Arts New Jersey: In New Jersey, a Fall Theatrical Season Full of Collaborations by Michael Sommers

Professional theaters light up this week as two new musicals, “Ten Cents a Dance” and “The Break Up Notebook,” begin previews and other companies present revivals and new plays.

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 9/3/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 932011.

Arts | Long Island: ‘Sweeney Todd’ at the Gateway Playhouse - Review by Aileen Jacobson

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport tackles “Sweeney Todd” with soaring voices, twisted comedy, gripping melodrama and squirting blood.

Arts | Connecticut: ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ at Westport Playhouse - Review by Anita Gates

Tennessee Williams’s “Suddenly Last Summer,” at the Westport Country Playhouse, has familiar components, including an eccentric Southern woman and intimations of homosexuality.

Saturday Roundup: This Week on BroadwayWorld by BWW

If you're looking for a quick roundup of the events in the theatre world this week, look no further - here are some of the best articles the week had to offer

My Chicago Theater Picks for Fall 2011 by Francis

Where have I been?  Looks like everywhere, except for this blog.  August was a blur of 15 hour days for nearly two weeks straight in Arizona trying to get my client project completed, …

Regional arts and entertainment events

Sunday Experimental drama The conceit of Rude Mechs' comedy The Method Gun is that it is based on the faux history of acting coach Stella Burden, who once developed "the most dangerous …

Fall 2011: Race, religion and "Ragtime" by John Moore

The Denver Center Theatre Company will offer three distinct slices of American life this fall with the classic courtroom tale "To Kill a Mockingbird" (opening Oct. 6), the naturalization com…

This week's theater openings and closings by John Moore

The opening weekend of the fall theater season brings 15 new local offerings, including the first homegrown staging of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Next to Normal," along with Tennes…

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Opens With Guns Blazing by Jeremy M. Barker

Our first report from Philadelphia this season finds the Rude Mechs continuing to win praise for "The Method Gun"

Fall 2011 : Boulder's Dinner Theatre's "Slow Dance With a Hot Pickup" by The Denver Post

Fall 2011 : Boulder's Dinner Theatre's "Slow Dance With a Hot Pickup" Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with Dwayne Carrington about the Boulder's Dinner Th…

Fall 2011: Midtown Arts Center's "Next to Normal" by The Denver Post

Fall 2011: Midtown Arts Center's "Next to Normal" Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with Margie Lamb about the Midtown Arts Center's "Next to Normal" …

40 days ’til Godspell: Other People’s ideas. by Ken

If you read my other blog, you know that I’ve got a lot of ideas.  My theory is, the more the better, because honestly, they’re not all going to be great.  But if you keep spit…

Fall 2011: Arvada Center's "Ragtime" by The Denver Post

Fall 2011: Arvada Center's "Ragtime" Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with Megan Van De Hey about the Arvada Center's "Ragtime," one of our recommende…

But What’s The Audience For? by Robert Kaplowitz by Polly Carl

I could go on, but my point is that, while these pieces were elegantly made, filled with strong images, crisp performances, and precise detailing, none of them were using their design or the…

Memorial Church by Chloe Veltman

Memorial Church on the Stanford campus is probably the loveliest religious buildings I've seen in this country to date. I walked around the space with my eyes like saucers and my mouth agape…

Anne Hathaway in Talks to Join Hugh Jackman in ‘Les Miserables’ Film by Nick Francis

Hugh Jackman officially signed on to play the part of Jean Valjean in the Hollywood remake of ‘Les Miserables’ a couple months back, but the talent around him has largely remained shroud…

The Faith Machine; The God of Soho – review by Rachel Cooke

Royal Court; Globe, LondonIt's hard to explain how confounded I was by Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play. The Faith Machine, staged with all of the Royal Court's usual panache and commitment, c…

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me – review by Clare Brennan

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThe contrast could hardly be greater, between the view from the theatre cafe out across the sunset-tipped ripples of Derwentwater and the steel-doored room w…

Dominic West and Clarke Peters: 'We love each other's company' | Interview by Andrew Anthony

Dominic West and Clarke Peters met on the set of the Baltimore crime series The Wire. Now they're to star together in Othello in Sheffield. But will they ever stop laughing and learn their l…

Scottish Ballet; Nrityagram Dance Ensemble; Janis Claxton Dance – review by Luke Jennings

Edinburgh Playhouse; King's theatre, Edinburgh; Edinburgh zooThe Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo is resident choreographer at Boston Ballet. Popular and prolific, he has made work for numero…

Review: The Faith Machine at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play for the Royal Court engages the intellect with a contemporary analysis of ethics

The Faith Machine, Royal Court Downstairs, London The God of Soho, Shakespeare's Globe, London Wittenberg, Gate, London

Have you sold out? And if so, would you now say those abandoned ideals – once cherished – simply weren't realistic? Such nagging doubts are at the heart of The Faith Machine by award-win…

Scottish Ballet Double Bill, Playhouse, Edinburgh Sriyah, King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Picture the sketchbook for one of those teeming medieval paintings by Hieronymous Bosch, where people with tails ride winged fish or crawl, supple as maggots, through gargantuan fruits, and …

Larry, dear Larry! In Olivier's footsteps

The names Edwin Thomas and Michaela Coel do not roll off the tongues of theatregoers or feature in the showbiz columns. Nevertheless, they are among the young actors tipped as Britain's futu…

Old Globe loses director for 'Rocky Horror' revival by David Ng

'Rocky Horror' revival at Old Globe loses its director

Regional Musical Theater Review: MY FAIRYTALE (PCPA Theaterfest) by Tony Frankel

AN UGLY DUCKLING OF A MUSICAL In Stephen Schwartz’ musical My Fairytale, now receiving its American premiere at PCPA in Solvang, well-known storyteller Hans Christian Anderson has an idea …

Send in the Clowns…or Cleo Laine by Mrtylermartins

Written by: Tyler Martins There is nothing like a dame. Truer words have never been spoken, at least when it comes to Dame Cleo Laine. Dame Cleo is a world renowned Grammy Winning recording …

LA Theater Review: MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE (The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

A PATCHWORK OF THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL My Name is Rachel Corrie is a solo show comprised of a patchwork of actual e-mails and diary entries by a young female activist in Gaza who was trag…

LA Theater Review: WONDERLUST (Theatre of Note) by Kat Michels

SCIENCE, GOD, AND LOVE:  BEGIN ARGUING Buried somewhere in the convoluted twists, turns and ramblings of playwright Cody Henderson’s Wonderlust lives a great story waiting to be told.  A…

Review: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Switsky

no matter what Stephen Sondheim may say this Porgy and Bess is most timely when it isn’t as worried about the running time, the times, or The Times. . .

Fall 2011: Curious Theatre's "Clybourne Park" by The Denver Post

Fall 2011: Curious Theatre's "Clybourne Park" Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with ZZ Moor about Curious Theatre Company's regional premiere of "Clybourne…

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert- I Love The Nightlife! (Live) by Darreyl102

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert- I Love The Nightlife! (Live) I own no rights, for entainment purposes only! Go see Priscilla, Queen of The Desert at the Palace Theatre. it's a show with…

Priscilla Queen of The Desert Broadway- The Floor Show (LIVE) by Darreyl102

Priscilla Queen of The Desert Broadway- The Floor Show (LIVE) I own no rights, for entainment purposes only! Go see Priscilla, Queen of The Desert at the Palace Theatre. it's a show wit…

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert Broadway- I Say a Little Prayer (Reprise) (LIVE) by Darreyl102

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert Broadway- I Say a Little Prayer (Reprise) (LIVE) I own no rights, for entainment purposes only! Go see Priscilla, Queen of The Desert at the Palace Theatre. i…

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert Broadway- We Belong (LIVE) by Darreyl102

Priscilla, Queen of The Desert Broadway- We Belong (LIVE) I own no rights, for entainment purposes only! Go see Priscilla at the Palace Theatre! It's a steller show!!!! Featuring Will S…

Fall 2011: LIDA Project's "Justin Bieber Meets Al Qaeda" by The Denver Post

Fall 2011: LIDA Project's "Justin Bieber Meets Al Qaeda" Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with director Brian Freeland and actor Dan O'Neill about the LIDA Proj…

Priscilla Queen of The Desert Broadway- MacArthur Parker (Live) by Darreyl102

Priscilla Queen of The Desert Broadway- MacArthur Parker (Live) i own no rights- only posting for entainment purposes only. See Priscilla, Queen of The Desert at the Palace Theatre- It'…

Hairspray Papermill- Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now by Darreyl102

Hairspray Papermill- Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now I own no rights, only posting! Cast: Tracy- Christine Danelson Edna- Christopher Sieber Amber- Kathleen Monteleone Velma- Donna English Pen…

Hairspray Papermill Playhouse- Without Love by Darreyl102

Hairspray Papermill Playhouse- Without Love I own no rights, only posting! Cast: Tracy- Christine Danelson Link- Constantine Rousouli Penny- Alex Ellis Seaweed- Caliaf St. Aubyn Prudy…

A Son Confronts Moscone's 'Ghost' On Stage

As the artistic director of the California Shakespeare Theater, Jonathan Moscone has told a lot of stories on stage but never his own father's — until now. Moscone was 14 when his father, …

A Solemn Reflection at the Grave of a Hero by Trav S. D.

Laura Keene’s Resting Place. Photo by Cashel Stewart When the subway was down last week, we resorted to the nearest tourist attraction within walking distance — Green-wood Cemeta…

Playbill Video Joins the Newsboys at Rehearsal of Paper Mill’s Newsies (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Newsies will make its world premiere at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse when the new adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie musical hits the stage Sept. 15, prior to an official opening…

FILM NOTE – Brighton Rock, with Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, and Andy Serkis, directed by Rowan Joffe, based on the novel by Graham by Yvonne Korshak

... the hesitation ... I went to Brighton Rock (not usually going to gangster films) because Graham Greene writes great stories and I hoped his story would survive the movie. It does: the st…

Weekend Agenda: Travel Delayed Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Sorry for the delay, dear reader. Lucky is on the road in Hawaii, where Broadway news arrives at a more relaxed pace, and The Mick was having a battle extraordinaire with the Almeida Theater…

Civility, self-assertion, and family connections by Laura Collins-Hughes

WELLFLEET - Brenda Withers was raised to be a nice person, civil and well-mannered. In a lot of ways, she thinks, this holds her back.

Street artist Swoon makes it look easy by James H. Burnett III

It was pure coincidence on a recent morning that as the street artist Swoon stood in the atrium of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art and pondered a reporter’s question about…

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Review | Ke$ha at Starlight Theatre

On the weekend we celebrate the spirit of labor union, Ke$ha’s Get $leazy Tour strutted into Kansas City. If the opposite of work is play, then her show is a garish anti-labor celeb…

Fuse Theater Review: A “Porgy and Bess” Made For Broadway by Bill Marx

The American Repertory Theater's juggling/removal of the operatic elements in "Porgy and Bess" is clumsy, but the goal is to create a compelling entertainment for contemporary audiences, smo…

Circus, Magic & Wild West Posters Auction by Trav S. D.

I don’t usually traffic in such purely commercial information, but I strongly suspect this will be of interest to some readers. On Thursday, September 8, there will be an auction of vi…

Coney Away from Coney by Trav S. D.

I am going to attempt to make it out to the beach for Coney Island History Day today but in case I can’t, it turns out I won’t have to stray far off the plantation for a little t…

Erik Liberman - Mischief Maker by Oscar E Moore

   Eric Liberman is a very talented actor who has kept in touch with yours truly and I wanted to share his latest information.  It’s funny that I am about to review a new novel by M…

Who won the tickets to Million Dollar Quartet? by Ken Davenport

Elvis is IN the building, and reader Margie Goldsmith is going to see him and all the guys in Million Dollar Quartet. Margie, email me to pick up your tickets and enjoy the show. Tomorrow's …

New THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: Unmasked Documentary Coming in October by Broadway World

25 Years of Phantom of the Opera will be celebrated in a new documentary featuring a set of never before seen interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber, who reveals his musical inspirations, take …

BWW TV: BroadwayWorld Goes Inside NEWSIES Preview Day; Meet the Company! by Jessica Lewis

This week, September 1, the compeny of Paper Mill Playhouse's Newsies delivered their first performance preview to the press. BroadwayWorld was on hand and spoke with the cast and creative t…

Stars of Vaudeville #345: The Rogers Brothers by Trav S. D.

Vaudeville’s premier comedy team Weber & Fields has a host of imitators (Kolb & Dill among them), but none were more pernicious than the Rogers Brothers. Not only did they stea…

CD REVIEW: Catch Me If You Can by JK

My favorite musical of the 2010 - 2011 season, Catch Me If You Can will close this Sunday after a mere 32 previews and 166 performances.  I found it to be elegant, smart and sexy. …

How to write a love song by Ken Levine

Compliments of the always brilliant, Axis of Awesome.And I posted this early last year, but in case you missed it -- here's their greatest hit (which is every other hit in rock n' roll).

Review: The Mercy Seat by Jake Orr

As the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks steadily approaches, tributes to this remarkable and devastating moment are beginning to take place, and naturally theatres are programmin…

BWW's On This Day - September 3, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Irene dampens Broadway B.O.

Legit News: Two shows reach millionaires club in truncated week -- During a week cut by Hurricane Irene, "The Lion King" managed to snag the top spot from "Wicked."

TV taps New York stage actors

Legit News: Broadway vets in smallscreen casting pool -- For New York theater actors looking to score a TV gig, "Law & Order" used to be the great shining hope. And for a long time, it was t…

Five boost road grosses

Legit News: Road grosses -- Five of the seven shows pulled in more than $1 million in Week 13 (Aug. 22-28).

A Labor Day Ovation for All the Real Bit Players by Jan Simpson

My Labor Day weekend post is usually a salute to the people who work hard to make the shows we all love.  Past tributes have been to struggling playwrights and blue-collar actors. …

Goodspeed's "Show Boat" Adds Two Performances

Two extra performance has been added for the Goodspeed Musicals' production of "Show Boat" at the the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam: this Sunday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m.  Sept. 11 a…

Stars of Vaudeville #344: Alphonse by Trav S. D.

  Alphonse Berge’s entire act revolved around taking bolts of fabric and fashioning original gowns out of them on  a couple of onstage models. Also known as The Great Drapo, he could…

Coney Island Hall of Fame Ceremony & History Day by Trav S. D.

History Day and the Coney Island Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held today, Saturday, September 3rd, from 1-5pm. Celebrate historic Coney Island with us this Saturday at the 1st An…

Car Culture by Don Hall

My first car was a Canary Yellow 1951 Chevy Deluxe. I was 16 years old and my mom cosigned so I could own it. This was in the early 1980s when all my friends (the ones who had graduated from…

CHINGLISH Tickets Available Today by Broadway World

Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel previously announced that tickets for CHINGLISH would go on sale to the general public on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 at 1200am.

Arizona Critic Banned From Dinner Theater! by Art

On the Stage Door Phoenix blog, theater critic Kerry Lengel of the Arizona Republic is sad, (sort of,) to report that "the workload got a little lighter." Apparently, a local dinner theate…

Review - Brooke Shields' Night of Calamity by Michael Dale

ECONOMICS: They're Lying To Us, Goddamnit! by CultureFuture

"Everybody has been led to believe over the years that AAA means AAA means AAA across the board," Gregory W. Smith, the general counsel for the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Co…

healing and transformation: a brief introduction to my artistic self by RVCBard

On my LiveJournal, there is a post entitled, Why I'm Doing This. It is a collection of quotes from people who reached out to me to tell me how Tulpa, or Anne&Me has helped heal them or has t…

Waiting for . . . the ending

And so my Fringe begins - with a resounding thud. The first show of Luna Theater's season (and one of the first shows of Philly Fringe), is Fin Kennedy's How to Disappear Completely and Neve…

George Lee Andrews Says Farewell to Phantom of the Opera (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

After 9,382 shows of The Phantom of the Opera, George Lee Andrews, currently playing the role of André, says goodbye to the Broadway company and exits the longest-running Broadway musical S…

Alice Ripley, et al. Join Lifetime's 'Modern Love' Cast by Broadway World

Lifetime's pilot 'Modern Love' has added Tony Award winner Alice Ripley in a recurring role.

Phantom's Longtime "Monsieurs," George Lee Andrews and David Cryer, Exit Broadway Show Sept. 3 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera will get fresh opera managers André and Firmin over Labor Day weekend. Longtime company members George Lee Andrews, who plays Andre, and David …

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With The Wood Playwright Dan Klores by Mervyn Rothstein

Mike McAlary, the late New York City newspaperman, is profiled in The Wood, a new Off-Broadway play by Dan Klores. Now, meet the playwright behind the headlines.

Broadway's Chinglish Now On Sale to General Public by Kenneth Jones

Tickets for the Broadway engagement of Chinglish, the new comedy by David Henry Hwang, are on sale to the general public starting Sept. 3.

Stage Left Theatre Presents Chicago Premiere of Farragut North Starting Sept. 3 by Andrew Gans

Stage Left Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Beau Willimon's Farragut North, which received its Off-Broadway world premiere in November 2008.

LONDON FALL PREVIEW 2011: New Works by Mike Leigh and Conor McPherson, Matilda Moves, Daisy Drives by Mark Shenton

Joanna Lumley, Douglas Hodge, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes, James Earl Jones, Michael Sheen and Scott Bakula are among performers populating London stages in the coming weeks, in a fall s…

Broadway Journey, With Chuck Cooper and Janet Dacal, Plays Engeman Theater Sept. 3 by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper and recent Wonderland star Janet Dacal offer a Broadway Journey, an evening of songs and stories from the stage, Sept. 3 at Engeman Theater.

Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 3 by Robert Viagas

1827 Birthday of John Drew Sr., patriarch of the Drew and Barrymore acting dynasties that will include Georgiana Drew Barrymore; siblings Ethel, Lionel and John Barrymore; and today's mo…