The Beth Tfiloh Community Theater (BTCT), in its 9th season, has shown a recent liking for musicals that have plays within the musical.  Last year’s lively production of “Man of La Mancha” contains that …

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale has announced photography student, Elli Bardas, the winner of the inaugural Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, with a black and white image of her aunt Vicki Vodor, beating m…

TOUGH LOVE GONE HAYWIRE Some people—hey, that could be a song title!—say Gypsy is the greatest Broadway musical ever written. And, calibrators of showbiz greatness, these folks may well be right. It’s …

One of Hollywood's biggest stars is making his way back to Broadway.

George C. Wolfe will direct the drama.

Well, if someone has to shove their rotten soul in your lap, the least that soul can do is belong to one Mr. Denzel Washington. The actor, who most recently graced Broadway in the 2014 revival of A Raisin In th…

Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini, Australian theatre producer John Frost and leading UK theatre producer David Ian have announced that Australian icon, singer, songwriter and musical theatre s…

Tony and Oscar winner Denzel Washington will headline a Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's classic work The Iceman Cometh, set to play the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in 2018. Tony winner George C. Wolf…

Producers confirmed today that iconic Australian singer / songwriter Tina Arena will play the lead role of Eva Peron in the upcoming Opera Australia / GFO co-production of Evita. Arena is no stranger to the st…

BroadwayWorld has just learned that a production of Eugene O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH will play the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning March 22nd, 2018. The production's opening night is currently set for Apr…

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is set to star in  Eugene O’Neill’s acclaimed play The Iceman Cometh on Broadway. Five-time Tony Award winner George Wolfe, who directed 1993’…

Two-time Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe will helm the limited engagement.

VIDEO: “Down on My Pieces” written by Buzz Merrick. Song performed at the Village Square Cafe by Buzz Merrick and Art Cohen from the group “Better Late Than Never.” Video shot by David …

Denzel Washington will return to Broadway this spring in “The Iceman Cometh,” The Post has learned. A 14-week run of Eugene O’Neill’s drama, to be directed by two-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe, is se…

A brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert’s celebrated Australian musical Miracle City takes over the Sydney Opera House Studio from 12 – 29 October with an outstanding cast of new stars and mu…

Since the early 1970s, Sydney-based artist Hilarie Mais has consistently produced work underpinned by what she describes as her abiding interest in the history of abstraction, first in the United Kingdom, then …

Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones have announced additional cast members for the upcoming Australian tour of The London Palladium production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz, while announcing t…

Mary Robin Roth's Rose is a tireless force of nature in this production that reinforces the ruthless and bitter aspects of the burlesque star's story.

THE SECRET GARDEN. LITTLE WOMEN. VIOLET.The revivals ofSWEENEY TODDandTHE SOUND OF MUSIC. All that, and much more, were directed by Susan H. Schulman, one of the very first female directors of musical theatre. …

The Madwoman of Chaillot was written during the last years of the Second World War by the Frenchman Jean Giraudoux and presented here in a new translation by David Edney.

Lewis made a splash on Broadway in 1995 in a revival of Guys and Dolls.

A new and moving reinvention of “Big Fish” takes a deep dive into repairing a fractured father-son relationship, a story that on Broadway played out with elaborate musical numbers and high-tech theatrics. T…

The star of the screen and stage died August 20 at his home in Las Vegas.

Lewis passed away Sunday morning of natural causes at age 91 in Las Vegas

The musical celebration of the life and work of the director-producer, Prince of Broadway, opens on Broadway at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre August 24.

A San Diego landmark that was once alive with crowds and music every year at this time has been dormant for seven summers now. But organizers of the latest effort to reopen Balboa Park’s historic but moribund…

Comedian, actor and film-maker who rose to fame in partnership with Dean MartinIn 1946, a young comedian, Jerry Lewis, met a struggling singer, Dean Martin. They decided to form a team, Martin and Lewis, and th…

Judicious and hilarious: There is a great deal that is hugely appealing, both in content and in assured comic performances, in Doig the Musical, With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little Music at theSpace on …

What was the most underrated show you’ve ever seen on a New York stage?  Below are the answers to that question, which I asked in a now-ended contest to win tickets to a show I feel fits the bill. The shows…

A face-off between these two artists is ridiculous because picking a favorite is pointless.

Hershey Felder stars in his play with music about the Rusian composer which is a tour-de-force performance of music and theatre.

Cass is a writer who has lost her voice and can’t get out of the bathtub. Her mother has just died and

“I suppose I gotta marry somebody,” says the sardonic Young Woman of Sophie Treadwell’s “Machinal,” sounding like she’s acquiescing to a death sentence. “All girls do.” The office-bound, mostly …

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that comic legend Jerry Lewis died at 91 years old this morning at his home in Las Vegas.

Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune will hit the road this fall for CHITA amp TUNE - Just in Time. Fans of the iconic duo will now have the opportunity of seeing these acclaimed performers in New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texa…

Ambitous with a different accent: Here's something unique at the Assembly Hall, two new musicals by groups in the UK and US, linked across the Atlantic by the theme of posing the same question.

This month we focus on two more shows that opened on Broadway this year and are currently running. War Paint (Ghostlight Records) War Paint is an old-fashioned show, in the best sense of that term. The craftsma…

Tony Kushner’s “Caroline, or Change,” from 2004, used the toppling to shed light on a key character’s frustrations. The subplot resonates powerfully today.

​Comedy legend Jerry Lewis – best known for his work with Dean Martin and tireless efforts to fight muscular dystrophy – died on Sunday. He was 91. He died at 9:15 a.m. PDT at his home in Las Vega…

Silver Spring Stage kicks off its fiftieth season with a festival of one-act plays showcasing homegrown writing and acting talent and the can-do spirit of the best of local theater. Though no stated theme unite…

Actor and writer Milly Thomas is an unstoppable force refusing to shy away from tough material. Her two shows at the fringe are stylistically different from each other, but both are similarly confrontational.

Writer Julian Mitchell and actor Kenneth Branagh remember the struggle to mount a risky anti-establishment play, and how Rupert Everett did his best to spice it upIn 1979, when Mrs Thatcher stood up in the Comm…

But Cohen the composer is another matter entirely--his jazz-inflected songs make "Come Light My Cigarette" a gem of a chamber musical. As more and more of the songs are revealed, time and again one is reminded …

About Jack and Jill Plays: I'm going to do something new.  Post a short play every day as long as I can.  This does not mean that I wrote this play today but I might have.  (My life is not always…

Singing truth to power: The Fall, the Baxter Theatre centre at The University of Cape Town’s production at the Assembly Hall, is a fascinating and troubling work, made simultaneously joyous by an outstand…

Minerva, ChichesterInjustice, inequality, power and passion drive the plot of this remarkable play which still rings horribly true a century after it was writtenGitha Sowerby’s remarkable 1924 play was redisc…

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about the upcoming Fall Season on Broadway.   This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since March 16, 2009. It is the longest runn…

Thank goodness that global warming is just a myth and skins are shed to reveal ridiculous nude allusion onesies.

Things that are good about Lists for the End of the World 1. It’s funny, sad and moving all at once 2. Though the concept is simple, it’s structurally dynamic

On Your Feet, the Gloria Estefan bio-musical closes today, August 20, after a nearly two year run at the Marquis Theatre. The show will launch a national tour this fall, with plans to also run abroad.

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, August 20, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

Stephen Mear’s take on Top Hat, just opened at Leicestershire’s Kilworth House Theatre is further proof that for this summer at least, the very best musical theatre openings are all taking place outside of …

Let's celebrate: the debut show from Emergency Chorus is a gawky, joyful evocation of the present moment. The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Celebration at ZOO venues appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

Drag has always been prominent within the performing arts. In recent years, with drag culture becoming more and more celebrated and mainstream, thanks to RuPaul’s Drag Race and Drag Idol, numerous shows …

At ten years old, GG (Naomi Sheldon) is of the impression that in order to be liked, she has to be a Good Girl. She’s at the county swimming championships and her coach is telling her to keep going, like …

Don’t Blame The Bankers… $t00pid has one final performance at Canal Café Theatre, tonight! Book your tickets here: Canal Cafe Theatre Box Office Star rating: ***** 45 minutes of sheer innovativ…

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

A metatheatrical unpicking of race and queerness: Eve Allin on an "intimidatingly clever" love story. The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Scene at St Augustines appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

Because we like to swim in dangerous waters, we thought we’d ruin your Sunday by dashing off a quick listicle ranking the top ten male classic movie comedy teams of the sound era. By “classic”…

FREAK is undeniably provocative. Juxtaposing lap dancing club orgies with first time sexual experiences, Anna Jordan’s sex-focused play seeks entry to the growing canon of flawed female characters playing up …

Anyone who was around in 2012 (or indeed most of 2011) will remember the HYPE that surrounded the London Olympic games. Stepping through the doors at Theatre N16 and seeing copious amounts of Union Jack bunting…

Talking out your ass: Joy Martin on a critic-baiting performance by Zoë Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott. The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: Wild Bore at Traverse Theatre appeared first on Exe…

Festival theatre, EdinburghThis new production from Teatro Regio Torino has a solid cast and striking imagery backed by a richly nuanced account of Verdi’s score Verdi’s take on the Scottish play was the fi…

Celebrating a selection of music written by three generations of the Sherman family, A Spoonful of Sherman has plenty to make you smile about.

Meet Broadway Wiz Bright Star, Alexis from Michigan. Her favorite show is Finding Neverland and it's her dream to play the role of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.

THEATER Capsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Philip Brandes (P.B.). Openings Festival of Living Art Works by Munch, Picasso, Banksy, et al., are re-created and set to a musical score. Zombie Joe’…

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

The Cambridge Footlights might be Britain’s most famous sketch comedy troupe. The university society claim such alumni as Stephen Fry and Sue Perkins and are a regular presence at the Fringe. They return this…

Sleepwalkers takes place simultaneously in Berlin before the outbreak of World War II and in a sinister post-Brexit Britain which has reached warzone conditions. At the heart of this play, which marks Think Twi…

Long Beach Convention Center Saturday August 5, 2017 The Capezio A.C.E. Awards are always a highlight on the summer dance calendar for me. It’s a feast of new movement and the pushing of choreographic bou…

Beginning their show with the habits and rules of a British society, the cast sing ‘Don’t start an argument or mention religion’. Immediately going against their own decree they leap into a debate about M…

With his new play Against just opened, we thought we'd test your theatre knowledge with our quiz

If you find yourself anywhere in the vicinity of Reuben Kaye when he is performing, run. Run fast and don’t look back. If you make eye contact and the divine devil that is Kaye himself engages you with a sini…

Also on the Top Ticket Aug. 20 to 26, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old and SZA (although that last one is sold out).

Gregory used his humour to break racial barriers in the 1960s and even ran for president in 1968Dick Gregory, the black comedian who broke down racial barriers in the 1960s and used humour to spread messages of…

Whishaw is quietly charismatic in this play with lofty philosophical ambitions but which ignores the social and political history behind today’s violenceBen Whishaw is a highly sympathetic actor. That is just…

In Wishing on a Stopgap, a retired teacher, spending his days giving away his paperback collection to ‘anyone without a kindle’, begins to examine his many past relationships and wonder why he never found l…

The Marriage of Kim K (the title is a play – pun intended – on The Marriage of Figaro) marries reality TV with classic opera and explores how people overcome differences in relationships, the conflict betwe…

How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of “hype”. Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly George Square – this year, it’s playing to hund…

Hotter, a two-hander devised and performed by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, is a kaleidoscope of song, dance, verbatim theatre, sketch comedy and heartfelt monologues. It explores women’s obsession with the…