Monday, March 11, 2024

André De Shields, LaChanze, Harvey Fierstein, More Celebrate Theatre Communications Group at 2024 Gala March 11 by Molly Higgins

The evening will also feature performances from PigPen Theatre Co., Nichelle Lewis, and others.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Ben and Imo review – Mark Ravenhill’s lively ballad of Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst by Clare Brennan

Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSamuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates harmonise as the composer and his ‘assistant’ in a production that sings under the direction of Erica Whyman Erica Why…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM
Monday, March 4, 2024

Introducing Katerina McCrimmon - "Funny Girl" - Center Theatre Group by Center Theatre Group

A Star is Born as Katerina McCrimmon takes on the role of Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl", playing the Ahmanson Theatre April 2 - 28, 2024. Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:58PM
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Great expectations and a bleak house: the promise and perils of staging Dickens by Michael Billington

London Tide at the National Theatre is the latest in a flood of Dickensian adaptations. Few have captured the novelist’s surreal imagination – are solo shows the most successful? Dickens…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PM
Saturday, March 2, 2024

"The Hunt" Kind of Misses the Mark by Jan Simpson

  We’re now used to getting musicals based on movies but it’s rarer for a straight play to be adapted from a film. However that’s the case with The Hunt, which opened this week at S…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 12:42PM
Friday, February 23, 2024

La Cage aux Folles (Teaser) | Stratford Festival 2024 by Stratford Festival

"We face life with a little guts and lots of glitter" LA CAGE AUX FOLLES May 6 - October 26 | Avon Theatre Opening Night Performance: May 31 Georges, the manager of a drag club in St. Trop…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:32PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

See Who's Starring in London Tide, Based on a Charles Dickens Novel, at the National by Andrew Gans

The London world premiere features an adaptation by Ben Power, who wrote original songs with PJ Harvey.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Exclusive: Cast Of Old Globe's ENGLISH On Favorite Classroom Memories

In an exclusive video, the cast of San Diego's Old Globe's production of English share with us what their favorite classroom memories are. English plays at the Sheryl and Harvey White Thea…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM
Saturday, February 10, 2024

How working with Weinstein haunted playwright Jez Butterworth and inspired his work by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams He has built a reputation as one of Britain’s most revered modern playwrights, but Jez …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Photos: Harvey Fierstein & Alyson Vega Host SHOW US YOUR HEARTS Gallery

Curated by Harvey Fierstein and Alyson Vega, Show Us Your Hearts asks artists to consider the vast visual history of the heart symbol and all its connotations. Check out photos from inside…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AM
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

My Best Friend's Wedding Musical Sets Fall World Premiere by Hayley Levitt

Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse will debut a new musical adaptation of TriStar Pictures' 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding during its 2024 season. The production will be the final o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM
Sunday, January 28, 2024

The RSC’s new power duo: ‘It’s a mammoth job. That’s why we want to do it shoulder to shoulder’ by Sarah Crompton

Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, the company’s new co-artistic directors, on work-life balance, their first season in charge – and what they’ll do when they disagree. Plus, below, six t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Friday, January 19, 2024

A Shakespeare play slashed to 80 minutes? Bring it on – theatre can be far too stressfull | Arifa Akbar by Arifa Akbar

The play’s the thing. But what’s so wrong with the RSC’s plan to also let people have dinner, or catch the last train home? “How poor are they that have not patience!”. So implores…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

RSC directors on the Bard’s legacy: ‘You can’t cancel Shakespeare – his work will outlive us all’ by Maanya Sachdeva

Royal Shakespeare Company’s co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey unveiled their inaugural season at the Stratforn-upon-Avon institution

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:18AM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

John Douglas Thompson-Led Othello, Sanaz Toossi's English, More in Upcoming Royal Shakespeare Company Season by Logan Culwell-Block

The U.K. theatre has revealed the inaugural season programmed by new Co-Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM

RSC offers 25,000 tickets at £25 to ‘throw open doors’ to diverse crowds by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Royal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audienc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM
Monday, January 8, 2024

"Funny Girl" - "People" performed by Katerina McCrimmon by Center Theatre Group

WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by I…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The Show Goes On: A Portfolio of Theater Songs by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt by Michael Portantiere

Off-Broadway Cast, 1998 (DRG) There are plenty of small delights — simple little things, one might say — to be found in this live recording of the York Theatre Company’s revue, in whic…

SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:38PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

ReDISCoveries: Assassins (Original Cast Recording) by JK

ReDISCoveries: Assassins (Original Cast Recording) Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every other week or so, I’ll write a…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AM
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Center Theatre Group -- Funny Girl in 15 Seconds! by Center Theatre Group

WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by I…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:34PM

Center Theatre Group -- "Funny Girl" by Center Theatre Group

WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by I…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PM
Monday, December 4, 2023

Jews and Theater: Jesse Green’s Straight Talk Hanukkah Gift. Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

Jewish theater artists in the three alternate magazine covers: Clockwise from left: Jesse Eisenberg, Matthew Broderick, Sam Gold, Amy Herzog, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Joel Grey.Ha…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AM
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Broadway’s Taylor Trensch Will Sink His Teeth Into Off-Broadway’s Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors for One Week Only by Broadway.com

Broadway’s Taylor Trensch will join the company of Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, now playing off-Broadway at New World Stages. The new play, a sendup of Bram Stoker’s horror classic, is …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

"People" - Katerina McCrimmon | Funny Girl North American Tour by Broadwaysf

FUNNY GIRL is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from April 30–May 26, 2024. WELCOME TO MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by …

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:02PM
Friday, November 17, 2023

Center Theatre Group - Funny Girl - AHM 23/24 Season by Center Theatre Group

Hey, Mr. Arnstein...here she is! WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:35PM
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Photos: Go Inside the SHELDON HARNICK MEMORIAL CELEBRATION

An array of Broadway luminaries, including Danny Burstein, Robert Cuccioli, Jason Danieley, Harvey Fierstein, Rob Fisher, Jessica Hecht, Judy Kuhn, Nancy Opel, and more gathered on Thursday…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PM
Friday, November 10, 2023

Video: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, SHE LOVES ME Lyricist Sheldon Harnick Celebrated At Star-Studded Memorial

An array of Broadway luminaries, including Danny Burstein, Robert Cuccioli, Jason Danieley, Harvey Fierstein, Rob Fisher, Jessica Hecht, Judy Kuhn, Nancy Opel, David Rockwell, Alan Schmuckl…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PM

Photos: Broadway Remembers Sheldon Harnick at Memorial at Music Box Theatre by Andrew Gans

The afternoon celebrating the Tony-winning lyricist featured Danny Burstein, Harvey Fierstein, Rob Fisher, Judy Kuhn, Karen Ziemba, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Broadway community to celebrate the life of Tony Award winner Sheldon Harnick by Michael Abourizk

Harvey Fierstein, Danny Burstein, Judy Kuhn and more will honor the “Fiddler on the Roof” lyricist.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:43PM
Monday, November 6, 2023

Harvey Fierstein, Danny Burstein, Judy Kuhn & More to Pay Tribute to Sheldon Harnick

Harvey Fierstein, Danny Burstein, Judy Kuhn, and other Broadway luminaries will take part in a special tribute to the legendary Sheldon Harnick.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PM

Memorial for Sheldon Harnick Will Be Held at Broadway's Music Box Theatre by Andrew Gans

The celebration, open to the public, will feature Danny Burstein, Harvey Fierstein, Rob Fisher, Judy Kuhn, Emily Skinner, Karen Ziemba, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards