Picture it: A 2pm matinee is about to start, the cast in costume: a drag queen, a guy whose get-up is fabric made to look like absurdly bulging muscles, a gaggle of gals in very high heels a…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:46PMBy Peter Filichia
I hate to see a great cast album suffer because of a hurricane.
During the last two weeks of August, Irene became a dirty word in the northeast. But no one should take …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:45PMKansas City Actors Theatre’s production of three one-act plays by Harold Pinter doesn’t offer the same level of excitement as its remarkable production of Pinter&#x…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 11:15PMA dynamic lineup of stars - including a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a film and TV star, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz leg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13PMThe Mint Theater spe cializes in unearthing obscure material, but a year ago it dug particularly deep: It presented an arcane 1930s drama, originally written for radio by an Irishwoman large…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:10PMBy Byrne Harrison
Anna Grace Carter (http://www.anna-grace.net/) is the Producer/Co-Creator of Prom Night of the Living Dead and the Executive Producer/Director of Brooklyn Innovative Theatr…
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Legit Reviews: The Mint is obviously deeply committed to Teresa Deevy, a forgotten Irish playwright whose plays were a staple of the Abbey Theater in the early part of the 20th century.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:32PMJonathan Bank is directing the Mint Theater Company’s revival of “Temporal Powers,” a 1930s morality play by Teresa Deevy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMMint Theater Company continues to reinvestigate the work of long-neglected Irish playwright Teresa Deevy with Jonathan Bank's beautifully performed production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMHugh Panaro, Judy McLane, Alton Fitzgerald White, and Peter Gregus discuss their long runs on Broadway.
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HEDY WEISS: Though it clearly has strong potential, a great deal of rethinking and reworking needs to be done if “For the Boys,” the richly dramatic musical now in its world premiere at …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:54PMAll of meme. Meme, myself and I. Auntie Meme. Do, re, meme, fa, so, la, ti do. I meme of Jeannie. I could go on. And on. For hours. I won’t. One of the more interesting entertainments to a…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 08:42PMAnne Hathaway was last associated with LES MISERABLES when she belted out her own version of Own My Own at February's Oscar ceremony to past host Hugh Jackman. Now, BroadwayWorld.com's relia…
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In the days of fly by night musicals, it’s rather refreshing to see one stick around past the intermission. ‘Chicago’ has done more than stick. The Tony winning musical officially …
SOURCE: broadway.me at 07:56PMGLOUCESTER - “Fighting Over Beverley’’ traces an odd romance, one full of sweet promises and longing, compounded by disappointment and regret. At its heart though, is Bever…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:50PMOn Saturday, August 27, 2011, the internationally acclaimed revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO celebrated another major milestone when it bec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMThe 2010-11 theatre season was pretty scant when it came to Broadway revivals, limiting the 'Best Musical Revival' category at the 2011 Tony Awards to just HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:07PMScottish Ballet's appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival are big occasions: they are both at home and on an international stage. This year, they unveiled a world premiere and th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMWe live in an increasingly safety-conscious age, yet the opportunity – to paraphrase Eleanor Roosevelt – to do something every day that scares you has rarely been more available.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe publicity for this English premiere of Shoji Kokami's play promises an examination of "the cult popularity of suicide websites in contemporary Japanese culture". But though it was writte…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
My Name Is Rachel Corrie, one of the most debated plays of the last decade, finally arrives in LA at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum -- a venue not previously known for red-hot controvers…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:57PM Dreamy, contemplative photographic images of our planet’s firmament are currently on display at The J. Paul Getty Museum; In Focus: The Sky, a thematically-installed exhibition of p…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:43PMKevin Buswell stares down Kirk Jackson and Mara Stewart in Ludicrous Theatre’s “Rocky Horror Show.” “Don’t dream it; be it,” sings Ludicrous Theatre’…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:43PMThe summer has blasted us with hits, and if you don’t like “Moves Like Jagger,” then it’s not July’s problem. But for every hot track that has dominated the sea…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 06:40PMThe Korean musical “Hero” tells the story of An Chung-gun, a Korean patriot, in broad song-and-dance strokes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:31PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews Justin Tanner's new comedy, "Day Drinkers," at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PMThe new first preview date for Off-Broadway's SONS OF THE PROPHET will be Wednesday, September 28th at 730PM, at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PM"Lombardi": Fantasy Football?
Bully? Hero? Tortured Soul? Vince Lombardi was one of the most respected and misunderstood figures in sports. "Lombardi" stars Dan Lauria a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:11PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 82911.
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Revivals of “Camelot” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival highlight the different styles of the two musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:59PMPresenters for the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys have been announced, according to Broadcasting & Cable. The awards ceremony will be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, on Sat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PMBroadway box-office revenue hit hard by Hurricane Irene
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:56PMLegit News: Gala set for October -- Cheryl Henson has been tapped to receive the New Victory Arts Award, a kudo handed out as part of the annual gala for New 42nd Street, the nonprofit that …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PMLegit News: Make-up series starts this week -- A small pool of shows from the New York Fringe Festival, which shuttered all weekend events due to Hurricane Irene, will return later this week…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:48PMAn exclusive sneak peek at Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell and more in the Broadway revival.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PMIt was a full-on celebration at the 4th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theater Festival held this past weekend at Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC). Utilizing the theme "Raise the C…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:39PMThe Maya Cafe will host the 1st annual Outdoor Swing Dance &
Arts Festival from 2 to 8 p.m. Sept. 18.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMNew York's Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director and Joey Parnes have announced that HAIR The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will once again rock Broadway this evening, following…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PM'Doing EastEnders wasn't exactly suffering for my art, but my soul's not in TV. We all have to live, don't we?'What got you started?A lady called Anna Scher. She used to go around the Londo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMRockettes and Santa Kick Off the Holidays Early
It may have been a hot summer day on Aug. 16, but that didn't stop Father Christmas himself — Santa Claus! — from making a sp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:29PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you will fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMImage Entertainment will release Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On on DVD and Blu-ray on October 4.
The 70-minute show played Las Vegas at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and features…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMTheaterMania's man on the street Chris Carlone visits Catch Me if You Can!
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Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director presents the New York premiere of COMPLETENESS, a new play by Itamar Moses The Four of Us, Bach at Leipzi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMJennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley will reprise their roles as Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone in three all-new reunion specials from BBC America and Logo, according to The Hollywood Reporter…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:52PMThe national tour of the 2008 Tony Award-winning revival of Hair, which is currently celebrating a Broadway victory lap with a special summer engagement at the St. James Theatre, resumes per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMIt was an extraordinary week on Broadway, as the majority of shows cancelled three performances on August 27 and 28 in anticipation of Hurricane Irene and the shutdown of New York City&rsquo…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:49PMSeptember brings a lot of good shows to Boston. Watch out in particular for the Flying Lotus show if you’re into electronic/ beats music and the Olivia Tremor Control reunion show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:44PMA PLAYWRIGHT REBORN For some uncanny reason, sometimes you walk into a theatre filled with anticipation. Perhaps this occurred at the Mint Theatre because they were excavating a buried theat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:39PMRoundabout Theatre Company's New York premiere of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, which was scheduled to begin previews Sept. 30, will now begin two days earlier, Sept. 28. Open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMProducer Ken Davenport announced today that Disney Channel star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, exclusively managed by the Jonas Group and represented by The United Talent Agency, is set to make …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PMKacie Sheik, who currently plays Jeanie in Hair, and who has been with the show since it began as a 40th Anniversary concert in 2007, will play her final performance when the first national …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:30PMThe Weston Playhouse, the respected Equity summer stock theatre in Weston, VT, is under five feet of water due to torrential rains from Hurricane Irene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8282011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMRoundabout Theatre Company's upcoming off-Broadway premiere of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, starring Tony winner Joanna Gleason and Broadway vet Santino Fontana, will now beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:19PMKarl Miller and Aubrey Dollar are the lovers at the center of Itamar Moses' Completeness, the story of a computer scientist and a molecular biologist, which began Off-Broadway Aug. 19 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater announced today that due to Hurricane Irene, performances of The Wood, a new play by award-winning filmmaker Dan Klores about the life of New York columnist M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMNew York may have been spared the worst of Hurricane Irene's wrath, but Broadway took a bath.
After the hurricane prompted producers to cancel matinee and evening performances on Saturday an…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 04:13PMPrimary Stages presents Charles Busch's latest comedy Olive and the
Bitter Herbs, which brings together Dan Butler, David Garrison,
Julie
Halston and Richard Masur as neighbors who deci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMTyne Daly and Terrence McNally, the star and author of Master Class, recently sat down with Charlie Rose for an in-depth interview about Manhattan Theatre Club’s hit Broadway revival o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMTony Award winner Jim Dale will offer a one-night-only performance of Just Jim Dale at Guild Hall at The Little Church on September 22 at 7:30pm. Richard Maltby, Jr. will direct the show, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMDisney Channel star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and George Salazar have joined the cast of the upcoming revival of Godspell, led by Hunter Parrish. Performances begin October 13, followed by o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PM
Legit Reviews: The prodigious chronicler of L.A. mores explores character conflict in his most humane and emotional set piece to date.
SOURCE: Variety at 03:57PMFour big musicals and a playful thriller — all based on movies — are planned for the 2012-2013 season at the Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theater. The lineup includes: — “HAIRSPRAY”…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:54PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Stephen Karam's new play Sons of the Prophet, at the Laura Pels Theatre, will now begin previews on September 28, two da…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PMNew York may have been spared the worst of Hurricane Irene's wrath, but Broadway took a bath.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:50PMFirehouse Arts Center is to present Broadway and opera performer Lisa Vroman on September 18 at 2pm as part of its Cabaret Series.
With a repertoire that ranges from Stravinsky to Weill to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:50PMFollies fans everywhere have been waiting patiently for a peek at Bernadette Peters and her fabulous co-stars in the show’s Broadway revival, and now Broadway.com has exclusi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PMFollies fans everywhere have been waiting patiently for a peek at Bernadette Peters and her fabulous co-stars in the show’s Broadway revival, and now Broadway.com has exclusi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PM“Promises, Promises,” the 1968 musical with a book by Neil Simon and a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, will be part of the 2012 season at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbroo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:46PMSome ideas need to see the light of day, no matter what it takes.
On Saturday morning, there was an announcement that all Broadway and off-Broadway shows were being cancelled for the weekend…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:41PMTony and Emmy Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will headline the Women's Association of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 16th annual Spotlight Gala, New Jersey’s …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMDisney Channel star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle will make her Broadway debut in the revival of Godspell, which will begin previews at Circle in the Square on October 13, with an official openi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMThe esteemed Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, and rather then rest on their laurels they decided to present Hamlet for the very first time. I ad…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 03:35PMOn October 14, 2011 at 800pm, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - celebrates the music of Irving Berlin in a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMDisney Channel star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle is the latest to join the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Godspell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMDue to Hurricane Irene, all Broadway shows were canceled Aug. 27-28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMThe Emmy and Tony award-winning superstar Kristin Chenoweth will bring her powerful voice and effervescence to the Women's Association of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 16th annual …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMToday the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences announced additional presenters for the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Similar to last year, the awards will be presented by pair…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMMapping out a rich fall cornucopia of new Canadian books
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:12PMSam Ludwig, Whitney Bashor and Sherri L. Edelen star in the world-premiere musical The Hollow at Arlington's Signature Theatre. It runs in repertory with The Boy Detective Fails through…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMStarting this weekend, the Live Arts Festival brings a host of the best modern dance and experimental theater from around the world to Philadelphia
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:00PMCasting has been announced for Kim Flagg and Rick Sparks' I Love Lucy Live on Stage, to run September 24 - December 30 at Greenway Court Theatre. Sparks will direct the production, whi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMI wasn't lucky enough to catch the original Broadway production of "Rent". I've seen it in a variety of forms, multiple student productions and an ill fated West End reworking, but none have…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 03:00PM
With its familiar characters, heartwarming story and rafter-raising songs, Wicked is just as big of a smash hit across the pond in London's West End as it is here on Broadway. Broadway.c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMDrury Lane Oakbrook Terrace has announced casting for The Sound of Music, to run October 20 - December 23. Rachel Rockwell will direct and choreograph the production, which will have musica…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:58PMTom Hewitt will star as Captain Hook in the national tour of "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby.
The show will play a one week run at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 22…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:57PMCOMEDY CENTRAL has secured one of Hollywood's most notorious bad boys. The network announced today that Charlie Sheen will be the next Roastee. The COMEDY CENTRAL Roast Of Charlie Sheen Shee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMThe Weston Playhouse Theatre Company opened the world premiere of Saint-Ex, a dazzling new musical about the life of authoraviator Antoine de Saint-Exupry The Little Prince last week, but be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMThe Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has delayed the Aug. 31 start of previews for the world premiere of Dan Klores' The Wood, starring John Viscardi as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMThe 13th Annual Column Awards Gala, under the direction of executive director/producer John Garcia, will be held at the Patty Granville Performing Arts Center in Garland, TX, Feb. 27, 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMExecutive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Somewhere, a new play by Old Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez. Lopez's play The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMWatch a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway's HAIR. PIX 11 WPIX-TV, Channel 11's Laurie Dhue recently went backstage for their Curtain Up Broadway Week series to talk with Paris Remillard who…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMTony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will headline the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 16th annual Spotlight Gala, to be held on Saturday, October 1 at the Center. The even…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMAs the Tony-winning revival of Chicago readies for its incredible 6,138th performance, the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical has two special milestones to celebrate. Not only will it become t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMMandalay Bay Resort amp Casino President and Chief Operating Officer, Chuck Bowling, Cirque du Soleil President and CEO, Daniel Lamarre and Estate of Michael Jackson Co-Executor, John Branca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMAudiences defy economic downturn and dreary weather to help fringe register increase in ticket salesThe Edinburgh festival fringe has defied some miserable August weather and the sharp drop …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater's production of Dan Klores' The Wood will now begin previews on September 1 and open on September 15, due to delays in the production's rehears…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMOn Saturday August 27, 2011, BroadwayWorld.com's CEOEditor-in-Chief Robert Diamond, in the midst of Hurricane Irene married actress Jennifer Hallie Rosen after a 17 month engagement. The two…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMHurricane Irene may have shuttered Broadway over the weekend, but the worst havoc to a theater occurred roughly 230 miles to the north in flood-ravaged Vermont.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:03PMThe New York Pops has announced its 2011-2012 season for Carnegie Hall.
The schedule begins with Irving Berlin: Rags to Ritzes (October 14), to be conducted by Jack Everly and feature perfo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMComplete casting has been announced for the Old Globe's world premiere of Somewhere, a new play by Old Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM
The "Flyer Folks": Meet Broadway's Street Team
Times Square is always packed with tourists looking for just the right Broadway show to see. But with all of the choices, it can…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:54PMWestport Country Playhouse is home to one of the nation’s preeminent theater internship programs. The training of emerging professionals in the theater has formed a vital part of our missi…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 01:50PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Image Entertainment, Inc. has acquired the home entertainment and digital rights to Bette Midler THE SHOWGIRL MUST GO ON, the legendary star's triumphan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMReeve Carney stays plenty busy saving New York City from super villains in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, but on August 26 Carney and his Broadway co-stars decided to salute some real life h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PMTHE SELECT (THE SUN ALSO RISES): The Method behind Elevator Repair Service
Elevator Repair Service director John Collins and ensemble members Lucy Taylor and Mike Iveson share the method th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:45PMCasting has been announced for Matthew Lopez's Somewhere, to run September 24 - October 30 at the Old Globe Theatre. Giovanna Sardelli will direct the production, which will feature ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMThe Fringe Festival ended two days earlier than planned because of Hurricane Irene, which knocked out the closing night party, and the last-second chance to see shows with big buzz. Eighteen…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 01:41PMMark and Roger, along with their fellow bohemian friends, have made their way back to New York City for the Off-Broadway revival of Jonathan Larson’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMThere are times when you can watch a show and understand what the theatre company has done, you can see their thoughts and intentions shimmering on the surface of their work. Now, this might…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:37PMAn alternative to the New York Times' review of "Porgy and Bess" at the Tanglewood Festival.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:37PMThis is a misguided labor of love. That’s because it is a story about passion that has been parsed into facts.Passion is seductive by its nature. It doesn’t matter what the subject. I…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:37PMJonathan Solari's multimedia performance, The Love Letter You’ve Been Meaning to Write New York, in which a 51-member ensemble performs in the street while an audience looks on fro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMMrs. T and I continue to live out of our suitcases. On Friday we made it to Spring Green, Wisconsin,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:25PMOne of the best things about seeing a musical Off-Off-Broadway is hearing unmiked voices--when you can hear them. Unfortunately, only some of the cast members in the Sweet&Tart-Art of Wa…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:25PMThe Weston Playhouse, the respected Equity summer stock theatre in Weston, VT, is under five feet of water due to torrential rains from Hurricane Irene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMWhile Hurricane Irene spared much of New York City, she didn't leave town without dampening a few plans. The New York International Fringe Festival, which cancelled all performances Aug.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMKing's theatre, EdinburghSouth Asian dance is thriving in Britain, yet most of the work grabbing the limelight tends to be some form of contemporary fusion: classical Indian dance mixed with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:20PMSOHO PLAYHOUSE:After Anne Frank"...though Anne Frank died before I was born, she keeps re-appearing in my life teaching me new things about being Jewish and being part of the human family.…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:11PMThe spectacular celebrity cast for the new season of Dancing with the Stars' will be announced live on ABC, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, during that evening's episode of Bachelor Pad. But according to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMNew information for 2011 – 2012 arts calendars: (updated from release 06/06/11) “Star quality: I don’t know what it is, but I’ve got it.” Noël Coward STAR QUALITY: The World of No…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:08PMBroadway Workshop, Manhattan's top acting program for young performers welcomed Mary Faber and Christopher J. Hanke from the Broadway company of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Try…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMExperiencing acute nostalgia as I grab a cup of coffee at Arlequin, the cafe where I have spent almost every weekday morning for the past two years blogging about arts and culture.I am decam…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:01PMRiverside Studios, London"This is no time for salad," declares Kazumi, and you can't help feeling that the former high-school counsellor is right. Yet her companions, Masa and Hello Kitty, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM
Broadway’s Tony Award® winning hit PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL is back tonight (Monday) with an 8:00pm performance at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway). Bette Midler proudl…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:57PMBerkeley Repertory Theatre has announced casting for Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible, to run October 7 - November 20. Kent Nicholson will direct the production.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMI have had many teachers over my career. Jeanette Ingberman was one of the most potent. I hope that young people who wish to work in the arts will study her work for years to come.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:53PMCirque du Soleil has announced the team of choreographers who will be contributing toward Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, the company's newest touring production.
The piece …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PMA select number of New York International Fringe Festival shows that were cancelled because of Hurricane Irene will be spotlighted at The FringeNYC Make-Up Series, to be presented at The Lau…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMEdinburgh, Scotland has one. New York has one. And, since last year, Chicago, too, has staged its own action-packed showcase of new and experimental theatrical works. The second Chicago Frin…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:48PMAn updated lineup of performers has been announced for Concert For Victor: A Benefit, to be held at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre at The Pasadena Playhouse on Tuesday, September 13 at 7:30pm. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:38PM“Curtain Up!” continues its Broadway week series with a backstage visit with the stars of the Broadway engagement of Hair. Here, PIX 11 host Debra Alfarone visits the St. James …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMBroadway's landmark musical event THE LION KING is pleased to welcome ADAM JACOBS as Simba, beginning performances the week of August 29. Jacobs, who most recently starred in the title role …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMTony Award nominee Joanna Lumley and "Absolutely Fabulous" pal Jennifer Saunders have reunited for three upcoming specials that continue the champagne-fueled adventures of Patsy St…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMAs the Northeast begins its recovery from Hurricane Irene's weekend landfall, Broadway is getting back to business as usual.
The Great White Way went dark for the weekend as the city prepare…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:25PMBroadway favorite Kate Shindle agreed to document a recent day backstage at the Bay Street Theatre production of Enter Laughing, The Musical for Playbill.com... only to get more than she exp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMAs the fall theater season approaches, Broadway.com asked readers which upcoming star they're most excited to see take the stage. The votes are in, and a trio of leading men rank among f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMVillage Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Take Me America, a new musical, featuring
book and lyrics by Broadway veteran Bill Nabeland music by Bob Christianson. The production …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMManhattan Theatre Club's hit production of MASTER CLASS was featured last week on Charlie Rose. The episode featured Tony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly and Tony Award-winning playwright Te…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMLea Michele Sarfati was born a quarter-century ago today, August 29, 1986. As Lea Michele, she debuted on Broadway at age eight as Young Cosette in Les Miserables, and subsequently had roles…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:03PMThe ladies ruled the kingdom at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast live this evening from Nokia Theater L.A. Live, as Katy Perry and Adele each took home three VMA Moonmen and Lady G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMThe very beginning of May 1996 was the time Broadway history began to be made. Of course, back then, no one knew what a true phenonemon Chicago: The Musical would become. At the …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMAdam Jacobs will assume the role of Simba in Broadway's The Lion King, beginning August 30. He replaces Clifton Oliver, who played his final performance on August 26.
Jacobs has previ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMJoseph Gordon-Levitt talks about hitRECord Fall Formal in Oct. 10 at Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
As previously reported, a remake of the classic A Star is Born, is moving along in the development process at Warner Bros. Pictures. As previously reported, the film will be directed by Clin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMThis summer I did a lot of reading and found some great books. Below is a list of the books I picked up recently. I highly recommend checking them out! The Tipping Point- I have been told nu…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:57AMOnly a handful of Broadway shows are regularly scheduled to play on Mondays, but the six that do are ready to light the lights on Aug. 29 following two days that saw Broadway fall dark due t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMOn Friday, August 26, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Scott Adsit, Joy Behar, Tovah Feldshuh, Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel teamed up for tow special edition performances of Ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMThe 2010 London revival of The Caretaker, starring Tony winner Jonathan Pryce, will play Columbus, OH, as part of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts' 2011-2012 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMThe complete lineup of productions that will be presented in the FringeNYC Encore Series, running September 9-26, has been announced. The pieces will be presented in rotating repertory at t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMPerformers from the Off-Broadway hit, Voca People, will participate in The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Telethon, broadcast live from the South Point Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday, S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMGospel singer Sandi Patty will release an all-Broadway CD in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMSara Topham and Ben Carlson in The Misanthrope at Stratford.
Two or three years ago, Robert Brustein took back the notorious position he had sketched out in his 1967 call-to-arms, "No M…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:34AMThe musical remake of "A Star is Born," to be produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and feature Grammy winner Beyoncé, is now in talks to begin production later than sched…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMAfter a weekend when Broadway was dark due to Hurricane Irene, productions will play their usual performances on Monday, August 29, according to a post on the website for the Broadway League…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMThe Broadway cast of the Tony-winning The Lion King welcomes Adam Jacobs to its cast the week of Aug. 29 in the role of Simba. Jacobs succeeds Clifton Oliver, who played his final Broadway p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMI often find myself as the only self described "marketer" in a room full or artists or arts "executives". The situations always remind me of my previous life as a lawyer. Lawyers (like marke…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 11:16AMSean Palmer and Clare Foster star as Bobby Child and Polly Baker, respectively, in Crazy for You, at the Open Air Theatre, at London's Regent’s Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMAfter flying on a magic carpet as the title character in the Seattle launch of Disney's Aladdin, Adam Jacobs is heading to Broadway in another musical from the mouse house. Jacobs will a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMThis year's festival teemed with triumphs and turkeys – but we couldn't have reviewed them without your brilliant tweets, tips and pictures. What did you think of our coverage?My trainers …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMImage Entertainment will release "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On," which was recorded live in Las Vegas, Oct. 4 on Blu-ray and DVD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of Master Class was featured on “Charlie Rose” Aug. 22. Here, Tony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly, who stars in the production as …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMThe playwright’s new show blurs the lines between research and romance Romance and science may seem like an unlikely pair, but if you look closer, you’ll find a surprising amount…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:01AMThe Caves, Edinburgh"I hate the internet!" Sanderson Jones is streaming a song he's found online – and the woman who recorded it, for her private pleasure, squirms with embarrassment on th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMThis week I'll celebrate the 20th anniversary of my arrival in NYC. In those twenty years, Broadway has only failed to get its curtains up twice before: the first on 9/11, and the second dur…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has extended its 2012 exhibition "Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward" an additional two months as New York City prepare…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMHurricane Irene has taken a financial toll on the New York theater scene
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50AMKraine Theatre, FringeNYC, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Elysian Fields tells the imagined stories of Allan, Sebastian, and Brick, three gays whose offstage de…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:46AMIt seems the worst effects of Hurricane Irene on New York City, which was downgraded to Tropical Storm status just a few hours ago, are over. Flooding has been reported in the lower lying a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 28, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $313,522 3,607 70.31% $86.92 BABY IT'S YOU! $199,278 3…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThere are second-act problems, this is still a Marriott Theatre show, so nothing really goes wrong for long, not when it’s “for the boys.”
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:43AMThree-time Tony Award recipient Carol Channing, a vivacious nonagenarian, has put the finishing touches on a new recording called "Carol Channing: True to the Red, White & Blue,&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMSinger-actress Karen Mason, who was recently seen as the Queen of Hearts in the short-lived Broadway musical Wonderland, will debut a new song penned by David Friedman and Kathie Lee Gifford…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe Collegiate Chorale has announced its Carnegie Hall 2011-2012 season, which will conclude, as previously announced, with a presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado on Apri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMJames W. Pennebaker, author of the new book "The Secret Life of Pronouns," crunches the numbers on Beatles songs using text analysis programs and arrives at some fascinating conclusions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30AMIn the True Confessions booth in the lobby of the Broadway Theatre, fans tell us what they think of SISTER ACT on Broadway!
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:23AMI have to confess, it’s kind of my job to keep up on the latest social media advances, but Facebook is boggling even my mind these days. There have been so many changes and upgrades to…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:18AMQuentin Earl Darrington, who made his Broadway debut in the revival of Ragtime, will make his solo New York concert debut Sept. 26 at The Triad Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMThere are only eight more chances to see Manhattan Theatre Club’s hit production of Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning MASTER CLASS, directed by Stephen Wadsworth. The production will…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:11AMElaine Paige isn’t known as “the First Lady of British musical theater” for nothing. The Olivier-Award winning actress originated the title role in Evita, delivered the fir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AMThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has extended the exhibition, Star Quality: The World of Noël Coward. The show, co-presented with the No&eu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMThe reading of the new play Leviticus in Love: The Randy Roberts Potts Story, which is "based on the true account of the gay grandson of super-famous tele-evangelist Oral Roberts,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM
Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life), the musical by Tony-winning Urinetown authors Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, PigPen Presents The Mountain Song, The More Loving One and Pearl's Gone Bl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMThe actor's "Our Idiot Brother" tanked in its opening weekend, but he won't have to wait long for another shot at box office gold.
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:41AMThe Collegiate Chorale's 70th Anniversary Season will include a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado featuring several Broadway favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMBroadway veteran Quentin Earl Darrington will perform Q, Chapter 1: Verse 1, at the Triad Theatre, on Monday, September 26 at 9:30pm. Marcia Milgrom Dodge will direct.
The show will feature…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:28AMDavid Hare's first television film for two decades was a major occasion on Sunday night, and one that fully deserved our attention and applause, not least because scripts in native televisio…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:24AMBy Byrne Harrison
As part of their "Summer of Creation," Redd Tale Theatre Company breathes life into a pair of one-act plays inspired by Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
The first, Frankens…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:19AMMy sports writing on this site, such as it is, is generally reserved for either quirky, weird sports, or for athletes that have some connection to show business. However, we happened to be a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:11AMWorkhaus Collective will present the world premiere of Dominic Orlando's A Short Play About 9/11, at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, September 9-24, with an opening on Sept…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10AM Ariel Benjamin and Jonathan Dillard get their start as ”Assistants To Mr. MacDevitt” If you happen to be lucky enough to get a seat to Broadway’s hottest ticket of the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AM
From time to time, folks in show business try to use contacts to get house seats for various plays and musicals. Some participants of a production – like playwright, director, actors –…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 08:53AMMy old friend, historian and educator Cynthia Copeland now works at NYU and is co-director of the Seneca Village Project, and we have her to thank for a pleasant and informative outing last …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:38AMThe first show in West Hartford's Playhouse on Park's 2011-12 Season will begin performances Sept. 14 (opening night is Sept. 16) with "Around the World in 80 Days." Adapted by M…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:36AMShohreh Aghdashloo, Frances Fisher, Melina Kanakaredes, Elizabeth Peña, Mimi Rogers, Jean Smart and Cindy Williams will participate in a staged reading of My Child - Mothers of Wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:25AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Stage productions were dark all weekend -- Hurricane Irene may have exited stage left by early Sunday afternoon, but Broadway shows remained shuttered for the entirety of the wee…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
Broadway planned to reopen Monday after Tropical Storm Irene forced theaters to scrap a potentially lucrative late-summer weekend.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:35AMFrom the very start it has been the audience as much as the performances that has been the essence of the Chicago Dancing Festival. Saturday’s fifth annual Celebration of Dance at Millenni…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:08AMCongratulations to Peter Alfano, Anya Toes, John Atkins, Susan Berlin, Brigadude, Ellen Dweck, Laura Frankos, Martin Geiger, John Griffin, Marc Grossberg, Brian Hesse, Cathy Jones, Jack Lech…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMEmil Gilels plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Sonata in concert at the Moscow Conservatory in 1979:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. Men do not...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMMonday, August 29, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) – A special reception was held after Friday evening’s performance to celebrate the major upcoming milestone for the Tony Award-winning revi…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMMonday, August 29, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) – In a statement from the Broadway League, it has been announced that the Great White Way will resume performances tonight.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMStorm forces cancellation of weekend performances, throwing plans of thousands — many from out of town — into disarray. Off-Broadway theaters also feel the pain.Storm forces canc…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, August 28, 2011 - Sunday, August 28, 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMIn case you wondered what role balloons played in the US military during World War I, there's an off-Broadway show that's only too happy to tell you all about it.
Enroll in "Captain Fergu…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:42AMThe 17th-century play A Woman Killed With Kindness, John Doyle's staging of Road Show and the Iraq War current-events play Loyalty are among works now (or recently) on London's board…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTony Award winner Randy Graff, Mary Bacon, James Lecesne and Saidah Arrika Ekulona comprise the cast of the upcoming Primary Stages production of Motherhood Out Loud, which will have its New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs she did in Wife to James Whelan, Teresa Deevy has made poverty and struggle central forces in Temporal Powers. An eviction has led Michael and Min Donovan to the overgrown countryside rui…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMEmmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas inhabits late playwright Tennessee Williams in the Westport Country Playhouse's one-night-only Aug. 29 presentation of A Distant Country Called Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA homeless couple have their faith and fortune tested in Teresa Deevy's 1923 drama Temporal Powers, which officially opens Off-Broadway Aug. 29 at the Mint Theater Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCurrent Follies revival star Terri White and original Road Show cast member Claybourne Elder appear as part of the Aug. 29 installment of Sondheim Unplugged at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago welcomes Tony Yazbeck to the cast at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre Aug. 29. With this performance, Chicago b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway Rhythm and Booze, the cabaret series created as a platform to highlight the soulful talents of the Broadway community, continues Aug. 29 at Tillman's Bar & Lounge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMYouTube sensation Miranda Sings makes her eighth concert appearance at Birdland Aug. 29 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner Diahann Carroll and Tony nominee Obba Babatunde will be among those honored at the 21st Annual NAACP Theatre Awards Aug. 29 at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1899 The Girl From Maxime's one of Georges Feydeau's most sparkling farces, has its U.S. premiere at the Criterion Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
