"A friend of mine has asked me to write the music for the Broadway musical version of the film Diner," says Sheryl Crow
Linked From at 12:00AMDirector Susan Stroman finds the perfect sensibility for this musical from the legendary team of Kander and Ebb.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:00AMKristine Reese got her start acting at Apple Valley High; now she's playing Elphaba's sister. And Twin Cities theater vet Don Amendolia is the Wizard.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:00AM"Garbo and Me" will be performed tonight (Saturday night ) at Rutland's Paramount Theatre.
Linked From www.vpr.net at 12:00AMTHEATER REVIEW: Kelli O'Hara at Ravinia Festival
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:00AM'Wicked' insights from Stephen Schwartz
Linked From Michigan Live at 12:00AMSome productions that end up on Broadway often get their tryouts at such places like the Shubert's in New Haven, or some of the playhouses in New England or upstate New York. So, why not Joh…
Linked From www.wicz.com at 12:00AMIn A&E's new series "Teach: Tony Danza," the actor and Broadway star (and cookbook author?) ditches the entertainment scene to take on the role of a 10th-grade English teacher at the Philade…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:00AMShows stick it out after a shift from Broadway
Linked From Variety at 12:00AMFor all the smarts in Mark Morris' work, it should be better. Case in point: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato," which the big bad boy of modern dance brought to the Mostly Mozart Fes…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM1919 Actors' Equity calls the longest strike in American theatre history. Francis Bacon's Lightin' and 12 other Broadway shows go dark as the fledgling union's struggle for recognition moves to the picket lines. Four days later, the chorus in Flo Ziegfeld's Follies form Chorus Equity and elect Marie Dressler as their first President. After 30 days, 37 closed productions and 16 prevented openings, and a loss of $3 million, the strike is settled and managers sign a five year contract. Responding to Equity's call for recognition, producer/director/actor George M. Cohan said "I will drive an elevator for a living before I will do business with any actors’ union." A sign later appeared in Times Square saying "Elevator Operator Wanted: George M. Cohan need not apply."
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMFran Weissler freely admits that she had little exposure to theatre as a kid, and that she was not good at counting out change. That didn't stop her from being one of Broadway's major produc…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMRoadkill Confidential, the world premiere of "a noir-ish meditation on brutality" by Sheila Callaghan, will be presented by the Obie-winning Clubbed Thumb theatre company Sept. 7-28.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Goodspeed Musicals production of >Carnival!, the musical about an impressionable lass who joins a circus, is a reminder that one of the choice soprano roles in American musical theatre is a girl named Lili.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com has learned initial casting for the North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of the Jeffrey Lane-David Yazbek musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which will begin performances at the Massachusetts venue Sept. 21.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMReal-life married couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley are the Goodmans in >Next to Normal.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com has learned that The Theater Hall of Fame will celebrate its 40th anniversary during its annual induction ceremony Jan. 24, 2011, in the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMTwo of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's veteran leading ladies -- Tamara Tunie and Laila Robins -- will appear there this fall.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin will star in the world-premiere production of >Compulsion on Berkeley Rep's intimate Thrust Stage Sept. 13-Oct. 31 in Berkeley, CA.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway Impact will celebrate the recent over-ruling of Proposition 8 in California with an evening at the Manhattan bar Therapy Aug. 9 from 7-9 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe new >Jeffrey Lane-David Yazbek musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a Lincoln Center Theater production, which will arrive on Broadway Oct. 2 at the Belasco Theatre, will double as a Gypsy reunion.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe new >Jeffrey Lane-David Yazbek musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a Lincoln Center Theater production, which will arrive on Broadway Oct. 2 at the Belasco Theatre, will double as a Gypsy reunion.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMProduction: Roundabout Theatre Company's Mrs. Warren's Profession, written by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Doug Hughes, starring Cherry Jones, Sally Hawkins, Adam Driver, Mark Harelik, Edward Hibbert and Michael Siberry.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMPeter Nero and the Philly Pops will present Broadway Rocks! Oct. 6-10 at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's production of >Mrs. Warren's Profession directed by Doug Hughes, met with members of the press on Aug. 6.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe Kennedy Center's Ninth Annual Page to Stage Festival will take place Sept. 4-6 in Washington, D.C. During the festival, free readings and open rehearsals of new plays and musicals be…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMNeil Patrick Harris' new staging of the Pulitzer Prize-winning >Rent runs at the historic Hollywood Bowl Aug. 6-8. This week's CELEB PlayBlogger Telly Leung -- who plays Angel in the production -- offers a look backstage at his fellow Rent-ers.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe international hit >Mamma Mia!, which has already been presented in over 240 cities, will arrive in Brazil this fall.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMItamar Moses' romantic comedy >Completeness, about two science-minded grad students, will get its world premiere in a production by South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA, in 2011.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMMegan Cavanagh, known for playing a female baseball player in the World War II-era film "A League of Their Own," will cross genders for the 42nd Street Moon when she plays the wily Roman slave Pseudolus in a concert production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Oct. 6-24 at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen star John Barrowman, who made his Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard, will play London's Royal Albert Hall Oct. 4 as part of his 2010 U.K. concert tour.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe Color Purple Tony nominee Elisabeth Withers will release her second solo recording in September.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMA host of New York theatre talent will take part in Sing For The Cure: A Benefit, which will be presented Aug. 15 at 8 PM at Don't Tell Mama in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMLegally Blonde Tony nominee Laura Bell Bundy has landed a recurring role on the hit CBS situation comedy "How I Met Your Mother," according to Entertainment Weekly.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMA >Rock of Ages after-party was held Aug. 5 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the honorary chairs for Arena Stage's grand re-opening and yearlong inaugural season at the Mead Center, which includes the Openi…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMLondon's Tricyle Theatre will present the British premiere of >Tiny Kushner, a collection of five one-act plays by Tony Kushner starting Sept. 1.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy Award winner Rosie O'Donnell will return to daytime television in 2011 when she hosts a new talk show for OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMFrom Portland to Hollywood, Anna Kendrick is on a meteoric rise
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