Kristin Chenoweth is best known on Broadway for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 1999 for which she won a Tony Award and for originating the role of Glinda …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44PMBy Peter Filichia –
We have two important anniversaries this week, both as the result of West Side Story. It’s celebrating its 54th year of never being out of the public consciousness s…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:44PMGrammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. will star as Dr. Mark Bruckner in the newly imagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36PMIt’s a hard-knock life for the newsboys in “Newsies,” the stage adaptation of the flop 1992 Disney musical film that’s become a cult favorite. When this ragtag group of orphans and r…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:32PMIt's week two on DANCING WITH THE STARS, and that means one less celebrity, but more pressure, tougher choreography, and new dances for the remaining stars Who rose to the challenge and whos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29PM"Next Fall" proves that, like real life, the action of a play doesn't have to be limited to one genre. Geoffrey...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:26PMWhen I first started writing plays, I said, “Theatre should be a three-ring circus.” I wanted a lot of people, all talking at once, creating life on the stage. After we formed the Circle…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 11:14PMIn the new stage musical "Newsies," based on the 1992 big-screen Disney dud, scruffy ragamuffins go from downtrodden to triumphant.
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The opening of Cirque du Soleil’s astonishing new Iris at the Kodak Theatre raises a self-serving but inevitable question within the LA theater community – “what’s in it for us”?
O…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:59PMThe highlight of October is the Homegrown Fest. The 3-day festival runs on the weekend of October 14 and features a lot of local and national acts. By David Cooper. Battles, Walls. At Royale…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:47PMAlterLab Retreat: One Fantastic WeekendThis past weekend was fantastic. It was great to hear the new plays my AlterLab peers are all working on and it was great to hear The River Bride read …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 08:29PMGeoffrey Nauffts, the author of Broadway's Tony Award-nominated Next Fall, will star in the leading role of his acclaimed work when it makes its West Coast premiere, opening Nov. 2 at Ge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:27PMOn Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 20, 21, 22, The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents its 22nd annual Cabaret Convention at The Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13PMOn a Tuesday — Sept. 27, that is — you can see the box office at the St. James Theatre open for business for the new revised revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Walkup…
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Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the acclaimed new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie stars Tony nominee Nina Arianda reprising her ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMSunday's world premiere of Cirque du Soleil's new movie-themed production, "Iris, created especially for its home in Hollywood, called for a gala celebration.Sunday's world premiere of Cirqu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:37PMAfter spending a week obsessively checking the forecast on my iPhone, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful sunny day in New York City - perfect weather for attending the 25th annual - and my …
SOURCE: Gratuitous Violins at 07:30PMBroadwayWorld.com has visited Jose Llana Spelling Bee, Wonderland, Adam Jacobs Lion King,Les Miserables, Angel Desai Company, among others publicity photo shoot for PhilDev Celebrates Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PMNoel Coward's 1946 drama "Peace in Our Time" will have its first U.S. staging in October. L.A.'s Antaeus Co. has adopted the speculative historical play, adding nine Coward songs.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:27PMPoor Dog Group partners with The Last Bookstore in downtown LA to launch a on-site performance series called "Book-A-Month." This Friday, September 30 marks the third and final weekly instal…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:21PMIt's always a humbling experience critiquing other people's artistic efforts and attempting to put your own out there.I spent Saturday morning in the company of some talented San Francisco C…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 07:20PMAutographs from stage stars, show tickets and posters and the chance to win walk-on roles in some of Broadway's biggest musicals helped rake in almost $550,000 for charity at the 25th-annual…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:10PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Autographs from stage stars, show tickets and posters and the chance to win walk-on roles in some of Broadway's biggest musicals helped rake in almost $550,000 for chari…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:07PMTony Award-winning director Frank Galati, who staged Broadway's The Grapes of Wrath and Ragtime, will bring his touch to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady at Florida…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:06PMChicago Shakespeare Theater said Monday that it will be the only U.S. theater company among the 37 international companies invited to be part of the “Globe to Globe” festival for…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:06PMWhen a brand new play attracts stars like Spring Awakening and Glee vet Jonathan Groff and True Blood’s Rutina Wesley, it’s probably something special. In The Submission, Groff s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:00PMWho would be an actor? It is a question I ask myself on a regular basis. What is it that drives someone to perform night after night in half-filled theatres on rainy evenings in provincial c…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe Newsreel series, a new venture by film-maker Alex Reuben, has a very appealing concept. Each film will record social, cultural and political events from city streets, edited up to the la…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMShakespeare's Globe in London has announced the full program for its Globe to Globe season in 2012 that will see all 37 Shakespeare plays presented, each in a different language, across …
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Jonathan Groff and Rutina Wesley headline this new play at MCC Theater.
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:53PMLegit News: Director to stage Chicago production -- David Cromer has signed on to direct a new Chicago production of "Rent," opening next year in a staging from the Windy City's American The…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:49PMLysistrata Jones, which begins previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 12, 2011 and opens on December 14, 2011, has just launched its full Broadway website here httplysistratajones.c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMListen to the AudioReinterpreting a classic work is always a sensitive undertaking, but when that classic is "Porgy and Bess," the singular American opera, it can get downright controversial…
SOURCE: PBS at 06:45PMThe on stage premiere of NEWSIES just opened last night, September 25, at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Check out video and interviews from the opening night red carpet below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the September 24, 2011, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:41PMAll these years later, she can still pack them in. I mean Ofra Harnoy, the Israeli-born Toronto cellist who rose as high as the cover of Gramophone in the 1980s, then gave up her career for …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:37PMKenneth Oppel’s latest is the kind of young adult fiction you could see getting eaten up by the Twilight set: 16-year-old protagonist turns to black magic to save the life of his belov…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:33PMHow you feel about “Snapshots: The Musical Scrapbook,” the show now receiving its Chicago debut at Northlight Theatre, might be directly related to how you respond to things that feel so…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:31PMThe 2011-2012 season is certainly shaping up to be the season of new plays and musical revivals. Sprinkled throughout, however, are some exciting new musical additions, which will surely be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMAll in all an inspiring evening; we need new works to continue to expand our ears’ ability to capture new sounds.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:29PMHunter Parrish and the cast of Godspell spread the good word of the musical's upcoming Broadway revival on September 26 when they invited the press for a special sneak peek of the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMMembers of the press were treated to a special sneak peek at the upcoming revival Godspell on Sept. 26. The show, which begins performances at Circle in the Square on Oct. 13, features Hunte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PMThe streets of the Theater District were even more crowded than usual on September 25 as casts and crew from many Broadway shows set up shop for the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market. F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMThe streets of the Theater District were even more crowded than usual on September 25 as actors from almost every Broadway show set up shop for the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market. Featurin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMThe follow-up to our Global Connections On the Road grant story We had two and a half weeks to put up my brand-new, six-character language-play, with original musical score and video project…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:00PMJust to refresh memories: Elyot and Amanda used to be married. They fought all the time, so now, meaning at the beginning of Act One, they’re divorced. They’ve also remarried and, honeym…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 92611.
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This truly ensemble piece surprisingly puts a fresh spin on some familiar material.
The post Toasting a Theatrical Mash-Up: <em>Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club<…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:58PMActor Hugh Jackman tells contributing editor Tim Struby in the October cover story of Men's Fitness that he can't remember the last time someone called him an asshole. I'm a bit of a people …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMPatrick Page, who plays Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark's resident
supervillain, the Green Goblin, sits down for Playbill's Video Cue & A and
reveals some personal tidbits about himself, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PMTwo Links: -- Earlier this year, a group of artists banded together to do Wilson's Balm In Gilead in Brooklyn. Playwright Stephanie Fleischmann was there to document it. You can check out he…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 05:53PMShow At Barre has announced casting for its presentation of For the Record: Tarantino in Concert, conceived and directed by Shane Scheel and Christopher Lloyd Bratten, September 29-November …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:52PMDinner is served at Classic Stage Company, where the Atlantic Theater Company is in residence to present the world premiere of Adam Rapp's Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling. Set during …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMWhen 65% of our audience is from "out-of-town", there's no question as to how we should overweight our marketing and product development strategies in order to achieve commercial success (if…
SOURCE: the Situation at 05:47PMIn case you haven't heard, there's a new Broadway revival of Godspell starring Hunter Parrish that is opening this fall (previews begin Oct 13th, actually). It's a small-c…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 05:46PMAll artists have their obsessions. And one of the most interesting aspects of “Starting Here, Starting Now,” featuring the songs of lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. and composer David Shire, …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:35PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino discuss the opening of Newsies at Paper Mill, Yank workshop, Pippin in London, NYMF starts, BCEFA Flea Market and Tim Rice is gonna beat …
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 05:35PMA production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” gets the 20th-century treatment at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, N.J.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:34PMFrom October 12-16 at Roulette, dozens of choreographers, theater directors and performers will team up in small(ish) groups to create performances live, on the spot in "A Prize Every Time",…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:33PMLegit News: TheaterWashington ups promo efforts in region -- The 27 year-old org that sponsors D.C.'s annual Helen Hayes Awards and associated functions has unveiled a new moniker and an exp…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:33PMTony Award nominee Matthew Morrison, who stars as Will Schuester on FOX's Glee, will direct an upcoming episode of the hit series, according to EW.com.
The announcement was made over t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMAlex Roe directs this revival of Charles A. Taylor’s sprawling play “From Rags to Riches,” which was first staged in 1903.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMIn this biographical piece, the French choreographer explores the experiences that drive his artistic inquiries
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:27PMDirected by Daniel Goldstein and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli South Pacific, GODSPELL begins preview performances at Circle in the Square Theatre on Thursday, Oc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMAfter the September 21 matinee performance of Spider-Man, Turn off The Dark, star Reeve Carney shed his Spidey-suit to showcase a real-life hero, Bronx-based home care nurse practition…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PMChicago Shakespeare Theater said Monday that it will be the only U.S. theater company among the 37 international troupes invited to be part of the “Globe to Globe” festival for t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:24PMAnything Goes' Colin Donnell Billy Crocker will be interviewed on WAMC radio's The Roundtable on Wednesday, September 28th at 1135AM. For WAMC station information httpwww.wamc.orgprog-roundt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMNan Barnett, managing director of Florida Stage, has written a stunning essay for American Voices New Play Institute, revealing both the devastating and transformative effect the closure had…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:22PMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The "Aladdin" music show at Disney's California Adventure park was briefly shut down after two performers were left hanging upside down on a magic carpet....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:15PMNewsies, which began life as a Disney movie before morphing into a brand-new stage musical at Paper Mill Playhouse, was inspired by a real-life event: the strike of newsboys against Joseph P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMLegit News: Legit director to be honored at October gala -- George C. Wolfe will pick up this year's Mr. Abbott Award, the lifetime achievement kudo handed out by the Stage Directors and Cho…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:09PMSaturday's world premiere of the Cirque du Soleil's new movie-themed production, "Iris," created especially for its home in Hollywood, called for a gala celebration, which attracted a star-f…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:07PMAfter sharing their best sultry looks in the poster art for Venus in Fur, Broadway-bound stars Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy are at it again on the cover of the September 29 issue of Time Out …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMAfter years of shouting, comedian Sam Wills covered his mouth with duct tape and devised a new show. But he won't be on Mock the WeekA complaint often levelled at 21st-century standup is tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMAfter years of shouting, comedian Sam Wills covered his mouth with duct tape and devised a new show. But he won't be on Mock the Week Continue reading...
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The national tour of the Tony Award-winning revival of the musical Hair will now play Philadelphia's Academy of Music January 3-8.
Hair is directed by Diane Paulus, features a book and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMBoston's Zeitgeist Stage Company will open its season with the East Coast premiere of Tiny Kushner, a collection of five short plays by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Ku…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMThe Flea Theater's world-premiere production of She Kills Monsters, a comedy about the people who play fantasy games like Dungeons & Dragons, will feature a cast drawn from The Bats,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMEdgar Degas clearly loved ballet; there's no voyeurism here, just pleasure in the transport of movement, finds dancer Sarah LambI thought I knew Degas pretty well, but this exhibition taught…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMThe on stage premiere of NEWSIES just opened last night, September 25, at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event Check out photos from the afte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMThe on stage premiere of NEWSIES just opened last night, September 25, at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event Check out photos from the firs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMHere's a vidclip of the Irish Repertory Theatre production of Brian Friel's "Molly Sweeney" which is being presented as the season opener at Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II in New Haven. The s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:44PMTony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant will participate in ACT Theatre's Pinter Fortnightly series of readings of works by the late Nobel laureate playwright Harold Pinter.
She will pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:42PMLauren Mueller and Patrick Tierney, Young New York Philharmonic subscribers
Lauren Mueller and Patrick Tierney, among the younger members of the New York Philharmonic's audience, explai…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:41PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you will fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMStar Reeve Carney and the team at "Spider-Man" honor a real-life "everyday hero."
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:34PMAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater has signed its first multiyear agreement with City Center, according to officials of the two companies who were scheduled to announce that arrangement on T…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:30PMYork Theatre Company has announced casting for the developmental lab production of Richard Isen's new musical, Give A Man a Mask, to be presented at Saint Peter's, Novemer 10-12. R…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:27PMTony Award-winning actors Tyne Daly and Ben Vereen are among the artists being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2012, along with director Daniel Sullivan, producers George White, El…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMThe new Broadway revival of "Follies" grossed more than $1.12 million last week, breaking into the the theatrical box office million-dollar club.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMFull casting has been announced for Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Enda Walsh's Penelope, to run December 1-February 5. Amy Morton will direct.
This reimagining of the Greek …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMThis month, Broadwayworld Jr. and I are proud to be a part of a new initiative that's perfect for the theatre-loving parents who read this column. It's called MamaDrama NY, and it's here to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMWelcome to the first edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 9252011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMFittingly, "Iris," the new $100-million extravaganza that opened Sunday after a summer run of previews, is a love letter to the art and science of cinema.Fittingly, "Iris," the new $100-mill…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:02PMThe cast and creative team for the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's musical, Godspell met the press at an open rehearsal, held at Ballet Hispanico Rehearsal Studios on Monday, Sep…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:02PMFall has officially arrived, and with it comes a happy uptick in Broadway's box offices. Especially heartening is the appearance of two new shows on the frontrunners’ list: The Bro…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMTony Award-winning Actress Laura Benanti's NBC series The Playboy Club debuted last week, and the Broadway veteran will continue to exercise her vocal chops throughout the rest of the season…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Tyne Daly, Ben Vereen, Ann Roth, Daniel Sullivan, George White, Elliot Martin and Woodie King Jr., and Paul Sills will be inducted into the Theatre Hall of F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMTony Award nominee Kerry Butler and Jarrod Spector will perform as part of the Landmark on Main Street's Spotlight Gala, Nov. 5 in Port Washington, NY.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMThe 2011 inductees into the Theatre Hall of Fame have been announced. The honorees will be inducted at a private ceremony, to be held at the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda on January …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:35PMIt’s the red-hot concert event of the fall season: Tickets are on sale now for Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, the musical return of the multitalented Tony-winning star. Jackman is hea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMPlayPenn is pleased to request your full length script in consideration for our 2012 conference. PlayPenn is accepting applications for its 2012 new play development conference. Application …
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:27PMEligibility This is a local festival: Playwrights must currently reside or work in Maryland or the District of Columbia or have previously maintained their primary domicile, or place of empl…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:26PMTHEATRE THREE, Port Jefferson, New York, is now accepting submissions for its . . . 15th ANNUAL Festival of One-Act Plays . . . to be held on its Second Stage, the Ronald F. Peierls Theatre,…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:26PMNNPN AWARDS $40,000 FOR PLAYWRIGHT COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES (news from July 8) WASHINGTON, DC - The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champ…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:25PMBeginning performances on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz will assume the roles of Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, in the Broadway cast of Wicked. Ms. Bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMBased on the 1992 cult classic movie, Disney's latest stage musical features music by eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, The Little Merm…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMTrey Parker and Matt Stone, the Tony and Emmy Award-winning co-creators (with Tony-winning Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez) of Broadway’s latest hit The Book of Mormon, were featured …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMA new production of "Porgy and Bess," the legendary musical by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, is scheduled to be on its way to Broadway, previewing December 17 and opening Janua…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:19PMOne stream of contemporary erotic tragedy must look to the urbanized Neue Sachlichkeit movement of Weimar Germany: there it will find considerable historic and aesthetic inspiration. The con…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 03:19PMA review of "Iris," the new Cirque du Soleil spectacular that takes a voyage through the history of cinema. Writer and director Philippe Decouflé and composer Danny Elfman collaborated on t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:17PMOne could say there were aspects of Michael Jackson's life that had elements of a circus.Now the late great entertainer is the subject of a new Cirque du Soleil show that will be coming to H…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:16PMCBS has posted Steve Kroft's interview with Trey Parker and Matt Stone on CBS' 60 MInutes, which aired on Sunday, September 25.
During the course of the conversation, Parker and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMThe continuation of Broadway's longest-running musical The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, which is currently playing at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, will be available on DVD in Februa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMBoston Children's Theatre has announced the productions planned for its 2011-2012, 60th anniversary season, which will include two world premieres.
The season will begin with the ho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:11PMThe cast of Newsies may “Seize the Day” eight times a week, but on September 25 they seized their opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse! This stage adaptation of the beloved 1992…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMYou know your Broadway show is a hit when it’s spotlighted on 60 Minutes, which devoted one-third of its September 25 episode to an in-depth profile of The Book of Mormon and South Par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:08PMThe Balagan Theatre production of Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead will inaugurate ACT Theatre's new Eulalie Scandiuzzi Space, a 49-seat black box t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:02PMTony Award winner Donna McKechnie, who is currently appearing in Ten Cents a Dance at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, will head the cast of TheatreZone's upcoming production of Li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMWalt Disney's release of "The Lion King" in 3-D held on to its top spot at the box office, beating "Moneyball," which stars Brad Pitt
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 03:01PMAt the Marquis Theatre on Broadway, New York City. 2 hours, 40 minutes, with an intermission. Starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Ron Raines, Danny Burstein, Elaine Paige, Jane Houdyshe…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 03:00PM
The Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical will transfer to London's Cambridge Theatre, previewing from Tuesday 18 October. Bertie Carvel M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMSomewhere over on Christopher Street, tucked away in the tiny IRT theatre, two flights up in the old Post Office Building, you can hear the mournful cry of a loon. You can also hear the scr…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:44PMThe on stage premiere of NEWSIES is now running at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, and in the video below, the cast chats about the true story behind the musical. Click below to chec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMStage Directors and Choreographers Foundation SDCF has announced that acclaimed director George C. Wolfe will be celebrated with the 2011 Mr. Abbott Award for his incredible breadth and dept…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMTheatre fans opened their hearts and wallets Sunday at the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market amp Grand Auction, propelling the unrivaled outdoor event to raise an astonishing 547,658 for Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMIn Sunday's story on "The Book of Mormon," I mentioned that the Mormon Church had taken out a billboard in the Broadway area promoting its faith. Here's a picture of that billboard.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:21PMProducers of Jonathan Church's production of Singin' in the Rain, which transfers to the West End's Palace Theatre from 15 February 2012 (previews from 4 February) following its successful r…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:17PMTony Award winners Ellen Barkin and Lily Tomlin, as well as Oliver Stone and James Marsden will be honored at the Savannah Film Festival, which will begin Oct. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMLorna Luft will perform Songs My Mother Taught Me, a tribute to her mother Judy Garland, as part of the On Stage at Kingsborough programming at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMOn Monday, October 3, award winning composer Bobby Cronin will descend his brilliance upon the Gay and Lesbian Center in NYC when the center along with NealB.tv present a benefit concert of …
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 02:11PMIn May, I asked readers the question “Are You Part of Whatsonstage.com’s Future?” and invited you to get involved in all manner of areas of the business. I was greatly heartened by the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:08PMThe American Theatre Wing Gala honoring Sir Howard Stringer on Sept. 26 will be a starry affair featuring Angela Lansbury, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine Paige, Kelli O'Hara, New York City Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMA review of Pacific Northwest Ballet's "All Wheeldon" program, devoted to four dances by Christopher Wheeldon. The festive program included the announcement of two promotions (Rachel Foster …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:03PMI was in Xiamen, China last week where the International Theatre Institute (ITI) held its 33rd World Congress. TCG is the U.S. Center for ITI, and we traveled here with a 12-person delegati…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:02PMCasting has been announced for a revival of Ping Chong's 1985 dance theatre work, Angels of Swedenborg, to be presented at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, October 27-November 13, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:02PMCLICK HERE WEB EXTRAS: ‘SOUTH PARK’: LAUGHS ON A DEADLINE WHY MORMON CHARACTERS FOR BROADWAY? ‘THE BOOK OF MORMON’ CAST CREATING THE INCORRIGIBLE CARTMAN On last night’s season pre…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:01PM
Stage and screen star Ben Stiller will host the October 8 edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live, according to TVGuide.com.
Stiller played the role of Artie Shaughnessy in the 2011 Broad…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMSome Actors Work Both Sides of a Script By JASON ZINOMAN New York Times September 23, 2011 AT the end of a 90-minute conversation Jesse Eisenberg announced that what he really would like to …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:55PMThe Casting Society of America will fte their own tonight at the 27th Annual Artios Awards. The bi-coastal award ceremonies will be held simultaneously at the The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThey’re hot—in more ways than one—and now rising stars Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy are prepping to co-star on Broadway in David Ives’ Venus in Fur. Manhattan Theatre …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMCanadian co-stars Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross are on their way to Broadway in PRIVATE LIVES directed by Richard Eyre and recently let Canada’s National Post in on the fun they’re having …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:46PMDespite its inherent interest and some strong performances, this production struggles to sustain pace and emotional resonance
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:42PMThe 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction on Sept. 25 raised $547,658 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, organizers announced.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMLegit Reviews: Lavish and intimate, imbued with genuine love of cinema, and powered by a hard-driving Danny Elfman score, "Iris" instantly vaults onto the list of must-see Hollywood attracti…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:39PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino discuss the opening of Newsies at Paper Mill, Yank workshop, Pippin in London, New York Musical Theater Festival starts tonight, Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 01:35PM“Private Lives is sexy, stylish and smart” – Toronto Star Starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross and directed by Richard Eyre, PRIVATE LIVES will play at Broadway’s Music Box T…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:34PMAs Sandra Cabot, a wealthy Connecticut women readying to host a lavish dinner party with old friends, Christine Lahti steps on stage in Adam Rapp's Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMColleen Blake, executive director of the Shaw Festival for the last 17 years will be retiring in spring 2012.Shaw Press Release: Shaw Festival Executive Director to retire from The Shaw in e…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:24PMThe Town Hall, New York's landmark theatre and concert venue, has announced the critically acclaimed Seventh Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival October 16th, October 22nd and October 28th. Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMBrewery, BristolTwins, living on an island 99 metres off the coast of Bournemouth, greet the audience. They are standing in a fish tank. "I'm Peter," says the young woman, played by Susie Ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSenator John Pastore: “Is there anything connected with the hopes of this accelerator that in any way involves the security of the country?”
Physicist Robert Rathburn Wilson: …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:18PMFlorence Henderson and Cynthia Nixon recently participated in the talkback series "To Be Continued..." which follows performances of Judy Gold's solo performance at the DR2 Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:14PMEden Court, InvernessImagine Last of the Summer Wine set on a Clyde puffer and you'll be close to the mild-mannered territory of Neil Munro's Para Handy stories. Written initially as a newsp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMOf the new plays opening on Broadway this fall, the one that intrigues me the most is David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, which starts previews on October 11. The play, direct from Chicago's Good…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:02PMOn Sunday I wrote about two Hartt School grads in the Broadway blockbuster musical, "The Book of Mormon." But it's hard to explain it sweet-meets-sacrilege style from the creators of TV's "S…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:01PMPlaybill.com has learned that the 2011 Theater Hall of Fame inductees will include actors Tyne Daly and Ben Vereen; costume designer Ann Roth; director Daniel Sullivan; producers George Whit…
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Point, EastleighWhen Jane and Victoria move into the seaside home on the Norfolk coast they intend to run as a B&B, the sea view is obscured by a row of bungalows. They joke how wonderful it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMThe Old Globe's production of what is now officially called "Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show" is a mixed bag: about the right amount of transgression but too little camp.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:57PMTony nominee Jeff Calhoun, director of the world premiere of Newsies, along with the musical’s leading lady Kara Lindsay and cast member Max Ehrich sat down with “The Daily”…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky, just back from a Playbill Cruise of the Mediterranean.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMRugby league has a surprisingly distinguished theatrical history, so why has our national game been neglected on stage?Mick Martin's new play Broken Time is a bracing account of the origins …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMThe dancer liberates flamenco from conventional wisdom Editor’s note: After our recent story on flamenco dancer Israel Galvan’s performance at The Joyce, we couldn’t resist…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:51PMOn the Sunday, September 25 season premiere, 60 Minutes profiled 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 12:49PMExperimental theatre company The Sticking Place return to scare London this Halloween with their eighth annual Terror season, which this year moves from its traditional haunt at Southwark Pl…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:48PMAndrew Lloyd Webber visits The Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia to oversee the filming of the production for DVD release, alongside the show's director Simon Phillips.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:47PMMatilda the Musical, originally seen at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Courtyard Theatre, is set to transfer to the West End. The Royal Shakespeare Company will present the new musical, written…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMAdditional casting has been announced for the seventh annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, created, written and hosted for The Town Hall by TheaterMania contributer Scott Siegel.
The festival…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMThe Baker’s Wife with music and lyrics by Wicked’s Stephen Schwartz and book by Joseph Stein plays at The Union Theatre in a production that kneads a bit more work in order to rise t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:32PMPlaywriting class at the New School for Social Research, New York, circa 1941. At left: Tennessee Williams. At right: Arthur Miller.
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 12:31PMAdditional details have been announced for the Seventh Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, created, written and hosted for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMIt’s not often that you get the opportunity to catch a modern theatre production in the hallowed, majestic surroundings of St Giles’ Cripplegate. Ensconced in the Barbican, this …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:22PMEllen Barkin, Bobby Cannavale, Ann Duquesnay, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello, Tonya Pinkins, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Elaine Stritch, Charlayne Woodard, and Jeffrey Wright will participate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMNew York City Opera has announced casting and creative teams for the 2011-2012 season.
New York City Opera will continue its concert series by presenting Who Are You New York?: The Songs of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMAnything Goes’ Colin Donnell (“Billy Crocker”) will be interviewed on WAMC radio’s “The Roundtable” on Wednesday, September 28th at 11:35AM. For WAMC station information: http://…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:19PMNew York Magazine September 26, 2011 The Monster Specialist Frank Langella loves to find the inner lives of very bad men. By Christopher Bonanos ‘There was a Nobel Prize winner,” Frank L…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:17PMTransforming Beauty By Jannie Wolff Editor’s Note: What better way to kick off our week than with a memoir piece by someone who knew Lanford Wilson. Here, Jannie Wolff—who interned with …
SOURCE: Parabasis at 12:15PMOpera can be a difficult affair to open your heart and mind to, however there are numerous organisations and companies which are bridging the gaps between conventional opera and wary new ope…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:14PMTony Award winners Elaine Stritch, Tonya Pinkins, Ellen Barkin and Jeffrey Wright will honor director George C. Wolfe during the Oct. 3 "Mr. Abbott Award" gala at the Edison Ballro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMTheatre Royal, Wakefield It's curious that few genuinely enduring plays have been written about football, while rugby has produced at least two: David Storey's The Changing Room and John God…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMTony winner Betty Buckley, who will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency in October for a month-long run with a brand-new show, will offer a four-day Song Interpretation & Monologu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMThe 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, the annual benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, attracted theatre lovers Sept. 25. The event, which was free and open to t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM
Tony nominee Nina Arianda and stage and screen star Hugh Dancy, who star in the upcoming Broadway production of David Ives' Venus in Fur, met the press at an event held at the Manhattan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMTony nominee Nina Arianda and stage and screen star Hugh Dancy, who star in the upcoming Broadway production of David Ives' Venus in Fur, met the press at an event held at the Manhattan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMThe Hangar Theatre has announced the schedule for its second annual Fall CabarETC series, which will kick off with Andréa Burns: A Deeper Shade of Red on Saturday, October 1 at 8…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMShakespeare’s Globe has announced the full line-up for next year’s Globe to Globe season which, as previously announced, will see 37 international companies present all 37 of Sha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:50AMRodgers & Hart: A Celebration - Light Opera Works Second Stage, 1420 Maple Avenue in Evanston, is offering half-price industry tickets for previews (regularly $21) on October 2 at 3 p.m.…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:43AMThe recent Broadway revival of Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy begins performances at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre Sept. 26, prior to an official opening Oct. 5, for a run t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMTony Award nominee Alec Baldwin returns for a third season to host "The New York Philharmonic This Week," the orchestra's 52-week-per-year nationally broadcast radio series, be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMHello everyone! I’m going to China for the next two weeks. Wooo! I’ll see you on October 10.
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:37AMAs the 37th season of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 24, Broadway.com asked readers to vote for which of their favorite stage stars they’d love to see hosting the comedy sh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMD. Watts' Spoken Word Preserves: The Jam will take place at 8pm on Monday, October 10 at the Helen Mills Spotlight Theatre (139 West 26th Street).
The piece takes you on a ride from yo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:35AMThe popular comedy series Celebrity Autobiography will turn a new page Oct. 3 when a revised edition featuring Mario Cantone, Carol Kane and Michael Urie debuts at the Triad Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMAs previously reported, producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders will produce a revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical EVITA, opening on Broadway in April 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMMilk and Honey, Jerry Herman's first Broadway musical, will get a concert version by Musicals Tonight Oct. 11-23 at Off-Broadway's Lion Theatre. Richard White and Barbara McCullogh p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMSteve Kroft talks to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central's "South Park." Now the disrespectful duo also have the biggest hit on Broadway, the musical comedy "The Book …
SOURCE: CBS at 11:24AMThe following script is from "Parker & Stone" which aired on Sept. 25, 2011.
SOURCE: CBS at 11:24AMIn 1831, Omar ibn Said, a Senegalese trader and Qur'anic teacher enslaved in North Carolina, wrote his autobiography in Arabic. It is the only known surviving slave narrative written in that…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:02AMLast week, at the end of BoradwayWorld Jr.'s Fall Flash article which highlighted the best family theatre options for fall, I added on a just for parents recommendation for those of us who m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMSnapped this pic on Sunday eve as one of the first examples of media sharing in Times Square between two unrelated shows. This billboard (one of the baby bills in TS) first split pre-summer …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
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 10:48AMJulie A. Stapf, director of marketing and public relations at Hartford Stage for the past five years, has taken a position as director of sales and marketing with the Cleveland Orchestra. He…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:47AMThanks for joining us for this month's edition of the Reader's Den! We have a special treat for followers of the Reader's Den... a live appearance by Michael Scott Moore, author of "Swe…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:47AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending September 25, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $816,609 7,822 95.30% $104.40 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUS…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTony Award nominee Lois Smith will join Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons at the Oct. 10 tribute to the legacy of the Group Theatre at Symphony Space.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMTrey Parker, Matt Stone sat down with "60 Minutes" to talk about "The Book of Mormon" and "South Park." Actress Jennifer Aniston purchased a Glenn Ligon painting worth an estimated $450,000 …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AMPrivate Lives had its opening in Toronto this afternoon, and debuted to an extremely enthusiastic crowd and great reviews. Starring Kim Cattrall reprising the role she created in the West E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMIt's getting, it's getting, it's gettic kinda hectic... Seriously though, below is a TED talk by arts marketing genius Adam Thurman. I personally subscribe to Adam's blog and it always deliv…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:26AMBroadway favorite Sean McDermott will release his fourth solo recording next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMCertain events are inevitable. The sun will eventually die. “How I Met Your Mother” will eventually….well – eventually, we’ll meet the mother. These scenarios…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:15AMFacebook announced on Friday that they are replacing our current Facebook profile with Timeline. Here’s a quick look at the new interface: Here’s Facebook’s marketing piece…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:15AMDay 13 Date of a LifetimeHow to get a date with Date of a LifetimeBy Carl KissinBook and Lyrics
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMDay 12 THE PIGEON BOYSBook amp Lyrics by Anne BerlinMusic by Andrew BlecknerDirected by Valentina Fratti
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMJeff Talbott’s The Submission, a funny and frank new play about issues of cultural ownership, celebrates its opening night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on September 26. Broadway favor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AMStage veterans Jessica Chastain, Felicity Jones, and Christopher Plummer , along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, will be honored at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThe scintillating musical Singin’ in the Rain is headed to the West End’s Palace Theatre, and we’ve got your first look at production photos from the acclaimed Chichester F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMIn his book Life Itself, Roger Ebert talks about how he developed his skills as a writer and film critic. Here's a passage I love -------------------------------------------- "I came to the …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AMNick Adams, Bobby Cannavale, Melissa Errico, Sutton Foster, Jonathan Groff, Patina Miller, and a host of stars attend the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
London Palladium, which celebrated its centenary last year, is now offering theatre fans a chance to get a glimpse of 100 years of theatre history through the Palladium's guided tours.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMWe always said it: Newsies would be done onstage when the people who love it – the people of our exact age demographic and taste – became the people in charge at America’s theater …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:54AMThe Metropolitan Room has announced its line-up for October.
Anastasia Barzee will perform a special CD release concert for her new recording The Dimming of the Day at 7pm on Sunday, Octobe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMTwenty-two years ago, the way ticket sellers made money was to get on the phone and call other ticket sellers (brokers) to find out who had what, so they could quote some tickets to their cl…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:44AMBroadway Sessions with Ben D, the weekly musical theatre-themed evening at The Midtown Theater at the Ha! Comedy Club, will continue Sept. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM...and because it's my blog, and because I'm a capitalist, and because the prior post is plugging something that's already come and gone, and because it's been a while since I've done this, …
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 09:35AMToday’s George Raft’s birthday. Before becoming famous, one of his many jobs (he seemed to have many jobs that involved as little work as possible) was as a taxi dancer. He recre…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28AMFor the second consecutive weekend, the 3-D version of Disney's "The Lion King," the animated film that spawned the Tony-winning Broadway musical, was the highest-grossing film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:23AMPenguin Rep Theatre has announced casting for Richard Dresser's Rounding Third, to run October 14 - November 6. Stephen Nachamie will direct the production.
The play centers on two ve…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMPenguin Rep Theatre has announced casting for Richard Dresser's Rounding Third, to run October 14 - November 6. Stephen Nachamie will direct the production.
The play centers on two ve…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMFritzi Scheff, in the act of making herself, vaudeville and opera obsolete all at the same time Great news! I’m appearing at the Hudson Opera House this coming Saturday (October 1) a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:20AMThere’s no doubting that Stephen Sondheim is a genius when it comes to writing musicals. It has recently been announced that the recent revival of Sondheim’s 1971 classic, “…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 09:19AMElla Shields (born this day in 1879) was a male impersonator and a rare American export to the British music halls. A Baltimore native she started out in a sister act in American vaudeville …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:19AMKim Cattrall and Paul Gross are laughing while huddled together on a couch in Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre. They compose themselves for a photographer. Cattrall says she hopes th…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:00AMProducers of Jonathan Church's production of Singin' in the Rain, which transfers to the West End's Palace Theatre from 15 February 2012 (previews from 4 February) following its successful r…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AM
Mary-Arrchie Theatre's Riff Raff has nothing special to offer other than a strong performance from its lead actor, Eduardo Martinez. The plot is a drag, and the characters are disingenuous.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:48AMI had a rare few spare minutes on Saturday and stopped in briefly at “Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life,” the new exhibition at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery which runs t…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:46AMThe 2011 Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extende…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThe 2011 Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extende…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThe 2011 Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extende…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThe 2011 Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extende…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThis summer, BroadwayWorld.com, the world's largest theatre site on the net, introduced httpbroadwayworld.comadmineditviews.cfmid279335it's first, exclusive, fully scripted program series - …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMMichael McElroy, who was nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk in 2004 for his performance in Big River, sat down with Seth Rudetsky for the latest episode of Playbill Video’s "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AMI'm not much of an anniversary person. (Ask any p.r. person who tried to pitch their organization's anniversary story to me.) Well, if you think about it, there's always an anniversary comin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:30AMThe quality varies at the TWTF, but here is a chance to become aware of rarely done Williams plays. And if a production does not measure up to one's expectations, the effort will inspire a f…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:24AMThe Pearl Theatre’s production masters Ionesco’s mad comedy and sense of fun, while resisting the urge to interpret it or posit its potential meanings
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AMAt a time when most cities are reducing investment in the arts, how refreshing it is to be in Kansas City where the arts are flourishing.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:01AMThis new musical based on the 1992 Disney film is ready for Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:01AMLegit News: Actress joins Off Broadway production -- Tonya Pinkins has joined the cast of the upcoming Off Broadway production of new play "Milk Like Sugar."
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Australian works set for 2012 season -- After 2011's focus on European dramas, Sydney Theater Company artistic directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton are returning to Australi…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Performer honored at November gala -- Julie Andrews will be honored at this year's Princess Grace Awards Gala with the Prince Rainier III Award, a kudo given to prominent creativ…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
Opening tonight at the Laurie Beechman Theatre: Busted: The Musical starring transgendered triple threat Bianca Leigh, directed by Tim Cusack of Theatre Askew. I reviewed its earlier worksho…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:56AMThere's a treasure trove of great women comics right now, but why so few, compared with the number of funny men on stage and screen?Isn't this a great time to be a female comic? Just think o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMOpening tonight and playing through mid-October is the well-curated, nicely focused New York Musical Theatre Festival. Emphasizing quality over quantity the six year old festival presents 30…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:17AMA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the wonderful 1960’s musical sex farce set in ancient Rome, gets a less than stunning retread at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Spr…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:15AMCatholic comedian Frank Skinner wants standups to take on the so-called 'atheist establishment'. But does this even exist?Rejoice, rejoice! Rationalism is cool, credulousness is socially una…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMThe actor John Lithgow, soon to return to Broadway in David Auburn’s play “The Columnist,” has a new memoir, “Drama: An Actor’s Education.”
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Mosaic has a reading Tuesday, Chaz Mena has one-man show, Florida Follies does a good turn, David Goldyn bows out, Actors' Playhouse has a sale, Palm Beach Theatre Guild gets new blood
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:50AMFor the week of September 25, 2011 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's picture books.
For more information on this week's best sellers, visit the New York T…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:40AMThe Miscellaneous Personal Name Collection consists of over 12,000 files on 18th, 19th, and 20th century American and European historical and literary figures. This collection has served as …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:30AM"Cross-fit is not about how you look. Cross-fit is about what you can DO."He said it like a trainer. He said it like someone who discovered a new way of looking at working out. &…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:10AMWicked will celebrate five years in the West End tomorrow, having grossed £145 million at the box office.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMTwo-time Grammy Award Nominee and Tony Award Winner Betty Buckley discusses her life long career in theatre, film, television, and music, as well as her upcoming return engagement to Feinste…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AMThe producers of Driving Miss Daisy have just announced on the Tony red carpet that the Broadway production will play a limited engagement in London for 12 weeks beginning in October with th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AMThe Hangar Theatre kicks off its second Pilot Reading Series in NYC with a great new play by Michael Elyanow, directed by the Hangar's Artistic Director, Peter Flynn.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AMMCC Theater's production of Jeff Talbott's SUBMISSION will feature Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening, Glee, Will Rogers When the Rain Stops Falling, Eddie Kaye Thomas American Pie, HBO's How t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AMFor more than a decade, Bound for Broadway has been letting audiences know about new shows currently in development. In past years, Bound for Broadway has presented shows like Next to Normal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AM
Risk is an accepted part of the dance business. Most people think about the physical part of it, although artistic risk can ultimately be the most satisfying. But how about the next step -- …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:57AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, September 25, 2011 - Sunday, September 25, 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AM“Dublin by Lamplight,” part of the 1st Irish Theater Festival at 59E59 Theaters, tries to juxtapose the serious with the silly.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:22AMIt's Madame X with a capital "M" for Melodrama! Music! and Murder! in a new, over-ripe take on Douglas Sirk films and the ever-durable genre of self-sacrificing cinematic mothers. …
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:02AMPerhaps no character in opera is more poignantly tragic that Gilda, in Verdi's Rigoletto (opening this week at COC). Michael Levine's sketches for the production in Toronto tell the story of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAshley Brown and Michael Feinstein perform in the I Believe in You benefit, supporting the Ronald McDonald House New York and The New York Pops Education Programs, Sept. 26 at Feinstein'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSome comments about the Broadway-aimed, revised and re-branded Porgy and Bess, plus London's Shrek and South Pacific.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMShania Twain: From This Moment On (Simon & Schuster) 2010
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM“In the end, it’s not the size of the star that counts as much as fearlessness. Can they be genuinely candid? Can they write about what people want to read?”
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMMelanie is wacky. Her bright red hair and infectious laugh announce her presence in any room. Her work, chiefly with her company The Nerve Tank, reflects this attitude: unexpected, ever-qu…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMWith Lauren Hennessy, I can never tell if I've been subconsciously writing for her all along, or if she's just so damn good that she can make my words sound like they were made for her. Prob…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMJanine Nabers cracks me up on her way to opening my eyes to points of view, experiences, desires and necessities I would not otherwise see. Hers is a young, assured voice with something to …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMRachel Dickstein is known especially for her creation and direction of theatrical adaptations of classic works. Dickstein’s company, Ripe Time, has done outstanding productions of adaptat…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMIn the course of a conversation over Skype some time ago, half in jest, Kara Feely and I formulated a description of Kara’s work as the aftermath of a shipwreck: a stormy seascape rising a…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMLet the showtunes begin!
On Monday, the New York Musical Theater Festival or N.Y.M.F. (pronounced NYMPH), kicks-off its eighth season with a huge exclamation point. But don’t expect to see…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNow. Here. This., by the authors of [title of show], as well as Adam Gwon's The Boy Detective Fails and the solo musical …And Then I Wrote A Song About It are showcased as part of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAwesomer & Awesomer!!!: The Songs of Phoebe Kreutz will be presented Sept. 26-27 at 7 PM at the Triad in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBeginning Sept. 26, tickets for Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway go on sale to the general public by visiting Telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200. The box office at the Broadhurst Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA reading of the new play Leviticus in Love: The Randy Roberts Potts Story, which is "based on the true account of the gay grandson of super-famous tele-evangelist Oral Roberts," i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMadame X, the new musical by Tony-winning Forbidden Broadway creator Gerard Alessandrini, which brings a new twist to John Singer Sargent's classic portrait, begins performances Sept. 26…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo invitation-only readings of the new play Straight will be presented in Manhattan Sept. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of David Simpatico's adaptation of Trouble in Paradise Sept. 26 at the Mainstage Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCorey Boardman and David Murgittroyd lead the cast of Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy the Kid, the rock musical by Perry Liu, Joe Calarco and Alastair William King, which debuts Sept. 26 as par…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMQuentin Earl Darrington, who made his Broadway debut in the revival of Ragtime, makes his solo New York concert debut Sept. 26 at The Triad Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGhostlight, the new musical exploring the seedy side of the Ziegfeld Follies, staring Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan, Tony Award nominee Michael Hayden and Drama Desk winner Rachel York, begi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's Future @ Lincoln Center (formerly The Songbook series), which is presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, kicks off its new season Sept. 26 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues Sept. 26 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's The Millionairess.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Hangar Theatre kicks off its second Pilot Reading Series with a reading of Michael Elyanow's Robyn Is Happy Sept. 26 at 7 PM at One-on-One Studios in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA benefit concert to aid The Weston Playhouse, the Vermont theatre that was devastatingly damaged by Hurricane Irene, will be held in Manhattan Sept. 26 at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSister Act producer and original film star Whoopi Goldberg, "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf and veteran casting director Meg Liberman are honored during the 27th Annual Artios …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSingle tickets go on sale Sept. 26 for the Toronto production of the Tony Award-winning drama War Horse, which will begin previews Feb. 10, 2012, at the Princess of Wales Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York City Ballet is running a deficit of about five million dollars, on an operating budget of sixty million, and, as young people brought up on YouTube and Facebook come to rely less on…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMWhen Alfred Preisser and Christopher McElroen founded the Classical Theatre of Harlem, in 1999, they started off auspiciously, staging works ranging from “Medea” to Jean Genet…
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OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS
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THE BUS
James Lantz wrote this play, in which two small-…
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