The new play Slip/Shot opens tonight in Philadelphia. The play is set in 1962, at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and centers on the case of a 17-year-old African-American boy. The…
SOURCE: The Take Away at 08:37PMEVITA and Swarovski create Eva's iconic ball gown in the behind the scenes video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30PMTo Kent Thompson, the National Theatre Conservatory was the best-kept secret in Denver. And that may have been its downfall. And that may have been its downfall. But the impact of the impen…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:27PMIt's almost silly for Barbara Cook to sing "Let's Fall in Love" to the audience at Feinstein's; we all fell in love with her years ago--and, as she proves yet again, with good reason.How do …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:23PMToday we are shining a special spotlight on some of the most spot-on short video parodies in recent memory - with a special focus on the crme de la crme of such shorts unveiled last night on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16PMIn the opera that was Frank Sinatra’s life, actress and world-class beauty Ava Gardner was his Carmen. Over a few tumultuous years, the high-strung, hard-drinking pair fell in love, fought…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:14PMLike most young dramatists, Jason Gray Platt is a struggling one who holds down a day job to nourish his hopes of watching his work come alive at night. Having obtained a degree from Columbi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:14PMPuppeteer Basil Twist loves the old-fashioned business of raising the curtain. That’s how each of the four eye-opening shows in this month’s festival of Twist’s work has begun, and in …
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director and 2-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMAn annual NYC occurence, the 24-Hour Musical project is just that - 4 15-minute musicals are created and performed in 24 hours. *One Night Stand* documents the 2011 Fest, whose cast included…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:33PMMargaret Gray reviews "Billy Elliot the Musical" at the Pantages Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:26PMTheater for the New City will present Charles Busch's new comedy JUDITH OF BETHULIA. The play, starring Busch, and directed by Carl Andress The Divine Sister Die, Mommie, Die will play a lim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMWhat’s the buzz….. A knockout. The most musically exciting show of the season. -Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine Paul Nolan who stars as Jesus in Broadway’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR perfo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:21PMHere’s our Photo of the Week. The ever energetic and lovable Joel Grey celebrated his 80th birthday with the cast of ANYTHING GOES and was surprised by a special well wisher: Bernadett…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:18PMThe 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical makes its Los Angeles premiere at the Pantages Theatre in a limited engagement through May 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:14PM"Good People" by David Lindsay-Abaire has its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:04PMDirector Brian Kite focused on casting young for his new revival of Miss Saigon. He also discusses his role as La Mirada’s municipal theater maven – coming next season, Next to Normal. C…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PM
Eric Hutchinson Watching You Watch Him - Official Music Video Choreography
Eric Hutchinson's new official video for "Watching You Watch Him" from his upcoming album Moving Up …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:59PMWhat to Expect When You're Expecting - Official Theatrical Trailer #2 2012 (HD)
What to Expect When You're Expecting trailer #2 in HD. The film follows the lives of five couples as …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:56PMWar Horse star Stephen James Anthony made his Broadway debut as part of team of puppeteers in Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony-winning production, and in the short year since it first ope…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMCasting has been announced for 4 Scores and 7 Shows Ago, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS featuring original music from Daniel Lincoln. The event will be held at the The Lauri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PMNewsies opened March 29th, at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre for a limited run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall. The musical, featuring a score by Alan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMImpressive acting in 'Millennium Approaches' makes show a don’t-miss.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:42PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, April 13, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information FOLLIES is Dancing Into Town – Los Angeles magazine: Lucky…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:41PMYou may be shaken but certainly not stirred at the Bearded Ladies’ newest show, Beards Are for Shaving: A 007 Cabaret. This ... group? company? collective? team? of terrifically clever…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:40PMHit the Wall, a powerful new play about the Stonewall Uprising produced by the relatively newbie theater company The Inconvenience, is one of those shows everyone in Chicago is talking about…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:37PMOn May 16, I’ll be leading a session called Advanced YouTube, at the very first Social HR Camp. It should be fun, because it’s an un-conferince, which means that my role is less …
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 05:37PMThe Kansas City Repertory Theatre will stage the musicals Pippin and Carousel, as well as the premiere of the "poetic theatrical event" Waiting for You on the Corner of (13th and W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMSix decades after her death, three decades after her canonization on Broadway, Evita is back, as immense as a Cathedral, as intimidating as a fascist rally. A sing-through opera as popular a…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 05:31PMThe musical version of the popular 2006 romantic film, "Once," is enjoying positive reviews on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The unusual production is set entirely in a Dublin p…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:27PMJohnny Depp jammed with Marilyn Manson at the Golden Gods Awards: "Johnny Depp's life took a pretty different turn after he moved to L.A. with his band The Kids to try his hand at r…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:12PMNominees have been announced for the 16th annual Jazz Journalists Association Awards.
Winners will be announced during the month of June, leading up to announcement of winners of the Lifeti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PMAhh. The Civilians. A playwright or two could take a page out of their book. I mean the playwrights who want to remind us over and over again that “This is based on a true story.” M…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 05:05PMPeople have asked me how I chose my directing “style,” and I never know how to answer. How do you even make such a choice? Is there ever a choice to be made? How do you decide one day th…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS crosses the pond, LYSISTRATA JONES reunites, Joel turns 80, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of April 2-8, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
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Faster than you can say “bravo!" another week on Broadway is over. Here at Broadway.com that means it’s time to take stock of the last seven days, when we learned about a se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:59PMPoetic, impressionistic and occasionally melancholy and whimsical, the elegant staging of legendary actor/dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov’s new show, In Paris, is breathtaking. In Paris is only…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:56PMHow did Frank Galati adapt E.L. Doctorow's novel about an almost unimaginable Civil War event? He took years, went big and kept it personal
How did Frank Galati adapt E.L. Doctorow's novel …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PMAdam Chanler-Berat, Christian Borle, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Roger Rees, and Rick Elice discuss the magical new Broadway play about Peter Pan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMThe cast of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, including Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and John Larroquette, will appear at the 92Y in the coming weeks. Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler are als…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMBramwell Tovey discusses the 2012 "Summertime Classics."
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:53PMAtlanta's ALLIANCE THEATRE launched its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County on April 11, 2012. Directed by Susa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMCalling all PETER AND THE STARCATCHER fans Get ready for Opening Night on April 15th. Tune in to the show's Facebook amp Twitter accounts for behind-the-scenes coverage starting at 12PM on S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMThe Pasadena Playhouse Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Charles Dillingham, Interim Executive Director announced their 2012-2013 season today. The season will include the rescheduled worl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMTay Zonday Commentary to Dance Showdown - Ep. 1
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:23PMThe Pasadena Playhouse's 2012-13 season will feature the world premiere of what's billed as a Broadway-bound comedy, Under My Skin, by Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret" by Silk Road Rising ★★★½
KERRY REID reviews "Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret" by Silk Road Rising ★★★½ …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:15PMOn Singing Onstage
David Craig's nine-hour video series on musical performance covers all of the techniques and exercises, as well as Craig's legendary performance philosophy, which…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:12PMThe 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, will host University Week HOW TO SUCCEED In The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMThe Pasadena Playhouse has announced the works that will comprise its 2012-2013 season, which will include the previously rescheduled musical version of the film Sleepless in Seattle. The p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMMAGICBIRD opened at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, April 11. MAGICBIRD, directed by Tony Nominee Thomas Kail Lombardi, In The Heights, reunites Lombardi playwright, Oscar Winner and Emmy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMSeveral Cast members from SEMINAR, now playing at The Golden Theatre, appeared at Two Boots in their Theater District Neighborhood location to sample the new SEMINAR-inspired pizza. The new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMThe Globe theatre presented a set of surprises and a series of plays already well-known around the country in their 2012-13 lineup.Billy Bishop Goes to War, the iconic two-hander, and I, Cla…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:03PMTony Award nominee Lily Rabe will be honored at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) gala, to be held at Dream Downtown on Monday, April 16 beginning at 6pm.
Rabe, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PMHaving missed the first performance due to illness, all eyes and ears were on Natalie Dessay as she finally took to the stage in the Metropolitan Opera's latest revival of "La Traviata". Aft…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 04:02PMRockers Anonymous will return to the Underground Lounge April 16 for its fourth installment, Southern Comfort, which features rock and pop talent from the musical theatre scene performing so…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMA new play, Enquirer, is shaping up to be a powerful tribute to the newspaper trade in all of its glory and all of its ignominyWhen Vicky Featherstone, a few years ago now, was mad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMFor writers, “this” is perhaps the most evil word in the dictionary. Unmodified, “this” is a sign of sloppiness of pen and probably of thought as well. Simply remem…
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The government's lack of joined up thinking in regards to arts charities goes beyond the impact of restricted tax relief (Treasury's philanthropy plans 'blindsided' culture secretary, 10 Apr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PMDelivered by Chris Larner with candour and passion, this is a moving piece of theatre about a serious issue, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:55PMSuave screen star Blair Underwood is making a doozy of a Broadway debut in the iconic role of Stanley in a fresh Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. He recently…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:51PMOn Monday, April 16th Victory Gardens Theater is hosting the One-Minute Play Festival at 7:30pm CST. Playwrights Foundation, Cornerstone Theater Company, University of Evansville, and Primar…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:51PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Motherhood the Musical" at the Royal George Theatre ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Motherhood the Musical" at the Royal George Theatre ★★ ... "Is it going to h…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:42PMTwo Godspell blogs in a week! It’s like the old days! (Can you believe it has almost been one year since the Day By Day blog began?) More big news from the Godspell camp this week …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 03:36PMSongs from the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever will be showcased on the April 17 episode of FOX's Glee.
All of the songs that will be performed on the show were also heard in the 199…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:35PMLindsay Mendez Supports Morgan James
Lindsay Mendez of Godspell on Broadway urges you to get out and vote for her cast mate Morgan James in the Broadway Hunger Games! Www.BroadwaySpotted.co…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:31PMYou probably can't tell from her stunning belt in the current revival of
Godspell, but Morgan James is always game for a little coloratura/
melismatic singing (thanks to her training at Ju…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMTonight A Bit of Magic, Tomorrow an Evening of ImprovChristian Cagigal. Photo by Julie MichelleTonight I'm going to see the closing of The Collection an evening billed as a daring new experi…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:28PMThe precarious balance of a family on the edge of loss is a profound thing. Their struggle to come to terms with what is happening and how to fill the void of the loved one that is dearly de…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:18PMOver at Larry Pontius' blog, Mac Rogers writes about feeling contradictorily ambitious yet lazy, and shares how he manages to get anything done when the urge to watch an Arrested Developmen…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 03:18PMBruce Norris' Clybourne Park, already an Olivier Award winner
and 2011 Pulitzer Prize recipient,
makes its way to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre following Off-
Broadway, London and Ame…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company will host an evening of conversation between journalist and former New York Times drama critic Frank Rich and Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey May 7 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM(photo credit: Trudie Lee)WICKED SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLDMontrealers are lucky that their city is where Penny Plain is finishing it’s cross-country tour.joel fishbaneA to…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:12PMThe Geffen Playhouse announces an unprecedented eight plays five in the Gil Cates Theater and three in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater for its 20122013 season. With an ongoing focus on i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMTony and Academy Award-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli will be honored with the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the June 4 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMSuave screen star Blair Underwood is making a doozy of a Broadway debut in the iconic role of Stanley in a fresh Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Des…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:08PMFor the first time this year, the most prestigious event in the UK theatrical calendar, the 36th Olivier Awards with MasterCard will be enjoyed by a global audience, when the awards ceremony…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM
The work of legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld is now on exhibition at The Society of Illustrators through June 2. Playbill.com offers an exclusive sneak peek at some of the items on disp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMDon't Dress for Dinner in 6 Words
Can you describe this hilarious play in just 6 words? Watch as the cast tries...
Don't Dress for Dinner, the wildly funny comedy by Marc Camoletti…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:55PM(Photo credit: Craig Francis)MassRick Miller is 33, the same age as Jesus was when he was crucified, he was raised Catholic, he hasn’t been to church in 15 yearsby Rebecca Ugolini“Vous a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 02:49PMThe Donmar Warehouse has announced casting for Jack Thorne's new version of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Physicists, to run May 31 - July 21. Josie Rourke will direct the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMThe Donmar Warehouse has announced casting for Jack Thorne's new version of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Physicists, to run May 31 - July 21. Josie Rourke will direct the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMThe much-awaited world premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle" will be among the highlights of the new 2012-13 season at the Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:47PMKing's Head Theatre is set to present Janine Waters and Simon Waters' Spinach, June 12-July 7. Janine Waters will also direct the production, and Simon Waters will be musical dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMScott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo, the show that changes every week with new stars and new songs, last night presented a cast that included Patrick Page, Morgan James, Colleen McHugh, and Jes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMSomething strange is happening in Los Angeles: Its two biggest nonprofit theaters, on either side of town, currently feature plays not only cast largely with L.A.-based actors but directed b…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 02:39PMOkie dokie then. This is the latest contestant for the John Randolph “Never Blame The Actors” Award, which in this season has seen quite a few entries.The show opens with screeching mus…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:35PMHunter Ryan Herdlicka, Jackie Hoffman, and Rachel Potter will be among the performers for Broadway Takes Charge, a benefit concert to be held at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday, April 16 at 10pm.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMPerformances for LEAP OF FAITH began on Tuesday, April 3, at The St. James Theatre. Four-time Tony nominee Ral Esparza leads the company along with Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMHow do producer and actress Monica Raymund and director Neil Patrick Stewart keep both The Elephant Man and their own marriage healthy? As the Mechanicals Theatre production opens this weeke…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:29PMA look at the black-and-red poster design for the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's classic play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:22PMOn Wednesday and Thursday April 18 and 19, #NEWPLAY TV will webcast concert readings of the national finalists of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Ten Minute Play Award a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:16PMJust Dance - SNL Sofia Vergara, J Lo Dance Again, ABDC 7, Glee, Kat Graham, Cabin in the Woods
Sofia Vergara hosts Saturday Night Life (SNL), and music guest One Direction make a cameo in &…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:15PMThis is certainly not Los Angeles’ first encounter with one of its hardest working actors, and most definitely not the last, if all goes according to what is right in the performance world…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:10PMWHO: Hangar Theatre SEEKING: Managing Director RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversee, implement and ensure sustainability of the Theatre’s operations, programs, finances and community support. Managin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 02:07PMApril 15, 2012, marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the iconic luxury liner off the coast of Newfoundland and Playbill.com caught up with Titanic's Tony Award-winning composer-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM"Playing With Redemption," a documentary following the touring company of 108 Productions' Corpus Christi—the controversial 1998 play by Tony winner Terrence McNally…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe new stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney animated musical Aladdin, which debuted in Seattle last summer, will get a fresh production at Utah's Tuacahn Amphitheatre beginning in June.
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WHO: New Stage Performing Arts Center, Inc. SEEKING: Equity Stage Manager WHEN: Rehearsal Period is May 14-June 13, 2012 (M-F 11am to 5pm). Performance dates June 14-July 1, 2012 (TR-Sun). P…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:59PMEarly last week, BroadwayWorld brought you a first look at the new musical Ghost on Broadway The show, adapted from the Academy Award winning film, opens Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Lunt-F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMCharlize plays a space exploration company executive in charge of a flight that will, with luck, discover the origins of life on Earth.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 01:58PMThe Celebrity Series of Boston has announced the line-up for its 2012-2013 season.
Among the highlights are performances from Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (October 19 & 20); Mummenschanz…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMThe John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of 181 scholars, artists, and scientists in its eighty-eighth annual competition for the United State…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMKansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the productions set for its 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Pippin (September 14-October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMLiza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds and more were on hand at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood April 12 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Cabaret" film. The event kicked …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMHow is it that Neil LaBute and August Strindberg haven't gotten together before now? If ever there were predestined BFFs, it's these two guys.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMNBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson appeared on ABC's 'The View' this week to talk about the storied basketball rivalry and unique friendship with fellow basketball player Larry Bird. Their rela…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMHuntington Theatre Company has extended its world premiere of Kirsten Greenidge's The Luck of the Irish, which will now run through May 6. The production is directed by Melia Bensussen …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMWest End star Ramin Karimloo just released his new album titled 'Ramin,' which features Ramin's unique versions of Till I Hear You Sing' from Love Never Dies and Music Of The Night' from Pha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMAtlanta's Alliance Theatre launched its world premiere of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's new blues and rock musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County on April 11, 2012. Directed by Susa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMFriday April 13, 2012
LENOX - " Time is of the essence" the saying goes, especially in Berkshire County's not-for-profit theaters where rehearsal time often averages little more than 31/2 we…
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 01:23PMAfter an 8-month run at the Royal George Cabaret, “The Doyle & Debbie Show” will close May 27. Created by Bruce Arntson, the comedic revue/homage stars Bruce Arntson as an aging country …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:08PMHannah Hart - Commentary to Dance Showdown Ep.1
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:06PMDon’t let the dreary weather keep you away from this annual bike/poster party, which returns to the Warehouse District on Saturday
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:03PMTony Award-winner Alice Ripley has shared the new new single, "Beautiful Eyes," for streaming on TheaterMania. The song is now available from iTunes and other digital music vendor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMTitle and Deed, a new play by Will Eno and directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, has extended its run at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:00PM
Broadway In Chicago has announced that WestBeth Entertainment and Henson Alternative's Stuffed and Unstrung is set to play at the Bank of America Theatre, June 12-17.
Stuffed and Uns…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMJacob Brent, who starred as Mr. Mistoffelees in Broadway's Cats, will direct, choreograph and star in Gateway Playhouse's production of that Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMSam Amidon, Reeve Carney, Bill Frisell, Emmylou Harris, Nico Muhly, Karen O, Lou Reed, Nick Zinner, and music director Thomas Bartlett will perform in The Wrecking Ball, a gala/multi-artist …
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:52PMWhen theatergoers at "Clybourne Park" spot a woman with a yellow legal pad sitting in the last row of the orchestra section, they invariably ask what she's doing.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:50PMThe new play Slip/Shot opens tonight in Philadelphia. The play is set in 1962, at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and centers on the case of a 17-year-old African-American boy. The…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:49PMNEW YORK (AP) -- When theatergoers at "Clybourne Park" spot a woman with a yellow legal pad sitting in the last row of the orchestra section, they invariably ask what she's doing....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:48PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMOn June 4th at 730pm at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, the 30th Annual Fred amp Adele Astaire Awards will honor Liza Minnelli with its Douglas Watt Lifet…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMBush, LondonIt takes chutzpah for a man to write an all-woman play. But Lee Mattinson pulls off a tricky feat with panache in this initially raucous comedy about recurring family get-togethe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMNick Jonas, who stars in the Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will participate in a series of post-show talkbacks with students at the Al Hirschfeld Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMArs Nova will present Killers On the Loose: The Songs of Leschen and Sauter, a concert of new work by Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter, April 16 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMTony, Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Liza Minnelli will be the recipient of the 2012 Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMDo you ever feel like Micky Rooney? I do.It's really important to make sure not to sound like Micky Rooney. If I am going to do anything in this life, it's going to incorporate making sure…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:38PMBob Balaban, Peter Cincotti, show composer Alan Menken and more were on hand at the April 12 performance of Broadway's Leap of Faith.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMWhatsUpElle - Commentary to Dance Showdown Ep.1
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:35PMSinger-songwriter and stage actor Matt Zarley recently released his new music video, "Trust Me," which can be found on his latest CD, "Change Begins With Me."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMApril 13, 2012by David DreyfoosDirector of ProductionIt was a typical day just like any other at the Playhouse, back at the beginning of 2011, when Managing Director Michael Ross and Artisti…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 12:27PMEmily Dickinson's words "Remorse is memory awake" takes on grisly new meaning in Jose Rivera’s new play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:23PMIrvine Barclay Theatre is set to present Traces creators Les 7 doigts de la main's new circus show PSY, May 10-13.
Created in 2010, PSY is a surreal look at the human psyche. The acti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMGlimmerglass Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello hosted the organization's 2012 spring gala, GL!MMERATA!, at The Metropolitan Club on Tuesday, April 10.
Gala Ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMTony and Emmy-winning actress Elaine Stritch, who was scheduled to offer her acclaimed evening of Stephen Sondheim tunes to San Francisco audiences at The RRazz Room May 23-June 10, has post…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThis week's topics Best Revival Of A Play, NEWSIES Film Remake, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Carrie post-mortem, Next Big Broadway Choreographer, Cast Recording Flubs, New Board Design
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMChris Larner’s affecting one-man An Instinct for Kindness opens with a heart-rending insight into the excruciating pain his ex-wife endured as an MS sufferer, and culminates in her dea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:07PMDavid Bedella will star as Arnold Beckoff and Sara Kestelman will play his mother Mrs. Beckoff in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, to run May 30 - August 12 at Menier Chocolate Fa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PM- Since 1985, actor Floyd King has been nominated for 16 Helen Hayes Awards and has received 5 Awards. - When you’re young, I think you go to the theatre to find out that you’re not alon…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PM PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S HOT/HOTTER POLL AND VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S THEATRE POLL!ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO SEE JEFF GOLDBLUM IN SEMINAR!(ALL THREE ARE TO YOUR …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMToday in 2000, The Wild Party opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. The Wild Party is a musical with a book by Michael John LaChiusa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM- Eugene O’Neill’s first play, produced only once before in 1912, before it disappeared for nearly a hundred years, had its second staging at Arena last month. Was that a good id…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 4132012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMAlissa Walker
When someone asks me if they have to rent a car when visiting L.A., I really, really, really, really want to say no. Of course you can experience L.A. without a car. I do it ev…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:00PM
Actors Geena Davis, Morgan Fairchild, and Henry Winkler were among the attendees at the Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai annual luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, April 12.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AMAre you ready for a miracle? Leap of Faith is jumping on the Great White Way starring Raúl Esparza, Jessica Phillips and Kendra Kassebaum and we’ve got a sneak peak at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMBased first in Leeds and then in Manchester, BBC radio drama producer Tony Cliff contributed an impressive stream of plays for Saturday Night Theatre on Radio 4 and other outlets. The way in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMAs one of the emerging young dramatists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, John Arden was unable to share the durability of his confreres, Harold Pinter and John Osborne, partly because much…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMLegendary Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz will participate in an exclusive post-post-show audience talkback immediately following the Thursday, April 24 performance of the new hit revival…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMRe-Animator the Musical, which earned the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Score, will receive its New York debut featuring Emmy nominee George Wendt, as part of the New York Musical…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMCharles J O'Neill began his theatrical career as a carpenter and toured the country with several musicals. He was resident at The King's Theatre Glasgow as stage manager from 1961-63 for How…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMAn additional ten shows have been added to the slate of musicals that will be presented as part of the ninth New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), running July 9-29.
Among the newly a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:44AMHall of Famer Earvin Magic Johnson will hold a talkback for ticketholders following the 2pm matinee performance today at the intimate 900 seat Longacre Theater 220 West 48th Street, the seco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMVenus in Fur is the latest play to tempt audiences into ogling its scantily clad cast. Now stage stars are being rated on sex appealA woman with long, blonde hair and a heavily lipsticked mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMStage and screen legend Liza Minnelli will receive the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. It will be given to her at the 30th Astaire Awards, to be presented at the Skirball Center for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AMThere was nothing in the program about the pieces he and his fellow musicians would be playing, but no one seemed to care. Most already knew the music from Paco de Lucía's recordings. They …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:38AMThe New Voices Collective will to present NEW VOICES at NYU A Celebration of Songs by NYU Musical Theatre Writers, Past and Present on Monday, April 16, at 800 p.m.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMThe crowd went wild on April 11 as the worlds of the NBA and Broadway collided on opening night of Magic/Bird! Playing out the story of the on-court rivalry and off-court friendship between …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:33AMTheatre Royal Glasgow: Tennessee Williams' torrid play about the fragile and promiscuous Southern belle Blanche DuBois on a collision course with her brutish brother-in-law Stanley Kowa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMAs 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.com in…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:32AMJudith of Bethulia, Tony Award-nominated playwright Charles Busch's latest stage comedy that takes on the 1914 silent Hollywood Biblical epic, began performances March 30 at the Theater …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMPlenty of action this week, from Bernstein's Wonderful Town in Salford to Stan's Café's Of All the People in All the World in StratfordNorthLots of action here this week, including the revi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMOn last night's AMERICAN IDOL live results show, Season Three finalist and Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson along with Ne-Yo and Rick Ross performed their new single, Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMOn April 30, critic Caryn James will lead a conversation regarding why Gore Vidals THE BEST MAN is more relevant than ever in this election year at 92Y. Set to appear are several of the show…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMKritzerland will release three live albums celebrating the music of Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Burt Bacharach, culled from the annual STAGE benefit concerts, which raise fundi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMTrinity Repertory Company has announced that Tony Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Viola Davis will be honored with the 2012 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 16th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMGodspell composer Stephen Schwartz will participate in a talk-back immediately following the Tuesday, April 24 performance of the musical revival at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The cha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMThe new basketball-themed play, "Magic/Bird", opened this past week on Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:02AMYou’ve heard the aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats”, right? Well, I’ve got my own related Kenism that goes something like this . . . “A sold out show is t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Title and Deed, Will Eno’s new one-man play starring Conor Lovett, has extended its run at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMThe 92nd Street Y has announced additional details for its upcoming programming, which includes a number of theater-related events.
On April 29 at 7:30pm, Tony Award winner Eve Ensler will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMTony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. will be among the honorees at the National Corporate Theatre Fund's annual Chairman's Awards Gala, Funding New American Theatre, April 30 at New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMOur friends at artsdepot have given us a fantastic ticket offer for us to share with. You can see Lucy Foster and Improbable in association with Ovalhouse’s The Pirate Project for just…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:51AMConnecticut Repertory Theatre presents the Tony Award winning Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater musical, Spring Awakening April 12-28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMGeffen Playhouse in Los Angeles will produce three world premieres, including a new commission by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and an adaptation by Neil LaBute in the 2012-13 seaso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMConor Lovett's turn in the U.S. premiere of Middletown playwright Will Eno's Title and Deed, a new solo play about a mysterious traveler, will be seen an extra two weeks, Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMAlison Arngrim will present her one-woman show Confessions of a Prairie Bitch June 15 and 16 at the
Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Arngrim is best known for her performance as "Nasty" …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMSignature Theatre has announced that its production of Will Eno's Title and Deed will be extended through June 17. Judy Hegarty Lovett will direct.
As previously announced, the play wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMTeam StarKid's latest production, HOLY MUSICAL BMAN, an original musical comedy parody from the creative team behind A VERY POTTER MUSICAL, will be available to view on YouTube as of this ev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMAward-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz will take part in a post-show talkback following the April 24 performance of the revival of his early musical Godspell at the Circle in the S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMIn conjunction with the release of Steven Sater's A Purple Summer: Notes on the Lyrics of Spring Awakening, Applause Books has released a video interview featuring original Spring Awake…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMAlmeida Theatre has announced details for its Almeida Festival 2012 and upcoming production of Nick Dear's The Dark Earth and the Light Sky.
Richard Eyre will return to the Almeida to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park opens on Broadway on April 19, 2012. The acclaimed work by Bruce Norris, and directed by Pam McKinnon, will play the Walter Kerr Theatre for a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMJulie Reiber, who plays Marion in Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert, will release her debut solo recording April 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire presents W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, which officially opens April 13 following previews that began April 4. The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMTitanic the musical, that is. NPR.org's Dana Farrington played a drowning victim as an eight-grader in 2002. The costumes and set were memorable in a good way, she says. But portraying the t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:21AMPlaybill Magazine has been documenting the American theatre for more than 125 years – from David Belasco's May Blossom in 1884 and the lavish Ziegfeld Follies of yesteryear, throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMSamara Oster is currently a student at Harvard University and a former MTI intern… Last night, Harvard University got a whole lot pinker, as LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL opened at Farkas…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:19AMReagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced the productions for its upcoming 44th summer season.
The season will include the musicals A Chorus Line (June 15-24), Bye Bye Birdie (Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMJesus Christ Superstar leading man Paul Nolan will sing during the seventh inning stretch of today's opening home game at Yankee Stadium.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMFilm star and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended a performance of Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE at The Mirage in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 12.
The show…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:13AMPicture it: Aaron Tveit in breeches and Jeremy Jordan in cleats. Pick yourself up off the floor, girl, because it so happened. Yesterday, the internet – beloved, bountiful mother – gave …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:11AMIt seems 80 is the new 60, and Broadway luminaries continue to light up the stage well into their golden years. Earlier this week, Anything Goes star Joel Grey was welcomed into the Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:05AMAs a physical comedy troupe that dabbles in everything from the outrageous to the poignant, it seems like it was only a matter of time before Spymonkey would finally take on Sophocles’ myt…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:02AMBroadway Takes Charge, a benefit concert for The Trevor Project, will be presented April 16 at Le Poisson Rouge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMALL VOTES MUST BE CAST PRIOR TO 4PM ON SUNDAY THE 15TH OF APRIL! Any votes placed after that time will not be counted! With that said…Welcome to the Broadway Hunger Games Battle Round …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
They claim to be 'Britain's most sought-after' theatre awards – so why do the Oliviers exclude many major London venues?There are awards and there are awards. Not every award-winning write…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMJust how strong are the songs and jokes in the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q? So sturdy that even with shaky voices, so-so acting and laugh-killing scenery changes, the enthusiastic and ear…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:58AMBig Dreamer Productions opened The Deathly Ones, described as Off Broadways first 4-D horror experience, at Times Scare, the haunted entertainment complex located at 669 Eighth Avenue.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMKritzerland will release live recordings of three all-star annual STAGE benefits in May. Each concert and album celebrates the work of a different composer: Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMCome to the Cabaret, old chums, and check out these pics of the original film cast Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey at the 40th Anniversary Restoration film premiere for CABARET at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMPadua Playwrights has announced casting for its upcoming production of Murray Mednick's The Fool and the Red Queen, to run May 18-June 24 at the Lounge Theatre as part of the Hollywood …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMMoney makes the world go round in this week’s clinking clanking round-up of theater news: The Lion King proved it rules the entertainment jungle as it became the highest grossing Broa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:45AMExperience La Traviata starring Natalie Dessay as part of The Met Live in HD series transmitted live to movie theaters nationwide on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 1255 PM ET 955 AM PT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMThe New Voices Collective will present NEW VOICES at NYU: A Celebration of Songs by NYU Musical Theatre Writers, Past and Present April 16 at 8 PM at New York University's Frederick Loew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMAs a new production of The Sunshine Boys gets set to open in London, Nick Smurthwaite examines how author Neil Simon's links with legendary vaudeville performers inspired the play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AMThe Geffen Playhouse has announced the eight plays in its 2012-2013 season.
Among the highlights on the theater's main stage, the Gil Cates Theater, is the world premiere commission fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIf Anna Caterina Antonacci had taken a more conventional path, the Italian soprano would likely be enjoying the peak of a major international career. She possesses a remarkable vocal instrum…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMSchmoozing with Helen Hayes Awards nominees Ben Cook and Chris Dinolfo Joel: Where were you when you found out that you had been nominated for a Helen Hayes Award and what was your first re…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AM"American Idol" judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler decided to employ their one-per-season "save" April 12 following the news that contestant Jessica Sa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMHow often do we get the chance to see not one, but two performers who were part of the original 1971 cast of Follies?
SOURCE: kritzerland.com at 09:25AMNew Diorama Theatre, London: Like a Jack-in-a-black-box set, this punchy new play springs from the dark, creating both surprise and amusement. Inspired by Brecht's The Resistible Rise o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:12AM“Who would underestimate the actress now?” is asked of the titular character in the revival of Evita, currently in performances at the Marquis Theater. Well, one person, at least. That w…
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 09:06AM
The theatrical great and the good dust off their glad rags for Sunday night's Oliviers, Tamara Rojo leaps into position at English National Ballet, and chancellor George Osborne takes heat o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMThough rooted in Boston history, "The Luck of the Irish," with its racial, class, marital and inter-generational conflicts, could be set anywhere in the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:56AMTheatre Royal Brighton: Hull Truck's touring revival of Alan Bennett's play is a beautifully performed and directed piece of theatre. It charts the relationship between the playwri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMSpooks star Miranda Raison has been cast in the Donmar Warehouse's forthcoming production of Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Physicists, directed by the venue's new artistic director Josie Rourke…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMAs an actor and playwright, Avi Hoffman tries to keep Jewish culture alive.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMThe Puppet Co. presents Pinocchio, the classic story of a wooden puppet’s adventurous quest to become a real, live boy! Directed by Allan Stevens, this production is recommended to be enjo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:28AMMore rare, perhaps, than a print interview with dramatist Martin Crimp is a video interview; the playwright himself speaks below, in a discussion from January 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. In…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:27AMInitial casting has been announced for Dürrenmatt's The Physicists, beginning performances May 31 prior to an official opening June 7 at London's Donmar Warehouse for a run thro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:18AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme: The Vic, as it was then, gained its impressive early reputation largely through its home-produced documentary plays that reflected the lives of ordinary people…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMDavid Bedella will star as Arnold in the new production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy that begins May 30 at London's Menier Chocolate Factory for a run through A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:09AMBarbara Corcoran is a badass businesswoman who’s at home in a “Shark Tank.”
But that doesn’t make it okay to suggest that bosses at her former real-estate company that stil…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe popular film star discusses making his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's hit play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Ustinov Studio, Bath: Part two of the Ustinov's American Season is a thoroughly slick, adroitly performed and well-staged affair, as previous productions until Laurence Boswell's a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMNicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre, has said that the government's claims that some wealthy individuals give money to charities as a means of tax avoidance are "f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AMCecilia Copeland is the Founder andArtistic Director of New York Madness. Her Plays Include: BIOLIFEcurrently named a Semifinalist for The O’Neill Playwright’s Conference. &n…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:40AMThe incomparable Poor Baby Bree revives her show I Am Going to Run Away at LaMama tonight (full details here). We love her so much we made her our first first Vaudephone recording. For an e…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:39AMAs The Passion production, which took place in Port Talbot last Easter, is launched as a feature film, Sharon D Calcutt reports on the stage management of the show and recalls how the event …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMAre critics strewing garlands on "End of the Rainbow"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:28AMA tantalizing prospect, no? (h/t Colin Mitchell; more here)
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 07:24AMToday is opening day for the annual Congress of Curious Peoples at Coney Island USA. For full information please go here.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:19AMBush Theatre, London: Madani Younis's inaugural production at this venue is Lee Mattinson's Chalet Lines, a co-production with Newcastle's Live Theatre. As its title suggests,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMIn David Byrne’s The Dark Room we witness the rise of Ruth (Madeleine MacMahon) as she asserts her power in the new school she has joined. From bottom of the classroom pile, she plots,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:00AMDavid Suchet and Laurie Metcalf give superb performances in Anthony Page's excellent West End production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Rachel Jett to lead the National Theater Institute (NTI), the accredited program for college students at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center at Waterford as its new artistic director.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:59AMToday is the birthday of the birthday of the great dialect comedian Willie Howard. For more on Willie and his brother and comedy partner Eugene, go here. And now here’s Willie as the Y…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:51AMPlaywright-director David Harrower’s “A Slow Air,” part of Scotland Week at 59E59 Theaters, is a charming though slight family tale.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:41AMLondon's Almeida Theatre will present the world premiere of Nick Dear's The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, beginning performances Nov. 8 prior to an official opening Nov. 15, for a ru…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37AMForgive us our bank holiday, editor in honeymoon, frantically preparing for Oliviers’ tardiness in getting this one up. As we tweeted MUCH earlier though, word is that our beloved Whatsons…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:32AMThe intimate and unavoidably fringe feel of the Kings Head Theatre lends itself well to this fresh and exciting adaptation of the classic opera Carmen. In true Carmen style, the party starte…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:31AMVeteran actor Shirley Knight tackles Babe in world premiere of Tennessee Williams' 'In Mask Outrageous and Austere' Off-Broadway at the Culture Project.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:16AM“Tasteful” is not a word that springs to mind when thinking about Eva Peron, and it shouldn’t when it comes to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Evita either…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:14AMWe Live in Two Countries...****This Made the AWG Cry...or Maybe That Was the Wind in my Eye...****Online Petitions Mean NothingFollowing my Monday post about the DCA Theater Betrayal, a Face…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AM- Matthew M. Nielson has been nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, and is the recipient of two. He now commutes to DC from Asheville, N.C. where he has his own studio, Sound Lab Studio. -…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:07AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee Tom Hewitt about starring in the current revival of "Jesus Christ Superstar," his time in "The Rocky Horror Show" and what it mean…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is a nice show. A cute show. A funny show. And it's a show that really doesn't bear up under repeated viewings, let alone analysis.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 06:00AM
The production, which officially opened at Wyndham’s Theatre just over a fortnight ago, has struggled to find its voice and has lost money two straight weeks in a row.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:43AMThe Musicians' Union is urging performers not to work for free at either the London Olympics or the Queen's Jubilee celebrations this summer.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMRoyal Ballet principal dancer Tamara Rojo has been appointed artistic director of English National Ballet.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMEven before the Olivier Awards are handed out this weekend, we hear of yet another set of back-patting bravos from the estimable Mousetrap Theatre Projects, a theatre education charity that …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:19AMJack Davenport hasn't been based on UK shores in a while. That is because, for the last few years, the actor has been living in the US, after he went there ten years ago to film what he refe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:04AMFrom the pleasures of Newsnight to the revelries of children's entertainment - Tabard's tastes are catholic and we are willing to judge each production on its own merits. Just as well, becau…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:04AM
If you love someone, goes the famous saying, you let them go. On Wednesday, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced his plans to offload the Palace Theatre, the first West End address that he owned …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:38AMMatthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” is one of the most-produced new plays on U.S. stages right now, and watching the dark-and-stormy show that opened Wednesday at Baltimore’s Centerst…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:26AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column, I review three plays that are all based on real-life characters, Side Man,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I endeavor to give my colleagues--and myself--some good advice. Here's an excerpt. *...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Every foole knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection." Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Sir Robert Cecil (May 10,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMWhat's got Go! magazine buzzing this week.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM
If you give Andrew Keenan-Bolger a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, he will give you a Crutchie trading card. Disney has given each cast member of its new Broadway musical Newsies, based on the…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:49AMEach Friday David Singletary takes Broadway fans through the most fun and important events of the previous week!
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:38AMNewsies' star Andrew Keenan Bolger talks about his web series, Submissions Only, what he thinks is the next step in his career, and why he wants to be like Tina Fey.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:25AMJesus Christ Superstar’ on SteroidsBy: Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater CriticOne has to credit the creators of “Jesus Christ Superstar” for their audacious approach to a sacred subject. A…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:03AMProducer, Actor New York, New York USA I am inspired by collaboration. I am a firm believer that the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. The most exciting thing about founding…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMHelen Hayes Award winner and Tony Award nominee Helen Carey plays drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite Peter Michael Goetz as husband and aging actor James Tyrone, Sr., in Arena Stage's ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York audiences may be familiar with Scots playwright David Harrower from Manhattan Theatre Club's 2007 production of Blackbird. Here Harrower takes on the role of director as well as wri…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMA show with the word "divorce" in the title rarely conjures the image of an evening of fun entertainment, but the The Flea Theater and The Civilians have managed to do just that with You Bet…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMChances are if you see a Broadway musical, it's something you've already seen. The selections include many Off-Broadway transfers, revivals and movies made into stage musicals. Broadway vete…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTeam StarKid, the company behind the popular internet musical parody A Very Potter Musical, unveils its new spoof — the comic-book-inspired Holy Musical B@man! — 9 PM (ET) April …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSal Romeo ETC and SST Productions present Joe Besecker's award-winning play, Tennessee in the Summer, based on the life of famed playwright Tennessee Williams, beginning April 13 at Cali…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Musicals in Mufti presentation of Harold and Maude, staged as part of the The Tom Jones Festival at the York Theatre Company's Off-Broadway home, begins its weekend of performances A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMProfiles Theatre in Chicago opens the doors of a new venue April 13 with the first preview of its American-premiere production of Neil LaBute's In a Forest, Dark and Deep. The company…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSeattle's 5th Avenue Theatre commemorates the centennial of the maiden voyage of the Titanic with a staged concert of the Tony Award-winning 1997 musical about the doomed luxury liner by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCafé Variations, a new romantic theatre work by Charles L. Mee Jr. and Anne Bogart, studded with songs from the Gershwin catalogue, debuts April 13 in Boston as part of ArtsEmerson…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, who co-starred in the original Broadway and London productions of Rent as well as in the film version and the most recent touring version of that Jonathan Larso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire presents W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, which officially opens April 13 following previews that began April 4. The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Guthrie Theater's production of Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still officially opens April 13 following previews that began April 7 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage. Performances …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1886 Birthday of Willie Howard (1886-1949), half of the comedy team of Willie and Eugene Howard, who will appear in vaudeville, in musicals Sally and Girl Crazy, and in various editions of r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Actress joins Hilty in Encores! production
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM