"Orpheus" runs through March 10 at Seattle Opera.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 04:49PMA LACK OF PHILOSOPHY Elina de Santos’ production of David Ives’ 2008 New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 …
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 04:49PMMyron Meisel Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman star in the bold play set in the titular hotel on the outskirts of Jackson, Miss. by playwright Beth Henley.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 04:49PMMark Swed reviews Los Angeles Opera's sassy and well performed production of Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring."
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:49PMPart I: What We Want Wake well-rested. Grains, fruit, wheat toast, no butter. Floss with confidence. Feel good about yourself and others will feel good about you. The phone rings, the new em…
Linked From HowlRound at 04:37PMAs previously tipped, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of David Edgar’s new play Written on the Heart::E8831320746747 will transfer to the West End’s Duchess Thea…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:36PM“Winsome” isn’t a word you hear very often these days. The taint of coy, simpering campery already hung about it in the 1920s when Noel Coward gave it a starring role in the after-dinn…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 04:29PM“Am I for t’ see mi own lad bitted an’ bobbed? Theer’s more blort than bustle i’ this world - an’ ‘er’s a clat-fart”. Welcome to the old curiosity shop of English drama, fr…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 04:29PMGLEE's Darren Criss and Kermit the Frog performed a duet for E Online. They sang Rainbow Connection at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for E's live Oscar countdown. Their duet is in honor of t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMLin-Manuel Miranda and Tyler Martins started a Twitter conversation about a Stephen Sondheim lower back tattoo. The topic is now trending on Twitter with numerous tweets of tattoo ideas
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre blows the dust off Eugene O'Neill's 1920 Pulitzer Prize winner, "Beyond the Horizon," in this fresh and challenging production.
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Playwright Jayme McGhan has penned a tribute to the working class. McGhan writes about corporate corruption from the point of view of those affected by top decision makers. Despite strong p…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 03:56PMSwedish actor Erland Josephson, best known for his long collaboration with Ingmar Bergman, has died at age 88, according to EW.com.
Josephson met Bergman when he was 16 and participated as …
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:45PME Online posted a sneak peek of GLEE's Darren Criss performing a duet with Kermit the Frog. They will be performing on E's Oscar Countdown in honor of the Oscar-nominated song Man or Muppet …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMMy trip to Florida is now history, and I have a hell of a rough week ahead of me. In...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 03:17PMDavid Frye impersonates Gregory Peck, James Mason, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, William F. Buckley, Jr., Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, and...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 03:17PM"No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person." Willa Cather, Alexander's Bridge...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 03:17PMTwo new shows announced for the Guthrie Theater's studio season
Linked From StarTribune at 03:12PMDon't miss this acclaimed progressive jazz combo.
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Riff Collective's rock riff on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," part of Frigid New York, has much to recommend in its music and performances, but the plot palls.
Linked From Backstage at 11:57AMPerry Young was living as a struggling actor in Los Angeles, navigating his way through the often volatile television and film industry, when he finally landed his big break in the cross-cou…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMThe National Ballet of Canada announced their 2012/13 season Monday morning, and included are two returning favourites and three new productions.
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMIn the Heights won the 2008 Tony for best Broadway musical and, unlike some other recipients, it deserved to. It also introduced a newish musical sound to Broadway and, again unlike some oth…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMDavid Mirvish, the Canadian theatre producer, art collector and lifelong supporter of the arts, has been named the new chancellor of the University of Guelph.
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMTime to order a double-double. The show called The Double is based on a Dostoevski novella of the same title, concerning one Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin. Or rather two Yakov Petrovich Golyadki…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMThe performers and producers of Potted Potter claim their show can be understood without any knowledge of the source material, and I can proclaim, from the full depths of my ignorance, that …
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMImagine trying to cram the 3,000 pages of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter saga into a 70-minute live performance. Seem impossible? Not only have Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner imagined it, they…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMThe documentary play Seeds centres on the 2004 patent infringement case of Monsanto vs. Schmeiser. Monsanto, the bio-tech company, claimed that Percy Schmeiser, a Saskatchewan farmer, had in…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMThe high life enjoyed, if that’s the word, by the four characters of Lee MacDougall’s play is a chemical one.
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 11:54AMMike Ross, Michael Hanrahan, Oliver Dennis & Diego Matamoros(photo: Michael Cooper)A Brotherhood of MenTestosterone fills the iconic High Lifeby Beat RiceSomething strange about us …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 11:54AMResidents of the Conroe, Texas area may have been wondering about those peals of laughter rolling across North Main Street of late. Let me try to explain. On one side of the street at the Ow…
Linked From thepeoplescritic.com at 11:42AMNoel Coward, LondonHoward Davies has a gift for revitalising Coward's comedies. Having put the sexuality back into Private Lives, he now visually redefines Hay Fever and pulls off the daring…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:31AMThe Place, LondonIt's the dance equivalent of a red-carpet event to get Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as choreographers on the same programme. And it says much for t…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:31AMOur critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:31AMI’m at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for opening weekend, and I’m live-blogging this morning’s media coffee using Cover It Live – click the link below, and you shou…
Linked From 2AMT at 11:30AMBy Byrne Harrison
Name: Jeff Woodbridge
Show: "Stripper Lesbians"
Website: www.risingsunnyc.com
How did you first get involved in theatre?
Way back in the 2nd grade I was cast in a readin…
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Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about CQ/CX, Galileo, Rutherford and Son, CCM’s Into The Woods and rememberances of Ted Mann and Howard Kissel. Please t…
Linked From BroadwayRadio at 08:47AMIt's rare for a musical to communicate this much depth of character, and deliver so solidly on the "theatre" part of "musical theatre."
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:46AMIn honor of Oscar Sunday, it's time for another uPick! There's 9 movies up for the Academy Award for Best Picture, but which one do you think would make the best musical? In case you've been…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 08:44AMIn a typical orchestra pit of a West End or professional touring show now, it’s usual to have three, sometimes four, keyboards, however it is rarely the case that pianos are used. My …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:27AMThe glass is definitely half-full in this dark two-hander, set in a wine shop which borders on the ethereal. In just 30 minutes, Eye Saw Theatre delivers intrigue, drama and laugh-out-loud h…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:27AMToday in 2004, Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 781 performances. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMAbout 4:30 a.m., Bradley Wrenn knew his fellow cast members needed a lift: They had been acting for nearly nine hours straight - and had 15 more to go. So he scrapped his fireman's uniform a…
Linked From Philly.com at 08:20AMOk, here's a first in the five years (!) of Producer's Perspective history! I had another giveaway all lined up for today. I had finished the blog entry and everything. And then I got a call…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 08:17AMReview by Judd HollanderPhoto by Kevin Berne
If you want to enjoy a good steak, don't visit the slaughterhouse. An old American proverb mentioned in the show program of the solo piece The Ag…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:17AMChris Harcum's new play Rabbit Island is a quirky, funny, romantic comedy about figuring out who you are and what you want; and how to survive, given that knowledge, in the big city in the 2…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 08:13AMParsing the title of Scratch & Pitz Burlesque & Variety Hour tells you nearly everything you need to know about this entertaining show at FRIGID New York.
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 08:13AMPoe-Dunk by Kevin McHale is a delightful trip through all the Edgar Allen Poe stories you might not have read yet. You will really see how many-sided Mr. Poe was; did you know he anticipated…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 08:13AMCharming and cheerful as one of Jane Austen’s novels, Afternoon Tea with Jane Austen is a delightful sixty-minute introduction into Austen’s life. Writer/performer Tali Brady has…
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The 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards were held in Santa Monica yesterday. The event was hosted by actor Seth Rogen.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:24AMThe Broadway production of Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK will open on Thursday, April 12th at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The production is now being produced by Jujamcyn.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:24AMToday is the birthday of Robert Alda (Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D’Abruzzo, 1914-1986). He started out as a singer and dancer in vaudeville, then moved to burlesque when vaudevi…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:12AMIt’s Betty Hutton’s birthday (see here for her full bio). Check out this cool artifact, a 1977 interview with her onThe Mike Douglas Show: To find out more about the history o…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:12AMJohn Oliver, director of the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, deserves the thanks of all involved for his willingness to take on this unenviable assignment, as well as credit for ensuring that…
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The acclaimed songwriter discusses his much-anticipated new musical, February House.
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:36AMI've been playing "Vienna" for a long time – it's one of those songs that I can pull out at a piano bar or a party when it doesn't feel like it's the right kind of room to do one…
Linked From Jason Robert Brown at 05:22AM33 VARIATIONS
by Moises Kaufman
It’s about time!! I have been waiting three years for this beautiful play to be published. When I saw it in 2009, I was blown away by the poignant and sens…
Linked From Drama Book Shop at 05:22AMAnother revival of Sweeney Todd looms on the horizon, this time poised to start performances in the West End next month. I’ll be in London, and have plans to take in a preview of the p…
Linked From Theatre Aficionado at Large at 05:21AMIn 1981, Merrily We Roll Along opened and closed quickly, a devastating failure that became one for the record books. The day after it shuttered, the cast and crew assembled in the recording…
Linked From Theatre Aficionado at Large at 05:21AMDo critics love "The Broken Heart"?
Linked From StageGrade at 05:20AMPhoto credit: Dean Leprairie Is it a comedy? A love story? A ghost story? A tragedy? A murder mystery? In the first scene of Dating Walter Dante, playwright Jon Steinhagen actually addresses…
Linked From Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:20AMRobert Battle started dancing as a ninth-grader at Northwestern Senior High School — a public school in one of Miami's poorest neighborhoods. "I think I work hard because I feel that I owe…
Linked From National Public Radio at 05:15AMToday is the birthday of The Great One, Mr. Jackie Gleason. The fact that that title was bestowed upon him by Orson Welles will give some indication of how highly his artistry was regarded i…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:10AMToday is Buffalo Bill Cody’s birthday. For my full enconium on the man go here. Below is a clip of him circa 1917, not long before he died. Got no idea what that hasty-sounding narrat…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 05:10AMEach Broadway show has a different policy to enable either the general public, or students, or young people, to buy tickets at a steep discount. Anything Goes General Rush: $30 – limited n…
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Almost everything is new and sleek at the Pershing Square Signature Center, the sprawling, reportedly $70 million, theater space on 42nd Street that starchitect Frank Gehry designed to be th…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 04:59AMFrom the moment that Philip Glass's insistent, spiralling score erupts in the auditorium, this revival of Lucinda Child's 1979 work Dance is relentless. Each dance in this trilogy begins and…
Linked From Theatre Notes at 04:58AM2012 Frigid Festival, Kraine Theater, Off Off Broadway
By Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: A funny show about a soft-shelled Canadian man trying to find stability amidst Manhattan madness.
I…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 04:53AMMerrily We Roll Along at City Center!
Colin Donnell, Adam Grupper, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Stanley and Betsy Wolfe preview the City Center Encores! production of …
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAaron Carter Interview
TheaterMania talks with the pop star about his Off-Broadway role in The Fantasticks, his fans, and his upcoming EP.
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMLatest Video News: Lindsay Pearce in Spring Awakening, Nick Jonas on cast album and much more!
This week, TheaterMania reports on Lindsay Pearce in Spring Awakening, Meryl Streep and Julia …
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMTed Wiprud on Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1
Ted Wiprud, Director of Education, on Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMTed Wiprud on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
Ted Wiprud, Director of Education, on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlisa Weilerstein on Barber's Cello Concerto
Alisa Weilerstein discusses Barber's Cello Concerto. For more information visit http://nyphil.org
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMThe Philharmonic's Kidzone Live! -- in London, 02/18/2012
The New York Philharmonic brings Kidzone Live!, its interactive music fair, to London's Barbican Centre, where, before the …
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlisa Weilerstein on Joshua Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein on Assistant Conductor Joshua Weilerstein
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlisa Weilerstein on her background
Alisa Weilerstein discusses her professional background.
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlan Gilbert on Bach's Mass in B Minor
Alan Gilbert, Music Director, discusses Bach's Mass in B Minor
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMThe Bach Variations: A New York Philharmonic Festival
Pianist Andras Schiff and conductors Bernard Labadie and Masaaki Suzuki discuss "The Bach Variations: A New York Philharmonic Fest…
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlan Gilbert on Composer-in-Residence Christopher Rouse
Alan Gilbert, Music Director, on Christopher Rouse, Composer-in-Residence for the 2012-13 season. For more information visit http://n…
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlan Gilbert on Brahms's Quintet in G Major
Alan Gilbert, Music Director, on Brahms's Quintet in G Major.
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Linked From YouTube at 04:32AM2012-13 Season Announcement
The announcement of the 2012-13 season, which took place February 22 and was Webcast live from The Greene Space. Participants include Music Director Alan Gilbert…
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMAlan Gilbert on the Feb 14-16, 2013 program
Alan Gilbert, Music Director, on the February 14-16, 2013 program featuring Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. …
Linked From YouTube at 04:32AMSpring Awakening
Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr and company performing highlights from the original Broadway production.
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Linked From YouTube at 04:31AMMerrily We Roll Along
Colin Donnel, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lin-Manuel Miranda and company performimg hightlights from the 2012 New York City Centre Encores! production.
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Linked From YouTube at 04:31AMShakespeare has retired and his theatre lies in ruins. Gone are the streets of London filth, drunken applause and royal favour. Instead, he sits in Stratford-upon-Avon among the birdsong and…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 04:23AMGod/Head is less of a theatre performance and more a slightly odd practical therapy session in which the creator and primary performer of the show shares with the audience his deep and very …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 04:23AMBrightest and Best begins as a caustic portrayal of the City rat race, and metamorphoses into a sophisticated musing on teaching. It follows the story of Rob (William Owen), who quits his hi…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 04:23AMI left the Arcola Theatre’s performance of Sofi Oksanen’s Purge in a state of shock, the tension in my ribcage palpable. The play is about how the Estonian country and women were ravaged…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 04:23AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Rex Reed (from Facebook)On the Town with BugsWhy people love nasty reviews, and a sampling of the nastiest reviews in showbiz historyBy Richard BurnettThere are reviews and then there are na…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:40PM44(photo by Michael Cooper)So what’s the problem with reviewing that non-Equity show anyway?by Arden Ryshpan, Executive Director, Canadian Actors' Equity AssociationA couple of weeks ago, …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:40PMEarlier this month, "Glee" and Broadway star Matthew Morrison was signed to the new record label 222, recently launched by Maroon 5 frontman and "The Voice" coach Adam Le…
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMRod Brogan, Patricia Conolly, Lucas Hall, Jonathan Judge-Russo, Aimee Laurence, Joanna Leister, Wrenn Schmidt, David Sitler and John Thomas Waite are featured in Irish Repertory Theatre'…
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMSam Gold began his life in theatre as a young actor, appearing as a replacement understudy in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank in 1997-98. What a difference 15 years has made. He's…
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMBilly Crystal hosts the 84th Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 26, honoring excellence for the 2011 year in film. Among the nominees for Best Picture are "War Horse," "The Artis…
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMLydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly, about a summer weekend of awkward family moments and secrets revealed over scrabble and cocktails, ends its Broadway run Feb. 26 at the Cort Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMThe London cast album of the inbound Broadway comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, featuring the band The Craze performing original songs by Grant Olding, and using original troupers including star …
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMThis week's column discusses the initial cast recording of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's A Christmas Story, plus four-song selections from the 1920s musicals Shuffle Along and Blackbi…
Linked From Playbill at 09:25PMVeteran actor wins award for Barrymore performance, while Amy Price-Francis picks up best female performer honours
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