The Lookingglass Theatre Company has announced its 2011-12 season, bookended by two Chicago-themed shows. In the fall, Lookingglass will restage John Musial's “The Great Fire,” a piece a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:59PMOscar-winning screenwriter Neil Jordan certainly dodged a cannonball when he backed out of "Spider-Man: Iceberg Dead Ahead."
Jordan, whose movies include "The Crying Game," was the first…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:54PMPlease join us as Jack Garfein discusses and signs his book Life & Acting: Techniques for the Actor
If an actor or director's life experience affects what that person brings to the stage…
SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 10:01PMRobin Rice Lichtig's play about tormented siblings gets a sterile, badly acted production.
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Seattle's Intiman Theatre announced it has raised about $175,000 in cash and pledges for the company's emergency Impact Intiman campaign.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 08:26PMThe Hollywood Reporter announced today that Charlie Sheen has added additional dates to his one-man touring show, Charlie Sheen Live My Violent Torpedo of TruthDefeat is Not an Option Tour.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMLegit News: Performed in Yiddish theater -- Actress Shifra Lerer, who performed in the Yiddish theater, died in New York City on Saturday of a stroke. She was 95.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:20PMHampstead, LondonMae West liked a guy who took his time, and Mike Leigh certainly exercises that privilege in this 2¾-hour play originally seen at Hampstead in 1979. But, although there may…
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A particularly bold 2011-2012 season of four major musicals and an imaginative drama was announced today for the Ahmanson Theatre by Michael Ritchie, Center Theatre Group Artistic Director.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58PMSeattle dancer/choreographer Catherine Cabeen leads a My Favorite Things tour at Seattle Art Museum on March 18, 2011.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:54PMPhilip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa should get themselves to East Fourth Street. They are the director and playwright charged with transforming the newly de-Taymored $65 milli…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:49PMMy friends and regular readers are aware of the cool reception I gave Trevor Nunn’s revival of A Little Night Music that played the Walter Kerr last year. I don’t want to rehash …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 07:13PMThe blockbuster musical "Jersey Boys" will be returning to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford Oct. 19 to Nov. 6 for nearly a three-week run.The show will not be part of …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:11PMAt least one resignation and disagreements about the musical's future are causing problems.
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, MCC honored a slew of talented theater folk (including recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Judith Light and Rosemarie DeWitt) at its annual Miscast gala …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:58PMOn his off night from Broadway's hit revival of Driving Miss Daisy, two-time Tony winner James Earl Jones decided to drive on over to another show. On March 14, Jones headed to the Wests…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:36PMDavid Mitchell's new opera, Guardian hack Tom Service's new career, and the Theatre Uncut guide to making drama out of a crisisA novel approach to opera There's a school of thought that says…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PMTHEATER REVIEW: "First Ladies" ★★½ Through April 16 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W. Cortland Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $20 at 773-384-0494 or www.trapdoortheatre.co…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:28PMThe Paley Center for Media is presenting the twenty-eighth annual PaleyFest William S. Paley Television Festival PaleyFest2011 from March 4 to 17, 2011 at the historic Saban Theatre in Bever…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMRising diva Leslie Kritzer steps into Newsical for a month
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 06:10PMFour-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will be featured tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16 on The Today Show during the 1000-1100 AM hour. Fierstein won a 1984 Tony Award for Best Book of a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMIn the all-new JACKIE FIVE-OH, the blisteringly funny, filter-free Hoffman muses on her own decay at 50, her career of playing bit' parts, her thoughts about being in The Addams Family and a…
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Legit News: Co-author owes company damages -- Entertainment Events, Inc., a producer of Off Broadway-scale touring productions, has won an arbitration battle with one of the co-creators of "…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that the smash international hit of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE is kicking off its tour in Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, March15, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more inform…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:39PM<em>Spider-Man</em> exemplifies a larger story -- the transformation of the Great White Way from a collection of buildings dedicated to advancing the art of theater to nothing le…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:36PMBlue Man Group’s creators and original stars are returning to the stage at the Astor Place Theatre for their 20th reunion, and they have a special guest opening for them. Dave Matthews…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe stars of Sesame Street _ the real people _ are on Capitol Hill helping unions and activist groups protest proposed federal spending cuts to public broadcasting.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:35PMUSA Today interviewed Daniel Radcliffe, star of the new Broadway production of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, as he d…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:27PMCMT is adding made-for-television movies to its development and programming slate with the creation of the CMT ORIGINAL MOVIES franchise, it was announced today by Mary Beth Cunin, SVP, Prog…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMDaphne Rubin-Vega and Estelle Parsons are set to Join the cast of TROY WOMEN at Red Bull Theatre. Written by by Karen Hartmen and directed by Leigh Silverman, The show is described as a brut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMKathy Griffin admits in her new Broadway show, Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony, that she knows diddly about Broadway, and that her chances of winning one of Broadway’s biggest trophies is …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMWhile reading the Times this morning, my husband K discovered that our friend Judd Jones had died. That means the world is a less fun place.
Judd, who passed on March 9 at the age o…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 05:11PMSoho Rep's awesome Writer/Director Lab is back for 2011.Writers & Directors pairs create plays from scratch.Free. First come, first served. All readings are at 7pm at Soho Rep.FORT LEEA …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 05:05PMAngela Bassett will star in Frank Tangredi's Pastoral as part of the the Pasadena Playhouse's 2011-12 season, according to a report in Variety. The production is scheduled to begi…
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Comedian, actor, writer and prolific tweeter Jim Gaffigan recently added another notch to his artistic belt when he made his stage debut in the current Broadway revival of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:59PMHere's a great promo clip for Aditi Brennan Kapil's world premiere of "Agnes Under the Big Top," now playing through April 3 at Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II in New Haven.
The video was cre…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:58PMBrian Bedford, the director and star of The Importance of Being Earnest , embraced exactly the opposite notion when creating the spectacle that will soon debut in Cinemas. Bedford shows th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:50PMTHE PECCADILLO THEATER COMPANY
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Even before previews begin, March 12th, the initial four week run is SOLD OUT. An additional wee…
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THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
A NEW PLAY BY
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STARRING
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:38PMSeattle Theatre Group announces the Broadway at the Paramount Series: "Million Dollar Quartet," "American Idiot," the Blue Man Group.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:36PMTHE MOTHERFKER WITH THE HAT, the new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vzquez, has announced a student rush ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PMTwo-time Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer, whose Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde and Hairspray, will join the cast of Newsical Full Spin Ahea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMA New York Times reporter was killed in World War II. The newspaper took awhile to explain what happened.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:30PMAt 78, the dancer/teacher/producer launches her 11th dance festival
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PMAt 78, the dancer/teacher/producer launches her 11th dance festival
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PMVeteran Production Stage Manager Beverley Randolph died Tuesday, March 15 at her home in Bloomingdale, NJ, surrounded by family and friends. The cause was cancer. The highly-respected Randol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMThis video may better help you understand Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 04:24PMBroadway’s illustrious Roundabout Theater Company rolled out the red carpet at the Roseland Ballroom on March 14 when it celebrated its 2011 Spring Gala: Alec Baldwin: A Musical Tribut…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:15PMLucy Devito, Autumn Dornfeld, Mia Katigbak, Sue Jean Kim, Annie Mcnamara, Estelle Parsons, Keith Randolph Smith, and Daphne Rubin-Vega will be among the performers in a staged concert readin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMThe cast of the critically acclaimed rock musical American Idiot welcomes back JOSHUA HENRY, original Broadway cast member and star of The Scottsboro Boys, on Tuesday, March 15, as “Fa…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 04:14PMLove, Loss and What I Wore, based on Ilene Beckerman's 1995 book about clothes and the memories they trigger, will kick off a national tour at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:13PMActressDirector Phylicia Rashad is set to make her Los Angeles directorial debut with the Ebony Repertory Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic play A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Ebony…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMAndrea McArdle and daughter Alexis Kalehoff co-star as a mother and daughter in TheatreWorks' BLOOD BROTHERS in Naples, Florida. Performances run through March 20.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PM"Love, Loss and What I Wore," an Off-Broadway show about life, romance and fashion, as written by Nora and Delia Ephron from the book by Ilene Beckerman, will begin its national tour in Chic…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:09PMAlexandra Deshorties, Patricia Schuman, Deborah Voigt, and J'nai Bridges will perform in the Glimmerglass Festival's 2011 spring gala, to be held at The Metropolitan Club in Manhat…
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Zach Braff will host the Huntington Theatre Company's 2011 Spotlight Spectacular! to be held on Monday, May 9 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. The event will raise money for the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMLegit Reviews: Two volatile siblings get stuck in a cabin during a storm, not realizing they are actually in play by Neil LaBute.
SOURCE: Variety at 03:56PMThe Ethel Barrymore Theatre is full of discussion of mathematical theology, historical conspiracies, existential dilemmas and plenty of other deep subject matter as the revival of Tom Stoppa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMThe Ethel Barrymore Theatre is full of discussion of mathematical theology, historical conspiracies, existential dilemmas and plenty of other deep subject matter as the revival of Tom Stoppa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMThe Ethel Barrymore Theatre is full of discussion of mathematical theology, historical conspiracies, existential dilemmas and plenty of other deep subject matter as the revival of Tom Stoppa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMAtlantic Theater Company presented Can You Spare a Dime, a Gala Celebration last night Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMThe only thing as good (or better) than seeing great theater in New York is seeing great theater out of town. My grandfather always said that food tastes better when you dine out, and the sa…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 03:39PMStage Manager Beverley Randolph died of cancer on Tuesday, March 15 at her home in Bloomingdale, New Jersey. She was 59.
Randolph stage managed more than 20 Broadway productions over the co…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMTwo-time Drama Desk nominee Leslie Kritzer will join the Off-Broadway cast of Newsical: Full Spin Ahead, at The Kirk at Theatre Row, March 25-April 23. Kritzer is filling in for star Christi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMLeslie Kritzer will join the cast of off-Broadway's Newsical: Full Spin Ahead on March 25 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre. Kritzer is stepping in to the production for Christine Pedi, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMAlfred Music Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the officially licensed songbook for the beloved Cole Porter musical Anything Goes, which returns to Broadway this spring in a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMTonight Tuesday, March 15th, Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director is thrilled to celebrate the 100th performance of the new Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's comedy T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMAfter more than a decade tapping his feet to a lightning-fast cadence 28 taps per second Michael Flatley is jumping onto the silver screen with "Lord of the Dance in 3-D."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:17PMWithin a city block of each other, The Sonneteer and The Young Man From Atlanta examine early '50s homophobia, among other subjects, but in very different cultures and using very different s…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:12PMChristian Schiaretti brings the cruel comedy alive with freshness and vigour and, in spite of classy costumes, engaging performances and heaving bosoms, nothing stops this production running…
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:02PMNoël Coward's comedies deal with urbane, comfortable protagonists when urbanity and comfort are tested to their limits, rather than characters all but living there already, writes Ian Shutt…
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:02PMBushwick can be a gray place during the frigid months of winter. With no leaves on the trees and more parked cars than parks, the Brooklyn neighborhood can feel like a never-ending flow of c…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:02PMEntrusting a cast of students with a Handel opera might seem rash, but proves a promising start to this year's London Handel Festival, writes Richard Fairman
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:02PMActor known for her role as Dora, the wife of Inspector Wexford in the popular TV seriesLouie Ramsay, who has died aged 81, was a dynamic musical comedy actor who became a dramatic linchpin …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMThe Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday asked the owner of the Manufacturer's Hanover Trust building on Fifth Avenue at 43rd Street to revise its renovation plans for the building's…
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In the folowing conversation Tony Kushner sits down with Andrea Bernstein to chat about his plays ANGELS IN AMERICA and THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE, as well as 'The Kids Are All Right.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Some Enchanted Evening" ★★★½ Through April 30 by Theo Ubique at The No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood Ave.; $25-$30 at 800-595-4849 and www.theoubique.org Theo Ubique Ca…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:46PMIn a lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas on March 11, the Dallas Observer reported, Arnold Leon Schroeder, Jr., Mrs. Reves's son from a previous marriage, has sued the museum claiming t…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:45PMFEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed Best of New York by New York Magazine and an invaluable New York institution by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Directed by and Starring
Brian Bedford
Celebrates 100th performance on Broadway tonight!
“The great actor Brian Bedford is bri…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 02:42PMLaura Bell Bundy, along with Rick Schroder, is set to star in a CMT movie tentatively titled To the Mat. Rob Iscove will direct the project, which is set to premiere in August.
The movie, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMBrunton, MusselburghOne man produces semen that smells like a dead seagull's armpit. On the other side of the valley, the boils on his brother's chest seep fluid that tastes like nectar. As …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:23PMRoyal & Derngate, NorthamptonIn the age of the blogger, we are all potential Mr Pooters, the dull Victorian bank clerk whose everyday doings in Holloway are chronicled in George and Weedon G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:23PMSam Anderson wrote about the delights of writing and reading marginalia in books by and for grownups. But what about children.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:15PMTwo-time Tony nominee Charlotte Rae will reunite with her Facts of Life co-stars Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields, Nancy McKeon, and Lisa Whelchel at this year's TV Land Awards, which tapes Apri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMMusicals Tonight continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next editions of At This Performance...TM to be held on Sunday, March 20th and M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMTwyla Tharp will create a new dance work for the Atlanta Ballet, according to published reports. The company will debut the piece in February 2012, and it will subsequently be presented by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMDaniel Radcliffe recently visited “The Today Show” to discuss making his Broadway musical debut in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Radcliffe, who previously app…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMLEE ROY REAMS JOINS SHOW IN A SPECIAL OPENING NUMBER
“The BROADWAY BEAUTY PAGEANT”
Next MONDAY, MARCH 21st, 2011 at 8:00 pm At Peter Norton SYMPHONY SPACE
The Broad…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 02:01PMHere's a sneak peek at the Yale Repertory Theatre production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." The show, now in previews, opens Thursday and runs through April 2 in New Haven.Dire…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:01PMAustin is even more serious about the beer, which was being shuffled around by a forklift behind The Stage.
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Cast Announced for
THEATRE EAST Production of
“THE SOLDIER DREAMS”
NEW YORK PREMIERE Off Broadway at The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row)
Previews Begin March 25 - &nbs…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 01:57PMAlison Fraser, who is currently appearing off-Broadway in The Divine Sister, will star as Arsinoe in David Ives' Moliere-inspired The School For Lies at Classic Stage Company. Frase…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMIn the coming weeks, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, advocacy and awareness will sit down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMA play with a long production history, Seascape with Sharks and Dancer was first done at the Theatre Barn at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1974. It went on to productions at…
SOURCE: Daily Plays at 01:47PMDaniel Radcliffe got up early on March 15 to check in at NBC’s The Today Show, the latest stop on his How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying media tour. Radcliffe sat do…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMDeborah Eisenberg was named the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction on Tuesday for "The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMSculpture and photography don’t usually marry well, other than for purely documentary purposes. But photographer Gregory Vershbow and sculptor Wilson Lawrence have collaborated on a fi…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:28PMOriginal American Idiot star Joshua Henry will return to the role of Favorite Son on March 15 at the St. James Theatre. David Larsen will also join the cast as Tunny, replacing Stark Sands w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMHOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING star Daniel Radcliffe stopped by the 'Today Show' this morning to chat about his new Broadway musical and life after playing Harry Potter.The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMBroadway star and former American Idol finalist Justin Guarini will kick off Feinstein at the Loews Regency's new series Rock Talk on Monday, April 4 at 10pm. He will be joined by WABC-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:22PMTony Award winner Richard Easton will recite the prologue to Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, also known as The Bard's Poem, at the start of the New York Philharmonic&a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMGhostlight Records will record the original cast album of the new musical The Book of Mormon, playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. A studio date as well as release date will be annou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PMAccording to Whatsonstage.com, Angela Lansbury might be returning to the West End to star in the upcoming revival of PYGMALION. As previously reported, Lansbury would join Rupert Everett and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThe McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, has announced its 2011-2012 theater season, which will kick off with Tony Award winner John Doyle's production of Richard Rodgers and Lor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company production -- based on the Hartford Stage production -- of Tennessee Williams' "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," directed by Michael Wilson, is now e…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:03PMBob Dylan, whose songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Masters of War" were sung at many a Vietnam War-era protest, is scheduled to perform a set list of his own determining on April 10 in H…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PMDisney Theatrical Productions is working on adapting several popular titles for both Broadway and regional stages including Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Father of the Bride and Freaky Friday,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM
Chris Pine, Ed Harris, Lin-Manuel Miranda and In the Heights were among the winners of the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, presented March 14 in a ceremony at the Colony Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PMWith the outcome of funding applications imminent, let's hope the Arts Council has tackled inequalities across the countryOn 30 March the Arts Council will announce the outcome of national p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMWith the outcome of funding applications imminent, let's hope the Arts Council has tackled inequalities across the countryOn 30 March the Arts Council will announce the outcome of national p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PM**PERFORMANCES BEGIN TONIGHT**
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
A NEW PLAY BY
STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS
STARRING
BOBBY CANNAVALE, CHRIS ROCK, ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ,
ANNABELLA SCIORRA, YUL VÁZQUEZ
DIR…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:48PMPerformances begin tonight for THE MOTHERFKER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vzquez.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMWorks by America’s Sarah Ruhl and Germany’s Roland Schimmelpfennig are included as well
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:43PMIt seems one can’t get enough of the “If you Give a X a Y” formula these days to assure a good time. Following last year’s successful “Pig” and “Pancake” du…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:40PMThe producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that original Broadway cast member and star of Scottsboro Boys Joshua Henry will return to the company on Tuesday, Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMThe movie, billed as a dark comedy, is about a young man who is terminally ill and flips out over the thought of his roommate starting a new job.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30PMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth has joined the cast of the ABC pilot Good Christian Bitches, according to Deadline.com. The dramedy, written by Robert Harling and produced by Darren S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMRichard Schiff is replacing the previously announced Kerry Shale in the London premiere of Jack Rosenthal’s Smash! The play, which also stars Tony Award winner Tom Conti and Natal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST MEMBER JOSHUA HENRY
RETURNS AS ‘FAVORITE SON’
AND
DAVID LARSEN JOINS THE CAST AS ‘TUNNY’
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011
American Idiot
Get American Idiot Ticke…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:28PMHallelujah Broadway, the musical extravaganza from Bill Hughes, the producer of The Irish Tenors, is based on the simple premise that powerful songs can bring an audience to their feet, glad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMPhantom of the Opera Broadway TV Ad - 'Spectacle'
Phantom of the Opera Broadway TV Ad - 'Love Story'
The latest hi-definition video from http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:22PMThe Railway Children Auditions
On March 14, 2001 there was an open casting call for children's auditions for The Railway Children. They showed up in droves at the Metro Convention Centr…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:10PMSTEVE ROSEN JOINS THE CAST OF
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP PRODUCTION OF
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
Read My Review of Peter and the Starcatcher
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Arti…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:06PMThe troubled musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark continues to inspire headlines – and late-night commentary, including this spoof that recently aired on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMBroadway Beat recently went behind the scenes of Broadway's newest musical, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, which just began previews at the Neil Simon Theatre last week. During their visit at the rehe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMPhantom of the Opera Broadway TV Ad - 'Love Story'
The latest hi-definition video from http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com
Check out the latest TV ad for the Broadway production of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PMAl Gore's new book, about what the former vice president calls "the drivers of global change," was picked up for the publishing house by Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize-winner and former New…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PMThe Public Theater
Begins Previews
For The World Premiere Of
Mona Mansour’s
URGE FOR GOING
On Friday, March 25
Directed by Hal Brooks,
URGE FOR GOING runs March 25 – April …
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Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Cheyenne Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Marsha Mason, Bebe Neuwirth, Mary-Louise Parker, Sherie Rene Scott and more stars come out for Roundabout's Spring Gala.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMNY Minute #11 - Charissa Bertels, Actress | Presented by MTI ShowSpace
Charissa Bertels, Actress, joins NY Minute - a MTI ShowSpace series where we capture myriad Broadway personnel's l…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:57AMKathleen Turner will take part in a TimesTalks event to be held at TheTimesCenter on Monday, May 2 at 6:30pm. The two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee will be …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMTwo-time Tony Award-nominated Alison Fraser has joined the cast of David Ives' new comedy, THE SCHOOL FOR LIES, from the Molire classic The Misanthrope, directed by Tony Award winner Walter …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMIt's easy to be snooty about both Sienna Miller and Britain's nostalgia for its wartime heroes – but critics agree the combination makes for a jolly good showIt is easy, and enjoyable, to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AM20-Song Tour de Force ‘An Evening With Sutton Foster – Live at the Cafe Carlyle,’ Set for March 15th Release by Ghostlight Records
Foster’s “Irresistible Cabaret Show” …
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 11:45AMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Chita Rivera will lead a 29 Hour reading of THE DISTANT BELLS for Roundabout Theatre Company. Rivera will play Margaret Bell, the plays heroin. The story ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMA perfect cast in a fine play under the direction of a seasoned professional and usually all will be well. Actually it’s better than “well” at the Samuel J.Friedman Theatre where the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:34AMGo backstage at Broadway’s WONDERLAND – A New Alice. A New Musical with set designer Neil Patel as he explains the design and loading-in of the scenery for the new musical which begi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:33AMJoshua Henry, PJ Griffith, and David Larsen will join the Broadway company of American Idiot, at the St. James Theatre, beginning tonight, March 15.
Henry will be reprising the role do Favo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AMHere's a picture of actor Peter Strauss, currently featured in the world premiere of "Divine Rivalry" at Hartford Stage. It's a shot by Courant photographer Steve Dunne that didn't make it t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:29AMAlessandro Nivola will both star in and produce the movie A Single Shot, according to a report on Deadline.com. David M. Rosenthal is directing the project.
Matthew F. Jones has written ha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMA lawsuit over photos attributed to Ansel Adams has been settled without resolving the question of who really took them. But two sides have agreed to stop arguing, at least in public.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMOK, I think it's time to explain my relative silence on the whole Spider-Man fiasco. Last September, I was admitted into the Outer Critics Circle, an august organization of theater writers w…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 11:21AMAccording to Variety, stage veteran Logan Marshall-Green is set to join Ridley Scott's newest project Prometheus. Production for the film begins this spring. Also set to star in the movie ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMA music video for “Try to Say,” the new single from Broadway actress Lauren Molina’s album “Sea for Two,” has been released.
The video, featuring gently eerie p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMCybill Shepherd and B.D. Wong have both been cast in forthcoming pilots, according to published reports.
BD Wong, who won a Tony Award for M Butterfly, will star in NBC's REM. The sho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMFrances Conroy, Cybill Shepherd and B.D. Wong have both been cast in forthcoming pilots, according to published reports.
Conroy, a Tony Award nominee for The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, will co-s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMI worked in comedy clubs for over 20 years, as an openly gay comedian. Five years ago I was booked at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago; it is what we call an “A” room in the comedy biz. I…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 11:00AMStarting a blog is one of the action items I give when I consult with executives at non-profit theaters. I'm a big believer in putting a face and a voice behind a brand. Simply put . . . a c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
A London favorite still in the midst of a West End run, the National Theatre production of War Horse gallops onto Broadway in an American-cast staging at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beau…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMBarrington Stage Company has announced its complete Stage 2 season, which as previously reported, will kick off with the Off-Broadway hit Zero Hour, starring Jim Brochu (May18-June 5), follo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMBroadway favorite and GLEE star Matthew Morrison's recenty stopped by 'Live With Regis and Kelly' to chat about his new album, his break-dancing past, and more. Morrison's full album will be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMSomeone needed to collect data on the LA theater scene -- specifically, data that would reflect how frequently women’s plays were produced (or, we later decided, “nurtured”) in Los Ang…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 10:53AMHost Andy Cohen joined honorary chairs Hugh Dancy, Claire Daines, David Duchovny and Ta Leoni for MCC's annual MISCAST Gala. This one-night-only musical spectacular featured Broadway's hott…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera will appear on Turner Classic Movies alongside host Robert Osborne for an evening of movies chosen by the star herself on Thursday, April 8, beginning at 8pm.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera will appear on Turner Classic Movies alongside host Robert Osborne for an evening of movies chosen by the star herself on Thursday, April 8, beginning at 8pm.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMMusicals Tonight! will present the latest editions of its At this Performance series on Sunday, March 20 and Monday, March 21 at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre.
The series, which is hosted by St…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:47AMTwo time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser will join Jenn Gambatese, Mamie Gummer, and Hamish Linklater in Classic Stage Company's presentation of The School for Lies, to run April 13-Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMMCC Theater held a benefit performance of Miscast 2011, at The Hammerstein Ballroom, on Monday, March 14. Andy Cohen hosted the event, which raised funds for the theater's ongoing work.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMChristian Campbell, Alan Cumming, Stephanie' d'Abruzzo, and Alison Fraser will be among the artists who will join singer-songwriter Drew Brody for Songs I Drew, at Joe's Pub o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:26AMBefore Daniel Radcliffe started playing HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT RELLY TRYING's leading man, J. Pierrepont Finch, the part belonged to now 'Mad Men' star Robert Morse. Morse, who o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM"Behind the Lines" at WAR HORSE - Episode 1
Matt Doyle takes you backstage at WAR HORSE during tech week and introduces a few cast members.
Stay tuned for additional episodes o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:21AMShifra Lerer, a longtime actress of the Yiddish theater, has died in New York City at the age of 95.
Lerer was born in Argentina, where she was discovered at the age of 5 by legendary Yiddis…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:18AMMy mother, Eve Merriam, wrote the successful but controversial book of rhymes called The Inner City Mother Goose, which became the basis for the Broadway musical Inner City, conceived and di…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 10:10AMThe claws come out in Goodman Theatre’s production of Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage.” The last Yasmina Reza play I saw I absolutely hated. So, when all my New York f…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:02AM
Whether it's high-concept experimental theatre or stripped-down touring work, Germany's fringe surprises at every turn – what would you recommend?The thing I find most difficult when writi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMBeware the Ides of March. For some, maybe. But not all.
Certainly for "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark," which was to have opened after many delays. It's been delayed again, continuing preview…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:43AMLast week saw the new members of the Love Never Dies cast take to the stage at the Adelphi Theatre and in this exclusive video clip, here they all are to introduce themselves and say hello
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMRichard Schiff has joined the company of Jack Rosenthal's SMASH!, to run March 24 - May 8 at the Menier Chocolate Factory, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. He replaces the pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMThe play is a farce set in the 1880s. Electricity is in its infancy, and doctors have a new tool for treating women diagnosed with "hysteria" - the vibrator.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:30AMLinda Woolverton will write the book for a musical adaptation of Tim Burton's 3D Alice in Wonderland movie, according to a report in Variety. Robert Jess Roth stein is scheduled to dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMIf the show wants some other options, late night TV host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel has offered up 'Death of a SPIDER-MAN' with his humorous take about the show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMDeborah Eisenberg, whose short stories provided the basis for Michael John LaChiusa's musical, Little Fish, has won this year's PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Collected Sto…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:07AMEric Ting, associate artistic director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre, will be the speaker in a special "in conversation" program with the Stratford Library, in conjunction with the Conne…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:02AM
Logan Marshall-Green will join the cast of the science fiction movie Prometheus, according to a report in Variety. Ridley Scott will direct the project, which begins shooting this spring.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:58AMTovah Feldshuh will be the host; Rachel Dratch, Carson Kressley, and Bruce Vilanch will be the judges; and Lee Roy Reams will be among the performers for the 5th annual Broadway Beauty Pagea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:56AMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010. Announcements were made at a cere…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth has been cast in the ABC dramedy pilot Good Christian Bitches, according to a report on TVLine.com.
Based on the book of the same name, the show center…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:48AMThe all new 21st Season of Broadway Beat is here This week catch up with Broadway Beat at the press events for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO and PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThe Broadway Beauty Pageant adds Lee Roy Reams to open the show in a special number Beautiful Boys created by Gerard Alessandrini. The award-winning Tovah Feldshuh will be the host for this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Steve Rosen will join the cast of Peter and the Starcatcher, written …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMGeorge Gershwin. Richard Rodgers. Jerome Kern. Louis Hirsch. … Louis Who? We can all be forgiven if we don’t instantly recall the glories of Mr. Hirsch. His last musical to grace Bro…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:20AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Sales rise with spring break sales, new shows -- The kickoff to the spring-break season and the addition of four more shows to the lineup helped give Broadway a boost last week, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: New play by Rogers to get a fall run -- Lincoln Center Theater has skedded an Off Broadway stint for J.T. Rogers' new play "Blood and Gifts," to be helmed by Bartlett Sher ("Sout…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
The dramedy project, from "Sex and the City" executive producer Darren Star, follows a woman (Leslie Bibb) who moves back to her Dallas neighborhood after a divorce.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:51AMUnbeknownst to me, the sound engineer in Brisbane recorded our show on Friday, and since we've been having so much fun doing the concerts, I thought I'd share some of that recording with you…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 03:32AMTony Winner Sutton Foster's triumphant sold-out run at New York's famed Cafe Carlyle comes home to listeners on March 15th, as Ghostlight Records proudly releases her 20-song tour de force A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
The 42nd annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards were presented Monday evening, March 14, in a festive ceremony, attended by a capacity crowd, at Burbank's Colony Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:52AMWhen John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves premiered on Broadway in 1986, it earned rave reviews and Tony Awards for stars John Mahoney and Swoosie Kurtz and featured a Broadway debut fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42AMAfter being denied a dollars by Michigan's film offices, Sandy Frank has delivered a sublimely angry 42-page lawsuit that basically rips Michigan officials for being hypocrites with poor ta…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:37AMFrom March 15-20, the Broadway show LOMBARDI will host the 1991 New York Giants Super Bowl Trophy in the lower lobby of The Circle in the Square Theatre 50th Street west of Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMFrom the creators of Fat Camp NYMF Best of Fest 2009 and Perez Hilton Saves the Universe Best Musical at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival comes a new superhero comedy, Spiderm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMSteve Martin, one of the most diversified performers in the motion picture industry today, is set to perform with The Steep Canyon Rangers on Tuesday - Thursday, March 15-17 at 700 PM. Ticke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMThe Carlyle Hotel Erich Steinbock, Managing Director is pleased to welcome Olivier and Tony Award-winner Douglas Hodge La Cage Aux Folles to the legendary Caf Carlyle in his debut engagement…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMIn the coming weeks, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, advocacy and awareness will sit down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMMichael Billington: "I came to Berlin eager to learn about the current issues. What impact is the national obsession with immigration having on theatre? How is drama surviving in the current…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:07AMWill Allen, Casandera M.J. Lollar, Shayna Padovano, and Joseph Sousa will star in Sousa's Teeth of the Sons, to be presented Off-Broadway by Barefoot Theatre Company at the Cherry Lane …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:01AM
"Though The Tempest has been long acknowledged as William Shakespeare's final work, in the last several decades many scholars have accepted that he collaborated with John Fletcher on at leas…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:56AM"As James Shapiro's new book rehearses the loony arguments about our greatest playwright, Robert McCrum asks some of today's finest Shakespearean actors and directors their thoughts on the a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54AMAmerican Idol will release an album featuring the hits of some of their past winners and contestants, the Los Angeles Times reports.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that individual tickets for William Shakespeare's tragiccomedy The Merchant of Venice from the acclaimed Theatre for a New Audience, are on sale n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMKeith Lockhart and the Boston Pops honor one of the greatest of the great American Songbook, Cole Porter. A supreme tunesmith and witty wordsmith, Porter's saucy style comes to life with Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe winners of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC)'s 42nd annual awards were announced at a ceremony held Monday, March 14 at the Colony Theatre.
Acting winners in the Lead Pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30AMReview: Peter Marks on Theater Js The Chosen at Arena Stage
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:00AM
There's not much to do in limbo except talk. And talk. And talk. And that's exactly what the three historical characters in "Spy Garbo" do. By the end of this long-winded evening of philosop…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:57AMBy Peter Filichia
How well I remember the early morning of Friday, March 15, 2002.
I had to go out-of-town, and my friend Ken Bloom had volunteered to drive me to the airport, even though …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:17AMDeadline.com is reporting that Broadway and BroadwayWorld favorite Kristin Chenoweth will be co-starring in the pilot for the new ABC dramedy - Good Christian Bitches. Chenoweth will co-star…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10AMAlso on tap for Rama or Fallsview are Ricky Martin, The Fab Four and The Beach Boys.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMAudiences like plays about acting: We enjoy taking a peek backstage because we admire actors, but we also like to see actors portrayed as the goofballs we suspect they are. Actors like plays…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
