Oracle Production's Hamlet is an excellent offering for fans of the Bard. What it lacks in production value it more than makes up for in able talent. I highly recommend that you return to th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:55PMSo admit it. When Linda Blair’s full body bounced off the bed like a pogo stick and her head spun around like a record, you decided that from that moment on whatever life had in store …
SOURCE: broadway.me at 07:54PM"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" is brimming with the signature elements that for two decades have drawn both worldwide attention and curiosity to the all-handicapped theat…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:52PMA CLOCKWORK ORANGE, featuring the music written by the novella's author, will make its UK debut next year in Manchester as part of a festival celebrating A Clockwork Orange's fiftieth annive…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41PMHampstead Theatre, LondonWhat happens in a marriage when private beliefs and public duty are at odds? How can you reconcile loving a man caught up through his job in doing something, even ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23PMBuress’s subtle strains of absurdity work in the dorm room, but may not make it in the big rooms of stand-up
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:20PMThe 2012 Olivier Awards, which recognizes excellence on the London stage, will be held at the Royal Opera House for the first time ever at a star-studded ceremony on Sunday, April 15, 2012.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:01PMIt is big, brash, very, very loud and coming to an arena near you this school summer holidays. Unlike the roundly panned musical exploits of Spider-Man in the US, the Caped Crusader live in …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe two chief female characters find themselves manhandled like pieces of furniture during the many stylised interludes where servants dart about shifting the scene in Katie Mitchell's strik…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMLondon's Laurence Olivier Awards will be presented for the first time at the Royal Opera House in 2012.
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Henry Awards, Joey Wishnia
The Colorado Theatre Guild honored Joey Wishnia with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Henry Awards July 18. Video by John Moore, The Denver Post.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:56PMThe Public Theater’s Tony-winning production of “Hair,” directed by Diane Paulus, has returned to New York this summer for a ten-week run at the St. James Theater. This unusual summer…
SOURCE: WQXR at 06:34PMI'm pretty sure you'll get a chance to see this one in some sort of release or on DVD. You should. It's lovely.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 06:34PMHoward Barker’s 1983 play “Victory: Choices in Reaction,” having its American premiere at the Atlantic Theater’s Stage 2, features Jan Maxwell in a tour de force performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:22PMTurns out the plate's the thing. Or at least it was Tuesday night, when members of the Royal Shakespeare Company marveled as the Mets clipped the Cardinals in a rousing 4-2 win at Citi Field…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:10PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Breaking News Cynthia Nixon to Star in “Wit” on Broadway ARTSBEAT BLOG/NYTIMES.COM – BY PATRICK HEALY Take note, “Sex an…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:06PMEven in its offseason, the popular reality TV show “Jersey Shore” is fodder for the sort of love/hate relationship that spawns tributes, spinoffs, spoofs and skewerings. In the case of �…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:04PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 72011.
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Julie Ganey felt an unexpected pressure when she began writing “Love Thy Neighbor ... Till It Hurts,” a solo piece that offers observations about her Rogers Park neighborhood, where she …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:58PMWhen journalist Jenny Allen was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she knew from the beginning that she would write about it. “I felt I couldn’t call myself a writer if I didn’t make use o…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:58PMThe 2009 Broadway revival of "West Side Story" was the last such revival to be directed by its author, Arthur Laurents, who died earlier this year. And while a classic title like this will …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:49PMBroadway veteran Lea Michele, is set to attend Comic Con International this weekend in San Diego. As part of the cast of the upcoming animated film Dorothy of OZ, Lea will be appearing at th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMNikki Blonsky, who starred as Tracy Turnblad in the movie version of the musical Hairspray, will host a Hairspray Sing-Along VIP Party, as well as welcome all attendees for a sing-along bene…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:35PMSix leading set designers choose their favourite peerTom Scutt on Es DevlinI assisted Es briefly in 2007. We were delicately splicing up a Braille copy of a Harry Potter novel to clad her de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PMThe Adam Gwon-Julia Jordan musical Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Joe Iconis' Bloodsong of Love and Watt!?, a new musical from Tony-nominated Cry-Baby co-author David Javerbaum and Striking 12 c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMThe U.S. premiere of Howard Barker's Victory: Choices in Reaction, starring Jan Maxwell, opened at Atlantic Stage 2 July 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMProgramming for the inaugural Pride Series at The Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale has been announced. Works will be presented during the 2011-2012 season.
Works will include the interacti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMCheck out this article I wrote for Chicago, Second to None about family friendly shows in Chicago. Please offer your suggestions in the comments area!
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:13PMMagda Katz and Times Square Chronicles publisher Suzanna Bowling sat down with Louis St Louis at the piano over at The Snapple Theatre home of “The Fantasticks” and “Perfec…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:10PMOn July 19, 2011 Memphis The Musical’s Bryan Fenkart and Dan’yelle Williamson performed on Good Day New York! The duo sang a medley composed of different numbers from the show i…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:03PMStage veterans Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are featured in the trailer for the new movie Dream House. As previously reported, Jim Sheridan has directed the film, which has a screenplay by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:03PMThis week's news in the artsIn 1970, rock critic Lester Bangs wrote a review of the Stooges' album Fun House in which he spent the first 6,000 words musing on the divide between artist and f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMMeryl Streep's look-alike daughter Mamie Gummer is a newylwed.
SOURCE: USA Today at 05:01PM
In the latest production from St. Louis Shakespeare, Mistresses Ford and Page are up to mischief in Windsor.Sir John Falstaff (Martin Casey) is broke when he visits Windsor, and plans to woo…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 04:56PMCast members from the touring company of Hair, playing a 10-week only Broadway engagement, were on hand to perform and sign CD's July 19 at Borders Columbus Circle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMThe Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) has announced its performing arts programming for the 2011-2012 season.
Among the theater offerings sc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PM3D Hamlet: A Lost Generation, which features an ethereal cameo by Alec Baldwin, will begin a public New York workshop July 21 prior to debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMSt. Ann's Warehouse, the multi-disciplinary theater group and performance space, affirmed this week that it would be leaving its 38 Water St. home in Dumbo after recent court rulings made it…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:53PMYesterday, July 19, Sister Act celebrated it's 100th performance on Broadway. Stars Patina Miller and Victoria Clark were on hand for the celebration with the company. Below, BroadwayWorld…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMShe Stoops to Conquer, which will run July 27 - August 7 at Williamstown Theatre Festival will be directed by Nicholas Martin and is set to star Brooks Ashmanskas, Mia Barron, Richard Easton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the eight musicals selected to be part of the 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMPlaywright Steve Yockey and director Abigail Deser discuss the art of their recent collaboration on the premiere of his Heavier Than..., a play based on the Theseus and the Minotaur myth, op…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:40PMTurns out that Kim Cattrall won't be the only 'Sex and the City' alumna returning to Broadway in the upcoming season.
SOURCE: USA Today at 04:38PMThe intimate stage of Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT, is the dock for the usually massive musical Show Boat in a revised revival directed by Rob Ruggiero.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMBatman Live, a new stage spectacle based on the popular DC Comics character, officially opened at Manchester's MEN Arena on July 20. Anthony Van Laast and James Powell have co-directed …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMSharon D Clarke has some of the best pipes in the business, as London audiences who have seen her in We Will Rock You, Hairspray, Once on This Island and Guys and Dolls can attest. The 46-ye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMJames G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior in the Reagan administration, is the subject of the rock musical "Watt?!?"
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The Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical returned to Broadway on July 5 at the St. James Theatre and officially opened July 14. The 10-week only Summer of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMBackstage at Royal Shakespeare Company Part 2
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:55PMLooking for that cool thing to do tomorrow at 11 p.m.? Have a Broadway show booked but want to complete the evening? Head to Feinstein's at the Loews Regency for "11 O'Clock Numbers at 11 O'…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:38PMThis summer and fall, numerous Chicago area movie theaters are screening several Shakespeare works taped directly from Shakespeare’s own Globe Theatre in London.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:36PMSoul diva will play character Justice Charlier in film version of Broadway hit 'Rock of Ages.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:33PM"Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again," an hour-long special featuring the two entertainment legends in conversation onstage before a live audience, is set to air Sept. 9 on H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM2011 Freddie G Theatre Experience Highlights
Following are the eight teachers attending the Broadway Welcomes America's Teachers at the 2nd Annual Freddie G Theatre Experience
John…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:26PMCasting is now complete for the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of She Stoops to Conquer, starring Brooks Ashmanskas, Richard Easton, Kristine Nielsen and Paxton Whitehead, which wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMOn Thursday, July 21, and Thursday, August 4 audience members at the new, Tony Award Nominated Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will get the chance to chat up the young star Aaron Tveit,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMKevin Blake will play Stan Laurel and Paul C. Vogt will play Oliver Hardy in Tom McGrath's Laurel and Hardy, to run August 31 - October 2 at the Falcon Theatre. Dimitri Toscas will dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMThe Office for Fair Access last week released details of the higher education institutions that will be charging the new maximum fees of £9,000 per year from the 2012/2013 academic yea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:16PMAs previously tipped, the 2012 Laurence Olivier Awards, the UK’s equivalent of the Tony Awards, will be held at the Royal Opera House for the first time in their 36-year history.
The star…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:16PMBroadway stars are celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State—including Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun, Ragtime).
According to the performe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMPsycho Clan will present Nightmare: Fairy Tales, the latest installment of its haunted house experience, at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, September 29-November 5.
Under the direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:15PMMatthew James Thomas, who stars as Peter Parker at certain performances of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, takes Playbill.com readers through his early-day routine prior to and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMThe story of Batman has been told on stage for the first time at the premiere of an arena show that could tour the world for the next five years.
SOURCE: BBC at 03:02PMIn an opening night worth crossing the pond for, the musical adaptation of Ghost made its official bow on July 19 at London’s Piccadilly Theatre. Featuring a score by Dave Stewart and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PM
My favorite event to attend and write about is "Broadway Rising Stars" which takes place at The Town Hall each July. Creator/writer/host Scott Siegel's "Broadway Rising Stars" is one of his …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:57PMNational radio host Robert Aubry Davis will star as Edna Turnblad in the Signature Theatre's production of Hairspray, to run November 21-January 29. Eric Schaeffer will direct.
Based o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMCatch Me If You Can, the 2011 Tony Award-nominated musical, will host "Ask Aaron," a post-show talkback and Q&A with the show's star Aaron Tveit, following the July 21 and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMA pair of puppets from the musical "Avenue Q" will be among the couples tying the knot this weekend as the state's new same-sex marriage law takes effect.
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:43PMCast members from the Broadway production of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical performed at Borders Columbus Circle on Tuesday, July 19. The event was part of a book signing with E…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:43PMGivenik.com recently launched the Givenik Ambassadors program. Through the website as part of the program, cast members of hit shows are able to discuss the causes and charities they support…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMPaper Mill Playhouse has just announced the full creative team behind its season opener, the premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies. Featuring music by eight-time Academy Award-winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMThe Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre has announced that national radio host Robert Aubry Davis WETA's Around Town and SiriusXM Radio will be making his stage debut, playing the iconic ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMIn September, the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre kicks off its new season with the world premiere of Rita Moreno Life Without Makeup, a captivating new show created specifical…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMRain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway will play its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on July 31, 2011, well ahead of the previously announced closing date of September 4…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMSusan Anton is announced to join the cast of HAIRSPRAY at the Hollywood Bowl as Velma Von Tussle. The production reunites the original Broadway stars Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winok…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMGhost – the Musical, the West End's new stage version of the Academy Award-winning 1990 non-musical film, opened officially at the Piccadilly Theatre July 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMGet to know Tony Award nominee de'Adre Aziza with 15 fun facts!
SOURCE: BroadwaySpace at 02:19PMRoyal Shakespeare Company actor Richard Katz takes Playbill readers on a backstage tour of the famed company's summer repertory venue at Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory. Walking through the b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMBroadway favorite Neil Patrick Harris is set to join the panel of judges on tonight's episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' when the top 10 get to dance along with this season's all-stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMBrian Richmond’s Blue Bridge Repertory theatre scores big with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:14PMCatch Me If You Can star Aaron Tveit will participate in on stage post-show talk backs and Q&As following the July 21 and August 4 performances of the Broadway musical, which performs at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMLast Night, Tuesday 19 July, Ghost the Musical opened in the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre where guests included McFly, JLS, Kimberly Walsh, Rochelle Wiseman, Joe McElderry, Lord and La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMMarc Warren (West End's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) will star in Cool Hand Luke, a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce’s 1965 novel of the same name, beginning Sept. 2…
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Characters vs. PlotTwo playwriting elements enter, one playwriting element leaves! No, not quite Thunderdome.I was thinking about the writing difficulties I've had lately with two plays tha…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:51PMTraces, the acrobatic theatre show by the Montreal-based troupe 7 Fingers, will perform on the NBC reality series “America’s Got Talent” July 20 at 9 PM ET.
Traces will mak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe upcoming Hollywood Bowl production of Hairspray has found its Miss Baltimore Crabs. Susan Anton will play the role of Velma Von Tussle when the show plays the Los Angeles venue from Augu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMChristopher Gattelli will choreograph the new Disney stage musical, Newsies, to run September 15-October 16, with an opening on September 25, at the Paper Mill Playhouse. As previously annou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:43PMAnthony Rapp, Scott Adist, Jon McCormick, Nicola Murphy, Spencer Aste, Jeffrey Omura, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Walker and Sam Underwood are set to star in '3D Hamlet A Lost Generation.' T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMNewhaven, SussexStreet theatre brings communities together, and no more so than in down-at-heel Newhaven, once the gateway to Europe. That heritage – and the town's future – were celebra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMQ. What is the new exhibit’s organizing principle? A. The museum has about 11,000 pieces of jewelry, the oldest dating back to 2400 B.C. The goal is to highlight our own collection, in…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:35PMTony nominee Jeff Calhoun, who will be represented on Broadway later this season with Bonnie & Clyde, will direct the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the new Disney sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMTony nominee Jeff Calhoun, who will be represented on Broadway later this season with Bonnie & Clyde, will direct the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the new Disney sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMGrosvenor Park, ChesterNow in its second year, Chester's Grosvenor Park company has rapidly established itself as an attractive, northern alternative to the Globe and Regent's Park. Of cours…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:34PMChip Zien will host Broadway in the Berkshires, an Aug. 15 benefit for Shakespeare & Company's educational programs, which will feature Rachel de Benedet and Peter Mazurowski.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMIn stewarding the choreography of Jerome Robbins, West Side Story’s dance director balances preservation and relevance.
SOURCE: timeoutchicago.com at 01:28PMGhost the Musical opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on Tuesday, July 19. Matthew Warchus has directed the production.
Opening night guests included Jerry Zucker, who directed the f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PMLeading authority on jazz dance and co-founder of the Jiving Lindy HoppersTerry Monaghan, who has died aged 67 from a brain tumour, was the co-founder of the award-winning dance co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMCynthia Nixon will be returning to Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Wit." Producers said Wednesday that the Tony and Emmy award winner will star in Margaret Edson's play about a …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:21PMSusan Anton will play Velma von Tussle in Hairspray, to run August 5-7. Jerry Mitchell will direct and choreograph the production, which will have musical direction by Lon Hoyt.
Anton has …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:21PMGloden Globe Award nominee Susan Anton will recall her days as Miss Baltimore Crabs in the Hollywood Bowl production of Hairspray, starring Tony Award-winning Broadway originals Harvey Fiers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Cynthia Nixon will be returning to Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Wit."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:17PMDiversity is part of the mix in Queens, a borough where 47 percent of the population is foreign-born, according to U.S. Census data, and where an oven-warmed Colombian pandebono is easier to…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:16PMSteel Burkhardt Big freaking surprise here, right? The Mick loves him, we know this. But this summer (of love) he’s back on Broadway in Hair, and, dare we say it… giving his Broadway pre…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:09PM( Learn more about the What If…? Project and what comes next) What if the unions allowed regional theatres to use their archival recordings in their on-site theatre classes? First of al…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:06PMAn absolute must-read:I recently talked with Carole Swann, an actor currently recovering from a violent accident, which resulted in a broken humerus bone, incurred while rehearsing a play. W…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:04PMThe sequins of Sister Act seemed to have a little extra sparkle on July 19, when the high-spirited, disco-riffic musical celebrated its 100th performance! In honor of the milestone, the show…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMCabrillo Musc Theatre occupies a venue that Cabrillo artistic director Lewis Wilkenfeld describes as the largest theatrical house between Los Angeles and San Francisco -- the 1,800-seat Kavl…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:02PMTheater Wit, a small Equity company on Chicago's North Side, has anounced its 2012 season. There are no shows this fall.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:02PMLegit News: Meadow to direct MTC production -- Cynthia Nixon will topline a Broadway production of "Wit" this winter as part of the Rialto lineup from Gotham nonprofit Manhattan Theater Club.
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMLet Me Down Easy," at the Broad Stage through July 31, is Anna Deveare Smith's exploration of the nation's healthcare crisis.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
Manhattan Theatre Club has just announced that Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon will return to MTC to star in the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play WIT by Margaret…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMProspect Theater Company has announced casting for the two pieces that it will present in repertory as part of its Summer Musical Lab, to run July 27-31 in the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMTony and Emmy winner Cynthia Nixon will return to the Broadway stage to play poetry professor Vivian Bearing in Wit, Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Manhattan Theatre Clu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PMTHEATER MATT & BEN The script for ‘‘Good Will Hunting’’ falls from the heavens in this enjoyably antic spoof of our local lads by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers, sta…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:56PMClassic Stage Company was able to slightly alter the schedule for an upcoming summer rental to allow for the one additional week of the popular, highly theatrical docudrama Unnatural Acts, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMMamie Gummer and Benjamin Walker were married in a ceremony in Connecticut on Saturday, July 16, according to a report on People.com. The couple had announced their engagement last October.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMAn adaptation of Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" performed entirely in Arabic. I can see why this wasn't a hot ticket. A pity really as Shiber Hur's production is terrific. In some regards its…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 12:38PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival has announced full cast and creative team information for its production of She Stoops to Conquer, to play the Main Stage, July 27-August 7. Nicholas Martin wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMWedding bells will ring over at off-Broadway's Avenue Q on July 24. To celebrate the first day same-sex couples can legally marry in New York, the show's puppet characters Rod and Ri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMNeither "Ghost," a musical based on the 1990 movie, nor a re-imagining of "A Woman Killed With Kindness," on stage in London, offer much for audiences to latch on to and take with them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30PMRod and Ricky, the same-sex puppets from the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q, are engaged to be married and will tie the knot on Sunday, July 24, 2011 -- the first day same-sex couples c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMThough questionably stretched to fit into two full acts, for most of the journey the ensemble's charm supplies just enough mileage to make "Around the World" a worthy trip.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:24PMAccording to published reports, Broadway veteran Bradley Cooper will star in the upcoming film, Paradise Lost, directed by Alex Proyas. Cooper will play Lucifer in this film adaptation of Jo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMPipeline Productions and Samuel French's Off-Off Broadway FestivalpresentBUBBLE & SQUEAKBefore I sat down to write this review, I got quite heartening news that Bubble & Squeak had a…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:22PMHeading for the summer doldrums, there were only 25 productions on the Great White Way last week, four of which are plays. Despite the decreasing amount of shows, one less than previous week…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:21PMToronto Summer Music this year is dedicated to Beethoven and the Romantics, a broad theme that handily encompasses most of the music that pianists in particular love to play. How, then, to a…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:18PMManhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce that Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon will return to MTC to star in the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play WIT by Marg…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:16PMClassic Stage Company and Plastic Theatre have extended their production Unnatural Acts through July 31. The work is conceived and directed by Tony Speciale.
The play is inspired by real-l…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMStage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris will be a guest judge on the July 20 broadcast of Fox's reality competition, "So You Think Can You Dance."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMJeff Award winner Andrea Prestinario will be Eliza Doolittle to Chicago Shakespeare Theater veteran Nathan M. Hosner as Henry Higgins in the new Chicago-area production of My Fair Lady this …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMThank you, all of you, who take the time to write in your thoughts and questions. And I'll answer one that I get all of the time: Do I actually read your comments and emails? Wel…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMManhattan Theater Club announced on Wednesday that Cynthia Nixon, who won an Emmy as the uptight lawyer Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series, will play Professor Vivian Bearing in the first Broa…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PMCynthia Nixon will star as Vivian Bearing in Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit, which will begin previews on January 5 at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Thea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMIdentical twin brothers Will and Anthony Nunziata returned to Feinstein's at Loews Regency July 19.
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Tony-winning Broadway veteran Ben Vereen, who received his first Tony Award nomination for playing biblical traitor Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, will return to the rock opera as Pilate i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMManhattan Theatre Club will give Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit its Broadway premiere in January 2012, starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon as a poetry pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMBenjamin Walker and Amanda Seyfried will star in an A-list staged reading of William Inge’s Bus Stop in August, according to the New York Post. Directed by Scott Ellis and produced by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMNew York's Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director and Joey Parnes have announced that cast members from the critically acclaimed first national tour of HAIR The American Tribal Love-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMThe Fire Island Dance Festival 17, an outdoor celebration of dance, was held at Fire Island Pines on July 15-17. The event raised $340,445 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:51AMKarina Fernicola Ikezoe in the lead role of Salome; photo courtesy of Black MoonMost of the big dailies' websites allow commenting on their reviews, and most theater reviews receive few comm…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 11:48AMLeading up to our 2011 National Conference, we hosted a number of thoughtful essays imagining the future of theatre,These posts ranged from What If Disaster Relief Included An Arts Component…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:47AMOn Monday, July 25, 2011, ASTEP, a nonprofit organization that uses the arts as a tool to foster creativity, teach life skills, and awaken young people's imaginations around the world, prese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMHere’s a note from Don Hopkinson, musical director of Ragtime in Concert: Still seeking a young male actor to portray Little Boy in Ragtime in Concert. Age 9- 12, vocalizing to a mid-s…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:40AMCatch a sneak peek of FOLLIES, now on Broadway!
The LEGENDARY CLASSIC RETURNS to the street where DREAMS ARE BORN.
The Kennedy Center's lavish and landmark new staging of James Goldman …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:40AMComedian Lisa Lampanelli, who is collaborating with one-man show guru Alan Zweibel on a new solo evening, hopes to make her Broadway debut during the 2013 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMJust finished reading Wendy Lesser's luminous book about Shostakovich's string quartets, Music for Silenced Voices. I recommend this to anyone who wants a starting point into the composer's …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:37AMAvenue Q producers have announced that Rod and Ricky, the same-sex puppets from the Tony Award-winning musical, are engaged and will tie the knot July 24—the first day same-sex couples can…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMSeraph was cute, but it did not require a dancer. Any bare-chested man capable of crouching and standing on two feet would have sufficed
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:36AMA stage adaptation of the horror novel and film The Exorcist is in development from producer Ben Sprecher, according to The New York Post. “It’ll try out at L.A.’s Geffen P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMHarry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, has set the new record for the best opening weekend in movie history after earning 168.6 million, according to published reports. In the video be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMNew York State's new Gay Marriage law will change countless lives in the NYC theatre community for the better.
But perhaps none more so than these two troopers:
AVENUE Q's same-sex puppets …
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 11:31AM3D Hamlet: A Lost Generation, a multimedia distillation of Shakespeare's play, will be presented by Fundamental Theater Project at The Irish Arts Center, July 21-24.The production will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMTovah Feldshuh will premiere her new one-woman show Aging Is Optional with a single performance at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse on August 8 at 8pm.
Feldshuh earned To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMMegan Hilty will be in attendance at Comic Con International this weekend in San Diego. As part of the cast of the upcoming animated film Dorothy of OZ, Megan will be appearing at the panel …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMMichael Reidel reports in the New York Post this morning that Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker will be back in the New York theater loop when he leads a reading of Bus Stop …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMStage and screen star Ben Stiller, who waspreviously announced to star in 20th Century Fox's remake of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' will also direct the project, according to Variety.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMPERFORMANCES BEGIN JULY 26
PRIMARY STAGES
PRESENTS
WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF
"OLIVE AND THE BITTER HERBS"
A NEW COMEDY
BY CHARLES BUSCH
DIRECTED BY MARK BROKAW
FEATURING DAN…
SOURCE: Corine's Corner at 11:15AMTo commemorate the tenth anniversary of Steve Barton's passing on July 21st, 2011, Stage Door Records have collaborated with his wife Denny Berry-Barton to develop an online memorial tribute…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMTony Award nominees Patina Miller and Victoria Clark and the cast of Sister Act celebrated 100 performances at the Broadway Theatre the evening of July 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe John W. Engeman Theater at Northport will present the musical A Wonderful Life, November 25-January 15. The show will replace the previously announced production of The Music Man. Castin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMThe Office for Fair Access last week released details of the
higher education institutions that will be charging the new maximum fees of £9,000
per year from the 2012/2013 academic yea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:09AMThe New York City engagement of The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical, at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, has extended its run, and will now close on October 30. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMMarc Warren (Hustle, Mad Dogs) will play the title role in a new stage adaptation of Cool Hand Luke, which will have its world premiere at London’s Aldwych Theatre. The play, written b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMMost of the cast of The Good Doctor.The fringe scene is enduring a blow right now: the Independent Drama Society, which has offered consistently high-quality productions over the past t…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:07AMEthan Coen and Neil Pepe Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce its 2011-2012 season productions, featuring world pre…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:05AMMary Tyler Moore will host Ed Sullivan's Comedy Legends, a tribute to The Ed Sullivan Show, to be broadcast by PBS beginning on August 6.
The retrospective will feature poignant new re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMLooking for a place to dine before or after your show Check in weekly as we highlight some of our favorite spots. You can also head on over to the BroadwayWorld Restaurant Guide for a full…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMComplete casting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of the musical Footloose, based on the 1984 film of the same name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
The other day, Mary posted this question on my Facebook page: So, Mary, this one’s for you. I did a bunch of highly unscientific research, namely, I put Mary’s question out to my…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:51AMOn Tuesday, July 19, the Broadway production of Sister Act the Musical celebrated their 100th performance at the Broadway Theatre
Jerry Zaks directed the musical, based on the hit film of t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:47AMAre critics claiming "Victory: Choices in Reaction"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 10:46AM2011 Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley, who currently stars in The Book of Mormon, is also a co-founder of Broadway Impact, which celebrates and educates others on equality. Here, O&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMThe cast of the current Broadway run of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, performing at the St. James Theatre, will host a "Be-In" performance to benefit Broadway Impact…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMArena Stage's in-the-round production of Oklahoma!, the sold-out revival that inaugurated Arena's new multimillion dollar Mead Center for American Theater last fall, is back for seco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMTime is one of the most vital, but unappreciated, marketing factors. Great ideas fall apart because they were not given the time they needed to full develop. So, once you have set your goals…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:20AMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland begins an open-ended run at The SoHo Playhouse July 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMJon Marans' provocative but labored new play looks at the largely unexplored intersection of sexuality and Orthodox Judaism.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Plays in London this summer have startling moments in which they connect with us in ways that feel almost embarrassingly intimate.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:59AMSo earlier in the week I put up a bunch of videos from the TED talks and Matthew Putman (one of my readers) took the time to point out how large TED has become and how expensive it all is...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 09:56AMINTERVIEW: PENELOPE SKINNER The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about her new Royal Court play, The Village Bike, which explores the sex lives of a couple who have just moved into the countr…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 09:54AMPlaybill.com has learned casting for the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical I Do! I Do!, the sixth of the seven musicals that comprise the famed Music Circus summer season at the Wells Fargo P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMFirst Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia spent the evening of July 15 in the Presidential Box at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, catching a perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMA Coat of Many Colours
http://www.josephthemusical.com
The staff and students at Greenwood Primary School, Tim Rice, Philip Schofield, Donny Osmond, Abbotswood School's teacher Kathryn…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:26AMLast Night, Tuesday 19 July, Ghost the Musical opened in the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre where guests included McFly, JLS, Kimberly Walsh, Rochelle Wiseman, Joe McElderry, Lord and La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMComplete casting has been announced for Emma Reeves' stage version of the movie Cool Hand Luke, which will begin performances on September 23 at the West End's Aldwych Theatre, in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10AMA starry reading of William Inge's Bus Stop will be presented next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AMBradley Cooper will play Lucifer in a movie version of the John Milton's Paradise Lost, according to a report in The Associated Press. Alex Proyas will direct the project.
Milton&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Seven years ago, I left Seattle for New York - I abandoned the garage theaters and local arts scene and friends and colleagues - because I was a coward. I'd already tried to sell out once, b…
SOURCE: The Stranger at 08:53AMCasting has been announced casting for David Davalos' Wittenberg, to run August 24-October 1 at The Gate Theatre. Christopher Haydon will direct the production.
The comedy is set at W…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:48AMIf aliens came to visit Earth, would we be proud of our world? James Levy’s joyful sci-fi rock opera puts humanity under the microscope as we observe first contact between a fading rock st…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:28AMBeth Marshall Presents is still looking for a young man to play the lead role of Buddy in The Diviners: Specific needs of the role: Male. (age range 14-21) MUST have look/feel of a younger h…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:26AMPreviously unheard showtunes composed by author Anthony Burgess are said to recall West Side StorySongs from a musical adaptation of A Clockwork Orange are to be performed for the first time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMThere is no pie in A Piece of Pi. I feel it’s necessary to point this out, because after all, there are clowns. So one might expect some pie-throwing with a show title like that. Or so…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:08AMBy August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?)Our second Flux after the end of Ajax in Iraq was a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of day. We took on a ton of pages from Perse, reaching the climax of …
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 08:05AMThe new strain of Pilobolus collaboration has tended to operate analogically – to depend on questions such as: what is the robot equivalent of acrobatic dance?
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:01AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Some of the people in the audience were as attention-worthy as those onstage the night my theatergoing buddy Bill and I saw Master Class, the revival of Terrence McNally’s love letter to t…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:56AMAre critics intrigued by "A Strange and Separate People"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:36AMKurt Egyiawan, a recent graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, has won the 2011 Spotlight Prize. Kirsty Oswald, a graduate of Rose Bruford College was awarded the was awarded t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:33AMThe first time Kristen Schaal performed in Edinburgh, she became famous in New York. Go figure, as they say over there. The stateside acclaim wasn’t for her 2007 Fringe show, however, thou…
SOURCE: Herald Scotland at 07:32AMDramatic pauses, a clueless Greek chorus of MPs, a surprise interval ... there's nothing quite like the latest Murdoch production at Portcullis HouseRarely has a new work had such massive ad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMAvenue Q asked the question, “What Do You Do With A B.A. In English?” Historian Anthony Cohen asks the audience a similar question, “What do you do with a history degree?&…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:16AMImitation not sincerest form of flattery as Lady Gaga claims ignorance of singer's mermaid-in-wheelchair routineWhen Lady Gaga dressed up as a mermaid in a wheelchair, it wasn't mermaids who…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM
Ghost the Musical opened last night (19 July 2011, previews from 24 June) with Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy starring alongside Andrew Langtree and Sharon D Clark in the screen-to-stage…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:53AMThere was a lot to like about this production of The Jungle Book, mainly the parts that stayed truest to the magic of the book. However, writer Stuart Paterson and director Neal Foster have …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:52AMThis post is one of a series profiling the hundreds of performers I’ve presented through my American Vaudeville Theatre in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Don’t miss the American Va…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:42AMNew York went weak at the knees for the RSC before it arrived but its season has so far missed the markNew York is living through a moment of cultural reckoning. The American Folk Art Museum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AMScreen-to-stage musical Ghost the Musical opened at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre last night (19 July, previews from 24 June 2011) starring Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman and Sharon …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:06AMYou can't talk about Sidney Poitier's performance in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"—really, you can't talk about Sidney's entire career—without acknowledging the major historic…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AMAs Fredo, Cazale almost shrinks himself. The lips are thin, the mustache is thin, the clothes are too big. He embodies that chair like a praying mantis on his back, flailing on the ice, th…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AMIt was a rainy Wednesday and I decided to check out a matinee of "Cloud Nine," a play described as "a cautionary expedition into the cuckooland of sexual role-playing." My life was forever …
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AM
We asked respected industry professionals to share their favorite performances by an actor or a cast in a movie, TV series, or stage production. The response was tremendous.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:34AMGhost the Musical may have opened at last with its gala night, but the only show in town for most of us yesterday was the live television broadcast of the grilling of the Murdochs and Rebeka…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:22AMLunt filled his performance with the genuine inner agony that gave birth to his performance. I understood that in acting, no matter how vivid the external form, if it lacks inner content, …
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:10AMMark Rylance is an ideal example of what a stage actor should be. Not only is he truthful and courageous in his own character development; he is also generous and supportive to the actors …
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:05AMThe whole stage available, he stood in the center, and while delivering Hamlet's monologue, he was still. Using only subtle expressions, and the power of his voice, he commanded an entire …
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:03AMThe most exciting evening I've had in the theater was a preview of the original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and the most exciting aspect of that glorious production was…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:01AM
If you're an actor, watching a master teaches you how to be smoother, more honest, and more trusting. Sometimes when actors audition, we're a little too big, and we don't realize that bein…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:59AMRobert Duvall's performance as Mac Sledge in "Tender Mercies" took my breath away and embodied what I consider the ultimate goal of an actor: to simply live in the skin of the character.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:56AMVanessa Redgrave. Her work is metaphysical. I swear to God, when she drops into character, her molecules get rearranged.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:55AMShe carried "Girlfight" with believability and a relentless consistency that far surpassed that of many more-experienced actors.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:52AMKatie Mitchell made her RSC debut with this play twenty years ago, the first time Thomas Heywood’s superb Jacobean domestic tragedy of two disastrous marriages in the English countrysi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:51AMShe was that character. There was something so vulnerable about her. She was so convincing, she made me actually squirm in my seat. It was like being a child again.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:50AMI wanted to be an actor, but that was mostly because I wanted to be in a Western and ride a horse and be kissed by the hero, so I'm not sure of the depth of my commitment until I saw Lois …
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:47AMThat performance of Olivier's was extraordinary. He lowered his voice literally a full octave. He was just magical. His voice was unlike any I've heard him have before, either in movies or…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:45AMRowlands' performance as Mabel Longhetti is as ugly and clumsy as an actual life—so nakedly real that it hurts to watch. I remember thinking I had seen the greatest piece of acting e…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:42AMMy father's turn in "This Sporting Life" was a fantastic performance. He was an animal. He was a brooding man. The '60s really had that brooding, strong man.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:40AMZoe Caldwell, I never met you, but you changed my life. And isn't that what theater is all about, changing the lives of people you'll never meet?
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:39AMThere are not many actresses who would consider playing a role with nudity, let alone a shy one. But Jessica was able to imbue the complex character with naïveté yet worldliness,…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:37AMI am inspired every time I watch "Sophie's Choice." It reminds me of what I love most about our profession. It demonstrates the intellectual, emotional, verbal, and physical talent of thre…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:34AMI had never heard anyone sing live like that before. It was a performance that stuck with me for many, many years, and it was that performance that really fostered my love of girl belters.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:32AMWhat Michael did never rang false or seemed contrived. His choices always were of the earth and more inspired than directed. It was these gifts that made his performances so deeply memorab…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:30AMChristine was more than an actor playing a part; she was actually inhabiting the character. I was fortunate enough to see both productions and the portrayal was always thrilling.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:21AMThis post is one of a series profiling the hundreds of performers I’ve presented through my American Vaudeville Theatre in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Don’t miss the American Va…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:07AM
On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing "An Evening With Will & Anthony Nunziata" at Feinstein's at the Regency in NYC as well as conducting a post-show interview. Direct…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 01:54AMThe three award-winning American playwrights, along with four British colleagues and well-known historian Simon Schama, are the writers " collaborating with director Rupert Goold on Decade, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:49AM"Their lineage extends to the Restoration, when acting troupes took over empty dining rooms above pubs to perform plays of lewd material that went well with a pint. Later the Victorian-era m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:47AMWhistler in the Dark Theatre has announced the lineup for its 2011/2012 season, which will run October 27-June 2.
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (October 27-November 19) will be a co-produ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47AM"Gentlemen's agreement" is an archaic term that is nevertheless perfect for describing the unwritten contract between publications and theater producers known as the "review embargo."
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:38AMRe-read Plaza Suite, Neil Simon’s 1968 smash-hit. The evening consisted of three one-act plays, the first of which was the most serious play that Simon had yet attempted. It dealt with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:37AMJoey McKneely, dance director for the show's recent Broadway revival: "West Side Story cannot be done without [Jerone Robbins's] original choreography: It's part of the structure ... So this…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36AM"Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera" is a lot like the scandal it's named for: a little lurid, a little tough to swallow...
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SOURCE: Corine's Corner at 01:02AMPeter Pears and Benjamin Britten perform Schubert's "Mein," from Die schöne Müllerin: (This is the latest in a weekly series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"I think greatness happens accidentally--that sometimes one can write a little tiny piece for children or for brass band or...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #67: Salty Towers, Thunderbird Theatre Company, July 10.
By Sam Hurwitt
There are plenty of companies that I follow because I feel I should keep informed …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:46AMOur friends at the Non Profit Law Blog linked to a presentation intended to be a guide about compensated time for non-profits. The reason the presenter, Veneable LLP, this is so important is…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:15AMJim Stanek, of Broadway's Lestat and 1996's Forum, and Jason Michael Snow, of The Book of Mormon, complete the cast of adult actors playing misfit kids in a July 25 Manhattan benefit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical, presented by Matt Murphy, has extended its New York City limited engagement and will now run through Oct. 30 at the Manhattan Movem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIdentical twin brothers, Will and Anthony Nunziata discuss their new cabaret show "An Evening With Will and Anthony Nunziata" at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, their Educational Outreach Prog…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 12:00AMDear John Mayer, a new musical by Broadway's Shoshana Bean and Eydie Faye, premieres July 20 as part of Los Angeles' Open Fist Theatre Company's First Look Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHenrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, starring Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe as Nora and Josh Hamilton as Torvald, begins performances July 20 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York Stage and Film and Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater production of Rob Handel's A Maze, directed by Tony Award nominee Sam Buntrock (Sunday in the Park With George), begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Callaway sisters — Liz and Ann Hampton — will perform songs from and sign their new PS Classics live recording of Boom!, documenting their Birdland concert of baby-boom gener…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning musical Avenue Q welcomes Veronica J. Kuehn to its cast at New World Stages July 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen star Peter Scolari ("Newhart," Out Of This World, Hairspray) heads the cast of the Ogunquit Playhouse's production of the classic musical The Music Man, which …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBarrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab presents the world premiere of Mormons, Mothers and Monsters, a quirky new musical with book and lyrics by Sam Salmond and music by Will Ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1961 Stop The World - I Want To Get Off opens tonight at the Queen's Theatre on London's West End. The musical, which follows the life of one man from birth to death, will run 485 p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
