The good news for the contestants on tonight's AMERICAN IDOL is that they made it through the audition round - but the bad news is that more than 300 other contestants did too, and the judge…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:46PMIt was an 'Ugly Betty' reunion at HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING when Tony nominee Vanessa Williams stopped by the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to see Michael Urie as 'Bud Frump' …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:46PMALL IN ZI FAMILY In Russian Transport, comedienne Janeane Garofalo expands her range by playing a wisecracking Russian-Jewish matriarch whose domineering attitude toward her daughter conceal…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 09:33PMSutton Foster, a Tony Award winner for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and the current revival of "Anything Goes," will star in a series, tentatively called "Bunheads," for the cable channel ABC …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:33PMWHEN RECOMMENDATIONS DON’T TURN OUT AS HOPED FOR Aaron Feldman, the charismatic, bright, and privileged protagonist of Jonathan Caren’s promising but highly unwieldy new play The Rec…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 09:33PMThe award-winning Call Mr. Robeson, celebrating the life and work of the great actor, singer and civil rights campaigner, Paul Robeson, is coming to Carnegie Hall February 12th, 2012 to
coi…
Linked From www.carnegiehall.org at 09:33PMYou get a lot of good, clean fun, thanks to co-directors Justin Been and Gary F. Bell, and a delirious cast that delivers 110 percent.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:33PMHeadland says "Bachelorette" is her "gluttony" play among a cycle she's writing to dramatize the seven deadly sins, and there's gluttony in abundance here.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:33PMThe Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx announced in January the launch of an initiative that allows artists of all disciplines to perform creative services to receive he…
Linked From Backstage at 09:33PMPsycho Therapy is Refreshingly Funny: The new play Psycho Therapy by Frank Strausser is wonderfully acted and refreshingly funny.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 09:33PMJudy Garland in "A Star Is Born" never fails to exhilarate me and leave me shattered at the end of the film. It seems to be the pinnacle of her career and shows absolutely every facet of her…
Linked From Backstage at 09:33PMFordham University and the Asian American Performers Action Coalition will present "RepresentAsian: The Changing Face of New York Theater" on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Linked From Backstage at 09:33PMBoy meets girl. Boy fights Hitler. Girl goes all Rosie the Riveter and wonders whether her new independence beats marriage to Boy.Boy meets girl. Boy fights Hitler. Girl goes all Rosie the R…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:33PMAs Delray, the owner of an underground African-American rock 'n' roll bar, Memphis’ Christopher Jackson knows how to get the party started. Thus, it’s no surprise the act…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:04PMBritish actor and comedian Billy Connolly has joined the cast of Peter Jackson's forthcoming film version of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:04PMFrom dust to dust, from chalk to chalk -- Chalk Repertory returns to the Hollywood cemetery where it acquired its name and staged its first production, this time with the West Coast premiere…
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Forget the chocolates and champagne and all the many things wrapped in heart-shaped boxes. The most romantic way to celebrate the pre-Valentine’s Day weekend is to either go dancing yourse…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:53PMTracy Letts’ play “Superior Donuts” is set in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, not far from Mary-Arrchie Theatre. So it’s a nice bit of serendipity that the first non-Equity staging …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:53PMOPENING CHESTER AND THE UNBEARABLE BURDEN, PARTS I AND II. Six Hours Short Productions presents Ben M. Fort’s comedy about a young wizard caught up in mysterious happenings. Directed by Fo…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:53PMIf you had to identify the most influential dancemakers currently working on the international ballet stage, it’s a good bet that the following three names would make it to the very top of…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:53PMYou may leave Kate Fodor's Rx, a comedy about the relationships people have with one another and their pharmaceutical drugs, feeling a bit drowsy. Weariness is indeed a side effect of this o…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 07:52PMSince its debut at the Public Theatre in 1998, Adam Guettel's Myths and Hymns (né Saturn Returns) has accrued the cult status that belongs to many little-known musicals. Aficionados and his…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 07:52PMEncores! kicks off its 19th season with Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, which examines the lives of three artists whose friendship is tested by time, events, ambit…
Linked From YouTube at 07:49PMMulti award-winning stage directors Michael Grandage CBE and Mark Brokaw will participate in a special program and reception on Monday, February 13, 6 to 8 PM, co-hosted by The BritArts Comm…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:46PMIf the very fabric of our thought had not changed, we would not have been able to change reality. –Zelda Fichandler Our field was born of a dream, and that dream created a revoluti…
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Theater artists who use first-person testimony and historical artifacts was the topic of a panel on Day 3 of the Association for Jewish Theatre conference, which met at USC on Tuesday. The…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 06:58PMTHEATER REVIEW: "American Idiot" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "American Idiot" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★½ ... For all their Berkeley …
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:53PMVenus in Fur, David Ives' steamy battle-of-the-sexes comedy-drama with Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy, snuggled into Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on Feb. 7 for a commercial run at least to…
Linked From Playbill at 06:48PMCAP21 Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions From a Midlife Crisis, a new play by Amy Ferris, Ken Ferris and Krista Lyons, beginning Feb. 29,…
Linked From Playbill at 06:48PMPrimary Stages' world premiere of Kate Fodor's comedy Rx, starring Tony Award nominee Stephen Kunken, Marylouise Burke and Marin Hinkle, officially opened Off-Broadway Feb. 7 after p…
Linked From Playbill at 06:48PM"The music started off at Bach's typical quick trot, a pace which, being uniform and neither fast nor slow, the...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 06:46PMAt the request of the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ROCK OF AGES performed their classic anthems Dont Stop Believin and Here I Go Again at The New York Giants Super Bowl V…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMApropos of absolutely nothing, here's a list of the ten American novels I most wish I'd written. Note that I...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 06:46PMHis production may not be as stylish as the Royal Shakespeare Companys, but Antoni Cimolinos staging of this sharp business-scandal drama is a substantial one
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 06:16PMJon Matteson will play the title role in (re)discover theatre's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, to run February 16-25 at the Live Bait Theatre. Matt Wills will direct the prod…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMObie Award winner Michael Chernus will guest star in a multi-episode arc of Showtime's The Big C, according to TVLine.com.
He will play Rick, described as "a dynamic, groovy pasto…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMStage veterans Justin Long and Peter Dinklage will co-star alongside Evan Rachel Wood, Keir O' Donnell, and Busy Phillips in the independent film A Case of You, according to Variety.
T…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMREDCAT will present Mx Justin Vivian Bond in the one person cabaret Low Double Standards: An Entitlement Program, February 17-19.
In this cabaret show with original music from the criticall…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMGretchen Cryer will direct Elizabeth Rose in her solo musical, Relative Pitch, to be presented at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, February 21-April 14.
The show's score features 19 or…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMStage and television star David Cassidy will play B.B.King's in New York City on Thursday, July 19 at 8pm.
Cassidy's stage credits include Joseph and the Amazing Color Technicolor…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMThe Broadway cast of Rock of Ages performed the anthems "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Here I Go Again" at The New York Giants Super Bowl Victory Ceremony at New Y…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:03PMAs the puppet Punch celebrates his three-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, Improbable brings its take on “that’s the way to do it” in The Devil and Mister Punch in the Barbic…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:03PMTwo-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and screen star Elizabeth Reaser are hitting the off-Broadway boards in Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, and we've…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:01PMComplete casting has been announced for Classic Stage Company’s upcoming production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring the previously announced Bebe Neuwirt…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:01PMAny Broadway star who can attract Elmo, Joel Grey, Donna Murphy and Nick Jonas to the stage at a Monday night benefit performance must be pretty important. Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth did …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:01PM
Kieren van den Blink, producing and starring in Bekah Brunstetter's Mine for her Little Beast Theatre at Elephant Lab, discusses the twists and turns and celebrity encounters as she "follows…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:57PMFielding a superb cast, the Metropolitan Opera's latest revival of "Ernani" had the musical cards stacked strongly in its favour. The actual performance however was unfortunately flat, some …
Linked From The Tyro Theatre Critic at 05:56PMThe next show at the Royal George Theatre mainstage will be "Motherhood the Musical," a carefully targeted commercial show with mothers of all stripes in its marketing bulls-eye.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:52PMThe Public Theater has announced the ten playwrights who will make up the 2012-13 Emerging Writers Group, the downtown theatre company's bi-annual program that nurtures the work of new p…
Linked From Playbill at 05:48PMStephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, the first New York City Center Encores production of the season, opens tonight, February 8 at New York City Center, and features Colin Donnell, Celi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMCritics urged not to review Toronto presentation of Tony Award-winning play
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 05:42PMLegit News:
Mac, Greenspan among Off Broadway ensemble
Linked From Variety at 05:40PMHoney 2 - Official Dance Tutorial - Beau Casper Smart
Official dance tutorial for Honey 2! Beau "Casper" Smart teaches some of Rosero McCoy's choreography from the movie to La…
Linked From YouTube at 05:36PMDance Moms - Season 2 Episode 5 - Brooke's Back
Dance Moms Season 2 Episode 5 - "Brooke's Back." In this episode of FYI, Todrick Hall and Amina Camille recap everything yo…
Linked From YouTube at 05:36PM“Chekhovek” offers short stories from Chekhov, including “The Lady With the Dog” and “The Chemist’s Wife.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:35PMThe actor Anthony Heald and the downtown performance artist Taylor Mac have been cast in the Classic Stage Company's coming production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the theater announced o…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:13PMLegit News:
Cast set for Charman play
Linked From Variety at 05:07PMThe cast/creators of
The Vineyard Theatre production of Now. Here. This. met the press on Monday, February 6. The show will begin previews on March 7 and its official opening will be March…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMTrinity Rep will host a free public forum to discuss the history and issues surrounding The Merchant of Venice in conjunction with its production of Shakespeare's controversial play. Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMWestchester Broadway Theatre has announced the cast of 'S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, to play the WBT Mainstage in Elmsford, New York, March 1-24. The production is directed by…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMBroadway veterans Bill Irwin and Alfred Molina will star alongside Jamie Bamber and Jennifer Finnigan in David E. Kelley's TNT medical drama pilot Chelsea General, according to Deadline…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMDavid Schwimmer will reunite with his former Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow on the new season of her Showtime comedy Web Therapy, according to published reports.
He will play a man who was tra…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMThe Neo-Futurists have announced casting for Greg Allen's The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told By Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched Creature)…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:02PMPhantom of the Opera fans are snapping up tickets to see the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sequel Love Never Dies, which was recorded at the Regent Theatre …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PMThe Walt Disney Company is working on obtaining the Mary Poppins-themed screenplay Saving Mr. Banks, according to Deadline.com. Written by Kelly Marcel, the film chronicles the 14 years…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PMTwo-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and screen star Elizabeth Reaser are hitting the off-Broadway boards in Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, and we've…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PMAlexis Bledel has joined the cast of the world premiere of Matt Charman's Regrets. Bledel will play Chrissie Myers alongside previously announced star Adriane Lenox. Direc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PMValentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people w…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PMFrank Strausser’s kinky new comedy Psycho Therapy opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre on February 7. The show follows an unusual three-way relationship and the therapist who…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:01PM
"69°S" takes risks that never put actual life or limb in danger, but under the static of snow and history, we learn that venturing to the edge is always a kind of art.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 04:58PMOne of Broadway’s most popular, most glamorous, and award-winning shows heads south to Houston this summer for a week-long run at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall from July 20 to 29, 2012.
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 04:58PMAlso: Calendar Girls, Chelsea Hotel, Intimate Apparel and Problem Child
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 04:55PMI had a curious and somewhat short-winded conversation just now over lunch with a professor of mine at Stanford who is a prominent patron of the arts and teaches a class on the management of…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 04:51PMLes Misérables producer Cameron Mackintosh confirmed that the in-production film version of the epic Victor Hugo-inspired musical will feature a new song for Jean Valjean, the hero pl…
Linked From Playbill at 04:47PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, known for her acclaimed performances in Grey Gardens and 42nd Street, has returned to the Cafe Carlyle for a winter engagement through Feb. 25.
Linked From Playbill at 04:47PMOn Thursday, February 16, 2012, the company of Broadway\'s hit revival of Stephen Schwartz\'s legendary rock musical GODSPELL is pleased to welcome the musical director and conductor of the …
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 04:46PMToday, February 8, Lincoln Center filmed the matinee performance of SISTER ACT for their famed archives. The show will now be preserved amongst the Broadway classics at the New York Public L…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMAccording to Deadline.com, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep might star in an upcoming film about the making of Disney's 'Mary Poppins.' Titled 'Saving Mr. Banks,' the film features a screenplay by…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMStray Dog draws big audiences with satire
Linked From St. Louis Today at 04:43PMWith a merely adequate understudy in the lead role, this slice of barrio life is like West Side Story without the gangs
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 04:32PMWe're reminded how theatre can educate, even on something as abstract as financial and accounting practices.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 04:29PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more i…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:21PMThe Marsh Berkeley is set to present Daniel Cainer's Jewish Chronicles, February 23 at 8pm.
Jewish Chronicles is a collection of stories in song, performed at the piano by Cainer. He …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMJobsite Theater is set to present Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka, March 8-25 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center.
Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka is the story of th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMPearl Theatre Company has announced casting for Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, to run March 6 - April 15 at New York City Center Stage II. J.R. Sullivan will direct …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMBroadway veterans Sean Combs, James Gandolfini, Anthony Hopkins, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and Chazz Palminteri are among the performers and celebrity supporters slated to appear a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMPop star Ricky Martin, who will appear as Che Guevara in the upcoming Broadway revival of Evita, made an appearance on the February 7 episode of FOX's hit series Glee.
Martin played Da…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMFollowing a highly successful Los Angeles premiere in February 2011,
the Tony-nominated musical, Rock of Ages, will return to Los Angeles for a strictly limited one week engagement, March 20…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:00PMIn 1988, Carrie cemented its place in Broadway history when the $8 million musical flopped after five performances. Since then, Carrie has been not been seen in New York…until no…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:00PMOne Broadway opening wasn't enough for Venus in Fur and its acclaimed stars, Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy: After the sexy play's limited engagement ended at Manhattan T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:00PMMerrily We Roll Along is a rarely seen but well-loved Stephen Sondheim musical which traces the career choices and friendship of three artists over a span of 25 years. Encores! begins its se…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:00PM
The complete company of the world-premiere production of Matt Charman's Regrets has been revealed by Manhattan Theatre Club. Carolyn Cantor directs the production at MTC's Off-Broadw…
Linked From Playbill at 03:46PMAcademy Award nominee Mare Winningham, Jeff Perry and Russell Harvard will star in the American premiere of Nina Raine's Olivier Award-nominated play Tribes, which will be staged by Davi…
Linked From Playbill at 03:46PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who created the role of Margaret White in the original Broadway production of Carrie, plans to attend the current MCC Off-Broadway revival of the musical thi…
Linked From Playbill at 03:46PMThe City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's short-lived but tuneful 1981 Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along plays appears (in a revised version) at the…
Linked From Playbill at 03:46PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced full casting for the upcoming world premiere of REGRETS by Matt Charman, directed by Carolyn Cantor.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMBased on the ongoing success of the MCC Theater Youth Company over the past 12 years, MCC Theater has received a 25,000 grant from The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation to launch…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMONCE, the new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, will play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this spring. Previews will begin Tuesday, February 28, 2012 with opening ni…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMBroadway witnessed its worst week yet of 2012, with ticket sales continuing to fall throughout the week ending February 5. Twenty-one of the 23 total productions on the Great White Way fell …
Linked From Ticket News at 03:15PMBruce Springsteen fans are in an uproar after tickets for his upcoming tour disappeared in a matter of minutes, leaving many fans facing the prospect of paying as much as 20 times face value…
Linked From Ticket News at 03:15PMRenee Fleming interviews Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Barbara Frittoli (Donna Elvira), and Luca Pisaroni (Leporello) about their roles in Don Giovanni; also including a preview clip from…
Linked From PBS at 03:15PMPrincipal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads his first Met performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut, on THIRTEEN…
Linked From PBS at 03:15PMCentral Standard Theatre's memorable production of Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" gets one more weekend of performances before jetting Down Under.
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 03:14PMLin-Manuel Miranda clearly doesn’t understand the meaning of “slow down.”
Linked From New York Daily News at 03:14PMF Scott Fitzgerald novel in eight hours – play comes to London after sellout runs and ecstatic reviews around the worldAn eight-hour long play looks set to become one of the most talked-ab…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:14PMCritically panned musical, which closed seven years ago after just one night in the West End, is to reopen on London's fringeWhen Mike Read's Oscar Wilde musical closed within hours of its o…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:14PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews the American premiere of Christy Hall's World War II epistolary romance, "Yours, Isabel," at Actors Co-op. A theater review for the Los Angeles Times.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:14PMBroadway is very much like the United States’ economy -- it has periods of prosperous success followed by periods of quiet inactivity. This year has been one of the quiet ones in terms…
Linked From Gold Derby at 03:14PMFederico MataUrban Theatre Movement's "Short Eyes" now playing downtown at Los Angeles Theatre CenterMiguel Pinero's 1970s prison play Short Eyes nabs this week's Pick of the Week. Goo…
Linked From LA Weekly at 03:14PMSuccess in the theatre, as in life, breeds success; they acquire momentum, confidence and of course an audience in turn, and a virtuous circle is created. The opposite is also true: there ar…
Linked From The Stage at 03:14PMMatt Burns as Thomas Weaver and Jim Stanek as Alvin Kelby in 4th Wall Theatre's "The Story of My Life." Remember that friendship that you let fade away? What happened to that pal f…
Linked From NJ.com at 03:14PM
Club Café is set to present Charlie Hall's Mass Hysteria The Musical, March 3-April 29.
In Mass Hysteria, the five person cast uses skits, standup, and song parodies that ta…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMMCC Theater has received a $25,000 grant from The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation to launch a two year pilot program aimed at working with students from the George Washington H…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMThe Flea Theater has announced a second extension of Sean Graney's These Seven Sicknesses, which will now play through March 4. Ed Sylvanus Iskander has directed the production.
The …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMClassic Stage Company has announced complete casting for A Midsummer Night's Dream, to run April 4 - May 20, with an opening on April 29. Tony Speciale will direct the production.
Sh…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMSingers Forum is set to present Showstoppers, a musical benefit for the Singers Forum Actors Equity Scholarship Program, on March 5 at 7 pm at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The event will be…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMCasting has been announced for The Great Immensity, to be presented by Kansas City Rep and The Civilians, to be presented on the Copaken Stage, February 17-March 18.
The Great Immensity is …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMAn updated list of performers has been announced for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 12 and aired live on CBS. LL Cool J will host …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMFull casting has been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Regrets, by British playwright Matt Charman. Carolyn Cantor will direct the production at New York City Ce…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:59PMJordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters President, has announced that Clybourne Park will have its Broadway opening at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Thursday, April 19 with preview performances on March…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 02:58PMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia C. Levy, Executive Director) is pleased to announce Thomas Mygatt will join the company o…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:51PMLynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) are pleased to announce full casting for the upcoming world premiere of REGRETS b…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:51PMNATALIE KUHN-Natalie is thrilled to be making her Off Broadway debut withPoetic License. Theatre: Stop the Virgens (St.Ann’s Warehouse), Everything That Happens (David ByrneConcert To…
Linked From Visible Soul at 02:48PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone reunites with the New York City Ballet for Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins beginning Feb. 8 at the Koch Theater.
Linked From Playbill at 02:46PMComplete casting has been announced for the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the baseball-themed musical Damn Yankees, which will begin previews at the New Jersey venue Marc…
Linked From Playbill at 02:46PMThe cast of Barrow Street Theatre's highly anticipated North American Premiere of Nina Raine's Tribes, met the press yesterday, February 6. Check out photos from tthe event below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMNick Jonas, currently starring in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, was joined by Charlotte St. Martin Executive Director of the Broadway League, Jord…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMStephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, the first New York City Center Encores production of the season , will open on Wednesday, February 8 at New York City Center, and will feature Colin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMOn February 15 at the historic Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills for one night only renowned Musical Theatre of Los Angeles will present a benefit Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat I…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMONCE begins previews on Broadway Tuesday, February 28, 2012 with an opening night set for Sunday, March 18, 2012. The production features the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen H…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:43PM“They’ve got a foreign policy that shows a lot of weakness,” Hannity said. “I know the President will say they got bin Laden, putting that aside.”“And the public gives him credit…
Linked From Don Hall at 02:43PMBRINGING IT ON: Broadway talents will align
big-time this weekend in the Lou with hundreds expected from around
the country to audition for this year's Muny season and for "Bring
It On: The …
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:41PMIn its return to regular programming for the 2011-2012 season, Cherry Lane Theatre brings us Frank Strausser's new comedy.
Linked From Third Row, Mezzanine at 02:39PMDISCOUNT TICKETS TO ASSISTANCE for BLOG READERS:
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Linked From Third Row, Mezzanine at 02:39PM
A starry roster of stage veterans have signed on for the Public Theater's Public Sings! An Unforgettable Celebration of Musical Theater. Tony winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret), Ton…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:58PMThe New Directions students were challenged to include Spanish in their performances when Evita leading man Ricky Martin showed up as hot teacher David Martinez on the February 7 episode of …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:58PMThe world premiere of Gabe McKinley’s drama CQ/CX has extended for an additional week at off-Broadway’s Peter Norton Space. The Atlantic Theater Company production, helmed by Dav…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:58PMDianne Pilkington enjoyed a long and acclaimed West End run as Glinda in Wicked and starred as Amalia in last year’s Chichester Festival revival of She Loves Me, with a stint in The 39…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:58PMEvita star Ricky Martin became the latest famous face to join the faculty over at Glee's McKinley High on February 7. In the latest episode the teachers battled for a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:58PMDOMA Theatre Company has announced the schedule for its inaugural season, which will run from March through December of this year.
The season includes a line up of six musicals, opening wit…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMAtlantic Theater Company's world premiere production of Gabe McKinley's CQ/CX, originally slated to close on March 4, will now extend through March 11. The production is directed …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMHonorees have been announced for Capezio's 125th anniversary gala celebration, to be held at New York City Center on Monday, April 23 at 7pm. The show is conceived and directed by Ann M…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMOscar winner and Broadway veteran Natalie Portman has joined the casts of two upcoming Terrence Malick films, according to Deadline.com.
She will appear alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanc…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMTrinity Rep will host a free public forum to discuss the history and issues surrounding The Merchant of Venice in conjunction with its production of Shakespeare's controversial play. Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMDaniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner re-enact all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes at the Panasonic Theatre.
Linked From Toronto.com at 01:52PMNick Jonas in HOW TO SUCCEED... TV Commercial
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Now, in its second smash year, Broadway's musical comedy hit welcomes a bright new star—music sens…
Linked From YouTube at 01:52PMTCG Leadership Teleconferences are offered throughout the year featuring presentations and moderated panel conversations by experts in and outside of the field who give their unique perspect…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 01:50PMARI BUTLER Recently played FINCH in “How to Succeed…”at Canada’s Drayton Festival. Other credits include: The Shape ofThings as Adam (Stamford Theater Works), Fugue (NY’sCher…
Linked From Visible Soul at 01:47PMComplete casting has been announced for UnsungMusicals' production of the 1948 revue Make Mine Manhattan, which will feature the previously announced Jessica Lee Goldyn, Greg Reuter and …
Linked From Playbill at 01:45PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming, Montego Glover, Kelli O’Hara and Benjamin Walker have joined the line-up for the Public Theater's March 5 Public Sings! benefit concert.
Linked From Playbill at 01:45PMTony Award nominee Anthony Heald and performance artist and songwriter Taylor Mac are among the troupers joining Tony winner Bebe Neuwith and Christina Ricci for Classic Stage Company's …
Linked From Playbill at 01:45PMThe Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere production of Gabe McKinley's journalism play CQ/CX, directed by Tony Award nominee David Leveaux, has been extended by one week in advance of…
Linked From Playbill at 01:45PMWell THIS is an unexpected pleasure! Frank Strausser has written a play that is acerbic and a little vague and also sort of touching. I know – that sounds odd but then people are odd, an…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 01:43PMYou've nominated, voted and we do hope you're joining us at the Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert so why not get the T-shirt too! Show your favourites that you care by getting your very own cu…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:42PMPaper Mill Playhouse has just announced casting for Damn Yankees, directed by Paper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director, Mark S. Hoebee, with choreography by Denis Jones. The cast f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMStage Entertainment, in cooperation with Disney Theatrical Productions, will present the Dutch premiere of The Little Mermaid. After presenting Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMAtlantic Theater Company has just announced that the world premiere production of Gabe McKinleys play CQCX, directed by Tony Award nominee David Leveaux has been extended in advance of offic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMFebruary 2nd marked the opening night for the Primary Stages Casey Childs, Founder amp Executive Producer Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director Elliot Fox, Managing Director world premiere of the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMRehearsals begin tomorrow, Thursday, February 9, for The Stratford Shakespeare Festivals hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rices JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Directed by the Stratford…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThere’s brisk assurance and mercilessness, but also a hint of insecurity, in this portrayal of Maria Callas, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:41PMThe tour is every bit a Michael Jackson event as it is a Cirque
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Linked From St. Louis Today at 01:41PMThere’s exhilarating dancing and a tender, disturbing pas de deux in Balanchine’s ballet, writes Apollinaire Scherr
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:29PMCLICK FOR PHOTOS AND VIDEO FEATURE MAMMA MIA! Broadway dancing queen Allyson Carr is featured in the new Broadway.com “Gotta” Dance!” photo and video feature series. Best known for her…
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A faith compromised is an odd beast indeed. Take Luke, the young, beguiling object of affection in Round House Theatre’s new production of Geoffrey Nauffts’ Tony-nominated Next Fall, as …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:56PMIn honor of Black History Month, the 2010 Tony Award winning musical, Memphis, will be hosting a talkback series celebrating the impact minorities have had on the entertainment industry. The…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 12:56PM– Shirley Serotsky has been directing theatre in DC for ten years, at the helm of projects with Theater J, Keegan Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, The Hub Theatre, and others. …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:56PMStage and screen favorite Beau Bridges plays corporate bigwig J.B. Biggley in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but in real life, he plays big brother to Aca…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:56PMThe Lost Theatre is set to present the stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, March 14-31, marking the 50th anniversary of the novel's publication. …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMComplete casting has been announced for Classic Stage Company’s upcoming production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring the previously announced Bebe Neuwirt…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:56PMActor's Co-Op has announced the cast for its production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Crossley Theatre, March 16-April 29.
Long Day's Jou…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMSpider Saloff will perform her one-woman musical The Roar of the Butterfly at Victory Gardens' Richard Christiansen Theater, May 2-20.
With book, music and lyrics by Saloff, along wi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMSon of Semele will present a workshop of Tilted Field Production's The Last Days of Mary Stuart, February 18-March 4. Becca Wolff will direct.
With a score by Byron Kahr and John Nixo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMThe national tour of War Horse will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre, running December 18 - January 5. Bijan Sheibani has directed the production, based on Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris&a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMAn updated lineup of performers has been announced for Public Sings!, a benefit concert to be held on Monday, March 5 in Joe's Pub. Daisy Prince will direct the performance, with music…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMChina's The Oriental Songlei Theatre is set to present the world premiere of Louis St. Louis' musical The Joker's Game, opening on May 15. Tony Stimac will direct.
The musi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for Damn Yankees, to run March 7 - April 1. Mark S. Hoebee will direct the production, which will have choreography by Denis Jones.
With book by …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMWorld-class puppeteer Basil Twist discusses Petrushka, set to perform at The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre, March 16 - 25.
Click here for more information and Petrush…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:56PMRehearsals begin tomorrow, Thursday, February 9, for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Directed by the S…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:52PMNicole Cline and Perry Young (photo credit: John Daughtry)Failing to Reach the HeightsDancap brings a tour to TOby Stuart MunroI first saw In The Heights on Broadway in the spring of 2009. L…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:51PMAdrianne Pieczonka, who plays Tosca in the current Canadian Opera Company season, sustained a knee injury Friday and is jumping no more.
Linked From Toronto.com at 12:51PMThe National Endowment for the Arts will host a webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable on Tuesday, Februar…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 12:49PM“War Horse” will be galloping into Chicago in December. The acclaimed epic show that originated at London’s National Theatre, received multiple Tony Awards on Broadway, and was the ins…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 12:48PMAtlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that the world premiere production of Gabe McKinley’s play CQ/CX, directed b…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:48PMHEDY WEISS: The rhythmic rant, developed by new Victory Gardens leader Chay Yew, outlines a wide range of afflictions with an emphasis on the homeland.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 12:48PMBasketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, formerly of Michigan State University and the Los Angeles Lakers, will make his Broadway debut this spring — sort of.
Linked From Playbill at 12:44PMTony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) will be the "obnoxious and disliked" John Adams opposite fellow Continental Congressman — and Tony nomine…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44PMComplete casting has been announced for the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the baseball-themed musical Damn Yankees, which will begin previews at the New Jersey venue Marc…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44PMTony Award winners Phylicia Rashad, Chuck Cooper and Leslie Uggams will take part in a stage adaptation of Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God Feb. 29 and March 1 at the Gre…
Linked From Playbill at 12:44PMAs I was leaving the theatre I heard a colleague remark to his theatre companion, “Well, not altogether bad.” That about sums it up. With the added note that this is a fantastic cast t…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 12:43PMNow that you’ve cast your vote, prepare to cast your bid! Inspired by our adopted charity Stage One, whose West End Lots auction continues until 24 February at auction.stageone.uk.com,…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:41PMClassic Stage Company has announced complete casting for their upcoming production of Shakespeares A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, which begins previews at CSC on Wednesday, April 4 for a limited …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMThe Public Theater announced today that Alan Cumming, Montego Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Ethan Lipton, Kelli OHara, and Benjamin Walker would join the star-studded PUBLIC SINGS benefit on Monda…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMAfter a year and a half hiatus, Seth Rudetsky's famed Seth's Broadway Chatterbox has returned to Don't Tell Mama. Seth's Broadway Chatterbox includes interviews and performances by noted Bro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMTickets are now on sale for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's…
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A musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel, will gets its world premiere at the King’s Head Theatre in London. Performances begin Aug…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMValentine's Day is less than a week away, but one of Broadway's most adorable couples is already making sweet music together. Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde heartthrob Jeremy Jo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMLate Night with David Letterman musical director Paul Shaffer will make a guest appearance in the February 16 performance of Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Shaffer p…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMEncores! kicks off its 19th season with the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along. Directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine, the musical opens at New…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMAs a monologist, Mike Daisey pursues his obsessions for a living. Chief among them is technology, and Apple products in particular. After a long love affair with these items, Daisey’s …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMSince making his Rialto debut as a Roger replacement in Rent, Norbert Leo Butz has gone on create some of the most charming characters on Broadway, winning two Tony Awards in the process. He…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMP. Nokio, written and directed by hip hop performing artist Psalmayene 24, hits a fun and groovy downbeat. Playing the main character, Psalmayene 24 takes on the stiff mannerisms of an art…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:55AMPlaywright Jason Grote has joined the writing team for NBC's Smash, according to a report in The Washington Post.
Grote's play Civilization (all you can eat) is currently play…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMPrimary Stages celebrated the opening of Kate Fodor's new comedy Rx with a post-performance reception at 48 lounge.
Marin Hinkle and Stephen Kunken star in the play, about the relation…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMSerenbe Playhouse -- located in Palmetto, Georgia -- has announced the productions planned for its 2012 season, running June 1-August 18.
The season will begin with Rachel Teagle's wor…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMFormer Playboy Playmate and Dancing with the Stars contestant Holly Madison and American Idol finalist and Broadway veteran Josh Strickland were on hand to help celebrate the 1,000th perform…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMPaul Shaffer will make a cameo appearance at the Thursday, February 16 performance of Broadway's Godspell, performing at Circle in the Square Theatre. He will also participate in a talk…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMRod Menzies will direct the world premiere of an Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA production, The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King, written by Andrew Dolan. The production runs March 17 - Apr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:55AMWe’re currently only three years away from the 2015 “future” depicted in the second installment of the “Back to the Future” trilogy, but it is possible we could see a musical versi…
Linked From broadway.me at 11:51AMIn his inaugural season, Artistic Director Chay Yew has brought an invaluable gift to Victory Gardens in the form of UNIVERSES. So memorable is their show *Ameriville*, it leaves less of an …
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 11:50AMBernadette. Patti. Some Broadway performers don’t need a last name. But what about amazing theater talents that never get that kind of widespread, iconic acclaim? In a new column, I…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 11:50AM"War Horse,"the hit West End and Broadway show based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo and famous for its puppet horses, will be in Chicago for Christmas.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 11:49AMBailey Hanks, winner of the reality show competition "Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods," will reprise her performance as Elle in Diablo Theatre Company's p…
Linked From Playbill at 11:44AMTony-winning City of Angels lyricist David Zippel is directing Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige's upcoming New York solo concert debut, part of The American Songbook series.
Linked From Playbill at 11:44AMCarrie, the infamously short-lived 1988 Broadway musical based on the Stephen King novel about a bullied teen with telekinetic powers who takes vengeance on her tormentors, returned in a new…
Linked From Playbill at 11:44AMThe Trinity Repertory Company will stage world-premiere plays by Curt Columbus, George Brant and Deborah Salem Smith in repertory beginning Feb. 16.
Linked From Playbill at 11:44AMThe national tour of the Tony Award-winning drama War Horse will gallop into Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in December as part of the Broadway in Chicago series.
Linked From Playbill at 11:44AMBroadway Star Kristin Chenoweth Sings "You'll Never Know" at Drama League Tribute
Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth received a singular honor on February 6, when the Drama …
Linked From YouTube at 11:43AMAs a monologist, Mike Daisey pursues his obsessions for a living. Chief among them is technology, and Apple products in particular. After a long love affair with these items, Daisey's curios…
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Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:41AMEdgeAlliance is putting on the event called Dining Out for Life on April 26, 2012. The event takes place in 85 restaurants across the city, many are near local theatres. EdgeAlliance is look…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 11:40AMOn Thursday, February 16, 2012, the company of Broadway's revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELLwill welcome the musical director and conductor of the original Broadway producti…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMHappy Birthday Sherie Rene Scott On Broadway Scott has starred as Christine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, garnering nominations for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMFREUD’S LAST SESSION will play a special President’s Day Weekend schedule at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). There will be an added performance Sunday evening, February 19th at …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:34AM"Carrie" the musical at MCC Theater
A behind the scenes look at the musical of "Carrie," including interviews with composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean Pitchford, book w…
Linked From YouTube at 11:33AMSchool #9: Middleton Street Elementary School Los Angeles, California Reported by: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO, iTheatrics January 31, 2012 Today finds me in Los Angeles working …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 11:19AMErik Olson as Orestes, Betsy Lippitt as ElektraThe New York premiere of These Seven Sicknesses, a 5 hour marathon of all seven of Sophocles’s plays re-envisioned by playwright Sean Graney,…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 11:16AMMy BFFs over at the Off Broadway Alliance asked me to let you know about the latest in their Off-Broadway panel series that just so happens to be . . . this Sunday! Starting at noon and fini…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:12AM
The pickings from the Bell Telephone Hour that Video Artists International delves into must be getting slim. It isn’t that the material on latest releases in VAI’ Music’s s…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMWelcome to winter wonderland, presented by 1st Stage. If you’ve been to this theater, things will seem a little different this time. The arena-like seating is curtained off for the…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMIn this edition, we talk with Barbara Bradshaw, one of the most admired stage and voice-over actresses in South Florida whose 200-plus roles include four Carbonell-winning performances. In t…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AMSan Francisco Symphony will present the world premiere of Meredith Monk's Realm Variations, on March 18 in Davies Symphony Hall.
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony's 2012 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:54AMPlaywright Jose Rivera and US Senator Robert Menendez were honored at INTAR's 46th anniversary Gala, held February 7 at the Manhattan Penthouse.
The event was hosted by actress and sin…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:54AMRuby in the Dust's world premiere production of The Great Gatsby Musical will play King's Head Theatre, August 7-September 1. Linnie Reedman will direct.
With original music and …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:54AMRated P For Parenthood, a musical comedy about childrearing, begins previews on February 8 at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre. The production stars Courtney Balan, Chris Hoch, David Jo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:54AMCasting has been announced for Arthur Yorinks' radio play version of Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God at WNYC and WQXR Radio's Greene Space February 29 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:54AMAn updated lineup of artists who will be taking part in the Whatsonstage.com Awards ceremony, to be held on February 19 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, has been announced. Sheridan Smith wi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:54AMThe 54th Annual Grammy Awards are just around the corner and come February 12, The Book of Mormon’s leading men, Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, may be able to add “Grammy winner&r…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:54AMThe Encores! concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's short-lived but tuneful 1981 Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along plays New York City Center Feb. 8-19. The c…
Linked From Playbill at 10:53AMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S POLL ANDIN ROUND TWO OF HOT/HOTTER - BOTH TO YOUR LEFTThe Broadway ads read, "Carrie. There's never been a musical like her." The wor…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 10:49AMCall Mr. Robeson, which celebrates the life and work of actor, singer and Civil Rights campaigner Paul Robeson, will play Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall Feb. 12 at 3 PM to coincide with Abr…
Linked From Playbill at 10:43AMOn Feb. 16 the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell will welcome "Late Show with David Letterman" musical director Paul Shaffer, who was conductor of the original B…
Linked From Playbill at 10:43AMTheatre Development Fund's Autism Theater Initiative will present autism-friendly performances of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins April 29 at 1 PM at the New Amsterdam…
Linked From Playbill at 10:43AMMichael Torontow will play Chad in Stage West Mississauga's production of All Shook Up, which will run Feb. 9-April 20 at the venue in the Greater Toronto area.
Linked From Playbill at 10:43AMThe West End transfer of Terrence McNally’s 1995 Broadway play Master Class opened last night (7 February 2012, previews from 21 January) at the Vaudeville Theatre.
Tyne Daly, star of…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:40AMStephen Wadsworth's new production of Terrence McNally's Master Class starring Tyne Daly as the legendary opera soprano Maria Callas at the Vaudeville Theatre following its critically acclai…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMCapezio celebrates 125 years of excellence with this one-night only special show on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 700 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street btwn. 6th and 7th Ave NYC. A …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMTDFs Autism Theater Initiative will present autism-friendly performances of Disney and Cameron Mackintoshs Mary Poppins on Sunday, April 29, at 1pm, at the New Amsterdam Theatre 214 West 42n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMThe newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical, had its first preview on January 31, 2012 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The show will open officially on March 1,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMINTAR, New Yorks Latino theatre company, celebrated its 46th anniversary with a special Gala at the Manhattan Penthouse 80 5th Avenue at 14th Street last night, February 7th.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMVENUS IN FUR, the acclaimed new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie starring Tony Award nominee Nina Arianda and Emmy Award nominee Hugh Dancy began performances …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMAccording to EWonline, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in the adaptation of John le Carre's 2008 thriller novel A MOST WANTED MAN.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AM"Mary Poppins" and "The Lion King" will present special performances as part of the Autism Theater Initiative.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:38AMCharacter actor Sam Coppola of Leonia, who gave John Travolta sage but salty advice in the 1977 film classic "Saturday Night Fever," died Sunday. He was 79.
Linked From NorthJersey.com at 10:22AM"The Simpsons" Mike Reiss To Receive "Commie" Award The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the largest comedy film festival in the USA, will head East to Hartfiord's Mark Twain House …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 10:18AMLive performances of the play, with a cast that features Phylicia Rashad and Leslie Uggams and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, will be recorded for a planned national broadcast in Septemb…
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Gabriel Barre will direct Goodspeed Musicals' production of the new musical, Amazing Grace, to play the Norma Terris Theatre, May 17-June 10.
Featuring music and lyrics by Christopher…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:53AMElevator Repair Service will perform Gatz at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre, to run June 8 - July 15, as part of London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT). The engagement wil…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:53AMDavid Ives' Venus in Fur reopened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre following a month-long hiatus, on Tuesday, February 7.
Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy once again star in the comedy, ab…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:53AMValentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people w…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:53AMThe bumpy Broadway journey of Clybourne Park will officially end happily: Jujamcyn Theaters president Jordan Roth announced that Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play will begin pr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:53AM“Their very presence… said volumes to me about the power theater has and the difference it makes in peoples lives; and not only the potential we have as an artform, but the responsibilit…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 09:47AMPsycho Therapy, the world-premiere comedy by Frank Strausser, starring Jeffrey Carlson and Angelica Page, officially opened Off-Broadway Feb. 7.
Linked From Playbill at 09:43AMThree of the stars of the current Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will be the special guests at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox Feb. 9.
Linked From Playbill at 09:43AMDespite the loss of lead producer Scott Rudin, who abandoned his plan to produce Bruce Norris' play Clybourne Park on Broadway this spring, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will make its…
Linked From Playbill at 09:43AMIn honor of the Phantom 25th Anniversary Concert DVD release—you all purchased/repeatedly viewed said DVD yesterday, correct?—we thought it was high time we talked more about Hadley Fras…
Linked From The Craptacular at 09:41AMHailed by Entertainment Weekly as an extra-extra special production, and heralded by Newsweek as the talk of the town, Newsies makes its Broadway debut at the Nederlander Theatre riding a wa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMHappy February Eager to get a jump start on booking up your calendar for the month Since no one can be everywhere at once, here are my official BroadwayGirlNYC picks for the month of Februa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMTwo new stage versions of the The Great Gatsby have recently been announced, following hot on the heels of news that Gatz, an eight-hour interpretation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, will …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:39AMOn the February 13th episode of NBC's new musical drama series SMASH entitled 'Callbacks', Ivy Megan Hilty and Karen Katharine McPhee jump through hoops for the brilliant but temperamental d…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Today is the birthday of the great bluesman Lonnie Johnson. For his full bio go here. And here he is performing “Too Late To …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:38AM
The Harry Potter star discusses her exciting stage debut in A.R.T.'s Wild Swans.
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:52AMBruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, will play Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre , beginning on March 28 and now opening on April 19, one week later than origina…
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:52AMEthan Angelica is aBrooklyn-based actor, singer and writer. New York: PEG O' MY HEART(Hell's Kitchen Musicals -- MITF Award, Best Musical), THOSE WHISTLING LADS(Spotlight On! Award, Ou…
Linked From Visible Soul at 08:44AMScandal Productions presents Tokio Confidential, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Eric Schorr, at Atlantic Theater Stage 2. Performances began Feb. 5.
Linked From Playbill at 08:43AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. There is much to be said for getting a good idea first. In Conjure Times: Black Magicians in America, Jim Haskins and Kathleen Ben…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:38AMTwo-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals announced that the inspiring new musicalAmazing Grace, based on the life of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the world's most rec…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMCatherine McCormack makes her RSC debut in Helen Edmundson’s new play The Heresy of Love, which opens in the Swan Theatre tonight (8 February 2012, previews from 2 February).
McCormac…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:38AMGabriel Barre Directs New Show About Famous HymnThe musical workshop of “Amazing Grace,” based on the life of John Newton , the former slave trader who wrote the world's most …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 08:09AMMac Wellman' s absurdist, psycho-sexual adaptation (we're there!) of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" will be presented Feb. 16 to 18 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 08:09AMOn January 31st, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that it would halt grants to Planned Parenthood.I know this because on the 31st my Facebook page was saturated with the news. In the n…
Linked From Scenes in the City at 08:07AMImaging and Digital Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition
Through Feb. 18 at UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
More at weekly.citypaper.com
A Thesis Exhibition may not sound…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:07AMCarrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking
At the Hippodrome through Feb. 12
More at weekly.citypaper.com
Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show, opens with a song, Hollywood-…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:07AMThat Pretty Pretty; Or, the Rape Play
By Sheila Callaghan, Directed by Jayme Kilburn
At Strand Theater Through Feb. 18
Despite the warning that the show you are about to watch wi…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:07AMJitney
At Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center through February 12.
For more information, visit morgan.edu.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
At the Spotlighters Theatre throug…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:07AMWhen I was in grade-school--I don't remember which grade, specifically--my classmates and I were taken by yellow bus on a field-trip to see the matinee performance of a local college product…
Linked From Show Showdown at 08:06AMINTERVIEW: SIMON STEPHENS The award-winning playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his new play, The Trial of Ubu, which is currently at the Hampstead Theatre in a production directed by Kati…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 08:05AMThe New York Times covered Paula Vogel's playwriting boot camp that was recently held at Second Stage Theatre. She holds these informal training seminars around the country, "usually a…
Linked From Art Hennessey at 08:05AMThe highly anticipated revival of "Carrie" is now in previews off-Broadway.
Linked From NY1 at 08:04AMAn interesting question was posed to Kelly Kleiman, the Nonprofiteer, about the practice of suggesting donors increase their giving from the previous year. The writer was offended at being t…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:02AMOur interview with KEVIN SPACEY is now online. Click Here to Watch!
Linked From Theater Talk at 08:02AMJohn Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger, rocked the British theater – sorry, theatre – scene in the 1950s, bringing to the stage a vivid, unvarnished realism as well as Jimmy Porter, th…
Linked From WQXR at 08:02AMAre critics seduced by "The Philanderer"?
Linked From StageGrade at 08:02AMon Thirteen: Fri., February 10th at 1:00 AM on CUNY TV: Sat., February 11th at 8:30 PM Sun., February 12th at 12:30 PM and Mon., February 13th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM Jesse Gre…
Linked From Theater Talk at 08:02AMon Thirteen: Friday, February 17th at 1:00 AM on CUNY TV: Sat., February 18th at 8:30 PM Sun., February 19th at 12:30 PM and Mon., February 20th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM We disc…
Linked From Theater Talk at 08:02AMDo critics suggest tuning into "Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War"
Linked From StageGrade at 08:02AM The Saturday, February 11 performance of God’s Ear, a play by Jenny Schwartz, directed by Rory Kozoll, is set to benefit Peace Over Violence, a social service agency dedicated to th…
Linked From Footlights at 08:02AM
Joelle Taylor chats about the development of spoken word and performance poetry in the UK and the Poetry Society's exciting SLAMbassadors championship for young people.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:51AMTheatre Writing Partnership, the development agency formed more than a decade ago to support and promote new playwriting, is being forced to close this summer after it lost its regular fundi…
Linked From The Stage at 07:48AMNorbert Leo Butz and Elizabeth Reaser in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
The Drama Book Shop will host a reading and Q&A with playwright PAULA VOGEL on Wednesday, February 8 from 5:30pm …
Linked From The Hartman Group at 07:45AMFirst of all, get a ticket. This hilarious show, superbly co-directed by Justin Been and Gary F. Bell, lampoons everything from political corruption, the legal system and bureaucracy, …
Linked From St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:43AMMelinda "Mindy" Evans has been one of the stalwarts of our company since 2001, longer than most of the current ensemble. She has been mistress of the booth for not only Too Much Light, but a…
Linked From The Neo-Futurists at 07:39AMTectonic ShiftsI grew up with a lot of science in my life. My father was an Earth Science teacher at our local Jr. High School. So that meant I was doing science fair starting in kindergarte…
Linked From Variations On A Theme at 07:38AMby Michael Wheeler The movement to work outside strictly partisan lines to take Parliament back from a Harper Conservative Party supported by a minority of Canadians has been bolstered recen…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 07:38AMAcorn Theatre, The New Group, Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: A perfect off Broadway family drama with a phenomenal cast and excellent design led by a top-notch dire…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 07:38AMName: Jessica Allen Where are you from originally? Devine, TX It’s a town consisting of 4,000 people south of San Antonio, and yes, the name says it all. How long have you been in Aust…
Linked From Cambiare Productions at 07:37AMNick Cohen in the Literary Review (UK) offers some useful ways to think about censorship in the 21st century:
We cannot puncture our own myth that we are fearless seekers after truth, even …
Linked From The Playgoer at 07:37AMTerrence McNally’s 1995 Tony Award-winning play Master Class which stars Tyne Daly as opera legend Maria Callas, opened last night (7 February 2012, previews from 21 January) at the Va…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:37AMIt’s only 11 days ago until voting results are revealed at the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, which is presented in association with our sponsor (and new owner) Time Out, on Sun…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:37AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:36AMJujamcyn Theaters President Jordan Roth announced today that Clybourne Park will open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Thursday, April 19 preview performances begin on March 26 for …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:36AMLegit News:
Play ends unusually long Off Broadway run
Linked From Variety at 07:30AMLang Lang Rehearses Tchaikovsky in Luxembourg, 02/04/12
In Luxembourg on February 4, 2012, Superstar pianist Lang Lang rehearses Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto with Alan Gilbert and the N…
Linked From YouTube at 07:18AMSmith and Alessi: The Sparring Continues, 02/05/12
On February 5, 2012, when the EUROPE / WINTER 2012 tour brings them to Luxembourg, New York Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Philip Smith an…
Linked From YouTube at 07:18AMChelsey's Two Truths and a Lie Reveal
Chelsey reveals which of her three statements was false!
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Linked From YouTube at 07:05AMKurt Peterson and Harvey Evans of the original cast of FOLLIES with producer Ted Chapin; also comedienne/actress Jackie Hoffman on her one-woman show "A Chanukah Charol"
Linked From YouTube at 07:03AMW. Kamau Bell Featured in ShowsHere's something a little bit different.
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Though not the most visually rich set, with basic lighting and a bare stage (save for a wooden bench, a lamp and a window on the blacked out box-like platform), Broadway Studio Catford made …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:50AM"Is this a classroom or a circus?" asks Maria Callas at one point in Terrence McNally's 1995 piece that is partly based on the masterclasses that La Divina, her voice now wrecked, gave at th…
Linked From The Independent at 06:50AMWith the possible exception of exorbitant prices, prescription medication and theatre don’t share many salient qualities
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:42AMKate Fodor's new play does take a poke at a marketing and cure-all drug smitten economy, but the cautionary subtext doesn't spoil the fun of this contemporary screwball romantic comedy.
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:42AMa respectful adaptation of nine short stories by the Russian master Anton Chekhov, but a bit short on excitement
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:42AMIf the 1960s had never ended, perhaps Frank Strausser’s new comedy at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Psycho Therapy, would seem fresh, relevant, and even daring.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:42AM"... good intentions and disappointing results... "
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:42AMMyths and Hymns is Glorious Thanks to Adam Guettel's Music and Elizabeth Lucas's Staging: Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns was always esoteric and haunting but was a song cycle sung at a ser…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 06:42AMThe new NBC series about the creation of a musical makes extensive use of the theatrical community.The new NBC series about the creation of a musical makes extensive use of the theatrical co…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:42AMThe run will be a limited, 16-week engagement. The new opening date represents a delay of one week from the previously expected opening April 12.The run will be a limited, 16-week engagement…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:42AMIn a video for the Guardian newspaper, actor Simon Callow takes viewers on a tour of Dickens' London, from a factory and a warehouse where he was a child laborer, to the offices of his magaz…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:42AM"Clybourne Park," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play whose Broadway transfer was nearly derailed last week, has set an opening date for April 19 at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Previews…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:42AM"Call Me Adam" chats David Drake, OBIE Award winning playwright/performer for "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me." Here we talk about his award winning show, his alter ego Tawny Heatherton, h…
Linked From Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:42AM...that those who run and hide when the Kosacks come are survivors, to be certain, but survivors who must live with the shadow of their cowardice. And if you live in cowardice, do not …
Linked From Don Hall at 06:36AMArtistic director Edward Hall — accompanied by wife Issy van Randwyck and the chubby new baby who goes everywhere — and executive director Greg Ripley-Duggan threw a breakfast ba…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:35AMThe Drama Book Shop has announced that Paula Vogel, the pulitzer prize-winning playwright of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE will appear on Wedneday, today from 530 to 730 pm. Paula Vogels acclaimed …
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A charming "making of" The Drowsy Chaperone atThe Palace Theatre, London, Ontario, presented byMusical Theatre Productions
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:39AMThe City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's short-lived but tuneful Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along plays the famed Manhattan venue Feb. 8-19.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMAnn Crumb, who starred in the original London and Broadway casts of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, heads the cast of the Media Theatre's production of the musical version of …
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMShrek The Musical, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, opens in Paris Feb. 8 at the Casino de Paris.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMPlaybill.com's series features brief chats with Broadway actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via e-ma…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMRated P for Parenthood, the new Off-Broadway musical revue about the joys and quirks of having kids, begins its Off-Broadway life Feb. 8 at the Westside Theatre, where Courtney Balan ([title…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMThe new musical Amazing Grace, based on the life of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the famous hymn of the title, will launch Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 Norma Terris Theatre…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMDavid Mamet's Race, starring Jeff Talbott, Zoey Martinson, Morocco Omari and Mark Elliot Wilson, begins performances Feb. 8 at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMPlaywright, actor New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Books, subway rides, memories What’s your favorite book / movie / line from a play / pop culture guilty pleasu…
Linked From The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:33AMI received a batch of e-mails in response to my column two weeks ago about Nicol Williamson, the brilliant but troubled Scottish actor who died in December.
He was as famous for his off-stag…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:30AMThe final scene of "Ruthless! The Musical" is so brazenly depraved, you probably should know about it in advance, but that would be like giving away the big reveal of "The Sixth Sense." So, …
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