As producer Marc Platt reported to Entertainment Weekly, conversations are now starting about a movie adaptation of the mega-successful Broadway musical Wicked.
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Credit set designer Laura Jellinek for a nice piece of deceptive visual design. Her abstract white set makes "What Rhymes With America" look like …
Linked From Variety at 11:18PMHugh Jackman receives 27th Annual Museum of the Moving Image AwardHugh Jackman By: Sandi DurellPerfect timing for this salute to Hugh Jackman prior to his much anticipated performa…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 11:08PM"Shaw knows at any moment, on any subject, what he thinks, what you will think, what others have thought, what...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:05PMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two backstage comedies, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's revival of...
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will commemorate the milestone with an invite-only performance on the show's actual birthday.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 07:44PMAnything goes in live theater. And that includes injuries, illnesses and all sorts of physical mishaps that come with performing in high-energy, high-impact productions eight times a week.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:43PM"Venice," an original musical that received its world premiere in 2010 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, will be staged at one of New York's most prestigious off-Broadway theaters.
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 07:43PMThe Colony's next show will go on, thanks to the success of the extended current show, The Morini Strad...Sideways moves up from Ruskin to La Jolla...Jane Kaczmarek and Gregory Harrison at t…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 07:32PMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. presents its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMStar of stage and screen Hugh Jackman was honored in Hollywood today, December 13, with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jackman's LES MISERABLES film co-stars Anne Hathaway and Amanda …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMAccording to the Daily Mail, David Beckham has given producers permission to use his name in the title of a new musical based on the film Bend It Like Beckham, which will also feature footag…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMAccording to the show's official website, the new musical Kinky Boots, from four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein book, Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, T…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMA production spokesperson tells us Lilla Crawford suffered a minor injury to her foot while on stage at the December 12 matinee performance of Annie. She is expected to return to the product…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMThe sun will come out next week for Lilla Crawford, the title star of the Broadway revival of Annie. “Crawford suffered a minor injury to her foot while onstage at the December 12 mati…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:17PMIt’s been only six weeks since George Wendt checked into a Chicago area hospital for coronary bypass surgery, but soon he’s bound for Broadway. Come March 4, the actor best known for his…
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Linked From New York Magazine at 07:10PMWe've been thrilled with all of the buzz generated from the Storefront Playwright Project this last week. There have been so many great articles, tweets, posts and comments, but this blog po…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 07:09PMFrom the moment you walk into the theatre proper at Chicago Shakes you know are in for a experience like no other. The grand parlor in which David Ives’ new adaptation of Molière’s The …
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Interview: James Graham. The prolific young playwright talks to Dominic Cavendish about his politically minded career to-date and This House, his backstage House of Commons drama and look b…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 06:59PMA PENNY’S WORTH In the mood for some light-hearted, endearing entertainment that will make your face and heart smile? Then get yourself a ticket to Barry Kleinbort’s (direction, bo…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:50PMMOLIÈRE FOR DUMMIES Attend David Ives’ The School for Lies—a manic contemporary travesty—if you want to fully appreciate Molière’s 1666 masterpiece The Misanthrope, as serious a co…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:50PMKaty Perry and John Mayer Attended A Christmas Story, the Musical: A Christmas Story, the Musical songwriters Benj Pasek (left) and Justin Paul (right) with Katy Perry and John Mayer backsta…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 06:50PMIn a good theatregoing year, you’re lucky to get one production of such exhilarating high quality; this year, I got two—Clifford Odets’s “Golden Boy” and Mike N…
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Linked From Variety at 06:49PMAnalog Processes - First SessionPicking books...transcribing... but not exactly
Linked From The Neo-Futurists at 06:33PMThis is the story, adapted from live interviews, of how the City of Chicago relocated a cemetery to make room for a new O’Hare Airport runway. Though poignant, there's still a static, clu…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 06:31PMPeter Herrndorf presides over the National Arts Centre like a benevolent grandfather
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 06:27PMThe Rent star reflects on his 21,549,600 minutes in autobiographical show Without You
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 06:27PMThe Irish are great soliloquisers. Or is the word soliloquist? It must be, as spellcheck hasn’t given me a hard time for using it.
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 06:27PMCottesloe, National Theatre: This quirky, witty, intelligent take on one of the darkest of Grimm's Tales has mobile trees, a Russian talking oven, lots of quite sinister puppeted animal…
Linked From The Stage at 06:23PMSpa Theatre, Scarborough: Perhaps the least performed of all the recognised pantomime productions these days, any production of Mother Goose provides the potential for more traditional panto…
Linked From The Stage at 06:23PMArts Depot, London: There's a Gruffalo next to me and it's roaring. Luckily it's a very small one so, like the mouse in Julia Donaldson's beloved book, I'm not afrai…
Linked From The Stage at 06:23PMProducer 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 06:15PMAccording to Variety, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman recently commented on a potential movie version of South Park creators' Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMTomorrow night, December 13, at 9, Piers Morgan sits down with Barbra Streisand on Piers Morgan Tonight for an hour-long primetime interview. Watch a clip below as Streisand, a Democrat, tal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrives on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. Based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical plays an eight-week l…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMSix-time Tony-nomininated composer and musician David Yazbek will welcome special guest, Tony-winning Dead Accounts star Norbert Leo Butz, to his monthly concert series a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMOscar winner Holly Hunter has dropped out of Hamish Linklater’s world premiere play The Vandal, which she was set to lead at Off-Broadway's Flea Theater, due to scheduling con…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMBroadway’s Kinky Boots will strut into town earlier than expected. The new musical, featuring music and lyrics by Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony winner Harvey Fiers…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMHigh-tech neon suits and a dark stage are all that iLuminate: Artists of Light needs to light up the night at Off-Broadway’s Duke Theatre. Take an illuminating look behind the scenes a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMSee Elf songwriters Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin share their experiences creating the merry musical and its score. It's sparklejollytwinklejingley fun!
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:14PMSergei Polunin, the Ukrainian prodigy who stunned the dance world by walking out on the Royal Ballet, is to return to the UK for a brutal show "as far away from Swan Lake as you can get".
Linked From The Independent at 06:11PM“FELA!,” the stage musical based on the life of Fela Kuti, will return to Chicago for six performances, Feb. 19-23, 2013, at the Arie Crown Theater, 2301 South Lake Shore Drive. Directed…
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Two Icelandic troupes bring the morality tale “Faust: A Love Story” to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Linked From Variety at 05:48PMIn the musical Working, now running at 59E59 Theaters, six actors portray a slew of Americans who are not actors, as they search for meaning in their day jobs. TheaterMania thought it approp…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:45PMThey'll be singing about a revolution! The Public Theater's Lab will present Eric Rosen and Matt Sax's musical Venice at the Anspacher Theater, May 28-June 23. The show, which features addi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:45PMLet's hope they don't get too smashed to accept their award. NBC's Broadway backstage drama Smash has been nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy." Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:45PMThere’s a point during “Mummenschanz,” the show by the world-renowned Swiss theater troupe that came to town this week to celebrate its 40th anniversary, when you just have…
Linked From Backstage at 05:37PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, December 13, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @AP calls @AtlanticTheater’s WHAT RH…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:31PMThe year 2012, as Queen Elizabeth II might have said, was quite the annus horribilis on Broadway. Especially after the leaves started to turn.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:27PMAnd we're back with our Meet a Master Mason series. Meet Actor, Director and NYIT Award Nominee Ivanna Cullinan! Not a season goes by where you won't see her handiwork somewhere on The Brick…
Linked From bricktheater.blogspot.com at 05:27PMIn anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, producers of the Broadway musical are offering an online sweepstakes that gives Phantom fans th…
Linked From Playbill at 05:13PMCurrently starring in THE HEIRESS as the homely Catherine Sloper on Broadway, Jessica Chastain appeared on 'Chelsea Lately' to talk about her role as a powerful woman in the action thriller …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMLES 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 05:13PMProfiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus announce the World premiere of Resident Artist Neil LaBute's revised stage version of In the Company of Men, opening at The…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMWatch stars Scarlett Johansson, Ciarn Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and director Rob Ashford talk about bringing Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to Broadway. Click below to wa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMPerformances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's highly anticipated production of The Motherfker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis start in just two weeks. Ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro di…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMThe Public Theater presents VENICE, a new musical with book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax, lyrics by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, and additional music by Curtis Moore, for its 2013 spring sea…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMName: Alex SeifeHometown: Larchmont, NYEducation: Vassar CollegeWhat is a kiki?: Having your mother repost images of you in drag on FacebookTell us about Restoration Comedy: I'm like o…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 05:13PMIt's a Wonderful LIfe: The 1946 Radio Play- The golden oldie movie is a fun radio play at the Irish Rep . . . . Read More …
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:11PMGolden Boy - When it comes to dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with the rhythms of its characters' lingo, there's no one to beat Clifford Odets. And to see a …
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:11PMThe world premiere of Neil LaBute’s new stage version of the film “In the Company of Men,” will run May 10-June 30, 2013 at Profiles Theatre. The revised stage version, based on LaBute…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:11PMSeeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and…
Linked From HowlRound at 05:08PMThesis: Members of the public who care about local produce might be good prospects to attend local theatre. At first I thought I should file this idea away until the northern hemisphere spri…
Linked From 2AMT at 05:08PM“Moving and funny. Daniel Aukin draws forth terrific work from the cast. A touching and sorrowful comedy.” - Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES “Offbeat and Beautiful. Guided by Mr.…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:08PMIf Sprecher doesn’t raise the minimum $12 million capitalization by year-end, he must return money “forthwith” to any investors who haven’t waived their right to a refund, according …
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Hank, an unemployed economist adrift in “What Rhymes With America,” is on a steady downward trend.
But Melissa James Gibson’s offbeat and beautiful new comedy-dramedy purrs al…
Linked From New York Daily News at 04:54PMEnglish pantomime comes to Pasadena with a sitcom wink, a Top 40 backbeat and enough topical in-jokes to make Jon Stewart woozy in “A Snow White Christmas.” This larky take on th…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:54PMThere is nothing like a dame—or two. “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” hit theaters in May and managed to become one of the sleeper hits of the year, thanks in part to a cas…
Linked From Backstage at 04:54PMGhosts, Christmas flashbacks, and an adorable child on crutches -- is there any better holiday story than Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol? (No.) Since its first publication as a n…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:44PMThe new revival illustrates the problem with importing English productions, and depending on celebrity casting, for Broadway.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMLong about the early to mid 80s, there was a sea change in the output of some of my favorite contemporary comedians. It confused me. The original phase of Saturday Night Live (1975-1979) had…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 04:39PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Over My Dead Body" by the Waltzing Mechanics at the Greenhouse ★★★ and "The Feast of St. McGonagall" by Plagiarists in the Berger Park Coach House ★…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:25PMKerry 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 04:25PMPicking the upcoming opening nights
Picking the upcoming opening nights.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:25PMProfiles Theatre is to stage the world premiere of Neil LaBute's brand new stage version of the movie "In the Company of Men." The new work is based on his screenplay for the 1997 movie.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:25PMEric Ankrim and Sara Chase have been cast in a Dec. 14 New York City reading of the new musical First Date, which premiered last season in Seattle. It is penned by Secondhand Lions songwrite…
Linked From Playbill at 04:13PMAs a sequel to her first viral Liza Minnelli video, NEWSical The Musical star Christine Pedi recently released 'Even More Sht Liza Minnelli Says.' View it below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMOn Christmas Day, Broadway's acclaimed record-breaking revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber to the role…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMThere’s a decidedly non-cheery bit of news this holiday season for Ben Sprecher, the lead producer of the ill-fated musical Rebecca, which was scrapped after a long debacle with fraudu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:13PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will return to Broadway's Chicago as cunning lawyer Billy Flynn on Christmas Day. This marks Sieber's fourth engagement as Billy; h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:13PMJackie Hoffman, most recently seen on Broadway in The Addams Family (where she had her amazing Broadway.com video blog), is back! The funny lady is now vlogging for us about her hilario…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:13PM“The cast came to us,” musical-theater impresario Cameron Mackintosh is saying, as his Manhattan production office hums with pre-gala electricity. It’s a few hours until the New York p…
Linked From Washington Post at 04:12PMThis is a sublime production. Yep – it’s that old saw of a trifecta: good writing, good directing, good acting. It is a mystery why something like this doesn’t happen more often, but…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 04:07PMThirteen Minnesota artists show the state's funky side at Katherine E. Nash Gallery.
Linked From StarTribune at 04:04PMJohn Waters likes a traditional Christmas, complete with a decorated electric chair.
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SILENCE! The Musical will end its-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews. Originally a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMThe choreographer returns with a program of new and refashioned works at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Linked From Culturebot at 03:47PMIt's out of the gowns for recent La Cage Aux Folles star Christopher Sieber and back into the tuxedo! The two-time Tony Award nominee will return to the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the To…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:43PMThe former "Cheers" star will act opposite Emilia Clarke and Cory Michael Smith in the new stage adaptation of Capote's novella.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 03:30PMSome of the costumes for Troubadour Theater shows are among LA's most elaborate, yet the many quick changes and all the dancing in Troubie shows requires considerable flexibility from design…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:29PM Written by Susan Hasho Karen Mason is magic—pure magic. I saw her first show at 54 Below on December 10th. Looking slinky in a sexy black dress with killer, spa…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:29PM"Fela!," the Broadway musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, is returning to Chicago for a week in February. Yet more surprisingly, the Arie Crown Theater, which has been on ice…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:23PMJeff McCarthy stars as Dr. Suess' famous Christmas antagonist when How the Grinch Stole Christmas comes to the Theater at Madison Square Garden tonight. The musical is directed by Matt Augus…
Linked From Ticket News at 03:23PMSoho theatre, LondonFrom Jerry Sadowitz in a Santa hat earlier this week, to David Hoyle's Christmas tree draped with dolls' heads and condoms, festive-phobes are spoiled for jaundiced enter…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:23PMRoyal Court, LondonNo one could accuse the Royal Court of offering us a piece of feelgood escapism for Christmas. Instead, they have come up with a challenging new 110-minute play from Marti…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:23PMBAC, LondonKneehigh has given me – and plenty of others – some of the most joyous nights I've had in a theatre over the last 15 years, and there is no company better at excavating the da…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:23PMBroadway might get stuck with a lump of coal in its stocking this holiday season.The union that represents hundreds of theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators, bathroom attendants, mat…
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One giant question hangs over Judy Craymer's "Viva Forever." Has her new jukebox tuner done with the Spice Girls back catalog what her "Mamma Mia!" did wi…
Linked From Variety at 03:17PMLegit News:
Actor joins cast of Capote adaptation
Linked From Variety at 03:14PMIn anticipation of the release of "Les Misérables," set to open nationwide Dec. 25, Music Theatre International (MTI) presents the "24,601 Faces of Les Misérable…
Linked From Playbill at 03:12PMPop singer-songwriter Carole King — known for the songs "You've Got a Friend," "I Feel the Earth Move," "Natural Woman" and more — is the 2013 r…
Linked From Playbill at 03:12PMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America officially opened Dec. 12 following previews that began Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlan…
Linked From Playbill at 03:12PMThe Public Theater has announced that Venice, the hip-hop infused musical inspired by Shakespeare's Othello, will be staged as part of its 2013 spring Public Lab season Off-Broadway.
Linked From Playbill at 03:12PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will return to the cast of the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago Christmas Day.
Linked From Playbill at 03:12PMLinda Eder made her Broadway debut in the musical Jekyll amp Hyde where she received a Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations and a Theatre World Award for Best Actress in a Musical. …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMTony Award-winning producers Junkyard Dog Productions and Hal Luftig announced today that they will present a reading of the new musical FIRST DATE on Friday, December 14, 2012. With a book …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes Awards this morning, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Among the nominations was the hit NBC mu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMRosie O' Donnell reveals via Twitter that she is filming a cameo today for the NBC hit Smash No news on when the episode will air.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMEach week, Broadway.com is packed with news items, exclusive features, polls and pop culture tidbits of interest to theater fans. Below are the 10 most-read features on the site from Decembe…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMPeople of the world got what they really, really wanted on December 11 when the new musical Viva Forever! opened at London's Piccadilly Theatre. See what the stars, the creators and (yes…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMSix-time Tony-nomininated composer and musician David Yazbek will hold an ongoing concet series at 92YTribeca, launching on January 7, 2013. Special guest Tony-winning Dead Accounts&nbs…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMVenice, a new musical with a book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax and lyrics by Sax and Rosen, has been added to the Public Theater’s 2013 LAB season. Rosen will also direct the produ…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:12PMThe following is a review of a production of FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY THE MUSICAL which took place in November at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse in Illinois written by Thom White for the River …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 03:09PMNEW YORK—Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar—he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
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Legit News:
Hip-hop musical joins Off Broadway season
Linked From Variety at 02:46PMSkewing the Lens from Works Progress on Vimeo. “It’s hard sometimes to think outside your own very complicated, very personal, very busy, life-is-overwhelming lens, but when you go t…
Linked From State of the Artist at 02:46PMWhat could be more perfect for ringing in the new year than a play about the challenges of dieting? New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre will present the world premiere of Laura Jacqmin's new pla…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:43PMA one-night only reading of Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's acclaimed play, Intimate Apparel, will be held at 7pm on Monday, January 7 at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Jade King…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:43PMLike something out of a fairy tale (Snow White and the Seven Rapunzels), the Sutherland Sisters Seven caused jaws to drop by letting their hair down. The seven were Dora, Grace, Isabella, Ma…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 02:38PMNEW YORK (AP) — Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar — he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
Linked From Boston Globe at 02:34PMThere are only two kinds of divas: those who have done musical theatre and those whom we wish would do musical theatre. That’s why we will be tuning into VH1′s Divas concert this…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:31PMWhen it comes to dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with the rhythms of its characters' lingo, there's no one to beat Clifford Odets. And to see a Broadway play the way they used to make…
Linked From CurtainUp at 02:30PMI listen to many interesting things in my job, and I love it. As an AV cataloger at NYPL (Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound), I have listened to many archival recordings at …
Linked From The New York Public Library at 02:13PMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the nominations fo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMVicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, present the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery 50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA on Sunday,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc.…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMRosie O’Donnell has always been a supporter of Broadway, and now the daytime TV veteran (and Broadway alum herself) will sing her theater praises again when she pops up in a guest appe…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:10PMWriters of new musicals will find a place to sharpen their developing works on the Goodspeed Musicals campus in Connecticut in an ambitious new writers-colony program supported by The Johnny…
Linked From Playbill at 02:09PMThe leadership of 32BJ Local SEIU, the union representing 250 men and women who work as porters, cleaners, elevator operators and matrons in a majority of Broadway theatres, have authorized …
Linked From Playbill at 02:09PMAssociated With Theater for Nearly 20 YearsRob Ruggiero, who arrived at Hartford's TheaterWorks as a freelance director in 1993 and stayed on as associate artistic director for many year…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:09PMTwo years ago the Vesturport Theatre of Iceland brought a stunningly athletic stage version of Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” to the BAM Next Wave Festival. Now this innovative co…
Linked From Backstage at 02:09PMRob Ruggiero, who arrived at Hartford's TheaterWorks as a freelance director in 1993 and stayed on as associate artistic director for many years, will be the theater's next leader in the new…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:09PMHuffPo blogger and Kennedy Center chief Michael Kaiser recently wrote a post reflecting on the financial corner that many arts organizations have painted themselves into (which he compares …
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This weekend we kick off the first ever ConnectorCon. The goal will be for everyone to know one another by the time they leave the conference and to have helped one another in some way. It's…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 01:59PMThe 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, during a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and airing live on NBC.
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Linked From Gold Derby at 01:56PMThe golden oldie movie is a fun radio play at the Irish Rep .
Linked From CurtainUp at 01:55PMGuardian Extra members can save money on tickets to see Alex Jennings play Alan Bennett in two stage adaptations of the writer's memoirsHymn is a memoir of music in childhood. In 2001, Alan …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:55PMA new app from the V&A draws on its remarkable archive to present the 100 most influential postwar British plays. Ten are shown here. Spanning 65 years – from 1945 to 2010 – the app reve…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:55PMBack to Back's tale of the elephant-headed deity journeying into Nazi Germany to reclaim the swastika made for unmissable viewingAn argument is brewing in the rehearsal room. Scott wants Mar…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:55PMThe recent stage adaptation of the bestselling novel "Sideways" that debuted in May in Santa Monica is moving up in the world. The La Jolla Playhouse said it will produce the play starting i…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:54PMA new V&A archive shows that while in some ways theatre changed unrecognisably between 1945 and 2010, some things remain toxically the sameGallery: 65 years of theatre – in 10 picturesWhat…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:54PMJust as the Broadway theater community was getting back on its feet following Hurricane Sandy, another potential showstopper is headed its way.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:54PMEverybody knows his name – but this time, it won't be Norm. Six-time Emmy Award nominee George Wendt, best known for his role on the long-running sitcom Cheers, will return to the stage t…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:42PMDavid Mamet s painfully didactic The Anarchist makes theatergoers wonder what happened to the ink in his pen since his better plays.
Linked From Theater News Online at 01:34PMIn-school classes and workshops are the favorite form of educational activities offered by theaters that were surveyed by Theatre Communications Group. READ MORE
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 01:26PMTidings of Tap’s numbers are not only precisely danced, but well thought-out: the music provides a delightful underscore to the steps, in such exciting bits as “Carol of the Bells” and…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 01:25PMWe are giving away 2 pairs of tickets for Ethan Lipton and his Orchestra for This Saturday, December 15th at 8 PM at Artisphere. Tell us why you want to see the show by emailing dcmetrotheat…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMTony Award winner and screen legend Dick Van Dyke celebrates his birthday Dec. 13. Here, Playbill.com looks back at his career, including clips from film, television, Broadway and more.
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMThe long-running, sexually charged 1970's Off-Broadway revue Let My People Come, which also played a notorious Broadway run in 1976, will return to New York in an updated version at the …
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMThe recent Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, officially opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Dec. 13, 2009. Here is a look back at …
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMGeorge Wendt, the six-time Emmy Award nominee of TV's "Cheers," and a Broadway veteran from Elf, Hairspray and Art, will play Joe Bell in the new Broadway production of Breakfa…
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMMelissa Errico, who will take on her first major Stephen Sondheim role in New York in 2013 when she co-stars in Classic Stage Company's production of Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony…
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming, who stars in the film "Any Day Now," takes part in a panel discussion following a screening of that film Dec. 13 at the LGBT Center in New York.
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMEddie Redmayne, star of LES MISERABLES, stopped by the 'Today' show on NBC this morning to chat about the audition process for his role in the film. Check out the appearance below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes Awards this morning, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Check out how the stars are reacting to …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMBelow, meet the orphans of ANNIE, all making their Broadway debuts, and find out why they believe you're never fully dressed without a smile
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMSix-time Emmy Award-nominee George Wendt Norm' in Cheers has joined the cast of the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMFans of Game of Thrones will undoubtedly do a double take when they see these photos of Emilia Clarke: Daenerys Targaryen has been replaced by Holly Golightly, the heroine of Truman Capote&r…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMGeorge Wendt has joined the Broadway cast of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Doc Golightly, the much-older husband of Holly Golightly (Emilia Clarke). The …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMTalk about a complete turnaround! Jessica Chastain plays a sheltered homebody in Broadway’s The Heiress, a stark contrast to the role of a CIA analyst she takes on in the new awards da…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMA recently divorced dad adjusts to life on his own in the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s hilarious and heartbreaking new play What Rhymes with America. The one-act show stars…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMFrom the Beast to Sweeney Todd, Broadway vet Jeff McCarthy has played his fair share of deep-voiced villains. Now he’s taking on the grumpiest bad guy of all: the Grinch in Dr. Se…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMOlivier Award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter is returning to the Arcola Theatre to star in Leyla Nazli's new play The Mare Rider.
Directed by artistic director Mehmet Ergen, the production …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:09PMOver the past 52 weeks, the Theater Shelf column has evaluated a host of CDs, DVDs and books you might consider as gifts for your theater friends this season – or for yourself, for that ma…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 01:08PMSlow Burn Looks Ahead Slow Burn Theater Company, the Boca Raton troupe attracted to edgy, challenging work, has chosen the titles for their 2013-2014 season, said co-artistic director Patric…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 01:08PM‘Monsieur Moliere is dead, but he sends his regards.” To be sure, playwright David Ives sets us straight from the start in his bristlingly clever prologue for “The School for Lies,” …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:07PMSideshow Theatre Company continues its 2012/13 season with the Chicago premiere of MARIA/STUART by Jason Grote, directed by Marti Lyons, playing March 30 – May 5, 2013 at Theater Wit, 1…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 01:06PMWatch stars Scarlett Johansson, Ciarán Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and director Rob Ashford talk about bringing Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to Broadway.
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In the weeks before Christmas, upon D.C. stages Runs holiday fodder for folks of all ages. There’s singing. And dancing. And pious “God bless.” Some shows convey wonder. And others, a …
Linked From Washington Post at 12:59PMChoreographer and artist team for a work at Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum
Linked From Philly.com at 12:59PMINTERVIEW: ZOE SVENDSEN The dramaturg of Joe Hill-Gibbins's exciting production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling (which returns to the Young Vic after opening in 2011)…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 12:59PMBroadway could be facing a very unhappy holiday season. Union 32BJ, which represents hundreds of Broadway workers such as janitors, porters, elevator operators, and bathroom attendants, hav…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:41PMWe’re less than a month away from our first public event of 2013, “Pat’s New Years Resolutions” - a pop culture trivia night at the gorgeous Highline Ballroom hosted by NY1 morning n…
Linked From www.trivworks.com at 12:39PMNEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and that o…
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:35PMFuture At The End Of The World CLOSES TONIGHT Here’s a great write-up of the show I curated for Immediate Medium at the Farley Post Office!
Linked From culturebytes.org at 12:34PMByre Theatre, St Andrews: This is a little gem hidden away on Scotland's east coast. A hugely talented sextet work their colourful socks off in Gordon Barr's often hilarious versio…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMWolverhampton Grand Theatre: Those in need of a cheer-up in these days of floods, frosts and fiscal failures should hurry along to the Grand Wolverhampton for a brightly-staged panto, which…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMLyceum Theatre Sheffield: Casting local pantomime favourites on an annual basis is proving both fashionable and good for the box office and Sheffield's golden boy is comedy actor Damian…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMBAC, London: There are two magnificent balls during Kneehigh's inventive reworking of Cinderella, a narrative device designed to give the mixed-age audience as much time to dance around…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMLandor, London: Within three years Above The Stag's pantomime established itself as one of the modest successes of the London fringe. With their home in Victoria demolished earlier this…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMLyric Hammersmith, London: Barry McCarthy's take on Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas is a homely, flesh and blood old chap who snores, feels cold, goes to the loo, grumbles, enjoys…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMEpstein, Liverpool : The first pantomime at the recently refurbished former Neptune Theatre contains all the traditional fairytale elements and plenty of saucy hilarity - but is so overwritt…
Linked From The Stage at 12:23PMThe union representing most of the service workers at Broadway theaters is in a dispute with the Broadway League that could lead to a worker strike during the holidays. Local 32BJ of the Ser…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:14PMThe high-energy Green Day musical American Idiot crossed the pond to the U.K., where the touring company has rocked cities including Cardiff, Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Ireland, Manc…
Linked From Playbill at 12:08PMEarlier this week, Transport Group presented GIMME A BREAK an evening of performances honoring Christian Borle, Sue Frost, and Paul Huntley at it's benefit gala at the Asia Society and Museu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMOn Thursday, December 6, BroadwayWorld.com was there for the opening night of Lincoln Center Theaters 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartle…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMAnother week, another brilliant X Factor performance from pint-sized Broadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar. The young talent wowed the judges and audience with her stellar take on John Lenn…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:08PMBroadway legend Mandy Patinkin may play a terrorist-fighting teddy bear on Homeland, but the velvety vocalist was decidedly less cuddly when he appeared on The Colbert Report on December 12.…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:08PMClifford Odets’ 1937 drama Golden Boy explores the lengths a young man will go to in order to achieve the American Dream—and at what cost. To mark the 75th anniversary of this cl…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:08PMIt would be easy to assume a Tony-winning actor would have no trouble landing a role in the big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Les Misérables, right? Turns out, not so …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:08PMJoe Iconis has been tearing through the New York music theater scene for years, both as a writer and a performer. His concert group, Joe Iconis & Family, plays shows that feature a uniqu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:08PMName: Rosa GilmoreHometown: Cambridge, MAEducation: Theater and English Major at Connecticut College What is a kiki?: If you wake up the morning after this party and remember what happened, …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:08PMEven legends have to go through the awkward years. Take that icon – stealing from the rich and giving to the poor – Robin Hood. Celebrated in song and story for hundreds of years…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PMThe 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 12:00PMTherese Plaehn, David Cromer, and Derrick Trumbly in Our Town. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.This is just an early warning to fans of the Hub Review regarding the Huntington's re-mounting…
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Additional 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 Aca…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 11:50AMShakespeare Yields to Sedaris in Staunton You hear a lot of laughter at Blackfriars Playhouse. Usually it builds, develops, accumulates slowly, and then overflows in torrents that are hard t…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMThe Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Today is the birthday of Christopher Plummer (b. 1929). As pa…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:34AMWe’ve got a treat for you. How about winning a pair of tickets to The Changeling at the Young Vic next week (17th-22nd)? Call it an early Christmas present from us to you, but whatev…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:24AMTHE HEIRESS congratulates Jessica Chastain on her 2013 Golden Globe Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for Zero, Dark, Thirty. Zero, Dark, Thirty receive…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:21AMThursday Evening Performance Tonight – Four Shows This Weekend – Audiences Love The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!! ONLY FIVE PERFORMANCES REMAIN – CLOSING WEEKEND Produced in partnershi…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:18AMBut sometimes, though it may defy certain sorts of expectations, Jews excel not because they have higher sports IQs but just because they are better.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:13AMWith its child-friendly blend of humor, thrills and spectacle, Circus Flora was made for the holidays.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 11:08AMToday in 2009, A Little Night Music opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 425 performances. A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the nominations fo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMCarly Rose Sonenclar demonstrated that she has more in her bag of tricks than just a stellar singing voice. The 13-year-old played the piano as she sang a moving version of the John Lennon c…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMThe North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, has announced its 2013 summer season.
Linked From Playbill at 11:07AMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2013 Golden Globe Awards Dec. 13 in Beverly Hills, CA. The 70th annual awards ceremony will be hosted by Tina Fey and A…
Linked From Playbill at 11:07AMAnthony Head brought his school blazer, Freddie Fox a road sign and Meera Syal a belly-dancer’s waist chain. But it was Tracie Bennett, last seen playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow…
Linked From The Independent at 11:06AMStrictly Come Dancing judges Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell were among those who turned out for the opening of Matthew Bourne's new ballet Sleeping Beauty at Sadler's Wells recently.Sleepi…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:06AMLast week, I tweased (tweeted + teased) that I’d be signing up to produce a show on Broadway this spring. And that show is . . . Kinky Boots! I’m thrilled to be playing a part in…
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Or at least it's definitely in the top five! Bill Pinckney's Original Drifters sing White Christmas. Animation by Joshua Held. Just try not to sing along.The Hub Review, the guid…
Linked From The Hub Review at 10:58AMBy now, you’re pretty tired of hearing Anne Hathaway talk about eating two Nilla Wafers a day and suffering for her Fantine. Like. You’re going to kick a baby deer in the face if she men…
Linked From The Craptacular at 10:52AMTony Award winner Martin Short (Martin Short Fame Becomes Me) has been added to the roster of performers who will be appearing at State Theatre in New Brunswick in 2013. He will offer a si…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:40AMThe Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse has added two shows to its 2013-14 season. Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley (Memphis) will direct His Girl Friday, an adaptation by Tony Award…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:40AMAtlantic Theater Company celebrated the opening night of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America on Wednesday, December 12. Following the performance, the cast and gu
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:40AMHave you recently experienced an existential meltdown in an elevator to the tune of Wham's "Last Christmas?" Does the mere concept of passing another improperly-lit plastic menorah in a lon…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:40AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:33AMVicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, will present the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery, described as an "old-fashioned pia…
Linked From Playbill at 10:07AMPlans are afoot to mount a brand-new West End production of Miss Saigon, the last of the Cameron Mackintosh produced megamusicals of the 80s that premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane i…
Linked From Playbill at 10:07AMToday, the Wall Street Journal reports that the stock broker has been under investigation since 2009 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in 12 different cases.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMBroadwayWorld 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. The …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMAtlantic Theater Company presents the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's WHAT RYHMES WITH AMERICA, starring Atlantic ensemble member Chris Bauer leading a cast featuring Aimee Carrero,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe critically acclaimed, record-breaking, cult-sensation PigPen Theatre Co. spread holiday cheer by lighting their very own Un-Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and marked the occasion with…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe big-screen adaptation of Les Misérables continues to storm the awards season barricades, receiving four 2013 Golden Globe nominations. Presented by the Hollywood Fo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:06AMA scheming green grump is invading Madison Square Garden! Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas begins performances on December 13, starring Broadway vet Jeff McCarthy. Direct…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:06AMAge & Hometown: 30; Sydney, Australia
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Lorna Moon, “the tramp from Newark” who wins the heart of Golden Boy Joe Bonaparte (Seth Numrich) a…
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NEW YORK—Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf.
Linked From Denver Post at 09:57AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville # 91: Lillian Roth (1910-1980) (for more on her and her vaudeville beginnings go here). I’ve seen more of her films since my earlier posts &…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:33AMSeattle performers from different disciplines celebrate John Cage’s 100th birthday with stagings of rare works, Dec. 14, 2012.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 09:25AMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a musical or comedy film have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associa…
Linked From Associated Press at 09:25AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and tha…
Linked From Associated Press at 09:25AMIn November we introduced the Top 5 Theatre Trailers of the month, but for December we’re opening this out beyond trailers into the widespread area of general theatre related videos. S…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 09:21AMIt's a wonderful feeling, finding an eye-opening, ear-opening dazzling treasure-chest of songs with melodies by a master, many of which have never (or rarely) been recorded.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:21AMIt’s Old Home Week in the comments section of my post “Theatre blogosphere dead; no services planned” from Tuesday (which, curiously, garnered even more page views than Mon…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:20AMDid we hear you right? Did you say “Bah-humbug..(groan).. Not another A Christmas Carol?!!! “*****A proverbial circus of entertainment for the whole family to enjoy, this delightfu…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMCarly Rose Sonenclar demonstrated that she has more in her bag of tricks than just a stellar singing voice. The 13-year-old played the piano as she sang a moving version of the John Lennon c…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMAll BroadwayWorld Fans See the stars of Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Downton Abbey and save up to 30 for performances through February 3
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMImmortalized by Rose, the quintessential stage mother in Gypsy, stage mothers and fathers have often been characterized as pushy, annoying, meddling, gossiping individuals who will stop at n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly were on hand at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMBroadwayWorld.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 week, w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMPaul Kerryson is artistic director of Leicester Curve, which opened in 2008. His current production is a revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Janie Dee in the title role, which continues until …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:04AMTomfoolery musical to Open at Elden Street Players January 25th with Apologies from Producer; Tom Lehrer to Blame Although many of those involved with Elden Street Players had high hopes for…
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Re-capping Carly’s ‘X Factor’ semi-final performances Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar sings Elton John’s “Your Song” in the semi-finals of “…
Linked From The Journal News at 08:45AMWith jobs increasingly tight and relegated to robots, the songs in this new version of Studs Terkel's 1974 book have a new kind of poignancy
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:40AMA talk with Mike Tyson is . . . an uneasy thing.
Will he go off? Is he still the barely contained human detonation of the 1980s and 1990s?
Linked From Philly.com at 08:40AMMelissa James Gibsn's plays are all buoyed by dialogue that reflects a truly original voice and her latest is no exception. . . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:40AMBring on the Viva Forever! musical. Girl Power gets knocked by some feminists, but try giving The Female Eunuch to a pre-teenBeing as I am easily amused by celebrity frivolity (my one and on…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:40AMThe opening week of British Invasion 2012 showcased consummate performing skills and sharp writing. No surprise there, because it's consistent with the two previous editions of the Invasion,…
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 08:40AMShe was in "Les Troyens" as Ascanius in 1993. Now she's taking on the production's most complex and human creation, Dido, Queen of Carthage.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:40AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 12, 2012 Patti Issues is an extraordinary autobiographical play by Ben Rimalower directed by Aaron Mark that began performances last month at…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 08:40AMSchool for Lies, a ribald sequel to Molière’s The Misanthrope, stars married Canadians Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay.
Linked From Toronto Star at 08:11AMBook your standard price seat for £25 and get upgraded to a seat worth £30* for SALAD DAYS at Riverside Studios
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:03AMAs a parent, particularly of little girls, one can grow heartily sick of the saccharine world of princesses, fairies and their tyranny of pink.
Linked From The Independent at 08:03AMThe Royal Court has a proud tradition of offering alternative Yuletide fare and this year they have surpassed themselves with Dominic Cooke's razor-sharp production of a work that could be d…
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Cabaret performances at arts centre Lauderdale House are at risk of being axed unless the venue can raise vital funds needed to redevelop its facilities. Based in Waterlow Park in Highgate, …
Linked From The Stage at 07:56AMBroadway service employees are considering strike action that would affect the majority of the theatres in New York’s theatre district. The Service Employees International Union, which…
Linked From The Stage at 07:56AMJack Whitehall and Sacha Baron Cohen were among the winners at last night’s British Comedy Awards. Whitehall was crowned king of comedy following a public vote, and beat Alan Carr, Graham …
Linked From The Stage at 07:56AMIf the holidays have got you down or you need a refreshing break from the hustle and bustle, why not try a visit with the Holiday Guys? In a relaxed, cabaret setting, two abundantly talented…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 07:56AMLONDON (AP) — Degas painted it. Chopin wrote variations on it. Balzac and Dumas mentioned it in their fiction. The Paris Opera performed it 100 times in just three years.
Linked From Boston Globe at 07:29AMLegit News:
Walk of Fame Honors: Hugh Jackman
Linked From Variety at 07:12AMLegit News:
Walk of Fame Honors: Hugh Jackman
Linked From Variety at 07:12AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:04AM
Writers have become the latest group to complain about working for free and are now calling on the government to support their right to be paid. Their complaints follow those of performers, …
Linked From The Stage at 06:54AM59E59 Theaters, Prospect Theater Company, Off Broadway
By Dan Dinero
BOTTOM LINE: This new version of the 1978 musical Working resonates with contemporary worries about unemployment …
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 06:46AMWyvern, Swindon: When Keith Chegwin starred as Buttons at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon last Christmas, it was announced he would be returning this year in Jack and the Beanstalk. Plainly, h…
Linked From The Stage at 06:21AMCivic, Darlington: Civic regulars husband-and-wife Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane are back where they first met 16 years ago and in top form as Carabosse and castle henchman Oddjob respectively.…
Linked From The Stage at 06:21AMThe Theatre at the O2, London: I've already experienced two of the worst 'live' entertainment nights of the year at the O2, with the loud and vacuous Jesus Christ Superstar ar…
Linked From The Stage at 06:21AMJerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London: Martin Crimp's latest work is his most innovative since his 1997 masterpiece Attempts on Her Life, and the first at this venue since The…
Linked From The Stage at 06:21AMBoublil and Schonberg’s Les Misérables is one of the more epic pieces of musical theatre, and Tom Hooper’s film adaptation further proves this. This is Les Misérables on a gran…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:18AMAs a child of the 90s The Spice Girls played a huge part in my upbringing. It wasn’t just the music, it was the momentum and power behind the message and global reach of the British gi…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:18AMAlthough the feeling is suggested in many plays, it is rare that one truly feels like a fly-on-the-wall when at the theatre. BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne’s new play takes its name from…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:18AMEnglish National Ballet’s Nutcracker is a muted production lifted by sparkling dancing. From stars Vadim Muntagirov and Daria Klimentová through to the corps of Snowflakes, the company da…
Linked From The Independent at 06:02AMLast night (12 December 2012) we took 180 theatregoers to see the Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated musical The Bodyguard, which premiered at the Adelphi Theatre last month.
Starring Heather …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:02AMInside the vastness of the O2 Centre there is a new temporary theatre structure seating (not very comfortably) 1,900 people marking the return to pantoland of Lily Savage, Paul O'Grady's sca…
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I had meant to post this link a few weeks ago, but you know how things get around the holidays. Back in May, Jeff Brooks at Future Fundraising Now listed 20 Mistakes that Drive Away Donation…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 01:40AMMILAN (AP) — This Lohengrin is no knight in shining armor, confidently riding in on a swan to defend a beautiful maiden.
Linked From Boston Globe at 01:25AMNEW YORK (AP) — Hearing ordinary people talk about their jobs can provide surprising and moving glimpses of other lives. In Studs Terkel's 1974 book "Working" he interviewed hundreds of Am…
Linked From Boston Globe at 01:25AMNEW 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 Boston Globe at 01:25AMNEW YORK (AP) — The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its leaders to call a strike …
Linked From Boston Globe at 01:25AMNEW YORK (AP) — Desperation, poor timing, denial, miscommunication, estrangement, insecurities. All the stuff of comedy — thanks to Melissa James Gibson's gift of quirky, intellectual wr…
Linked From Boston Globe at 01:25AM1925 Birthday in West Plains, MO, of actor Dick Van Dyke, who will appear on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and The Girls Against the Boys, and create memorable TV and film roles in "The Di…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMThe new musical Somewhere in Time, based on Richard Matheson's romantic novel and film of the same title, receives a private New York City reading Dec. 13 featuring Andrew Samonsky and K…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMJeff McCarthy is a mean one in the New York return of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, which begins performances Dec. 13 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMJonah Productions presents 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.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which is based on the 1954 film of the same name and officially opens Dec. 13, following…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMFrom to Mame to Annie, from Ibsen to Thornton Wilder, our choices for the greatest Christmas scenes in modern stage history are a varied lot. (No, we didn't include medieval nativity pla…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00AMScott Siegel's BROADWAY BALLYHOO tonight, December 13th at 11 pm at Feinstein's will feature four superlative talents the positively legendary Christine Pedi Broadway, Off-Broadway, Drama De…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMTennis Legends Showdown at Powershares Tour
Join us as we serve up an exclusive visit to the Powershares Tour's stop in Anaheim, where tennis legends Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Jim Courier,…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AM'Zero Dark Thirty' Star Edgar Ramirez Gets Diplomatic
The dashing Edgar Ramirez pays a visit to our Studio -- and attempts to wreck it! The 'Zero Dark Thirty' actor has some pillow fighting …
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMNikki Reed & Paul McDonald Perform Live In-Studio
Happily married couple -- 'Twilight' actress Nikki Reed and "American Idol" alum Paul McDonald -- pay a visit to the Studio to show off some…
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If you've never heard of Harry Potter, you may need to get out more. Suffice it to say that the series of Harry Potter books and the resulting eight films have become a cultural icon.&…
Linked From St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:57AMRecording sessions have the mystique of making music history behind closed doors. No matter that the single most famous one in pop culture - the December day in 1956 when Elvis Presley, John…
Linked From Philly.com at 12:49AMComing in January, and already on the verge of selling out, is the mystical, must-hear Tristan und Isolde at COC. The images coming to us from this import from Europe give even greater cause…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:48AMSpoiler alert: Clarence gets his wings.
That you know absolutely everything that’s going to happen doesn’t spoil the pleasures of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Antho…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:13AM‘working” is best described by the subtitle of the book it’s based on, Studs Terkel’s 1974 oral history: “People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They D…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:13AM‘Are you having a good time?” an actor asked me during the intermission of “Restoration Comedy,” the new party — sorry, production — at the Flea Theater.
It was a fair question,…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:13AMDon’t go to “What Rhymes With America” expecting a traditional plot, or even a satisfying explanation for the title. Melissa James Gibson’s quirky play meanders gently from cryptic s…
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