Dutch National Ballet’s festival of nine premieres is an almost unparalleled undertaking that has paid off handsomely, writes Laura Cappelle
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 11:55PMIT’S THE SCRIPT THAT TAKES A FALL The main thing missing from Next Fall, Geoffrey Nauffts’ play about a gay couple with disparate religious beliefs, is credibility. No matter how much th…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 11:30PMHow will future Oscarologists size up the inevitable victory of 'The Artist" as Best Picture? "I think we're going to look back at this and say, 'This is kind of like w…
Linked From Gold Derby at 11:28PMA new play about iconic African-American Congresswoman Barbara Jordan will receive its world premiere at the Gem Theater as part of an initiative by a newly formed nonprofit group to bring …
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 11:28PM"Doctor Bernhardi" Has Much to Say, but is Lost in Translation: If a play is 100 years old, was rarely produced and runs over 3 hours why would you want to produce it?
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 11:28PMThe Threepenny Opera at Marvell Rep is Worth Cheering For: The Marvell Rep’s innovative version of "The Threepenny Opera," is full of bawdy fun, starting with "The Ballad of Mack the Knif…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 11:28PMThe transcript of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS, available under a royalty-free license to be performed anywhere in the world without restriction, is now available.I would ask that…
Linked From Mike Daisey at 11:28PMAs Knicks fans are finding out, watching young performers rise to the top is a pleasure. The same is true in the arts. Here are four artists poised to deliver in major ways.
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Linked From fords.org at 11:28PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Add "The Lyons" to the list of off-Broadway hits jumping to the Great White Way....
Linked From Associated Press at 11:28PMAmid the endless polarized chaos and bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, is there any space between protecting human rights and supporting terrorists? Amid the endless polarized chaos and bloodshed…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:28PMDenis O'Hare ("American Horror Story" and "True Blood") and director-writer Lisa Peterson on creating their one-man show "An Iliad."
Linked From Backstage at 11:28PM“The Book of Mormon,” which had steadily held the number two spot in box office grosses for weeks, fell to number four last week.
Linked From Backstage at 11:28PMHow about renaming Washington state — or even Washington, D.C.? That’s a question that playwright Gino DiIorio has been asking since he started work on his new play, “Reparation.” Th…
Linked From NJ.com at 11:28PMPhilip Brandes reviews Valerie Dillman's drama "Sarah's War," based on the life and death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:28PMIn light of the many translations of Cyprian Norwid's verse into English, Danuta Borchardt thought carefully about what she was going to focus on.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:27PMReuters reports that the Actors' Equity Association has given its approval for a proposed merger between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. …
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Honey 2 - Katerina Graham Back Up Official Dance Scene - Behind the Scenes
Check out an official dance scene from Honey 2 featuring Kat Graham dancing to Claude Racine's "Back Up.&…
Linked From YouTube at 06:56PMHoney 2 - I Can Be a Freak Official Dance Scene - Behind the Scenes
Check out the official dance scene from Honey 2 featuring Katerina Graham, Casper Smart and HD Crew to Estelle's &quo…
Linked From YouTube at 06:56PMHoney 2 - Set It On Fire Official Dance Scene - Behind the Scenes
Check out an official dance scene from Honey 2 to the song "Set It on Fire" by Rooftop, with behind the scenes in…
Linked From YouTube at 06:56PMNicky Silver's hit The Lyons will rise again on Broadway this season, just before the Tony eligibility cutoff of April 26. The Lyon will snatch the soon to be vacant Cort Theater. The produc…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 06:54PMOne of four versions of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby's auction house announced Tuesday.
Linked From Boston Globe at 06:45PMDoes photography record external reality or does it create its own, self-contained reality? Both, of course. All photography lies on a continuum of outer and inner. So the question becomes w…
Linked From Boston Globe at 06:45PMSix time Tony-nominated director, choreographer and actor Rob Marshall will be honored at the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2012 Spring Gala, From Screen to Stage. Created by hi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:43PMBroadway fans watching NBC’s singing competition The Voice on February 20 recognized a familiar face when American Idiot veteran Tony Vincent stepped up to “blind audition”…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:43PMLegit News:
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Linked From Variety at 06:30PMStylish and sly, Jean Genet's comedy of two maids features Brooke Edwards and Emily Baker writhing operatically under the excesses of their employer, as the plans for their revenge wobble ho…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:27PMOn Friday, February 24 and Saturday February 25 we will be hosting an in-person convening of about forty literary managers, dramaturgs, and playwrights and simultaneously, hosting a global…
Linked From HowlRound at 06:15PMJorn Weisbrodt, the Luminato festival's new artistic director, does a Q&A at the Toronto Public Reference Library on Thursday.
Linked From Toronto.com at 06:13PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company will honor Academy, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated director-choreographer Rob Marshall during the From Stage to Screen gala March 12 at the Hammer…
Linked From Playbill at 06:06PMTony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin will reprise her performance as matriarch Rita Lyons in the Broadway transfer of Nicky Silver's family drama The Lyons, which will officially open …
Linked From Playbill at 06:06PM*Man Boobs* is a parable for a perilous world, reminding us that vanity exists in both the cocksure and timid. People often want to see their self-loathing—it's a case of “better the dev…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 06:02PMQui Nguyen’s “Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,” an ambitious entertainment about modern identity, has moved to Off Broadway in a Vampire Cowboys production.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PMIn “Bad Kid,” a solo show at the Axis Theater, David Crabb delivers a fairly ordinary story about youthful mistakes and adventures, yet his characters are vivid.
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The Independent Reviewers of New England IRNE Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community, and this year's nominations have just been announced. IRNE …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMAccording to Deadline.com, Broadway vetrean Colin Donnell has signed on the join the cast of CW's 'Arrow' pilot, which is based on the 'Green Arrow' comics. Donnell will play 'Tommy Merlyn,'…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director will present its annual 2012 Spring Gala honoring Academy Award, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rob Marshall.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMNicky Silver's play THE LYONS is getting its world-premiere this fall with an official opening night October 11 at Vineyard Theatre 108 E. 15 St., it has been announced by Vineyard Theatre a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMThe cast of the Broadway production of Seminar celebrated its 100th performance at The Golden Theatre on Wednesday, February 15 with cookie cakes and cookies provided by Insomnia Cookies.
S…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMAttic Theatre is to present Dane Whitlock's Are You There God? It's Me, Karen Carpenter, March 30-April 7. Whitlock will direct, and choreography will be by Joseph Corella.
Loose…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMTony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa will reprise their starring roles in Nicky Silver's The Lyons, which will transfer to Broadway's Cort Theatre beginning the first we…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMTony Award winner Dan Fogler will star with Josh Duhamel in the film Scenic Route,, according to Deadline.com.
According to the site, the movie - to be directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMPop star and Broadway veteran Lance Bass and George Kotsiopoulos of E!'s Fashion Police co-hosted the second annual Hollywood Rush at the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater on Sunday, Febr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMDrama Desk Award nominee Colin Donnell has been cast in the CW drama pilot Arrow, according to Deadline.com.
The series is described by the site as a modern retelling of the story of DC Com…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMRufus Wainwright has released a video trailer for his forthcoming CD Out Of The Game As previously reported, the CD will be released on May 1 by Decca.
In addition, the schedule for a ser…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PMMartin Short will host the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2012 spring gala, From Screen to Stage, at Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday, March 12. The event will honor Rob Marshall, who will …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:56PM"Honors go to those who want them." Michael Oakeshott (quoted in Paul Franco, Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction, courtesy of Tim...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 05:43PMKenneth Tynan interviews Laurence Olivier in 1966: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 05:43PMForget about Disney World: After winning Super Bowl XLVI, New York Giants linebacker Zak DeOssie had just one place he wanted to go: Broadway! The NFL player dropped by Foxwoods Theatre on F…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:42PMNicky Silver’s The Lyons, which premiered off-Broadway at The Vineyard Theatre, will transfer to Broadway’s Cort Theatre this spring. Original stars Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:42PMColin Donnell, who stars as Billy Crocker in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, has been cast in the CW drama pilot Arrow, according to Deadline.com. The new pilot is an update…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:42PMBroadway stars including Ghost’s Caissie Levy, Sister Act’s Chester Gregory will honor late music icon Whitney Houston at Joe’s Pub on February 27. The one-night-only …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:42PMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents its annual 2012 Spring Gala honoring Academy Award, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rob Marshall. On Monday, March 12…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:39PMFancy playing a banker or a murderer? Maddy Costa meets a company that has found a novel way of making audiences feel good about bad newsIt's a truism that what sets theatre apart from cinem…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33PMAt my first audition, they asked me things like: How are you? It didn't seem hard enough' What got you started?An uncle I loved got me into Fred Astaire when I was young. We had a scratchy o…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Oohrah!" by LiveWire Chicago ★★★ and "He Who" by Theatre Zarko ★ for Steppenwolf Garage Rep
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Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:28PMOne of the region's pre-eminent comic talents, Tony Braitwaite, has been named producing artistic director of Act II Playhouse in Ambler, succeeding Bud Martin. Howard Shapiro reports.
Linked From Philly.com at 05:17PMA host of Broadway performers will join forces Feb. 27 to remember the late Grammy-winning artist Whitney Houston.
Linked From Playbill at 05:05PMSinger-actor Tony Vincent, most recently seen on Broadway in American Idiot, appeared on the hit NBC reality singing competition "The Voice" Feb. 20. He auditioned with Queen's…
Linked From Playbill at 05:05PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Anna Ziegler continues this series. What makes an artistic home? On t…
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EVITA will star Olivier Award-winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger making her Broadway debut as Eva Pern, world renowned music artist Ricky Martin as Che and Tony Award-winner Michael Cer…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMAs previously announced, Newsies will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre for a strictly limited 101 performance run this spring, following its critically-hailed run at Paper Mill Playhou…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMAccording to Deadline.com Broadway veteran Dan Fogler will star alongside Josh Duhamel in Kevin and Michael Goetz' 'Scenic Route' film. The movie is about 'two college students who go on a r…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMA Red Orchid Theatre has extended Brett Neveu's Megacosm. Directed by ensemble member Dado, the production will now run through March 11.
In the play, an industrialist uses every mean…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMNominations for the 2012 Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) awards have been announced.
The A.R.T. production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which is now playing on Broadwa…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMThe Stratford Shakespeare Festival has announced the acting company and complete lineup for its 2012 season.
Highlights will include Christopher Plummer's new autobiographical show, A …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMTheaterMania talks with the pop star about his Off-Broadway role in The Fantasticks, his fans, and his upcoming EP.
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMFord's Theatre Society has announced casting for its production of the musical, 1776, to perform at Ford's Theatre, March 9-May 19. Peter Flynn will direct.
The show dramatizes th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMCircle X Theatre Co. is set to present the world premiere of Leo Geter's Naked Before God, March 24-April 28. Geter will direct.
In Naked Before God, Kristen Burrows has a plan to com…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMBroadway by the Bay has announced full casting for Hairspray, to play April 5-22 at Fox Theatre. Artistic Director Amanda Folena will direct.
With a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMCabrillo Music Theatre is set to present Once Upon a Mattress, April 20-29 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Richard Israel will direct.
With music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for Broadway Remembers Whitney, a one-night-only concert to be offered at Joe's Pub on February 27 at 9:30pm. Kris Kukul will serve a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:55PMBefore hitting the bright lights of a Broadway stage, the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar headed uptown and underground for a very special concert for just fans. The Crypt at The Church of th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:41PMSome like it hot but Chicago’s Bianca Marroquin, currently playing the iconic role of Roxie Hart on the Great White Way, likes things a scorching 115 degrees to be exact. The Latina st…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:41PMRachel Berry (Lea Michele) is getting married—or at least wearing a wedding dress while filming—and all of her New Directions friends are expected to share the excitement. Off-ca…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:41PMFive of Broadway’s finest actors are in the running for 2012 Academy Awards! In honor of their stellar work onscreen, Broadway.com is looking back at the most unforgettable stage roles…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:41PMThe City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Arts Council will announce the recipients of the 2012 Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant Program, Phase 1, at the Isham-Terry House, a Connecticut L…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:38PMNew play about the boy who wouldn’t grow up has announced its cast. Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, a play by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice, a…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 04:38PMNEW YORK—When Julian Erskine last saw the American touring company of "Riverdance," he had to smile.
Linked From Denver Post at 04:37PMIn its first week at the box office, the new "Salesman" beat every other play on Broadway except for the hit "War Horse," which won the 2011 Tony for best play.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMBook Savvy – a day-long conference on getting published – promises to be a fantastic event and timely resource for the LA writers community. Hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Wome…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 04:23PMReprise is in trouble. Is its mission not clear enough? Should it be just like other musical theater companies or should it continue to produce shows that can't be seen elsewhere?...Valerie …
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 04:17PMRagtime Tony nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge will direct and choreograph The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's upcoming production of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical Hello, Dolly!
Linked From Playbill at 04:03PMRoom 16, a new musical featuring music by Stephen Sislen, lyrics by Sislen and Ben H. Winters and a book by Andrea Lepcio, will be presented in a staged reading March 8 at 2 PM at Chelsea St…
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Directed by the Tony Award winning Terry Johnson, End of the Rainbow will begin performances on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Belasco Theatre, with an opening night now set for Monday, April…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF today announced the selections for the 2012 Next Link Project, NYMF's primary writer service program. The Next Link Project empowers emerging music…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMOn March 8th at 2 p.m. there will be a reading of ROOM 16 by Stephen Sislen composerlyricist, Andrea Lepcio book and Ben H. Winters lyrics, directed by Kim Weild with music direction by Vadi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMMichael Redman and Hugh Hysell just announced that Redman has acquired the full service marketing and promotions division of HHC Marketing. A new firm will be launched and known as RED RISIN…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMFords Theatre Society presents the Tony-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, March 9 though May 19, 2012. With quick-witted dialogue and a playful score, 1776 dramatizes the impass…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMIn memory of the inimitable Whitney Houston, Broadway Remembers Whitney is a concert honoring one of the greatest icons and voices of our generation. Come join us as we pay homage to and joi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMLynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that two time Drama Desk Award nominee Margaret Colin (“Gossip Girl,” MTC’s Defiance) and …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:58PMGideon Productions will present Mac Roger's Blast Radius, March 30-April 14 as part of BFG Collective's six month long residency at The Secret Theatre.
Blast Radius, part two of R…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:54PMNick Jonas will headline a new Broadway cast album EP of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Robert Sher has produced the recording, which will be released by Broadway Records…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:54PMTony Award winner Gary Beach and Broadway veteran Vicki Lewis will star in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of Hello, Dolly!, to run March 13-April 1. Tony nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge w…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:54PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the selections for the 2012 Next Link Project, NYMF's primary writer service program. The works will be presented as part of t…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:54PMSunday night (19 February 2012) saw the first-ever webcast of the Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, and nearly 17,000 people tuned in for our three hours of live broadcasting from the Prince …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:51PMTickets are now available for the Broadway transfer of End of the Rainbow, Peter Quilter’s biographical play about the last days of superstar Judy Garland. The drama, directed by Terry…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMMost shows experienced a bump at the box office thanks to the long President's Day weekend, with Wicked claiming the top spot for grosses. Two new shows also hit the boards: William Shat…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMIn Venus in Fur dashing leading man Hugh Dancy plays a writer/director auditioning an aspiring actress (Nina Arianda). Dancy may be a big star himself these days, but when he stopp…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMThe Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along ended its extended run at New York City Center on February 19, and the cast enjoyed a final celebration together after …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Nick Jonas headed to the studio on February 19 to record an EP of selections from the hit Frank Loesser revival. The new recording will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMThe dark drama Blood Knot first premiered in South Africa in 1961, during the apartheid era. Now, this historic play is the inaugural production in the brand-new Jewel Box Theatre at the Per…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMThe stars of Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar celebrated a Broadway milestone in the sweetest fashion on February 1: Hamish Linklater, Hettienne Park, Lily Rabe, Alan Rickman and Jerry O&…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:41PMCarlyle Brown will step in for James A. Williams at Park Square. Williams has been cast in a New York production.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:38PMJohn Malkovich will write a message for the 50th annual World Theatre Day, sponsored by Theatre Communications Group and the US Center of the International Theatre Institute. An essay contes…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:16PMTheatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre and home of the U.S. Centerof the International Theatre Institute (ITI-US), invites all theatres, individual artists…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 03:14PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? BBS thought we'd help! Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new 'Weekly Reader Review.' Incorpo…
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 03:06PMConnecticut Nun Returns To Hollywood For Oscars The news that Mother Dolores Hart will be attending Sunday's Oscars prompted me to dust off the story I wrote about the former Hollywood ac…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:05PMRamin Karimloo, currently starring as Valjean in the West End production of Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMA new Broadway cast album EP of the 50th anniversary revival of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, feautring current star Nick Jonas, will be released by Broadway Records this…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMAdditional casting has been announced for the Manhattan Theatre Club's world-premiere production of David Auburn's The Columnist, which will begin previews April 4 prior to an offici…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMCasting has been announced for the new rock musical Brother Russia, which makes its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre March 6 with an official opening April 15 at Si…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMAnjelica Huston, who stars as producer Eileen Rand on the NBC musical drama "Smash," recently visited "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" to talk about filming in New York Cit…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMOn Feb. 16 the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell welcomed "Late Show with David Letterman" musical director Paul Shaffer, who was conductor of the original Broad…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps, a sci-fi musical set during the Civil War, which will play the American Repertory Theater beginning Mar…
Linked From Playbill at 03:02PMRoom 116, a new musical featuring music by Stephen Sislen, lyrics by Sislen and Ben H. Winters and a book by Andrea Lepcio, will be presented in a staged reading March 8 at 2 PM at Chelsea S…
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When his Merchant Navy freighter was torpedoed and sunk en route to Malta in 1942, the 17-year-old Frederick Treves saved several shipmates and was awarded the British Empire Medal for brave…
Linked From The Stage at 02:59PMTony was born on December 22, 1933. His first career, in Nottingham, was as a telephone engineer. This was quickly cut short when a scholarship to RADA plunged him abruptly into a different …
Linked From The Stage at 02:59PMI met Fleur Chandler, who died on December 15, 2011, aged 63, at the RSC while working on Terry Hand's production of Coriolanus. Fleur played Virgilia to Alan Howard's Coriolanus. Actor Gabr…
Linked From The Stage at 02:59PMMalcolm Taylor, actor, director and producer, was born on November 8, 1937, in Kendal, Cumbria and brought up in Lancaster.
Linked From The Stage at 02:59PMChicago Shakespeare Theater's CST 25th Anniversary Season production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by CST Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin CST's Follie…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced that two time Drama Desk Award nominee Margaret Colin Gossip Girl, MTCs Defiance and four time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines Gypsy, Contact will join Ton…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMThe Silence of the Lambs, winner in all five top categories at the 1992 Oscars including Best Picture, was released internationally 21 years ago this month. SILENCE The Musical, the unauthor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Broadway production of Athol Fugards The Road to Mecca starring Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino and Jim Dale, will end its limited engagement on Sunday, March 4th a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMAccording to published reports, NBC's SMASH, which aired its third episode last night, dropped in the ratings again- moving this week from 8.1 million to 6.5 million viewers. The series prem…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMThe Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team for the Globe's revival of Anna Christie, Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece about the knotty relationship between an old sailor and his es…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMAs first reported on Deadline.com, actress Marcia Gay Harden is set to star in the upcoming film SUPREME RULER. Harden joins previously announced cast members Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Brian Gera…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMThis past weekend, Neil Patrick Harris stopped by Absinthe, Las Vegas' latest Cirque addition. While visiting with the cast, they learned of his love of variety arts and invited him to walk …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that, Nick Jonas will soon be featured in an EP of music from HOW TO SUCCEED in which he is currently starring as J. Pierrepont Finch. The EP is due out this spri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 19, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $688,467 7,609 92.70% $90.48 CHICAGO $622,523 7,343 …
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As this blog is part of an industry-orientated media company, which reports, supports and assists the theatre business, I make no apologies for occasionally using it to cover matters that…
Linked From The Stage at 02:56PMAntonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in the movie 33 Dias (33Days), according to a report in Variety. Carlos Saura will direct the film, which he has co-written with Elias Querejeta and…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMAnnie Potts will star in the Hallmark Channel's movie musical The Music Teacher, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Alan Ett will compose the original songs for the project.
The mov…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMMargaret Colin and Boyd Gaines will join the previously reported star John Lithgow in Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of David Auburn's The Columnist. Daniel Sullivan will …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMThe Old Globe has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, March 10-April 15 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. Dan…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMKeep Memory Alive honored Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday at its 16th annual Power of Love Gala, on Saturday, February 18. The event will be broadcast on ABC on Saturday, February 25, at 4…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMThe Paramount Theatre has announced casting for the classic rock musical Hair, to run March 14 - April 1. Rachel Rockwell will direct the production, which will have musical direction by Do…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMTony Award and Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Brian Geraghty, and Vincent D'Onofrio will star in Duane Edwards' new film Supreme Ruler, according to D…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMStage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris attended the February 10 performance of Absinthe at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Afterwards, he not only visited with the cast, but also took …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:53PMThe New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is set to present a discussion and Q&A with Mark St. Germain, the playwright of FREUD’S LAST SESSION; Jack Thomas, a producer of the play; T…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMBroadway's Kevin Gray DirectsKevin Gray, the Broadway actor-turned-educator, will direct The Hartt School production of the musical “Time After Time, ” March 8 to 11 at Mill…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:46PMThree-time Tony winner James Lapine (Into the Woods, Passion, Falsettos) is keeping himself quite busy these days. Lapine directed the Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along, which pla…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:40PMOn screen, Once went from an indie flick with great songs and a cult following to a winner at the Oscars. Now the film’s stage adaptation is going from an off-Broadway production at Ne…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:40PMBoyd Gaines and Margaret Colin will join previously announced star John Lithgow in Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of David Auburn’s The Columnist. The play will now begi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:40PMAbout the Author:
Long before the earning the imprimatur of a Pulitzer Prize for How I Learned to Drive in 1998, playwright Paula Vogel wasn’t pulling any punches. In plays like The …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:40PMLet’s see. Should I do a recording review of this CD of 29 songs by the man who wrote the memorable songs for the sparkling movie “Meet Me In St. Louis” and Broadway’…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 02:40PMTheatre 503, LondonArtist-led is a buzz word in theatre at the moment, but writer-led is still more unusual, and when all those writers are women you know something is afoot. New theatre com…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:31PMWyndhams, LondonThere comes a point when comic scepticism shades into cynicism – about halfway through Jackie Mason's West End show, to be precise. I enjoyed the first half of this farewel…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:31PMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsFor anyone who has neither been, nor parented, a teenage girl over the past 10 years, Georgia Nicholson is the creation of teen fiction author Louise Rennison,…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:31PMLet me welcome the William Shatner VIP ticket and all the stunts to come. I do so love the fun of it all. Of course, there is no dignity associated it, but you can't ask too much these days.
Linked From Huffington Post at 02:30PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway production of Athol Fugard’s The Road to Mecca starring Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino and Jim Dale, will end its limited engagement on Sunday, March…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:30PMLegit News:
Actors to co-star with Lithgow on Broadway
Linked From Variety at 02:28PMCriterion Theatre, London: Glasgow Academy has been training musical theatre talent since 1994 and presenting their three-year, full-time course graduates in London since 2007. With the usua…
Linked From The Stage at 02:22PMTricycle, London: During Ron Hutchinson's contribution to this ten-play marathon, Clement Attlee and Ernest Bevin meet just after the US nuclear attacks on Japan at the end of the Secon…
Linked From The Stage at 02:22PMCircus Flora returns to the Grand Center big top with "The
Wizard - Merlin & the Legends of King Arthur," a new show that
celebrates the magical world of Camelot.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:17PMHere’s a first look at the brand new set of television commercials for SISTER ACT, the smash-hit Broadway musical!
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Linked From Playbill at 02:02PMThe third episode of the acclaimed theatre-inspired TV series "Smash," which aired Feb. 20, drew 6.5 million viewers, according to Variety.
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Small towns, glue sniffing, a giant angel, lust and passion on a carnival ride, and the real meaning of redemption thrown in the face of fundamentalism. Get on Will Act For Food's ride and e…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 01:58PMIn next week's episode of NBC's SMASH entitled The Cost of Art, Karen Katharine McPhee must learn to advance in the high-stakes world of Broadway, as Derek Jack Davenport hosts a party for h…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you will fi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMAn updated list of presenters has been announced for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and aired live on ABC-TV. Tony Awar…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:52PMTheater veterans Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, along with Jim Steinman, Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, and Don Schlitz will be inducted into the Songwritiers Halll of Fame at a star-studded ga…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:52PMWilliam Shatner beamed down from the Music Box Theatre on February 20 to sit down with the ladies of The View and discuss his new one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:38PMSteve Kazee tugged heartstrings off-Broadway as half of the onstage love story in Once, and now he’s getting ready to bring his Dublin singer-songwriter character to the Broadway stage…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:38PMWhen a critic writes a review, he doesn’t expect to find himself interviewed on a news radio station. But that’s what happened to one writer from DC Theatre Scene. Critic Larry B…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 01:38PMThe largely forgotten Polish professor, who drew a connection between Shakespeare and 20th-century European theatre, had a huge impact on modern-day theatrical cultureDoes anyone still read …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:30PMTheresa Rebeck's Seminar celebrated 100 performances on Broadway Feb. 15.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMDick Anthony Williams, a stage and film actor who was twice nominated for a Tony Award, died Feb. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 77.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMThe pre-Broadway tour of Jekyll & Hyde, starring Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis, will launch the 2012-2013 season at Houston's Theatre Under the Stars.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMTony Award winners Anthony LaPaglia, Brían F. O’Byrne and Julie White, as well as Tony nominee John Leguizamo, have been cast in upcoming pilots, according to Deadline.com.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMFebruary House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley, which brings to life a host of bohemian intellectuals, artists and icons of the 1940's, began performances Feb. 15 at …
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMViola Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Hudson, "Thurgood" and "The Help" were among the winners of the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards, which were presented Feb. 17 at …
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On February 6 five of Young Broadway's favorite blondes presented BLONDE AMBITION a one-night-only concert to benefit Broadway Barks, Bernadette Peters' and Mary Tyler Moore's shelter animal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMBroadway star Tony Vincent appeared on the February 20 episode of NBC's reality-talent competition The Voice during the show's "blind audition" round, and was selected to…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:53PMMusicals Tonight! has announced the performances planned for its 2012 spring season, running March 20-May 13 at the Lion Theatre.
Li'l Abner (March 20-April 1) will begin the season wi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:53PMStrawdog Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 season, according to a report in The Chicago Tribune.
The schedule begins with Jennifer Hailey's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:53PMThe Goodman Theatre has released a teaser trailer featuring rehearsal footage of director Calixto Bieto's re-imagining of Tennessee Wiliams' Camino Real, to run March 3 - April 8.
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Linked From TheaterMania at 12:53PMThe competition on Glee heats up on the February 21 episode as Ohio's best high school singing groups head off to the annual Regionals competition. As usual the Dalton Academy Warblers w…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:37PMBroadway rocker Tony Vincent, a vet of Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar and American Idiot, recently brought his big-time vocals to TV singing contest The Voice. For his "blind auditio…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:37PMLife imitated art for Oscar winner Anjelica Huston when she stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on February 20 to help the host kick off his annual Broadway Week. As Eileen Rand on NBC&r…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:37PMHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Nick Jonas stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on February 20 to perform on the first night of Fallon's annual Broadway Wee…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:37PMThe Lin-sanity started less than a month ago at Madison Square Garden when Jeremy Lin came off the bench and ran circles around the New Jersey Nets. His story has spread from coast to coast …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 12:34PMStrawdog Theatre, an off-Loop company with a 25-year history, has announced its 2012-13 season.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:24PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S POLL AND IN ROUND 4 OF HOT AND HOTTER (LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND SCROLL)!With the revival of Evita more imminent as each day goes by, I tho…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:17PMIf the casting of Samantha Barks as Eponine didn’t fill your theater nerd heart with enough joy, we’re now learning that other, smaller roles are being filled by Les Miserables s…
Linked From The Craptacular at 12:16PM"Absent Friends'' mines its characters' woes for laughter and pathos, while another revival of "Singin' in the Rain'' leaves audiences damp, but delighted.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PMI recently traveled to Anchorage to visit TCG’s three member theatres in Alaska: Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Cyrano’s Theatre Company in Anchorage and “the world’s northe…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 12:11PMAre you ready for this Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast? (I’d call it the gay Super Bowl but after Madonna’s halftime show and the Beckham underwear ads, this year’s …
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 12:06PMThrough March 11, enter to win up to 20 prizes from Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN. As the total number of "entries collected" grows, more and more prizes unlock for everyone to win. En…
Linked From tickets.broadwaysbestshows.com at 12:04PMRussell Brand, who will appear in the upcoming "Rock of Ages" film, will star in Eric Idle's What About Dick?, which will be given a four-performance engagement at the Orpheum …
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMOnce, the new Broadway musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film about an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant, begins previews Feb. 28 and opens March 18 at the Bernard B. Jacobs T…
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All the excitement of the Broadway stage was broadcast into viewers' homes last night as 'Broadway Week' returned to LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Monday's show featured a performance by Nic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 2142012 - 2212012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMCiti Pond at Bryant Park, Broadway's SISTER ACT amp God's Love We Deliver hosted Nuns On Ice, Feb.16th. The first 100 people to rent skates during the hour-long event received a flowing nuns…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMToday in 2008, the first Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George opened at Studio 54, where it ran for 149 performances. Sunday in the Park with George is a 1983 musical with musi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMOn next week's episode of SMASH, titled 'The Cost of Art,' Karen needs to start learning how to get ahead in the world of Broadway, and Eileen tests a new fundraising strategy. Tom goes on a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMTelsey Co., casting office for the new Broadway production of ANNIE, will hold an open call in Austin, TX. on Monday, March 5, for girls ages 6-12 to audition for the roles of Annie and the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMJason Robert Brown will stage a gala concert for the National Youth Music Theatre at the Apollo Theatre on August 26, according to a report on the website for the UK magazine, The Stage.
As…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:51AMThe Hartt School will present the new musical Time After Time, March 8-11 at Millard Auditorium. Kevin Gray will direct.
With music by Jeffrey Saver and book and lyrics by Stephen Cole, Ti…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:51AMEllen Stern will write a biography of artist/caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, according to a report in The New York Times. The book, to be published by the Sarah Crichton Books imprint of Farrar…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:51AMOn Monday, February 20, members of the cast and creative team for the new musical Once met with members of the press to talk about the show's upcoming Broadway production at the Bernard…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:51AMCasting has been announced for a one-night-only performance of A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer to be offered on March 26 at the Lyric Theatre in London, according to a report on w…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:51AMIf you talk to people, it can seem like Ed Malin’s been around as long as indie theater as we know it today. Elena Holy, the producing artistic director of the New York International F…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49AMAlumni of the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) including Jude Law, Sheridan Smith, Eddie Redmayne and Lara Pulver were joined last night by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:47AM[The] conflict is presented completely in black and white; it is difficult to imagine that these people could set aside their differences long enough to become a couple.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:46AM"Genesis Reboot" ... concerns an idealistic angel who wants to restart creation in "a closed environment with controlled conditions." She hopes that Adam and Eve might fare better in a high-…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:44AMWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company focuses on plays that address the most important and prickly issues of society, and its current world premiere production of "Civilization (all you can eat)" f…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:43AMSpring is almost in full bloom in Times Square as a crop of new shows gear up to take the stage, and Broadway.com asked readers which Broadway show they are most excited to see this season. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:37AMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway transfer of Peter and the Starcatcher. Co-directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, the production stars Christian Borle, Adam Chanler-Berat and Celia…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:37AMTricycle theatre, LondonNicolas Kent bids farewell to the Tricycle with a characteristically grand project: a two-part history of the nuclear bomb consisting of 10 separate plays. Obviously …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:29AMOne of my New Year's resolutions was to take a break from working on my shows every once in awhile in order to work with charitable organizations. I've got some fun stuff in mind on how I ca…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:13AMOne of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby’s auction house announced Tuesday.
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The Prince And The Showboy: An Evening with Faith Prince and Jason Graae will be presented next month at The RRazz Room in San Francisco.
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMGordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones and Jim Steinman will become the newest members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organization’s 43rd Annual…
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMAdditional presenters have been announced for the 84th Academy Awards, which will be hosted by Billy Crystal.
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMWriter Ellen Stern has been signed by Sarah Crichton Books at Farrar, Straus and Giroux to capture the life of late theatre caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The biography will arrive in 2015, acc…
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMAll the excitement of the Broadway stage was broadcast into viewers' homes last night as 'Broadway Week' returned to LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Monday's show featured a performance by Nic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMLast night 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' kicked off Broadway Week with an appearance form Anjelica Huston, who chatted about her latest role of 'Eileen' on NBC's SMASH. Check out her full i…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMLast night, Broadway vet Tony Vincent made his first appearance on NBC's singing competition THE VOICE, where he performed his on rendition of Queen's We Are the Champions. Click below to ch…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMOn last night's episode of SMASH, titled 'Enter Mr. DiMaggio' casting began for the Joe DiMaggio character played by Broadway's Will Chase. Meanwhile, Karen returned to her hometown to atten…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMVENUS 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 10:54AMONCE on Broadway has announced its upcoming ticket lottery. Each performance day, 2.5 hours prior to show time 1130am for 2pm matinee 1230pm for 3pm matinees 430pm for 7pm performances 530 f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMMusical geniuses Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt amp Tom Jones and Jim Steinman will become the newest members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the organizations 4…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMCasting has been announced for Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' The Glorious Ones, to run March 6 - April 7 at the Landor Theatre. As previously announced, Robert McWhir will direct t…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:51AMRex Reed's The Man That Got Away: Ira Without George is set to play at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco's Kanbar Hall, April 13-15.
Created by critic and author Rex Re…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:51AMJosh Young, who will be starring as Judas in this season's Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, is engaged to his girlfriend, Alia Rosenstock. No wedding date has been announced…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:51AMBroadway stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley are set to present Standard Time, on March 17 at 8pm at the Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University Northridge. Music dir…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:51AMAs Collaborative Directors of Works Progress, Colin Kloecker and I have been fortunate to work in partnership with artists from many different communities and professional backgrounds. In ou…
Linked From State of the Artist at 10:49AMWayne McGregor is to team up with music producer Mark Ronson and fashion designer Gareth Pugh for his latest work at the Royal Opera House.
Linked From The Stage at 10:29AMRosario Dawson is to perform in the West End for a charity event next month.
Linked From The Stage at 10:29AMBeanotown is in crisis! As the first ever Dennis the Menace stageshow premieres at the Southbank Centre, London, as part of the Imagine children's festival, writer Caroline Bird talks us thr…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:28AM‘PRIMA DONNA’
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Linked From New York Daily News at 10:25AMActress Megan Hilty, star of NBC's "Smash," relaed with some girlfriends poolside at the Borgata's Immersion Spa, then picked up a dress from Just Cavalli at the Water Club. Hilty wore her n…
Linked From Philly.com at 10:25AMSeattle Times 02/21/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 10:24AMIf “education” is supposed to be hard to swallow, then Mark Shugoll and his ArtSpeak! program have found the proverbial spoonful of sugar! More than 500 students, parents, and audience m…
Linked From theatrewashington.org at 10:20AMFebruary 17, 2012 Nina Arianda Is Fueling Fantasies By ANDREW GOLDMAN New York Times Magazine Your reviews for “Venus in Fur” have been ridiculously glowing. Mike Nichols said your perfo…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:18AMIn honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting shows that deal with the national celebration’s themes, and artists whose work has helped shape the diversity of musical theat…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:17AMThe recording was made in December 2010 in San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, and reveals an orchestra fully at home in John Adams’ distinctive idiom.
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Tony winner Beth Leavel will play M'Lynn in the North Carolina Theatre's upcoming production of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias.
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMKevin Yee, from Broadway's Mary Poppins, has created and stars in Jeremy Lin The Musical, which is currently available for viewing on YouTube.
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMLoni Ackerman, who played the title role during the original Broadway run of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and was most recently seen as Norma Desmond in the Gateway's pro…
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMOn next week's episode of SMASH, titled 'The Cost of Art,' Karen needs to start learning how to get ahead in the world of Broadway and, Eileen tests a new fundraising strategy. Tom goes on a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMAccording to USA Today, American Idol alum Adam Lambert will front the legendary rock band Queen when the group headlines England's Sonisphere Festival on July 7th.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMAll the excitement of the Broadway stage will be broadcast into viewers' homes this week, as Broadway Week has returned to LATE NIGHT WITH Jimmy Fallon 1235 a.m. ET on NBC featuring a new mu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMYesterday on 'The View,' entertainer William Shatner spoke with the ladies about his new one-man show SHATNER'S WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT, now running for a limited engagement on Broadway. Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMHeather Headley will play Rachel Marron, the role originated by Whitney Houston, in the stage musical version of The Bodyguard, according to a report in Variety. Thea Sharrock will direct …
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:50AMPhilip Gawthorne's overlong psychological thriller benefits from fine performances.
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:50AMCasting has been announced for Eric Idle and John Du Prez's What About Dick?, to be offered as a staged reading at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, April 26-29, according to a report…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:50AMI was on my way to the basement of a church in NW Washington to see a play I had never heard of, a minor work from a major voice in theater, one of my favorites, in fact. I was directed arou…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AMAt a time when major questions are being asked about the role of publicly funded arts companies, can ENB balance box-office demands with the need to take creative risks?Wayne Eagling is to …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:27AMDebonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…
Linked From BroadwayStars at 09:24AMDavid Crabb will abduct you into the world of his unusually decadent yet incisive youth and, happily complicit, you’ll jump in for the joyride
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:13AMEvent promotions giant Live Nation Entertainment may face steep fines after a possible violation of Ontario's anti-scalping law. On Feb. 13, tickets for Madonna's concert in Ottawa's Scotiab…
Linked From Ticket News at 09:13AMVillanova University abruptly canceled a weeklong workshop by a gay performance artist whose stage shows are often laced with nudity and simulated sex but who has taught and lectured at nume…
Linked From Philly.com at 09:13AMWaiting for the curtain to rise, theatergoers could trace more than 60 years of Bucks County Playhouse shows from signs on the theater's walls listing each season's lineup.
Linked From Philly.com at 09:13AMOf Mice and Men is so well-known and universally taught in American middle and high schools, you'd think a staged production, such as People's Light & Theatre Company's, must go out of its w…
Linked From Philly.com at 09:13AMTO STAGE AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Now in its 60th season, Musical Theatre West (MTW) is currently reviving Man of La Mancha with the astronomical performance of Davis Gaines as its driving force…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 09:13AMWilliam Shatner is back on Broadway! The last time he was on a Broadway stage was in 1956, the same year that Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with "Heartbreak Hotel…
Linked From Paper Mag at 09:13AMOPERA MAY be suffering in other cities, but Philadelphia provides an environment in which opera thrives. The Opera Company of Philadelphia recently announced that it will present five produc…
Linked From Philly.com at 09:13AMBen Heppner has canceled his Tuesday appearance in "Moby-Dick" at the San Diego Opera.Ben Heppner has canceled his Tuesday appearance in "Moby-Dick" at the San Diego Opera.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:13AMWill their new ticket-pricing strategy attract new audiences?Will their new ticket-pricing strategy attract new audiences?
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:13AMFun Fact About the Best Actress Category - Their paths almost all began in NYC Off-Broadway: Four of the Five Oscar Nominees in the best actress category have already been declared honorees…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 09:13AM"Call Me Adam" once again chats with MAC and Bistro Award winning vocalist Eric Michael Gillett. This time around we discuss his new show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with La Tanya Hall, …
Linked From Call Me Adam at 09:13AMLos Angeles Opera said that ticketholders for "Albert Herring" can bring along friends who have never been to the opera before for just $25 per seat.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:13AMFarrar Straus and Giroux has commissioned a biography of the legendary theatrical portraitist Al Hirschfeld, who died at 99 in 2003, to be written by Ellen Stern, author of a 1987 profile of…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:13AMOn Friday, February 17, 2012, I attended OBIE Award Winner David Drake's new one-man show "My Tawny Valentine" at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. Performing as his alter ego, Tawny Heath…
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Baby, I would catch a grenade for you, as Bruno Mars wrote in his international smash hit song Grenade, recently nominated for a Grammy, and, so, too, would Joe DiMaggio catch a grenade for …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:53AMIvy and Derek screwing in a bed. A wonderful way to celebrate getting the big role of Marilyn, isn’t it? Oh, and that’s how our third episode starts too. After doing the nasty, Ivy asks …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 08:44AMFrom time to time, most performing arts organizations schedule a special evening of entertainment geared toward raising audience awareness as well as attracting much needed donations from we…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:34AMJason Robert Brown's Broadway musical 13 is to run in the West End this summer under the auspices of the National Youth Music Theatre, as the company celebrates its 35th year.
Linked From The Stage at 08:27AMComedian will star in Eric Idle's new musical in LA alongside Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Tracey Ullman and Eddie IzzardRussell Brand is to make his stage debut in the title role in Eric Idle…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:26AM2012 marks the 100th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, do Nick sits down with conductor Mike Dixon (now a permanent presenter) to discuss Mike's experience in conducting varioius…
Linked From musicaltalk.co.uk at 08:20AMUntil recently, I've been sort of at a loss as to what to do with my love of food and my investment in making and eating food more mindfully. I love to cook, but don't want to go to culinar…
Linked From Scenes in the City at 08:20AMTHEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Mesmeric Revelation…, Central Works.
By Sam Hurwitt
Mesmeric Revelation…Before Edgar Allen Poe has nothing to do with Edgar Allen Poe. The second play t…
Linked From The Idiolect at 08:18AMThe Wooster Group Clay Lord has written a provocative and rather erudite post, The Work of Presentational Art in the Age of On-Demand Technological Empowerment, in which he cautions that as …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:16AMDo critics recommend a visit to "Shatner's World"?
Linked From StageGrade at 08:15AMHat tip to Ian David Moss at Createquity who linked to a New Yorker article on brainstorming in one of his “around the horn” summaries. The article talks about how the whole idea…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:15AMEvery so often you encounter the perfect pairing of actor and role. Mary-Arrchie founding member and Artistic Director Richard Cotovsky has found one of those roles. From his shoulder-slumpe…
Linked From Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:15AMCalifornia Repertory Company presents Quills by Doug Wright, directed by guest artist Larissa Paige Kokernot, February 17-March 10. Set during the final year of the infamous Marquis’ incar…
Linked From Footlights at 08:14AM“The funniest show on earth is back to taunt Los Angeles for a second time!” “Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, the musical comedy …
Linked From Footlights at 08:14AMI had the great pleasure of visiting the Museum of Chinese in America in Chinatown in New York City. There is much to...
Linked From Huffington Post at 08:14AMWe are always proud and pleased when plays we have published get new productions and it’s always great to see new work from this same group of talented playwrights. ODYSSEUS DOA whic…
Linked From NYTE Small Press at 08:12AMBy Peter Filichia --
These days, we often hear people complain that too many Broadway musicals are made from motion pictures. Actually, the start of that trend can be traced backed to 1953…
Linked From Masterworks Broadway at 08:10AM
Celebrate Their 50th Anniversaries With A Gift that Keeps on GivingIn the midst of new plans and strategies for arts funding in the state, I'd like to suggest still another -- and it's offer…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 07:59AMIt's often been said that an idea is nothing without the execution to back it up and I have been in plenty of rooms where ideas have been bandied around, but not many where someone actually …
Linked From One Producer in the City at 07:56AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMOn February 6 five of Young Broadway's favorite blondes presented BLONDE AMBITION a one-night-only concert to benefit Broadway Barks, Bernadette Peters' and Maty Tyler Moore's shelter animal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMKevin Yee created and stars in this comedy musical re-imagining the first time New York Knicks Superstar Jeremy Lin proved himself on the basketball court. You can watch JEREMY LIN THE MUSIC…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMMusic Box Theatre, Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: William Shatner creates an engaging one man show by sharing humorous and touching anecdotes from his 80 years of life.
A…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 07:48AMDisrespecting your artistic competition, or your audience, is a sign of immaturity. It's easy (and fun) to talk about how everything sucks. It's easy (and fun) to blame the rigid, old, infle…
Linked From Mission Paradox at 07:46AMAnd now, here’s the final tid-bit from Shane Baker‘s Yiddish story-telling act,a little bit of magic – the next part of our Vaudephone series: Vaudephone is a co-produc…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:30AMNorm Lewis Invites You to Charity Night!
Norm Lewis invites you to Charity Night at The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess supporting Broadway Cares on Tuesday, February 21st. Get your tickets o…
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Cherry Lane Theatre's award-winning Mentor Project begins its 13th season Feb. 21 with Elizabeth Rose's one-woman musical, Relative Pitch, at Manhattan's Cherry Lane Studio …
Linked From Playbill at 12:52AMThe Chicago premiere of librettist Harvey Fierstein and composer-lyricist John Bucchino's musical A Catered Affair, produced by Porchlight Musicals, opens Feb. 21 following previews from…
Linked From Playbill at 12:52AMAnna Chlumsky, Darrell Hammond, Austin Pendleton, Shirley Knight and Fred Willard take the stage Feb. 21 for a gala benefit reading of Hamlet for the Frog and Peach Theatre Company.
Linked From Playbill at 12:52AMWalnut Street Theatre presents the world premiere of Ethel!, the life stories and memorable songs of singer-actress Ethel Waters, beginning Feb. 21, prior to an official opening Feb. 23, at …
Linked From Playbill at 12:52AMThe Insidious Nature of TheatreDamned if it's not everywhereby Gaëtan L. CharleboisBelieve it or not...There was a time when Radio-Canada, through it's primetime Sunday (hit) series Les bea…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:45AMBy Byrne Harrison
Ron Graner is a commercial/industrial real estate agent with High Point Realty Limited and works with many artists, theatre and film companies. He not only sold the Canadi…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 12:36AMProducing Director at T. Schreiber Studio
New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Art and music are a big inspiration for me. Whenever I need a pick-me-up a trip to the …
Linked From The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:26AMAs the curtain opens, Pattonville High School transforms into a
train station, carrying its audience into 1912 River City and its
small-town intolerances. As the characters watch their backw…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:04AMAll the galaxy's a stage in Francis Howell Limelight Theater's
production of "Return to the Forbidden Planet," a play in which
Captain Kirk, Prospero and the Beach Boys all come together in …
Linked From St. Louis Today at 12:04AMThe world of charming social calls, proper manners, and
honorable upbringings throws audiences into a night of graceful
refinement in Nerinx Hall's recent production of "Pride and
Prejudice."
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