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Many of us spent last week looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day cards to give to our beloveds.
Some of us bought cards with puffy embossed hearts in the middle…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:59PMWicked reclaims the top spot this week end, grossing $1,508,501—about $160,000 more than last week. Though, The Book of Mormon wasn’t interested in being outdone. It’s becoming a habit…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:57PMThis Sat (Feb 18) a reading of Fat Cat Killers in nyc http://fireworktheater.com/winter-reading-series-2012#4
Next Wed, (Feb 22) a reading of Where You Can't Follow in Orange County, …
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BOTTOM LINE: Bertolt Brecht’s and Kurt Weill’s popular musical, beautifully performed in a gritty translatio…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:30PMNorbert Leo Butz has always brought a certain strangeness to his roles, whether a buffoonish con artist in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” or an obsessive FBI agent in “Catch Me If You Can.�…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:10PMA full moon gleams like a shiny hubcap in the opening moments of “How I Learned to Drive.”
But Uncle Peck (Norbert Leo Butz) doesn’t notice. He sees only the “celestial orb…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM“Porgy & Bess” needed “Wit” to travel “The Road to Mecca” by TONY VELLELA Back in 1995, when she was appearing with Jude Law and Kathleen Turner in “Indiscretions” on Br…
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Ever since the Atreides clan established the dramatic template for dysfunctional relationships, the theatre has been a burning glass in which the psychoses of everyday life are focused to a …
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:59PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley, Julia Murney, and the cast of Million Dollar Quartet will join the previously announced, Laura Bell Bundy Legally Blonde, Wicked, Bryce Ryness Hair, Legally B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMNick 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMAn informative and disturbing 2006 article about the bird smuggling in Serbia by Djordje Padejski, a colleague of mine on the Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford this year, included the…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 07:03PMChris Brown David Guetta Lil Wayne Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 - Grammy Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Chris Brown, David Guetta and Lil Wayne performed "I Can Only Imagine" at the …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:00PMEarly in previews, the SecondStage revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, directed by KateWhoriskey, was already in good shape, well-paced, well-acted, and emotionallydevastating. …
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Katy Perry opened with her hit "E.T." at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, then premiered her new song "Pa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:56PMThe Weekly Howl: Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. This week we are exploring ”The Twin Cities: How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? by C…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:55PMTHE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD 18 year-old Jesus of Nazareth has heard some distressing news from his sucky carpenter of a father, so he bails Galilee with his whiny, Girl, Interrupted-like f…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:41PMBurbank's midsizes focus masterfully on musicians -- Dissonance at the Falcon and Old Wicked Songs at the Colony. The latter play's writer strikes out with his latest at the Blank. Road Thea…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:39PMOff-Broadway's Gotham Stage Company will present their gala, A Night in Gotham III on Monday, February 27 at Ars Nova .
The evening, to be directed by Wes Granton, will include musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:29PMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has unveiled a spiffy new
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:27PMSecond Stage Theatre's current season continues with a new production of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, directed by Kate Whoriskey and starring Norbert Le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMThe Lincoln Center American Songbook series has ended its season with the British musical theater star Elaine Paige in her New York concert debut.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMThe proposed budget that President Obama released on Monday would raise annual spending on the National Endowment for the Arts to $154.255 million, an increase of more than $8 million over t…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:05PMThe first preview of Mike Nichols’ Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman has been cancelled because Philip Seymour Hoffman, who stars as Willy Loman, ha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMTonight's first preview performance for the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, at the Barrymore Theatre, has been cancelled due to the illness of star Philip …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:03PMSISTER ACT on Broadway: Montage
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMThe first preview of the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American tragedy, Death of a Salesman, which was scheduled for Feb. 13 at the Ethel Ba…
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The first preview of Arthur Millers DEATH OF A SALESMAN, scheduled for this evening at the Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street, has been cancelled due to star Philip Seymour Hoffman suffe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PM“Leave the Balcony Open” at 3LD Art & Technology Center is about college students grieving and healing after two deaths.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, February 13, 2012 In The News: Grammy Awards 2012: ‘Book of Mormon’ wins for musical theater LA Times – by DAVID NG “The Book of Mo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PMEnsemble Studio Theatre will reprise its production of Robert Askins' Hand to God, February 29-April 1. Moritz von Stuelpnagel has directed the production, which ended its initial run …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMAn updated cast has been announced for Broadway's Spotlight on St. Jude, a benefit event for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, to be presented at New World Stages on Tuesday, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMValentine’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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMDont Miss Andrea Martin with Seth Rudetsky on February 16-19, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMNick Jonas "I Believe in You" Live on Soundcheck
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Before he was the object of teen crushes as one-third of The J…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:11PMNew Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656, by David Ives, will return to Theater J after its successful run in 2010, starti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMThis weekend, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook closed its 2012 season with two shows from Broadway star Laura Benanti on February 11th, and two by the legendary Elaine Pai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMTaylor Swift - Mean Grammy Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Taylor Swift performed her song "Mean" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Check out the full performance recap by MissP!
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This compelling production and Ann Crumb’s chilling performance transfix our gaze long enough to render something beautiful out of tragedy, says critic Jim Rutter.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:58PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMTony Award-winning Angels in America, Wicked and Book of Mormon producer Jon B. Platt will be honored with the Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMLast night, February 12, the British Academy Film Awards were held honoring the best in film in 2012. Check out photos from the star-studded event below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMPaula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive," which earned the Pulitzer in 1998, remains a shimmery testament to the rich and rocky humanness of contradictory emotions.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:45PMRihanna and Coldplay - Princess of China Grammy Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Rihanna performed "We Found Love" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, then joined Chris Martin of Cold…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:33PMOn early Sunday, she was killed in a road accident when she got out of her car near Forest Lawn Memorial Park and was struck by an oncoming vehicle.On early Sunday, she was killed in a road …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:31PMCapathia Jenkins
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:29PMNicki Minaj - Roman Holiday Grammy Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Nicki Minaj debuted her new single at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The performance of "Roman Holiday" included …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:29PMRicky Martin is heading back on the boards on March 12, leading the first Broadway revival of Andrew Llyod Webber’s Evita as Che.The international singer recently joined his …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMZina Bethune, the dancer, actress and advocate for disabled children, has died at 66.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:20PMIt's the invasion of the movie stars this week on Broadway, with William Shatner, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Andrew Garfield all beginning perormances in SHATNER'S WORLD and DEATH OF A SALE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMTony Award winning Broadway producer, Jon B. Platt, will be presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for outstanding achievement in commercial theatre produci…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:15PMBetty Buckley sees the Off Broadway reincarnation of "Carrie," the flop musical in which she starred in 1988. She likes the production but wishes it were "more dangerous."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:15PMThe Orlando Fringe and Hard Rock Café are to present the 2012 Fab Fringe Fundraiser, February 27 at 8pm at Hard Rock Live Orlando.
Drama Desk award winner Toxic Audio will headli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMWith only 24 shows currently playing on Broadway, long-running hit Wicked reclaimed the top spot at the box office, while runner-up and last week's champ The Book of Mormo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:11PMMcCarter Theatre Center has announced casting for Tom Stoppard's Travesties, to run March 13-April 1. Sam Buntrock will direct.
Travesties is set during World War I, when James Joyce,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:09PMAlways a sucker for a dramatic management metaphor, I was delighted to come across this article about Star Wars. Having been suspicious about the Darth Vader approach to motivation, I stand …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 04:08PM I’m new here – to this land of 10,000 lakes. I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and lived several years in New York and New England, but nothing prepared me for these Minnes…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:06PMThe Denver Center Theatre Company solidified its growing place as a major player in the development of new works for the American theater with last weekend’s well-received 7th annual Color…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:04PMChris Brown - Turn Up the Music and Beautiful People Grammy Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Chris Brown performed a medley of "Turn Up the Music" and "Beautiful People" a…
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Bruno Mars performed his hit "Runaway" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Check out this recap from MissP!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:59PMOff-Broadways Gotham Stage Company will present their 3rd annual performance gala, A NIGHT IN GOTHAM III on Monday February 27th, 2012 at Ars Nova 511 W 54th Street, NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMThe highly anticipated movie version of LES MIS is currently in production, and last night, February 12, several of the stars of the film were in attendance at the 2012 BAFTA Awards. Check o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMFrom Shakespeare to Captain Kirk to Priceline, Emmy-winning actor William Shatner sat down with Playbill to look back at his life on the stage, on TV and in movies. Shatner returns to Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM-close to the best production I’ve seen ever seen . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:47PMThe York Theatre Company will celebrate librettist and lyricist Tom Jones with a spring series, Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival, at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's.
The f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMPhoto by Michael J. LutchWhile watching The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, the newest incarnation of the famed opera, Audra McDonald’s performance in the title role continually reminded me o…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:46PMIn celebration of Valentine's day, tomorrow Feb 14th, Spider-Man's Chris Tierney and Natalie Lomonte made this video on the New York subway to spread the love.Filmed by fellow cast member Re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMSan Jose Rep has announced the productions set for its 2012-2013 season, which will run August 30, 2012 to July 14, 2013.
The season will open with the world premiere of Jonathan Marc Feldm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMWritten by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics), Show Boat broke the mold when it premiered in 1927. Most Broadway shows at the time were frivolous trivialities wit…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 03:37PMGeorge Steel, General Manager and Artistic Director of New York City Opera, discusses the long road to its new season and his vision for the opera’s future. The opera’s new season begins…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:32PMThe York Theatre Company will celebrate librettist/lyricist Tom Jones with Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMSoho Rep has announced that it will celebrate its 35th anniversary season with FEED35, a yearlong series of post-performance talks.
Scheduled talks will begin with Founding Co-Artistic Dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:31PMYesterday, the fundraising website Kickstarter reached a milestone when not one, but two of its clients passed the million-dollar threshold.
I mused last year upon the opportunities here fo…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 03:22PMTony Award winner Al Pacino was among the recipients of the 2011 National Medal of Arts, which were given out by President Obama earlier today at the White House.
Recipients also included W…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PMBroadway star and legendary entertainer Donna McKechnie will be heating up two different Florida stages this month, beginning this weekend, where shell be doing two performances of MY MUSICA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMOn Monday, after close to 200 performances, the monologuist Mike Daisey was to release a theatrical transcript of his latest one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," through …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:10PMOn January 11, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera celebrated a magnificent milestone. Broadway's longest-running musical played its 10,000th performance at the Majes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:08PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMWhen a Washington-area playwright completes a work which is intellectually provocative, artistically satisfying, and powerfully authentic, it is a cause for celebration for those who love lo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2122012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMPhil Bruns, a supporting player in theatre, television and film, perhaps best known for his role on the 1970s cult series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," died on Feb. 8 in Los Angele…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMGUYS AND DOLLS, one of the mere handful of genuine masterpieces in the American musical theatre, is getting a sturdy, likeable but somewhat bloodless production by the Lamb’s Players. …
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 03:00PMIn the New Village Arts’ production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, all’s well that ends well. Which is to say that Act 2 is stronger than Act 1.
In NVA’s (uncredi…
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Now that he is executive-producing a TV show about Broadway, Steven Spielberg is enjoying doing a little real-life research: On February 12, the Oscar-winning director took in a matinee…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PM- I can't think of a rhyming paraphrase of Noel Coward's famous "Don't quibble Sybil." But, I urge any reader on the fence about seeing this show to ignore the quibblers about this show's "u…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:55PMThe Book of Mormon team has yet another award to add to their shelves as the blockbuster musical took home the Grammy Award on February 12 for Best Musical Theatre Album. The award was prese…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMAl Pacino, the Academy and Tony Award-winning actor, was recognized along with Will Barnet, Rita Dove and Mel Tillis, among other honorees, as the National Medals of Arts and the National Hu…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMThe world has Adele fever! The British singer just scooped up six Grammy Awards and now NBC's Broadway-themed NBC series Smash is tackling her music. In an upcoming episode Kat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:46PMWell, she didn’t “do that conga,” but Latin pop star Gloria Estefan certainly felt the rhythm of the disco beat at Priscilla Queen of the Desert. After seeing the hit music…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PMAre critics believers in "Myths and Hymns"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:43PMABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER is scheduled to hit theaters on June 22nd from 20th Century Fox. The horror, thriller film, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, stars Broadway veteran Benjamin Walk…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMA striking African American woman with a big voice who dies too soon.A striking African American woman with a big voice who dies too soon.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:37PMA preliminary lineup of events for the Noël Coward - New York Festival 2012 has been announced. The Festival is being offered in conjunction with the New York Public Library for th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMThe France-Merrick Performing Arts Center has announced the productions set for its 2012-2013 Season, according to The Baltimore Sun.
The season will include popular musicals such as Wic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMGOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday morning he would try to overturn any Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage if he became president.Santorum was asked by&nb…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:33PMMonologist Mike Daisey has revealed plans to make the text of his latest work, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, available online for individuals to perform, according to the New York…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMPULITZER'S PRIZE • Arts patron and
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PMPittsburgh Public Theater will present the long-running Off-Broadway play Freud's Last Session in its Pittsburgh premiere beginning March 1, prior to an official opening March 9, at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMZina Bethune, a dancer and actress who appeared on Broadway, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Los Angeles on February 12, according to the Los Angeles Times.
She appeared in the orig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PMWith tonight's second episode broadcast of NBC's new critically acclaimed musical drama series SMASH Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET, NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMIn 1988, the musical adaptation of Carrie made Broadway history when it closed after five performances. In spite of the premiere production's fast exit, Betty Buckley…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:20PMColin Hanlon, who plays Tim Trull in Broadway's web sitcom Submissions Only, told BroadwayWorld today that he will be guest staring in Modern Family this week. The episode is called 'Aunt Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMREVIEW: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has an air of Old World magic in Open Eye Figure Theatre's production.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:10PMTheatreworks USA, the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, presented its 50th Anniversary Celebration gala Feb. 12 at NYU Skirball Center for the Pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMTony Award winner Liza Minnelli will perform on Friday, July 5 as part of the 33rd edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.
Other performers scheduled to appear…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMUglyRhino has announced casting for its production of Centralia, to be performed at the The Brooklyn Lyceum, March 2-23.
Based on a true story, Centralia is an interactive theatrical experi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:04PMHow “The Navigator” got nurtured into success – Welcome to the first installment of From Page to Stage, a column that explores how new plays make it to their first producti…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:03PMThe Book of Mormon has done it again, adding to their already impressive collection of awards. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the show, has won Best Musical Theater Album at the 54t…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:00PMBroadway previews for the new Disney musical Newsies will begin March 15 at the Nederlander Theatre for a strictly limited 101 performance engagement through June 10. Opening night is schedu…
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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Michael Musto, discuss Encore’s “Merrily”, Most Happy Fella @ NYU, Addams Family in Boston, Look Back in Anger, Phantom 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 01:59PMThe theatre community already can't wait for the Tom Hooper-helmed big screen version of LES MIS. Newest to the cast is Samantha Barks who will play Eponine in the film. She joins the previo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMThe sidesplitting off-Broadway comedy Silence! The Musical is cracking up audience as the show lovingly spoofs the hit 1991 film Silence of the Lambs. A new commercial for th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMThe original London cast album of Ghost The Musical is available for streaming on the production's official Facebook page beginning Feb. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
What a difference actors make. Eerily uninflected performances of Stefan Golaszewski's deliberately mundane dialogue keeps the first 20 minutes of "Sex Wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PMIrish stage and screen actor David Kelly has died aged 82, according to The Guardian.
Kelly's many stage credits include A Moon for the Misbegotten, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Tartuffe,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMMobbed Episode 6 - 37 Year Old Man Finally Meets His Father - Recap
Mobbed episode 6 follows the meeting of a father and son for the first time. Check out this recap from the episode with M…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:45PMAs one of the stars of NBC’s new musical drama, Smash, Katharine McPhee plays Karen Cartwright, a small town girl learning to navigate the competitive world of Broadway. On Februa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:45PMBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker is on the hunt as the title character in the upcoming 3D film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which depicts the American icon as …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMThe Valentine’s Day episode of Glee, set to air on February 14, will be dedicated to Grammy-winning musician Whitney Houston, who died on February 11 at the age of 48.
"Purely …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMThe 2012 Grammy Awards were last night, and the nominees for Best Musical Theater Album were THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. This yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThe Culture Project has announced the line-up for its Women Center Stage 2012 Festival, which will be presented at The Living Theater, March 8-April 7.
The festival will feature over 40 per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:39PMWhat is a Stick Fly?
We asked people on the streets of New York, "What is a Stick Fly?" They answered!
Check out STICK FLY at the Cort Theatre on Broadway before it closes on Fe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:36PMIstvan Csurka, a Hungarian playwright whose achievements on the stage were overshadowed and undermined by his vocal advocacy of nationalistic and bigoted politics, died Feb. 4 in Budapest. H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMThere is no better place to celebrate Valentine’s Day than Broadway, and as the most romantic day of the year approaches, Broadway.com asked readers which current Broadway love song is…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMREVIEW: Cast has a blast at the zesty new topical comedy "Crashing the Party."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:30PMKatharine McPhee, who stars as Karen Cartwright on the NBC musical drama "Smash," recently visited "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" to talk about filming in New York City a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMPan Asian Repertory has announced details for two of its upcoming productions and its 35th anniversary gala.
Tony Award nominee and celebrated dancer Karine Plantadit will direct Stella Ris…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PMTheater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director) will present Heathens, a new play by Heather Hill, directed by Stefanie Sertich, having its Off-Broadway premiere beginning March…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMThe Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) will present Women Center Stage 2012 Festival beginning March 8 and continuing through April 7 at The Living Theatre (21 Clinton Street…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 01:15PMOn Thursday, February 16, Andrew Lloyd Webber will be featured on PBSs NYC Arts, airing on THIRTEEN from 8-8.30pm EST, and again on Sunday 19th February from 12-12.30pm EST. The interview wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMCulture Project Presents Women Center Stage 2012 Festival Over 40 Performances in 30 Days: March 8th Through April 7th at The Living Theatre The Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Art…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 01:11PMComplete casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMThe box office at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street will open tomorrow, February 14th at 1000am for the star-studded 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidals THE BEST MAN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMChicago Artists' Coalition is hosting a panel on teaching artist careers at the Click here for more information. Map.Cost: $89 for students and for non-students $189. Scholarships are availa…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:04PMCast members from the original Broadway cast of Merrily We Roll Along will reunite to see the Encores! production of the musical at City Center on February 14 and participate in a special fi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMWrite Act Repertory Company and Musical Geeks Productions has announced casting for Geeks! The Musical by Thomas J. Misuraca and Ruth Judkowitz. Bennett Cohon will direct the production, wh…
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ONCE, an acclaimed new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for 26.50 orchestra seating. The production will begin previews on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMThe producers of Once, the new Broadway musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film about an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant, will offer a lottery ticket program that allows thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
It's not just the number of laughs that impresses in Jeremy Herrin's knockout production of Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," it's the length of them.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58PMPlayful Productions and Michael Alden Productions present the world premier production of the original play of The King's Speech by David Seidler, who wrote The King's Speech as a play befor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMTwenty one cast members of the original 1981 Broadway production of Stephen Sondheims Merrily We Roll Along, including leading actors Lonny Price, Ann Morrison and Jim Walton, will reunite a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMDerby theatreIt's rare to see The Taming of the Shrew performed without any shade of irony. Directors either include the framing device of the tinker's dream, which has the effect of placing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMIs The Help: The Musical one step closer to actually happening? Broadway.com readers recently expressed interest in seeing the hit novel and film adapted for the stage, which led our editori…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMOscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield and Tony nominee Linda Emond headline the Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller classic Death of a Salesman. Directe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMMembers of the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along will reunite Feb. 14 to attend a performance of the current City Center Encores! production of that musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMOrange Tree, RichmondWe've all been there: the dinner party from hell. Although it's a stock dramatic device, Torben Betts gives it a fresh and funny spin in this new play that, at its best,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMRiverside Studios, LondonLove flourishes in a cold, wet climate in Earthfall's adaptation, first seen in 2005, of Jamie O'Neill's novel At Swim, Two Boys. The original story concerns two you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMTwo-time Tony winner Patti LuPone will be honored in a star-studded gala at The Kaye Playhouse to benefit The Acting Company, of which LuPone is a founding member and board director. The Mar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMLas Vegas Previews February 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:37PMThe 22nd annual MusiCares tribute gala took place on February 10th, honoring Paul McCartney. McCartney has been selected as the 2012 MusiCare Person of the Year in recognition of his artist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMThe new Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, her dark Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age play, opens Feb. 13 following previews from Jan. 24 at Second Stage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMFrog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of Hamlet on February 21 at The Player's Club with a cast including Darrell Hammond Saturday Night Live as Guildenst…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMIt has been my experience that when someone on the production staff places a written explanation of how a show came to be in the program, it is because they think the show needs explaining. …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 12:32PMOn Feb. 11 the entertainment industry lost an icon when Grammy Award-winning singer Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. While "The Bodyguard" star never performed on Broadway, s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMIrish stage and screen actor who was a familiar face in many British TV sitcomsThe distinctive and beguiling Irish actor David Kelly, who has died aged 82, was as familiar a face in British …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running hit The Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 10,000th performance this weekend, and on February 11, show star Hugh Panaro stopped by CBS This Mor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMBernard Cribbins briefly enjoyed a new career in 1962 as a chart singer with two bizarre comedy songs, Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, both of which were written by composer Ted Dick…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMBroadway veteran Seth Numrich, who stars in writer/director Alan Brown's new film Private Romeo, was on hand for the movie's premiere at the Cinema Village on Friday, February 10.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:28PMValentine’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…
SOURCE: atlanta.broadway.com at 12:24PMValentine’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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMWhat is the Chicago Fringe Festival?The Chicago Fringe Festival is a not-for-profit organization that produces an annual festival. The festival consists of performances from individuals and …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:24PMThe Second Stage revival of How I Learned to Drive doesn’t just mark a return for Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, back in New York for the first time in 15 years. It&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PMOn 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMHappy Birthday Stockard Channing In 1971, she made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona - The Musical, working with playwright John Guare. She also appeared on Broadway in 1973 in a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMPop star Nick Jonas, who is currently headlining the Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, hosted a pre-theater party for Kids Night on Broadway tickethold…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
"How I Learned to Drive," which won Paula Vogel the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 (and hasn't been seen in New York since), is one of those plays you don't…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM
Orpheus Descending - Shattered Globe Theatre Company at Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave, is offering $15 industry tickets for every Wednesday performance through March 7. For tickets bring hea…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:58AMStage and screen actors Michael C. Hall (Cabaret, Chicago), Kyra Sedgwick (Twelfth Night; Ah, Wilderness!) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The House of Blue Leaves, Proof) will join Daniel Radclif…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMPresident Barack Obama presents the 2011 National Medal of Arts awards Feb. 13 in the East Room of the White House. Tony Award winner Al Pacino is among the recipients.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMIn celebration of awards season, Jon and Al Kaplan have released a new video for their song Eat My St from their musical spoof of THE HELP. Singing in the video is Octavia Spencer performed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AM“So we went around asking people, ‘If I started a company next year which would do live theatre and it has to be profitable, does it make sense?’ And unfortunately, or fortunately, the…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:40AMOne had the sense on Sunday that the audience for "La Traviata" was hoping for something special to happen at this re-birth of City Opera
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:40AMWeeks after a labor lockout threatened its future, the New York City Opera began its 2012 season Sunday with a performance of "La Traviata" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:39AMCasa 0101 and American Latino Theatre Company's The King of the Desert, written by Stacey Martino and starring Rene Rivera, has been extended through February 19. The production was or…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMFor playwright Jason Grote, writing for NBC's 'Smash' blows away all the clichés about working in television.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:33AMAlan Gilbert and the Philharmonic Rehearse Mahler in Düsseldorf, 02/11/12
On February 11, 2012, Music Director Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic use rehearsal time in Düs…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMThe R&D Project and JaJaJa will jointly appear in A Loud and Quiet Night of Comedy, to run Thursdays, February 23 - March 29 at iO Chicago.
The R&D Project, featuring Deanna Moffitt…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMSince it premiered in New York in 1935, Porgy and Bess has been dogged by nagging questions: Is this an opera, or a musical? Is this show respectful, or racist? More recently, there have bee…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:28AMPatti LuPone will be celebrated in an all-star evening of song and memories on Monday, March 12. The Acting Company will salute a founding member and board director with the help of two othe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMMichael C. Hall, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kyra Sedgwick will join Daniel Radcliffe in the film thriller Kill Your Darlings, according to Deadline.com. As previously announced, Radcliffe will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMTheater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Director) will present Heathens, a new play by Heather Hill, directed by Stefanie Sertich, having its Off-Broadway premiere beginning March…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 11:24AMThe House Theatre of Chicago has extended Nathan Allen's Death and Harry Houdini. The production, directed by Allen, will now play at the Chopin Theatre through April 15.
The play c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMTheater for the New City Will Present the Off-Broadway Premiere of HEATHENS A new play by Heather Hill Directed by Stefanie Sertich With Lauren Fox, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Malcolm Madera, and …
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 11:22AMNYC’s fizziest variety show celebrates another year of jazzy stars and Broadway voices with The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, a benefit for The Actors Fund at Town Hall, Thur…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:21AMThe new, highly provocative TV commercial for this season's smash hit, SILENCE The Musical, is set to being airing today on most major networks. SILENCE The Musical, the unauthorized parody …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMGrammy-winning musician Whitney Houston died on February 11 at the age of 48. While the iconic singer never appeared on the Broadway stage, Houston was no stranger to show tunes. During her …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMTop price tickets for Masterclass at the Vaudeville theatre just £35. Valid for all Mon-Fri performances until 10 March 2012
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:18AMChristopher Eccleston will star opposite Jodie Whittaker in the National Theatre’s forthcoming revival of Sophocles’ Antigone.
Directed by Polly Findlay, the production opens in the NT …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:18AMMusicians' Tour Thoughts, 02/11/12
New York Philharmonic Artistic Administrator Edward Yim is your roving reporter, interviewing musicians of the Orchestra backstage in Düsseldorf&…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:17AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will be celebrated in Patti's Turn, an all-star evening of song and memories, presented by the Acting Company on Monday, March 12 at the Kaye Pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMHighlights From "How to Succeed" Starring Nick Jonas
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Pop singer Nick Jonas trades his role as front man of the pop band the Jonas Brothers…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:16AMHighlights From Broadway-Bound "Ghost The Musical"
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Inspired by the hit film, "Ghost The Musical" will begin haunting Broadway…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:14AMStage and screen actress Claire Danes has been named the 2012 Woman of the Year by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMTo Do ListRSVP for a preview, hopefully not to lateBuy a ticket for another showMake sure all the actors coming in for my table reading on Sunday are emailed with details re location, etc.Ch…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:13AMAnna Chlumsky, Darrell Hammond, Austin Pendleton, Shirley Knight and Fred Willard will take the stage in a Feb. 21 gala benefit reading of Hamlet for the Frog and Peach Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMHighlights From Paper Mill Playhouse's "Boeing-Boeing"
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video This classic Tony-winning farce finds Bernard (Matt Walton), an American living…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:09AMThe national tour of David Seidler's The King's Speech - the world premiere of the play which inspired the multi award-winning film - opened in Guildford on 10 February (previews from 2 Febr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:09AMThe Acting Company will salute Tony and Olivier winner Patti LuPone, a founding member and board director of the classical repertory Company, March 12 at The Kaye Playhouse with an evening t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMStage star Colin Hanlon will guest star on the Wednesday, February 15 episode of ABC's Modern Family. He will play Steve, part of a gay couple that moves into the local neighborhood.
H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:05AMREVIEW: A legend-based Fringe Festival show, restaged and enlarged, retains its charming simplicity.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:02AM"We actually are very happy to find that Mormons like the show," Parker said. "For some, it's like their 'Fiddler on the Roof.' We know when they are there because they laugh at some of the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:01AMGwydion Suilebhan 02/13/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AMStuck on Act II? Need some structure to help with your structure? Want a deadline to make sure your show gets finished on time? Come to Musical Boot Camp! The writers we talk to and submit s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMJim Stanek will guest star in The Triad's previously reported special Valentine's Day performance of Jacques Brel Returns, on February 14 at 9pm.
Jacques Brel Returns is performed…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
On the occasion of Tony Award winner Carol Channing's 91st birthday on Jan. 31, Playbill launches a handful of exclusive outtakes from the new documentary feature "Carol Channing: Larger Tha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:58AMLily Tomlin Recalls Carol Channing's Stage and Fashion Presence in New Documentary
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video In this exclusive film documentary outtake, Lily Tomlin remem…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:56AMFor the fourth consecutive year, Clive Davis and The Recording Academy presentd the annual Pre-GRAMMYGala on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., the even…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMIn an exclusive outtake from "Carol Channning: Larger Than Life," a new feature documentary directed by Dori Berinstein, legendary Tony winner Chita Rivera tells the story of the first time…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AMLegit News:
Sales, attendance ahead of 2011
SOURCE: Variety at 10:54AMHere’s a photo of Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, and Trey Parker with their Grammy Awards for Best Musical Theater Album.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 12, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $578,531 6,515 79.37% $88.80 CHICAGO $401,948 5,116 …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe first question for “The Book of Mormon” co-creator Trey Parker wasn’t how he felt to take home a Grammy for best musical theater album on Sunday. Instead, the “South Park” mas…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMAlumni of the 24-year Broadway run of The Phantom of the Opera were sprinkled among the audience of the history-making 10,000th Broadway performance of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMAt last night's 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, Adele walked off with 6 Grammy awards including Record of the Year for 'Rolling in the Deep' and Pop Vocal Album, 21. The singer made her comback p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMAs usual, the pre-show Grammy red carpet this year did not disappoint in the fashion department and below, BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverge of some of the standout red carpet fashions
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMCould The King's Speech be preparing to land a West End berth at the Wyndham's Theatre following its February and March national tour?
David Seidler's play - which became a $400 million big…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:36AMBoston Children's Theatre (BCT) will be the first children's theater in the country to produce the world premiere play Reflections of a Rock Lobster, about a gay teenager and his f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMFrog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present a star-studded benefit reading of Shakespeare's Hamlet at The Player's Club on Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30pm. Lynnea Benson will dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMNew productions of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Chekhov's Three Sisters are to headline the Young Vic's summer season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AMThe first-ever New York revival of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive opens at off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre on February 13, starring Norbert …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:26AMLondon’s Young Vic has announced productions of two classics and two new plays for its summer and fall season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMThe final edition of the Broadway Bears fundraisers to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be held March 18 at 8 PM at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on West 42nd Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMA cast of Broadway, TV and film actors will participate in Bridge Studio's second annual Variety Show, to be performed at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dumont, NJ on Saturday, March 3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AMLook below to see what Broadway shows are playing on each night this week. Want to know what Broadway shows have Sunday evening performances Which Broadway shows have Wednesday matinees Just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMThe West End production of Jersey Boys, which has been running at the Prince Edward Theatre since 2008, will celebrate its fourth birthday March 18. The company will be newly joined by Nicol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMAcademy Award and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson performed "I Will Always Love You," a tribute to the late Whitney Houston, at the 54th annual Grammy Awards Feb. 12 in Los Ang…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMSo here’s a cool thing: Every night at Godspell, following their show, there’s a raffle where you can win a backstage tour. We wanted to know what it was like, and we wanted to s…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:00AMLet's be very clear, the art you create is the marketing. You can't separate the two. You can't make predictable, boring, art exciting. You can't use advertising to make art intended for a h…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AM
An inspirational post with which to begin your day. This is from the awesome vaudeville collection of the Library of Congress. To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:58AM“Artists aren’t special. WE are not special!” I’m in a conference room at a prestigious university with 30 of my colleagues from across the country and the world – most of whom I h…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 09:57AMLyn Gardner rounds up the week's stage business, from a spine-tingling Romeo and Juliet to National Theatre Wales's quest for audience memoriesWe do like Mondays"Extraordinary how potent che…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMTheatreworks USA hosted its 50th Anniversary Celebration gala last night, February 12, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.Broadway legend and Tony Award winner Elaine Stritc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMTyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots will play the Beacon Theatre, April 5-8. In addition to writing the play, Perry provides the show's original music.
The bittersweet come…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:46AMThe Tank, Off Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A charming and entertaining series of two-person vignettes about finding and sustaining heterosexual love.
Playwright/act…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:42AMTheatreworks USA celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, February 12. Charles Busch and Julie Halston served as hosts.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMBased on user demand, BWW is taking our commitment to arts education one step further with the launch of the BWW Student Center - High School Edition. This directory features upcoming show l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMActors' Equity will present an Artistic Director Roundtable Feb. 28 at the Los Angeles Equity Office.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMAs first reported on Deadline.com, NBC - John Goodman is set to star alongside Roseanne Barr in the NBC comedy pilot DOWNWARDLY MOBILE, about Rose Davis Barr, the proprietor of a mobile hom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Show Drop | Behind the Scenes | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
See how Scenic Artists Danny McManus and Michael Wharran created the painted show drop f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:37AMShe Stoops to Conquer - Video Diary 2
Meet director Jamie Lloyd and the cast of She Stoops to Conquer in rehearsals. This episode focusses on how to look like a director, washing up, showin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:30AMTricycle Theatre has announced casting for The Bomb - A Partial History in Two Parts, which will officially open February 20 and continue through April 1. Nicholas Kent has directed the pro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMWere you like Seth Rudetsky in the 70's Not just overweight with a Jewfro, but also obsessed with POSEIDON ADVENTURE, AIRPORT '75, EARTHQUAKE, THE SWARM etc...AND obsessed with Casey Kasem's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMValentine’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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:16AMCall the Midwife and Spooks executive producer Christopher Aird has been appointed head of drama at BBC Scotland.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMPosted in Business developmentPartnership and Collaboration This week I had an interesting experience with a friend who’s in a similar line of work as myself. We both market to the s…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 09:15AMFirst up is Tim Curry at the stage door of Broadway's Amadeus in 1982. Curry played Mozart in the production, which opened in 1980 opposite Ian McKellen as Salieri and Jane Seymour as Consta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMSinger-songwriter reportedly in negotiations to create stage version of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy, directed by Rupert GooldAfter the quickfire announcement of three forthcoming stagings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 10,000th performance Saturday afternoon, February 11. The matinee served as a benefit for The Actors Fund.
Following the c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:11AMComing quick on the heels of the untimely death of iconic pop singer and film star Whitney Houston was last nights subdued and largely somber 2012 Grammy Awards telecast which had a definite…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMColin Hanlon, most recently seen in the reading of Twilight: The Musical, will guest star on the Feb. 15 broadcast of the ABC hit "Modern Family."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
At last night's 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, Adele walked off with 6 Grammy awards including Record of the Year for 'Rolling in the Deep' and Pop Vocal Album, 21. The singer made her comback p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:59AMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, offered its 10,000th performance on Saturday, February 11 at 2 PM as a special benefit for The Actors Fund. BroadwayWo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMArt with a capital A has been put on such a pedestal that Craft with a capital C has been downgraded to a shabby or rustic sort of activity of which the practitioner should be a little asham…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Marriages, like houses, are tough to design and even tougher to build.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:45AMThe Young Vic has announced its summer/autumn 2012 season, which includes major revivals of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Chekhov’s Three Sisters.
The venue, which has not pr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:44AMMany theater hearts will be gladdened, not broken, by director Selina Cartmell's consummate production of John Ford's wondrous but rarely seen 1629 revenge drama at Theater for a New Audie…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:38AMColin Blumenau is to stand down from his post as artistic director of Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds after 15 years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMCould The King's Speech be preparing to land a West End berth at the Wyndham's Theatre following its February and March national tour?
David Seidler's play - which became a $400 million big…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:23AMAt last night's Grammy Awards, musicians and singers marked the loss of one of the music industry's greatest entertainers of all time, Whitney Houston, who died Saturday night in her hotel r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMReview of the Saturday, February 11, 2012 matinee at City Center in New York City. A production of the Encores! series. Starring Colin Donnell, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Mi…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:21AMWhile not every child today has the opportunity to dance, act, sing or play an instrument, there will always be a group of extraordinary people who have a need to express themselves and the …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:10AMNick Jonas is a painfully positive person. But it’s not his fault. Let’s be honest, what’s there for a 19-year-old pop superstar to really complain about?
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMThe popular star discusses returning to the stage in How I Learned to Drive, fan reaction to her role in the Twilight series, and returning to Grey's Anatomy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Doctor Who star Matt Smith speaks to Andrew Dickson about the Royal Court Young Writers' festival – and how difficult it is to pee live on stage ...Andrew DicksonCameron Robertson
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMBarbara Eifler is to step down as executive director of the Stage Management Association after 13 years in post.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMFollowing sell-out seasons at the National Theatre and Adelphi Theatre, smash-hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket on 2 March with a brand new cast led by Owain A…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:51AMWinners of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced. The ceremony was aired live on CBS, and hosted by LL Cool J.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of The Book of Mormon, by Tre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:46AMWinners of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced. The ceremony was aired live on CBS, and hosted by LL Cool J.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of The Book of Mormon, by Tre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:46AMPartnering It's very easy when you get started to be attracted by the concept of being the lone wolf. You're on your own, you don't need anybody, you can do it all yourself, etc. WRONG. When…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 07:36AMDespite a top director, a talented cast, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning script, this new production of Paula Vogel's 1997 drama never slips satisfyingly into gear.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:11AMThe Compass Rose Studio Theatre in Annapolis is the zealous undertaking of Lucinda Merry-Browne, who co-founded The Bay Theatre Company in Annapolis and was its Artistic Director and Managin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: Originally to be called Amore e morte - Love and Death - La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) was first performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, in 1853. Verdi'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMSouthwark Playhouse, London: Written in 1997, a more innocent age when a private phone call merely involved closing the door, The Shallow End does make a surprising amount of accurate predic…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMIt's a nice, short 'long' list - only ten finalists - but there are other hot contenders. The judges have organised an advisory vote, with the Twitterish chance to explain your choice in 100…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:53AMBroward Stage Door Theatre has a knack for Neil Simon. Just when you thought there wasn't much new to be done with yet another of Simon's old chestnuts, the Coral Springs theater company pre…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:39AMThe Print Room, London: In many respects, taking Alain Robbe-Grillet's 1957 novel, La Jalousie, and adapting it for a dance/sculpture collaboration makes perfect sense. With its strong …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMShe Stoops to Conquer - Audience Feedback
Here what audiences have to say about She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. Now playing in the Olivier Theatre until 21 April.
***** Evening …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:37AMBook of Mormon Cast Album
© BOM
Piling on more awards didn't seem possible for the Tony Award-winning Musical, The Book of Mormon, but the trophies keep on coming!
At the 54th Grammy Aw…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:33AMYvonne Arnaud, Guildford: After the Madness of George III - now back in the West End - here's a play that could be called The Stammer of George VI. And just as Alan Bennett's earli…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMOpera impresario Raymond Gubbay has become the latest Theatreland figure to express his concerns about the potential effect of the London 2012 Olympics on theatre attendance in the capital.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMWhitney Houston died this weekend.To hear the public relations of the glitterati, this was a tragedy, a shock, a horrible unforeseen thing.Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:13AMColiseum, London: Offenbach's swansong brings together three of the fantastical tales of ETA Hoffmann in a bitterly romantic bio-opera, at the end of which the writer decides to dedicat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMStudents from several area high schools will compete in two
poetry recitation contests Wednesday.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:00AM
Josie Rourke's inaugural production as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, The Recruiting Officer, opens tomorrow night (14 February, previews from 9 February), continuing until 14 Ap…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:47AMOrange Tree, Richmond: This cosy Richmond venue here offers up a world premiere that is anything but cosy.
Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMRoyal Opera House, London: The detail of life above and below stairs remains keenly felt in this latest revival of David McVicar's production. Servants eavesdrop and spy on the potentia…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMTheatre Royal, Wakefield: John Godber's Weekend Breaks, first staged in 1997, is not so much revived as refurbished and refocused for 2012. The principal character, Martin Dawson, is no…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMMIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Geneva Foster Gluck, Jean-Christophe Nicolas, Aurelie Bernard, Nathalie Bertholio, Sara Lundstedt and Natalie Reckert of Sugar Beast Circus hosted …
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:15AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme: The hallmark of Northern Broadsides' comedy is mischief, and the company pulls out all the stops for this 20th anniversary production. Played in the round…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:07AMBroadway actorsong and dance manaward winning playwright, Robert Creighton, and special guests Erin Mackey Wicked and upcoming in Anything Goes, Laura Osnes Bonnie and Clyde, Arbender Robins…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
Lottery funding created a boom-time in the building (and rebuilding) of theatres from the Royal Opera House and RSC at Stratford to the Royal Court and Young Vic. And lots of theatres are st…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54AMVitalij Kowaljow sang Jacopo Fiesco, Boccanegra s implacable nemesis, with lustrous power and dignity, and without resorting to any lip-curling snarling. Vitalij Kowaljow sang Jacopo Fiesco,…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:43AMThis week's guests on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast are Dawn Gray of Gray Talent Group and Becca Knights of Simon Casting. They join Anne Nicholson Weber to share an insider's perspect…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMAlan Menken and Glenn Slater, who will be represented on Broadway this season with Leap of Faith and Sister Act, were among the winners at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which were presented…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AMSend us the draft for your drink as well as a photo and the five most buzz-worthy libations will be sent to our special guest judge who will crown the top cocktail!
SOURCE: Facebook Registration at 01:00AMThe box office at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) will open tomorrow, February 14th at 10:00am for the star-studded 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s THE BEST …
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMIf you've spent too many late nights at Second City hearing off-color improv suggestions that sound funny after several Stellas (but are, in fact, inane), then the ideas that flow from the 7…
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When we say that we’re special, we define artists as “other” or different. By putting artists up on that pedestal, we actually make it harder for our communities to see their value. In…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:54AMDramaturg, Academic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA I find inspiration everywhere and I think it has something to do with the fact that I am the product of two teachers. My incredible paren…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMRockers Anonymous: Love Sucks, a one-night-only concert celebrating Valentine's eve with heartbreak and break-up tunes, is held Feb. 13 at the Underground Lounge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Asian American Performers Action Coalition and Fordham University present RepresentAsian: The Changing Face of Theatre, a roundtable discussion moderated by Chinglish playwright David He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMVile Passéist poster art for Jew of Malta and Edward IIFitzgeraldIt's grim, rainy/icy, gray and slushy outside; what better way to celebrate midwinter hideousness than with the grayness (bu…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPatrick Kurp's thoughtful response to the list of ten American novels that I posted the other day contained this observation:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMA cleaned-up version of Gypsy Rose Lee's strip routine, from the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen: (This is the latest...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Oh, my dear little librarian, you pile up enough tomorrows and you'll find yourself with nothing but a lot of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMSupporters of Roundabout Theatre Company will witness a starry presentation of director Jessica Stone's all-male production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the musical…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series presents Real Good Thing, which features Broadway performers and married couple Jenny Powers and Matt Cavenaugh, Feb. 13 at Birdland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPaul Osborn’s Tony Award-winning comedy Morning’s at Seven is presented as a staged reading Feb. 13 at the Westport Country Playhouse as part of the company’s Script in Han…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Town Hall presents the 12th season of its acclaimed Broadway by the Year concert series beginning Feb. 13 with The Broadway Musicals of 1946.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, her dark Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age play, opens Feb. 13 following previews from Jan. 24 at Second Stage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJulia Mattison is joined by several of her Godspell co-stars for A Sexy Valentine's Day Massacre! Feb. 13 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPatricia Clarkson and Bryan Batt co-star in a reading of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters Feb. 13 to benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer Feb. 13 at 7 PM at the Mainstage Theater (Playwrights Horizons).
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for the Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, the sequel to the tale of Peter Pan, go on sale to the general public Feb. 13. Performances will begin March 28 at the Brook…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American tragedy, Death of a Salesman, begins previews Feb. 13 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBrazil! Brazil!, currently running at the New Victory, is a fast-paced, music, dance and action-filled sixty minutes that give a quick drive-by to everything you already knew about Brazil. T…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMI Killed My Mother by Romanian playwright Andras Visky is presented at La MaMa by Chicago's Theatre Y, which will subsequently take the play on tour to Serbia and beyond. This haunting, non-…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
