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Hometown: Scranton, PA
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A: I’m finishing rewrites on Sons of the Prophet, a play that will ha…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:52PMThe new National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin mixes public and private money for degree-granting programs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:17PMJudith Thompson’s White Biting Dog begins with a depressed and divorced 31-year-old lawyer, who goes by the name of Cape Race, preparing to kill himself by jumping off the Bloor Street Via…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 07:15PMAfter 44 years in business in Chicago, the Geddes Agency has announced it is closing its Chicago office. Elizabeth Geddes said Friday that she will join her partner (and sister) Ann Geddes i…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:13PMBristol Festival Of PuppetryEdinburgh 2011 has been the festival in which the puppet is king, but as the fringe takes its final breaths, the puppets move south to Bristol for a week of wide-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMShen Wei Dance Arts: Re-Triptych, EdinburghChinese choreographer Shen Wei is based in New York but he still derives inspiration from his Asian background, and in this three-part work he char…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMNeil Hamburger, Edward Aczel, Edinburgh, LondonPity those poor fringe-goers who arrive on the last weekend hoping for a cheery fix of Live At The Apollo-style stand-up, and find themselves i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe comedian talks about his familyI grew up with three generations under one roof. My mother's parents used to live in a smaller house, then my dad – who was a GP – had an opportunity t…
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Oak Bluffs cottages fully lit for Grand Illumination., a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 06:50PMLegit News: Media increases coverage as subways, theaters to close in Big Apple -- All of Gotham is battening down the hatches for Hurricane Irene. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:33PMDespite releasing a statement earlier indicating at the TKTS operation in Times Square would remain open this weekend, the organization has just announced via twitter that they will indeed b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMAn introverted and intellectually bewitching high school student (sporting a red hoodie)befriends her mild-mannered, but deeply frustrated, English teacher, Jacob Grimm. The relationship evo…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:19PMBroadway shows cancel performances across the board as Hurricane Irene approaches
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:09PMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She's hitting Broadway again, shutting down the Great White Way Aug. 27-28, according to members of The Broadway League. Hurricane Ir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PMBroadway shows are cancelled for the weekend as Hurricane Irene barreled down on New York City.
The Disney-produced musicals "Mary Poppins" and the "Lion King" were the first to announce tha…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 06:07PMA quick heads up for tomorrow's Melbourne Writers Festival panel on independent theatre. I'll be chairing a discussion on our fertile independent scene with Declan Greene, Angus Cerini and A…
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen star Zachary Quinto will star in Ryan Murphy's upcoming series, 'American Horror Story.' He'll star as 'Chad, a gay former owner of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's new feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMIt is the biggest storm the city will have braced in decades. Indeed, the last hurricane to hit the region was Floyd in 1999. But on Sunday, August 28, Hurricane Irene is predicted to hit t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMMinneapolis Musical Theatre has announced selections for its 2011-2012 season.
First up, MMT will team with The Producing House to present the Midwest premiere of Fantasy Football: The Musi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMMary Tyler Moore will present Bernadette Peters with special award at the Westport Country Playhouse's annual gala Sept. 19.The award is from the theater for the Tony Award-winning Peters' d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30PMTHEATER OF GOOD INTENTIONS No matter how worthy Civilian is, with its interviews of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, one cannot call this play effective theatre. There have been…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:27PMAs Kurt mentioned a couple weeks back, we're going to start making efforts to revive this weekly "World Premiere" post...which halted, unceremoniously, months ago, for a number of reasons th…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 05:23PMThe critically acclaimed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Paul Nolan, Chilina Kennedy, Josh Young and Tony Award winner Brent Carver, will get th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMThe Jungle Theater will hold its 21st Birthday Benefit Bash at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Golden Valley on Friday, September 9 at 6:30pm.
The event will feature both live and silent aucti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:06PMREVIEW: Chicago Dancing Festival
This year's Chicago Dancing Festival, which finishes up Saturday with a free extravaganza at the Pritzker Pavilion, has been fun, uplifting, broad and dee…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:05PMLegit News: Int'l Fringe Fest cancels Saturday, Sunday shows as well -- Disney Theatrical Prods. has decided that safe is better than sorry when it comes to Hurricane Irene, canceling all we…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMTonight's performance of Chicago marks a momentous occasion in American musical theatre history. Tonight will be the Kander and Ebb revival's 6, 137th performance on Broadway. Lo…
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Ten years after the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, theatre pays its tribute via Rupert Goold's 'Decade', writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:55PMToday, as a corollary column to this weeks rave SOUND OFF review of the brand new 2011 cast recording of the revival of ANYTHING GOES starring Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, playing on Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PM'Lion King,' 'Mary Poppins' on Broadway to cancel weekend performances
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:52PMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She's hitting Broadway again, shutting down the Great White Way Aug. 27-28, according to members of The Broadway League. Hurricane Ir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMPolitical satirist Lizz Winstead will bring her touring show, Planned Parenthood, I'm Here for You! to New York City for a special benefit performance at the Gramercy Theatre on Thursda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMIn anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in the Tri-State area, all Broadway shows have cancelled performances for Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28, according to a report o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:30PMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She's hitting Broadway again, shutting down the Great White Way Aug. 27-28, according to members of The Broadway League. Hurricane Ir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMSeason 2 of Submissions Only will be available exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com beginning September, 2011. Click Here for More Information. Catch Up with Episode 1 of Season 1 Below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMSummer Strallen is a 3 time Olivier Award nominee best known for her work in the West End productions of The Sound of Music, Love Never Dies, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Summer was recently in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMThe debate over the appropriate treatment for revivals is age old. Are reinterpretations of classics perverse Should all original works only be reproduced in their original form What makes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMSave the date for a magnificent black-tie gala on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at Cipriani 42nd Street to benefit Silver Hill Hospital. Proudly, we announce that Emmy-nominated Carrie Fisher -…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMNEW YORK - When Gavin Creel was growing up in Findlay, Ohio, politics was a largely taboo topic around the dinner table. His parents raised him to believe that there were certain things you …
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BECKET - We blinked, and suddenly the Mark Morris Dance Group is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Another blink, and it’s the last week of this year’s Jacob’s Pillow Dance…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:59PMAll performances of THE LION KING at the Minskoff Theatre and MARY POPPINS at the New Amsterdam Theatre Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th are cancelled due to Hurricane Irene.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway will perform two separate concerts for Los Angeles' Reprise Theatre Company in the coming months.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PMIn its 2011-12 season, collectively titled "love: subject/object — Donald Byrd's year-long tussle with Eros," Spectrum Dance Theater will offer classics and new work by artistic director a…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:39PMCOMPLETENESS by Itamar Moses — Discount Tix!
How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He blinds her with science, of course. When Elliot builds a computer pro…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 03:37PMReprise Theatre Company presents Patti LuPone Gypsy In My Soul for one performance only on Tuesday, October 4 at 800 pm, at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMHurricane Irene menaces Broadway, other cultural institutions
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:23PMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She'll hit Broadway again. Hurricane Irene is expected to lash New York City with high winds and perhaps as much a 6-12 inches of rai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMThe subject of Ticketmaster's added fees, which is the focus of a recent Philadelphia bankruptcy case, will be discussed by the Arkansas Supreme Court as part of the deliberations of a lawsu…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:22PMAug. 20 - Aug. 26These days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMPrimary Stages has cancelled both Aug. 27 performances of the new Charles Busch world-premiere comedy Olive and the Bitter Herbs, as Mayor Bloomberg announces that the New York City mass tra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMThe Artistic Home, which has spent most of its highly productive artistic life in storefront theaters (most recently the former Live Bait space at 3914 N. Clark in Wrigleyville), is making a…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:08PM“Follies” reminiscences from theater folks who have seen productions of the show from the original 1971 and beyond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:04PMAt the time of this posting, all Broadway and Off Broadway performances are playing as scheduled for Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28. All NYC Fringe Festival performances for Sunda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMWhere is Mary Poppins' umbrella when you need it? Owing to Hurricane Irene, performances of the Broadway productions of Mary Poppins and The Lion King will not be presented on Saturday a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMDue to weather conditions resulting from Hurricane Irene and the previously reported planned shutdown of the mass transit system in New York City, numerous shows - including several on Broad…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced that mass rail transit in and out of New York City will shut down beginning at 1200pm tomorrow. This includes the New York City subway syste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMCelebration Theatre's new Artistic Director John Micheal Beck and Executive Director Micheal Kricfalusi discuss their creative "marriage," plans for the upcoming 29th season including What's…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:53PMDavid Hare has won the PEN/Pinter Prize, according to a report in The Guardian.
The prize, created two years ago to celebrate the late playwright Harold Pinter, is given to a British writ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PM19 Clarendon St. from Boston Ballet on Vimeo.Boston Ballet has announced the completion of a suite of renovations to its headquarters at 19 Clarendon Street. The project - led by J…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:41PMBedtime Stories was PACKED last weekend. It's a hot mess and I'm in it tomorrow night and next Saturday in my underwear. Details here. Come see.I'm trying to plug the show at least a litt…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:41PMAnything Goes - Montage
Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes is a saucy and splendid new production of Cole Porter's musical romp across the Atlantic, starring Tony Award winn…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:34PMReprise Theatre Company will present An Evening With Liz Callaway at UCLA's Freud Playhouse on Monday, September 19 at 8pm and two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in her concert sho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMI’m off to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, but flying to the Beaver State means stopping in Phoenix first. With 2,500 miles or so in front of me, I’ve got to take ple…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMBefore I go to see William Inge’s 1955 hit, Bus Stop, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I decide to take in the pre-show noontime talk-in-the-park. I get there a few minutes before i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMActually, I’m worried for the married couple who came all the way from San Francisco to Ashland, Oregon. We met two days ago, in the shuttle bus that took us from our hotel to the Oreg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMIn response to the pending storm, the Broadway League has just issued the following statement regarding the Broadway playing schedule for this weekend.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMThe New York International Fringe Festival has canceled all events for Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28, due to the weather conditions predicted for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PMTalking points: A week of change on Broadway and at Stage Rush Broadway on Broadway concert cancelled in lieu of 9/11 10th anniversary Broadway Flea Market moves out of Shubert Alley I join …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:11PMJudy! Judy! Judy! NY Pops Recreates Garland's Famed Carnegie Hall Concert
http://www.playbill.com/video To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the renowned Carnegie Hall concert in which …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:10PM"How to Succeed" on Opening Night Part 2
Director-choreographer Rob Ashford and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Park, Rose Hemingway and John Larroquette appear on the opening-nig…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:03PMAny week that brings an earthquake and a hurricane to Broadway has to be one of the history books! Here’s our weekly round-up of the top lessons that this week’s news and feature…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM"How to Succeed" on Opening Night
Daniel Radcliffe, John Larroquette, director-choreographer Rob Ashford and the rest of the cast talk about reviving Frank Loesser's Pulitzer …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:01PMNew York City is gearing up for a visit from Hurricane Irene but, we all know that Broadway is no stranger to a little weather trouble. Below, Broadway.com gives a shout-out to some of our f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMGuild Hall's Aug. 27 Night of Stars: Guild Hall's 80th Birthday Celebration, recognizing 80 years of providing year-round programming in East Hampton, NY, has been scrapped due to Hu…
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Royal Botanic Gardens, EdinburghThis is such a lovely idea. It comes from Fuel, a theatre company full of good concepts, who are rethinking where we might find theatre and what it might be.&…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMSummerStage has announced that due to Hurricane Irene and by city ordinance, all outdoor events taking place after 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 27 through Sunday, August 28 have been cancelle…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMCNN anchor Anderson Cooper is readying to launch his own daytime chat show, Anderson, on September 12, and like any good TV host Cooper has quite an affinity for pop culture. EW.com recently…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PMCNN anchor Anderson Cooper is readying to launch his own daytime chat show Anderson on September 12, and like any good TV host Cooper has quite an affinity for pop culture. EW.com …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PM"The House of Blue Leaves" on Opening Night: The Beauty of Fractured Dreams
http://www.playbill.com/video Ben Stiller, who made his Broadway debut as the son in the 1986 revival …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:55PMIrene is making its way back to Broadway—Hurricane Irene that is. The storm is expected to hit New York City with high winds and perhaps as much a 6-12 inches of rain Saturday and Sunday A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMGovernment officials have officially made plans to shut down New York City's mass transit system of subways and buses beginning at Noon on Saturday according to The New York Times. Comm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47PMGo see a show at the Fringe and there's a fairly good chance that you'll
find yourself in a non-traditional performance space. There are a few
proper theatres in Edinburgh, of course, where …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:40PMThe current revival of Chicago will move into its third West End home this autumn. Though full dates are still to be confirmed, it’s due to reopen at the Garrick Theatre in early November.…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:39PMThe Dublin Fringe Fest offers a smorgasbord of Ireland's up-and-coming performance groups who a breaking with the Emerald Isle's text-centric theatrical past
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:38PMLegit News: All Sunday events nixed prior to Irene -- In one of the first definite legit cancellations of the upcoming weekend, the head of the New York Intl. Fringe Festival has preemptivel…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:37PMAn initial lineup of productions that will be presented as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series, running September 9-26, has been announced. The pieces will be presented in rotating repertor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:34PMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She'll hit Broadway again. Hurricane Irene is expected to lash New York City with high winds and perhaps as much a 6-12 inches of rai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMRahm Emanuel is bringing his longtime passion for dance to his new job as Chicago mayor. “I want Chicago to be one of the cities where dance is one of its great art forms,” Emanuel said …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:32PMThe cast of “Chicago” plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early. The actors and crew will host a small backstage party at intermission during Friday evening…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:30PMCast members from FOX's hit show "Glee" teamed up for a special Aug. 15 Sing-A-Long and Q & A session for fans at Santa Monica High School.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PM"Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life)", the new comic musical by the Tony-winning authors of "Urinetown", starring Tony winner Harriet Harris, tells the tale of Earth's earliest one-celled lif…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:28PM"The Legend of Julie Taymor" starring "Avenue Q"'s Jennifer Barnhart, "Jersey Shoresical" with "Grease" star Max Crumm and "Yeast Nation" by the Fringe alumni writers of "Urinetown" are thre…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:26PMIn anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Irene weather warning in the New York City area, performances have been cancelled of War Horse, Mary Poppins and The Lion King on August 27 an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMIn anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Irene weather warning in the New York City area, all Broadway performances have been cancelled on Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMIn spite of hurricane warnings for the New York City area, all Broadway shows are scheduled to go on as planned over the upcoming weekend. Hurricane Irene is expected to bring high winds and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMIn anticipation of Hurricane Irene weather warning for the New York City area, Disney Theatrical has cancelled performances of Mary Poppins and The Lion King on August 27 and 28. At this tim…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMIn anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Irene weather warning in the New York City area, Disney Theatrical has cancelled performances of Mary Poppins and The Lion King on August 27 a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMAfter scuttling some 42 planned performances on Aug. 28 in anticipation of extreme weather conditions from Hurricane Irene, the 15th annual New York City International Fringe Festival h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMThe 15th annual New York City International Fringe Festival has cancelled all performances scheduled for Aug. 28, as well as the festival's closing night party, due to expected extreme w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMDenis O'Hare and Doug Hughes Explain "Elling"
"Elling" star Denis O'Hare and director Doug Hughes talk about their experiences with the play's source materia…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:16PMThis is a historic time for the <strong>Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater</strong>. Sporting the most famous brand name in the concert dance world, the troupe is changing artist…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 01:15PMHeavy, heavy, heavy. The fall theater season gets off to a dramatically weighty start with shows that may deliver laughs — potent laughs, in some cases — but are concerned …
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 01:15PMIf you're an arts lover in Kansas City, you might as well dismantle your rearview mirror and throw it away. You won’t need it, because this town is on the cusp of change that seems cert…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 01:15PMThe Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts wil host a number of impressive performances. But those are complemented by many high-quality local dance productions. Here is an overview of comi…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 01:15PMBrendan Fraser and Jennifer Coolidge Perform "Children's Theatre For Adults"
"Elling"'s Brendan Fraser explains why starring in "Elling" is "the f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:14PMMiss Saigon, the final of the seven musicals that comprise the Music Circus summer season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA, began performances Aug. 23. Directed by Stafford Arim…
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Nina Lannan, Maggie Brohn, Amy Jacobs, and Devin Keudell are proud to announce the formation of Bespoke Theatricals LLC as successor to Nina Lannan Associates. The new partnership, to begin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMThe curtain is coming up on the starry revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, currently running at the Marquis Theatre, and we’ve got a first look at the glamor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMDeath Takes A Holiday
A video montage featuring the original Off-Broadway production.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:45PMPerformances began on Sunday, August 7th for James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMIt is the biggest storm the city will have braced in decades. Indeed, the last hurricane to hit the region was Floyd in 1999. But on Sunday, August 28, Hurricane Irene is predicted to hit th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMLa Cage Aux Folles
The 2010 Broadway revival in a video montage.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:42PMOn TV's Entourage Jerry Ferrara is used to just being one of the guys, but on August 25 he was welcomed to the off-Broadway sisterhood of Love, Loss and What I Wore. Ferrara's Entour…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMThe Kennedy Center's critically acclaimed production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical Follies plays Broadway's Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMPlaywright David Hare declared 'a worthy winner' of prize established by English PEN to celebrate the late Harold PinterFrom the privatisation of the railways to the invasion of Iraq, the ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMAs the fall season bears down upon us there’s a lot on our minds. Like how we’re going to fit in all the shows we want to see while continuing to stalk Jonathan Groff around th…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:26PMNina Lannan, Maggie Brohn, Amy Jacobs and Devin Keudell have formed Bespoke Theatricals LLC, which will succeed the current theatre management company Nina Lannan Associates.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThe Scottsboro Boys
The original Broadway cast performing "Hey Hey Hey Hey!" and "Commencing in Chattanooga" at the Tony Awards.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:25PMIt was rumored, and now it's confirmed. Ghost, the high-tech London pop musical based the 1990 film will indeed materialize on Broadway in March 2012 at a Nederlander theatre to be annou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMOn Sunday, September 18th at 8pm, singer-songwriter Eli Bolin I Sing will be presenting his original music along with guest stars Anthony Rapp RENT, Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights, Ann Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMBy Doug Strassler Just like Mark did yesterday in his smart analysis of Tate Taylor’s film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, I too have been thinking about many elements of thi…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:13PMThe Actors Fund performance of The Book of Mormon, scheduled for August 28 at 8pm at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, has been postponed due to concerns over the impending arrival of Hurrica…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:12PMIn this final "Real HouseNuns of New York City" series installment,
Sister Act's cast of nuns (Holly Davis, Jennifer Simard, Sarah
Bolt,
Jennifer Allen and Marissa Perry) deliver their …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThe Boston Globe review of Cape Playhouse's regional premiere of "Unnecessary Farce" starring Dee Hoty, Michael McGrath, John Scherer, Jennifer Cody, and Jeremy Webb.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:09PMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2011-2012 season opens at 8
p.m. Friday, September 16. Over at Powell Symphony Hall, they're
busily getting ready for it.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:08PM"I would rather live in a theater culture where discussions about plays can get as contentious (and occasionally rude) as those about politics. Theater may be known as the fabulous invalid, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMOscar nominee and Broadway veteran Carey Mulligan will show off her singing skills on the big screen for the first time in the upcoming film, Shame, according to the Daily Mail. Mulligan wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMThe Met: Live in HD series of live opera transmissions has announced its programming for the 2011-12 season, which will be broadcast in 51 countries around the world, including new additions…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PM
According to Baz Bamigboye for Daily Mail, stage and screen star Carey Mulligan will make her on-screen singing debut in her upcoming film entitled, 'Shame.' Mulligan will sing a Kander amp …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMAcclaimed British actor Simon Russell Beale is currently starring off-Broadway in the U.S. premiere of a work called "Bluebird."
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:54AMTom Galantich and William McCauley will attempt to make a proper lady out of Jennifer Babiak in the Westchester Broadway Theatre production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMUnderbelly, EdinburghWhen David Cameron calls it "broken Britain", he's invoking moral decay and blaming the poor. When performance poet Luke Wright does so – his title quotes the phrase �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMVoodoo Rooms, EdinburghThe one-person, multi-character hour is a favourite of female comics on the fringe; Catherine Tate and Laura Solon, among others, launched in just that format. Now Car…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMAs Edinburgh says hello to its annual comedy awards, London says goodbye to Betty Blue Eyes. Meanwhile, on Broadway, Chicago's not going anywhere. Alistair Smith rounds up the week's theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMAs Edinburgh says hello to its annual comedy awards, London says goodbye to Betty Blue Eyes. Meanwhile, on Broadway, Chicago's not going anywhere. Alistair Smith rounds up the week's theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMPleasance CourtyardGo to the theatre and generally you know where to find the show: on the stage. But over the last few years theatre has broken out of the theatres and is running amok on th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMThe upcoming Bailiwick Repertory Theatre production of the Jeanine Tesori musical "Violet," will now be staged at the Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport Ave., a Bailiwick spokesman said Frid…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:43AMAccording to the Daily Mail, the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Crazy For You, starring Clare Foster and Sean Palmer, will transfer to the West End's Novello Theatre- taking th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The threat of Hurricane Irene hasn't halted any Broadway shows - so far....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:39AMThe actors and crew will host a small backstage party at intermission during Friday evening's performance to mark the moment when it becomes the fourth longest-running show in Broadway his…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:37AMThe cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 11:31AMThe Actors Fund has postponed the Aug. 28 evening performance of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon due to anticipated dangerous weather conditions related to Hurricane Irene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe ten-week Broadway engagement of Hair "swarmed-in" to Times Square Aug. 25 to perform songs from the musical and kick-off the "Great Hair Days: Countdown of the final Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMConsider these two thoughts: 1. You have more time then you think. 2. You have less time then you think. I think both statements are true. One of the benefits of not having career paths in t…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 11:25AMBroadway stars Ann Harada, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Rapp will join singer/songwriter Eli Bolin for a concert of his original music at the Laurie Beechman Theater on Sunday, September …
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AMStage Rush TV, Episode 76: A week of change on Broadway
Talking points:
A week of change on Broadway and at Stage Rush
Broadway on Broadway concert cancelled in lieu of 9/11 10th a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AMStephen Ashfield and Ben Freeman will join the cast of Legally Blonde on the West End on October 10, playing Emmett Forrest and Warner Huntington III, respectively. They join current leads C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMDue to scheduling conflicts with the artistic team, Roundabout Theatre Company's planned 2011-2012 production of Dancin' has been cancelled and will be replaced with a Broadway production to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMThe Misanthrope: The Charming Widow | Between the Lines | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Sara Topham talks about her role as Célimène, a charming and flirtatious widow in The …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:19AMThe Off-Broadway League has issued the following statement regarding the status of performances for the weekend as New York City prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Irene:
"As of 11a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMAccording to publishd reports, Sydney's Verge Festival will feature a new musical about the life of musician Kanye West. The production will take place at the Cellar Theatre beneath Holme Bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMIt is the biggest storm the city will have braced in decades. Indeed, the last hurricane to hit the region was Floyd in 1999. But on Sunday, August 28, Hurricane Irene is predicted to hit t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMCatch Audience and Forest Fringe at Edinburgh while you still can. Or head for the theatrical riches of Margate and LondonThe Edinburgh fringe finishes this weekend, with Monday offering a l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMAs you'll see below, a 7 year old has discovered the source of all of our marketing problems in the theater. (Got a comment? I love 'em, so comment below! Email subscribers, click here, then…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
South Coast Repertory will open its season with Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan's stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, beginning Sept. 9, with an official open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMMatthew Bourne’s New Adventures company has announced that 22-year-old James Cousins has won the inaugural New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA).
Cousins, who studied at the Lond…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:54AMIrene was a Broadway hit in the 1920s and the 1970s. She'll hit Broadway again. Hurricane Irene is expected to lash New York City with high winds and perhaps as much a 6-12 inches of rai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThe New York International Fringe Festival has canceled all events for Sunday, August 28, due to the weather conditions predicted for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
The organization issued…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMThe “Follies” star delivers a showstopping performance — Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles — Follies proves t…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:43AMThe Metropolitan Opera has cancelled the first two Summer HD Festival outdoor screenings on Lincoln Center Plaza, originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, due to anticipated foul weathe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMThe finalists of the Audience Choice Awards have been chosen, and we are about to open voting for the final round to select the winner in each category. Everyone who received a ballot for th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:41AMThe lure of a TV show may have improved standards among young comics, but is careerism killing off the crazy and exceptional?It appears there's something of a quiet consensus this year that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AM"Leo," a solo show featuring a gravity-defying performance by Tobias Wegner, is the winner of the 2011 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award, and will be produced in New York next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMWith Hurricane Irene bearing down on the New York area, a number of weekend cultural events have been postponed or canceled.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:34AMCheck out my latest piece for MSNBC.com, which names the 5 most disappointing movies of the summer. (Hint: A film can make a lot of money and still be a disappointment.) I interviewed film c…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 10:34AMSean Palmer and Clare Foster will star in the West End transfer of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Crazy For You, according to the U.K.'s The Daily Mail. Perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AMMore people in Great Britain attend theatre shows than sports events, according to a new analysis of cultural engagement across Europe.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:29AMBroadway legend Carol Channing and The Channing-Kullijian Foundation will host an Emmy Award Viewing Party at Lulu California Bistro on Sunday, September 18, from 6:30pm to 10pm.
The evenin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMCast members from Broadway's Hair performed songs from the show in Times Square Aug. 26 to help kick-off the “Great Hair Days Countdown" to the final performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMA couple of weeks ago, I was reading the Museum 2.0 blog, and I came across this post: No! More! Exclamation! Points! Yikes. I sunk into my chair. I use exclamation points way too much. Smil…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:09AMCelisse Henderson, Lindsay Mendez, and Wallace Smith have been cast in the Broadway revival of Godspell, which will begin previews at Circle in the Square on October 13, with an official ope…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AM
In Pursuit - Hobo Junction Productions at the Second Stage Theater, (3408 N. Sheffield) is offering 2 for 1 industry tickets for all Thursday and Sunday performances through September 11 wit…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 09:59AMThe fall theater season is just around the corner, and plenty of big names are prepping to hit the boards in the coming months. Oscar nominees Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson will go he…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:58AMEmmy Award winner Rosie O'Donnell returns to daytime television when her new talk show, "The Rosie Show," debuts on the OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Oct. 10.
O’Donnell w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM"Leo," a solo show featuring a gravity-defying performance by Tobias Wegner, is the winner of the 2011 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award, and will be produced in New York next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:53AMBroadway stars Jason Danieley, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Kelli O'Hara will join the Collegiate Choral for a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Carnegie Hall on A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMFor 22 seasons and counting Yeardley Smith has delighted TV audiences as bubbly brainiac Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. Aside from her studies at Springfield Elementary, Smith has maintained …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:46AMHenry Goodman will play Henry Kissinger opposite Harry Shearer's Richard M. Nixon in Nixon's The One, a new comedy drama for U.K. Sky Arts. Written by Shearer and Stanley Kutler, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLeo, performed by Tobias Wegner and directed by Daniel Briere, has won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, and will receive a full NYC production at Theatre Row in January.
The award …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMIn anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Irene in the Tri-State area, the Broadway League has issued the following statement regarding the status of performances for the weekend:
"A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMStephen Ashfield and Ben Freeman will join the West End production of Legally Blonde The Musical, at the Savoy Theatre, beginning October 10 in the roles of Emmett and Warner, respectively.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:12AM
It’s why we look forward to the weekend – Friday Questions! What’s yours?Becky Asks:What was Alan Alda like in person? Hawkeye Pierce was my first character crush as a 10-year-…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 08:53AMOn The New York Times‘ (“We don’t just report it, we are it,” goes the current advertising slogan for the newspaper, which is deserving of a post in itself) “Ar…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:47AMAugust is the kindest - rather than the cruelest - month in Boston; indeed, if a month could win "Best of Boston," it would be August, hands down. In fact the city's old hands know to vacati…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 08:43AMChris Cox is quite upfront about the fact that he can’t read minds. In fact, he bills himself as the mind reader who can’t actually perform. If that’s true however, then ho…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:35AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Cast set for Kazan play -- Amy Irving is among the thesps signed on for "We Live Here," the new play by Zoe Kazan bowing this fall in an Off Broadway production at Manhattan Thea…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Shows will go on, for now -- Broadway is battening down the hatches for Hurricane Irene, and Main Stem shows will go on as scheduled -- at least until they can't.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Company adds partners, becomes Bespoke -- Nina Lannan and longtime colleagues Maggie Brohn, Amy Jacobs and Devin Keudell have teamed to become the four principals in Broadway exe…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
Having only seen snippets of Fascinating Aida at press launches and not, in all honesty, having been bowled over, I was unsure whether they would live up to the rave recommendations I’ve h…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:58AMThe show: "Wicked"
The place: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave. Hartford.
What is it?: The national tour of the blockbuster
musical. This is a return engageme…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AMPleasance photographer Idil Sukan's intimate portraits take us beyond the velvet rope at this year's Edinburgh festival
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AMLiz Wisan and Alan Coates in a rehearsal of "Hannah," which opens Thursday at Premiere Stages at Kean University in Union. Anne Frank is famous today for the diary she kept, chroni…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:52AMFor nearly 30 years Nica Burns has run the Edinburgh festival comedy awards. As an influential owner of London theatres, she is also a defender of the current state of the West EndNica …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMI wouldn’t be writing this review or asking you to read this book if I didn’t believe that McLane were up to something far more radical and also far more difficult to reckon with—somet…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:32AM
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer promises 'sucker punches to the gut' from forthcoming opera Stop the VirgensYeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O has announced more details of the "psycho opera" she is staging th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMA new line-up has been announced for the company of Legally Blonde the Musical from Oct. 10. Joining Carly Stenson, who continues as Elle Wood, Natalie Casey (Paulette) and Peter Davison (Pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:49AMThe cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:40AMNick and Andrew report from The Barbican Theatre where they saw The Lincoln Theatre's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Award Winning musical South Pacific.
SOURCE: musicaltalk.co.uk at 06:38AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The cast of "Chicago" plans to celebrate their show reaching a Broadway milestone a day early....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:33AMAlthough he got his first big break playing a singing Savior in Godspell, Victor Garber is arguably best known to TV viewers for his work as Jack Bristow on ABC’s Alias. Since he stopped s…
SOURCE: www.avclub.com at 06:32AMErin Krom and Nikki Van Cassele deliver moving performances as Daisy and Violet Hilton, the Depression-era conjoined twins, but the production's sloppy music direction muffles what should …
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:27AMEdinburgh’s Traverse Theatre has announced that Orla O'Loughlin of Pentabus Theatre will be its new artistic director, replacing Dominic Hill, from January 2012.
Chair of the b…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:08AMFounder and Artistic Director of The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective discusses it's creation, his new production of "Alice" (based upon "Alice and Wonderland"), as well as other everyday d…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AMReadings from around the Intertubes:
French Stewart's tribute to tiny, thankless L.A. theater.
The Garv blows the lid off theater people knowing each other and working together.
The Zinoman …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 06:00AM
"The artistic director of the Cherry Lane Theater said on Thursday that she no longer planned to sell its building in Greenwich Village to pay down debts, and added that the theater's recent…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:55AMJason Zinoman: "As the child of a theater director, I learned from an early age how much negative criticism can hurt. It can have a terrible impact on box office, careers and states of mind.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:40AMThe public will get an extra chance to view the highly anticipated video installation “The Clock’’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, at regular admission prices, the MFA announce…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:21AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I file the first of two reports from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This week I...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMGiven that this is the week that Chicago passes A Chorus Line in number of performances (6,138-plus), I thought I’d see how far the Kander-Ebb-Fosse musical has come in the last 38 yea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM"Never mind your happiness; do your duty." Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Wicked"
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AMIn a fundraising effort to benefit the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), Primary Stages is hosting its fifth annual New York One-Minute Play Festival on Sunday, Octobe…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMFriday, August 26, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) – The box office for the upcoming Olivier-Award winning drama The Mountaintop opened August 25, 2011, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM
These posts were supposed to be in chronological order after I wrote about Ratatouille, but due to an error with Netflix, I’m writing about Finding Nemo before Monsters, Inc.. Andrew S…
SOURCE: Fragments at 12:52AMSenior prom is not likely to be a favorite memory for most hipsters. After all, prom represents the pinnacle of conformity to high school culture. The school year builds up to this overblown…
SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:35AMFriday August 26, 2011
LENOX -- First performed in 1935, "Porgy and Bess" remains in some respects a musical piece at a crossroads.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMFriday August 26, 2011
What: Maureen O’Flynn -- Songs from the American Songbook with the Don Reblo Trio
Who: Berkshire Cabaret
When:
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMFriday August 26, 2011
What: "Porgy and Bess"
Who: Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Tanglewood Festival Chorus and vocal soloists; Bramwell
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMFriday August 26, 2011
What: "Birthday Boy" by Chris Newbound
Who: Berkshire Theatre Group
When: Tuesday through Sept.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMCall it a tale of three cities and a tale of three stunning exhibitions that have been drawing art lovers all summer. As autumn looms, all three are shifting into last-chance mode. But it&rs…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics, the label devoted show music and American popular song, announced a release date and a track listing for its original Off-Broadway cast recording of Death Takes a Holiday.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winners Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reunite for Celebrity Autobiography Aug. 26 at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMChicago-area audiences get a taste of some "Stuff Like That There" in the world-premiere stage adaptation of the 1991 film For the Boys, which officially opens Aug. 26 at the Marri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnthony Wilkinson's My Big Gay Italian Wedding, which ended its Off-Broadway run Aug. 20 at St. Luke’s Theatre, makes its Atlantic City premiere Aug. 26-27 at the Hilton Hotel &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1904 "Clifford Bradshaw" is born today in the person of future British author Christopher Isherwood, today in Cheshire, England. Isherwood will go on to write "The Berlin Stor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Nelson delivers a compelling performance in Isaac Rathbone’s enjoyable play Captain Ferguson’s School for Balloon Warfare, directed by Philip Emeott.
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
