This year, for the first time, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival has been selected as a participant in the NEA Jazz Masters Live program, and, accordingly, they've built a weekend around the resi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:54PMGeorge Lee Andrews holds the Guinness World Record for the longest run in the same Broadway show in history for Phantom of the Opera. He was in the Broadway company when the production opene…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51PMA 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 07:37PMFrom the moment he first heard about “The Pitmen Painters” — Lee Hall’s play about a group of miners in northern England who find their expressive spirit with paint and homemade canv…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:25PMThe terrifyingly talented Jessica Blank (The Exonerated, Aftermath etc.) tried to write in a comment and it just wouldn't post. I asked her if I could just go ahead and post it to help keep …
SOURCE: Parabasis at 07:17PMSeason 2 of Submissions Only will be available exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com beginning September, 2011. Click Here for More Information. Catch Up with Episode 3 of Season 1 Below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PMDavid Hare is one of Britain's most successful and political playwrights. His work has taken on everything from the invasion of Iraq to the global financial meltdown, yet today he finds hims…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMMy City, LondonIn 1995 Stephen Poliakoff wrote Sweet Panic, a play that evoked the isolation and fear felt by many of those living in big cities such as London. Now, in My City, his first st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMGreenwich Comedy Festival, LondonGreenwich may be most famous for its observatory, but it's also an area with a proud comedy heritage. That's largely due to Malcolm Hardee: comedian, promote…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMAug. 27- Sept. 2These 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 multip…
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Matthew Barney's ongoing project 'Ancient Evenings' mixes elements of Egyptian mythology, the US car industry and 'CSI', writes Julie Belcove
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:59PMToday we are continuing our series on theatrically-related 2012 Oscar hopefuls with a look at the just-released trailer for David Cronenbergs new film A DANGEROUS METHOD starring Keira Knigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMA tumblr blog with iconic little shots made into animated GIF's.
So often we have to either play and replay our favorite shots or moments from films. Or we have to observe the cinematograph…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 06:38PMIt's grin and bear it - even on occasion bare it - time at Shakespeare's Globe, which closes its 2011 season not with a bang but with a wearyingly facetious whimper. A nice idea that in diff…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:25PMAfter a dozen years of serving up gag-a-minute comedies, "The Good Doctor" was something else altogether: a series of sketches adapted from Anton Chekhov short stories.
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"Think of how they all adore you," the opera manager Firmin sings in The Phantom of the Opera. The same is being said about the actor David Cryer, who plays the part, and long…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PM"Think of how they all adore you," the opera manager Firmin sings in The Phantom of the Opera. The same is being said about the actor David Cryer, who plays the part, and long…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMWhether 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 feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMStephen Ouimette, the distinguished Canadian actor known for his work at the Stratford Festival of Canada and for the cultish TV show "Slings and Arrows," has been added to the cast of Rober…
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The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles will host Paley Fest, September 6-12. The event will feature screenings of over 20 new television series, along with panel discussions and parties.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:52PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 22-28, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
Due to Hurricane Irene, all Broadway shows were canceled on Aug. 27 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMAccording to DarkHorizons.com, Broadway veteran Anna Kendrick has signed on to join the cast of the movie musical Pitch Perfect. Pitch Perfect features a script by Kay Cannon and will be dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMThe new shows of the 2011-12 Broadway season are set to be filled with celebrities of every variety- from Samuel L. Jackson to Hunter Parrish, to Ricky Martin, but there are still plenty of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMMulti-faceted performer and Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo is to makes his UK debut in his Broadway hit Ghetto Klown, at Charing Cross Theatre for 17 performances only fromTuesday 25th Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMBroker-owned ticket exchange Ticket Evolution has ceased its fundraising efforts for "at least six months to a year" after the company attracted four major ticket brokers as investors.
Bosto…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:09PMMCC Theater presents the first production of their 2011-2012 season Jeff Talbott's The Submission, directed by Walter Bobbie. Performances of this funny and furiously intelligent new play be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMFrances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Lidless, about an interrogator whose past at Guantanamo Bay comes back to haunt her, will premiere Off-Broadway Sept. 20 at WalkerSpace.
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As UK arts face economic challenges, Newcastle's Theatre Royal is set to reopen after refurbishment, carried out with help from its audience
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:45PMSummer's finale finds Jenny Gersten still smiling: after three months of constant 16 hour days; after having broken two bones in a foot just 10 days ago while running down a hill behind the …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:26PMKathie Lee Gifford will appear at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre's Spotlight Night on Saturday, September 10 at 7pm. The event will preview the new musical Saving Aimee, which has a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:20PMStage and screen star Molly Shannon will joining CBS' daytime talk show The Talk as a guest host for the month of September, according to Deadline.com.
The CBS series will return with …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:15PMBob Kelly, a makeup and wig artist whose work on Broadway included shows such as 1962's A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, 1970's THE ROTHSCHILDS, and 2002's GOODNIGHT, GRACIE, …
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:58PMTony Award nominee Jonathan Groff will make his way back to the New York stage when Jeff Talbott’s The Submission debuts in its world-premiere production Off-Broadway, beginning Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMTHE ONLY THING THAT MAY NEED A CHANGE IS THE TITLE We hear that that the only thing constant is change, yet we struggle against change, we fight against change, and some are even willing to …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:52PMLa MaMa E.T.C. will hold a gala in honor of its 50th season on Monday, October 17 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.
At the gala, playwright Sam Shepard will receive the first annual Ellen Ste…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Ellen Stewart Award, named in honor of the late founder of the downtown experimental theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMThe Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights makes its Phillipine premiere at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in Manila Sept. 2-18. Bobby Garcia directs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMJohn Leguizamo is bringing Ghetto Klown to London. Directed by Fisher Stevens, the one-man show will run from October 25 through November 17 at Charing Cross Theatre. Opening night is set fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:41PMGhetto Klown, the solo show conceived by and starring Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo that played its final performance at the Lyceum Theatre July 10 following 25 previews and 95 regular pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMThe cast of five last week rolled a magnificent 11 by the end of Sunday, and then responded to that by writing 11 new plays and adding a new cast member.Say what?Yes, this weekend is the fir…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:34PMOur downstairs neighbors are gone. Evicted -- I saw the notice go up on their door at the beginning of August, and now, at the beginning of September, they have long disappeared. I've been…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 02:34PMSkyline Theatre Company will kick off its 11th season with four fundraising concerts of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic Pirates of Penzance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMWHAT'S HOT ON BROADWAY, hosted by Maribel Aber, features the saucy, and splendid new production of one of the greatest musicals in Broadway history. All aboard for the Tony Winning revival, …
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMHunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Raymond Bokhour, Jeff Bowen, Nick Cearly. Santino Fontana, and Matthew Scott will be the performers at Bound for Broadway XI, the annual con…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMMost impressive is Kirill Petrenko's command of the musical forces, structured with granite solidity yet alive with subtlety and change, writes Shirley Apthorp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:10PMSalvation or freedom: that is the question for Hamlet in this innovative and sprightly staging by Christopher Haydon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:10PMAlexi Kaye Campbell's play spools backwards and forwards from the date 9/11 to grapple with spiritual issues of our age, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:10PMMatthew Barney's ongoing performance project 'Ancient Evenings' mixes elements of Egyptian mythology, the US car industry and TV series 'CSI', writes Julie Belcove
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:09PMAudiences who missed out on performances of Enter Laughing at the Bay Street Theatre due to Hurricane Irene, have two more chances to catch the acclaimed musical starring Josh Grisetti, Jill…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:06PMAccording to a report by People.com, Melanie Brown of The Spice Girls just gave birth to her fourth child- a baby girl. Brown and her husband Stephen Belafote currently have three daughters …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMGhost Road Company's Ronnie Clark updates French philosopher Albert Camus' Le Malentendu or The Misunderstanding via a creative collaboration between composer David O, sound designer Cricket…
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Blizzards have caused Broadway to shut down in the past. The occasional blackout, too. And, of course, the 9/11 calamity, the tenth anniversary of which will be commemorated next week. But t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PM,John Leguizamo will perform his newest solo show Ghetto Klown at London's Charing Cross Theatre, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. Fisher Stevens has directed the production,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMBlizzards have caused Broadway to shut down in the past. The occasional blackout, too. And, of course, the 9/11 calamity, the tenth anniversary of which will be commemorated next week. But t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMIt was only a matter of time. After years of bringing you up-close coverage from every red carpet on the Great White Way, backstage passes to your favorite shows, photo coverage of Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMAudiences at the McKittrick Hotel have learned there's no easy way to describe Punchdrunk's Macbeth-inspired theatrical experience Sleep No More, so Broadway.com went to visit the sh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMAfter Hurricane Irene derailed Broadway for a couple of days, the Great White Way came back in full force this week with plenty of juicy news. Here’s our weekly round-up of the top les…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMSierra Boggess, unafraid to leave the house in casual dress, joins Seth for
a brief overview of her career which started with a half-sentence in Les
Misérables. With Seth's help, Boggess …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMNo Snap Judgments Cast Video - Rachel Potter (Wednesday)
"No Snap Judgments" encourages people to look beyond first impressions and empowers them to engage others with openness, r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:38PMRoman Polanski's upcoming God of Carnage features John C. Reilly, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz in the movie version of Yasmina Reva's Tony-winning play. The film just debut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMBill Fayne and Friends: A Sondheim Celebration, featuring the songs of Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Sondheim, will be presented at Las Vegas' Suncoast Showroom Oct. 8 and 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMNo Snap Judgments Cast Video - Colin Cunliffe (Ancestor)
"No Snap Judgments" encourages people to look beyond first impressions and empowers them to engage others with openness, r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:30PMIn the coming weeks, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, will sit down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Str…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMShattering even more records, Arena Stage's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma has been seen by 100,000 people and counting, including seats filled and tickets sold for both en…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMIf you read Broadway.com regularly (and really, who doesn't?), you probably know that we're big fans of the high-flying musical Catch Me If You Can. Now, with the Tony-nominated musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:26PMNo Snap Judgments Cast Video - Jackie Hoffman (Grandma)
"No Snap Judgments" encourages people to look beyond first impressions and empowers them to engage others with openness, re…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:23PMBy Isaac Butler Alan Lomax did not write any of the folk and traditional songs that he helped archive and record. And yet he claimed a copyright on them. This is how he came to be a co-autho…
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The Bilerico Project has a good breakdown of the legal issues regarding the gay panic defense in the McInerny trial. Here's a good excerpt:
it was clear that the defense was banging …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:21PMNo Snap Judgments Cast Video - Rachel Potter (Wednesday)
"No Snap Judgments" encourages people to look beyond first impressions and empowers them to engage others with openness, r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:16PMOscar-winning actor leads his Old Vic company to triumph in Shakespeare’s play.
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the end of July, just before setting off for Edinburgh, I did a
little statistical analysis of the shows I reviewed at last year's Fringe. In 2010, as this year, I was reviewing for anoth…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:03PMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for the La MaMa 50 Block Party, to be held on Sunday October 16 from 2-6pm on East 4th Street (between the Bowery and Second Avenue). The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMShakespeare's Globe, LondonIt's a mark of the chutzpah of playwright Chris Hannan, director Raz Shaw, and indeed everyone involved in The God of Soho, that the big song-and-dance number at t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM
The Triad is honored to welcome to its stage the original Cathy' in The Last 5 Years,' Lauren Kennedy Spamalot, and fellow Broadway veterans Tituss Burgess The Little Mermaid', Stephanie Umo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMEmmy Award-winning actor John Leguizamo will transfer his one-man Broadway show Ghetto Klown to the Charing Cross Theatre for 17 performances from 27 October (previews from 25 October) to 12…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:51PMJim Stanek, Kim Carson and Jarid Faubel will find themselves in a royal love triangle in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot at the Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMFine wine and a lot of fine food too at these vineyards that are short drive from Toronto.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:39PMA look at the haunting off-Broadway phenomenon based on Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:30PMI recently read The Abominable Showman (by Howard Kissel, 1993), a biography of legendary Broadway producer, David Merrick (1911-2000). Merrick was Broadway’s foremost producer in the thir…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 12:30PMBarrington Stage Company’s Musical Theatre Lab presents the sixth edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should…&nbs…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:28PMObie Award-winning actor Sean McNall will take on Shakespeare's Richard II for the Pearl Theatre Company Off-Broadway, beginning Nov. 8 at New York City Center Stage II.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMNew Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse presents the regional premiere of the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film musical "Newsies", starring Jeremy Jordan, Andrew Keenan-Bolger…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThis week's guest blog marks the 50th guest blogger I have had. Whoo hoo! Erin Cronican tells you all more about the Seeing Place and everyone's favorite topic: Crowdfunding! Take it away Er…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:25PMFilming is currently underway for the third season of "Glee," in which Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer will begin their senior year. The hit series will make its way back…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMComedian and actor, who won acclaim for his performance as Othello in 2009, will appear in Shakespeare's Comedy of ErrorsLenny Henry will make his first appearance at the National Theatre la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMRT @FeldmanAdam: I give up. Sondheim lolcats are cute. http://t.co/ojPbEw6
SOURCE: lezbehonest at 12:19PMDavid Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method gets rave reviews as Hollywood's great and good arrive in ItalyFrom Elizabeth Bennet to Anna Karenina, Keira Knightley today conceded that she does do …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMA.R.T.'s soaring pre-Broadway revision of The Gershwins Porgy and Bess offers many grace notes and an exquisite cast
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
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The Addams Family Musical - No Snap Judgments
"No Snap Judgments" encourages people to look beyond first impressions and empowers them to engage others with openness, respect and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:56AMOnly One Good Synonym For HeartacheWhen I'm at the beginning stages of writing a play I'm usually write bits and pieces of scenes. All this almost always takes place while I'm on the bus to …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:55AMSukie and Sue: Their Story, a new play by Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa, will have its world premiere as part of the Blank Theatre's 2011-2012 season in Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMThe West End production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert will play its final performance on December 31 at London's Palace Theatre. The musical opened in March of 2009 and will play its …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMThe Toxic Avenger, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical about an unlikely superhero in New Jersey that played over 300 performances at Off-Broadway's New World Stages, may be he…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMBillie Piper will star in the U.K. premiere of Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty, directed by Michael Attenborough. She will be joined by Kieran Bew, Siân Brooke and Tom Burke a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMYelena action shot by Hilton Als
The New Yorker's certifiable No. 2 theater critic strikes again, with a book report review of the recent Aussie-fied Uncle Vanya at Kennedy Center. As Charl…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 11:44AMDaytime Emmy Award winner and Broadway veteran Susan Lucci will be a guest host on the September 23 installment of ABC's The View, according to a report on TVGuide.com.
The program w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMLast night (2 September 2011), 120 theatregoers made their way to the Menier Chocolate Factory for the European premiere production of Stephen Sondheim’s Road Show, which was foll…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:41AMPlayhouse, EdinburghThree engagingly different pieces, brought together in this one programme, explore the Asian countries that choreographer, photographer and designer Shen Wei recently vis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMAfter two sell-out runs at the Menier Chocolate Factory in February and June and a successful stint at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Ruby Wax and singer songwriter Judith Owen transferred Ru…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:41AMThe West End edition of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical has confirmed that it is to shutter Dec. 31, 2011.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMBy Doug Strassler Ever the masochist, I made it my mission to take in as much summer TV as I could over the last four months. Though I didn’t see all of the potential offerings, I did mana…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:37AMBackbeat, a new musical based on the 1994 film of the same name by Iain Softley and co-written by Softley and Stephen Jeffreys that tells the story of how The Beatles "became" the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMIn the days of my youth I, like many of you, took the Peter Pan Pledge: “I won’t grow up, I won’t grow up/Never gonna go to school…” Regrettably, I neglected to take the Peter Pan …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:23AMCasting is complete for Backbeat, a stage adaptation of the 1994 film about the formation of the Beatles which will play the West End's Duke of York Theatre this fall. The cast will feat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMThe award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS will conclude its run at the Palazzo Las Vegas at the end of this year and re-open at Paris Las Vegas in early 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMTomorrow, Saturday 3 September 2011, the West End production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical will celebrate its dazzling 1000th performance at the Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMDes O’Connor, who has been a star of his own TV shows on U.K. television for over 45 years since making his first TV appearance in 1963, will join the West End company of Dreamboats an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMSinger and television personality Melanie Brown -- a.k.a. Mel B of The Spice Girls -- has given birth to a baby girl, according to People.com.
Brown starred in the Las Vegas production of P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMRita Gardner, known for originating the role of The Girl in the original production of the long-running Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, will bring her show, Try to Remember: A Look Bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe Donmar Warehouse production of Anna Christie, starring film favorite Jude Law, will likely head to Broadway next year, according to the New York Post. The Eugene O’Neill classic,di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMThe Donmar Warehouse production of Anna Christie, starring film favorite Jude Law, will likely head to Broadway next year, according to the New York Post. The Eugene O’Neill classic,di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM
Tony winner Hugh Jackman's concert series may arrive on Broadway earlier than expected. Jackman is eyeing an eight-week run with an October 25 opening night at the Broadhurst Theatre, ac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMAwards all round as Matthew Bourne launches a choreography prize and the Edinburgh festival ends in a flurry of gongs. The Stage's Alistair Smith brings you the week in theatreAlistair Smith
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMRoastmaster Jeffrey Ross brings his wicked comedic wit to Casino Rama.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:47AMBroadway.com readers love How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Christopher J. Hanke, host of our popular Frump Tower vlog and top vote-getter in a recent poll asking which B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMThe American Repertory Theatre's The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has officially opened. Diane Paulus has directed the production, which will continue through October 2.
A Broadway …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMIn July, I put up this post: Three Twitter Analytics Tools. At that moment, I had just been using this new Twitter analytics tool called Crowdbooster for a couple of days. I’ve had the…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:42AMThe West End production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical will play its final performance at the Palace Theatre on December 31, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. The pro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMVeteran entertainer Des O'Connor will join the cast of rock ’n’ roll compilation musical Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Playhouse Theatre from 3 October 2011.
O’Connor, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:27AMThe Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys will end its run at the Palazzo Las Vegas at the end of the year and transfer to the Paris Las Vegas in early 2012. Dates for both the production&apo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:26AMNicholas Brendon, Mike Farrell, Gale Harold, Catherine Hicks, Justina Machado, Virginia Madsen, Perry Ojeda, Mark Valley, Megan Ward, and Noah Wyle will appear in a benefit reading of Colett…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:22AMOlivier Award-winner Leanne Jones will bring her solo show Have You Met Miss Jones? to the Pheasantry in London on Sunday, September 11. The concert is a selection of material that has infor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMThe Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom, starring Emmy Award-winning actress and comic Judy Gold, will launch "To Be Continued…," a new weekly talkback series where Gold will cha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMRita Gardner will bring her new show Try to Remember: A Look Back at Off-Broadway to the Metropolitan Room for a five-performance engagement, running September 9-18. Barry Kleinbort will di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMJonathan Solari's multi-media performance, The Love Letter You've Been Meaning to Write New York will be performed at 3LD Art & Technology Center, running September 21-October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMSigh. Labor Day weekend is upon us, signaling the end of summer and the official start of back-to-school season. That means we’re in the mood for our favorite school-themed movies. Sch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:11AMKieran Bew, Siân Brooke, Tom Burke, and Billie Piper will star in The Almeida Theatre's production of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty, to run November 10-January 14. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AMDes O'Connor will join the cast of Dreamboats and Petticoats, playing at the West End's Playhouse Theatre, on October 3. He will play multiple roles, including Older Bobby and Phi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMDonnie Mather will perform Kaddish (or The Key in the Window) at the 4th Street Theatre, to run September 29-October 9. Kim Weild will direct the production.
Based on the poem by Allen Gin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMMike Farrell, Catherine Hicks and Megan Ward will be part of the starry reading of Colette Keen's drama Windows On The World on Sept. 12 in Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMEnjoy a new term of theatre with festivals in Brighton and Bristol, catch The Syndicate in Chichester or head to Nottingham for The AshesEdinburgh is soon to become a dim and distant memory,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMMike Farrel, Catherine Hicks and Megan Ward will be part of the starry reading of Colette Keen's drama Windows On The World on Sept. 12 in Hollywood.
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Casting has today (2 September 2011) been announced for the West End production of Backbeat - Iain Softley's stage adaptation of his award-winning 1994 British film about the early years of …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:58AMPaper Mill Playhouse's premiere of Disney's Newsies delivered their first performance preview to the press yesterday, September 1. Immediately following the event, BroadwayWorld brought you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMThe Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys will conclude its run at the Palazzo Las Vegas at the end of the year and reopen at Paris Las Vegas in early 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMThe National Theatre has announced its fall repertoire through January 2012, including dates and casting for three new productions: the premiere of John Hodges’s Collaborators and revi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMThe beginning of a not-bad fall film season in New England, with some Woody Allen classics, an Iranian melodrama among the youth set, an appearance by a legendary Japanese experimental film …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMThe Donmar Warehouse production of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, which officially opened Aug. 9 for a season that runs through Oct. 8, will likely head to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMEvery few months, I stop and take stock of what I've seen recently and what I am looking forward to in the coming months. Today I thought I'd look at what I really want to see that will be b…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:01AMIt looks like Hugh Jackman in Concert, which played limited engagements in Toronto and San Francisco, is headed to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Though completed in the late 1930s, Brecht’s Life of Galileo was frequently revised through the war years and only received its first production with Brecht’s participation in Lo…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:57AM“I’m all about wild stuff”, he says, and shows he really means it with the baby-in-the-microwave play Bump! In the underworld of Baltimore’s theatre, success comes, but i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMKarl Miller has replaced the previously announced Lucas Kavner in Itamar Moses' Completeness, currently in previews at Playwrights Horizons. Pam MacKinnon is directing the production, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:47AMActress Karla Mosley will host Health and Well Being for Creative Professionals, a special workshop for performers, to be held on September 22 at Ripley-Grier Studios.
The event will provi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:44AMJohn Harlacher will direct Tom X. Chao's Callous Cad and Kim Katzberg's Penetrating the Space, to run in repertory under the title Cheerful Instanity at HERE, September 27-October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:28AMCasting has been announced for Iain Softley and Stephen Jeffreys' Backbeat, which will play the West End's Duke of York's Theatre, beginning performances September 24 in antic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:17AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Next stop New York for two shows -- In a year in which many of the bigger names of the Edinburgh Intl. Festival Fringe -- including Simon Callow, Julian Sands, Marc Almond and …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
A rare example of old school show biz overlapping with New York’s cultural elite. Jean Dalrymple (born this day in 1902) is best known to contemporaries as one of the founders and prin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:55AMEdith Wilson (born Edith Goodall this day in 1896) was a blues and jazz singer who got her start in black vaudeville and Chicago night clubs before moving up to all-black Broadway revues in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:53AMJack Norton (born this day in 1882) was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable bit players of the 1930s and 40s, usually but not always, playing a comic drunk with at most a line or two.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:52AMWhatsonstage.com Award-winning comedy Yes, Prime Minister - adapted for the stage from the classic 1980's TV show by its creators Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn - moves back to the Gielgud The…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:30AM Fans of music, drama and dance don’t always have to head to big cities and see amazing performances. Colleges across the nation put on top-notch professional shows as well as&…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:27AMJoe GeinertThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey ushers in the fall portion of its 2011 season with the Bardâs take of implacable jealousy, âOthello,â featuring a cast of Shak…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:24AMAlexi Kaye Campbell's third play The Faith Machine opened earlier this week (31 August, previews from 25 August 2011) at the Royal Court.
The play includes rising stars Hayley Atwell and Ky…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:10AMAlexi Kaye Campbell's third play The Faith Machine opened earlier this week (31 August, previews from 25 August 2011) at the Royal Court.
The play includes rising stars Hayley Atwell and Ky…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:01AM
Last night (31 August 2011) a group of 150 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers joined us at the Globe Theatre for our Group Outing to Much Ado About Nothing:: L01024355000, one of Shakespeare̵…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:39AMLast night (31 August) a group of 150 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers joined us at the Globe Theatre for our Group Outing to Much Ado About Nothing:: L01024355000, one of Shakespeare’s b…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:26AMThe National Theatre has this morning (2 September 2011) confirmed further dates and casting for its autumn rep season through to January 2012.
The previously announced Collaborators, in wh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:24AMLast night (31 August) a group of 150 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers joined us at the Globe Theatre for our Group Outing to Much Ado About Nothing:: L01024355000, one of Shakespeare’s b…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:22AMI’ve never had an evening in the theatre quite like Ruby Wax’s Losing It. It’s a cross between Ally McBeal, a Whatsonstage.com Outing (every night) and a group therapy sess…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMBillie Piper will return to the stage to star in the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty, which runs at the Almeida Theatre from 17 November 2011 (previews from 10 November) to…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:01AM
The Globe's artistic director, Dominic Dromgoole, has posted a cautionary note by the box office to welcome prospective customers to Chris Hannan's modern morality fable, The God of Soho.
"…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:41AMBooks and birds flood J. Stephen Brantley's action-packed drama with unnecessary metaphor, while sharp dialogue and some standout performances can't save the play from its own allegory.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:29AMMichael Riedel reports in today's New York Post that Jude Law is Broadway-bound next year in the hit production of ANNA CHRISTIE currently running at London's Donmar Warehouse. The show, whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25AMMichael Riedel writes in the New York Post today that Hugh Jackman's one-man concert, Hugh Jackman in Concert which played earlier this year to rave reviews in Toronto will open on Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20AMA Coupla Updates on DH1) The WBEZ Off-Air Series that I co-produce is HOT! Buy tickets and dig our geeky badassness.2) I just finished my self-imposed two-month theater blackout (not d…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 04:09AMSadie Shimmin and Pat Starr portray the troubled protagonists in this darkly humorous, hard-hitting UK premiere of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, 'night, Mother, at Islington�…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:05AM
On the eve of its 1000th performance at the Palace Theatre, Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical has confirmed it will close on 31 December 2011.
The show, which has been running in th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:53AMChris Hannan’s new play is a riotous comedy of gods and mortals with much bad behaviour and serious trashing of the celebrity culture; a movie-land character named after the bilious Am…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:28AMThird Street Theatre will present Falsettos by James Lapine and William Finn, September 9-October 16.. Richard Israel will direct the production.
The Tony Award-winning musical focuses on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07AMThe immersive theatre pioneers have combined with PlayStation to create a terrifying world beneath Waterloo's railway archesScrambling up a narrow stairway, I momentarily pause for breath on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Billie Piper will return to the stage to star in the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty, which runs at the Almeida Theatre from 17 November 2011 (previews from 10 November) to…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:16AMPittsburgh Public Theater will launch its 37th season with a production of Sophocles' Electra, adapted by Frank McGuiness, to be presented September 29-October 30. Ted Pappas will dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10AMThe Goodman Theatre has announced casting for the three plays that will receive developmental workshop productions during New Stages Amplified, running October 13 - November 20.
The series …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09AM"Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, the Welsh-language national theatre, brilliantly dramatises Wales's tussle of languages and identities – and its ambitions stretch far beyond its own borders.".…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01AM
In Cymbeline's "opening scene a courtier vainly assures the audience that this play, 'may well be laughed at,/Yet is it true'. ... Fiasco Theater's success is, like Cymbeline, something of a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:38AMTalking points: I spend all of Hurricane Irene contemplating the magic tricks of Steve Cohen, the Millionaire’s Magician Casting the Les Miserables movie: Can Hugh, Russell, and Anne c…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:23AMHere I go, helping to prove my pal Howard Gradet’s theory that the average American is destined to run into a The Wizard of Oz reference at least once every 48 hours. But how can one n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AMI just got back from a month on the road, and in today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I report...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFew letters to the editor have stirred up as big a fuss as the one that Stephen Sondheim sent to...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMMcDonald shines in ART’S adaptation of Gershwin’s classic love story
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00AM'It's a "Porgy and Bess" connected to the truth in the storytelling set in a Catfish Row community that is vivid and vital, with great actor-singer...'
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00AMUnder its new artistic director Michael Weber, Porchlight Music Theatre is going to concentrate on this pithy and concise mission: "American Musicals. Chicago Style."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMFriday, September 2, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) - The Tony-nominated musical Catch Me If You Can is set to close its door on Sunday, September 4, as it enters its final weekend of performances.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMEver since I started producing . . . and ever since I’ve had to start paying the high price of media in Manhattan . . . I’ve become hyper-sensitive to spots where I can put an ad. It’s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:00AM
At the 2AMt blog, Aaron Andersen asks if we really want to be like Apple.In my comment responding to the post, I reveal my fully fledged nerd status when I said:Sometimes I wonder about this…
SOURCE: Love's Labors Lost at 12:34AMThere's no way George Clooney can avoid getting called out for being stiff in a show launching on Monday. It's not a nasty dis simply a fact. "A Night With George" tells the story of a work…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:17AMSince an introduction to Eugene O'Neill by way of "Desire Under the Elms," I've found his stage directions to be as eloquent and intriguing as his characters. Often, even more obsessive.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:11AMIntimate Paris exhibit allows stress-free contemplation of the master.
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In the month leading up to the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, cultural institutions around the city are paying respect to the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks through literature, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThe Weston Playhouse in Vermont launched the world premiere of the musical Saint-Ex, about the aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on Aug. 25, but by Aug. 28 Hurricane Irene …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDisney's Academy Award-winning animated feature "Beauty and the Beast" is presented on the big screen in 3D for the first time beginning Sept. 2 at Hollywood's El Capitan T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlay It Cool, which was part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 22nd annual festival in 2010, arrives Off-Broadway Sept. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe California world premiere of Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup, a music-filled biographical show created specifically for the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner, begins Sept. 2 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1918 A stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's popular Penrod stories proves a bust. It opens today and runs just 48 performances.
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