Actor Norbert Leo Butz was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently -- along with his co-stars Katie Holmes and Judy Greer -- to talk about the Broadway production of the new play "Dead Accounts.…
Linked From WNYC at 08:53PMDisconnection runs rampant throughout What Rhymes with America, the new play by Melissa James Gibson that just opened at the Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:53PMFrom Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, and from Fanny Brice to Barbra Streisand, the film explores the phenomenon of how Jewish-American songwriters created a uniquely American art form
Linked From PBS at 08:53PMNot only is actor Bobby Cannavale currently sharing a Broadway stage with his idol Al Pacino in the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, he's apparently sharing his time offstage with Bridesmaids…
Linked From Paper Mag at 08:53PMVideo shot and edited by John Dargan.
Social worker-turned-playwright Cheryl L. West spent more than two decades studying people. "As a writer, your charge is to create a story that tells a…
Linked From PBS at 08:53PMAfter all the cliches – sleezy hack, crusading attorney, tart with a heart – isn't it time showbiz tackled chemical engineering?There isn't much to recommend the Broadway revival of Glen…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:53PMBare, now playing at New World Stages, has everything a high school sex romp rom-com needs to succeed: a slutty girl with a mysterious past, a hilariously perky student, a teacher who turns …
Linked From Paper Mag at 08:53PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Hanks' Broadway debut will include an old buddy - former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari will share the stage with the Oscar winner....
Linked From Associated Press at 08:53PMIt was a magical snowfall, a too-long-deferred bliss. It was the kind of beautiful fib one finds only in a theater.
Linked From Denver Post at 08:46PMThey're not actors, musicians or stagehands, but a strike by some workers could soon shut down the shows at 32 Broadway theatres who are threatening to walk out if they don't have a new cont…
Linked From NY1 at 08:28PMThe quirk quotient is dangerously high in Melissa James Gibson’s “What Rhymes With America,” a rather sketchy collection of scenes in search of a play. As this is my introd…
Linked From Backstage at 08:26PMViva Forever! isn’t the clunker it’s been labelled. It’s also not the thin gruel of the standard West-End jukebox musical. The real problem is that it can never be Mamma Mia!, the glob…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 08:10PMBroadway is still hopping during Christmas week, but many Broadway shows have an unusual performance schedule. To find out when your Broadway favorites are playing from December 24 to Decemb…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 08:09PMStampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race. It’s 1872 and Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortun…
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According to the Chicago Tribune, American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado has joined the cast of The Book of Mormon in Chicago and will be playing the featured role of 'Nabulungi'. Stephanie U…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMJoe's Pub at the Public has announced its Broadway and cabaret events for December 14-February 3, featuring performances by Sasha Allen amp Rob Lewis Christmas Time Is Here, Lady Rizo, Taylo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMIt's been over five years since a strike has threatened Broadway, but according to the Associated Press, if a new contract for the 32BJ union isn't approved soon, that's how December might e…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMWest 44th Street became the hottest block on Broadway in Fall 2012 when celebrity chef Guy Fieri opened his new restaurant Guy's American Kitchen amp Bar right next door to Broadway's Best P…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57PM“Working” has always been a heartbreaker. Based on Studs Terkel’s celebrated 1974 nonfiction book, the musical was the brainchild of composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who…
Linked From Backstage at 07:55PMHeads invariably turn when just one Rockette walks into a room. But when two, long-legged members of the world’s most famous kick line move into view — particularly if they are decked ou…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:51PMBehind every great man there’s a great woman. In the case of Charles Dickens, there were quite a few. Acclaimed British actress Miriam Margolyes, perhaps more familiar to American audience…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:51PMThey’ve returned — to put the “fun” in holiday dysfunction. Fine Print Theatre’s “Christmas in Chicago,” a 75-minute, musical sketch comedy revue, returns for a second year. Eq…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:51PMSyesha Mercado, a finalist on the "American Idol" talent show, has taken over the featured role of Nabulungi in the Chicago production of "The Book of Mormon," representatives of the show ha…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 07:11PMLula del Ray is a sad and soulful coming-of-age story of young Lula growing up in rural mid-century America who runs away to the city. Though the plotline might seem a bit trite, but the way…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 07:09PMThe Irish Repertory Theater’s stage adaptation of the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” set in a 1940s radio station, is a small triumph.
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Christopher Lloyd will star as Azdak in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Directed by Brian Kulick, and featuring new musi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:57PMPigPen Theatre Co., the troupe behind the off-Broadway fable The Old Man and The Old Moon, released an original Christmas carol titled "Father Hare" for download. Featuring just th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:57PMIt’s all in the family on season two of TV’s Bunheads, when Tony winner Sutton Foster will welcome her Tony-nominated brother Hunter Foster to the cast of the hit ABC series, acc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:57PMThe holidays are here! But before you get too wrapped up in decking the halls and donning your gay apparel, head out and see the blazing theater before you. This week’s Countrywide Gui…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:57PMWicked and Brooklyn star Eden Espinosa is hosting a CD Release Party on Monday, December 17 for her debut album, Look Around --- available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and Eden Es…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMKnown for his thrilling live performances and irreverent style, award-winning musical troublemaker David Yazbek returns to the stage with his band in this ongoing series at 92YTribeca, prese…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMCrooner Ron Hawking, best known for his shows featuring the music of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, is adding a bit of Christmas to the mix for his upcoming show at theDrury Lan…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:50PMWhen did it become unfashionable for Americans to call ourselves “workers”? Certainly, it goes back way before 1978. That was when “Working” opened on Broadway, a musical co-conceive…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 06:44PM"Cheeky, dorky, delectable comic-book theater is alive and well."-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 06:42PMDecember 12, 2012 by Mark LamosArtistic Director There's a question I'm asked over and over, year after year. It's a question that every artistic director on the planet is asked—…
Linked From Westport Country Playhouse at 06:30PMIn this special Downstage Center, we celebrate the legendary Stage Door Canteen (a war relief effort founded by early members of the American Theatre Wing). Opened on March 2, 1942 in the 44…
Linked From American Theatre Wing at 06:29PMCorn Exchange, King's Lynn: Confidence is the name of the game at King's Lynn. Three years in, Jordan Productions' Aladdin is flying as high as that magic carpet. It's got a c…
Linked From The Stage at 06:19PMBurton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse: Christmas theatre isn't all about pantomime - in addition to its Dick Whittington, Oxford Playhouse is also putting on this more intimate, intera…
Linked From The Stage at 06:19PMChristmas plays are a seasonal curse of British theatre. But there are alternatives to pantos and Dickens monologues. At the Royal Court Theatre, there is a tradition of more edgy Christmas …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 06:09PMLegit News:
Actor will star in Off Broadway production
Linked From Variety at 06:07PMJami Attenberg, author of the novel “The Middlesteins,” and Samuel D. Hunter, whose play “The Whale” is at Playwrights Horizons, talk about why they created protagonists who are obes…
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UnsungMusicalsCo. UMC has announced casting for its upcoming production of The Fig Leaves Are Falling beginning performances January 10, 2013 at the Connelly Theatre. Natalie Venetia Belcon …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMWith The Suit, theater director Peter Brookwhose 1987 production of The Mahabharata inaugurated the BAM Majestic Theater now the BAM Harvey Theaterreturns to BAM with Thtre des Bouffes du No…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMHinton Battle is known to theatre audiences as an extraordinarily gifted performer and recipient of three Tony Awards. Battle now adds playwright, to his growing list of accomplishments. Hin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe cast of the new Broadway production of ANNIE will perform live on ABC's Good Morning America between 830AM-9AM EST this Thursday. In the New York area, Good Morning America airs on WABC …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMIt's been over five years since a strike has threatened Broadway, but according the the Associated Press, if a new contract for the 32BJ union isn't approved soon, that's how December might …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMTheater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:54PMJust in time for holiday laughs, the cast recording of Forbidden Broadway: Alice & Kicking has been released by DRG Records. This acclaimed 30th anniversary version of the satirical revu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:54PMAnnie headliner Lilla Crawford, Giant star Brian d’Arcy James and 2 Broke Girls player Beth Behrs will join the New York Philharmonic on New Year’s Eve to pay tribute to late com…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:54PMBy any reckoning, EVERY week is “theater week” in Chicago. But now the League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with ChooseChicago.com, has formally declared the first-ever such event,…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:49PMThere is no rest for the members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. The company is heading to the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday to …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:49PMWell this is a sweet show. It cold have been more, but sweet ain’t bad. It especially ain’t bad when the one person doing most of the talking and singing is a woman with some life expe…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 05:44PM"It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 05:39PMLegit Reviews:
Making a delicious song 'n' dance -- literally -- out of attitudes to class, gender, sex and patriotism, Peter Nichols' 1977 "Privates on Parade" is set in a …
Linked From Variety at 05:37PMThere is something to be said for the excellence wrought (indeed, necessitated) by the fierce competition in vaudeville. Case in point: these ponies. Horses are notoriously dumb beasts, in t…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:23PMSwiss-born Josephine Clofullia (1827-1875) was one of the hairiest of all historical bearded ladies, having been (at least reportedly) covered in hair at birth, and in possession of a two-in…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:23PMHappy holidays! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:22PMDoris Hernacki has been teaching Carly Rose Sonenclar the piano for five years—and doing her part to help her student advance on “The X Factor.” “Last week, I voted 1…
Linked From The Journal News at 05:21PMTeam Starkid, the hugely popular performance company known for its internet-based musical parodies and for its popular live tours, is to produce a new prime-time show at Chicago's Second Cit…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:10PMLegit News:
Scolari, Masur among actors joining Broadway play
Linked From Variety at 05:09PMNickelodeon star Ariana Grande, 19, appears in the title role of A Snow White Christmas, a panto at Pasadena Playhouse. So far her career appears charmed, except for those agonizing red-carp…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:08PMThe genius of the costuming, the staging, the lighting, the entire feel of the show is that Sean Graney and Co. have clearly devoted much time and consideration to every detail to deliberate…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 05:07PMIf I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone el…
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Additional artists have been announced for The New York Philharmonic's One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Year’s Eve concert saluting the late compo…
Linked From Playbill at 04:55PM"American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado has taken over the role of Nabulungi in the Chicago production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, which began previews De…
Linked From Playbill at 04:55PMChicago Shakespeare Theater brings to the stage the Midwest premiere of David Ives' comedy The School for Lies, adapted from The Misanthrope by Molire. Ives' play, Venus in Fur, was a 2012 T…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMFX has signed Broadway veteran and JUSTIFIED actress Margo Martindale for an 8-episode arc on its upcoming drama series THE AMERICANS. The network recently announced the series is set to pre…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMThe Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a special performance from the award-winning musical Wicked to mark the donation and display of Elphaba costume at the Smi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMLabyrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble has announced a special addition to its 13th Annual Barn Series of free play readings. The Forest Play, an epic, arboreal adve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMIt’s been 12 years since Erin Dilly and Anne L. Nathan met during the out-of-town tryout of Thoroughly Modern Millie, but these two ladies have built a friendship for the ages…a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:54PMChristopher Lloyd will star as Azdak in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Directed by Brian Kulick, and featuring new musi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:54PMTony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis keeps her Once dressing room sweet and simple: with plenty of specialty shampoo, throat medicine and walls lined with photos of family and friends. Take a pee…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:54PMPeter Scolari joins the two-time Academy Award winner in the late Nora Ephron's play, "Lucky Guy."read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 04:46PMLegit News:
Cory Michael Smith to co-star in Broadway play
Linked From Variety at 04:41PMEugene Drucker, David Finckel, Lawrence Dutton and Philip Setzer - the Emerson String Quartet.The Emerson String Quartet has a devoted Boston following, but their recent Celebrity Series con…
Linked From The Hub Review at 04:39PMApparently, on Broadway and elsewhere, one can break out into song over any topic imaginable, no matter how odd. Here are a dozen real-life musicals covering such weird and improbable subjec…
Linked From www.mentalfloss.com at 04:37PMBroadway co-star remembers a girl with ‘natural,’ ‘prodigious’ talent Kate Shindle, who appeared with Carly Rose Sonenclar two years ago in “Wonderland” o…
Linked From The Journal News at 04:32PMEmmy and Drama Desk Award winner Christopher Lloyd may not be heading back to the future, but he's definitely heading back to the stage. The chameleon-like actor, whose many notable film an…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:20PMYou're an actor. Or a writer, director, entrepreneur, businessman. Whatever you want. One of your idols walks into the room, let's say James Cameron. You've only got 30 seconds of his valua…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:20PMCast members from the off Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES visited ABC TV’s “The Chew” yesterday. Master chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon prepared Spicy Fried Cornish Hens, …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:19PMBroadway co-star remembers Carly’s Broadway debut When Carly Rose Sonenclar was 7, she played Young Cosette in the Broadway revival of “Les Miserables.” (That’s her a…
Linked From The Journal News at 04:12PMThe contract covering porters, cleaners, elevator operators and matrons at the majority of Broadway theaters expires on Dec. 30. They want better health care options.
Linked From Crain's at 04:09PMActorfest LA, the It Gets Better “A Better Holiday” concert, Peridance’s contemporary “Nutcracker,” Lincoln Center’s Tom Cruise retrospective, and Alison …
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First images are released of the "Game of Thrones" star in the role made famous by Audrey Hepburn.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 03:57PM1902 There will be two debuts in Everyman. Edith Wynne Matthison makes her American debut, and Charles Rann Kennedy makes his stage debut.
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMMy Gift of Thanks: New Songs for the Holidays, a benefit for The Actors Fund, is presented Dec. 9 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMCurt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMFilm and television actor Christopher Lloyd, of "Back to the Future" and "Taxi," will star as the writer-judge Azdak in Classic Stage Company's new production of Bert…
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMLorna Luft, Constantine Rousouli and Kate Rockwell have joined the lineup for Sparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert, which will make its New York City debut at XL Cabaret Dec. 17 at 7:30…
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel will ring in the new year at Walt Disney Concert Hall with performances Dec. 31 at 7 PM and 10:30 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 03:54PMName: Finn KilgoreHometown: Brooklyn, New YorkEducation: Sarah Lawrence College '12What is a kiki?: A floor thumping thigh slapping balls out shindig.Tell us about Restoration Comedy: It is …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 03:54PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that acclaimed film and television actor Christopher Lloyd, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThe Pasadena Playhouseand Lythgoe Family Productions, presents A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS now playing through December 30. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMLa Jolla Playhouse announces two additional productions for its 20132014 season. Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley Glengarry Glen Ross, Memphis will direct His Girl Friday, John…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but you need not wait that long to get the inside scoop on the highly anticipated new film. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThe New York Philharmonic has announced that actress Beth Behrs, of CBS's 2 Broke Girls actress Lilla Crawford, currently starring in Annie on Broadway and star of Broadway and television Br…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMGrinchy greetings from Whoville Another seven show weekend in the books. We had our 15th anniversary celebration last week. A fantastic show indeed. So many sweet theatre donors came up to m…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMExhibit explores Washington's early years, includes a set of his dentures
Linked From St. Louis Today at 03:53PMDaniel Ings is an actor playing an actor (the colorfully named Alan Dangle) in the long-running Richard Bean comedy One Man Two Guvnors, and the 27-year-old Englishman is especially winning …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:52PMVoters could put Sonenclar in the finals tonight (Carly arrives for last week’s “X Factor” viewing party. Tonight’s semi-finals will determine which three acts head t…
Linked From The Journal News at 03:40PM‘Tis the season for Christmas-themed shows and every year there are numerous versions of “A Christmas Carol.” One show – Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre’s A Down and Dirty C…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:31PMInspired by Studs Terkel's collection of oral histories about vocations, the musical Working, adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, boasts songs from Schwartz, James Taylor, Craig Carne…
Linked From Playbill at 03:30PMDirector Tom Hooper's film version of the musical Les Misérables gets released Dec. 25. Hooper, along with stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham …
Linked From Playbill at 03:30PMConfirmation of the lack of female actors, writers and directors has made me ask how best to tackle this inequalityIt's a relief to know that what I regularly see – so few women on stage, …
Linked From The Guardian at 03:27PMAren't they lucky! Additional casting and creative team have been announced for the late Nora Ephron's never-before-seen play Lucky Guy, starring two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks in …
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:19PMAdditional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Acad…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:18PMAdditional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Acad…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:13PMEver been to an office party that seems to last, say, 17 years? Bob's Holiday Office Party is entering its 17th season, this year at Pico Playhouse. But audience members don't have to make c…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:05PMThe Stories Behind MTI’s 2012 New Releases MISS SAIGON (SCHOOL EDITION), the LITTLE MERMAID (JR) and the LITTLE PRINCESS became the newest WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN aft…
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Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker today put a new block of seats on sale through March 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMThis Friday is the application deadline for our Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening from February 20-22, 2013, in Philadelphia. Convening 150 theatre, arts and cultural professionals at…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 02:59PMNina Raine's hit family drama Tribes, about a young deaf man who must face leaving his own dysfunctional clan in order to secure his own future, has extended its Off-Broadway run an addi…
Linked From Playbill at 02:53PMAcademy Award winner Tom Hanks will be reunited with his "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari in the Broadway production of late writer Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy. The cast will …
Linked From Playbill at 02:53PMNeil Patrick Harris, a fan of magic since his childhood, directs Nothing to Hide, a unique theatrical event featuring sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of …
Linked From Playbill at 02:53PMAt first glance, Oz and Oz-Salzberger's "Jews and Words" seems to be an unexceptional if elegantly written and occasionally witty contribution to the Jewish bookshelf.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 02:53PMEarlier this year, an unlikely series of events led two of the world's most gifted sleight-of-hand artists, Derek DelGaudio 2011 Close-Up Magician of the Year and Helder Guimares 2011 Parlou…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMGolden Globe and Emmy Award nominated Singer, Actress, Producer and Writer Lorna Luft along with Broadway's Constantine Rousouli and Kate Rockwell join the previously announced Tony Award wi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMAdditional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Academy …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMYork Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director presents Broadway's Marc Kudisch 9 to 5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jeffry Denman Irving Berlin's White Christmas Yank at the Y…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMIt's never been more hilarious poking fun at your favorite musicals and stars The award-winning New York sensation featuring a talented quartet of comic chameleons who perform hilarious paro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMFormer Saturday Night Live funny-girl Cheri Oteri celebrated her opening night in Off-Broadway's NEWSical The Musical on Dec 9th where she is appearing with in the award-winning musical thro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMIf you were to ease into a life of benign criminality, you could do worse than to land a guide like Edward Zanni. The hero of “How I Paid for College,” an amusing but unmemorable monolog…
Linked From Washington Post at 02:53PMNina Raine’s family drama Tribes, starring Russell Harvard and Susannah Flood, will extend for two weeks past its initial closing date. The production, which was originally scheduled t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMTom Hanks will get by with a little help from his friends—or more appropriately, his buddy—when he makes his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy. Hanks’ former&…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMSpice Girl Power was in full force on December 11 as Viva Forever!, the new musical featuring songs of the beloved British girl group, opened at London’s Piccadilly Theatre. Although t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMThe Broadway’s Best Shows Season of Winning!
12 Days. 12 Prizes. A New Contest Every Day.
In celebration of the 2012 holiday season, Broadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:42PMCory Michael Smith (The Whale, Cock) will star as the ‘Fred’ to Emilia Clarke’s (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) ‘Holly Golightly’ in the world p…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:42PMThe Broadway’s Best Shows Season of Winning!
12 Days. 12 Prizes. A New Contest Every Day.
In celebration of the 2012 holiday season, Broadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:42PMA Hard-Hearted Annie: The beloved children’s musical Annie is a hit, but mostly miss.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 02:40PMThere’s no disputing the fact that the Troubadour Theater Company, under the direction of the group’s longtime artistic director, Matt Walker, is one hot ticket -- that is, if yo…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:39PM“American Idol” star, Bo Bice, will join Alexander Germignani, Erik Hayden, Justin Hosek, Jane Pfitsch, Leenya Rideout in Pump Boys and Dinettes. Pump Boys and Dinettes will begin previe…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 02:30PMThe One-Minute Play Festival and Playwrights Foundation present: The 3rd Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV for the Sunday, December 16th performance …
Linked From HowlRound at 02:05PMAbout twenty years ago, more or less as a dare to myself, I read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, all 1,088 pages of it, from cover to cover. About 150 pages into it, I began to develop a sl…
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VIVA Broadway an initiative of The Broadway League in collaboration with 5000 Broadway Productions and United Palace of Cultural Arts PresentIN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT featuring performances…
Linked From The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 01:59PMLate last month it was announced that the starring three members of Broadway’s current production of “Evita” – including Ricky Martin – would be leaving the show January 26…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 01:57PMEmilia Clarke will star in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, which will begin Broadway previews March 4, 2013, at the Cort Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 01:52PMSpecial guests have been announced for the York Theatre Company's upcoming production of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas — starring Broadway's Marc Kudisch and Jeffry …
Linked From Playbill at 01:52PMProducer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, French a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThe first photos of Emilia Clarke HBO's Game of Thrones as 'Holly Golightly' in the world premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMA yin and yang vibe imbues Jason Robert Brown’s intriguing and imaginative two-character musical tracking the life cycle of a romance and marriage, The Last Five Years, receiving a warm, e…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 01:52PMTonight we're taking 180 theatregoers to see the Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated musical The Bodyguard, which premiered at the Adelphi Theatre last month.
Starring Heather Headley and Lloyd…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:46PMThe Arts Council's £11.6m budget cut can only lead to cancelled productions, job losses and boarded-up theatres. But out of sight is out of mind for this governmentIf you travel around the …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway’s newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER today put a new block of seats on sale through March 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland an…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:43PMDiscover, LondonNarnia has got nothing on this interactive, gingerbread-making, storytelling show for three-to-six-year-olds, touched by that old Punchdrunk magic and a sprinkling of festive…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMCitizens, GlasgowAs pantos across the land ramp up the contrast, volume and colour, the Christmas show at the Citz is refreshingly austere. Against a backdrop of naked winter trees, this Sle…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMLeicester Square Theatre, London"It doesn't interest me," said Jerry Sadowitz in a recent interview, when asked about his now notorious 1980s routine that branded Jimmy Savile a paedophile. …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMNew West End shows The Bodyguard and Viva Forever! feature plenty of female whooping at male nudity. Would it be acceptable the other way around?Is it all right for theatregoers to be sexual…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMElevator Repair Service's epic, eight-hour adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was a triumph of wit and theatrical ingenuity – and a heroic achievement2012 was a year of th…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:43PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A union representing hundreds of Broadway porters and theater cleaners plans to vote on whether to authorize their leadership to call a strike, potentially throwing a wr…
Linked From Associated Press at 01:43PMElf Returns: Elf is back on Broadway and this time it is the dumb and dumber version. The 2010 mounting had charm, with Sebastian Arcelus bringing a loveable innocence and gawky wit to the …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 01:43PMThe career makeover of Shia LaBeouf has taken another unexpected turn with the announcement that the young actor will make his Broadway debut in the spring alongside Alec Baldwin in a reviva…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:43PMLONDON (Reuters) - They came, they saw, but sadly Britain's music critics largely failed to enjoy Tuesday night's revival of girl power at the world premiere of the Spice Girls' musical "Viv…
Linked From Reuters at 01:43PMSTUDIO 54 has its 54 Below and now 59E59 has 59 Above where the very talented Penny Fuller is appearing in this one act, hard to remember title, sixty minute, almost one woman chamber-cum-ca…
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 01:40PMIt took less than an hour for the author of 230 children's books to turn a bunch of second through fourth-graders at the Torah School of Greater Washington into potential writers.
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 01:40PMProducers of Broadway’s Evita have announced that the production will close January 26, 2013. The production will have played 26 previews and 337 regular performances at closing. The p…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:39PMCat on a Hot Tin Roof has announced that they will offer discounted student rush tickets. Tickets will be sold to those with a valid student ID two hours prior to each performance at the Ric…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:39PMLegit News:
Casting hurdles scuttle longer Broadway run
Linked From Variety at 01:39PMPhotography by Jason Bell. Makeup by Sonia Kashuk, Sonia Bashuk Beauty, for Target; Hair by Umberto Savone, Umberto Beverly Hills, for Target.
Linked From Carey Purcell at 01:37PMShia LaBeouf, the BAFTA and Emmy Award winning star of “Transformers” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” and “Lawless” will make his Broadway debut this spring in Orphans. This…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:29PMHappy day-after-birthday, Liza with a Z! Tony Award winners Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming will join forces for a one-night concert at Town Hall on Wednesday, March 13, a day after Minnelli…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:18PMSean Graney, director, playwright, and founder of The Hypocrites Theatre Company here in Chicago, is the kind of person who dreams big. For example, he is currently adapting 32 existing play…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe weather may have been chilly, but TV viewers got a truly heartwarming treat last night. Five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) appeared on the Decemb…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:18PM"Dream big" was the message from Broadway on December 10, when the Broadway Dreams Foundation's 2nd Annual Champagne
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:18PMFormer “American Idol” contestant Bo Bice will head to Broadway early next year in the revival of the musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes.” The production will be held at the Circle in t…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 01:15PMGoodman Theatre announces a special staged reading of Roberto Bolaño’s epic novel 2666—co-adapted for the stage and co-directed by Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls and new Goodman…
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Shia LeBeouf will make his Broadway debut next spring alongside Alec Baldwin in “Orphans.” The production will begin previews March 19, 2013, with an opening slated for April 7. LeBeouf …
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:57PMGo with a loved one, celebrate your time together over a cocktail and enjoy the wonderful gifts of Penny Fuller.
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 12:55PMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which was recently extended through April 28, 2013, at the 47th Street Theatre, celebrated the show's new DRG R…
Linked From Playbill at 12:51PMThe revised version of Working, featuring new material by Lin-Manuel Miranda, opens Off-Broadway Dec. 12 at 59E59. The Playbill Vault looks back at the show's Broadway premiere 34 years …
Linked From Playbill at 12:51PMCurt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…
Linked From Playbill at 12:51PMLES MISERABLES star Anne Hathaway visited last night's 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' on NBC. Below, check out clips including Fallon and Hathaway performing some very popular Christmas tune…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMThe same week that the Broadway League released its annual demographics report, rehearsals began for a new play called "Bethany" at the Women's Project Theater.
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 12:51PMKristin Chenoweth had a few hilarious surprises up her tiny sleeve when she served as host for this year's American Country Awards. Clad in a bright pink dress and blonde curls, Che…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:51PMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald helped Stephen Colbert ring in the holiday season when she joined The Colbert Report host for a duet of the holiday classic "Baby It'…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:51PMCory Michael Smith has joined the Broadway cast of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Fred, the narrator and Southern writer who strikes up a romantic relationship…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:51PMStreisand and Rogen take Guilt Trip; Streisand has new CD: old, unreleased tracks, "Release Me"; nd returns with more old material in February: remastered Classical CD, with two unreleased t…
Linked From City Guide Magazine at 12:51PMRight up there with being told there is no Santa Claus is the news, suddenly prevalent, that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is not just a sweet duet for the holidays. First some…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:41PMOf all the arts, the cinema has traditionally been the most passive from the audience's perspective. We stare at the screen, and any reactions we have (burying our faces in pillows, crying, …
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 12:38PMThe Broadway production of Jersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, has announced a “Winter Weather Guarantee.” Tickets for performances January …
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:38PMThe stars of Disney’s The Lion King recently appeared on ABC’s “The Chew”. Watch Chantel Riley and Andile Gumbi sing “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” in t…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:38PMBroadway’s A Christmas Story, The Musical officially opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 7th. Based on the the classic 1983 film, the musical will play a limited holiday en…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:38PMREVIEW: The touring production of "Catch Me If You Can" is a splashy crime story that supposedly has "more curves than a Playboy bunny." Yet it is surprisingly strait-laced and predictably c…
Linked From StarTribune at 12:37PMNorfolk and Norwich Festival has unveiled highlights of its 2013 programme, which will include the UK premiere of Life and Times by New York-based company Nature Theater of Oklahoma and the …
Linked From The Stage at 12:36PMWritten by Jennifer Saunders, this jukebox musical tries to do for The Spice Girls what ‘Mamma Mia!’ did for Abba, Ian Shuttleworth writes
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:36PMThis revived 1993 performance piece takes place in a maze of 350 refrigerator boxes, writes Apollinaire Scherr
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:36PMWho
would have thunk it? After years of
being dissed, theater has become the place where all the cool kids want to hang
out. A pileup of Hollywood actors— Jake
Gyllenhaal, Kati…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:28PMTowngate, Basildon: Last year, pantomime perennial Simon Fielding quizzed audiences with festive show requests for 12 months time. With the JM Barrie classic a unanimous choice, Fielding and…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMOxford Playhouse, Oxford: It seems pantomime is alive and thriving in these recessionary times, and Oxford Playhouse's traditional offering is a real heart-warmer this year. There are s…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMGrand Opera House, Belfast: Just when it seemed that it could get no bigger or glitzier, the Grand Opera House has upped the ante on a Cinderella, which is all about glitter and sparkle and …
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMTheatre Royal, Nottingham : If all the spectacular stuff failed and the only people left to carry this show were the Grumbleweeds (Robin Colvill and Graham Walker), I reckon audiences would…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMRoyal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton: Bobby Davro, as Buttons, is a real workaholic, entertaining audiences of all ages throughout the performance. But his mellow singing voice is too sel…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMFairfield Halls, Croydon: As the smoke clears and Laila Morse enters stage-right as Fairy Sugarsnap, it's comforting to know that certain pantomime traditions are in safe hands. Morse h…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMPalace Theatre, Mansfield : It's always an advantage when the panto director is also the writer, because they pull the very best out of the script. And Andrew Ryan's script is a ni…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMThe Dome Theatre, Liverpool: In a city almost overrun with Christmas entertainment, this latest production from Life in the Theatre is one that should certainly go to the top of the wish lis…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMRadlett Centre, Radlett: It's a tale as old as time, but not in the Technicolor Disney sense. Good versus evil, a traditional love story and a right royal knees up all come together in …
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMOakengates Theatre, the Place Telford: You don't need a million pound budget to stage a successful panto, you just need commitment, warmth, and a spoonful of that elusive ingredient - t…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMGeorgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, North Yorkshire: That master showman and esteemed performance historian Tony Lidington creates pantomimes that are so wonderfully appropriate for the Georgi…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMVenue Cymru, Llandudno: This is a pretty pantomime. Time and again the large Llandudno stage reveals what seems to be a page from a glorious picture book. Not that there's anything stat…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMDerby Theatre : This is beautiful. Roger Haines has scaled down Charles Strouse's Broadway musical, transposed it to the West Country of the 1950s and tailored it for Derby Theatre, whe…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMBrewhouse Theatre, Taunton: Journeying through a willow 'river', audiences enter the magical world of Kenneth Grahame's riverbank.
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Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMGrand, Blackpool: Television soap operas are still a vital breeding ground for pantomime casts and Danny Miller, fresh from Emmerdale, makes a decent debut as a handsome Prince Charming, sho…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMCory Michael Smith (The Whale) will join previously announced star Emilia Clarke in Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, whic…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:17PMNote: This post was originally sent out via my email newsletter, so consider this another preview of what the newsletter offers. You should subscribe. Click here to do so. One of the grand p…
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The National Gallery of Art kicked off its Year of Italian Culture by unveiling Michelangelo’s David-Apollo on Wednesday. The statue is on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Flo…
Linked From Washington Post at 11:55AMGhostlight Records will release the Original London Cast Recording of Jason Robert Brown's 13 digitally Dec. 18.
Linked From Playbill at 11:49AMThe Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, has announced that Tony nominee Emily Skinner will offer a five-performance run of her There Is Nothing like a Dame concert Jan. 9-12, 2013, in the AR…
Linked From Playbill at 11:49AMTony Award winner Hugh Jackman wass honored at the Museum of the Moving Image's 27th annual Salute Dec. 11 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Linked From Playbill at 11:49AMHugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, "Downton Abbey" and "Glee" are among the nominees for the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which …
Linked From Playbill at 11:49AMCory Michael Smith, who currently appears in the Playwrights Horizons staging of The Whale Off-Broadway, will co-star with Emilia Clarke in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capo…
Linked From Playbill at 11:49AMLES MISERABLES star Amanda Seyfried stopped by 'Late Show With David Letterman' last night to chat about the challenges she faced while filming the musical drama. You really basically have t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMWORKING, from the book by Studs Terkel, is adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg. Songs are by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMTony and Emmy Award winner Hugh Jackman was honored by Museum of the Moving Image at its 27th annual Salute last night, December 11, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Jackman wase on hand…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of the acclaimed Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICKING just performed selections from the recently released cast recording, Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICK…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMRoundabout Theatre Company's limited run of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet plays through December 23. The limited run of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet will have played 30 previews a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMCory Michael Smith The Whale, Cock will star as the Fred' to Emilia Clarke's HBO's Game of Thrones Holly Golightly' in the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMToday in 1991, the second Broadway revival of Peter Pan opened at the MInskoff Theatre, where it ran for 48 performances. Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AM“You basically have to live like a monk,” Amanda Seyfried said of her intense self-health regimen during the shooting of Les Misérables. Seyfried took to The Late Show wit…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMLes Misérables continues its march toward award season glory with a slew of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.The film snagged nods for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Moti…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMAnne Hathaway is certainly making the rounds to promote the upcoming movie-musical Les Misérables, and the latest stop on the press tour is the desk of late night host Jimmy Fallon. I…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMDan Stevens had some very noble guests in the audience at The Heiress on December 11, when a group of his Downton Abbey co-stars came all the way from England to catch his performance! After…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMWe sat down with talented performer Daniel Buckley as he prepared for a performance of Loserville at the Garrick Theatre. Buckley originated the role of Marvin in the pop musical when it pre…
Linked From Cheap Theatre Tickets at 11:47AMCurrent West End cast members Kevin Kennedy (Pop) and Brenda Edwards (Killer Queen) will star in the UK leg of the first ever We Will Rock You world arena tour.
They will be joined by Mig A…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMSam Hodges will take over at The Nuffield in Southampton next year when Patrick Sandford and Kate Anderson step down as joint CEOs on 1 June.
Hodges, who is currently the producer of the Cr…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMClowns for Christmas? Why only in Howard Community College’s Arts Collective’s presentation of A Christmas Carol, written by Dickens and adapted by Doris Baizley. A proverbial circus…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AM Audiences familiar with Arlington’s award-winning Signature Theatre know that size matters, but not necessarily how one would expect. Signature is known for intimate productions tha…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AMImages of famous 20th century British theatre productions that were captured by photographer Douglas H Jeffery have been revealed in a new collection available to view at the V&A museum.…
Linked From The Stage at 11:35AMA 235-seat theatre in Shoreditch, London, has been proposed to occupy a site where Shakespeare’s works are thought to have been first performed. The London Borough of Hackney has received …
Linked From The Stage at 11:35AMToday is the birthday of Frank (1915-1998). Today we treat NOT of what you might call “the classical Sinatra”, he of the Rat Pack, Nelson Riddle, Ava Gardner, From Here to Etern…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:17AMJudy, Barbra, Liza. Bernadette, Julie, Patti… The names of legendary divas roll off the tongue like a litany of saints and martyrs. But, ultimately, we all choose just one to whom we …
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 11:16AMHappy day-after-birthday, Liza with a Z! Tony Award winners Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming will join forces for a one-night concert at Town Hall on Wednesday, March 13, a day after Minnelli…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:15AMFamed for its nudity, the show will play at an Upper West Side bar and lounge, with the producer hoping for a full run to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Off Broadway opening.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:07AMEvery couple o’ months, the powers that be at Telecharge share insidery ticketing insights to industry professionals through an email listserv-like called “Market Notes”. …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:05AMHave you ever seen a new show on Broadway that you absolutely LOVED only to hear that a month later it has closed? All too often amazing shows have shorter lives than we may feel they deserv…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 11:01AM
A host of theatre-related events will be offered at Manhattan's The Town Hall in the coming months.
Linked From Playbill at 10:48AMOn November 26th, BroadwayUnderstudies.com invited some of Broadway's most talented understudies to the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theatre to share their rare talentthe ability to perform …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBroadwayWorld and THE HEIRESS invite you to enter to win a one-of-a-kind prize package featuring holiday wish lists from your favorite characters from the new production of THE HEIRESS. Each…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMPenny Fuller stars in the NY premiere of the new musical 13 THINGS ABOUT ED CARPOLOTTI, based on the play by Jeffrey Hatcher, with book, music and lyrics and directed by Barry Kleinbort. Che…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMShakespeare's The Winter’s Tale - an intense family drama - might seem off-limits to those of a very young age. Yet with In A Pickle, acclaimed children’s company, Oily Cart, hav…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:43AMNational Performance Network is a national organization supporting artists in the creation and touring of contemporary performing and visual arts. The 2012 Annual Meeting—taking place this…
Linked From HowlRound at 10:41AMInstead of recasting the show, following the departure of its original stars, the record-breaking and 2012 Tony Award-nominated production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 10:25AMToday is the birthday of Charles Frederick Gebhart, a.k.a Buck Jones (1889-1942). Born in Indiana, he was raised in Montana, where he learned to ride and rope. Folliwng military service, he …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:17AM
Northern Stage, NewcastleLike most young children, Arrietty would rather play with her food than eat it. Unlike most girls, though, she uses an onion ring as a hula hoop. But Borrowers are a…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:58AM'Charmless, messy, lacklustre,' 'scrappy, lazy, inconclusive,' 'I wanted it to stop' ... The reviews are in for Jennifer Saunders' Spice Girls musical, and they don't make pretty readingOn T…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:58AMHalf Hour 2: A Last Minute Concert, featuring Broadway understudies from Wicked, Bring It On: The Musical, Once and more, was recently held at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Here are highlight…
Linked From Playbill at 09:48AMName: Stephen StoutHometown: Haddonfield, NJEducation: I've had one! BFA! NYU! TISCH! What is a kiki?: A dance sequence that may or may not happen during Restoration Comedy. Also a restorati…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 09:48AMComplete casting has been announced for The Guthrie Theater's upcoming production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which will begin previews Jan. 12, …
Linked From Playbill at 09:48AMThe stars came out on the red carpet for last night's L.A. premiere of THE GUILT TRIP, held at at the Regency Village Theatre. The comedy, from Paramount Pictures, is opening in theaters on …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMProducer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever, the new musical written by Britain's BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, French amp Saunders and featuring the multi-mi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but you need not wait that long to get the inside scoop on the highly anticipated new film. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMRoundabout Theatre Company's THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is the critically acclaimed smash hit of the season - now playing through March 10 Click below to save on tickets
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMNominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2012 in five film and eight primetime television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outst…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMViva Forever!, the Spice Girls musical from Mamma Mia! supremo Judy Craymer, premiered last night at a celebrity-packed Piccadilly Theatre.
The show is billed as a comedy musical about "fam…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:42AMYou know what I’m excited for in just two weeks? Yes, yes…Christmas is the same day. But I’m THRILLED about the Les Miserable movie coming out. I love everyone being a part…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 09:40AMLONDON—The critics have spoken—"Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs o…
Linked From Denver Post at 09:36AMNorbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, and Katie Holmes talk about starring in the Broadway play “Dead Accounts.” Then, Orhan Pamuk discusses an early novel of his, called Silent House, which has…
Linked From WNYC at 09:35AMJudge rules that Shakespeare Theatre Company's landlord can't boot it from the Lansburgh Theatre [City Paper]
The controversial "Drum Major" inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. memoria…
Linked From Washington City Paper at 09:35AMNorbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, and Katie Holmes talk about the play “Dead Accounts.” Jack’s (played by Norbert Leo Butz) unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his siste…
Linked From WNYC at 09:35AMTransformers actor to play troubled brother who abducts a mobster in next year's staging of OrphansShia LaBeouf is preparing to make his debut on Broadway.The Transformers star will appear o…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:35AMMelanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Beckham appear on stage for the curtain call of Viva Forever!
Linked From The Guardian at 09:35AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 10, 2012 Award winning cabaret performer Sharon McNight has been performing her very special Christmas cabaret act on the West Coast and some…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 09:35AMMonday night was the official premiere of the new Les Miserables film, based on the international hit Broadway musical by Boublil & Schönberg, and you know what that means; I can “officia…
Linked From Crazytown at 09:35AM Written By Joel Benjamin The Boss by Edward Sheldon boosts the Metropolitan Playhouse’s reputation for presenting fine tuned productions of plays from the turn of the Twentie…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 09:35AM Written By Joel Benjamin December 4th, 2012 For a chamber music lover there can be no better place to see and hear a string quartet than in a small…chamber! The Metropolitan Playh…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 09:35AMRavi Shankar discusses his show at Long Beach's Terrace Theater, George Harrison, daughter Norah Jones, Philip Glass and more.Ravi Shankar, 91, India's most famous classical musician in the …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:35AMIn our last foray into the philosophies of theater we began our journey into the relationship that we, as people, have with the art that we call theater (and pretentious people call theatre)…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:34AM‘Tis the season to be jolly! And jolly is indeed what Colonial Players is offering up for the holiday season with their unique time honored tradition of performing a version of Charles Dic…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AM
When Michael Billington began his “A to Z of modern drama” series for the Guardian late last year, he began with a look at Absurdism. I responded shortly after it was posted; the…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 08:58AMOn last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central, five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald joined Stephen Colbert in a duet of the holiday classic Baby It's Cold Outside. Check out th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMWhen you enter the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland this holiday season to see It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play one is instantly transported to a radio studio back …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMThe 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards launched on Friday (7 December 2012) with a star-studded party at Cafe de Paris. You may have already seen our gallery of pictures from the press room, but h…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:41AMA DC Superior Court Judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Lansburgh Theatre Inc. and its principals, preventing LTI from tossing the Shakespeare Theatre Company out of its 7th St…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:35AMProducer and director Sam Hodges will lead the Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre in the new role of creative and executive director and chief executive from June 2013. This follows a move b…
Linked From The Stage at 08:32AMBy Judd Hollander
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Actress Carolee Carmello is nothing short of stupendous as the lead role in the Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Sempl…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:32AMAl Pacino is back on Broadway, this time in the 30th Anniversary production of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross".
Linked From NY1 at 08:21AMSatire of Rob Ford’s term in office is full of obvious jokes, broadly told.
Linked From Toronto Star at 08:06AMPeople tell you that things can always get worse. And sure, you agree in principle, but you don’t really believe it, especially when things are as bad as they were with Wonder Woman in 200…
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:45AMThe Spice Girls were in London last night to promote new musical Viva Forever! penned by their good friend Jennifer Saunders and including their greatest hits from "Wannabe" to “Spice Up Y…
Linked From The Independent at 07:40AMSeeing and hearing about people queuing up this year for Black Friday sales on the Monday prior reminded me about an article Tim Roberts wrote on Fullhouses.org this September. In it, Robert…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 07:38AMThe sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who helped to create the 1960s psychedelic sound through working with The Beatles, has died in the Californian city of San Diego at the age of 92. His wife, …
Linked From The Stage at 07:32AMGhost the Musical will tour the UK from next spring. It will open at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in April 2013 before touring to other venues yet to be announced. Ghost the Musica…
Linked From The Stage at 07:32AMBuddy – The Buddy Holly Story is set to tour the UK and Ireland from next autumn to celebrate its 25th anniversary year. The musical will begin its run at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre o…
Linked From The Stage at 07:32AMDave Malloy and Brittain Ashford team up on Beck's "Please Leave a Light on When You Go:, from Beck's new release Song Reader.
Linked From Culturebot at 07:19AMNaro and Zita Lockford were a French brother-sister adagio act who came over to the U.S. in the early 20s from the Folies Bergere. In 1922 the two appeared in the Broadway show The Rose of …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:14AMWhile the annals of vaudeville magic are chock full of Chinese and pseudo-Chinese practitioners, with Indian (and pseudo-Indian) being the second most numerous specialty, one encounters very…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:14AMNewly-anointed Music Theater God Dave Malloy (Beowulf, Three Pianos, Pierre & Natasha) and Bushwick chanteuse Brittain Ashford team up for this haunting rendition of Beck’s Please …
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Colin McKean, the 36-year-old son of actor Michael McKean, has been identified as one of two men who died of suspected heroin overdoses in Ashland last week.
Linked From www.dailytidings.com at 06:41AMThe Spice Girls sprinkled some girl power on the West End last night as Viva Forever! - the musical based around their greatest hits - premiered at the Piccadilly Theatre.
The fab five - a…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:40AMPhilip Ridley's epic fairy-tale is the last production to be presented in Southwark Playhouse's current venue under the arches of London Bridge Station before it moves to temporary premises …
Linked From The Independent at 06:40AMRussell Grant will appear on stage once more with his Strictly Come Dancing partner Flavia Cacace in MIDNIGHT TANGO, the live tango show from Strictly stars Cacace and Vincent Simone, which …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:40AMAudience members at The Bodyguard last night got an unexpected bonus performance from Hollywood legend Danny DeVito.DeVito, who was sitting in the stalls of the Adelphi Theatre, stepped in t…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:40AMA chorus girl at 13, she worked her way to center stage, and her saucy personality and showstopping acrobatics made her a star at 18 on the black theater circuit in the mid-1930s.
Linked From Washington Post at 06:40AMPiccadilly Theatre, London: In Mamma Mia!, producer Judy Craymer struck theatre gold with a musical that had just enough of a story to cleverly showcase the excellent pop songs of Abba, but …
Linked From The Stage at 06:17AMConnaught Theatre, Worthing: The Connaught has a considerable reputation for excellent pantomimes but this year's production falls way short of its previous standard. The script is poor…
Linked From The Stage at 06:17AMPoole Lighthouse: I wish I was a kid again then I could have joined in the snowball-slinging 50 minutes of sheer delight that was Snow Play without drawing undue attention.
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Linked From The Stage at 06:17AMBournemouth Pavilion: Su Pollard has to be one of the loudest, meanest bad fairies on the panto stage.
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The Clive Barnes Foundation, which perpetuates the late, great Post critic’s penchant for supporting young artists, recognized seven actors and dancers yesterday at its third annual awards…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:55AMLibrettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMThe New York premiere of Prospect Theater Company's Working, a fresh adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical that features new material by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda,…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America officially opens Dec. 12 following previews that began Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlant…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMA closer look at the new Tom Hooper-directed film version of the London, Broadway and international stage hit Les Misérables, with notes, comment and spoilers.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMDavid Cromer's Obie Award-winning 2009 Off-Broadway staging of Our Town officially opens Dec. 12 at Boston's Calderwood Pavilion. Derrick Trumbly, Therese Plaehn, Stacy Fischer and C…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMGLEE icon and Broadway megastar Idina Menzel will be in the house on ELLEN, today, December 12th. The superstar will discuss life with her husband Taye Diggs, their family, and her brand new…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMAfter the last two weeks' eliminations on NBC's The Voice, I really I didn't know what to believe in anymore. Two weeks ago, an extremely talented fan favorite, Dez Duron, was sent home, and…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMHEARTS LIKE FISTS
Flux Theatre Ensemble
at the Secret Theater
November 30 - December 15
Tues - Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 7pm
What's a heart? Fortitude? Love? Arteries to choke with donuts? I…
Linked From CultureFuture at 12:38AMfu-GEN, the Toronto-based company, has launched its tenth season. The Asian-Canadian theatre company presented this terrific video to give you a feel for the celebration. (And, we don't want…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:27AMThe musical will have given 337 performances.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 12:26AM"Humility, which is very difficult to maintain at a certain level and not be pretentious." Israel "Cachao" Lopez (interviewed in...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:26AMA scene from the 1952 film version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Anthony Asquith and...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:25AMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Winning, propulsively pop-rock and burning with youthful passion, "Bare" moves, sings and plays with confidence, even if the musical, first seen in …
Linked From Variety at 12:20AMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf will make his Broadway debut as a petty thief opposite Alec Baldwin in a revival of the play "Orphans," press representatives for the play's …
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