In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review the New York premieres of Giant and The Performers. The first...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 10:59PMNEW YORK (AP) — It sounds blunt enough, that old classic by Sippie Wallace: "Women be wise, keep your mouth shut! Don't advertise your man."
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:59PMPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island country music radio station is holding a father-daughter dance in a community that canceled a similar dance because of concerns it violated a state g…
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:59PMAs we’ve been reminded in rather spectacular fashion by the David Petraeus scandal, marital infidelity is one of the oldest, most durable stories there is. Only the names change. The twist…
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Linked From Boston Globe at 10:59PMNEW YORK (AP) — Can a bad person become a good mother? That tricky question is only one of the dilemmas facing the mom in Francine Volpe's disturbing psychological drama "The Good Mother."…
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:59PMNEW YORK (AP) — Beware of allowing tradition to blind you to the benefits of progress. That's one message from the aptly-titled "Giant," the robust, polished, three-hour new musical that o…
Linked From Boston Globe at 10:59PMWith the Sunday afternoon performance of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” at Steppenwolf Theatre, actress Mariann Mayberry will be bidding farewell to what is unquestionably her mo…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:52PMAlready, Penske has decided to take down the paywall on Variety's website, which limits its readership compared to competing sites such as Deadline and HollywoodReporter.com. That change is …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:52PMShe might be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but believe it or not, Jessica Chastain is guy shy.
The 35-year-old actress, who's currently single, admits she's not one to cha…
Linked From Huffington Post at 10:44PMA stroll up a staircase has never looked better. And Jessica Chastain's ascent up the onstage staircase in the final scene of The Heiress, currently in performances at the Walter Kerr Theate…
Linked From Huffington Post at 10:43PMA love triangle and a narrator, with songs and murder, take the stage in “Murder Ballad,” at Manhattan Theater Club.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMGretchen Mol stars as the title character in “The Good Mother,” a new play by Francine Volpe at the Acorn Theater.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PM“Scandalous” tells the story of Aimee Semple McPherson, a celebrity preacher in the 1920s and ’30s who helped lay the foundations on which the modern evangelical movement was built.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMBrian D’Arcy James and Kate Baldwin star in “Giant,” a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s multigenerational novel of a Texas family, with a soaring score by Michael John LaChiusa.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMMuch hard work has gone into this new Broadway musical – but it reaps slender rewards, writes Brendan Lemon
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 10:42PMA single mother accuses her child's babysitter of possibly inappropriate conduct in Francine Volpe's quietly intriguing The Good Mother, being given its world premiere by The New Group at Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:27PMWhen theatergoers arrive at New York City Center - Stage II for Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash's rock-inspired musical Murder Ballad, they may be surprised to realize they have ventured above…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:27PMEarly on in Scandalous at the Neil Simon Theatre, a bit of spiritual wisdom is imparted to a young Aimee Kennedy (Carolee Carmello), who later becomes Aimee Semple McPherson. She's told that…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:27PMA potent mix of laughter and discomfort can be found in Jackie Sibblies Drury's thought-provoking play, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:27PMLong before the nighttime drama of the Ewings on Dallas came the sprawling tale of the Texan Benedict clan in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel, Giant. The book, of course, went on to become a class…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:27PMRobert KoonHometown: I’m an Air Force brat, so this is a tough question. I was born in Harlingen, Texas, grew up mostly in central California, and there are also odd sprinklings of Virgin…
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Picking up where "Leap of Faith" left off, "Scandalous" is another big-budget, evangelist-with-feet-of-clay tale from the hinterlands, and despite vario…
Linked From Variety at 10:13PMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, Scandalous began performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 250 W. 52nd St. on October 13, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:08PMHarry H. Frazee, the Broadway producer and Boston Red Sox owner who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919, might have appreciated this: a play about the Yankees is headed to Broadway, perhap…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMFor all the fuss that's made during it about endless tracts of earth unfolding beneath infinite horizons, Giant . . . is strangely cramped and cluttered ...
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There is nothing remotely scandalous about "Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson," the biographical musical that has book, lyrics and additional music by Kathie Lee Giff…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:26PMThe Broadway production of David West Read's The Performers will end its run at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, November 18 after 23 previews and 7 performances.Directed by Evan Cabnet, the …
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:25PMJames Blackman announces more delays of South Bay CLO's comeback in a YouTube video...Hollywood Fringe Festival will expand by a week in 2013...Chance Theater's 2013 plans...Holiday programm…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 09:07PMAccording to the AV Club, John Mellencamp and Stephen King's musical Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County will release its official soundtrack on March 19, 2013, prior to beginning performances…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:07PMThe authors of the new musical “Giant” possess the same soaring ambition that motivates their larger-than-life characters. Book writer Sybille Pearson and composer-lyricist Micha…
Linked From backstage.com at 09:06PMManhattan Theatre Club is trying to get young people to the theater, and it’s going to get them, in reams. It’s not that Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash’s musical appeals onl…
Linked From backstage.com at 09:06PMThe American Theatre Wing might as well give Carolee Carmello her Tony Award now. Just like her alter ego for the evening, early-20th-century evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Carmello is p…
Linked From backstage.com at 09:06PMLantern Theater's The Liar is one of those comedies of errors where improbable situations, mistaken identities, and identical twins keep all the characters busy and confused from beginning t…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:03PMAfter lackluster reviews and stalled momentum from Hurricane Sandy, the show starring Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkler will close Nov. 18.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 09:03PMRobyn Goodman, Amanda Lipitz and Scott R. Delman, producers of David West Read's The Performers, have announced that the new Broadway comedy will play its final performance Nov. 18 at th…
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"I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day--and the sitting down is all." Joseph...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:56PMAt the end of “Scandalous,” the gossip columnist Louella Parsons asks: “Was she a true woman of God? Or just one hell of a woman?” She is talking about colorful radio evangelist Aime…
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Though Lucy Prebble's examination of the effect of pharmocology on emotional behavior is often passionate and disturbing, her neatly oppositional structur…
Linked From Variety at 08:14PMA charismatic leader of any sort can convince you to abandon your thoughts and senses and follow along anyway just because it seems like the right thing to do....
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:13PMTom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Kelsey Grammar, Nelly, Danny Aiello, Terry Crews, David O'Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstrid…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, began preview performances on October 23, and opened on Wednesday, Novembe…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMInappropriate behavior runs rampant in Francine Volpe’s “The Good Mother,” the New Group’s first production for the 2012-13 season. All five characters make seriously…
Linked From backstage.com at 08:03PMSir Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in a new production of Macbeth as part of next year's Manchester International Festival.
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The actors never broke character, but Rudd later told the crowd, "As an actor, being able to move people to tears or to laughter is amazing -- but moving them to puking is a whole different …
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 07:58PMThe third year drama class at UNC School of the Arts will begin performances of Detective Story tomorrow. This drama, directed by Carl Forsman and written in 1949 by Sidney Kingsley, comes w…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:24PMA slew of theater stars earned nominations for this year's People’s Choice Awards. The results, completely chosen by fans, will be announced at the January 9 awards ceremony on CBS…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:15PMThe fun is over for the porn star crew of the new Brodway comedy The Performers. David West Read's play will hold its final performance on November 18 at the Longacre Theatre. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:15PMA concept album of horror writer Stephen King and rocker John Mellencamp's musical The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will be released on March 19, 2013, according to The On…
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Linked From New York Magazine at 07:06PMBy Judd Hollander
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Playwright Bran Friel offers a resounding indictment against oppression, misinterpretations by the media and the excessive use of force by those i…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 07:06PMJesse Tyler Ferguson of 'Modern Family' will be starting a family of his own with Justin Mikita very soon, as the two became engaged this September. Ferguson revealed his marriage proposal, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:05PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville, Call The Midwife's Miranda Hart, and stage and film stars Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart will take part in a fundraising perf…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:05PMIt's A Brad, Brad World the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor will be presented on Sunday, December 2nd at 700pm at the Laurie Beechman theatre.
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...but Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, transfers this weekend to Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, where it will run through...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 06:55PMWalker Art Center will redo the brick facade of its older building.
Linked From StarTribune at 06:37PMMurder Ballad turns viciousness into sexy entertainment It’s right there in the title. By the end of Murder Ballad, someone’s going to die. But that crime isn’t what define…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 06:26PM“I have this strange feeling, Beatriz, that people don’t understand what we’re really doing,” admits Rolando Tarquini to Beatriz Sayad about halfway through the secon…
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Comedy Impact Report 2012: Standup - Jeff Dunham
Linked From Variety at 06:25PMHello, folks! I hope you've been getting more rest lately than I have. I'm still pledging Delta Kappa Alpha, my school's coed, pre-professional cinema fraternity (see my article on networkin…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:20PMBroadway actress Lisa Howard is making her film debut in Breaking Dawn Part 2, the final installment in the uber-popular Twilight series. Howard plays Siobhan, the leader of the Irish Coven,…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMGet a toe-tapping inside look at Encores! Cotton Club Parade, starring Amber Riley, Joshua Henry, Jared Grimes and more. See why there’s no better place to be this weekend than inside …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMNEW YORK—Watch out, Broadway: The four little girls picked to play the telekinetic heroine Matilda in New York have been revealed—and they're already pretty magical.
Linked From Denver Post at 06:12PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, November 15, 2012 Breaking news: Meet 4 girls picked to play Broadway’s ‘Matilda’ AP – by MARK KENNEDY Watch out, Broadway: The four li…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:07PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, opened on Broadway on Wednesday, November 14th - at the Longacre Theatre. …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMRobert Petkoff Anything Goes, Ragtime and Larkin Bogan American Idiot, Hair have been added to the lineup of performers to join Max Vernon, one of the most innovative young voices in contemp…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMdick clark productions dcp has announced the presenters for The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards. The roster includes 50 Cent, Ashley Benson, Backstreet Boys, Brandy, Colbie Caillat, C…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark has just unveiled a 2013-2014 calendar featuring the talented, athletic men who bring the worlds most recognizable super hero to life on Broadway each night with…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMAccording to an Equity casting notice, THE LAST GOODBYE, a musical featuring the tunes of the late Jeff Buckley, will soon get a New York City reading. The show, which premiered at Williamst…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers will stage a winter developmental lab of the new Jeff Buckley musical The Last Goodbye, according to a casting notice.
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Kathie Lee Gifford’s Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson opens tonight, November 15th at the Neil Simon Theatre. After two performances were canceled November 14t…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:28PMToday is the birthday of Jack Burns (b. 1933), or as I like to call him, the “Huh? Huh? Huh? Guy”. When I first knew him he was one half of the team of Burns and Scheiber (Shreib…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:27PMHaul out the holly and break out the Christmas decorations! Broadway’s award-winning Karen Mason, from the smash hit musicals Mamma Mia, Hairspay!, Sunset Boulevard and most recently Wonde…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:16PMIf you and your family are looking for two fantastic hours of comedy, joy and some of the best disco music written since the 1970’s, well then, get thee to the nunnery because Sister Act h…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:16PMElf is bringing a heaping dose of holiday cheer to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and we’ve got a joyful first look at Buddy and his pals. Elf stars Jordan Gelber as Buddy, wh…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:14PMFans of Pippin are already planning a trip of Cambridge, MA, next month, when director Diane Paulus will unveil her revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson’s mystical musical at t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:14PMGet a toe-tapping inside look at Encores! Cotton Club Parade, starring Amber Riley, Joshua Henry, Jared Grimes and more. See why there’s no better place to be this weekend than inside …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:14PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of Murder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. The musical is the inaugural produ…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 05:14PMThe house lights remain on throughout Shakespeare's Globe's Hamlet, a spare and youthful version, currently on a US tour that reaches Santa Monica's Broad Stage Thursday. The tour's director…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:04PMMore than 700 members of New York Citys philanthropic, business and health care communities will join forces at the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Life Without Lupus Gala 2012 on Monday, November 1…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMFeaturing live musical performances by celebrated artists, DIVA Mondays stars the illustrious Marty Thomas XANADU, WICKED, THE SECRET GARDEN alongside Kelly King Michael Bolton, Babyface, Al…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThis weekend my friend Jill amp I went on The Ride -- a big tour bus with seats facing sideways, and one giant window like an imax screen looking out on the city. This is not just a facts-an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThe Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of THE VANDAL by Hamish Linklater. The play will star Holly Hunter, Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins, with direction by Jim Simpson, The Fleas found…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMLincoln Center Theaters Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, opens its 15th season with two pre-performance talk…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMOn Saturday, December 8, Tony Award-winning songstress Debbie Gravitte returns to Pace Presents and The Michael Schimmel Center for a reprisal of last year's tremendously popular All-Star Ho…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMFeinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Fall 2012 season with two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein. Celebrating the release of his new book…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThe revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show opened Nov. 15, 2000, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The cast included Alice Ripley, Joan Jett and Raul Esparza.
Linked From Playbill at 05:02PMYoung actresses Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will share the title role in the Broadway production of Matilda The Musical, producers announced Nov. 15. The Oli…
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(from the website)Making Historyby David C. JonesA lot of the truly interesting things about our Canadian history are lost, either because at the time no one thought what was happening was n…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 04:52PMLegit News:
Limited engagement set for January in North Carolina
Linked From Variety at 04:52PMRiverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Having run the business for some 27 years now, John and Dot Howe - the dynamic duo behind John Howe Presentations - have always known how to put on a …
Linked From The Stage at 04:39PMArt review: A show at the Mpls Photo Center revisits the Holocaust.
Linked From StarTribune at 04:36PMIdentity, Appropriation, and Reclamation
Linked From StarTribune at 04:36PMFace to face with the Boss; two local teens on "Jeopardy"
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Linked From Variety at 04:21PMThe classic Shakespeare play will be performed in a deconsecrated church as part of the Manchester International Festival.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 04:16PMSo, I saw this and really, whatever you think about the argument about actors not being real men…I whooped for joy. Why? A sports franchise is trying to LURE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE THEATRE…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 04:13PMMonday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Ave.A holiday celebration to kick-off sales of the SEASON OF CAROLS CD, a new holiday album which features over one …
Linked From Collective Leverage at 04:13PMThe new passionate porn farce The Performers is a raunchy Broadway treat with plenty of skin and even more dirty talk. Partners are swapped, dresses are switched and double entendres ar…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:12PMThe Olivier Award-winning musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s supernatural children’s story Matilda will dazzle Broadway audiences beginning March 4. The New York production will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:12PMFrancine Volpe’s new drama The Good Mother is keeping audiences guessing at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre, featuring Boardwalk Empire star Gretchen Mol, Marc Blum, Darren Goldstei…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:12PMGabby Douglas is making the national rounds with the rest of the Fierce Five on the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions. (McKayla Maroney did a local meet-and-greet on Wednesday night.)…
Linked From Washington Post at 04:09PMNominees for PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS 2013 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by country superstar Jason Aldean, Anthony Anderson Guys with Kids, Sophia …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMFive time Emmy and Tony Award winner John Larroquette Night Court, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Gore Vidal's The Best Man appears alongside Matt Lutz A Walk to Remember …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMThe talented actor spoke with BWW about what makes the exciting, new musical, MURDER BALLAD a super unique theatrical experience
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMThe 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular opened on November 13, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall. This year marks an important milestone as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular celebrates 85 y…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMThe 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 tonight, November 15. Manhattan Theatre Clu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMYesterday, the Broadway at Birdland concert series welcomed Daisy Eagan in her concert, Daisy Eagan Fk Off. I Love You, and during the performance the Tony-winning actresssinger revealed to …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMManhattan Theatre Clubs New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie begins previews tonight in …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMAs the Colony struggles for survival in a financial crisis, it offers Willy Holtzman's The Morini Strad. It serendipitously explores the crucial role that art plays in our lives, says its st…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 04:02PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the new comedy The Performers.
Linked From Playbill at 04:00PMNominees have been announced for the 2013 People's Choice Awards, which will be presented Jan. 9, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast on CBS at 9 PM ET. The evening will b…
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Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie begins previews tonight …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:56PMBrian d'Arcy James, Kate Baldwin and PJ Griffith star with Katie Thompson and Michele Pawk in the new musical Giant, adapted by Michael John LaChiusa (music and lyrics) and Sybille Pearson…
Linked From Playbill at 03:50PMWho doesn’t love a romantic comedy? A guy and girl are in love, they face an obstacle that rips them apart, but in the end, through the magic of circumstance, they fall back in love and li…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 03:50PMHarrison’s Sophia Gennusa will share role Just announced today that the much-anticipated Broadway production of “Matilda” will alternate the demanding lead role among four …
Linked From The Journal News at 03:48PMBBC tax and funding, fringe investment losses, in support of the Live Music Act and Spotlight at 85
Linked From The Stage at 03:41PMThe cast and crew of the Guthrie's holiday classic "Christmas Carol" feel a seasonal glow.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:35PMSophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, and Milly Shapiro -- the four young ladies who will alternate in the title role in the upcoming Broadway production of Matilda the Musical
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:19PMCasting has been announced for Irving Berlin's White Christmas, to run December 11-January 6 in The Kennedy Center Opera House. Norb Joerder directs, with choreography by Randy Skinner.This…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:19PMFour young girls have been announched to share the title role in Matilda when the musical begins its Broadway run this spring. Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shaprio wi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMAnother week, another set of juicy stories on Broadway.com! Theater fans followed a slew of Les Miz-centric items, had fun dream-casting the next Bond girl, rejoiced in real-life Broadway ca…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMLooks like ushers might need to start handing out umbrellas as theatergoers take their seats these days. Audience members in the orchestra section at Grace 's November 14 evening pe…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMSeeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and Th…
Linked From HowlRound at 03:04PMThe National Theatre of Great Britains fourth season of National Theatre Live, the ground-breaking initiative to broadcast live performances from the Nationals stages to cinemas worldwide, w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMMozart, Wagner, Sibelius and Adams will fill the orchestra's dance card.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 03:02PMFive time Emmy and Tony Award winner John Larroquette Night Court, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Gore Vidal's The Best Man appears alongside Matt Lutz A Walk to Remember …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMAccording to an interview with Mtv.com, Taylor Lautner aka Jacob Black feels the sadness millions of fans are feeling as the last film of the Twilight film series is on the horizon.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSCs eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical Matilda the Musical. Each of the four girls…
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Young actresses Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will share the title role in the Broadway production of Matilda The Musical, producers announced Nov. 15. The Oli…
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PM"City of Dreams," an original comedic webseries that chronicles the trials and tribulations of struggling actors, debuted Oct. 1. Episodes in the first season have featured Tony Aw…
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMSweet Smell of Success, Shrek and "Smash" star Brian d'Arcy James steps into the cowboy boots of Texas rancher Bick Benedict in the new musical Giant at the Public Theater.
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMTony Award winner John Larroquette appears alongside Matt Lutz and Autumn Hurlbert in the award-winning short musical comedy film "Sudden Death!"
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMTony Award winner Tyne Daly, Jamie deRoy and Ted Snowdon were honored during Primary Stages' Nov. 14 gala at the Edison Ballroom.
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMNational Theatre Live, an initiative to broadcast live performances from the National Theatre's stages to cinemas worldwide, will continue its fourth season in 2013 with Arthur Wing Pine…
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMWe Three Lizas, a "queer culture" musical twist on Christmas wishes, gets its world premiere Nov. 30-Dec. 23 in a staging by About Face Theatre in Chicago. Performances play The St…
Linked From Playbill at 02:59PMSophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro are to make their Broadway debuts in "Matilda the Musical," taking turns in the title role.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:53PMPicking the upcoming opening nights
Picking the upcoming opening nights.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 02:49PMKERRY REID reviews "The Feast" at Prop Thtr ★★★ and "Toast of the Town" by the Factory Theater ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "The Feast" at Prop Thtr ★★&…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 02:49PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
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Linked From Variety at 02:45PMThe Mercury Theater, the intimate venue at 3745 N. Southport that is under the executive direction of Walter Stearns, is initiating a four-show musical theater subscription series for the 20…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 02:43PMAnother repeat show for me is “Silence!” Not only because I laughed my ass off in this spoof of “Silence of the Lambs,” but I wanted to see the new stars and theatre. Was not disappo…
Linked From Examiner.com at 02:25PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSC’s eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Each of the four g…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:20PMOn Tuesday, November 6, 2012, around approximately 11:30 pm, Barack Obama was reelected for a second term as President of the United States of America.While this victory brings great news to…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:17PMNo one is proposing to McKayla Maroney. So far, no one has even asked her on a date. Maybe it’s just a slow Wednesday night at the AT&T store near the Verizon Center, where Maroney is…
Linked From Washington Post at 02:14PMBe a Hero to a New Yorker in Need Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has announced the Foxwoods Theatre as a New York Cares Coat Drive public collection site. From November 15 – December 31, 20…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 02:12PMAnother week, another brilliant X Factor performance from Carly Rose Soneclar. The young talent wowed judges from the get-go with her stellar renditions of “Something’s Got a Hol…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:12PMAge & Hometown: 32; South Windsor, CT
Current Role: Surly ranchhand-turned-oil tycoon Jett Rink, whose rivalry with a Texan cattleman drives the action in the Public Theater’s p…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:12PMReeve Carney and his fellow hunky Spider-Man, Turn of the Dark co-stars swung into Times Square on November 15 to promote a great cause on Good Morning America. The able-bodied stage superhe…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:12PMThe new porn rom-com The Performers is a riotous raunchfest at the Longacre Theatre. Were Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Zander, Brittany and Brian stimulated by Cheyenne Jac…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:12PMFrom Mormon mission to magazine cover! The New Normal star Andrew Rannells has landed a plush spot on the cover of Out magazine for the publication’s 18th annual “Out 100&rd…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:12PMThis weekend, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will perform “Body Against Body” as part of the Edison Theatre’s Ovations series.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:01PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Harmony Wheeler, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW San Francisco Award…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSCs eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Each of the four girls…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMThe track list for THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN - Part 2's original motion picture soundtrack includes the song 'News For You' by SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK star Reeve Carney. Get a fir…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMThe LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the 2012 season, were presented last night, November 12, at the Los Angeles Theatre in downtown…
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Chaplin star Rob McClure was honored Nov. 14 with the unveiling of a caricature to adorn the walls of the famed eatery Sardi's.
Linked From Playbill at 01:58PMManhattan 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, opens Nov. 15 following previ…
Linked From Playbill at 01:58PMLa Vie Theaters will present a cancer charity event entitled "An Evening Celebrating Life and Hope," which will feature performances from the new musical Yahweh on Broadway, Nov. 2…
Linked From Playbill at 01:58PMAn industry reading of Jack Gindi's Best Friends will be presented Nov. 16 at Theatre 54 inside Shetler Studios.
Linked From Playbill at 01:58PMThe Olympic opening ceremony
was championed around the world as it portrayed a rich vision of Britain’s
cultural heritage. Yet the mastermind behind the event fears the future of
regional …
Linked From The Independent at 01:58PMNEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, Broadway: The four little girls picked to play the telekinetic heroine Matilda in New York have been revealed — and they're already pretty magical.
Linked From Boston Globe at 01:52PMChicago sketch comedy in its most classic form tends to be a stripped-down affair. Stylistically, it is the opposite of "Saturday Night Live." You won't see elaborate costumes or much in the…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:51PMPlans to resurrect London’s Elizabethan Rose theatre have been boosted after a £250,000 Heritage Lottery Fund development grant was awarded to the trust managing the site. The Rose Reveal…
Linked From The Stage at 01:38PMStefan Karl Stars As Green Grouch In Touring Production Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Góðan daginn," says Stefan Karl, r…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:32PM A follower of ours on twitter asked us this question. We asked the fans. It got bigger than we anticipated, which means we have to bring it to the site to better keep track of your an…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 01:31PMChaplin the Musical star Rob McClure received a caricature for the wall at the famed Sardi's Restaurant during a post-matinee unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, November 15.McClure originated …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMFull casting has been announced for the pre-Broadway engagement of NERDS, A New Musical Comedy, which will play North Carolina Theatre's AJ Fletcher Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMOUT magazine has announced the four individuals who will grace separate covers its upcoming "Out 100" issue, which will hit newsstands on November 20.The issue celebrates 100 gay and men who…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:16PMDavid Henry Hwang’s moving drama Golden Child is bringing a taste of Fujian, China to off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Get to know the cast of this vibrant new re…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMBatter up! Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, the team behind sports dramas Lombardi and Magic/Bird, plan to bring a theater project inspired by the New York Yankees to Broadway. The c…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMGet your pocket protectors ready! Diana DeGarmo, Leslie Kritzer and Darren Ritchie are set to star in the pre-Broadway run of Nerds, A New Musical Comedy at North Carolina Theatre’s Pr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMTalk about an amicable separation! TV icons and theater vets Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman proved that exes can remain friends by attending the November 14 performance of Peter and the Starc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMChaplin star Rob McClure was the guest of honor at Sardi’s Restaurant on November 14, when the famed theater hotspot awarded the star his very own portrait! McClure, who will be immort…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMCome enjoy the hottest party in Harlem at the Encores! staged presentation of Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade. Set inside the legendary nightclub during one of their fabulous floor…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMGentle readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of the drama Their Eyes Saw Rain, written by and starring West Liang, and directed by Justin Huen. A Company of Angels produc…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 01:05PMThe 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 01:00PMTony Kushner appeared on last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central to speak about 'Lincoln', his lastest film collaboration with director Steven Spielberg. Check out the full intervi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMDaisy Eagan is full of surprises. Her Monday night concert was a crazy quilt of songs and stories culminating in one very big announcement that was a first for the Broadway at Birdland stage…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMPrimary Stages last night held their annual Gala on Wednesday at The Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47th Street. The event, which honored Tony Award winner Tyne Daly Master Class, Rabbit Hole, Gypsy…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMFull casting and the creative team have been announced for the limited, pre-Broadway engagement of NERDS, A New Musical Comedy at North Carolina Theatres AJ Fletcher Theatre the Progress Ene…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMBroadway at Birdland today announced the continuation of the partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn with two holiday-themed Frank amp Friends concerts. Thes…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMToday in 2009, the first Broadway revival of Ragtime opened at Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 65 performances. The musical garnered four Tony Awards including Best Book, Original Score…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMELF returns to Broadway this holiday season at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre 302 West 45th Street. Performances began on Friday, November 9, 2012. The production plays a limited engagement of 9 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMAlmost a dozen SPIDER-MAN cast members invaded Times Square on this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on ABC to talk about their efforts to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Check out…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWelcome the holiday season with Broadway's A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL, based on the classic 1983 movie. Now in a limited engagement through December 30
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMSinger and songwriter Morgan James will be releasing her debut album Morgan James Live Epic Records on December 4th. Recorded at Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, an intimate jazz club nestled within N…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrives on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. Based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical plays and eight-week …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWhile Michigan Avenue shops exchange the jack-o-lanterns and ghoulish cutouts of their window displays for fluffy cotton balls and cinnamon yuletide ornament, a far more pessimistic and unab…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 01:00PMWhen the cast of A Chorus Line sings, “God, I hope I get it…” it seems to apply to every hopeful high school actor and actress there is! Nowadays to be on Broadway or to work in the b…
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Singer-songwriter Morgan James, who will be seen in Broadway's Motown: The Musical, will release her debut solo recording next month.
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMJeff Talbott's racially charged dark comedy The Submission, about a playwright who gambles his own identity in order to score the break of a lifetime, will receive its Texas premiere at …
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMJordan Gelber and Leslie Kritzer co-star in the Broadway return of Elf, the holiday musical comedy based on the 2003 film of the same title about an orphaned human who thinks he's one of…
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMProducers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo will bring a third sports-oriented play to Broadway following earlier productions of Lombardi and Magic/Bird, and the subject is close to home: The Ne…
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present Irving Berlin's White Christmas, based on the 1954 film of the same name, beginning Dec. 11, prior to an official opening …
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMDarren Ritchie, Stanley Bahorek, Leslie Kritzer and Diana DeGarmo will star in the North Carolina Theatre production of Nerds, the new musical about technology giants Bill Gates and Steve Jo…
Linked From Playbill at 12:56PMThe untitled project from producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo follows two previous sports-themed plays, "Lombardi" and "Magic/Bird."read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 12:52PMThe singing, dancing, ever optimistic red head is back on Broadway. A new revival of ANNIE opened last Thursday night and I was on hand for the opening night festivities! In a lot of ways, A…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:50PMArtistic directors from the UK’s leading regional venues have joined with Olympic opening ceremony director Danny Boyle and National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner to warn that …
Linked From The Stage at 12:36PMWonder Woman #5, DC Comics, April 2007.
I don’t have time for a long write-up this week, so it’s convenient that the next issue after Allan Heinberg’s short run on Wonder Woman (exp…
Linked From The Idiolect at 12:24PMAre critics up for "The Performers"?
Linked From StageGrade at 12:24PMMarvin Hamlisch's 2002 musical Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Arcola Theatre last night (14 November 2012).Based on the 1957 film of the same name, Sweet Smell of Success centres on th…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:13PMDreamy '60s pop star Mark Wynter will join the West End cast of Dreamboats and Petticoats beginning November 20 at London's Wyndham Theatre. Wynter, who will perform some o…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMThe Saints would like to inform theater, dance, and music organizations of the opening of their 2013 - 2014 Grants Program. The Saints invite and encourage venues to apply for this grant ass…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 12:10PMAudiences are all abuzz about the raucous new revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, so we asked Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block and the rest of the cast to help us investigate why this scr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMMoney is the key word at the heart of the mystery in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Dead Accounts, which stars two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and marks the return of TV and movie s…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMScreenwriter (and Tony-winning Broadway playwright) Tony Kushner chatted about presidents, politics and big feet on November 14, when he stopped by The Colbert Report to promote his new film…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMWhen Reeve Carney isn’t soaring to new heights in Spider-Man, he’s crooning about the eternal love of vampires. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (in theaters on No…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMDavid West Read’s The Performers, directed by Evan Cabnet, opened Wednesday night, November 14, at the Longacre Theatre. Starring Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barbe…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 12:10PMAnthony Newley "The Last Song: The Final Recordings," "Top Hat" 2012 London Cast, and Andrea Marcovicci's "Smile" reviewed.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:05PMOpening tonight, the “Everybody Loves Nudes” art exhibit will run from November 12 – December, 2013 and is curated by Molly Barnes, a successful art dealer and curator, radio personali…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 12:03PM
After a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Charles Shubow, Christine Kowal and Jennifer Perry, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMBelt out your favorite song from Bring It On The Musical, then gather the most votes from your friends to make it to the Top 5. After proving that theyve got serious skills and earning fan s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment. Following in the footsteps of the recently-launched 'Regional Dance Company…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMBarneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, and The Walt Disney Company, the world's leading entertainment company, launched the 2012 Holiday project Electric Holiday at the Barneys New…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMAccording to ETonline, Universal Pictures has confirmed that actor Josh Gad will co-write the upcoming sequel to the 1980's comedy 'Twins.' The film, to be titled TRIPLETS, will see the retu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMElizabeth Stanley, who received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Gussie Carnegie in the 2012 Encores revival of Merrily We Roll Along, will make her New York cabaret debut at the new Br…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMETonline has revealed a first look at THE NEW NORMAL star Andrew Rannells who has been selected to be among 2012's OUT 100. Below, get a first look at his photo shoot for the upcoming issue
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMManhattan Theatre Clubs world premiere of MURDER BALLAD, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. MURDER BALLAD is the inaugural production …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMThe worlds of baseball and Broadway will soon collide, as producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo today announced the commission of a theatre project inspired by the New York Yankees, to be …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMStanley Bahorek, Joanne Camp and Sean McNall will star in the Pearl Theatre Company world premiere of Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's And Away We Go, which will begin performances O…
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMBook of Mormon Tony Award nominee Josh Gad will work with writer Ryan Dixon on the script of "Triplets," the upcoming "Twins" sequel for Universal Pictures, according to …
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMThe upcoming Netflix series "House of Cards," which stars Tony and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey (Lost in Yonkers) as a House of Representatives majority whip who plans to take over th…
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMStephanie J. Block, Rita Harvey and Neil Berg perform at New York City's Sleep Out event, raising awareness for homeless youth, Nov. 15 in Times Square.
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMTony Award recipient Ben Davis, Edward Hibbert, Anthony Fedorov and Elena Shaddow are among the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Sound of Music, which will begin performa…
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMNBC will develop a drama series from Oscar-winning writer David Seidler ("The King's Speech"), playwright Barry Levinson (Diner), Tony Fontana and NBCU International Production…
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMKenneth Branagh will return to Shakespeare after more than a decade for the Manchester International Festival.
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMReuben Mitchell, 31, a rising actor with a comedic flair who found a home in Philadelphia theater circles, died Monday, Nov. 12, from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident in West P…
Linked From Philly.com at 11:57AMRadical activity from the 1960s and beyond, as well as the aftermath of Sept. 11, led David Mamet to write his new play, “The Anarchist,” now in previews and starring Patti LuPone and De…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:51AMThe musical version of “Giant” traveled a long road to the stage, becoming a bit smaller along the way.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:51AMChristopher Plummer reprises his stage role in “Barrymore,” about a hypothetical John Barrymore comeback.
Linked From movies.nytimes.com at 11:51AMNEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a high-powered collaboration: Artists from three of Lincoln Center's cultural institutions joining forces to perform one of Mozart's operatic masterpieces.
Linked From Boston Globe at 11:51AMDancers Andrew "Dr. Ew" Carter, Jeremiah "Supaman" Haynes and Alexandria "Brinae Ali" Bradley met with Playbill to chat about (and demonstrate) the fusion of old and new dance styles that ar…
Linked From Playbill at 11:47AMThis musical, based on Charles’ Dickens final, unfinished novel, enjoyed a run of over 600 performances in 1986-7 but has only popped up here and there intermittently these past 25 yea…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:20AMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of MURDER BALLAD, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. MURDER BALLAD is the inaugural producti…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:19AMToday is the birthday of Petula Clark (b. 1932). Those who know her primarily from her 1960s pop hits might be surprised to learn that that was actually her SECOND career. She began as a chi…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:17AMToday is the birthday of the Fairbanks Twins, Marion and Madeline (b. 1900, no relation to Douglas). Second generation actresses from New York, they began acting in melodramatic hits of the …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:17AMThe Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film at the Museum of Modern Art November 15–December 2, 2012 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones, this retrospective traces the film c…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:17AMNicholas Hytner and Danny Boyle hosted a press conference at the National Theatre today to discuss the "crisis" facing regional theatres.In the presence of over 20 artistic directors and chi…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:15AMPorn has come to Broadway, swaggering in as the backdrop for new comedy The Performers. The filthy-mouthed (seriously…bow down, David Mamet) farce and its all-star cast celebrated their op…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:14AMTony Award nominee Joanne Camp (The Heidi Chronicles) will lead the cast of the Pearl Theatre Company's world premiere production of And Away We Go, written by Tony Award-winning playwright …
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:14AMThe Broadway premiere of David West Read's new play The Performers celebrated its opening night at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, No
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:14AMTony-nominated The Book of Mormon alum Josh Gad will team up with Ryan Dixon to write the script for Triplets, the sequel to the 1988 comedy film Twins. Original stars Arnold Schwarzene…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:10AMWhen a play is set in Las Vegas on the day of the Adult Film Awards, you can bet it’s filled with colorful characters who have verrrrry few inhibitions. That’s certainly the case…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:10AMBig-eyed Broadway sweetheart Elizabeth Stanley burst onto the scene as flighty flight attendant April opposite Raul Esparza in the 2006 revival of Company. Stanley has gone on to featured ro…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:10AMOff-Broadway’s sellout sensation Silence! The Musical will celebrate its 400th performance at the 3 PM matinee this Sunday, November 18th at the new Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times S…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMSo much of the training we receive for our professions has nothing to do with our professions. It has to do with our lives. How we were raised, how we spent our childhood, and, yes, our ho…
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Yesterday, November 14th, the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's The Sound of Music, directed and choreographed by James Brennan, met the press. Cast for the show includes Edward Hibbert Max Det…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMYesterday, November 14th, the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's The Sound of Music, directed and choreographed by James Brennan, met the press. Cast for the show includes Edward Hibbert Max Det…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMThe Pearl Theatre Company has announced casting for the world premiere of And Away We Go, a new play written expressly for The Pearl by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally. New play…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMPrimary Stages last night held their annual Gala on Wednesday at The Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47th Street. The event, which honored Tony Award winner Tyne Daly Master Class, Rabbit Hole, Gypsy…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMRider Dance Ensemble is a completely student run organization that has been on the rise at Rider University for some six odd years. When current president Kate Mina initially auditioned her …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMJust yesterday, star of the show Rob McClure was honored with his own portrait at Sardi's and you can check out photos of the unveiling below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMUnfinished: The Music of Stephanie Nash - A Folk 'n Rock Cabaret will be presented Nov. 19 at DROM in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 10:55AMThe 29th annual A Company Christmas at Pops, one of Boston’s premiere fundraising events, will be presented Dec. 12 at Symphony Hall.
Linked From Playbill at 10:55AMThe Eastern Region Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and ReImagined World Entertainment will present Christine Toy Johnson's EYE D, which is billed as "a documentary style thea…
Linked From Playbill at 10:55AMThe Performers, the new comedy by David West Read, officially opened Nov. 14 following previews that began Oct. 23 at the Longacre Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 10:55AMLilian Baylis Studio, London: Former Rambert dancer Yorke-Edgell created her company Yorke Dance Project in Los Angeles in 1998 and relocated to the UK in 2009. It is no surprise, therefore,…
Linked From The Stage at 10:39AMArcola Theatre, London: The title of Sweet Smell of Success, a 2002 Broadway musical based on the eponymous novella and 1957 film, is just one of many ironies that pour out from the stage as…
Linked From The Stage at 10:39AMWell, here’s a shocker. Beloved character actor Whitman Mayo, most identified with his role as Grady on Sanford and Son…was neither an old timer nor a graduate of the black vaud…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:15AMA collection of short films and a documentary at The Boston Jewish Film Festival that serve up plenty of decision, determination, devotion and delight.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:13AMThe hit Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre has released a 2013-2014 calendar featuring fourteen male cast members, with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:10AMIn Part Two of our three-part interview with Marni Nixon, Marni and I talk about her preparation for the role of Aunt Kate in James Joyce’s The Dead, and she discusses the challenges and j…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
BroadwayWorld.com was there to cover all of the excitement of opening night and here are the red carpet arrivals
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMA hysterical ride, Noises Off propels us into a world of absolute chaos and out-of-control laughter. In typical farce fashion, this shows quickened pace will leave you exhausted at the end o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMThe Actors Fund's Musical Monday series will continue Dec. 10 at 7:30 PM with an evening entitled Ladies of an Indeterminate Age at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
Linked From Playbill at 09:52AMNew York Stage and Film's Annual Winter Gala will be held Dec. 9 at The Plaza Hotel (770 Fifth Avenue).
Linked From Playbill at 09:52AMBritish towns and cities would be more enriched if the love of "Wetherspoon's and Walkabout pubs and Mario Balotelli and John Terry" was replaced with the "sense of wonder" people can get at…
Linked From The Independent at 09:52AMFans of the musical "Bare" sent in 7,000 Instagram photos, which Tony-winning scenic designer Donyale Werle used to create the show's set
Linked From NBC New York at 09:46AMHere is Part 4 of our series of behind the scenes interviews with the director and cast of 1st Stage’s Altar Boyz. Now, meet Derek Tatum. Derek: My name is Derek John Tatum and I am or…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMWhen I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! first hit our screens it was fresh, fun, original and compulsive viewing. Ten years on and the very jungle screams with the tedium of it all....
Linked From The Stage at 09:41AMManchester International Festival 2013 is set to feature a production of Macbeth starring and co-directed by Kenneth Branagh. The piece will be performed in a deconsecrated church for a tota…
Linked From The Stage at 09:33AMAt the moment, David Mamet has two plays in previews on Broadway — his contemporary classic Glengarry Glen Ross (the original 11 November opening has been pushed back to 8 December) an…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:19AMCREATIVE CAULDRON RECEIVES 2012 DOMINION ARTS STARS “RISING STAR” AWARD. ARTS COUNCIL OF FAIRFAX COUNTY AWARDS 2013 GENERAL OPERATING GRANT Creative Cauldron’s efforts to provide qual…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMAs of the time I wrote this blog, the facts are these:The matinee and evening performances Scandalous - the final two previews - have been cancelled.The official reason is that st…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 09:13AMNaked sergeants, rogue policemen, faulty babies sold in a supermarket – only at Theatre Uncut would you have such bizarrely real stories. In its second year, Theatre Uncut started as a…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 09:09AM
I am reflecting this morning on the glory of live theatre and the community that makes it. As we prepare to open SCANDALOUS tomorrow night at the Neil Simon Theatre, it just staggers me to t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMThe first time America saw Carly Rose Soneclar, judge Britney Spears called her a little diva and last night the teen rose to the title with a beautiful rendition of Celine Dion's My Heart W…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to cover all of the excitement of opening night and here is the cast celebrating at the show's opening night party
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMSignature Theatre Hosts Concert & CD Release Party for Sandy Bainum’s This Christmas On December 3, 2012 at 7 PM, Signature Theatre welcomes singer and actress Sandy Bainum (Show Boat …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:48AMMagic Brian and his wacky friends are back with a brand new show! Magic, music, circus, comedy and danger, featuring: Magic Brian Albert Cadabra Cloris Flap Nigel Blackstorm and all the wa…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:14AMThe Effect questions medicine at its highest level: neuroscience. We rely so much on what scientists tell us – if we are ill we trust them to give us the cure, and we do what they say in t…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:08AMBlessed as this new comedy is with a first-class cast, the insipid story with its desperate to titillate porn film background simply isn't the edgy, Broadway worthy comedy it aims to be — …
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:01AM
One of the primary rules of surveying people is to avoid asking questions about things that you have no intention or ability to follow through on. A corollary to that is; and don’t do …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 05:58AMSir Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in a new production of Macbeth as part of next year's Manchester International Festival.
Linked From The Independent at 05:49AMAnton Du Beke’s Easy To Love shows a ballroom dancer dipping a very cautious toe in contemporary waters. The Strictly Come Dancing dancer doesn’t move very far from the ballroom, stickin…
Linked From The Independent at 05:49AMNominations for next year’s Stage 100 Awards open this week, with theatre organisations across the UK given the opportunity to put themselves forward for consideration. The Stage 100 Award…
Linked From The Stage at 05:32AMChloë Moss based her 2010 play on research she did while volunteering at Cookham Wood prison in Kent, England, but in This Wide Night, prison time is only briefly mentioned -- it doesn't fo…
Linked From St. Louis Theatre Snob at 05:10AMPhoto credit: Carol RoseggI've already seen The Performers twice before it officially opened tonight at the Longacre Theatre. For me, this Broadway season has been pretty dull so far, and th…
Linked From Pataphysical Science at 05:10AMThe Arcola has launched its reconfigured new premises – less cramped foyer, new bar, re-located studio theatre and better access to loos – with a smouldering British premiere of …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:06AM
Producers of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which began performances today, September 27, 2012, at the Booth Theatre 222 West 45th Street, have announced that tonight, November…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:47AMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:47AMA play about porn that never gets off.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 12:46AM1875 British comic operetta titans W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan make their U.S. debut today with Trial by Jury at the Eagle Variety Theatre, where it runs 8 performances.
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMThe Soho Rep production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…, featuring Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Phillip James Brannon and Erin Gann, opens Off-B…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMTony Award winner Alice Ripley and Bob Stillman co-star as Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln, respectively, in the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's A Civi…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMManhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, begins previews Nov. …
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMManhattan 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, opens Nov. 15 following previ…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMThe New Group production of Francine Volpe's psychological thriller The Good Mother, starring Gretchen Mol as a mother trying to make ends meet, officially opens Off-Broadway Nov. 1…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMSex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music and romance are swirled together in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, Davi…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has enlisted Stratford Shakespeare Festival favorites Sara Topham and Bruce Dow to be among the woods-dwelling characters in A Midsummer Ni…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMEdna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant, capturing a moment in American history as the landscape of Texas changed from open cattle country to a skyline studded with oil derricks, is transformed i…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44AMIn case you were wondering: No, an avalanche of lewd double-entendres and sex jokes isn’t enough to carry a comedy — you still need trivial things like, oh, a plot and characters.
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Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:37AMEast meets West with a bang in “Golden Child,” David Henry Hwang’s 1996 play at the Signature Theatre, which has dedicated a season to the “M. Butterfly” playwright. Set in early 2…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:37AMEve Ensler, who told us everything we ever wanted to know about vaginas (“The Vagina Monologues”), shifts her attention to the female teenage psyche in “Emotional Creature,” a theatr…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:37AMIf, when looking at this promo picture for The Santaland Diaries, you think "HELP!" then photographer David Cooper and actor Ryan Beil have done their job. They have conveyed the essence of …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:37AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep, Cutting Ball Theater. By Sam Hurwitt The Cutting Ball Theater is marking the centennial of August Strindberg’s dea…
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