Liz Callaway, Betsy Wolfe, Santino Fontana and More Sing Adam Gwon at 54 Below: Liz Callaway (Miss Saigon, Baby), Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret), Betsy Wolfe (The Last Five Years, Th…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:23PMIn our final Tuesday together, we begin with a t-shirt-only wearing Karen making coffee for a blanket-only wearing Jimmy. Guess who did it! The apartment buzzer goes off revealing Daddy Cart…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:23PMThis item from Jennifer Estlin, Annoyance Theatre and Bar “So I Killed A Few People,” one of the Annoyance Theatre’s most popular and provocative shows, returns to its Upto…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 11:07PMIn the 11 years since The Last Five Years premiered at Off Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, the two-character time-bending musical has developed an almost cultlike following among theater st…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:06PMAndy talks to Troy Herion about American Composers Orchestra’s coLABoratory at Zankel Hall on April 5, 2013.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:05PMThe off-Broadway hit Freud’s Last Session is coming to Sydney this August starring Henri Szeps and Douglas Hansell. In 2003, Dr Armand M. Nicholl published a work of non-fiction: The Que…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PMThe idea that love is a two-way street isn’t a new one. But that well-traveled trope takes on fresh meaning in “The Last Five Years,” a bittersweet, two-character musical by Jason Robe…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Musical tells the story of the hard-living writer.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:18PMA Letter to Mike Daisey Dear Mike, Now that we’ve escaped from the conventions that would keep you on the stage and keep me at the distance of objective criticism; now that I’ve shaken y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:15PMIn a city that radiates music, the time has come to provide an innovative experience that celebrates the intimate cabaret infused with the bold sound of Broadway. Enter, Absinthe, A Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13PMJason Robert Brown’s cult favorite gets a second life with a compelling revival at Second Stage, directed by the composer himself
SOURCE: NBC New York at 10:03PMSecond Stage Theater’s revival of “The Last Five Years” confirms memories of this musical by Jason Robert Brown as a series of pleasant, but not distinctive, show tunes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMJason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years has achieved an almost mythical status in the canon of American musical theater. Despite a very short-lived original off-Broadway production, featuri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Trisha Brown has stopped choreographing, but CAP UCLA is offering an extensive retrospective of her work -- not only at UCLA but also at Getty Center and Hammer Museum. Diane Madden, one of …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:19PMMolly Sweeney has been blind since early childhood. Supported by her understanding father, she has grown into a confident, independent woman. Then her new husband Frank and an ambitious opht…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:13PMTheater J’s 2013-14 season wasn’t supposed to look like this. Associate Artistic Director Shirley Serotsky related how Theater J had selected “these plays that did really well in New Y…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:12PMThe 58th Annual Obie Awards will be presented May 20 at Webster Hall in the East Village. The evening will be co-hosted by Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos, who are currently starring in the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:11PMThat dependably major meteorological event, Hurricane Daisey, has swept back into Washington. As with past storms of this variety, the latest one seeks to shake an institution to its foundat…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:05PMNEW YORK (AP) — It's all about timing, we often say about relationships. Usually, we're talking about the moment we meet someone. They might be THE one. But are we ready?
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:04PMBroadway is about to get a whole lot kinkier Kinky Boots, from four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein book, Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, Tony Award-win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMNEW YORK (AP) -- It's all about timing, we often say about relationships. Usually, we're talking about the moment we meet someone. They might be THE one. But are we ready?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:02PMWith the $16 million project designed by Barnycz Group of Baltimore, PlayhouseSquare aims finally to give itself a dash of 24/7 vitality that has eluded the theater district until now.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00PMA contemporary musical love story about a young, emerging novelist enjoying his first taste of success, and the struggling actress with whom he traverses a five-year relationship, Jason Robe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00PM
I saw an advance screening of the opening show of the third season of "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" which airs Friday on CPTV -- and it's a must-see for any Broadway aficionado.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:59PMShuffle under some Star of David stained glass windows and a rack of prayer shawls in a corner of the off-Broadway Actors Temple Theatre for this high-volume command at the start of its late…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:33PMOPENING BIG FISH. Broadway in Chicago presents a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 film about the charismatic dreamer and teller of tall tales Edward Bloom and hi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:26PMThe Memory Show, presented by the Transport Group Theatre Company, will play off-Broadway at The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, beginning Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 at 7PM, openin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PM NEW YORK -- By the end of "Lucky Guy," you're going to like Tom Hanks a lot more than Mike McAlary, the tabloid byline he plays with magnetic appeal in his Broadway debut.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:15PMA constellation of Broadway, TV and film stars are set to perform for the 29th Annual S.T.A.G.E. Gala to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMThe Dance Center of Columbia College will be marking its 40th anniversary during the 2013-2014 season. To celebrate it has assembled an action-packed lineup of local, national and internatio…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:08PM"You are the story I should write," sings Jamie Wellerstein, wunderkind author extraordinaire, near the beginning of Jason Robert Brown's song-cycle musical The Last Five Years.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:01PMThe more plays I direct, the more I know that I don't direct them well unless I bring my own experiences into the rehearsal room.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMWhen the title page of a musical bears the credit “written and directed by,” a tiny throb of terror slices through me. That kind of hubris—believing that you are equally ta…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PM
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's works have a monotony that says more about stunts and posturing than about dance-theater
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:57PM‘The Dream of the Burning Boy” is an early work by the young Canadian-bred, New York-based writer David West Read. It bears some of the weakneses of a fledgling playwright, including an …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:50PMThe Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, announced today that tickets will go on sale April 10, 2013 for the 58th Annual Obie Awards on Monday, May 20, 2013, at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMThe surprise of Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty is that it’s almost upbeat.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:42PMA TimesTalks conversation with Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf, who appear in Mr. Redford's latest film, "The Company You Keep."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:28PMTuck Everlasting composers Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen will play 54 Below on April 7. The composers will be accompanied by the show's stars Carolee Carmello and Sadie Sink as well as K…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:26PMThe first trailer for THE ENGLISH TEACHER, starring Julianne Moore and Nathan Lane, has just debuted Check it out, via ComingSoon.net, below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMThis exhibition is very interesting and also somewhat disappointing. Inevitably, among the over 200 photographs relating to a vast defining event, the American Civil War, some are powerful i…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 06:20PMComposer Jason Robert Brown is making his directorial debut in the off-Broadway revival of his popular musical The Last Five Years, starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe. Follow his passion p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMIn only 80 taut minutes in this Midwest debut staged by Joe Jahraus, Playwright David West Read presents a convincing range of reactions to the sudden death of teenager Dane, played by Vic K…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:16PMWhen "The Last Five Years" had its New York premiere downtown in 2002, it was impossible to imagine anyone but Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott in Jason Robert Brown's two-character mu…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:16PMCindy Kleine’s gripping documentary about her husband, the theater director André Gregory, feels almost like a sequel to “My Dinner With André.”
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 06:08PMThe Assembled Parties co-stars Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos will host the 58th Annual Obie Awards on May 20 at Webster Hall. Lois Smith and Francis Sternhagen will be presented with the O…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PMThe first images from Sunday's premiere episode of Season Six of AMC's hit 1960s-set period drama Mad Men have finally leaked.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED will welcome Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard on Tuesday, April 30 in Dallas, TX.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMBangarra Dance Theatre is set to debut its brand new work, Blak. A dynamic, emotionally powerful piece, Blak is about a contemporary clan and the collision of two worlds. Blak will have its …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PM
One of the joy's of this sleek, good-looking production directed by Sharon Ott is that it is set in a post-World War I landscape, complete with flappers, Jazz Age masquerade parties and Beat…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:55PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Dream of the Burning Boy" at Profiles Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Dream of the Burning Boy" at Profiles Theatre ★★½ ... Most big high sch…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:55PMBroadway’s new high-heeled hit is Kinky Boots, by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper. Check out the show that has audiences on their feet each night. The film-turned-musical is playing …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:54PM MATILDA THE MUSICAL is currently in previews on Broadway and opens April 11 at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street). A recent feature in the Washington Post highlights the producti…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMCheck your boarding pass and buckle your seatbelts for the current production of Boeing Boeing at John W. Engeman Theater at Northport. You're at great risk of falling from your seat as you …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:47PMThe cast and crew of this spring’s most fabulous new musical Kinky Boots stalk about the excitement of coming to Broadway! The film-turned-musical is playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:45PMProducer Barry Weissler takes you on a tour of the basement of the Music Box Theatre where some of the magic happens! Royal heir Pippin is spurred on by a mysterious group of performers to e…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:42PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 2, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Happy opening to @2STNYC’s LAST FIVE YEARS…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:39PMThe new American musical Hands on a Hardbody just celebrated opening night on March 21, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street. Inspired by true events and based on the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMFilm star Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut on Monday night in the late Nora Ephron's final play, "Lucky Guy".
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:31PMThe Chicago Shakespeare Theater has caught March Madness fever and introduced a witty and winning new contest for fans of the Bard the Shakespeare Showdown.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMKeira Keeley and Colby Chambers ponder the music of the spheres. Photo: Meghan MooreAs a self-appointed high priest in the sacred temple of the theatre, I know I'm supposed to look dow…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:30PMEnding a 30 year absence, celebrated actress Cecily Tyson, three-time Emmy® Award winner for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “Oldest Confederate Widow Tells A…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:30PMAlison Luff and John Davidson will take over as Elphaba and the Wizard, respectively, in the national tour of the hit musical Wicked beginning April 30. They are joining the show during the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:27PMActor-author Elisabeth Gray writes in a piece for Backstage.com that she created her solo show “Southern Discomfort” as “a chance to act and to commune with audiences.&rdqu…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:26PM11-year-old Broadway actress, musician, and performer Isabela Moner announced today the launch of a RocketHub campaign to raise funds for her new album celebrating her passion for Broadway, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMNEW YORK (AP) — Shuffle under some Star of David stained glass windows and a rack of prayer shawls in a corner of the off-Broadway Actors Temple Theatre for this high-volume command at the…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:18PMThe drama surrounding Rebecca, the Broadway musical that was cancelled last Fall, continues to grow, as Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is now investigatin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMEden Espinosa, who starred in Broadway's Wicked, will perform at PFLAG National's fifth annual Straight for Equality Awards April 4 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Comedian,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:17PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Shuffle under some Star of David stained glass windows and a rack of prayer shawls in a corner of the off-Broadway Actors Temple Theatre for this high-volume command at …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:16PMThe Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which closed on Broadway March 30, failed to recoup its investment, the New York Times reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMStephen Bogardus, Cheryl Freeman, Matt Deangelis, John Michael Dias and Gay Marshall will be part of An Evening of Firsts: Broadway's Finest Spill About Their First Time April 29 at Sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMWe hope you enjoyed our April Fool's joke yesterday::E8831364405079 about a new production of Cats starring real-life moggies.
Sadly that show is not to be, but there were certainly a l…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:14PMThe Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which closed on Broadway March 30, failed to recoup its investment, the New York Times reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMThe company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will welcome Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard beginning April 30 in Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMLast week I received some wonderful pictures from the Otto Middle School production of Tick Talk. I love the way they’ve colour blocked the different stories in the play and I really l…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM
Tony Award nominee Meg Bussert (Camelot, Brigadoon, The Music Man), Leenya Rideout (Company, War Horse, Cyrano de Bergerac) and Drama Desk nominee Jeremy Morse (Bloodsong of Love) are among …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMThe National Theatre of Great Britain’s NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Last of the Haussmans, This House & The Audience Nominated for a to…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:40PMDespite desire to move on, scandals will inevitably come back to haunt Lord Hall with broadcaster undergoing two more inquiries into journalism and culture
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:35PMNikki Novak of Young Hollywood met with Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox to talk about Jekyll amp Hyde, which will be revived on Broadway for a limited run April 18-June 30, 2013. In thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMActors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays presents a livestreaming panel discussion Charting the Course: New Play Directors in Conversation . This panel will lives…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:31PMWhat is time? We all have a sense of it, and in fact know what time is but when asked to explain it, we somehow lose sight of what time is. The exploration of time as it relates to our ̷…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:29PMMURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL Although he wrote at least 15 complete operas, Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) is not a familiar name, even to many in the opera world. The first-generation modernist…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:25PMTony Award-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the fourth annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards April 26 in New York City as part…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMMegan Hilty of Smash recently sat down with Baruch Shemtov of Young Hollywood to talk about her experience as an actor and how much fun it is to be on the Smash set. In this interview, Hilty…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMStephen Sondheim is the recipient of the 2013 MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement. The Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist is the 54th person to be honored with…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 04:08PMNeo-Futurist Spring and Summer 2013 workshops update:
Registration for Neo-Futurism I with Greg Allen closes this Friday (April 5). Neo-Futurism I is an introduction to creating original w…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 04:02PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM
On tonight's episode of Smash, Bernadette Peters guest stars as Ivy Lynn's Megan Hilty Broadway star mother who joins the cast one of the musicals within the show, Bombshell. 'The Surprise P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMBroadway newcomer Alexandra Silber (Master Class) will take fans on a musical celebration of all things bookish in her new 54 Below show Ex Libris: A Trip to the Library. The self-confessed …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:53PMIf we may toot our own horn, Broadway.com is blessed with a trio of absolutely awesome video bloggers at the moment, and all three made the list of the five most-watched videos from March 27…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:52PMThe first revival of Pippin is in previews now, set to open on April 25, so producer Barry Weisler guided a tour to show off all the chaos of the pre-performance backstage at the Music Box T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMBoth Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Assembled Parties will hold performances benefitting the Actors Fund this spring. Breakfast at Tiffany's special benefit performance will take place on Ap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMNew York Women in Communications will present the 2013 Matrix Awards, honoring seven women who have established themselves in the communications industry, April 22. Five-time Tony winner Aud…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMNora Ephron is a sage. I would say “was” but when the printed word is still here it makes the message very much in the present. And in this play she is telling the story, not of a Luck…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 03:26PMSpend a two-show day with Allison Case (Hair), currently playing the role of young UPS worker Kelli Mangrum in Broadway's Hands on a Hardbody. She takes readers along on her morning ritu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham will continue its popular Public Forum season this month with SONNETS FOR THE CITY on Friday, April …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMFilm, TV and theater veterans and NYC literary bigwigs were eager to take a trip to the Broadhurst Theatre for opening night of Nora Ephron’s drama Lucky Guy. Friends and supporters of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:17PMReviewing the 1981 premiere of “Dreamgirls,” critic Frank Rich wrote, “When Broadway history is being made, you can feel it.” To paraphrase him, when Equity-waiver hi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:15PMWe resume the Dramaturg Spotlight interviews today with words of wisdom from LaRonika Thomas. I admire LaRonika and her work, so I am delighted to present her voice in this forum. I enjoy wh…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:08PMLove new writing? We certainly do, which is why we are giving you the chance to win tickets to The 8th Wave at The Space on Friday 12 April. Developed at Soho Theatre (Soho Young Writers’ …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PM
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the presenter line up for the upcoming 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, on the evening of April 22nd at A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMMovie heartthrob Orlando Bloom and Tony nominee Condola Rashad will star in a new Broadway staging of Shakespeare’s timeless classic of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. The production…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:49PMOn the April 1 broadcast of "The David Letterman Show," actor Shia LaBeouf discussed his departure from the Lyle Kessler drama Orphans, which is currently in previews at the Gerald…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMDisney announced late last year that they were planning to adapt the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods into a movie directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall. Marshall is known best f…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:43PMLiz Callaway Miss Saigon, Baby, Kate Shindle Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Betsy Wolfe The Last Five Years, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, F. Michael Haynie Wicked, Dogfight, Zachary Prince On A Cle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMAccording to the New York Times, the show failed to recoup its 3.6 million capitalization. While the show's final week proved to be the strongest in ticket sales, the show only brought in 6…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMAccording to the New York Times, the show fell short of recouping its 3.6 million capitalization. The show's final week proved to be the strongest in ticket sales, bringing in 721,456.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMMercedes Floresislas was first ignorant of her son's deafness, then in denial about it. But after she discovered ASL, Deaf culture and Casa 0101's Josefina López, she wrote a play based on …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:28PMPrior to its Ohio premiere, the new comedy Rich Girl, starring Tony Award nominees Dee Hoty and Liz Larsen, has extended its run at the Cleveland Play House through May 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMThe new American musical Hands on a Hardbody just celebrated opening night on March 21, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street. Inspired by true events and based on the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMThe Arlington Players (TAP) opens its spring production this weekend, with the area premiere of 9 to 5. Based on the popular 1980 movie of the same name, the stage show tells the hilarious s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMBefore their new show, "The Fabulous Lipitones", premiered at Atlanta's Theatrical Outfit, playwrights Mark St. Germain and John Markus, along with director Justin Anderson, sat down with Br…
SOURCE: clatl.com at 02:05PMThis season Broadway welcomes (mostly) solo shows starring Holland Taylor, Fiona Shaw, Bette Midler and Alan Cumming.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Second Stage Theatre's production of Jason Robert Brown's musical, The Last Five Years, plays through Sunday, May 12 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre 305 West 43rd street. The highly ant…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMCriterion, London: Showcases presented by Arts Ed can always be trusted to include the most hip, up to date and contemporary musical theatre work currently being performed on Broadway and in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:50PMLucky Guy by the late Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle) opened at the Broadhurst Theater on April 1. Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars as Mike McAlary, Pulitzer Pr…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:44PMTheatres along Shaftesbury Avenue will dim their lights tonight in honour of actor Richard Griffiths, who died last week aged 65. The lights on Shaftesbury Avenue will be dimmed for two minu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:41PMThe world premiere of the new musical Big Fish, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, begins its pre-Broadway engagement April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMComedy at The Actors’ Temple,: Comedy at The Actors’ Temple, Monday, April 8th, 7:00pm, A laugh riot, starring comedians: Ross Bennett, Scott Blakeman, Jane Condon, Sandy Ehlers, Mike Fi…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:40PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Hanks impressed critics with his Broadway debut in "Lucky Guy", Nora Ephron's final play, but the late Hollywood writer and director did not fare so well with her ne…
SOURCE: Reuters at 01:39PMPreviews begin April 2 at the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.) for the pre-Broadway production of "Big Fish," the screen-to-stage musical about a son trying to reconnect with his father…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36PMSkye Barrett, Gabriel Brown, Nathaniel James Potvin, Erica Tazel, Glynn Turman, Keith David (Hot Feet), January LaVoy (Home), Vivian Nixon (Hot Feet), Raynor Scheine (Gem of the Ocean), John…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PMAnyone who wants a rare chance to absorb something cool and entrancing should go to Deafhood Monologues this Friday, April 5th at Atlas Performing Arts Center. All 14 actors are deaf. They w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:26PMBroadwayWorld was on hand for the most star studded opening of the season, last night April 1, as Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Georg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMBIG FISH has its pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph Street in a limited 5-week engagement beginning performances today, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, openin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMHartford's TheaterWorks , under artistic producing director Rob Ruggiero, announced a list of shows it is considering for the 2013-14 season. Other shows not on the list may also wind up …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:20PMAvant-Garde-A-Rama celebrates its 27th year! Curated by Salley May in collaboration with The Full Moon Crew, Avant-Garde-Arama: New Moon is a tribute to the late downtown mentor a…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:19PMBeloved actor Nathan Lane returns to Broadway in Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of Douglas Carter Beane’s (Xanadu) new play The Nance, which chronicles the fascinatingly taboo life …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:18PMThe revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” starring Scarlett Johansson fell short of recouping its $3.6 million capitalization before ending its run.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMNo victory snatched by Savion Glover's lack of visible feet on remote stage at Academy of Music.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:02PM TimeLine Theatre Company concludes its 2012-13 season with a play that was named among the Top 10 of 2011 by The New York Times. The Chicago premiere of Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:01PMCecil Sharp House, LondonWhat hope is there for that most lampooned of traditional styles, morris dancing? The Furnace is a project that sets out to give it a makeover by matching young, sli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PM"Now what's a nice girl like you wanna be a gorilla for?" The conversation between pop star Cyndi Lauper and Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein has turned to doomed jobs and unemployment -- tw…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 01:00PM
This is a gripping, blackly comic revival of Rodney Ackland’s 1949 play about a family confronted with a painful truth, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:59PMRoyal Opera House, London: This minimalist international co-production is, oddly, Daniele Abbado's first show for Covent Garden. Previously seen at La Scala, Milan, its earnest austerit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PMReviewed By: RUSSELL GOELTENBODT: Jeff-Award nominee (2010 Best New Script) Robert Tenges reunites with side project Artistic Director Adam Webster for “Elsewhere,” the third …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:55PMPenguin Rep Theatre of Stony Point, New York has announced the four productions to join its 2013 mainstage season roster. Opening the season is the New York premiere of Class, a new play by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMStarring Tom Hanks, Nora Ephron’s play is a portrait of hard-boiled tabloid reporters in a yuppifying New York, Brendan Lemon writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:53PMAlec Baldwin stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON to talk about his starring role in the new Broadway play 'Orphans.' Commenting on his return to the stage the actor shared, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMHere are some of the familiar Broadway faces appearing in prime time tonight Tuesday April 2, 2013
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returned to the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below March 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMLast week, we launched our official 2013 Awards Season Guide on BWW which is your one-stop-shopping spot for alllllllll the theatrical awards this Spring, which we'll naturally be covering e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMUnicorn, London: Imagine a Kafka story with a whiff of Brecht and Roald Dahl, punctuated with Kurt Weill-style music, all deliciously and hilariously hammed up for children, and you've …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMOctagon, Bolton: If you want classic American drama, then the Octagon is the place to find it, season after season - and David Thacker (one of Arthur Miller's favourite directors) is th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThe last week of March saw huge gains for Broadway, with every show except Ann and Lucky Guy grossing more in ticket sales than the week before. Habitual top grosser, Wicked, took in $693,54…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:27PMFollowing Performance Of 'Abundance'Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley and senior dramaturg Elizabeth Williamson will discuss Henley's play, "Abundance" immediately followi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:25PMSoho Playhouse announced that it will transfer Oberon Theatre Ensemble's production of THE DRAWER BOY by Michael Healey. THE DRAWER BOY will reopen at the Vandam Street theater on April 19th…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 12:22PMFinborough, London: Caryl Churchill's previously unperformed play - written in 1972 but only now receiving its world premiere - is based on the Wretched of the Earth by the psychiatrist…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMStage favorite Leslie Kritzer and Tony-nominated Broadway vet Catherine Cox are headed off-Broadway on April 16 in The Memory Show, a new musical being produced by the Transport Group at The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMBelow, get a first look at the finale episode which includes guest appearances by Jackie Hoffman, Michael Hitchcock, Mary Kay Place and John Benjamin Hickey. Also, Eonline provides an exclus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMPicture, if you will, the most cringe-worthy walk down memory lane imaginable. I'm talking tacky dresses, bad hair and middle-aged men and women gyrating on the dance floor all in the name o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMSouthwark Playhouse has announced the first plays that will be produced in its new venue, one in the 240-seat mainstage space and one at the smaller studio space. Tanzi Libre, by Claire Luc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMLeicester Square, London: The set-up of Mat Ricardo's London Varieties is relatively straightforward, with juggler and performer Ricardo playing host to a selection of the finest variet…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PMLincoln Center, Nathan Lane and Broadway? Who could ask for anything more?! The Nance by Douglas Carter Beane comes to Broadway this spring presented through Lincoln Center. Nathan Lane hea…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:07PMAbout the author:
Four-time Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane is showing audiences another side of his talent in the new Broadway play The Nance, a burlesque-set drama starring Nathan Lane…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMThe wait is over! Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years is back, starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe in a bittersweet relationship. Spend the “Next Ten Minutes” (OK, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM(Photo by Alissa Moore. Pictured: Trish Santini) The following video was taken at the Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening from February 20-22 in Philadelphia. Below you may find the f…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 3262013 - 422013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMEnd of the Rainbow, starring Oliver Award winner and Tony Award nominee Tracie Bennett as late entertainer Judy Garland, opened on Broadway April 2, 2012, at the Belasco Theatre. In celebrat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMAsked to consider criticism in the American theater, my mind kept bouncing back to two distinct factors that it seems critics never mention. The fact that makers of the work may not pay cons…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMI have a confession to make. I forget to eat a lot. The day gets busy and I am running around and by the end of it, I realize that I did get most of my work done, but I...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:00PM
Southern Discomfort, written and performed by Elisabeth Gray, celebrated its New York premiere April 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AM'Broadcast,' 'Goddess,' 'The Noteworthy Life Of Howard Barnes'Three new musicals will receive staged readings this summer as part of the 2013 National Music Theater Conference at the Euge…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:57AMActress/comedienne Christine Pedi (NEWSical the Musical) will join the cast of Broadway's record-breaking revival of Chicago beginning Monday, April 8 in the role of Cook County jailhouse "k…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMShia LaBeouf appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman on April 1 to talk about why he was fired from the Broadway production of Orphans in February. LaBeouf addressed the tension …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMDavid Letterman didn't hold back on Monday night, grilling "Late Show" guest Shia LaBeouf about the recent drama surrounding his departure from the Broadway show "Orphans" and his beef with …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:52AMA great tradition will be revived tonight when the lights dim along Shaftesbury Avenue at 7.28pm for two minutes to honour the passing of screen and stage actor Richard Griffiths O…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:49AMLondon's National Theatre has announced the productions planned for its upcoming spring/summer season, which will play April-August. The first offering of the season will be Eugene O'Neill's…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMOn opening night of Lucky Guy, star Tom Hanks offered up a peek into the rehearsal process for his Broadway debut, the "power of the ensemble"' and why the "hear…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMFans of late-night television know there's a rumble going on at NBC lately with the future of "The Tonight Show" in question as long-time host Jay Leno's contract comes up …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMThe world premiere of Colm Toibin’s stage play The Testament of Mary, a one-woman show starring actress Fiona Shaw and directed by Deborah Warner, was marred by protests on Thursday, M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMBabbacombe Theatre, Torquay: This show is a compendium of West End musicals, with producer Colin Matthews giving us a whistlestop tour of the highlights.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM"Laserium" features classical and rock music; opens April 5
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:41AMWhat do you do when you’re a theater with a hole in your schedule but little time or money to fill it? You snap up the rights to off-Broadway’s most in-demand two-person show. The Last …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:37AMLord of the Rings star will play Romeo opposite Condola Rashad's Juliet in a contemporary-set productionCoiffed elves and fledging pirates come easily to Orlando Bloom, but this year the act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMLess than a week after giving his former Broadway co-star Alec Baldwin a standing ovation for his first preview perf in “Orphans,” Shia LaBeouf was at MoMA avoiding reporters at the prem…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:33AMLast night The Theatre Centre and Praxis Theatre held #CivilDebates 2: Arts Boards, examining the relationship between Arts Boards and Artistic Directors through debate of the resolution: Be…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:30AMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMCombine your favorite audio book with your favorite NOW CD, add a dash of Alan Cumming, and you've got the most sophisticated thing ever to happen to long car trips. Tony and Emmy Award winn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AM"Total Faith: Live from the Royal Room at The Colony," the new solo recording from Tony winner Faith Prince, will be released digitally April 12 and physically April 16 on the Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMMercury, Colchester: Having first directed the Hired Man five years ago, artistic director Daniel Buckroyd marks his Mercury directorial debut by delving into Melvin Bragg's poignant 19…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMSigourney Weaver is back on the boards as a “deeply shallow” movie star facing a mid-life crisis in Christopher Durang’s acclaimed comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spik…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMMusical collaborators Elton John and Bernie Taupin have been named the 2013 recipients of the Johnny Mercer Award, which will be presented in New York City June 13 during the Songwriters Hal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMAcademy Award winner Tom Hanks portrays late Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Mike McAlary in the Broadway premiere of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy, a fast-paced drama that takes audiences int…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMAlec Baldwin swung by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 1 to chat about his role as kidnapped gangster Harold in the Broadway premiere of Orphans. Baldwin revealed why he felt compelled …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMOn Monday, April 1, Fort Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts hosted the 37th annual Carbonell Awards, honoring South Florida's breadth of theatrical talent. Nominations for t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AMBreaking up is hard to do, and Jeffrey Lo's A Kind of Sad Love Story makes that achingly clear.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:14AMYou’ve definitely never seen Tom Hanks like this before! The A-list actor is the latest star to jump to the Great White Way, making his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s Luck…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMSignature Theatre Company's acclaimed off-Broadway production of Bill Irwin and David Shiner's Old Hats will clown around at the Pershing Square Signature Center for an additional four week…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10AM"I Am Harvey Milk," a new oratorio from Tony and Grammy nominee Andrew Lippa, will make its world premiere in June at the Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco as part of the San Francisco Gay …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:10AMTurns out the cast of the mega-popular new Broadway show Motown is having just as much fun backstage as they are at center stage. Thanks to Entertainment Tonight fans are getting a behind th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMSeize the day with this amazing offer from NEWSIES on Broadway See it now for just 79 at select performances through May 27. Get your tickets today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMThe battle for the Tonight Show crown is in full force, and tension is high between late night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno. On the April 1 episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the ho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMWhen I started producing Off Broadway in 2004, it was a challenging landscape. With hard work, “a little bit of luck,” and a lot of guidance from experts in the field, I managed …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
On Monday, April 8, 2013, Broadway's acclaimed revival of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking musical smash CHICAGO welcomes Christine Pedi in the role of Cook County Jail's 'keeper of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMTerry Teachout reflects on the latest TCG list of Top Ten Plays Produced in American nonprofit theatres:
it's easy to forget that the latter-day dominance of the small-cast
play is a fair…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 10:55AMThe lights will be dimmed on Shaftesbury Avenue April 2 from 7:28 PM-7:30 PM London time to honor the passing of the award-winning actor Richard Griffiths.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMOld Hats has extended off-Broadway for a fourth time! Bill Irwin and David Shiner’s acclaimed clown comedy will now play for an additional month through June 9. Old Hats opened on Marc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMI must admit, April Fool’s Day is one of my least favorite days of the year (followed only by Halloween). I’m not a big prankster. You would think I would remember to not be fooled b…
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMAcademy Award winner Tom Hanks portrays late Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Mike McAlary in the Broadway premiere of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy, a fast-paced drama that takes audiences int…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce an additional four-week extension for the world premiere of OLD HATS, created and performed by Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, with m…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:41AMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre has again extended the run of its world premiere, Old Hats, the praised new clowning revue-with-music by Bill Irwin and David Shiner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMWe hope you enjoyed our April Fool's joke yesterday::E8831364405079 about a new production of Cats starring real-life moggies.
Sadly that show is not to be, but there were certainly a l…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:37AMActor Shia LaBeouf stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and spoke about his recent conflict and subsequent firing from the new Broadway play 'Orphans.' Check out th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMCold Spring’s Maia Guest, Charlie Plummer and John Christian Plummer on the set of “Granite Flats,” a BYUtv series that premieres April 7. Photo by Jessica Brinton. It is a…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:32AMNo one believes that the actors are real people. No one ever has, no one ever will.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:31AMAward-winning composer Brian Feinstein (Tina Girlstar, Dial M for Murder, Mimi Le Duck, The Top Job, Lady Chatterley's Lover) and musical director Chris Fenwick (Giant, Queen of the Mist…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMThis big-dreaming musical isn't on Broadway yet, but the musical adaptation of the 2003 film Big Fish, by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) and John August (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:28AMAlso: Rosanne Cash, Spike Lee, New Chamber Opera, Artists From India, Italy, Peru, EthiopiaThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-wi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:21AMEmmy winner and Tony Award and Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin, SAG and Emmy Award winner Ben Foster and London Newcomer of the Year nominee Tom Sturridge will be live at TheTimesCenter on Monday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMThe Maltz Jupiter Theatre productions of The Music Man and Hello Dolly!, as well as the GableStage engagement of Ruined took top honors at the 37th Annual Carbonell Awards, representing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMLast August, musical theater historian Laura Frankos detailed the history of the Princess Musicals in her introduction to Oh, Boy! This month's musical, Very Good Eddie, was the second of th…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:07AMHearing “Let’s do the time warp again” might inspire more thoughts of Rocky Horror Picture Show than a vaudeville burlesque show, but Speakeasy Moderne, currently in performances at St…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:04AMNew Line Theatre will conclude its 22nd season with the regional premiere of Bukowsical, a 21st-century reboot of the American musical comedy that explores the intersection between sex, drug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMA much-anticipated first and last happened Monday night when Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s final play, "Lucky Guy," at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:03AMBefore the launch of Tales of the Tallywhacker: The Prostate Dialogues at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun featured Jon Spelman’s work under this headline: “Monolog…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMRegardless of who ACTUALLY wins, who did/do you want to win the truck? JD Drew Kelli Mangrum Benny Perkins Greg Wilhote Chris Alvaro Ronald McCowan Heather Stovall Jesus Pena Norma Valv…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMGolden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver stopped by last night's THE COLBERT REPORT to discuss her Broadway debut in Christopher Durang's new comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, now pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
The joint Signature Theatre/Ford’s Theatre mini-version of the classic tart of a musical Hello Dolly! is charming and delightful, if a bit lackluster. Here, director Eric Schaeffer attempt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:59AMThe Public Theater’s newest and most innovative musical Here Lies Love officially begins performances on April 2. The multimedia theatrical experience, which has a dance club score wri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:53AMThe off-Broadway revival of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years officially opens on April 2. Directed by Brown and starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, the production beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:50AMAttendees of the 2012 TCG National Conference: Model the Movement in Boston may remember how it all began: the lights went down, the sweet beats of DJ Spooky began to groove, and then images…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:50AMThe long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago will welcome Christine Pedi to the role of Cook County Jail's "keeper of the keys," Matron "Mama" Morton, beginning…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMNora Ephron's last play is about the world of New York tabloids, and it's a lot like the messy subject she looks at — overindulgent, overstuffed and raucous. That's its charm as well as it…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:47AMFinborough, LondonMartha (Jenny Lee) is elderly, arthritic and lives with only her budgie for company in a damp Glasgow tenement. In the next-door flat, Amie (Eileen Nicholas), is equally al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AMYesterday, everyone clearly had their guard up. The more incredible the story was, the less likely they were to believe it. Here's what you have to remember: People are like that EVERY DAY, …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:39AMCasting has been announced for August Wilson's Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, which begins previews April 24 prior to an opening May 8 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMApril 1 was an emotional night at the Broadhurst Theatre, where Lucky Guy, the new and final play
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AMFinborough, LondonIt's always fascinating to see famous writers' early work. But the real value of this 100-minute, 1972 radio play by Caryl Churchill, which draws heavily on Frant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMAmong this shortened bank holiday week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are the West End transfer of Untold Stories, St James' Thrill of Love, Third …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:32AMHow well were you paying attention to what was happening in New York theater in March? Find out with these ten questions The questions are all based on posts from this blog in March, 2013. T…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:26AMBroadway.com’s Word of Mouth panelists Elissa, Zander and Anna were lucky enough to catch Tom Hanks’ Broadway debut in Lucky Guy. So what did they think about Nora Ephron’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:22AMNora Ephron’s new play Lucky Guy dramatizes the real-life story of tabloid journalist Mike McAlary's meteoric rise, fall and rise again, ending with his coverage of the Abner Louima case f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMThe 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 Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000). I wou…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:11AMThe recently refurbished Arcola is a very appealing space; the fresh wood and brick walls are a pleasing partnership. I haven’t a clue whether it’s a design choice or a characteristic of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:11AMTim Firth’s comedy Sign of the Times and the world premiere of Mick Martin’s new play The Flame-Haired Dynamo will feature as part of Hull Truck Theatre’s summer and autumn season. Dir…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:08AMOriginally published 1 May 2012:
Beneath the known history of Europe there runs a subterranean one. It consists of the fate of the human instincts and passions repressed and distorted by ...
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:08AMBIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Picturesfilm written by John August, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMThe Cabaret at The Columbia Club announces its 2013 SummerFall lineup, featuring Ana Gasteyer, Eden Espinosa
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMDinner With Friends Opens This Friday – April 5th at 7:30 In Falls Church Written By Donald Margulies Directed By Tina Hodge Thronson The Laramie Project, Steel Magnolias, Twelve Ang…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMMade from cane and fabric, with an aluminum frame along his spine to allow riders on his back, Joey, the 120-pound star of "War Horse," can move his tail and ears, the same way rea…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:00AM
BroadwayWorld was on hand for the most star studded opening of the season, last night April 1, as Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Georg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMBroadwayWorld was on hand for the most star studded opening of the season, last night April 1, as Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Georg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMBroadwayWorld was on hand for the most star studded opening of the season, last night April 1, as Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Georg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMA DVD that should have been titled “Gilbert and Sullivan and Ford” has been released on Video Artists International under the title “Gilbert and Sullivan’s Greatest H…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:55AMThe rumors of Jimmy Fallon taking over Jay Leno's perch a top the TONIGHT SHOW empire never seem to end. And apparently neither do the parodies. In the latest, courtesy of LATE NIGHT, Jay Le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMHow do we love Christopher Walken? On his 70th birthday, let us count the ways. Star of film, TV, and NYPL's own iBook Point, somehow everyone has a favorite film that stars him, be it The D…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:45AMRiverside Studios, London: Elizabeth Wright's dramatisation of Susan Sellers' novel about the sisters Bell and Woolf is presented through the prism of Vanessa's memories, from…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMThe rumors of Jimmy Fallon taking over Jay Leno's perch a top the TONIGHT SHOW empire never seem to end. And so, neither do the parodies. In the latest, courtesy of LATE NIGHT, check out Len…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMFor some twenty years, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division curators have been speaking with Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the most celebrated dancers of the Twentieth Century, about the possibil…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:08AMJona TarlinHometown: Palo Alto, CA Current Town: New York City Q: What are you working on now? A: A play called Black Dicks. It’s about a 15-year-old girl, Erin, who finds her …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:07AMTrey Anastasio, a composer of the show, accompanies Allison Case and Jay Armstrong Johnson in “I’m Gone.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Broadhurst theatre, New YorkNora Ephron's Lucky Guy is a profane love letter to the lost, rollicking world of New York tabloid journalism. It is also a tribute to its real-life fallen son, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMIt is April in New England and for local music that means one thing, it’s time to RUMBLE!.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:36AMA biography of director and actor Jonathan Miller by theatre critic Kate Bassett and another of playwright Samuel Foote by actor Ian Kelly have made the shortlist of this year’s Theatre Bo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMAlex Price & Katherine Parkinson
Set in the hinterland between the end of World War Two and rationing coming to its miserable conclusion, Rodney Ackland’s Before The Party is a portra…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:10AMAlmeida, London: Full marks to the Almeida for reviving this brilliantly modulated 1949 play, based on Maugham's 1926 story about a widow returning from Africa and intent on marrying be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMSouthwark Playhouse will open its first season at its new site in Elephant and Castle with a revival of Claire Luckham’s 1980 play Trafford Tanzi. Re-titled Tanzi Libre, the play will be l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMBlues Alley owner Harry Schnipper makes it known—again—that he's eyeballing Lincoln Theatre. Oh, and his historic jazz venue could possibly, maybe, potentially relocate. [Washing…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 07:00AM
Lewis Rae, Eileen Nicholas and James Robinson
I Didn’t Always Live Here is a touching tale of loss, loneliness, and hope. Set in Glasgow in the 1970s, elderly women Martha and Amie liv…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:42AMA collection of "Lucky Guy" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 06:26AMThe two-time Oscar winner makes his Broadway debut in the bittersweet story of a tabloid columnist who crammed a lot of living into a brief lifetime
SOURCE: NBC New York at 06:11AMThe Southwark Playhouse has announced the first two productions in its new Elephant & Castle home.
The first production in the 240-seat main space The Large will be Tanzi Libre, directed by…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:03AMLondon's Southwark Playhouse has announced its inaugural productions at its new home, located at 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1, midway between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02AM"Call Me Adam" chats with the legendary Lucie Arnaz about her upcoming concert "An Evening with Lucie Arnaz" at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on May 18. We also discuss her fam…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AMFor a growing number of culture seekers in Queens, you can’t spell arts without Astoria. The latest addition to the blossoming arts hub is a recent move by the Queens Council on the Arts t…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Further dates and casting have now been announced for previously announced new productions in the National Theatre’s next booking period. Running from April to August 2013, the period …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:55AMArcola, London: Twenty-five years ago the SAS shot three unarmed IRA terrorists in Gibraltar.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMPlans for the National Theatre for the new booking period through August will include productions of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, James Baldwin's The Amen Corner and Piran…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34AMINTERVIEW: BARRIE RUTTER The artistic director of Northern Broadsides theatre company talks to Judi Herman about his current role, starring in the touring production of Githa Sowerby's Ruthe…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:30AMCall the Midwife, Game of Thrones and Homeland will compete against each other for the Radio Times Audience Award at this year’s British Academy Television Awards. The prize is the only on…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMBy Dennis Polkow Andrew Lippa, the composer of “Big Fish,” has been very busy readying the show for its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago. “‘Big Fish’ is a joyful celebration …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMA show from space! That may have been just a galaxy or two away from a hit. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Time: early 1970s. Broadway's embracing all kinds of new and provocati…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
La Piana Consulting blog had a post a few weeks ago about how the dynamics of non-profits can crush new ideas and creative approaches to problems. Their last suggested solution to avoid this…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:58AMEGOT recipient and Broadway icon Liza Minnelli joins in song with recent Tony Award winner Christian Borle on an original duet for NBC's musical dramedy series SMASH, in an episode premierin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMThe American Dream, Hands on a Hard Body: Hands on a Hard Body is preaching to the wrong choir. This spiritually emotional show needs Larry Gatlin and Branson or Nashville.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:25AMNora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy” is a eulogy. A really fun, really entertaining eulogy.
You may have heard that Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, is the star of the show — and he is, h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 02:17AM'The Common Pursuit' is about friendship between six Cambridge graduatesOxford in its warm valley, is worldly and social, throwing out politicians, modern novelists and other hideous affront…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Due to extremely high ticket demand, Second Stage Theatre's production of Jason Robert Brown's musical, The Last Five Years, has been extended for one additional week through Sunday, April 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTony-winner Donna McKechnie will bring her show Same Place Another Time, to the The Crazy Coqs cabaret at the Brasserie Zedel at Piccadilly, tonight, April 2-6, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFor its 35th anniversary season, the Big Apple Circus’s new production, “Legendarium,” is looking back. Way back. As ringmaster John Kennedy Kane informs us, “We’re going to take y…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:19AMLovers of jazz, drums and Broadway musicals will have two chances to experience the new Alfresco Art Center in coming days.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AMMy brother recently sent me a copy of Life published on February 6, 1956, the day that I was born....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2004: I love parody and caricature, and it's one of my medium-sized regrets that I have no gift for...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
Turning 30 ugh! How to deal with the upheavals and anxieties the looming BIG THREE O can provoke in so many of us? Simon Abrahams and Lachlan McLeod have an answer which grew out of their ow…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:56AMHe had no off switch. In 1993, after a near-fatal car crash on the FDR Drive, I visited columnist Mike McAlary in the hospital and asked how he was doing. “Death is overrated,” he said, …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:11AMWriting Yourself Inby Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalLast week, I touched a little bit on the issue of the writer including themselves in their reviews. This week, I’m going to dive right in. …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMThe Liberal High HorseIs it too high for me?by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI am actually getting palpitations about broaching the subject of this piece, so let me start with a story.Yea…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMCelina Carvajal, back on Broadway as Nicola in the new Harvey Fierstein-Cyndi Lauper musical Kinky Boots, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, April 1, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMSecond Stage Theatre's new production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years, with Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe as a couple who falls in and out of love…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of the new musical Big Fish, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, begins its pre-Broadway engagement April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFilipino political leaders Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos take center stage in the new David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, an immersive 360-degree theatrical experience, which begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actress Elaine Stritch, a celebrated icon of the stage and New York City itself, performs her final engagement at the Café Carlyle beginning April 2. The octogenari…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe season finale of NBC's "The New Normal," which co-stars Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, airs April 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJason Robert Brown's two-person song cycle, The Last Five Years, which replaced the previously announced Crimes of the Heart, begins performances at Virginia's Signature Theatre Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMcCarter Theatre Center, in association with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, presents William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale April 2-21 with an official opening April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSixteen-time Grammy Award nominee Brian McKnight and three-time Grammy nominee Angie Stone — both seen in Broadway's Chicago — star in the national tour of Hinton Battle'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1923 There's trouble At Mrs. Beam's this boardinghouse keeper thinks one of her guests is a killer. There will be 280 performances at London's Royalty Theatre of this C. K. Mu…
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