Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Ghost Land by Steven Morris

Andriy Bondarenko Ghost Land Translated by John Freedman with Vladyslav Hetmanenko   The Butterfly Iura, a Ukrainian soldier (male, 20s – 40s) Iuliia, Iura’s girlfriend/lover (female, 2…

SOURCE: stageraw.com at 07:54AM
Monday, July 17, 2023

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS…         Let it be said first of all that Gina Beck is a glorious gamine Maria:  sings like a bird and is satisfyingly able to convey in her voice her gr…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:43PM
Friday, June 9, 2023

The 2023 Tony Awards: Our Predictions by JK

 The 2023 Tony Awards:Our Predictions At last the Super Bowl of theater is upon us! As usual, Mike and I have given thought to all of the shows we've seen this season - in this case, ever…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:19AM
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Let It Be Your Star: Smash Confirms Broadway Bow | Playbill

Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman is directing, with Joshua Bergasse returning to choreograph.

SOURCE: Google at 12:22PM
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Let It Be Your Star: Smash Confirms Broadway Bow by Logan Culwell-Block

Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman is directing, with Joshua Bergasse returning to choreograph.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM
Monday, February 20, 2023

RANT: Broadway Bullying and Bad Cinderella by JK

It seems like every season these days someone decides that one show will be hated - cancelled, if you will - before the show even loads into a theater. Sometimes, it's because whoever these …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AM
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

The Skivvies and Morgan James - Bee Medley by Lauren Molina

Morgan James joins The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) to perform a bee-themed medley. Songs include: Let It Be (The Beatles), Sugar Sugar (The Archies), Honey Honey (ABBA), Honey…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:14PM
Friday, June 24, 2022

Let It Be at The Phantom Players - Performances June 11, 2022 to June 12, 2022 - PLAYBILLder

The Phantom Players. Broadway - Hopewell, VA. 1496910. Copyright © 2022 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission.

SOURCE: Google at 05:18AM
Monday, November 29, 2021

The Beatles’ “Get Back” by Trav S.D.

Well…having already done an extensive post on The Beatles’ Let it Be, I didn’t know if Peter Jackson’s Get Back would supply me with sufficient fodder for an additional one, but, oh,…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:54PM
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Review: In ‘As You Like It’ at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the Beatles meet the Bard and it’s a terrific party by Chris Jones

Director Daryl Cloran has stuffed 23 Beatles songs inside the comedic vessel known as “As You Like It.” At various points, Shakespeare's characters break into everything from “Let it B…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PM

Dance Umbrella: Extra Time; Nowhere review – a game of two halves by Sarah Crompton

Bell Square, Hounslow; available onlineDance Umbrella’s football-themed piece fails to score, but Dimitris Papaioannou’s 2009 work saves the day Never let it be said that dance doesn’t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Magician Escapist, Dorothy Dietrich, Inspired by Houdini – Part 2 by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen - Extreme Performance “The easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place someone is going to attempt something that in the …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:51AM
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Two Charles Hawtreys by Trav S.D.

Beatles fans know the name “Charles Hawtrey” from the Let it Be album. John Lennon intones it in his introduction to “I Dig a Pony”, which he characteristically renders as “I Dig a…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:54AM
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Scott Rudin Scandal Could Spur Efforts to Make Workplace Bullying Illegal by Gene Maddaus

Scott Rudin has had a public reputation as an abusive boss for decades. But this week, for the first time, he began to experience some consequences for it. A24 let it be known that it was c…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

John McGraw: A Giant in Vaudeville by Trav S.D.

Thanks to reader Michael KInter, who let it be known that baseball legend John McGraw (1873-1934) deserves a place in the vaudeville annals. Kinter is currently working on a musical about Mc…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:03AM
Monday, July 6, 2020

How To Audition for Shakespeare by Performerstuff

How To Audition for Shakespeare Rose Helsinger June 30th, 2020 Auditioning for Shakespeare can be a daunting task. How do I choose the right monologue? Do I do an accent? Do I need to p…

SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 04:13PM
Friday, May 8, 2020

In Which We Refuse to “Let it Be” by Trav S.D.

50 years ago today, the Beatles’ sad swan song Let It Be was released. Then and now, there was much to confound and confuse the casual observer about this ill-fated project. For just a few…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AM
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Conductor, If You Please! Rob McClure Is Keeping Us Laughing!

Let it be known, that once the Broadway shutdown ends, we hope to catch Broadway treasure Rob McClure taking on the iconic title role in the stage adaptation of the beloved 1993 film, Mrs. …

SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:32PM
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Conference Call: Perrie Voss and Heidi Lynch: "Avocado Toast the series" + Streaming in a COVID-19 world by Adam Rothenberg

I love avocado toast! It’s delicious. So when a series with that exact name slides into my inbox, I of course need to bite into it! In all seriousness what I love about Avocado Toast: the …

SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 07:36PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Hans Conried: From Radio to Wrongway Feldman by Trav S.D.

Hans Conried (1917-82) specialized in playing funny martinets, pedantic schoolteachers, eccentric orchestra conductors, and cartoon villains. His Germanic name, mid-Atlantic speech, and stif…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AM

Cannes Finally Admits Film Festival Can’t Happen ‘In Its Original Form’ by Artsjournal1

“But, in typical Cannes style, the festival did not close the door entirely. Instead of canceling outright, organizers said they are exploring contingencies to make ‘Cannes 2020 real, in…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AM

Sphinx Theatre announces £1,000 commissions for female playwrights and new writing lab by Giverny Masso

A new writing programme for female playwrights, offering £1,000 seed commissions and support from writers including Winsome Pinnock and April De Angelis,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

VIDEO: Lauren Patten Sings 'Let It Be' for Geffen Stayhouse

Geffen Playhouse presents Geffen Stayhouse! They will be be sharing exclusive, original content every Wednesday from some of their Geffen alums and favorite theater artists.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PM

Let it Be – Lopez Family Singers in quarantine – Watch this! by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Meet the Lopez Family Singers and listen to this amazing rendition of lennon and McCartney's Let It Be. Watch this video! This post Let it Be – Lopez Family Singers in quar…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:30AM
Monday, March 30, 2020

VIDEO: The Lopez Family Sings The Beatles' 'Let It Be'

Academy Award-winning songwriters, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, hit social media today with their children to show off some more impressive four-part harmony on The Beatles class…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Laura Linney keeps finding new ways to play one of her greatest roles by David Canfield

Lucy Barton is a woman of many lives. A writer reeling from a traumatic childhood, she emerged in Elizabeth Strout’s Booker Prize-nominated 2016 novel My Name Is Lucy Barton. In 2018, Rona…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 08:30AM
Friday, November 15, 2019

Seven of the Best Show Stopping Steps to Making Your Own Work by Performerstuff

Seven of the Best Show Stopping Steps to Making Your Own Work Written by Alex Muscaro 11/14/19 No matter if you are a director, producer, actor, playwright, or any other theatre profess…

SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 02:08PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Review: What to Send Up When It Goes Down, coming soon to Woolly Mammoth by Jeffrey E. Banks

Aleasha Harris, author of What to Send Up When It Goes Down wrote: “The idea was to hold people accountable, be confrontational, let it be messy, let it be angry, and let it tread as absur…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AM
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

LET IT BE by Sandy MacDonald

If two Beatles sitting in a hotel room talking sounds boring to you, you re not wrong.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 01:36PM
Friday, June 14, 2019

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles Cancels Broadway Return Engagement by Andy Lefkowitz

The recently announced return run of the celebrated concert Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles has been canceled. The show had initially been scheduled to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from Ju…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM
Saturday, May 11, 2019

For World Collage Day: On The Beatles’ “Revolver” by Trav S.D.

Everyone else will be writing about the 50th anniversary of Abby Road and the Let It Be sessions this year, but I’m only now catching up with Revolver (although I did manage to squeeze Rub…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:03AM

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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