MOTOWN THE MUSICAL star Brandon Victor Dixon appeared this week on WLNY-TV’s “Live From The Couch” to speak with host John Elliott about working with Berry Gordy on the smash hit music…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:38PMFrom the knock-me-over-with-a-feather department comes this news: Richard Foreman's 18-year tenure at St. Mark's Church is over. The theater just sent out this press release, stating, "The O…
Linked From Time Out at 03:34PMThere is a good story within Moth’s eighty minutes, and director Tom Story and his two-actor cast tell it in bold, powerful strokes. It is a story of compassion, bullying, and betrayal, an…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 03:23PMEveryone likes secrets, especially dramatists. So it’s no surprise that the unravelling of the mysteries of the current Queen Elizabeth’s famously undocumented weekly meetings with her P…
Linked From Variety at 03:23PMThe "G" Spot, a cabaret where transvestites come for a night of carefree fun, is the home of the singing and dancing star Dragula, the stage persona of Peter, a sensitive young man whose onl…
Linked From dailyme.com at 03:15PMSteven Soderbergh made his New York debut as a stage director on Tuesday with the official opening of "The Library," a school-shooting drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz, at the Public Theate…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:15PMMust…go…home.
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Linked From Backstage at 03:15PMThe New York City Ballet spring gala on May 8 will include works featured at the 1964 opening of its Lincoln Center home.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:15PM Christina Pumariega shares a laugh with Marianna Bassham. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.The disappointment that greeted Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba at the Huntington on opening ni…
Linked From The Hub Review at 03:00PMEvery third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out contributor Tom Mizer’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit cl…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 03:00PMEchoes of Lincoln Center's 2008 Tony Award-winning production of South Pacific resonate on the stage of New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse.
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The other day I received a strange e-mail from a young man named Brian O'Donnell who lives in Independence, MO. He thought I might be interested in some stuff he recently acquired, and thoug…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 02:59PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:58PMStage debuts don’t come much more striking than that of 19-year-old Scotsman Martin Quinn, who plays the put-upon Oskar in Let the Right One In. Helmed by Tony winner John Tiffany…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:57PMDon Juan, or Wages of Debauchery
Off Off Broadway, Jan Hus Playhouse
Reviewed by Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: The puppets dazzle even if some of the comedy fizzles.
In 1984, Czech puppeteer V…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 02:53PMArtifice mars a saga of modern-day troubles and historical yarns.
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:36PMThe original German cast recording of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal will be released next month.
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMKelli O'Hara celebrates a birthday April 16. She is currently back on Broadway in The Bridges of Madison County.
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMTown Hall's Broadway by the Year Series will continue May 12 at 8 PM with The Broadway Musicals of 1965-1989.
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMDisney has released the album "Let It Go: The Complete Set," featuring multi-lingual recordings of the Academy Award-winning song from the hit animated movie "Frozen."&nb…
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMFour-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, who is back on Broadway this season in the Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County, celebrates a birthday April 16.
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Name: Patrick ScheidHometown: Ramsey, NJEducation: BA in Theatre and in History from Muhlenberg CollegeFavorite Credits: My work with TRE (Rode in Three Seagulls, Carlos in American Play, ma…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 01:58PMAs a result of strong critical response and public demand Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Lanie Robertson’s play with music, starring Audra McDonald, announces that the pr…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:58PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records, has debuted on iTunes as the #1 Cast Recording, #2 Soundtrack (behind…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:58PMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonThere's no denying Howard's technical mastery, but his show relies on funny voices rather than contentAt one point in this show, Russell Howard in one of his many c…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:56PMColiseum, LondonEifman is best at pummelling a heap of dancers into sculptural forms, but less good at evoking nuances of character Rodin has been having a dance moment, with Russell Ma…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:56PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s freestyle raps are making their way to TV airwaves! According to Variety, Pivot, a start-up cable network, will launch Freestyle Love Supreme, a 10-episode half-ho…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:56PM“The Great Immensity” asks the big-time question of whether man can change his destructive ways before the planet goes kablooey.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:43PMPower is usually hidden in ballet. This video by PostTV uncovers it. What can pass in just a few musical beats during a performance — the corkscrew jumps, the ballerina who seems to fly ap…
Linked From Washington Post at 01:41PMHenry IV Part One: Honor Among Thieves Falstaff, like Sherlock Holmes, is one of those characters who are so memorable they almost seem alive. He is at the center of Shakespeare Theatre Comp…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PMOf all the music that Richard Strauss wrote during his long career—and he'd composed almost 60 songs and more than 40 piano works by the time he was 18—perhaps none are more gorgeous a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMPlaywrights Horizons' upcoming production of the new musical Fly By Night will begin previews May 16 prior to an official opening June 10.
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMBased on Paul Stickland's best-selling dinosaur picture book, which sold over 5 million copies worldwide, the pre-historic characters are set to start roaming stages around the UK next year
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:21PMAn old-school fairy godmother might float serenely to a protégée’s rescue, waving a magic wand. Not so the supernatural fixer of “Cinderella: The Remix,” the clever children’s musi…
Linked From Washington Post at 01:13PMChannel 4 is to “supercharge” its arts coverage after receiving a £3 million injection from Arts Council England. The broadcaster will now re-launch its Random Acts strand – showcasin…
Linked From The Stage at 01:11PMAfter an off-Broadway run in 2011, “Once” opened on Broadway the next year, snagging eight Tony awards. Based on the 2006 film bearing the same title, the song "Falling Slowly" also won …
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Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:58PMName: Ricardo DávilaHometown: Puerto RicoEducation: BFA from Tisch School of the Arts / MFA candidate from Yale School of Drama (starting this Fall).Who do you play in The Mysteries?: I pla…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:57PMThey’ll keep on fighting ‘til the end…and then some! Queen band member Brian May has revealed on his blog that a two-week workshop of a We Will Rock You sequel has recentl…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:56PMKinky Boots recently celebrated its one year anniversary on Broadway and composer Cyndi Lauper and star Billy Porter, who both won Tonys for their work on the production, stopped by Tod…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:56PMTony Nominee Valerie Harper, who had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given three months left to live in March 2013, has revealed that she is now “absolutely cancer-free!&…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:56PMDramatist Melinda Lopez's "Becoming Cuba" holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:56PMThis season’s new Broadway musicals are such a mixed bag that the race for the top prize is wide open for the first time in recent memory.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:45PMiLUMINATE: The light-suit–wearing dance group iLuminate, which appeared on "America’s Got Talent," presents this tale about Jacob, a young artist who finds solace in a magical paintbrush…
Linked From Time Out at 12:39PMYou now have a lot more time to catch McDonald sing the blues as Billie Holiday.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:34PMAuthor E.L. Doctorow smiles during an interview in his office at New York University, in this 2004 file portrait. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer E.L. Doctorow has won this year’s Library of Congre…
Linked From Cleveland.com at 12:26PMThe American premiere of London Wall, playing at the Mint Theater Company, will be filmed for future broadcast on Channel 13.
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMProducers have announced an extension for the Broadway run of Lanie Robertson's play with music Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring five-time Tony Award-winning actress Aud…
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMThe Library, Scott Z. Burns' new drama about violence in America and the narratives shaped in the aftermath of tragedy that is directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, of…
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PM"Dancing With the Stars" competitors James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd earned the season's first perfect score April 14 when they performed a routine to the Academy Award-winnin…
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMBroadway at Moorland, the 14th annual summer concert and fireworks display at Moorland Farm in Far Hills, NJ, will be held June 5.
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMOnce on this Island, the diverting Caribbean-themed musical running at Olney Theatre Center through May 4, is more than just a pastel-colored stroll through island culture to a calypso beat.…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:20PMStacy catches us up on the show’s progress, as he prepares for opening nights on Tuesday, April 15 and Friday, April 18. He also opens up about secrets of the actor’s trade, and some of …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:20PMRuined - Eclipse Theatre at The Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, is offering $8 industry tickets to all previews on April 17th, 18th at 7:30PM and April 19th at 2:00PM. There will also…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 12:17PMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe musical WE WILL ROCK YOU, featuring the music of iconic rock band Queen, will take its final curtain call on May 31st at the West End's Dominion Theatre. However WhatsOnStage reports tha…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news OF MICE AND MEN, starring James Franco…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMWritten by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this world premiere began previews at The Public on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Sunday, April 27 in The Public's Newman Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMIn the below video, listen to the writers of MURDER FOR TWO as they play you one of the songs they absolutely 100 wrote from the new Broadway hit, Of Mice and Men
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMWritten by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this world premiere began previews at The Public on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Sunday, April 27 in The Public's Newman Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMActress Marisa Tomei stopped by this morning's TODAY to chat about her new role on Broadway in THE REALISTIC JONESES and being associated with her role in 'My Cousin Vinnie' more than 20 yea…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMLegendary singer and Tony Award winner Cyndi Lauper appeared on this morning's TODAY on NBC to perform her classic 'Time After Time,' and reflect on the 30 years since her debut album.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThis morning's 'Good Morning America' aired a special segment featuring a panel interview with HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH's Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, John Cameron Mitchell, and Stephen …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMTUTS Underground will present the sizzling and explosive musical Murder Ballad. The steamy quartet of actors includes Steel Burkhardt, Pat McRoberts, Lauren Molina and Kristin Warren. Fresh …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe Drama League has announced that Judith Light and Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMNational Endowment for the Arts NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the American Theatre Wing is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMFor the first time in AMERICAN IDOL history, the theme of tonight's show will be 'Competitior's Pick,' in which the remaining seven finalists select a tune for each of their competitors.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMElizabeth Vargas spoke with the shows director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw and stars Adam Jacobs, James Monroe Iglehart,Courtney Reed and Jonathan Freeman.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMFor the 10th non-consecutive week, the soundtrack to Disney's Oscar winning animated film FROZEN remains at the number one spot on Billboard 200
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe special will feature guest stars Andy Samberg Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kristen Bell Veronica Mars, Fred Armisen Portlandia, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Chris Parnell Archer, Craig Robinson M…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMCyndi Lauper and Billy Porter, who worked together on the hit Broadway musical 'Kinky Boots,' stopped by this morning's Today to talk about touring with Cher and the release of Porter's new …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMAs a result of strong critical response and public demand Lady Day at Emerson's Bar amp Grill, Lanie Robertson's play with music, starring Audra McDonald, announces that the production will …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records, has debuted on iTunes as the 1 Cast Recording, 2 Soundtrack behind Fr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMSajid Javid’s appointment as the new culture secretary has received mixed reactions from the arts industry. The MP, who was financial secretary to the Treasury before his promotion to the …
Linked From The Stage at 12:11PMTheater producing can be risky — well under half of Broadway's shows turn a profit, for instance — so gathering capital for a new stage production is often difficult.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00PMEpisode 88: Tips and Tricks for Directing Youth with Steven Stack Playwright Steven Stack is a long time director. He shares his tips and tricks for directing youth. Bonus! Steven also share…
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This morning’s “Good Morning America” aired a segment featuring a panel interview with Hedwig and the Angry Inch‘s Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, John Cameron Mitche…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:56AMMoviemaking—the old-fashioned kind with people and plots but no aliens or armageddons—has become so rare in Hollywood that there’s been a mass migration of some of its best talent into…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 11:56AMPut on some make-up and turn up the tape deck, because Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell are bringing Hedwig and the Angry Inch to daytime television! T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:54AMStep into the recording studio with the cast of Heathers: The Musical! Check out exclusive photos of Barrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan and the stars of the hit musical recording their cast…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:54AMGood news, Audra McDonald fans: The five-time Tony winner will be channeling Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill all summer long! The new production has extended it…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:54AMTwo-time Tony and Emmy winner Judith Light and Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominations on April 23 at Sardi’s. These will include the cat…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:54AMEthics, scientific progress, and true love: all set to song! Tony nominee Euan Morton, Jeremy Kushnier and Sara Gettelfinger will star in the U.S. premiere of the musical Atomic at the Acorn…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:54AMFrom the Queen and Margaret Thatcher to the Prince of Wales and Simon Cowell, contemporary personalities are currently rife on stage and sometimes the subject of a bio-play will be sitting …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:53AMBetween shows this summer, check out Wish I Was Here, a new film written and directed by BULLETS OVER BROADWAY star Zach Braff! The film also stars Braff, as a struggling actor, father and h…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:49AMFour dead fellas, two dead cats, a hairstyle ruined, a broken-hearted sister. And all out of shoe polish. The culmination of which resulted in Martin McDonagh’s funniest, darkest comedy to…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46AMThe new drama at The Public Theater is written by Scott Z. Burns.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:34AMThe actress reflects on the musical in which she made her Broadway debut 57 years ago.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:33AMThe two Broadway veterans will take the stage at Sardi's on April 23.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:33AMStephen Sorokoff MY VIEW: You’re Gonna Love Lucie! (Arnaz at The Carlyle)
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 11:27AM“The View” will bring all 11 co-hosts in the show’s 17-year history together for the first time on May 15 for a farewell salute to series matriarch Barbara Walters. The liv…
Linked From Variety at 11:27AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Novelist E.L. Doctorow will be honored with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction....
Linked From Associated Press at 11:27AMIn May 2012, Alistair McGowan bravely followed in the footsteps of Alec Guinness by portraying several members of the same family in the BBC Radio 4 drama Like Father, Like Daughter – a se…
Linked From The Stage at 11:22AMThere’s a moment in Shrek the Musical when the featured green ogre tells his faithful sidekick Donkey that ogres, like onions, have many layers. That’s also true of Toby’s Dinner Theat…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:19AMMo Brady (The Addams Family, "Smash") and Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Chicago, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) have released the 21st episode of "The Ensemblist&quo…
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMTony Award winner Liev Schreiber is set to star as radical abolitionist John Brown in the historical drama "The Good Lord Bird," according to Deadline.com.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMThe Library, Scott Z. Burns' new drama about violence in America and the narratives shaped in the aftermath of tragedy that is directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, of…
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMPlaywright Bruce Norris, author of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, has joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ensemble.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMAtomic, a new musical based on the creation of the atomic bomb, will make its U.S. premiere June 26-Aug. 16 at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMThe Town Hall has announced its 2014 Summer Season, three one-night-only, music-filled events.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMTony Award nominee Ed Harris (Precious Sons), Tony winner Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole), Amber Heard, Christian Slater (The Glass Menagerie) and James Franco (Of Mice and Men) have been cast i…
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AM"The Maya Rudolph Show," a variety-show special hosted by "Saturday Night Live" cast member and comedian Maya Rudolph, will air at May 19 at 10 PM on NBC.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Judith Light and Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards nominations April 23 at 11 AM at Sardi's.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMBraz Dos Santos' story of escaping some of the toughest streets in Brazil is recreated on stage through the Afro-Brazilian dance language, lambazouk
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:18AMThe Musicians’ Union has claimed its fight on behalf of musicians that were made redundant from the West End production of War Horse is “far from over”. This is despite the band’s fa…
Linked From The Stage at 11:10AMAs theatre people know far too well, all good things must come to an end. Today, I have to say goodbye to you, composers and screlters and writers and geeks of The Green Room. Thank you for …
Linked From newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMIt takes hundreds of people to put on one Broadway show. But only a max of a few dozen are ever seen on a stage. The rest of ‘em are backstage, offstage, in orchestra pits and in dre…
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Marisa Tomei stopped by “Today” to chat about her new role on Broadway in The Realistic Joneses. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:56AMItems of incredible importance that will change your life and the way you look at the world.
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 10:56AMPut on some make-up and turn up the tape deck, because Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell are bringing Hedwig and the Angry Inch to daytime television! T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:53AMSecret location, CardiffA family show that is creepy enough to stay in the minds of its young audience for years to comeArlo Butterworth is a man who has never felt that he measures up. Even…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:53AMRipe Time turns a Stein story into a fable for grown-ups and kids — Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. Gertrude Stein may be know…
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Linked From showbizchicago.com at 10:37AM By: David Sheward"Words don't do it for me anymore," says John, one of four characters with the same last name in…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 10:28AMFor the first time in its history, all 11 co-hosts of ABC's "The View," both present and past, will share the same stage.
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMThe creative team behind the long-running West End musical We Will Rock You are at work on a sequel to the production that using the songs of the rock band Queen for its score.
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMThe five musicians who were recently made redundant from the West End production of War Horse, currently running at the New London Theatre, have lost their court bid to be reinstated.
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMIrish theatre and Irish music sometimes make me wonder if the Irish people have taken liberty with the English language in requital of the liberty that the English people took from them. Wha…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:18AMStage set designers at the start of their career need to visit the theatre more often and be “obsessed” with the profession if they want to achieve success, Olivier award-winning set des…
Linked From The Stage at 10:10AMRichard Eyre has described directing shows in smaller London venues as being more “emancipating” than working on productions in the West End. Eyre, who last weekend won the Olivier awa…
Linked From The Stage at 10:10AMBBC3 controller Zai Bennett is to leave the corporation to lead Sky Atlantic, a month after the announcement that the BBC channel is to become an internet-only operation. BBC bosses decided …
Linked From The Stage at 10:10AMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returned to the Broadway stage on Sunday night in the new play with music "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill."
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Today’s Highlights: * John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, featuring James Franco,Chris O’Dowd, Jim Norton, Leighton Meester, Ron Cephas J…
Linked From Grace Notes at 09:55AMThe Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonUpdating this Jacobean play to the 1890s diminishes some of its impact, but it's a rousing productionThe RSC has had the bright idea of giving the new Swan seaso…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:52AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The one thing Daniel Radcliffe always has to adjust to whenever he's onstage in America is how happy Americans are to see Daniel Radcliffe onstage....
Linked From Associated Press at 09:36AMJames Franco, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and other bright lights of young Hollywood are besotted with Broadway, as are the fans who trail along. In this surge of newbies, everybody's lear…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:36AM“Shamelessly co-dependent is what we like to say.” So Patti Kalil, co-artistic director, describes Pointless Theatre. She is sitting beside a brightly painted backdrop before rehearsal…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:17AMLisa Dillon stars in the opening production of the RSC's 'Roaring Girls' season
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James Grieve and George Perrin have been working together since the were at university – they started their own company, Nabokov, and co-ran it together for 10 years. So when the job of Ar…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:54AM"The road from the head to the hand is a long one while one is still conscious of it. The...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:51AMGlenn Gould plays the fugue from Paul Hindemith's Third Piano Sonata: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:51AMFar from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:51AMThe London Symphony Orchestra has dropped an unpaid internship scheme following accusations that the publically-funded organisation could be breaching Arts Council England’s guidelines. It…
Linked From The Stage at 08:39AMAs the Queen musical prepares to make its final bow at the Dominion Theatre, news of a follow-up has emerged
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:16AMJennings, who begins performances as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on 19 May, shared a joke with the role's originator Douglas Hodge at the Oliviers on Sunday
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:16AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Laurel and Hardy classic Way Out West (1937). This charming genre spoof has Stan and Olllie pair delivering the deed to a mine to a…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:13AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box (1932), considered by many to be the greatest comedy of all time. Its virtues are strictly formal,…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:13AM Today is the anniversary of the Charlie Chaplin short The Cure (1917). The Cure is one of the perfect comedies the comedian made for the Mutual Film Corporation, a period during whi…
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Cock has a lot of important things to say about the ways we confuse sexuality with identity, or passion with love.
Linked From Toronto Star at 07:53AMWe're used to heroines in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays who disguise themselves as boys for protection or in order to pursue the men they love. But once the barriers to marriage are surmo…
Linked From The Independent at 07:51AMMy grandfather, Morris Aza, who has died aged 89, was a theatrical agent for more than 40 years and represented some of the top names in the entertainment world.He was born into a show-busin…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:51AMThree acts on where they got the inspiration for their jokes about a dad's best friend, emailing cheese and elephants with accentsReading on mobile? Watch Rubberbandits here Continue reading…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:51AMThis week, BroadwayAudience.com went behind the scenes at Rock of Ages and chatted with the stage manager, Matt DiCarlo. The backstage crew of any Broadway show tend to be the unsung heroe…
Linked From BroadwayAudience.com at 07:42AMJonathan Kent's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-winning drama, starring Imelda Staunton as a downtrodden Bostonian, transfers to the West End
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:16AMCheek by Jowl restore the 17th century play, producing an incestuous tragedy which leaves a 'strange but thought-provoking aftertaste'
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:16AMBy Hugh Iglarsh “What are the hallmarks of American culture that are also typical of ADD? The fast pace. The sound bite. The bottom line. Short takes, quick cuts … High stimulation. Rest…
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One of the aim’s of the Globe’s indoor Jacobean Playhouse was to experiment with theatrical traditions of the era. And with this debut show by The Globe Young Players, that intention is …
Linked From The Independent at 06:50AMRichard Armitage will be the latest big screen actor to take to the London stage when he stars in a new production of The Crucible in June.
Linked From The Independent at 06:50AMWe're used to heroines in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays who disguise themselves as boys for protection or in order to pursue the men they love. But once the barriers to marriage are surmo…
Linked From The Independent at 06:50AMThe sculptor Auguste Rodin could make clay evoke the weight and power of flesh.
Linked From The Independent at 06:50AMDerby’s Assembly Rooms could be demolished and rebuilt following a fire on the roof of the adjoining car park five weeks ago. The plant room – which housed the venue’s power, heating a…
Linked From The Stage at 06:07AMLiz Robertson will bring her one-woman show, Songs From My Trunk, to the Hippodrome Casino in London. Robertson, who has appeared in shows such as The Phantom of the Opera and A Little Night…
Linked From The Stage at 06:07AMDonors are lined up, reorganization plan in the works to rescue company from closure on April 29
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:06AMBroadway vet and singing sensation Alysha Umphress, fresh off her starring turn as Cee Cee in the World Premiere of Beaches (Signature Theatre), joins the line up of 9 Songs by James Harvey …
Linked From NiteLifeExchange at 06:06AMThe Houston Grand Opera launches its first-ever "Ring" cycle with "Das Rheingold," which is more European high-concept than U.S. representational in style, with lots of eye-catching video an…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:05AMA documentary having its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, 'Ballet 422' follows the young choreographer Justin Peck as he creates the 422nd new ballet, later titled 'Paz de la Jol…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:05AMAlso in Tattle: Ellen is most powerful, DiCaprio linked to new role, Colbert to guest on Letterman.
Linked From Philly.com at 06:04AMFreda and Jem’s Best of the Week, Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, The Femme Playlist, The Stronger Variations, Blood Wedding, Tom at the Farm on playbill
Linked From Toronto Star at 06:00AMHER2 by Maja Ardal is major production, to be presented from Jan. 13 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
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Royal Albert Hall, London: The boyish charms of telly-friendly comic Russell Howard are stretched by his latest show, Wonderbox, the contents of which feel more arbitrary as it progresses.
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Linked From The Stage at 05:41AMAshcroft Theatre, Croydon: Tim Whitnall's one-man play opens with the death of Eric Morecambe at the age of 58 and sees the comic at the pearly gates, ready to tell the audience his sid…
Linked From The Stage at 05:41AMUstinov Studio, Bath: The third season of UK premieres of American plays at the Ustinov continues to impress with this hard-edged Chicago street drama, first staged in the US in 2007, about …
Linked From The Stage at 05:41AMSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The RSC's Roaring Girls season begins, appropriately enough, with Dekker and Middleton's city comedy of 1611 inspired by the life of Mary Frith, …
Linked From The Stage at 05:41AMEveryone can nowadays air private grievances publicly, of course, thanks to Twitter, and broadcast them to as many followers as they have. But there’s also a sense in which Twitter enc…
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On paper, “The Library” had everything going for it. But on stage, the drama about the aftershocks of a fatal school shooting lacks insight.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:33AMEVERYTHING NEEDS A RETOUCH 30-year-old Jess is a mess. A New York-based dotcom genius, Jess is fraught with low self-esteem, making her an overweight, smelly, anti-social, stressed-out, aggr…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 12:33AMA skilled director can work magic, which is what Steven Soderbergh has done with “The Library,” a thin play penned by Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns (“Side Effects…
Linked From Variety at 12:33AMGuys and Dolls, Brisbane Harvest Rain’s first fully professional production, was aptly big budget, brightly costumed and included some big names in the cast. Charming and vocally talen…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 12:30AMThe Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men opens on April 16 at the Longacre Theatre. Helmed by Anna D. Shapiro, the stage adaptation of the classic John Steinbeck novella stars James Franco, C…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:27AMWhen you Kickstart a musical or play, where does that money Indiegogo?
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMThe stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic American novella returns to Broadway for the first time in almost four decades.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMBroadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler discovers the mystical world of Amaluna. By now, most of us are familiar with the Cirque du Soleil brand, one which combines circus acts with death-def…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 12:14AMThe Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opens April 16 at the Longacre Theatr…
Linked From Playbill at 12:08AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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Linked From Playbill at 12:08AMThe 13th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, a series intended to connect filmmakers with audiences and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center, begins April 16 and continues th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:08AMFour-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening stars in the world premiere of Ruth Draper's Monologues at the Geffen Playhouse, opening April 16 following previews that began April 8.&nb…
Linked From Playbill at 12:08AMJulia Murney, who received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Queenie in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, is among the performers who will star in a special concert v…
Linked From Playbill at 12:08AMThe Foundry Theatre presents the world-premiere production of Marcus Gardley's satire The Box: A Black Comedy opening April 16 at Brooklyn's Irondale Center following previews t…
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