Mr. Murrin, a playwright and avant-garde impresario who became known as the Alien Comic, was apt to put on performances almost anywhere.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMIt was fun when off-off Broadway was just starting…when I lost all of those playwrights or when we all went wandering away, they stayed with me and just increased and added some of the oth…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:35PMTonight was the inevitable night of songs from the year the contestants were born, but first things first contestant Jermaine Jones, dubbed the gentle giant by host Ryan Seacrest, has been c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28PMJohnSiuntres has been part of the Chicago Radio and TV scene since1991, hosting and producing shows for WSCR Radio, CBS-TV, ESPN, Fox SportsNetwork, and The former Sporting News Radio Networ…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:24PMJoe Mathers: A NJ native and graduate ofSyracuse University’s BFA program Joe lives in Astoria with his fiancée and araging demon trapped in an aging cat’s body. As a fr…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:16PMCherry Lane Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Benjamin Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: A 16th-century nun, a macho Spanish artist, his ex-wife, and a high-powered New York executive co-exist together…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:14PMWritten by: Joe Regan, Jr. Vineyard Theatre chose to honor Linda Lavin at their annual gala March 12th taking place at the Hudson Theatre. Lavin, who has won several Tonys an…
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Based on the Flaming Lips album, the musical is written and directed by Des McAnuff
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:51PMAs part of an exclusive product integration, Martin Guitar and Strings will be the star of a new Broadway show, Once, the musical based on the 2007 ACADEMY AWARD-winning film of the same nam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47PM*Riverdance* transfixes as a visual stunner! The river-singing, river-fiddling, river-theatrics... not so much. Slightly Recommended.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:29PMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMGoodspeed Musicals will present its much-anticipated new production of MAME, the brassy musical comedy from April 20 - July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Yesterday, th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMA West African woman from the eighteenth-century is not your typical theatre protagonist. Queen Pokou, an intimate play byDean Atta, is based on an inspirational story of a woman who lived a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10PMBarry WeissCelebration Theatre's "The Color Purple"Celebration Theatre's intimate-theater rendition of the musical, The Color Purple, based on Alice Walker's novel, is this week's Pic…
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Tonight, March 14, WIT director Lynne Meadow and Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon will appear on “The Charlie Rose Show.” Meadow and Nixon will speak with Rose about the acclaime…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:43PMVal Kilmer will present his one man play, Citizen Twain, in a limited run at The Historic Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery over just two weekends this March. The production will r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMIn the highly anticipated Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara are Broadway sweethearts, playing a wealthy playboy (with four, or …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:38PMAre you on the Map? The New Play Map is a project that seeks to change the mental map we have of the theater field. Community-generated and designed, open-access and open-source, it’…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:29PMThe cast and creative team behind Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It met the press Wednesday, March 14 to offer a preview of the production at Gibney Dance Studios. The production, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:25PMEverything is coming up roses for Montego Glover and Adam Pascal! In honor of the show's 1,000th performance, the stars of the Tony-winning Memphis were surprised with 1,0…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:23PMCharacter Study: Judith Light
Some might say that recovering alcoholic and meddling aunt Silda Grauman is the most tragic figure in Jon Robin Baitz's acclaimed drama Other Desert Cities…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18PMMy latest HuffPo review is now live, people. Check it. — After 16 years renting spaces around town, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble — Chicago’s only producing organization dedic…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:17PMThe Rrazz Room is set to present its 4th annual RRAZZiversary Gala Celebration and Benefit for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, March 21 at 8pm.
The evening will include perfor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:13PMTom Hewitt, previously a vampire, a tiger and a swindler, now takes on Pilate in the Broadway revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMAfter a year and a half hiatus, Seth Rudetsky's famed Seth's Broadway Chatterbox has returned to Don't Tell Mama. Seth's Broadway Chatterbox includes interviews and performances by noted Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:11PMSWAN SONG: With the resurgence of popularity the film "The Black Swan" has brought to the time-honored ballet "Swan Lake," the St. Louis Ballet will present the classic -- with a twist -- ne…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:09PMLondon-based Steven Hoggett choreographed American Idiot, the Green Day musical that opens tonight at the Ahmanson. Director Michael Mayer had liked Hoggett's Black Watch work. But Hoggett…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:01PMStage and screen star David Hyde Pierce will receive the Lifetime Leadership Award at the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter gala, Forget-Me-Not, to be held at The Pierre on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Today we are talking to a queen of the concert stage famous for her decades touring the country who has also made a mark on the recording industry with her countless remarkable albums and wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMDance Moms - Season 2 Episode 10 - Miami Heat Wave - Todrick Hall & Mike Munich Recap
Dance Moms Season 2, Episode 10 - "Miami Heat Wave"
In this FYI recap, Todrick Hall and…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:56PMThis June, Kate McGarrigle’s music will be a part of Luminato, Toronto’s annual festival of arts and creativity.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:43PMHollywood actor Val Kilmer will present his one man play, Citizen Twain --
which he wrote, directed and stars in -- at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, March 23-April 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:43PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more infor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:42PMStage and television star Sharon Lawrence will guest star on the third season of TNT's drama Rizzoli & Isles, as the biological mother of Maura (played by Sasha Alexander), accordin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:40PMIt is a given that the man can cook. After all, Rick Bayless is the creator of such fabled, thriving Chicago restaurants as the Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and XOCO — a celebrity chef who …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:37PMHere are two recipes, fit for a prologue to “Cascabel,” courtesy of Rick Bayless and Frontera Grill: SUNDRIED TOMATO GUACAMOLE (Makes about 3 cups, serving 8 to 10 as a nibble) Ingredien…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:36PM"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots," the new musical based on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album of the same name, will make its debut later this year at the La Jolla Playhouse, the theater company …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMEven as single-screen theaters have struggled in San Francisco and elsewhere, the city's historic Castro Theatre has flourished in part by becoming something of a Northern California hub for…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 05:24PMOPENING BEYOND THE HORIZON. The first production in Eclipse Theatre’s season of Eugene O’Neill plays. Directed by Louis Contey. Previews March 16-17. Opens March 18, 7:30 pm. Thu-Sat, 7:…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:20PMHereHouston.com_3-14-2012 If the title of Houston Ballet’s current production, ROCK, ROLL & TUTUS, seemed a bit silly, the dance artistry displayed on Opening Night certainly was not. …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:17PMOn March 12, approximately 80 members of the theatre community gathered to discuss our recommendations for the Cultural Plan. Small and large theatres, downtown and neighborhood theatres, co…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:14PMDonald Smith founded the Mabel Mercer Foundation that helped champion a growing interest in Cabaret in 1985. The organization was a tribute to the celebrity jazz singer, Ms. Mercer, with w…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:11PMSigourney Weaver, Noah Robbins and Seminar star Alan Rickman will take part in the Flea Theater’s benefit reading of fellow Seminar star Hamish Linklater’s play The Vandal. Direc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMThe Tin Pan Alley musical Hello! My Baby, featuring book and lyrics by Emmy-winning "Cheers" writer and Tony-nominated Sister Act co-librettist Cheri Steinkellner, will receive its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMJames Cade (photo credit: Juan Camlio Palacio)Passionfree as injuns engages the sensesby Jasmine ChenInspired by O’Neill’s classic American play Desire Under the Elms, free as injuns is …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:02PMPlaywrights Horizons serves the New York City premiere of Dan LeFranc's The Big Meal, a play that spans 80 years in the life of a family in one setting — a restaurant — start…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM
Pop singer Aaron Carter dropped by a recent rehearsal of The Show Goes On, which kicks off the celebration of librettist and lyricist Tom Jones, Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival, at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:59PMCentaur offers a varried assortment of worksby Estelle Rosen and Gaëtan L. CharleboisAmong the well-known Montrealers appearing in Centaur Theatre's 2012-13 season are actor Johanna Nutter …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:57PMCynthia Nixon for MTC (Wit)
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:47PMJeff Bowen’s overnight edits for “Now. Here. This.” During dress rehearsals and preview performances, a new musical constantly adds, deletes, and changes songs. This can be…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:42PMAlliance Theatre has announced the productions planned for its 2012-2013 season, beginning in September.
The season will open with the world premiere of Pearl Cleage's What I Learned i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMTwo of the stars of the recent Broadway revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever will be the special guests at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox March 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMFeinstein's at Loews Regency welcomed back Linda Eder in her new show Songbirds, which pays tribute to the great ladies of music including Lena Horne, Etta James, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garl…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:28PMMary Ewald brings clarity and poetry to Samuel Beckett's challenging play, being staged at New City Theater.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:22PMLa Jolla Playhouse today announced its final production of the 20122013 season Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical written and directed by Playhouse Director Emeritus D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMTwo shows that are coming to Seattle-area stages, "First Date" and "It Shoulda Been You," aim to include modern-day mores with good old-fashioned romance.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:17PMMarie Osmond will host a talk show for Hallmark Channel. The one-hour program, Marie!, is slated to begin airing in late 2012.
The show will feature celebrity and non-celebrity guests who …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:16PMAccording to EOnline, Broadway veteran Darren Criss was asked to host Season 2 of FOX's 'The X Factor.' A source told E that the HOW TO SUCCEED alum 'politely declined the gig' because of hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMThe festival has a new artistic director and a host of events, including the much-anticipated remount of Einstein on the Beach
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:08PMJudges have been announced for composer-lyricist Scott Alan and Youtube sensation Michael Buckley's "I'm a Star Contest," which is looking for a singer to record a brand-ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PM
Rubicon Theatre Company is set to present the world premiere of Cheri Steinkellner's Hello! My Baby, March 21-April 15. Brian McDonald will direct, with musical direction by Lloyd Coop…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMEverybody say "amen": The joint is jumping over at Celebration Theatre with its raucous, exultant staging of "The Color Purple."Everybody say "amen": The joint is jumping over at Celebration…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:50PMLa Jolla Playhouse's final production of the 2012/2013 season will be Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical written and directed by Playhouse Director Emeritus Des M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMStage veteran William Petersen will star in and executive produce the drama pilot, Hurt People for GK-tv, according to Deadline.com.
The pilot features a script by Peter Macmanus, and revol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:32PMThe Flea Theater will present a reading of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal April 3 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMFrank Strausser’s sexy comedy Psycho Therapy returns to off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre beginning April 8. Back by popular demand, the show will enjoy an encore engagement thr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PMThe Flea Theater will present a reading of Hamish Linklaters The Vandal, April 3, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage starring Golden Globe winners Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Outer Cri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMEver wonder what happens backstage at a popular talk show? Newsies star Jeremy Jordan takes viewers behind the scenes at The View, where the amicable actor served as a guest on March 13 to&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PMGoodspeed Musicals will present its much-anticipated new production of Mame, the brassy musical comedy from April 20 - July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Yesterday, t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMRichard Greenberg's The Violet Hour is Off-Broadway: The Active Theater (Nathaniel Shaw, Artistic Director), now in its fourth season, presents the New York revival of Richard Greenberg’s …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:20PMSinger-songwriter Drew Gasparini will return to Joe's Pub March 27 for a concert that features material from his new musicals Circles and Make Me Bad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMThe 85th Academy Awards telecast, celebrating achievement in motion pictures, will be presented Feb. 24, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMBroadway veteran and all-around “theater enthusiast” Joan Rivers made a very special trip "Down Under" with her grandson, Cooper Endicott, when the duo stopped by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMThe magic of Disney on Broadway services millions of people each year through their multiple productions currently running on The Great White Way in New York. However, today history will be …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:05PMAcademy Award-winning actress, dancer and author Shirley MacLaine will share a montage of memorable film moments and private revelations about her extraordinary life in An Evening with Shirl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PMThe world premiere of Alfred Uhry's Apples and Oranges, the Tony-winning rock musical Next to Normal and a new adaptation of the U.K. musical Zorro have been announced for the 2012-13 se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM
Andrew Dolan's The Many Mistresses of Martin Luther King isn't about King, but is a story that attempts to speak candidly about race. It's one of two Dolan plays soon to hit LA, and part of …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:58PMMark Your Calenders For The Broadway Musicals of 1950: The Town Hall’s (123 West 43rd Street) critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year's 12th Season continues with The Broadway Musicals o…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:54PMI've had some ideas on a new way to frame how we think about structuring arts organizations. I sketched them out and they're posted over at 2amtheatre.com
A teaser:
read the rest at 2am…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:51PMPsycho Therapy, the world-premiere comedy by Frank Stausser, will return Off-Broadway under the direction of Michael Bush, beginning April 8 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced dates for the 85th annual Academy Awards.
Nominations for the Oscars will be announced on January 15, 2013. The Academy Awards…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:44PMAlexander Cendese and Gabrielle Miller will take over the roles originated by Jeffrey Carlson and Angelica Page, respectively, when Frank Strausser's comedy Psycho Therapy, returns to T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:44PMWHAT A DIFFERENCE TEN YEARS MAKE The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later tells the story of Matthew Shepard and how it affected those involved a decade after his 1998 murder. As with its point …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:37PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the net with headquarters in New York City, is currently seeking a new Editor to manage our ever-growing Newsdesk from the hours of 4pm - 11pm …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMTony Award winners Laura Benanti and Julie White have been cast in the NBC comedy pilot Go On, according to Deadline.com. The Scott Silveri project, which will be directed by Todd Holland, c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMVictory Gardens has announced casting for Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the Germa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMThe movie musical "Newsies" was considered a flop in 1992. Two decades — and a growing cult-following — later, Disney has rewritten the story of a newsboy strike for Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMCatherine Noonan finds out more about Shared Experience's latest show Mary Shelley, opening this week at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:25PMDharma & Greg star Jenna Elfman will play the First Lady and stepmother to The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad in the NBC pilot, 1600 Penn, according to Deadline.com. In addition to star…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews Celebration Theatre's revival of the musical adaptation of "The Color Purple"
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:22PMOn Monday, March 12, the new Broadway production of EVITA celebrated its first performance at the Marquis Theatre. Immediately following curtain call, director Michael Grandage and stars R…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 02:21PMThe Goodman Theatre presents Tennessee Williams' Camino Real in a re-imagined adaptation by Calixto Bieito and Marc Rosich, at Goodman's Albert Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMBroadway favorite Laura Benanti has been tapped to star in NBC's 'Go On' pilot, according to Deadline.com. The Tony winner will star opposite Matthew Perry in the Scott Silveri comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMThe singers were in the mood, in a manner of speaking, and although they seemed quite still in posture, their voices generated an inner dance filled with delightful variations as they advanc…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:12PMQuite possibly the most star-studded success story ever to grace the Broadway stage. Gore Vidal's The Best Man has been resurrected once again in an election year where it seems that, …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 02:12PMJermyn Street, LondonWhen Rainer Hersch started performing his mix of comedy and classical music, he found himself repeatedly compared to Victor Borge. He didn't know who Borge was – few n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:09PMAfter a second sold-out show engagement at Joes Pub in January, songwriter Drew Gasparini has been invited back to the famed NYC venue for a third concert on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 930pm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMSouth Orange Performing Arts Center is to present original cast members of Rent Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, together in concert, April 14 at 8pm.
The cabaret-style concert will feature a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMJeremy Jordan, who stars as Jack Kelly in Newsies on Broadway, sat down with the co-hosts of the ABC daytime television program The View yesterday, March 13th. This marked Jordan's second ap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMThe Goodspeed Musicals production of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical Mame will play April 20-July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. The cast and creative team met the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMSimon Callow has long been a defining presence on stage and off in the British theater, appearing across a range of parts from Mozart in the original production of Amadeus to Sir Toby Belch …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMA Tony winner for Sweeney Todd, director John Doyle is
acclaimed for using actor-musicians to tell stories. He again employs
the idea in Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park's production …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMRecorded during a three-night April 2011 special engagement, the New York
Philharmonic's concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's
Company, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Pa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMTony Award-winning Memphis producers Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff have made a four-year pledge to support the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Fund for New Musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe legacy of two legendary Broadway lyricists and book-writers are the subject of "Make Someone Happy," the current show at Quality Hill Playhouse.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PM
REAL GENIUS OR REAL CLUNKER? Tennessee Williams wrote at least 10 plays that are more accessible and commercially viable than his Camino Real (pronounced CA-mino Reel). Even the most zealous…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:59PMBAC, LondonJess and Chris want us to be happy. They want to be happy, too, even though everyone is off somewhere else "getting wasted". I wish they hadn't told us that, because it raises the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PMProducers of The Gershwins PORGY AND BESS just announced that thanks to a generous donation from the families of George and Ira Gershwin, 2,250 high school students from New York City Public…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMBilly Elliot opened at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday night to a warm reception that only Southern’s could give. The musical adapted from the 2000 film by the same name features mu…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 01:44PMTony Award-winning director John Doyle put a tuba in the pie-making hands of Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett and helped Bobby find the music within himself in Company. The U.K.-based director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMSmash - Episode 6 - Chemistry - Luan Legacy Recap
In the sixth episode of NBC's Smash, vocal problems begin to plague Ivy. Meanwhile, Julia finds it difficult to stay away from Michael.…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:41PMBirmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Two Pigeons’ was a ravishing reminder of the company’s qualities, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:39PMJoe's Pub is set to present songwriter Drew Gasparini in concert with some of Broadway's finest performers, March 27 at 9:30pm. Stephen Agosto will direct.
The concert, which wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:39PMWTTW11, Americas most watched public television station, will be the first U.S. PBS affiliate to air the new 90-minute music special ALFIE BOE LIVE FROM THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON on Tu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMRIVER OF DREAMS All good things must come to an end, they say, so it was inevitable that Riverdance would finally end its run, at least in the United States. But will it ever be missed! Play…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:35PMNew York’s hit play FREUD’S LAST SESSION is set to begin performances tomorrow, March 15th at The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis for a limited engagement through April 15th. The Indiana…
SOURCE: indianapolis.broadwayworld.com at 01:31PMThe World Chess Hall of Fame, which opened in the Central West End last September after moving from earlier locations in New York and Miami, has two art shows of note in its three-story spac…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:31PMThe Guthrie Theater has announced complete casting for the presentation of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been…, written and conceived by Carlyle Brown. This new and original piece will play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMThis year's Edinburgh International Festival, running Aug. 9-Sept. 2, will feature productions by Grzegorz Jarzyna, Ariana Mnouchkine, Christoph Marthaler, Tadashi Suzuki, Dmitry Krymov …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMJeremy Jordan, who stars as Jack Kelly in the upcoming Disney musical Newsies, recently visited the ladies of "The View" to talk about the production, which will begin previews Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMRiverside Studios in association with Wild Thyme Productions are set to present three preview performances of Olivier Award-winning playwright Bola Agbaje's Concrete Jungle, April 2-4 a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PMMembers of the New York musicians' union protested what they said was a shift at Lincoln Center: recorded music—not a live orchestra—will accompany ballet performances.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 01:18PMInspired by our adoption of Stage One as the charity for the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards,
we’re declaring this the “Year of the Producer” on Whatsonstage.com,
and are ru…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:17PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON's Tony nominee Josh Gad just visited Chelsea Lately last night, March 13, where he chatted about starring in the hit musical, being mistaken for John Belushi, and more. Cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMProducers say the touring production will run for just one week at the city’s Royal Alexandra Theatre, from May 8-13.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:16PMSpeaking at the recent Whatsonstage.com Awards, impressario Bill Kenwright revealed plans to revive Rufus Norris' award-winning production of Cabaret, last seen in the West End in 2008. The …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:08PMBroadway composer Stephen Schwartz turned 64 years old on March 6, and what better place to celebrate than (what can only be known as) Stephen Schwartz Alley! Schwartz has two hit shows runn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMGet involved and make a difference! Musicals in our Schools is a full week of advocacy activities designed to remind the world just how important musicals are in our young people’s lives…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:04PM54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant announced earlier this year, today confirmed additional bookings at the new space located at 254 West 54th Street. 54 BELOW will offer audiences th…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:03PMComedy legend Joan Rivers visited the Tony Award® winning hit production of Bette Midler’s PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL and its Tony Award® nominated star Tony Sheldon on he…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:03PM54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant announced earlier this year, today confirmed additional bookings at the new space located at 254 West 54th Street. Taking the stage will be the followi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO TAKE THE MONTHLY POLL AND TO VOTE IN ROUND SEVEN OF "HOT/HOTTER" AND ENTER TO WIN TICKETS FOR JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR ALL THREE ARE TO YOUR L…
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Some might say that recovering alcoholic and meddling aunt Silda Grauman is the most tragic figure in Jon Robin Baitz’s acclaimed drama Other Desert Cities, but as embodied by Emm…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMDamn Yankees, What does the audience think?
Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for Damn Yankees, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:53PMDon’t rain on me Argentina. Producers of “Evita” were forced to cancel performances for Tuesday night due to a fire-safety system malfunction that left the stage soggy and the eager-to…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:52PMHere in DC, it’s season roll-out time. The major theatres are sending out press releases listing the plays they’ll be tackling in their 2012-13 season, making each seem like a precious g…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:52PMLong Wharf Theatre, which launched a $3.8 million renovation campaign in Fall 2011 to fund improvements, will begin renovations in June that are expected to be completed in the fall.
With …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMNick Blaemire knows how to hustle. When’s he’s not performing eight times a week at the Circle in the Square Theatre in Godspell, the singer/actor and composer of the Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMThe limited engagement of Manhattan Theatre Club's THE COLUMNIST begins performances on Wednesday, April 4 and opens Wednesday, April 25 at MTCs Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Yesterday, March …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMAfter originally scheduling a Broadway beginning in Spring 2012, Rebecca the Musical shocked the theatre community when they suddenly pulled out of the season claiming to not have enough of …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:45PMThe Royal Court Theatre is set to transfer its productions of Laura Wade's Posh and April De Angelis' Jumpy to the Duke of York's Theatre later in the year.
Posh, which will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, who was seen in the short-lived NBC drama "The Playboy Club," has been cast in the NBC comedy pilot "Go On," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMAs part of the party for the 60th Anniversary of the Stratford Festival, the company is launching a multi-media e-book and the Canadian Government announced today that they will help fund it…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:43PMSchool #16: Brittany Woods Middle School St. Louis, MO Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer, iTheatrics February 10, 2012 Upon my arrival in St. Louis, MO, I was struck by …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:39PMAmong the offerings in the 2012 Luminato Festival, this summer in Toronto, is a new work by Robert Lepage and a revival of Philip Glass's seminal opera Einstein on The Beach, it was announce…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:35PMAn initial lineup of performers who will appear at the new nightclub and restaurant 54 Below has been announced. As previously reported, Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will open the venue w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMThe work of documentary theatre picks up the $60,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:32PMBased on a 1997 documentary and opening at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, the show has a creative team that includes Trey Anastasio of Phish and the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwrig…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30PMThe London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) has announced plans for its 2012 programming.
The season will begin with the UK premiere of Elevator Repair Service's Gatz (June 8-J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMOn Tuesday, March 13, cast members from Broadway's Godspell and Wicked joined composer Stephen Schwartz to celebrate his birthday (which was actually on March 6) in the alley between th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:28PMKate Rockwell (Hair, Legally Blonde), who plays "Skylar" in the national tour of Bring It On: The Musical, shares exclusive photos from the road.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who will guest star on the March 19 episode of NBC's "Smash," will discuss that upcoming guest appearance on "The Today Show" …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMRebecca Faulkenberry will join orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and his Broadway Moonlighters at Birdland, on Monday, March 19 at 7pm.
One of Broadway's premier orchestrators, Tunick will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMAttempts to merge the two major US acting unions - the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists - have been referred to the California courts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMHockadoo! The 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical, MEMPHIS, will play its 1,000th Broadway performance this afternoon at the Shubert Theatre. The fantastical Georgetown Cupcake will provi…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 12:19PMFocus Will Be On A More Comfortable Theater-Going Experience Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Charm can only go so far," says J…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:19PMThe Single Girls Guide, the new musical about a swinging-'60s advice columnist, will get a developmental workshop reading through ASCAP in Manhattan on March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth’s new TV series GCB may be all about “characters and fun,” according to the Broadway vet, but Republican presidential candidate Newt Ging…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMFocus Is On Audience Comforts; Stays at Site At Least Through 2022“Charm can only go so far,” says Joshua Borenstein , managing director of New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:14PMThis morning, March 14, Jujamcyn President Jordan Roth stopped by MCNBC's Morning Joe to talk about the recent Broadway boom. According to the most recent stats, the 2010-2011 season saw a r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMOn stage, Steffanie Leigh oversees life in the nursery as the magical British nanny Mary Poppins in Disney’s stage spectacular Mary Poppins. Leigh invited Broadway.com into her dressin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMCasting is complete for the forthcoming production of Mame at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, starring Tony nominee Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!) as Mame. Directed by Ray …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders have just announced EVITA will resume preview performances tonight, March 14, 2012 at 8pm at the Marquis Theatre 1535 Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMHowe's delightful, disturbing, and ultimately moving 1983 play
SOURCE: Village Voice at 12:05PMThe 2012 DC Black Theatre Festival takes place June 23 – July 1st. According to the audition announcement just received, last year’s festival, which showcased 53 productions plus…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMAudiences will be "arrested" by the Syrian secret service as part of 66 Minutes in Damascus, one of seven world premieres programmed for the London International Festival of Theatre this sum…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMAdditional artists have been announced to play 54 below, the new nightclub and restaurant at 254 West 54th Street that is the brainchild of Tony Award-winning producers Tom Viertel, Marc Rou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMThe 'world's leading classical theatre company' seems incapable of making Shakespeare feel innovative or relevant. Things have to changeAt Devoted and Disgruntled a few weeks back there was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMSo while members of the Concert Artistes' Association are behaving like animals, another company is looking for a real animal to take part in a new production of La Boheme, which is being to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMToday in 2002, The Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 109 performances. Created by Marvin Hamlisch music, Craig Carnelia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMMembers of the Concert Artistes' Association, aka the club for acts and actors, are no doubt expected to create drama on stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM“Newsies” stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger are living their childhood dream on Broadway.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PM
So two old Jews walk into Carnegie Deli. Why? To get started “shamelessly promoting” their new comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes! Show creators Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:58AMThe Telegraph (UK) 03/14/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:57AMTony Award winners Laura Benanti and Julie White have been joined the cast for the NBC pilot Go On, according to a report on Deadline.com. Todd Holland is directing the project, which has a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMGodspell’s reigning holy man Hunter Parrish is making his first foray into the music world with his debut EP Guessing Games, set to be released by Layer Cake Records on April…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMThe National Theatre’s smash-hit comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from March. Come on our hosted Whatsonstage.com Outing on 11 April 2012 and get a top …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:54AMIt's a truism that the best things in life and art often occur as a result of luck.Yesterday's galavanting around Austin during the South by Southwest Festival palpably brought this home as …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:53AMREVIEW: The Broadway musical lands in St. Paul with a threadbare story, but enough music to distract us for awhile.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:47AMThe president of Jujamcyn Theaters was a guest on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to talk about the growth of Broadway ticket sales and attendance this season.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:47AMLeonardo Cimino, a character actor whose distinctive, wizened features kept him in demand throughout his long stage and film career, died March 3 at his home in Woodstock, NY. He was 94.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMThe Actors’ Center, a 30-year-old non-profit membership organization, today announced that it will stage auditions exclusively for Actor’s Center members on April 9 and 10, between 1…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMYesterday, March 13, Robert De Niro and Paul Weitz visited TimesTalks to discuss their new film, Being Flynn, directed by Weitz and starring De Niro. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMRebecca Faulkenberry, the star of Broadways Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, will be the Special Musical Guest of EmmyGrammyOscarTony-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick in his Birdland concert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe New York Times 03/14/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:41AMThe third preview performance of Broadway’s Evita has been canceled. As previously reported, Evita had to cancel the March 13 performance because the Marquis Theatre's deluge syste…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express and held April 18-29 in New York City, announced its lineup of 60 short films. Among the offerings is Neil LaBute's "BF…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMTerms such as ‘physical theatre’ and ‘multimedia performance’ tend to be painfully overused nowadays, and are often accompanied by the faint, earnest-but-average whiff of GCSE Drama.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMCourt Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 season.
Charles Newell, will direct four of the theater's productions, including James Joyce's The Dead, (November 8 - December 9), Richa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AMThree members of S Club were reunited last night as the new cast of One Man, Two Guvnors celebrated their opening night (13 March, previews from 2 March 2012) at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:28AMThe previously delayed Broadway production of Rebecca is now aiming to open at the Broadhurst Theatre this fall. The musical, which was set to begin performances at the Broadhurst …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMSarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis deals with suicidal despair, and severe clinical depression and its treatment. It is a formidable text, having no character list, no stage directions, no specif…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:24AMRising opera star Martha Jones chats to Sophia Milone about the high and low notes of singing for the English Touring Opera.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:24AMCast members from Wicked and Godspell gathered in "Schwartz Alley" March 13 to celebrate the birthday of the man behind both of the hit shows: Stephen Schwartz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMAfter postponing their debut in the 2011-2012 season, the producers of the epic musical have announced that Rebecca will open some time in the fall. Rebecca will play the Broadhurst Theater.…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:21AMPlaying all 32 of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas is a major undertaking, usually parceled out over a few weeks or even an entire season. Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear plans to dispatch the …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:13AMToday is the birthday of William Selig (1864-1948), best known as the founder of the first Hollywood movie studio, the Selig Polyscope Company. A Chicago native, he started out as a vaudevil…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:11AMLast night, March 14, the casts of GODSPELL and WICKED gathered outside the Gershwin Theatre to wish Stephen Schwartz a happy birthday, which he celebrated last week. On hand for the festiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMHunter Parrish wants you to come see Godspell. Or at least, we’re pretty sure that’s what his beautiful blue eyes are telling us in this lovely little picture. (It’s either…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:10AMThe Broadway revival of Evita, at the Marquis Theatre will resume preview performances tonight, March 14 at 8pm.
As previously reported, the Tuesday, March 13 performance was canceled due t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08AMThe Book of Mormon funny man Josh Gad joined comedian Chelsea Handler on her late-night talk show for a few laughs on March 13. The Tony nominee, who is currently in L.A. filming his new TV …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMPlays by Laura Wade and April de Angelis will run consecutively for three months each at the Duke of York's theatre from MayTwo of the Royal Court's bestselling productions in recent years a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced that the March 14 matinee of the Broadway revival of Evita has been canceled; performances will resume at 8 PM at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMLegit News:
Connecticut theaters lay 2012-13 plans
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03AMTheatergoing can be uncomfortable. Let's face it. With legroom that seems designed for the people of Lilliput, and a number of bathrooms that couldn't even accommodate the Duggars never mind…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The Luminato lineup announced Wednesday is probably the boldest and most varied selection since the festival's launch in 2007.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:59AMPhilip Ridley’s tour de force of a play, Shivered, is the story of a family torn apart by the beheading of their soldier son after he is taken hostage abroad. In true Ridley fashion, i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:57AMSony Masterworks will release the two CD set, Doris Day - With a Song and a Smile, on April 3.
The new double-disc package will feature 31 tracks which the performer herself has selected.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMSony Masterworks will release the two CD set, Doris Day - With a Smile and a Song, on April 3.
The new double-disc package will feature 31 tracks which the performer herself has selected.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMPostponed from the current season, Rebecca the Musical will open this fall at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, producer Ben Sprecher announced on the musical's Facebook page March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMLeap of Faith Broadway Musical - Performances and Interview with Composer Alan Menken
Composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid) is busy getting the new musical Leap of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:43AMSome of Broadway’s best young singers will wail on songs from the music world’s hottest young star at Broadway Sings Adele. The one night only event will take place on April 30 a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:41AMOn the Scene: The Columnist Meets the Press
Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow, four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines, Margaret Colin, Tony nominee Stephen Kunken and Grace Gummer ar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:41AMNicholas de Jongh writes: Faith Brook showed a stoic, jaunty courage that enabled her to go on acting for years as she progressively lost her sight. In 2008 she played the mother-in-law in C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMWe are thrilled to announce the first two plenary speakers for the 2012 TCG National Conference – Model the Movement. Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) and Howard Shalwitz match-up perfec…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:40AMMeet the cast of REGRETS
Go inside the rehearsal room with the charming cast of MTC's REGRETS.
REGRETS
By Matt Charman
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
Featuring Alexis Bledel, Curt Bouril,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:39AMDorothy Fortenberry
Hometown: Washington, DC
Current Town: Los Angeles
Q: Tell me about Status Update.
A: It's a play with songs about moving to a city you don't want to liv…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:39AMCasting has been announced for the previously reported 2012-2013 international tour of the landmark Philip Glass/Robert Wilson collaboration Einstein on the Beach, An Opera in Four Acts.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMEd Asner, Russell Brand, Frances Fisher, Elliot Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan and Alan Rosenberg will take part in an April 22 event in Los Angeles to raise funds for The Survivor Mitz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMChristopher Plummer, who won an Oscar for "Beginners," could be a contender again with "Barrymore," the movie focusing on the acting legend that is set to run in U.S. theaters this fall.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AMUrbanArias, the Washington-area opera company devoted exclusively to presenting operas by contemporary composers, will present the world premiere of Positions 1956 by Tony nominee Michael Ko…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMWhile this is the 12th year of the Northern Virginia International Jewish Film Festival, it is the last for its founder, Roz Engels, who is retiring and will be honored at the festival's clo…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:24AMThe boy genius twice over.My earlier post about the amusing contretemps I witnessed at last weekend's Boston Baroque concert has been getting a lot of play on sites like Universal Hub, …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:20AMIf the first image that comes to mind when you think of Israeli folk dance is the hora you danced at your cousin Josh's bar mitzvah, you've missed out on a world of creativity. "Israeli…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:20AMTony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams celebrated the launch of her new CD Uptown Downtown with a performance as part of the "Live at Barnes & Noble" series at the bookstore&…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMDisney's NEWSIES on Broadway - Behind the Scenes at "The View" with Jeremy Jordan
Go behind the scenes of Disney's NEWSIES on Broadway as Jeremy Jordan (Jack Kelly) visit …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:08AMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre NAMT announced today that Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff, NAMT members and partners in Junkyard Dog Productions, have made a four-year pledge to support…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMThree members of S Club were reunited last night as the new cast of One Man, Two Guvnors celebrated their opening night (13 March, previews from 2 March 2012) at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:03AMI stopped trying to sell art years ago. Now I just tell stories. The hope is that the story leads to connection with the like minded. Then the hope is that a portion of those like minded wil…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:01AMNEW YORK CITY CENTER ENCORES presents PIPE DREAM from March 28 - April 1 for 7 Performances only ORDER TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 30
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMBroadway’s premier animal trainer Bill Berloni got his foot in the door in 1976 as a teenager when he rescued and trained the original Sandy for the Goodspeed Opera House original producti…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:01AMPatti Murin, who originated the role of Lysistrata Jones, will play the lead female character in an untitled CBS pilot, according to Deadline.com. The untitled project from Louis CK and Spik…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMReisterstown Theatre Project is presenting its spring selection, Narnia – the Musical, with a cast of all ages. The magical production is directed by local teacher Kathy McCrory. The a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMThe time has come my friends when all the high schools and colleges begin to have…SPRING BREAK! Now, I know you’re not all on Spring Break at the same time, but I figured I’…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMDo you like American Idol, The Voice and…[insert competitive reality show here]? Do you like “March Madness”? Then you’ll love Washington Improv Theater (WIT)’s cheerfu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMEthan Lipton and his orchestra present an "ode to the unemployed" at Joe's Pub, as part of its NEA Funded New York Voices Series.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AM
A host of Broadway performers will take part in Skyline Theatre Company's gala fundraiser Concert of Stars, which is scheduled for April 22 at 6:30 PM at the Saddlebrook Marriott in New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMJordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, talks about the record high Broadway admissions reached for the 2010/2011 season. Roth also discusses why the box-office grosses and attendance h…
SOURCE: MSNBC at 09:58AMProgramming has been announced for the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, to run August 9-September 2.
Among the theater highlights are the TR Warszawa production of 2008: Macbeth, dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMMarines' Memorial Theatre will present The Best of the Best!, a one-night benefit event, April 30 at 5:30pm.
The Best of the Best! will feature performances by six Bay Area cabaret per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMThe Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance and many celebrity guests are to present a fundraiser for The Survivor Mitzvah Project, in support of elderly and forgotten Holocaust S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMBroadway Sessions, which is described as "an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week," will continue March 15 at The Laurie Bee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMTwyla Tharp’s surrogates in Come Fly Away effortlessly swirl and slide across the stage like you think you do in your dreams – and to sound of Sinatra yet, crooning “The Way You Look T…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:44AMOnce a month, a member of the theater community will pull up a chair to our cyber table and join us for a little conversation. I’ll edit the transcripts (removing the truly libelous parts)…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:43AMTheatre on Fire is set to present performances of Philip Ridley's Vincent River in Boston area homes, beginning April 5, as part of the group's "Home Invasion" program. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMLegit News:
Musical eyes fall opening on Broadway
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40AMThe slate of short films that will be screened at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, to be held in various New York City venues, April 18-29, has been announced.
Among the 60 films that will b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series will continue April 9 with an evening featuring theatre favorites Karen Mason and Brent Barrett.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMLegit News:
Two plays set six-month engagement
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34AMThe stage veterans, who have appeared in 16 Broadway shows combined, play burlesque theater owner Medda and Jack Kelly’s archnemesis Pulitzer in “Newsies.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:33AMLyricist Jack Feldman and composer Alan Menkenhad not one but two chances to rework “Newsies.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:30AMComplete casting has been announced for the Goodspeed Musicals production of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical Mame, which will play April 20-July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMComplete casting has been announced for the Goodspeed Musicals production of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman musical Mame, which will play April 20-July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMThe Tricycle Theatre's spring/summer season will include the London premiere runs for Alan Ayckbourn's Neighbourhood Watch and David Harrower's A Slight Ache, both directed by th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMFollowing its triumphant and critically acclaimed run at The Old Vic, Michael Frayn's multi award-winning backstage comedy NOISES OFF will transfer to the Novello Theatre. Come on our hosted…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:05AMSeventy-seven years after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers lit up Hollywood’s silver screen with one of the greatest dance musicals of all time, TOP HAT is coming to the West End with Tom Ch…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:04AMThe ground breaking, innovating, guitarist Jimi Hendrix became a legend of rock and blues music in his brief life. Forty years after his death his legacy lives on with the Experience Hendrix…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Philip Ridley is riding high at the moment. As the outstanding Arcola revival of his first seminal play The Pitchfork Disney is about to close, his new work opens at the same venue that prem…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:57AMActor of poise and beauty who enjoyed a rich and productive career on both sides of the AtlanticFaith Brook, who has died aged 90, was an actor of remarkable elegance, poise and beauty. She …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:56AMIf you see The Total Bent— which, if you haven’t done, you’ll have to rush to do because it closes this weekend—you may or may not see the same show I saw. For The Total Bent, the la…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:53AMDisney’s smash hit musical The Lion King will become the sixth longest-running Broadway show in history on March 14. The company will celebrate the milestone after the matinee performa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:45AMThe return engagement of Gatz, the epic theater piece adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, begins performances on March 14 at the Public Theater. Directed by John Colli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:44AMSigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Noah Robbins will star in The Flea Theater’s benefit reading of Hamish Linklater’s "The Vandal."
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:44AMBarbra Streisand’s “Gypsy” is now a go at Universal. Streisand will play Momma Rose and is also producing the film with Joel Silver.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:40AMSaturday, March 3, 2012 was declared ‘Smokey Robinson Day’ in Washington, D.C. by Mayor Vincent C. Gray shortly before the legendary musician took the stage at the sold out Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:37AMAt Culturebot today, Jeremy M. Barker responds in a lengthy but essential essay to Robin Detje and myself. While Barker, Detje, and I dig rather deep in this contemporary though far more mod…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:25AMTheatre will feature strongly at the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, with 11 separate theatre productions in the programme launched this week.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:23AMPeter Filichia gives us the scoop on what's happening on stage in the Garden State
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:18AMThe London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) has announced its 2012 programme, which will feature work from the Middle East, Europe, America and Australia.
Running from 12 June to 15…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:10AMThe final play in this year's Studio Series at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis is the world premier of Ayad Akhtar's taut and absorbing The Invisible Hand.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:08AMBegonya Plaza can’t balance her roles of playwright and actor in the muddled “Teresa’s Ecstasy,” an opposites-attract romance at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:01AM“Attention must be paid.”
Lines from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” don’t come more famous than that one declared by the devoted wife of the doomed American dream…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMBrian d'Arcy James, Dearbhla Molloy, Brian Murray, Jerry O'Connell, Denis O'Hare, and Ciaran O'Reilly discuss Irish heritage and Irish theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
CollaborationTown’s riotous parody of Brecht and Shakespeare is sharper than it was in 2006 at the New York Fringe Festival, but it’s still too long.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:55AMThis is one in a series of posts in honor of Women’s History Month Today is the birthday of a long-forgotten vaudeville singer named Clarice Vance (born Clara Etta Black in 1870).She f…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:50AMLondon's Royal Court is to present its productions of Posh and Jumpy in the West End in collaboration with the Ambassador Theatre Group.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMTheatre Royal, London: Richard Bean's 1950s make-over of Goldini's 18th century classic is now proving, like the National's other concurrent West End transfer War Horse, to be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMMANILA (Reuters) - Screams, blood and death filled an abandoned school in Manila -- but the blood was fake and the dead came back to life when the lights came on.
SOURCE: Reuters at 07:41AMFord’s Theatre will focus on classic stories during its 2012-2013 season, the company announced last night, but will also feature Fly, a Lincoln Legacy Project production about the Tuskege…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:35AMConsidering that the Yankees play in spring training has only been mediocre thus far, perhaps it's time to switch our allegiance to the Senators
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:24AMThe Royal Court's hit productions of Laura Wade's Posh and April de Angelis's Jumpy will be revived for consecutive West End runs at the Duke of York's Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:20AMSoho Theatre: The prospect of watching the average human life of 79 years elapse within the space of an hour seems a rather melancholic way to spend an evening. However, in the hands of amia…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMWhile we may be graduating tens of thousands of students with arts degrees each year, including some percentage billed as ‘professional training’ degrees, as everyone in the arts knows, …
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 07:12AMThe Royal Court has confirmed that, as previously tipped by Whatsonstage.com, it is transferring its productions of Posh and Jumpy to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre later this year.Po…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:08AM
Southwark Playhouse: The Southwark Playhouse has been a firm supporter of polymath Philip Ridley's work in recent years, and he returns to this venue with his latest, amazing, new play,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMThis year's EIF offers plenty to look forward to, from a glow-in-the-dark race up Arthur's Seat to a Polish Macbeth and the Mariinsky Ballet. What will you be booking for?You've got to admir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMAfter sweeping up gongs at the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Whatsonstage.com Awards, Richard Bean’s 1960s Brighton-set reclamation of Goldoni's classic A Servant of Two …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:55AMKeegan Theatre appears to have another hit on its hands. The company, which has followed its hugely popular Laughter on the 23rd Floor with Twelve Angry Men, just announced a one week extens…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:55AMCornwall is in with chance of a share as well, as theatre and gallery combine to give a buzz to local schoolsThe Hepworth Wakefield has won golden opinions for its David Chipperfield buildin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMThe Queen's, Hornchurch: Pantomime season has arrived early, as Bob Carlton's rendition - set amid last summer's turbulent UK riots - relevantly resurrects Italian satirist Dario F…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMLawrence Batley, Huddersfield : How is it done is the question on everyone's lips. Smoke and mirrors is the phrase that comes to mind - except it's actually smoke and sliding slive…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMEtcetera, London: In writer Francis Beckett's vision of the future, one of the most important areas for culture in Britain is doomed. An American tourist comes to experience 'real&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AM...that the best thing about humanity is our ability to tell each stories. Without that, we're just a bunch of fucking animals hellbent on destroying each other for the property we claim to…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AM
ASPEN - The Aspen Fringe Festival will hold auditions for two of its upcoming productions - "Red" and "Hope and Gravity" - from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Rio Grande Meeting Room in the …
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 01:47AMWas it the players, or the play, that has made a phenomenon out of One Man, Two Guvnors, the prize-winning comedy now on its third London theatre and preparing to hop the pond to Broadway ne…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:30AMForty years later, "performance" remains a dangerous concept
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:24AMThe Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “Rebecca” is scheduled to open at the Broadhurst Theatre in Fall 2012.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:20AMMaking great theatre is “all in the timing.” How could Act Two @ Levine have known their production of Legally Blonde The Musical would fall during a week of tense national discussion ov…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05AMThe MacDowell Colony, America's oldest artists' colony, has informed me that I've been accepted as a guest for a five-week...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMExcerpts from Jerome Robbins' Broadway, as seen on the 1989 Tony Awards telecast: (This is the latest in a series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"'I know myself,' he cried, 'but that is all.'" F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
Chicago's Court Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season. Bereft of new work or major reinterpretation, it seems notably less ambitious than in recent years, but will likely please those who…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:36AMThere’s a scene in “Hand to God” in which two teenagers tenderly and quietly discuss their feelings for one another . . . all the while desperately trying to ignore the hand puppets th…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:30AMThe producer and impresario, who brought cabaret back to the Oak Room in the 1980s and launched Mabel Mercer Foundation and the Cabaret Convention, passed away Tuesday at age 79.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 12:29AMFounder, Artistic Director of Cherry Lane Alternative since 1997; Executive Director, Cherry Lane Theatre since 1996; Actress, Dancer, Singer since age 4! New York, New York USA My favorit…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMRehearsal for The Wooster Group's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carré comingto World Stage 2012
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMA large, yet-to-be-determined six-figure deficit, a low cash flow and bills that are in arrears — which caused actors in the recent "The Sty of the Blind Pig" to receive eviction notices a…
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Redford reminisces at Sundance legit evening
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Cast set for new musical at La Jolla
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SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMThe musical Carrie has become legendary among a certain subset of musical theater-obsessed New Yorkers. The 1988 Broadway show based on the 1974 Stephen King horror novel, earned its own sp…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMAcademy Award nominee and three-time Emmy Award nominee James Cromwell ("Babe," "L.A. Confidential," "The Queen," "Six Feet Under") is Pozzo in Mark T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, which played a six-year run on Broadway before moving to New World Stages, celebrates its 1,000th performance at its Off-Broadway home March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt Shoulda Been You, the new musical about the perfect wedding that quickly unravels, begins performances March 14 at Washington's Village Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater production of Ethan Lipton's No Place to Go, a musical ode to the unemployed, debuts at Joe's Pub March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMElevator Repair Service's Gatz, an imaginative six-hour theatrical epic reading of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," which was staged to acclaim in 2010, retu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMYvette Freeman stars as the "Mother of the Blues" in the Huntington Theatre Company production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which officially opens March 14 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBegonya Plaza's Teresa's Ecstasy officially opens March 14 at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre following previews that began March 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOver the Moon Productions' mounting of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening begins previews March 14 at the Theatre of Arts Arena Stage with an official opening sched…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBased on a series of books by Britt Menzies, the play follows a group of fun-loving rascals who, when offered to choose between the easy and hard way of solving a problem, always pick "impos…
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