Inspired by Zooey Deschanel last week on HelloGiggles, Euan Morton decided to perform a rendition of The Carpenters' Yesterday Once More. Watch the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57PMEast 4th Street, Off Off Broadway
BOTTOM LINE: What are you doing Saturday? Come hang out with Theasy at Fourth Art Block's FAB! Festival!
Join us for an afternoon of free performa…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:51PMHEDY WEISS: As the uncertain Danish prince, Scott Parkinson gives distinctive interpretations of Shakespeare’s soliloquies in the Writers’ Theatre production.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:36PMApart from the charms of the material, the skill of these performers – most of whom are relatively new to Chicago stages or have not had such significant parts before – is reason enough …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:32PM Multi talented Carol Woods, currently appearing on Broadway in Chicago, will take her night off at 54 Below on Monday, October 15th, 9:30 p.m. to appear in concert in Broadway to Blue…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:28PMAs the fall season gets into full gear, it's CONTEST time again, readers! I'm pleased to share that I have several ticket, CD and other show-related giveaways lined up over the coming …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:08PMA HEALTHY DEBATE George Bernard Shaw observed that, “The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:03PMCheyenne Jackson is back on Broadway this fall, playing a porn star named Mandrew in David West Read’s new romantic comedy, The Performers. And while I’m not quick to judge a show based …
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Toronto and to all of Canada in their living rooms. Featuring Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber himself, the show is a nation-wide search to cast Dorothy in the new Mirvish Production of The Wizard …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMAccording to ComingSoon.net, Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to direct writer Keith Bunin's film Ezekiel Moss.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51PMNick Blaemire and the Hustle have just released the music video for Complete, directed by Nick Gaglia and Taylor O. Miller, shot by Jon Fordham, written by Nick Blaemire and the Hustle and m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31PMDrury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents the effervescent Broadway musical XANADU, which opened on September 13 at 8 p.m. and runs through October 28, 2012. The cast of XANADU is led by …
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There’s perfect symmetry in the fact that “Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky” had its premiere in the city where Drabinsky made and lost two fortunes.
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 07:59PMThis coming Saturday, head over to NoHo for the Lankershim Block Party. The music & theater festival is a fundraiser for the various companies that reside on the arty Lankershim Blvd., i…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:40PMSan Francisco Opera's Opera in the Ballpark event is one of the best things about living in San Francisco. I've been to every single simulcast, which the company presents once a year at the …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 07:40PMHere's a first look at the upcoming series which is set for the Summer of 2013
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMWhat’s in a name? Pinchwife, Fidget, Horner, Squeamish, Sparkish… William Wycherley labelled his characters blatantly. No-one is hornier than Horner, the womaniser who puts it about (sor…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:27PMThe marital team of Robert (adapter) and Elise Kauzlaric (director) bring this gothic thriller, penned by Wilkie Collins, to the stage. Robert masterfully condenses the plethora of informat…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:26PMChris Riggi of Gossip Girl has joined the cast of Darren Caulleys Unhealthy for a limited workshop run at HERE Arts Center in New York from December 4th-9th. He will play Kurt, a morally con…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMIf theatre critics were responsible for the lasting reputation of the plays that they review, The Second Mrs Tanqueray – which is to have a rare revival this autumn – would never be off …
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On October 15th at 930pm CAROL WOODS moonlights from the Broadway musical Chicago to appear in concert in Broadway to Blues at 54 Below, 254 West 54th Street. Directed by Leslie Dockery, Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMOn Twitter Watch, Cyndi Lauper wrote Full day KinkyBootsBway today. Kerry Mitchell was amazing to watch work. He was a force. The cast found new discoveries all day, great dayOn my way to Ki…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMI love the fall. I've always been the type of nerd who couldn't wait to get back to school. And now that I teach full-time, that nerd-liness continues unabated. Of course, one of the things …
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 06:44PMAccording to Deadline.com, Annie Potts has just been cast in USA's 'Paging Dr. Freed' pilot. The show is written by Michael Feldman and will be directed by Marc Buckland. Potts will play the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMIn 2011, the Three Stages audience delighted to Universe of Dreams, Ensemble Galileis presentation of poetry, music, and images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The Ensemble returns to Three…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMThe Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel welcomes one of the finest and most noted cabaret stars, Andrea Marcovicci, in her long-awaited Caf Carlyle debut. Ms. Marcoviccis four week engagement at the C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMCBS Network has announced the upcoming guests on the Late Show with David Letterman for 917-928. The show airs Monday through Friday, 1135 PM-1237 AM, ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMOn the very last episode of Cheer Factor, peppy video blogger Ryann Redmond and the Bring It On team celebrate Elle McLemore’s Disney-themed 21st birthday, remember their perfect Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe Yale Center for British Art has announced that acclaimed British actor Julian Sands will perform in A Celebration of Harold Pinter on Thursday, September 27 at 6 pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 91712.
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A magical world of adventure and imagination comes to life in Amigo Duende, a new musical written by Joshua Henry, the Tony Award-nominated star of The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights stage …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMThe line between fun parody and eye-rolling indulgence is as fine as a strand of permed hair, but director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell walks it with aplomb. With a lesser director, Xanadu …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:55PMAn updated list of celebrities who will participate in the Celebrity Autograph Table
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:54PMAn original musical about Poe’s last days brings to light the man, with the clichés scrubbed away, and his work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:50PMThe romance between a Hollywood actress and a Washington politician, born in the 2008 campaign, is put to the test in “Us.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:44PMThe five-time Tony Award nominated Broadway musical ROCK OF AGES, along with non-profit organization The Boot Campaign a Texas-based non-profit that promotes patriotism and awareness of cur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, September 17, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway THE RESCIGNOS Begins Wednesday, September 19:…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:40PMWalk-on appearances in Broadway's biggest hits, on-set visits to televisions most popular shows, lunch with Angela Lansbury, and the shirts off Hugh Jackmans and Ricky Martin's backs litera…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMAndy Goldsworthy will use Missouri limestone to create massive work
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:34PMLilla Crawford
(Annie), Katie Finneran
(Miss Hannigan), Anthony Warlow
(Daddy Warbucks) and the cast of Annie were joined by lyricist Martin Charnin and the newest Sandy to talk about …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMThere’s a bump at the box office for this week end. Broadway Blockbuster, The Book of Mormon, holds onto the top spot, again edging out The Lion King and Wicked to become the top grossing …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:29PMKansas City Repertory Theatre opens its 48th season with the Tony Award-nominated musical Pippin, which features a score by Grammy-winner Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. The Re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMCulture Project presents the 10th anniversary production of the hit, award-winning play, The Exonerated, written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, presented in special association with The I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMIt's time for episode twelve of BWW's newest exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy chats with Elaine Stritch about the latest Broadway go…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMA recent class action lawsuit, filed September 10, 2012 in the United States District Court in New York, alleges that Live Nation and Ticketmaster violated New York state law by offering sol…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:14PMContributor Ruth Wikler-Luker records two weeks of show-going in Portland, Oregon
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Broadway and Smash alum Brian d’Arcy James is heading to Texas —on stage at least— as he leads the cast of the upcoming musical adaptation of Giant.&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PMThe first to be written of August Wilson's "Century Cycle" of plays depicting African-American life in separate decades of the 20th century, Jitney is less overtly historical or political th…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:54PMUniversal Pictures Stage ProductionsGlenn Ross, Beacon CommunicationsArmyan Bernstein amp Charlie Lyons and Executive Producers Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson are pleased to announce the r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMThe Broadway production of the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages, at the Helen Hayes Theatre, will host a Military Tribute Night on Monday, October 2. The evening is being presented in par…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:54PMOr, How Much Female Empowerment Are We Allowed?
SOURCE: Culturebot at 04:53PMThe show dwells in a world of the barely seen and the partially heard, but instead of inspiring activism, it spurs apathy
SOURCE: Culturebot at 04:50PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Bob Avian. Peter and Michael also review Chaplin The Musical and Forbidden Broadway. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by C…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:48PMWake me up when September ends? While the song may go one way, it seems as though September is shaping up to be a good month for one of America’s favorite bands. Green Day, the well kn…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:45PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bring It On: The Musical, produced by Ghostlight Records and available on Back Lot Music, will be released for digital download on iTunes beginning Se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMFive short stories about David Rakoff I’ve been reading Sarah Hepola since way back when I lived in Austin and she wrote for the Chronicle. Her writing is exquisite, and this piece fro…
SOURCE: direct address at 04:42PMBroadway veterans Corbin Bleu, Charles S. Dutton and Stephen Lang will star in Chiller's TV movie adaptation of the classic W.W. Jacobs short story “The Monkey’s Paw,” according to The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:39PMBy Byrne Harrison
In preparation for tomorrow's show, "Doctor Who Returns to Hotsy Totsy Burlesque," I had a chance to chat with Cyndi "Cherry Pitz" Freeman, "Joe the Shark" Naftali and "Ha…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:38PMThe Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical Rock of Ages, along with The Boot Campaign — a Texas-based non-profit organization that promotes patriotism and awareness of current U.S. Arme…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMThis verse drama by poet Archibald MacLeish received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1959, but is little known today.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:37PMA pop deconstructionist explores the spectacle of pop music and the virtual body at Crossing the Line
SOURCE: Culturebot at 04:35PMVeterans also shine in Pullinsi's revival of this familiar title
Conventional wisdom has Chicago short on Broadway-type hoofers. But a trip across the Indiana state line to a Munster "42nd …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PMOn September 23, THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS finishes its Tony-winning run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. There's only one week left to see Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis in the iconic tit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMCamp Broadway will make its first-ever appearance in this year’s Village Halloween Parade, which will take place in Greenwich Village on October 31st. They are accepting enrollment for 100…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:22PMMurphy Guyer completes the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. Guyer is set to play Detective Baylen. The star-studded p…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:21PMJohn Ingle, who gained fame as Edward Quartermaine on ABC’s top-rated daytime drama General Hospital, has died in Los Angeles at 84.Ingle taught theater and acting at Hollywood High School…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMThe original Broadway Cast Album for Bring It On The Musical will be released digitally by Ghostlight Records/Back Lot Music on September 25, with a nationwide store release to follow on Oct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMRoundabout Theatre Company presents Nick Paynes If There Is I Havent Found It Yet featuring Annie Funke Anna, Michelle Gomez Fiona, Jake Gyllenhaal Terry and Bran F. OByrne George, directed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMThe original Broadway cast recording of the cheerleading musical Bring It On will be released digitally on iTunes on September 25 and hit stores nationwide on October 16. Ghostligh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PM"We didn’t want to create another Just For Laughs festival here; we wanted to create a brand new event."
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 9162012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMAlfredo (Roberto Di Biasio) shames Violetta (Myrtò Papatanasiu) (photo credit: Yves Renaud)VERDI’S FALLEN WOMAN IS A THEATRICAL TREATjoel fishbaneGrand and glorious, La Traviat…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:57PMTony Award winner Audra McDonald will appear in “Elmo the Musical”, a new segment to be featured on Sesame Street. “Elmo the Musical” replaces the popular “Elmo’s World” which …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:56PMClaybourne Elder stars in the title role of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Pippin, which began previews Sept. 14 under the direction of Eric Rosen. Wallace Smith and Mary Te…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMAnnie Potts will co-star alongside Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore in Paging Dr. Freed, according to Deadline.com.This comedy pilot for the USA Network centers on a pair of brothers, both g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½ ... They've got a kind of blues symphony going on at the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:51PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bring It On: The Musical, produced by Ghostlight Records and available on Back Lot Music, will be released for digital download on iTunes beginning Se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM100by Jim MurchisonSaturday was a big deal. 100 years of entertaining the community is monumental in Canadian theatre. The official opening of Hay Fever is Tuesday, but when you have achieve…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:46PMShame and the British. They go together like tea and crumpets, Sandhurst and Sid Vicious. But South Coast Repertory’s broad staging of Alan Ayckbourn’s exercise in indignity, &…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:40PMPut That Wallet Away! We have two tree-mendous events coming up for you this week, and they’re free, free, free! CHAIN OF FOOLS: HOW THE SILVER SCREEN WAS INVADED BY THE GREAT CLOW…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:38PMPlaywright Clarence Coo will be presented with the Yale Drama Series Award Sept. 18 at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater. He receives $10,000 and a reading of his work, Beautif…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMMany shows saw a slight jump in ticket sales during the past week, as the blockbuster musical The Book of Mormon managed to hold on to the top spot for a second week in a row. Broadway welco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:30PMA take on 50 Shades of Gray that's not quite spoof or serious commentary.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:29PMPlaywright Clarence Coo will be presented with the Yale Drama Series Award this Tuesday, September 18 at Lincoln Center Theaters Claire Tow Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMThis fall, Carolee Carmello and George Hearn will star in the new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. With book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMTwo popular theater companies — Seanachai (which focuses on all things Irish) and Eclipse (which devotes each season to the work of a single playwright) — have announced their upcoming s…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:24PM"We are glad to have its moral doubted; for in that, we find assurance that it needed to be told."-- Neil Bartlett’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver TwistHowever much I enjoy doing…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PMRECOMMENDED Things that occurred: a group of girls chatting on the street abruptly realized there was a dancer just two feet behind them softly ruffling her nest of paper behind a showcase …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:15PMPeople's Light and Theatre Company presents a moving, majestic production of August Wilson's "Seven Guitars," says critic Jim Rutter.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:10PMAs BWW reported, 'Hairspray's' Nikki Blonsky has just landed a recurring role on the upcoming season of NBC's SMASH. SMASH star and 'Addams Family' alum Wesley Taylor broke the casting news …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PM “My View” written by Stephen Sorokoff If Charlie Rose, while interviewing the famous actors on his PBS program, could also paint their pictures, he would be another Steve Bakunas.…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:02PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, 'Hairspray's' Nikki Blonsky has just landed a recurring role on the upcoming season of NBC's SMASH. The actress joins a growing list of high-profile gues…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMThey’re not quite Beatrice and Benedick, or Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Still, an appealing antagonism waxes and wanes between Carlos, count of Urgel, and Diana, princess of Barcelona,…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:00PMWriters’ Theatre presented such a memorable performance of Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” a few seasons back that it seemed only fitting that the compan…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMAs the 2012-13 Broadway season kicks into high gear, Playbill.com offers a selection of Playbill covers for several current and upcoming productions, including Cyrano de Bergerac, Grace, Cha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Nikki Blonsky, who starred as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film of the Tony-winning musical "Hairspray," will play a recurring role on the second season of the NBC musical drama &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMEdward Albee can write realism if he chooses, but he seems just as comfortable creating allegories or plays that confirm the label that was applied to him early in his career as a practition…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:56PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Is "Love and Information" the funniest and sharpest sketch show in town or theater's most audacious enquiry into the nature of how we perceive and navigat…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:49PMChristine Pedi will bring her new show to West Hollywood's The Gardenia on Wednesday, October 17 and 24, accompanied by Joel A. Martin on the piano.The latter concert will be Pedi's birthday…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Anna Mackmin's strong cast make the mood swings between pain and laughter very clear, but the disconcerting result is that the evening is robbed of tensi…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:46PMNikki Blonsky, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the film musical Hairspray, will guest star in a recurring role during the second season of NBC's drama Smash, acco…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:46PMAdrienne Warren, who stars as ambitious cheerleader Danielle in Bring It On: The Musical, has been selected to record the opening song for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:41PMBroadway's John Herrera and Natalie Toro are among cast members of the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights at Pioneer Theatre Company's home in S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMFEATURED GUEST STARS INCLUDE THE SPRING STANDARDS, DAN MILLS, SHARONE SAYEGH Twins Paul and Robbie Rescigno produce and star in their original musical comedy variety show The Rescignos at th…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:39PMProfiles Theatre has rental space available for their Alley Stage, 4147 N. Broadway beginning late October through December. Light and sound included, 65 seats, renovated lobby and two handi…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:35PMThis week - it's all about INTO THE WOODS The Public Theater's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapines INTO THE WOODS, part of The Publics 50th Anniversary season at the Delacorte, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMThe Kite Runner feels as if it's in the dark politically. Photos by Andrew Brilliant.Watching The Kite Runner (through September 30 at the New Rep), you can almost taste the …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:33PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMLast week's poll asked if you think the Tony Awards should return to Radio City Muic Hall in 2013... and 71 of you said 'Yes'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PMCorbin Bleu will star in the TV movie The Monkey’s Paw, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adapted by Macon Blair from W.W. Jacob’s story, The Monkey’s Paw will air on Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMDavid Cecil released on bail after being accused of disobeying media council orders by staging play about gay businessmanA Ugandan court has released on bail a British theatre producer who w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:27PMAmigo Duende, a new musical written by Tony nominee Joshua Henry, Heather Hogan and Luis Salgado, will receive its world premiere Oct. 4-7 at El Museo del Barrio in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMThe company of the recent Off-Broadway musical The Last Smoker in America, which played its final performances Sept. 1 at the Westside Theatre, will head into a recording studio Sept. 23 to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PM"The Gate Reopened" is, like all Brian Sanders' work, thrilling, inventive, daring, ingenious and very witty, says critic Merilyn Jackson.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:18PMA few of us at BBB are huge trivia geeks. We’ve done pub trivia, those trivia boxes at bars, we’ve even sat at home on a Friday night glued to the Game Show Network. We saw this listing …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:15PMNikki Blonsky, who made a name for herself as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 movie adaptation of Hairspray, has joined the cast of NBC’s Broadway dramedy Smash, according to The Hollywood …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PM"I didn’t think I could be bored looking at beautifully built dancers in the buff," writes critic Merilyn Jackson, "but absent a single touch of irony or comic relief throughout [Jumatatu …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:05PM
We are local, national, and global communities and networks of people doing similar work. What do we share amongst ourselves at every level? And how can we do this better? What are the value…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:59PMYesterday, at the top of the museums Grand Staircase leading to the Impressionist Galleries, a full-sized replica of Georges Seurats A Sunday on La Grande Jatte1884 was installed but devoid …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMActors Joe Kolinski and Julia Motyka will sign copies of their new book Now You Tell Me! 12 Actors Give the Best Advice They Never Got and give advice to young actors at the Drama Book Shop …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PM The Debate Society's new play, Blood Play, will premiere at Bushwick Starr on October 3rd. Written by Hanna Bos and Paul Thureen, Blood Play is described as "a darkly comic thril…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:58PMJake Gyllenhall is making waves in Nick Payne's dark comedy If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, and on September 17, the actor stopped by CBS This Morning to chat about taking the st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PMDamon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere's coming-of-age rock musical Bare returns to New York City this November in a fresh production at New World Stages. Playbill.com looks back at the sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMYesterday, at the top of the museums Grand Staircase leading to the Impressionist Galleries, a full-sized replica of Georges Seurats A Sunday on La Grande Jatte1884 was installed but devoid …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMSept. 17, 2012, would have marked Tony Award winner Dorothy Loudon's 79th birthday. In celebration of the Broadway comic genius, we look back at Loudon's career with a handful of fav…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMInspired by such disparate sources as South Park and Anne of Green Gables, Benita Scheckel became a lyricist. Her collaboration with Michael Upward, A Bend in the Road, is based on the latte…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:39PMThe Tony Award-winning revival of The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS will conclude its run on Sunday, September 23 so get in to see this critically acclaimed production while you still can
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMPlacido Domingo launches the Los Angeles Opera's new season with a seldom-staged Verdi production.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:37PMBarbra Streisand has added a stop to her upcoming concert tour: the Hollywood Bowl. The legendary singer will play the venue on November 9, according to the Los Angeles Times. It will be the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:33PMTickets are now on sale for the new Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. The musical, which stars Carolee Carmello in the title role as the famed evang…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PMDaisy Eagan, who won a Tony Award for Secret Garden at the age of 11, made Broadway history by being the youngest female actress to win the prestigious honor. Now 21 years later, Eagan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMThe producers of the Broadway production of the Academy and Tony Award winning play The Heiress have just announced that the box office at the Walter Kerr Theatre 219 W. 48th St. NYC is now …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s classic play The Heiress, starring Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and Downton Abbey’s Dan St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMVariety reports that Rosamund Pike, Sam Neill, Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of the upcoming film A LONG WAY DOWN. The project is based on t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMUS standup Rob Delaney has become a comedy sensation thanks to Twitter. He talks to Hadley Freeman about tweet fatigue, his battle with booze and why nothing beats face to face Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMBy Byrne Harrison
It's a well-worn comic trope that men today are merely washed-out versions of the manly men of yesteryear. With our minivans, middle management jobs, political corre…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 01:25PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of Broadways brightest stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMLeslye Headland’s comedy Assistance, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons earlier this year, will make the leap from stage to screen with a new TV pilot deal, Deadline reports. NBC …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMBog Walk from Works Progress on Vimeo. Artist Christine Baeumler wants us to get our feet wet. When we approached her about creating a short video for McKnight’s State of the Artist projec…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 01:11PMBen Berry, Jacob Ford, and Scott Hayes will lead BerryMeyer Productions' inaugural presentation, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, running October 11-28 at The Julie Harris Stage in Wellfleet, Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMWorks by Balanchine and Wheeldon are among the highlights as Helgi Tomasson’s troupe returns to London, Clement Crisp writes
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Christoph Marthaler brings out all the tragic resonances of Ödön von Horváth’s terse reflection on the Weimar Republic, Laura Cappelle writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:58PMA new version of this great and neglected Russian ballet makes for a gloriously entertaining evening, writes Gerald Dowler
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:58PMJonathan Groff: Tony nominee, Glee star, wedding singer?! On September 15, Groff surprised blushing bride (and huge fan) Christine Henderson with a romantic rendition of “The Way You L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMBroadway itself played a role during Fashion Week when stylist George Brescia emceed a panel about fashion and style in the Broadway community.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:54PMThe Broadway revival of The Heiress, starring Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, will now begin performances October 6, one day earlier than o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMby Michael Wheeler This post continues my efforts as a director of Senora Carrar’s Riles to stage the piece as per Brecht’s instructions “with a documentary film showing the events in …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:52PMAdam Chanler-Berat has been a pretty busy dude the past few years. After starring as Henry for the full Broadway run of Next to Normal he moved to a little off-Broadway play called Peter and…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:51PMConstituents of TCG are entitled a $130 registration discount to the National Arts Marketing, Development and Ticketing Conference: Friday, October 12 – Sunday, October 14, 2012, prese…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:49PMBrooke Berman, Theresa Rebeck, and Caridad Svich are among the playwrights who will take part in Guerrilla Girls On Tour's We Are Theatre, a one-night only evening of plays, monologues, and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMSternhagen, Cunningham to read comic miscues (John Cunningham and Frances Sternhagen talk about “Comic Miscommunications,” the one-night-only show they’ll perform at The Os…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:43PMBritish actor and comedian Billy Connolly will bring his show Billy Connolly: The Man Live to San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre for five performances from November 27 to December 1.C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMAt four-and-a-half-hours-long,
Einstein on the Beach — the famed Robert Wilson-Philip Glass project now being revived at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House —adds up to slightly less than the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMFormer ITV television presenter Matthew Kelly will star in an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull by Anya Reiss.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:29PMREVIEW: The Children's Theatre new season opens with a big musical, "Buccaneers."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:26PMThe producers of the Broadway production of the Academy and Tony Award winning play The Heiress are pleased to announce that the box office at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W. 48th St. NYC) i…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:25PMThe producers of the upcoming Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning play The Heiress announced Sept. 17 that previews will begin one day earlier than originally announced; performanc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMMurphy Guyer completes the cast of the forthcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross. Guyer will play Detective Baylen in Dan Sullivan&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMBroadwayWorld's Student Center High School Edition is back for another year Just like the BWW College Center, the High School Center offers a directory featuring upcoming show listings for h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMREVIEW: Poverty and poison mix lethally as Gulf Coast residents try to cope with a devastating oil spill in a play by Frank Theatre.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:24PMEclipse Theatre said Monday that it will stage three plays by the British scribe Alan Ayckbourn during the 2013 season. Eclipse is unique among Chicago theaters in that it dedicates entire s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:23PMDirector Dexter Bullard talks about bringing the heightened reality of “Grace” to Broadway Jesus and his followers have enjoyed a fair amount of time on Broadway of late. Still, …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:22PMThe box office will open for the Broadway revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street on Tuesday, September 18th at 10am. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS will be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMAlton Fitzgerald White, who stars as Mufasa in Disney’s blockbuster musical The Lion King, will release Disney My Way!, his second solo album, on October 1. The album, which …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMGhostlight Records will celebrate the release of the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyners new musical CALVIN BERGER with a concert at Joes Pub the evening before the release next Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMA new theatrical production aims to dispel the 'grim up north' stereotypes - and the public is invited to contribute. Alan Sykes is first in the queueA group of writers and artists from acro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10PMHappy Birthday, Constantine Maroulis American Idol finalist Maroulis earned a 2009 Best Actor Tony Award nomination for portraying Drew, an aspiring musician with pipes of steel in the Tony-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMGhostlight Records will celebrate the release of the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyners new musical CALVIN BERGER with a concert at Joes Pub the evening before the release next Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMStage veteran Murphy Guyer completes the cast of Daniel Sullivan's upcoming revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, which begins previews on October 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Roger Rees' one-man Shakespearean show What You Will opens tomorrow (18 September 2012) for a limited three-week season at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue (don't miss our Whatsonstage…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:55AMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series debuted a new concept called Portrait of an Artist, featuring actordirectorpainter Steve Bakunas. The multi-talented artist conducted an intimate int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMEgad: I adored this show from the very beginning. Dispensing with the original prologue written by playwright Thomas Baker, in which the audience is asked not to judge Susanna Centlivre’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:54AMMichael Scirrotto, appearing in Goodspeed's production of Carousel, offers an exclusive look behind the scenes at the historic Connecticut venue. The production, running an extension thr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMThe Big Apple Circus will return to Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park for its annual engagement beginning October 20. The organization's newest production, Legendarium, will run through Sunday,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMAfter watching her effervescent acceptance speech for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design, it’s impossible not to be charmed by Paloma Young. This impression is furthered by picking her…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:47AMAdditional casting has been announced for the CD release concert for the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyner's musical Calvin Berger, to be held Monday, September 24 at Joe's Pub under th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:45AMJonathan Bank at the Mint Theatre continues to unbury bits and pieces of our theatrical heritage as he continues his successful leadership off this unique off Broadway company. Some of his r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:41AMA recording of the new musical The Concrete Jungle will be recorded this month in London and New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThis fall, a slew of celebs are leaving Hollywood behind for the Great White Way. Broadway.com asked readers which Hollywood star they are most excited to see on in the coming months. The fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMOn Twitter Watch, Wesley Taylor wrote Creeper Series...Vol. II In 5...4...3...2...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMNBC will develop a single-camera comedy based on Leslye Headland's Assistance, which was given its New York City premiere earlier this year at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMtheatreWashington, the umbrella organization to promote area theater which sponsors the annual Helen Hayes Awards, has issued a call to the general public seeking potential judges for those …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:19AMTony and Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci will host the new season of the long-running PBS series Independent Lens, according to Entertainment Weekly.The series, which airs new dramas and documen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMPreviews for Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf may not be until September 27th but you won’t have to wait that long for our newest meme! Who’s Afraid of V…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:18AMThe 65th Annual Tony Awards took home three trophies at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 15. The 2011 Tony ceremony earned awards for Outstanding Special Class Program, Outstanding…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMCasting is now complete for the new Broadway production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Al Pacino.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMLove and Information at the Royal Court Theatre, a new play by Caryl Churchill, opened to press last week (14
September
2012).
The cast features Nikki Amuka-Bird, Linda Bassett, Gruffudd Gl…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:15AMIf you’ve been considering seeing The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess or would love to attend again, make sure to purchase tickets before it’s too late. This is the final week of…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:13AMIt was a bit of a coup for Liverpool Everyman to attract Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall to play Cleopatra and it was a similar coup for Chichester to bring the production to the festival &#…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12AMProduction photos have been released for Caryl Churchill’s new play Love and Information, which opened to press on Friday 14 September (previews from 6 September).Love and Information …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12AMTom Sizemore is returning to the stage in a new play titled "A Family Thing," by Gary Lennon, which will begin performances in February at L.A.'s Stage 52, in a production by the Echo Theate…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:10AMScreen and stage favorites Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, and Imogen Poots will star in Pascal Chaumel's film A Long Way Down, according to Variety.Base…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08AMComplete casting has been announced for the White Plains Performing Arts Center's upcoming production of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Port Out, Starboard Home, foolsFURY Theater and Z Space.
By Sam Hurwitt
Let’s get the title out of the way first. The word “posh” supposedly derives from …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:01AMI feel a bit like the band I did a documentary on this week, because I’m in like five different cities in six days: LA/Vegas/San Diego/LA/Portland. The cool thing about these trips t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Roger Rifkin, Christopher Ryan and Lauren Elaine Taylor will star in the Musicals Tonight production of Red, Hot and Blue — the 1930s musical featuring a score by C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMJaylee Mead, who, with her husband Gilbert, gave millions of dollars to arts organizations throughout the Washington, D.C., area, died Sept. 14, of congestive heart failure. She was 83.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending September 16, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $179,173 4,005 77.74% $44.74 BRING IT ON…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMAfter a year and a half run, "War Horse" will close its doors on January 6. The show first opened at the National Theatre in London in 2007, moving to the Broadway scene in April of 2011 at …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:45AMWe must love one another or die. W.H. Auden, “September 1, 1939″ (1940) We must love one another and die. W.H. Auden, “September 1, 1939″ (1955) What a difference a w…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:39AMHow does a 2012 Tony Award-winning regional theatre open up their newest season? Doing The Government Inspector is a great way to start. As the Shakespeare Theatre Company prepared to open t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AMTony winner Tyne Daly will host a tribute to the late actor Ron Palillo — who was best known as Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter" — which will be presented Oct. 3 at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMThe world of entrepreneurship is filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. When you live in a world where you take massive risk every day, there are bound to be days when that…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWell, shiver me timbers but the gang at Peter and the Starcatcher are going all out for “International Talk Like A Pirate Day”. On this Wednesday, September 19, the first 100 pe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:28AMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks launches its Fall 2012 Charity Auction online today, September 17th at 800 a.m. at www.biddingforgood.comthedramaleague or at www.dramalea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMMcCarter Theatre Center's world-premiere production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which plays the New Jersey venue prior to its Off-Broadway run at Lin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMThe hit musical series "Glee" kicked off Sept. 13 with "The New Rachel," in which New Directions members competed for lead vocals in the glee club while Rachel Berry (Lea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM"Hollow Earth," a fantasy/science-fiction novel for young adults written by John Barrowman and his sister, Carole Barrowman, will be released in the U.S. next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMI popped in for the first rehearsal of a new musical workshop last week – after introductions, the cast started in on a table read. And you better believe even at this first read throu…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 10:10AMRoger Rifkin, Christopher Ryan, and Lauren Elaine Taylor will lead the cast of Musicals Tonight's production of Cole Porter's Red, Hot and Blue, set to run October 2-14 at the Lion Theatre. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08AMPreviews began on September 14 for the RTC presentation of Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as Cyrano in a new Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Clmence Posy will make her Broadway d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThe fourth season of “Glee” only premiered last week, but already we are getting word of what we can expect for the remainder of the season. For instance, there will be an episode based …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM
For nearly two decades, Amy London has been a fixture of South Florida theater: behind the director’s table, wearing a stage manager’s headset, acting, leading the Fort Lauderdale Player…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:57AMSince winning a Tony Award—his fourth!—as the best Herbie ever in Gypsy, Boyd Gaines has embraced his Atlanta roots as Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway and in London and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:51AMOlivier Award winner Matthew Kelly will appear as Dorn in Southwark Playhouse's upcoming production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, in a new adaptation by Anya Reiss. The production will be …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMBroadwayWorld readers can enter to win two tickets to the exclusive, invitation-only preview event launching MOTOWN THE MUSICALcoming to Broadway this spring At this VIP event, youll get a f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMA staged reading of the screenplay for "Valley of the Dolls" will be presented Sept. 27 at 8 PM at the Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMThe West Coast Premiere of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, officially opened September 12 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Broadway World TVs Lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMAfter six years Caryl Churchill is back with a new play. Love and Information is a ‘fast-moving kaleidoscope’ featuring fifty scenes and over a hundred characters. It explores ou…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:25AMWhat He Did For Love, a tribute concert to the late, Tony-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch, will be presented at DROM in Manhattan Oct. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMIt has been announced that Priscilla Presley will make her pantomime debut as The Wicked Queen in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS at the New Wimbledon Theatre. The show will run from 7 Dece…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThe Drama League has launched its 2012 fall charity auction to benefit its educational programs and The Directors Project. Bidding is now open through Thursday, October 4 at 5pm.Auction pack…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:24AMJarred Christmas, Warwick Davis,and Priscilla Presley will lead the cast of the New Wimbledon Theatre and Family First Entertainment's holiday pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.Featu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMRising from the ashes of the former Westminster Theatre in London’s Palace Street, next to Buckingham Palace, the newly built, £7 million St James Theatre complex – compris…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:07AMWelcome back to the Farmhouse. If you listen close, you will hear the pitter patter of little feet running and skipping around. All at once you see her…a small child with no malice in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AMIn preparation for his show on September 21st, 22 and 23 at 8 PM at The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, I interviewed Dana Tai Soon Burgess, the director of DC modern dance company Dana Tai So…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMBroadway commercials can be a great marketing tool. They can be a fantastically fun piece of a show’s history. They can be witty, attention-grabbing, and completely effective in sellin…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AM
Well, his son may be a national disgrace but it just doesn’t get any better than Hank Williams, Sr (1923-53). I’ll definitely write a more in depth post at some future date, bu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:57AMA one-night only staged reading of Helen Deutsch and Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay for the classic 1967 film Valley of the Dolls will be held Thursday, September 27 at Los Angeles' Sacred Fo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:54AMThe Washington National Opera’s season opened Saturday with a highly anticipated role debut. Celebrated Verdi specialist Sondra Radvanovsky, in a departure from her usual spinto repertory,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #358: Winnie Lightner (for my full article on her go here). Now here she is singing a song I first heard sung by Bugs Bunny: To find out more abou…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AMA who's-who cast in Glencoe tackles timeworn tragedy
Peter Brook once said that, in essence, everything in regard to "Hamlet" has been done before. The Moody Dane has been young and impetu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:32AMDefenders of theatre as a form of entertainment in whatever its definition will receive a bit of a workout over the next few months, thanks to two downtown theatre companies across the stree…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:29AMMatthew Kelly is to star in a new version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull by Anya Reiss.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMKAMPALA, Uganda - A Ugandan court releases on bail a British producer who was jailed for staging a play about...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:21AMThe Wiere Brothers unfortunately came along too late for American vaudeville, hence we do not include them in our Stars of Vaudeville Series. Yet it would have been the perfect home for thei…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:21AMOver the years I have come to a very simple conclusion: artists and their arts managers get the boards they deserve.
I do not...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:17AMSadler's Wells, London: San Francisco Ballet's second mixed bill of its three-programme visit demonstrated not just the company's commitment to new work - a commitment few ballet c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMAnna Sokolow's art was the gift of distillation, designed around the choreographic mot juste and saying only that and nothing else. Performed by the right dancers, adequately coached, that s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:13AMKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A Ugandan court releases on bail a British producer who was jailed for staging a play about a gay businessman....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:12AMRed Room, Off Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This collection of one-act plays offers several hits and a few misses.
After teaming up this summer for the consistently …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:06AMLegit News:
Conference to accept scripts through Oct. 26
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06AMTim Levy to head office overseeing theatre's future activities in North America after successful Broadway transfersFollowing the success of its recent Broadway transfers, the National Theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Northern Sinfonia, one of Europe's most exciting orchestras and the first permanent chamber orchestra in Britain, was founded by Michael Hall while he was still in his 20s. He later worked a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMJean Allister may not have enjoyed the public profile of her contralto peer Kathleen Ferrier, but in the two decades until her retirement in 1975 she was a much-in-demand singer who demonstr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMJohn Moffatt was a consummate actor and was exemplary in all genres. Whether in Shakespeare or revue, restoration comedy or panto, he always had great style and integrity.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMSept 17, 20 & 21 American Opera Project, The Walt Whitman Project, and Angeli Rasbury present I HEAR AMERICA SINGING In association with Opera in Brownsville, the 1st Annual BEAT (Br…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:32AMMatthew Kelly is set to star in the world premiere of Anya Reiss’s adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull at the Southwark Playhouse later this year. Directed by Russell Bolam, the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:29AMThis bouncy tribute to the big band era's famous bandleaders Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey by two 25-year-olds, themselves brothers, is a sure-fire antidote to gloom and doom about the Great Recess…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:23AMSadler's Wells, London: Sadler's Wells kicks off its autumn 2012 season with a two-week, three-programme visit from San Francisco Ballet. Not seen in London since 2004, the company is o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMI'm sure this is a subject that has been covered before on TMU, but after this weekend I have to discuss the dreaded topic of… general auditions. I know that not all schools cast the whole…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
INTERVIEW: DARREN ELLIS The choreographer speaks to Diana Damian about his piece Revolver, inspired by Ingmar Bergman's seminal film Persona and featuring live music. The piece is competing …
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 06:41AMJerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court, London: Caryl Churchill's new play is one of fragments. The play is split into seven segments, each of which is, in turn, divided into a series …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AM“So it's like being unhappy but in your leg?” asks the young boy who can feel emotion but has no experience or conception of pain. This is not the only time that the thought-experiments …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:08AMSouthwark Playhouse, London: Joanna Lumley once told an interviewer that the best actors take "bloody good care to breathe into every corner they find in their character". She has …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMChichester Festival Theatre: The problem with Janet Suzman's production of Antony and Cleopatra is that it's distracting. Rather than clarifying one of Shakespeare's most ambi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
The usual heady mix - world premieres, plays never before seen in Philadelphia, and established shows that bear restaging - make for a promising first half of the theater season in Philadelp…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:53AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: First seen as a project for Ballet du Rhin, in 2008, David Nixon has brought his version of Ondine, the adult fairy tale, to his own Northern Ballet dancers.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMIt was a bit of a coup for Liverpool Everyman to attract Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall to play Cleopatra and it was a similar coup for Chichester to bring the production to the festival &#…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:46AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are Simon Callow's one-man show The Mystery of Charles Dickens at the Playhouse Theatre, Theatre Royal Ha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:40AMImagem Music Group, which owns some of the world's best-known musicals including Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music and The King and I, is nearing the launch of its new European th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:33AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are Simon Callow's one-man show The Mystery of Charles Dickens at the Playhouse Theatre, Theatre Royal Ha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:31AMPriscilla Presley is to make her pantomime debut this Christmas in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the New Wimbledon Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMAnyone who likes their Chekhov played straight should stay away, but this defiantly unconventional production is exhilaratingly acted, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:21AMFollowing Pamela Anderson, Dame Edna and David Haselhoff in recent years, the New Wimbledon theatre has pulled off another panto casting coup for 2012-13 by announcing that Priscilla Presley…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:07AMMany ballet companies struggle to stage new works. For San Francisco Ballet, it looks like a breeze: they’re dancing eight in this London season, spread across a generous three programmes.…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:06AMNothing gets old people clapping in unison quite like a contemporary rock musical. Drury Lane’s revival of “Xanadu” certainly doesn’t lack any of the plucky charm of …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, London's third-longest-running musical, has added an extra 16 performances, staving off closure for another fortnight at the Phoenix Theatre.
The Bill Kenwrig…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:33AMDo critics have questions about "The Why Overhead"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:29AMA myriad of short scenes, a plethora of ideas, a large cast, a script of unallocated lines (with an appendix of "random" alternatives), a comedy of communication, a drama of depression, a mo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:05AMPosted in Business developmentCustomer ServicePersonal DevelopmentThere is an important question we need to ask our partners in every business relationship, transaction, financially viable a…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AM
The Guardian (UK) 09/12/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:35AMTonight, September 17, 2012, The Duplex will serve up the delightful monthly musical soiree Were Having A Dinner Party A Jubilee of Delicious Music. The Book of Mormons Jason Michael Snow wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe first Broadways ROAR Rockers Obliterating Ailing Renal will take place at the Laurie Beechman Theater tonight, September 17th at 930 P.M. This is a benefit for actress, Kellie Lynne Leac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMToday, September 17 at 10 a.m., the Neil Simon Theatre Box Office opens for the new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTony Award winner Linda Lavin will make nightclub appearances in New York this month, including two shows at 54 BELOW 254 W. 54 St. in Manhattan tonight, September 17 at 7 p.m. and September…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMYesterday afternoon Satchmo at the Waldorf wrapped up a hugely successful run at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. On...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMSidney Bechet and Claude Bolling perform "St. Louis Blues" in 1958: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason." Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
The Anderson Twins don’t really play the fabulous Dor-seys in “The Anderson Twins Play the Fabulous Dorseys!,” but never mind. This musical tribute from one pair of swinging musical si…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:42AMPippa Johnstone as the Duchess (photo credit: Tim Matheson)Oh my...audience participation! You love it or you hate it or you love it if it's not you up there on that stage. Blind Date tells …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAn Artistic Producer on Producing Artby David Sklar (photos by Paul Ducharme)CHARPO: Why do you have the title of Artistic Producer and not Artistic Director of the Segal Theatre? …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe box office at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre opens for business 10 AM Sept. 17 for walkup sales to the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThis month's missive offers a reflection on World Stages London, a peek at the freaky London Wonderground, a reunion with Dickens' Women, plus The Last of the Haussmans, The Physicis…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMA new and official website devoted to the creative partnership of actress-dancer Gwen Verdon and director-choreographer Bob Fosse was launched over the summer by their daughter, Nicole Fosse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Fox medical drama "The Mob Doctor," which features a cast that includes Tony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey, premieres Sept. 17 on Fox.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Drama League launches its Fall 2012 Charity Auction online Sept. 17 at 8 AM ET by visiting www.biddingforgood.com/thedramaleague.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHighlights from Grumpy Old Men: The Musical will be seen and heard Sept. 17 in a midtown Manhattan industry reading aimed at venue operators interested in booking the show on its upcoming na…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTituss Burgess, Chester Gregory II, Morgan James, Saycon Sengbloh and Alysha Umphress are among the performers taking part in Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, featuring new arrangements of ic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRockers Anonymous returns to the Underground Lounge Sept. 17 for its sixth installment, Back to the BaSIX, which features rock and pop talent from the musical theatre scene performing r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway at Birdland's monthly concert series Frank & Friends, which celebrates the music of Tony-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn, continues Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Daisy Eagan performs in concert Sept. 17 at Joe's Pub, the intimate cabaret located within the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1879 The Daly Theatre opens at Broadway and Thirtieth Street in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Redgraves to be honored at annual gala
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMI didn’t entirely understand what was bugging me about the director Christopher McElroen’s “Invisible Man” (adapted, by Oren Jacoby, from Ralph Ellison’s 1952 n…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMTHE THEATRE
HARD-KNOCK LIFE
Oct. 3
Katie Finneran—who stole the show in “Promises, Promises” as a proud, lonely, hilarious lush—plays another drunk, Miss Hannigan,…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMLegit News:
'Porgy' posts biggest Broadway gain of the week
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