Wednesday, February 27, 2013
UPDATE: In a dramatic turn, the upcoming production of Broadway's Breakfast at Tiffany's has chosen not to cast any of the wide-eyed cuddly cuties who came to their widely publicized open ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMJeremy Jordan (Newsies), and Wicked alums Norm Lewis, Jennifer Laura Thompson, and Julia Murney will join The New York Pops in celebrating the 65th birthday of composer Stephen Schwartz and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMTony Award winner Gregory Jbara (Billy Eliot), Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein film), Mary Beth Peil (The Good Wife), Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon), M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of Liz Flahive's The Madrid had its opening last night, February 26 at New York City Center, followed by a celebration at Manhattan's Redey…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:44PMMonday, February 25, 2013
Hook actor Dante Basco (Rufio) can't seem to escape the shadow of that one defining role. Of course, that could be largely due to Rufio fanboys who won't let him go to a real audition. In t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will officially proclaim that "March is Cabaret Month" at the Cabaret Hotline Anniversary Gala on March 6th. The proclamation will be received on behalf…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMFull casting has been announced for York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti production of the George S. Kaufman musical Hollywood Pinafore, running for only five performances from March 1-3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMSunday, February 24, 2013
Anne Hathaway can now add Oscar winner to her list of accomplishments. The Shakespeare in the Park veteran and BAFTA award winner, was awarded the honor at Sunday's Academy Awards for her pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06PMFriday, February 22, 2013
On the heels of yesterday's Last Five Years movie casting announcement, we went digging through the Interwebs to find some clips of these Tony nominees before they were superstars. In 1998,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMThe WiredArts Fest, running February 19 to March 2, was created to engage audiences who either can't make it to the physical theater space or who haven't yet developed a relationship with th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMBroadway's (Dead Accounts) and Elizabeth Marvel (Picnic) will join David Strathairn (The Heiress) and Ellen Burstyn (Picnic) for the Drama Desk annual spring panel discussion and luncheon o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMThe world premiere of Peter Morgan's (Frost/Nixon) The Audience, starring so-many-awards winner Helen Mirren (Dance of Death), will be broadcast from London's Gielgud Theatre to movie theate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMThursday, February 21, 2013
PigPen Theater Co., the critically acclaimed folk-band and theater troupe which finished the off-Broadway run of their play The Old Man and the Old Moon earlier this year, visited TheaterMan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMIn case you missed this Smash-worthy drama as it developed last night, movie star Shia LaBeouf left his role opposite Alec Baldwin in the upcoming Broadway production of Orphans on Tuesday, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
Jane Lynch, Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian and Glee favorite, will join the cast of Broadway's Annie at the Palace Theatre beginning May 16. She will take on the role of Miss Hannig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMCloris, Cats, and Condoms. It would be hard to deny that PETA, the well known animal rights organization, knows how to create a catchy campaign. Their adds and commercials have featured nea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMTony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific) has announced that she will leave the cast of Broadway's Nice Work if You Can Get It after a final performance on March 31. She will be replac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:49AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
New York theater stars and film favorites were recognized by the theater-lovers on Sunday at the Whatsonstage.com Awards, the only major theater awards in the United Kingdom voted on solely …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PMThe 58th Drama Desk Awards, presented by TheaterMania.com, will take place on May 19 at Town Hall, executive producer Gretchen Shugart announced today. The awards will be webcast live on www…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMThe 58th Drama Desk Awards, presented by TheaterMania.com, will take place on May 19 at Town Hall, executive producer Gretchen Shugart announced today. The awards will be webcast live on www…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMFriday, February 15, 2013
Mark Lamica, former business partner of Michael Jackson's late manager Frank Dileo, is planning to co-produce a big-budget musical with three other industry professionals. The musical, which…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMThursday, February 14, 2013
Irish Repertory Theatre has announced that retired professional boxer John Duddy (Kid Shamrock), Laoisa Sexton (Gaslight), Jo Kinsella (Dancing at Lughnasa), and Georgina McKevitt (Waiting f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:01PMYesterday, a tiny dog named after a fruit appeared in a Broadway show and it dominated the news cycle. Which certainly seems reasonable. It's not as though our President had just suggested w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:04PMWednesday, February 13, 2013
He came. He partied. He killed. So reads the cover of James St. James' Disco Bloodbath (now titled Party Monster), a memoir about his life as a Manhattan Club Kid in the early 90s, and the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMThe Ride, a mobile theater and touring experience that turns the streets of New York into a stage featuring curated live performances, is partnering with Couture Fashion Week to launch the C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
Broadway and film actor John Kerr, known for his portrayal of Tom Lee in the 1953-1955 production of Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, as well as Lieutenant Joseph Cable in the 1951 film v…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:24PMDrag entertainer Jackie Beat has been strutting her stuff since 1989, but it looks like her hips couldn't take all that action. Beat needs to have both hip joints replaced, and faces a hospi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:22PMPeter Gethers and Daniel Okrent's Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has been playing off-Broadway since May 1, 2012, has announced that it will play a limited engagement at Chicago's Royal Georg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PMLast night, at the 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway honoring five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), The Drama League announced the founding of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:31PMMonday, February 11, 2013
The film musical Les Misérables had many wins at The British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) last night at the historic Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The movie received BAFTAs in severa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:53AMSunday, February 10, 2013
John Glover (Death of a Salesman), Michael Cerveris (Evita), Alvin Epstein (The Threepenny Opera), Betsy Aidem (Nurse Jackie, The West Wing), Blair Brown (Copenhagen), Anthony Cochrane (War …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56PM 
