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Monday, September 5, 2011 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Hugh Laurie Is Happy Performing the Blues

The British actor, best known in this country for his role on the television show "House," is releasing an album of New Orleans blues called "Let Them Talk." It's the real thing and not just…

SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:53PM

This Week on Broadway for September 5, 2011: Those Summer Nights by James Marino

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook James Marino | [email protected] | Twitter | Facebook Michael Porta…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:52PM

Godspell's Discs from Stage and Screen by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- There are many wonderful aspects to the “40th Anniversary Celebration” of Godspell. How often is an original cast album (of the landmark 1971 off-Broadway productio…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:47PM

Leave it to Weaver by Stefanie Cohen

In “The Guys,” a journalist who helps a fire captain eulogize the men he lost in the Twin Towers wonders, “Will we go back to normal?” “Yes,” she decides. “But ‘normal’ wil…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:43PM

Huck's adventures take place on 'River' by Jenna Scherer

The Lyric Stage Company has a thing for staging classic literature. Last season, artistic director Spiro Veloudos...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:41PM

James Franco: Cancelled Broadway Play Not His Fault by Roger Friedman

I read with some amusement in the last few days that Oscar nominated actor James Franco “backed out” of doing “Sweet Bird of Youth” on Broadway this fall. This isn…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:29PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Amanda Kloots-Larsen of FOLLIES by Adrienne Onofri

Amanda is the showgirl with a sweet tooth, and with a husband who's also a Broadway performer.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53PM

The Films of Pixar: “Cars” (2006) by Monica Reida

John Lasseter’s film Cars is a love letter to the automobile, Route 66, and auto racing, primarily NASCAR racing. However, Cars is not that beautiful of a love letter. Between the drag…

SOURCE: Fragments at 10:45PM

Lushes in love — Day Drinkers at the Odyssey Theatre by Pauline Adamek

Apart from an obviously fake juke box, designer Gary Guidinger’s complicated set replicates a divey bar with astounding authenticity, from the beat-up dartboard, sticky-looking floor and s…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:34PM

Feature: Ron Raines Is Back On Broadway by Nick Orlando

The stage veteran and television star discusses his return to the Great White Way in Follies.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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38 Days ’til Godspell: Preparing the bond. by Ken

I spent Labor Day working on Godspell paperwork, including the forms required by Actors’ Equity Association for our “bond.”  The bond is a financial guarantee (approximate…

SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe at curtainup.com/Philadelphia by Kathryn Osenlund

Philadelphia is fringing....

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:54PM

SOUND OFF: SCARFACE Onscreen & On Blu-ray by Pat Cerasaro

Never more apparent than at this very moment in history, the operatic emotions, over-the-top theatrics and outrageous outspokenness of the 1983 SCARFACE, new on Blu-ray this week, burst fort…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Details Revealed for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary Box Set by BroadwayWorld

25 years after Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman opened the show in London, a box set celebrating the show's anniversary is being prepped for release.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PM

Hugh Jackman To Host WWE RAW, 9/19 by BroadwayWorld

He's battled renegade mutants, conquered Broadway and exterminated bloodthirsty vampires. And now, Hugh Jackman prepares for what may be his wildest role yet celebrity guest star of WWE Raw …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PM

Woyzeck on the Highveld: They’ve still got their noses in front

There is a performing horse in Georg Büchner's Expressionist tragic masterpiece Woyzeck, but he'll be played this week at the Barbican – and then on a big national tour through November �…

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM

Top Girls, Trafalgar Studios, London

"I was the only European woman ever to have seen the Emperor of Morocco." And Pope Joan is said to have been the only female pontiff, if not the only one to have children.

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: EVITA-Bound Ricky Martin in Concert! by BroadwayWorld

The production will star world renowned music artist Ricky Martin as Ch and, making her Broadway debut, Olivier Award Winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger as Evita, reprising her celebrat…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PM

John Tartaglia Set for First Feature Film, HOTEL ARTHRITIS by BroadwayWorld

John Tartaglia was today announced to star in his first feature film vehicle Hotel Arthritis.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PM

Call this man a self-tortured artist by John Vitti, Globe Staff

Ses Carny is a blockhead. A professional blockhead, that is, as well as a comedian, actor, and sideshow entertainer. In his 11 years taking great pains to entertain his audience, Carny claim…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:29PM

Huck Finn adventure rolls in ‘River’ by Don Aucoin

"Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’ is wide but not deep, a pleasant enough but not especially memorable musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:27PM

Sprawling exhibit fits in at historic mansion by Cate McQuaid

PORTSMOUTH-The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion has housed a governor, a merchant, and a retired British army colonel who may have been a double agent. Between 1886 and 1954, its last several deca…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:23PM

STAGE TUBE: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Takes its Final Bows by BroadwayWorld TV

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN played its final performance yesterday, September 4, 2011 at The Neil Simon Theatre, 250 W. 52nd Street. The musical has played 32 preview and 170 regular performances. T…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PM

Truth and Reconciliation, Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Can an ordinary wooden chair be an instrument of torture? Of course, every brute investigation makes use of such furniture, whether as a place to tie the victim down, or as a weapon to attac…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:01PM

This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 9/5/11

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 9511.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Kara DioGuardi Now to Make CHICAGO Debut Tomorrow, 9/6 by BroadwayWorld

The producers of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO announced today that former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi will now make her Broadway stage debut in the role merry murderess Roxi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PM

Broadway Labor Unions by JK

As we take time to reflect and celebrate Labor Day today, I thought I'd look a little bit into the Labor unions that represent everyone connected with a Broadway show from the leading actor …

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 05:39PM

Opera Star Salvatore Licitra Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Opera singer Salvatore Licitra has died in Sicily, nine days after he was severely injured in a motor-scooter accident, according to The New York Times. He was 43. Licitra came to fame in …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PM

Porgy loses his Southern accent

Masterpiece remains, in essence, as it was at its premiere in 1935, and Audra McDonald seems to have found dramatic justification in her Bess

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:08PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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This Week on Broadway for September 5, 2011: Those Summer Nights by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino discuss hurricane Porgy & Bess, Struggling Shows, Hugh Jackman coming, George Lee Andrews and David Cryer going, as well as Rent and…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:47PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Cyrano (House Theatre of Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

Again House Theatre has offered us a smart, exciting production, complete with crowd-pleasing sword-fighting scenes. It is a wondrous spectacle! This Cyrano “nose” he is a winner! High…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:54PM

Review: Imagining Madoff at curtainup.com/DC by Susan Davidson

The visual dichotomy is the most striking element of this take on the financial scandal

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:46PM

reflections on soft power by RVCBard

Adam Thurman has a TEDxMichigan Ave Talk, "Power and the Arts," that's all too brief yet full of amazing insights about the use of power in the arts:For those of you who don't have 10 minute…

SOURCE: Love's Labors Lost at 03:42PM

Highlights From Stratford Festival's The Merry Wives of Windsor

Directed by Tony winner Frank Galati, this comedy features Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff (Geraint Wyn Davies), a cowardly knight with a taste for strong drink. Arriving…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Burstyn and Castellino Honor Jolson by Gary Ballard

“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” Thus spoke Asa Yoelson—better known to the world as Al Jolson—so resoundingly it became his catch phrase, trademark and battle cry all rolled into …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:49PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Ea Sola: Drought and Rain by Alice Bain

King's Theatre, EdinburghIn the space of just over an hour, this Vietnamese company conjure up an astonishing spirit of humanity, an achievement made all the more striking by the fact that n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM

Google Will Rock You on Freddie Mercury Day by Keith

Google provided a fantastic doodle today – it is an animated Freddie mercury singing ‘don’t stop me now’. It is pretty awesome, and features all sort of crazyness whi…

SOURCE: Musicals in London at 01:33PM

Frank Wagland obituary

For 19 years, my father, Frank Wagland, who has died 83, was musical director of the Unity theatre, in Mornington Crescent, Camden, north London. He worked closely with the composer Lionel B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:27PM

Tenor Salvatore Licitra dies of injuries

Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, 43, died today of head injuries suffered while riding a motor scooter in Sicily on August 27.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:20PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Gossip: Fans Stalk Barrowman to Edinburgh with New Musical???

Swash-buckling, time-travelling, Torchwood heartthrob John Barrowman is the subject of a new musical, based on two fans who set up a detective agency to stalk the star, WalesOnline reports. …

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:58PM

Interview: Brief Encounter With ... Handspring Puppet Company's Adrian Kohler

Handspring Puppet Company, creators of multi-award winning War Horse bring their critically acclaimed 1992 production Woyzeck on the Highveld to the Barbican from 6 to 10 September 2011 as p…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:58PM

A professor, a stripper and Dostoevsky – preparing for The Stenographer by Hunter Styles

Greek playwright Zoe Mavroudi entrusts the world premiere of her new play to Venus Theatre Two strangers sharing a private room over drinks might not typically turn to talk of ”Crime …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PM

Pinterest by Rebecca Coleman

Obsessed. Completely in love and obsessed with a new social network. I need to shout it from the blog. I don’t know if you ever did this, but at various times in my life, I have create…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 12:35PM

Gossip: Fans Stalk Barrowman to Edinburgh in New Musical???

Swash-buckling, time-travelling, Torchwood heartthrob John Barrowman is the subject of a new musical, based on two fans who set up a detective agency to stalk the star, WalesOnline reports. …

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:25PM

Feature: Take Five: Theatre Remembers 9/11

Ahead of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 this weekend, we take a look at five London productions that are placing a spotlight on the event that defined a decade. DECADESt Katharine Docks …

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PM

Eddie Murphy at Top of List to Host 84th Academy Awards by BroadwayWorld

According to reports from The Hollywood Reporter, Eddie Murphy is emerging as a leading candidate to host the 84thAcademy Awards.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Why I Hate David Nicholls by Jess Gow

‘One Day’ has come out at the cinemas and unlike the vast majority of my friends I won’t be going to see it.  Definitely not.This is nothing to do with how I feel about the book. …

SOURCE: Girl in the Dark at 11:33AM

ARTS POLICY: Brownback Plays Both Sides... Like An Ass by CultureFuture

"[E]yebrows arched at the introduction of David Kensinger, chief of staff to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the man who defunded the Kansas Arts Commission.'Congratulations on the opening of the…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:29AM

The Book of Merman by Adaumbelle

In the words of Varla Jean Merman, "I may not remember you, but you will remember me," and remember her I will! On Sunday, September 4, 2011 I saw Varla's latest show "The Book of Merman" at…

SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 11:26AM

STAGE TUBE: BWW Celebrates Labor Day in Video - Part II! by Caryn Robbins

In Part II of BWW's Labor Day celebration, we explore the diverse range of jobs that have graced the Great White Way.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AM

STAGE TUBE: BWW Celebrates Labor Day in Video - Part I! by Caryn Robbins

Welcome to BWW's Labor Day Celebration. In Part I of our series, we salute the American Worker.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AM

Our next reading is next Monday. RSVP now. by Ken Davenport

We're rounding the seasonal bend, which means it's time for our 3rd reading of the year in our Reading Series. As I announced back in June, next Monday, September 12th at 8 PM, we will be re…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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James Franco Takes Broadway’s ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ Off His Calendar by Joshua Harrington

It was originally announced last year that James Franco would be starring opposite Nicole Kidman in ‘Sweet Bird of Youth.’ The production was to be his Broadway debut. It seems the Franc…

SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:58AM

John Lithgow, Jane Lynch, et al. Set for Live! Talks Los Angeles Series by Brian Scott Lipton

Live! Talks Los Angeles has announced its fall line-up of events, which take place at various Los Angeles-area venues. Among the participating artists are actors Hal Holbrook (September 8),…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AM

Keaton: All or Nothing by Trav S. D.

The expression on Buster’s face here says it all. When it comes to film-going I’m a proponent of the philosophy of Ernie Kovacs: “Everything in excess”. I like nothin…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:17AM

Kara DioGuardi to Now Join Broadway's Chicago on September 6 by Andy Propst

Kara DioGuardi will now play Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicagobeginning on Tuesday, September 6 and continuing through October 30. She is joining the company one day later tha…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AM

Photo Flash: Trevor Nunn's THE TEMPEST Featuring Ralph Fiennes, et al. in Performance by BroadwayWorld

Trevor Nunn's production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest began preview performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 27 August, press night is on 6 September and the production is book…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AM

Review: The Trial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at curtainup/berkshires by Elyse Sommer

An intriguing idea that doesn't quite work

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:07AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Maxwell house by Micki Siegel

Broadway star lives in true performing artists’ haven on West 43rd Street

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 09:54AM

Quiz - Musicals Across the Map - U.S. Edition by Christopher Caggiano

Don't ask me how I got started on this. I can't really remember. I think I was looking at a map of Europe, and I suddenly started to think about various musicals that took place in each of t…

SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 09:29AM

Review: The Company of Strangers by Sharlene Teo

The Company of Strangers is billed as a “surreal, dark comedy about lost dreams” centred around the titular strangers gathered at “life’s final outpost, the Restmore …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AM

Stars of Vaudeville #348: Willie, West and McGinty by Trav S. D.

Pic from “Vaudeville, Old and New”, Routledge Press Lucky me, to have found a singularly appropriate vaudevillle act to present for LABOR DAY! Willie, West and McGinty’s wh…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:27AM

Happy Susan Graham Day! by Sarah B. Roberts

Although Susan Graham is currently preparing for Iphigenia in Tauris in Toronto, she tweeted (via @mezzograham):  Come to Blakemore Planetarium in Midland, at 5:30 on Mon…

SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:25AM

Review: Wittenberg by Joe Miller

A sign in the foyer of the Gate Theatre reads: “Please note that this production contains: Mild Sexual Content, Smoking, Haze & Heresy” – a warning which sets the appro…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:15AM

Mighty little Mikron notches up a big theatrical date by Martin Wainwright

They've been afloat for 40 years and brought plays and musicals to canalside pubs, factories, streets and fieldsHappy birthday to one of Yorkshire's greatest art exports – if also one of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM

Power and the Arts by Adam Thurman

Here's my TED Talk from the TedxMichiganAve conference. It's entitled Power and the Arts Check out all the TedxMichigan Ave videos here

SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:05AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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News: Bourne's Nutcracker! Marks Anniversary at Sadler's

Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! is returning to Sadler’s Wells this Christmas to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a limited run from 6 December 2011 to 22 January 2012, as part o…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:55AM

Review: Le nozze di Figaro by Julia Rank

William Kerley's staging of Mozart's 1786 opera Le nozze di Figaro is the fifth time that British You Opera have produced this much-loved piece since their second summer season in 1988. One …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:55AM

State of Play: Ice and fire by Pippa Howie

In the past month I was lucky enough to have two new theatrical experiences. I made my first trip to the Arcola in Dalston, a visit that was long overdue and one I will hopefully be repeatin…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:39AM

What's Playing on Broadway This Week: September 5-11 by BWW

Check to see what Broadway shows are playing on each night this week. Want to know what Broadway shows have Sunday evening performances Which Broadway shows have Wednesday matinees Just want…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35AM

Review: La Fille à la Mode by Jake Orr

The work of dANTE OR dIE, under the direction of Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan, sees its latest explorative dance-theatre piece taking over a host of buildings across the capital t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AM

Who wrote Shakespeare's plays – and does it matter?

Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, screening at the Toronto film festival, is set to re-ignite Shakespearean conspiracy theoriesShakespearians often groan when the Shakespeare authorship conspirac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM

Exit Stage Left: The message in a work of theatre or film by Tristan Pate

Like most people, there are giant gaps in my film and theatre knowledge, and during this long and geographically far ranging tour, I have really enjoyed discussing and sharing films with my …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:01AM

BWW's On This Day - September 5, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Lullabies of Broadmoor by Lori Hopkins

My expectations were high as I arrived at the Finborough Theatre for a mammoth theatre experience; a quartet of plays recommended in Lyn Gardner’s ‘What to See this Week’ at a theatre …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:50AM

London’s Lumenis set to illuminate Beijing. by Rebecca Felgate

What with the ever-moving advances in social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Skype, the world has become a much more attainable place. The click of a button can connect you from the com…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:22AM

Photos: Fiennes, Hooper & Lyndhurst in Nunn's Tempest

Trevor Nunn's Theatre Royal Haymarket production of The Tempest opens tomorrow night (6 September, previews from 27 August 2011) starring Ralph Fiennes as Prospero with Elisabeth Hopper, rec…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:08AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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News: Opening: Nunn's Tempest, NT Kitchen, Diva & Decade

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 5 September 2011 (previews from 1 September), Olivier Award-winner Debbie Tuck…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:27AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Matthew Bourne's Nutctracker to Launch UK Tour in November by Brian Scott Lipton

Tony Award winner Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! will begin a UK tour on November 5, and play London's Sadler's Wells December 6-January 22, according to Whatsonstage.com. The …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:35AM

Where Hollywood shies away, theatre celebrates old age by Molly Flatt

From Oedipus at Colonus to The Beauty Queen of Leenane, theatre has always been fascinated by the threats and opportunities of ageingMartin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, currently …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22AM

John Leguizamo to perform Broadway show in London by Natalie Woolman

Hollywood actor John Leguizamo is to make his West End debut later this autumn.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Review: The Conspirators ****

In its fortieth birthday season, the Orange Tree commendably digs up an early play by its most remarkable “house” dramatist, Vaclav Havel, one written when he was a banned writer…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:51AM

Labor Day, Anyone? by Don Hall

Last week, as I finished my twelve-hour day of work for $3.15 per hour, I severely twisted my ankle on the factory floor and was shit out of luck because there was no worker's compensation a…

SOURCE: Don Hall at 04:32AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Wittenberg ***

A bold opening to the Gate’s autumn season, David Davalos’ Wittenberg combines historical comedy, theological tutorial and literary flight of fancy. Re-imagining Martin Luther&…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:59AM

Feature: Best of the Edinburgh Blogs - Final Week

The 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival has come to an end for another year; here are the best of the Whatsonstage.com community blogs from the aftermath week... Steve Roe: Bye Bye Edinburgh…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:53AM

Hadyn Gwynne on the Sam Mendes Richard III by TheatreVOICE

SHAKESPEARE: RICHARD III Actor Hadyn Gwynne, who plays Queen Elizabeth in Sam Mendes's Richard III (Old Vic), which also stars Kevin Spacey and is the last of this venue's The Bridge Project…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 03:30AM

First lady bewitches in "The Wiz" by John Moore

Review: The second-year Afterthought Theatre Company's modest new production of "The Wiz" is attracting a lot of attention and fostering much goodwill because of Denver first lady Mary Louis…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:11AM

Regional Theater Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura) by Tony Frankel

DROOPING MAGNOLIAS One of six female denizens at a rural beauty salon in Louisiana states that, from the Southern male’s point of view, “You either shoot it, stuff it or marry it.” Wel…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:08AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Dead on Arrival by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #73: The Road to Hades, Shotgun Players, August 6. By Sam Hurwitt The Road to Hades looks like it must be a fun show to be in—a big ensemble romp with a lot …

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:30AM

TTIC- Richard Friedman - Sep 5, 2011 by [email protected] (talk Theatre In Chicago), Talk Theatre In Chicago

On this week's episode of the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast, Tom Williams talks with Richard Friedman, the Managing Director at the Theatre at the Center in Munster. In the past he was als…

SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Hair’s Steel Burkhardt Answers Fans Questions (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Steel Burkhardt, who plays Berger in the ten-week Broadway engagement of Hair, recently took some time before his show at the St. James Theatre to answer fans questions. Here, Burkhardt sits…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42AM

“The Happy Ending:” A 1969 Movie For Big-Ass Whores by Mark Peikert

Please welcome back critic and editor Mark Peikert, who has some wonderful advice on how you  can spend your Labor Day: It involves a cocktail, Shirley Jones, and the phrase “big-asse…

SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 01:18AM

You Can Profit from Reading Thomas McCormack by Peter Filichia

When speaking to Thomas McCormack, I suddenly thought about my favorite moment in Moss Hart’s Act One. It took place in 1929, when Hart was then a nobody who’d only written a pla…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AM

TT: Sufficient unto the day thereof

I'm taking the day off, having labored excessively for the past month. See you tomorrow....

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM

Blog: Pondering Puppets with Nina

Handspring Puppet Company, creators of the amazing equine sculptures in War Horse, whose founders and master craftsmen, Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, are based in Cape Town, return to Londo…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00AM

TT: Just because

Fred Allen, who had taken a leave from the panel of What's My Line? because of illness, returns as the...

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM

TT: Almanac

"Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. When a radio comedian's program is...

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM

Renoir painting's ownership disputed; Nazi thefts involved

CHICAGO • In 1956, steel magnate Newton Korhumel and his wife, Irene, bought a florid country landscape by French impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir at a New York gallery. The pain…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, September 4, 2011 - Sunday, September 4, 2011.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AM

BROADWAY FALL PREVIEW 2011: From Follies to Porgy and Bess, With Drama and Comedy in Between by Robert Simonson

Good times and bum times. They're both represented in the plays and musicals that make up the fall 2011 Broadway season. Here's a look at what Frank Langella, Audra McDonald, Samuel …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

Former "American Idol" Judge Kara DioGuardi to Make Broadway Debut in Chicago Sept. 6 by Andrew Gans

Former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, the Grammy-nominated songwriter and star of Bravo's "Platinum Hit," will make her Main Stem debut Sept. 6 (rather than th…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

REP takes on the challenge of 'A Child's Guide to Heresy'

Kendrew Lascelles' novel "A Child's Guide to Heresy" is a sweeping tale of religion and the occult in 13th-century England, in which a young boy becomes a pawn in a bishop's devilish plans. …

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM

Photographer Joan Marcus Captures Theatre History, One Click at a Time by Robert Viagas

Joan Marcus, the busy production photographer for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, offers a snapshot of her life — and shares some favorite photo memories.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Former "American Idol" Judge Kara DioGuardi Makes Broadway Debut in Chicago Sept. 5 by Andrew Gans

Former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, the Grammy-nominated songwriter and star of Bravo's "Platinum Hit," makes her Main Stem debut Sept. 5 in the Tony-winning…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Anthony Rapp Stars in Water Dream Musical in Shakespeare & Co.'s Sept. 5 Reading Series by Kenneth Jones

The puppet-populated musical The Water Dream gets its next developmental step Sept. 5 as the final presentation of Shakespeare & Company's 12-hour Studio Festival of Plays. Rent…

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Today In Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 5 by Ernio Hernandez and Robert Viagas

1881 Birthday of B. Iden Payne (1881-1976) a producer and playwright, who, as a professor at the University of Texas, inspired three generations of Broadway artists, including Tommy Tune and…

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Attack Theatre involves audience in 'What?'

People typically don't get to know the tricks behind a magician's wizardry or the secret ingredients at the heart of a superb meal. But Attack Theatre -- dubbed Pittsburgh's modern dance cha…

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Review: Side Show

The words "I will never leave you" never rang so true as when Daisy and Violet sing them in Bill Russell and Henry Kreiger's musical, Side Show. Daisy and Violet are Siamese twins, literally…

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