Theatre Downtown has a couple more nifty titles in store — Prelude to a Kiss, the wonderful Craig Lucas comic drama, and the first local production of Avenue Q. Here’s what we k…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:48PMEASTON — Young dancers from Brockton and other communities south of Boston are taking their antibullying message on the road.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:28PMIt’s been quite the week since I got back from Hong Kong, jumping back into the corporate fray with the zeal of someone who didn’t just get back from a ten day vacation. I’m bac…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 11:24PMThe producers of "Rent" have announced the cast for the musical's first off-Broadway revival, which is set to begins previews July 14 at New World Stages.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:16PMHow the Apple iCloud compares to Google's cloud - Computerworld:That enables a lot of app-specific features to be universally applied. Since Apple is making the APIs for iCloud storage and s…
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The title of "Desperate Writers" refers to its central characters, but it might just as well describe the playwrights themselves. Joshua Grenrock and Catherine Schreiber's hopelessly unfunny…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:59PMIt may be titled "A Little Journey," but Rachel Crothers' 1918 play takes on big themes: feminism, religion and class. A finalist for the first Pulitzer Prize for drama, it sometimes feels b…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:58PMLegions of little girls are hoping to land a role in the Broadway revival of 'Annie'—and 'Annie' experts are prepared to help them get ready.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:49PMVariety is reporting that due to a logistical decision to move the Tony Awards red carpet across the street from the Beacon theatre, and the hiring of a non-union crew to do so, the Local On…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44PMThe U2 rockers are likely to introduce a performance from their musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark featuring the show's stars Reeve Carney and Jennifer Damiano, though details have not ye…
SOURCE: Rolling Stone at 10:42PMBroadway's powerful stagehands' union is planning to hoist an inflatable rat and mobilize 400 members to protest a loss of work organizing the red carpet pageantry at the awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:38PMLegit Reviews: How do you prevent a musical about a trio of musically-challenged sisters who sing awful songs from being musically-challenged itself?
SOURCE: Variety at 10:10PMThe Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, a musical detailing one of the stranger chapters of American pop music history, featuring Annie Golden, Kevin Cahoon and more opened at Playwrights Horiz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01PMCirque du Soleil brings its new $50 million show, Zarkana, to New York's Radio City Music Hall.
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is coming up, as you may know. There's a lot to check out, but I'm particularly excited by the following shows--Teatro en el Blanco: NevaThe Company: As you are now, so once were weRude M…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 09:49PMNo one could accuse Ann Closs-Farley of being beige. The multiple award-winning costume designer best known for her eye-popping creations in Ken Roht’s 99¢ Only holiday extravaganzas to…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:43PMAt the 29th Annual Fred amp Adele Astaire Awards, the only awards to recognize excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film, actor, dancer amp singer Corey Snide, a senior at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32PMLegit News: Union vows to picket red carpet -- A potential labor dispute is brewing in the countdown to the Tony Awards Sunday, with stagehands union Local One threatening to picket the red …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:27PMWith music and lyrics by Jay Kuo Insignificant Others, Worlds Apart and book by Kuo and Thione, Allegiance is a family drama that explores love, loss and heroism during the Japanese American…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22PMThere’s a fantastic Annie Baker interview by Hal Brooks up on HowlRound that presents a dilemma in that I basically want to copy and the paste the whole thing. Some of my favorite quot…
SOURCE: direct address at 09:07PMRobert O'Hara's Booty Candy at Woolly Mammoth
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Kerry O'Malley is the queen of the revival, having starred since leaving Harvard’s Institute for Advanced Theater Training in Irving Berlin's White Christmas on Broadway in the role origin…
SOURCE: mysecretboston.com at 08:34PMToday, speaking to The New York Times, director Philip William McKinley confirmed that the show is frozen and no significant further changes will be made before the show's June 14th opening.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28PMFormer “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Quinn is bringing his one-man show to the Broadway Playhouse Theater for a three-week run, Aug. 24-Sept. 10. Directed by Jerry Seinfeld, “Colin …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:24PMADAM SZYMKOWICZ’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S., and in Canada, England, The Netherlands, Germany and Lithuania. His work has been presented or developed at such…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:15PMAs the curtain rises the audience are blinded by the light of a car's headlights. The car stops, the stage darkens and our eyes gradually accustom to the gloomy, deeply atmospheric design fo…
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NY1's weekly segment "Your Weekend Starts Now" shows entertaining picks for great things to do this weekend all around the city. NY1's Arts reporter Stephanie Simon filed the follo…
SOURCE: NY1 at 07:47PMThe 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMAcademy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis will be hosting a benefit performance of American Conservatory Theater's A.C.T. world-premiere musical, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City on Friday, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMOn Monday, June 6, Broadway in Bryant Park presented by 106.7 Life FM hosted a kickoff event to announce the summer line up for 2011. The event featured live performances from the 2010 Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMI watched Thriller Live last night (7th June) at the Lyric Theatre in London. This is my take on the show which was more tribute act / concert than musical theatre.
SOURCE: www.theatres.tv at 07:04PMLegit Reviews: To a contempo American sensibility, this revival of Simon Gray's 1971 play is a mixed bag.
SOURCE: Variety at 07:04PMAre you ready for the 2011 Tony Awards? The annual ceremony celebrating the best of Broadway is fast-approaching! We pulled together some frequently asked questions about the event, so that …
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Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT media, has announced its complete programm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMOnly three weeks remain in the 16-week strictly-limited engagement of BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO -- Rajiv Joseph's critically-acclaimed play starring Robin Williams -- set to conclude i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMLegit Reviews: There is not a more charged silence on the London stage.
SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PMTONY…TONY…TONI!! PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL’s TONY AWARD® NOMINEE TONY SHELDON CROWNED WITH KUDOS AROUND THE WORLD It’s all in the family. Tony Sheldon’s mother Ton…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:47PMWant to know what special skills each of your favorite Tony nominees possess that you may not know about Check out the I Can Do That series, created by Sirius XM's Julie James, which we'll b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMThis may be her first time on Broadway, but Sister Act star Patina Miller has already rocketed to the head of the class when it comes to red carpet fashion. Since opening as aspiring disco d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMA musical adaptation of the novel and movie drama Big Fish is set to open on Broadway in the spring of 2012. Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys, The Producers) has sign…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:40PMStephen R. Buntrock, Erin Dilly, Mia Dillon, Ray Bay Jones, Jenny Powers and Jen Cody have joined the Berkshire Theatre Festival's summer productions of The Who's Tommy, Sylvia, A Pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:25PMAfter months of rewrites, new lyrics and choreography, rehearsals fo new material by day and preview performances at night, the cast and crew of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was relieved …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMFormer bike messenger Stephen Adly Guirgis, still riding his bike, pulls up to a popular Upper West Side burger joint seven minutes late. In other words, by Broadway standards, right on time…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:21PMThe New York Times reports today that Susan Stromen will direct a musical adaptation of Tim Burton's film, Big Fish. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Hugh Jackman and Laura Benanti rece…
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SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:09PM Children’s theatre fluff not yet matured Organic Theater Company Presents The N…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:03PMGrammy Award winner Barry Manilow will make a special appearance at 6pm on Monday, June 13 at Radio City Music Hall to sign copies of soon-to-be-released album, 15 MINUTES. He will return to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 6811.
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Watch the Jersey Girls from Broadway's Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS, on New York Non-Stop's In The Wings. Go backstage with Jersey Girls Cara Cooper, Katie O'Toole, Jes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe weather is sweltering on the streets of New York City and things are just as hot inside the Ambassador Theatre, where supermodel Christie Brinkley is making her Broadway debut as Roxie H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMPRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT's Australian Tony Award nominated costume designer Tim Chappel took Seven Network Australia's Sunrise Morning Show host Nelson Aspen on a backstage costume tour…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMAmerican Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)'s Opening Night Gala celebrating the world premiere of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City took place on Wednesday, June 1, and raised $950,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:48PMSusan Stroman, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for her direction and choreography of The Scottsboro Boys, has signed to stage the new Broadway-bound musical Big Fish, producers Dan Jinks and Bruce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMI never thought of myself as ‘fringey’ until I signed up for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. First of all I’m over 50, so I thought I left the fringe behind about the time I signed my…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:34PMLeading playwrights choose their favourite scribes of all timeDavid Hare on Tennessee WilliamsLoved and praised as a young man, by the end of his life Tennessee could barely get his plays on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMMr. McCartney, who has previously appeared in concert at Shea Stadium and Citi Field, will play his first Yankee Stadium show on July 15.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:29PMTony Award winner Susan Stroman will direct Big Fish, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, which is aiming to bow on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Chicago the Musical" ★★★ Through June 12 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $30-$95 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMJOHN LEGUIZAMO on Theater Talk: X-Rated Activities @ GHETTO KLOWN
John Leguzamo of GHETTO KLOWN explains how he knows that "something about the show is turning people on."
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:22PMRemy Bumppo's rehearsal space at 3717 N Ravenswood is available for rental July 23 - Sept 4; also October and beyond. Rates vary from $11 - $16 per hour, depending on hours scheduled per wee…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:13PMFEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed Best of New York by New York Magazine, and an invaluable New York institution by The New York Post, has just announced its Fall 2011 se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMFor “Theater for One” a single actor and a single audience member are sequestered in a plush red booth in Times Square for a one-on-one performance.
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probably the most offbeat musical currently on any New York Stage . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:58PMAndrew Goffman’s “The Accidental Pervert” a hilarious tour-de-force has been extended three times at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street ) which plays now through Sat…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:54PMTom Stoppard's Arcadia luxuriates in an English country house in two different eras where two sets of friends, family and associates discuss ideas of truth, history, meaning and, of course, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMMary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the 13th annual BROADWAY BARKS, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. The e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMAs we inch closer and closer to the Broadways biggest night on Sunday, today we have the choreographic centerpiece of our extensive Tony Award countdown with a focus on the genius of Michael…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMIn Tanya Saracho’s play “Enfrascada,” a betrayed woman and her friends talk about love and dabble in the supernatural.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:49PMThe producers of the long running musical Chicago celebrated its most recent Roxie Hart, Christie Brinkley, with a party at Hudson Terrace on June 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMDavid Lindsay-Abaire's Good People takes us to South Boston
where an unemployed Margie Walsh (nominee Frances McDormand) wrestles with
feelings of resentment after she pays a visit to a fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMAnything Goes stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as Moonface Martin. Anything Goes is directed amp choreographed by Tony Award …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMA roster of current Broadway stars will join hosts Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore at the 13th annual Broadway Barks dog and cat adoption event, scheduled for July 9 in Shubert Alley.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:34PMIt's the hottest ticket at this year's Manchester festival, a Doctor Who adventure in which you have one terrifying hour to save the world. The catch? It's only for kids. Director Felix Barr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMStage Rush predicts 2011 Tony Award winners on WGHT radio
Jesse North, founder/editor at Stage Rush, predicts the winners of the 2011 Tony Awards on WGHT radio. Curtain Call is hosted by Te…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMWe are pre-empted by the station’s June Pledge fundraising drive. We will return with our Tony Wrap-Up Show on Friday, June 17th. Meanwhile, you can watch Theater Talk in NYC on …
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 04:23PMon CUNY TV: Sat., June 11th at 8:30, Sun., June 12th at 12:30 PM and Mon., June 13th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM Actor and writer John Leguizamo tells us how he transcended write…
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 04:22PMon Thirteen: Fri., June 17th at 12:30 AM on CUNY TV: Sat., June 18th at 8:30, Sun., June 19th at 12:30 PM and Mon., June 20th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM On the day after the Tony Awar…
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 04:21PMROA's Performance at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - New York
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:21PMWinning best musical is nice, but an effective musical number on the telecast can prove just as lucrative at the box office.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:14PMThough easy to dismiss Uncovered Theatre as missionaries on a stage, it's not necessarily so. Still, this show seems like Tennessee Williams meets Bible Camp.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:10PM"Like, forgive me, I don’t know if you’re friends with her — but who the hell is Kim Kardashian?"
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 04:05PMWhat will Karin choose to believe? Does she even have a choice? Do we?
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 04:05PMReeve Carney, who plays the title role in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, had some very nice things to say to the New York Times about the show before its June 14 opening.
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 04:03PMRomantics of the world, have we got a treat for you: Ghost the musical, based on the 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and a potter’s wheel, has released a trailer ahead of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PM
Berkshire Theatre Festival has announced additional casting for this summer's productions. The new cast members include Tony winners and nominees, multiple veterans of Broadway and Off Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMOn Tuesday, June 7, Tony Award-winner Lea Solonga returned to the Cafe Carlyle with her cabaret show New York In June, which will play through June 25.
The evening's guests included l…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMLin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson are set to perform in Freestyle Love Supreme- a hip-hop comedy troupe, at Ars Nova on June 20. For more information, visit httpwww.freestylelovesup…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMWar Horse Puppeteering
Mervyn Millar, the puppetry director on War Horse, is in town for auditions for the Toronto production. He took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to give us a lo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:50PMThe forthcoming off-Broadway return of Rent will feature Broadway vets Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal) as Mark Cohen and Annaleigh Ashford (Wicked) as Maureen Johnson. Complete casting h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMCasts from some of Broadway's hottest tickets will take the stage at the Tony Awards this year - including the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert featuring Nick Adams, Tony Sheldon, Will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMHere’s a very promising message from Palm Beach State College: Palm Beach State College will be replacing the College’s Theater seating in August and I have been given the task of fi…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 03:37PMPriscilla Queen Of The Desert’s Australian Tony Award® nominated costume designer Tim Chappel took Seven Network Australia’s “Sunrise Morning Show” host Nelson Aspen on a backstage …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:31PMAndre De Shields, Leslie Uggams, La Chanze and Bill Irwin will appear in a New York reading of Alice Childress’ 1955 drama Trouble in Mind as part of the nationwide June 20 event 1 Voi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMThis morning Sutton Foster, Joel Grey and Kathleen Marshall took “CBS Early Show” host Marysol Castro behind the scenes at Anything Goes. Click here to watch: http://www.cbsnews.com/vide…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:25PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert, the new Broadway musical at the Palace Theatre, features Tony Award-nominated costumes by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner. Here, Chappel visits CBS 2’s &#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMThe people behind the (possibly) Broadway-bound revival of Funny Girl have announced they will actually encourage actresses around the nation to submit audition tapes online to vie for the l…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 03:24PMOn Wednesday the producers of the first New York revival of "Rent," which begins performances on July 14, announced a new list of names.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:23PMOn Wednesday, June 7, a number of 2011 Tony Award nominees gathered on the observation deck of the Empire State Building to celebrate the 65th Annual Tony Awards, which will air live on CBS …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PMModern Family stars Ed O'Neill, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet answered James Lipton's famous Inside The Actors Studio last night. In the e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMA preliminary lineup of participants has been announced for the 13th annual Broadway Barks!, to be held in Shubert Alley on July 7 from 3:30pm-6:30pm. Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMThe producers of Rent have announced the cast for the upcoming off-Broadway production that begins previews Thursday, July 14, and opens Thursday, August 11 at New World Stages, 340 West 50t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMRichard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy lead the cast of Ghost The Musical playing Sam and Molly in Matthew Warchus' stage musical version of the Academy Award winning film. Accompanied by Sharon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMThere's something special about their first time! On June 7, stars gathered at the August Wilson Theatre to celebrate the 67th annual Theatre World Awards, which honor the best Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMBroadway Legend Angela Lansbury stars alongside Jim Carrey in Mr. Popper's Penguins, a film based upon the popular children's book, originally published by Richard and Florence Atwater in 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMThe 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival was calling me: it was time to do another play. This wouldn’t be my first dance with the Fringe. Last year I co-wrote, directed, and produced a show ca…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:02PMWatch the Jersey Girls from Broadway’s Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS, on New York Non-Stop’s “In The Wings.” Go backstage with Jersey Girls Cara Cooper, Katie …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:01PMBroadway Barks! 13 — the annual adopt-a-thon created by pals Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore to find homes for pets from city animal shelters — will be held July 9 from 3:…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Dorothy "Dot" Wiggin Semprini and Betty Wiggin Porter -- the two surviving members of the band, The Shaggs -- attended the opening night of the new musical The Shaggs: Philosophy o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:59PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON composer and co-creator Robert Lopez recently visitied Studio 360, where he peformed I Believe, at the piano. Click below to catch a sneak peek of the song that will be pe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMBerkshire Theatre Festival (BTF) has announced additional casting for its summer season.
For the theater's opening production of The Who's Tommy (July 7-16), the company will feat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:58PMThe animal trainer William Berloni, who found Little Orphan Annie her dog and has groomed scores of other animals for Broadway, will be honored during the Tony Awards this weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:57PMMyth and Infrastructure combines projections and the shadowed silhouette of my own body behind the screen to create fantastical, surreal world of oceans, cities, and magical domestic space…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:56PMI realize I've said very very little about the plot of The Invaders. This is mainly because I hate talking too much about a show and then spoiling parts of it. However, Halcyon mad…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:55PMMusic Theatre of Wichita is celebrated as it opens its 40th Anniversary Season with Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN, starring Ed Watts
SOURCE: Kansas.com at 02:51PMNew York Stage and Film and Vassar College introduced members of the cast and creative teams of some selections from its 2011 Powerhouse Theater season at Vassar College at an event in Manha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMThe 65th Annual Tony Awards will be simulcast live to Times Square on Sunday, June 12th. The Tony Awards, in partnership with the Times Square Alliance and Clear Channel Spectacolor, in addi…
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When I was little, my mom owned a collection of Theatre World books. I would scour them to see the shows that had played that year committing each to memory. At the end of the b…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:47PMInitial casting has been announced for Arena Stage's 2011-2012 season at the Mead Center for American Theater.
Edward Gero and Patrick Andrews will star in John Logan's bioplay …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMThe producers of Rent have announced the cast for their upcoming off-Broadway production.
Previews Thursday, July 14, and opens Thursday, August 11 at New World Stages, 340 West …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:37PMInitial casting has been announced for Arena Stage's 2011-2012 season at the Mead Center for American Theater.
Edward Gero and Patrick Andrews will star in John Logan's bioplay …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMChichester Festival Theatre has announced complete casting for Singin' In The Rain, to run June 27 - September 10 in the company's repertory schedule. Jonathan Church will direct …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMHonoring the Gods and telling their stories is the purpose of traditional Balinese shadow theater. While studying Wayang Kulit and serving as an assistant to a dalang/ shadow master, I won…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:31PMKate Baldwin will soon return to Arena Stage to play Marian in The Music Man in Spring 2012. The production will open May 11 and play through July 22 at Fichandler Stage in Mead Center for A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMYes, as we all know by now, it is a story “of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery — all the things we hold near and dear to our hearts.” But “Ch…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:25PMA host of Broadway favorites will be seen at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMPhoto: Mike MartinBarbara Cook. What do you think of when you hear that name? A pure soprano? Glitter and Be Gay? The queen of cabaret singers? The Music Man? Sondheim? An unparalleled inter…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:23PMFor the third year, the Tony’s will be simulcast in Times Square with a two way feed from the Beacon Theatre.
Since many casts, producers and theatre alumni weren't able to get t…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:18PMThe world premiere of blue13 dance company's Into The Bollywoods will be presented in The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, July 22 and 23. This will mark the company's fourth appeara…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PMThe 65th Annual Tony Awards will be simulcast live to Times Square on Clear Channel's SpectacolorHD screen on Sunday, June 12, from 6pm to 11pm.
The simulcast, which will include full…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:13PMCasting has been announced for the new Off-Broadway production of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, which will begin an open-ended run at New World Stages on July 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMFeinstein's at Loews Regency has announced its fall season, which will open with an engagement by Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder, running September 6 - October 1. Feinstein will also…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMGoodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls announces his cast for Red, John Logan's two-person Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation that launches the Goodman's 20112012 season September…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMAdam Chanler-Berat, late of Next to Normal and Peter and the Starcatcher, will play documentary filmmaker Mark Cohen in the Off-Broadway relaunch of the rock musical Rent, producers announce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM
Is there a harder working or more admirable head of a theater company than Jonathan Bank, the artistic director of the Mint Theater Company? Bank has not only delivered a welcoming mes…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:57PMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal composer Tom Kitt is in talks to bring the story of Beatles manager Brian Epstein to life in a new stage musical, according to the Hollyw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMTony Award Productions in association with CABLEready, a leading independent distributor of television programming for media outlets worldwide, will distribute the American Theatre Wing's 65…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMX Factor winner Shayne Ward will play the jaded rock star Stacee Jaxx and Justin Lee Collins will play club owner Dennis Dupree in the West End production of Rock of Ages, which will begin …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMParade, Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s 1998 musical, which won Tony Awards for score (Brown) and book (Uhry), will receive a London fringe revival at Southwark Playhouse’s …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMSpotlight On: "Sister Act"
The popular nun-on-the-run story takes Broadway by storm with this joyful musical comedy.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:47PMTraverse, EdinburghThere was I thinking Knives in Hens was one of those plays that didn't change much from production to production. David Harrower's astonishing 1995 debut is set in an unsp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMThe acclaimed Broadway revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, starring and directed by Brian Bedford, will end its run a week earlier than announced, on June 26, the R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMOutfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing and protecting LGBT media, has announced its complete lineup for "Outfest 2011: The 29th Los Angeles Gay &a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMMusical theater legend Julie Andrews and basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were honored with the Lincoln Medal at Ford's Theatre Society's annual gala, entitled "Lincoln&a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:37PMThe 65th Annual Tony Awards will be simulcast live to Times Square June 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMAll right, Book of Mormon fans, ready for the lastest video in Broadway.com's month-long series showcasing the smash hit musical? In today's entry composer Robert Lopez recalls how t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMBroadway superstar Nathan Lane likes to mix plays and musicals, and he may have found his next role: fiery editor Walter Burns in the classic newspaper comedy The Front Page. The New York Ti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMFor 10 days this month, Luminato, a multidisciplinary arts festival, will fill Toronto with concerts, book readings, plays and discussions on art
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:27PMDance, visual arts, theatre and literature.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:24PMCasting continues for the forthcoming West End production of '80s tuner Rock of Ages, with popular British recording artist and X Factor winner Shayne Ward taking on the part of over-the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:16PMRory O’Malley. As if being an epic crusader for marriage equality weren’t cool enough, you had to go and get cast in the coolest show in town. Then you had to bring the house dow…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:05PM
The Theatre World Awards presentation were held at Jujamcyn's August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street home of Jersey Boys, in an invitation-only ceremony yesterday, June 7, 2011 from 200…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMAn original cast recording of Lincoln Center Theater’s current production of A Minister’s Wife is on tap from PS Classics. The musical, which will end its limited engagement on J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMThe news fans of the wildly popular young adult novels have been waiting for.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:54PMThe New York Philharmonic has announced two special concerts for September, and has eliminated its annual summer concerts.
The orchestra will perform with the tenor Andrea Bocelli on Septem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PMBroadway veterans Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson will perform in Freestyle Love Supreme as part of the 54/10 Music Marathon benefit at Ars Nova on Monday, June 20.
As previously…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:51PMFour-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell will reunite with PTP/NYC as part of the company's summer repertory season, which will include productions of works by Howard Baker, Steven Dykes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMThis week we have seen the closing of another theater - Florida Stage.Right on the heels of this, we have Brandon Kiley's article in the Seattle Stranger in which he tries to get at the bott…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:49PMSupermodel Christie Brinkley, who is making her Broadway debut as Chicago's Roxie Hart, is eyeing joining the West End production of the hit musical, according to ShowBiz411. Brinkley jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMOne of the many aspects of August Wilson's genius is his talent for taking lowly specifics and exalting them as universals. In "King Hedley II," which runs through June 12 at the August Wils…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:45PMLearn more about the What If…? Project What if… theatres collaborated to share one extraordinary production a year with a truly national audience? By Tim Jennings, Managing Director, S…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:44PMIn the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Multiple Emmy winne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMHannah Moscovitch
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:41PMCenter Theatre Group has announced an online casting call for its upcoming production of Funny Girl, to run January 15 - February 26. As previously announced, Bartlett Sher will direct the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMThe Tony-nominated revival of Oscar Wilde’s effervescent comedy The Importance of Being Earnest will close one week earlier than planned. The Roundabout Theatre Company production was …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMShayne Ward, winner of the U.K. edition of "The X Factor" in 2005 who has since sold over three million records, will star in the London premiere of Rock of Ages alongside the prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMPlaybill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 65th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Play and Best Revival of a Play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMAcademy Award winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Hayden Panettiere (TV's Heroes) recently participated in a reading of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic, according …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMVictoria E. Calderon's Manipulation, which played its final performance at the Cherry Lane Theatre May 29 after only two weeks of previews, will resume previews at the Off-Broadway venue…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMImage Entertainment, Inc. OTCQB DISK has acquired the home entertainment rights to THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW ON BROADWAY and will be releasing it on Blu-rayTM and DVD in the fall in honor of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMShayne Ward, the 2005 winner of ITV talent show The X Factor, will join the West End cast of Rock of Ages, it was announced today (8 June 2011).
The popstar, who has released three albums …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:21PMBy railing against the tyranny of tweets the comedian has dismissed an alternative universe of wonderfully weird humourCriticising a comedian is a dangerous thing to do. Heckling a professio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMThe lineup of performances has been announced for the 2011 Tony Awards, to be held on June 12 at the Beacon Theater. Spotlighted shows will include nominees Anything Goes (featuring Sutton F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PMJazz legend Wynton Marsalis was honored at The Interfaith Center of New York's ninth annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Awards Dinner at the Tribeca Rooftop on Monday, June 6. Nancy G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMEdward Gero will play painter Mark Rothko and Patrick Andrews will play Ken, Rothko's young new assistant, in John Logan's Red, to run September 17 - October 23 at the Goodman Thea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMThe Australian Ballet will play the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, June 12-17, 2012, as part of the company's 50th Anniversary celebration.
The company, which lasted visited …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:14PMA decade after she was Nellie Forbush in director Molly Smith's South Pacific at Arena Stage, Kate Baldwin — a Best Actress Tony Award nominee for Finian's Rainbow in 2010 &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMTwo-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees David Crosby and Graham Nash will offer an intimate acoustic concert at the Music Box Hollywood, on Sunday, July 17 at 7:30pm. Noah Wyle will h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:12PMDominic Cooke's authentic revival, on meticulous sets by theatre designer Ultz, draws out the politics and is driven by some tremendous performances
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:09PMVictoria E. Calderon's Manipulation -- which as previously reported ended performances on May 29, prior to its official opening -- will now resume previews at the Cherry Lane Theater on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMThe Tony Awards have announced that they will host a luxury Green Room and Gifting Suite experience, conceptualized by partnership development firm, Axcess Luxury amp Lifestyle. The 2011 Ton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMJosh Gad and Rory O’Malley, who were both nominated for 2011 Tony Awards for their performances in The Book of Mormon, demonstrate some of their special skills listed at the bottom of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMPull up a Chairry, and turn on your Magic Screen. The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway, which was taped live at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York in January and debuted March 19 on HBO…
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Below, we bring you David Yazbeck, Best Original Score nominee for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Prior to his success with Women on the Verge, he was best known for scoring the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMA festival at the Brick asks what comics can do on stage It’s just by coincidence that as a certain webslinger comes to Broadway, the Brick Theater in Brooklyn is hosting its first-eve…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:56AMSpotlight On: "Priscilla Queen of the Desert"
Hop on the Broadway bus for a fun road trip across the Australian Outback with three outrageous friends.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:55AMThe West End production of Lend Me A Tenor invited photographers to the Gielgud Theatre this week (7 June 2011) in anticipation of the shows opening on 15 June (previews from 2 June 2011).
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:51AMAccording to published reports, Tony-winning actor Laurence Fishburne will be leaving CSI Crime Scene Investigation at the end of this season, as his contract has just expired. He currently …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMTony Award Productions has partnered with CABLEready to distribute the 65th Annual Tony Awards telecast to theatre fans in over 45 countries around the globe.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMCirque du Soleil's new big top show Totem will play an engagement in San Francisco beginning October 28, performing under the blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau located at the AT&T Par…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMThe new musicals Maren of Vardø, Pregnancy Pact and The Profit of Creation will be developed as part of the third annual summer workshops at the Yale Institute for Music Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMShaping Cirque du Soleil’s new show, “Zarkana,” which opens in New York this week, involves trying to balance the tension between a circus and a rock opera.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30AMIn their own words, 2011 Tony Award nominees Scott Pask (scenic design) and Ann Roth (costume design) share their vision for the skewed world of The Book of Mormon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMJason Danieley | Alzheimer's Association
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:28AMColin Quinn will bring his show, Long Story Short, to Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, to run August 24 - September 10. Jerry Seinfeld has directed the production, which played Broad…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMWant to know what special skills each of your favorite Tony nominees possess that you may not know about Check out the I Can Do That series, created by Sirius XM's Julie James, which we'll b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMPRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL TONY AWARD® NOMINEE TONY SHELDON IN THE NEWS Priscilla Queen Of The Desert original Australian leading man Tony Sheldon, who created the role of �…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:26AMThe roster of international broadcasters of the 2011 Tony Awards ceremony has been announced, according to a posting on the website for the Tonys. The event, to be held on June 12 at the Be…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMBroadway box offices saw a drop in revenues last week, with totals reaching only $20,598,779 compared to the previous week's total of $23,738,927. That figure represents a drop in revenue wh…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:09AMA Month of "Mormon" Day 25: Turn It Off with Elder McKinley
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:09AMRusty Clauss, who mastered comedy and drama during a lengthy career on Washington stages and who performed in movies and on television, died on June 4th after suffering a stroke following a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:09AMThe Broadway show "Colin Quinn: Long Story Short" is headed to Chicago in August for a three-week engagement at the Broadway Playhouse, 175 E. Chestnut St. Quinn's 75-minute solo show, direc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:06AMMatthew Morrison on Loose Women
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:06AMThe Tony Awards will host a luxury Green Room and Gifting Suite experience for those presenting awards at the June 12 ceremony at the Beacon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMProducers said Tuesday they'll be moving the show off-Broadway to New World Stages on 50th Street in July after more than a year performing at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:03AMMillion Dollar Quartet will become the third Broadway production to transfer to off-Broadway’s New World Stages, reopening at an unspecified date in July. The Broadway production is se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMAn ambitious new work from Toronto’s Théâtre La Tangente explores a famous obsessive love story between artists Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel.
SOURCE: tdcblog.topscms.com at 11:02AMOnce, twice, three times a speed date! Our first two speed dates were so much fun (and successful - we've heard of quite a few matches) that we're doing another one. We've hooked up writers …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The Tony Awards today announced the line-up of performances for the 65th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12th. Featuring unforgettable opening and closing numbers and non-stop entertainme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMPS Classics will record and release the original cast album of The Minister's Wife. The cast will record the CD on Sunday, June 26. The disc will be available for purchase and digital…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMCatherine Rust Amanda Duarte is "Faith" and Steven Patterson is "Judi" in the Centenary Stage Company's World Premiere production of "How to Pray." Centenary St…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:53AMThe Goodman Theatre's Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-winning play Red, about painter Mark Rothko, will feature Washington, DC, actor Edward Gero as the abstract expressionist artist,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThe Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will present Disney's Aladdin, the stage version based on the classic animated film, in Lincolnshire, IL beginning July 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMLENOX — “Women of Will,’’ a five-part dramatic sequence at Shakespeare and Company, is a fascinating look at the human heart as Shakespeare saw it, in all its ambiguo…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:42AMDidi Conn steps into the Off-Broadway run of Love, Loss, and What I Wore June 8 for a limited six-performance engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMThe Emmy hopeful compares her "Gilmore Girls" and "Parenthood" roles, and explains the risk of sharing a personal connection with a fellow cast member.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:40AMThe Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2010-2011 theatrical season were presented by former Theatre World Award winners, includingTam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMThe Royal Court's revival of Arnold Wesker’s landmark play Chicken Soup with Barley, opened last night (7 June, previews from 2 June 2011) in a production starring Olivier Award winner…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:36AMTony Award winner Lea Salonga returned to Café Carlyle June 7 for an exclusive three-week return engagement with a show titled Lea Salonga: New York in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMThis should be interesting: The LA Times will host a panel discussion on my pet subject next week:Is Los Angeles a “theater town”? New York. Chicago. Seattle. San Francisco. For many,…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:30AM"In Conversation: Outside the Ring with Hulk Hogan" is envisioned as a Hulk-ified version of "Inside the Actors Studio" (with perhaps more Atomic Leg Drops than James Lipton's incarnation).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28AMI'm excited (and somewhat nervous) to announce that I will be on a panel tomorrow at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity on "The Benefit of Bloggers". The panel will be …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:26AMThe 2010-11 Theatre World Award winners were Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart Desmin Borges, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Halley Feiffer, The House of Blue Leaves Grace Gummer, Arcadia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMThe lineup of shows that will be performing as part of the 2011 Tony Awards ceremony, to be held on Sunday, June 12 at the Beacon Theatre and broadcast live on CBS has been announced. As pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMDavid Shookhoff, Director of Education at Manhattan Theatre Club, will be honored by the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable in a benefit being held on Wednesday, June 22 at the Park …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:14AMFriday Night is Music Night with the queen of light music, Lesley Garrett and star performers Charlotte Page and Richard Suart.
Friday 24 June, 8pm Royal Festival Hall. Best avaliable seats…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:07AMI call this little thing of mine "Mission Paradox" because I believe that you need to embrace conflicting thoughts. Here's two of them: 1. To thrive in the world of art and commerce you need…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:06AMDo critics think you should see "Through a Glass Darkly"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 10:01AMThe Tony Award winner's new cabaret show at the Cafe Carlyle showcases her crystalline voice and engaging personality.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
The Tony Awards announced June 8 the line-up of performances for the 65th Annual Tony Awards, which will be presented June 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMTony Award winner Laurence Fishburne will leave CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at the end of the current season, according to a report on Deadline.com.
Fishburne joined the series…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57AMFounded in 1987 (relatively recently for a major regional theatre) Palm Beach's Florida Stage dedicated itself to new writing, and made a good run at it.
Now they're bankrupt and shutting d…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 09:53AMCabaret at the Castle will present Les Misérables: A Night of Musical Selections, performed by American Musical Theatre West, June 19-20 at The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMBroadway legend Carol Channing received The Golden Baton Award at the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra's 74th Anniversary Concert Spectacular at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:47AMMedicine Show Theatre Ensemble will present Cole Porter's Paris June 17-30 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMDoes art have health benefits, and can you consume too much of it? Bloggers chew the fatShould art be improving? That's what Isaac Butler of the Parabasis blog wants to know. He's responding…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMThe Hollywood Reporter is reporting this morning that Broadway producer Vivek Tiwary The Addams Family amp American Idiot has aquired Beatles song rights, a difficult feat, to use in his deb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMJeffrey Richards produced a reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's The Front Page June 6 in Manhattan, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMA perfect example of the well-made boulevard comedy of the early twentieth century has been resurrected by Jonathan Bank and his lovely company of players at the Mint Theatre on the third fl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:28AMThe producers of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO announced today that supermodel Christie Brinkley will now make her Broadway stage debut in the role merry murderess Roxie Hart beginn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMThe New York Times reports this morning that producer Jeffrey Richards held a reading of THE FRONT PAGE, directed by Daniel Sullivan which starred Nathan Lane, Billy Crudup, John Larroquette…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMAs previously reported, Tony Award-winning producer Darren Bagert plans to bring a revival of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic to Broadway this season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMNow, word is out in the New York Times that a starry reading of PICNIC took place on Monday featuring Among those reading were the Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo The Fighter as th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AM(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Sol Crespo, Lori E Parquet, Chinaza Uche, Tiffany Clementi, Mike Mihm, Chudney Sykes)Review #2 is out, and we're thrilled that Will Kenton from Cultural C…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 09:03AMStage 13 has announced preliminary details about the next two pieces it will present as part of its 2011 School's out for the Summer Reading Series, to be held at Bar 13.
On June 13,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:02AM
This week Rob reviews Show Some Beauty, which features songs by Steve Marzullo.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:43AMSupermodel Christie Brinkley may make her way to London, taking on the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago in the West End following her current Broadway appearance in the show. According to repor…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:42AMThe Washington Savoyards wrap up their season this month with a snazzy, kinetic, hot and hilarious must-see revival of Murray Horwitz’ and Richard Maltby Jr.’s 1978 hit Broadway revue, A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AM"Priscilla Queen of the Desert"'s Tony Sheldon talks about his six year journey with the show, from his dislike of the original film on which it's based to his transcontinental success as Be…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 08:28AMDonny Osmond on Joseph
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Donny Osmond reveals how he became involved with the role of Joseph, while Tim Rice gives us his take on the show's phenomenal su…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:28AMThe live broadcast of this year's Tony Awards begins this Sunday at 8pm on CBS, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Jeff Spurgeon speaks with Charles Isherwood, theater critic of The New York Ti…
SOURCE: WQXR at 08:22AMThe Broadway revival of Chicago has been packing houses for 15 years. While much of that has to do with producers Barry and Fran Weissler keeping an ever-rotating cast of C- and B-list celeb…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:20AMFrom Homer to Daphne du Maurier, the Vampirates author picks the finest timber-shivering tales of high-seas adventurersJustin Somper's first book in the Vampirates sequence, Demons of the Oc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AM"Of all the Tonys that will be presented Sunday night on CBS, only one -- best musical -- usually spikes the box office." But getting a musical number featured on the Tony telecast can also …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:11AMIt’s 1605 and Spain needs a noble knight. The retired country squire, Don Quixote, stuffed to the gills with chivalric novels, decides he is the man to bring gentility back. Donning a helm…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:08AMFrances Micklow /THE STAR-LEDGERBrynae Riggins is a Star-Ledger scholar, she won the first-place $40,000 scholarship. By Amy Kuperinsky/Star-Ledger Staff Brynae Riggins traced the scuffed bl…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:07AMAlan Bruun, one of the founders of Mad Cow Theatre and the artistic director there for most of its 14-year history, is moving to southern California to work as creative director of entertain…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:05AMThe producers developing a Broadway revival of William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Picnic," about young love and growing older in small-town Kansas, held a private reading on Monday …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:04AMBy Byrne Harrison
Name: Michelle Slonim
Play: Michelle's Jewish Date Party
Relationship to production: Creator, Actor, Co-writer, Producer
Website: http://www.planetconnections.org/
How di…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:01AMBy Byrne Harrison
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Play: FidelityRelationship to production: Playwright/ Director
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How did you first get involved in theatre?
I first got invo…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:00AMThe theatrical thriller proves to be alive and well in this tale of a woman suffering from severe sleepwalking problems who becomes involved with her too-good-to-be-true upstairs neighbor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Big Rodent, Dorothy Streslin Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Alan J. Miller
BOTTOM LINE: An entertaining production which can be enjoyed as a Shakespearean tour-de-force, an intellectual…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:56AM"A last-ditch attempt to save the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' prestigious National Theatre Conservatory masters program died today when University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:50AMRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonStella Kirby (a bewitching Charlotte Emmerson) ran away to be an actor eight years ago. Now she has unexpectedly returned to the family home, Eden End. But the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMNY Philharmonic's 'Company'
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The ev…
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Through June 19th, get select Broadway hit MP3 albums for just $5 each.
SOURCE: Amazon at 06:44AMBetty Blue Eyes, the musical adaptation of the Alan Bennett-scripted comedy film A Private Function, has extended its booking period by three months, with tickets now on sale to 28 January 2…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:43AMA sneak preview to whet your appetite for Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece, which takes the stage June 19, 2011. Broadway Bares, conceived by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jer…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:36AMAt once nostalgic and entirely original, this quirky, charming and poignant play moves us in ways that are both unexpected and lasting.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:29AMThe Edinburgh fringe programme is launched tomorrow (June 9) amid concern over the "unhealthy" concentration of venues around the university quarter in the city's Southside.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMYasmina Reza's God of Carnage offers audiences a view of two couples meeting to address a problem in a civilized way. By play's end, "civilized" is the last word you would use.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:24AMThe Tony winner from "Miss Saigon" proves she is much more than a Disney princess in a smashing set at the Carlyle. We need to see more of her on our stages.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:21AMStephanie and Russell are my saviors/piano angels! I have the best friends.
SOURCE: lezbehonest at 06:20AMTrying to set up an artificial argument about The Ladykillers is typical of the dishonest, binary style of debate pushed by TodayOn Monday, I was invited to go on the Today programme to talk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AM"Hairspray" star Nikki Blonsky has landed a new boyfriend, aspiring model and actor Tommy Potoeski. The curvy actress was spotted smooching Potoeski outside Lower East Side eatery APL on Mon…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:17AMGhost the Musical - Official Trailer (HD)
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Check out the BRAND NEW Official Trailer for Ghost the Musical! Our Manchester pre-West End run finished its SOLD OUT, …
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:00AM
Art, pain, and love become inextricably linked in Maggie Bofill's promising new play, whose emotional exuberance suffers from an unfortunate overdose of clumsy metaphor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:57AMArnold Wesker’s tremendous working-class trilogy, of which Chicken Soup With Barley (1958) is the first, and perhaps the best, is like vintage Clifford Odets with British regional vari…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:47AMAlec Baldwin is considering a run for New York City mayor now that Rep. Anthony Weiner may pull out of the race due to the Weinergate-Twitter photo scandal, according to a new report.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:40AMDo you have what it takes to be Fanny Brice? Are you the next Streisand? Have you been waiting for the big break? Well here it is and you have until July 15th to get it together. The Center …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:30AMDo you have what it takes to be Fanny Brice? Are you the next Streisand? Have you been waiting for the big break? Well here it is and you have until July 15th to get it together. The Center …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:30AMMatthew Morrison backstage at the Glamour Awards
Matthew Morrison backstage at the Glamour Awards - London - June 7 2011
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:29AM"Theatre for One" returns for its second year, parking a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater near the TKTS booth and inviting one audience member at a time to see one short play performed by…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:28AMMatthew Morrison at the Glamour Awards
Matthew Morrison at the Glamour Awards - London - June 7 2011
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:19AMThe FURY Factory festival kicked off tonight and runs June 7 – 26 in San Francisco. You can follow along on the FURY Factory Blog or on twitter at #furyfest. From the blog, about the f…
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Photo by Joan Marcus Last week, I got a chance to see Anna Deavere Smith in Let Me Down Easy at Berkeley Rep. Here’s the thing: I’m a sucker for actors performing multiple parts in t…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:43AM“THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT”IS MOVING TO THETHIRTEENTH STREET THEATREJULY 15
As we all know, after considerable critical and audience acclaim “THE ACCIDENTAL PERVERT” Andrew Goffma…
SOURCE: Corine's Corner at 02:30AMThis year's winners of one of the theater's most cherished honors include Ellen Barkin, John Larroquette, Patina Miller, Zachary Quinto, and Tony Sheldon.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:24AMNot all Jews who escaped the pervasive violence in Russia ended up in Manhattan's Lower East side. About 10,000 ended up in Galveston, Texas through a resettlement program called the G…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 02:14AMChristie Brinkley — supermodel, ex wife of Billy Joel, TV aerobics pitchwoman. Broadway musical star. Huh? Gorgeous Christie is 57, looks 20 years younger, and has never sung or danced…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:02AMDeath of Jane Shaxspere bore hallmarks of character and girl may even have been relative of playwrightA little girl of the 16th century, who lost her footing while picking flowers, tumbled i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
"Beau Willimon reached a dream-come-true moment on Thursday afternoon: His cast of 25 actors, drawn from across the country and given just days to work, was rehearsing for the first time in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:47AMThe list of stars attending the 2011 CMT MUSIC AWARDS keeps growing with the addition of Shania Twain, Justin Bieber, 'American Idol' winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina, Pitt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMHEDY WEISS: “Brigadoon” — part world-weary lament, part adult fairy tale — is about love and marriage in all its guises. Listening to the Light Opera Works revival now at Evanston’…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:18AMCasting has been announced for the Goodman Theatre’s upcoming production of “Red,” John Logan’s Tony Award-winning two-character play about the abstract expressionist painter Mark Ro…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:16AMYoung Lin-Manuel Miranda: Jesus Christ Superstar
I played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar my freshman year at Wesleyan.I was not yet done with puberty. Screaming ensues. Director: Dani Snyd…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:05AM“Stay off the pipe, and don’t show your dick on the Internet.” That advice comes courtesy of Chris Rock. He made it his final remark after being the spokesperson for the ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05AMLeadbelly and John Lomax appear in a 1935 March of Time newsreel: (This is the latest in a weekly series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Of all the arts I suppose that writing is the one which develops the lowest attributes, in that its very...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThe debut opera by Philip Westin focuses on the love triangle in 'O Pioneers!' It will premiere at Canoga Park's Madrid Theatre.The debut opera by Philip Westin focuses on the love triangle …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMWinning best musical is nice, but an effective musical number on the telecast can prove just as lucrative at the box office.Winning best musical is nice, but an effective musical number on t…
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"Million Dollar Quartet" announced Tuesday that it will close its Broadway productino June 12 and move to New World Stages, an Off-Broadway venue. In essence, that will now give producer Gig…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:57AMQuincy native Dick Flavin has played many parts: press secretary, political analyst, poet laureate of Red Sox Nation,...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:49AMThere's a particularly illumi nating scene in the second act of the new musical "The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World," wherein the three sisters who make up the title band are in a recording…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:45AMThe Goodman Theatre has announced the cast for Robert Falls' upcoming production of John Logan's London and Broadway hit "Red." The Washington, D.C.-based actor Edward Gero will play Mark Ro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:37AMPERKS TRAILER
PERKS, the new musical web series launches its pilot on June 19th, starring the rising stars of Broadway.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:35AMMr. Brent, a longtime theater producer brought many summer productions to the Theater by the Sea, a historic Rhode Island institution he helped preserve.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:23AMLarry Kramer's "The Normal Heart," a show about the early days of the AIDS epidemic, is one of the most riveting plays I have seen on Broadway in a while. I just saw it for the second time a…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 12:19AMAmerican Idol' may be done for the year, but there's no need to panic America Singing reality show season isn't quite over yet, as NBC's The Voice' is filling the void at least for the rest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17AMThe back-and-forth chatter of who will go home a winner on Tony Awards night must come to and end, as the ceremony this Sunday draws closer. Stage Rush predicts the winners below! Best Play …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:01AMLincoln Center Theater's Off-Broadway production of A Minister's Wife, the musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Candida with a score by Joshua Schmidt and Jan Tranen, will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMAn ambitious new work from Toronto’s Théâtre La Tangente explores a famous obsessive love story between artists Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMA Little Journey first opened on Broadway in 1918, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and ran for 252 performances. A play that was written almost one hundred years ago is decidedly a period…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMAs long as we have child performers, we will always have parents who stop at nothing to see their progeny achieve greatness. Or is their own greatness they chase? This need for relevance is …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMWhen Alicia's fiance cheats on her and ultimately leaves her for another woman, Alicia doesn't want revenge. She doesn't want to get even with Diego. She doesnt want to punish him or his new…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM"I'm afraid it just isn't your day," says Rosencrantz to Guildenstern when he loses a coin toss. Unfortunately, the title characters of Tom Stoppard's classic absurdist tragicomedy, Rosencra…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMChoreographer Anna has a sleepwalking problem. She wakes to find herself in odd predicaments; dropping soap from a hotel balcony, say, or wrapping her hands around her boyfriend's throat. Ne…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMFor jazz enthusiasts, there are the swanky clubs and modern-day speakeasies. For literati, there are readings and poetry jams. And for Pittsburgh dance devotees, there are Second Saturdays a…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMGary Cole, Edi Gathegi, Mary Beth Fisher and Kathryn Joosten are among cast members in the Geffen Playhouse production of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, opening June…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActress-singer-comic Sandra Bernhard debuts her newest solo show June 8 at Manhattan's Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOff-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre launches a new works initiative June 8-9 when Joel Gross' The Queen of Spades, inspired by an Alexander Pushkin story, gets a reading i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA 1960s sibling pop group, hailed as outsider artists, is the subject of a new Off-Broadway musical, The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World. The show's creators discuss their work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1925 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart make their lyric and songwriting debut in The Garrick Gaieties at Broadway's Garrick Theatre. In the cast are Sterling Holloway, Sanford Meisner, Phi…
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