Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Fran Drescher will announce the 59th annual Drama Desk nominations from 54 Below at 11am.
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:29AMHedwig and the Angry Inch
Broadway, Belasco Theatre
Reviewed by Greg Solomon
BOTTOM LINE: A triumphant revival of a show finally making its Broadway debut -- Hedwig and the Angry Inch may…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 09:13AMCritic's Notebook: Is irony getting old? It may feel that way in a look at two dances that deal with brotherly ties: 'Rocco' at REDCAT and 'Pavement' at UCSB.Bar business wasn't so hot at RE…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:09AMPlayhouseSquare will light its new chandelier -- a symbolic centerpiece -- on Friday, May 2, in a rain-or-shine ceremony intended to highlight $16 million worth of new outdoor amenities, gat…
Linked From Cleveland.com at 09:09AMClothes unmake the men in Casa Valentina, Harvey Fierstein’s mostly effective period drama about cross-dressers in 1962. Set at a Catskills resort that caters to straight married fellows w…
Linked From Time Out at 09:07AMWhen you talk to Diane Paulus, her bright, sparkly blue eyes always look like she has just discovered something, whether you’re talking about No. 2 pencils or the cosmos. She is that passi…
Linked From time.com at 09:05AMFormer soap actors Debra Stephenson and Steven Pinder are to headline Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers at St Helens’ Theatre Royal. Producers Regal Entertainments have adapted the…
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New news briefs in brief about about the very stuff dreams are made of to quote the guy born 450 years ago this week.
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 08:59AMLyttelton, LondonHoward Davies brilliantly handles Seán O'Casey's blend of Dublin realism and expressionismSeán O'Casey's tumultuous play has always posed a problem: how to reconcile…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:59AMThe National Theatre offers a rare opportunity to experience Sean O'Casey's ground-breaking anti-war play
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:55AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of the still-popular Keystone comedy short Love, Loot and Crash (1915). People like to check this one out for two reasons. (A) It is one of…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:54AMRobert Lopez and Kristen Anderson- Lopez, A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Amy Adams and Benedict Cumberbatch were among those named to Time's Most Influential People in the WORLD list…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMGood 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 CABARET, starring Alan Cumming and Mic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMNextStop Theatre Company opens its production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods next weekend and in between battling witches, wolves, and giants the cast shared with us their jour…
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Get an exclusive listen to three hot tracks from the production, 'Zaz Zuh Zaz', 'OpeningDaybreak Express' and 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love,' which feature Fantasia and her co-star, 'P…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:57AM"A nickname may be the best record of a success. That's what I call putting the face of a joke...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:55AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM The only cooking show I ever cared a fig about was something I knew as The Cookin’ Cajun, a local New Orleans show (I think) that was broadcast nationally during the cable tv explo…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:53AMWe caught up with Skins and Game of Thrones star Hannah Murray to discuss her latest project currently playing at the Finborough Theatre
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Josie Long has never been one for comedy clubs her latest gig takes audiences on a whistlestop tour of Tate Modern. Art always inspires her sets, but she may be an unreliable guideI used to…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:56AMThe great Shakespearean will be answering your questions on his career, from King Lear to Spamalot, on Monday 28 AprilHe's back at the National Theatre and this time he's howling and stagge…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:56AMThe comedy revue will run for a limited season at the Chocolate Factory from 19 June to 16 August
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:53AMAlfie Boe, who is internationally recognized for his tenor voice, first gained recognition in the US when he starred in Baz Luhrmann's LA BOHME. In 2010, he took on the role of Jean Valjean …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:53AMModern cabaret artistes Joey Arias and Sherry Vine sat in their Ramada Inn suite in New Hope between sets at the hotel's recently opened RRazz Room and talked about how much they love RRazz …
Linked From Philly.com at 06:18AMWhen Danny Burstein steps on stage as Herr Schultz Thursday night for the opening of "Cabaret," it will be the first time in a long while that the actor isn't juggling the performance of one…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:18AMNeil Patrick Harris hurls himself into the title role in the new Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which opened last night at the Belasco Theatre on West 44th Street. As the "in…
Linked From reason.com at 06:14AMThe girls in their summer dresses are actually a bunch of guys in Casa Valentina.
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"I don't think it makes a good play, but it's a remarkable one," Sean O'Casey famously remarked of The Silver Tassie, his late-1920s drama about the depredations of war, and how simultaneous…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:56AMRebecca Lock and Alasdair Harvey are to join the London production of Mamma Mia! from this summer. Lock, who has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins, will play R…
Linked From The Stage at 05:56AMRiverside Studios, London: Chiefly notable for featuring the stage debuts of the latest two members of the Redgrave and Fox acting dynasties, in Daisy Bevan and Jack Fox, this is an otherwis…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMUdderbelly, Southbank Centre, London: When juggling is just about numbers it can be a bit mechanical, but here the numbers - including two women, four tea sets, seven men, nine chairs and 80…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMTheatre Royal Bath: Natalie Imbruglia already has a richly varied portfolio of showbiz success - Australian soap star, award-winning pop diva and cinema leading lady opposite Rowan Atkinson …
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMLyttelton, National, London: Sean O'Casey's dream-like, disjointed 1928 anti-war play was rejected by Yeats' Abbey Theatre and has rarely been performed since, and on tonight&…
Linked From The Stage at 05:55AMThe WhatsOnStage Award-winner will open at the Duchess Theatre in September
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The Rocky Horror Show is ‘40 and Fabulous’ and finally here in Melbourne.
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Linked From Theatre People Australia at 04:58AMThe Vertical Hour by David Hare is to receive its first London revival this autumn at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park. It will be directed by Nigel Douglas, who returns to the theatre for&…
Linked From The Stage at 04:55AMA spiralling stage, horned with two raised prongs. A circular display, mounted on the back wall, which presents the buildings and coastline of a seaside town from a bird’s eye view. Subtle…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 04:54AMCasa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opened on Broadway April 23 at …
Linked From Playbill at 04:53AMI annoyed a lot of people here earlier this year by arguing that children should be taught a little theatre etiquette because, although we want a lively response, it is also useful if the au…
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After more than 15 years of rough drafts and a successful Kickstarter financing project, an Aurora playwright will debut his two-act play at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre next month.
Linked From Denver Post at 02:52AMIn the year of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, the box-office hit Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall. Go behind the scenes with the play's director Declan Donnellan…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMAs Imelda Staunton storms the West End as another hard-scrabble working woman, she explains why it's class and not the classics that matters"Those women!" says Imelda Staunton. &…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMA satire on The X Factor that's been endorsed and partly financed by Simon Cowell sounds an improbable proposition – equivalent to imagining a big West End revival of Pravda blessed and pa…
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMTheatre stars and luvvies had their glad rags on tonight ahead of Britain’s most prestigious theatre awards, the Oliviers.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMThe Book of Mormon has won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2014, beating competition from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Once and The Scottsboro Boys.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMLucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica has been named Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMThe hit play about a photographer’s search for the Tiananmen Square “tank man” was the big winner at the most prestigious awards ceremony of the UK’s theatre calendar.
Linked From The Independent at 02:50AMYoung Everyman Playhouse present a gripping and timely play at the newly refurbished venue.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:49AMSarah Frankcom announces first new season since taking over as Associate Director.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:49AMThe Play That Goes Wrong, which was first staged by a group of drama students at a pub two years ago, is to transfer to the Duchess Theatre on September 14.
Linked From The Telegraph at 02:30AMThe play Privacy would have you believe that David Davis, the former Conservative Party chairman, retained two mistresses to entertain him during the party conferences. season.
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Shatner's World: We Just Live in It, which was seen on Broadway in February 2012 starring William Shatner, is screened in cinemas nationwide April 24 at 7:30 PM local time.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMAlan Cumming, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the sexy and seductive Emcee in Cabaret, returns to the Kit Kat Klub in Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony-winning production of t…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMThe New York premiere of The Civilians' The Great Immensity officially opens April 24 at the Public Theater following previews that began April 11.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AM"Bad Teacher," a single camera comedy based on the feature film of the same name, makes its TV debut April 24 at 9:31 PM ET on CBS; check local listings.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMSit in front of a television set long enough, and you'll probably see a familiar Broadway face or two — and not just on your regularly scheduled programs, but in the commercials, t…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Teal Wicks and Natalie Weiss are among the performers participating in Putting the Pieces Together: Volume 2, a benefit concert for autism awarene…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMWhere the principals of the musical Cabaret pursued their college studies.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMDebutante, a new play by Ryann Weir that is inspired by the lives of real-life debutantes Barbara Hutton and and Brenda Frazier, begins performances April 24 in New York City.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMLOUIS-AND-ELLA, a new jazzical by Trent Armand Kendall reunites The Architect of Jazz and The First Lady of Song for one magical night and will receive a developmental table reading today, A…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMRoundabout Theatre Company's revival of Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb, featuring three-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams for the first time on Broadway as Sal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMTonight, April 24, 2014, ArtsConnection will celebrate its 35th anniversary at a fundraising gala honoring Time Warner Inc. and internationally-renowned visual artist Vik Muniz. Lisa Garcia …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMTelevision and movie superstar William Shatner stars in his own one-man show, 'Shatner's World,' brought to you by Fathom Events and Priceline.com.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMGolden Globe and two-time Emmy Award-winner Daniel J. Travanti (“Hill Street Blues”) and Amanda Saunders (“Firemen”) star in the West Coast Premiere of Oren Safdie…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 12:29AM"Come hear the music play" once more at Studio 54! Roundabout's revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret opens officially on April 24, the last Broadway show to do so …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:23AMThe high-heeled cast of Harvey Fierstein's new play takes to the MTC stage.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMThe John Kander-Fred Ebb-Joe Masteroff musical comes back to Studio 54.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMJacobs also gives the inside scoop on the "costume gnomes" that keep the Swarovski crystals on his princely garb.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMScenic Designer Robert Brill explains what it took to rebuild Studio 54 — from the ground up.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:21AMYou know summer is coming, despite all signs to the contrary, when Shaw and Stratford Festival go into previews. Shaw is revving already with Arms and the Man. It is a comedy, it is one of S…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:16AMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH star Neil Patrick Harris will appear on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' tonight, April 24th.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMRecognizable small screen star and mainstage newcomer Leighton Meester discusses her role in the new Broadway production of John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN as well as comments on the differ…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMToday we are turning our attention to the world's most famous playwright on the 450th anniversary of his birth this week - the incomparable Bard himself, William Shakespeare.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMIconic movie musical leading lady and acclaimed international performer Leslie Caron touches upon many of her experiences working with an astounding array of legendary stars as part of a new…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMAn irresistible romantic-comedy about love, family, and a trust fund. Love and Marriage (proposals) are the “flavor of the month” at an old-fashioned ice cream parlour in a SoCal beach…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 12:07AMSummary by Emily Jones, TicketNews
A musical adaptation of the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing will launch its national tour in Washington, D.C. this summer. The production will premiere at The …
Linked From Ticket News at 12:06AMBritish choreographer Matthew Bourne has created a Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that drips with candle wax and vampire blood and opens its eyes to modern times. Learn more about his bold re-im…
Linked From PBS at 12:06AMDudes look like ladies in “Casa Valentina,” an intriguing but diffuse new drama about straight cross-dressers in 1962 New York.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:06AMNEW YORK — Someone pretty critic-proof is coming to Broadway: The Almighty.Producer Jeffrey Finn on Wednesday said he hopes to mount a stage adaptation of the humor book "The Last Testame…
Linked From bostonherald.com at 12:06AMBroadway Green Alliance and Wearable Collections Cleans Up: The semi-annual Spring Textile Drive was today in Time Square! The Broadway Green Alliance partnered once again with Wearable Col…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AMStephen Sorokoff My View: Revisiting The Scene Of The Crimes - A Gentleman’s Guide: Actually a more accurate headline would be revisiting the fun, the wonderful music, and the spectacular …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AMDisney chairman Alan Horn reveals bad news for "Frozen" fans: there are no concrete plans for a sequel. Speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, he said, "We're not demanding speed.…
Linked From Gold Derby at 12:03AMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lawyers for a theater producer on Wednesday denied sexual abuse claims made against their client in a lawsuit by a man who has leveled similar allegations against oth…
Linked From Associated Press at 12:03AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Brooks has seemingly done it all in his illustrious show biz career. But there's one thing he's tackled only recently - a one-man show....
Linked From Associated Press at 12:02AMMusical about infamous killers hits stage at time of transition for theater, director.
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 12:02AMThe inspiration for Harvey Fierstein’s “Casa Valentina” was a discreet sanctuary in the Catskills where manly men (with wives and children and other baggage) could get thei…
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