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Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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What's New In Dinner Theater? Parodies Of Old TV Sitcoms

"While many established theater companies are struggling to rebuild audiences after the recession, several semiprofessional suburban companies are coping by staging blood-spattered spoofs of…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:56PM

Sweeter Dreams by Theasy.com

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, Gene Frankel Theater, Off Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: A theatre/film mash-up that shines a light on our entertainment industry com…

SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:53PM

Be a Broadway Star!, The Board Game

Yes, it's an actual participatory board game created by producer Ken Davenport "that tests players' knowledge of theater and their tolerance for self-abasement. There was singing. There was …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:33PM

Lysistrata Jones

Legit Reviews: "Lysistrata Jones" is a slyly contrived "High School Musical" for adults, lubricated with gallons of Grecian formula.

SOURCE: Variety at 11:26PM

Review: Lysistrata Jones at curtainup.com by Gregory Wilson

For sheer synergy of story and place, you're not going to get much better than a musical about basketball staged in a gym. . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:23PM

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Legit Reviews: On evidence of Trevor Nunn's uber-reverent production, it's not just the two central characters in Tom Stoppard's 1967 career-launching play that occupy a strange theatrical l…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:23PM

Review: The Illusion at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

though "brevity is the soul of wit" is not an adage Tony Kushner tends to follow for his own plays, his take of Corneille's 5-act drama spins out over a fast-paced, easy to follow two hours …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:20PM

Optimal 'Illusion' is well worth seeing by Frank Scheck

A wide-eyed wonder at the magic of the ater and a jaundiced view of romance form one of the intriguing contradictions at the heart of "The Illusion." Written by Tony Kushner in the late '…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PM

Clever college sex musical scores big by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There are many, many ways a musical can go awry. How great, then, to see everything click into place in the new "Lysistrata Jones." Produced by the Transport Group company ("The Boys in the …

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:11PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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The Shaggs Philosophy of the World

JavaScript is disabled!To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser.Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! Recording found on Youtube of the original Shag…

SOURCE: Corine's Corner at 10:28PM

Photo Coverage: Des McAnuff Takes on Jesus Christ Superstar at Stratford by Kelly Cameron

On Friday June 3rd Des McAnuff's new production of Jesus Christ Superstar opened at Stratford's Avon Theatre as part of the 2011 Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Season. People have been bu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23PM

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Recoups on Broadway

The strictly limited engagement of THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON played its final performance on Sunday, May 29th at 300PM.Now, Variety reports that the play managed to overcome the bad press to …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20PM

Landmark Project a powerful showcase, delivers on every level

HEDY WEISS: Programs of multiple short plays by a wide cross-section of writers have become a popular model for Chicago theater companies these days. And with its new Chicago Landmark Projec…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:11PM

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Doug Marino

Tony Kusher's much anticipated new work is fantastically engrossing, scintillatingly intellectual, and mentally exhausting - all at the same time.   From minute 1 to minute 210 (that's …

SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:03PM

Review: The Illusion by Andy Propst

Signature offers up a slightly uneven production of Tony Kusher's rich adaptation of Corneille's classic play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: Lysistrata Jones by Andy Propst

Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn comic musical about a sex strike on a college campus inspires gales of laughter.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Theater Review | 'Lysistrata Jones': Happy Sweating and Singing by Ben Brantley

“Lysistrata Jones,” a new musical by Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn, is a modern riff on Aristophanes’ bawdy comedy.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM

Theater Review | 'The Illusion': Phantasmagorical Adventures of a Missing Son by Ben Brantley

This production of “The Illusion,” adapted by Tony Kushner from a work by the 17th-century French playwright Pierre Corneille, trafficks in a special, baroque brand of magic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Prize Fight by Scott Brown & Jesse Green

A debate about the Tony awards: who’ll win, who should win, and who wuz robbed.

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 09:55PM

Lysistrata Jones -- Theater Review by David Rooney

"Bring It On" meets "High School Musical" meets "Glee." In a good way.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:49PM

Jordan Roth Will Chat With Spider-Man Songwriters Bono and The Edge June 13 by Kenneth Jones

The "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth" series at 92 Street Y in Manhattan will feature rock superstars Bono and The Edge on June 13, the night before the opening of their Broadway m…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48PM

Where the World Comes to Dance

Five of the world's most historically significant ballet companies are in New York this season.

SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:44PM

Moose on the Loose: Theatre West, 6/3/11 by Staylorellis

Moose on the Loose: Review for EDGE Los Angeles

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 09:41PM

Review - The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World at Playwrights Horizons by Ccaggiano

Thrilling musical theater can come from the most unlikely places. As I'm forever reminding my students, there's no such thing as a bad idea for a musical, only poor execution. If you amass t…

SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 09:16PM

Kushner's "The Illusion" clumsily revived by LINDA WINER

In a way, it feels right to close the Signature Theatre Company's 14 invaluable years at its space on the far west side of 42nd Street with "The Illusion," Tony Kushner's free adaptation of …

SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:08PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Musical Theater Review: ARMISTEAD MAUPIN’S TALES OF THE CITY (San Francisco) by Tony Frankel

PLENTY OF TALE – VERY LITTLE CITY The much-anticipated Tales of the City just opened at A.C.T. in San Francisco. Although the libretto (by Avenue Q’s Jeff Whitty) splices together the fi…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:48PM

Review: Macbeth (Roundhouse Productions) by Scotty Zacher

      Roundhouse uses technology while still staying human         Roundhouse Productions presents       Macbeth   Writt…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:45PM

Provincetown Film Festival Announces Selections by Brian Scott Lipton

Selections have been announced for the 15th annual Provincetown Film Festival, to run June 15-19 at various venues in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Among the films to be screened are Michael…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:37PM

Love Never Dies Episode 2 Series 2 of The Theatre Show by Thetheatreshowtv

Love Never Dies Episode 2 Series 2 of The Theatre Show Join The Theatre Show on the red carpet for the Australian opening of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. Our host Sherylanne M…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:35PM

Sex Not War: Lysistrata Jones Review by Jonathan Mandell

“Lysistrata Jones,” a new musical being staged in a church gymnasium, should be very annoying. It takes Aristophanes’ bawdy anti-war comedy out of Greece and turns it into “Grease.�…

SOURCE: The Faster Times at 08:27PM

Orpheus & Euridice by Wendy Caster

Ricky Ian Gordon's gorgeous chamber piece, Orpheus & Euridice, is being given an excellent production by The Orpheus Project and Collaborative Stages through June 12th. If luscious song …

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:25PM

Illuminating Shakespeare

The Public Theater uses 895 instruments to light its Shakespeare in the Park series at the Delacorte Theatre—plus the sun, which is by every measure the most powerful, dramatic and variabl…

SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:14PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Philip Rose dies at age 89

Legit News: Produced Broadway's 'A Raisin in the Sun' -- Philip Rose, who produced "A Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway as well as "The Owl and the Pussycat," "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?," "P…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:50PM

News: Linehan's Ladykillers Come to West End, 7 Dec

Father Ted author Graham Linehan's new adaptation of Ealing comedy The Ladykillers will open at the West End's Gielgud Theatre on 7 December 2011 (previews from 26 November) following a Nov…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:41PM

The Chicago Landmark Project: Points on city's grid connect in striking plays by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: The Chicago Landmark Project ★★★ Through July 10 (Programs A and B rotate) at Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.; running time: 1 hour 20 minutes (each pro…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:06PM

Ealing comedy The Ladykillers reborn on the stage by Mark Brown

Alec Guinness classic crime caper re-cast as stage play in Liverpool by Father Ted and IT Crowd writer Graham LinehanIt might be about criminals exploiting a sweet old lady so they can rob a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Brigadoon (Light Opera Works) by Scotty Zacher

             Is ‘Brigadoon’ really that good? You bet your bagpipes!          Light Opera Works presents  …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:47PM

Investors urged to make a play for theatre

Investors with a sense of drama are being targeted by a theatre production company with an innovative private sector financing model, as the government cuts arts spending

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:27PM

News: Opening: Butley, Chicken Soup, American Trade

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING MONDAY, 6 June (previews from 1 June), The Wire's Dominic West leads the 40th anniversary reviv…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:18PM

SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 TONY AWARDS: DAY 24 - DREAMGIRLS by Pat Cerasaro

Before the presentation of the first of the final 7 of our Tony Awards clips beginning tomorrow, today we have one of the true standouts of Tony Awards lore, and one of those clips to show t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PM

Once, the Musical Inspired by Dublin-Set Indie Film, Will Launch Off-Broadway by Kenneth Jones and Adam Hetrick

The new musical Once, based on the 2006 independent film about an Irish busker and a Czech musician who form a tentative collaboration and romance in Dublin, will get its premiere at Off-Bro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:01PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Into Thy Hands ***

The John Donne of Into Thy Hands is many things: womaniser and proto-feminist, literary giant and court entertainer, a devout Christian and a violent opponent of the prevailing Puritan order…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:32PM

Extraordinary Chambers

Legit Reviews: The devastating facts of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge genocide take on new immediacy for Westerners.

SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PM

Review: Butley ****

You have to give it up for Dominic West. Since finding fame and fortune as flawed cop Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, he has set himself huge targets on stage; breathing fiery life into the impos…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:04PM

Review: Three Farces ****

Here’s a real collector’s item, and a fascinating farcical evening: three one-act skirmishes by the Victorian playwright John Maddison Morton, who was recommended by Gordon Craig…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:01PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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TONY MUSICALS: Yes, Virginia, There Is A God! by Tim

And Not Just In The Book Of Mormon…. June 5, 2011 Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children…Libby Gelman-Waxner (aka Paul Rudni…

SOURCE: iBlogBroadway at 04:35PM

Tales of the City: Scissors, sex and sideburns

Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin's love letter to gay San Francisco, is now a musical – with songs by Scissor Sister Jake Shears. Hadley Freeman watches it come together at rehearsalsOn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM

Des McAnuff To Exit Stratford; Christopher Plummer, New Musical, Trio of Shakespeares Planned for 2012 by Kenneth Jones

Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff will leave the position of artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival after the 2013 season, he and the Stratford board of governors anno…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse Faces Homelessness, Thanks To Court Case

The disused factory where this admired presenter of experimental theater has been housed is being converted into condos; the plans for St. Ann's to move into the ruined warehouse across the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM

Long Runs on Broadway by Playbill Staff

Several current Broadway shows are in the process of breaking records on the all time long-run list. Here are the standings for number of performances of current and former Broadway shows as…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PM

A wondrous Alice by Paula Citron

Delightful fresh dancing and a superb score make this new ballet a grand achievement

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PM

A wondrous Alice from the National Ballet by Paula Citron

Delightful fresh dancing and a superb score make this new ballet a grand achievement

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PM

Spectacular music, superb casting, nothing is sacrificed for Jesus by J. Kelly Nestruck

Even though the lead was suffering from a bronchial infection, the show was truly inspired

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:14PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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National Ballet’s Alice in Wonderland a perfect adaptation by Michael Crabb

Vegetarians and vertigo sufferers would be wise at times to avert their eyes from the National Ballet of Canada’s new mega-production.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:53PM

New Cirque Du Soleil Show "Zarkana" Fills Radio City Music Hall

Cirque du Soleil is back and NY1's Arts reporter Stephanie Simon got a sneak preview of the newest show "Zarkana," which is preparing for the big stage in Radio City Music Hall.

SOURCE: NY1 at 02:26PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: Newsweek Cover Mixes Mitt Romney and THE BOOK OF MORMON

This week's cover of Newsweek Magaine dated June 13 and 20 features a cover story profile on Mormon presidential candiate Mitt Romney. The cover art, emulates the show poster for the hit Bro…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PM

Peter Moss obituary

My friend Peter Moss, who has died aged 59 in a bomb explosion in Marrakech, Morocco, was a travel writer with the panache of an adventurer and the quip of a comedian – both of which he wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM

Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Ending by Matthewmorrisonnet

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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:02PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex

Trevor Nunn brings out the pensive undercurrents of Tom Stoppard's breakthrough play while also relishing all its possibilities

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:44PM

Oak Bluffs Edge II by Art

Oak Bluffs Edge II, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:28PM

Theater auditions: ‘The Mousetrap,’ by In the Wings Productions by Elizabeth Maupin

Here’s another audition notice: Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday June 16, 7-9 p.m. The Studio Theater , 398 West Amelia Street, Orlando In the Wings Productions Present Agatha Christie&…

SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:22PM

Broadway Run of ONCE Postponed, Receives Off B'Way Run

The musical adaptation of the 2006 film Once will now receive a production at New York Theater Workshop in November, instead of opening on Broadway in the fall as originally hoped, according…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PM

Theater review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened …’ at Mad Cow by Elizabeth Maupin

By Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater Watching the big cast of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum fit itself onto the decidedly small stage at Mad Cow Theatre is like w…

SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:09PM

Behind-the-Scenes With the Directors of "Glee" (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Where do the stars of the hit Fox series, "Glee," get their inspiration? The success of “Glee” can be credited to creators and directors Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy. Her…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Startford Shakespeare Festival Announces 2012 Season by Brian Scott Lipton

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has announced plans for its 2012 season, according to published reports. Highlights will include Christopher Plummer's new autobiographical show, A W…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AM

Stratford Shakespeare Festival Announces 2012 Season by Brian Scott Lipton

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has announced plans for its 2012 season, according to published reports. Highlights will include Christopher Plummer's new autobiographical show, A W…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AM

Once Musical to Be Produced by New York Theatre Workshop by Dan Bacalzo

Thepreviously reported new musical Once, adapted from the 2007 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, will now get a production at New York Theatre Workshop in Novemberm which a possib…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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STAGE TUBE: Andrew Lippa Records 'It Gets Better' with TSU Musical Theatre Students

Broadway composer Andrew Lippa and head of the musical theatre program at Texas State University Kaitlin Hopkins took Texas State University musical theatre students into the studio.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AM

LYSISTRATA JONES Opens Tonight

Transport Group Theatre Company, the winner of a special Drama Desk Award and two OBIE Awards, presents the New York premiere of LYSISTRATA JONES, a new musical with a book by Douglas Carter…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AM

Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Cooking by Matthewmorrisonnet

Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Cooking Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Cooking - June 5 2011 From: matthewmorrisonnet Views: 667 4 ratings Time: 10:01 More in People & Blogs

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:38AM

Three Farces – review by Michael Billington

Orange Tree, RichmondKenneth Tynan first had the bright idea of staging a trio of mid-Victorian farces by the forgotten John Maddison Morton, claiming he is "better than Feydeau". A single M…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM

The Theatre Brothel – review by Lyn Gardner

Northern Stage, NewcastleTheatres are often wary of programming new work, convinced it will not do well at the box office. But as micro-festivals have proved, if new work is packaged in inte…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM

ArtsBeat: Stage Version of 'Once' Will Start Downtown by Patrick Healy

The 2006 indie film "Once" will receive a downtown production at New York Theater Workshop in November, with Broadway a possibility after that.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:26AM

Announcing Plays and Playwrights 2011 by Martin/nytheatre.com

I am very excited to announce that my latest anthology of new work from the world of indie theater, Plays and Playwrights 2011, is now available! You can buy it online from NYTE’s own …

SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 10:07AM

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus on their Virtual MORMON Collaboration by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, nominated together for Best Orchestrations for The Book of Mormon. Larry Hochman is also a nominee for Best Orchestrations for The Scot…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM

Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Interview by Matthewmorrisonnet

Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Interview Matthew Morrison on SFTW - Interview - June 5 2011 From: matthewmorrisonnet Views: 1694 8 ratings Time: 09:08 More in People & Blogs

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Ealing comedy The Ladykillers emerges in West End by Mark Brown

Alec Guinness seedy gang classic to become stage play, written by Father Ted author Graham LinehanIt might be about gangsters exploiting a sweet old lady to commit an ugly armed robbery, but…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM

Wed, June 8 @ 6:00 P.M: ACTING LIONS Book Launch & Signing with Penny Templeton at The Drama Book Shop by Drama Book Shop

Join us for refreshments when we celebrate the publication of Acting Lions by Penny Templeton. Her unique teaching methods and techniques have garnered awareness and recognition from indust…

SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 09:35AM

ARSENIC, PINAFORE, CARNAGE Part Of Guthrie Theater's 2010-11 Season

Guthrie Director Joe Dowling today announced the plays of the Theater's 2010-2011 mainstage season. Highlighting the work of artists both local and international, the season ranges from the …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AM

Right Here in River City - The Music Man returns to Music Theatre of Wichita by Bob Curtright

Music Theatre of Wichita opens its 40th Anniversary Season with Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN, starring Broadway's Edward Watts and Jessica Tyler Wright.

SOURCE: Kansas.com at 09:00AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Keegan and Blacktop Theatre join to present a one night adult spell off by Lorraine Treanor

Why should the kids have all the angst?  As part of the events surrounding Keegan Theatre’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Blacktop Theatre is joining them to stage a rea…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:51AM

Youtube Weekend Fave: Uta Hagen and Charles Nelson Reilly -- Together Again

Every weekend I'm going to post some of the youtube clips that I come across that I especially love -- those that give me goosebumps, touch my heart or make me laugh. Yesterday I posted…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Lysistrata Jones by David Sheward

As he did with "Xanadu," Douglas Carter Beane mixes Greek legends with modern pop culture for a witty, fun show in this updating of an Aristophanes classic.

SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Weddings/Celebrations - Stacey Sund, David Abeles by ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY

Mr. Abeles, 32, is an actor, pianist, guitarist and singer in Manhattan. He is the standby for the role of Jerry Lee Lewis in “Million Dollar Quartet” at the Nederlander Theater in Manha…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:50AM

Board Game Offers Fast Track to Theater Glory by NEIL GENZLINGER

You’d think that with all the money theatrical producers lose, they’d be pretty good at crying. But the other night, Ken Davenport, who is such a producer, could not shed even one tear o…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:28AM

New York's 39 Hottest Guys in Theater! by JT Riley

A little over two years ago, AfterElton.com brought readers a list of the 37 Hottest Guys in Theater, and since then, the New York Stage has only become increasingly sexified. The lines betw…

SOURCE: After Elton at 07:24AM

NY Review: 'The Illusion' by Erik Haagensen

Tony Kushner's Corneille adaptation is a penetrating and poetic consideration of human desire told with a shimmering theatricality and a joy from start to finish.

SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Royal Ballet triple bill – review by Luke Jennings

Royal Opera House, LondonIn Scènes de ballet, choreographed in 1948, Frederick Ashton created a work of unanswerable formal perfection. The Stravinsky score, which Ashton discovered while l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AM

Jason Tam by Adaumbelle

Jason Tam discusses the revival of Broadway's "A Chorus Line," the Transport Group's production of "Lysistrata Jones," and other everyday details of his life!

SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Quartet by Jonathan Mandell

Mario Fratti's four short "gay-themed" plays all end with a twist, but the biggest twist is how little any of them say about contemporary gay life.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:07AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Theatre Aspen rolls out new tent, bigger shows by Stewart Oksenhorn

ASPEN - Theatre Aspen's new tent is sturdier, cleaner, more beautifully landscaped, better integrated into the park and river surroundings - and no bigger than the old tent, at least not in …

SOURCE: Aspen Times at 03:05AM

Kostival, Van Duyne & Maloney, Set for HOT MAMAS, 6/5

Looking for a show that's popping out with joy, wit amp truth Come see 3 sassy, soon-to-be-moms, Jessica Kostival, Elisa Van Duyne amp Kristin Maloney, sing their hearts out in the playful, …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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BARE • New Line Theatre by Andrea

Some themes are universal.  The high school years tend to expose many of these coming-of-age themes -- especially at a co-ed Catholic Boarding School -- where you might happen to be gay…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:58AM

Coloradans in New York, Part 4: Aléna Watters by Denverpost

Coloradans in New York, Part 4: Aléna Watters Our series of video podcasts with Colorado actors on New York stages continues with Colorado Springs native Aléna Watters, who is…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:45AM

Oswald by A.J. Mell

Tim Intravia's intense performance in the title role highlights this absorbing, straightforward docudrama about the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald.

SOURCE: Backstage at 02:22AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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HSO's Edward Cumming Joins Music Programs at Hartt School

Edward Cumming, outgoing music director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, is sticking around town. Cumming is the new associate professor of conducting and director of orchestral activitie…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:10AM

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of May 22–28 by Michael C. Gioia

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of May 22–28, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com Drama Desk Awards Go to Book of Mormon, Normal Heart, War Horse, Sutt…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Feature: Annie Parisse Is Truly Bard by Nick Orlando

The popular stage and television star talks about spending the summer doing Shakespeare in the Park.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Sondheim's 'Follies' is still here, still dazzling

WASHINGTON -- The chorus girls of yesteryear never leave the stage in the new Kennedy Center revival of "Follies," Stephen Sondheim's 1971 meditation on love lost and the entertainment that …

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM

Can group coupons deliver what cultural groups want most: Repeat customers and revenue?

Groupon's deal-a-day juggernaut has built its multibillion-dollar enterprise by leveraging group discounts for the likes of massages, restaurants and golf outings as well as impulse buys and…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM

PHOTO CALL: Laura Benanti, Jeffrey Tambor, "Smash" Cast, Sean Hayes and More at NBC Season Preview by Matthew Blank

Laura Benanti, Jeffrey Tambor, the "Smash" cast, Sean Hayes and many more were on hand May 16 as NBC previewed its 2011-2012 primetime offerings.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Masquerade, a Danish Classic, Gets World-Premiere New Version in NC June 5-26 by Kenneth Jones

The work of Ludvig Holberg — the 18th-century Danish dramatist little-known in the U.S. but regarded as a pillar in the world of Danish literature — gets new life in a world-prem…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Getcha Head in the Game: Lysistrata Jones, Set on a Basketball Court, Opens in NYC by Kenneth Jones

Lysistrata Jones, the new Douglas Carter Beane-Lewis Flinn musical that rips a page out of Aristophanes' ancient comedy about women withholding sex in protest of war, bounds onto a Green…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Lois Smith Conjures The Illusion, Kushner's Rewrite of a French Classic, Opening June 5 by Kenneth Jones

Off-Broadway's Peter Norton Space has been transformed into a lamp-lighted cave for Signature Theatre Company's production of Tony Kushner's The Illusion, based on the play by 17…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Winner Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Midnight Sun" Album Has Songs by Weill, Lerner, Mercer and More by Michael Gioia

Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater (The Wiz) will release "Midnight Sun," a remastered compilation of love songs from throughout her career, on the DDB Records/Emarcy label, Aug…

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THE BOOK SHELF: The Libretto of The Book of Mormon, Plus "A Tanner's Worth of Tune" by Steven Suskin

We page through Adrian Wright's "A Tanner's Worth of Tune," an invaluable book about the post-war British musical, and (among other librettos) the deliciously-designed scri…

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Brel Star Gay Marshall Offers Piaf Tribute at Feinstein's June 5 by Andrew Gans

Gay Marshall, who played a year-long run in the Off-Broadway revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, goes it solo at Feinstein's at Loews Regency June 5 at 8:30 PM.

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Nilaja Sun's No Child… Returns to Barrow Street Theatre June 5 for Limited Engagement by Andrew Gans

Nilaja Sun's portrait of New York City public schools, No Child…, which played 311 performances at the Barrow Street Theatre in 2006, returns to that venue for 40 performances onl…

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Today in Theatre History: JUNE 5 by Anne Bradley and Ernio Hernandez

1922 Future stage and screen star Judy Holliday is born today. By the time of her untimely death in 1966 Holliday will have won the 1951 Academy Award for best actress for her performance in…

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