Monday, June 17, 2013
Legendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand received an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University of …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMName: Corey CamperchioliHometown: Bridgewater, New JerseyEducation: New York University’s Tisch School of the ArtsSelect Credits: The History Boys (Posner, The Gallery Players); Tea and Sy…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 04:31PMHappy Birthday, John Gallagher, Jr. Gallagher originated the role of Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening on Broadway after performing the role Off-Broadway and in workshops at Lincoln Center.…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMLegendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMFriday, June 7, 2013
One of my favourite but rare theatregoing experiences is when an actor incarnates a role so totally that it's impossible to imagine any other actor ever playing the same part. Mark Rylance's…
Linked From John Morrison at 02:24PMThursday, June 6, 2013
Two-time Tony Award®-winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) will star on Broadway in two startlingly different performances in repertory: as the suddenly love struck noblewoman Oliv…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:57PMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Mark Rylance Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing will star on Broadway in two startlingly different performances in repertory as the suddenly love struck noblewoman Olivia in…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMFriday, May 24, 2013
Michael Milligan is a performer who has been writing and acting for the theater for almost two decades. Milligan has appeared on the Broadway stage as Little Charles in August: Osage County,…
Linked From Visible Soul at 06:48PMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Ambassador Theatre Group has bought its first venue outside the UK – Broadway's biggestBroadway's biggest theatre – currently home to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark – has fallen into Br…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:49AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Legendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMSunday, April 28, 2013
First, take out your No. 2 pencils and answer this question: Where did the traditional Jewish song, “Hava Nagila” originate? (1) Jerusalem (2) Warsaw (3) Miami Okay, …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThursday, April 4, 2013
Northampton’s Royal and Derngate has announced James Dacre as its new artistic director. Dacre previously directed the world premiere of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, which beat Jerusale…
Linked From The Stage at 01:32AMThursday, March 21, 2013
President Obama visited Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday. While he was there, he was treated to a surprise musical moment (really, is th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:15PMThursday, March 7, 2013
A.R. Gurney has written so many political plays lately (“O Jerusalem,” “Mrs. Farnsworth”) that it’s easy to forget that he once dealt almost exclusively with WASPs and their foible…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:48AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) has teamed up with wordsmith, surrealist, and Duluth prose poet Louis Jenkins (A Prairie Home Companion) to write Nice Fish, which hosted a cast and creative team me…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:58PMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Tracy Turnblad travels from Baltimore to Jerusalem where Encore! Educational Theatre brings HAIRSPRAY to the stage to feature 32 Anglo-Israeli and Ethiopian-Israeli singers, dancers and acto…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:54PMFriday, February 8, 2013
We are pleased to announce the availability of Great Moments in the Theatre by Benedict Nightingale, published by Oberon Books (London). Starting with the first performance of Aeschylus̵…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 02:31PMWednesday, February 6, 2013
Ironically, the best word to describe the newly forged connection between two art academies - one here in Washington, D.C., the other in Jerusalem - is b'shert, Yiddish for "meant to be" or …
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 05:08PMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Tony Award Winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) will star in the world premiere of Nice Fish, which will begin previews on April 6, in advance of an April 12 opening at the Guthrie Theater. Rylan…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:24PMTuesday, January 22, 2013
Name: Anna StrombergHometown: Wilmington, NCEducation: American Academy of Dramatic Arts. I got connected with The Amoralists because Nick Lawson saw me in Dracula and put my name in when th…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 03:38PMSunday, January 6, 2013
(photo credit: grajewski-fotograph inc)On Gumption and Defensesby Steven Schipper, Artistic Director, Royal Manitoba Theatre CentreHere are two items: my remarks to the assembled c…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:10AMThursday, January 3, 2013
Debra Jo Rupp will channel famous sex therapist Dr. Ruth in Dr. Ruth, All the Way when the solo show heads to TheaterWorks in Hartford, Connecticut. Written by Mark St. Germain (Fr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:51PM11th: Sonia Friedman Sonia Friedman Productions Last year: 13th Highest ever: 7th Following the unexpected commercial success of Jerusalem was always going to be a tricky task, but Sonia Fri…
Linked From The Stage at 12:40AMThursday, December 27, 2012
Age & Hometown: 28; New York, New York
Current Role: Starring as the title character, a sensitive art prodigy in the acclaimed stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s classic novel My…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:27AMFriday, December 21, 2012
Today in 1970, JESUS CHRIST SUERSTAR creators Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice received gold records for the original cast album of the show. The musical started off as a rock opera concept…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMSticks and stones may break our bones, but words can hurt far more. The sparring characters in Savyon Liebrecht’s play — a heartfelt look at the rifts in orthodox Jewish life in …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AMSaturday, December 8, 2012
One shouldn't draw conclusions about a person from the choice of cushion on his office sofa, but in the case of Dominic Cooke I'm tempted. A colourful piece of embroidery with a picture of a…
Linked From The Independent at 07:26PMMonday, November 19, 2012
It was like old times for Mark Rylance on Saturday, as he dominated proceedings on the stage of the Apollo - scene of his Jerusalem triumph in the West End - with crowds thronging the paveme…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMFriday, November 16, 2012
INTERVIEW: BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE The former critic of The Times talks to Aleks Sierz about his new book, Great Moments in the Theatre (Oberon), which comprises accounts of more than 100 signi…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 11:16AMSaturday, November 10, 2012
Anyone who has enjoyed a straight play in the West End over the past decade, perhaps with some well-judged star casting, will almost certainly have seen something from Sonia Friedman Product…
Linked From The Independent at 08:09PMFriday, November 2, 2012
It's hard to see what Jez Butterworth could have done to equal the impact of Jerusalem, so it's perhaps no surprise to find him working at the opposite end of the scale in his follow-up.
Linked From The Independent at 08:54PM