Theater Talk is reporting on Twitter that longtime theater critic Howard Kissel has passed away. Kissel was born in 1942 and has recently been blogging as the Cultural Tourist on the Huffing…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:57PMPerformance artists Jason Morneau, from Windsor, Ontario, and Azana, from San Francisco, California, present Aerial Allusions, a series of dance meditations on love. Part ballet, part clowni…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMIn the Galileo playing at Classic Stage Company, the hallmarks its patrons have come to expect under artistic director Brian Kulick (who also directs) are all on handsome display: The five-m…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMThe Traveling Musicians produced by 3 Sticks Theater Company follows the reunion tour of the band Rooster, Donkey, Cat and Dog. As the title suggests this show is loosely based on the Grimm'…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMA strong contender for best title of the current season, Stripper Lesbians as a word pairing can serve as a salacious enticement and, through nothing more than focusing in a literal, straigh…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMMoe Rosen—Canadian comic, award-winning author of "Noam Chomsky is an Asshole," and transplant to New York—is here on a mission. He would like to explain (but only once, so the whole aud…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMMan Saved By Condiments by Mary Jo Pehl is based on the true story of a Midwestern man, Steve (Tim Uren), whose car goes off the road, leaving him with a broken hip and forced to wait for re…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMMentalist Marc Salem is back in New York City after a long time away; his new show Mind Over Manhattan runs just three more Saturdays at the Society for Ethical Culture near Lincoln Center. …
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 11:49PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S BROADWAY POLL (LOOK TO YOUR LEFT!)This week's round of HOT and HOTTER probably should called HOT, HOTTER and HOTTEST. Why? Becau…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 11:30PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad will be joined by Broadway star Bill Pullman and Brittany Snow in the comedy pilot 1600 Penn, according to Deadline.com.
The series, which Gad will executive pro…
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William Shatner, currently starring on Broadway in SHATNERS WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT, recently paid a visit to Cat Greenleafs Brooklyn brownstone and can be seen this weekend on Talk Stoop …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMThe Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography The Next Chapter, to the Triad Theater Monday, March 5 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiogr…
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Name: Alexis Roblan
Show: "Daughters of Lot"
Website: http://www.brainmeltconsortium.com/
How did you first get involved in theatre?
I was always i…
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Photograph of Umberto by Louis J. McCall
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Emleigh Wolf has been performing comedy in New York City for several years now, sometimes onstage, somet…
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"Death, it happens: a girl's guide to death" was collaboratively written by Bricken Sparacino, Courtenay Harrington-Bailey, Kim Braun, Rebecca Chiap…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 07:47PMGavin Webster, London & Newcastle upon TyneOn the surface, Gavin Webster comes across as a very meat-and-spuds sort of chap. A thickset geordie who's usually found clad in the blokey uniform…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:47PMAbigail's Party, LondonGet out the cheesy-pineapple things, put on some Demis Roussos and pour a gin and tonic. Beverly, the 70s hostess from hell is back in a revival of Mike Leigh's most f…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:47PMA theatre in North London has become the highest-profile playhouse to give up competing with this summer's Olympic Games, deciding that it would be more lucrative to rent the venue to one of…
Linked From The Independent at 07:15PMIn Ed Malin's quirky and earthy "Judge, Yuri & Executioner," part of Frigid New York, Mac Rogers plays a suicidal masochist taking stock of his life.
Linked From Backstage at 07:06PMIn Frigid New York's "Little Lady," movement artist Sandrine Lafond conjures a creature that is too strange to like but too expertly rendered to dismiss.
Linked From Backstage at 07:06PMDavid Stallings' "The Stranger to Kindess," part of Frigid New York, employs too many clichés in its depiction of the loneliness of the urban jungle.
Linked From Backstage at 07:06PMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie, who has been battling the flu, will perform at the Feb. 24 performance of Carrie Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, according to a spokesperson for …
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Theatre Arlo's "Man Saved by Condiments!" in Frigid New York marks the NYC playwriting debut of Mary Jo Pehl of "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
Linked From Backstage at 06:49PMFour New Yorkers bounce in and out of bed in Elephant Run District's "Rabbit Island," Chris Harcum's raucous comedy in the Frigid New York festival.
Linked From Backstage at 06:49PMThe best ski resorts never close quietly … from dance farewells to comedians, BBQs and bizarre sports to late powder, we pick the best ways to sign off on the slopesThe Big Snow Festival, …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:46PMWith Georges Méliès as its subject, Martin Scorsese's Hugo – up for 11 Oscars – is a film that gives meaning to the cliché 'the magic of the movies'Should you stay up for the Oscars, …
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Tim C. Murphy is an international teacher and performer who currently resides in Kuwait. Born and raised in Ottawa, he has lived, worked and traveled in more than 45 count…
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Name: Cherry Pitz
Show: "Scratch And Pitz Burlesque And Variety Hour"
Websight: http://www.heroicsinhotpants.com/
How did you first get involved in theatre?
I was born w…
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Photo by David Stallings
Heather Cohn is a co-founder of Flux Theatre Ensemble and currently serves as the Producing Director. Directing credits for Flux include Erin Brow…
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Nicole Pandolfo is a writer and actress who lives and works in New York City. Several of her plays have been published and produced throughout New York City and the United…
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John Grady is an actor and a writer from New York City. He starred off Broadway in Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell and as a member of Blue Man Group. He is a multiple …
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Slash Coleman is New York writer and performer best known for his award-winning PBS special, "The Neon Man and Me." Over the past decade his performance work has been feat…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 06:45PMBroadway veteran Bill Pullman will play the President of the United States and father to The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad in the new NBC pilot 1600 Penn, according to EW.com. As prev…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:39PMThe sun has set on another jam-packed week on the Rialto, and Broadway.com is ready to get schooled by the past seven days. From Broadway stars getting jazzed about a fictional Downton Abbey…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:39PMTheodore Mann, co-founder and Artistic Director of Circle in the Square, passed away on February 24. He was 87 years old. Broadway theaters will dim their lights on at 8PM on February 24 in …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:39PMIn one of Broadway’s favorite real-life love stories, Norbert Leo Butz met his now wife Michelle Federer when they both appeared in the original Broadway cast of Wicked. The How I Lear…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:39PMChicago actor Lance Baker has taken up performance artist Mike Daisey’s challenge. Daisey is the author-actor whose monologue, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” is now a major…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:22PMPeter Aspden observes how contemporary art’s reliance on the funny resonates comedy’s increased relevance today
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 06:14PMThe revamped Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
much-buzzed-about Phantom of the Opera sequel will
premiere in U.S. movie theatres Feb. 28, with an encore screening on
March 7…
Linked From Playbill at 06:14PMIn Gino DiIorio's Reparation the history and status of race relations in the United States is presented in order to promulgate a heartfelt and harshly critical view of our country and those …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:05PMLance Baker will offer a one-night-only performance of Mike Daisey's monologue, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs on Monday, March 5 at 8pm at A Red Orchid Theatre. The event wil…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:04PMTony Award-winning producer and director Theodore Mann died on Friday, February 24 at age 87. All Broadway marquees will be dimmed at 8pm in his honor.
In 1951, Mann co-founded Circle in Sq…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:04PMAndrea Marcovicci will offer workshop presentations of her new show, Smile, at The Gardenia in West Hollywood, March 15-17.
Shelly Markham will serve as musical director and accompanist. He…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:04PMDonald Schoenbaum, a pioneer in the regional theater movement, has died at his home in Florida, according to The Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He was 86.
Schoenbaum began his career as an actor…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:04PMWhat a pleasure it is to be able to recommend without reservation the Centenary Stage Company's hilarious and expert production of "The Ladies Man."
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:03PMDan Daily, Kim Martin-Cotten and Andrew May will seek out A Moon for the Misbegotten beginning March 6 Off-Broadway for the Pearl Theatre Company.
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Check out our behind the scenes interview with show's ensemble cast members Jess LeProtto, Evan Kasprzak, Thayne Jasperson and Ryan Steele!
Linked From YouTube at 05:55PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of Theodore Mann, who passed away today. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory tonight, February 24th, at exactly …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMJERSEY BOYS – The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, is soon to open at the Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, with performances from 10 April, for a strictly limited season…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:48PM William Shatner, currently starring on Broadway in SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT, recently paid a visit to Cat Greenleaf’s Brooklyn brownstone and can be seen this weekend on …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:48PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, February 24, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information VENUS IN FUR star Nina Arianda on MISBEHAVIN’, meeting …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:42PMThe popular revival of Porgy and Bess will get a two-disc cast recording from PS Classics. The cast led by Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and David Alan Grier will record the classic Gersh…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:39PMNina Arianda first turned heads in her Tony-nominated performance as ditzy showgirl Billie Dawn in the Broadway revival of Born Yesterday and is now playing Vanda, a mysterious aspiring actr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:39PMLove Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mega-hit musical The Phantom of the Opera, could still make its way to Broadway, the composer told Reuters. “I think it …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:39PMSinger-actress will reprise her role as Muzzy.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 05:25PMActors from three St. Louis troupes — Mustard Seed, Upstream and Imaginary Theatre Co. — will present scenes from plays that deal with race at "Conversations…Racism," a discussion …
Linked From St. Louis Today at 05:25PMTheatre Movement Bazaar has previously treated Chekhov's plays as components within its highly choreographed productions,. But now it's tackling a Chekhov short story, Ward 6, in partnership…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:25PMWhen Jamie Masada opened the now-famous comedy club Laugh Factory in Los Angeles in 1979, the first comic to appear was Richard Pryor. The oft-told story goes that when Masada tried to pay P…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:19PMKERRY REID on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:19PMIn “The Navigator,” a play by Eddie Antar, Joseph Franchini is tethered to his car, but he is not alone.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PMHere’s our photo of the week from our friends at Playbill Online. It’s the cast of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR performing at the secret performance at The Crypt at The Church of the…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:13PMMichael Esper will join the previously reported Steven Pasquale in the NBC pilot, Do No Harm, according to Deadline.com.
The project, written by David Schulner, centers on Jeffrey Kohn (Pas…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:03PMZoe from Sesame Street stopped by the Broadway Dance Center on Thursday, February 23 to take a dance class with 15 children from a Rockville Centre dance studio. The character is in town per…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:03PMThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will launch its third annual "Lend Us Your Ears" play reading series on Monday, March 12 at 7pm with David Blixt's new play Eve of Ides. …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:03PMWith all the success Quebec filmmakers are having adapting French-Canadian plays, why isn’t the same trend happening in English Canada?
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 05:02PMTheodore Mann, who, as the co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre, was one of the foremost figures in the birth of the Off-Broadway theatre movement, died Feb. 24 following a brief illne…
Linked From Playbill at 05:01PMThe Players Club will host a conversation with Tony Award winner Zoe Caldwell, who will recount a life upon the stage, Feb. 28.
Linked From Playbill at 05:01PMThe marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed Feb. 24 at 8 PM for one minute in memory of award-winning producer-director Theodore Mann, who died Feb. 24 following a brief ill…
Linked From Playbill at 05:01PMThe moment Barack Obama locked up the Democratic nomination during the 2008 presidential campaign, British playwright Roy Williams — long acclaimed in the U.K. for his streetwise dramas of…
Linked From Washington Post at 05:00PMIn 1936, Martha Graham received a letter from the Third Reich, inviting her to participate in the Summer Olympics in Berlin. In response, the dancer and choreographer scribbled on the page: …
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Academy Awards 2012 - Cirque du Soleil Performance and Oscar Predictions from Joseph Birdsong
The 84th Academy Awards are Sunday, February 26th, on ABC! Billy Crystal will host, and Cirqu…
Linked From YouTube at 04:55PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMThe biggest night in Hollywood is coming up this weekend, and nine well-deserved movies are up for 'Best Picture' on Oscar Suday. Tune in on February 26 at 7pm on ABC to find out which film …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMThe 84th Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, February 26, and we want to see your picks. Take our survey and see how your selections match up with the winners after the show. As a bonus…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 04:48PMArthur Miller is another playwright who, had he been alive today, would have enthusiastically joined the three British playwrights lamenting the decrease in risk-taking in British subsidised…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:44PMTony Yazbeck will return to Chicago as Billy Flynn beginning March 5 at the Ambassador Theatre. He is replacing Marco Zunino, who plays his final performance March 4.
Yazbeck…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:38PMA work by Roy Lichtenstein is going on the auction block in New York City. The presale estimate is up to $40 million.
Linked From Toronto.com at 04:21PMToronto Dance Theatre’s Four at the Winch Quebec features choreography by Estelle Clareton, Lina Cruz, Deborah Dunn and Jean-Sebastien Lourdais.
Linked From Toronto.com at 04:21PMThis week, “Theater Talk” welcomes award-winning bookwriter and his SILENCE! THE MUSICAL stars, David Garrison and Jenn Harris. Along with hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins, they fo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMThe most original piece of theater I have seen in quite some time . . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 04:15PMElsa Rovayo fuses rock and flamenco singing and intersperses her performance with bursts of frenzied dancing, writes Julia Sutherland
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 04:10PMDeclan Donnellan manages the topic of incest brilliantly, giving the whole piece a modern, gothic spin, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 04:10PMPoetry FAQ By Wendy MacLeod on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: How do you know what a poem means? You decide what the poem means to you. But you are probably wrong. You are probably mis…
Linked From direct address at 04:07PMFrom Submission to Searching: A Paradigm Shift in Connecting Plays and Producers (by Gwydion Suilebhan on HowlRound)
Linked From direct address at 04:07PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad will be joined by Brittany Snow in the comedy pilot 1600 Penn, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series, which Gad will executive produce with former Pres…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:02PMTony Yazbeck will return to the role of Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago, beginning with the Monday, March 5 performance at the Ambassador Theatre. He replaces Marco Zunino,…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:02PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 13-19, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
Linked From Playbill at 04:01PMTony Yazbeck will return to the role of Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway revival of Kander and Ebb's Chicago beginning March 5 at the Ambassador Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 04:01PMMichael Esper, who can currently be seen in the Playwrights Horizons production of Assistance, has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC pilot "Do Not Harm," according to Deadline.co…
Linked From Playbill at 04:01PMBrent Barrett, Jenn Harris and the entire cast of Silence! The Musical celebrated that show's original cast recording Feb. 23 at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 04:01PMBrandt Johnson's Just Sex, which played a sold-out run at Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival earlier this season, will return to Theater for the New City for a limited Off-…
Linked From Playbill at 04:01PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of First Date, a new musical about a couple on a blind date, which will debut in a co-production between the 5th Avenue Theatre and Seattle&…
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Ghost the Musical, beginning previews March 15th with the opening date set for April 23rd, is directed by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus God of Carnage, The Norman Conquests, Boeing-Boein…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMDirected by the Tony Award winning Terry Johnson, End of the Rainbow will begin performances on Monday, March 19, 2012 at the Belasco Theatre, with an opening night now set for Monday, April…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMOn Monday, March 5, 2012, the acclaimed revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO will welcome back Tony Yazbeck to the role of that silver-tongued prince of the courtoom, Billy Flyn…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMLove Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will arrive in movie theatres on February 28, and according to Andrew Lloyd Webber, all hope might not be lost for bringing the new m…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMLondon theatre's drive to raise £7m to build a new Jacobean stage is boosted by anonymous donorShakespeare's Globe has been given £1.5m by an anonymous donor to help its efforts to build a…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:43PMAbbey Lewis finds out more about Fourth Monkey's new rep season and unique training programme for young performers.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 03:42PMMost of the time the press releases I receive can also be located somewhere online, but some of the smaller theaters that send info to American Theatre aren't quite at that level of informat…
Linked From The Wicked Stage at 03:39PMMichael Esper will join the cast of the NBC medical drama pilot Do No Harm as Dr. Alex Jordan, according to Deadline.com. Written by David Schulner, the drama also stars previously announced…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:38PMThree-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star in the previously announced musical adaptation of the 2002 film Far From Heaven at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directed by Mi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:38PMWho’s that lady? You mean the blonde bombshell with the dress cut to there currently bringing the house down at the Laurie Beechman Theatre? That lovely lady is the one and only Tawny …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:38PMHustling was the name of the game on February 21 at We Love Soaps' 3rd Annual Indie Soap Awards at New World Stages ! Broadway vet Sebastian LaCause snapped up the Best Actor in a Drama …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:38PMMatthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara are only a month away from headlining Nice Work if You Can Get It at the Imperial Theatre, and we’ve got an exclusive video with the creative t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:38PMHe was managing director of the theater for 17 years.
Linked From StarTribune at 03:30PMNancy Palk, Joseph Ziegler, Evan Buliung and Gregory Prest star in Soulpepper's Long Day's Journey Into Night, directed by Diana Leblanc.
Linked From Toronto.com at 03:20PMTerry Burrell offers a girlish, often defiant Ethel Waters in the one-woman "Ethel!" at Walnut Street Theatre's third-stage Independence Studio. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro review…
Linked From Philly.com at 03:11PMThe company of the second North American tour of the hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked will welcome Paul Kreppel as The Wizard beginning March 7 in Norfolk, VA, at Chrysler …
Linked From Playbill at 03:00PMComplete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, featuring Tony Award nominees Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger, which will begin Broadway…
Linked From Playbill at 03:00PMMixed Blood Theatre is set to present a new bilingual production of Minnecanos by Joe Minjares, March 15-24 at the Parkway Theater. Direction and Spanish translations will be by Ra&uacu…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe American Repertory Theater will hold a memorial service May 14 for veteran Boston theatre director David Wheeler, who died Jan. 3 at the age of 86.
Linked From Playbill at 03:00PMThe stars of Jersey Boys were officially welcomed to their new home at Paris Las Vegas on Thursday, February 23.
The musical, which will begin performances at the venue on March 6, tells th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe second North American tour of Wicked has announced that Paul Kreppel will assume the role of The Wizard, beginning March 7 in Norfolk, VA.
Wicked, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwa…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:00PMSan Jose Repertory Theatre will present Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, March 22-April 15. Rick Lombardo will direct.
In God of Carnage, two sets of parents try to deal with the afterm…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:00PMPerhaps if David J Savage used a dictionary of British English, as opposed to the American Webster's, he would find a more accurately descriptive definition of "fulsome" as overdone, cloying…
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMConcerns reported in The Stage about the inadequate prominence of named performers on TV credits (Stage Talk, February 16 and 23, page 8), together with suggested reforms of the structures o…
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMI was heartened to see in Susan Elkin's education blog on 15 February that, through Deutsche Bank's sponsorship of the Globe's Education Department, 20,000 school pupils across the whole of …
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMMany residents of Stratford upon Avon feel that the Courtyard Theatre, (known as the Rusty Shed) should now be dismantled because they see it as nothing more than an embarrassing eyesore.
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMOn Monday, February 6, the good and the great of the wonderful world of fringe gathered at the Leicester Square Theatre for the Fringe Report Awards. Sadly, John Park, founder of the Fringe …
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMIn responding to Beyond the Barricade (Stage Talk, February 16, page 9), I refer readers to my letter West is Wrong (Stage talk, January 26, page 8). As with Samuel West, the writer fails to…
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMAs Nicolas Kent bids farewell to the Tricycle Theatre after 28 years at the helm, he tells Aleks Sierz about his proudest achievements and his plans for the future.
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMAlthough she acted in theatre for years and never imagined herself as a television actress, Sharon Small talks to Matthew Hemley about finally getting comfortable in front of the camera lens
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMCasting director Richard Evans offers invaluable advice on how to maximise your impact and success before, during and after participating in a showcase
Linked From The Stage at 03:00PMMillie Williams Bell, who died on January 2, 2012, in Skegness, Lincolnshire, at the age of 97 was a veteran circus star and notable bareback rider in the great travelling circuses of the wo…
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Last night Hay Fever opened in the West End, but you can’t read about it till Monday, as reviews have been embargoed till then, as I have previously explained; yet by the same token, comic…
Linked From The Stage at 02:59PMDianne Wiest and John Cusack in the film version of Bullets Over Broadway Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson are proud to announce that the world premiere production of BULLETS O…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:53PMAs first reported on Deadline.com, actor Michael Esper has joined the cast of the upcoming NBCUniversal medical drama DO NO HARM.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMSPARKLE will be released in theaters on August 24th by Sony Pictures, starring Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Cee-Lo Green, and the now lat…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMAccording to the New York Times, Playwrights Horizons will present FAR FROM HEAVEN, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg Take M…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMA STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE will open April 22, with previews beginning April 3 for the revival at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMThis week - it's all about the newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of CARRIE, which will officially open on March 1, 2012 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Idina Menzel's new PBS concert special, Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony, will air beginning March 3. In the video below, Menzel chats with Ne…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMAccording to TVLine.com, actress Brittany Snow will be joining the cast of the upcoming NBC comedy 1600 PENN. Book of Mormon's Josh Gad will star and produce the project.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMDiana Leblanc steered a legendary version of Eugene O’Neill’s tragic family drama at Stratford, and while her new production is often wrenching, it does sometimes suffer by compari…
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 02:41PMTracie Bennett will embody one of the most iconic and tragic American stars, Judy Garland, in the new Broadway play End of the Rainbow. Peter Quilter’s chilling look at the final month…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:37PMTony Award winners Michael Mayer and Bartlett Sher will direct productions during the Metropolitan Opera’s 2012-13 season, which will include seven new productions and 21 revivals. The…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:37PMJekylle & Hyde star Linda Eder is set to return to Feinstein’s at Loews Regency with her solo show Songbirds. The concert will play the popular nightspot March 13 through 17.
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Linked From Broadway.com at 02:37PMWoody Allen will adapt his 1994 film “Bullets Over Broadway” for the stage, and the production likely will appear on Broadway in 2013. Allen co-wrote the original script with Douglas McG…
Linked From broadway.me at 02:35PM“Galileo,” a play by Bertolt Brecht that has rarely been seen in the United States, opened this week Off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company and starred Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham …
Linked From broadway.me at 02:35PMYoung Vic, London: "I'm stupefied by the suffering I've seen," cries Patrick Stewart as William Shakespeare, returning to one of his favourite roles in a six-week run at …
Linked From The Stage at 02:25PMTabard, London: Theatre companies are always being encouraged to find corporate partners. The National Theatre has Travelex and the Royal Opera House has Deloitte among others. But it's…
Linked From The Stage at 02:25PMRoyal Albert Hall, London: It's easy to be wary of Raymond Gubbay's 'in the round' operas at the Royal Albert Hall. The singers are miked (as is the orchestra), each show…
Linked From The Stage at 02:25PMGarrick, London: Barmy Britain is the usual Horrible Histories blend of historical facts (you could be hanged for 160 different crimes in the 17th century and a total of 50,000 people were …
Linked From The Stage at 02:25PMGreenwich Playhouse, London: As the Galleon Theatre Company vacates Greenwich Playhouse after 17 years as the resident company at the venue it established, it chooses The Duchess of Malfi as…
Linked From The Stage at 02:25PMNow it can be told -- the story of an incident from veteran raconteur Burke Byrnes' youth in the '50s that he felt he couldn't tell in public as long as his father was alive. His father di…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 02:23PMAs previously reported, Tony Award winner Betty Buckley took to Twitter to respond to "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson when he dismissed a contestant for sounding "too Broa…
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PMStephanie Rothenberg will temporarily step into the role of Rosemary in the Tony-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying beginning Feb. 28, according to the act…
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PMA special edition of Jim Caruso's Cast Party, which benefited The Actors Fund, played The Town Hall in Manhattan Feb. 23 at 8 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PMComplete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, featuring Tony Award nominees Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger, which will begin Broadway…
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PMPS Classics will record a two-disc, new Broadway Cast Album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on March 12 & 13.
Currently running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the Broadway prod…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:00PMUpdated casting has been announced for the previously reported Broadway Remembers Whitney concert, to be held at Joe's Pub on Monday, February 27 at 9:30pm.
The event will feature perf…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:00PMJan Ravens hosted Almeida Up Close, the Almeida Theatre's fundraising gala at One Mayfair, on February 23.
Performers included Daniel Evans, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Jules, Jonathan Pryce…
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, stage veterans Scott Foley and Becki Newton are set to co-star in the Fox comedy pilot, THE GOODWIN GAMES.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMManhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director Barry Grove, Executive Producer Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Producer today announced the lineup for this springs Ernst C. Stiefel 77 Rea…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMBroadway Remembers Whitney, a benefit concert honoring one of the greatest icons and voices of our generation, will take place on Monday, February 27th at Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette Street betw…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMThe company of the second North American tour of WICKED welcomes Paul Kreppel as The Wizard on Wednesday, March 7 in Norfolk, VA.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMAccording to InTouch, Britney Spears wants a recurring role on NBC's SMASH. A friend of Britney's revealed that Shes met with producers, and theyre looking for the appropriate role for her.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMFeinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its WinterSpring 2012 season with the return of Linda Eder in her new show Songbirds, which pays tribute to the great ladies of music including Len…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMThe Jackie Robinson Foundation JRF has announced the presenters of the 2012 ROBIE Awards for its Annual Awards Dinner on Monday, March 5 at 630p.m. at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. This …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMThere’s a hefty list of Broadway plays this season and the Tony Awards are going to be a tight race. Acclaimed black comedy “The Lyons” is intent of making that race even difficult. Pr…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:45PMYoung Vic, LondonWhen Angus Jackson's fine production of Edward Bond's bony masterpiece was first seen in Chichester two years ago, a respected colleague attacked the author for his assumpti…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:41PMThe 84th annual Academy Awards are on February 26, and while it’s always a treat to see who walks away with a golden statue, this year’s awards are especially exciting because se…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:36PMThe scientific achievements of Galileo Galilei speak for themselves, and the artistic achievements of off-Broadway’s Galileo, which opened February 24 at Classic Stage Company, are jus…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:36PMBroadway's own big awards show may not be until June, but that doesn't mean stars of the Great White Way won't be tuning into the Academy Awards on February 26 to see who takes h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:36PMCulture Clash is back with American Night
The nation's premiere Chicano-Latino performance troupe, Culture Clash is like a mambo-infused Marx Brothers and this latest extravaganza is a …
Linked From YouTube at 01:17PMThe American surrealist’s take-no-prisoners style of humour is outrageously tactless but brilliantly so
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 01:12PMAs I watched Steven Epp and Christopher Bayes' stage adaptation of Moliere's A Doctor in Spite of Himself at Berkeley Repertory Theatre last night, tedious memories of sitting through countl…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 01:05PMTony Award-winning directors Bartlett Sher (South Pacific) and Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) will direct classics in the 2012-13 season of the Metropolitan Opera.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMThree-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star as a suburban housewife whose life unravels in the new musical Far From Heaven, which will receive a developmental staging this summe…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMStephanie Rothenberg will temporarily step into the role of Rosemary in the Tony-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying beginning Feb. 28, according to the act…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMBroadway learned of an unexpected, late edition to the Broadway spring-season play sweepstakes this week.
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMClassic Stage Company's new production of Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham as the persecuted scientist, opened Feb. 23 following previews fro…
Linked From Playbill at 01:00PMThe Opera Orchestra of New York has canceled the previously reported March 7 opera-in-concert presentation of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, which was to have starred Placido Domingo in the …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:00PMTheater veterans Scott Foley and Becki Newton will co-star in the Fox comedy pilot, The Goodwin Games, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Created by Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Ha…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:00PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced the lineup for its Ernst C. Stiefel "7@7" Reading Series, which will commence on Monday, March 12 and continue on consecutive Mondays through A…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:00PMMauckingbird Theatre Company has announced casting for Jon Marans' The Tempermentals, to play April 11-29 at the Skybox at The Adrienne Theatre. Mauckingbird artistic director Peter Re…
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When first you enter the theatre and see Adrianne Lobel’s set that is spare and dynamic, and beautifully lit by Justin Townsend, your first thought is, “I hope the play is as good as the…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 12:52PMWelcome 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMKristin Chenoweth, on the February 23 airing of the LATE SHOW, revealed her allergy to formaldehyde - the chemical that preserves cadavers - and subsequently, the lips on my eyelids as she s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMLast 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Sara Jean Ford THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will step into the shoes of Smitty in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Ford will be replacing Mary …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMThese days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multiple message board…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMAll the excitement of the Broadway stage was broadcast into viewers' homes last night, as Broadway Week continued on LATE NIGHT WITH Jimmy Fallon 1235 a.m. ET on NBC. Last night, Fallon feat…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMThere on the night but didn't see a programme seller? Or did you miss the show and want a little something from the night. Here's a chance to get a copy of the souvenir programme from our ve…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:49PMWe can look forward to a spring release for the cast recording of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. PS Classics has announced that they will record a two-disc album of the New Broadway Cast R…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 12:44PMLinbury, LondonPlatforms for emerging artists are often required to jettison coherence in favour of choreographic diversity. The stylistic lurches between pieces can leave you a little seasi…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:40PMDorian Bergen, Agapi Stassinopoulos: Photo: Barry GordinSaturday, February 25, 2012 ACA Galleries in association with The NY Open Center hosted an inspiring talk with author Agapi Stassinopo…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 12:38PMSara Jean Ford is set to replace Mary Faber as Smitty in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Ford will assume the role on February 28. Additionally, Ros…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:36PMNew Vancouver production held together by director Jonathan Christenson’s aesthetic vision
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 12:27PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S BROADWAY POLLAND IN THIS WEEK'S ROUND OF "HOT AND HOTTER." LOOK TO YOUR LEFT FOR ACCESS TO BOTH!OUT Magazine has come up with its list of t…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:21PMBryn Mawr College will host a workshop by a gay performance artist whose program was canceled by Villanova University this week, officials said Thursday.
Linked From Philly.com at 12:04PM(Christine Toy Johnson, Pun Bandhu and Angel Desai at the roundtable. Photo: Bruce Alan Johnson) Where are all the Asians? That seemed to be the question at hand last Monday, Feb. 13, during…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 12:01PMThe annual New York Pops Gala benefit on April 30 will honor the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. A 7 PM Carnegie Hall concert called Journey On, borr…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMTony Award winner Andrew Lloyd Webber and singer-songwriter Gary Barlow announced that they are collaborating to compose a special song for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert, which wil…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMAndrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Sutton Foster, David Alan Grier and other theatre folk have taken part in Broadway Week on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMTony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Leslie Uggams will reprise her Broadway role of Muzzy in the 2012 Muny premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which will play the St. Louis venu…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
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Times are changing. Sutton Foster is officially getting a television series. Since her show "Bunheads" has been picked up, Foster will be departing the ocean liner at the Stephen Sondheim Th…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 11:59AMFull casting has been announced for the Broadway premiere of Rick Elice's Peter and the Starcatcher, to begin previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on March 28 in anticipation of an o…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMThe New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players will present Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Patience on Sunday, March 11 at 5pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space.
The story focuses on Pat…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMBAMCinematek will present a special screening of Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, adapted from the play by Terrence Rattigan, on March 15 as part of a retrospective of the film direct…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow will collaborate on a song to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. The number will be performed at a concert celebrating the monarch&apos…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMThe DVD of the second season of the PBS series Michael Feinstein's American Songbook is available as of today at ShopPBS.org.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook chronicles Fein…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMACT - A Contemporary Theatre and The 5th Avenue Theatre have announced casting for their co-production of Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary, and Michael Weiner's First Date, to run March 10…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:59AMA popular improvised comedy showcases the pain and humor of dating.
Linked From StarTribune at 11:56AMThe producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, a new play by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice Jersey Boys, have announced that performances through April 29th are 99 orchestra and front mezzanine …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMIn an exclusive interview with TVGuide.com, Diana DeGarmo and boyfriend Ace Young have revealed that they will be bringing their music to an episode of the CBS daytime drama THE YOUNG AND TH…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMAccording to their website, Atlantic Productuctions will present the Asian premiere of Disney's Aladdin. The show will open at Manila's Meralco Theatre in November 2012. Casting has not yet …
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Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMToday in 1955, Silk Stockings opened at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 478 performances. Silk Stockings is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe Vision 20 years ago, in January of 1992, Broadway was a different place Times Square and the environs were dangerous and down at the heels, the World Wide Web had just launched, and the …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMBoradway favorite Kritin Chenoweth will make an appearance on 'Good Morning America' on February 29. Tune in to ABC at 7am to check out her interview.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS recently re-opened at the Paris Las Vegas hotel after concluding its run at the Palazzo Las Vegas at the end of 2011. BroadwayWorld brings you the boys'…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMWhat are we missing out on by not having more female voices and perspectives on our stages? As we make our way to the culminating event in Forum Theatre’s current Female Voices Festiva…
Linked From 2AMT at 11:40AMIn Leeds one evening in the late 1960s, I went to the City Varieties. Frank Carson (obituary, 24 February) was compering a show called Stars and Strips, valiantly warming up a first house of…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:39AMThe German composer and director will perform a musical response to Joseph Conrad's 1890 journal at A Room for London from 6pm–6.45pm on Sunday 26 February 2012. Watch the live stream here…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:39AMAllen is adapting his 1994 movie for the stage, Matilda wins the public vote at the Whatsonstage awards, and Chortle's female-unfriendly comedy awards shortlist is no laughing matterScreen t…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:39AMKristin Chenoweth sure is a trooper. On a recent media blitz in advance of her new show GCB’s March 4 premiere, the bubbly Tony winner stopped by Late Show with David Letterman, d…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:35AMMTV has decided not to pick up the new animated comedy Good Vibes, starring The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad, for a second season, according to Deadline.com. MTV honchos “felt that …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:35AMBroadway Week continues on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and William Shatner made the trek from the Music Box Theatre to chat about his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:35AMThe Book of Mormon’s leading missionaries Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon during the show's Broadway Week to preach the good word to the a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:35AMSutton Foster and the cast of Anything Goes brought the salty ocean breezes of the S.S. American to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on February 23. The dancing crew of the hit Cole Porter reviv…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:35AMTHEATER
AGAIN AND AGAIN
At the end of Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano," a one-hour absurdist comedy about the ridiculous nature of British social conventions and language, the p…
Linked From Philly.com at 11:21AMSUPER STRUCTURE The Cost of the Erection: The title of Jon Marans’ new play sounds like one of those gay shows where comely actors get naked to pump up the box office. There is some veiled…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 11:21AMthere are glimmering in F. Murray Abraham’s performance that hint that he is striving to find a character who will eventually show the various, sometimes contradictory, sides of Galileo’…
Linked From CurtainUp at 11:21AMThe play, based on the award-winning book by Linda Sue Park, runs through March 18.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 11:21AMIn “Galileo,” the 17th-century Italian astronomer is described as “a man who cannot say no to old wine or a new idea.”
Linked From New York Daily News at 11:21AMFollowing Broadway's success with flexible ticket pricing, the Metropolitan Opera will adopt a new pricing system, boosting the cost of the most sought-after seats and lowering the cheapest …
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:21AMThe production stars Charles Leggett as messy Oscar and Chris Ensweiler as tidy Felix, the mismatched roommates.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 11:21AMTalk show host Stephen Colbert showed off his singing skills on Thursday's episode of "The Colbert Report" as he teamed with tenor Plácido Domingo for a rendition of one of the most familia…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:21AMOne month ago, almost to the day, several hundred passionate people converged on New World Stages for the first ever TEDxBroadway conference. It was a very exciting day, with great speakers …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:09AMCheck out what’s happening in the #NEWPLAY World: Newplay.us is a site driven by the #NEWPLAY Community on Twitter. Everyday people from all around post opportunities and news in the #NEW…
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The annual New York Pops Gala benefit on April 30 will honor the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. A 7 PM Carnegie Hall concert called Journey On, borr…
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMCountry star Reba McEntire and Tony Award winner Lily Tomlin will star in the ABC half-hour pilot "Malibu Country," according to Deadline.com.
Linked From Playbill at 10:59AMMary Louise Parker and James Woods have been cast in the independent film Jamesy Boy, according to The Hollywood Reporter Trevor White will direct the project, which is using a script he co…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMThe Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will be honored at The New York Pops gala, entitled Journey On, Monday, April 30. The event wi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMVoice casting has been announced for Turbo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. David Soren will direct the project, which he has co-written with Robert Siegel and Darren Lemke.
The film …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMCast members from Silence! The Musical celebrated the release of the production's Original Cast Recording with a concert and album signing at the 86th Street Barnes and Noble on Thursda…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMBroadway veteran Jenn Gambatese will appear in Predictable Heart: The Music of Justin Rugg at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on Thursday, March 1 at 9:30pm.
The show, presented by Pantochino P…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMImagination Stage has released an ebook version of their currently running hip-hop musical P. Nokio, according to DC Theatre Scene.
Written by Psalmayene, adapted for the page by A.M. Bilye…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:58AMOn hand to celebrate Broadway with Fallon were 'Book of Mormon's Tony-nominated actors Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad as well as William Shatner, currently starring in Shatner's World We Just …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBroadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth is currently in Kanas City for a special concert performance, and while she was in town she chatted with the Kansas City Star about the future of Broadway…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway production of WIT will be featured this weekend on Theater Talk, airing late tonight at 130 AM on WNETChannel 13, and CBS2 News Sunday, airing Sunday at appr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMOn Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled Journey On honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominat…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMMusical theatre legend Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed today that he is thinking about basing his next musical project on the Profumo affair, which went down almost 50 years ago.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBrent Barrett, Jenn Harris and the entire cast of SILENCE The Musical took to the stage at the Upper East Side Barnes amp Noble yesterday, February 23rd at 5 PM to perform selections from th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMWhen creating a modern version of a well loved classic such as Romeo and Juliet, theatre companies can easily show themselves up by trying too hard to be “down with the kids”. Lu…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:47AMThe 2010 Chichester Festival revival of Edward Bond’s 1973 play Bingo transferred last night (23 February 2012, previews from 16 February) to the Young Vic.
Directed by Angus Jackson, …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:47AMThe Tony-winning performer explains why she's angry about the way the show's judges denigrate certain voices as "too Broadway."
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:39AMThere are one-person shows galore in Manchester, a new Streetcar on the loose in Liverpool, and two chances to see playwright Dennis Kelly at different ends of the countryNorthThe Fuel seaso…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:36AMWhy do they keep crossing the border? Slide projections of hate-graffiti flash by on a back wall screen: “We Are Against Immigrants,” “Get out, Nicaraguans,” “I…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMSeeking burlesque performers and actors/variety performers who can do burlesque! 4&9 Productions is seeking 3 female or female-presenting principal burlesque performers for our 2012 Ca…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMToday is the birthday of The Great Lafayette (Siegmund Neuberger, 1872-1911) one of vaudeville’s few literal martyrs. He moved to the U.S. from his native Munich at age 19 and began…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:34AMThe curtain is going up on the Public Theater's world premiere of The Total Bent, a new musical by Stew and Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange) which begins performances on February 24. The…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:33AMFive of Broadway’s finest actors are in the running for 2012 Academy Awards! In honor of their stellar work onscreen, Broadway.com is looking back at the most unforgettable stage roles…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:33AMGet ready, Phantom of the Opera fans: The super-lavish Australian production of Love Never Dies will debut at movie theaters across America on February 28 and March 7 in screenings sponsored…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:33AMSchool #12: University of Chicago Charter School, Woodlawn Campus Chicago, IL Reported by: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher February 3, 2012 This …
Linked From Music Theatre International at 10:31AMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow are working together to compose a song to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Linked From The Stage at 10:25AMFind some room on the proverbial couch because we’ve got some casting news to report: Ready to make your Broadway debut? The sashaying folks at Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Ticke…
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Manhattan Theatre Club’s acclaimed Broadway production of WIT will be featured this weekend on “Theater Talk” (airing late tonight at 1:30 AM on WNET/Channel 13) and “CBS2 News Sunda…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:59AMJudges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler revealed their remaining choices for the semifinalists for the current season of "American Idol" on the Feb. 23 broadcast.
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMAtlantis Productions, through a special licensing arrangement with Music Theatre International, will stage the Asian premiere of Disney's Aladdin. Performances will begin in November at …
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMRecession Art Shows will present a special one-night-only benefit performance event, The Chorus Boy Chronicles, March 7 at 8 PM at RAC|Recession Art at CULTUREfix.
Linked From Playbill at 09:58AMLily Tomlin will join the previously announced Reba McEntire in ABC's half-hour pilot Malibu Country, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The show centers on a woman (McEntire) who…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:57AMSky Arts has announced the writers and initial casting for Playhouse Presents, a new series of comedies and dramas, according to published reports. The initiative is an extension of the cha…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:57AMTown Hall played host to the second annual presentation of The Best of Jim Caruso's Cast Party, on Thursday, February 23.
The nearly three-hour concert featured performances by Janis S…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:57AMOn Thursday, February 23, the Classic Stage Company production of Galileo opened its limited run, which has been extended to February 18.
Opening night guests included Jack Cummings III, An…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:57AMLast night, Fallon featured Roundabout Theatre Company's 2011 Tony Award winning musical Anything Goes. Sutton Foster took the Late Night stage to sing a rousing selection from this saucy pr…
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Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:47AMDavid Eldridge's new play In Basildon opened at the Royal Court this week (22 February 2012, previews from 16 February).
Directed by artistic director Dominic Cooke, the play follows the fin…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:45AMThis week the all-male troupe are in Perth, where unscripted food poisoning in the middle of Henry V calls for some wild improvisation – and an emergency run to A&EHere in Perth, Australia…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:36AMWashington Savoyards announces auditions for the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical revue A Grand Night for Singing. Directed by Kurt Boehm. This is an open call, Non-Equity. All performers …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AMRepublican firebrand Newt Gingrich is known for his dramatic flourishes, whether the Contract with America from 1994 or his more recent proposal to colonize the Moon. During this primary s…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 09:36AMI am usually indifferent to the annual Oscar charades: I find the presentation grating and I’ve generally not seen any of the films, and that really doesn’t leave much to sink on…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:34AMAt the Brick Theater, that is! Why it’s just the Brick’s latest zany-themed indie theatre festival comin’ your way in a couple of months, that’s all! To find out how …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:34AMA meditation on the art of Mark Rothko, ranging from memories of a mystical encounter with his art to thoughts on the recent SpeakEasy Stage production of "Red," which is based on life of th…
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The famed Chicago theater director discusses his new work, The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told By Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched Creature).
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:56AMJaneane Garofalo and Morgan Spector will host The New Group's 2012 Gala, Cabaret Soiree, to be held at Edison Ballroom on Monday, February 27 beginning at 6:30pm.
The event will honor …
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:56AMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Gary Barlow today announced that they are working together to compose a special song to celebrate The Queens Diamond Jubilee, which will feature artists and contribut…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:47AMps classics today announced that they will be presenting the New Broadway Cast Recording of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, to be released May 8. The recording will take place on March 12 and…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:47AMWith their announcement today, Imagination Stage has taken a creative leap from the stage to the page. P. Nokio, the popular hip-hop musical playing at Imagination Stage, is now available …
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:35AMYour correspondent likes to think he has a heart that can be touched. The list of Disney movies at which I’ve cried, now that I tally it up, is long indeed, and I was moved to tears in a c…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:33AMThe three early one-act plays by O’Neill are moving and naturalistic, not melodramatic as I’ve seen them called elsewhere. In order to find this out, though, one has to look through this…
Linked From Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 08:23AMJoshua Henry opened his solo concert at the Triad Theater on February 20 singing the words “I’m livin’ my life like it’s golden.” The chorus to Jill Scott’s hit certainly describ…
Linked From Stage Rush at 08:23AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Scorched, American Conservatory Theater.
By Sam Hurwitt
The primary selling point of Scorched is Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn’s return to his native…
Linked From The Idiolect at 08:21AMWith partisan politics injecting itself into scientific debate with dismaying frequency these days, Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo has a disturbing modern resonance. While the Classic Stage …
Linked From Scheck on the Arts at 08:20AMMy love affair of with Joseph Gordon-Levitt began a couple of months back. Sure, we’ve all seen him in Third Rock from the Sun, and he’s hosted Saturday Night Live and done lots …
Linked From Rebecca Coleman at 08:19AMHello TDF Stages readers! Thank you so much for being part of this magazine. As we plan for the future, we would love to have you feedback on how we’re doing and how we can grow. Pleas…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 08:19AMThe first time New York noticed Viola Davis -- at least, the first time I noticed her -- she was playing Vera, the sometimes woman of a struggling blues musician in August Wilson's "Seven Gu…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 08:18AMDepending on the time and the country, the 17th century science-versus-the-Church conflict in Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo" has been considered an allegory about the individual conscience again…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 08:18AMUniversity Players of Cal State Long Beach presents Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez, March 2nd through March 17th. Directed by Luke Yankee, Sonia Flew explores betrayal and forgiveness across tw…
Linked From Footlights at 08:18AMThis item submitted by Roger Nasser, House Manager Brick Theater The Brick Theater invites you to participate in their Great Theater Experiment this summer, DEMOCRACY. For more informa…
Linked From NYTE Small Press at 08:16AMMy nephew Cody, who is in 7th grade, is a member of the Greenwood Leadership Organization ("GLO"). His 6th grade colleagues created this video for the Project Outreach category for Destinati…
Linked From Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:15AMTony Gangi, aka The Amazing Human Head, is an aspiring sideshow performer from Massachusetts. He gave up a career in publishing to impale himself in a variety of ways, but couldn't have purs…
Linked From National Public Radio at 08:14AMOn April 28, 2001, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation invited NYU voice and dialect coach Deborah Hecht, Juilliard Chairman of Voice and Speech Ralph Zito, director Mark Lamos, ac…
Linked From American Theatre Wing at 08:12AM
A girl on her way home from rehab, an inappropriate trip to a cabin in the woods, and a series of pre-interpretations that turn "make-out" point into "break-up" point and then back again -- …
Linked From St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:59AMRichard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy who will be starring as Sam and Molly in the new Broadway musical GHOST made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night for “Broadway Week…
Linked From The Hartman Group at 07:59AMThis week's APT comes from Amanda Feldman who I have known for a number of years as a producer and supporter of great art. When she tells me to check out someone's work, I listen. Take it aw…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 07:59AMASPEN - Before he turned 10, David Brenner took a job as a stockboy in the working-class Philadelphia neighborhood where he lived. Brenner took the job seriously - showed up on time, worked …
Linked From Aspen Times at 07:58AMUK Shakespearean company Propeller is an odd beast. Under the artistic direction of Edward Hall, its mission is to refresh Shakespeare using physical theatre. With this goes an attempt to re…
Linked From Theatre Notes at 07:56AMStephanie J. Block will assume the role of Reno Sweeney in Broadway's Anything Goes on March 15. She replaces Sutton Foster, who will play her final performance on March 11.
Block pre…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe shows I'm looking forward to seeing this Spring:Evita: I've never seen a good production of this, and my general dislike for movie musicals means I've only seen pieces of the Madonna one…
Linked From Broadway Abridged at 07:54AMPorgy & Bess
© Gershwins
The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) clearly didn't listen to early criticism of the re-envisioned production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. …
Linked From About.com - Theater at 07:53AMAnnie 2012
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It's been a hard-knock life for the casting team of Telsey + Co., who are still seeking the perfect cast for the new Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning musica…
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The new musical version of cult film favorite, Bullets Over Broadway, should hit the boards of the Great White Way in 2013.
Set in the age of speake…
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The producers of the extravagant revival of what many consider to be the greatest musical ever, Follies, have announced their replacement for "Sally"…
Linked From About.com - Theater at 07:53AMSo I'm up early today and I decide to tune into "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, and what do I see a commercial for? Manhattan Theatre Club! No, not one of those 15-second blips at the end of t…
Linked From The Playgoer at 07:53AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:46AMAlthough it doesn't officially open to press until tonight, the new West End production of Hay Fever starring Lindsay Duncan as the irrepressible Judith Bliss held its gala opening last nigh…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:43AMMatthew Morrison on Live! With Kelly - February 21 2012 - Part 2
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Make it a Goodspeed Day! Join us for the trio of fantastic tuners set for the 2012 Goodspeed Opera House Season. Single tickets are on sale now!
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Linked From YouTube at 07:29AMMusic video by Ethan Lipton and his Orchestra performing "Three-Tear Plan" from NO PLACE TO GO. Featuring illustrations by Joe's Pub archival artist Michael Arthur.
Linked From YouTube at 07:28AMArts Council England is to incorporate eco-friendly clauses into its funding agreements with national portfolio organisations, making it the first arts funding body in the world to have envi…
Linked From The Stage at 07:22AMArtists Inspired by Artists: Jim Dale
Athol Fugard's 'The Road to Mecca' is a play about an artist making her last stand for free expression in apartheid South Africa. The artis…
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Linked From YouTube at 07:21AMI once received a very nice card from an actor who said that my trashing of his performance had made him laugh out loud.
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Slater, five other actors, and director Madi Distefano will be pulling an all-nighter beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at Plays & Players Theatre in Center City. There, they will stage 24 performa…
Linked From Philly.com at 05:45AMJustin Timberlake and fiancée Jessica Biel were spotted taking in the Broadway show “The Road to Mecca” Wednesday night. They cheered pal Carla Gugino — who starred in “New Year’s…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 05:45AMBroadway's Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:44AMI didn’t like much about the movie Anonymous but I did like the idea of Shakespeare, as played by Rafe Spall, crashing about as a chaotically bad actor and patching his plays together …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:43AMPolished performances rule the stage and the circus ring, but human fraility is just as gripping – and more moving – to watchTake a look at this video from Cirque du Soleil's Alegria.It…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:32AMIlona in She Loves Me certainly got a great deal out of her trip to the library. But she has nothing on Ben West. The 29-year-old wunderkind who started Unsung Musicals Company can often be …
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The 84th Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and Playbill.com is taking a look back at some special musical moments from ceremonies past.
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMPS Classics will record a two-disc cast album of the Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, starring Norm Lewis and Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, in mid-March.
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMThe live film of the Tony Award-winning rock musical Memphis, featuring the original Broadway cast led by Tony Award nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover, airs Feb. 24 on PBS' "…
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMPassing Strange collaborators Stew and Heidi Rodewald return to the Public Theater with their latest music theatre piece The Total Bent, which begins performances Feb. 24 Off-Broadway as par…
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMDavid Leveaux, Gabe McKinley and the cast of the world premiere of CQ/CX, inspired by the plagiarism and fiction scandal that rocked the New York Times, talk about the fact, fiction and face…
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMThe company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked welcomes Alli Mauzey as Glinda and Andy Kelso as Fiyero beginning Feb. 24 in Tempe, AZ.
Linked From Playbill at 12:51AMFive Reasons Why We're Stopping The Friday FiveYour worst nightmare has come true. The gates of hell have swung open and flaming horrors scream through your mind, devouring your happiness, y…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:51AMIf the skies had looked the way they do in Bertolt Brecht’s “Galileo,” which just opened at Classic Stage Company, the famous Italian astronomer may never have looked up a telescope. I…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:25AMIt’s February, but it feels like spring — and spring in theater land means activity.
Some shows are in rehearsals, some in previews. Deals are being signed and the Tony Awards are starti…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:25AMWhile the Republican candidates were duking it out in Arizona Wednesday night, Ballet Arizona visited New York for the first time — and it’s a group worthy of bipartisan support.The comp…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:25AM"Small-town people manage to endure the inexorable proximity of their lives only by deceiving themselves into thinking that nobody knows...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:23AMMy drama column in today's Wall Street Journal is devoted in its entirety to Classic Stage Company's revival of Galileo....
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:23AMFor many years now, the Oscars have really strived for national and international diversity. And if you wanted diversity at the movies in 2011, you got it in spaces. The noms speak loudly fo…
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