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Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, December 17, 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55PMTwo-time Tony Award-winning Broadway composer William Finn will appear in Palm Springs on March 16, 2013 in 'Heart and Music A Conversation With and Tribute To William Finn'. The man behind …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55PMMy grandfather was a real Mason. So I guess this honors his memory?Photo: Kent MeisterTells us about the first person you met at The Brick.I came into contact with a hodgepodge of Brick regu…
Linked From bricktheater.blogspot.com at 11:45PMAnne Scurria and Barrie Kreinik discuss the how and the why down at Trinity. Photo: Mark TurekFirst the good news: in scientific terms, The How and the Why, at Trinity Rep through Decem…
Linked From The Hub Review at 11:40PMYou know the song we’ve been singing all season, right? ‘Someday My Santino Fontana Will Come.’ Because at this point, it’s pretty clear that Broadway’s collective fang…
Linked From The Craptacular at 11:16PMNEW YORK (AP) — A union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants reached a tentative agreement with theater producers to aver…
Linked From Boston Globe at 11:03PMAt its heart of this show is the high-kicking, precision-dancing Rockettes, interchangeable parts with non-stop smiles and high-kicking gams, an American icon in action. (read more...)
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On Thursday, December 13, ABC's Good Morning America aired a live performance by Anthony Warlow and understaudy Taylor Richardson from the Broadway musical Annie. Check out their performance…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMThe Mystery Of Edwin Drood Star, Stephanie J. Block, is featured on an all new Christmas CD Recording titled A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS, produced to support the Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kulli…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMIn a season filled with revival overdoses on Broadway, the Roundabout Theatre Company is responsible for one of the finest productions on the Great White Way this season. The Mystery of Edwi…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 07:38PMThe Guthrie Theater reported a tiny surplus on its $28.9 million budget.
Linked From StarTribune at 07:37PMThrough all the seas of all Thy world, slam-bangin' home again. Rudyard Kipling, "M'Andrew's Hymn"...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:27PMFrom 2007: At various points along the way, I was sure I was going to be a lawyer, a high-school...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:27PMPOKE! LIKE! Add WHY THE LONG FACEBOOK? to your events January 10th at 10pm at Stage 773 (1225 West Belmont Avenue) in Sketchfest. Sketchfest runs all week, find tickets at www.stag…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMFounder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor announces the company’s specialBlack Ensemble Theater New Year’s Eve 2012 Celebration. The fun-filled evening will be held Monday, Decem…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMCold Basement Dramatics presents HENRY MOORE IS MELTING, a new play by Jenny Seidelman, directed by Mikey Laird. The show will run at The Athenaeum Theater, 2936 North Southport Avenue, Chic…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMStage 773 Artistic Director Brian Posen proudly announces the dates for the 12th Annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, an annual event that celebrate…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PM Miriam Margolyes discusses her play Dicken’s Women which will be presented at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, December 18-22, 2012. For more information visit www.ChicagoShakes.c…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMBoy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman, directed by Cody Estle Previews: Tuesday, January 15 through Friday, January 18 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 19 at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Performance…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMMillion Dollar Quartet, the hit musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n’ roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and E…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 07:21PMIt makes perfect sense, from a business standpoint, to revive one of the most legendary flops in theater history. After all, we live in an ironic age. The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective …
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:11PMKurt Deutsch is not a left-brain, right-brain kind of guy. Instead, both sides of his brain operate simultaneously, with creative thoughts substantiated by business ones and vice versa. As t…
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LA theater had plenty of high points in 2012. Here they're organized by size of theater -- the big, the middle, the small. Also an account of yesterday afternoon at Broad Stage, where a Fl…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:55PM“Professor” James Elliott’s act consisted of himself and children Kate, Polly, Annie, Maggie, Thomas, and Mattie performing a “Parisian Quadrille” on bicycles a…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:52PMOhio farm girl Fanny Mills (1860-1899) suffered from a condition called Milroy Disease, which caused massive fluid build-up in her dogs. Like a character in some fairy tale, she wore size 30…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:52PMTheatreWorks has just announced that Priscilla Lopez will lead the Giovanna Sardelli-helmed SOMEWHERE, playing Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, January 16 through February 10. S…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 121712.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMThis was one tough weekend for parents across the nation. With lumps in our throats, we shut off the news and swallowed our feelings, putting on a happy face for our kids and trying our bes…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMLilla Crawford, star of the new Broadway production of Annie will perform live on ABC's 'Live With Kelly and Michael' between 900AM-1000AM EST this Tuesday. In the New York area, 'Live With …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMNBC has just released the first batch of promotional photos for the upcoming second season of SMASH - featuring the musical drama's original cast, as well as Broadway's own Jeremy Jordan and…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMOkada Productions in collaboration with Yuji Takematsu will present Kikki & Grandpa & Baby, a new musical written and directed by Yutaka Okada, beginning Jan. 5, 2013, at the Chernuc…
Linked From Playbill at 05:40PMMaureen McGovern, Maurice Hines, Dee Snider and Donna McKechnie and more will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming months. They offered a preview the morning of Dec. 17.
Linked From Playbill at 05:40PMThe high gross for "Christmas Story" was partly the result of its producers adding a ninth performance last week; most other shows had only the usual eight.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMJoin us this Thursday, December 20th for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT/ 2pm EST/ 1pm CST/ 12pm MST/ 11am PST. This will be the last Howl of 2012! The Weekly Howl is an …
Linked From HowlRound at 05:37PMWicked made its way back to the top for the week ending December 16. The production grossed $1.8 million, edging out The Lion King. The Book of Mormon assumed its usual position at number 3,…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 05:25PM“Bumbug” is a sung-through rock adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” set among South Asians in New York.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:21PMJamil Khoury wants to talk with you about mosque politics. He wants to talk with you about the marginalization of Muslim-Americans in the wake of September 11th. In fact, the Silk Road Risin…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:10PM4 stars (3 ½ stars for production execution; 4 ½ stars for the teen performances) Synetic Theater’s teen company’s production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is an example of a case…
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The new musical CHAPLIN, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, begins i…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:55PMMichael Puzzo’s Spirits of Exit Eleven will make its world premiere at off-Broadway's Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. The show will run from January 10, 2013 through February 2, with …
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:53PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMIn Amanda Seyfried's latest visit to ELLEN, she talked about her special birthday gift from Les Miserables film co-star Hugh Jackman a lap dance. Watch the interview clip below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMThis is your last week to buy tickets before the end of teh holiday season If you still haven't caught up on the best shows of 2012, make plans for a end-of-year trip now
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMMiG Ayesa, 'Rock Star INXS' finalist-turned-bona fide Broadway rock star, rocked New York City via his solo concert at Perlas International Cuisine in Woodside, Queens Saturday night, Decemb…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMFive young Broadway veterans treated children from Brooklyn communities profoundly impacted by Hurricane Sandy to a special performance for the holidays on Sunday, December 16, 2012. The eve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMNBC is offering a sneak peek at the new situation comedy "1600 Penn," which co-stars Book of Mormon Tony nominee Josh Gad, Dec. 17 at 9:31 PM ET; check local listings.
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMCasting has been announced for the McCarter Theatre Center's upcoming production of Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, which will begin performances at the New Jersey venue Jan. 18…
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMOkada Productions in collaboration with Yuji Takematsu will present Kikki & Grandpa & Baby, a new musical written and directed by Yutaka Okada, beginning Jan. 5, 2013, at the Chernuc…
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMTony Award-winning actress Priscilla Lopez will star in the regional premiere of Somewhere, a new dance-centered drama set against the filming of "West Side Story," which will begi…
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMThe Pioneer Theatre Company will present Philip Barry's romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story beginning Jan. 11, 2013, at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City.
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMA lovely "Christmas" and a powder keg performance from Norbert Leo Butz in "Accounts"
Linked From NorthJersey.com at 04:38PMWillemijn Verkaik, the Dutch actress currently playing the lead in the Dutch production of Wicked, will make her Broadway debut as Elphaba in the hit musical currently playing at the Stephen…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:36PMOne day remains to enter my contest for free tickets and merchandise to Les Miserables, the movie opening on December 25. A week left to shop for holiday gifts for theater lovers I’ve got …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 04:22PMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending December 16, 2012: Show Name Gross Attendance Capacity AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,377,131 13,479 98.86% $102.17 ANNIE $1,081,…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 04:18PMEver wanted to play the humbugging Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Or what about the wicked and haunting ghost of Marley? Perhaps one of the three spirits that haunt the old miser? …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PMDrama Desk Award nominee Joaquina Kalukango and Bowman Wright will star in the Alley Theatre's production of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, to be produced in association with Arena Stage at …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:09PMIt looks like Broadway will have a happy ending, after all. The Broadway League's Executive Director, Charlotte St. Martin, confirms they have reached a "tentative agreement" with Union 32B…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:09PMBroadway nightspot 54 Below rang in the holiday season on December 14 and 15 with the 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, an environmental rock-and-roll concert-revue that has becom…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:09PMJeff McCarthy stars as the Christmas-hating Grinch in the New York return of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. Based on the classic Dr. Seuss book, the cast also featu…
Linked From Playbill at 04:09PMThe merry mood, welcoming atmospherics, and cultural richness of this year’s Irish "Christmas Revels" make it the perfect family event.
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Wicked made its way back to the top spot of the box office this week, followed by frequent champ The Lion King. Holiday tuner A Christmas Carol continued to pack in crowds hungry for festive…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:52PMJack Marsh first appeared in Circus Flora at age 2
Linked From St. Louis Today at 03:52PMStar of stage and screen Hugh Jackman will visit 'Katie' tomorrow, December 18, where he will chat with Couric abou Les Miserables, fatherhood, and more. Check out highlights from the episod…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMVoting is now underway for the South Florida Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 12162012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMRecording Artist and Academy Award winning singer of The Morning After amp We May Never Love Like This Again and Broadway star Maureen McGovern Little Women, 3 Penny Opera, Nine, The Pirates…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMMSG Entertainment and Live Nation announced today that Sarah Brightman's show at Radio City Music Hall on February 8, 2013 has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 21, 2013. Brightman's h…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMOur favorite place to see Tony Nominee Michael Sheen and Tony Winner Liev Schreiber is onstage (in plays like Frost/Nixon and View from the Bridge, respectively), but we’ll happily acc…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:44PMTheaterWorks artistic team member Rob Ruggiero, who also staged the Broadway productions of Looped and High, has been appointed the producing artistic director of the Hartford theatre compan…
Linked From Playbill at 03:39PMThe original parody 50 Shades! The Musical, which has been seen in Chicago and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, will make its New York premiere Jan. 11-12, 2013, at the Gramercy Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 03:39PMComposer-lyricist Scott Alan will return to London this summer for a concert at the IndigO2 Theatre Arena at the O2.
Linked From Playbill at 03:39PMJason Gotay, who currently stars as Randall in Broadway's Bring It On: The Musical, will offer a solo concert entitled Some Kind of Wonderful Jan. 7, 2013, at (le) Poisson Rouge.
Linked From Playbill at 03:39PMThesis: Adherents to a hobby define their relationship to a hobby partly through swag – collectibles and ephemera related to their activity. Theatre companies could create swag around thei…
Linked From 2AMT at 03:36PMLast weekend in Davis, CA, I had the pleasure of interviewing Aaron Humble and Adam Reinwald of the Cantus men's chorus based in the Twin Cities.One of the things the singers said which stru…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 03:33PMPhotographer Christopher Thomond is granted backstage access to York Theatre Royal's legendary pantomime
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMPeople fly in from Sydney to see the panto at York Theatre Royal. What's its secret (aside from Britain's longest-serving dame, Wagon Wheels and 86 costumes)?Berwick Kaler is lying flat on&n…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMLyttelton, LondonI sometimes feel I know Alan Bennett's family almost as well as my own. But, although these two "recollections" contain material that will be familiar to readers of Bennett'…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMComposer Howard Blake and director Bill Alexander on how they adapted Raymond Briggs' children's book for the stageHoward Blake, composerIn the late 1960s I was staying in Cornwall, recupera…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMMilton Rooms, MaltonJim Cartwight's debut play Road opened at the Royal Court; his best-known, the Rise and Fall of Little Voice, was commissioned by the National theatre. That his most rece…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMYael Farber relocated Strindberg's 1888 classic to post-apartheid South Africa – and cut straight to its dark, throbbing heartStrindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie, which focuses on a fatal se…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:29PMThe Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that the cast of the acclaimed epic musical Giant will enter the recording studio…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 03:23PMYoung Artists of America (“YAA”) performed the concert MARTYRS this past Friday and Saturday nights at the new, state of the art Performing Arts Center at the Sandy Spring Frien…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PMAs we continue our first-ever fundraising campaign we reached out to some friends to share some thoughts about why they value what we do. Here's a few words from celebrated choreographer St…
Linked From Culturebot at 03:09PMNow we know who will spending spring in New York! Broadway stars Adam Kantor (Rent) and Betsy Wolfe (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will star in Second Stage Theatre's upcoming revival of Tony…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:08PMWillemijn Verkaik will fly into the Broadway cast of Wicked as Elphaba on February 12 for a 15-week run. She replaces Jackie Burns, who play her final performance on Sunday, February 10. Ve…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:08PMA few funny moments sparkle in Act II's decidedly unoriginal holiday show.
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It’s easy to be a Scrooge about panto season – often saturated with jokes you can see coming a mile off, predictable audience interaction and formulaic structures. But it’…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 02:55PMTwo men. One stage. In their pajamas? The infamous Pajama Men have come to town and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is tossing their newest show In The Middle of No One up onto the stage just…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:51PMOscar winner Jamie Foxx enjoyed a pre-holiday visit to Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre on December 14 to meet Reeve Carney, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Robert Cuccioli and the rest of the high-fly…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:51PMThe National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play Las Vegas as part of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts 2013-14 Broadway Las Vegas…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMADAM KANTOR Rent and BETSY WOLFE The Mystery of Edwin Drood will co-star in the highly anticipated revival of JASON ROBERT BROWN's musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Second Stage Theatre. The be…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMVoting is now underway for the CincinnatiDayton Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMIf you've ever dreamed of setting foot on a Broadway stage, here's your chance This winter, one person's holiday wish will come true with a walk-on role in ELF THE MUSICAL Contest ends today…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMAs BroawayWorld previously reported, beginning performances on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Willemijn Verkaik will make her Broadway debut as Elphaba in the blockbuster musical WICKED. An awa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMVoting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMVoting is now underway for the Columbus Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMCast member Sade Namei offers a peek behind the scenes at Off-Broadway's Emotional Creature, a new play by Eve Ensler.
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMOn this date in 1980, Peter Shaffer's Amadeus made its Broadway premiere, starring Ian McKellen as the tortured Salieri and Tim Curry as the title composer. The Playbill Vault looks back…
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMDutch actress Willemijn Verkaik, who is currently starring in the Dutch production of Wicked, will make her Broadway debut as Elphaba in that hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical in …
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMThe happy-unhappy couple at the center of Second Stage Theatre's new production of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years will be Adam Kantor (Mark in the final Broadway ca…
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMThe Dec. 18 broadcast of Katie Couric's new talk show "Katie" will feature an hour with Tony winner Hugh Jackman.
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMThe Lyric Stage Company of Boston will present Moisés Kaufman's Tony Award-nominated play 33 Variations beginning Jan. 4, 2013. Paula Plum will star.
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMAmy Herzog on the intentional mysteries in “The Great God Pan” Full disclosure: I love Amy Herzog’s play The Great God Pan, which is now in previews at Playwrights Horizons…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 02:31PMIn the Research Guide, Part I, I advised that the easiest way to find information at LPA is by name or title. I advised that the research can benefit by compiling a list of every person in o…
Linked From The New York Public Library at 02:30PMThis weekend I hosted the first ConnectorCon and was absolutely blown away. Any time there was time between panels, people were taking the time to meet one another and connect with each othe…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 02:14PMThe national touring cast of The Addams Family recently got a little spooky and kooky backstage when they filmed a music video parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song "Call Me Maybe." The Ad…
Linked From Playbill at 02:09PMLars Norén, the former head of the National Theater in Stockholm, will direct a new French production of Wallace Shawn's The Fever, to run at La MaMa, January 24-February 3. The one-woman …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:08PMStage adaptations of It's a Wonderful Life have been proliferating, and though no one version dominates, Joe Landry's at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope feels more viable than many: It ri…
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Hi Oscar,
I hope this finds you doing great and enjoying the Holidays. I wanted to get you my new single release. I know it’s late in the season to release a Holiday song, but I never …
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 01:59PMExpands Connecticut's Third Music Theater Artist Residency Program In StateIs Connecticut becoming the home of music theater residencies?
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:55PMIrving Berlin’s White Christmas, now at the Kennedy Center Opera House through January 6, is an irresistibly toe-tapping song-and-dance confection which rolls a selection of Irving Berlin …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 01:55PMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood star Betsy Wolfe and Rent alum Adam Kantor will bring Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years back to life at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. In a …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:52PMWillemijn Verkaik will make her Broadway debut as Elphaba in the blockbuster musical Wicked. Verkaik will take over the role from current Elphaba Jackie Burns on February 12, 2013. Burns pla…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:52PMComposer/Lyricist Jason Robert Brown has posted “Twenty-Six Names” – a tribute to the 26 victims of Friday’s massacre in Newtown, Connecticut on his website. Thank y…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:46PMThis week, Broadway welcomes the Rob Ashford-helmed revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Tony Award-winner Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker. Previews begin tomorrow, December 18, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMVoting is now underway for the Central PA Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMAccording to the show's twitter account, Dutch star Willemijn Verkaik will join the cast of Broadway's Wicked as 'Elphaba' beginning on February 12.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMI do hope we can bring together managers, musicians and board members from orchestras large and small and begin a coherent, comprehensive, solution-focused discussion on how we are going to …
Linked From Huffington Post at 01:44PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
Linked From Playbill at 01:39PMThe Tony Award-winning hit The Book of Mormon will play a summer 2014 engagement at the newly opened Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas.
Linked From Playbill at 01:39PMWarm, full-singing voices swiftly carry a happy audience down the Mississippi through a glorious score in Broward Stage Door’s Show Boat, but the acting and directing are so pedestrian tha…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 01:38PMDon’t Cry For Me Argentina. As the horrible months of January and February approach on Broadway, so do the looming show closure notices that unfortunately always make their way into ou…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 01:38PMNew, slightly more modest production still packs an emotional wallop.
Linked From The Washington Times at 01:29PMDue to popular demand, Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of Golden Age, the third play in Terrence McNally’s opera trilogy, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, has exte…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:21PMA new report on the use of digital technology to boost fundraising and encourage philanthropy in the arts sector has been published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Democratis…
Linked From The Stage at 01:21PMLondon-based fringe venue Ovalhouse has announced a £15,000 commission for a live performance piece to feature in its 50th anniversary year alongside a new season of work to celebrate each …
Linked From The Stage at 01:21PMThe Gaiety Theatre in Ayr has reopened with the announcement that it will remain active throughout 2013 before closing for further refurbishment after next year’s pantomime season. The…
Linked From The Stage at 01:21PMTimeLine Theatre Company continues its 2012-13 season with the Midwest premiere of Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West, reuniting long-time collaborators playwright Naomi Iizuk…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 01:21PMINTERVIEW: EV CROWE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about Hero (Royal Court), her new play which examines the themes of sexual identity and courage in daily life by looking at a gay prim…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 01:16PMPlease listen and enjoy this lovely new Christmas recording by Miss Natalie Toro at www.NatalieToro.com and help spread the cheer. It is sure to become a classic!
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 01:15PMNow in his mid-50s, Esa-Pekka Salonen is one of the most interesting and important composers of his generation and the recent attention his music is receiving is well deserved.
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Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of The New York Times isn’t some new exploration of Broadway’s past and present but the Broadway written about by six leading Times’ critics, includin…
Linked From City Guide Magazine at 12:54PMA high school production of the musical "Legally Blonde" in Ohio has been deemed by administrators to be inappropriate for its audiences, resulting in the apparent dismissal of a drama teach…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:54PMActor Miriam Margolyes berated a theatregoer who did not leap to her feet with the rest of the audience to applaud her show about Dickens. Since when did ovations become compulsory?The show …
Linked From The Guardian at 12:54PMName: Brantley BriceHometown: Greenville, SCEducation: The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and The Upright Citizens Brigade.What is a kiki?: An event that is greater than or equal to…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:50PMTom Hooper’s big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Les Misérables hits theaters everywhere on Christmas Day, and what a present the film makes for fans itching to he…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:50PMTickets are now available for the Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Tony nominee Laura Osnes as Cinderella, Santino Fontana as Prince Charming and Ton…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:50PMIt’s time to wave goodbye to 2012, a year filled with cheerleaders, paperboys, porn stars and Patti. Before the big ball drops in Times Square, Broadway.com decided to poll your favori…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:50PMThe program is still a surprise, but if you can’t make it to Powell Symphony Hall for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s annual New Year’s Eve concert you can hear it live on KWMU-90.7…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:50PMEugene Levy (born this day in 1946) has the funniest eyebrows in show business. He only has to move one of them to make me helpless with laughter. I think of him as a sort of comedy judo mas…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 12:49PMVoting is now underway for the Inaugural Cabaret Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMNBC's live, 90-minute final performance episode of 'The Voice' airs tonight, Monday, December 17 8-930 p.m.ET, and will be followed by a sneak preview of NBC's new comedy series 1600 PENN 93…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMREAL HOUSEWIVES have some competition in THE REAL KIDS OF A CHRISTMAS STORY Featuring the kids behind A CHRISTMAS STORY - Johnny Rabe, John Babbo, Zac Ballard, Grace Capeless, Zoe Considine,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMUPDATE A representative has shared with BroadwayWorld the great news that the Broadway League and SEIU Local 32BJ have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract agreement that should a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was invited to chat with producer Cameron Mackintosh about the cast's amazing vocal ability, the decision to have them sing live on set, and so much more
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMLast spring, during Easter dinner, my aunt leaned across the table and asked: "Chris, have you read this 'Fifty Shades of Grey?'" I said I had not but I had heard about it and, changing the …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:38PMHexagon, Reading: The Hexagon's offering this year is not quite so on-the-button as last year's by the same production team.
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Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMHarlequin, Redhill: Andrea McLean does surprisingly well as the Fairy Godmother, which is more than can be said for the other star name, Lloyd Daniels, who can only have been cast as Prince …
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMAnvil Theatre, Basingstoke: Huge, expressive gestures and larger than life characters abound in this excellently staged and very traditional pantomime that has all the ingredients we love an…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMCapitol, Horsham: A company of strong and friendly performers keep the Capitol packed for this pantomime.
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Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMTheatre Severn, Shrewsbury: In a way, this is an ideal panto, with all the established virtues firmly in place. The villagers twirl happily in the opening number, a mere mention of the naugh…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMMill at Sonning: Ray Cooney is a genius, no argument. His most successful play, Run for your Wife, was recently made into a film, which premieres in February. This is the hilarious follow-up…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMBlackfriars Theatre, Boston: Simply the best - oh yes it is! This is certainly the best panto I have ever seen at Boston in many years of regular viewing. In fact, I would back this anywhere…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMQueen's Hall, Hexham : There can be no more of an ensemble piece than an Oddsocks production. The cast members play multiple characters, musical instruments, sing and even build the scenery …
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMYork Theatre Royal: Back for his 34th consecutive appearance as dame at York Theatre Royal is Berwick Kaler, and the wave of love and affection for him is something to experience.
Read the f…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMTheatre Royal Bath: Theatrical all-rounder Nichola McAuliffe appears to be making the Theatre Royal Bath her second home. Here she is in flamboyant form as the Wicked Queen in Snow White, at…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMEmbassy Theatre, Skegness: What a spectacle! Cinderella travels in style to Skegness with a beautiful carriage and two stunning live ponies and everyone has a ball. This is a traditional pan…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMWoodville, Gravesend: This show really works because all the traditions are there but with some delightfully creative twists. For example, it is good to see the beanstalk having a character …
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMThe Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: KT Sullivan is a German vamp who wants to be bad and never does anything twice while Steve Ross enjoys wallowing in post romantic stress syndrome.
R…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMBrook Theatre, Chatham: This inspired promenade show for very young children is immersive as well as interactive and uses three different areas of the Brook auditorium. When an entranced chi…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMHarlow Playhouse, Essex: With a giant to rival most, Nicholas Collett's canny ploy to tap into the audience's imagination is commendable. Fleeting glimpses of Giant Blunderbore…
Linked From The Stage at 12:38PMMaverick Ukrainian director Vlad Troitskyi has created an ambitious work that’s muddled but has much to marvel at, writes Laura Cappelle
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:37PMAmerican Song, a new dramatic series comprising original plays for radio and mobile media, presents Tony winner David Hyde Pierce (Curtains) in the series' fourth episode, entited&n…
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMDirector Christopher Renshaw (The King and I, We Will Rock You) and Olivier Award-nominated choreographer Rafael Amargo will reunite for the Alliance Theatre staging of Zorro, the musical sc…
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMSteve Alpert and Ken Greiner in association with Slant Theatre Project will present the world premiere of Mat Smart's The Steadfast, which will begin performances Jan. 20, 2013, at TBG T…
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMMusical Monday Theatre Lab will present a workshop of the new musical The Passion of Ed Wood Jan. 10, 2013, at 6 PM at the Jerry Orbach Theater within the Snapple Theater Center.
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMThe Broadway League and the union representing porters, cleaners, elevator operators and matrons working in Broadway theatres have reached a tentative agreement on a new, three-year contract…
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMPhotos have been released for the new comedy "The Guilt Trip," starring Tony and Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand and film star Seth Rogen.
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:33PMThis is a quirky, charmingly inventive staging of the grimmest of the Grimms’ fairy-tales, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:30PMThe Elphaba costume from “Wicked” is heading to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History today, December 17. Susan Hilferty, who won the Tony Award for Best Costume Design for…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:30PMIt's 1:00am in Vegas. I'm at the View Bar inside the Aria. When you think about it, most bars are the same. Sure some have better decor, the one here was quite nice, but all bars basically h…
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A slew of big-name actors including Antonio Banderas, Lea Michele and Enrique Iglesias were considered for replacement casting in the Broadway revival of “Evita.” However, no deals were …
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 11:57AMEvery now and then Terrence McNally, one of America’s prized and prolific playwrights, having been off the boards for a season or two, sits down to write a play that isn’t about …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:52AMToday is the birthday of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (born Herbert Draper Beerbohm, 1852-1917). He was to add the Tree to his name when he became a professional actor because it was easier to …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:49AMThe holiday season is never complete until A Charlie Brown Christmas airs on TV, so it's no surprise the Saturday Night Live crew would poke fun at Charles Schultz’s iconic cr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMNBC has decided to up the airing of the first episode of 1600 Penn, the White House-set political sitcom co-created by (and starring) former The Book of Mormon star Josh Gad. The series will…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMLong before he won the role of lovably dim sheriff Andy Bellefleur on the vampire-themed HBO series True Blood, Chris Bauer was tackling a variety of dramatic roles at Atlantic Theater Compa…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:49AMWe asked you how much of an impact you think that Hurricane Sandy had on the show's closing. Check out your response below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMProducers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical Rock of Ages have announced that Joey Calveri, who currently plays the ensemble role of Joey Primo, will step into the spotlight a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMVoting is now underway for Boston and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents SAINT JOAN George Bernard Shaw's most celebrated play, today, December 17 at 7pm at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan. Da…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce the winner of the BRING IT ON Karaoke Contest...Kennedy M Check out the winning video below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:42AM"Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors' Equity Association and the Rise of American Theater" by Robert Simonson, a hardcover book commemorating AEA's 100 years of…
Linked From Playbill at 11:34AMIn the Company of Men, an early play by Neil LaBute better known for its controversial film version, has been revised and will get its professional debut by Profiles Theatre in Chicago in th…
Linked From Playbill at 11:34AMOlivier winner Michael Ball, recently seen in the London revival of Sweeney Todd, will launch a new concert tour in April 2013.
Linked From Playbill at 11:34AMJason Robert Brown's Parade, which took home the 1999 Tony Award for Best Original Score, opened Dec. 17, 1998. Here, Playbill.com looks back at Brown's career with songs from Parade…
Linked From Playbill at 11:34AMThe 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, the annual holiday event featuring the tunes of rising songwriter Joe Iconis, was held Dec. 14-15 at the new Manhattan nightclub 54 Below.
Linked From Playbill at 11:34AMChristopher Sieber, a Two-time Tony nominee, is scheduled to return to the cast of the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago beginning December 25, Christmas Day.…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:32AMThe Anarchist, the new play written and directed by David Mamet, which began previews at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, and opened…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:32AMPicnic, William Inge‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town folk yearning for what’s beyond, returns to Broadway starting December 14 in a Roundabout Theatre Company produc…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:32AMThe Broadway Theatre box office for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, officially opens December 17. This beloved musical – making its Br…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:32AMAshlie Atkinson (Neil La Bute's "Fat Pig") is featured in the world premiere of the Laura Jacqmin's play "January Joiner: A Weight Loss Horror Comedy" (Well, that title's a mouthfill.)
Linked From Hartford Courant at 11:29AMThe BBC has been criticised for taking “insufficient” steps to care for a child actor who appeared in episodes of its drama series The Line of Duty. Ofcom said the Corporation failed to …
Linked From The Stage at 11:19AMThe Royal Opera House has begun its search for a chief executive, with the aim of appointing a new leader by March 2013. Its current boss, Tony Hall, was named the new director general of...
Linked From The Stage at 11:19AMConstantine Maroulis joins with multi-platinum recording artist and Grammy® nominee Deborah Cox to inject new life into the classic tale of good and evil, JEKYLL & HYDE.
Linked From broadwaydirect.com at 11:18AMIt’s supposed to be the season of joy but, with so many tragic headlines, I think we are all feeling a little lost. I can’t make sense of what seems beyond reason here, but I c…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 11:11AMThe rock venue proves an appropriate space for this staged version of Green Day's 2004 album, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMPlausibility takes a back seat in a show that's spectacular, stylish and delivered with panache, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMAnouk Grinberg is utterly virtuosic in her evocation of the kaleidoscopic character from 'Ulysses', writes Laura Cappelle
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMThe theatre director talks about his ambition to direct all 37 of Shakespeare's plays, his frustrations over West Side story and his favourite Cornish beach
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMCarolyn Abbate and Roger Parker's 'A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years' admits that its subject defeats rationalisation, writes Andrew Clark
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMThis story of a widow finding her wings is well executed but there's nary a whiff of originality, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMAl Pacino puts in a somewhat studied performance in this revival of David Mamet's classic, writes Brendan Lemon
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMMatthew Bourne completes his Tchaikovsky trilogy with a tediously complex and superficial staging, writes Clement Crisp
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMTwo of London's current adaptations of the wistful rags-to-riches tale come up with a glowing family show, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMWritten 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 11:07AMIt's when this play slips from naturalism into an uncomfortably brilliant experimentalism that it comes into its own, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:07AMAre you ready to crown The Producer of the Year? This is our fifth year of letting you decide who should sit in the Producer of the Year throne, with past winners including Broadway big wigs…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:07AMArena Stage will present the Lookingglass Theatre Company's production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, running February 8-March 17 on the Fichandler Stage. Zimmerman will direct the show,…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:05AMRECOMMENDED How far will an outside producer go in dropping crucial elements in transposing an outside production to Chicago? How much will be lost in making the transition, particularly whe…
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I write to you now from Poland, where I’ve been a guest of the Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival in Krakow. I’ve attended 12 shows and engaged in conversation with Pol…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 10:48AMVoting is now underway for Atlanta and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMToday in 1998, Parade opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, where it ran for 85 performances. Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMVoting is now underway for Baltimore and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMCasting has been announced for the Riverside Theatre's upcoming production of the classic musical Funny Girl, which will play the Stark Stage in Vero Beach, FL, Jan. 10-27, 2013.
Linked From Playbill at 10:34AMNBC is offering a sneak peek at the new situation comedy "1600 Penn," which co-stars Book of Mormon Tony nominee Josh Gad, Dec. 17 at 9:31 PM ET; check local listings.
Linked From Playbill at 10:34AMNick Blaemire, most recently on Broadway in the revival of Godspell, returns to Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 Dec. 17 with his nine-piece R&B/pop band for a free concert.
Linked From Playbill at 10:34AMThe 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 10:31AMTheater critics will tell you what they hate. What they really, really hate. In London, it's a new stage musical called "Viva Forever!" that uses songs from the British pop group Spice Girls…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:19AMThe Lyric Stage has announced casting for Moisés Kaufman's Tony Award-nominated play 33 Variations. Spiro Veloudos will direct the production, which is slated to run January 4-February 2. …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:06AMIt seems like a dream scenario for any undiscovered choreographer: Sarah Jessica Parker, in all her sinewy glory, performing their steps next to Lea Michele for a TV audience of millions. …
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“In general, I make the demand that whoever wishes to make himself acquainted with my philosophy shall read every line of me,” Arthur Schopenhauer wrote in Chapter 40 of Volume 2…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:51AMMorgan James pays homage to the legendary Nina Simone in her debut album recorded LIVE from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. In this collection of songs, James brings Nina Simone's music to life.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMThe vocal mechanism is extremely delicate and can be easily injured. Frequent yelling or shouting, poor singing or speaking habits, excessive throat clearing, and many other behaviors can le…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMGet big savings on the musical about the little tramp Save over 30 on tickets to Broadway's CHAPLIN starring Rob McClure now playing through January 6 only
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMYork Theatre Company will present Broadway's Marc Kudisch 9 to 5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jeffry Denman Irving Berlin's White Christmas Yank at the York in the Off-Broadway premiere of a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMUnder the direction of Tom Hooper, the Les Miserables film stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Eddie Redmayne as Marius and Amanda Seyfried as Cosette. The cast sat…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMSilvio Marchetti, who has silver hair and a dry sense of humor most atypical for an attache, tells a story about meeting the late Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, in the mid-1980s. March…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 09:37AMThis is my second semester as an adjunct professor of theatre at George Mason University, where I teach a Musical Theatre Workshop. Edward Gero, Professor of Theatre, and Ken Elston, Chair o…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:32AMNew York Rocks for The Rock, a benefit for the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, is presented Dec. 17 at 7 PM in Manhattan at the Times Square Arts Center.
Linked From Playbill at 09:32AMSee Carly on TV, and possibly be part of XFactor finale yourself If you can’t get enough of Mamaroneck’s singing phenom, Carly Rose Sonenclar, here’s your shot to put her o…
Linked From The Journal News at 09:27AMAnnie is an orphan in more ways than one. The revival of the musical about the optimistic, parentless redhead is the only show that opened this fall that will continue to the spring, excludi…
Linked From Crain's at 09:26AMTONIGHT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 AT 8 PM La-Ti-Do At Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009 $10 cover charge at the door. Doors open at 7:50 pm for an 8 pm…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AMBare bones, determinedly unhokey, and intimate, director David Cromer's matter-of-fact approach does away with the irritatingly self-conscious fussiness that afflicts so many productions.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMA list of links to the major Culturebot essays of the past year, the foundational literature for The Citizen Critic Project
Linked From Culturebot at 09:04AMThe Moscow Ballet delivers a sweet production of this holiday classic for their 20th anniversary tour. They work with over 3,600 children around the U.S. to fill many of the roles of the bal…
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There was just one problem with this supremely entertaining pantomime and it persisted right until the end, no matter how witty the script, how exuberant the musical performances and how cha…
Linked From The Independent at 06:47AM“I have never found it easy to belong. So much repels,” declares Alan Bennett (uncannily well- played by Alex Jennings) towards the close of the first in this delectable double-bill of s…
Linked From The Independent at 06:47AMHis staging of Privates on Parade at the Donmar Warehouse in 2001 was one of the productions that marked out Michael Grandage as the natural successor to Sam Mendes.
Linked From The Independent at 06:47AMAmong this week's major London theatre
openings, in the West End and further afield, are The Boy with Tape on His Face, Slava's Snowshow, Complicite's Master and Margarita, and more:
Openi…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:45AMIt's that time of year again when I don't even mind going to the theatre on a Sunday, especially if the writer is Alan Bennett. The double bill of familiar recollections from his diaries and…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:45AMSherman Cymru, Cardiff: In a small village beside a frozen lake lives a little boy called Usko who loves to be told his favourite story about the snow tiger, who lives on the mountain, and h…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMDrill Hall, Lincoln: The season has been extended for this Jamie Marcus production of Peter Pan and it's not difficult to understand why, as the packed audience loved every minute of th…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMCastle, Wellingborough: You know the phrase "if it's not broke, don't fix it"? Well, it describes the model for the Christmas show at Wellingborough's Castle only to…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMOrchard, Dartford: When it comes to sheer spectacle at Christmas, Qdos are difficult to beat. Aladdin might easily be the most opulent of the traditional pantomime cannon but even so, the le…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMBroadway, Catford: It is always encouraging to see a distinctly traditional pantomime and this year's Cinderella at the Broadway evidently prides itself on a simple recipe of old and ne…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMPalace Theatre, Newark: It's not often that a panto is stolen by its choreography, but in this excellent Paul Holman production, that is exactly what happens. Helen Jekells does a great…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMGatehouse, Stafford: For the second successive year the Gatehouse has chosen a rock 'n' roll format for its seasonal run, this time giving Beauty and the Beast the panto and pop cl…
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMKing's Head, London: Two early plays under 30 minutes long by Thornton Wilder are of great historical interest, both for inventing new theatrical vocabularies and for serving as preliminary …
Linked From The Stage at 06:38AMKings Theatre, Southsea: Another pantomime feast at the Kings, Southsea, one of the South's most beautiful theatres. This Snow White features the biggest company it has had for years an…
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Kathleen Turner, effective and headstrong as a prototypical bulldog figure, stars as June Buckridge in Long Wharf Theatre's The Killing of Sister George which continues through December 23rd.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:53AMThe performance has nothing as traditional as a plot, although it has recurring themes: the lack of communication between fathers and sons; time travel; interaction with space aliens; and lo…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:53AMAt the Broad Stage, a production gives a fair glimpse of a Shakespeare frolic's glories, both outlandish and refined.Shakespeare throws caution to the wind in "Cymbeline," a late romance so …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:53AMSir Arthur Wing Pinero's love letter to the English theatre, Trelawny of the Wells, seems to be in danger of becoming unknown to American audiences more than a century after it made its debu…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:53AMReview: "13 Things About Ed Carpolotti": Penny Fuller Sparkles
Linked From Call Me Adam at 01:53AMBob Wills and His Texas Playboys perform "Take Me Back to Tulsa": (This is the latest in a series of...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 01:12AM"He dwells nowhere that dwells everywhere." Martial, Epigrams...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 01:12AMI recently spent a few days in Los Angeles with Steven Lasker, the world's foremost collector of Ellingtonia, who probably...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 01:12AMAs I mentioned the other day, I won't be making my customary Christmas trip to Smalltown, U.S.A., this year. I...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 01:12AMEddie Redmayne Talks 'Les Misérables' Auditions & Warm-Ups
The dashing and talented Eddie Redmayne pays a visit to the Studio to give us the scoop on the phenomenal big screen musical, 'Les…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AM12 Days of Christmas at KROQ Holiday Concert
We're backstage at the 23rd annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show where some of the hottest acts in rock take some time out to chat with us …
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMKristen Stewart on Transitioning from 'Twilight' to 'On The Road'
We sit down with Kristen Stewart to get the scoop on her decidedly non-vampiric role in 'On The Road', a big screen adaptati…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Stage 72, Off Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A fast-moving, well-written and compelling look at Bette Davis’s early career that pays keen attention to the industry…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 12:59AMCaden Manson from Contemporary Performance has released an app for navigating January festival season in NYC.
Linked From Culturebot at 12:55AMHere are 13 things about “13 Things About Ed Carpolotti”:
1. It’s a solo chamber musical, with Penny Fuller — of Broadway’s “Applause” and “Barefoot in the Park” — as a w…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:40AMHow do you keep your act fresh after 40 years? Mummenschanz knows but, as always, nobody’s talking.
The singular hybrid of mime and puppetry the Swiss-based group created seems awfully low…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:40AM CBS Telecasts the Annual Kennedy Center Honors By Ellis Nassour
On December 26, as everyone's winding down from midnight and sunrise servic…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 12:40AMThis Holiday season will shine a little brighter as SPARKLE An All-Star Holiday Concert makes it's New York City debut at XL Cabaret XLCabaret.com tonight, December 17th, 2012 at 730pm with …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMThe 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 12:34AMWicked and Brooklyn star Eden Espinosa is hosting a CD Release Party tonight, December 17 for her debut album, Look Around --- available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and EdenEspin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents SAINT JOAN George Bernard Shaw's most celebrated play tonight, December 17 at 7pm at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan. D…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMThe Flea Theater in association with Four Arts Media presents AMERICAN SONG, Episode 4, Swing Blue a comedy set in the 1930s starring David Hyde Pierce tonight, December 17 at 7pm. This ep…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMThe York Theatre Company kicks off its NEO Reading Series of new work with a free reading of Sean Barry and Jenny Giering's Saint Ex Dec. 17 at 7 PM at The York Theatre at Saint Peter…
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AM1906 Opening night for Lew Dockstader's Minstrels, the final Broadway appearance for one of the last of the great minstrel shows. It runs 26 performances at The New York Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMSparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert makes its New York City debut at XL Cabaret Dec. 17 at 7:30 PM. Proceeds from the evening benefit the programs and services of The Actors Fund.
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMJoey Calveri, who had been playing the ensemble role of Joey Primo in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages, steps into the spotlight as wild rock idol Stacee Jaxx beginning Dec. 17 at Bro…
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMSome of the best-known songs from theatre, pop and movies will be heard Off-Broadway starting Dec. 17 with the first preview of the New York City premiere of The Wonderful Wizard of Song: Th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMNew York Rocks for The Rock, a benefit for the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, is presented Dec. 17 at 7 PM in Manhattan at the Times Square Arts Center.
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMThe Project Shaw series continues Dec. 17 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMThe Broadway Theatre box office for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, opens Dec. 17. The engagement marks the Broadway premiere of the class…
Linked From Playbill at 12:23AMGarvin, Lopez and Tacconi(with Sara Kapner and Ariana Groover)There's not one, but three new faces to watch in the young cast of Bare. And not to take away anything from the ladies in …
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:19AMNothing Never Happens In NorwayGet your rest over the holidays, you're going to need it.Push is coming mid-January in Vancouver, and at the beginning of February there is undercurrents in Ot…
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