When filmmakers reached out to Bill Berloni about finding and training a dog to co-star with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in the film “The Friend,” his answer was direct. “I basically told them you can’…

Annie Tippe directs the Britta Johnson musical.

Soho theatre, LondonThe drag queen’s latest intermingling of Annie Lennox covers, southern gothic literature, Judy Garland and family anecdotes is a bravura feat of idiosyncratic connection On his last London…

The Booth Theatre was the place to be on Monday night, where Kimberly Belflower's new play, John Proctor is the Villain, officially opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who re…

The Booth Theatre was the place to be on Monday night, where Kimberly Belflower's new play, John Proctor is the Villain, officially opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who re…

Annie Tippe directs the Britta Johnson musical.

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Broadway composer and arranger David Dabbon talks about the additional dance music he has arranged and orchestrated for Annie. David's job is to take the original musi…

Lyric, BelfastNancy Harris, the writer of acclaimed dark comedy The Dry, reveals her early mastery of family power games in this taut new production of her 2012 play that feels fresh and relevant Since the prem…

Bob Martin burst onto the Broadway scene back in 2006 with The Drowsy Chaperone, a loving send-up of Broadway musicals that ran for 674 performances, was nominated for 13 Tony awards and won five of them includ…

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Harper Rae Asch rehearses the hopeful and heart-breaking tune "Maybe" for Annie. She is accompanied on piano by Music Director Laura Burton and Associate Conductor-Key…

Take a break in the rehearsal hall as... Annie stars Cydnee Abbott (Pepper) and Devon Michael Brown (Fred McCracken/Wacky, Kaltenborn) show off some tricks and flips to Director-Choreographer Donna Feore. So mu…

On April 30 (2pm), Whoopi Goldberg will join her The View co-host Joy Behar for one performance only in MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, at MMAC Theater. Goldberg was most recently seen onstage in Annie at the Theater at …

As a Literature major in my distant past, I have a shameful confession to make – I’ve never read Jane Eyre. I’ve read Ulysses and Absalom, Absalom, Toni Morrison and Annie Proulx, but never quite got to C…

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent Olivier awards: full list of winners Backstage at th…

Amid awkward kisses and fears of fainting, winners at the Royal Albert Hall thanked their collaborators, spouses … and chartered accountants Director Robert Icke on the unexpected effect of staging the traged…

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Laura Condlln (Miss Aggie Hannigan), Amanda Lundgren (Lily St. Regis) and Mark Uhre (Rooster Hannigan) rehearse their scheming song “Easy Street” with Director-Ch…

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Annie stars Harper Rae Asch (Annie) and Dan Chameroy (Oliver Warbucks) have some fun with Director-Choreographer Donna Feore as they work on the delightful duet "I Don…

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Theatre Royal Stratford East, London; York Theatre Royal Azuka Oforka’s bold, ambitious play confronts the horrors of slavery, while Emma Rice takes on Hitchcock’s classic, sidelining suspense but springing…

Sandy was not the first dog on a New York stage. Even Bill Berloni concedes that. He trained Sandy for “Annie” back in 1977, and, this season, Tana June for “Gypsy” (along with her understudy Indy) and …

Check out the official trailer for 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, at Westport Country Playhouse, March 25 - April 12, 2025 ! Tickets here » https://www.westportplayhouse.org/show/theat…

What's the first photo in YOUR camera roll? 🤔 Watch the cast of ¡VOS! learn all about eachother only 24 hours after they first met! Don't miss all the laughs and love onstage Apr 5 – 27! Get tickets onlin…

Chilina Kennedy shares why developing Canadian musicals matters. Toronto, this is your chance to experience the breathtaking new musical that’s making waves across North America. Life After runs for a strict…

Inside the rehearsal hall, something magical is unfolding. The music, the movement, the moments that make Life After such a luminous musical are coming to life before our eyes. Join us at the CAA Ed Mirvish The…

"I remember loving the music. I remember thinking it was funny. I remember being really moved by it." – Jake Epstein on his first memory of seeing Life After in 2017. Now, he’s bringing this unforgettable s…

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Harper Rae Asch rehearses the signature song “Tomorrow” for Annie, accompanied on piano by Music Director Laura Burton and James Smith, Associate Conductor and Key…

Barbra Streisand's 1993 album Back to Broadway almost featured a trio rendition of the Annie Get Your Gun staple 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better' with Madonna and Bette Midler. Find out more about the unre…

John Proctor is the Villain, a play by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, begins performances at Broadway's Booth Theatre on March 20. The production, starring Sadie Sink of Stran…

Through the years, Broadway has had its share of comics come to life as musical theater stars. There's been a musical Charlie Brown, a Superman, a Spider-Man. And there's been a SpongeBob show, a Lil' Abner, a …

 BOOP!  20 Facts About Broadway's Newest Icon, Betty Boop Look out, Annie! There’s a new toon in town! Like many of you, I knew only peripherally about Betty Boop, mainly that she was a popular cartoon …

Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024, the award-winning and moving play Dear Annie, I Hate You is set to make its London debut at Riverside Studios

Winter is starting to wind down, and spring will be here in full bloom before we know it! And as always, the Broadway theater scene is starting to heat up, too. We have more shows that we want to see than we ha…

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A satirical and entrancing ‘Antipodes’ at Shaking the Tree Linda FergusonReview: Samantha Van Der Merwe’s production of Annie Baker’s play is a beguiling blend of realistic dialogue and theatrical magic…

Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world. Get you tickets: https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/th…

Tuppence Middleton will take over from Romola Garai in Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel The Years

From the Hooverville to Hyde Park, we explain the period-specific people, places and things in the Tony Award-winning musical.

Britta Johnson is one of Canada’s most acclaimed composers, lyricists and writers for musical theatre. LIFE AFTER is her celebrated and luminous musical which premiered in Toronto in 2017 and played a sold-ou…

Wicked, A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez and Conclave — Best Picture Oscar nominees all — were among the film winners at the 40th anniversary Artios Awards, which the Casting Society handed out tonight ove…

John Rapson will join the knockabout comedy The Play That Goes Wrong off-Broadway, playing the role of Robert for a limited run from February 14 through March 16 at New World Stages. Rapson was previously see…

Tony Roberts, a two-time Tony-nominated actor widely known for roles in Annie Hall and other Woody Allen films, died on February 7. The cause was complications of lung cancer, his daughter Nicole Burley said. R…

Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important thing is not creativity, or originality, or integrity, but hype. A good example is The Years, Eline Arbo’s sta…

Critically acclaimed production, The Years, is now playing at the Harold Pinter for a strictly limited season. Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapolo…

Among the Allen films in which Roberts appeared were “Annie Hall” (1977), “Stardust Memories” (1980), “A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982), “Hannah and Her Sisters” (1986) and “Radio Day…

Tony Roberts, who appeared in Woody Allen films including “Annie Hall” while enjoying a long, bountiful career on Broadway, died Friday due to complications of lung cancer. He was 85 years old. Roberts’ d…

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage…

Smash-hit musical comedy Irish Annie’s is embarking on a new major nationwide tour in 2025 starring Ricky Tomlinson

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The Norwegian theatre director on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir The Years to the West End, standing on Ivo van Hove’s shoulders, and why live experiences still matter Eline Arbo is a Norwegian theatre dire…

The current national tour of "Annie," a musical which had its world premiere in Connecticut nearly 50 years ago, is coming to the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford Jan. 25 and 26.

Annie wrapped up its holiday run at Madison Square Garden on Janaury 5, and now continues its journey to more than 20 cities across the country. Twelve-year-old Hazel Vogel leads the iconic musical's national…

See ANNIE national tour stars Hazel Vogel and Christopher Swan perform a charming rendition the Annie/Daddy Warbucks duo "I Don't Need Anything But You" in the Broadway.com studio!

Pasadena Playhouse has canceled its concert events of Anything Goes and Follies due to the California wildfires. “Pasadena Playhouse is heartbroken by the devastation that this week’s fires have inflicted …

★★★★ THE MAIDS, JERMYN STREET THEATRE Master and Servant, poison & procrastination Class, in its 21st century manifestation, colours much performed play There are two main reasons to revive classic…

In 1885 James Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem titled “The Elf Child” in honor of Mary “Allie” Smith, an orphan who lived in his household. The poem’s title was eventually changed (via typographical error)…

The curtain came down on the Broadway show “Left on Tenth” and it was time to walk the stars. Few Tony-honored artists have two shows playing on Broadway at the same time but animal trainer and behaviorist …

Annie Ernaux’s The Years is transferring to the West End. It’s about time the arts confront the way women’s bodies work Following a sold-out run at the Almeida theatre, this month The Years – a stage ad…

Did you know that Sandy in the original Broadway production of Annie was a rescue dog? Over the years, animal trainer Bill Berloni has adopted over 300 animals, which he has used in various shows on Broadway—…

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 1977, while I was still in college, I can recall reading an announcement that a musical based on the popular 1920s comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” was going to be pr…

Those happy days that we were promised are finally here! 🎄 Celebrate Christmas with this custom watercolor art that Emily Grace Tucker created for Annie at Madison Square Garden. See star Hazel Vogel and ori…

After more than a decade of making us laugh as Haley Dunphy on Modern Family, Sarah Hyland is leaving her sitcom days behind and stepping back into the world of live theater. Beginning February 10, she’ll tak…

Amanda Lipitz and Henry Tisch, in partnership with Seth Rudetsky and the Jewish Broadway Alliance, Situation, and Cantor Azi Schwartz of Park Avenue Synagogue, have released a celebratory music video for Hanukk…

Kudos to five Annie Ernauxs, a memorably storm-lashed Lear and that Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial musical, while Oedipus reigns supreme 1. OedipusWyndham’s, London; October (runs until 4 January) Robert Icke’s…

Interview: Annie Kershaw discusses her upcoming production of The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre

In a just sweet enough production with a strong cast, the “View” host delivers a performance that reaffirms her savvy as a comic actor.

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Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg is currently starring as ‘Miss Hannigan’ in the National Tour of Annie's stop at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden. See photos of the cast celeb…

Watch a video of Whoopi Goldberg explaining on The View why she won't read the reviews for her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. The production is currently playing at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

Good sex, bad sex, the horror of aerobics and the tyranny of camcorders … the actor writes about starring in Nobel-winner Annie Ernaux’s memoir, our play of the year• More on the best culture of 2024 When…

Randy Rainbow has dropped his latest political parody, taking on Annie with 'I Think I'm Gonna Hate It Here.' The video takes on Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin's beloved song and pokes fun at Donald Trump'…

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg stars as ‘Miss Hannigan’ in the National Tour of Annie's stop at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden through January 5. See what the critics had to…

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! As the year comes to a close, so does the fist half of the 2024-25 Broadway season. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending December 13, 2024 with videos fro…