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Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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POW! (Play Of The Week) by Drama Book Shop

FOUR by Christopher Shinn After seeing Picked at the Vineyard Theatre this spring, I was immediately drawn to Shinn’s plays. The festering underbelly in his work is quite engaging, and th…

SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 10:51PM

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/19/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11192011.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PM

Feature: Louis Cancelmi Plays for a Captive Audience by Amy Adler

The popular actor discusses his role as covert Israeli agent Peter Malkin in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Captors.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays by Rodney Sexton

The power of this collection of same-sex marriage shorts isn't the words. You won't hear anything you haven't heard before if you've been listening to anyone with anything to say on the subj…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:56PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Los Angeles Theater Review: HOSEA NOVA: A JEALOUS AND VIOLENT MAN (Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group) by Harvey Perr

THE BLIND LEADING THE HALF BLIND “It’s The Devils meets Marat/Sade.” someone said to me. “Yes,” I responded. “As performed by the Marx Brothers!” We…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:20PM

Saturday Roundup: This Week on BroadwayWorld by BroadwayWorld

If you're looking for a quick roundup of this week's events on Broadway, look no further here are some of the best articles the week had to offer

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Fuse Dance Review: The Emperor’s New Threads by Debra Cash

This is the fourth installment of Debra Cash’s coverage of events associated with the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Dance/Draw exhibition.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:53PM

Chicago Theater Review: THE BAKER’S WIFE (Circle Theatre) by Dan Zeff

STILL WAITING TO SEE IF THIS DOUGH WILL EVER RISE The Baker’s Wife never made it to Broadway. The musical folded in Washington. D.C. in 1976 before reaching New York City but has since gai…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:53PM

Off Broadway Theater Reviews: KUTSUKAKE TOKIJIRO and SHE KILLS MONSTERS (both at The Flea) by Victoria Linchong

UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS AT THE FLEA The Flea Theater is currently providing New York theater audiences an interesting illustration of the cultural gap between Asian-Americans and Asians from Asi…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:26PM

British quirkiness and originality light up stage and screen for US audiences by Vanessa Thorpe

Aardman's Arthur Christmas has joined a long list of UK-generated successes in the StatesA large American man sits in a swivel chair, chewing the end of a fat cigar. He is, in this hackneyed…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM

The Lion in Winter, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Juno and the Paycock, NT Lyttelton, London Reasons to be Pretty, Almeida, London

Is he still the king of beasts when nipped by frost?

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Chicago Theater Review: THE CARETAKER (Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe) by Dan Zeff

TAKING CARE TO CREATE EXCELLENT THEATER The plot of Harold Pinters’ The Caretaker is uncomplicated on the surface and densely complex in its subtexts; it is a melding of realism and theatr…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:57PM

Review: Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (Promethean Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Seascape with Sharks and Dancer is worth seeing for the bravura performances but steel yourself to be ticked off by the viciousness of one character and the bulldozing of the other. Slightl…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:48PM

Regional Theater Review: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL (San Diego Repertory Theatre at the Lyceum Theatre) by Milo Shapiro

CORNED BEEF TRASH The Great American Trailer Park Musical has a misleading superlative. The show mirrors A Tuna Christmas and Sordid Lives, in that it takes a humorous look at the goings-on …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:39PM

A Russian reunion

Soviet-era dissident artists gathered to celebrate an 80th birthday -- and their changing fortunes.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:28PM

His version of immersion

For actor J.C. Cutler, who plays Scrooge this year in the Guthrie's "A Christmas Carol," any role is an excuse to dive deep.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:28PM

Dance spotlight: Nutcracker

Continental Ballet at Bloomington Center for the Arts.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:24PM

Stage spotlight: 'The Match Girl's Gift: A Christmas Story'

OPENING: The Minnesota Centennial Showboat presents an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's short story.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:24PM

George Orwell’s Burmese Days, adapted and directed by Ryan Kiggell, Aya Theatre Company at 59E59 Theater B by Yvonne Korshak

The idea of an adaptation for theater of George Orwell’s first novel, Burmese Days of 1934, is appealing but this production does not rise alive from Orwell’s pages as a true dramatizati…

SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 06:21PM

ArtsBeat Blog: A Magical Musical Moment, Extended to 12 Hours by Roberta Smith

The Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson is performing one of the most exquisite operatic moments, from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," in extended fashion.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:07PM

ArtsBeat Blog: Canadian Modesty Meets Icelandic Imagination by Ken Johnson

Guy Maddin's "Tales from the Gimli Hospital: Reframed" contains film, music, voices and sounds that at times fuse into a transporting whole.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:01PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

"Who cares if Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet? (Besides turkeys and cranberries, that is.) In the ways that matter most, the holiday season in New York kicks off, both figuratively and lite…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:55PM

St. Louis Symphony concert devoted to Spain, flamenco

This weekend's program by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is definitely something out of the ordinary.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:45PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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I Interview Playwrights Part 404: Charity Henson-Ballard by Adam

Charity Henson-Ballard Hometown: Tricky question for an Army kid. I was born in Columbia, South Carolina, but we moved away when I was just an infant. My family’s in Riverview, Florid…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 04:56PM

Blog: Theatre Night Fever, November 19, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

November 19, 2011For a theatre geek like me, theatre IS cool.by Howard DaiJust a few days ago, when I was surfing on Twitter like I always do. I found that I missed a super awesome conf…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:45PM

Contemporary's outgoing director Paul Ha defined museum's personality

Paul Ha did not build the museum St. Louis knows simply as the Contemporary. Long before his arrival in 2002, leaders of the Forum, the Contemporary Art Museum's predecessor, decided to move…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:30PM

Photo Flash: Whoppie Goldberg and SISTER ACT Unveil Macy's 2011 Windows by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

On November 17, Macy's Herald Square kicked-off the season with a heavenly evening of holiday magic at the annual Christmas window unveiling on Broadway Boulevard. The event featured an appe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PM

WAR HORSE to Play Art Centre's State Theatre in 2012 by BroadwayWorld

According to reports from The Age, Britain's National Theatre production of WAR HORSE is set to play at the Art Centre's State Theatre sometime in late 2012.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: She Kills Monstersat curtainup.com by Gregory Wilson

Whether or not you ever played a heroic paladin or wise wizard, if you know true devotion when you see it, this is fun and worth seeing

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:29PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Hand to God by StageGrade

Are critics praising "Hand to God"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:52PM

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth by Thomas Garvey

Aimee Rose Ranger in Dogg's HamletI'm late with my thoughts on Whistler in the Dark's double bill of Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet and Cahoot's Macbeth, which has been "occupying" t…

SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:10PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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‘I Do! I Do!’ Getting Broadway Revival with Martin Short, Bernadette Peters? by Michael Spain

Talks are on the way of possibly producing a Broadway revival of the Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt musical “I Do! I Do!” The play originally ran on Broadway back in 1966 and there was an off…

SOURCE: broadway.me at 01:44PM

CHANGING MINDS, the NEW High School Musical! by Steve Spiegel

CHANGING MINDS is set at Playa Sola High School, where it’s business as usual – the jocks, geeks, popular kids, etc., all try to navigate a world of insecurities, grades, fashions and te…

SOURCE: Theatrical Rights Worldwide at 01:27PM

Quidam by Terry Ponick

Now playing in the capacious Verizon Center, Quidam is the current iteration of the Montréal-based Cirque du Soleil, the amazing French-Canadian entertainment combine that has, in many ways…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:01PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at noon (Broadway Time)
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A Love Affair with "Venus in Fur" by Jan Simpson

My husband K is in love with the actress Nina Arianda.  Which is OK with me because—like every other true theater lover in New York right now—I, too, am in love with Arianda, the st…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 12:59PM

BWW TV EXCLUSIVE: BACKSTAGE WITH RICHARD RIDGE: Craig Zadan & Neil Meron Talk Film, Stage & SMASH Plus - Daniel Radcliffe! by Richard Ridge

Today, Richard talks to Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, producers of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films, television movies, series and Broadway productions. The dynamic duo spo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PM

Review: Sweet Confinement (SiNNERMAN Ensemble) by Scotty Zacher

Sinnerman Ensemble has created an incredibly absorbing drama of friends dealing with a suicide. Watching them come together or fall apart in this 80-minute revival is redemptive way beyond …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:32PM

OUT Magazine's Out 100: The Broadway Connection 2 by JK

A while back, I blogged about some of the folks that made this year's Out 100 list in OUT Magazine.  To see and read about the Broadway-related celebs I already talked about, click HERE…

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PM

Critic's Notebook: Who wrote 'Hamlet'? by Charles McNulty

Roland Emmerich's film "Anonymous" has added fuel to the Shakespeare authorship debate, but what are the Shakespeare debunkers and defenders both leaving out?

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Good theater is good for the economy, to tune of $1.9 billion by John Moore

For the second straight year, nonprofit theaters contributed $1.9 billion to the national economy. But does anyone care? That and the news of the week.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:33AM

PHOTO FLASH: Charles Busch, Julie Halston, Isabel Keating at Tea at Five Event by Tristan Fuge

On Friday, November 18, Charles Busch promoted the upcoming November 28 staged reading of Matthew Lombardo's one-woman show, Tea at Five, with a tea party among friends at Sardi's …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AM

Erich Bergen, Lindsay Pearce to Perform at The Coterie on December 5 by Brian Scott Lipton

Erich Bergen will perform his new show, A Holiday Party, at The Coterie at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel on Monday, December 5 at 8pm. The event is a benefit for Toys for Tots. The show…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:21AM

Nathan Pacheco to Perform Home for the Holidays at Geffen Playhouse by Brian Scott Lipton

Nathan Pacheco will perform a one-night concert, Home for the Holidays in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse on Sunday, December 18 at 7pm, followed by a special post-show recepti…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: Jazz at Lincoln Center/City Center's COTTON CLUB PARADE! by BroadwayWorld

With Duke Ellington's music as the centerpiece, Cotton Club Parade reimagines one of the composer's Cotton Club floor shows. Ellington and his orchestra began a four-year residency at the Cl…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AM

Review: Cotton Club Parade by Andy Propst

This stylish revue that whisks audiences back to the famed Harlem nightclub is frequently electrifying.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AM

Photo Flash: Nicki Minaj & Ricky Martin as Faces of Mac's Viva Glam Line by BroadwayWorld

Now, the first sexy promo photo of the pair has been released which, given MAC's longtime sponsorship of the high-grossing Broadway Bares for BCEFA has us clammoring to see the pair in June …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AM

FREEZE FRAME: Charles Busch Hosts TEA AT FIVE Sneak Peek at Sardi's by Walter McBride

Tea at Five is an intimate look at Katharine Hepburn, at home, in her Fenwick estate in old Saybrook, Connecticut. The play takes place in 1983 after Hepburn was injured in a car crash. The …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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STAGE TUBE: Talking With the Cast of BRING IT ON on Opening Night! by BroadwayWorld TV

In Bring It On The Musical, the high-stakes world of competitive cheerleading is intertwined with cutthroat high school politics to tell the story of Campbell, the heir apparent to the head …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AM

Burning by Thomas Bradshaw, directed by Scott Elliott, The New Group at the Acorn Theatre by Yvonne Korshak

... The Marquis de Bradshaw ... One gets the impression that Thomas Bradshaw began by making a list of everything he could think of that might shock you re sexuality and worked his story to …

SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 09:40AM

BWW TV Exclusive: COTTON CLUB PARADE at City Center! by Broadway Beat

Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox star in Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Parade, which opened November 18 at New York City Center and Broadway Beat got an exclus…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AM

Fuse Theater Review: An Electrifying “Angel Reapers” by Arts Fuse Editor

For a polarized nation, both pre-occupied and Occupied, the musical "Angel Reapers" is an inspiring Shaker gift.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:17AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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BWW Interviews: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh and Director Simon Curtis of MY WEEK WITH MARILYN by Caryn Robbins

BWW had the chance to meet with Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams, critically acclaimed actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh and the film's director, Simon Curtis about this behind-the-…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AM

Shaham brings her 'Baby Got Bach' to St. Louis

There are plenty of introduce-baby-to-music programs for infants and their parents. Music programs abound for school-age children. But when it comes to possibilities for preschoolers, there'…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:15AM

Stars of Vaudeville #391 : Alan Corelli by Trav S.D.

Alan Corelli (ca. 1895-1980) had an unusual act: essentially he was a strong man who specialized in lifting other people up…and rendering himself almost impossible to be lifted up hims…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:08AM

One-man show explores poet’s life by Peter Filichia

Anthony Zerbe is offering Hackettstown audiences a capital evening

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Clifton Webb by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Clifton Webb, latter day Renaissance man. (see full bio here). Here he is in one of his best loved roles, Mr. Belvedere in Sitting Pretty. To find out more about  t…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:37AM

#NEWPLAY TV: Watch @DramatistsGuild Writer/Actor Panel with Charles Busch, Dael Orlandersmith, David Greenspan & Hunter Bell. by Arena Stage

Watch the open-source #NEWPLAY TV channel on Tuesday, November 22 from 2:30pm - 4pm Pacific / 5:30pm - 7:00pm Eastern / 10:30pm - 12am GMT for a writer/actor round table with Charles Busch, …

SOURCE: Arena Stage at 07:35AM

#NEWPLAY OPP: @IceAndFire_E1 Accepting Scripts for "Everyone Has the Right" (Via @PatriciaMilton) by Arena Stage

Everyone Has the Right is a rolling script submission service (i.e. there is no deadline) for plays with human rights at their heart. A joint initiative with Amnesty International, Everyone …

SOURCE: Arena Stage at 07:34AM

Ned Sparks by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite character actors Ned Sparks (full bio here) . Below, find a a great montage of some of his characteristic lines in Hollywood movies: To find out m…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:31AM

#NEWPLAY HIP HOP: @ArizonaTheatre Winter Newsletter by Arena Stage

No. 2 - Winter 2012 Special Events/Special People Café Bohemia presents Hip-Hop Theatre Café Bohemia has emerged onto the Tucson theatre scene with two successful readings (La Bella Famili…

SOURCE: Arena Stage at 07:29AM

The Maestrosities, Lorinne Lampert and an Orchestra! by Trav S.D.

This may be too much awesomeness all in one place! And furthermore it’s free! I highly endorse…. Peter and the Wolf is not supposed to include an elephant and a cockroach. And Th…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:15AM

Paula Poundstone to perform at Carbondale's PAC3 by Carrie Click

CARBONDALE - Paula Poundstone has to be reminded what Black Friday is.For those also needing a reminder, it's the day after Thanksgiving, when holiday shoppers lose all sense of perspective …

SOURCE: Aspen Times at 07:15AM

A Society of the Invisible by Don Hall

Maybe it's due to the fact that I am a fairly obnoxious person that I have a naturally developed sense of tolerance.  It takes a LOT to offend me.  I have a dark, mean sense of hum…

SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:05AM

BWW's On This Day - November 19, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM

Chicago shows penchant for tuners

Legit News: City known for play development works on musicals next -- Chicago isn't known for its musicals, but with new infrastructure springing up, the winds of change are blowing in the W…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM

Fresh meat pumps up Broadway B.O.

Legit News: Attendance rises on almost every show -- Broadway recovered in a big way after Week 23's decline, with seven shows posting sales of more than $1 million in Week 24 (Nov. 7-13), i…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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NY Review: 'Cotton Club Parade' by Erik Haagensen

More than just a joyous musical revue, "Cotton Club Parade" is permeated with a sense of legacy, of hometown performers honoring a fabulous past while creating their own ecstatic present.

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:19AM

Review | MET's 'All My Sons' captures Miller play's strengths

Arthur Miller's 1947 drama "All My Sons," his first Broadway success, could be viewed as a warm-up to "Death of a Salesman," and in it you see a fairly young playwright trying a bit too hard…

SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 06:00AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Alliance’s Lobby Hero is Compassionate Look at Human Beings Facing Tough Choices by Bill Hirschman

Following the consecutive successes of Brothers Beckett, Fool For Love and ‘night mother, this production of Lobby Hero cements Alliance’s reputation as a company to go out of your way …

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:47AM

Gavin Creel, Barrett Foa, et al. to Take Part in College Reading of 8, 11/19 by Bww News Desk

The American Foundation for Equal Rights AFER and partner Broadway Impact just announced a special college preview of Academy Award-winning director Dustin Lance Black's play 8, an unprecede…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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The Bitter End by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #114: Endgame and Watt, Cal Performances, November 17. By Sam Hurwitt Dublin’s Gate Theatre knows Samuel Beckett backward and forward, having done full retro…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:35AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Melissa Errico to Play Joe's Pub Tonight by BroadwayWorld

On November 19th at 700pm, Broadway veteran Melissa Errico will perform at Joe's Pub in New York City - her first solo concert in NYC in three years. The evening will combine songs from the …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM

Dunham's legacy is at risk of vanishing in E. St. Louis

East St. Louis has few resources to protect homes of famous dancer or jazz great Miles Davis.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AM

A great leap of a musical

Who among us cannot embrace the electrifying Billy Elliot the Musical? Maybe someone who believes success is infrequent and mostly relegated to Rocky movies, or who doesn't value the part a …

SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:15AM

Mocking Vladimir Putin With Poetic Flair in Russia by Ellen Barry

The “Citizen Poet” project — conceived by three friends after a night of heavy drinking — has tapped into the sour response of many Russians to Vladimir V. Putin’s plan to return t…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:05AM

Arts | Connecticut: ‘The ____________ With the Hat’ at TheaterWorks in Hartford — Review by Sylviane Gold

A misplaced hat raises questions of fidelity for a man who is trying to stay clean and sober.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00AM
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Whiskered whimsy at the Wilma

The Bearded Ladies are five women and two men. They sing - very well - and they wear bizarre costumes. Their new show, Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret, at the Wilma Theater this weekend and …

SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:33AM

Here's a "Tom Sawyer" in bright tones by John Moore

Review: The Denver Center Theatre Company tells "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in the spirit of an exciting bedtime story. There's never a dull moment, but neither is there a jaw-dropping o…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:23AM

Lysistrata Jones by Mondschein

 "Lysistrata Jones" at Walter Kerr Theatre, November 18, 2011 Transferring from off-Broadway run downtown, Douglas Carter Beane takes on the Greeks again in this re-telling of th…

SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 12:07AM

Review: Ann (Broadway in Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

There can never be enough shows about successful, professional women who stoop to conquer. In Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards, Holland Taylor portrays a legendary steel magnoli…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:03AM

Theatre For Thought, November 19, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

SEXY BETON: STILL (SADLY) ALL TOO RELEVANTI believe that corruption is a systemic problem all over the globe todayjoel fishbaneOne of my favourite Montreal theatre companies is at it again a…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Seminar Playwright and "Smash" Creator Theresa Rebeck by Kenneth Jones

The current Broadway world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar coincides with her leading the writing staff of the new TV series "Smash." The prolific playwright gives …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Show Tunes and Shootin' Hoops in Lysistrata Jones by Frank Dilella

Douglas Carter Beane, Lewis Flinn and Dan Knechtges apply a full-court musical-comedy press to bring the ancient Aristophanes comedy Lysistrata to the 21st century.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

THE SCREENING ROOM: Behind the Scenes of "Mash-Off" Episode of "Glee" (Video) by Michael Gioia

Naya Rivera, who stars as Santana Lopez in the Fox hit television show "Glee," was the force behind the drama on the latest episode of Fox's "Glee." Here, the actress…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Howard Sherman and Peter Marks Take Theater Beyond Twitter at DC's Arena Stage Nov. 19 by Michael Gioia

Arena Stage presents Theater Beyond Twitter: A Moderated Discussion Between Peter Marks and Howard Sherman Nov. 19 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle at the Mead Center for American Theat…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Dustin Lance Black's 8, With Gavin Creel, Barrett Foa, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Arrives in Michigan Nov. 19 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel, Barrett Foa, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Daniel Reichard lead a sold-out reading of Academy Award-winning "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's g…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Carolee Carmello Gets Into Broadway's Sister Act Beginning Nov. 19 by Adam Hetrick

Two-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello is Broadway's new Mother Superior in the Tony-nominated musical Sister Act, beginning Nov. 19 at the Broadway Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of Nov. 6–12 by Judy Samelson

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Nov. 6–12, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Nominee Melissa Errico Plays Joe's Pub Nov. 19; Concert Will Be Live Streamed by Andrew Gans

Tony-nominated singer-actress Melissa Errico, whose long-awaited recording of Michel Legrand tunes, which was recorded in 2005, arrived Oct. 18 on the Ghostlight Records label, celebrates th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

THE WEEK AHEAD, Nov. 19-25: Seminar and An Evening Open on Broadway; Stephen Sondheim's "Hat" Is Published by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Liza's at Birdland… Patti and Mandy officially open on Broadway… Stephen Sondheim finishes his "Hat"… an…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Back to the Future: Maple & Vine, a Tale of '50s Re-Enactors, Begins Off-Broadway; Marin Ireland Stars by Kenneth Jones

The New York City premiere of Jordan Harrison's Maple & Vine, about a community of modern Americans choosing to revert to a simpler 1950s lifestyle, begins Nov. 19 in an Off-Broadway…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
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Apr 19, 2024: Stereophonic - John Golden Theatre
Apr 20, 2024: Hell's Kitchen - Shubert Theatre
Apr 21, 2024: Cabaret - August Wilson Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: The Heart of Rock and Roll - James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: Patriots - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Apr 23, 2024: Mary Jane - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 24, 2024: Uncle Vanya - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Apr 24, 2024: Illinoise - St. James Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: The Great Gatsby - Broadway Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Apr 25, 2024: Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date
Apr 30, 2024: Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards
May 05, 2024: 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards
May 23, 2024: Outer Critics Circle Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Theatre World Awards
Jun 16, 2024: The 77th Annual Tony Awards - The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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