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Katie Holmes is ideally cast in "Dead Accounts." Not because she's that Katie Holmes, but because the fresh-faced star effortlessly projects the Midwest…
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Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along" is a skittish beast -- it was a famous flop on Broadway -- and makes a challenging choice …
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Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" has sailed into the Ahmanson Theater, its physical production a nearly exact art deco replica of what theatergoers recentl…
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For the squirm-in-your-seat comedy of personal embarrassment, theater is far better than film at letting audiences in on the action. Which is a damn good …
Linked From Variety at 10:25PMWith AYT exhibiting at this year's TheatreCraft, Features Editor Laura Turner finds about more about this unique event for non-performance careers in theatre.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:22PMOn tonight's episode of The X Factor, two more contestants are headed home and the top 6 is revealed
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:04PMBilled on YouTube as the perfect wedding surprise for the musical-loving newlyweds Susanne and Sune Vibk Svanekier on their wedding, the video below showcases reception guests serenading the…
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NEW YORK (AP) — You might expect Katie Holmes to have something to prove in her first acting appearance since splitting from Tom Cruise. You might expect her to emerge onstage in a gown by…
Linked From Boston Globe at 09:50PMCal Performances is hosting a two-day conference about music education centering on El Sistema, the lauded Venezuelan approach. The conference is part of a bunch of offerings organized aroun…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 09:49PMI am truly humbled and honored to have been selected as one of nytheatre.com's 2012 People of the Year along side Indie Theatre artists like Jordana Williams, the Amoralists (Derek Ahonen, M…
Linked From Visible Soul at 09:45PMREVIEW: New Yorker's love of literature is compelling, but rare-books dealer's reserve must melt a bit more.
Linked From StarTribune at 09:25PMThere’s nothing abstract about the title “My Name Is Asher Lev.” It’s a straight-up declaration.
Linked From New York Daily News at 09:19PMAfter departing “Smash,” the television series she created that looks with fluttering heart at the making of a Broadway musical, Theresa Rebeck apparently has changed her mind about New …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:19PMSignature’s production is a period piece but not dated, an intelligent look at a time, the 1960’s, and its music .
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:18PMIn Dead Accounts, the new Theresa Rebeck play that just opened at the Music Box, the symbolism is... well, not exactly cutting....
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:16PMThe Broadway play starring Norbert Leo Butz as a New York banker who absconds with millions from his job and returns to Cincinnati to help his middle-class family goes to extremes with chara…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:16PMNEW YORK (AP) -- You might expect Katie Holmes to have something to prove in her first acting appearance since splitting from Tom Cruise. You might expect her to emerge onstage in a gown…
Linked From Associated Press at 09:16PMRidiculous, I know, to worry about Katie Holmes. She has beauty, money, family and appears to be a very nice person. Similarly, it feels silly to be concerned about playwright Theresa Rebeck…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:12PMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack OBrien, stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Hol…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:03PMKatie Holmes tackles her first leading role on Broadway, alongside Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz in this Ohio-set comedy from "Smash" creator Theresa Rebeck.read more
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Fractured Atlas is one option for health insurance, but another option is the Freelancer's Union. I actually have a day job that provides me with health insurance, but for those who don't, t…
Linked From CultureFuture at 07:44PMYou don't have to be Jewish to relate to Asher Le's conflict of reconciling his allegiance to and comfort in his ultra orthodox upbringing and his need to fulfill his extraordinary gift as a…
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:35PMSILENCE! THE MUSICAL will end its triumphant 18-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 07:35PMIT’S STILL WONDERFUL In just a few seasons, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play has ascended to the top of the Christmas tree of essential local holiday entertainments. A show that…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:35PMKristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce, and Sigourney Weaver discuss their roles in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Playwright Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Che…
Linked From WNYC at 07:35PMEXHAUSTING BUT ENJOYABLE LUST You’ll have to suspend disbelief, endure belaboring, and excuse doltish behavior to enjoy the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Don Giovanni, but o…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:35PMD’ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s op…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:35PMSamantha Barks is so lovely, so natural as Eponine in the movie version of Les Miserables that you might be forgiven for thinking she’s made a lot of films, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Linked From Daily Mail at 07:35PMWASTED TIME In Marisa Wegrzyn’s Hickorydickory, all humans are born with a mortal clock encoded with the date and time of their death. This mortal clock takes the form of an actual pocke…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 07:35PMOpera is not always the most kid-friendly of art forms. But Lyric Opera of Chicago is out to change that with “Popcorn & Pasquale,” a 70-minute take on the company’s current producti…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:34PMThe Archer School For Girls and Loyola High School have come together to present a unique and joint Gallery Art Show on November 30, 2012 This show is open to the public – for one nigh…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 07:34PMRoyal Court, LiverpoolLiverpool's Royal Court has recently reopened after a £1m facelift. The big news, however, was that gossip-magazine favourite David Gest – no stranger to spending a …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMOld Vic, LondonIt would be nice to report that Trevor Nunn's revival of the classic 1948 musical is too darn hot, but it arrives in London from the Chichester festival in a lukewarm state. T…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMHe may have 'a big love' for the UK, but designer Valentino Garavani thinks we need to dress more smartly at the theatreTheatre may have embraced fashion in recent years, with Hugo Boss team…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMSneak preview of the latest instalment of Sky Arts' new series, Nation's Best Am-Dram, in which amateur theatre groups compete to be crowned the best in the UK
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMJill O’Hara & Tony Roberts When you enter the historic building founded in 1917, you’re enmeshed in theatrical history; the realization that you’re sitting in a sanctuary where…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:33PMSwan, Stratford-on-AvonAny production of Pushkin's 1825 play is haunted by gigantic shadows. First there are the Shakespearean tragedies and histories, especially Macbeth and Richard III, wh…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMEach time I sit in the audience and listen to Michael Feinstein, I get the distinct feeling he has a little secret. It’s that boyish twinkle in his eye as though he was telling himself a r…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:33PM Written by: Susan Hasho This can be counted on for unexpected and exciting new entertainment. The Monday night before Thanksgiving, I saw a lineup of four new faces (new to me)…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:33PMBroadway Musical Chaplin Gets an Recording: Masterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Chaplin.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 07:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood - he's decorating a Christmas tree....
Linked From Associated Press at 07:33PMScott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theater:Instead of local arts organizations run by and staffed by artists whose lives are made within a specific community and whose artistic visio…
Linked From Mike Daisey at 07:33PMWhile a Broadway production doesn’t seem to be in the stars for “Yank!,” a musical about a gay American soldier falling in love for the first time in the midst of WWII, the…
Linked From Backstage at 07:33PMMuch has been made of Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway’s performances in the big-screen adaption of the musical “Les Misérables,” but this isn’t the first time t…
Linked From Backstage at 07:33PMCould tap-dancing possibly be as fun as Rachel York makes it look? She and the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning Broadway revival of “Anything Goes,” …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:33PMBig changes appear to be in store for Avery Fisher Hall, one of the country's most prominent classical music venues. The New York Times has reported that the hall, at Lincoln Center, is sche…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:33PMRob Mersola’s “Dirty Filthy Love Story” is a world premiere from Rogue Machine that follows hard on the heels of the company’s 2011 hit, “Small Engine Repair,&r…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:33PMMichael LamontL to R: Joan Almedilla, Jennie Kwan, Janet Song, Yumi Iwama and Tiffany-Marie Austin A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina…
Linked From LA Weekly at 07:33PMA new musical about the transgender mayor of Silverton, Ore., is part of the 2013 slate at Seattle's Intiman Theatre. "Stu for Silverton" is based on the life and political career of Stu Ra…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:33PMMr. Simkin's repertory at the American Ballet Theater has included the Nutcracker-Prince in "The Nutcracker," Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet," the Bronze Idol in "La Bayadère," Franz in "Cop…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 07:33PMProlific playwright Theresa Rebeck is on a downward spiral with her Broadway offerings. The problematic but interesting “Mauritius” was followed by the flashy but empty “Se…
Linked From Backstage at 07:31PMLatino Theatre Company receives NEA grant, which will help support national festival and conference in 2014…Free holiday play readings include the traditional, eclectic, comedic, political…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 07:20PMAccording to Deadline.com, Joss Whedon's film MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will get a limited June 7th release via Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, followed by a wider release on June 21, 2013.…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMWe often walk a fine line on this blog between a musical and a play with music. Hell, throw in opera, musical spoofs, song cycles, etc. and the genre is just too hard to fit in a box. Last n…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel is read in its entirety over more than six hours in this bravura theatrical engagement with the source material on stage in downtown L.A.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PMNEW YORK (AP) — Over at Rockefeller Center they were lighting the Christmas tree, and a few blocks away at New York City Center, another much-cherished holiday tradition was taking place: …
Linked From Boston Globe at 06:47PMIf you read my blog, chances are you read Ian Moss + co.'s fantastic art policy blog Createquity. (If not -- what's wrong with your life! Go fix it!). So I probably don't have to tell you ag…
Linked From CultureFuture at 06:41PMIn “Trojan Women (After Euripides)” the pathos have been dialed back, with emotional clarity being emphasized more than cathartic tumult.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMRobin Byrd, famed for her raunchy cable talk show and Time Warner’s bid to limit access to it, is back, but onstage, not television.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMIn his riveting, airtight, two-person drama, “The Letters,” playwright John W. Lowell captures the insidious mix of manipulation, terror and hypocrisy that is at the root of all totalita…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:33PMLet It Be, the West End musical featuring more than 20 of The Beatles’ greatest hits has found a new home. The musical will play its final performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:19PMTickets are now on sale for the 1930s-set Zelda at the Oasis, a bio play about legendary starlet Zelda Fitzgerald. Directed by Andy Sandberg, the new drama by P.H. Lin stars Gardner Reed as …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:19PMJoss Whedon's indie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing will hit the big screen beginning June 7, 2013, according to Deadline.com. Released by Roadside Attractios and Lio…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:19PM‘Tis the season to buy stuff… so why not buy some of that awesome show memorabilia or a cast recording that you’ve been eyeing the last couple of months. Here’s the…
Linked From The Broadway Critic Blog at 06:15PMLegit Reviews||Los Angeles:
The late Gil Cates commissioned Donald Margulies' "Coney Island Christmas" as a Geffen Yuletide treat, and it turns out to be a present no one will w…
Linked From Variety at 06:14PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, November 29, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway BILLY CONNOLLY on CONAN @billyconnolly • …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:02PMManhattan 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 is currently in previews in…
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I have been reading some articles about transformation and how the arts just can’t seem to transform themselves. Interesting since most of us transform ourselves every time we do a new sh…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 05:59PMIs discretion really the better part of valour? This question arises in a particularly acute form in this new play, which looks at Danny, a gay primary school teacher who decides to come out…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:57PMRecently seen in the world premiere of the Old Globe's Allegiance and known for roles in Rent, Godspell and 'Glee,' Telly Leung prepares for a Dec. 2 performance at 54 Below in suppo…
Linked From Playbill at 05:48PMFancy Free!by Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonLast week was a busy week for theatre in Ottawa. So much so, that I did not have an opportunity to review Footloose until Tuesday evening. The p…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:47PMExmouth Pavilion: I have rarely seen such a well balanced showcase. It was a delight to witness a display of genuine variety which really did contain something for just about everybody. And …
Linked From The Stage at 05:36PMEven those who find The Sound of Music to be too saccharine for their taste buds (and I proudly include myself in that category) are likely to be won over by the Paper Mill Playhouse's beaut…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:30PM"A Christmas Story" jubiliantly refreshing. "Annie" ho-hum.
Linked From NorthJersey.com at 05:29PMLaura Benanti was the latest Broadway guest of honor to join Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley (together known as the Skivvies) for an undergarments-only concert on November 19. Tony winner Ben…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:18PMMaggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham and Ellen Burstyn lead a new Broadway revival of Picnic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that promises to serve up a steamy, romantic slice of A…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:18PMMarriot Theatre for Young Audiences created a lovely rendition of this classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Produced in the round, every seat is a good one. (read more...)
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 05:18PMWriters Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort explain the serious business of creating the funny for Center Theatre Group–The Second City’s production of A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, ope…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:18PMWhen I was asked to interview President Lee Pelton for HowlRound‘s Emerson College week my mind jumped from possible question to possible question. My peers urged me to ask a myriad of…
Linked From HowlRound at 05:09PMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! I spent most of your show recasting the actors in a new production.” I…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 05:03PMTo say Samantha Shane received an unconventional bar mitzvah gift would be an understatement. When the aspiring actress reached adolescence, her father gifted her a copy of The O’Reilly Fa…
Linked From Carey Purcell at 05:01PMJared Zirilli of FAT CAMP, Original Broadway Cast of LYSISTRATA JONES, WICKED, TWILIGHT the Musical brings you episode 48 of the Jared Zirilli Blog and his newest interview installment of Ja…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMA Christmas Story, The Musical, now on Broadway this holiday season, has partnered with STOMP Out Bullying to launch our Inaugural Anti-Bullying Story Competition. Our mission to end bullyin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMLizzie Klemperer leads members of the cast of the The Addams Family National Tour, putting their dark twist on Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. Watch the video below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMTonight's Broadway Ballyhoo cast has been announced. The November 29th show will star Brad Oscar Tony Nominee, THE PRODUCERS, Kristen Beth Williams Anything Goes, Nice Work if You Can Get It…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMEthan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi and Trevor Nunn are among the artists who will host a six-part PBS series exploring Shakespeare's classic plays, which will debut Jan. 25, 2013, a…
Linked From Playbill at 05:00PMJonas Productions will present The Messenger, an original drama by Paul Kodiak, beginning Dec. 13, prior to an official opening Dec. 14, at Roy Arias Stages in New York City.
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That grinding sound coming from the direction of my blog is me revising my critical view about updating Chekhov's plays to the modern era. Anya Reiss's sparkling rewrite of The Seagull is an…
Linked From John Morrison at 04:56PMThe sitting room in J.B Priestley's farce "When We Are Married" is spacious. It needs to be. Alderman Joseph Helliwell's parlor will be the site of many an entrance and exit, some fast, so…
Linked From Denver Post at 04:45PMSwimming in Lifeby Joe Vermeulen@YYZatcboy[Please note that this review is based on a preview performance.]It is a cold New York winter, and Jack has just met the love of his life. Connie is…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 04:45PMMasterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Chaplin. Produced by Grammy-winner David Lai, the album will available via digital download on D…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 04:38PMPicking the upcoming opening nights
Picking the upcoming opening nights.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:37PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:37PMJimmy McDermott, former associate artistic director at Writers’ Theatre, has been named the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-2013 season Michael Maggio Directing Fellow, an award designed for Chic…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:32PMEd Vaizey on public funding, views on Savile enquiry, patronising children, penguin casting and faces from the past
Linked From The Stage at 04:29PMThe bar is high for any revival of the 1997 Broadway cult-musical Jekyll and Hyde. At least for its hardcore fans – myself included. (We are known as "Jekkies.) Without question, the origi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:28PMDialogue with Three Chords presents “Lots” from playwright Sean Meehan as a benefit for the veteran-run charity On Behalf Of a Grateful Nation. Meehan has been a featured actor in previo…
Linked From offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com at 04:26PMWelcome to the third season and second year of Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C).
Linked From www.dthreec.blogspot.com at 04:26PMToday is the birthday of Mildred Harris (1901-1944). Those few who remember her nowadays know her primarily as “Charlie Chaplin’s first wife”, although unlike some of his l…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 04:25PMToday is the birthday of the legendary burlesque performer Ann Corio (1909-1999). In the 30s she was one of the top paid Minsky stars, earning $1000 a week plus a percentage of the house. Af…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 04:25PMTheater Uncut, a volunteer collective that drew standing-room crowds at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last summer, will present a series of short plays Off Broadway in January.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:15PMA stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s classic and inspiring coming-of-age novel My Name is Asher Lev opened off-Broadway on November 28. This New York premiere stars newcomer Ari Brand a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:15PMWill Haden, a second year MFA actor and Hannah Kaplan, a senior BFA actor, are the leads in the Connecticut Repertory Theatre production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" wh…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:10PMNEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, a stage parody of the big-screen thriller "Silence of the Lambs," will end its New York run Dec. 30, producers said Wednesday.
Linked From www.upi.com at 04:04PMR. Erin Craig presents staged readings of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting written by Ed Schmidt on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th in New York City. The industry-only staged rea…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMAmerican Idol contestants and HAIR co-stars Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo got engaged last spring on a live broadcast of FOX's American Idol. Now the love birds prepare for their June 1 nuptua…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMIt wowed Broadway. It swept the Tony Awards. It electrified the Kennedy Center. Now it takes a bow on the historic stage of the Hippodrome Theatre. Save 50 on BILLY ELLIOT at the Hippodrome …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMOn the heels of the recent Marvel purchase by Disney, the franchise has hired James Gunn to direct its upcoming superhero film, Guardians of the Galaxy, and has reportedly started the castin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMTelevision audiences know her for her diversity of characters. For soap opera enthusiasts, Dorothy Lyman is remembered for her work as Opal Gardner on All My Children. For sitcom fans, her b…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMDRG Records will release the new 2012 Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director critically acclaimed Broadway production of Rupert Holmes Tony Awa…
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Rachel York is good company on the national tour of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, which launched Oct. 2 in Cleveland. The tour landed in Los Angeles this week. Here is a look at th…
Linked From Playbill at 03:59PMDan Castellaneta, who voices Homer on TV's "The Simpsons," is among the comic performers in the world premiere of The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, …
Linked From Playbill at 03:59PMA festive month of music, with The Emerson Quartet, A Far Cry, Tallis Scholars, and the Borromeo Quartet among the standout performers.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:59PMThis adult-skewed take on the "Sesame Street" formula is expertly directed by local wunderkind Eric Ankrim, with an able assist from veteran puppeteer Doug Willott, and the cast they have en…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:41PMThere are three things certain in life: death, taxes, and that every year there will be a bunch of new Christmas recordings on the market. "Haul out the holly" and have a look at this year's…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:41PMClaire Simon, a leading Chicago casting director, and her associate Becca McCracken are on something of a mission to change one of the truisms of the American theater: In order to work in re…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:37PMThe stars of Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming Broadway revival of William Inge's Picnic met the Broadway press corps at their rehearsal studio on Thursday, November 29. The production, d
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMMarch is sure coming in like a lion! Or so you’ll see as William Inge’s Bus Stop pulls into CENTERSTAGE for the holidays. Directed by David Schweizer, this charming story brings a blizza…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PMGremlin Theatre chooses an edgy comedy by Martin McDonagh to continue its anti-holiday tradition.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:20PMThe cheeky entertainer returns with "We'll All Be Dead By Christmas."
Linked From StarTribune at 03:20PMThree-year hiatus ends with new space in Pioneer Building.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:20PMThis show has a lot of potential, and the script has many opportunities for some good laughs; it’s a shame that they aren’t fully explored. Sister Gabriel should know better than anyone …
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 03:16PMIt’s the early 1950s in the American heartland, and a dashing young drifter has come to town and sends the women of Independence, Kansas, reeling. That’s the story of Picnic, Wil…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:13PMGame of Thrones star Tara Fitzgerald will play Hermione in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Lucky Bailey, the production will run in S…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:13PMChita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase and the starry cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will record a cast album for the revival of the 1985 Tony-winning musical. The cast album will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:13PMThe cast met the press earlier today and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whole gang. Check out what they hed to say below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMTony nominee Anne Meara guest-stars on NBCs LAW amp ORDER SVU on Wednesday, December 5. The episode, titled Dreams Deferred, also guest-stars Patricia Arquette.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMR. Erin Craig presents staged readings of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting written by Ed Schmidt on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th in New York City. The industry-only staged rea…
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R. Erin Craig presents by-invitation-only staged readings of Ed Schmidt's Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting Nov. 29-30 in New York City.
Linked From Playbill at 02:57PMJanet Dacal and Christopher A. Kent will co-star in the Actors' Playhouse production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's poignant, two-person musical The Last Five Years.
Linked From Playbill at 02:57PMThe Broadway revival of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, starring Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Chita Rivera and Betsy Wolfe, will get a two-disc c…
Linked From Playbill at 02:57PMCould there be an epic battle between a superhero and a giant gorilla over the coveted Foxwoods Theater? The producers of the upcoming giant-sized musical King Kong have eyes on the Foxwoods…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 02:55PMRobby Benson To Star"Amazing Grace," the new musical which received a fully-staged workshop at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma terris Theatre in Chester, will receive New York showcase at Linc…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:53PM‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ is a three act, high tension production. How do you prepare for it?
The roles were written for middle aged people so you have to be cons…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:52PMYou’re making your Broadway debut in this production. What’s that experience been like for you?
It’s kind of surreal. I’ve achieved a major life goal of mine that now I can finally s…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:52PMHistorical genre . . . or historical "genre" . . . . where is the cultural energy these days?I've been thinking for some time about Steven Spielberg's Lincoln - without coming to any clear c…
Linked From The Hub Review at 02:45PMCopious laughter, instead of tears, could be heard throughout the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Monday, November 12 as hundreds of colleagues and friends gathered to remember the l
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:26PMREVIEW: A British rare-books dealer and his snarky American customer grow close through letters exchanged over 20 years in "84 Charing Cross Road."
Linked From StarTribune at 02:19PMMatthew Maguire grapples with mortality as the Wild Man runs from the Devil in Maguire’s solo show Wild Man in Rome, this week only at Son of Semele Ensemble. READ MORE
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 02:14PMIt is hard to imagine growing up without Michelle Magorian’s beautiful children’s novel Goodnight Mister Tom. For all those who wish to be treated to a trip down memory lane, this tr…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 02:13PMTickets are now on sale for John Kevin Jones' solo performance of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Summoners Ensemble Theatre production of the Christmas classic will pla…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:13PMAfter going to battle at the barricades, Les Miserables star Eddie Redmayne could follow his turn as Marius by defending the world in a new superhero flick. The Tony winner is among the lead…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:13PMAs the holiday season begins, theater fans are feeling festive: Broadway.com's top stories centered on the eagerly awaited revival of Cinderella, the current revival of Golden Boy, a che…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:13PMWhen it comes to multitasking, the ladies of The Heiress set a high bar. Star Jessica Chastain is juggling her leading role as Catherine Sloper with promotional duties for the Oscar-buzz fil…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:13PMWe're excited to introduce "In Performance," a regular theater video series, that kicks off this week with Aasif Mandvi in a scene from Ayad Akhtar's play "Disgraced."
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PMRoundabout Theatre Company will present of Picnic, starring Reed Birney as Howard Bevans, Maggie Grace as Madge Owens, Elizabeth Marvel as Rosemary Sydney, Sebastian Stan as Hal Carter, Mare…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMIn ANYTHING GOES, when the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set a course to true love...proving that sometimes destiny ne…
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The original production of Bells Are Ringing opened on Broadway Nov. 29, 1956. Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin won Tonys for their performances in the Jule Styne musical.
Linked From Playbill at 01:57PM"Flying to Neverland with Peter Pan," a hardcover book featuring the lyrics of Carolyn Leigh and Tony Award winners Betty Comden and Adolph Green from Peter Pan, is now available f…
Linked From Playbill at 01:57PMDespite being written by the most modern of the Greek tragedians, Euripides’ “The Trojan Women” might be the hardest of the classic tragedies to stage. Set immediately afte…
Linked From Backstage at 01:57PMLauren Molina and Nick Cearley know how to get Broadway naked.Billed at the musical duo The Skivvies, Molina (the cello-playing Johanna in Sweeney Todd) and Cearley (a r
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:26PMWriting this morning (since it’s already in print) to announce that my column in the current edition of Chelsea Now/ the Villager/ Downtown Express is my last one. Thus ends not just…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 01:22PMIt’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Marin Theatre Company. Hey, remember last week when I linked to my feature in the Marin Independent Journal about It’s a Wonderful Life: A L…
Linked From The Idiolect at 01:20PMby Michael Wheeler I haven’t seen Terminus yet – going with my Mom next week. I don’t want that to stop me from writing about it here though, as we don’t do reviews in this space…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 01:19PMPrior to seeing the show, it would be easy to confuse Boy Meets Boy at the Jermyn Street Theatre for something it’s not. The musical, with a central plot about a gay romance in the 1930s, …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 01:12PMTV and film heartthrob Dylan McDermott bundled up and made his way to the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre on November 28 to check out Eve Ensler's moving new play Emotional Creature. Th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:11PMThis week's A.P.T. is dedicated to Jason Gardner. Jason is not only and amazing photographer as you'll see in his project below, but he is what I would call a "Generosity Artist". …
Linked From One Producer in the City at 01:09PMRECOMMENDED It’s probably blasphemy to suggest that American Theater Company’s radio rendition of this holiday tale is better than the iconic Frank Capra film, but’s certainly …
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Damian Lewis appeared on last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC and chatted about his Broadway experiences in Hamlet as well as his starring role in the award-winning Showtime drama 'Homeland…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMFollowing its celebrated opening at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pullman Porter Blues travels across the country in its world-premiere co-production at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for Ameri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMVirginias Signature Theatre announced today that the run of Dreamgirls is extended through January 13 due to popular demand an addition of eight performances. Tickets to all performances ar…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, Scandalous opened at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre earlier this month on November 15. Accordi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMEarlier this week, NEWSIES, Disneys popular new musical about a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenage newsies, receiveed Actors' Equity Associations Advisory Committee o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is extending the run of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson an additional three weeks, now to Jan. 13, 2013.
Linked From Playbill at 12:55PMInspired by the correspondence of 20th-century poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, playwright Sarah Ruhl shapes Dear Elizabeth, starring Mary Beth Fisher and Jefferson Mays.
Linked From Playbill at 12:55PMMy Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel, officially opened Nov. 28 at 7 PM following previews that began Nov. 8 at Off-Broadway's West…
Linked From Playbill at 12:55PMTheatreZone, under the artistic direction of Mark Danni, kicks off its 8th season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum beginning Nov. 29 in Napl…
Linked From Playbill at 12:55PMTo miss Nova Y. Payton singing “(And I Am Telling You) I’m Not Going” would be like skipping Christmas. The gift is delivered midway through Signature Theatre’s sizzling revival of …
Linked From Washington Post at 12:55PMThe Chicago Fringe Festival is proud to announce its application dates for groups and organizations interested in participating in the 2013 Fringe Festival, August 29 – September 8, 2013. …
Linked From Collective Leverage at 12:55PMName: Jonathan DraxtonHometown: Park City, UtahEducation: BA in English, BA with Honors in Theatre, both from Williams College.Favorite Credits: Twelfth Night (Malvolio); The Elephant Man (J…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:53PMIn two works by Swiss choreographer Martin Schläpfer, warmth and range contrasted with generic danced misery, writes Laura Cappelle
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:53PMThree time Olivier Award-winning actress Maria Friedman has made her directing debut with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Based on th…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:53PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI), Universal Pictures Stage Productions, and Beacon Communications today announced that BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL is the newest Broadway pr…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:52PMSisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn will make her Broadway debut in the spring of 2013 in a revival of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Beth Henley’s 100-proof comedy Th…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:50PMYou’ve previously directed Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Have you approached the material differently as an actor than you did as a director?
Acting and directing are two entirely sepa…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:50PMSanta has delivered a mixed bag of goodies just in time for the holidays. A CHRISTMAS STORY, the musical - based on the book “In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash” by Jean She…
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 12:50PMMike Tyson is gearing up to take his one-man show “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” on a national tour next year. The show, which is written by Tyson’s wife Kiki Tyson and directed by…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:34PMIt’s that time of year again, when nytheatre.com celebrates a group of individuals and companies who have made a significant contribution to the indie theatre landscape in NYC. This is the…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 12:13PMThe show's creator, Kathie Lee Gifford, and two of the lead producers, Dick and Betsy DeVos, have kept the show running in hopes that it will find a larger audience at the box office.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMTheater comes in all shapes and sizes, from flea circuses to the Super Bowl, but very few stage plays embark on a “world arena tour.”
Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:10PMThe hunchback of Notre Dame can finally get ready to ring those church bells. Quasimodo, a musical by late Oliver! composer Lionel Bart, will receive its world premiere in London 17 yea…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMPint-sized Broadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar took a huge risk on November 29, when she stepped up to The X Factor stage to tackle the Adele hit “Rolling in the Deep.” After the p…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMThe sold-out engagement of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson has been extended for a third time. Starring Brandon J. Dirden and Chuck Cooper, the Signature Theatre Company revival …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMIt’s no surprise that an off-Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson would be worth seeing. After all, the play won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is consider…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:10PMWho can resist a chorus of tap dancing kids, a plastic leg lamp and a pair of capricious canines?
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 12:05PMThe Central School of Speech and Drama has been awarded royal status by the Queen. As part of her Diamond Jubilee year, the monarch has honoured the training centre by re-naming it the Royal…
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Is this a digger I see before me? The picturesque cottage where Anne Hathaway was wooed by her future husband William Shakespeare has become the focus of a legal battle as local councillors …
Linked From The Independent at 11:58AMToday in 2006, Company opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 246 performances. Company is a musical comedy based on a book by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMThe Nutcracker ballet returns to NCM Fathom Events this holiday season in collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music. Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theatres n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMLast night, eight-time Grammy Award winner and 2009 Tony Award nominee Dolly Parton, attended a performance of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, and visited with the cast…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway premiere of The Other Place, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, and John Schiappa, w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMThe classic holiday movie White Christmas comes to the stage at last This North American tour shines with classic Berlin hits like Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean and, of course, the unfor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMLegendary performer Diana Ross, Smash star Megan Hilty, chart-topping recording star Demi Lovato, The Voice favorite Chris Mann and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery are set to ring in th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMThe Transport Group will honor Tony Award-winning actor Christian Borle, Tony-winning Memphis producer Sue Frost and Tony-honored wig designer Paul Huntley Dec. 10 at the Asia Society and Mu…
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMPerformances begin Nov. 29 for a new production of the 1959 Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress at London's Union Theatre, prior to an official opening Dec. 1, for a run through Jan. 5.
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMRicky Martin, who will conclude his run in the Broadway revival of Evita Jan. 26, 2013, has found his next gig.
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMIn anticipation of the release of Chaplin's original Broadway cast album, Sony Masterworks has given Playbill.com an exclusive listen to "Where Are All the People?," Rob McClur…
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMTwo-time Tony Award-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn celebrates his birthday Nov. 29. Playbill.com takes a look back at the composer's past Broadway productions. His work includes Jekyl…
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMYank!, the musical about a young gay American soldier facing first love as he is swept into World War II, will have a cast album and a future licensing life rather than an imminent Broadway …
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMPlaybill.com has learned that the Tony Awards Administration Committee will assemble for the second time during the 2012-13 season Feb. 14, 2013, according to a Tony Awards spokesperson.
Linked From Playbill at 11:51AMLike the rest of humanity, I have complicated feelings about reboots. Reboots are what I do to my phone or computer when I cannot think of anything else to do to try to solve a problem. In m…
Linked From Washington Post at 11:51AMOn September 25, 1996, James Graves, Associate Director of SDCF, moderated a panel about Directing Opera. Panelists included Lillian Garrett-Groag, Mark Lamos, and Rhoda Levine. With great v…
Linked From American Theatre Wing at 11:51AMThe Broadway tramp is going global! On December 4, Masterworks Broadway will digitally release the original Broadway cast recording of the new hit musical, Chaplin, prior to the CD hitting s…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:49AMThe cast of Disney‘s Tony-winning hit new musical Newsies will receive Actors’ Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Sixth Annual ACCA Award for Outs…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:49AMNEW YORK—A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood—he's decorating a Christmas tree.
Linked From Denver Post at 11:40AMNEW YORK (AP) — A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood — he's decorating a Christmas tree.
Linked From Boston Globe at 11:40AMSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: Michael Boyd's last production for the RSC as artistic director, the second in the company's A World Elsewhere season, makes explicit the link be…
Linked From The Stage at 11:35AMMenier Chocolate Factory, London: The Menier Chocolate Factory has now become London's leading home for both refining and redefining Sondheim musicals. But whereas its ravishing product…
Linked From The Stage at 11:35AMClwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: Peter Rowe's rock pantos are always a Christmas highlight and this 1950s set, non-stop entertainment is the freshest yet. When I say freshest I don't mean…
Linked From The Stage at 11:35AMThis could be one of the best panel discussion topics I’ve seen in a long time, and it’s brought to you by Off-Broadway Alliance. This Sunday, December 2nd, at the World Famous S…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:25AMTheaterMania is happy to announced that long-time TheaterMania University (TMU) contributor and actress will be making her TV debut on CBS's Blue Bloods this Friday at 10 pm EST in an episo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:23AMIt was just about a year ago that I started blogging for TheaterMania as a post-BFA grad of 18+ months, building my credits while learning how to navigate the acting world (still trying). I…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:23AME. J. C. Calvert Hometown: I was born in St. Louis, MO, and lived there long enough to form a couple foggy memories. Then I grew up primarily in Rochester, NY, with stints in Palo Al…
Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:15AMThere's plenty of ice cream, pizza and chili cheese dogs to go around as Dead Accounts—the new family comedy about money, mystery and Midwestern munchies—opens on Novemb…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:07AMThe Christmas musical The Nutcracker and the Mouse King begins previews at off-Broadway's Beckett Theatre in Theatre Row on November 29. Featuring music and a book by Collin Simon and ly…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:07AMEvita star Ricky Martin will mentor aspiring performers on the second season of the Australian edition of The Voice, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Martin, who exits Broadway’…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:07AMThe CW has canceled Emily Owens, M.D., the new medical drama starring Mamie Gummer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The previously scheduled mid-series finale will air on December 4, an…
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BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment with our latest feature - 'The Regional Opera Company of the Week'. This wee…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMCyndi Lauper amp Friends Home for the Holidays is a star-studded benefit concert on Saturday, December 8th at New York City's historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, g…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMLast night, eight-time Grammy Award winner and 2009 Tony Award nominee Dolly Parton, attended a performance of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, and visited with the cast…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMBe captivated by this dazzlingly original take on the classic fairy tale.
Linked From The Independent at 10:57AMProducers of the Australian-bound King Kong are eyeing the Foxwoods Theatre, which currently houses the high-flying musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, as an ideal venue for the large-sca…
Linked From Playbill at 10:48AMBring It On, the new high-flying Broadway musical comedy set in the world of competitive high school cheerleading, will roll out in high schools and theatres across the country in the near f…
Linked From Playbill at 10:48AMConan O'Brien will host the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert, which will debut Dec. 21 at 8 PM on TNT.
Linked From Playbill at 10:48AMThe long-rumoured revival of Michael Bennett's Tony Award-winning production of Marvin Hamlisch's A CHORUS LINE, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway hopefuls auditioning for a n…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:48AMOn November 29, Dead Accounts officially opens at the Music Box Theatre. Theresa Rebeck‘s (the creator of the hit NBC television series “Smash”) dark family comedy, starring Katie …
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:48AM“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make A Musical” La Grange High School Lake Charles, LA Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer of the Broadway JR. Collection September 28, 2012 …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:32AMAs 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 Fringe theatre of the yea…
Linked From The Stage at 10:29AMTweetBroadway people can be tricky when it comes to buying them a gift. They love certain things and hate others, especially when it comes to shows and cast recordings. That’s why it c…
Linked From Broadway Reviewed at 10:13AMWriter of "The Divine Sister" revives old movies with a twist of camp.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 10:05AMAge & Hometown: 11; Los Angeles, CA
Current Role: Anchoring the big Broadway revival of Annie as the show’s title character, an optimistic yet tough red-headed orphan.
Tale a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:05AMOnly an artist with great talent could capture the zany antics of Norbert Leo Butz’s screwball screw-up Jack in the new Broadway play Dead Accounts—and sure enough, we’ve g…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:05AMSisterhood is alive and well and coming to the Carlyle Club in Alexandria. For two nights only the city’s most sophisticated nightclub will be taken by storm by five rip-roaring tell-i…
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Trevor Nunn directs the Old Vic production of KISS ME, KATE, with Music and lyrics by Cole Porter and Book by Sam and Bella Spewack, which performed in London 20 November.Choreography is pro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello stars as Aimee Semple McPherson, the trailblazing media superstar whose passion for saving souls was matched by her passion for making headlines.…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at the Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMSee Brian dArcy James and Kate Baldwin on stage in the critically-acclaimed production of GIANT at the Public Theatre - now in performances through December 16
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMMy last blog for Broadwayworld.com What an interesting experience this has been for me to write about opening SCANDALOUS this past month. I usually try to stay slightly anonymous, and have n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at the Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at The Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMCarly Rose Sonenclar slowed things down on last night's THE X FACTOR on FOX, taking on Adele's hit single, Rolling in the Deep. The Top-8 contestants were tasked with performing Number One s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMThe West End run of the Beatles tribute show Let It Be, currently at the Prince of Wales through Jan. 19, 2013, will continue by transferring to the Savoy Theatre, where it will resume perfo…
Linked From Playbill at 09:47AMAmbassador Theatre Group (ATG), the U.K.'s largest theatre owner/operator and producing group, has announced plans to expand further into the Asia and Pacific markets, and has appointed …
Linked From Playbill at 09:47AMThe U.K.'s Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton is to offer the world premiere of To Sir, With Love, a stage adaptation of ER Braithwaite's autobiographical novel of the same …
Linked From Playbill at 09:47AMVeteran press agent Pete Sanders, former president of The Pete Sanders Group, has joined the O&M Co. press agency.
Linked From Playbill at 09:47AMOne of the many Greenwich Village denizens of The Recognitions is Esme, a young woman who poses as an artist’s model for Wyatt Gwyon, the central character of the novel. A heroin addic…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:47AMThe new musical, based on the famed movie about a rampaging ape, is first scheduled to open in Melbourne, but a New York run could come later.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:43AMAnd now for something completely different — Philip Dawkins’ enchanted and enchanting “Failure: A Love Story.” Here, in its exquisitely imagined world premiere in the Victory Gardens…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 09:27AMWelcome the holiday season in style, with bold backdrops, stunning costumes and lights, dancers, and a Chorus of over 200 singers. Winter Nights proves to be one of the biggest – if not th…
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The Royal Shakespeare Company is the natural home for Pushkin's great drama with its echoes of Macbeth and the history plays and its prudent policy of commenting on the political turmoil of …
Linked From The Independent at 07:55AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:55AMSylvester Stallones oscarprmierter berraschungserfolg ROCKY, der Millionen Zuschauer begeisterte, erobert jetzt als Musical die groe Bhne. ROCKY ist sowohl die dramatische Geschichte eines B…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:55AMProducer Sonia Friedman was among the guests at the Menier Chocolate Factory last night to see her sister Maria's directing debut - a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
Ba…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:45AMBeatles concert show Let it Be will transfer to the West End's Savoy Theatre following its current run at the Prince of Wales.The show, which is billed as a "spectacular theatrical concert",…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:45AMASPEN - Last summer's renovation of the Theatre Aspen venue included the addition of a permanent lobby and box office as well as the integration of the theater tent with the neighboring John…
Linked From Aspen Times at 07:22AMLegit News:
10 Screenwriters to Watch 2012: Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman
Linked From Variety at 07:06AMThe intriguing drama doesn’t offer any easy answers. But the mother of its most interesting character is correct when she tells her daughter that “the world is full of wickedness.”
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If you ask Richard Thomas, the writer/ composer behind Jerry Springer: The Opera, to write your Christmas show, you shouldn’t expect sugar-coated seasonal fare.
Linked From The Independent at 06:54AMHe has written the Best Play of the year, according to the Evening Standard Theatre Awards but Nick Payne doesn’t make life easy for those who have to stage Constellations.
Linked From The Independent at 06:54AMFreedom from her past constraints means Katie Holmes gets to kiss a guy for real on stage in “Dead Accounts.” The guy she kisses is Josh Hamilton, and you can tell she has a good…
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 06:49AMTrevor Nunn's revival of Cole Porter's classic musical Kiss Me, Kate has transferred to the Old Vic, where it opened this week (27 November 2012, previews from 20 November).The
production, …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:44AMLondon’s the O2 is looking to expand its programming beyond live music and establish itself as an entertainment destination similar to the Southbank Centre, The Stage can reveal. The Green…
Linked From The Stage at 06:01AMSky has overhauled the way it displays programmes’ end credits, after research found three-quarters of its own viewers believe that these are important for actors. Equity has campaigned si…
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Thomas Cott’s recent round up of stories raising questions about whether arts organizations should accept funding from energy companies which are poisoning the environment through oil …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:48AMAcclaimed cabaret singer, Broadway performer and host of The Broadway Breakfast on SiriusXM Radio, Christine Pedi will perform her hilarious holiday show, Theres No Bizness Like Snow Bizness…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:48AMThe Public Theater presents William Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS, the third Public Lab production of the fall season. Directed by Michael Sexton, TITUS ANDRONICUS runs tonight, November 29…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:48AMMeet Jordan Gelber, who gave up his apartment on Avenue Q and has moved to West 45th Street, to Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where he is the star of Elf.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMBlaise Bouschard, Gary Troy, Sara Sheperd and Nicholas Belton are part of the Human Race Theatre Company's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, which debuts in a new ten-actor stagin…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMObie Award-winning actor and director Matthew Maguire brings his new solo show, Wild Man in Rome, to Los Angeles for a three-performance engagement following a New York City run at The …
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMLa Vie Theaters presents a cancer charity event entitled "An Evening Celebrating Life and Hope," which features performances from the new musical Yahweh on Broadway, Nov. 29 at the…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMTony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes co-star in the Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new black comedy Dead Accounts – about an Ohio family whose prodigal s…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMTwo-time Emmy Award winner Dorothy Lyman stars as Violet Weston in the Hot Summer Nights-Theatre Raleigh production of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama August: O…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMA by-invitation-only reading of the new musical The Mudge Boy, based on Michael Burke's film of the same name, is presented Nov. 29 at 3 PM in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMThe Open Hearts Foundation presents Jane Seymour and the Tim Janis Ensemble: The Christmas Rose, a night of music, dance and drama featuring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and composer Tim Ja…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMStudents in the University of Northern Colorado's theatre program perform alongside guest artist Lucy Peacock, the Canadian theatre star revered for her work at the Stratford Festival, i…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMOne of the best things about the new off-Broadway drama “My Name Is Asher Lev” is how old-fashioned it is. Although there are moments of levity, the show isn’t afraid to be deeply earn…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:32AMIt’s a variation on the classic nightmare: finding yourself onstage in a dance recital — but you don’t know how to dance. And that’s exactly what happens in “Untrained,” the chee…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:32AMThe Franklin Performing Arts Company is holding a free holiday musical performance of “Humbug!” for members of area youth organizations at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Thomas D. Mercer Audi…
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:29AMNEW YORK (AP) — Lock up your ears — Mike Tyson's coming to a theater near you.
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:29AMNEW YORK (AP) — How does a young man choose between his family and his artistic talent, and can the power of art rise above religious restrictions? Those are some of the issues addressed w…
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:29AMSo...snow, eh. Perhaps a little White Christmas: The Musical to get us through...(Monique Lund and Todd Talbot at The Arts Club; Photo by David Cooper)
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:27AMChaplin the Musical
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The highly acclaimed new Broadway musical production of Chaplin will release its Original Broadway Cast Album in January 2013.
Chaplin the Musicalfollows t…
Linked From About.com - Theater at 12:15AMMaureen McGovern
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Two-time Grammy Award-nominated singer, Maureen McGovern, will headline at New York City's newest Broadway nightclub in December 2012.
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Linked From About.com - Theater at 12:15AMAssassins
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The one-night only benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim's controversial work, Assassins, is almost sold out.
The 2004 Tony Award-winning produc…
Linked From About.com - Theater at 12:15AM… translations … Le Luxe I, 1907 * (*full captioins below) Le Luxe II, 1907-8 Although this large exhibit covers most of Matisse's painting career, it has a specific focus: to bring toge…
Linked From Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 12:04AMI love variety shows and have longed for their return to the small screen. Well now I have hope, as Street Tempo Theatre brings the audience an early present of mayhem, laughs, and a sprinkl…
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