Arts | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Travesties,’ at the McCarter Theater Center by Anita Gates

Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties,” at the McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, is an elegant but highly challenging production with verbal gems.

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 3/24/2012

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 3242012.

Comedy: Storytelling Classes in New York by Megan Angelo

New York has hundreds of classes on sketch, improv and joke writing — storytelling is rapidly catching up.

Finding the Right Wig for the Role on Screen by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

There are different reasons why a wig works for a part, and why, sometimes, they don’t.

Filumena, Almeida Theatre by Matt Wolf

If it's possible to take a loving and empathic approach to decidedly intractable material, the director Michael Attenborough achieves precisely that with Filumena, in which Samantha Spi…

Lady Gaga, Tony Kushner, Ricky Martin Among Recipients of GLAAD Awards at NYC Ceremony by Dan Bacalzo

The awards in the majority of categories were presented at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards New York City ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Times Square, on Saturday, March 24. The event wa…

Ghost protocol by Barbara Hoffman

There are two kinds of people: those who want to leave a classic movie alone — Harper Lee and the 1962 film of her “To Kill a Mockingbird” spring to mind — and those who want to turn…

People You Should Know . . . Andrea Lepcio by Zack

Andrea Lepcio’s Lookingfor the Pony was a finalist for the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Awardand the NEA Outstanding New American Play Award.  It was presented in a "Rolling World P…

Will they make it to the Royal Ballet? by Luke Jennings

Set in a Palladian villa in Richmond Park, White Lodge is already one of the most fiercely competitive schools in the country. But young British dancers are finding it tougher than ever Cont…

Young Palestinians act out their struggle on another stage by Killian Fox

A year ago the Israeli-born director of a tiny theatre in a West Bank refugee camp was gunned down. Now young Palestinians are fighting to save the place where they can voice their anger, fr…

The 10 best Shakespeare characters by Robert McCrum

The Cultural Olympiad is preparing to stage all his playsRobert McCrum

Heads up: Big and Small

What are we talking about? An Australian production of a translation of German writer Botho Strauss's 1978 play Gross und Klein arrives as part of the Olympic London 2012 Festival: an episod…

Beyond Ballets Russes, Coliseum, London

You could be forgiven a sense of déja vu. All last year, dance companies were queuing up to pay their dues to the Ballets Russes, the phenomenon that first united art, sex, music and fashio…

The Master and Margarita, Barbican, London Sweeney Todd, Adelphi, London Filumena, Almedia, London

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, said Sigmund Freud. Ivan Bezdomny would beg to differ in Mikhail Bulgakov's great, darkly surreal and satirical novel The Master and Margarita – …

BWW TV Flashback: Opening Night of THE BOOK OF MORMON! Happy First Anniversary! by Broadway Beat

THE BOOK OF MORMON opened one year ago tonight on, Thursday, March 24, 2011 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to RAVE reviews. Here's a look back at the cast and creative team at the opening nig…

Review: The Sea (Theatre Mir) by Scotty Zacher

Even Jonathan Berry’s intrepid staging can’t overcome the fact that *The Sea* can’t both mock its characters and scare its audiences at the same time. Though the show ends with some (s…

Stephen Wallem's Pipe Dream vlog: Day 6 by New York City Center

Stephen Wallem's Pipe Dream vlog: Day 6 In this installment: Out of the rehearsal room and onto the stage, running on fumes, and finally a day off. From: NYCityCenter Views: 5 0 ra…

Dance spotlight: B-Boy J-Sun at the Cowles Center

Review: (Vancouver) The Importance of Being Earnest by The Charlebois Post

Allan Zinyk and Ryan Beil (Photo by Emily Cooper)Game, Set and MatchA winning Earnest at Arts Clubby Jay CattersonThe classic Oscar Wilde satirical farce The Importance of Being Earnest, now…

The Real Thing by Theasy.com

Boomerang Theatre Company, The Secret Theatre, Off Off Broadway By Jason Rost BOTTOM LINE: The rules of love are examined in this smart, if at times undercrafted, revival of one of St…

American Voices spreads culture of music worldwide

Music, art and dance are helping to bring people together.

Drummer W.S. Holland got $11.50 to play with Million Dollar Quartet

The pioneering rock drummer reminisces about Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and the "Quartet" musical that comes to town this week.

Nicholas McGegan's Vivaldi CD is worth hearing

Conductor is notable for his profound sense of joy in music-making.

Broadway’s Streetcar Named Desire Meet and Greet by Errol Rappaport

Broadway's Streetcar Named Desire Meet and Greet: Nicole Ari Parker / Daphne Rubin Vega / Blair Underwood

Little Boxes: A playwright’s notes on quantified identities by Saviana Stanescu by HowlRound

Two weeks ago I did a Google search on down coats. The sunny day after my virtual search, I found a cute red down coat on sale in a downtown shop and bought it. Great, good for you, you’d …

The Rise of Self-Help Rock by Isaac Butler

By Isaac Butler Here in Minneapolis, we have a station run by our local NPR affiliate called "The Current." The Current mainly plays up-to-date indie rock. They play a lot of local…

Los Angeles Dance Review: CONNECTED (Chunky Move at Luckman Theater) by Jason Rohrer

BUT ONLY BY A THREAD During Connected, the 2011 dance piece from Australian company Chunky Move at the Luckman Theater in Los Angeles last week, a strip-club cat-call was heard from the audi…

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE MANY MISTRESSES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING (Atwater Village Theatre in Atwater Village) by Barnaby Hughes

WHAT IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN? While many plays purport to examine race issues, few tackle them head on. Ensemble Studio Theatre’s production of The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King…

Stage spotlight: 'Underneath the Lintel'

One-man play at Camp Cabaret.

No Longer Loving Jesus Christ Superstar by Suzanna Bowling

No Longer Loving Jesus Christ Superstar: The new Broadway incarnation of “Jesus Christ Superstar” is like a Las Vegas revue, except nobody moves his or her arms unless disjointedly chore…

Black Playwrights Initiative – A Retrospective by Scotty Zacher

The Black Playwrights Initiative was formed to provide new works for the venerable Black Ensemble Theater (BET). The festival, the Initiative, and BET are from the heart and soul of BET foun…

Freud and C.S. Lewis debate faith and atheism in Taproot play by Misha Berson

Fans of Mark St. Germain's one-act "Freud's Last Session," as well as the Bellevue psychologist acting as adviser to the local production, are drawn to the play's articulate exploration of F…

STAGE TUBE: Tim Rice Talks JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR! by Stage Tube

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by Des McAnuff, opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 22. Tim R…

Review: Bad Dad and the Invisble Boy by Michael Block

The unit set family drama is an oft-produced play. It’s simple to produce and tends to please the average audience. So how do you create something fresh in a new unit set family drama? Wel…

Live on #NEWPLAY TV Sun, March 25: Humana Festival Panel “The Scribes Speak: A Playwrights’ Forum” by HowlRound

As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the third of four panel discussions webcast live on #NEWPLAY TV will kick off on Sunday,…

Weekend Agenda: IDGAF About Miss Hannigan Edition by Lucky and The Mick

The week is done. The 2011-2012 theater season is growing short. And 5,000 shows are opening in the next twelve days. On your mark, get set… Jesus Christ Superstar‘s Josh Young a…

Review: The Underbelly Diaries by Dan Bacalzo

Aaron Berg's frequently hilarious solo draws upon tales from his life as a bodybuilder and male stripper.

"Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Songbook" Centerstage! in Seattle by David-Edward Hughes

Conceived, compiled, directed and musically directed by prolific Centerstage! Resident Musical Director David Duvall, Tenderly is a concert with narration, not a dramatization of Clooney's s…

Printer's Devil Theater's "Torso" by David-Edward Hughes

Amidst the mainstream musicals and plays dotting the Seattle theatre landscape at present, local playwright Keri Healey's noir thriller Torso sticks out like a sore thumb. Perhaps appropriat…

Olive Thomas: Patron Saint of Chorus Girls by Cavigliathecountess

This is one in a series of posts in observation of Women’s History Month. It is written by our special guest blogger The Countess. When a girl dies young it leaves a perpetual question…

NSO's moving performance of Dvorak's 'Stabat Mater'

Orchestra, soloists, Washington Chorus soar to rare, intensely spiritual heights.

Review: (Toronto) My Granny The Goldfish by The Charlebois Post

Sincerity Wins The DayThe script is uneven, but the cast is superbby Stuart Munro“Yes, you may die. But are you happy with the life you have lived?”These words are spoken early on in Act…

STAGE TUBE: A Roundup of EVITA's Many Ches! by Stage Tube

While we wait for our first look at Ricky Martin's eagerly anticipated take on the role, we thought this was a perfect time to check out some highlights of some of the greats who have taken …

Review: (Ottawa) East of Berlin by The Charlebois Post

Simon Bradshaw on stairs (photo credit - GCTC/Andrew Alexander)The Walled CityGCTC offers a work which is mysterious, thought-provoking and layeredby Jim MurchisonBefore the play starts, as …

‘Lend Me A Tenor’ at The Heritage Players by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

It’s a thunderous orgasm of insane comedy rupturing up from the seasoned talent put on display through The Heritage Players Lend Me a Tenor. With Director Damien Gibbons at the helm, the h…

Getting beyond narcissism at Heart and Dagger by Thomas Garvey

It looks like more fun than it is.After enduring Next to Narcissism - oops, I meant Next to Normal! - at SpeakEasy Stage, I was in the mood (altered or otherwise) for a good production of Cr…

Theater review: 'Anna Christie' at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego by David Nichols

David C. Nichols reviews director Daniel Goldstein's in-the-round revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" at the Old Globe in San Diego. A theater review for the Los Angeles Times.

Review: Bard Fiction (Commedia Beauregard) by Scotty Zacher

*Bard Fiction* is definitely a comic gem that should not be missed. Commedia Beauregard blends Quentin Tarantino and the Bard himself, and there are more similarities than you'd ever imagine…

BWW Exclusive Blog: CLYBOURNE PARK Behind the Scenes: Day Five by Clybourne Park

I get excited seeing all of the people present getting prepared for their first stumble through, sitting at the boards and wearing headsets. I just kept looking around thinking, this is not …

The Lunch and Judy Show #105: “Remember the horn hardart automats’ by Joel Markowitz by Joel Markowitz

I have been a weekly regular guest with Judy Stadt for years talking about theatre in DC, Philly and NYC and other things…like what was happening in my life. I call it free therapy eve…

Welcome to Babylonia by Aislinn Rose

by Aislinn Rose Free Fall ’12 starts Saturday March 24… have you uploaded your memories yet? Last month I sat on a Social Media Week panel to talk about the online component I had create…

JKTS Interactive: HOT/HOTTER Round 9: CARRIE Cuties by JK

LAST WEEK TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S POLL!ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO LEAP OF FAITH!CLICK THE ICONS TO YOUR LEFT!ROUND 9: CARRIE CUTIESCOREY BOARDMAN VS ANDY MIENTUSOf all the fine looking guys you…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 3/24- ALL SHOOK UP by Stage Tube

Today in 2005, All Shook Up opened at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 213 performances.All Shook Up is a jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story…

Opera designer Robert Israel's sculptures will cheer sick kids by Mike Boehm

Veteran opera and stage designer Robert Israel has done 11 huge sculptures for a new children's hospital wing in Baltimore. The UCLA professor -- currently working on a ballet at La Scala in…

Theatre review: Shrek the Musical surprises with strong stage adaptation by Robert Cushman

As one of the few people in the world who never saw the movies, I am in no position to pronounce on how faithful Shrek the Musical is to its source. I have gathered that the first film was g…

GLAAD Media Awards to Stream Live Tonight by BroadwayWorld

The 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards will be held tonight, March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square and can be streamed live online beginning at 430pm.

BWW TV: Inside Roundabout's Starry Tribute to Rob Marshall; Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Andrews & More! by BroadwayWorld TV

On Monday, March 12th, 2012 Roundabout celebrated Rob Marshall with the 2012 Spring Gala From Screen to Stage. Rob Marshall began his career with Roundabout working on celebrated musicals su…

Stage Write: ‘An Interview with MD Film Festival’s Rahne Alexander’ by Teresa McCormick Ertel by Teresa McCormick Ertel

Entering its 14th year, Maryland Film Festival is an annual four-day event that takes place the first weekend of each May, presenting top-notch film and video work from all over the world,…

Truth and lies at the Public Theater by George Hunka

On 22 March, the Public Theater hosted a panel discussion arranged and led by Time Out New York theatre reviewer Adam Feldman on the Daisey affair; participants were writer-director Steven C…

The Lion King Miami | Adrienne Arsht Center by Admin

Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ is coming to Miami for a month-long run just in time for summer. It is slated to hit the Ziff Ballet Opera House of the Adrienne Arsht Center from May 15 to Ju…

Memphis Dallas | Music Hall at Fair Park by Admin

The Tony Award winning musical ‘Memphis’ comes to Dallas for a two-week run at the Music Hall at Fair Park from May 15 to 27, 2012. From Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro comes ‘Memphis�…

Mamma Mia! Dallas | Music Hall at Fair Park by Admin

‘Mamma Mia!’, Broadway’s ultimate feel-good show, is coming to Dallas for a week-long run at the Music Hall at Fair Park from May 29 to June 3, 2012. Featuring the chart-topping and ic…

Peter Pan Dallas | Music Hall at Fair Park by Admin

Tony nominee Cathy Rigby will be flying high his summer to cowboy country as she spearheads the national tour of ‘Peter Pan’, slated to hit the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, TX for …

The Addams Family Dallas | Music Hall at Fair Park by Admin

‘The Addams Family’ is revving up Halloween with a three-week run at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, TX from October 2 to 21, 2012. This is a new spin on Charles Addams’ well be…

Dream Cast: Pocahontas the Musical (Disney) by BroadwaySpotted

More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my favorite,…

Roscoe’s Roll Dance by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (for my full bio on him go here). In tribute, we share the following clip, which proves that Rosco invented the celebrated “…

Houdini’s Birthday by Trav S.D.

Today is the great Houdini’s birthday! For my full biographical essay on him go here. And see him do his rope escape below: To learn more about the roots of variety entertainment, con…

Changes coming to Museum of Westward Expansion, but the buffalo will stay

When is the last time you visited the Museum of Westward Expansion — without an out-of-town visitor?

Homegrown talent Taylor Louderman brings it on

She strikes just about everybody as a really normal girl.

College buddy remembers Tennessee Williams

William Jay Smith met the playwright when both were students at Washington University.

How "Once" Managed to Charm Even Me by Jan Simpson

Once, the new musical that opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this week, may be the sweetest show to open on Broadway in years.  And I had worried about that.  My theatrical t…

Basil Twist: A Genius, With Many A String Attached by Elizabeth Blair

Basil Twist has been called a genius. The art he's a genius at? Puppetry — which he knows can be a hard sell. "It's not of this time," he says. "It's not of the world we live in now." But …

Shakespeare's Accent: How Did The Bard Really Sound? by NPR Staff

"To be or not to be" may be the question, but there's another question that's been nagging Shakespeare scholars for a long time: What did Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio, Portia …

BWW's On This Day - March 24, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Feature: Donald Sutherland Satisfies His Hunger by Ann Lieber

The award-winning stage and screen star discusses his role in the hit film, The Hunger Games.

NY Review: 'Baudelaire: La Mort' by Lisa Jo Sagolla

Pan Asian Rep's "Baudelaire: La Mort" is an impressionistic dance-theater mix of recitation, butoh, flamenco, and atmospheric music, with a beguiling cast.

Basil Twist: A Genius, With Many A String Attached

The innovative puppeteer Basil Twist is the focus of a mini-festival in Washington, D.C. this spring. Performances include the underwater Symphonie Fantastique and Arias With a Twist, featur…

Shakespeare's Accent: How Did The Bard Really Sound?

"To be or not to be" may be the question, but there's another question that's been nagging Shakespeare scholars for a long time: What did Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet really sound like …

Safe & Sound - Kate Davis (Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars Cover) by Kate Davis

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE ILLUSION (A Noise Within in Pasadena) by Jason Rohrer

COMIC EPHEMERA In Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1636 comedy L’Illusion Comique, the modern playwright has abandoned the contextual trappings that make the…

Chicago Theater Review: FUCKING A (UrbanTheater Company in Chicago) by Dan Zeff

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, IT’S A TELLTALE TITLE Suzan-Lori Parks claimed that her play Fucking A, now playing at the Urban Theater Company, was inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Sca…

Los Angeles Theater Review: THE MANY MISTRESSES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING (Atwater Village Theatre in Glendale) by Jason Rohrer

BLACK AND WHITE AND GOOD ALL OVER A smart play is usually a provocative play, but a provocative play is rarely smart.  Many playwrights competent to stir controversy have neither the chops …

Hairspray St. Gallen- You Can't Stop The Beat by Darreyl102

Hairspray St. Gallen- You Can't Stop The Beat i own no rights- for entainment only. From the St Gallen Production of Hairspray in Switzerland in 2008 Cast: Tracy-Ilse La Monaca Link-R…

Hairspray St. Gallen - I Know Where I've Been- Amanda Whitford by Darreyl102

Hairspray St. Gallen - I Know Where I've Been- Amanda Whitford i own no rights- for entainment only Amanda Whitford as Motormouth From the St Gallen Production of Hairspray in Switzerla…

Hairspray St. Gallen- Velma's Revenge- Gudrun Schade by Darreyl102

Hairspray St. Gallen- Velma's Revenge- Gudrun Schade i own no rights- for entainment only. Gudrun Schade as Velma in the St Gallen Production of Hairspray in Switzerland in 2008 From: d…

Jesus Christ Superstar by StageGrade

Do critics think "Jesus Christ Superstar" revival is the Second Coming?

Tricia McDermott by League of Professional Theatre Women

Director / Producer / Consultant New York, New York and Long Island, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I’d like to say it came from beauty or some munificent place. But in tr…

STAGE VIEWS: Broadway Actor Graham Rowat by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via e-mail, we he…

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With "Smash" Choreographer Joshua Bergasse by Kenneth Jones

Joshua Bergasse, a dancer who performed in Broadway's Hairspray and The Life, is suddenly in charge of some of the most high-profile choreography in America — on TV's "Sma…

Theatre For Thought, March 24, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

SUNDAY IN THE PARK.joel fishbaneBennett and I are walking through the park when she remarks that she thinks it’s ridiculous for Montreal arts reporters to review any show that doesn’t co…

Jessica Gorlicky’s art is turning the world on its head by Sandie Benitah

When I spot her in the coffee shop, her hair is perfectly straight, tied into a neat low bun, and she is wearing black from head to toe.Montreal

Power Plant director Gaetane Verna: On the job by Murray Whyte

Gaetane Verna takes over as director of the Power Plant on the eve of its 25th anniversary, after almost a year with no-one in her chair. Can she right the ship?

THE WEEK AHEAD, March 24-30: Newsies Opens on Broadway; Cybourne Park, Starcatcher, Nice Work Begin by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that the Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park (a riff on A Raisin in the Sun) moves to Broadway… Raven-Symoné slips into a Broadw…

From The Mountaintop to The Columnist, A Look at the 2011-12 Broadway Season: The Plays by Playbill Staff

With the 2011-12 Broadway season coming to a close next month (April 26 is the cut-off date for eligibility for the 66th Annual Tony Awards), Playbill.com offers a three-part look at the cur…

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of March 11–17 by Judy Samelson

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of March 11–17, 2012, from information compiled by Playbill.com.

GLAAD Awards, Honoring "Smash" Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, Presented in NYC March 24 by Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters presents "Smash" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron with a special honor during the New York GLAAD Media Awards March 24 at the Marri…

Gavin Creel, Rachel de Benedet, Jamie LaVerdiere, Jeff Zarrillo Take Part in NJ Premiere of 8 March 24 by Michael Gioia

Dustin Lance Black's 8, about the federal court trial contesting the Proposition 8 voter ban in 2008 on same-sex marriage in California, receives its New Jersey premiere March 24 at Mont…

Michael Bakkensen, Jillian Crane and Lea DeLaria Head Out of Iceland, Starting March 24 by Andrew Gans

Alfred R. Kahn, in association with Culture Project, present the Off-Broadway premiere of Drew Larimore's Out of Iceland, which begins previews March 24 at Walkerspace.

Emanuel Azenberg Will Reflect on Neil Simon Classics at Off-Broadway Lost in Yonkers Talkback March 24 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Emanuel Azenberg will discuss his long personal and professional relationship with playwright Neil Simon in a moderated chat following the 2 PM March 24 …

Buyers make West End wait

Legit News: London sees shift in purchasing patterns

Spring showers big bucks on Broadway

Legit News: Tourism boosts rookies and existing shows alike