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Broadway has recently seen such a steady stream of family musicals devised to rake in Thanksgiving-to-New Year's dollars. "A Christmas Story," as its we…
Linked From Variety at 11:54PMIt began with my noting (as I often do) that I had more to say about the Huntington production of Betrayal than anyone else in town did.Then I remembered how I'd scribbled something like 3,0…
Linked From The Hub Review at 11:34PMJames Joyce was a very complicated man. Watching Court Theatre’s re-mounting of the musical version of his complex short story “The Dead” only cements that notion. Taking place…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 11:34PMLifeline Theatre presents a world premiere adaptation of China Miéville’s The City & The City, by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Christopher M. Walsh, and directed by Lifeline Theat…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 11:34PMREVIEWED BY: RUSSELL GOELTENBOLT Husband and wife duo Alfreda Burke and Roderick Dixon brought their self-developed cabaret piece to the Roosevelt Auditorium Theater’s Katten/Landau Studio…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 11:34PMBy Peter Filichia --
“Judi sings her way to a hit!”
So said the critic for the London Daily Mirror on Leap Year Day, 1968. The Judi in question, as I don’t have to inform any musi…
Linked From Masterworks Broadway at 11:34PMAfter a flurry of blogposts in September and October, this month has been quiet. Yep, dear avid blog readers, you know I’m back on the business travel grind and this time it’s a weekly c…
Linked From From the Ledge at 11:34PMPhoto credit: Joan MarcusOne of my favorite things about December is that it means it´s time for my annual viewing of the movie Elf. I love that movie. A ridiculous amount. So, for me, no o…
Linked From Pataphysical Science at 11:34PMFrom 2003: I've lived in New York for the better part of two decades now, and you'd think I'd have...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:13PM"Always they had been anti-Semite, always the sinews of any absolutism." William Haggard, Venetian Blind...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:13PMI was the guest host last night for Project Shaw's concert-style reading of Pygmalion at the Players Club. Since critics...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:13PMCircle Theatre, a fixture in the Western suburbs for two decades, announced Monday night that it is giving up its home in Oak Park and joining the happy band of itinerant, non-Equity theater…
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Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein will read "Twas the Night Before Christmas," as one of the many highlights of
SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert, at XL Cabaret Lounge on Monday, Decemb…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:53PMWere it not for his trusty pair of eye glasses, young Ralphie Parker, the protagonist of the classic 1983 holiday film A Christmas Story, would have shot his eye out with the Red Ryder BB Gu…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:53PMSignature Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Sunday, November 18. Directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:53PMMore madcap than magic, these wack-a-doodles from London captivate the kids and their families. Though starting out slow, show ends with evil-squashing, fun-loving finale. (read more...)
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 07:45PMScandalous, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, David Pomeranz and David Friedman, brings the story of revivalist Aimee Semple McPherson (Carolee Carmello) to Broadway. Find out if Word of M…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:40PMSir Nicholas Hytner has not yet met the new Culture Secretary, but it is fair to bet that, when their paths do cross there will be a frank exchange of views. While Maria Miller said recently…
Linked From The Independent at 07:31PMLips Together, Teeth Apart Bart DeLorenzo directs two-time Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston 3rd Rock from the Sun and Steven Weber Wings when L.A. Theatre works records Terrence McNally's…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMWilly Holtzman's The Morini Strad, at the Colony, might remind you of that company's terrific Old Wicked Songs, but it has its own distinctive charms as well. A change in the Ovation Awards …
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 07:31PMThe current production of Tosca at the San Francisco Opera is wonderful to hear. The orchestra plays lavishly and the excellent double cast (which featured Patricia Racette in the title…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 07:16PMThe Takács Quartet have won the kind of acclaim that most chamber groups can only dream of, and their concert in Boston made their enviable reputation understandable.
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As the official Twitter account for The Performers has strong social media activity, I thought it interesting to take a look at the Twitter timeline starting on opening night and ending with…
Linked From Huffington Post at 06:52PMDrama Desk Award-nominated musical theater writer Joe Iconis (Bloodsong of Love) will gather musical theater favorites including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Susan Blackwell (…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:52PMAN OPENING NIGHT SURPRISE It’s one of those instances that may just be talked about in the San Francisco opera circle for years to come. In Act One of Puccini’s Tosca (1900) at San Franc…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:49PMCottesloe; Southwark Playhouse; Gate, all LondonFluorescence, mental disturbance, dancing. The Effect has some of the ingredients that made The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:49PMThe Place, LondonThere's a sequence in Vincent Dance Theatre's Motherland that's repeated at intervals throughout the two-hour piece. Aurora Lubos enters with a bottle of blood-red dye, slop…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:49PMThe proposed cuts to government investment in the arts imperil local communitiesAt a conference last Thursday at the National Theatre, the leaders of 22 English regional theatres described t…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:49PMHOGWARTS AND ALL The Harry Potter parody called Potted Potter is the joint creation of a couple of Englishmen named Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner (Dan and Jeff on the stage). The duo …
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:48PMIs there really a Santa Claus? Is there really a Rob Ford?
Linked From Toronto Star at 06:45PMTake time out to check out Joy To The World this year as part of your holiday planning, where you’ll listen to some great Christmas classics in a cozy setting. (read more...)
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 06:44PMSpider-Man, Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney looks to be playing the edgy hipster love interest in Taylor Swift's new music video for "I Knew You Were Trouble," off her late…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMDon’t mess with Texas! Michael John LaChiusa’s new musical Giant has extended its run at off-Broadway’s Public Theater. The production was originally scheduled to run throu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMWe've got a serious talent crush to gush about. It seems we can't see a show these days without marveling at the major skills of director/choreographer Warren Carlyle. The busiest ma…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMWay back in 1991, Sarah Jessica Parker played Ron Rifkin’s daughter in The Substance of Fire, a fabulous family drama written by Jon Robin Baitz and produced at Playwrights Horizo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMThe Tony-winning musical The Lion King celebrated 15 years on Broadway with a triumphant performance and lavish celebration. Hear from the award-winning creators and current cast about …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMThe full cast of Flashdance was announced on November 19, just in time for their first day of rehearsal before hitting the road. This hit-heavy new tuner will star Broadway vets Emily Padget…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMThe worldwide musical sensation The Lion King celebrated its 15th year on Broadway on November 18 with a special performance at the Minskoff Theatre and a swinging celebration at Gotham Hall…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMNewsies leading man Corey Cott once again offers fansies a glimpse into the backstage world of the newsboys. This week, the guys reveal how they keep their energy up on two-show days. W…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:40PMHello TDF Readers, I am thrilled to announce the debut of TDF’s Theatre Dictionary, your video guide to theatre lingo. Here’s how the new site works: (1) We make videos about the…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 06:40PMHow composers Pasek and Paul set the classic film to music As they were becoming rising stars of the musical theatre, composing team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul were told that to learn about …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 06:40PMThree workshop performances of Rogue Artists Ensemble’s newest theatrical adventure pave the way for a full production in 2013. Based on the original text, the Rogues’ Pinocchio is a…
Linked From Footlights at 06:40PMThe Fab 4 were once 5! Before they were the Beatles, five rowdy working class lads from the docks of Liverpool rocked out eight days a week in the raucous clubs and red-light seediness of Ha…
Linked From Footlights at 06:40PMWhy the journey of Jo, the young authoress in Chance Theater’s Little Women — The Broadway Musical, is the journey of so many artists. READ MORE
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 06:30PMTheater terms get their very own dictionary, thanks to Theatre Development Fund. Break the fourth wall and READ MORE
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 06:30PMThe Old Globe has announced its upcoming productions, running December 2012 through March 2013. More details below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley brought her acclaimed show, Ah Men - The Boys of Broadway to the Smith Center in Las Vegas this weekend. Keeping with the Men theme, Betty enjoyed a night at …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe Great American Mousical, a smart and funny celebration of life in the theatre, is currently running through December 9, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe financially troubled Reprise Theatre Company says it has hired Stephen Eich, an L.A. theater veteran, to help lead its efforts to reorganize during its self-imposed hiatus.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:25PMAN OCCASION WHERE YOUTH IS NOT WASTED ON THE YOUNG The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) consists of more than 100 musicians. They’ve received an international reputation as a premi…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMANYTHING BUT DEAD James Joyce is not usually considered a source of Christmas cheer, but the great Irish author did write one Christmas piece of sorts, a short story called The Dead that app…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMWHAT THEATRE 40 NEEDS IS A GUIDE TO AN EXCRUCIATINGLY CORRECT PRODUCTION Miss Manners, the alter-ego of writer Judith Martin, is my heroine. Her “Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMA FEW PROTESTS… Todd Salovey’s revue of mostly American songs of protest is buoyed by a fiercely energetic, multi-talented quartet of singers and musicians: Dave Crossland, Jim Moone…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMBAD GIRL DONE GOOD Here’s a play with a fascinating history for you. Early-mid 20th century Chicago playwright Phillip Yordan originally intended this play to be set in the Polish Americ…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMA BIG YARN AND A BIGGER YAWN In theory and concept, Francine Volpe’s The Good Mother has all the fixins’ for a juicy, if not compelling drama: diverse, colorful characters, goofy…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMRETRO GERSHWIN STILL BESTS TODAY’S STANDARDS Like the unsurpassable Crazy for You, My One and Only is more than more than a dozen recycled Gershwin tunes. In the spirit of those daffy Jazz…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMLEAN HAMLET ON THE BROAD STAGE Shakespeare’s Globe’s touring production of Shakespeare’ Hamlet is currently on the boards at the elegant Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. Written in a…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:25PMWORTH THE FARE Hellcab opened in Chicago in 1992 for a 12-performance run and the immediate audience buzz had the show playing for the rest of the decade. Now it is is back at the Profiles T…
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“Giant”
(Public Theater)
Epic Texas tale told as musical spr…
Linked From New York Daily News at 06:25PMIn the Broadway musical “Annie,” the plucky red-headed orphan sings “Maybe.” She imagines what it would be like to have a home and parents of her own. Then she finds out for real aft…
Linked From New York Daily News at 06:25PMIn “Wild Man in Rome,” Matthew Maguire riffs on a range of places and characters in a 65-minute monologue at the Wild Project.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMThe Public Theater has added two weeks to its run of Giant, the new Texas-set musical by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson. Off-Broadway performances now play through Dec. 16. Kate B…
Linked From Playbill at 06:18PMCan a holiday musical be too entertaining?
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:17PMIn my last entry, I cited the pitfalls of providing too great a forum for feedback and expectations about how that input will be addressed. I think we all recognize though that as arts organ…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 06:13PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience" at the Broadway Playhouse and Harris Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Exper…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:10PMIf you ask Christian Sanchez, a 16-year-old from Columbia Heights, where he’d be right now if he hadn’t joined Paso Nuevo, the after-school arts workshop at GALA Hispanic Theatre, eight …
Linked From Washington Post at 06:03PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the Broadway openings of Elf and A Christmas Story. We also discuss a few new CD releases and the news from in and around the …
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Cirque du Soleil will present a limited engagement of its new touring show, Totem, at New York's Citi Field, March 14-April 7.Written and directed by Robert Lepage, Totem traces the journey …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:51PMThe life of British pop goddess Dusty Springfield gets put through the blender in the 90-minute biotuner ''Forever Dusty ''at New World Stages, and the final concoction is like a semi-succes…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:51PMLegit News:
Sales rise ahead of traditional holiday boom
Linked From Variety at 05:43PMWhen Stephanie J. Block’s character has a hilarious diva meltdown in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, there’s only one cast member whom she'll let steal the spotlight: her dog Mac…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:38PMThe original cast album of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith will hit stores on December 18. Starring Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith finished its brief Broadway run on May 13…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:38PMDon’t mess with Texas! Michael John LaChiusa’s new musical Giant has extended its run at off-Broadway’s Public Theater. The production was originally scheduled to run throu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:38PM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. November 18, 2012 Tall Tommy Tune, Broadway star-director-choreographer (winner of 9 Tonys) makes his entrance in his show Taps, Tunes & Tall Tales at Fe…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 05:34PMTeens for Jesus is Alive in Son of a Gun: The Firebone Theatre's Son of a Gun, playing at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row brings religion, cancer, alcoholism and singing to the stage.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 05:34PMWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Has George On Top: The Steppenwolf’s production takes Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and gives the antagonist role to George.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 05:34PMThe regular cast of holiday productions is back: "A Christmas Carol," "Black Nativity," "Owen Meany's Christmas Pageant." Plus the return of "Inspecting Carol."
Linked From The Seattle Times at 05:34PMCyrano de Bergerac is Embodied by Douglas Hodge and Romance Lives: Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most romantic and unconditional lovers in all of literature.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 05:34PMReaders of this blog know that I file travelogues whenever I return home from trips. I even compiled the funniest of them in a book, WHERE THE HELL AM I? TRIPS I HAVE SURVIVED, w…
Linked From Ken Levine at 05:34PMAre you new to the theater world and sometimes find yourself asking, "What does SRO mean? What is a breakaway? And where, exactly, is 'out front'?"
To answer these questions and more, the Th…
Linked From Backstage at 05:34PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Cirque du Soleil will mark the 25th anniversary of its first trip to New York next year with a visit by its high-octane show "Totem."...
Linked From Associated Press at 05:34PMIt's been 15 years since Simba first mounted Broadway's Pride Rock, and the cast and creative team took the occasion to celebration the anniversary on Sunday.
"I must admit, I did think it'l…
Linked From backstage.com at 05:34PMThe super storm that devastated the East Coast last month didn't halt the elections to the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society's national board.
Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall i…
Linked From Backstage at 05:34PMThe touring production of the Cole Porter revival is a kick-up-your-heels jam with plenty of music and tap dancing. It has a six-week run at the Ahmanson.With roles in major theatrical produ…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:34PMDorothy isn’t the only one who got lost in Kansas. After World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese women married American GIs and resettled across the United States. We meet five of tho…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 05:34PMReview: "Giant" at the Public Theater: Epic Talent
Linked From Call Me Adam at 05:34PM"Call Me Adam" chats with Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Penny Fuller about starring in the New York City premiere of the new musical "13 Things About Ed Carpolotti," written and d…
Linked From Call Me Adam at 05:34PMCasting is complete for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s season-closing production of Belleville by Amy Herzog, directed by Anne Kauffman. Chris Boykin and Cliff Chamberlain join the p…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:32PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces a one-week extension of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, featuring co…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:32PMAmerican Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago’s second oldest Equity ensemble, is proud to announce a special festivities in conjunction with their production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live …
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:32PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, November 19, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Congratulations to @SignatureTheatr. Their cri…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:32PMThis is a production of substance and grace. It is stacked with relationships so layered and family history branches so deep and convoluted that you practically need hip boots to wade on in…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 05:31PMThe cast and director of a new Donmar Warehouse show tell Charlotte Higgins what a thrilling and liberating experience it has been tackling one of Shakespeare's great worksOn a table in the …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMSadler's Wells theatre steps up security ahead of performances by Israeli dance troupeSadler's Wells has increased security in advance of pro-Palestinian protests planned to coincide with th…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMAnya Reiss's new version modernises The Seagull and transplants it to the Isle of Wight. Does the language suffer – and how respectful should adaptations be?Just before seeing a new versio…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMPrint Room, LondonWhy did Lot's wife look back as she and her family hurried out of Sodom, and thus become transformed – so the Bible tells us – into a pillar of salt? Was it an act of r…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMJenny Harris, who has died of cancer aged 67, was the inspired and inspiring head of the National Theatre's education department from 1990 to 2007. She took over a small, peripheral unit and…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMRoyal Opera House, LondonKenneth MacMillan's career-long mission to push ballet into new and often difficult terrain was reflected in the range of music he used and in the unpredictable stor…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMApollo, London★★★★/★★★For those of us who favour good sightlines and acoustics, the transfer of these two productions from Shakespeare's Globe to the West End is welcome news. …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMDuke of York's, LondonThe stars shine brightly in Nick Payne's metaphysical love story, and I'm not just talking about the bewitching performances of Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall. Hawkins pl…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:30PMVoting is now underway for the Toronto Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThis Holiday season will shine a little brighter as SPARKLE An All-Star Holiday Concert makes its New York City debut at XL Cabaret XLCabaret.com on Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 730pm with…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMHudson, will make an appearance on NBC's 'The Voice' tonight, where she'll debut a special sneak peek of season 2. Tune in at 8pm to catch the first look
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMELF 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 05:29PMVoting is now underway for the Tennessee Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMVoting is now underway for the Nashville Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMVoting is now underway for the San Francisco Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMLAByrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble presents the World Premiere production of Radiance, written by Cusi Cram and directed by Suzanne Agins. The complete cast incl…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThe Off Broadway Musical Giant will perform in Cabaret Cares on December 3rd at 700 PM. Cabaret Cares is the the monthly fundraising event for Help Is On The Way Today. Help Is On The Way To…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 111912.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMVoting is now underway for the Seattle Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMA CHRISTMAS STORY arrives on Broadway this week, as the cast will take their first official bow tnight at the Lunt-Fonatanne Theatre. In other news, be sure to check Broadway schedules becau…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThe Public Theater announced today that it will extend the acclaimed epic musical Giant two additional weeks. The production must close on Sunday, December 16.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMHis royal highness Christopher Rupert Vwindemier Vlandamier Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman Gregory James — is giving a ball! And not just any ball! But the ball of a life…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:28PMThe Public Theater has announced a second extension for Richard Nelson's acclaimed drama Sorry, which revisits the Apple Family of Rhinebeck, NY, on Election Day 2012.
Linked From Playbill at 05:17PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
Linked From Playbill at 05:17PMIrish Repertory Theatre's new production of Brian Friel's Freedom of the City will get a three-week extension, resuming performances after the holidays. A hiatus begins Nov. 25.
Linked From Playbill at 05:17PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Mark Rylance's dazzlingly watchable antics as a reproving Olivia overturned by lust in Shakespeare's Globe's all-male "Twelfth Night" constitute nothing…
Linked From Variety at 05:09PMLegit Reviews:
Telling the puzzling story of doomed poet Edward Thomas who died in World War One, playwright Nick Dear abandons constricting chronology and uses multiple and con…
Linked From Variety at 05:09PMThe Performers, the new Broadway comedy by David West Read, played its final performance November 18 at the Longacre Theatre. The show, for which began previews October 23, will have played …
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:08PMCheck out the video below of last week’s Good Day New York segment featuring Glengarry Glen Ross actors Richard Schiff and John C McGinley!
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:08PMThe Manhattan Theatre Club‘s revival of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, starring four-time Tony winner Boyd Gaines (Journey’s End) and Golden Globe and Emmy winner …
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:08PM"Hanoi's War" deserves far more attention than it has thus far received. It enriches our understanding of the War in Vietnam and by implication, subsequent American commitments, including th…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:08PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office officially opened today. November 19, for the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Tony Award winner…
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The plays in New York theaters are full of meaning, and delivering a holiday message, hostile or tender, is as easy as buying a ticket.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:57PMNovember 19, 2012 Every family has its own holiday traditions. Whether you’re waking at 4 am to put a carefully-brined turkey in the oven, or ordering take out from in front o…
Linked From Westport Country Playhouse at 04:52PMThe men of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, now receiving a superlative revival under Ruben Santiago-Hudson's direction at the Pershing Square Signature Center, can surely sing the blues!T…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:50PMAs the holiday season approaches, families are filing into the Palace Theatre where Annie had its best week since the revival began performances, taking in $883,946. Meanwhile things we…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMChaim Potok’s classic novel My Name Is Asher Lev has found new life on stage at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. Ari Brand stars as the titular character, alongside Jenny Baco…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMThe original cast album of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith will hit stores on December 18. Starring Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith finished its brief Broadway run on May 13…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMPatrick Wilson, David Hyde Pierce, Julia Murney, Jessie Mueller and more will perform at a concert benefit to aid New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMTony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis and the hardworking ensemble of Once gave NBC 4 New York a backstage glimpse at the world of their onstage pub in the Tony-winning musical. Correspondent Ali …
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. Join…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMEditor-in-chief Deborah Behrens wins first place for her profile of iconic theater director Anne Bogart while Don Shirley nabs second place for his Stage Watch columns at the 2012 National E…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 04:28PMUnsungMusicalsCo. UMC will present a developmental reading of Sounds Like Love, a new comedy by Arnold B. Horwitt Make Mine Manhattan, Plain and Fancy featuring three original songs by Horwi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMVoting is now underway for the San Antonio Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMThe acclaimed new production of ANNIE, which opened November 8 at the Palace Theatre, had its best week yet on Broadway. The show grossed 883,946 for the week ending 111812, up from 872,700 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11182012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMVoting is now underway for the Philippines Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMVoting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:28PM“Skin Tight,” a 60-minute play by New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson, is a portrait of a marriage. Essentially a two-hander (Dan Herrmann, playing the male character as a very…
Linked From Backstage at 04:22PMThe 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 at 04:22PMManhattan 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 at 04:22PMThe 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 at 04:22PMDutch director Ivo van Hove throws down a gauntlet with “Roman Tragedies,” his epic, vaguely mind-blowing five-and-a-half-hour cycle of “Coriolanus,” “Julius Ca…
Linked From Backstage at 04:22PMTony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan, Susan Blackwell and Annie Golden are among the artists who will take part in The 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, which will be held Dec. 14-15 …
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PM"The Book of Mormon: The Testament of a Broadway Musical," which documents the creation of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will be released by Newmarket Press for It Book…
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PMKevin Frazier and Brooke Anderson, co-hosts of "The Insider," will anchor "The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS," which will be broadcast live Nov. 22 from 9 AM-noon ET.
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PMErin Davie, Megan Sikora and Claybourne Elder will be part of UnsungMusicalsCo.'s developmental reading of the unproduced 1955 play-with-music Sounds Like Love, which will take place Dec…
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PMThe film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres in a wide release Dec. 25. In anticipation of the big premiere, Playbill.com looks back at the a…
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PMThe Tony-winning hit musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT was recently featured on NBC’s “Today” Weekend Edition. News anchor Jenna Wolfe went behind-the-scenes to make her Broad…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:07PMTHE HEIRESS celebrated its best sales week yet grossing $614,916 on Broadway for the week ending November 18, 2012. THE HEIRESS stars Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain as Catherine Slop…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:07PMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce a second one-week extension for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, originally…
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Cast members from the upcoming world premiere national tour of Flashdance - The Musical had their first day of rehearsal in New York City on Monday, November 19. The production kicks off on J
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:48PMSix actors from around the world in full Rafiki costume and make-up sang a special, multi-lingual rendition of the classic song "Circle of Life," to mark the 15th anniversary of t
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:48PMCan an old piano tear a family apart? August Wilson’s moving drama The Piano Lesson is bringing the flavor of Pittsburgh’s Hill District to off-Broadway’s Irene Diamond Sta…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMIt may be last call for the Cotton Club Parade, but the music plays on. Starring Glee's Amber Riley, Tony nominee Joshua Henry, Tony winner Adriane Lenox and Jared Grimes, the Encores! m…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMFull casting has been announced for the national tour of Flashdance, which will launch on January 1, 2013 at the Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, the city where the musical takes place. In addition…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMRichard Nelson’s Sorry, the third play in his Apple Family series, will extend its run at the Public Theater yet again, adding one additional week to its run. The play will now close o…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMSome of the most memorable hits of the 1960s were sung by Dusty Springfield, from “I Only Want to Be With You” and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” to &ldquo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMFour-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza is the latest actor to sign on to Hannibal, NBC’s contemporary retelling of the story of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, reports TVLine…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMDuring a November 19 appearance on Live With Kelly and Michael, actress Katie Holmes found herself in the hot seat for a rapid-fire Q&A period in which the Dead Accounts star faced some …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMRemember Pete and Debbie from Knocked Up? They’re back in This is 40, a much-buzzed-about new comedy by Judd Apatow. In the new spin-off movie, Pete (Grace star Paul Rudd)&nb…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. J…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:31PMLet's see what the critics had to say...
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMVoting is now underway for the Italy Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMDue to popular demand, The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced today that the critically acclaimed Public Lab production of SORR…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMITHT is proud to announce the triumphant return of the incredibly gifted actress and singer, Carole Demas in a concert created to benefit Irvington Town Hall Theater. Star of Broadway, telev…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMVoting is now underway for the Los Angeles Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMVoting is now underway for the Philadelphia Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. Join…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMVoting is now underway for the Long Island Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office 226 West 46th Street is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Dadd…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMVoting is now underway for the Las Vegas Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office (226 West 46th Street) is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarán Hinds as B…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:24PMTony Award nominee John Leguizamo and original Merrily We Roll Along star Ann Morrison are among the winners of the 2012 United Solo Awards, celebrating the work of solo theatre pieces, whic…
Linked From Playbill at 03:17PMFlorence Welch, the lead singer of Florence + the Machine – the U.K. band that spins out dark, driving indie-rock tunes – is planning to pen a new stage musical, according to the…
Linked From Playbill at 03:17PMDirector Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Signature Theatre Company staging of the late August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, legacy and ghosts, has …
Linked From Playbill at 03:17PMThe producers of the coming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical revealed complete casting on Nov. 19.
Linked From Playbill at 03:17PMThe producers of the coming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical revealed complete casting on Nov. 19. The previously announced Emily Padgett as Alex, Matthew Hydzik as Nick and R…
Linked From Playbill at 03:17PMIt was a giant week in New York theater, or at least a “Giant” week — one of the shows that opened in this busy week. Three shows opened on Broadway – and one has already…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:14PMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending November 18, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $533,800 10,229 86.92% $52.18 AN ENEMY OF THE …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 03:13PM30 years ago, the musical Annie made the leap from stage to screen. In honor of the anniversary, as well as the musical's recent return to Broadway, Playbill spoke to Aileen Quinn, w…
Linked From Playbill at 03:11PMA revival of “The Philadelphia Story” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2013. The new revival of the classic Philip Berry comedy will be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, an…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 03:06PMChristopher Plummer reprises his Tony Award-winning stage role as John Barrymore in a one-night-only broadcast of the show’s film version,“Barrymore,” at the Theatre and Interpretation…
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Tony Award winners John Cullum and Randy Graff will star in a free public reading of Laurel Ollstein's They Promised Her the Moon, to presented Monday, December 3 at 4pm at NOLA Studios (244…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:49PMBroadway.com Audience Choice Awards host and winner Darren Criss enjoyed a special stage-centric weekend: Criss arrived in the Big Apple to support his Glee co-star Amber Riley as she made h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:36PMCirque du Soleil will make another splash in New York this spring with an all-new big top production, Totem. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, Totem will begin performances on Marc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:36PMEmmy and Tony winner David Hyde Pierce is currently winning laughs in Christopher Durang’s Chekhov-inspired comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Pierce plays Vanya, an lonely g…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:36PMToday host Jenna Wolfe's dreams became reality on November 18, when she made her "Broadway debut" in Nice Work If You Can Get It...for one night, anyway! Sure, she doesn't …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:36PMHeadlong’s Medea, directed and written by Mike Bartlett after Euripedes, dispenses with the suits and minimalism favoured by most contemporary stagings of the tragedies. Instead, the actio…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 02:33PMReprise Theatre Company's artistic director Jason Alexander and board president Barbara Fodor recently wrote a letter to their subscribers announcing upcoming events at RTC. Check out what t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMOn todays LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Katie Holmes stopped by to talk about returning to the Broadway stage in DEAD ACCOUNTS. Check out the photo from the appearance below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMJoy Behar Say Anything will welcome the legendary Liza Minnelli for the first time on Tuesday, November 20. Minnelli will be a guest on the Current TV program to talk about her new CD Liza M…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham just opened the world premiere production of THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN, by Nathan Englander, last night, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMAccording to the Evening Standard, Florence and the Machine's Florence Welch has plans to write a West End musical. Welch is collaborating with friend Sophie Hart-Walsh on the project, She t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMDrew Hodges, CEO of SpotCo, the NYC-based entertainment and arts advertising agency, has announced a new management structure for the company that will take effect July 1, 2013.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMA 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 02:27PMThe University of Marylands School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performed their original interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy in collaboration with the National Academy o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMVoting is now underway for the South Florida Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMThe Broadway company of Wicked in conjunction with Mark Fisher Fitness announced today that the New York theatre community will come together on Monday, November 26 to present CITY OF HOPE…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMMamma Mia! and Agatha Christie have led the way for European productions in China. And as its theatre market opens up experts predict it will be the third-largest in the world within a decad…
Linked From The Independent at 02:27PMGretchen Egolf and Alan Cox in Betrayal. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.A year or two ago, after several failed Pinter productions at the ART and elsewhere, I wondered aloud, "Is Pinter s…
Linked From The Hub Review at 02:27PMThe Program in Educational Theatre at New York University's Steinhardt School will launch a new play development pilot, curated by Amy Cordileone (New York University) and Sean Daniels (…
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King, which celebrated 15 years on Broadway Nov. 13, offered a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund Nov. 18 at 6:30 PM at the Minsk…
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMTony Award nominee John Leguizamo and original Merrily We Roll Along star Ann Morrison are among the winners of the 2012 United Solo Awards, celebrating the work of solo theatre pieces, whic…
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMReprise Theatre Company, which had canceled its April production of The Apple Tree in order to "assess its future programming and the funding of that programming," has hired v…
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMTony Award winner Matthew Broderick hosted the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nov. 18 benefit, honoring late writer-director Abe Burrows, at the Edison Ballroom. David Hyde Pierce, Stev…
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMSparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert will make its New York City debut at XL Cabaret Dec. 17 at 7:30 PM. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the programs and services of The Actors Fund.
Linked From Playbill at 02:16PMIt’s not unusual to find an in our area performing in a show and rehearsing another. But, with two shows running at the same time, Joe Brack will be zipping from one side of town to th…
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This season of giving is also a season of change. The election gave us our first Hindu Representative in Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); our first Asian-American Senator, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii); …
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 01:54PMMurder Ballad Gets Two Week Extension Manhattan Theatre Club’s presentation of Muder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, is extending by…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:46PMFour girls will alternate in the title role for the eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical Matilda The Musical. Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will each …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:46PMHere’s another reason to look forward to December 25th. Producers of the Les Miserables film adaptation have announced that the movie’s soundtrack will also be released on the fa…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:46PMIndependent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) Presents a Panel Discussion: “IWOSC ALL-STARS 1: A Hot Half-Dozen Authors Tell How They Write, Publish and Promote From Memoir to Myste…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 01:46PMThe Globe's productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, featuring an ensemble led by former artistic director Mark Rylance, have transferred to the West End's Apollo Theatre.
Twelfth Nigh…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:46PMIn what they are billing an "extraordinary theatrical coup", Nottingham Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse have jointly secured the rights to stage the European stage premiere of…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:46PMThe Signature Theatre Company revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson has extended its limited run for a second time. The production, which was originally set to play through Decem…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:33PMLevi Kreis made waves in the New York theater scene two years ago when his role as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet earned him the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. No…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:33PMBilly Ray Cyrus has traded his cowboy hat for a fedora to make his Broadway debut as Billy Flynn in the long-running musical Chicago. It's a big step for the man who brought us "Ach…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:33PMVoting is now underway for the Columbus Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMVoting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMThe Tony-winning hit musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT was recently featured on NBCs Today Weekend Edition. News anchor Jenna Wolfe went behind-the-scenes to make her Broadway debut…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMAmericas favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide on Thursday, November 22. The Macys Thanksgiving Day Pa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:26PM“S 16–Luna Nera” is not a show for the fainthearted, claustrophobic, insomniacs, or those with an aversion to the making of a big mess. For all others, though, it promises …
Linked From backstage.com at 01:21PMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective will present Oh, What a Flop!, an annual celebration of Broadway's biggest flops that will benefit the company's 2013 production of Arthur Bickn…
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PM"Joy Behar: Say Anything!" will welcome Tony winner Liza Minnelli Nov. 20.
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMThe circle of life keeps spinning over at the Minskoff Theatre, where The Lion King celebrated its 15th anniversary on the Great White Way on Nov. 18, with a special performance benefiting T…
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMTony Award nominee Laura Osnes, who is gearing up for a Broadway return in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella, celebrates her birthday Nov. 19.
Linked From Playbill at 01:16PMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King celebrated 15 years on Broadway with a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund Nov. 18 at the Minskoff Theatre. In honor of the e…
Linked From Playbill at 01:11PMAfter listening to the luscious renditions of “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “On the Street Where You Live” in Arena Stage’s often tunefully adept if dramatically inert reviva…
Linked From Washington Post at 01:09PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Pippin" at Circle Theatre ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Pippin" at Circle Theatre ★★ ... The subtitle for director Kevin Bellie's production of "Pippin" at…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:06PMChicago Shakespeare Theatre announced Sunday night the shows it will present in the first half of 2013, as part of its World Stages series of global work, much presented in partnership with …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:06PMIn Scene 5, the impeccably dressed Pullman porter smooths his starched white service jacket, white shirt and dark tie. He smiles a big, wide smile as he instructs a younger porter working on…
Linked From Washington Post at 01:04PMHEDY WEISS: In Richard Nelson’s moving adaptation of “The Dead,” family members bare their lost loves and broken dreams in a Feast of Epiphany party.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:00PMFour shows will be visiting the city next year as part of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s World Stages series, the ongoing international festival that regularly exposes local audiences t…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:00PMHEDY WEISS: The two British writer-performers in “Potted Potter” at the Broadway Playhouse keep plenty busy, and some in the audience do too.
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Review: The 38th edition of the holiday classic opened at the Guthrie Theater with unexpected drama.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:57PMPhil Clarke, who has executive produced series such as Fresh Meat, has been named head of comedy at Channel 4. Currently head of comedy and entertainment at Objective Productions, Clarke rep…
Linked From The Stage at 12:54PMDespite Allen Moyer's outstanding minimalist set, with creative use of curtain rectangles opening and closing on the scenes, the time stamp effectiveness of Nancy Brennan's costume design, a…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:50PMExemplary source material does not always make for a great play, as evidenced by The Twenty-Seventh Man, receiving its world premiere at The Public Theater under Barry Edelstein's direction.…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:45PMWhen first published in 1862, Ibsen's early work Love's Comedy caused an eruption of moral outrage in his native Norway for its scandalous representation of the role of women in marriage. …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:45PMSome shows are pure entertainment, inviting the audience to have a good laugh, like the slapstick extravaganzas of One Man, Two Guvnors; Lend Me a Tenor; She Stoops to Conquer; Don't Dress f…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:45PMAs part of the “DuoLogue” series at the Dramatists Guild of America, playwrights Itamar Moses and Christopher Shinn will discuss what it means to be a playwright in the U.S. at t…
Linked From HowlRound at 12:45PMAre critics bowing to "Mies Julie"?
Linked From StageGrade at 12:39PMby Jordan Tannahill Last month my boyfriend William and I signed a one year lease on an old barbershop in Kensington Market, spent three weeks in our long johns scrubbing the walls and floor…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 12:37PMThe new comedy What Rhymes with America begins performances off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company on November 19. The world-premiere production is set to open on December 12 and run t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:32PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Directed by Rob Ashford, the production will star Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker. P…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:32PMAs People magazine unveiled its annual Sexiest Man Alive issue, Grace star Paul Rudd, Tony winner Denzel Washington and Broadway vet Bradley Cooper were among the talented sta…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:32PMFlorence + The Machine’s lead singer Florence Welchher is planning to take time off from her band to write a musical, with sights set on the West End, the singer revealed to Briti…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:32PMYou for Me for You, the current production at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, is often cryptic and never really comes together, despite a few sharply focused moments
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:32PMDirector Molly Smith has brought a vibrant and colorful production of My Fair Ladyto the Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. She honors the legend of the classic musical from …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:31PMWhat a wonderful night we had on Thursday, when SCANDALOUS opened on Broadway. There is nothing more magical than when all the hard work comes together and all the creative forces collide in…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMHappy Birthday Laura Osnes Osnes made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of Grease. On March 10, 2009 Osnes took over the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush from Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Ha…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMVoting is now underway for the Chicago Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMLats week's poll asked which of Warren's biggest hits you'd like to see in a Broadway show. Check out your results below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMSPRING AWAKENING's Duncan Sheik will play the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on November 23 with special guests Courrier and Alpha Rev. Tickets are on sale now
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMA staged reading of They Promised Her the Moon will be presented Monday, December 3rd at 4pm, directed by Valentina Fratti. They Promised Her the Moon is based on the true story of Geraldyn …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMVoting is now underway for the Central PA Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMVoting is now underway for the Central NY Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMMatt Doyle will play a concert at NYCs Rockwood Music Hall on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 730pm. The show will feature a set of original songs co-written by Doyle and composer Will Van Dyke…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello begins rehearsals today starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMVoting is now underway for the CincinnatiDayton Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMTheatre Development Fund has launched the TDF Theatre Dictionary a video guide to 'theatre lingo' by TDF and theatre companies from across North America. Check out the welcome message by st…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMAn award-winning actress, Kirsten holds a unique distinction among Broadway performers.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMBroadways landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMVoting is now underway for the Cleveland Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMBuddy the Elf drops by the Lite FM 106.7 radio studio to help launch the start the holiday season - check out what happens during his visit
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMSignature Theatre has announced a second one-week extension for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, originally schedule…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMHallmark Movie Channel announced today that it will host the cable television premiere of ANNIE'S SEARCH FOR SANDY as part of a special two-hour, commercial-free dog-themed programming event…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThe Hartman Group, a high profile Broadway media relations firm, is currently seeking interns for the Spring of 2013. This is a great opportunity for current college students or recent gra…
Linked From The Hartman Group at 12:26PMKatori Hall recently gave the keynote at TCG's recent Fall Forum, which I didn't get a chance to attend, so I'm glad to see that the speech is now up on the TCG blog.
It's worth listening t…
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Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director of PREMIERES was on a mission to create a new musical experience where she introduced and commissioned writers and composers who had not worked together …
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 12:15PMThe new Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County will get an early winter reading, according to a casting notice.
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMThe S.L.E. Lupus Foundation presents the 2012 Life Without Lupus Gala, Turning Lupus Research Upside Down, Nov. 19 at The American Museum of Natural History.
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMThe Trevor Project's Trevor NextGen presents the organization's third annual Fall Fete, emceed by Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia, Nov. 19 at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York …
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMThe Twenty-Seventh Man, the world-premiere stage production adapted from author Nathan Englander's short story of the same title, officially opened Off-Broadway Nov. 18 at the Public The…
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMA staged reading of Laurel Ollstein's They Promised Her the Moon will be presented Dec. 3 at 4 PM at NOLA Studios.
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMBroadway stars will perform in a benefit to aid New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy Nov. 26 at the Gershwin Theatre. City of Hope: Broadway Blows Back will featur…
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMThe life and times of con-man Frank Abagnale, Jr., provide potent source material for the jazzy and anxious musical Catch Me If You Can.
Linked From Playbill at 12:15PMMark Rylance excels as both the ruthless king and the lovestruck Olivia in these all-male Globe productions, Sarah Hemming writes
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:09PMThe bharata natyam dancer’s ‘Yatra’ deftly recreates a spiritual quest on stage, Apollinaire Scherr writes
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:09PMNick Payne’s love-in-the-multiverse drama is as poignant in the West End as it was in the Royal Court, Ian Shuttleworth writes
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:09PMThe playwright looks down at the half-completed page in his battered Smith-Corona, tears it out, starts again. A man (Brian Hemmmingsen), urbane and slightly gross, marries a woman (Nanna …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMWhat has your experience been like being with this show for so long?
We took a twenty-month break in between productions so it was a little different than usual for us. The break was s…
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REVIEW: Dancers check into "Hotel Tango," a risky and dramatic work by Mariusz Olszewski. Plus, new work by Netta Yerushalmy.
Linked From StarTribune at 11:58AMThe 2012 TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Leading the Charge may be over, but our work has just begun. All of us–staff as well as attendees–left the Forum feeling charged with the r…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 11:54AMSeussical at Imagination Stage brings the curious land of Dr. Seuss tales, and many of their characters, all together in one theatre. It is a holiday show designed for children and families,…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AMWhile there is much that gives us concern in the current environment, we who work in the arts truly have a great deal to be thankful for this and every year.
Linked From Huffington Post at 11:45AMDavid Ayers is set to return as serial killer Buffalo Bill in Off-Broadway’s SILENCE! THE MUSICAL tomorrow, November 20th at the new Elektra Theatre in Times Square.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMMark Umbers is currently appearing as Franklin in Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory.Based on the play by Kaufman and Hart, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s music…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello begins rehearsals today starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perr…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:44AMLegit News:
Musical world preems to rave reviews
Linked From Variety at 11:44AMhe short story that launched Englander as one of contemporary literature's best short story writers, and his adaptation now marks a promising debut as a playwright. . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 11:40AMFor a completely different and unique musical experience with three incredible performances I urge you see INNER VOICES. Through December 2nd.
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 11:28AMFor Immediate Release – THE TWENTY SEVENTH MANOh. Wow. A play about six white men.That being said, there is some riveting theatre going on here. Well there is one great scene.Backtrack.…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 11:24AMThe company of Elf just celebrated their opening with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient Timothy J. Alex. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you full photo co…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office 226 West 46th Street is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Dadd…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMInterested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors BWW is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to complement our existing feature coverage in Toronto, Can…
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Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe great Hal Linden The Rothschilds, Barney Miller is asked to star in a new musical by the Outside the Box Musical Theatre Group. What is the musical Will he accept Stay tuned. Also stars …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMOn the heels of its record-breaking 2012 Summer Season, Williamstown Theatre Festival payed tribute to Abe Burrows, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and director, at its 2012…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre web site on the net, is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its line-up of exclusive, engaging, star-filled TV programs. To get fans caught up,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMPremieres Artistic Director Paulette Haupt presents Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act solo musicals including Arlington, Borrowed Dust, and Farhad or The Secret of Being. Opening was…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMVoting is now underway for the Inaugural Cabaret Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the standings here
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMAs first reported on TVLine.com, Broadway vet Raul Esparza will join the cast of NBC's upcoming drama HANNIBAL, based on characters from Thomas Harris' novel 'Red Dragon.' The actor will por…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMBroadways landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMTheatre Row, The New Group, Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A provocative and intense, but ultimately disappointing, look at one single mother as she attempts to protect…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 11:20AMBroadway Barre, a monthly musical-theatre themed event hosted by Kate Pazakis, continues Nov. 19 at 8 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMA staged reading of the new musical Girl Shakes Loose Her Skin is presented at Joe's Pub Nov. 19.
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMTony Award nominee Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber inhabit Inner Voices, a collection of three solo musicals, which officially opened Off-Broadway Nov. 18 after previ…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMForever Dusty, a new musical by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin about the life of late singer Dusty Springfield, officially opened at Off-Broadway's New World Stages Nov. 18 foll…
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMAdd Rodman Philbrick’s Homer P. Figg to the list of literature’s charming boyish rogues like Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He’s a clever lad who is not above stretc…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:03AMIt has been three years since I first started my Get Your Show Off The Ground seminars, and they just get more fun each and every time I have one. And this past Saturday’s seminar was …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:02AMWolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s famous Don Giovanni is being presented for a limited engagement at The Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric Opera House. In conjunction …
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The Courtyard Theatre, London: Memories play tricks on you, at least the ones do in Pericles Snowdon's surreal whodunnit. The Cat's Mother sees Snowdon entering the alluring realm …
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMApollo, London: Director Tim Carroll's sensitivity to Shakespeare's preoccupation with the theatricality of his work helps treat West End audiences to a beautifully nuanced, poigna…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMDuke of York's Theatre, London: Nick Payne's delicate, searching play - the third Royal Court production to transfer to the West End after Posh and Jumpy - has a fractal quality. Its ce…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMCourtyard, London: Solaris is a Stanislaw Lem novel from 1961, one that helped invent sci fi. It then spawned two circuitous, mind-bending sci fi films, both delicious eye candy for their ti…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMApollo Theatre, London: This all-male production was always going to be notable for the addition of a superstar Malvolio - and Stephen Fry's first performance before London's theat…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMRoyal Opera House, London: A triple bill of one of the 20th century's greatest choreographers is almost too rich a mix. But such is the variety of work produced by Kenneth MacMillan in …
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMRiverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Known rather unkindly, and not always accurately, as the 'graveyard shift', afternoon showcase sessions have always a bit of a gamble, for o…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMThe Place, London: Work by Rosemary Butcher isn't for the apathetic. You really have to draw your own conclusions, create your own narrative and search for the meaning in the physical m…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMOctagon Theatre, Bolton: The Octagon's Christmas show is a highly charged, deeply moving version of this perennial favourite. It owes much to the dramaturgical skills of director, Eliza…
Linked From The Stage at 10:57AMMulti-million pound plans to expand Elstree Studios have been boosted by a £2 million loan towards the redevelopment. The loan comes from the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s …
Linked From The Stage at 10:53AMI learned these at the poker table: 1. Pay attention - Most of the mistakes that happen at the poker table happen for a very simple set of reasons. You got bored. You got distracted. Importa…
Linked From Mission Paradox at 10:39AMGordon Clapp, best known for his role as Det. Greg Medavoy in the TV series "NYPD Blue," will play poet Robert Frost in the solo show "This Verse Business," based on the writings and …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 10:38AMNow in its second year, revolutionary responsive theatre event Theatre Uncut is taking the globe by storm in 2012.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:32AMFor this year’s TheatreCraft event at the Royal Opera House, A Younger Theatre will be live blogging and tweeting from the event and workshops. We’re on the hunt for a team of li…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:32AMThe off-Broadway revival of Bare begins performances on November 19 at New World Stages. The musical revival is set to open December 9.
The angst-ridden rock opera has acquired a cul…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:31AMThe holidays have officially arrived in New York as A Christmas Story opens at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 19. The holiday musical is set to run through December 30…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:31AMIf your Thanksgiving Week plans include taking in a Broadway show, please take notice of the special holiday schedule during this week, November 19-25. Many shows will take Thanksgiving Day …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThis week's High School in the Spolight goes to the Performing Arts Department at Santa Barbara High School in California Get to know their renowned arts program and check out photos from pa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMSusan Blackwell, Annie Golden, Jeremy Jordan, and more will be part of The 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, presented December 14-15, at 54 Below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe world premiere of Forever Dusty, a new musical about the life and times of legendary icon Dusty Springfield, by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin, opened last night, November 18, 2…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe new Broadway comedy The Performers by David West Read, concludes its Broadway run just last night, November 18, 2012, following the evening show at the Longacre Theatre 220 W 48 St.. The…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMToday, we're featuring Carl Reiner and his wife Estelle Reiner in 1984. Reiner performed in several Broadway musicals, including Inside U.S.A., and Alive and Kicking, and had the lead role i…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMComposer-lyricist Rob Rokicki celebrates the release of his debut album, "I’m Ready: The Songs of Rob Rokicki," Nov. 19 at 9:15 PM at Stage 72 (formerly The Triad).
Linked From Playbill at 10:13AMHalf Hour 2: A Last Minute Concert, featuring a host of Broadway understudies, will be presented Nov. 26 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 10:13AMA staged reading of The Tale of Murasaki – An Ancient Musical will be presented Dec. 10 at Ripley-Grier Studios.
Linked From Playbill at 10:13AMThe Huntington's Disease Society of America's annual Curtains Up For A Cure, produced by Broadway actress Meredith Patterson and hosted by Lance Rubin, will be presented Dec. 3 at Pl…
Linked From Playbill at 10:13AMFriday night, The Barns at Wolf Trap hosted multiple Grammy Award winner, an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica. The man is a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMReview of the Saturday, November 17 matinee at Studio 54 in New York City, NY. Starring Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jim Norton, Betsy Wolfe, Andy Karl,…
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Today is the birthday of Dick Cavett (born 1936). Even as a child I appreciated his dry, understated wit, and marveled at his ability to talk to ANYBODY, from authors like Norman Mailer and …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:58AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #260: Clifton Webb (for my full bio on this show biz Renaissance Man go here). Here is a little televisual tribute to him prepared by Indianapolis…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:58AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #259: Ned Sparks (for the full skinny on him go here). Here’s a hilarious caricature of him (and Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks) from a Warners …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:58AMAs, nominations open for the 2013 awards, we shine the spotlight on this year’s winners. To nominate an organisation for The Stage 100 Awards 2013, click here School of the year 2012: …
Linked From The Stage at 09:55AMTracie Bennett, who recently finished playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow on Broadway, is to join the cast of ITV’s Scott and Bailey. Bennett, whose theatre credits also include Hai…
Linked From The Stage at 09:52AMMatthew Strachan is an award-winning composer and songwriter best known for the soundtrack
to the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, for which he was recently inducted into the
ASCAP Ha…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:43AM“Republicans, too, Oliver! Sing!” This order, given by President Franklin Deleano Roosevelt to millionaire Oliver Warbucks may be the most unusual, fantasy-like element of Annie, the Dep…
Linked From Carey Purcell at 09:40AMCinderella, People's Light and Theatre Company's annual holiday panto, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield
Linked From Philly.com at 09:34AMA few months ago, my friend, the actor Jennifer Jackson, tweeted a line from a book she was reading about oil painting: Technique is a tool. It is not the whole of art, but it is a very es…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 09:32AMThe Cat’s Mother is a complex show from the all-female Foxed Up Theatre Company about the intricacies of memory which, ironically, messes with your mind. The plot is a web of questions pro…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 09:32AMJoin us on The Broadway Cruise sailing from the theater capital of the world to the beautiful pink sand beaches of Bermuda. This exciting cruise is designed for the ultimate Broadway fan. Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMVoting is now underway for Atlanta and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. We are updating live, so check out the stats here to see how your favo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMThe talented actress spoke with BWW about her Twilight character, Vampire Siobhan She isn't a vegetarian, she does chew humans, but she's civilized at least'
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMVoting is now underway for Baltimore and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the current standings here
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMVoting is now underway for Boston and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings here
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Performing arts centre Hoxton Hall has received a grant of around £1.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its restoration project. The grade II-listed Victorian music hall, which is…
Linked From The Stage at 08:51AMChristopher Durang’s theatrical specialty is a kind of gleeful comic exaggeration that falls somewhere between farce and satire, between mischief and mayhem, in that territory that Che…
Linked From The New Yorker Subscription at 08:41AMThe West End transfers of the Globe's productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III opened this weekend (17 November 2012).With Mark Rylance reprising the role of Olivia that he first played …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:41AMIn his continuing series, Andrew Glaszec pays tribute to music theater greats deserving of diva status. Today, he looks at an actress who has been in some of the biggest hits of the last fe…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 08:41AMWhereas Posh punched its same weight and Jumpy improved on its transfer to the Duke of York's, Nick Payne's Constellations, a delightful gem in the Court’s upstairs studio, seems a little …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:41AMAhead of the candy cane panto season, a spiky shot of strong theatrical aniseed is appealing. And since the flyer for Firebrand’s first production outside of the Scottish Borders indel…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:30AMthe 1990 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by August Wilson, that is now having a stirring revival at the Signature Theater. . . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:21AMAlthough he died more than seven years ago, playwright August Wilson lives on through the verbal music he kindled as part of his Century Cycle of ten plays chronicling the African-American e…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:21AMAdrenalin pur und eine berhrende Liebesgeschichte - das ist ROCKY - DAS MUSICAL. Sylvester Stallones oscarprmierter Kultfilm ROCKY, der Millionen Zuschauer begeisterte, erobert jetzt als Mus…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMBroadways landmark musical event THE LION KING celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMLONDON (AP) — In his last stage role, Mark Rylance thrilled audiences as a bawdy bard for modern Britain. Now he's going back to an earlier Bard in a vibrant William Shakespeare double bil…
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Production amp Celebrity Entertainment, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights AFER and Broadway Impact, has announced a one-night-only reading of 8, a play chronicling t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMAward-winning musical theatre composerlyricist Rob Rokicki celebrates the release of his album, Im Ready The Songs of Rob Rokicki at The Triad Stage 72 tonight, November 19th at 915 p.m. Sho…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMViolinist and artistic director Gil Morgensterns acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season tonight, Monday, November 19 at 730pm with Nacht und Trame, Night and Dreams. Cel…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMThe Poets' Theatre Antigonick will feature Maria Dizzia, Bill Camp and Michael Chernus, directed by Sam Gold and introduced by Anne Carson at the 92Y tonight, November 19th, 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band previously announced its debut concert performance, taking place tonight, November 19 at the Laurie Beechman Theater 407 West 42nd Street . The concert will…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMMore 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 today, November 19, 2…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMAbingdon Theatre Company which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history has announced that its 20th Anniversary Gala and dinner is set for tonight, November 19 a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:13AMAshley Brown, Broadway and Symphony Pops star, will be making her debut at Birdland tonight, November 19th at 7pm. Ashley's show Ashley Brown Call Me Irresponsible will feature many of her f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:13AMThe York Theatre Company honors legendary Broadway Music Director and Conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 21st Annual…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:13AMTonight, November 19, 2012, join The Trevor Projects Trevor NextGen in celebrating the third annual Fall Fete supporting the organizations life-saving work for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transg…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:13AM1906 George Arliss and Mrs. Fiske star in The New York Idea, Langdon Mitchell's play which runs 66 performances at the Lyric Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMActor-musicians Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, who comprise the scantily-clad music duo The Skivvies, celebrate their new single "Hardbody Hoedown" with a release party and concer…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe 1983 film A Christmas Story, based on Jean Shepherd's nostalgic and comedic holiday tale of American Christmases past, is re-wrapped as a new Broadway musical by songwriters Benj Pas…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band, featuring work from Broadway composer and musician Charlie Rosen, makes its New York City concert debut Nov. 19 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe York Theatre Company honors veteran music director and conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre, which is presented Nov. 19 a…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe Project Shaw series continues Nov. 19 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala honoring Tyne Daly, with appearances by Sharon Gless, Marilyn Horne, Liz Smith, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Charnin, is held Nov. 19…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMVirginia's Signature Theatre toasts the 50th birthday of its artistic director, Eric Schaeffer, with a celebratory concert of his favorite songs Nov. 19.
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America begins previews Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlantic’s main stage Linda Gross Theat…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office opens Nov. 19 for the starry Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Tony Award winner Scarlett Johansson and Benj…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, begins Off-Broadway previews Nov. 19 at New World Stages, where the work — billed as a Pop Opera in 2004 &…
Linked From Playbill at 01:05AMHoliday shows can get away with murder. They have familiar subjects, a captive audience and a limited run, so too often they don’t try as hard as they should.
When it first appeared a coup…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMThe past literally comes back to haunt the characters in “The Piano Lesson,” August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Now, 22 years after its Broadway debut, this deeply moving wo…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMMost of the new play “The Twenty-Seventh Man” takes place in a 1952 Soviet prison cell. It contains four men, part of a larger group of 27 rounded up on Stalin’s orders. They’re more…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AML.A. Kings Skate For a Cause
Our hometown boys, the L.A. Kings, keep busy during the NHL lockout by hosting a charity hockey game benefiting the Twin Peaks Cancer Foundation! We catch up wit…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAmerican Music Awards Celebrate 40th Anniversary
We head to the red carpet for the 40th anniversary of the American Music Awards and chat it up with attendees such as Lucy Hale, Braden Campb…
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