Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Bell, Book and Candle" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven
Linked From Hartford Courant at 10:54PMIt’s always interesting when you get two reviewers to give their impressions of the same show. He said – She said . . . My View: By Stephen Sorokoff T…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 10:31PMBegonya Plaza's new play is full of ideas, but they're not woven into the fabric of the characters' relationships.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:28PMGeoffrey Decas O'Donnell's often amusing play is crammed full of literary allusions and pop culture references.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:28PMKaren Malpede's play about war and torture is ambitious if ultimately too perplexing to be satisfying.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:28PM“I’m not dead yet!” is whispered, shouted, and sung throughout Phoenix Entertainment’s very much alive and engaging touring production of the Tony Award-winning 2005 Best Musica…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:23PMIn keeping with the fairytale theme the cast brings a sense of wonder and levity to their performance, punctuated by moments that remind us how dark this story really is. Blake Montgomery, …
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 10:21PM“The Deepest Play Ever: The Catharsis of Pathos” is a musical satire with everything but zombies. Wait, it’s got them, too.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:13PMThe stage veterans, who have appeared in 16 Broadway shows combined, play burlesque theater owner Medda and Jack Kelly’s archnemesis Pulitzer in “Newsies.”
Linked From Backstage at 10:01PMLyricist Jack Feldman and composer Alan Menkenhad not one but two chances to rework “Newsies.”
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Based on the Flaming Lips album, the musical is written and directed by Des McAnuff
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 07:58PMRecorded 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…
Linked From Playbill at 07:28PMCharacter 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…
Linked From YouTube at 07:26PMThe 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, …
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:25PMTwo-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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:23PMAs 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:23PMThe cast and creative team met the press today and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event. Check out a performance preview below and check back tomorrow for full coverage and interviews
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:23PMBarry 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…
Linked From LA Weekly at 07:19PMEverything 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:15PMIn 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 …
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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…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:49PMAre 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’…
Linked From HowlRound at 06:43PMDonald 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…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 06:36PMMary Ewald brings clarity and poetry to Samuel Beckett's challenging play, being staged at New City Theater.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 06:36PMRichard 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 …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 06:36PM"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 …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:36PMEverybody 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…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:36PMDance 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…
Linked From YouTube at 06:28PMIt 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 …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:27PMHere 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…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:27PMA 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 06:27PMThe 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…
Linked From Playbill at 06:26PMStage 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:24PMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:24PMStage 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:24PMHollywood 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:24PMSWAN 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…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 06:24PMLondon-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…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 06:24PMGoodspeed 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMVal 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMTom Hewitt, previously a vampire, a tiger and a swindler, now takes on Pilate in the Broadway revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:19PMLegit News:
Connecticut theaters lay 2012-13 plans
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On 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…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 05:58PMBrought 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…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:45PMHEDY WEISS: No other local stagings of the musical, about a mother-daughter vacation in Italy, has come close to equaling this transcendent production.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:26PMOPENING 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:…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:26PMTwo 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.
Linked From Playbill at 05:25PMPlaywrights 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…
Linked From Playbill at 05:25PMAlliance 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:23PMMarie 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 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:23PMPop 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:23PMJames 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 …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:23PMCentaur 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 …
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Linked From YouTube at 05:23PMToday 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMAfter 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMSigourney 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:15PMEver 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…
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Two plays set six-month engagement
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Musical eyes fall opening on Broadway
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The Flea Theater will present a reading of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal April 3 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Linked From Playbill at 04:24PMJudges 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…
Linked From Playbill at 04:24PMLa 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMFeinstein'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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMThe 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…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 04:22PMAcademy 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMLouise Pitre, Judy Blazer and other cast members from Goodspeed Musicals' production of Mame met the press Tuesday, March 13 at Pearl Studios. The production will run at the Goodspeed O…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMLa 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMStage 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMRubicon 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMThe festival has a new artistic director and a host of events, including the much-anticipated remount of Einstein on the Beach
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 04:19PMNick 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:14PMBroadway 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 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:14PMFrank 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…
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The legacy of two legendary Broadway lyricists and book-writers are the subject of "Make Someone Happy," the current show at Quality Hill Playhouse.
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 03:36PMWHAT 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 …
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 03:36PMIndiewire makes its 2012 Emmy predictions: "The nominations have the potential to represent a extremely strong season of television, from drama ('Breaking Bad,' 'Homeland…
Linked From Gold Derby at 03:36PMThe race for Best Musical Actor pits two-time Tony champ Matthew Broderick ("Nice Work If You Can Get It") against four-time nominee Raul Esparza ("Leap of Fait…
Linked From Gold Derby at 03:36PMMark 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…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:36PMHugh Jackman smashed house records when he brought his one-man show to Broadway in the fall. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, who starred in the original 1980 production of "Evita,…
Linked From Gold Derby at 03:36PMMANILA (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.
Linked From Reuters at 03:36PMComplete 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMPsycho 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.
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMThe 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…
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMThe Goodman Theatre presents Tennessee Williams' Camino Real in a re-imagined adaptation by Calixto Bieito and Marc Rosich, at Goodman's Albert Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMThe 85th Academy Awards telecast, celebrating achievement in motion pictures, will be presented Feb. 24, 2013.
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMThe 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…
Linked From Playbill at 03:23PMSinger-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.
Linked From Playbill 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMAndrew 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 …
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:21PMAccording 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMThe 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMAlexander 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:21PMVictory 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:21PMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:21PMThe Guardian’s Lyn Gardner wrote last month, “In the second decade of the 21st century, British theatre is still predominantly white and middle-class, and its leading figures educated at…
Linked From The Stage at 03:16PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Riverdance" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★
Perfectly timed for St. Patrick's Day, "Riverdance," the spectacular display of Irish folk dance, speckled with th…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:16PMMembers of the Concert Artistes' Association, aka the club for acts and actors, are no doubt expected to create drama on stage.
Linked From The Stage at 03:15PMSo 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…
Linked From The Stage at 03:15PMDharma & 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:13PMTony 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:13PMPlaying 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 …
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 03:10PMNew 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…
Linked From indianapolis.broadwayworld.com at 03:07PMDon’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…
Linked From New York Daily News at 03:07PMREAL 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…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 03:07PMJermyn 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:07PMBAC, 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:07PMThe Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “Rebecca” is scheduled to open at the Broadhurst Theatre in Fall 2012.
Linked From Backstage at 03:07PMMembers 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.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 03:07PMPeter Filichia gives us the scoop on what's happening on stage in the Garden State
Linked From NJ.com at 03:07PMConsidering that the Yankees play in spring training has only been mediocre thus far, perhaps it's time to switch our allegiance to the Senators
Linked From NJ.com at 03:07PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews Celebration Theatre's revival of the musical adaptation of "The Color Purple"
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:07PMWhen I first read in the Goodman Theatre press release last year that the 2011-2012 season will include a new production of Tennessee William’s Camino Real to be adapted and directed by th…
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Etcetera, 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&…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMThe 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…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMLawrence 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…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMSoho 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…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMSouthwark 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,…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMTheatre 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…
Linked From The Stage at 02:38PMFocus 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…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:35PMHere 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…
Linked From 2AMT at 02:26PMThe 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…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 02:25PMSmash - 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.…
Linked From YouTube at 02:24PMOn 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…
Linked From YouTube at 02:22PMBilly 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…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:22PMMeet 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,…
Linked From YouTube at 02:22PMThis year's Edinburgh International Festival, running Aug. 9-Sept. 2, will feature productions by Grzegorz Jarzyna, Ariana Mnouchkine, Christoph Marthaler, Tadashi Suzuki, Dmitry Krymov …
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMJeremy 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…
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMThe 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMTony 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.
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMTony 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…
Linked From Playbill at 02:21PMBroadwayWorld.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 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMBroadway 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.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMRiverside 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:20PMJoe'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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:20PMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:20PMSouth 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 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:20PMProducers say the touring production will run for just one week at the city’s Royal Alexandra Theatre, from May 8-13.
Linked From Toronto.com at 02:20PMInspired 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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:19PMSpeaking 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 …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:19PMSimon 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 …
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Two Pigeons’ was a ravishing reminder of the company’s qualities, writes Clement Crisp
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:44PMLeap 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…
Linked From YouTube at 01:23PMTwo-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" …
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMThe 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.
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMTony 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.
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMKate Rockwell (Hair, Legally Blonde), who plays "Skylar" in the national tour of Bring It On: The Musical, shares exclusive photos from the road.
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMProducers 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMWTTW11, 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMTHE 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMAfter 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMJeremy 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMTony 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMOn 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMRebecca 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 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMAn 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMLong 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 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMThe 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 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:19PMAmong 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…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 01:19PMAs 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…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 01:19PMPLEASE 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…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 01:19PMThree 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.…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:18PMThe 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 …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:18PMAttempts 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.
Linked From The Stage at 01:18PMCasting 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 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMTony 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMOn 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMSome 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMBroadway 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:10PMComedy 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…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:09PM54 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…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:09PMGet 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…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 01:07PMHowe's delightful, disturbing, and ultimately moving 1983 play
Linked From Village Voice at 01:04PMNicholas 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:04PMThe '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 …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:04PMThe 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.
Linked From Backstage at 01:04PMPlays 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:04PMChristopher 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.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:04PM“Newsies” stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, and Andrew Keenan-Bolger are living their childhood dream on Broadway.
Linked From Backstage at 01:04PMBased 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…
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The work of documentary theatre picks up the $60,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 12:46PMSchool #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 …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:43PMSarah 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…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:21PMWorld Premiere of "Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" PlannedHartford Stage’s upcoming 49th season — and its first chosen by its new artistic director Darko Tresnjak — w…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 12:21PMTerms 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.…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:21PMThe 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…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:21PMFocus 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.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 12:21PMAfter 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.…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:21PMThe 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…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:21PMCast 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.
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMLeonardo 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.
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMThe 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…
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMAdditional 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…
Linked From Playbill at 12:19PMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:18PMSony 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.…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:18PMAudiences 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…
Linked From The Stage at 12:18PMCourt 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:18PMIt'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 …
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 12:18PMThe 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 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PM54 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMChicago'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…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:13PMLast week, the announcement of the new Animal House: The Musical in development had many wondering about the growing tradition of turning Hollywood films into Broadway musicals. In the past …
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 12:11PMThe 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 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:09PMGodspell’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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:09PMThe 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:09PMSo 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 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:09PM
REVIEW: The Broadway musical lands in St. Paul with a threadbare story, but enough music to distract us for awhile.
Linked From StarTribune at 11:50AMPatti 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…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 11:25AMWe 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…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 11:22AMThe 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, …
Linked From The Hub Review at 11:22AMTheatergoing 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…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:20AMUrbanArias, 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…
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMPostponed 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.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMEd 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…
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMPhysical theatre company Idle Motion tell Catherine Love about their determination and drive, revealing they've been anything but idle over the past few years.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:19AMProducers 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.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMPhilip 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…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:19AMLast 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMYesterday, 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMRebecca 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMThis 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMProducers 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.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMToday 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMTony 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&…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:17AMToday 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…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:17AMCasting 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:17AMThe Luminato lineup announced Wednesday is probably the boldest and most varied selection since the festival's launch in 2007.
Linked From Toronto.com at 11:16AMThree 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.…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:16AMThe Telegraph (UK) 03/14/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:16AMThe New York Times 03/14/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:16AMHunter 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…
Linked From The Craptacular at 11:12AMSome 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:10AMThe 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 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:10AM
Twyla 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…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 10:21AMThe 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.
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMComplete 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMThe 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…
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMBroadway 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…
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series will continue April 9 with an evening featuring theatre favorites Karen Mason and Brent Barrett.
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMA 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 10:18AMActor 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 …
Linked From The Guardian at 10:18AMEthan Lipton and his orchestra present an "ode to the unemployed" at Joe's Pub, as part of its NEA Funded New York Voices Series.
Linked From Backstage at 10:18AMOnce 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)…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:18AMTheatre 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. …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMMarines' 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMThe 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMThis 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…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:16AMProgramming 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…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMSeventy-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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:15AMPhilip 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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:15AMFollowing 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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:15AMReisterstown 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…
Linked From 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’…
Linked From 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…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
Jordan 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…
Linked From MSNBC at 09:58AMAt 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…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:21AMThe nominations for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards will be announced live and streamed simultaneously online March 15 at noon U.K. time (8 AM ET) from an event at the West End's…
Linked From Playbill at 09:17AMTheatre will feature strongly at the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, with 11 separate theatre productions in the programme launched this week.
Linked From The Stage at 09:15AMNEW YORK CITY CENTER ENCORES presents PIPE DREAM from March 28 - April 1 for 7 Performances only ORDER TODAY AND SAVE UP TO 30
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThe 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThe 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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:14AMThe 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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:08AMDisney’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…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:08AMThe 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…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
ATTENTION USERS: The Theatre Alliance is currently experiencing minor technical difficulties with our website. Access to some pages may be limited or unavailable. If you are unable to retrie…
Linked From Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia at 08:44AMIt may just be serendipity (or you know, Google controlling my every life experience) but I keep hearing about this group called the Awesome Foundation. First it was a story about the Seattl…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:42AMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the March 10, 2012, edition of On Stage.
Linked From NY1 at 08:42AMThe Sum of the Parts, the newest exhibition at Maryland Art Place, highlights artists who create their work…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:41AMAdapting Cinderella
Directed by Andrew Peters
Through March 25 at Glass Mind Theatre
OK, OK: Disney is evil. Not only because the entertainment giant creates highly commercial fan…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:41AMThe Addams Family
At the Hippodrome Theatre through March 18
More at weekly.citypaper.com
In this touring musical rendition of Charles Addams’ macabre cartoon, The Addams Family…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:41AMDandy Lion: Articulating a Re(de)fined Black Masculine Identity
Through May 13 at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
For more information, visit africanamericanculture.org
“A negro-b…
Linked From citypaper.com at 08:41AMThe 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…
Linked From WQXR at 08:40AMAs if theater-loving residents of N.Y.C. don't have enough shows on and off Broadway to keep them entertained, there's a theater in nearby Millburn, New Jersey that has been a popular audien…
Linked From artsamerica.org at 08:39AMTheatre Development Fund’s offices were buzzing with gratitude yesterday as the Tony Award’s Administration Committee announced that TDF’s Open Doors program will be among …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 08:39AMSometimes less really is more. This statement is certainly true when applied to the musical adaption of Stephen King’s Carrie, which has been reincarnated at the MCC’s Lucille Lortel The…
Linked From TheTheatreSource at 08:39AM“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…
Linked From New York Daily News at 08:38AMThe 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.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:38AMSaturday, 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…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:37AMThis is the second of a two-part post. You can read Part 1 here. Meet my friend and Marketing/PR Colleague, Pamela Smith. For the past 10 years, she has been running a PR Company called Elev…
Linked From Rebecca Coleman at 08:37AMEthan Lipton
Hometown: Van Nuys, California.
Current Town: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I’m rehearsing NO PLACE TO GO, a musical I wrote for my b…
Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:33AMI already know that in seven months when I look back at all of the live performances I saw in 2012, Tina Howe's Painting Churches at the Keen Company will be at the top of my favorites …
Linked From Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:31AMEven though it was the end of a very busy period at my day job and the eve of an out-of-town trip for which I hadn't yet packed, I couldn't resist catching the first preview of The Best…
Linked From Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:31AMA love story as old as time. A love so strong, it can cross dimensions into the afterlife. Yes, GHOST the Musical is a story so powerful that it needed to transfer from the screen to the sta…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:30AMHello Everyone! Luner on Theatre is back and of course, we are back talking about Broadway’s Spiderman! It looks as though Broadway’s Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark may soon be sa…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:30AMBREAKING NEWS: Hello Everyone! It has just been announced by producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders that tonight’s second scheduled preview of Evita on Broadway has been cancelled. …
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:30AMASPEN - 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 …
Linked From Aspen Times at 08:17AMFord’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…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:16AMBrian d'Arcy James, Dearbhla Molloy, Brian Murray, Jerry O'Connell, Denis O'Hare, and Ciaran O'Reilly discuss Irish heritage and Irish theater.
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:15AMLondon's Royal Court is to present its productions of Posh and Jumpy in the West End in collaboration with the Ambassador Theatre Group.
Linked From The Stage at 08:14AMHaving been pitched myself a few times in the past week and watching a few pitches, I wanted to offer this piece of advice. Feel free to take it or leave it. Stop pitching on the first meeti…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 08:14AMCelebrated director David Cromer returns to the off-Broadway theater scene with the new family drama "Tribes."
Linked From NY1 at 08:14AMAfter 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 …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:13AMThe 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…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:13AMLion Theatre at Theatre Row, Heiress Productions, Off Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: An oft-told story of siblings fighting over their childhood estate is helped by a cast of…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 08:09AMIt's been about 5 years since Raul Esparza last did a musical on Broadway and that's too long. But starting on April 3, he'll be singing and dancing and wearing a disco-ball jacket in Leap o…
Linked From Pataphysical Science at 08:02AMWe know where that couch has been.Inspired 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…
Linked From Pataphysical Science at 08:02AM
Robert Langevin on Maazel's Music for Flute
Principal Flute Robert Langevin discusses Lorin Maazel's Music for Flute, which he performed September 25-27, 2008
From:
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Linked From YouTube at 07:46AMTraditions of the Memphis National Tour: Silly and Delicious
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly t…
Linked From YouTube at 07:42AMPeter and the Starcatcher Meet-and-Greet
Check out Givenik.com's exclusive access to the press kick-off event for Peter and the Starcatcher. Learn about the origins story for the boy wh…
Linked From YouTube at 07:36AMThis 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33AMCornwall 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33AMDisney's NEWSIES on Broadway - First Day at the Nederlander Theatre
Go behind the scenes of Disney's NEWSIES on Broadway as the cast arrives at the Nederlander Theatre for the very …
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Short adds sizzle to spring gala
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Linked From Variety at 07:26AMA 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…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 07:25AMKeegan 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…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 07:15AMHere 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
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:13AMWhile 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, …
Linked From State of the Artist at 07:12AMIf it has been a while since you visited the Mt. Airy section of the city, now would be a good time to renew your acquaintance with one of Philly’s most eclectic neighborhoods. Located bet…
Linked From Philadelphia Weekly at 07:10AMBaldwin, an internationally renowned Broadway star, is returning to her roots in Shorewood next week to re-connect with with her hometown and her mentor, Drama Director Barbara Gensler.
Linked From shorewood.patch.com at 07:10AMMartin Short turned the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Spring Gala into an unofficial roast of “Chicago” director Rob Marshall on Monday night. Presenters, including Richard Gere, Matthe…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 07:10AMActress and playwright Begonya Plaza wrote a one-woman show about the revered Spanish nun Saint Teresa of Avila and gave it to an actor friend to read. “There’s no conflict here,” he t…
Linked From New York Daily News at 07:10AMA play about duality of a girl from China.
Linked From Philly.com at 07:10AMOn the stage, behind the set, up in the boxes or among the audience, musicians are playing a bigger role in today's Broadway musicals.
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Linked From The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:59AMBegonya Plaza's Teresa's Ecstasy officially opens March 14 at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre following previews that began March 4.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMOver 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…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMElevator 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…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMYvette 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 …
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMIt Shoulda Been You, the new musical about the perfect wedding that quickly unravels, begins performances March 14 at Washington's Village Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe Public Theater production of Ethan Lipton's No Place to Go, a musical ode to the unemployed, debuts at Joe's Pub March 14.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe 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.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMAcademy Award nominee and three-time Emmy Award nominee James Cromwell ("Babe," "L.A. Confidential," "The Queen," "Six Feet Under") is Pozzo in Mark T…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMRehearsal for The Wooster Group's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carré comingto World Stage 2012
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