By: Stephen Hanks Craig Pomranz doesn’t stage a show in New York every month—it only seems that way. Three months after his holiday show “Love and the Clock,” and five months after h…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:50PMDon’t let the title throw you: This is no epic about Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel. The subject of Tina Howe’s play “Painting Churches” is an elderly couple named Fanny and Gar…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:44PMThe most duplicitous character in the wildly popular television series “Smash” — full disclosure: My cameo is coming up soon! — is Ellis, composer Tom’s cute young personal assista…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:43PMA revival of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” arrived at the Met Monday night without fanfare, but its world-class singing should make it a sleeper hit.
In this romantic comedy, the …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:41PMT. Schreiber Studio, Off Off Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: With a host of fascinating characters including Satan, Pontius Pilate, Sigmund Freud and Mother Teresa, this irrev…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:37PMThe “young” occupy Boca protesters outside the Crest Theater in Delray couldn’t divert the overflow crowd inside from having an evening enjoying the magic of Jim Caruso and Billy Strit…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:13PMon CUNY TV: Sat., March 10th at 8:30 PM Sun., March 11th at 12:30 PM and Mon., March 12th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM The Academy Award-winning actor joined us in 2009 to discuss …
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 10:05PMAs a pair of self-centered Boston blue bloods, Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham are the heart of Tina Howe’s “Painting Churches,” a Keen Company revival now at the Clurman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe Keen Company presents a surprisingly undelicate revival of Tina Howe's exquisite, autobiographically-inspired play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Rosie O'Donnell will move The Rosie Show from Chicago to New York, The Huffington Post reports. The rumored news comes after O'Donnell listed her Lakeview Chicago home for 2.5 million earlie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMOne of the pleasures of revisiting frequently revived classics is getting the chance to see unexpected types of actors in familiar parts. Characters we thought we knew inside and out begin t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:42PMStage and screen stars Kristen Bell, Jennifer Morrison, and Zoe Kazan will join Adam Brody, Mia Maestro, and Emily Watson in the film version of Neil LaBute's Some Girls, according to T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:42PMStage star John Barrowman, Tony Award and Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner and Tony Award nominee Brian O'Byrne have been cast in the ABC drama pilot Gilded Lillys, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:17PMSince their launch just two years ago, National Theatre Wales has staged plays on a firing range, in a miner’s institute, and – most memorably – claimed the whole town of Port Talbot a…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:11PMUntil now, Samuel Beckett was thought to have written the shortest ever play – called Breath – which runs to 35 seconds. But London's Royal Court Theatre could soon produce a few rivals …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMShakespeare and Beckett are the great dramatists of light, dark and blindness, but only one theatre company, Sound&Fury, which sculptures light and sound, is devoted exclusively to the p…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The benefit will feature a segment from the 1976 musical Pacific Overtures revised, with new lyrics, especially for the occasion by its creators librettist John Weidman and composer-lyricist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Zoe Lister-Jones, who plays a bit of a high-strung wreck on the TV series "Whitney," is about to join the Broadway cast of "Seminar" as, yes, a high-strung wreck....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:49PMFranco-Romanian artist Mircea Cantor defends his right not make a point, while Swedish choreographer Marten Spangberg demands we re-think art entirely
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 06:43PMZoe Lister-Jones, who plays a bit of a high-strung wreck on the TV series "Whitney," is about to join the Broadway cast of "Seminar" as, yes, a high-strung wreck.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:40PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Tony Taccone continues this series. What makes an artistic home? All …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:38PMJust Dance - Jabbawockeez Records - SB "Fng" Music Video - Behind the Scenes
SB of the Jabbawockeez has a new video for "Fng" on his new album from JBWKZ Records. "…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:33PM"Smash" viewers got an elaborate look at Marilyn the musical during the March 5 episode of the NBC series, which featured the new song "Let's Be Bad."
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company announced Equivocation author Bill Cain as the first recipient of the Terrence McNally New Play Award to aid in the research and development of Cain's new pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:32PMThis is the time of year theaters like to puff up their feathers. But today's announcement from Theater of the First Amendant isn't the unveiling of the company's next season.
Instead, it's …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 06:30PMGeorge Street Playhouse will present Twelve Angry Men March 13 through April 8. Directed by David Saint, the production will star With David Adkins, John Bolger, Jim Bracchitta, David Canary…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMSignature Theatre today announced a second extension for EDWARD ALBEE'S THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE, directed by David Esbjornson. Extended last week through April 1, the production will now play …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMTRACES and its high-flying, urban acrobatics and has inspired a new workout craze at Crunch gym! Crunch in Union Square now offers a TRACES fitness class that “combines acrobatics, m…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 06:21PMIf ticket prices for the Green Day musical "American Idiot" seem out of reach financially, you still have a chance to see the show at the Ahmanson Theatre -- but you may need to bring ear pl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:20PM"The Yiddish King Lear ," adapted, assembled, and created with Martha Kaufman and Lauren Dubowski
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:17PMHelplessness feels like a special kind of dread these days. There is no way our media-saturated consciousness can escape nonstop breaking-news images from every bloody battleground, every na…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:16PMIn honor of the encore screening of Andrew Lloyd Webbers LOVE NEVER DIES at Fathom-equipped movie theaters across the US on March 7, following the rapturously received first showing late las…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMAtlantic Theater Company, the off-Broadway powerhouse behind the hits such as Spring Awakening and The Lieutenant of Inishmore, held its annual gala on March 5 at the Lighthouse at Chel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMHoller If Ya Hear Me, a musical featuring the songs of late rapper Tupac Shakur could be headed to Broadway after getting approval from Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, according to TMZ.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PM
A newly-revised scene from Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1976 musical Pacific Overtures will debut as part of the March 11 Shinsai: Theatres for Japan benefit. The authors have all…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:59PMWAR HORSE commercial
The newest television commercial for the Broadway production of WAR HORSE. Now playing at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater.
"Theatrical Magic…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:52PMNew performance ensemble force/collision will present two world premieres as part of its inaugural season.
The season will include the world premiere of The Nautical Yards (April 26-29), a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:51PM`Spring Awakening' creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater are working on a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, `The Nightingale.' It will have a workshop staging this summe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:49PMWar Horse Makes Surprise Entrance at 2012-2013 Kennedy Center Season Announcement
Joey, the title character from the Tony Award-winning War Horse, makes a surprise visit during the Kennedy …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:45PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informat…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PM'Which other artists do I admire? The ones that quit at the top of their game'What got you started?I couldn't do anything else for attention. I couldn't sing, I wasn't athletic or physically…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:29PMThe Rrazz Room is set to present Tony-Award winner Ben Vereen in Steppin' Out with Ben Vereen, June 12-17.
Steppin' Out with Ben Vereen is a high energy tribute to the music of B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMDon't let the genteel setting -- the classic window outlines and gracious, disembodied bookcase -- fool you. Despite the apparent civility in this old-money house on Beacon Hill, chaos -- bo…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:19PMDue to health issues, Jack Klugman has withdrawn from the George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of Twelve Angry Men in New Brunswick, NJ.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMDaytime Emmy Award winner David Canary has joined the cast of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, running March 13 - April 8 at the George Street Playhouse. He replaces the previously an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:18PM“Make Mine Manhattan,” a sweet little revue first produced in 1948, is being revived at the Connelly Theater in a scaled-down version by UnsungMusicalsCo.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:17PMWinners of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards and special prizes include, this year: Stratford Artistic Director Des McAnuff, actor Mary Walsh and director Denis Marleau.Press rel…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:07PMBill Cain has been named as the first recipient of the Terrence McNally New Play Award, presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company.
The $10,000 cash prize is given annually to recognize a ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:06PMBroadways supercalifragilistic, award-winning hit Mary Poppins returns to the Ahmanson for an exclusive limited engagement this summer August 9 to September 2 only
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMCenter Theatre Group is establishing a special daily lottery program for the run of Green Day’s explosive Broadway hit musical American Idiot, presented at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre March 1…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:04PME Online reports that Anjelica Huston will sing in a future episode of NBC's SMASH. Writer Scott Wittman revealed the spoiler while E was on set interviewing SMASH star Megan Hilty.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMGlen Hansard, Marketa Iglova, Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti, and John Tiffany discuss the new Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:03PMEmma Rice will adapt and direct Steptoe and Son, based on the scripts of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, according to the website for the UK theater magazine, The Stage. The work will be presen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMThe award-winning York Theatre Company, celebrating librettist and lyricist Tom Jones with Musicals in Mufti The Tom Jones Festival, has announced casting for the first musical The Show Goes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PM
The Tony and Emmy winner is set to perform a concert of Broadway and country songs on June 17
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:51PM'Tribes." (Photo by Gregory Costanzo)
Watching Tribes, a new drama about a deaf son falling in love and finding his independence amid a close-knit, hyper-articulate, constantly arguing f…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:47PMViewership for NBC's "Smash" was up 17 percent for its March 5 episode, according to published reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMPeter Michael Marino will star in his one-man, site-specific production of Desperately Seeking the Exit, May 3-18 at the Triple Crown Underground. Obie Award winner John Clancy will direct.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMJacqueline Petroccia plays country singer Patsy Cline in the Ivoryton Playhouse production of "Always...Patsy Cline" March 14 to April 1.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:44PMWe were recently told of a rather beautiful and rare critic-artist relationship. As young director Anne was honing her skills in the professional scene. The local theatre reviewer was often …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:42PMJean Yoon & Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)With a refrain we may be hearing during other season launches this spring, The Grand Theatre announced that the Soulpepper hi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:42PMTony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart have been cast in the New York premiere of The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Er…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMPantochino Productions Inc. presents its new family musical, “The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl,” for a limited run of five performances March 16 to 18 at The Off-Broadway Th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:33PMMichael Frayn has written journalism, novels, plays, a memoir – and he's still tapping farce's anarchic energy. He tells Maddy Costa why he loves a challengeMichael Frayn is momentarily pu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMDesperately Seeking the Exit, a behind-the-scenes solo comedy about the short-lived West End musical adaptation of Desperately Seeking Susan, will begin performances May 3 at New York’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:28PMThe world-famous Rockettes and Knicks City Dancers along with Broadway stars Tony Vincent American Idiot, NBCs The Voice, Christina Sajous Spiderman, Derrick Baskin Memphis and Justin Johnso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMA world premiere about friends on the Appalachian Trail and an Agatha Christie thriller are on Issaquah-based Village Theatre's 2012-13 season list.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:24PM“Laramie is a community, not a ‘project,’” declares a biting editorial published in the Laramie Boomerang on October 12, 2008 — the tenth anniversary of Matthew…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:23PM“Power, influence…changing the course of history, it’s all in a day’s work,” says John Lithgow, sucking on a cigarette as Joseph Aeslop. In new behind the scen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMThe story of the controversial Mad Monk, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is now the subject of the new rock musical Brother Russia, which makes its world premiere at the Tony Award-winning Signa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMBROADWAY BACKWARDS 7, the once-a-year celebration of the gay and lesbian community, raised a record-breaking 329,000 on Monday, March 5, to benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and The L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMCast members from Shinsai: Theaters for Japan previewed the upcoming benefit production Tuesday, March 6 at Lincoln Center Theatre's rehearsal studio.
Cindy Cheung, Angel Desai, Li Jun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMAVAILABLE ON ITUNES (CLICK HERE)FOR SHOW-NOTES FOR EPISODES 1-29 CLICK HEREEpisode 30, March 6, 2012 - WTF (Direct Link to Podcast)Gaëtan L. Charlebois and Estelle Rosen discuss the two mos…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:12PMTony Award winner Karen Ziemba stars as Charlotte Bartlett, the overbearing chaperone of Lucy Honeychurch, in the new musical A Room With a View, based on the E.M. Forster novel, getting its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMThe spring revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega, begins April 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM The Denver Center Theatre Company continues its evolution into a significant developer of American plays with two new titles set to appear on its stages next season.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:00PMAlfred R. Kahn and Culture Project are set to present the Off-Broadway premiere of Drew Larimore's Out of Iceland, March 24-April 22 at Walkerspace. Josh Hecht will direct.
In the pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMPantages
The new season at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood will feature several prominent Broadway titles, including the previously announced "The Book of Mormon." The 2012-13 season, whi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM
Tom Jones, Stephanie Umoh, and Susan Watson will star in The York Theatre Company's The Show Goes On, part of "Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival." Pamela Hunt will dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:54PMSteve Kazee’s latest Broadway opening night—and, of course, opening night outfit—are right around the corner on March 18, and the Once star recently spent some time getting…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:53PMThe Kennedy Center is placing its bets on four Tony Award-winning plays — including “The Book of Mormon” — in its 2012-2013 season, the center announced Tuesday.
Besides “Mormon,�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:48PMChinese Theatres will present a screening of the 2000 Oscar-nominated film Billy Elliot, March 12 at 7 pm, in celebration of the premiere of Billy Elliot the Musical at Pantages Theatre on A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PMCasting has been announced for The Show Goes On, the first musical in the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMLauren Kennedy (Side Show, Sunset Boulevard) and cast mate Britney
Coleman give an early rehearsal sample of "Stay With Me" from Stephen
Sondheim and James Lapine's fairytale-inspired Into…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMThe cast and creative team for Primary Stages' production of Willy Holtzman's The Morini Strad met the press Tuesday, March 6 at the company's rehearsal studio.
Michael Laure…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PM(Generation Without Borders is an essay contest created by TCG , the home of the U.S. center of the International Theater Institute(ITI-US), as part of the 50th Anniversary of World Theatre…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:31PMPrimary Stages concludes its 27th season with the New York premiere of The Morini Strad, a new play by Willy Holtzman Sabina. Directed by Casey Childs, the cast will feature Michael Laurence…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMFinborough, LondonLast year this venturesome venue gave us a riveting portrait of Belfast's Protestant culture in St John Ervine's Mixed Marriage (1911). Now it crosses the border to sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PMThe acclaimed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff, began preview perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMLive long and prosper, people. Trekkies and other assorted devotees of the Shatnerian oeuvre (from Captain Kirk to Denny Crane) won’t want to miss my Storify on William Shatner here. T…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:27PMNCM Fathom Events and Omniverse Vision bring one of the world’s favorite shows, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond to m…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 03:24PMA subway rider sings of her lover in China in “Beautiful Eyes,” the newly released single from Alice Ripley and her eponymous band. The Tony-winning actress wrote the song hersel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PMDes McAnuff, who serves as Artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, has been awarded the National Arts Centre Award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMDC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story is to present a one-night charity performance to benefit local not-for-profit organization The Cristian Rivera Foundation, March 22 at 8pm.
DC-7, The Robert…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:19PMRobert Sherman, who won two Academy Awards for his work on Disney’s Mary Poppins, passed away on March 5 at age 86. Actor Gavin Lee, who originated the role of the cheery chimney …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe marquees of Disneys New Amsterdam Theatre, home of the musical Mary Poppins, along with the Minskoff and Nederlander Theatres, which house Disney Theatrical Productions The Lion King and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMPlaybill's weekly overview, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC series "Smash," about the people behind the creation of a new Broadway musical. Here's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMDisney songwriter Robert B. Sherman died yesterday, March 5, in London. The Academy and Grammy Award winner, who is honoured along with his brother Richard Sherman with a star on the Hollywo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMThe marquees of Disney’s New Amsterdam Theatre, home of the musical Mary Poppins, along with the Minskoff and Nederlander Theatres, which house Disney Theatrical Productions’ The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMZoe Lister-Jones will join previously announced stars Jeff Goldblum and Justin Long as part of the new cast of Broadway’s Seminar. Current stars Jerry O’Connell and Hettienn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:08PM Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageIt's been 25 years since "Les Miserables"opened on Broadway with its pop opera grandeur taking New Yo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:02PMMy first grown-up show: Oliver! Mom and me way up high in the upper balcony, watching all those kids down below.
One older character, Nancy, who looked a little like my mom, died in the seco…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PM
The Nightingale, a new musical from Spring Awakening team Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, will play San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse during its 2012-2013 season. Directed by Mois&eacut…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMThe source play is a hot brew of physical and territorial lusts, the latter trenchantly summarized in the clinching line quoted up top. This version stirs in a new element.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:58PMZoe Lister-Jones will succeed Lily Rabe in Broadway's Seminar, the Theresa Rebeck comedy about young novelists whose work is judged by a waspish editor. Rabe and original cast members Al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMDenis O'Hare (of True Blood fame) is performing a solo version of Homer's Iliad that he co-adapted (with director Lisa Peterson) from Robert Fagles' translation. The New York production is a…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:55PMZoe Lister-Jones will co-star with the previously reported Jeff Goldblum and Justin Long in the Broadway production of Theresa Rebeck's play, Seminar. The three performers will join th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMZoe Lister-Jones The Little Dog Laughed, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, her own Codependence Is a Four-Letter Word, Salt, Breaking Upwards, NBCs Whitney, Fox Searchlights upcoming Lola Versu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMToday on American Theatre's Facebook page I asked what sorts of souvenirs folks take away from productions they've been involved with. Apart from the usual programs, postcards, and bits of s…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 02:43PMLaurie Anderson, Ruth AppelhofMarch 5, 2012: Guild Hall of East Hampton presented their 27th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards at the St. Regis Hotel Roof Top Ballroom i…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:39PMIn January 2012, multi-disciplinary theatre collective Waterwell collaborated with the glam-punk band Bambï to create GOODBAR, a rock concert based on the book Looking for Mr. Goodbar, whi…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:39PMZoetic Stage and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts have announced casting for the world premiere of Michael McKeever's Moscow, to run March 29-April 15 in the Carnival S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterWe tend to think of lad culture as a relatively new phenomenon. Yet before there was Nuts magazine, before there was Oasis, before there was even rock'n'roll, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:29PMEdgar Lee Masters' The Spoon River Anthology will receive a new production, conceived and directed by Jimmy Maize and featuring a cast of 100 performers, beginning April 18 at the Rivers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMJust posted in the last day or two at the Web site for Yale Theater magazine is an essay by German critic Robin Detje that first appeared in Theater heute Jahrbuch 2010, “Post-Dramatic…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 02:27PMThe Public Theater's March 5 Public Sings! benefit concert, featuring Alan Cumming, Kelli O'Hara, Norm Lewis, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Bobby Steggert, was held March 5 at Joe's Pu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMWhen the sad news came out this morning that famed Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman died yesterday, March 5, in London, some of our first thoughts here at BroadwayWorld went out to Tony-w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMUkrainian who stunned the dance world by quitting the Royal Ballet says he is bored of rehearsals and wants a normal life Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:23PMUkrainian who stunned the dance world by quitting the Royal Ballet says he is bored of rehearsals and wants a normal lifeHe had been compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov by critics and was ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:23PMThe master's "Hay Fever" is a triumph, and, with a play called "Goodbye to All That," a new wise writer emerges.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:21PMThis item submitted by Nancy Vitale Noor Theatre announces a general call for submissions of new plays by writers of Middle-Eastern descent. Submissions will be considered for upcoming progr…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 02:15PMThings were topsy-turvy at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 5, when some of Broadway’s brightest stars came out to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at Broadway Backwards 7. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMSouth Coast Repertory has announced plans for the 15th anniversary season of its Pacific Playwrights Festival, which will take place April 27-29.
This year's festival will include thre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMI just saw two plays in two different towns over the course of two days which featured two actors dressed up in bear costumes. And in both plays, the bears performed dance routines. Seriousl…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 02:15PMOn the March 12th episode of the NBC musical drama series SMASH entitled Chemistry, Ivy Megan Hilty faces major problems as her voice begins to fail her.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company will present the fourth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition, which features high school students performing monologues by the Pulitze…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMThere was mystery in the air on March 5, when Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque officially opened at the Signature Center. This inaugural production at Signature’s new End Sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMAn all-new production of Edgar Lee Masters' The Spoon River Anthology, conceived and directed by Jimmy Maize, will play at The Riverside Theatre, April 18-21, followed by an engagement …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:02PMGate, LondonGoldilocks and the Three Bears is the unlikely inspiration for this comedy thriller devised by Perrier winner Will Adamsdale, Neil Haigh, Matthew Steer and director John Wright. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
Clifford Streit’s HIM, which recently premiered at the Cherry Lane Studio Theater, will transfer to the SoHo Playhouse for a commercial run beginning March 10. The new comedy, sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PMBENJAMIN WALKER star of the upcoming 20th Century Fox action film ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER will be back on stage Tuesday, March 6th at 930pm for the return FIND THE FUNNY which he crea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMOne of my favorite experiences in the theatre is walking into a show and being completely swept away by the production. This is exactly what happened when I saw latest revival of Godspell on…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 01:56PMTony Award nominee Moisés Kaufman will stage The Nightingale, a contemporary musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening collaborator…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMLa Jolla Playhouse just announced that The Nightingale, by the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening Steven Sater book and lyrics and Duncan Sheik music, direc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThe La Jolla Playhouse will present The Nightingale, a new musical by Tony Award winners Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, July 10-August 5 as part of its "Page to Stage Play Development P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMNew York Theatre Workshop's New York City premiere of Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's Homer-inspired one-man play An Iliad, gets two opening nights this week. Tony Award winners…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMThe Public Theater will begin performances on Wednesday, March 14 for the return of GATZ, the critically lauded theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Created and p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMCast members from a number of Broadway shows were on hand for the March 5 performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMOk, Godspell fans, if you enjoyed getting a behind the scenes look at the making of Godspell on this blog, then you are going to love this . . . Ever watch DVD commentaries? You know, when…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 01:37PMNational tours of Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act and the Broadway-bound Jekyll & Hyde, with Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis, are the latest additions to the 2012-2013 season at Los An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMThe Book of Mormon star Josh Gad has earned a Comedy Award nomination for Breakout Performer of the Year. Gad will compete for the honor against fellow comedians Zooey Deschan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PM"I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It’s overtime. That’s where you see the demonization of people who stand on t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 01:32PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Despite two expert perfs from Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham as emotionally elusive parents of an artist-daughter who tries to win their appr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:31PMWhen I read that Githa Sowerby hid her gender for the original production of Rutherford & Son, which was attributed to "K.G. Sowerby," I was glad to be living in 2012 and not 1912. Times hav…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 01:27PMLess than a month after inaugurating its new digs in Denver's RiNo district, the Paragon Theatre ensemble has announced that it will close permanently after the final performance of its curr…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:26PMWith signature Priscilla flair, the smash-hit Tony Award® winning production of Bette Midler’s PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL celebrate its one year anniversary on Broadway and…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:22PMNick Jonas, star of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING on Broadway invites fans to help support Stop Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association's movement to end the devastati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMSignature Theatre Company's production of Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque has announced a second extension, and will now close on April 15. David Esbjornson directs.
In The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMWhen it comes to The Lady from Dubuque, “perhaps” is the operative word.
The post How It Is: Edward Albee’s <em>The Lady from Dubuque</em> at the Signature Theatre appeared…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 01:17PMSignature Theatre Company's new production of Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque, widely praised by critics as a rediscovery following its March 5 opening night, has been extended …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMEdward Albee’s drama The Lady From Dubuque has extended its run at off-Broadway's new Pershing Square Signature Center for a second time. Starring Jane Alexander and dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:16PMOn Monday, March 5, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented Broadway Backwards 7 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre with Robert Bartley at the helm
Populated by performances of ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMChristina Sajous definitely knows how to keep us guessing! Last week, the Broadway.com video blogger was stuck in a spider web and got bootylicious babe Beyoncé Knowles to host h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMA stage adaptation of Steptoe and Son by Kneehigh and West Yorkshire Playhouse will premiere this summer.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PMThe three songs available for last night’s episode of “Smash,” entitled “Let’s Be Bad,” include: “Let’s Be Bad” – written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; performed…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 01:07PMStudio Theatre, Crucible, Sheffield: Sheffield's admirable policy of honouring living playwrights with a season of major productions of their work running simultaneously in each of thei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMWow: The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony-award winning musical by the creators of South Park, is coming to the Kennedy Center in 2013. And that ain't the only huge show on the docket: In …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:05PMBROADWAY BACKWARDS 7, the once-a-year celebration of the gay and lesbian community, our friends and families, raised a record-breaking $329,000 on Monday to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fig…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:04PMJon Fleming will once again star in Clifford Streit's comedy, HIM when it makes its Off-Broadway transfer to the SoHo Playhouse, beginning March 10, with an opening on March 21. Fleming…
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The one-night-only event continues to grow in popularity and success in supporting the work of Broadway Cares and the Center. Last year's record-breaking 281,200 topped the previous year's t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMThe dancers in this 80-minute piece create circles within circles of ever increasing complexity and beauty, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:59PMA REVIVAL THAT’S WORTH THE PRICE The Price (1968), in a solid revival at the Raven Theatre, demonstrates Arthur Miller at the top of his game – writing intense, eloquent, densely texture…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:55PMParticipation in SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan has now grown to almost 70 organizations, with over twenty states represented! As we celebrate this now international fundraising event for the …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:53PMThe Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' 2012-13 theatrical season will include a new production of Ferenc Molnár’s The Guardsman, featuring a new adaptation by Richard N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMThe Pantages Theatre has announced the productions that will comprise its 2012-2013 season.
As previously reported, the first offering at the theater will be the Tony Award-winning musical …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMYou know I’m anti-auto-posting. I hate that stuff. I unfollow and unsubscribe to people all the time because I hate it so much. Still. In principle, it can make our lives easier. On th…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 12:45PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company have announced the 4th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition will take place on Monday, May 7th at 700 p.m. at the August Wilson Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMOn Monday, March 5, the Signature Theatre Company production of Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque opened at the company's Signature Center under the direction of David Esbjornso…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMThis weekend, we're opening our latest prime-time creation, Greg Allen's The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) as Told by Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:41PMThe Kennedy Center has announced its 2012-2013 season.
Highlights of the season will include a new production of Fernec Molnár's The Guardsman, adapted by Richard Nelson and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:38PMIdina Menzel recently visited Chelsea Lately and discussed her new album Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony, performing on a gay cruise, and her husband Taye Diggs. Click below to wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company will present the 4th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition on Monday, May 7 at 7pm at the August Wilson Theatre.
The event, which is f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMThe Public Theater hosted the Public Sings benefit last night, March 5. The evening featured David Byrne, Alan Cumming, Montego Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Ethan Lipton, Kelli OHara, Jesse L. Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMThe Shelter Presents: Art will run April 19-29 at the Flamboyan Theater in the CSV Cultural Center.
In The Shelter Presents: Art, four playwrights track the journey of the artist and examin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PMAll Quiet on the Blogging FrontIn the past two weeks the posts have been pretty few and far in between. Life was pretty crazy stressful at the 9 to 5, but the big event we were producing has…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:28PMDRG Records will release the One Man, Two Guvnors Original Cast Recording on Tuesday, April 10.
The CD will include all 15 songs that are heard in show, performed by Grant Olding and The C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMMasters of Maryland Tap
March 10 at 7:30 P.M. at the James Weldon Johnson Auditorium, Coppin State University, 2500 W. North Ave.
For more information, visit creativealliance.org.
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SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:10PMAccording to published reports, NBC's SMASH, which aired its fourth episode last night, got a slight ratings boost with almost 6.9 million viewers. Last week's audience was 4 smaller at 6.5 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMWhen was the last time you saw a show where people started freaking out at each other as soon as the lights came up? And I mean shouting in anger – not in rapture – about what they just …
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It’s difficult to make a photograph that is both complex and genuinely humorous. Most funny photos are…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:02PMHello Playbill readers! This is Krystina Alabado from the 1st National Tour of American Idiot. I've been snapping pictures of our lives on the road for the past month. Here's an excl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMReview of the Saturday, March 3 matinee. MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City, NY. Starring Molly Ranson, Marin Mazzie, Christy Altomare, Carmen Cusack, Je…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld.com's newest photo series 'Photo Blast From the Past'. Featuring some of the collected theatre gem's of BroadwayWorld's own senior photographer Walter McBride, the s…
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On Monday, March 5, the new Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical Jesus Christ Superstar invited members of the the Broadway community to join them at a prev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMTony Award nominee Michael Gambon (Skylight) and stage and screen actress Margarita Levieva (Impressionism, "Revenge") will be seen in the second season of the HBO drama "Luck…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMFor a television star like Kirsten Vangsness (above left), who’s currently seen on the CBS drama Criminal Minds, the theatre can offer a chance to go wild, to say and do things that ju…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:53AMDominic Fumusa, Rosal Colón and young actor Samuel Mercedes will join Bob Glaudini and Kevin Corrigan in the Labyrinth Theater Company production of Ninth and Joanie, which will begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMCritics are raving about the North American premiere of Nina Raine’s Tribes, starring Russell Harvard as a deaf man with a domineering family. Directed by David Cromer, this explosive …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMCritics are raving about the North American premiere of Nina Raine’s Tribes, starring Russell Harvard as a deaf man with a domineering family. Directed by David Cromer, this explosive …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMBetween its first home in a Kendall strip mall movie house and its current one at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables, Actors' Playhouse has chalked up 24 seasons of producing award-winning …
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 11:46AMAudra McDonald, who stars in the the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, appeared on on the March 5 episode of Comedy Central's The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMIn true spotlight-hogging fashion, the Comedy Central satirist joins in whenever he can, having sung, danced and even created art with his on-air invitees.In true spotlight-hogging fashion, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:45AMPorgy and Bess star Audra McDonald dropped by The Colbert Report on March 5 to chat with TV funnyman Stephen Colbert. During the interview, McDonald and Colbert (who performed together at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders and Henry Stram are the latest actors to join Shinsai: Theatres for Japan, a March 11 benefit for Japa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMWe are all called upon frequently to help our fellow musical makers succeed. However, when you’re making a request of a friend or colleague, it’s important to understand whether you’re…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 11:42AMRobert B. Sherman, the American songwriter who, with his brother Richard, wrote the cheerful, upbeat scores to several memorable family films — most notably "Mary Poppins" &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMThe annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women, and women singing tunes written for men — played Broadway's Al Hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMTheater Breaking Through Barriers will present William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, April 14-May 13 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre. Ike Schambelan will direct.
The cas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AM“National Lampoon’s Animal House,” the 1978 classic comedy, will become a musical. Universal Pictures Stage Productions, in association with producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel a…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:39AMActress Elizabeth Berkley and her husband, Greg Lauren, are expecting their first child, according to People.com.
Berkley starred in the 2004 Broadway revival of Sly Fox and has also partic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMBeginning Tuesday, March 6, for the first time in Broadway history, fans of the hit musical revival of GODSPELL can listen online for free to exclusive creative team audio commentary of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMAbout the author:
These days, Des McAnuff may be best known as the artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, a post he assumed after a long stint running the La Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMAbout the author:
These days, Des McAnuff may be best known as the artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, a post he assumed after a long stint running the La Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMThe national tour of Rock of Ages will play an extended sit-down engagement at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, running June 5-August 4, according to a report in The Chicago Trib…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMPatti LuPone, Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders and Henry Stram will join forces with the previously announced Michi Barral, Cindy Cheung, Joel de la Fuente, Angel Desai, Ann Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMOscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Robert Sherman passed away on March 5 in London at the age of 86. His death was announced by his son Jeff via Facebook.
Along with his brothe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMOscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Robert Sherman passed away on March 5 in London at the age of 86. His death was announced by his son Jeff via Facebook.
Along with his brother Rich…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AM“Rock of Ages,” the hit Broadway musical with the 1980s hard-edged glam rock soundtrack, will return to Chicago to play for nine weeks this summer at the intimate and generally more gent…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:20AM'Book of Mormon's' Josh Gad is among the nominees for the second annual THE COMEDY AWARDS. Gad has been nominated for the 'Break Out Performer of the Year' award. The annual event dedicated …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMRobert B. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who penned instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang�…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:20AMTwo-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara and the goregous gals of Nice Work If You Can Get It showed off some panache in the April issue o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMBroadway diva Idina Menzel ditched her barefoot act in favor of some sky-high heels on March 5 to guest star on late night’s Chelsea Lately. After Handler mentioned her pre-show run-in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMStage and screen actress Kristen Bell will join Adam Brody ("The OC") in the film adaptation of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), according to the Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMOn Monday, March 12, 2012, New York Theatre Barn will present NYTB in the D-Lounge, a monthly concert for emerging musical theatre writers now in its 5th year, at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMNominees have been announced for the second annual Comedy Awards, which will be taped at the Hammerstein Ballroom on April 28 and premiere on Comedy Central on May 6, according to The Hollyw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMThe seventh annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women and women singing tunes written for men — raised a record-brea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMBroadway On Tour March 2012
New to Broadway on Tour is the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of the legendary musician, FELA! A new musical comedy is about to step up its game, BRI…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:10AMThe seventh annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women and women singing tunes written for men — raised a record-brea…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:09AMIn his new one-man show, William Shatner talks about his childhood growing up in Montreal — and the ups and downs of creating iconic characters, from starship captain James T. Kirk to l…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:08AMAtlantic Theater Company presented its annual spring gala Bring It On Home, an evening of soul music celebrating the re-opening of the company's renovated Linda Gross mainstage thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMFor Time Out this week I review Eugene O'Neill's 1920 Broadway debut play, Beyond the Horizon. A title long familiar to me from theatre history books, nice to finally see it in this Irish Re…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 11:03AMFrom the opening chords, which (of course) sound like some 1950s movie about teen rebels, we know we're in for a counter-cultural extravaganza.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:02AMThere's no technology needed for this one. No fancy social media. No mega-buck marketing campaign. Just you. See, I'm working on a new revival. Not the musical kind. And not the 16 week kind…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMOn Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert joined with singer/actress Audra McDonald to perform the song "Summertime" from "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," currently on Broadway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMWilliam Shatner has played an attorney, a starship captain, an alien and a Roman tax collector, among many other roles. Over the past half-century, the Canadian actor has performed on televi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 11:00AMThe 20th anniversary of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards was celebrated in Calgary, honouring a group that reflects both cultural and geographic diversity.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:00AM
Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders, Henry Stram, Michi Barral, Cindy Cheung, Joel de la Fuente, Angel Desai, Ann Harada, Jennif…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:59AMWhat's a flop-around? According to the dictionary, there's no such word. Still, it's a term that deserves a plac…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:58AM"Rock of Ages," the touring musical celebrating the rockers of the 1980s, will sit down at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place for most of the summer, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesda…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AMVic Reeves is to star in a new BBC comedy called Hebburn, which was piloted last year as part of the Corporation's Salford Sitcom Showcase.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMBeginning March 6 fans of the Broadway revival of Godspell can listen online for free to audio commentary of the performance from the show's composer (Stephen Schwartz) and director (Dan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMComic Jason Manford is to join the cast of Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi, playing the role of Pirelli.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMIt seems counterintuitive, given how grave a barrier “beyond a reasonable doubt” sounds, but nineteen out of twenty criminal jury trials end in conviction. Sometimes, of course, the fact…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:51AMAccording to TVLine.com, Mamie Gummer will star in the upcoming CW medical pilot FIRST CUT. The actress joins previously announced cast member Justin Hartley.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMJazz at Lincoln Center has announced its 2012-2013 season.
Michael Feinstein will return to present three programs, Elegant Ellington (April 24-25); A Tribute to Bobby Short (May 15-16), an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMMamie Gummer has been cast in the CW medical drama pilot First Cut, according to Deadline.com. The Jennie Snyder Urman project, which will be directed by Bharat Nalluri, co-stars Justin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMHappy Birthday, Stephen Schwartz In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell 1971, Pippin 1972 and Wicked 2003. He has also contributed lyrics …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMSpotlight On: Porgy & Bess
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:34AMUnscripted
At Mobtown Theater Through March 17
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“Improv comedy” brings to mind short sketches fueled by silly props and audience suggestions. The B…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 10:33AMMelissa Gawlowski
Hometown: Hell, Michigan (yes, really).
Current Town: Brooklyn.
Q: Tell me about Spring Tides.
A: I started Spring Tides in my last year of the MFA playwr…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:32AMTony Award winner Jane Alexander is the enigmatic title character in Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque — the acclaimed actress' first-ever role in an Albee play —…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMThe Public Theater hosted the Public Sings benefit last night, March 6. The evening featured Tituss Burgess, John Ellison Conlee, Lili Cooper, Matt Doyle, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Greg Hildr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMLast night, Jim Caruso's Cast Party made it's debut at The Crest Theatre in Delray Beach, Florida for the first of two nights. The extreme open mic,' hosted by Jim Caruso and musical directo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMDeadline.com has announced a number of stage actors have been added to this season's group of television pilots.
Stage veteran Mary Birdsong will join television legend Roseanne Barr i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:23AMSide by Side by Susan Blackwell: Porgy and Bess Star Audra McDonald
One might not expect four-time Tony winner and Juilliard-trained star Audra McDonald to discuss scatalogical urges while …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:21AMThe authors of the Broadway production of Ghost The Musical, which will begin previews March 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, have implemented a new lyrical reference following the deat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMNick Jonas joined Jujamcyn Theaters President Jordan Roth for the Broadway Talks conversation series at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, March 4.
Jonas is currently starring in Broadway's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMGet a first look at next week episode of the Broadway-themed SMASH below SMASH airs Mondays at 10pm on NBC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe bond between two friends is tested by their own morality and betrayal in A Steady Rain by Keith Huff, now making in southeastern premiere at GableStage in Coral Gables. Together,actors G…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:15AMThe Public Theater presented a benefit concert titled Public Sings!, on Monday, March 5 at Joe's Pub.
The evening, which celebrated the Public's history of presenting musicals, wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AMOn last night's episode of SMASH, titled 'Let's Be Bad,' Karen discovered a new acting opportunity while attending a government party with Dev. Things got more complicated between Michael an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM"This is a man’s world," Katharine McPhee sings to herself in the mirror while stripping down to a lacy bra and tap pants in the fifth episode of NBC’s Smash, appr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AMThe Gershwins' Porgy and Bess is now on Broadway with a cast led by four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald Ragtime, Private Practice as Bess, Drama Desk nominee Norm Lewis Les Misrables,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMYesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the death of legendary comedic actor John Belushi, and it also was the day chosen to reveal details about an upcoming musical based on one of his bes…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AMLONDON (AP) -- Songwriter Robert B. Sherman, who wrote the tongue-twisting "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and other enduring songs for Disney classics, has died. He was 86....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:00AMComplete casting has been announced for the Labyrinth Theater Company 's world premiere production of Brett C. Leonard's Ninth and Joanie, which will begin previews Bank Street Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM"National Lampoon's Animal House," the 1978 comedy that put toga parties in the mainstream, is coming to Broadway in a new musical stage version, with a score by the band the Barenaked Ladie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on the…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:58AMScience Museum's nimble crew of actors puts the exhibit in context.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:55AMMario Fratti's Obama 44 will have its world premiere at La Mama, March 29-April 15. Wayne Maugans will direct the production.
The show is described as psychological thriller about the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rices JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festivals Artistic Director and 2-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, opens March 22, 2012 at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMNational Pastime, which is described as "a new screwball musical comedy," will open in August at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMThe School of Rock NYC House Band will team up with the cast of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages for a special benefit concert at 7pm on Wednesday, March 14 at The Bowery Electric. Proceeds…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMEquity has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling which paves the way for the government to introduce the Digital Economy Act, which is aimed at tackling copyright infringement online.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:39AMLONDON (Reuters) - Disney songwriter Robert Sherman, part of a team with brother Richard responsible for numerous film scores and children's songs, died in London on Monday aged 86.
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:36AMThe new musical Tuck Everlasting will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Colonial Theatre in June 2013. Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw will d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMSex-advice columnist, author and gay-rights activist to appear in Minneapolis June 22
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:30AMAtlantic Theater Company hosted its annual gala Monday, March 5 with a dinner and concert titled Bring It on Home at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. The evening celebrated the upcoming comp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMBroadway Sessions, the weekly musical theatre-themed evening that has been playing The Midtown Theater at the Ha! Comedy Club, will relocate to The Laurie Beechman Theater beginning March 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMInspired by the award-winning book series by Stuart J. Murphy, THE MAIN STREET KIDS’ CLUB: A MathStart Musical tells a tale of adventure, mystery, friendship and math. Six stories, eac…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:27AMTo commemorate the death of Robert Sherman, who died yesterday in London, aged 86, here is the trailer for the 2009-10 Disney documentary THE BOYS THE SHERMAN BROTHERS STORY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMAnimal House: The Musical will feature an original score by the band Barenaked Ladies, with direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, who also directed The Book of Morm…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 09:23AMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth, whose new TV series, "GCB," debuted March 4, will perform in concert June 2 at New York City Center, as part of her previously reported concert tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMThis is one of aseries of posts honoring Women’s History Month Ruth Roye (originally Becker) was billed as the “Princess of Ragtime”. Very little is known about her (birthd…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:07AMThe Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man begins previews March 6 at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Directed by Michael Wilson, the production is set to open April 1. The po…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:05AMFrench director Dominique Pitoiset uses traditional Vietnamese water puppets to cast a spell at Quai Branly, ParisThey do more than exhibitions at the Quai Branly museum in Paris. They also …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01AM“Tuck Everlasting,” the musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s 1975 children’s book of the same name, is set to make its pre-Broadway world premiere in June of next year at Boston�…
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Packing more music per minute than any episode of the show since the pilot, last nights SMASH showed the ever-developing musical dramedy series finding its footing and delineating the many r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMThis show is fun, upbeat and enjoyable for any age group. In fact, toting along a few kids to this show certainly isn’t necessary, although you should bring someone — no one should miss …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:43AMIf you want to see a master class on acting and experience the serious thrill of a new theatre complex, then hustle on over to Signature Theatre and buy a ticket ($25 for all seats – I am …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 08:39AMOn Tuesday, 28 February, the Guardian posted the below brief, seven-and-a-half minute interview with British dramatist Edward Bond. Bond and Andrew Dickson discuss his early career, the cont…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:36AMOscar-winning songwriter Robert B Sherman, whose credits included classic screen musicals Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has died aged 86.Together with his y…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:36AMDo critics want to join "Tribes"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 08:26AMPeter Marks' take on the boxing in Studio Theatre's Sucker Punch [Post]
HuffPo UK spotlights photographer Martin Schoeller, whose images of female body builders are now showing at Arlingt…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:17AMBROADWAY BACKWARDS 7 played Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre last night at 8pm. The show featured some of Broadways biggest names singing songs originally written for the opposite gender wom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AMSongwriter Robert B. Sherman has died at age 86 in London.
Working in tandem with his brother Richard, the pair won Oscars and Grammy Awards for the scores for the films Mary Poppins, now a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:05AMSongwriter Robert B. Sherman has died at age 86 in London, according to published reports.
Working in tandem with his brother Richard, the pair won Oscars and Grammy Awards for the scores f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:05AMTime-traveling musical trips up audience.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:01AMTheaterMania reviews the Tony Award-winning star's joyous new CD, Live Barefoot at the Symphony.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMInspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
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The line-up for the seventh edition of Latitude Festival, held at Henham Park Estate, Suffolk, from 12 to 15 July 2012, has been announced.
Theatre highlights in this year's programme, whic…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMArts Council England has awarded £1.1 million for a three-year programme to encourage more families to attend the arts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMDisney songwriter Robert B. Sherman died yesterday, March 5, in London. The Academy and Grammy Award winner, who is honoured along with his brother Richard Sherman with a star on the Hollywo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMJonathan I. Israel has written a monumental three-volume history of the Enlightenment, approximately 2500 pages long, not including three lengthy bibliographies. His erudition is fabulous; h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:50AMTV's "G.C.B.," "Glee," "Wicked," and Goodspeed Credits Goodspeed Musicals will be honoring the star of Broadway, film and the new TV series, "GCB" ("Good Christian Bitches").
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:48AMDo you like the idea of theatre seats being reserved for audience members who want to tweet during a performance?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMThere is a growing trend in US theatres to reserve seats in one area of the auditorium for members of the audience who wish to tweet while the performance is taking place, so that they don't…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMLove Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2010 follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera, is released on DVD and Blu-ray next week (12 March 2012).
The production was filmed in Australia, where Lo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:34AMCasting has been announced for Actor's Express' production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherf**ker with the Hat, March 15-April 14. Freddie Ashley will direct.
The play c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:32AMLong gone are the happy days when the musical was a source of innocent pleasure. They have become cultural juggernauts, devoid of risk-taking and, like the banks, too big to failMusicals are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMScience writer Simon Singh wants to hear from you if you have ever received a psychic reading from Sally MorganPsychic Sally has done it again. By which I do not mean that she has (or has ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMThe writers behind Spring Awakening are to showcase their new work Alice By Heart as part of this year's Latitude Festival.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMOn 12 March both Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies and Alfie Boe's Bring Him Home Tour are released on DVD and we're giving you a chance to win both these DVDs as well as Boe's latest al…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMLegit News:
Rare perf of 'Guardsman' skedded
SOURCE: Variety at 07:16AMFormer presenter of The One Show will take role of Adolfo Pirelli at London's Adelphi theatre in four weeks before the OlympicsStandup comedian Jason Manford will make his stage debut this s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMKathleen Chalfant delivers a multilayered and moving performance in Tina Howe's 1983 drama of a family of artists, revived by Keen Company.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AM
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: More than 50 years since it was first published, Alan Sillitoe's debut novel, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, has enjoyed several recent adaptatio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera was expected to open in London in 2010 and then have a Broadway transfer. It did open in London, but the reception wasn’t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:57AMIgnoring writing from sixtysomethings (such as myself) will simply result in a lessening of choice for audiencesI'm in favour of encouraging bright young new playwrights, but I hate to see t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AMWhen the jazz composer is the soloist, which is usually the case, he or she ironically revives one of the most venerable traditions in classical music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:28AMRobert Sherman, who has died at the age of 86, was three years old than his brother Richard. And much much quieter. On the two occasions I interviewed the songwriting brothers – once in pe…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:26AMFinding a successor to Peter Nero, 77, is on the ensemble's to-do list.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:11AMThe late musician penned many tracks for Disney, including songs from “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:07AMa knockout of a play. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:05AMAs both a great theatre director and a dramatist of extraordinarily distinctive gifts, Peter Gill is one of Cardiff's most celebrated sons. But it's only now, when he's pushing seventy thr…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:05AMAs both a great theatre director and a dramatist of extraordinarily distinctive gifts, Peter Gill is one of Cardiff's most celebrated sons. But it's only now, when he's pushing seventy thr…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:05AMI'm a quoter.I understand that there is a whole classification of people who tend to substitute their own (possible) wisdom with the wise sayings of Those Who Have Gone Before. Kirsten Dunst…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:05AM"Call Me Adam" chats with NYC-based photographer Matthew Murphy about having his work featured in Ryan Scott Oliver's "35MM", being a former dancer with American Ballet Theatre, writing, and…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Edward Albee's uncompromising take on the stages of death and enigmatic reflection on identity has been given a stunning looking and superbly performed revival though its feet remain planted…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:59AMForeign visitors and ethnic minority audiences declined in 2010/11, according to the latest demographic report by the Broadway League.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMLindsay Posner's Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Mike Leigh's 1977 play Abigail's Party, led by 2011 Whatsonstage.com Award winner Jill Halfpenny, started previews on 2 March prior to op…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:57AMAlan Ayckbourn is to direct his play Absurd Person Singular to mark its 40th anniversary this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMWriter-actor-director Amy Conroy's play about two Dublin lesbians named Alice, at Irish Arts Center, is a gem, with a quietly spoken, touching authenticity.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:41AMThis twin bill at the Cell of one-acts by Larry Kirwin and Seamus Scanlon offers a vivid look at Irish Republicanism in 1916 and 1984.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:38AMPlaywright Heather Hill struggles to find divine inspiration for "Heathens," a rambling play about chronic sinners in rural Kentucky.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:36AMCompany East's "Buddha" at La MaMa is crippled by the shapelessness of creator Kenji Kawarasaki's images, resulting in an evening neither affecting nor fun.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:31AMYonah Acosta won both English National Ballet's Emerging Dancer and People's Choice Awards last night.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMJulie Taymor's ongoing legal battle with the producers of Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has entered a new phase with the director filing an answer to the producers' legal co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AMBlackwell's, Oxford: Just when you think there can't possibly be another way to do Hamlet, The Factory and Creation Theatre come up with one. In fact, there are multiple ways, and this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMTragedians of the City and Northwest Passage Theater Collective unite for an engrossing and passionate all-male "Romeo and Juliet."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:14AMLegit News:
'Bridesmaids, 'Crazy,' 'Modern Family,' Louis C.K. top pack
SOURCE: Variety at 05:03AMMill at Sonning, Reading: Only a genius such as Alan Ayckbourn could write a play of this complexity and make it viable. Who else would have even considered one set combining two different h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
The big winner at this year’s Oscars, the weekend before last, was of course The Artist, a delightful recreation of and tribute to the silent movies that revolves around the massive disrup…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:58AMThe musical "Godspell" will present Broadway's first creative-team audio commentary for free, featuring composer Stephen Schwartz.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:38AMAt what point do throw your hands up in the air and give up on a television series? Respond in the comments!...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 01:05AMQuintessence Theatre Group's mission is to tangle with the classics, and this time, they tackle Jean Anouilh's wartime adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone. A response to Nazi occupation of Fra…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:04AMDespite its backdrop of paved-over western mythology, Sam Shepard's Fool for Love is a rather intimate play for Iron Age Theatre. Though no strangers to Shepard's work - they've produced The…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:03AMIf you liked New Line's productions of "Return to the Forbidden Planet" and "Bat Boy," or if you just want to have a great time, then pick up tickets for its latest giddy extravaganza, "Cry-…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMThe Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS has earned its title as a great American masterwork thanks to its epic love story, impressive contributions to the American songbook, and the unforgettabl…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMBroadway’s Best Shows goes behind the scenes into the making of the revival of Gore Vidal’s THE BEST MAN, starring James Earl Jones!
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMMarch 05, 2012 – Host Stephen Colbert interviews Audra McDonald and discusses the day’s news and important topics.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMThe star-studded engagement of Gore Vidal's The Best Man starts tonight at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street).
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMMeet director Kathleen Marshall and writer Joe DiPietro from the new Gershwin musical comedy, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, coming to Broadway!
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMElizabeth Marvel, who originated the role of Brooke Wyeth in the show\'s Off-Broadway run will rejoin the production starting performances tonight.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM
Tectonic Theater’s *Laramie Projects* provide a powerful cautionary tale, a learning curve of hate towards hope that rises to the occasion. Matthew, who never sought martyrdom or sainthood…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:53AMWhen the blows start flying in Studio Theatre’s “Sucker Punch,” it’s the audience that sees stars. In this case, that means the powerhouse visages of Emmanuel Brown and, even more el…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38AMAs previously announced, Elizabeth Marvel will return to the cast of its critically acclaimed production of OTHER DESERT CITIES, a new play by Jon Robin Baitz, directed by Joe Mantello, begi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIdina Menzel's new PBS concert special, Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony, premiered on Chicago's PBS affiliate WTTW on January 9. The concert - filmed in November in Toronto featur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM'Hit the Wall,' the hit production by The Inconvenience about the Stonewall Rebellion, is being extended for one week only. Tickets to the show, part of the Steppenwolf Theatre's Garage Repe…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:23AMWhat happened to the magical world of music in the mind as the show opener? I miss those. I do. Instead we get Eileen freaking out that her lawyer ditched her. Nobody likes her.
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:05AMAh March, when a young man’s thoughts turn to love…or backstabbing betrayal. Those cynics among us might says love and betrayal are pretty much the same thing. However, I was mos…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:04AMPlaywright/Writer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I’m often inspired by overheard conversations on buses or on line at the supermarket. Cell phones can work well …
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMConfusionCharPo is in deep debateby Gaëtan L. CharleboisMaybe it's because I'm old. Maybe it's because Arden Ryshpan, the executive director of Actor's Equity is a friend since our days in …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMEmmy Award winner Mare Winningham, currently starring in Nina Raine's Tribes at the Barrow Street Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," which was filmed in November 2011 in Toronto, airs in the New York metropolitan area March 6 at 9:30 PM ET on WNET/13; the concert al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMBy Peter Filichia --
Hundreds of record albums have been dedicated to Broadway musicals. Thousands have been sung by Broadway performers. But until October 1, 1964, there had never been a …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:01AM"There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil who has no...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMAna Reeder, Jeanine Serralles and Tony Award nominee J. Smith-Cameron star in the Red Bull Theater revival of Jean Genet's The Maids, which begins a limited engagement Off-Broadway March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant, Drama Desk winner John Cunningham and Katherine Turnbull star in the Keen Company revival of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, which officially opens O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Pearl Theatre Company revival of Eugene O'Neill's classic A Moon for the Misbegotten, featuring Dan Daily, Kim Martin-Cotten and Andrew May, begins performances Off-Broadway Marc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-nominated "Glee" and South Pacific star Matthew Morrison hosts "Oscar Hammerstein II – Out of My Dreams," a new film tracing the legacy of the late Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Best Man, Gore Vidal's 1960 play about a U.S. presidential election, gets its second Broadway revival — and a starry one, at that — beginning previews March 6 at the Gera…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of theatre artists join forces March 6 for a concert at New World Stages to raise funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThree-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, who was most recently on Broadway as Fantine in the revival of Les Misérables, offers a brand-new concert act at Feinstein's at Loews Regency Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDana Rowe and John Dempsey, the writers of the musicals The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, have crafted a new pop-rock musical called Brother Russia, about the life and times of Rasputin, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn a culture that glorifies youth and seeks to prevent and hide aging, it is rare that we see a show devoted entirely to women over fifty. CAP21's current production of Marrying George Cloon…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
