Spotlight On...Lyonel Reneau by Michael Block

Name: Lyonel ReneauHometown: Houston, TXEducation: BFA Acting - Oklahoma City UniversitySelect Credits: Frenemies- TV: ID; US TOUR: Shrek The Musical; The Taming of The Shrew, OthelloWhy the…

BWW's On This Day - March 8, 2014

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

BWW TV: Inside Opening Night of Broadway's ALL THE WAY with Bryan Cranston, Eric Lenox Abrams, Robert Schenkkan & More by BroadwayWorld TV

All the Way, the new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, starring BREAKING BAD's Bryan Cranston, opened on March 6, 2014, on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. The p…

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Pivot's FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME Special, Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda! by Stage Tube

Tonight, March 8, an original special Freestyle Love Supreme airs on Pivot at 10pm ET. The high-energy, completely improvised hip hop show, from the two creators of the award-winning Broadw…

VIDEO: Lifetime's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, with Cicely Tyson, Premieres Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Lifetime's adaptation of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, starring Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, is set to premiere tonight, March 8th on the cable network. The Trip to Bountiful is a television …

Photo Coverage: York Theatre's TENDERLOIN Celebrates Opening Night by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The York Theatre Company concludes the Winter 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series Celebrating Sheldon Harnick with the 1960 musical, Tenderloin, that has Book by George Abbott and Jerome Weidman, …

Lena Dunham Hosts SNL with Musical Guest The National Tonight! by TV News Desk

Lena Dunham will make her SNL hosting debut tonight, March 8. Dunham created and currently stars in the HBO series, 'Girls.'

A RAISIN IN THE SUN Broadway Revival with Denzel Washington Begins Previews Tonight! by BroadwayWorld

Previews begin tonight, Saturday, March 8, at 8pm for the return to Broadway of Tony Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington starring as Walter Lee Younger in Lorrai…

Bruce Joel Rubin, Creator of GHOST, Is 'Overwhelmed' by Musical's Success by BroadwayWorld

Bruce Joel Rubin wrote Ghost almost 25 years ago. Since then, it has been adapted as a musical with the help of Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, who worked on the music and lyrics. When Ghos…

BWW Interview: HAPPY GILMORE, LUCKY GUY Star Christopher McDonald Talks OFFER AND COMPROMISE by Marakay Rogers

Stage and large and small screen star Christopher McDonald talks about his career and his part in Valerie Landsberg's Kickstarter-funded OFFER AND COMPROMISE, an examination of credit cards…

Broadway Actress and Star of THE HONEYMOONERS Shelia MacRae Passes Away at 93 by BroadwayWorld

According to published reports, Sheila MacRae, film, TV and Broadway actress known for her portrayal of 'Alice Kramden' on the TV series THE HONEYMOONERS, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014…

Ian McKellen Sends Letter of Support to His Hometown Theatre in Bolton by BroadwayWorld

Current star of NO MAN'S LAND and WAITING FOR GODOT on Broadway, Ian McKellen, who grew up in Bolton, sent a heartfelt letter to his childhood theatre offering support and encouragement.

Marin World Premiere "Lasso of Truth" and NCTC's "Yellow" by Richard Connema

In a stylized staging, director Jasson Minadakis has assembled a splendid cast of mostly local actors to present a fascinating and sensual evening of entertainment ... [Del Shore] has now wr…

Kung Fu Kicks But Is It a Play? by Suzanna Bowling

Kung Fu Kicks But Is It a Play? : David Henry Hwang’s new fightsical (as it has been dubbed) Kung Fu brings “So You Think You Can Dance” star Cole Horibe to the stage as Bruce Lee.

Don’t Pass on Stew at 54 Below by Suzanna Bowling

Don't Pass on Stew at 54 Below: After five years spent meditating in the wilds of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Stew comes levitating back to the Broadway scene with a preview of new songs from …

Stephen Sorokoff My View: It’s Going To Be Hard To Reassemble This For Next Years Award Shows by Stephen Sorokoff

Stephen Sorokoff My View: It’s Going To Be Hard To Reassemble This For Next Years Award Shows: Jim Caruso brought a list with him for the debut of Cast Party (Goes to the Movies) at the Li…

A Lovely Night Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Revisited by Suzanna Bowling

A Lovely Night Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Revisited: When I first saw Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway I was not thrilled. Cinderella represents my childh…

Connecticut could be 1st state to curb loud movies by John Christoffersen

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut could become the first state to curb loud movies under proposed legislation that's drawing opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America.…

Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson make a riveting pair in 'Sweeney Todd' by Ronni Reich

Alan Gilbert conducted the New York Philharmonic in a concert staging of the Sondheim musical

‘Unrinetown’ at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program by Terry Byrne

Do you suppose composer Mark Hollamann and writer Greg Kotis got the loo-dicrous idea for Urinetown while waiting in line for the facilities during intermission at the theater? The campy, sa…

Moth

Wed, April 9 thru Sun, May 4 @ Studio Theatre, presented by Studio Theatre

The Jungle Book

Fri, April 4 thru Mon, May 26 @ Adventure Theatre MTC, presented by Adventure Theatre MTC

Arguendo

Wed, April 2 thru Sun, April 20 @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Once On This Island

Wed, April 9 thru Fri, May 2 @ Olney Theatre Center, presented by Olney Theatre Center

NOW Performance: Renée Rendine

Wed, April 2 @ Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, presented by Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design

Mr. Vaudeville & Friends with Mark Brutsché

Sun, April 6 @ CenterStage, presented by Reston Community Center

Treehouse Shakers: Hatched

Sat, April 12 @ BlackRock Center for the Arts, presented by BlackRock Center for the Arts

Cirque Ziva

Wed, April 9 @ Strathmore, presented by Strathmore -- Eye-popping fast-pace fun for the whole family! "Breathtaking! Cathedrals of contortionists in backbend rise before your eyes, body by b…

Fuse Theater Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Too Much Clutter, Too Little Poetry by Arts Fuse Editor

All the prancing about onstage with planks of wood, actors climbing into eight-foot large puppet skeletons, is marvelous to behold, but it makes for an uneven, confusing production.

Who won the tickets to Beautiful on Broadway? by Ken Davenport

Drumroll please . . . the winner of the two tickets to Beautiful, thanks to his extra “retweet” entry is . . . Brandon Powell aka @bpowell48! @bpowell . . . drop me an email and …

Four New Plays Warmed in Fireside Festival at Michigan’s Performance Network by Kenneth Jones

Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI, gives voice to resident playwrights in its latest new-works reading festival March 9-12. Associate artistic director explains the history and wo…

Composer Jason Robert Brown on ‘Songs for a New World’ on 3/15-16 at Young Artists of America and His Cabaret “I Could Be In Love with Someone L by Joel Markowitz

Composer Jason Robert Brown will be coming to Potomac, MD and to Columbia, MD next weekend to conduct and perform Songs for a New World with talented young singers and musicians at Young Art…

Fuse Concert Review: Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Perform a Scorching “Salome” by Jonathan Blumhofer

If "Salome" was a harbinger for what’s to come, we may be on the cusp of a golden era, indeed.

Tonight: The Murray Hill Show by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, Drag and/or LGBT Tagged: burlesque, Gramercy Theatre, Murray Hill

‘Emancipatory Politics: A Romantic Tragedy’ at The Mobtown Players by Amanda Gunther

It’s incredible how quickly the artificial can become the organic. Politics have no place in love but all too often find their way between the emotions; like a weed forcing its way up thro…

Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance by Trav S.D.

Today is the anniversary of the release of Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915), directed by and starring Roscoe Arbuckle. A fairly typical “park bench” comedy, it stars Arbu…

Review: A Life of Galileo (Birmingham REP)

Roxana Silbert revives her RSC version of A Life of Galileo at Birmingham Repertory Theatre before a UK tour.

Review: This May Hurt a Bit (tour)

As agit-prop theatre goes, Max Stafford-Clark's production of Stella Feehily's "This May Hurt a Bit" in a co-production between Out of Joint and the Octagon Theatre, Bolton…

"Pippin" star returns to Broadway after injury - Videos - CBS News

"Pippin" acrobat Orion Griffiths broke his back during a rehearsal. "CBS This Morning" contributor Jamie Wax talks to Griffiths about his remarkable recovery and using his sister as a role m…

Filichia on Friday: ‘Paging Marsha Norman’ by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

Here is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’ It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers …

Theatre News: Booking for Glyndebourne's 80th season opens today

Booking opens today for Glyndebourne's 80th season, and it promises yet again to be another unforgettable year

'Rocky,' 'Les Miserables,' more Broadway shows opening just in time for Tony nominations

We may wonder about springtime ever coming, but Broadway has no doubts. Welcome to March and April, the mad months for openings before the gate comes down on eligibility for Tony Awards. Sev…

Review: The Planetary Defense Force in: Crisis on Planet Earth/The Public House Theatre by Zach Freeman

“The Planetary Defense Force in: Crisis on Planet Earth!” provides the slimmest of sci-fi narrative trappings within which to showcase an evening of the casually costumed cast challengin…

Celebrity Career Counselors of the Arts

The 10th anniversary celebration of 826NYC featured a roster of adults speaking about major career moments. Among them were actor Chris O'Dowd, Questlove and Fred Armisen.

Doug Elkins troupe at Annenberg

The last time choreographer Doug Elkins appeared in Philadelphia five years ago, he brought his hit "Fraulein Maria," a delightful frolic. The two frothy pieces he offers for the D…

Pennsylvania Ballet revisits Butler's 'Carmina'

Pennsylvania Ballet gave an encore of a signature work and added another Balanchine ballet to its repertoire for its opening Thursday night at the Academy of Music. Both were part of the com…

Actress Sheila MacRae of 'Honeymooners' dies at 92

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) - Sheila MacRae , a veteran stage, film and TV performer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners," has died. She was 92.

Brad Bradley: B-Squared by Sandi Durell

        By Joel Benjamin   Boyish energy emanated from the intimate Stage 72 (formerly the Triad) as Brad Bradley zoomed through his autobiographical B-Squared.  Jo…

Lost in the Crowd – Speakeasy Dollhouse: The Brothers Booth by Sandi Durell

by: JK Clarke   In a scene practically ripped from the pages of Time and Again, Jack Finney’s masterpiece of historical time-travel, a newsboy straight out of 1919 stood at the...The…

Classical music fans face an embarrassment of riches

Virtuosos and great music abound this spring.

Families can enjoy parades, dinosaurs and storytellers this spring

Kids can put cooped-up snow days behind them and enjoy these events.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival return

Upcoming attractions include Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, saxophonist Joe Lovano.

Visual arts exhibitions look back at St Louis' history

St. Louis Art Museum celebrates French Impressionism; Laumeier remembers mound builders.

Spring brings musicals, laughter — and blue men

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

Devil take the hindmost...

Writing Your Research: A Cross-Curricular Exercise by Lindsay Price

Cross-curricular projects are awesome in theory, especially in the drama classroom. They are a great way to demonstrate comprehension by taking information in one form and applying it to ano…

Preview: Wilfred Bagshaw's Time Emporium by Simon Munk

Immersive theatre is a wonderful thing. It has closed up the cosy distancing of actors appearing on stage, the silent, passive audience below in the darkness; it has shaken up the way classi…

Were They Heroes or Were They Collaborators?

When the Nazis invaded in France in 1940, the music world was quickly split down the middle. A new book finds both villains and heroes in the story of the World War II occupation. Click here…

Kristin Davis: Our version of Fatal Attraction is better by Julia Llewellyn Smith

As she prepares for her West End debut, Kristin Davis opens up about adoption, a third Sex and the City movie, and her thrill at performing Fatal Attraction on stage    

Michael Grandage, interview: it's time to get political by Dalya Alberge

Theatre director Michael Grandage worries that only the rich will be able to go to drama school    

The Saturday Saying by Colin Mitchell

“Rather than 3½ weeks, Five Small Fires has been in gestation for three full years. In terms of its process and artistic ambition, the distance from the Bootleg to the Mark Taper Foru…

Review: States Of Verbal Undress (Tour - Salford)

This new play about immigration explores some interesting ideas, but that's also it's weakness - as it feels like a discussion, says Kristy Stott.

Secret Cinema presents The Grand Budapest Hotel, review by Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith delights in a live theatrical production inspired by Wes Anderson's stylish new film    

THE FOREIGNER (CROWN CITY THEATRE): 100% – SWEET by Lemonmeter

SWEET Now onstage at Crown City Theatre in NoHo, a superb ensemble of actors bring off The Foreigner with tremendous skill and gusto. Don Grigware – BroadwayWorld SWEET It is a treat f…

PHOTO CALL: Of Mice and Men Stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd Take Part in TimesTalks by Joseph Marzullo

The TimesTalks conversation series continued March 7 with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, who will co-star in the upcoming Broadway production of Of Mice and Men.

Jane Howard's Adelaide Fringe diary: Street Theatre festival, A Special Day, Kraken by Jane Howard

Aerial stunts take over the streets; an Italian classic gets a theatrical makeover; and 45 minutes of uproarious clowningJane Howard

Bitch Boxer review – one-woman show delivers emotional punch by Jane Howard

A female boxer fights for her place in the Olympics in this fearless one-woman show that lands plenty of emotional punchesJane Howard

THE WRONG MAN: 93% – SWEET by Lemonmeter

BITTERSWEET At fourteen songs, and one act that’s slightly less than an hour, this is more a cabaret performance than a musical. It has a skeletal plot: In Las Vegas, Duran (Ross Golan) a …

Carmen Berra, Wife of Yogi Berra, Passes Away; Couple Featured in Broadway's BRONX BOMBERS by BroadwayWorld

According to the New York Daily News, Carmen Berra, the wife of Yankee star Yogi Berra, died on March 6, 2014 in West Caldwell, NJ due to complications of a stroke she suffered earlier this …

'Always Something Left to Love...' Meet the Full Company of A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Beginning Tomorrow on Broadway! by Meet The Cast

Previews begin tomorrow night, Saturday, March 8, for the return to Broadway of Tony Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington, starring as Walter Lee Younger in Lorra…

Theatre Critic and Writer Martin Gottfried Passes Away at 80 by BroadwayWorld

The New York Times reports that theatre critic and writer Martin Gottfried passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2014, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 80.

Photo Flash: First Look - Billy Porter's BILLY'S BACK ON BROADWAY Album Artwork by BroadwayWorld

It's been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh-born Billy Porter released a solo album, and since then much has changed for the award-winning artist, who grew up singing in the Pentecostal c…

Tony Winner Harriet Harris Joins Christian Borle in NBC Comedy Pilot LIFESAVER by TV News Desk

Deadline writes that Tony winner Harriet Harris has signed on for NBC's LIFESAVER comedy pilot from writer Will Calhoun, opposite fellow Broadway alum Christian Borle.

Marion Cotillard On Navigating Shakespeare In New MACBETH Movie & More by Pat Cerasaro

Internationally celebrated Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard sheds some light on her upcoming lead role opposite Michael Fassbender in a new big screen adaptation of William Sha…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Friday, Mar. 7

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, March 7, 2014.

Natascha McElhone Stars as 'Alex' in Stage Adaptation of FATAL ATTRACTION, Beg. Tonight by BroadwayWorld

The Daily Mail writes that Natascha McElhone will star in the upcoming stage adaptation of FATAL ATTRACTION, which originally featured Glenn Close on the big screen in 1987 in the role of 'A…

Rufus Collins and Amanda Drinkall Star in VENUS IN FUR's Chicago Premiere at Goodman Theatre Tonight by BroadwayWorld

'In love as in politics, one partner must rule. One of them must be the hammer, the other the anvil.' Venus in Fur, Chicago native playwright David Ives' 'smart, sexy, sinister comedy' Vogue…

Uncensored Trailer For Trey Parker & Matt Stone's SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH by Pat Cerasaro

An attention-grabbing uncensored trailer for the new SPAMALOT and LORD OF THE RINGS-themed South Park video game from Tony Award-winning THE BOOK OF MORMON creators Trey Parker and Matt Ston…

SPACE on Ryder Farm Seeks Submissions for 2014 Artistic Residencies; Deadline Today by BroadwayWorld

SPACE on Ryder Farm is now accepting submissions for artistic residencies for its 2014 nonprofit season, which will take place June through September in Brewster, NY.

TELL ME ON A SUNDAY, Starring Marti Webb, Closes at the Duchess Theatre Today by BroadwayWorld

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's classic Tell Me On a Sunday, starring the original Marti Webb, closes at the Duchess Theatre today 8 March.

Blackout review – Stone/Castro's tragicomedy comes up short

Perhaps the humour is too dark, the violence too bleak in Stone/Castro’s ambitious physical theatre piece

creating a/broad, March 8, 2014 by The Charlebois Post

Subtext of My Sponsor Pitchby Cameryn Moore@CamerynMooreI have sponsors. Sometimes. Some years I have more than others; last year I had one. But every year the process is the same: send out …

Tony Nominee Norm Lewis Performs Solo Evening Who Am I? at the Allen Room March 8 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis takes the stage of the Allen Room March 8 as part of the American Songbook Series, under the direction of Richard Jay-Alexander.

"The Trip to Bountiful," With Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Blair Underwood, Airs on Lifetime March 8 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

The TV film version of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, starring Tony and Emmy winner Cicely Tyson repeating her acclaimed performa…

THE WEEK AHEAD March 8-14: MCC Brings a Hand to God and Rocky Opens on Broadway by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Cicely Tyson searches for Bountiful TV… Norm Lewis asks "Who Am I?"... Denzel Washington looks for his place in the Sun&he…

"Girls" Creator and Star Lena Dunham Hosts "Saturday Night Live" March 8 by Andrew Gans

Lena Dunham, the creator and star of the acclaimed HBO series "Girls," makes her "Saturday Night Live" hosting debut March 8.

Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington, Begins March 8 by Michael Gioia

The Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson, begins performances March 8 at the Barrymore Theatre, wh…

Rufus Collins and Amanda Drinkall Star in Goodman Theatre's Venus in Fur, Beginning March 8 by Andrew Gans

The Goodman Theatre's production of David Ives' critically acclaimed Venus in Fur runs March 8-April 13 in the Albert Theatre. Opening night is set for March 18.

Show Boat Cast Members Reunite For Concert Honoring Jerome Kern March 8 by Carey Purcell

The Spokane Symphony presents a tribute to Jerome Kern, featuring many of his compositions as well as a concert performance of the musical Show Boat, March 8 at 8 PM at the Martin Woldson Th…

In the East My Pleasure Lies: Tarell Alvin McCraney Brings Antony and Cleopatra to the Public by Janice C. Simpson

Award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney talks with Playbill.com about staging a new adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra at the Public Theater.

STAGE VIEWS: Til Divorce Do Us Part Star Erin Maguire by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

Beyond the Barricades: Les Misérables' Javert by Playbill Staff

The Tony Award-winning, international hit musical Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg will officially open on Broadway in a new revival March 23.

Defying Gravity: The Essential Idina Menzel on Disc by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of the essential recordings by Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel.

The Curtain Rises for Denzel Washington as A Raisin in the Sun Begins Performances on Broadway by Broadway.com

One of the biggest shows of the season is set to start previews March 8. Two-time Oscar and Tony winner Denzel Washington begins performances in the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry…