Theaters keep rolling out new ways to premiere plays, and two fresh Washington initiatives are in full flower — or in full beast mode — right now. Theater J’s initiative, called Locall…
Linked From Washington Post at 11:58AMTony-nominated stage and screen favorite Tim Curry is recovering in Los Angeles after suffering a major stroke, according to U.K.’s Daily Mail. Curry reportedly collapsed in his home, …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe steamy new musical Murder Ballad is rocking out at the Union Square Theatre! Broadway.com chatted with stars Caissie Levy, Will Swenson, John Ellison Conlee and Rebecca Naomi Jones on op…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMBroadway.com headed to the Signature Center for some fun and games with Old Hats stars Bill Irwin and David Shiner! Catch their silly antics off-Broadway through June 9.
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMIn our Tony confession booth, Pippin nominee Patina Miller reveals a dexterous secret talent, the Broadway powerhouse she idolizes and "the best thing ever."
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe acclaimed young playwright tackles the epic chess battle between grandmaster Garry Kasparov and computer Deep Blue in The MachineThe 1997 match between chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov a…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:55AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 5242013.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMRenowned musical theatre composer and lyricist Scott Alan will soon host a reading of HOME, written by Christy Hall and himself, on June 27, 2013 directed by Stafford Arima. 'For the first t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMCHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, the highly anticipated West End musical starring Olivier and Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka, began May 22, 2013. Watch as the very first au…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMPanglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presents a livestreaming performance of Tori Keenan-Zelt’s new work The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad . Watch it live…
Linked From HowlRound at 11:43AMLaura Benanti—a Tony Award winner for her appearance as the title character in the 2008 revival of Gypsy, more recently seen in In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and Women on the…
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMWinners of the 2012-13 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced May 13. The critically acclaimed revival of Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, earned seven awards. The 63rd Annual Outer Cri…
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMFive-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald's May 9 Avery Fisher Hall concert, featuring songs from her new album "Go Back Home," is broadcast on PBS stations nationwid…
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMCasting is now complete for the June 27 industry readings of Scott Alan and Christy Hall's original musical Home, which will be directed by Olivier nominee Stafford Arima (Carrie, Altar …
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMLucky Guy star Tom Hanks was honored May 23 with the unveiling of a caricature to adorn the walls of the famed eatery Sardi's.
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee assembled May 23 to discuss a possible infraction in the rules governing the type of material Tony-nominated shows can distribute to Tony voters.
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AM"Smash," the NBC musical series about the lives of modern-day Broadway babies, will end its run May 26 with a two-hour finale. We take a look back at some photo highlights from the…
Linked From Playbill at 11:42AMWelcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground‘ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:41AMWORLD PREMIERE WOMEN OR NOTHING By Ethan Coen Directed by David Cromer August 28 – October 6, 2013 Opens September 16, 2013 Linda Gross Theater AMERICAN PREMIERE THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:37AMDON'T FORGET! YOU PICK THE CATEGORIES FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL JKTS AWARDS! NOW EXTENDED! POLL CLOSES SUNDAY AT NOONChristopher Rice and Clay ThomsonIt all started when I posted the pict…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 11:33AMRule, Britannia! Britannia, Rule the Waves! That’s not how I feel necessarily…it’s just the music that goes with this picture. Today is Queen Victoria’s Birthday (181…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:31AMMay 25 in Queens, New York 2:00 pm MEMORIAL CONCERT AT JOPLIN’S FINAL RESTING PLACE Featuring the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra St. Michael’s Cemetery, Queens, New York ~ FREE…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:31AM“You can tweet pictures of my weiner without destroying your career,” Broadway vet Harvey Fierstein quipped Thursday when he invited the audience of Broadway’s “Kinky Boots” to joi…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 11:23AMThe history of barbershop quartets dates back to a time when African-American males waiting for a shave and a haircut would spontaneously burst into song, spirituals, folk and popular tunes,…
Linked From www.middletownpress.com at 11:23AMNEW YORK (AP) -- One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes....
Linked From Associated Press at 11:23AMThis review was written by Kayleigh Walsh Merrily We Roll Along is an emotional journey through the lives of three friends. The unique story winds back through time, exploring how the…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 11:18AMI was going to write a snappy little intro to the blog and talk about the crazy number of entries we got, and how much fun my entire staff and I have reading all these playlets . . . but you…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:03AMPeter Shaffer’s one act plays The Private Ear and The Public Eye will have their first major revival in 50 years when they tour the UK from August. The double-bill of one act plays was...
Linked From The Stage at 11:02AMTimothy Sheader's production of To Kill A Mockingbird opened at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this week (23 May 2013).
Harper Lee's classic story centres around a court case marred by raci…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:01AMThe 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were presented on Thursday, May 23 at famed theater district eatery Sardi's. Former winners including Judy Kaye, Michael McGrath, and Donna Murphy…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:01AMLaughing Daughter’s Second Act: Who’s Laughing Now? You probably think this is a story about Crystal Mosser, the songbird who made her start in Washington theater and who has since made …
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After a seven-year wait, Audra McDonald fans finally have a new solo CD to enjoy, Go Back Home (Nonesuch), and the five-time Tony winner is previewing the eclectic collection in a PBS concer…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:55AMThe original BASiC Theatre Project cast of “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.” (photo: Catherine Bell) Now in its fifth season Gayfest NYC 2013 presents “new pl…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:55AMHit YouTube sitcom Smokey's Barbers is transferring to the stage at MIFOn a quiet high street in Surbiton, one shop is considerably noisier than the others. It's midday on a Friday, although…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:54AMOuter Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre celebrated its award winners for the 2012-13 season in 24 categories. CLICK HERE for a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMThe world premiere of Rocky took place November 18 in Hamburg under the direction of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Tony nominee Alex Timbers. It will transfer to Broadway in Feburary 2014. Che…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMLUCKY GUY star and Tony nominee Tom Hanks was honored with his very own portrait at Sardi's yesterday, May 23. BroadwayWorld was there for the unveiling and you can check out coverage below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMThe partnership will commence at the annual Tony Eve Cocktail Party which will take place on Saturday, June 8th, hosted by the Paramount Hotel's food and beverage partner, LDV Hospitality, a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMTales from the Jazz Age: An F. Scott Fitzgerald Songbook — featuring songs referenced by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novels and stories, and directly associated with his life &mdas…
Linked From Playbill at 10:41AMJarrod Spector, Orfeh, Anika Larsen and Patti Murin are among the performers who will sing the songs of Adele during the June 10 installment of The Pop Show at Birdland Jazz Club.
Linked From Playbill at 10:41AMAri Graynor will co-star with David Alan Grier and Kristin Davis in the new comedy "Bad Teacher," according to CBSNews.com.
Linked From Playbill at 10:41AMKevin Ray Johnson's The Unpredictable Times will be presented June 19 at The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, IA.
Linked From Playbill at 10:41AMThe Mark Taper Forum's upcoming production of What the Butler Saw has been replaced with the traveling solo show Humor Abuse, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Linked From Playbill at 10:41AMAdapted from a 2011 post. Today is Bob Dylan’s 72nd birthday — a fitting time to celebrate his biggest triumph as a live showman, his 1975-76 medicine show inspired tour, the…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:30AM“The Guardsman”? Really? That Paleolithic bit of Broadway foolery? The farcical vehicle that once upon a time (1924, to be exact) starred the erstwhile duke and duchess of the American …
Linked From Washington Post at 10:07AM By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers. As we prep for a scintillating, scary summer, let’s take another glance at the spooklight. While dark musicals have often exp…
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMIn 2006, Once was a small budget film. Its success escalated quickly, and not only won a Grammy for its soundtrack, but an Academy award too. Six years later the story made its way to Broadw…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:00AMTheatrelovers will have plenty to enjoy this weekend: To start, Pallas Theatre Collective, busy with preparations for their upcoming read of Usher: A New Musical (June 22), is presenting a f…
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With just one more evening of Smash-y goodness left before the curtain falls on the canceled Broadway-centric series, we’re finally coming to terms with leaving some of our favorite ch…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:55AMToo many in-jokes, too much ephemera, and an overdose of online sterility – it's fair to say YCW hasn't been a huge successReading this on mobile? Click here to watchJudging by your commen…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:53AMMy mother in law, Rebecca, and I were talking about this thing we are calling 'the post-show happy buzz'. It's the palpable energy felt after a musical that keeps you, as the performer, hung…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:53AMAccording to the Daily Mail and TMZ, stage and screen star Tim Curry, 67, reportedly suffered a stroke in his Hollywood Hills home last night. Curry was taken to the hospital, but is now 'do…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:53AMJenny Bacon, who created the role of Rivkeh in Off-Broadway's My Name Is Asher Lev, which celebrated its 200th performance at The Westside Theatre May 22, will return to that part next m…
Linked From Playbill at 09:39AMThe 4th Annual DC Black Theatre Festival will present In Sight and Sound: Live De(a)f Poetry II. The unique use of the word “De(a)f” reflects that half of the artists will be dea…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMThe Irish Repertory Theatre ensemble has brought out the best in Conor McPherson's stories. . . Read More
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:26AMMando Alvarado's new play issometimes frustrating, occasionally brilliant and deeply compelling
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NEW YORK (AP) — One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes.
Linked From Boston Globe at 08:58AMPalma Violets are the greatest live band I’ve ever seen. I’m not backing down from that.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:55AMBoston's Outside the Box festival falls far short of its stated mission to be “revolutionary” or “world class.”
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:55AMAlex Poots, artistic director of the Manchester International Festival, runs through the highlights of this year's lineupHelen PiddChristopher ThomondKen Macfarlane
Linked From The Guardian at 08:52AMThe Pulse Festival is full of goodies in Ipswich, Nicholas Wright's Vincent in Brixton begins the summer season in Keswick, and Chris Goode is in Bristol and PlymouthScotland and Northern Ir…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:52AMThroughout your scholastic career, you were often asked to give one-word answers on tests. Well, for our 2013 Broadway University Final Exam, we instead will offer you one-word questions.
Linked From Kritzerland at 08:28AMToday is Tommy Chong’s birthday, yo. Don’t tell me how you plan to celebrate, I don’t want to know. At least, not in writing. This may surprise you (or maybe it won’t…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:28AMAndrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Misérables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics – …
Linked From The Sacramento Bee at 08:27AMCan anything in theater still make audiences uncomfortable? In Bootycandy, playwright Robert O'Hara thinks vulgarity-laced, brazen explosions of gay and racial stereotypes can do the trick b…
Linked From Philly.com at 08:27AMFollowing a funeral mass where a priest goes rogue and reads his flock the riot act — “I stare into your faces and it disgusts me” — a man concludes: “It was a nice service.”
Linked From New York Daily News at 08:27AMForget about fairies, creepy knocks at the door and paranormal sightings. It’s regrets, missed chances and life’s hard losses that are truly haunting.
Linked From New York Daily News at 08:27AMComing soon to a theater near you (hopefully.) By Jaye Hunt (movie enthusiast) Recently, we've gotten news of Bullets Over Broadway, Rocky, and Little Miss Sunshine heading for New York this…
Linked From Crazytown at 08:27AMLong running shows... the pit falls, promise, and keeping it awesome on the regular. By Rachel James (Treasurer/Writer) This past week I did something unusual for me: I went to see two shows…
Linked From Crazytown at 08:26AMLego and Star Wars Take Over Times Square: In celebration of the upcoming Cartoon Network series "The Yoda Chronicles,” Lego unveiled a full-scale X-wing fighter in New York's Times Square…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 08:26AMKinky Boots Captures Sirius XM For Memorial Day Weekend: Kinky Boots, the new smash hit Broadway musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 08:26AMHow Angela Lansbury, Alec Baldwin, Andrea Martin and Harvey Fierstein Got Thier Equity Cards: Angela Lansbury: "When I first came to New York City from England in 1940, I was fifteen.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 08:26AMAdam's Call: Laura Benanti at 54 Below: If you are looking for something to do this holiday weekend, make sure you go see Laura Benanti at 54 Below. Her show, "In Constant Search of The Righ…
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This strange, original piece has enjoyed huge success at the Edinburgh Fringe, on Broadway and is now touring the UK.
Very loosely it tells the (true?) story of magician William Henderson…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMThis latest production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, to borrow from football punditry, is a play of two halves. Before the half time whistle is blown we a taken at a canter through a se…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMOur staff list the best events in the week ahead.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 07:54AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMFrench favourite Jerry Lewis, 87, presents new movie and keeps press – mostly – in stitches at the Cannes film festivalThe French adoration of comic Jerry Lewis is a legendary, and the…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:51AMThe Sherlock Holmes franchise has been assiduously exploited on the written page, on stage, cinema and TV ever since A Study in Scarlet announced the arrival of the world’s greatest detect…
Linked From The Independent at 07:48AMThe musical "Murder Ballad" debuted last fall as part of a Manhattan Theater Club series devoted to new work. Now, it's transferred downtown to the Union Square Theatre, which has …
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When Bell Shakespeare deviates from the master, you know there’s a good reason. From Ancient Greek myth via Euripides, through Seneca’s Rome, past Racine in France and finally to Ted Hug…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 01:44AMWhen Henry James wrote What Maisie Knew in 1897, little did he dream that more than a century later it would form the basis for a screenplay that would speak with equally corrosive authentic…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:32AMBroadway Box OfficeWeeks 49 and 5004.29 - 05.12.13Kinky BootsVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike SHOW TITLE SHOW TYPE WEEK 47 WEEK 48 2 WEEKRANK Ann Solo Play 30 31 31Annie Musi…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 01:28AMReviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer The About Face Youth Theatre Company has remounted last year’s “What’s The T?”, this time with a focus on the changing Boystown district, raci…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 01:27AMIf you can't climb ev'ry mountain, the Mountain Play's 100th anniversary makes it well worth climbing Mount Tam to see The Sound of Music.
Linked From The Idiolect at 01:27AMAny dog lover will recognize the canine behavior in Sylvia, the play about an adorable new dog and the couple whose marriage it threatens.
Linked From The Idiolect at 01:27AMRachel Axler has a split personality when it comes to her writing life. As a comedy writer, she’s made a name for herself in the land of fake news (“The Daily Show”) and sitcoms (“Bo…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:12AMMoving to Paris gives Dorante the opportunity to reinvent himself. And he does it with a vengeance in David Ives adaptation of “The Liar,” Corneille’s classic 1643 farce. You see, once…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:12AMCan the mass appeal of television dance shows transfer to the stage? The three enterprising co-founders of Shaping Sound, a new company created last year for just that purpose, believe the a…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 01:12AMShakespeare has been absorbing the slings and arrows of “modernizing” directors and adapters for years. So have the ancient Greeks. And the truth is, the resulting productions often emer…
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ETC. Theater, dance and painting — all with a spiritual undertowTHAT INNER GLOW An infant that glows with an unearthly light is at the center of Stefanie Zadravec’s “The Electric Ba…
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He's never won a Tony Award, but that's no matter. Alvin Epstein, one of the truly great stage actors, has played his share of roles that are better than any award could top. Who else can sa…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:51AMRum Tum Tugger is a curious cat: He has a curiously large blowout. He has curiously superhuman (cat?) strength. And he's curiously sexy…for a cat. For all of the afore mentioned reasons, …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:51AMHold your breath. Make a wish. Now count to three.
Come with me, and you’ll be at the first preview of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”!
I have a spy who went under cover as an Oomp…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AM‘Basilica” is the rare new play that spares us the self-inflated problems of the white, big-city middle class. Set in gritty south Texas, the show deals with the travails of the blue-col…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AMLove lost and found is at the heart of the best works in Ensemble Studio Theatre’s “34th Marathon of One-Act Plays.” The first in its annual three-part series is a better-than-usual bi…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AMThe Pasadena Playhouse, in association with David Shor Productions, presents SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - THE MUSICAL. Performances for the world premiere presentation will begin tonight, May 24 t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMProducers Steven Van Zandt and Maureen Van Zandt, Marc Brickman, Larry Magid and Base Entertainment have announced that the sold-out Broadway engagement The Rascals Once Upon a Dream will em…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMTo conclude its 45th season, Berkeley Repertory Theatre welcomes back a pair of acclaimed collaborators Sarah Ruhl and Les Waters, the creators of Eurydice, Three Sisters, and In the Next Ro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:46AM By: David ShewardLaila Robbins (Nominee "Sorry"), Richard Kind (Winner "The Big Knife")This time of year in the New York theater is crazy with the amount of priz…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 12:46AMDustin Lance Black and Kristin Hanggi will also be honored at the June 14 ceremony.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 12:35AMThe Théâtre du Châtelet's recent production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George, which st…
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMThe U.S. regional premiere of the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical Road Show, which traces the lives of eccentric brothers Wilson and Addison Mizner on their quest for the American…
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMTim Martin Gleason, Chandra Lee Schwartz and Joe West star in the world-premiere production of Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical, which is presented by Pasadena Playhouse in…
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returns to the intimate Manhattan venue 54 Below May 24. Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, Nick Blaemire and Zak Resnick are among the eve…
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMThe Rascals: Once Upon a Dream, a new concert event written by guitarist Steven Van Zandt, with music and lyrics by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, begins a North American tour beginning …
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMSarah Ruhl and Les Waters, creators of Eurydice, Three Sisters and In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), reunite for the West Coast premiere of Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth, which concludes …
Linked From Playbill at 12:34AMThe Crossroadsby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonLife is very interesting. It is difficult at times and not always fun, but most of us choose to hang on to it. It is so unpredictable. A coup…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:20AMMy WagnerCosmic connections, music/man/myth, nine T&I's, MahlerWe asked friends to write us a small piece on the theme "My Wagner" to celebrate the composer's 200th anniversary this week…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:20AMThe show: "Twelfth Night" at Hartford Stage
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