The complete casting for the Carnegie Hall production of The Sound of Music has been announced. Joining Laura Osnes, who will play Maria Rainer, will be Mary Michael Patterson of Anything Go…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 08:55PMDr. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was 83 when he died in London in 1939. Mike Nussbaum, one of the genuine godfathers of Chicago theater, is a hale and hearty 89 years of age …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 08:54PMDance Moms Miami - Season 1 Episode 2 - Moms Making Waves - Todrick Hall Full Episode Recap
Dance Moms: Miami season 1 episode 2, "Moms Making Waves."
In this FYI recap, Todrick …
Linked From YouTube at 08:12PMJennifer Lopez Dance Again ft. Pitbull - Official Video Choreography - JR Taylor Interview
Jennifer Lopez released the steamy video for her latest single "Dance Again," which feat…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12PMJason: What is the Kennedy Center’s relationship with DC and the American theater? Gregg: The Kennedy Center proper is the nation’s performing arts center, and one of our principal inter…
Linked From HowlRound at 08:11PM“Based on a true story” is always a phrase that puts me off my feed. Usually the author is so dedicated to the details of the tale that s/he forgets to create a plot around which a play…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 08:08PMFor the six actors in Magic/Bird, the new play by Robert Simonson that just opened at the Longacre, the first scene must provide a head-to-toe thrill.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:03PMThe Acting Company’s modern-dress “Julius Caesar” is a speedy, well-spoken Shakespearean production, strong on clarity but less so on emotion.
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Syndicated morning show LIVE with Kelly announces the line-up of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa during the week of April 23-27, 2012. The lineup includes actor Matthew Broderick, wh…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:58PMIf you have to have a witch for a mother, you could do a lot worse than the enchantress in Imagination Stage’s “Rapunzel.” Sure, this black-arts virtuoso has a bad habit of turning acq…
Linked From Washington Post at 07:55PMWhat lies in the future for the critically praised organization? Music director Courtney Lewis has plans that will keep him with the Discovery Ensemble for some time.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 07:52PMNew York's Public Theater plans to stage the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim (nee Norman Cook) musical "Here Lies Love" next year. It will be directed by Alex Timbers ("Bloody Bloody Andrew Jack…
Linked From Paper Mag at 07:36PMBroadway gross ticket sales increased dramatically for the week ending April 8, with sales up $4 million (17.5%) from the previous week, mostly due to Easter weekend earnings.
Gross ticket …
Linked From Ticket News at 07:36PMSee the Obie-winning director and author Anne Bogart discuss her new book "Conversations with Anne Bogart," at the Drama Book Shop April 17 at 4 p.m.
Linked From Backstage at 07:36PMEric Simonson and Thomas Kail unsuccessfully translate basketball to the stage with “Magic/Bird,” based on the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
Linked From Backstage at 07:06PMAristic Director and creator Jamal Khoury has devised an evening of song and prose rooted in the vast, disparate geography and culture of the great Silk Road trade route, making for a though…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 07:03PMThe Anything Goes crew welcomed two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters aboard the S.S. American on April 11 to celebrate a very important milestone: cast member Joel Grey’s 80th b…
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MAGICBIRD, a new play from the team that brought LOMBARDI to the stage last season opened tonight, April 11, 2012 on Broadway. Let's see what the critics had to say
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMNEW YORK—Tug Coker grew up in suburban Virginia with an impossible dream: One day he'd love to play pro basketball.
Linked From Denver Post at 06:58PMThe Columnist, David Auburn's character study about the complexities and contradictions in the life and work of the late conservative journalist Joseph Alsop, got its first performance o…
Linked From Playbill at 06:54PMWe like to have our politics in black and white, with clear-cut ideologies defining who we are and how we wish to be governed. But life is more complex than that. So while some might head fo…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:52PMWhen was the last time you heard a theater audience scream in fright?! Okay, this critic merely jumped out of her seat, but there was a lot of shrieking going on in this intimate (50-seat) b…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 06:37PM"Those people could be my neighbors," I heard one woman remark at the conclusion of "After the Revolution," the current production at the Next Theatre in Evanston. Actually, Amy Herzog's imp…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:33PMCast members from the Broadway production of the musical Rock of Ages will perform at the American Airlines Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on Friday, April 13, wit…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:29PMPerfect Crime, the longest running play in New York's history, is set to host a 25th anniversary celebration on April 18, beginning at 7pm at the Snapple Theater Center.
Directed by Je…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:29PMTheater veterans Matthew Broderick, Mark Consuelos, and Mario Lopez will be among the upcoming guests hosts who will join Kelly Ripa on the popular morning talk show, LIVE! with Kelly.
Lope…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:29PMBernadette Peters and the cast of Anything Goes surprised Joel Grey with an on-stage birthday celebration following the Wednesday, February 11 matinee of the revival at the Stephen Sondheim …
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:29PMWU-SLam will perform Friday and Saturday
Linked From St. Louis Today at 06:20PMTony nominee Orfeh will play mother of the groom to her Pomeranian Boo in mid-May, according to The Wall Street Journal. The pup will marry a Chihuahua named Piper, owned by Orfeh's frie…
Linked From portland.broadway.com at 06:03PMThirty years ago, Los Angeles Lakers star Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Boston Celtics great Larry Bird started a rivalry on the basketball court that turned into one of the greates…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:03PMMikhail Baryshnikov immigrated to the West from the Soviet Union, becoming an international ballet superstar. Now, at age 64, his destinations have changed – he doesn’t dance much in the…
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A couple of new musicals, Liberace bio-tuner "All That Glitters" and pirate tale "Treasure Island," have each set the stage for the next step in development.
Linked From Variety at 05:54PMAnnie Tony Award nominee Andrea McArdle will join the previously reported Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis for the upcoming industry readings of the new Air Supply musical Lost In Love.
Linked From Playbill at 05:53PMAdirondack Theatre Festival will stage five events this summer between June 26-July 28 at the Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls, NY. Works by A.R. Gurney, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Woo…
Linked From Playbill at 05:53PMChoreographed by Ji?í Kylián and Michael Schumacher and performed by former members of Nederlands Dans Theater, “Last Touch First” is a triumph.
Linked From Backstage at 05:43PMActor-author-director Gerda Stevenson pulls off an impressive hat trick in “Federer Versus Murray,” a moving one-act about loss, denial, blame, and escape.
Linked From Backstage at 05:43PMWhile American and British playwrights have already mounted plays about the post-9/11 wars, all has been quiet on the Canadian theatrical front. That silence is about to be broken as three n…
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 05:41PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, April 11, 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 05:31PMBroadway and television star Chris Noth and Tara Wilson were married in Hawaii on April 6, according to People.com. The couple have a four-year-old son named Orion Christopher.
Noth has a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:27PMPace University has announced An Evening with Zoe Caldwell for their Master Series. The event will be held Monday, April 23, at 6pm at the university's Michael Schimmel Center for the A…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:27PMCasting has been announced for Miracle On South Division Street, by Tom Dudzick, directed by Joe Brancato. Performances begin April 25 at St. Luke's Theatre.
Miracle On South Division…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:27PMProspect Theater Company will present Cole Porter's Nymph Errant, July 7-29 at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. Will Pomerantz will direct. Musical direction will be by Jim Bassi.
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Linked From TheaterMania at 05:27PMAxis Theatre Company's Number 14 (photo: David Cooper)Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) launched what artistic director, Lise Ann Johnson, is calling "a season full of heart and humour."…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:09PMMichael Shannon (Mistakes Were Made), Reed Birney (A Small Fire) and Merrit Weaver (The Illusion) will star in Annie Baker’s off-Broadway adaptation of Uncle Vanya, according to The Ne…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:03PMBroadway stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors.…
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Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of THE COLUMNIST, by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan began previews on April 4 a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMAccording to a report by Deadline.com, Danny Glover, Barry Levinson, Pablo Schreiber, Ed Begley Jr., Bob Balaban and Kathleen Chalfant have joined the fray in Stephen Frears HBO film Muhamma…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMNext week on SMASH, Bombshell is turned upside-down by the arrival of movie star Rebecca Duvall special guest star Uma Thurman. Karen Katharine McPhee and Ivy Megan Hilty are drawn into an u…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMAccess Hollywood recently interviewed CHICAGO Roxie Hart actor and former supermodel Christie Brinkley. Brinkley discussed her ex-husband, Billy Joel, and how spending time together at their…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMTony winner Scarlett Johansson, who is rumored to return to Broadway in an upcoming revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, will show off her singing skills in the upcoming 'Days of Grace.' Johans…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMAcademy Award nominee Michael Shannon, Tony nominees Maria Dizzia and Peter Friedman, as well as Reed Birney and Georgia Engel have been announced to appear in the new adaptation of Anton Ch…
Linked From Playbill at 04:51PMThe cast of Broadway's Once performed on "The Late Show With David Letterman" March 29 before heading to the Jacobs for their evening performance. Company member J. Michael Zyg…
Linked From Playbill at 04:51PMWestinghouse Academy Pittsburgh, PA Reported by: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher March 30, 2012 Do I speak for all teachers when I say that we si…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 04:50PMRed, a transfixing, combative two-hander at Hartford's TheaterWorks through May 6th, boasts detailed, forceful performances by Jonathan Epstein as Mark Rothko and Tomas Leverton as his assis…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 04:31PM"Evita" on Broadway, starring Ricky Martin, gets a big, bad review from Rex Reed.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 04:31PMI apologize in advance for how angry this blog post is. I normally try to be somewhat restrained (while still spunky!) with my rhetoric but sometimes you just gotta unload. Richard Dare, CEO…
Linked From Parabasis at 04:31PMStage and screen star Florence Henderson will present her one-woman show, All the Lives of Me...A Musical Journey on Friday, April 13 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm at Princeton's McCarter Theate…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:27PMThe 2012-13 season includes shows at the Orpheum, O'Shaughnessy and Ted Mann Concert Hall.
Linked From StarTribune at 04:27PML.A. Theatre Works will release the full cast audio recording of the Los Angeles premiere of Dustin Lance Black's play 8 for both purchase and digital download on June 1.
As previous…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:27PMCasting has been announced for Soho Repertory Theatre's production of Annie Baker's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, to run June 7-July 15. Sam Gold will direct the …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:27PMThe Pasadena Playhouse has announced that South Coast Repertory's production of August Wilson's Jitney, directed by Ron OJ Parson, will transfer to The Pasadena Playhouse immediate…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:27PMFreud's Last Session, which is currently running at the Mercury Theater, has announced plans to present a post-show talkback series, May 11-20.
For the series, the production is inviti…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:27PMThe recent Paper Mill Playhouse production of DAMN YANKEES was so nice that I saw it twice. (Those in Seattle will be able to catch this production from April 21 to May 20, 2012.) That the o…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 04:26PMAs I carve out time and brain space to write this post, I am flooded with pride for the artists producing independent theater in DC. There have been many companies that have been “born” …
Linked From HowlRound at 04:04PMMichael Shannon, Reed Birney and Merritt Wever will be in the cast of Annie Baker's adaptation of the Chekhov play.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:04PMMary Michael Patterson (Anything Goes) and Nick Spangler (The Book of Mormon) will play young lovers Liesl von Trapp and Rolf Gruber in Carnegie Hall's April 24 concert of The …
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Casting is now complete for Carnegie Hall's upcoming concert presentation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, which is scheduled for April 24 at 8 PM in th…
Linked From Playbill at 03:51PMTime Out Lounge at New World Stages will host By Your Side, a musical showcase featuring the tunes of singer-songwriter Drew Overcash, April 22.
Linked From Playbill at 03:51PMSecond-generation singers see their inheritances as both enriching and challenging
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 03:50PMGreat performances across the board in The Tales of Hoffman, but the music director missed the light touch and irony of the style
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 03:50PM"Don't tell him, Pike!" (letters, April 5) was a fitting memory of Arthur Lowe's guarded advice to his junior in Dad's Army that went adrift when uttered in the presence of (much missed acto…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMDavid Smiles died in Wanganui, New Zealand, on January 30, aged 77.
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMYour correspondent, Patricia David, provides only part of the picture regarding the Futurist (letters, March 22).
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMI'm an author and playwright and wanted to submit a script to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, because the play is about a (fictional) Irish genius. To my surprise theatre staff informed me that t…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMA number of points need to be made about Clive Hurst's extraordinary letter seemingly castigating George Clooney's support for human rights in Sudan when he (Clooney) and others supposedly n…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMEntertainment lighting specialist, White Light, recently supplied equipment and support services to Mr Dickens and the Actors - a production marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cha…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMDanish lighting designer, Kasper Christiansen of VisuaLies, recently used a combination of Clay Paky Shotlight Washes and Alpha Profile 1500s on pioneering punk band, Sort Sol's, recent Dani…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMLab.gruppen and Lake have announced details of a new training and certification programme being launched next month.
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMLoathe as I am to contradict the minister for culture, I should point out that not all the organisations that lost their arts council revenue funding from April 1 did so on the basis of "art…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMImpact, the trade distribution company for sound, lighting and staging, now has six new UK branches up-and-running - in Park Royal (north London), Belvedere (south London), Glasgow, Edinburg…
Linked From The Stage at 03:44PMThe British theatre regularly throws up an embarrassment of riches. In the last week, while I was away in the US, not one but two separate studio productions of Uncle Vanya opened to nationa…
Linked From The Stage at 03:43PMJust quick reminder that this your last week to catch Hunter Parrish in Godspell! Hunter’s last performance will be this Sunday, April 15th at 7:30 PM. And let me just say, if you…
Linked From Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 03:41PMCan you hum the Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann? Of course you can, even if you think you cannot. Can you provide a synopsis of the plot? Of course not, even if you suppose that you ca…
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 03:39PMSILENCE! will not be silenced! One of Off-Broadway's biggest current hits, SILENCE! The Musical -- the tuneful spoof that's an unauthorized parody of the Oscar-winning film Silence of the La…
Linked From www.nyluxury.com at 03:36PMEarly adopters take note: the Athens, Alabama-based quartet will be bringing their rollicking blues-rock to New York tonight on the heels of the release of their debut album, Boys & Girls, w…
Linked From papermag.com at 03:36PMThe service organization for the region's theaters, which has spearedheaded many projects including the Barrymore Awards, is dissolving. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
Linked From Philly.com at 03:36PMSoho Theatre, LondonThe title says it all. Cartoon de Salvo's latest show comes freshly minted every night using the long-form improvisation that the engaging company previously utilised in …
Linked From The Guardian at 03:36PMAs the director of 2012's Brighton festival, Vanessa Redgrave hopes to save the Earth, fix the economy and uncover the real origins of the Arab spring. So why does Michael Billington th…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:36PMThe New York Times attempts to explain the recent closing of CARRIE by interviewing producers not connected to the show. That's sort of like asking executives at Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile…
Linked From Extra Criticum at 03:36PMBlair Underwood makes his Broadway debut as Stanley in the revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Linked From Backstage at 03:36PMIn the Red Bank show, the singer freely owns up to three score and two years.
Linked From NJ.com at 03:36PMTracie Bennett’s performance as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow is as exhausting to watch, as it must be to perform. With all of her ups and downs and neurotic behaviour, Bennett’s…
Linked From The AndyGram at 03:36PMAlso: Lorna Luft hosts "Center Stage Celebration."
Linked From NJ.com at 03:36PMMy theater review for the LA Weekly this week has been dubbed the ‘Pick of the Week.’ Read all about The Bungler, the hilarious farce by 17th century French playwright Molière,…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:33PMAndrea Martin is headed to Second City's UP comedy club with her semi-autobiographical show, "Final Days! Everything Must GO!."
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:31PMLake Como in Rome is set to present the Chicago premiere of Bernard-Marie Koltès' Night Just Before the Forest, to run May 17-June 16 at The Viaduct Theater. Elisabeth Barni…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMTony Award winner Donna Murphy will play the Witch in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park presentation of the musical, Into the Woods, to perform at the Delacorte Theater, July…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMBrian Copeland's solo show The Waiting Period, which is currently running at The Marsh, has been extended through May 26.
The Waiting Period is a look at the ten-day period in Copeland…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMComplete casting has been announced for Carnegie Hall's presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, to be presented at 8pm on Tuesday, April 24. Gary Griffin wi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMCole Escola, John Hill, Paul Iacono, Rob Maitner, and Ian Scott McGregor will be featured in Justin Sayre Is Alive and Well... Writing, to be presented at Ars Nova on April 20 and 21 at 8pm.…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMStage and screen Florence Henderson will present her one-woman show, All the Lives of Me...A Musical Journey on Friday, April 13 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm at Princeton's McCarter Theater and…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:27PMThe Caldwell Theatre Company, the region’s second oldest professional theater still in operation, has cancelled its last show of the season and is considering every possible scenario for i…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 03:26PMChristina Ricci, a film actor who suffered from stage fright during her first play, has returned to the theater.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMLegit News:
Actress joins cast of outdoor production
Linked From Variety at 03:22PMGCB mean girl Kristin Chenoweth is such a sweetheart in real life that Bravo’s Andy Cohen couldn’t resist the opportunity to see the Tony winner throw some shade during her …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMAs Mary Jane Watson, the object of Peter Parker’s affection in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Rebecca Faulkenberry is often a damsel in distress. But when the actress invited Broadway.…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMTwo-time Tony winner Donna Murphy will star as The Witch in the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale musical Into the Woods, according to t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:01PMApollo, London: At a time when London's commercial sector has all but abandoned the serious play and so many of the more intimate theatres that once would have housed them are permanent…
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMPalace, Manchester: "Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation/ darkness stirs and wakes imagination/ silently the senses abandon their defences," the Phantom famously sings in…
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMDanielle Kennedy and Beth Kennedy, mother and daughter, discuss their separate specialties within the trenches of LA theater comedy. Danielle is about to open in Bart DeLorenzo’s staging o…
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As first reported exclusively by BroadwayWorld.com last week, the Public Theater confirmed today that Tony Award-winner Donna Murphy has been cast as The Witch in Stephen Sondheim and James …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMPatrick Healy, New York Times reporter on the theater beat, is set to return to THEATER TALK in an all-new interview about the contentious SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK lawsuit between the sh…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMCarnegie Hall today announced the complete cast for its gala benefit performance of The Sound of Music on Tuesday, April 24 at 800 p.m. in Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage. New to the cast are…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMSean Grennan's Making God Laugh, a comedy inspired by the Woody Allen quote, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans," will have its Chicago premiere May 3 at Theat…
Linked From Playbill at 02:49PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy will cast a spell as the Witch in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park revival of Into the Woods this summer. The role of the wise but cro…
Linked From Playbill at 02:49PMIn this summer's Shakespeare in the Park production, she joins a cast that includes Amy Adams and Jessie Mueller.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:39PMOn Tuesday, April 10, The Collegiate Chorale presented The Mikado at Carnegie Hall with Ted Sperling at the helm as part of the company's 2012 Spring Benefit honoring Norman Peck and Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:26PMShamas, AloneNot really a play...but it is theatreby Jim MurchisonI have a confession to make. I am not now, nor have I ever been a woman. I am a little embarrassed that I have had no experi…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 02:08PM(l - r) Andriana Chuchman as Olympia, Steven Cole as Cochenille and Michael Barrett as Spalanzani (Photo: Michael Cooper)Beyond ExpectationsCOC delivers a minor miracleby Axel Van CheeOffenb…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 02:08PMNutterThe 22nd SummerWorks Festival (August 9-19) will feature 40 plays as chosen by a jury for this not-quite-fringe event.Among the many notables are a new work by Daniel MacIvor, Johanna …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 02:08PMVancouver Playhouse is no more but, as they say, the show must go on and Arts Club is providing plenty to fill the void. The company's three houses - Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Granv…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 02:08PMMagic/Bird, the dramatic retelling of the infamous rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, opens tonight on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Kevin Daniels and Tug Coker play the famou…
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 02:05PMAmerican Idol finalist Syesha Mercado will star in Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ musical Once On This Island at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse. Directed by Thomas Kail and…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:01PMA starry cast is in negotiations for a modern film adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, written and directed by Christian Camargo (The Hurt Locker, Dexter) according to Variety. Katie …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:01PMTickets are now available for off-Broadway’s sexy new play Cock. Written by Mike Bartlett and directed by James MacDonald, the Olivier Award-winning play stars Alcatraz's Jaso…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:01PMGlee is finally back after a seven-week hiatus! When we last left the McKinley High gang, Quinn was involved in a horrific car accident, Sue announced she was pregnant (cue snarky comment fr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:01PMChristie Brinkley recently stopped by Access Hollywood to discuss her return to Chicago as Roxie Hart. During her interview, the supermodel credited her famous ex-husband, Billy Jo…
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What a novelty–a musical that’s literally about the music! In these ’post Andrew Lloyd Webber” days of seismically over sized glitz and special effects, it’s often easy for a s…
Linked From Buck-ing Trends at 01:57PMPerhaps one of the greatest mysteries of cultural life in San Francisco at the present time is how Pop-Up Magazine manages to sell out Davies Symphony Hall, one of the city's biggest venues …
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 01:57PMA Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch, began its limited Broadway run at the Broadh…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMOn Twitter Watch, Jeremy Jordan amp Paul Nolan wrote For those interested, Im singing the national anthem on Friday at 1pm Est for opening day at Yankee Stadium. Um... AHHHHOne week from the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMThe set of Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES has been open to the public since filming began in Greenwich, UK last week. And with such a generous offer, plenty of fans have taken adv…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMThe international hit musical Wicked, which is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire and features a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, has made its creators multimillion…
Linked From Playbill at 01:49PMAn all-new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which stars Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega and brings a multi-ethnic frame to the New Orl…
Linked From Playbill at 01:49PMThe San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced recipients of its Excellence in Theatre Awards on April 2. The honors are for work seen in California's Bay Area in 2011.
Linked From Playbill at 01:49PMAsk Playbill.com got curious about the facts behind Newsies antagonist Joseph Pulitzer. Read all about it.
Linked From Playbill at 01:49PMAaron Carter has signed on to extend his run in off-Broadway’s The Fantasticks. The former teen sensation and recording artist has played the rebellious young romantic Matt at the Snapple …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:49PMRock Week sent "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd rolling out of the contest on the popular ABC competition show.
Linked From Backstage at 01:37PMJeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ben Fankhauser, John Dosset and the cast of Disney's "Newsies" joined Playbill to celebrate
their opening night on Broadway, March 29.
Linked From YouTube at 01:32PMWhatsonstage.com's Theatre Club are attending an Outing to Richard Bean's multi award-winning comedy One Man, Two Guvnors this evening (11 April 2012).
The production, which won Bean the Be…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:32PMElena Roger, Michael Cerveris , Ricky Martin and Max von Essen took to the red carpet to celebrate the April 5 opening night of "Evita," which returned to Broadway after almost 30 years. The…
Linked From YouTube at 01:32PMOn Tuesday, April 10, Clint Holmes returned to the Café Carlyle with his solo show This Thing Called Love, a program juxtaposing the love songs of Cole Porter and Paul Simon.
Gue…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:26PMManhattan Movement and Arts Center will present the second annual Dance Against Cancer, a gala event to benefit the American Cancer Society, May 7 at 6pm.
Produced by New York City Ballet…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:26PMa photofeature which takes you inside and behind the scenes of the newly restored Howard It’ll be a hot time in DC’s Shaw neighborhood this week as the venerable, historic Howard Theatre…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 01:20PMAnthony Page’s production of this bleak Eugene O’Neill play is moving – but not gruelling, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMOscar winner Tom Hanks is considering making his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s latest stage project, according to the New York Post. The piece, Stories About McAlary, centers on the …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMAll That Glitters, a musical about the life of flamboyant entertainer Liberace, is eyeing a Broadway run in April 2013. Directed, composed and choreographed by Alexander DeJong, the sh…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMThe New York Yankees will get a little boost from Broadway for their home opener at Yankee Stadium on April 13. Newsies leading man Jeremy Jordan will kick off the afternoon by singing …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMTony nominees Pablo Schreiber and Kathleen Chalfant will join previously announced stars Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella and Benjamin Walker in the HBO film Muhammad Ali’s Gre…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMTickets are now on sale for the world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s comedy Medieval Play at the Irene Diamond Stage in off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Starring …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMTickets are now on sale for Signature Theatre's Title and Deed, starring Conor Lovett. Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett and written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno, Title an…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:01PMThe Movie Musical by Jan R. Let’s discuss a delicate issue amongst theater folk: The Movie Musical. The concept has always been controversial; to some, it’s an exciting new way to experi…
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Name: James Patrick NelsonHometown: Los AngelesEducation: B.F.A. Boston University School of Theatre, with a semester at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic ArtsSelect Credits: Off-Broa…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:55PMBroadway vet and GCB star Kristin Chenoweth joined Bravo's Andy Cohen on last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE. Chenoweth was challenged to play Cohen's popular game show 'Plead the Fifth'. S…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThe STARZ Original Series BOSS is set to premiere its second season on Friday, August 17th at 10pm ETPT. Joining the ensemble cast as series regulars this season are Jonathan Groff Spring A…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMPaper Mill Playhouse has just announced that American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado has been cast as Ti Moune in the Millburn, New Jersey, theaters production of Once On This Island book and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMAccording to Variety, Broadway veteran Christian Camargo will make his ig screen directorial debut with a modern film version of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL. Camargo also wrote the script f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMRamin Karimloo appeared yesterday in Dress Circle's London store to sign copies of his latest album Ramin. View photos below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMNow onstage at The Larry Keeton Theatre, in a winning production directed by Ginger Newman and choreographed by Kate Adams-Johnson, Smokey Joes Caf offers audiences one of the best nights of…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMAdventure and redemption are at the heart of THE BURNT PART BOYS, a brand new family-friendly musical inflected with the rich musical sounds of the Appalachia region. From the creative tea…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:51PMChristian Camargo, who was seen on Broadway in All My Sons and Skylight, will make his directorial debut with an untitled, modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, according to V…
Linked From Playbill at 12:48PMBay Street Theatre's First Annual Honors Benefit will be presented April 30 at 6 PM at the Manhattan Penthouse, 80 5th Avenue.
Linked From Playbill at 12:48PM"American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado will play Ti Moune in the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production production of Once On This Island, which features book and lyrics b…
Linked From Playbill at 12:48PMTony Award-winning actress Donna Murphy will join singer-songwriter Todd Almond for a one-night-only concert, Todd Almond Loves You, April 16 at le Poisson Rouge.
Linked From Playbill at 12:48PMSinger-actor Tony Vincent, most recently seen on Broadway in American Idiot, was eliminated from the NBC reality singing competition "The Voice" on the April 10 broadcast following…
Linked From Playbill at 12:48PMThe Brick Theater, Core Creative Productions and Resonance Ensemble PresentRINO by Zack Calhoon,Directed by Alberto BonillaMy Fellow Americans:My name is Zack Calhoo…
Linked From Visible Soul at 12:44PMLaurence Connor's new touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened in Manchester last night (10 April 2012, previews from 4 April).
The production, which is b…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:31PMThe next iteration of the New Play Map is on the way! We have completed the first of four “sprints” with our software developers, Quilted. We want to keep you informed of our progress as…
Linked From HowlRound at 12:28PMStage and screen legend Liza Minnelli will perform at Bay Street Theatre's first annual Honors Benefit, to be held at the Manhattan Penthouse (80 5th Avenue in NYC) on Monday, April 30 …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:25PMBrown Paper Box Co. is set to present its second annual staged reading of Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney's spoof Reefer Madness! The Musical, April 20 at 11:30pm at Stage 773. M. William…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:25PMAmerican Idol finalist Syesha Mercado will star as Ti Moune in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical, Once on This Island, to be presented May 30-Ju…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:25PMFlorida Studio Theatre's Richard and Betty Burdick Play Reading Series will present staged readings of three new plays by American playwrights, May 7-21 in the Keating Theatre. The ser…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:25PMThe service organization for the region's theaters, which has spearedheaded many projects including the Barrymore Awards, is dissolving. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
Linked From Philly.com at 12:23PMAlabama Shakes perform at Bowery BallroomEarly adopters take note: the Athens, Alabama-based quartet will be bringing their rollicking blues-rock to New York tonight on the heels of the rele…
Linked From Paper Mag at 12:18PMThe actor on Joss Whedon's delayed "Cabin in the Woods" and making his Broadway debut in "Death of a Salesman."
Linked From Backstage at 12:18PMOrganisers announce that viewers will be able to watch the ceremony on the web, and confirm lineup of celebrity presentersFor the first time in their history, the Olivier awards will be watc…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:18PMMike Daisey, the New York theater performer who got into trouble earlier this year when it was revealed that he fabricated elements of his play about Apple, has already begun planning his ne…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:18PMShakespeare's Globe Theatre in London is in the middle of a political skirmish as a group of British cultural figures are demanding that the company disinvite an Israeli theater organization…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 12:18PMJamie Glover cuts an exceedingly dashing figure as matinee idol Garry Lejeune in the hit West End revival of Noises Off, which has transferred from the Old Vic to the Novello Theatre for an …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:01PMTony nominee Orfeh (Legally Blonde) will play mother of the groom to her Pomeranian Boo in mid-May, according to The Wall Street Journal. The pup will marry a Chihuahua named Piper, owned by…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:01PMTony winner Dame Judi Dench is in discussion to play an aging Alice in a new take on Alice in Wonderland from Tony winner John Logan, according to the New York Post. Directed by Tony winner …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:01PMBroadway veteran Tony Vincent was eliminated from NBC's singing competition The Voice on April 10.
During the show's initial blind audition round, the American Idiot, Jesus Christ …
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They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but what about a song? Can one picture inspire a song? How about fifteen photos? Each photo creates a different song completely disconnected from the…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:59AMThe music that ignited a generation and heats up Broadway every night in ROCK OF AGES is coming to American Airlines Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK on Friday, April …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMOn last night's episode of THE VOICE on NBC, Broadway star and new dad Tony Vincent, was eliminated from the competition.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMToday, April 11, Broadway legend Joel Grey celebrates his 80th birthday Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMAaron Lazar, who last appeared on Broadway in the revival of A Little Night Music, will perform an April 16 solo concert at Joe's Pub.
Linked From Playbill at 11:47AMSinger-actor Tony Vincent, most recently seen on Broadway in American Idiot, was eliminated from the NBC reality singing competition "The Voice" on the April 10 broadcast.
Linked From Playbill at 11:47AMThe next episode of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," titled "The Movie Star," will air April 16 at 10 PM ET.
Linked From Playbill at 11:47AMTony Award nominees Pablo Schreiber, Bob Balaban and Kathleen Chalfant as well as Danny Glover, Barry Levinson and Ed Begley Jr. have joined the cast of HBO's "Muhammad Ali's Gr…
Linked From Playbill at 11:47AMThe singer brilliantly juxtaposes and combines the work of Cole Porter and Paul Simon in his wonderful new show at the Cafe Carlyle.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group has sold the West End's Palace Theatre to Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer's Nimax Theatres, according to WhatsOnStage.com.
The Pal…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMThe Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene brings the internationally acclaimed Israeli theatre artist Mendy Cahan to New York for a three-show engagement May 19 and …
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMGeva Theatre Center's 2012 Nextstage Season concludes with Two Jews Walk Into a War… by Seth Rozin which will perform at the Fielding Nextstage, April 27-May 20. Melia Bensussen d…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMLa MaMa will continue its Monday Nights at La MaMa series, on Monday, April 23 at 8pm at the Ellen Stewart Theater with an evening featuring celebrated artists in conversation -- director An…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMThe Kimmel Center has announced casting for Louise Roche's Girls Night: The Musical, to run April 18-May 13 at the Kimmel Center Innovation Studio. Sonya Carter will direct.
Girls Nig…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:24AMSet in the Roaring Twenties, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows the madcap adventures of the original "dumb blonde," Lorelei Lee, as she sets sail for Europe with her best friend Dorothy Shaw.…
Linked From YouTube at 11:15AMPilobolus, the quirky and popular dance ensemble, will perform April 27 and 28 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 11:13AMListen to this tasty morsel of a conversation I eavesdropped on just last week . . . Producer #1: How are negotiations going with the actors for NAME OF NEW PLAY? Producer #2: I came up …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:05AMNice Work If You Can Get It, currently in previews at the Imperial Theatre, is a very specific throwback of a musical. It is an original (mostly and meaning written today) show that ta…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 11:01AMWelcome to Capital Sound! My new column will focus on covering the music scene in the local area around Washington,, DC. Any night one can hear the rhythms and beats seeping out of the count…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AMTony nominee Orfeh (Legally Blonde) will play mother of the groom to her Pomeranian Boo in mid-May, according to The Wall Street Journal. The pup will marry a Chihuahua named Piper, owned by…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:00AMThe game is on for Magic/Bird, starring Kevin Daniels as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Tug Coker as Larry Bird, as the new basketball drama opens on April 11 at the Longacre Th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatres sold London’s Palace Theatre to Nimax Theatres Limited’s Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer. In 2005, Burns and Weitzenhoffer pur…
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New short-term insurance packages for fringe participants have been put together by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society working with specialist insurance companies Wrightsure and Rees Astl…
Linked From The Stage at 10:58AMAtlanta's Alliance Theatre launches its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock ghost musical tonight, April 11. The show plays now through May 13. King, Mell…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMToday in 1991, Miss Saigon opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 4092 performances. Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schnberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil an…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMIT'S DECEMBER 1968 AND JUDY GARLAND is poised to make a triumphant comeback again. In a London hotel room with her young new fiance a perfectly cast Tom Pelphrey New York Times and trusted p…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMTony and Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench, who will be seen in the new James Bond film "Skyfall," may return to the London stage.
Linked From Playbill at 10:46AMThe world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, the new musical about a Texas-set endurance competition, will star Tony Award winner Jarrod Emick and Tony nominees Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster …
Linked From Playbill at 10:46AMThree actors will play the role of Wladziu Valentino Liberace in a "pre-Broadway workshop" of the new musical All That Glitters, which will be presented May 8-11 at the Baryshnikov…
Linked From Playbill at 10:46AMThe Word of God… something to die for?
Linked From The Independent at 10:39AMFollowing his astonishing success two years ago in All My Sons, David Suchet returned to the Apollo theatre last night (10 April 2012, previews from 2 April) in another classic American play…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:29AMStage veteran Woody Harrelson, along with Matthew McConaughey, will star in the television drama series True Detective, according to a report on Deadline.com. Cary Fukunaga will direct the…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:23AMLantern Theater Company has announced the productions scheduled for its 2012-2013 season, which begins in September.
The Lantern opens its 19th season with a remount of David Ives' Ne…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:23AMAdditional casting has been announced for the HBO movie Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, according to a report on Deadline.com. As previously announced, Stephen Frears is directing the p…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:23AMThe Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird will open at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, April 11. Thomas Kail directs the production.
The show chronicles the rivalry, fri…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:23AMLos Angeles' oldest non-profit repertory theater Company of Angels presents L.A VIEWS V - April 29, 1992 a 10-Minute Play Festival by Company of Angels Playwrights Group, to open April …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:23AMWe love Broadway and we love memes, so we present you…Broadway Memes! These are all in good fun, don’t take it too seriously. We love all the people featured in these memes, incl…
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Dave Anderson, Gerda Stevenson, Ben BrydenApril 11, 2011: 59 East 59 Theaters welcomed Glasgow-based Communicado Theatre Company to the Scotland week celebrations with the US premiere of F…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 09:58AMThe Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbachis held together by great singing by the cast.
Linked From Toronto.com at 09:56AMIn 2005 Andrew Lloyd Webbers Really Useful Theatres sold his four playhouses, the Lyric, Apollo, Garrick and Duchess theatres to Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer who formed Nimax Theatres Li…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMOn the upcoming episode of NBC's new musical drama SMASH entitled 'The Movie Star', Bombshell is turned upside-down by the arrival of movie star Rebecca Duvall special guest star Uma Thurman.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMThe Collegiate Chorale presented Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Carnegie Hall last night, April 10 featuring soloists Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Christopher Fitzgerald, Victoria Cla…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMAnd Other Theater News BriefsNew Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre will receive a grant of $224,5000 over four years by The Werth Family Foundation for its in-school residency program. Th…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 09:50AMMax Stafford-Clark, who directed the world premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good at the Royal Court in 1988, is to return to the play for a new U.K. tour that will …
Linked From Playbill at 09:45AMThis year's Lost Musicals season at London's Lilian Baylis Theatre at Sadler's Wells, featuring concert productions of shows that have been mostly lost since their first incarnat…
Linked From Playbill at 09:45AMThe New York Post reports that Nora Ephron has spoken with Academy Award winner Tom Hanks about the possibility of the acclaimed motion picture star making his Broadway debut in her new play…
Linked From Playbill at 09:45AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has sold London's Palace Theatre, which is located on Shaftesbury Avenue and is currently home to Stage Entertainment's revival of Chichester Festival Theatre'…
Linked From Playbill at 09:45AMChristian Camargo will direct a new film version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, according to a report in Variety. His wife, actress Juliet Rylance, is producing the picture.
Camargo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:22AMBroadway star Tony Vincent was eliminated from NBC's reality-talent competition The Voice on Tuesday, April 10 on the team mentored by pop superstar CeeLo Green.
On The Voice, contest…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:22AMLegit News:
Burns, Weitzenhoffer nab iconic tuner venue
Linked From Variety at 09:21AMTwo-time Tony-nominee Gavin Creel is on a roll–and it’s rolling him into a theater near you. Producers just announced that he’ll be playing the lead in the first national t…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:20AMI recently attended a preview performance of this whimsical and inventive prequel to Peter Pan, and I thought I'd offer readers the chance to win (1) voucher (for two tickets for any perform…
Linked From That Sounds Cool at 09:16AMThe energy at Joe’s Pub was infectious on April 9 as the short-lived, but much loved, Lysistrata Jones cast performed their Class Reunion concert. The quirky Douglas Carter Beane musical, …
Linked From Stage Rush at 09:16AMThe lovely people at my state arts foundation sent me some information about National Endowment programs today that I thought I would share. The first is that there will be a webinar for the…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:13AMArias with a Twist, at Woolly Mammoth Theatre is a playful (and very adult!) romp through the naughtier places of the psyche. Basil Twist and Joey Arias (Photo: Steven Menendez) Talented p…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:12AMI was a part of the first Helen Hayes Awards in 1985. That day, I discovered that behind some iconic images were some of the greatest people I have ever met. Reggie Ray (Photo: Tony Powell) …
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Linked From Halcyon Theatre at 09:10AMInitially I am resistant to responding to this essay question as it’s tough coming up with something original, something not obvious or something that’s not already been said. The questi…
Linked From theatrewashington.org at 09:09AMThe Writer Speaks is an ongoing one act festival that features plays written by local and worldwide playwrights, performed by local actors. Join Three Roses Players for their festival of fiv…
Linked From Footlights at 09:09AMBilly Elliot, the recipient of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical is coming to the Pantages Theater and we have tickets just for you. You have to be on our theatre lovers list to get the …
Linked From Footlights at 09:09AMJoan Miro, large blue stained glass at Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, detail The wild flowers are yellow and purple and the hills are terraced with olives, and amidst it is w…
Linked From Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 09:08AMThe Soldier Dreams
By Daniel MacIvor, Directed by Steven J. Satta-Fleming
Through April 21 at Theatre Project
We here at
City Paper
have fallen all over ourselves praising…
Linked From citypaper.com at 09:08AMReasons to be pretty
By Neil LaBute, Directed by Peter Shipley
At the Maryland Institute College of Art BBOX April 12 and 14
Neil LaBute is known for his true-to-life, often dark …
Linked From citypaper.com at 09:08AMBenjamin Busch, author of the new memoir Dust to Dust (Ecco, hardcover), writes with the precision of a stonemason, the courage of a combat veteran, and the inquisitiveness of an artist, whi…
Linked From citypaper.com at 09:08AMComedian Jim Breuer is widely recognized for performing the Goat Boy and Joe Pesci characters on Saturday Night Live, and for participating in the ’90s stoner film Half Baked. His Podcast …
Linked From citypaper.com at 09:08AMLast spring Lincoln Center Theater presented 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog under the auspices of its Lincoln Center Theater 3 – a program with the motto of “new artists and new audiences” …
Linked From WQXR at 09:08AMWalk The Line
Through May 26 at School 33 Art Center
More at weekly.citypaper.com
By day, Michelle Joan Wilkinson is director of collections and exhibitions at the Reginald F. Lew…
Linked From citypaper.com at 09:08AMThe times they are a-changing’ – at least in some ways. In others, they have not changed at all. While America may be steeped in nostalgia for “the good old days” and “the grea…
Linked From TheTheatreSource at 09:07AMThe actress plays a cantankerous diva for Primary Stages – Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles With silver hair…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:06AMThe New York Times has a post-mortem on the closing of the recent MCC revival of the infamous musical Carrie, (which flopped on Broadway back in 1988.)But if you didn't get down to New York …
Linked From Art Hennessey at 09:01AMIt’s spring, and I’m starting a whole new speaking cycle! Lots of great workshops and classes over the next couple of months, and I’m going to share them with you this week…
Linked From Rebecca Coleman at 09:01AMINTERVIEW: BRIAN LOGAN, ALEX MURDOCH and NEIL HAIGH Three members of Cartoon de Salvo speak to Diana Damian about the two shows marking their 15th birthday, Made Up at Soho Theatre, a show i…
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Daniel John Kelley
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Current Town: Brooklyn, NY
Q: What are you working on now?
A: My latest play is Wall, Ball, Summer And Fall (A Coney Island Adventur…
Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:59AMSometimes I take living in the city for granted. To avoid the rat race, I typically take the Pedway to get from the train to my downtown office and back again, which means that I may go for …
Linked From Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:58AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has sold the Palace Theatre, one of his flagship venues and the original West End home to Les Miserables, to Nimax Theatres for an undisclosed sum.
Linked From The Stage at 08:58AMI recently had the opportunity to visit with Lorraine Spiegler - Director of Studio Education of and Conservatory at CityDance. CityDance is a wonderful arts organization, and they have ve…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:55AMYesterday, history was made on Broadway as the longest running musical in Broadway history, The Phantom of the Opera, was ousted as the highest grossing Broadway show in history. Instead, it…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:54AMNPR's Bob Mondello looks back at classic examples of the showstopping theatrical phenomenon that's fallen out of fashion — the encore.
Linked From National Public Radio at 08:54AMAfter seven years of writing, re-writing, fine tuning, and revelatory readings, Alexander DeJongs opulent Liberace musical, ALL THAT GLITTERS will be presented in its Pre-Broadway workshop f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMMortified – click to enlarge by Shira Leuchter I’m a big fan of Harbourfront’s HATCH program, and the 2012 season begins this week with Mortified, a performance that “creates a s…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 08:45AMThis Easter week, Sheffield Theatres is taking audiences on an action-packed adventure as Bristol Old Vic’s hit musical Swallows and Amazons sails into the Lyceum Theatre from Tuesday …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:45AMI suppose I only have myself to blame. A while ago I’d told a good friend, Francesca, about an idea I’d come up with to stage one of my favorite plays. She decided that this might actual…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:45AMIn January 2011 I sat in the Pleasance Theatre watching Curious Directive’s Return To Silence. It wasn’t a perfect performance but the potential from this emerging company was cl…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:45AMI have fond memories of a summer spent delving in and out of Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel, Swallows and Amazons, so it was with fairly high, nostalgia-charged expect…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:45AMStage and screen icon Judy Garland is the center of the new Broadway play with music, "End of the Rainbow."
Linked From NY1 at 08:41AMThis was one of the favorites for my readers and deserves repeating. I also often use this one in many of my talks. Enjoy. Excelsior! Make the water rise Yesterday I sat down for a meeting w…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 08:40AMAlterTheater's AlterLab Salon Now One Week Away AlterLab playwrights: Ann Brebner, Rebecca Frank, Marisela Treviño Orta and Ignacio ZuluetaThere are lots of reasons why I'm excited for nex…
Linked From Variations On A Theme at 08:37AMThis is a Tranny Marilyn impersonator surrounded by multiuple PhantomOfTheOperas courtesy of http://thewongcouple.com/blog/travel/thailand-land-sensory-extremes-part-2We're, like, …
Linked From Broadway Abridged at 08:33AMIn 1992, my living room echoed with the voices of Newsies, peddling the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hurst, and other giants of the newspaper world. Okay, so maybe it was 199…
Linked From Compositions on Theater at 08:30AMAs previously tipped, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group (RUG) is confirmed to sell one of its most historic musical venues, the Palace Theatre, to Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer's …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMIt's not a marketing/fundraising/artistic problem. It's a leadership problem. I know, I know. It would be much easier if it were just a marketing problem. Solving those are pretty easy. Just…
Linked From Mission Paradox at 08:22AMThe Tony Award winner discusses starring in the new production of Harold Pinter's classic play.
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:21AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty about being honored by the NY Pops at the Pops' 29th Birthday Gala on April…
Linked From Call Me Adam at 08:18AMMisterman trailer
Inishfree is a quaint Irish town, but fierce evangelist Thomas Magill knows better. It is down to him, to save this sinful place, but just how far will he go? Cillian Murp…
Linked From YouTube at 08:14AMBWW TV EXCLUSIVE: Chatting with the Original & Encores! Companies of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. In February, 19 cast members of the original 1…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV EXCLUSIVE: Laura Benanti in Concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. In February, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series Amer…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: Chatting with Broadway's NEWSIES! Meet the Team!
http://www.broadwayworld.com/ for more information. Newsies is currently playing Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, following i…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: MAMMA MIA! Turns 10 on Broadway! A Look Back at Opening Night
http://www.broadwayworld.com/ for more information. In October 2011, the international hit musical MAMMA MIA! celebrate…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: First Look at NEWSIES in Rehearsal!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Newsies is currently playing Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, following its critically-hailed r…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV EXCLUSIVE: Broadway Belts and Raises $50,000 for PFF!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. With honors ranging from the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame to the Tony Awards,…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: AMERICAN SONGBOOK SERIES Welcomes Gavin Creel and Stephen Oremus!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Two of the brightest lights from the new Broadway generation -- two-…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: Drama League Honors Kristin Chenoweth - Performances From Grey, Jonas & More!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. This year The Drama League's Gala, honoring Kris…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: CARRIE's Return to New York - Performance Highlights!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. The recently reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musica…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: Chatting with Bernadette Peters, Cheyenne Jackson and More at the 2012 GLAAD Media Awards!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. On Saturday, March 24, BroadwayWorld was on…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: First Look at GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN - Complete Show Highlights!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN began previews on Tuesday, March…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: ROCK OF AGES Hits SoCal - Talking With the Tour's 'Sherrie,' Shannon Mullen!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. It's 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-to…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: SEMINAR's Jeff Goldblum, Justin Long, Zoe Lister-Jones Meet the Press!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum (The Pil…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV EXCLUSIVE: The Actors Fund's NOTHING LIKE A DAME Benefit - Performance Footage & More!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Nothing Like a Dame: Their Favorite Thin…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: Chatting with the Creative Team of Old Globe's A ROOM WITH A VIEW
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. The Old Globe presents the World Premiere of A Room with a View,…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMBWW TV: Inside Opening Night of NEWSIES - Chatting with Jeremy Jordan & More!
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. Newsies opened March 29, 2012 at the Nederlander Theatre, cu…
Linked From YouTube at 08:12AMJeremy Jordan Newsies’ Disney’s Cheeky Kids By Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater Critic
Child labor might be a delicate issue for a Broadway musical. It was the co…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 08:08AMHorse Safety
You can now experience the extraordinary journey of courage and friendship in War Horse again on Blu-ray and DVD! Order your copy here: http://on.fb.me/yhOd4y
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Linked From YouTube at 08:07AMWilliam Mastrosimone's "Ride the Tiger" Being Eyed At Long WharfThe cast of Long Wharf Theatre’s “My Name Is Asher Lev” is doing its rabbinical research.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 08:07AM"Hold On," Lysistrata Jones reunion concert
Jason Tam, Libby Servais, and Liz Mikel sing "Hold On" at the Lysistrata Jones reunion concert at Joe's Pub. April 9, 201…
Linked From YouTube at 08:03AM"Where Am I Now?" Lysistrata Jones reunion concert
Libby Servais sings "Where Am I Now?" at the Lysistrata Jones reunion concert at Joe's Pub. April 9, 2012.
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High: an Interview with Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner, the star of High, sat down and chatted with us about the show. She told us a little about her character, Sister Jamison Connelly, an…
Linked From YouTube at 07:54AMWar Horse at the Vimy Ridge Commemorative Celebration
The battle of Vimy Ridge claimed the lives of 3,598 Canadian soldiers. On Monday April 9, 2012, Alex Furber and Joey made an appearance…
Linked From YouTube at 07:54AMTom Hanks has been invited to play McAlary in Nora Ephron's new play's STORIES ABOUT MCALARY, but according to today's New York Post he is unsure about the role.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMDame Judi Dench has signed up to act in the West End once more this fall in a new play by John Logan. British actor Ben Whishaw is also slated for the cast, while Michael Grandage will direc…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 11 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMYou’d have to heave a heart of stone not to feel for the victims in Bully. Lee Hirsch’s documentary follows five families as they struggle with the effects of schoolyard bullying. But w…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:32AMOne of Ibsen's finest plays, A DOLL'S HOUSE, comes to the Young Vic this summer in a compelling new English version from an Award-winning team. Come on our hosted Whatsonstage.com Outing on …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:26AMLong Day's Journey into Night, which sees David Suchet return to the West End stage following his triumphant 2010 run in All My Sons::E8831275035309, opened at the West End's Apollo Theatre …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:26AMAfter the disappointing box office returns in the UK for the sequel to Phantom of the Opera; Love Never Dies - it seems only right that audiences get the chance to return to the original in …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:26AMLegit News:
New York producers attached to Chicago play
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Unlike Broadway’s “Magic/Bird,” which really is about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, “Federer Versus Murray” doesn’t focus on those two tennis champions.
That’s a bummer, becaus…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AMThe great Judi Dench is being killed off as M in the new Bond flick, “Skyfall.”
Which means Dame Judi is free to return to the stage, first in London and then, if all goes well, on Broad…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AMChoreographer Hari Krishnan evolves South Asian classical dance tradition through his company inDANCE.
Linked From Toronto.com at 12:48AM1914 Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Herbert Beerbohm Tree are the very first Eliza Doolittle and Professor Higgins. George Bernard Shaw's tale of class and character, Pygmalion, wins 118 perf…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMGhost Brothers of Darkland County, the world-premiere musical thriller by horror writer Stephen King and Grammy Award-winning musician John Mellencamp, officially opens April 11 at the Allia…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share ten of the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMGeffen Playhouse veterans Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") and Jon Tenney ("The Closer") play former high school lovers in the West Coast premiere of David Lindsa…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson's highly theatrical drama about the college-to-Olympics rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, opens at Br…
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMJohn van Druten's Bell, Book and Candle, featuring Kate MacCluggage, Ruth Williamson and Robert Eli, officially opens April 11 at Hartford Stage after previews that began April 5.
Linked From Playbill at 12:38AMHeather Ayers, Tessa Grady and Jeffrey Scott Parsons lead the Colony Theatre production of Dames at Sea, which sets sail April 11 in Burbank, CA.
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