Hugh Jackman has revealed additional details about the upcoming LES MIS film his plans during the filming, to who won't be appearing in the movie, live versus recorded singing for the projec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45PMSmart producers -- all three of them -- should take advantage of the ane mic field of new musicals and find a show that could upend the season and sweep the Tonys.
The Times is banging th…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:41PMPaul Ahmarani in Cantate de guerre at Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui (photo: Valérie Remise)The Smallness of AtrocityCan theatre do justice to the horrors of war?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisCantate de…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 10:36PMThursday night was not only the New York City's season-opening gala, but it was also the world premiere of a ballet by a rock legend.
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:29PMPerformances began on Sunday, August 7th for James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17PMThe Daily Mail today reports that Francesca Annis has been cast as Joanne in COMPANY at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield from November 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01PMTroy Deutsch and Samantha Soule give powerful performances as unhappy teenagers in this angst-filled new play.
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The good times just keep on rollin’ for Trey Parker and Matt Stone. After the smashing success of “The Book of Mormon,” 60 Minutes has decided it might be time to have a wo…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 09:47PMThe lavish, critically praised Broadway revival of Follies, the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical about a group of former Follies stars who reunite for a final encore, will haunt the Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13PMThis production of Lully's "Atys" has been much lauded by just about everyone and it's hard to deny it is a spectacularly beautiful evening; filled with gorgeous music, fabulous costumes and…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 09:08PM“Noah and the Tower Flower” tosses together two Dubliners from the tough side of town seeking refuge from their troubles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:07PMOur production of Godspell has a tremendous number of passionate people in its cast, crew, company, and of course, its hundreds of investors. Since before Day 100, many of these folks have …
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Where do I start? Okay, here's where I start:The record-breaking performance of A Chorus Line. This review/description by Frank Rich will tell you why. I get goosebumps just reading about it…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:38PMHEDY WEISS: The most astonishing sequence in “Red,” John Logan’s 2011 Tony Award-winning play about a tumultuous moment in the career of Mark Rothko, the master Abstract Expressionist …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:34PMTony Award-winning Actress Laura Benanti's NBC series The Playboy Club debuted this week. Next week, Laura once again exercises her vocal chops in a performance as the Bunny Mother, Carol-Ly…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34PMAn all-star cast bent on a mission of change presented a benefit performance of Dustin Lance Black's latest play "8," which deals with the court case that overturned California's P…
SOURCE: NY1 at 08:33PMThe cleverly designed program for Bailiwick Chicago’s revival of “Violet” — a Bible-Belt-meets-civil-rights-era musical with an “I am somebody” spirit — tells part of the story…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:24PMWill Swenson, currently appearing on Broadway in PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT has joined Twitter thewillswenson
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMShow People: "Newsies" and "Bonnie and Clyde" Star Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Jordan is on the fast-track to Broadway stardom, with roles in two of the fall's highest-prof…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:17PMReprise's revival of Kiss Me Kate was amply kissed by Ovation voters. They gave it 14 nominations -- the most for any single show in this year's contest. The Reprise team of Jason Alexander …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:14PMFrancesca Annis has joined the ensemble of the musical Company, where she will sing the celebrated Ladies Who Lunch number.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:13PMYankees superstar shortstop is all over the lineup in a downtown theater festival leading off on Wednesday. "The Derek Jeter Plays," at the Algonquin Seaport Theater on Pier 17, features six…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:02PMLegit News: Strong cast bolsters Crucible revival -- Double Olivier winner Samantha Spiro and Francesca Annis will join Tony nominee Daniel Evans in Stephen Sondheim's "Company" at resurgent…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews Casa 0101's revival of the landmark Latina play, "Real Women Have Curves"
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Dead bodies, or references to them, pop up regularly in "Perfect Crime," but judging from history, there's just no killing New York's currently longest-running play.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:50PMThe Aurora Fox's production of "Rashomon," famously first a 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa, is the visually stunning tale of three strangers who discuss four very different versions of an ancie…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:40PMThe hosts of The View introduced the world television premiere performance of the brand new Disney stage musical, NEWSIES, adapted from the popular Disney film starring Christian Bale, this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMImprisoned in history in The Persian Quarter. Photos: Megan MooreThere's a lot wrong with Kathleen Cahill's The Persian Quarter (at the Merrimack Rep through October 9). Its stru…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 07:29PMOn Friday, September 16, McCarter Theatre kicked off its 2011-2012 season with Ten Cents a Dance, a musical conceived and directed by Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, featuring the so…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PMScoreBig, the members-only site where fans bid on tickets, was chosen by Facebook as one of several beta partners to test the social media site's updated news feed feature.
The exact launch…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 07:18PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio The Living Paper Cartoon, Fcking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio The Living Paper Cartoon, Fcking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMFOX has ordered 13 episodes of the new drama series TOUCH, created and written by Emmy-nominated Tim Kring Heroes, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMThe wicked wit behind "Forbidden Broadway" and Tony-nominated veterans of "Annie" and "Applause" are on tap at the eighth annual New York Musical Theater Festival, running Monday through Oct…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:12PMBelgrade's international theatre festival, Bitef, has long been a significant
cultural interchange between East and West. During the Cold War, it was the
one place you could find the g…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe dancer Edward Watson has an extraordinary physique. Tall, thin and highly flexible, he can fold himself into knots or reach long legs up past his ears. As Gregor Samsa, the man- turned-i…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMNever one to rush to the front, Mike Leigh kept us waiting before deciding that Grief was to be the name of his new play – using his trademark improvisatory methods – for the National T…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMTalking about his new play to a journalist recently, Stephen Poliakoff said
this: "If this works as I want it to, it will be like a vivid dream."
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMTheatre I love fringe theatre and managed to sneak in a matinee of a
three hander called 'The Aliens', which was on at the Trafalgar Studios. It
was absolutely incredible. I really wan…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMLegit News: Women's Impact Report 2011: Anna D. Shapiro -- Broadway loves a winner and after Anna D. Shapiro's bravura staging of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" earned the Chicago-based…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMLegit News: Women's Impact Report 2011: Master of Ceremonies - Adam Shankman -- As director-choreographer of such film musicals as "Hairspray" and the upcoming "Rock of Ages," one might not …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMLegit News: Women's Impact Report 2011: Sonia Friedman -- It's been an active year for Sonia Friedman, one of legit's busiest transatlantic producers. The London-based impresario shepherded …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMThe full cast for a new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company at the U.K.'s Crucible Theatre in Sheffield has been announced. The production, which begins perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM
"Next Fall" is an intelligent play with great depth which covers a range of serious topics while maintaining a wonderful sense of humor. The dialogue is peppered with comic banter and scathi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:56PMKristin Chenoweth has certainly been making her rouds recenty, promoting the release of her latest album- Some Lessons Learned. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, the stage and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMComposers from the New York Musical Theater Festival speak of the songs they wish they’d written, and the favorites from their own shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:44PMIf you liked "Menopause the Musical," you’ll probably love this show. The two have much in common, primarily their ability to reduce complex, multi-layered subjects into lowest-common-deno…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:43PMTheatre Horizon's new production isn't perfect, but for the most part it's a lighthearted and appealing romp. And at its center is a marvelous performance by Maureen Torsney-Weir that makes …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:42PMJeremy Jordan is on the fast-track to Broadway stardom, with roles in two of the fall’s highest-profile musical theater projects. This weekend, he opens in the long-awaited stage versi…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMAmerican Blues Theater (ABT) seeks submissions for the annual Blue Ink Playwriting Award. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $500.00 and receive a staged-reading of his/her manuscrip…
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:08PMDirector/playwright Mike Leigh burrows deeply into the subject of grief in this tale of loss and glooms set in post-war England.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:07PMMulti-ethnic All My Sons staged at the Matrix while Mary Wilson channels Lena Horne at Musicians Institute. Cynthia Adam Prochaska recalls Doing Jason Manly at Writers Junction and Anto…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:06PMIn this delightful production of "Candide," director Mary Zimmerman imaginatively reworks and mischievously augments the musical. Her deliciously blowzy approach embraces, with charming lyri…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:03PMDisney's NEWSIES at the Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, Disney's NEWSIES! Adapted for the stage from the popular D…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMCharles Ludlam, founder of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, used classic ingredients to turn out "The Artificial Jungle," his funny, exuberantly campy farce being revived by Buzzworks Thea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:01PM
Cast members of the Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys will perform in a benefit event for HELP of Southern Nevada on the runway at Fashion Show, to be held on Sunday, October 2 beginning a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:53PMUntil the second act, In the Next Room’s heightened performances, production and design come off as mismatched
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:52PMAccording to the New York Times, Michael Riedel Joins SMASH series as himself.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMThe Free Dress Rehearsal
Early-birds who lined up on Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza met New York Philharmonic musicians, President Zarin Mehta, and Music Director Alan Gilbert, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:48PMOn Twitter Watch, Magic Johnson wrote So excited for the MagicBird Broadway play Have some really amazing people involved and it's going to be great.Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMFrom Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, comes a new Broadway musical called "the funniest show I've ever seen, by far" (Entertainment Weekly) and "so good it makes me an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:40PMPlaywright and prolific filmmaker Tyler Perry is currently at work adapting his play The Marriage Counselor as a feature film for Lionsgate, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMDisney's NEWSIES the Musical - Exclusive! - Backstage at "The View"
Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, Disney's NEWSIES! Adapted…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:37PMBroadway's brightest stars, more than 60 theatre-themed tables and exciting, on-the-spot flash auction experiences will help Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and tens of thousands of theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMThe on stage premiere of NEWSIES is now running at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and video footage of the show has just been released Click below to check it out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMBefore the fall season on Broadway swings into high gear, NY1's Roma Torre checked back in with two of last season's Tony-winning hits to see how they are holding up and filed the following …
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:31PMYou must rewatch this. It’s classic. Classic Jon and Lea, and frankly… classic craptacular. Because really, what is more craptacular that a terrible performance of a totally terrible…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:30PMReviews of two plays being staged in Seattle, written by area natives: Joshua Conkel's "MilkMilk Lemonade" at Washington Ensemble Theatre; and Wayne Rawley's "Live! From the Last Night of My…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:28PMBased on the book by Crockett Johnson, "Harold and the Purple Crayon" will be staged at SCT from Sept. 23-Oct. 30.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:28PMAn enthusiastic and eclectic handful of celebs were on hand to see a Broadway’s biggest superhero in action at the September 21 performance of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. It was a r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PM… liminality … Crane Story takes up an interesting topic: mixed states of being. Characters are Japanese and American, can seem both male and female, and move between the world of the li…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 05:07PMSometimes when you’re relentlessly researching a particular topic, odd little sub-themes will start to emerge, accumulations of facts that you don’t quite know what to do with. A…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:07PM'Let my name be remembered with laughter - or not at all!" wrote Sholem Aleichem, "the Yiddish Mark Twain," in a will published the day after his death at 57 in 1916.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:06PMLegit Reviews: South Coast Rep's tradition of sumptuous production values continues even in these austerity times. With little reliance on 3-D pieces, designer Kate Edmunds exquisitely marsh…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:06PMAdditional celebrity judges and contestants have been announced for the 2011 edition of NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation Competition, part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PMFOX has given a series order to Touch, which will star Kiefer Sutherland, according to reports. The series will debut in Spring 2012.
In the show, which is being written by Heroes creator T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PMLegit Reviews: Put seven actors into a room for 16 weeks with Mike Leigh and no script and what do you get? "Grief." Leigh has fashioned their research and improvisations into a downbeat por…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:02PMKristin Chenoweth regularly chats about her love life on TV talk shows, but she opened up even more in a recent interview with the Associated Press. “I want to be married. I feel final…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PMKristin Chenoweth regularly chats about her love life on TV talk shows, but she opened up even more in a recent interview with the Associated Press. “I want to be married. I feel final…
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Nederlander Sales amp Patron Services, Camp Broadway and BroadwayWorld.com hosted the third annual At This Stage Education Expo this week on September 19th at the Minskoff Theatre. The event…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMYou don’t write, you don’t call. Why don’t you come see us? All members are welcome to stop by the League offices anytime, we would love to see you. We are here Monday through Friday f…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:52PMDavid Burnham will perform his concert, Mostly Broadway, at Sterlings Upstairs at Vitello's on Sunday, October 2 at 6:30pm. Mark Vogel will serve as musical director.
The event will c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMBONNIE amp CLYDE will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. The marquee has just gone up and BroadwayWorld …
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SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:38PMThe 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, which will be held Sept. 25 from 10 AM-7 PM to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will go on "drizzle" or shine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMCasting has been announced for Odyssey - The Epic Musical, to run October 21 - 30 at the American Theatre of Actors. Matt Britten will direct the production, which will have choreography by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMThe Off-Broadway production of Sleep No More, currently scheduled through November 5 at the McKittrick Hotel, has announced that it will present a week-long masquerade to celebrate Halloween…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMMuskoka’s Tree Museum offers sound installations.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:26PMThe international festival, Luminato, has named a new artistic helm. He is Jorn Weisbrodt. Presently based in New York, Weisbrodt is notable for having represented and managed the work of in…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:25PMThe season premiere of 60 Minutes will hit the CBS airwaves on September 25, and Broadway fans will be thrilled to hear that the long-running newsmagazine is kicking things off with an in-de…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMWe need to talk about Revenge, the ABC drama that has quickly joined NBC’s Up All Night as my favorite new show of the season. The pilot is delicious: It’s got the soapy intrigue…
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMAt a press conference on Wednesday, September 21st at the Foxwoods Theatre, Reeve Carney, star of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Broadway's most popular new show, announced a new initiative t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMBroadway vet Margo Martindale began her week as a 2011 Emmy winner for playing a murderous moonshiner on Justified, and she’ll end it with the September 23 premiere of A Gifted Man, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PMMargaret Gray reviews "The Artificial Jungle" at the Lounge 1 Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:15PMThe Goodman Theatre has released a promotional video featuring scenes from its production of John Logan's Red, currently running through October 23.
Edward Gero stars as painter Mark Ro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:14PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veteran and Emmy nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson will emcee a fundraiser for President Obama. The event will take place on September 26 at Los Ange…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMAs if the Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" needed any more publicity, CBS' "60 Minutes" will profile Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the hit show, on its season opener Sunda…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:08PMABC Family enters into the world of music with its first movie musical featuring an incredibly talented cast, including Jane Seymour, Chelsea Kane, Sara Paxton, Alexander John, Drew Seeley, …
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Disney's NEWSIES at the Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, Disney's NEWSIES! Adapted for the stage from the popular D…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:59PMEddie Korbich, Emma Zaks, Janine DiVita and Colleen Zenk will appear in the limited, world-premiere Off-Broadway engagement of Odyssey – The Epic Musical, beginning Oct. 21 at the Amer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMBroadway favorite Neil Patrick Harris is featured in this week's edition of Entertainment Weekly, wher e he gives his own list of Hollywood survival avice. Harris writes, 'I was very musical…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMNew York Theatre Barn will present NYTB in the D-Lounge, a monthly platform for emerging musical theatre writers, now in its fourth year, beginning Sept. 26 at 7:30 PM at the Daryl Roth Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMUniqueTheatre For One is precisely what it says it isby Estelle RosenPicture this: you’re sitting in the Concordia University Sculpture Garden Courtyard, chatting with others waiting in li…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:54PMMatt Stone, Trey Parker to get '60 Minutes' treatment for 'Book of Mormon'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:52PMStage designer John Conklin and singer Risë Stevens, along with general director Speight Jenkins, and composer Robert Ward will receive NEA Opera Honors at a ceremony to be held on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMOn September 21st, Comedian Judy Gold was honored with a sandwich in her name, the Gold E. Lox at NY's famed Carnegie Deli.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMThe 1992 Disney movie musical Newsies had been transformed into a stage production, which is getting its world premiere at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. Jeremy Jordan leads the pack…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMOn last night's episode of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' Jonah Hill stopped by, where he chatted about an interesteing incedent that involved Broadway veteran and GLEE star Matthew Morriso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMAccording to the New York Times, an upcoming Menier Chocolate Factory production of Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN could be headed to the Great White Way in the near future. Schwartz, who wrote t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMLong before John Malkovich made his name as one of the most versatile and ingenious actors in Hollywood, he was a star of the American stage. Now, I may be biased because I am a theater crit…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:33PMA look at the new stage musical version of the beloved film.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:31PMThere are so many shows I wish I'd seen, either because I missed brilliant performances by actors I admire (thus, just last season, The Merchant of Venice) or shows I've been told I would ha…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:18PMAcademy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning writerdirector Oliver Stone Platoon, Wall Street, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated and Emmy Award winning Actress Lily Tomlin 9 to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMThe world premiere of THE REAL LOVE, a unique musical, as well as American icon Don McLean in concert, took plce on August 27. Now Supreme Master Television is set to re-broadcast the concer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMHEDY WEISS: Think of “Spunk,” now in a deliciously realized revival at Court Theatre, as a trio of richly dramatized blues songs. Each is written and played in a winningly different key,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:08PM
On the Sunday, September 25 season premiere, 60 Minutes profiles Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the four-time Emmy Award winning creators of South Park and the Tony Award-winning co-authors of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMSamuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, Director Kenny Leon, and Playwright Ketori Hall talk about Martin Luther King Jr. and Broadway's The Mountaintop.
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What does it mean to be an American?
The summer after my first year of college, I had a co-worker who had emigrated to…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:56PMDoes this sound a little – what’s the word? – twee? A festival of European theater for the 2 to 12 set. October 14 – November 10, 2011 Cool Frogs, from the Netherlands Well, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMStage and screen star Katie Holmes has booked a guest-starring role on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Holmes will play Slutty Plumpkin, a woman T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:53PMChichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMChristopher J. Hanke is making backstage mischief with a tiny sound-effects machine in the latest episode of Frump Tower: Behind the Scenes at “How to Succeed” with Christopher J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMHartt School grads Kevin Duda and Douglas Lyons are featured in my story about the two young actors' latest gig with the Tony award-winning Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon."The feature …
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SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:45PMStage and screen star Brent Spiner will guest star on the October 13 episode of CBS' The Big Bang Theory, according to TVGuide.com.
The episode, which will also guest star Wil Wheaton,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMMy dear friend and fellow Chicago theatre blogger Katy Walsh has teamed up with Chicago actor Joshua Volkers to produce “Off Book,” a new weekly podcast discussing our vibrant …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:36PMTyler Perry is in pre-production for a movie version of his The Marriage Counselor, according to a report in Variety.
The story of the piece, first seen on stage in 2008, centers on an ac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMtwo world premiere commissioned at DC's Signature and running in repertory
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:33PMTony and Emmy Award-winning Book of Mormon and "South Park" authors Trey Parker and Matt Stone will be profiled on the season premiere of "60 Minutes" Sept. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMDirector-producer-choreographer Adam Shankman, who is currently in post-production for the film musical based on the Broadway hit Rock of Ages, will be honored next month by Outfest, the org…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMThe 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented a special sneak peek at a few of this year's selections with a concert at New World Stages on Sept. 21 featuring Ennio: The Li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM(news item from July 8) - Washington DC: The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:20PMThe most astonishing sequence in “Red,” John Logan’s 2011 Tony Award-winning play about a tumultuous moment in the career of Mark Rothko, the master Abstract Expressionist painter, is …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:20PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook will discuss her lengthy career next month in an evening at the SVA Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMThe show: "Molly Sweeney"
The place: Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II,
222 Sargent Drive, New Haven
What is it?: The Irish Repertory Theatre
production of Brian Friel's early '90s play, prese…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:15PMIf you have been in near-Travis orbit of late you have been flooded with Titus-talk. The hot news of the moment (aside from my eldest sister’s lovely wedding) has been that I have been cas…
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 02:13PMDay 9 Cyclops A Rock OperaBy Louis ButelliExecutive Director, Psittacus Productions
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMThe most astonishing sequence in “Red,” John Logan’s 2011 Tony Award-winning play about a tumultuous moment in the career of Mark Rothko, the master Abstract Expressionist painter, is …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:12PMIt's one scoop of each flavor this time. We're going down a country road with the Kristin we know from Broadway (and TV), while another Kristin, new to these ears, takes the "standard" route…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:11PMShow #88: Joy with Wings, Chaucer Theatre, September 14.
Chaucer Theatre gets non-Chaucerian for the first time with cofounder Becky Parker’s solo show about her loving relationship w…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:11PMOlivier Award winner Elaine Paige stars as Carlotta Campion in the recently revived production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical Follies, which landed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMTony Award winners Ellen Barkin and Lily Tomlin will be among the honorees at the 14th Annual Savannah Film Festival, to run October 29 - November 5.
Actor James Marsden and Oscar-winning …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMA blind date goes bad, catastrophically bad, in Gina Gionfriddo’s play “Becky Shaw.” It’s a concept many can identify with, but the playwright takes it one step further, moving into …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:05PMThe producers of Bonnie & Clyde, the new Broadway musical with a blues, gospel and rockabilly-kissed score by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Don Black, offer Playbill.com readers a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON CREATORS TREY PARKER & MATT STONE ON SEASON PREMIERE OF ‘60 MINUTES’ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ON CBS AT 7:00 PM (ET) On the Sunday, September 25 season premiere, “60…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:00PMLondon's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden will follow the lead of the National Theatre (who currently runs National Theatre Live) and New York's Metropolitan Opera House in transmi…
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SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:59PMPace Presents, a new annual series of performing and visual arts programs at the school's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, will launch in October.
Highlights of the series include…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMSupermodel Carolyn Murphy shows off the new "Rock Chick Supremo" T-shirt in a promotional photo that has been released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mamma Mia! on Broadway, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PMSweet Smell of Success, the Tony Award-nominated musical by John Guare, Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia, based on the 1957 film noir about the underbelly of New York City's gossip col…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMThe New American Theatre gratifyingly observes the Tennessee Williams centenary with "Five Beauties," an airtight quintet of rarely performed one-acts.The New American Theatre gratifyingly o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:53PMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for King James Bible: the twelve extracts, to run October 6 - November 6 in the Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre. The series, off…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMBritish pop star Kimberley Walsh will make the transformation into Princess Fiona when she steps into the West End production of Shrek the Musical, taking over for Amanda Holden, whose pregn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMThe Glamour and Excitement of Opening Night!
As twilight falls Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center is aglow as gala and concertgoers arrive and Music Director Alan Gilbert takes the stage f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMDisney's NEWSIES Performs on "The View"
Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the premiere of a brand new musical, Disney's NEWSIES! Adapted for the stage from the popu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:39PMWays to take your organization from good to great.Monday, October 24, 6 - 8 p.m.League offices, 228 S. Wabash, Suite 200We all struggle with the conflict between managing the day-to-day and …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:32PMHanke gets his co-stars to play along with his fabulous sound machine.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:31PMRoute 66 Theatre Company announced that Erica Weiss, current Literary Manager and director of the breakout hit A Twist of Water, will be its new Associate Artistic Director.Strawdog Theatre …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:31PMAn event aimed at foodies and theatre lovers is being cooked up at Lookingglas Theatre for spring 2012. Chicago celebrity chef Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill is teaming with the Tony Award-w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMFountain House, an internationally recognized organization dedicated to improving the lives of people living with mental illness, today announced that celebrated actresses Joan Allen and Lau…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMNeil Patrick Harris has had an ultra-eclectic career, from teen stardom in Doogie Howser, M.D. to Broadway star turns in Cabaret and Assassins and his current TV gig as bachelor Barney Stins…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20PMDavid C. Nichols reviews The New American Theatre's "Five Beauties," a quartet of rarely performed Tennessee Williams one-acts.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:20PMOPENING THE AMISH PROJECT. American Theater Company presents Jessica Dickey’s exploration of an Amish community where, five years ago, a man shot five young girls in a one-room schoolhouse…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:16PMMichael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in the Chichester Festival's production of Sweeney Todd, beginning performances at the Festival Theatre Sept. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMOn Monday, October 3, 2011, Bebe Neuwirth will present a special one-time only concert that she is also directing and starring in to benefit the partnership between our organization, Equine …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMKing's Head, LondonIt would be lovely to be able to say that this play – billed by the King's Head as an unperformed play by Oscar Wilde – is a lost masterpiece. But if the proof of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMHarrogate theatreYou wouldn't ordinarily turn to DH Lawrence for tales of the supernatural – or to pick up racing tips, for that matter. But his 1926 short story incorporates both. The eff…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMLinbury studio theatre, LondonFew works of literature describe movement in such hallucinatory detail as The Metamorphosis, with its portrayal of Gregor Samsa's absurd, harrowing transformati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PM
When Signature Theatre Company opens its new Frank Gehry-designed three-venue headquarters on West 42nd Street in early 2012, one of its theatres will be named for late alumni writer Romulus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMA blind date goes bad, catastrophically bad, in Gina Gionfriddo’s play “Becky Shaw.” It’s a concept many can identify with, but the playwright takes it one step further, moving into …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:56PMOberon and The Gold Dust Orphans are set to present Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show every Friday night from October 14 to December 2. James P. Byrne will direct.
When c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:56PMAcademy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black will star in the world premiere of Ellen Melaver's Moses Supposes, which will debut Oct. 8 at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMTo celebrate 10 dazzling years on Broadway this October MAMMA MIA launches the new Rock Chick Supremo T-shirt to coincide with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMBut nothing has proved more satisfying than New York City Ballet's recently inaugurated Balanchine Black & White nights, which limit themselves to ballets without tutus or much in the way of…
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:51PMJuan Ragrigán is an internationally acclaimed playwright, whose awards include Best Chilean Play, Apes Prize, Agustin Siré Prize from the Academy of Fine Arts, the Altazor Prize for Best D…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:47PMThis week I have a rave review in the LA Weekly – A Widow of No Importance is a super-fun comedy by a new playwright, Shane Sakhrani, and directed brilliantly by Shaheen Vaaz. Presente…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:46PMJoan Allen and Lauren Ambrose will star in a benefit staged reading of Daughter of the Queen of Sheba, to be held at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Monday, October 17, at 6:30pm.
B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:46PMAttention Dear Readers: Have you been getting your recommended servings of fresh vegetables each day? If not, you may want to hurry over to the 59E59 Theaters for one of the final amusing pe…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:45PMAdam Shankman will receive the Visionary Award from Outfest, in recognition of his contributions to LGBT arts and media visibility, at the Legacy Awards ceremony to be held on October 20 at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMThe National Theatre has announced the actors who will take part in celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible from 8 October to 6 November 2011.
The ensemble of leadin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:44PMThe Wire stars divided the critics when they swapped urban grit for Shakespearean tragedy – but everyone swooned over DesdemonaSheffield's Crucible theatre deserved something special for i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMNew artistic director moving to T.O. with partner Rufus Wainwright.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:41PMAt a recent press conference at the Foxwoods Theatre, Reeve Carney, star of Broadway’s Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, announced a new initiative to honor "Everyday Heroes," as w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMINTERVIEW: JESSICA SWALE and MAGGIE STEED The director and lead actor of the Red Handed Theatre Company's revival of Hannah Cowley’s 1780 play, The Belle’s Stratagem (Southwark Playhouse…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:36PMThere’s a feud a-brewing between film funnyman Jonah Hill and Glee star Matthew Morrison! At least, according to Hill: The actor stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to talk about h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMThere are four or five Stephen Sondheim revues - including the likes of "Side by Side by Sondheim" and "Putting It Together," currently performed by Porchlight Music Theatre at Theater Wit.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:26PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Urinetown" at Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Urinetown" at Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★ ...
Tossing a spitball in …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Red and Green" by Akvavit Theatre at Raven West ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Red and Green" by Akvavit Theatre at Raven West ★★★ ... As Danish …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PMSignature Theater Company will name one of the performance spaces in its new Signature Center in honor of the late playwright Romulus Linney, according to The New York Times. The Romulus Lin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMOff-Broadway's haunting, interactive work Sleep No More will host a series of masquerade events as part of a week-long Halloween celebration at the McKittrick Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe National Theatre has announced the actors who will take part in celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible from 8 October to 6 November 2011.
The ensemble of leadin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:20PMNo-one could ever accuse Thrush Homes of being modest. But five years after dropping like a bomb on the Queen West art scene, the enfant terrible is smartening up and quieting down.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:14PMShakespeare Center of Los Angles will honor filmmaker Roland Emmerich and entertainment lawyer Bert Fields for their work in keeping the Bard prominent. Emmerich's new film, `Anonymous,' and…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:14PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan announced casting for its new production of Irish playwright Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, considered by many to be his masterpiece for its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMHe may be stopping bad guys eight times a week on the stage of the Foxwoods theatre, but Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney was excited to step out of the spotlight on September…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMOn Sept. 21, Reeve Carney and cast members from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark hosted a press conference to announce the new initiative to honor "Everyday Heroes" in New York for th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMAs a young playwright and aspiring actress with an unusual (to say the least) working relationship, Jonathan Groff and Rutina Wesley are going head to head in the racially heated new play Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMTheatre bloggers are in uproar about suggested plotlines for Neil LaBute and Theresa Rebeck's live playwriting promotion – and they're none too happy about West End ticket prices, eitherWh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMHow do you translate the made-up words in a Swedish play? Swedish-Tunisian playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri rarely makes a simple statement. He manipulates the mechanics of language—the…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:01PMWhen I heard about the execution of Troy Davis, who may or may not have been guilty, I couldn't help but think about Partial Comfort's After. In Chad Beckim's play, Monty (Alfredo Narcisco),…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00PMFans of the Great White Way enter through the doors of the forty designated Broadway theaters every year to see their favorite plays and musicals. 23 of them are currently named after …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM"Little Shop of Horrors," the 1986 movie musical directed by Frank Oz, will be screened at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, Oct. 29-30 in conjunction with the mus…
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The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater, one of three theaters that is planned for the Frank Gehry-designed Signature Center, is named for the playwright who was the company's first playwright-…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:58AMThe Off-Broadway League's Season Kickoff Party was held Sept. 19 at Ripley-Grier Studios. The event celebrated the upcoming 2011-2012 Off-Broadway season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMSeptember 20 - 24 by Emily Bohannon by Philip Dawkins by Jennifer Haley by Jacqueline Goldfinger by Katharine Clark Gray by Dominique Morisseau by Ken Weitzman FOR SCHEDULE AND TO RSVP CLICK…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 11:52AMWell, yikes. That last entry has been up on the top of the page long enough. As much as I appreciate the response it's received, it seems a bit morbid after a while. Plus, speaking of morbid…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 11:52AMThe man sits down at the piano and plays some notes from "Blue Moon" as five women, identified in the program as Miss Jones One through Five, appear at the top of the staircase and descend s…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:51AMSinger Kimberley Walsh of the top-selling pop group Girls Aloud is headed to the West End as Princess Fiona in the London production of Shrek the Musical, and we’ve got a first portrai…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMAshley Brown and Michael Feinstein are set to perform in the I Believe in You benefit, supporting the Ronald McDonald House New York and The New York Pops Education Programs, which will be h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMCheck out photos from the one night only MAMMA MIA! movie sing-along screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre this week celebrating the 10th anniversary of the smash hit Broadway musical! The stars…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:44AMA new witch is hitting the road. Mamie Parris will play Elphaba on the first North American tour of Wicked, replacing Dee Roscioli, on October 4 when the show lands in Atlanta.
Parris was …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMAs previously reported, two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth will direct and star in Bebe Neuwirth & Friends, which will benefit the unique partnership between Henry Street Settlement and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMHosted by Steve Jones, THE X FACTOR made its highly anticipated debut with a two-night series premiere event Wednesday, Sept. 21 800-1000 PM ETPT and Thursday, Sept. 22 800-1000 PM ETPT on F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMDear Gentle Reader: Here at the WorldWide Headquarters of Rebecca Coleman, Marketing and Media Relations, there is chaos. I’m moving on the first of the month, so there are boxes and p…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:24AMWith the announcement that the New Directions gang will be tackling Broadway favorite West Side Story this season, Broadway.com asked readers to put on their casting director caps and choose…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMTracee Beazer, Tracy Jai Edwards, Hollie Howard, Robyn Hurder, Gabrielle Ruiz and Chelsea Morgan Stock will star in the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) premiere of The Broadway Doll…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AMCLICK TO BUY T-SHIRT NOW To celebrate 10 dazzling years on Broadway this October MAMMA MIA! launches the new “Rock Chick Supremo” T-shirt to coincide with National Breast Cancer Awarenes…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:17AMRock The Audition -- In Concert, created and performed by Sheri Sanders, will make its world premiere at the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMTHE X FACTOR just premiered on American television last night, September 22,and the first episode featured the talents of Broadway veteran Stacy Francis, who starred as Rusty in the original…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMCasting has been announced for Irish Rep's 20th Anniversary production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, to be presented on the theater's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMNicola Dufficy recalls the enthusiastic phone call she received three
years ago from her partner raving about a book festival he had attended
called The Word On The Street.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:07AMAccording to Ken Davenport, lead producer for the upcoming revival of GODSPELL, a cast recording will be made for the new production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMIn the third season premiere of Glee, the New Directions club members were met with a sloppy reception when they tried to recruit more students to join their ranks via a lunchroom serenade. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMI got pitched an opportunity today to be a part of a group sales catalog that was being distributed to thousands of potential group sales buyers. All that I had to do was buy an ad. Seems li…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Broadway musical version draws more inspiration from Charles
Addams' dark New Yorker cartoons than from the goofy 1960s
sitcom.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:00AM
Stage and screen actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson will emcee a fundraiser for President Obama Sept. 26, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMActor-playwright Lemon Andersen has been awarded a commission by the Sundance Institute Theatre Program to complete work on his new play ToasT, about the Black folklore hero Dolomite.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMA previously reported Moulin Rouge-esque biopic of Tony-winning pop superstar Elton John is moving forward, according to Deadline.com. Rocketman, a “biographical musical fantasy that w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMPROGRAM TONIGHT! The Making of a 19th Century Spectacle: Artist Talk at The Coney Island Museum Date: Thursday, September 22 Time: 7:30 PM Admission: $5 Presented by Morbid Anatomy and The C…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:52AMBryan Batt and Patricia Clarkson will perform in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, at The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre on Monday, November 7 at 7:30pm. Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMTrey Parker, co-creator of 'South Park,' says no immediate plans for 'Book of Mormon' movie
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:49AMClick Here to find out how to get Follies discounted tickets
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMTrouble in Mind, Alice Childress' 1955 play about a racially integrated theatre company presenting a race play, plays Arena Stage, the resident Washington, DC, company. E. Faye Butler st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMHere’s one I definitely plan on seeing! Horizon Theatre Rep is opening its version of Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno tonight at the Flea, in an adaptation by the poet Robert Low…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:40AMCindy Cheung, Jackie Chung, Joel de la Fuente, Andrew Eisenman, Jennifer Ikeda, Peter Kim, Sue Jean Kim, C. S. Lee, Ken Leung, Orville Mendoza, Alfredo Narciso, Nicky Paraiso, Kelly Coffield…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMCandide, at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****I know that everyone goes to the theatre with their own expectations but for me, above all, I lov…
SOURCE: Gratuitous Violins at 10:30AMOscar nominee Patricia Clarkson and Broadway favorite Bryan Bryatt will join forces for an upcoming reading of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters to benefit the Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMOscar nominee Patricia Clarkson and Broadway favorite Bryan Batt will join forces for an upcoming reading of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters to benefit the Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AM"If new musicals are to find the large, popular audience required for a sustained West End run, they need to engage with popular forms of music, not sounds and forms that hark back to a long…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:27AMArs Nova has announced the line-up for ANT Fest 2011, a new talent festival to be held October 17-November 19.
The first week's events will include Estrella Cruz [The Junkyard Queen], …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Billy Elliot hosted an open call for new "ballet girls" on Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMA boy finds himself in a strange new garden on that day when, suddenly, his sexuality starts to blossom. The assumptions he’s made about who he is — and the assumptions that others h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio The Living Paper Cartoon, Fcking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio The Living Paper Cartoon, Fcking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF presented a special preview of the 2011 Festival selections, featuring Ennio The Living Paper Cartoon, Fcking Hipsters, Ghostlight, Greenwood, Jane…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AM“…being a playwright is hard. One of my profs once said to me you have to work hard at it for at least 10 years before you start to see any movement.” –Advice For Playwrights Sta…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:14AMOh, my my. Here’s one of those rare occasions when a regional theatre production makes me wish I was there instead of New York. Mink Stole and Everett Quinton are starring in a product…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMAfter a one-day delay, performances begin on September 22 for the world premiere of Nicky Silver's play The Lyons at off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre. Starring Linda Lavin and Dick La…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:12AMDirector Hal Brooks, who staged Nilaja Sun's Obie-winning work No Child… Off-Broadway, has been named the new artistic director of the Cape Cod Theatre Project in Falmouth, MA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMLeave it to the New York Neo-Futurists--with a just little help from Eugene O'Neill-- to turn stage directions into an engaging evening of theater, with a title that's nearly as long as the…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 10:09AMThe cast of the Second National Tour Of 'In The Heights' started rehearsals this month in New York City, and will kick off in Clemson on October 7th. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you a g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMBroadway babies young and old are likely to fall in love with the revival of “Follies,” now playing at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: The Asbury Park Press at 10:05AMRecently I sat down for a chat with a young man named Joshua Desjardins who took it upon himself to create a music video speaking up for a certain under represented group. Being a comic book…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AMI'm back in print this week with a review in Time Out of Seed, courtesy of Classical Theatre of Harlem and Hip Hop Theatre Fest.
Not seedy, I'll say that much.
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 10:00AM
Age & Hometown: “Old enough not to have to discuss it!”; Levittown, PA
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Piangi, the larger-than-life tenor and object of the title charact…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:56AMStage and television star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will emcee a fundraiser for President Obama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will be held at the House of Blues in Los Angeles o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMRachel and Leah: A New Musical, which concerns the biblical matriarchs, will make its New Jersey premiere Nov. 12 at 8 PM at The Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park, NJ.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMSupreme Master Television will re-broadcast The Real Love in twelve parts, beginning on Monday September 26. The concert program was originally broadcast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMKimberley Walsh has begun rehearsals for the role of Princess Fiona in SHREK THE MUSICAL at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Kimberleys first performance will be on October 5, 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMPerformances begin on September 22 for the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, starring Oscar nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. Directed by Kenny Leon, the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:37AMWill Chase, whose Broadway credits include Billy Elliot, The Story of My Life, Lennon, High Fidelity, The Full Monty, Aida and Rent, and Tony nominee Veanne Cox (A Free Man of Color; La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMBessie McCoy (1888-1931) is best known today (if at all) for her hit 1908 song “Yama Yama Man”. It was Irene Castle’s childhood impersonation of McCoy singing this tune in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:32AMEmmy Award winner Susan Lucci attended a recent performance of Newsies, playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Following the show, she spent time backstage with the production's company.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMFrom the get-go, it’s do or die. Mona Martínez, as Carmela, and Diego Mariani, as Paulino, are as skittish as if dancing in front of a firing squad. Thanks to these two breathtaking theat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AMReturning to the very same format that made him internationally famous - and, to many, infamous with the same network that brought AMERICAN IDOL by way of POP IDOL to the USA - Fox alongside…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMLee Blessing, Ryan Craig, John Donnelly, David Greig, Elena Gremina, Amit Gupta, Zinnie Harris, Ron Hutchinson, Diana Son, and Colin Teevan have been commissioned by London's Tricycle T…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 09:01AMI AM THEATRE: Maggie Arbogast
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SOURCE: YouTube at 08:39AMWe're just starting to get the word out — November 8, 2011 will be a day to explore Intellectual Property protection when the Science, Industry and Business Library hosts a visit from …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:10AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghWhat sets Liz Lochhead's 1987 play apart is the way past and present rub up against each other, setting off sparks of recognition as text-book history clashes with mod…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMHarlow PlayhouseHaving seen and rather enjoyed Paul Daniels's show in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, I'm sorry to report that the touring version is harder to love. Fifty-five minutes of 80s TV'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMNewsies at Paper Mill Playhouse
Newsies will play Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ through October 16, 2011. For tickets, call the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 973-376-4343 or vi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:00AMLegit News: Rivera, Doran on the roster -- Jose Rivera, Batsheba Doran and Mona Mansour are among the scribes tapped to be playwriting fellows this season at Gotham's Lark Play Development C…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Cast announced for New Group show -- Hunter Foster is among the thesps to sign on for the New Group's Off Broadway world preem of Thomas Bradshaw play "Burning."
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Former Fringe show to open next month -- Former Fringe Festival musical "The Fartiste" lands Off Broadway next month in a commerical run.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMActor-author Troy Deutsch is clearly a font of talent, even if his two-hander about a pair of estranged and disaffected high school seniors in rural Minnesota is full of incompletely reali…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Producers have today (22 September 2011) released the first image of Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh in costume as Princess Fiona for her upcoming debut in Shrek The Musical.
Walsh takes…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:56AMHudson Guild, White Horse Theatre Company, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: A well executed production of a classic post-realism Williams play.
To commemorate Te…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:49AMTop price tickets for £20 for evening performances of Written on the Heart on the following dates: 28, 29, 31 October 1, 2, 4 November at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:44AMLeaders in the nonprofit arts world say culture organizations could be especially vulnerable if President Obama’s plan to scale back tax breaks for wealthy donors is enacted, writes The Wa…
SOURCE: philanthropy.com at 07:33AMHave you heard? Library books are now available to borrow on Kindle devices and other devices with Kindle reading software (Windows, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windo…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:14AMDANIEL REITZ- Plays include StudiesFor A Portrait (London: King’s Head Theatre, Oval House Theatre, White BearTheatre; cited in Time Out London’s “Best Theatre of 2009”); Ensemb…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:07AM
Theatres will benefit from government plans to introduce local television stations because it will make TV advertising affordable to venues and producers for the first time, according to for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMAn amateur theatre group in Suffolk says it has been priced out of the venue it has been using for more than 40 years, after it was asked to pay more than double last year's rate to stage it…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMMusicians have claimed they are being “emotionally blackmailed” into working for free at charity concerts, putting forward a motion at the TUC Congress last week demanding the practice b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMRobert Sheehan, star of TV comedy Misfits, makes his professional stage debut alongside old-hands Niamh Cusack and Ruth Negga in the Old Vic's Playboy of the Western World this autumn and we…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:49AMWhile it's no surprise to me that I live in one of the most diverse but divided cities in the country, it is a slowly creeping realization that Chicago is the microcosm that reflects the cou…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:21AMPatti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin on Broadway
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:12AMWhile he is best known for his theatrical work, the avant-garde stage director and playwright also designs chairs and other furniture.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09AMImagine being lost in a strange place with no memory of who or what you are. The only thing you know? That luck seems to somehow be on your side. This is life for the mysterious man known on…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:06AMStones in His Pockets, Marie Jones's hit play that began its London life at the Tricycle Theatre before transferring to an extended West End and Broadway life, will return there as part …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:01AM
Two entries today you lucky readers. My list of things to blog on is getting longer than I handle and still have the subjects remain relevant. Technology in the Arts blog had a very cool too…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:39AMHat tip to the Non-Profit Law Blog for providing a link to a piece on the Charity Lawyer blog about board votes by unanimous written consent. An organization upon whose board I sit was recen…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:37AMPlay set in a spa town at the very dawn of electricity in 1880, Tarragon’s Vibrator Play is a little flat, even a little dull.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:25AMA tale of Tennessee Williams’ bender in Vancouver in 1980 bears witness to the power of the theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:16AMBangarra Dance Theatre's Belong demonstrates, once again, why Bangarra is one of our leading dance companies (and why it has such a huge international reputation). It consists of two dances:…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 12:13AMSeeing a Broadway show is always an exciting experience. Seeing three in one night is what we call Broadway magic. The new comedy Relatively Speaking has all that and more, comprised of thre…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:12AMIt’s Just A Ride (About the creation of “Ride the Cyclone”)Jacob RichmondThe initial seed of the idea for writing “Ride the Cyclone” was my desire to dramatize an accident.I s…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMAs anyone who pays any attention to comic books already knows, this month DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comics, restarting them all from number 1. Well, not all: Some titles were d…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:01AMRick Miller's hit solo Bigger Than Jesus, opening next weekat Factory Theatre. (Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMIn the past few years, adaptations of classic plays have become more the norm than otherwise in Australian innovative theatre. Two directors in particular wrenched opened the Pandora's box. …
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 12:01AMHorizon Theatre Rep's production of Benito Cereno, written by the late Robert Lowell and based on the Herman Melville novel of the same name, begins performances Off-Broadway Sept. 22, p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMA teen's suicide in a small town prompts the action of Troy Deutsch's play Lake Water, getting its world premiere in an Off-Off-Broadway production at IRT Theatre in Greenwich Villag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMOn Thursday night, "The Mountaintop," opens in previews. The Broadway play is the first of three plays penned or adapted by African-American women that are opening on Broadway this fall. Scr…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThe Westchester Broadway Theatre production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, starring Jennifer Babiak as a flower peddler in need of some polishing, begins performances Sept. 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCalista Flockhart and Tim DeKay enter Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House, as translated by Rolf Fjelde, beginning Sept. 22 for L.A. Theatre Works.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnton Chekhov's Three Sisters, as adapted by Tony Award-nominated In the Next Room playwright Sarah Ruhl, officially opens Sept. 22 at the Yale Repertory Theatre after previews that bega…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKatori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama The Mountaintop, directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), begins performances Sept. 22 at the Bernard B. Jacobs …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNicky Silver, chronicler of dark dysfunction in such plays as Raised in Captivity and Pterodactyls, conjures another fractured family — The Lyons — in his new play that begins S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Zoe Kazan's We Live Here, about secrets that surface during a wedding, begins performances Off-Broadway on Sept. 22. The clan includes Mark B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFirst, American playwright Sarah Ruhl was shocked by the history of vibrators. Then, by the success of her play about the sex toy
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