 4 on Citytv.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:01PMOne of the greatest joys of our job is seeing our audiences transformed by a theatre performance. At some point in Roundabouts 46-year history, youve likely experienced a play or musical tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo present the New York premiere of An Iliad, by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, based on Ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMBarbara Bain, of Mission: Impossible fame, chose to accept the mission of playing a gallivanting archeologist, who researches the female brain, in Claire Chafee's Why We Have a Body, at Edge…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PMThe Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge has announced its line-up for the 2012-13 season.
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StageWrite just launched its new iPad App with lots of theatre veterans in attendance includingSusan Stroman, John Tartaglia, Sierra Boggess, Joshua Henry, Will Swenson, Scott Ellis, Felipe …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe musical wheels out well-trodden jokes about growing old while supplying all the usual greeting card life lessons (live each moment as if it were your last!).
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:39PMNEW YORK—The eagerly buzzed-about stage revival of “Carrie” is still not ready for prom time.
A storied Broadway flop based on the Stephen King novel of the same title, the original sh…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:34PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, March 2, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information Good luck to Anthony Wayne (@awayne1) of @PriscillaUS in the BROA…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:33PMDirector Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push he…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:29PMThis is the second of a two-part blog post.
In my previous blog post, I wrote about The Inconvenience’s Hit the Wall. The other noteworthy new work I saw in the early weeks of 2012 was A…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 05:27PMNora Ephron and Delia Ephron's hit Off Broadway show, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, last night welcomed a new cast, including theatre favorites Sierra Boggess and Karyn Quackenbush, TV vetera…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMDeadline.com has announced a number of stage actors have been added to this season's group of television pilots.
Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has been cast alongside stage and te…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMDirector Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push her ou…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:16PMHoward McGillin, Chryssie Whitehead, Nancy Anderson and the company of Paper Mill Playhouse's Damn Yankees give a sneak peek at the beloved musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMShow People: Kristin Chenoweth
After appearing as the very first guest on Show People, Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth returned to Broadway.com's studios to chat with host Paul Wontorek a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:11PMDirector-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and stars Matthew Broderick
and Kelli O'Hara took a moment away from rehearsals to talk about the
songs and story of Broadway's Nice Work If Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMNY1 VIDEO: NY1's Frank DiLella recently checked in with the creative team behind "35MM", a new multi-media theatrical experience set to debut in Brooklyn on March 7.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:09PMThe pre-nominees have been announced for the 2012 Daytime Emmy Awards, according to Soapcentral.com. The final nominees will be announced on May 4.
Stage veterans who made the preliminary l…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen star Zachary Quinto will join previously announced Jessica Lange in the second season of FX's 'American Horror Story.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PM"If you didn’t make allowances in this family, you’d go nuts.” Those words, spoken by James Tyrone Jr. in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, could probably apply in …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:00PMAs the Canadian cast of Jesus Christ Superstar prepares to face the New York critics, key players talk to about taking on the Great White Way
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMTony Award winner Jane Alexander is the enigmatic title character in Signature Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Edward Albee's 1980 play The Lady From Dubuque — the inaugural prod…
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“Say ‘Hi, Broadway.com!’” Steve Kazee sure knows how to get things started right. In the first installment of his brand new Broadway.com video blog Guitar Hero, the O…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 20-26, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMThought of by many as the biggest flop in Broadway history, Carrie opened at the Virginia Theatre on May 12, 1988 only to close three days later. The cult-classic has found a second life at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMKwanza Jones - Time to Go Music Video - Behind the Scenes Interview
Kwanza Jones talks to Allison Holker all about her song, "Time to Go," and the concept behind the music video. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:51PMThe annual Broadway Beauty Pageant has all their pieces in place! Jackie Hoffman, Tonya Pinkins, and Michael Musto are set to judge this year's pageant. Battling for the crown this year are …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:48PMBilled as "not just another night on Broadway," the seventh annual Broadway Backwards began rehearsals only days before the March 5 performance. Tony nominee Robin de Jesús and director/cho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMAs they prepare for their Chicago opening Wednesday, the cast of the touring cheerleader musical "Bring It On" is sitting, cheerfully, in Des Moines, Iowa, working on major changes to its Br…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PMNEW YORK—Director Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfai…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:25PM"HEY, HEY" ST. LOUIS ARCHITECTURE: Architectural photographer extraordinaire Bill Zbaren is giving St. Louisans another reason to venture north to the Windy City.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:23PMThe fantastic hosting skills of Broadway veteran Neil Patrick Harris are hardly a secret thanks to his delightful turns as host of the Tony and Emmy Awards. So when Disney was ready to launc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMThe Toronto production of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning international hit War Horse has announced that a new block of tickets will be released for performances through Sept. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMA stage adaptation of Michael Ende's classic novel "The Neverending Story" will receive its New York premiere March 22 at the Skirball Center starring "Degrassi" acto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMNosedive's Apocalypse Gala from Pete Boisvert on Vimeo.
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 04:12PMJacobean tragedies are among the grisliest in theatre and they never end well for the women, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:11PMThe dancing is fast, furious and fascinating with bodies bouncing, flying and racing, fed by the music’s driving pulse, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:11PMIn the smash hit SISTER ACT, leading lady Patina Miller as Deloris van Cartier belts out the song, “Fabulous, Baby.” But how did Deloris van Cartier become so fabulous? Check o…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 04:05PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the plays, as well as casting and creative teams, that will be presented in repertory as part of its annual Next Up series, to run June 5-24.
Em…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PMLegendary musician Dave Stewart will bring a series of documentary films to movie theaters entitled Dave Stewart Presents …, according to Deadline.com.
The site reports that the film…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:01PMAlexis Petridis's article about the decline of gay culture in pop music (Straight and narrow, G2, 29 February) was thoughtful and interesting. Further reasons why it declined: during the 195…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM
Deborah Staples will star in Robert Hewett's The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, to run May 22 - July 29 at Writers' Theatre. Joe Hanreddy will direct the productio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PMRobert Owens-Greygrass, who is part-Lakota, found the Red Road, after a more troubled period of his life. He talks about what that means in his solo shows Walking on Turtle Island and Ghos…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:53PMStage veterans Jessica Lange and Zachary Quinto will return as series regulars for the seconds season of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk acclaimed television series American Horror Story, accor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PMA scene from West High School, when about 150 Latino students walked out in 1969 after enduring racist remarks and were met with tear gas, is one of several that will be featured in a perfor…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:48PMAccording to the Associated Press, ex-Spidey director Julie Taymor claimed in court today that she was a 'victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push her out of the production.' Tayor's lawyers …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMThe upcoming episode of the NBC musical drama "Smash," entitled "Let's Be Bad," will air March 5 at 10 PM ET. Here is a preview.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMA coalition of arts groups wants to make one long cultural corridor from the Sculpture Garden to the river on Hennepin Avenue -- and they're asking for your input.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:38PMIt’s totally fitting that Pam Tanowitz, a choreographer with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a day job at City Center, should be drawn to the music of Morton Feldman. His String Quartet No. 1 …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:30PMFree as Injuns, an adaptation of Desire Under the Elms, will make you wish you were seeing that rarely produced Eugene O’Neill play instead
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:30PMStage and screen star Georgia Engel will guest star on the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, according to TVGuide.com.
She will play Jean, the widowed mother of Lyndsey (played by Courtney…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMKXTR, Kansas City's longtime classical radio station, is finally really dead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:24PMDirector Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push her ou…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:19PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMActresss, singer and Broadway star Idina Menzel will appear on CBS's morning show THE TALK on Tuesday, March 6th. The show will air from 200-300 PM, ET 100-200 PM on the CBS network.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PM
"As a result of all the changes that Taymor could not and would not make, the Spider-Man musical is now a hit," according to the show's producers, Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, in an …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:58PMBroadway hit ‘Sister Act’ comes to Atlanta in spring 2013. This funny musical adaptation of the hit 1990s film with Whoopi Goldberg in the lead will convert Atlanta’s Fox Theatre throu…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:57PMStage*Write the New iPad App Revolutionizes Theatre and More: Yesterday the theatre world was a buzz with the launch of the new iPad app, Stagewrite.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:54PMBroadway smash hit ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ is returning to Atlanta for a week-long run at the Fox Theatre from March 12 to 17, 2013. A show about music, passion, the ups and downs of li…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:54PMThree Canadian theatre stars have not only found their way from Stratford to Broadway, but also onto the pages of the April issue of Vanity Fair.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:53PMRelive the hype and the feeling live as ‘Flashdance – The Musical’ sizzles in Atlanta in winter 2013 with a week-long run at the Fox Theatre from February 5 to 10, 2013. From the movie…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:50PMThe Disney and Broadway classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’ will sweep its Atlanta fans off their feet once again with a week-long run at the Fox Theatre from November 27 to December 2, 2012.…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:47PMThe annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women, and women singing tunes written for men — will play Broadway's Al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMDirectors Emily Mann and Blanka Zizka are set to participate in Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's One-On-One Conversation Series, to take place onS Saturday, March 10 at 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:44PMThe Tony Award winning musical ‘War Horse’, which now also has an Academy Award nominated film adaptation, gallops back to Atlanta for a week-long run at the Fox Theatre from September 2…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:43PMShowtime has announced additional casting for its pilot, Ray Donovan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As previously reported, Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber will play the title chara…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMNBC has released two video previews from the Monday, March 5th episode of the new musical drama series SMASH. In the first clip, Karen Katharine McPhee discovers what she brings to the party…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMMCC Theatre's re-invented, off-Broadway version of the musical "Carrie" takes another stab at one of the biggest flops in Broadway history.
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:36PMA limited number of 40 rush tickets to the star-studded BROADWAY BACKWARDS 7 will be released for sale at 630 PM Monday, March 5, 2012. The rush tickets will be sold outside the Al Hirschfel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMFour-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) will host the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, which will be held March 19 at Sym…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced the lineup for the Ernst C. Stiefel "7@7" Reading Series, testing new works in front of the public, which will kick off March 12 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMThe Tony Award-winning play by John Logan is at Seattle Rep through March 24, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:27PMRoyal Opera House, LondonBallet Black may have been founded as a platform for black and Asian classical dancers, but you have to love it, too, for the opportunities it gives to choreogr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26PMSierra Boggess and Joyce van Patten lead the final New York cast of Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore, beginning Feb. 29 at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMDenis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella alternate performing this new interpretation of an ancient tale. Running now through March 25 at New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:22PMHOT LUNCH APOSTLES This is a revival of The Talking Band's 1983, perhaps prophetic show, which imagined millions unemployed in an economically ravaged USA, where carnival stripper troupes, c…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 02:20PMEven if the story defies rational analysis, this musical can no longer be denied a place among the more unsettling and unusual musicals of our time.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:18PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad will be joined by Broadway stars Andre Holland and Bill Pullman and Brittany Snow in the comedy pilot 1600 Penn, according reports.
The series, which Gad will ex…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PMDeaf West Theatre has announced the retirement of founding artistic director Ed Waterstreet and the appointment of David J. Kurs as the company's new artistic leader.
Kurs has previous…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMJackie Hoffman, Michael Musto, and Tonya Pinkins have been selected as celebrity judges for the sixth annual The Broadway Beauty Pageant, which will take place at 8pm on Monday, March 19 at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMGodspell's resident Jesus and Weeds star Hunter Parrish is adding another credit to his resume: solo artist. Parrish recently completed an EP record titled Guessing Games that will soon …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMThe Broadway cast album of Bonnie & Clyde will be released April 24 on the Broadway Records label. The musical ended its short run on Broadway Dec. 30, 2011, but the Frank Wild…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMTwickenham Film Studios' sad end, gunfight at a vacant lot near the OK Corral and Joely Richardson's family semaphore habit✒ Round where we live we're very sad indeed about the likely clos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMHoward McGillin, Chryssie Whitehead, Patti Cohenour, Nancy Anderson and the rest of the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of Damn Yankees recently offered a sneak peek at th…
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Tony Award winner David Zippel, who wrote frisky lyrics for City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl and the regionally-seen Princesses, has adapted Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMMusical "Carrie" revival goes off-Broadway for premiere: An updated revival of the musical “Carrie,” the legendary 1988 Broadway flop based on the 1974 Stephen King novel, opened Thursda…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:55PMBoth productions play around with chronology in order to show the dark side of history, to unmask convenient illusions of social or personal well-being by juxtaposing the myopia of the past …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PMProducer Daryl Roth joined the final group of Off-Broadway cast members in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, at B.Smith's after their performance at the Westside Theatre on Thursday, March 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:51PMEmmy Award winner and Broadway star Neil Patrick Harris participated in an all-star event to christen the new Disney cruise ship Fantasy in New York City last night. Also on hand at the even…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMCelebrity judges for the sixth annual The Broadway Beauty Pageant have been announced. Jackie Hoffman The Addams Family, pop culture columnist Michael Musto, and Tonya Pinkins Caroline, or C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMThe League of Professional Theatre Women, in association with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, will offer "Celebrating Our Legacy: Oral History Photographic Exhibit …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMHusband and wife Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub attended the March 1 preview of Kenyetta Lethridge's Innocent Flesh, playing at the Actors Temple Theater.
The play, which is directed…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMGOVERNMENT INVESTMENT TAKES CENTRE STAGEjoel fishbaneThe Canadian government will invest $9.2 million dollars in the National Theatre School over the next two years, Heritage Minister James …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:47PM2012 MAC Award nominees Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano will open the spring season at Café Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie on Thursday, March 22.
The popular husband-and-wife duo …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMAfter dishing about love and fashion in Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore, the 30th and final cast of the hit show headed out a night out on the town. Broadway fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMWith a nod to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber’s lyrics from Sunset Boulevard I fervently believe that great philosophy is found within a show tune. These words characterize our time-honored ritual …
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 01:37PMPlaying Molnár, the Hungarian playwright born in Budapest, is a little like snowboarding. You have to ride the dialogue well forward and stay dangerously fast and loose to get plenty of air…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMPorgy and Bess stars Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald perform on the March 2 broadcast of "The Rosie Show," and Playbill.com has a sneak peek.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMThe Segerstrom Center for the Arts has the productions and performers that will be part of its 2012-2013 season, which will include an engagement of the new stage musical version of the movi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:33PMThe loosely affiliated community of American theatre geeks had a Mecca this week. It was the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where MCC Theater opened its retooled pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMOnce again the Irish Rep has transformed their postage stamp sized theatre into an entirely different land. But after about five minutes of this production the word “tedious” starts flo…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:25PMIt takes more than just thigh-high boots and false eyelashes for Sister Act star Patina Miller to reinvent herself as the truly fabulous Deloris Van Cartier. As Miller layers on the gli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMAn experimental musical attempts to get at the tension between creation and violence: the love and ambivalence of Americans toward constant expansionism and growth. There's the atom bomb, m…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:18PMOne of the greatest joys of our job is seeing our audiences transformed by a theatre performance. At some point in Roundabouts 46-year history, youve likely experienced a play or musical tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWelcome 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 next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMF. Murray Abraham stars in a new off-Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht's classic "Galileo." Brian Kulick, artistic director of the Classic Stage Company and the director of the play, dis…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:00PM
David Eldridge's In Basildon is to extend its run at the Royal Court.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PMThese days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multiple message board…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMSan Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee has announced that American Conservatory Theater purchased the Strand Theater, a historic cinema that has been closed since 2006, to produce and present new …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMNow that pop star Nick Jonas has wowed audiences as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, there’s another ‘60s-era musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMEmmy Award winner Sally Struthers stars in the Alhambra's next performance, Hello, Dolly Ms. Struthers, who rise to acting fame began with the hit TV show All in the Family, is making her fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMTwo-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz has been cast in the pilot of the upcoming NBC drama County, according to Deadline.com. The Jason Katims project, which will chronicle the lives of youn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMWith the imminent arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is scheduled to begin previews March 12 at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it woul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMThe original cast recording of Bonnie & Clyde will be available for purchase on Tuesday, April 24 by Broadway Records. A digital release date will be announced in the near future.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:43PM
GHOST THE MUSICAL’s leading lady CAISSIE LEVY sat down with Playbill.com to talk about introducing New York audiences to the magic and wonder of GHOST THE MUISCAL, which continue…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 12:42PM“Newsies the Musical,” a coming Disney Broadway production, recounts a strike waged in 1899 by New York newsboys (with a few historical embellishments).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:37PMThe twisted pleasures of Circa.When I first saw the Australian troupe Circa at the Edinburgh Fringe two years ago, I found myself cringing at some of their antics.But judging from its s…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:37PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
"Carrie" is smaller, less bloody and no more compelling than the last time it hit the stage.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:33PMThe original cast album of Frank Wildhorn’s Bonnie & Clyde, featuring Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan as the title outlaws, will be released by Broadway Records on April 24.
Set i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMHow sets and costumes support the musical’s vision Before it even begins, the musical Carrie emanates dread. The set of MCC’s revival, now at the Lucille Lortel, suggests an empt…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:29PMCarrie, a musical with a checkered past (it only ran for five performance when it debuted on Broadway in 1988), returned to New York after an absence of nearly 25 years. Directed by Sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMSubmissions Only, Broadways favorite behind-the-scenes sitcom, continues in its second season with special guest stars Mark Kudish 9 to 5, The Apple Tree, Cass Morgan Memphis, Mary Poppins, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth, whose new TV series, "GCB," debuts March 4, would like to star in two of Jerry Herman's most famous musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMEnglish National Ballet's week-long residency at Tate Britain celebrates Pablo Picasso's collaboration with the Ballets Russes and coincides with the Tate's Picasso & Modern British Art exhi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMIn the beginning was the Word. At least I thought so until I saw Wim Wenders’ film Pina last night. In the beginning, middle and the end are the undulating movements of her dancers that re…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:22PMOne Destiny performances resume March 20
History on Foot Walking Tours begin March 21
Lincoln Historian Michael Burlingame signs books March 23
Author Anthony Pitch discusses Lincoln’s ass…
SOURCE: fords.org at 12:22PMDon't miss John Lithgow in Manhattan Theatre Club's THE COLUMNIST, the fascinating new play from Tony Award®- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn. Tony winner Daniel Sullivan…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:16PMExtra! Extra! We’ve got your quick and tasty theater news headlines for the week that was: Music theater deity Stephen Sondheim let slip to London’s Evening Standard that he is w…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:16PMEmmy Award winner and Broadway veteran Neil Patrick Harris performed as part of the christening of the new Disney cruise ship "Fantasy" in New York City.
The event also included a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:14PMThe Lark Play Development Center has announced the selections for its hotINK at the Lark festival of public play readings, held March 22-26 at Lark's BareBones Studio.
The free publi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMSomeone new and someone, well, more experienced are Broadway bound: Justin Long will make his Broadway debut and Chita Rivera will return to the stage.Someone new and someone, well, more exp…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:09PMWar Horse Toronto
This powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a production of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized p…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:09PMHere s a shortlist of the spring season's most promising theatrical offerings.Here s a shortlist of the spring season's most promising theatrical offerings.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:07PMClare Cook Dance Theater has announced the premiere of Show Me Real, an evening-length dance-theater piece, which will run March 23 and 24 at 8pm at TADA! Theater.
The piece, which traces …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMReview of the Saturday, February 25 performance at the 9th Theatre Space at P.S. 122, New York City. Starring David Garrison, Jenn Harris, Stephen Bienskie, Harry Bouvy, Ashlee Dupre, …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe company revives its unusual production of Four Saints in Three Acts and premieres its new work A Choral Fantasy at BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMA look ahead at the spring theater season in Southern Calfornia: Trucks have never really been my thing, but of the upcoming new musicals this season, I’m most curious about “Hands on a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
For Idina Menzel's new PBS special and cd, Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony she sings Lady Gaga's Poker Face in tribute to singing it on Glee. In this video, not only does she sing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMOur love for iconic actress Meryl Streep has never waned, but after the actress picked up her third Oscar earlier this week for The Iron Lady, we're feeling the Meryl mania. Streep also …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMHere is our photo of the week from this month’s Vanity Fair featuring Matthew Broderick, Kelli O’Hara and the cast of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. A pretty amazing shot by legend…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:47AM(Photo by Sekou Luke). The United States is a multicultural nation, and nowhere is that truer than in the arts. However, the full range of the diverse cultures working in the arts often occu…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:46AMA teenage girl fidgets on a red-sheeted double bed, headphones jammed to her ears, laptop at the ready, her hair covered by a hood. She kicks her bare feet and twitches the duvet in time wit…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 11:44AM35mm will play a two-night engagement at Brooklyn's Galapagos Art Space 16 Main Street on Wednesday, March 7 and Monday, March 12, both performances at 800 p.m. Get a first look at rehearsal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMFrom 2007, below is a post about Howard Barker’s A Style and Its Origins. Howard Barker/Eduardo Houth, A Style and Its Origins. 119 pages. London: Oberon Books, 2007. The world has a p…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 11:36AMAs first reported on Deadline.com, two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has joined the cast of Jason Katims NBC drama pilot COUNTRY, starring Jason Ritter.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMFive madcap players from Spain fire up wholesome, exciting ‘theatre with a capital T,’ for this weekend’s addition to The Moon’s Embrace, Teatro de la Luna’s ne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:31AMSimon Paisley Day will play Petruchio opposite Samantha Spiro as Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe. Performances will begin on June 23, directed by Toby Frow.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMWest End heavy hitter Ramin Karimloo will cross the pond to headline his own solo show at B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York City on September 13. The current Les Miserables star&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMShakespeare's Globe has announced complete casting for Henry V, to be directed by Dominic Dromgoole, which will run June 7 - August 26 prior to a six venue U.K. tour.
In addition to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AMTony Award winner Jane Alexander stars in Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque, which began previews on Feb. 14, for Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company for an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMSimon Paisley Day will play Petruchio opposite Samantha Spiro's Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, which will run in repertory June 23-October 13 at Shakespeare's Globe.
As p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMBroadway.com Extra: Tony Winner Audra McDonald Sings the "SpongeBob SquarePants" Theme Song
Watch the full episode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7esH0dQ91Q4&list=UUc5dp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:12AMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMBroadway.com Extra: Audra McDonald Performs as a Child Star Singing "Sisters" With Her Sister!
Watch the full episode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7esH0dQ91Q4&list=UUc…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:10AMMILLION DOLLAR QUARTET’s music supervisor and acclaimed musician Chuck Mead will be playing a one night only concert tomorrow, March 3 at 9:30 PM at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street). Tic…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:07AMSpotlight on St. Jude, a fundraising concert for St. Jude's Children Hospital, will take place at 6pm on Tuesday, March 6 at New World Stages.
Performers and participants will include …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMFind out how Michael Ball got into theatre and now finds himself dying his eyebrows and hiding his dimples to play Sweeney Todd in the West End.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:03AMEmmy winner Michael Imperioli, Sex and the Citys Mario Cantone, Tony Award winner Alice Ripley and the cast of Million Dollar Quartet will join the previously announced Shoshana Bean Wicked,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMStage and screen actress Ana Gasteyer, who can be seen on the ABC comedy "Suburgatory," will offer her cabaret show Elegant Songs From a Handsome Woman April 2 at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMJustin Long, the star of “He’s Just Not That Into You” and Apple television ads, will be making his Broadway debut when he joins “Seminar” later this year. He will take over the ro…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 11:00AMHere’s part 2 of our ode to “Smash,” new musical series that features a league of extraordinary Broadway stars. Here, compiled, are the top five television shows that featu…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 322012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMBroadway casting news: Justin Long is set to play a writing student for an eight-week engagement of Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar." Chita Rivera will star in the musical "The Mystery of Edwin Dr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMOne of the top three questions I get in my inbox (along with "How do I raise money for my show?" and "Do you know a good shrink because if I'm producing a show I must be crazy…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Too bad everyone couldn’t see Aubrey Berg’s recent INTO THE WOODS at the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music. The CCM production would have offered some valuable suggestions a…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:59AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera co-hosted the 13th annual Column Awards Gala, which honors excellence in theatre within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Feb. 27 at the Patty Granville Performing A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMTen Chimneys – Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd, is offering $10 tickets for theatre industry professionals to all performances March 9-17. Excludes OPENING NIGHT March 16. Offer avail…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 10:54AMStage and screen actor David Zayas will guest star on NBC's Grimm, according to a report on TVLine.com.
He will play Sal Burrel, a monstrous troll-like creature who is a city buildin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:49AMProducers announced Thursday that Long will make his Broadway debut alongside Jeff Goldblum on April 3 for eight weeks.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:45AM"Jamaica Farewell," a solo show created by a Los Angeles-based actress called Debra Ehrhardt, is to have a Chicago run at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., beginning May 4.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:45AMDonna Jean Fogel, Jane Keitel, Bekka Lindström, Dana McCoy, and Stefanie Seskin will star in a revised version of Richard Calian's MoM - A Rock Concert Musical, to run at TBG …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMDespite going through a title overhaul, ABC's new "GCB" has been shrouded in controversy over how it depicts Christians.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:42AMRamin Karimloo, who is currently starring as Valjean in the West End production of Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre, will play B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMDamn Yankees Musical - Choreography and Interview with Denis Jones
Damn Yankees is coming to the Paper Mill Playhouse! Denis Jones tells us how he choreographed the show. Christopher Charle…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:34AMCharacter Study: Patina Miller on Playing Deloris Van Cartier in "Sister Act" on Broadway
Buy Tickets to "Sister Act": http://www.broadway.com/shows/sister-act/
From:
Br…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:34AMTony Award nominee Melissa Hart and Michael Paul Levin will star in Illusion Theater's world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's What's the Word For, March 30-April 21. Michael Rob…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMTwo festivals start in Glasgow this week, Behaviour and Buzzcut, plus a feast of work at Sprint in London – there's plenty to see all over the countryScotland and Northern IrelandIn Northe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMThe Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa will offer a typically eclectic lineup for its 2012-13 season, which was announced Thursday. The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:26AMSchool #14: Renfroe Middle School Atlanta, GA Reported by: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO, iTheatrics February 6, 2012 I flew from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Georgia with a very full a…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:22AMThe White Plains Performing Arts Center will present Ken Ludwig's popular farce, Lend Me a Tenor, March 9 -March 18. Jeremy Quinn will direct the production.
The show is set backstage…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:22AMA tormented teen got a second chance at prom night March 1 when Carrie, the 1988 flop pop musical based on Stephen King's novel about a young woman with telekinetic powers, opened in a n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMBeyond Broadway: "Carrie" Returns Off-Broadway with Marin Mazzie & Molly Ranson
She's back with a vengeance! A revival of one of the most infamous musicals of all time, Ca…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:14AMWellfleet Harbor Actors Theater has announced the productions set for its 2012 summer season, according to Boston.com.
The season will begin in May with new artistic director Dan Lombardo d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:11AMPremiere Stages at Kean University has announced the selections for its eighth annual Spring Readings Series, to be held at the University Center Little Theatre.
This year's selection…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:11AMThis is one in a series of posts in honor of Women’s History Month Martha Firschke, born in Budapest in 1920 and billed as “Trixie” has been called by some “The First…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:07AMThe Actors Fund will present the 17th edition of Nothing Like a Dame, a benefit for the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, March 26 at 7:30 PM at The Gerald Lynch Theatre in Manha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMTelly Leung, the Rent and "Glee" star who is currently part of the cast of the acclaimed Broadway revival of Godspell, will host the Actors Fund's Young Professionals Launch Pa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMToday in 1995, Smokey Joe's Cafe opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre where it ran for 2036 performances. Smokey Joe's Cafe is a musical revue showcasing 39 pop stand…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThe music of the late, great Tupac Shakur is coming to Broadway later this year. “Holler If Ya Hear Me” currently is casting, and selected actors will begin workshops in April, according…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AM
On Twitter Watch, Kristin Chenoweth wrote Roles I wanna play before I die Mame with nickjonas as young Patrick and Dolly. In Hello Dolly. In about ten years
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMDeadline.com has announced a number of stage actors have been added to this season's group of television pilots.
Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has been cast alongside stage and te…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53AMOn last night's episode of AMERICAN IDOL, viewer's votes and the Idol judges chose the Top 13 contestants. It was also revealed that next week, the men will sing Stevie Wonder songs and the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41AM2012 Frigid Festival, The Red Room, Off Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: Tali Brady’s engaging and witty one-woman show explores Austen’s literary and personal lives.…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:34AMJana Robbins and Craig Haffner will present industry-only staged readings of Allan Knee's new play, The Jazz Age, March 8 at 3 PM at March 9 at 11 AM in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMSarah Paulson and Mamie Gummer will star as sisters alongside Mary Kay Place in writer/director Stacy Sherman's new film Claire's Cambodia, according to Deadline.com. The movie also …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:29AMAh, the stag weekend! One of the last bastions of manliness, where men are free to return to their Alpha roots and are positively encouraged to over indulge their masculine instincts through…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:18AMThe producers of the new Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT hosted a S Wonderful box office on yesterday, March 1st at the Imperial Theatre. From 10 a.m. to noon, NICE WORK …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMThe producers of the new Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT hosted a S Wonderful box office on yesterday, March 1st at the Imperial Theatre. From 10 a.m. to noon, NICE WORK …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMNCM Fathom Events and Omniverse Vision will bring the filmed version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring Donny Osmond in the ti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMThe Top 13 "American Idol" finalists were revealed during the live March 1 broadcast of the famed singing competition.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AMOne of the greatest joys of our job is seeing our audiences transformed by a theatre performance. At some point in Roundabouts 46-year history, youve likely experienced a play or musical tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMBy Byrne Harrison
Tawny Heatherton is many things - one hit disco wonder (in Europe), former "Hee Haw" Honey, niece of Joey Heatherton, incurable optimist, and Esperanto enthusiast.&nb…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:00AMFrom Hotel Torgo, a shambling documentary about the making of the epic Manos The Hands of Fate
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:00AMYesterday I noticed an interesting question from American Theatre Magazine: Is administration an art? I'm an administrator so, I will speak for myself. 60% of what I do, as a director of mar…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:00AM
The West End welcomes Zach Braff and awaits Mark Rylance and Omid Djalili, but Pop Idol star won't be joining them as Hair tour is pulled; meanwhile, the passport office insults actorsScrubs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMCheck out photos below from the cast during the opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMMCC Theater's production of Carrie celebrated its opening night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Thursday, March 1, with a post-performance celebration at The Griffin Nightclub.
Marin …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:52AMVariety reports that Scarlett Johansson is set to star as actress Janet Leigh in Fox Searchlight pictures ALFRED HICHCOCK AND THE MAKING OF PSYCHO. The film will focus on the making of the 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMThe opposing tensions in Sibley's dancing at a key moment in Ashton's The Dream are central to a defining performanceThere are individual moments in certain roles that are always key for me,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMAccording to the dailymail.co.uk, Victoria Beckham has refused to take part in a reality TV casting show for the VIVA FOREVER Spice Girls musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMStage stars Sarah Paulson and Mamie Gummer will star alongside Mary Kay Place, India Muenez, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Casey Wilson, and Joe Lo Truglio in Stacy Sherman's film Claire'…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:16AMThe musical Carrie made her return eagerly awaiting return to New York City last night after the show's notoriously short 1988 run on Broadway. This brand new and revised production, now pl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13AMThe Stages Festival is a statewide, monthlong event.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:03AMTony Award winner Scarlett Johannson will play actress Janet Leigh alongside Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03AMTony Award winner Scarlett Johannson will play actress Janet Leigh alongside Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03AMA struggling actress' story.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMPaul Dano and Paul Weitz discuss the new film Being Flynn co-starring Robert DeNiro.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
The project to educate Simon Amstell in the niceties of social media enlists the help of writer and actor Jessica Hynes
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMSimon is definitely becoming more enthusiastic and in tune with the practices of Twitter. He is now on an average of three tweets per week – no thanks to Jessica Hynes, I'm afraidI took th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMGet tickets for £15 to see A Few Man Fridays at Riverside Studios until 10 March 2012
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:55AMSybil Christopher is stepping down as artistic director of the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, Long Island after 20 years, but will remain on as a consultant.
"I've been think…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:53AMThe original Broadway cast recording of Frank Wildhorn's BONNIE AND CLYDE is set for release on April 24, 2012 and is currently accepting pre-orders.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47AMThe musical Carrie made her return eagerly awaiting return to New York City last night after the show's notoriously short 1988 run on Broadway. This brand new and revised production, now pl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47AMAgyness Deyn sure knows how to wear a frock. It was, after all, in the large print of her separate metier as an ex-supermodel.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:47AMThe Hollywood Arts Council will present the 26th Annual Charlie Awards Luncheon, benefiting Project S.O.A.R. (Students Overcoming All Risks), the Council's After-School Art Workshops he…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:38AMKate Kenney is a BFA graduateof the Mason Gross School of theArts at Rutgers, and she also studied at Shakespeare's Globe inLondonfor a year. She has originated roles in two of Don Nig…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:30AMThis week on Media Talk, John Plunkett is joined by the Guardian's head of media and technology, Dan Sabbagh, to sum up a dramatic week at the Leveson inquiry.Comedian Sarah Millican talks t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMI have always seen each professional engagement in an actor’s career as a new opportunity to learn and develop. What is more creatively fulfilling than immersing oneself entirely in the wo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:13AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMThe Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa announces its lineup for its 2012-13 season, with highlights including the Mariinsky Ballet, Broadway legend Barbara Cook and touring produ…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM
Yeah - That Rich Guy Stress is Likely MUCH Worse Than the I'm Starving to Death Kind“People who don’t have money don’t understand the stress,” said Alan Dlugash, a partner at account…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMThe Daily Mail is reporting that Victoria Beckham - aka Posh Spice - has refused to get involved with a proposed TV casting show to find the stars of new musical Viva Forever.
According the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMSTAR TREK. The Musical! OK, not really, but even Mr. Spock would find fascinating what we dug up in the Billy Rose Theatre Division about the original Star Trek actors before they went …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:09AMA cast of 100 local people are to collaborate with German theatre company Rimini Protokoll on a headline show for this year's Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM"Call Me Adam" chats with rising performer Jay Armstrong Johnson about starring in the premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver's "35MM," making his Broadway debut in "Hair," working with Alice Ripley …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AMThe Daily Mail is reporting that Victoria Beckham - aka Posh Spice - has refused to get involved with a proposed TV casting show to find the stars of new musical Viva Forever.
According the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
WAMU 88.5 and Lean & Hungry Theater will present a live-to-air broadcast of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, at 6 p.m. on March 4, 2012. The performance can be seen at Wilson High Schoo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:38AMSupermodels Twiggy and Jerry Hall became actors with a fair degree of success, and now the signs seem fairly good for their catwalk junior, 29 year-old Agyness Deyn, who makes a poised and p…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:28AMModel Agyness Deyn made her stage acting debut last night (1 March 2012, previews from 28 February) at Trafalgar Studios 2, starring alongside Ed Stoppard, John Schwab and Melanie Gray in F…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:19AMThe weekend ahead has guilty pleasure "Xanadu" at the Aurora Fox Theater; an all-star "Proof" in Cherry Creek; Broadway stars gathering in Fort Collins; "Six Degrees of Separation" at Vintag…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:16AMAre critics' knives out for "Carrie"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:06AMThe original musical version of Carrie was a notorious flop upon its 1988 Broadway premiere--it closed after five performances at a loss of millions of dollars, nearly destroyed the reputati…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 03:01AM
Reviews of Blood Knot and Richard III Off Broadway
SOURCE: Live Design at 12:39AMThough not as memorable as *Old Times* (Strawdog’s stellar fall 2011 production), *The Petrified Forest, with its endearing story arc and fine acting, is a solid recommend.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:25AMFrom the Berlin to the Ontario Philharmonic, from Carnegie to Koerner Hall. This should be my cue to reflect on how the differences are not at vast as all that. But the plucky orchestra from…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:22AMEven after a show runs for 2 months off-Broadway, you might expect it to take a little time to find its legs in the new space of a Broadway house. As of its third preview Once has found its …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:09AMFriday March 2, 2012
NEW YORK -- Attention, you young people milling about outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Nick Jonas will not be popping
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:04AMDirector New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Friends, books, art, music, the sun and the sea all inspire me. What’s your favorite line from a play? A tie between …
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I review the Irish Repertory Theatre's revival of Beyond the Horizon. Here's an excerpt. *...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I write about the second career of Charles Laughton, during which he directed...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"There's no such thing as old age; there is only sorrow." Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMFriends Always Creating Theatre presents The Mermaids' Tale, an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1911 novel "The Sea Fairies," beginning March 2 at The Great Room, part o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOn Friday, the non-profit Obie-winning Off-Off Broadway theater company New Georges celebrates its 20th anniversary with performances, a dance party and cocktails.
Producing Artistic Directo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony Award winner Karen Ziemba stars as Charlotte Bartlett, the overbearing chaperone of Lucy Honeychurch, in the new musical A Room With a View, based on the E.M. Forster novel, getting its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAlley Theatre's production of John Logan's popular two-character play Red, directed by Jackson Gay, featuring Tony Award nominee Scott Wentworth as painter Mark Rothko and Jay Sulliv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTim McKiernan, Robbie Tann and Hayley Treider lead the cast of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Laura Eason's stage adaptation of Mark Twain's classic, which begins performances March 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie and Molly Ranson are sharing a dangerous duet as mother and daughter in the new Off-Broadway production of Carrie, the pop musical based on Stephen King's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM“American Idol” runner up and stage actor Justin Guarini performs with his band in From American Idol to Broadway March 2 at 8 PM at Landmark on Main Street's Jeann…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMProducer Ken Davenport (Godspell, Chinglish, Oleanna, You're Welcome America...) presents a private industry reading of the new musical Garage Band, featuring music by Mark Allen, March …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAlchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan in association with Playwrights' Playground NYC present the world premiere of Michel Wallerstein's Flight, which begins performances at the DR2 T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLoni Ackerman, who played the title role during the original Broadway run of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and was most recently seen as Norma Desmond in the Gateway's pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAt long last, Tony Award winner Jane Alexander becomes an Edward Albee woman in the new Off-Broadway staging of The Lady From Dubuque.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRarely does a bright green, singing pear appear onstage with two world-renowned artists. That alone is reason enough to see Coosje (pronounced COH-sha), currently playing in FRIGID New York.…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMTickets for "The Gammage Project" have been halved to $10 for Allegheny County high school students
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMMost people know the Genesis 19 story of Abraham's nephew Lot and the doomed cities Sodom and Gomorrah. But what happened between Lot and his daughters after his wife looked back and became …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMAs a native of Louisiana with many family and friends from New Orleans and the surrounding suburbs, I found The Rope in Your Hands instantly intriguing. Written and performed by Siobhan O'Lo…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMHaving recently gone through the experience of several deaths in my own family, I instantly recognized the horrible bizarreness of being a mourner--the obsession over what to eat/feed people…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
