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Linked From The Idiolect at 11:54PMPORN is not what you imagine. Though it’s mostly someone else’s unimaginable reality, it fills the senses with a profound understanding. (read more...)
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 11:25PMI review the new Broadway revival of Annie in today's Wall Street Journal. Very much to my surprise, I loved...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:22PMVariety is the name of the game this week. So take your pick of theater or dance, the traditional or the experimental, and let eclecticism rule. Bluegrass musical “The Burnt Part Boys” (…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 11:19PM“We’re looking for that inner clown that’s just dying to get out,” says a Ringling Bros. exec as the circus comes to town and auditions wannabes hoping to train at “clown college.…
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In “Checkers,” a play by Douglas McGrath, Anthony LaPaglia is Richard Nixon, fighting to stay on the 1952 presidential ticket, and Kathryn Erbe plays his wife, Pat, as an innocent victim…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:43PMObama gets choked up while thanking his campaign workers.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
Linked From The Hub Review at 10:32PMComplete casting has been announced for the London production of the Tony-winning The Book of Mormon, which will begin previews Feb. 25, 2013, at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 10:26PMTwo gifted stage performers – Anthony LaPaglia and Kathryn Erbe — are at the top of their game in Douglas McGrath's Checkers at The Vineyard Theatre. Their turns as Richard and Pat Nixo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:25PMMayor Michael Bloomberg has already succeeding in banning supersized soft drinks in theaters, but if he ever proposes a similar restriction to what's happening on the theatrical stage, I sus…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:25PMAs it did in 1977, the musical “Annie” arrives in a battered city and economically uncertain country, but this time with Katie Finneran as a Miss Hannigan who has glimmers of a conscienc…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:25PMNEW YORK (AP) — It is an odd thing indeed to watch Sandy get a huge ovation from New Yorkers.
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:19PMNEW YORK (AP) — Big surprise: politics is a dirty game, and many political operatives are rough-and-tumble behind the scenes. Pat Nixon, wife to former President Richard Nixon, apparently …
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:19PMThere are several ways to approach a production of the Martin Charnin–Thomas Meehan–Charles Strouse musical Annie.
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I love Charles Isherwood’s theater reviews. I don’t always agree with him and there are moments where I do think, “No, Charles. That was not a good move,” but overall…
Linked From Fragments at 09:58PMWhen a little orphan hit machine named "Annie" opened in 1977, Americans living in shacks seemed positively Dickensian. Nobody had said anything about federal works projects for decades, muc…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:22PMFor students of political history and anyone of a certain age, Richard Nixon's so-called "Checkers speech" has a special place on the continuum of campaign oratory. This was master manipulat…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:22PMAnnie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opens tonight at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. Annie stars two-time Tony Award w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22PMChicago Shakespeare Theater CST joins the international celebration of the bicentennial of Charles Dickens birth, Dickens 2012, with a Worlds Stage presentation of the Olivier Award-nominate…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22PMThere’s so much that’s right about director James Lapine’s joyous revival of the classic Martin Charnin–Charles Strouse–Thomas Meehan musical comedy “Anni…
Linked From backstage.com at 09:20PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
"Annie" returns to Broadway for the first time in 15 years in a handsome if somewhat checkered new production that's nevertheless superior to the redhea…
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America voted, and Carly Rose Sonenclar made it (back) into the Top 12 on THE X FACTOR tonight. Eliminated tonight was Jason Brock, who got the lowest vote total last night. The wrinkle was …
Linked From The Journal News at 08:53PMNEW YORK — When the feisty little girl with the curly red hair fills her lungs to belt out the tune about the sun coming out tomorrow, the tingle one experiences starts at the bottom of th…
Linked From Washington Post at 08:31PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner will reprise their roles as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in the West End's production of The Book of Mormon, beginning at the P…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMDouglas McGrath’s new play “Checkers” offers a reasonably compelling portrait of the relationship between Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat. However, it slights the political…
Linked From backstage.com at 08:18PMCivic Light Opera of South Bay Cities slates a Nov. 21 revival of Thoroughly Modern Millie -- and a revival of the company itself -- at the Warner Grand in San Pedro...The Colony raises enou…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 08:17PMAfter six decades, Long Beach's Musical Theatre West is the most prominent musical theater company in Los Angeles County. Executive director and producer Paul Garman, who has been with the…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 08:17PMBroadway favorites Matt Doyle and Blythe Danner will return to the Broadway stage in The Book of Mormon and Nice Work If You Can Get It respectively. Doyle will succeed Nic Rouleau, who will…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 08:17PMNeither Suzanne Farrell’s glittering name nor the coaching prowess behind it are enough to give her dancers the luster they desperately lack. The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, performing at the …
Linked From Washington Post at 08:06PMAnthony LaPaglia and Kathryn Erbe star as Richard and Pat Nixon in screenwriter Douglas McGrath's play, which revisits the then-VP candidate's famous 1952 speech that forever changed the rol…
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PMSomewhere between Kathleen Turner clubbing an "Annie" fan to death in "Serial Mom" and Jay-Z sampling "It's the Hard Knock Life," this crowdpleasing family-friendly 1977 musical became a bel…
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The musical Annie has captured audiences’ hearts the world over for the last 35 years. Now, Annie is back on Broadway in a new revival. Did Word of Mouth panelists Anna, Brittany and Z…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:37PMIn the latest episode of her video blog, Scandalous star Carolee Carmello answers a viewer's question about food, reveals her stash of goodies and more. Click on for a delicious time!
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:37PMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic joins legendary Broadway lyric soprano Barbara Cook for an evening of timeless music, as she celebrates her 85th birthday and a career of over a half century. En…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:21PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Sir Kenneth Branagh will play MacBeth in Shakespeare's tragedy at the Manchester International Festival next summer, which runs July 4-21, 2013. Rob Ashford is s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:21PM"'The best thing for being sad,' replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, 'is to learn something. That is the...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:15PMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I look at how artists respond to great public events like Hurricane Sandy--and...
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Due to the cancellation of necessary rehearsals during Hurricane Sandy, the upcoming Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella has delayed the start of previews and openi…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:22PMNederlanders to become first Father/Son living landmarks This article is reposted from BroadwayDirect.com, the Nederlander Organization Blog. James M. Nederlander (Chairman) and James L. Ned…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 06:22PMThe Belarus Free Theatre will return to New York City for the 2013 Under the Radar Festival, which will also include works by Elevator Repair Service, the Nature Theater of Oklahoma and a fr…
Linked From Playbill at 06:21PMThe second annual Artists for World Peace on Broadway, an intimate evening of song and dance, was held Nov. 4 at St. Luke's Theater.
Linked From Playbill at 06:21PMWorst Ever Productions presents its next set of shows as part of the Fall Season run of WORST AUDITION EVER at the Cavern Club in Silverlake - produced by Christine Lakin, Alec Ledd, Daniel …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:21PM"Broadway Against Bullying," a benefit cabaret featuring a slew of Broadway stars, will be held at San Francisco's Club Fugazi on Monday, December 3 at 7pm.Paul Canaan will host the event, w…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:21PMIt is all getting a little tense at Filskit HQ. There have been late nights, hysterical ideas and the obligatory panic purchasing of projectors. At the point of writing it is only one week u…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:21PMOne morning on a trip to Las Vegas, I was swimming in the pool. I looked up from the water and was startled to see that almost every woman in every lounger was reading exactly the same book:…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:15PMNEW YORK — The Chicago cast of the satirical musical "The Book of Mormon" will feature Nic Rouleau, the current star of the Broadway company, in the central role of Elder Price, along …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:15PMKerry Reid on what's onstage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's onstage in Chicago's suburbs.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:15PMA repurposed robot prototype named KUKA, originally designed by the auto industry, is the breakout star of Sans Objet, a performance piece making its debut in the U.S. this month. Randy Gene…
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Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, November 8, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Director Rob Ashford to…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:55PMThe 6,300-seat Shrine Auditorium was filled to capacity for the world premiere of “Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical,” a one-time-only charity performance about humanity’s search fo…
Linked From Footlights at 05:53PMYou choose the murderer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the whodunit smash based on the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens and adapted by Tony Award®-winning writer/composer Rupert Holmes (…
Linked From Footlights at 05:53PMby Michael Wheeler Yesterday, Bill C-427 came up for second reading in Parliament. A private member’s bill proposed by the NDP’s Tyrone Benskin (previous Artistic Director of Montreal&…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 05:53PMBig John/ Little John was a Saturday morning kid’s show on CBS that ran for one season in 1976. Sherwood Shwartz of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch was executive producer.…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:53PMBroadway alum Kerry O’Malley will join the A&E pilot Those Who Kill, according to Deadline.com. The new series is an adaptation of a Danish crime series based on the book…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:35PMThe heart-stoppingly gorgeous first act chorus - photos by Eric AntoniouPuccini's Madama Butterfly is one of the most oft-performed operas in the world - probably because it's among the…
Linked From The Hub Review at 05:26PMStars of some of Broadways biggest hit musicals including Kinky Boots, Wicked, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and GHOST The Musical will gather for Broadway Against Bullying a one-night-o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMRediscover the definitive concert performance of the worlds longest-running musical, when BBC Home Entertainment brings you the newly remastered Les Misrables 10th Anniversary Concert Specia…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Broadway favorite Matt Doyle will join the cast of Broadway's the Book of Mormon as 'Elder Price.' Doyle replaces Nic Rouleau, who on December 11 will leave …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMTonight, Broadway celebrates the opening of James Lapine's production of the classic Annie. The legendary musical has been seen all over the world and sampled in countless media. In that spi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:20PMThe New School for Drama has announced that BAFTA Award-winning English playwright, director and screenwriter Sir David Hare will serve as distinguished Artist-in-Residence for one week begi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMF. Murray Abraham, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Finn Wittrock are among the actors who will take part in Classic Stage Company's Books on Stage Reading Series, devoted to the works of Fyodor Dosto…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:20PMBroadway star Matt Doyle will take over the role of Elder Price in the Tony Award-winning hit musical The Book of Mormon from current portrayer Nic Ricoleau. No date has been set for Doyle's…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:20PMTheatre Horizon's handsome, spacious new home in Norristown is getting a first-rate introduction via Pretty Fire, actress/author Charlayne Woodard's finely detailed chronicle of the highs an…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 05:10PMThree Directors in Three Days ReduxA phone call. Why did I stay up so late Friday night? Why did I schedule this phone call so early? Why did I schedule anything on the day I was celebrating…
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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,…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 04:53PMThe Lion King - what else is there to say about this show that hasn’t been said before? It opened on Broadway fifteen years ago on October 15, 1997 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Fiftee…
Linked From The Broadway Critic Blog at 04:53PMSitting through Timeline’s phenomenal World premiere of Susan Felder’s ‘Wasteland’ is one of the most daunting and moving experiences you will have in the theatre. Everything regardi…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 04:46PMChicago’s Music Box Theatre continues its collaboration with the UK’s National Theatre Live, the best of British theatre broadcast live to cinemas worldwide. Up next: the great Simo…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 04:46PM“THE PEARL IN THE HOGWALLER,” Becca McCoy’s solo cabaret about moving from Chicago to the rural town of Palatka, Florida, is getting its Chicago premiere at Davenport’s Piano Bar and…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 04:46PMTune-in to “The Newlywed Game” today, November 8 at 9pm ET on GSN to see a special themed Broadway episode featuring couples who have been in major Broadway hits including Wicked, Rent, …
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 04:46PMOn November 20, 1996, SDCF in partnership with The Drama League explored the subject of Career Transitions with a panel of four Directors and Choreographers - Seth Barrish, Kathleen Marshall…
Linked From American Theatre Wing at 04:41PMAnthony J. Wilkinson's My Big Gay Italian Wedding, which returned for an Off-Broadway engagement at St. Luke's Theatre Nov. 3, has extended its limited run into the New Year. Ti…
Linked From Playbill at 04:19PMBBC Home Entertainment will release the newly remastered "Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert Special Edition," featuring bonus features and never-before-seen footage, …
Linked From Playbill at 04:19PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham and Under The Radar Festival Director Mark Russell announced the line-up today for the ninth annual UN…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMSonnet Repertory Theatre just announced that Nikki Renee Daniels The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will be joining SRT's previously announced Benefit and Cabaret November 12 at 92YTribeca, honor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Estelle Hallick and Melissa Giordano, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's B…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMThe Public Theater has announced participants for their ninth annual Under The Radar Festival, running January 9-20. Mark Russell directs the festival.Among the participating artists and co…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:18PMNovember 1-December 8: Having had success in 1966 with Plaza Suite, consisting of three one act plays within a play set in New York, Neil Simon repeated the experiment 10 years later with Ca…
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Calling all Mos! The behind-the-scenes team of Broadway's fantastical Peter and the Starcatcher are participating in Movember. During November each year, men in the U.S. and throughout t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMTony winner Robert Sean Leonard will take on the role of gruff phonetics professor Henry Higgins in the 100th-anniversary production of Pygmalion at San Diego’s Old Globe. Directed by …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMTony winner Rob Ashford will choreograph and provide musical staging for the upcoming 85th Annual Academy Awards telecast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously announced, the c…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMThe Lion King Character Study series kicks off with Patrick R. Brown. Watch how he describes Scar’s evil actions, and how his costume and makeup design work to make Scar sharp and unlo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMMatt Doyle will join the Broadway company of The Book of Mormon as Elder Price, a production spokesperson confirmed to Broadway.com. Doyle will replace current star Nic Rouleau, who has been…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMLet the battle at the barricades begin! A new trailer for the upcoming Les Miserables movie offers fans first clips of hunky soldiers Enjolras (Aaron Tveit) and Marius (Eddie Redmayne) as we…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMAudiences are rolling in the aisles nightly at the madcap musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a new revival of the 1985 Tony winner. Catch stars Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera, Will Chase …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMBroadway.com is your top source for news and exclusive features on stage stars, stage-related movies, concerts and more. The site's most-read stories from November 2 through November 8 i…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:33PMThe house lights go dark. Wind begins a low growl. Thunder claps, not in applause but in nature's, or God's, ferocious rebuke. Or so it seems. When the lights come up in "How the World Beg…
Linked From Denver Post at 03:21PMTwo impressive documentaries deal with the trials and tribulations of old age and the history of dance in Israel.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:19PMWest End actress Rachel Weisz, who appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse, is in talks to join the cast of David Cronenberg's "Maps to the Stars," accordi…
Linked From Playbill at 03:18PMNic Rouleau will depart the Broadway company of The Book of Mormon to co-star as Elder Price opposite Ben Platt as Elder Cunningham in the second national tour of the Tony Award-winning hit,…
Linked From Playbill at 03:18PMCarly Rose Sonenclar, the young singing actress who has been seen on Broadway in Wonderland and Les Miserables, is among the top 12 finalists for Fox TV's singing competition, "The …
Linked From Playbill at 03:18PMFind out if the butler did it when Goodspeed Musicals brings intrigue and amusement to the Opera House stage with its production of the musical whodunit Somethings Afoot. This hilarious musi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMTony Award winner Billy Crudup (The Coast of Utopia) will team up with Susan Blackwell ([title of show]), Tony nominee Maria Dizzia (In the Next Room), Peter Jacobson ("House, M.D."…
Linked From Playbill at 03:18PMAward winning actress and singer Linda Lavin has recently donated her personal art collection to Cameron Art Museum 3201 South 17th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:18PM10 New Sites Launch Devoted to Arts, Culture, Fashion amp Entertainment
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMThe Smith Center will present Linda Eder in a free holiday concert at Las Vegas' Symphony Park on Sunday, December 9 at 6pm.Eder will be performing a special concert of holiday classics, inc…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:18PMTony Award winner Debbie Gravitte will bring a return engagement of "A Broadway Chrismas" to Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 8 at 7:30pm.She will…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:18PMLibby Letlow said good-bye to Blanche DuBois and picked up puppets. Now she's in her second production of the musical Avenue Q as a puppeteer, and she teaches puppetry. DOMA is producing Ave…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:13PMA smashing Walker Art Center show surveys the New York photographer's 35-year career as social critic and comedian.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:12PMPlus: "Morphologies," "2012: A New Musical," Justin Leaf
Linked From StarTribune at 03:12PMActor Reed Sigmund sheds his bark and steps into title role of a Dr. Seuss classic.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:12PMSUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is teaming up with the Creative Photography Workshop to offer an 8-week course on the basics of photography and manual camera skills. The course brings students up to spe…
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Broadway producer Dede Harris has optioned the music catalogue of Diane Warren, one of the most popular and successful contemporary songwriters of our time, to create a new musical for the B…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:57PMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce a second one-week extension for GOLDEN CHILD by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman. The production will now play through Sunday, December…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:50PMBelarus Free Theater, Pig Iron Theater Company and Back to Back Theater are among the troupes to appear at the experimental theater event.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:45PMHi again Holler readers! Thanks again for your questions and comments. I hope everyone has made it safely through the storm. I’m sharing today a letter from a self-identifying “tortoise.…
Linked From HowlRound at 02:33PMBroadway star Nic Rouleau and Pitch Perfect actor Ben Platt have been tapped to play Elders Price and Cunningham, respectively, in the second national tour of The Book of Mormon, which will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:31PMIn the Public Theater’s production of the new musical Giant, Texas springs to life in a sprawling story about money, power, greed and family in the Southwest heartland. Brian d’A…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:31PMA jukebox musical featuring the music of popular songwriter Diane Warren is aiming for Broadway. No casting, creative team or timeline for the currently untitled musical have been announced …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:31PMThe producers of the Tony Award winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT are pleased to announce that Emmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner will join the production for 12 weeks…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:28PMNEW YORK—Blythe Danner is jumping into the Broadway show "Nice Work If You Can Get It," playing the mother of Matthew Broderick's wealthy playboy character.
Linked From Denver Post at 02:20PMNEW YORK—The big hooks and soaring melodies of Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren are heading to Broadway.
Linked From Denver Post at 02:20PMWilliam Goldman, screenwriter of "The Princess Bride" and "All the President's Men," and Broadway chronicler in his book "The Season," returns to the stage …
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMTony Award winner Debbie Gravitte will return to the Pace Presents Cabaret Series with her All-Star Holiday Show Dec. 8 at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts.
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMEmmy and Tony Award-winning choreographer Rob Ashford will provide musical staging and choreography for the 85th Academy Awards telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced …
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMUniversal has released a new three-minnute trailer for the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables, which features a look at "I Dreamed a Dream," &q…
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMEpic Megalopolis Productions will present concert readings of Swedish pop band Brainpool's new rock opera Junk Nov. 17 and 19 at the National Opera Center in New York City.
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMTony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (Broadway's The Invention of Love, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Candida, and TV's "House") will play speech and dialect profe…
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMBalletX's program started off as dark and stormy as the night, wound through two world premieres, and ended with Matthew Neenan's lovely, upbeat "Switch Phase," says Merilyn Jackson.
Linked From Philly.com at 02:17PMStage, television and film star Robert Sean Leonard will star as Henry Higgins in The Old Globes 100th anniversary production of George Bernard Shaws masterwork, Pygmalion. The Tony Award-wi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will launch its Second National Tour next month in Chicago, with Nic Rouleau, direct from the Broadway company, starrin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMEmmy and Tony Award-winning choreographer Rob Ashford has been tapped to provide musical staging and choreography for the 85th Academy Awards telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Me…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMSheryl Lee Ralph's DIVA Foundation will present DIVAS Simply Singing!, its 22nd Annual HIV/AIDS benefit concert and 2012 World AIDS Day Event, on Saturday, December 1 at Club Nokia L.A. LIVE…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:17PMTony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard will star as Henry Higgins in theThe Old Globe's upcoiming production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, running January 12-February 17. Nicholas Marti…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:17PMThe musical catalogue of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren has been optioned by Broadway producer Dede Harris Productions to create a brand new musical. No other details have been…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:17PMRobert Lepage’s Playing Cards 1: Spades will premiere in the UK at north London’s Roundhouse theatre next spring. Directed by Lepage, the production is the first in a four-part series wh…
Linked From The Stage at 02:12PMNEW YORK (AP) — Blythe Danner is jumping into the Broadway show "Nice Work If You Can Get It," playing the mother of Matthew Broderick's wealthy playboy character.
Linked From Boston Globe at 02:12PM Dearest readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Finding Barb, written by and starring Barbara Heller, and directed by Eve Minemar. An endearing musical, Finding B…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 02:11PMGrowing up as a serious ballet dancer, Suzanne Farrell was one of my biggest idols – she still is. Last night, I couldn’t believe I was so lucky to be sitting in the Eisenhower Theater o…
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Linked From Variety at 01:45PMBroadway producer Dede Harris has optioned the song catalogue of the six-time Academy Award nominee to develop a new musical.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 01:44PMIn a new interview published at The White Review, philosopher Simon Critchley engages in an interesting discussion of tragedy and the modern world. His book on tragedy, Stay, Illusion! The H…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 01:38PMSherlock star Louise Brealey will play Helen of Troy, as well as Cassandra and Andromache, in the Gate Theatre’s new adaptation of the ancient Greek drama The Trojan Women. Directed by…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:31PMTony winner Blythe Danner will star as boozy matron Millicent Winter in Nice Work if You Can Get It beginning December 18, opposite Matthew Broderick as her son, Jimmy Winter. Danner su…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:31PMBritish actor Bertie Carvel is venturing across the pond to stir up trouble as menacing headmistress Miss Trunchbull when Matilda makes its Broadway premiere this spring. The musical, featur…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:31PMIf you've ever been a twentysomething with even a hint of a religious background, you'll appreciate the hard truths in Bad Jews, a new play from writer Joshua Harmon that kicks off R…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:31PMAs "Lincoln"'s end credits roll, you feel vaguely dissatisfied and disappointed that the film never achieves the emotional greatness that it might have in the hands of a different director.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:19PMTheater Advisor has the latest extended trailer for the film adaptation of Les Miserables. Enjoy: With six weeks to go to release, a full trailer for the film, which stars Hugh Jackman, Rus…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:18PMGiant, the ambitious Michael John LaChiusa-Sybille Pearson musical based on Edna Ferber's sweeping Texas-set novel about love, greed and power that spans generations, received its New Yo…
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMIn celebration of its 35th anniversary, The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors female playwrights, has announced a global celebration where theatres across the English-speaking world …
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMOlivier Award winner Bertie Carvel, who earned acclaim for originating the role of Miss Trunchbull in the London production of Matilda The Musical, will repeat his work as the twisted headmi…
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMTony Award winner Blythe Danner will join the cast of Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It for 12 weeks only, starting Dec. 18 the Imperial Theatre. She'll take to rich-matron role…
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMTony Award-winning Clybourne Park producer Dede Harris has optioned the songs of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren for a new Broadway musical, according to the Associated Press.
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMBertie Carvel will reprse his role as Miss Trunchbull in the upcoming Broadway production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, which begins previews on March 4 in advance of an April 11 open…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMTony Award-winner Blythe Danner will join the Broadway cast of Nice Work If You Can Get It for a 12-week engagement from December 18 to March 10 at the Imperial Theatre.She will take on the …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMThe Flea Theater will present a return engagement of Thomas Bradshaw's acclaimed play Job, running January 4-28. Benjamin Kamine helms the production, which features the Flea's resident acti…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMThis year's MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE will feature performances from Broadways best musicals, including Annie, Bring It On, Rodgers Hammerstein's Cinderella, Elf and Nice Work If You C…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMThe producers of the Tony Award winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT are pleased to announce that Emmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner will join the production for 12 weeks…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMOn this morning's 'Good Morning America' on ABC, Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens discussed the excitement surrounding their first Broadway play, THE HEIRESS. Check out their appearance below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMThe producers of Roald Dahls MATILDA THE MUSICAL announced today that Olivier Award-winner Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of Miss Trunchbull in the Broadway production of the Royal Shak…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMYou'll have to wait until Christmas Day to see LES MISERABLES on the silver screen, but in the meantime check out the just-released theatrical trailer for the highly anticipated film below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMAccording to the New York Times, the music of Diane Warren might be heading to Broadway, as her extensive catalog was just optioned for a stage musical. Producer Dede Harris told NYT We're s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMDo not let the deceptive simplicity of the stunning set design (by Mark Johnson) – replete with lush greenery, white picket fences and flower boxes – fool you into thinking you a…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12PMNINA METZ reviews "Funeral Wedding: The Alvin Play" by Strange Tree Group ★★★ and "Music From a Sparkling Planet" at the Athenaeum Theater ★★½
NINA METZ revie…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:09PMThe National Skills Academy network has been selected to run Arts Council England’s Creative Employment Programme. The new initiative, which is designed to support up to 6,500 paid interns…
Linked From The Stage at 01:09PMChicago Shakespeare Theater said Thursday that it has added a production to its World's Stage series of international touring productions.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:09PMCasting has been announced for “The Book of Mormon,” the Tony Award-winning musical (and very hot ticket) that will launch its second national tour next month at Chicago’s Bank of Amer…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:09PMNEW YORK (AP) — The big hooks and soaring melodies of Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren are heading to Broadway.
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BROADWAY BOX OFFICEWeek #23; 28 ProductionsOctober 29 - November 4, 2012Annie(Photo by Joan Marcus)The Performers(Photo by Carol Rosegg)In Previews:Annie - 7 previewsGlengarry Glen Ross…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:55PMThe veteran stage, screen and TV actress will play a 12-week stint in the Gershwin musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It," which stars Matthew Broderick.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 12:51PMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 12:51PMCalixto Bieito’s British-Catalan Shakespearean mash-up casts its symbolic net too wide, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:48PMLegit News:
Actor to reprise U.K. role on Broadway
Linked From Variety at 12:44PMThe producers of Roald Dahl’s MATILDA THE MUSICAL announced today that Olivier Award-winner Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of Miss Trunchbull in the Broadway production of the Royal S…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:35PMThe beloved family musical Annie is back on Broadway in a revival directed by Tony winner James Lapine. Annie tells the story of a Depression-era orphan who journeys from Miss Hannigan&rsquo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:30PMBernadette Peters was nominated for a Tony as Gypsy’s Rose and drove her TV daughter Megan Hilty nuts in Smash, but neither of those diva turns compares to the mayhem she causes in the…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:30PMThe Heiress headliners Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens headed to TV’s Good Morning America on November 8, and the duo seemed more like old pals than new co-stars. Although both a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:30PMBertie Carvel, an acclaimed theater actor in England, will once again play Miss Trunchbull in the adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:28PMThe new revival of the Tony Award-winning 1977 musical Annie officially opens on Broadway Nov. 8 at the Palace Theatre. Playbill.com has collected some videos of performances from the new pr…
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PM"Broadway Backstage: Fall Preview," which spotlights the new Broadway season, will air on WABC-TV Nov. 10 at 7:30 PM ET.
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMCasting has been announced for Irish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play, beginning Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Repertor…
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMThe 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will air nationwide on NBC-TV from 9 AM ET-noon.
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMSinger, songwriter, actor and multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Broadway stage debut in Chicago as “that silver-tongued prince of the courtroom,” slick c…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:18PM30 years after first delighting audiences of all ages on Broadway, this season’s much-anticipated revival of Annie officially opens at the Palace Theatre on November 8. Orphan Annie an…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:18PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director Broadway production ofThe Mystery of Edwin Drood began previews on October 19th. The show opens officially on Tuesday, November 13t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMJessica Chastain and Dan Stevens of Broadway's THE HEIRESS appeared on this morning's Good Morning America on ABC. Check out photos of the visit below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe Public Theater presents the New York premiere production of Giant, an epic love story with book by Sybille Pearson and music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. Currently in previews at…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMVH1's beloved, popular franchise VH1 Divas is throwing the hottest dance party of 2012 LIVE on Sunday, December 16 at 9PM8c with Grammy Award-nominated host Adam Lambert.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe UK touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA features Earl Carpenter as The Phantom and Katie Hall as Christine. They are joined by Simon Bailey as Raoul, Angel…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe University of Marylands School ofTheatre, Dance, and Performance Studies crossed continents, oceans and 12 time zones with a groundbreaking bi-lingual co-production of William Shakespear…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMToday, we're featuring Marcel Marceau in 1983. Marceau joined Jean-Louis Barrault's company and was soon cast in the role of Arlequin in the pantomime, Baptiste which Barrault had interprete…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMRoundabout Theatre Company presents Bad Jews, a new play by Joshua Harmon, directed by Daniel Aukin, features Tracee Chimo Daphna, Philip Ettinger Jonah, Molly Ranson Melody amp Michael Zege…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThis weekend, ABC-7 will air a half-hour special on the best of the new Broadway season, including AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, ANNIE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, CHAPLIN, DEAD ACCOUNTS, THE HEIRESS a…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:11PMThe Broadway revival of Rupert Holmes’ (book, music, lyrics) The Mystery of Edwin Drood stars
Linked From Playbill at 12:10PMAnteater will grow up to eat 30,000 ants a day
Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:08PMJohn Gwardyak is kind of crazy. Well, he’s more than kind of crazy. He’s insane, in the best possible way. So it’s great to see him infecting his theater kids at Eastcheste…
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The Fringe of Marin, Dominican University Community Players. The Fringe of Marin has been going on for 30 seasons up at San Rafael’s Dominican University, run by Annette Lust of the SF…
Linked From The Idiolect at 11:51AMThis week's A.P.T. goes to the talented arts entrepreneur Josh Rivedal. I first met Josh when he was working on his one man show for the Midtown International Theatre festival and we worked …
Linked From One Producer in the City at 11:41AMThe Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella has pushed back its first preview date to January 24, 2013, instead of the originally scheduled January 21 start date…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMCheckers, the new play starring Tony winner Anthony LaPaglia as Richard Nixon, opens November 8 at the Vineyard Theatre. The off-Broadway play also features Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe as Rich…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMSignature Theatre Company's revival of David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child has extended for a second time at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Directed by Le…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMBroadway’s original Annie (and upcoming NEWSical star) Andrea McArdle stopped by CBS This Morning on November 3 to stroll down memory lane and discuss the 1977 landmark production…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMWhen it rains it pours! Carly Rose Sonenclar was showered with more praise on the November 7 episode of The X Factor as she took on Bruno Mars' hit ballad "It Will Rain". …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMIt looks like recreating one of the most iconic scenes in movie history was a hot and steamy affair for Scarlett Johansson. The Broadway-bound Cat on a Hot Tin Roof star is promoting her new…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:29AMThis is the third article in a multi-part essay Andy is writing that examines the relationship between performance and visual art from a variety of perspectives including economics, curatori…
Linked From Culturebot at 11:16AMChorus Pro Musica at a previous performance.I'm quite late with an appreciation of Chorus Pro Musica, and their "Poets and Psalms" program at Old South Church two (!) weekends ago. I le…
Linked From The Hub Review at 11:16AMHurricane Sandy is still causing setbacks on Broadway. Producers of the new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella have announced a new Broadway start date and opening night …
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMManhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, began previews Oct. 31 for a …
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMJames M. Nederlander and James L. Nederlander, chairman and president, respectively, of The Nederlander Organization, are currently celebrating the 100th anniversary of that theatrical organ…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents the Roundabout Underground production of Joshua Elias Harmon's Bad Jews which began Oct. 5 in the 62-seat Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam S…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMSignature Theatre Company in New York City will add a second one-week extension to the run of its revival of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, now to Dec. 16. Leigh Silverman directs the…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMRyan Silverman will join "Smash" star Megan Hilty for the New York Pops' March 8, 2013, concert Come Fly With Me: The Songs of Sammy Cahn at Carnegie Hall.
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMThe Commercial Theater Institute, a New York City-based program committed to the development and training of emerging producers that is under the leadership of The Broadway League and Theatr…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMThe Off-Broadway production of MURDER BALLAD is currently playing at The Studio at Stage II at New York City Center 131 West 55th Street and opens Thursday, November 15. Manhattan Theatre Cl…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMThe new production of RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA will now open on Broadway on Sunday, February 24, 2013, with previews set to begin January 24. Originally scheduled to preview January…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMThe Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, originally scheduled to begin previews on January 21 and open on February 21, will now begin previews on January 24 in advanc…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:15AMAlan Bennett's hotly-anticipated new play People, details of which were closely guarded, premiered last night (7 November 2012) in the NT Lyttelton.People spoil things; there are so many of …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:15AMFollowing 2010's West End premiere, a new production of Rachel Wagstaff's adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' bestselling novel Birdsong will tour the UK from January.
Directed by Alastair What…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:15AMLaurel Mill Playhouse welcomes winter and the upcoming holidays with their production of Auntie Mame. Directed by Larry Simmons this non-musical telling of the infamous eccentric rich aunt f…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:11AMaitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss (playwright and director respectively), who developed their play in Chicago’s Route 66 Theatre, are fortunate to have found an ideal New York home at 59 E 59…
Linked From CurtainUp at 11:07AMRussell Tovey has been cast in a new ITV sitcom called The Job Lot. It is being made by Big Talk Productions, the company behind Rev, and will also star Sarah Hadland, who is best...
Linked From The Stage at 11:06AMDavid Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” is a taut drama about ruthless real estate salesmen. It’s also a master class in the art of persuasion.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:05AMI have to say that I never thought we’d still be dealing with the aftermath of that nasty little wench named Sandy more than seven days after she swept onto our shores. I’ve seen a lot o…
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Gin Minskystarted hitting the stage with taps on her feet at the tender age of five and hasn’t looked back since. She got her start as a classically trained dancer studying jazz, balle…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:49AMAge & Hometown: 29; Alexandria, VA
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Christian, the tongue-tied heartthrob who needs help from the title character to woo fair Roxane, in Roundabout Th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:28AMThe Public Theater’s Giant is the latest show to postpone its opening night due to the fallout from Hurricane Sandy. A musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s 1952 novel an…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:28AMRuth and Augustus Goetz’s bittersweet drama The Heiress, starring Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens, has transformed the Walter Kerr Theatre into Dr. Austin Sloper’s stately 19th-…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:28AMGuthrie artistic director Joe Dowling will direct Dublin's Abbey Theatre production of Frank McGuinness' adaptation of James Joyce’s "The Dead."
Linked From Playbill at 10:16AMAn industry reading of Charles Messina's A Room of My Own will be presented Nov. 13 at 45 Bleecker Street.
Linked From Playbill at 10:16AMABC's "Good Morning America" will broadcast live from the Minskoff Theatre Nov. 13 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Disney's Tony-winning musical The Lion King.
Linked From Playbill at 10:16AMLenny Henry will star in a major revival of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences in the new year. Though full
dates are yet to be announced, the production is due to launch a …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMSt James Theatre, London: As co-director of The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickeby and Les Miserables, John Caird was intimately involved in the RSC's two signature theatrical events of…
Linked From The Stage at 10:16AMCamden People's Theatre, London: Devised shows based around family memories sometimes fall into the trap of being manipulative, but not Cooking Ghosts. Beady Eye has once again created an em…
Linked From The Stage at 10:16AMLyttelton, National Theatre, London: Alan Bennett is often described as a national treasure; and as one of Nicholas Hytner's leading house playwrights, has certainly become a National T…
Linked From The Stage at 10:16AMClwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: Who would have thought that a play set among the macho, foul-mouthed denizens of a real estate office could provide such high octane drama as this? But that is just…
Linked From The Stage at 10:16AMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opens tonight at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Kelly Cameron, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Toronto Awards.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Erin Privratsky and Kathy Strain, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW S…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMOn Tuesday, November 13, 2012, Good Morning America will be broadcasting LIVE from the Minskoff Theatre to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of Disneys landmark musical event THE LION KING wi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMToday in 2007, Young Frankenstein opened at the Hilton Theatre now the Foxwoods Theatre, where it ran for 485 performances. Young Frankenstein is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thom…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMJames M. Nederlander Chairman and James L. Nederlander President kick off the 100th anniversary of The Nederlander Organization by becoming the New York Landmark Conservancys first fatherson…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMDesert Wind Elementary School El Paso, Texas Reported by: Cynthia Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher September 21, 2012 Wow. It took one long trip to get …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:09AMIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy and all the devastation it wrought on so many things – including Broadway and not-for-profit arts organizations all over the east coast – I’ve begun …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:09AMLondon’s Shaftesbury Theatre has applied to extend its fly tower and install a new grid and flying system, which would allow heavier items to be hoisted above the stage. If planning permis…
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Lenny Henry will star in the UK premiere of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences in the new year. Though full
dates are yet to be announced, the production is due to launch a …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:14AMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Jill Siekman, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW CincinnatiDayton Award…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMHurricane Sandy hit hard the week ending November 4. All Broadway productions were forced to cancel at least one scheduled performance, as New York City transportation systems shut down and …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 09:14AMAmerican Red Cross, Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund A Royale Talent-a-thon! Ballet Royale is asking the Howard County community for financial support in providing for those who have lo…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:14AMEquity has claimed victory in a defamation case that could strengthen performers' rights in their dealings with agents. Matthew Hemley reports
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The Ravel Family were a four generation clan of French circus/ variety performers. The progenitor was Gabriel the father, but the family troupe appears to have originally been founded and le…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:47AMThere may indeed be no place like home, but Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters was happily hundreds of miles away from New York just days ago in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. "It was my dream cr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:13AMAustralias preeminent musical theatre and opera star Anthony Warlow is making his Broadway debut as billionaire Daddy Warbucks in the new production of ANNIE, currently in previews at the Pa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:13AMOn last night's THE X FACTOR on FOX, Broadway's Carly Rose Sonenclar sang Bruno Mars' It Will Rain from the movie The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn, Part 1 at the Top 12 Live Show. The perform…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:13AMNicolas Brown, the BBC’s director of UK drama production, is to join Neal Street Productions next year. He will be responsible for spearheading the company’s expansion into television dr…
Linked From The Stage at 08:05AMAndrew Fishwick has left the Park Theatre in London three months after being appointed executive director of the venue. Fishwick, a former West End producer who was jailed for fraud in 2010,…
Linked From The Stage at 08:05AMHands up! Let me see how many of you have been – or still are – involved in amateur dramatics? I was, when I was younger. And I loved it. Which is why I am...
Linked From The Stage at 08:05AMTommy Steele is not the first performer that you'd associate
with Dickens's misanthropic old tight-wad - a man described in A Christmas Carol as "hard and sharp as flint...secret,
and self-c…
Linked From The Independent at 08:03AMKurt Hackbarth’s new play, El Ostrakon: A Tragedy in Three Acts, which launched Oaxaca’s recent theater festival, examines quotidian forms of oppression: the education system, organize…
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TweetThis Sunday Evening, November 11, 2012, Curtain Call Sing-Along @ MOVA Lounge DC presents “Magic to Do“, a tribute to Master Director-Choreographer Bob Fosse. Here is a pr…
Linked From Broadway Reviewed at 07:53AMFacing the voters for the first time We got to meet Russell, Carly’s brother, last night on “The X Factor” and the 13-year-old phenom from Mamaroneck got to sing a song fro…
Linked From The Journal News at 07:50AMI’m always surprised by how small actress Cathy Simpson looks on stage, because her performances become gigantic in my memory.
Linked From City Paper (Philadelphia) at 07:49AMA lot of hyperactivity can't overshadow the clever wordplay and incisive ideas about sexuality, celebrity and art in director Kevin Glaccum’s colorful production.
Linked From City Paper (Philadelphia) at 07:49AMSometimes, being married to the stage takes you to strange places and leaves you with more than just enhanced party skills. Johnny, for example, has always wanted to learn woodworking, creat…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:13AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Orphan of Zhao, which opens tonight (8 November 2012, previews from 30 October), hit the headlines recently for its casting of three East As…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:13AMCreative Scotland proportionally spends less than half the amount on the dance sector as its counterpart south of the border, Arts Council England. According to a new report on the Scottish …
Linked From The Stage at 07:05AMSt George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth has reopened after an £8 million refurbishment, having been beset by months of construction delays and the relocation of several shows. The 300-seat …
Linked From The Stage at 07:05AMThe tough language and even tougher subject matter of Indoor Picnic, on stage through Sunday at the South Camden Theatre Company, hit close to home for many audience members. Perhaps too clo…
Linked From Philly.com at 07:05AMMark St. Germain imagines the dialogue between two titanic thinkers in a way that only a hack writer could, turning it into a stream of platitudes and cute aphorisms.
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Last night (7 November 2012) we headed to the West End run of James Bourne and Elliot Davis' new musical Loserville on our Outing.
Set in 1970’s America, Loserville tells the story of…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:12AMKander and Ebb's Steel Pier is less well-known than their other works such as Cabaret and Chicago, and arguably justifiably so. The story is rather thinner and fluffier than these other show…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:12AMThere’s a Chekhov to suit every taste at the moment – the rambunctious Russian Uncle Vanya at the Noel Coward, the just-ended Three Sisters at the Young Vic, Anya Reiss’s new t…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:11AMI am extremely cross with the entire cast of Scrooge. They’ve got me all excited for Christmas and there are still 23 days before it’s even December! What am I supposed to do with myself…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:11AMAuthor Michael Morpurgo has revealed plans to write specifically for both stage and screen, following the success his book War Horse has enjoyed since being adapted into a play. He said he i…
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ASPEN - Rita hunter wasn't having the easiest of days. She had lost two costumes - literally, she couldn't find them - for Aspen Community Theatre's production of "Crazy For You" a few days …
Linked From Aspen Times at 05:52AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO ReOrient 2012, Golden Thread Productions. By Sam Hurwitt It’s been a while since Golden Thread’s last ReOrient festival of short plays about the Midd…
Linked From The Idiolect at 05:50AMLast month the LA Stage Times had a two part series on work and the arts. One was on jobs at alternative theatres, but the one that piqued my interest was about the benefits former arts mana…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 05:28AMThe play begins with normal looking people scattered in freeze across the stage, a folk singer who looks liked she’s turned up to the wrong gig, and bewilderingly early costume changes. A …
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The stage adaptation of Chaim Potok's classic novel My Name is Asher Lev begins performances at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre on November 8. Adapted by Aaron Posner and directed …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:21AMLincoln Center Theater's revival of Clifford Odets’ boxing drama Golden Boy begins performances at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on November 9. Directed by Tony winner Bartlett …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:21AMThe highly anticipated Broadway revival of Annie officially opens at the Palace Theatre on November 8. Directed by James Lapine, the production stars Lilla Crawford as Annie, Anthony Warlow …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:21AMIn celebration of the 2nd ANNUAL AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION HERO DOG AWARDSTM, which will premiere on Hallmark Channel today, November 8, 2012 at 800 pm ETPT, the network announced today a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:07AMDrury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, makes a splash with the effervescent musical comedy SINGIN IN THE RAIN, previewing tonight, November 8, opening November 15, and running through January 1…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:07AMInterart Theatre Development Series and MultiStages New Works Contests present Fengar Gael's The Island of No Tomorrows, described as "an erotic, quixotic musical fantasy," beg…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMThe New York Landmarks Conservancy presents the 19th annual Living Landmarks Celebration Nov. 8 at the Plaza. Liza Minnelli, James M. Nederlander and James L. Nederlander are among the 2012 …
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMMy Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel, begins previews Nov. 8 prior to an official opening Nov. 28 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatr…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AM"Marvin Makes Music," a children's book written by the late composer Marvin Hamlisch, is released by Dial Press Nov. 8.
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMAcademy Award winner Robin Williams, who was last seen on Broadway in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, is among the artists taking part in the Stand Up For Heroes benefit Nov. 8 at the Beaco…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMThe Musical Mondays Theatre Lab on Thursdays series presents Neurosis: The Musical Nov. 8 at 6:30 PM at The Jerry Orbach Theater, Snapple Theater Center.
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AM"Tomorrow" is today. Annie, the 1977 show that introduced generations of children to the tuneful optimism of traditional Broadway musicals, opens in a new production on Broadway No…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMCheckers, Douglas McGrath's new play about Richard Nixon at a momentous period in his political career, opens Nov. 8 at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre following a delay due to Hurri…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMThe world premiere of author Nathan Englander's The Twenty-Seventh Man, adapted from his short story of the same title, begins Off-Broadway previews Nov. 8 at the Public Theater.
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMThe Great American Mousical, the new musical directed by Julie Andrews, on whose children's book the show is based, begins performances Nov. 8 at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris The…
Linked From Playbill at 01:06AMSt. Ann's Warehouse inaugurates its new Brooklyn home at 29 Jay Street Nov. 8 with the American premiere of Mies Julie, from South Africa's Baxter Theatre Centre, which offers a new …
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The stunning poster art for Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of Red. Doowah Design's ragged canvas edges, the superimposition of Mark Rothko's silhouette on the iconic Seagram's panel...…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:58AMJanice Dompke describes herself as “an ’80s girl,” but that’s only in reference to her age, not her musical proclivities. Though she was raised in the 1980s, the Berkshires-based voc…
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:54AMWhen Richard Nelson introduced his multi-play family saga a couple of years ago, it felt a little gimmicky. Each show would be about the same Rhinebeck, NY, clan, the Apples — always playe…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:54AM"At this time the thought of death was never far from Mozart's mind. A letter to his father says: 'I...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:54AM‘a Twist of Water” offers two dramas for the price of one. The first is a tale of a single father’s struggle to raise a rebellious, adopted teenager. The second is a virtual history le…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:54AMWe have some very important news, Mario Lopez says at the top of tonight's episode of The X Factor. What is this news The top twelve has just become the top thirteen, with an act returning a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:05AMPowerful as it is in parts but never the huge whole, Eugene O'Neill's journey could use a little less day and a little more darkness. (read more....)
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