Photograph by Geoff Green -- geoffgreen.com
Sylvan Oswald
Hometown: Philadelphia
Current Town: Brooklyn
Q: Tell me about Nightlands.
A: NIGHTLANDS is the story of two women,…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:59PMRodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific," which traces the goings-on at a U.S. Naval base during World War II,...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:54PMTHE CLASSIC MOZART OPERA COMES ALIVE As the story goes, he was the quintessential rogue—a womanizing scoundrel with a long list of conquests. Mozart’s opera has been described as a comed…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:41PMLegit Reviews: With a collection of both famous and obscure songs by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked," "Pippin") threaded through an older couple's retrospective of their own boy meets girl, boy g…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36PMLegit Reviews: Writing political drama is a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, a novice scribe with beaucoup prizes and commissions already notched on her belt, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:29PMHow often do musical theater enthusiasts get to hear a score that's more than 40 years old and yet, in a sense, brand new? Not bloody often. But that's just the experience in store for those…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:26PMDanielle Skrasstad gives a superb performance in this powerful if far-fetched drama about a woman who worked as an interrogator at Guantanamo.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMReviews of Godspell: 40th Anniversary Celebration, A Minister's Wife cast recording and new discs from Tony Bennett, Olivia Newton-John, The Midtown Men, and Josh Young.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Beth Henley Bio Page Dan O’Brien Bio Page “Whatever That Means”: On Being a Southern Playwright Dan: It’s the middle of August, the middle of the afternoon, and Beth Henley and I.…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:50PMThe Week Ahead is a weekly list of A&E highlights compiled by The Seattle Times staff. This week: The musical artist Washed Out, Blue Man Group, Pilobolus and more.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:43PMThe other videos by this man are equally insightful.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 07:42PMSummer’s lease hath all too short a date, indeed. I can hardly believe that the summer Shakespeare season is at an end. For me it’s not really summer until the annual roadtrip to…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:31PMFor many she will always be the youthful rebel leader, Princess Leia Amidala Skywalker Solo, of “Star Wars” fame — the character who triggered a mythic merchandising mania. For others …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:21PMYesterday, I noticed a significant — and seemingly out of the blue — spike of new twitter followers. So, I did a little digging and discovered I’d been listed as “The…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:07PMGingold Theatrical Group presented one of Shaw's most beloved comedies THE MILLIONAIRESS, on Monday, September 26 at The Players Club in Manhattan. David Staller produced and directed. Below…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:07PMEntitled is about the theatre "get in". Coming into a bare space, the audience watch the technicians prepare it for a performance, then unpack everything again. In the middle – by far the …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMStrictly speaking, you can no more volunteer to have your phone hacked than you can submit to consensual rape. So there is a bit of a contradiction in terms lurking at the heart of Theatre 5…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
HEDY WEISS: For his debut as artistic director of the Remy Bumppo theater company Timothy Douglas has chosen “Mourning Becomes Electra,” Eugene O’Neill’s demonically difficult play. …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:59PMAnderson Lawfer and James Anthony Zoccoli’s “The Game Show Show . . . and Stuff!” proved to be a popular late-night destination when it debuted at the Strawdog Theatre in 2006 and went…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:58PMClick here to save now on this must-see New York theater experience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMFame-Wall NYC will host a reception in honor of actress and director Angelica Page at Hurley's on Thursday, October 6 at 8pm.
The event, which will benefit The Actors Fund, is being h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:49PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway favorite Sutton Foster is set to star in a new pilot on ABC Family titled, Bunheads. Foster will star as Michelle, 'a Las Vegas showgirl who im…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PM#NEWPLAY from HowlRound.com on Vimeo.
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 06:39PMI envy St. Martin de Porres. The 16th century Peruvian was said to have the ability to be in two places at one time. I, alas, cannot, and as a result, I’m missing two events between Fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMWho’d expect that Elf would contain one of the most significant pieces of dialogue in the history of the Broadway musical? But there it is midway through the first act. North Pole resi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMAfter Faith Prince had her landmark success with Adelaide in Guys and Dolls in 1992, many musical theater enthusiasts were heard to say, “Wouldn’t she make an ideal Ella Peterson…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMNewsies is inspired by the real life Newsboy Strike of 1899,' when newsboy Kid Blink led the ragged orphans and runaways known as newsies on a two-week-long action against Joseph Pulitzer, W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe new theatrical event Standing On Ceremony The Gay Marriage Plays will now begin previews on Monday, November 7, with an official opening night set for Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMPhiladelphia's famed tourist district is the setting of "South Street," the new musical by Richard Addrisi and Craig Carlisle at the Pasadena Playhouse. Alas, it might as well be Sesame Str…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:16PMIn “Juana,” her world premiere dance piece, choreographer Asun Noales captures the anguish of a 16th century Spanish queen driven mad by the infidelity and early death of her husband. In…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:16PMDesmond Child, Andres Levin, Nile Rodgers, Duncan Sheik, Suzanne Vega, and Brian Yorkey will participate in Pop Rocks the Musical, at The Theater at St. Clement's on Tuesday, October 11…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:14PMThe Flea, Horizon Theater Rep, Off Off Broadway
By Haytham Elhawary
BOTTOM LINE: An intriguing story told in an intimate setting which, in spite of some great acting, falls a little s…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:09PMGhostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes will debut at 1 on BILLBOARD's Cast Album Chart
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMOne of Broadway's current blockbusters, WICKED, will premiere at Singapore's Grand Theater, which is located within Marina Bay Sands, on December 7 its limited engagement season will run unt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the September 17, 2011, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:03PMDavid C. Nichols reviews the new musical "South Street" at the Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00PM
It’s time for episode six of Sister Lives: Backstage at ‘Sister Act’ with Sarah Bolt, and our fabulous Broadway.com vlogger went trolling her Twitter feed to find out what …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMLegit News: 'Simpsons' writer's new play opens in fall -- "The Simpsons" writer Mike Reiss has scripted "I'm Connecticut," a satirical play that will preem Dec. 1-10 at Connecticut Repertory…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMMCC Theater's production of Jeff Talbott's THE SUBMISSION opened last night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The production features Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening, Glee, Will Rogers When the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMLegit News: New plays by Albee, Lonergan on tap -- New plays by Edward Albee, Kenneth Lonergan, Katori Hall and Will Eno plus a trio of works by Athol Fugard are set as the inaugural lineup …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PMThe Signature Theatre Company has revealed initial plans for seven productions, including a world premiere by Edward Albee, during its upcoming inaugural season at the new Signature Center. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Riff Raff" ★★★ by Mary-Arrchie Theatre; "Kabulitis" ★★ by Polarity Ensemble
NINA METZ reviews "Riff Raff" by Mary-Arrchie Theatre and "Kabuli…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:42PMI imagine David Cote's expression of National Theatre-envy got a friendly reception on the UK's Guardian website. And I totally am with him on the sentiment--namely that the thing to envy mo…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 05:36PMReVision Theatre, has announced casting for its production of Little Shop of Horrors, to play The Carousel House in Asbury Park, NJ, October 6-30. Mary Catherine Burke will direct, with chor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:36PMProducers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of War Horse, the acclaimed drama based on Michael Morpurgo's WWI-set novel, will donate the net proceeds from the Nov. 11 Veteran…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PMOutside The Box is a new musical comedy web series about a very outr musical theatre group called Outside The Box. Each episode features an entirely new cast, save for one recurring characte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PM9/28/2011 By David KennedyPhoto by Kathleen O'RourkeSo much of what we do in the theater as actors and directors remains invisible to an audience. Yes, come opening night, the finished work …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 05:29PMTwo-time Tony winner Sutton Foster has nabbed the starring role in Bunheads, a forthcoming ABC Family pilot from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, according to The Hollywood Repor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMBY CHRIS BORRELLI ... The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is female. She has a mean smirk and pigtails. She weighs 100 pounds and stands roughly 5 feet tall. The Great Fire does yoga and enjoys w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMCredit goes to Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway — relax, you're reading the theater column, not the business pages — for popularizing, if not coining, the phrase "skin in the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PMThe American Theatre Wing held its annual gala at the Plaza Hotel on Monday, September 27. The event honored Sir Howard Stringer, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sony …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:22PMThe New York debut of a collection of nine short plays that all deal with gay marriage by playwrights including Neil LaBute, Doug Wright, Paul Rudnick and Moises Kaufman has been delayed.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:21PMAccording to Deadline.com, NBC has just picked up a still untitled Western series that's being produced by stage and screen star Sean Hayes. Written by Kerry Ehrin, the project is about 'Jac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMThe 6th Annual Montreal Improv FestivalOctober 12-16, 2011Montreal Improv Theatre3713 St. Laurent#202 Montreal once again manages to pack one more festival into the calendar with MPROV:…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:17PMDuring a visit to New York to promote the release of her new solo album, Some Lessons Learned, Kristin Chenoweth took a seat on the steps of a brownstone to chat with Cat Greenleaf on NBC…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMMuch ink has been spilled about the financial swindler Bernie Madoff since his multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme was exposed at the beginning of the global economic collapse. Madoff is, of c…
SOURCE: WQXR at 05:05PMHe rattled audiences with plays about ghosts and devils. Now Conor McPherson has found new inspiration – in transcendental German philosophyTo say Conor McPherson is fascinated by the supe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will star in the pilot for ABC's Bunheads. The show is being created by Amy Sherman-Palladino.
Foster is slated to play Michelle, a Las Vega…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
More tales from John Leguizamo's life are about to take over the Montalban Theatre, in Leguizamo's latest solo, Ghetto Klown. Here he talks about how he prepares for his on-stage self-ther…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:59PMStanding on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, an evening of one-act works conceived by Brian Shnipper, has changed its first performance and opening, due to casting opportunities. The produ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PMIn honor of Veteran's Day, Lincoln Center Theater, the National Theatre of Great Britain and Bob Boyett, the producers of the Tony Award winning Best Play War Horse, will join with the USO t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMIt dawned on us the other day that it has been a whopping two years since we graduated. Distant memories of beaming tutors resurfaced along with chuckles at the odd mortar board wedged in th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:48PMThe Signature Theater which began life in a more than modest downtown space, and has since called the lovely but small theater&nbs…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 04:48PMTony Award winner Jason Robert Brown who direct a production of his Broadway musical 13, featuring members of England's National Youth Music Theatre, according to Whatsonstage.com. The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PMStanding On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which has played several engagements in Los Angeles, will arrive in New York Nov. 7 rather than the previously announced Oct. 18 at Off-Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMA Writer's Worst Enemy Is Not Writer's BlockIt's lower back pain.Allow me to explain. When you have writer's block the agony is psychological. Yes, it does impact you in the physical world a…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 04:46PMIn honor of Veteran’s Day, the producers the Broadway hit War Horse will donate net proceeds from the November 11 performance to the USO. The 2011 Tony-winning Best Play centers on sol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:43PMThe Signature Theatre Company held a Sept. 28 press conference to announce the details of their first full season at their new home, Signature Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMDance legend Lucinda Childs was going nowhere – until an avant-garde opera about a famous physicist shot her to success. As the work returns, Judith Mackrell tracks her downNew York is in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMIn SEMINAR, four aspiring young novelists Ms. Rabe, Mr. Linklater, Mr. O'Connell and Ms. Park sign up for private writing classes with Leonard Mr. Rickman, an international literary figure. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMIn the very best moment of Jessica Dickey's "The Amish Project," the new solo show at American Theater Company performed by Sadieh Rifai, a telling truth is observed about what invariably ha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:28PMCirque du Soleil will present the second annual Cirque Week in Las Vegas, December 1-10
This 10-day series of exclusive events is designed to offer fans the opportunity to get an all-access…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:25PM‘Theater and the Importance of Being Local’ Trisha Mead writing on Oregon ArtsWatch: Recently, Carey Perloff, the artistic director for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco…
SOURCE: direct address at 04:22PMParade in the shadow of Lincoln's last stop.All hail Parabasis' Lanford Wilson issue.Tim Rice wants to hurt Charles Isherwood.Alexis Soloski revisits a familiar topic; the real scoop here is…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 04:19PMIn Follies, Danny Burstein is stuck in a love triangle. His character, Buddy Plummer—once a stage door Johnny, now a salesman—is hopelessly in love with his wife, Sally (played b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PMPrizes honour year’s best novelists and upcoming talents
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:06PMOff-Broadway tickets for the MCC Theater revival of the cult musical Carrie and the world premiere of Wild Animals You Should Know will go on sale to the general public Oct. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMOff-Broadway tickets for the MCC Theater revival of the cult musical Carrie and the world premiere of Wild Animals You Should Know will go on sale to the general public Sept. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMThe ladies of Love, Loss and What I Wore welcomed a special guest to the Westside Theatre on September 27 when TV icon and former Charlie's Angels star Jaclyn Smith stopped by the clothi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PMAnd It's About Connecticut -- Doh!No, Homer Simpson is not moving from Springfield, Whereever to Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:00PM
Disney's NEWSIES the Musical - Exclusive! - Opening Night
Go behind the scenes of Opening Night of NEWSIES at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NY!
Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:59PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Paul Taylor Dance Company's black-tie gala, to be held at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Thursd…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PMSignature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin), announced today seven productions for its inaugural 2012 season at Signature Center (4…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:54PMImpetus Ensemble will present a one-night-only staging of Frank J. Avella's Consent Oct. 11 at 7 PM at the National Comedy Theatre in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM"South Pacific" endures in this production (and will in others) because it centers on two love stories that are “lovely beyond description.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:51PMThere was a familar face in the halls of McKinley High when Tony winner Idina Menzel returned to Glee on September 27. Former Vocal Adrenaline coach-turned-adoptive mother Shelby Corcoran is…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMWhen I was a kid, I loved going to the store and buying packs of Marvel trading cards. I bought tons of packs and there were even a few instances where I bought an entire box of these cards.…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 03:49PMThe air on stage at the Lucille Lortel Theatre is thick with tension these days, as Jonathan Groff and Rutina Welsey rip into each other during Jeff Talbott’s racially charged play The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMRichard Maxwell and his company, New York City Players (NYCP), will present Dreamless Land, written and directed by Julia Jarcho, at the Abrons Arts Center, November 4-20.
The play centers…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMThis summer, BroadwayWorld.com introduced it's first, exclusive, fully scripted program series - SUBMISSIONS ONLY, created, written, and directed by Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMYale Repertory Theatre and World Performance Project at Yale have announced the 2011-2012 season of No Boundaries: A Series of Global Performances, to take place November 3-March 24.
The se…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMIn "The Submission," the sharp and enjoyable serious comedy at MCC Theatre, bright new playwright Jeff Talbott asks this provocative question: Can a gay white man get away with writing a bla…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:39PMLuPone spoke recently about the artistic influences in her career, singling out the music teachers in her hometown of Northport on Long Island. LuPone spoke recently about the artistic influ…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:29PMThis past weekend, my family welcomed a new era of family theatre reporting My daughter, almost eight, is officially too old for Baby Shows and my son, age three, is ready to sit in a chair …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMAmbrose
Before she begins rehearsals for the Broadway-bound revival of "Funny Girl" at the Ahmanson Theatre, actress Lauren Ambrose will be tackling another theater project -- a one-night s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:28PMResponding to what it sees as a cultural need in Lower Manhattan as plans for a proposed performing arts center at the World Trade Center site remain up in the air, Pace University announced…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:25PMObie winner Sam Gold directs Tony nominees Alan Rickman and Lily Rabe, Broadway newcomers Jerry O'Connell and Hettienne Park, and Drama Desk nominee Hamish Linklater in the world premiere of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMAs Chicago's slick lawyer Billy Flynn, Tony Yazbeck has to dress to impress while giving audiences the old "Razzle Dazzle." Yazbeck recently invited Broadway.com to his dressin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMWOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTION OF ITS COMPANY IN 25 YEARS PLAYWRIGHTS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS ARE ADDED TO THE COMPANY AND WILL ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY …
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:16PMMichelle Williams will be honored with the Hollywood Actress Award at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMOn Tuesday, September 27, MCC Theater celebrated the opening of Jeff Talbott's new play The Submission at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. After the show, stars Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jonathan G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:11PMSignature Theatre Company, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director James Houghton, welcomed guests to its new home, the Frank Gehry-designed Signature Center, for a press conferen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMSignature Theatre Company Founding Artistic Director James Houghton Executive Director Erika Mallin, announced today seven productions for its inaugural 2012 season at Signature Center 480 W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMThe cast of Theresa Rebeck's Seminar, set to begin Broadway previews Oct. 27, greeted the press with a Sept. 28 photo op.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMThe Yale School of Drama will host a special presentation by company members of Palestine’s The Freedom Theatre on Oct. 5, 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Yale Repertory Theatre Lounge (112…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:03PM
Chris Colfer, Dot-Marie Jones, Kevin McHale, Jane Lynch and Mike O’Malley were among the "Glee" stars who attended a sing-along event last month at Santa Monica High School. He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMSecond Stage Theatre presents a new musical, THE BLUE FLOWER, starring Marc Kudish, Sebastian Arcelus, and Teal Wicks. Check out BroadwayWorld’s complete photo coverage from the perf…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 02:55PMDespite proclaiming his love for Kurt (Chris Colfer) on the second season finale of Glee, it appears that Blaine (Darren Criss) may develop a case of wandering eyes. West Side Story tour vet…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMDespite proclaiming his love for Kurt (Chris Colfer) on the second season finale of Glee, it appears that Blaine (Darren Criss) may develop a case of wandering eyes. West Side Story tour vet…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PM The playwright makes her Broadway debut with “The Mountaintop” Playwright Katori Hall has the best kind of laugh—a loud explosion that almost forces you to laugh alo…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:54PMSeptember 19th 2011 SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL RESIDENCY FIVE PLAYWRIGHTS: ANNIE BAKER, WILL ENO, KATORI HALL, KENNETH LONERGAN AND REGINA TAYLOR. FIRST OF ITS KIND PROGRA…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:53PMOrlando Shakespeare Theater Announces Schedule For Playfest! The Harriett Lake Festival Of New Plays Orlando Shakes welcomes playwright, Jeffrey Hatcher, as Keynote Speaker on Saturday, Nove…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:52PMDownload "Police Dog Blues," the tenth track on Hugh Laurie's debut album Let Them Talk. Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk – A Celebration of New Orleans Blues airs on THIRTEEN’s Great Performa…
SOURCE: PBS at 02:51PMJohn Williams at the New York Philharmonic
Don't miss John Williams and the New York Philharmonic in an evening of unforgettable musical highlights from Spartacus, Vertigo, Harry Potter…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:51PMI'm about to break one of the cardinal rules of my criticism course. I encourage my students to eschew "empty" adjectives ("amazing," "fabulous," "incredib…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 02:47PMGhostlight Records' original cast recording of Anythig Goes has debuted at #1 on Billboard's Cast Album Chart. The CD was released on September 20.
Produced by Joel Moss and Rob …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMThe Ghostlight Records cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes, which was released in stores Sept. 20, will debut at No. 1 on Billboar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMWant to know the happenings of hundreds of #Newplay-ahs around the country? EVERYDAY!!! Adam's on playwright #385!! Check out Adam Szymkowicz's blog: I Interview Playwrights! Today's entry i…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:38PMTo say this is an excellent production does not do it justice. Hal Brooks and his extraordinary cast have done exactly what they should – they have gotten out of the way of the text and l…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:36PMTony nominee Dee Hoty, Samantha Mathis and Concetta Tomei will join previously announced star La La Anthony in the October cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore, joining current cast member Zuz…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:33PMThe cast and creative team for the Broadway production of Teresa Rebeck's Seminar met the press at an event held at Foxwoods Theater Rehearsal Studios on Wednesday, September 28. The pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMTheatre Royal, YorkOriginally produced in 1968, Alan Bennett's first full-length stage play is not, strictly speaking, a play at all, but an old-school revue set in a very old school. The mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMNATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK SELECTS RIVERSIDE THEATRE IN IOWA CITY FOR MEMBERSHIP (from July 8) NNPN's Board of Directors voted to extend full membership to Riverside Theatre, Iowa City's resi…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:28PMJeff Talbott’s The Submission recently made its world premiere when the comedic drama officially opened Sept. 27, following previews that began Sept. 8, at Off-Broadway’s Lucille…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMFormer "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi, who recently made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, will return to her roots when she judges the "Cell Block Idol" con…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe 92nd Street Y Tribeca has announced a lineup of October events.
On Thursday, October 6 at Noon, stage and screen star Bryan Batt will discuss his new decorating book, Big, Easy Style.
…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMName: Bebe Neuwirth Age: 52 Neighborhood: Greenwich Village Occupation: Actress–Dancer–Singer. On October 3 at the Abrons Art Center she shares the stage with fellow Broadway stars Brend…
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 02:19PMBehind the tables at the 25th annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction
Last week, our friend Julie James took us behind the tables at the 25th annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:18PMThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced that Lisa D'Amour and Melissa James Gibson will each be presented with the Steinberg Playwright Award at the 4th Annual Stei…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMAnything Goes cast members Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, and Laura Osnes performed selections from the show to celebrate the release of the Tony-winning revival's original ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMBilly Crystal, Bette Midler, Tom Everett Scott, and Marisa Tomei will star in Us & Them, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Andy Rickman is directing the picture, which will have a sc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMSignature Theatre has announced the selections for its 2012 season, which will launch on January 31 at the newly-opened Signature Center at 480 West 42nd Street.
The company's "Re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMAs previously reported by BroadwayWorld, last week on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' Jonah Hill stopped by, where he chatted about an interesteing incedent that involved Broadway veteran an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMOld Vic, LondonRecent London revivals of Synge's 1907 play have tended to treat it as a dark rural tragedy. Refreshingly, John Crowley's new production, which includes a band of itinerant mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
The Casting Society of America held bi-coastal ceremonies for the presentation of the 27th Annual Artios Awards on Monday, September 26. The Los Angeles ceremony was held at The Beverly Hilt…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMCharles Busch, Alison Fraser, Josh Grisetti, Judith Ivey, Daniel Jenkins, and Simon Jones will take part in Project Shaw's Super Shaw, a lively and irreverent evening of scenes from Geo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMPrivate Lives with Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross
A conversation with Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross about the current Canadian production of Private Lives
Tickets: http://www.mirvish.com/shows/…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:53PMBringing the best of British theatre to cinemas across the U.S. this fall, NCM Fathom will present a series of four events from the stage of the National Theatre of Great Britain. National T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMThe awards, nicknamed "the Mimi," will be handed out at a ceremony Nov. 14.The awards, nicknamed "the Mimi," will be handed out at a ceremony Nov. 14.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:52PMThe Signature Theatre Company will populate its 2012 season at the brand-new Signature Center with three Athol Fugard dramas, as well as premieres by Edward Albee, Kenneth Lonergan, Will Eno…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMNCM Fathom will present four productions from Great Britain's National Theatre as part of the NT Live series on screens throughout the U.S. this year.
The series will begin with Nichol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMWell, if I had been wearing socks, they would have been blown off because this is one sweet cast. They know who they are and understand their craft. What a pleasure to watch.Jeff Talbott k…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:42PMMCC THEATER has announced that tickets will go on-sale Monday, October 3 at 1000 a.m. for the remaining two productions of the company's 2011-2012 season the world premiere of Wild Animals Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMStage and screen favorite Alan Rickman is headed to Broadway’s Golden Theatre on October 27 in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Seminar. Cast as a literary legend, Rickman gives some …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMBrian Kerwin and Leslie Hicks consider their roles as a middle-aged blogger and a luddite whose marriage may not survive the latest affront to the man's peace of mind in Stephen Metcalfe's T…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:42PMThe long-running international hit musical "Phantom of the Opera" will turn 25 in October, and its producers have big plans in the works to celebrate this milestone.
"Phantom" creator Andrew…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 01:41PMNational Theatre Live, an initiative to broadcast live performances from the National Theatre's stages to cinemas worldwide, has partnered with NCM Fathom to expand and broadcast its thi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMLisa D'Amour, the playwright of the Broadway-bound "Detroit," and Melissa James Gibson, the writer of "This," are the winners of the prestigious Steinberg Playwrighting Award, which honors a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:39PMHorror author reads excerpts from work in progress.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:33PMThe original cast of Roger Bean's doo-wop musical, Life Could Be a Dream, which previously performed at the Hudson Theatre and Laguna Playhouse, will reprise their roles when the show be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThe original cast of Roger Bean's doo-wop musical, Life Could Be a Dream, which previously performed at the Hudson Theatre and Laguna Playhouse, will reprise their roles when the show be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMCasting has been announced for the latest installment of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, to run October 5-30 at the Westside Theatre.
The cast will include La La Anthony, Dee Hoty, Samantha Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PMWe hereby announce a new blog series When They Trod the Boards, designed to highlight notable film or television actors who have a substantial background in stage work as documented in the c…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:26PMRock of Ages receives its London premiere at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre tonight 28 September 2011 (previews from 31 August) with a cast which includes West End regulars Oliver Tompse…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:25PMMeet "How to Succeed"'s Newest Finch Nick Jonas
http://www.playbill.com/video We catch up with Nick Jonas who will return to Broadway as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Tony Award-…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:25PMRock of Ages receives its London premiere at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre tonight 28 September 2011 (previews from 31 August) with a cast which includes West End regulars Oliver Tompse…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:23PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Jordan Harrison's Maple and Vine, to run November 19-December 23. The production, which will open offici…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PMLife as a "student" on the Stanford Campus is amazing and energizing. I've been mixing up a bunch of different classes and other experiences from taking "design thinking" bootcamps to lectur…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:19PMA Walk in the Woods – TimeLine Theatre Company at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. is offering $15 industry tickets to the Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m. performance including a special an-dep…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:18PMJoey Arias and Basil Twist take New Yorkers on an alien abduction, a trip to
hell and back again in the musical and visual fantasy Arias With a
Twist, at the Abrons Arts Center through Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMNYMF's Newest Musicals Featuring Andrea McArdle, Jill Paice and More!
http://www.playbill.com/video The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its eighth year of exploring…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:17PMTony nominee Marin Ireland (Reasons to be Pretty, After Miss Julie, Three Sisters, Blasted) is among the complete cast for Playwrights Horizons’ forthcoming New York premiere of Jordan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMBroadway ticket sales are back at pre-Labor Day levels after another serious uptick through the week ending September 25. Across the board, productions rallied by $2.5 million for a strong $…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 01:12PMPlaywrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Dorothy Fortenberry, Dan LeFranc, Radha Blank and Lisa Kron are the recipients of the 2011 Helen Merrill Awards in Playwrighting.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMAnderson Lawfer and James Anthony Zoccoli’s “The Game Show Show ... and Stuff!” proved to be a popular late-night destination when it debuted at the Strawdog Theatre in 2006 and went o…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:04PMLast night (27 September 2011) over 120 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers converged on the Vaudeville Theatre for Broken Glass, which has transferred to the West End following a critically accla…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:02PMNewsies Opening Night
Featuring music by eight-time Academy Award®-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a new …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:00PM
Recording star Shayne Ward is a 2005 winner of Simon Cowell’s X Factor, but only now is the Twitter favorite making his West End debut. Ward, soon to be 27, has signed on through March…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMPlaywrights Horizons announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Maple and Vine, a new play by Jordan Harrison, Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe company has announced plays for next year and an extended ticket discount program. Among the works will be those by Edward Albee and Katori Hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:45PMThe American premiere of "Engagement Féminin: An
Evening of West African Contemporary Dance," created and performed by Art' Dév/Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue; "Spectral Scriabin," a
collabor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:44PMChess the Musical has its opening night tonight. See what audiences have been saying about the previews.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:44PMThe American premiere of "Engagement Féminin: An Evening of West African Contemporary Dance," created and performed by Art' Dév/Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue; "Spectral Scriabin," a …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:44PMBristol Old Vic StudioNatalie McGrath's three-hander, set in a dead-end seaside town in the late 1980s, begins with a great crash of waves and explodes in a dazzling firework shower of words…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMThe National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) will return to the West End next year presenting two shows by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown who will cross the Atlantic to direct his…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:37PMEmmy Award-winning broadcaster Larry King will bring Larry King: Standing Upto Whitman Hall at The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 4 at 7:30pm Jim Millan has d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:31PMThe acclaimed production of Sleep No More, which has been luring New Yorkers into its haunted world since April, will continue the dark dream at the McKittrick Hotel through Nov. 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMAccording to published reports, Broadway veterans Barbra Steisand will be honored with the L'Oral Paris Legend Award at Elle's Women in Hollywood celebration. Additional honorees include Vio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMBrick (Eric Lindahl) can’t face his wife, Maggie (Jeremy Myers) in Hell in a Handbag’s “Pussy on the House” by Ryan Landry. (Photo by Rick Aguilar Studios) What happe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:15PMA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, all women were dressed by Frederick's of Hollywood and all men were a cross between David Lee Roth and Jon Bon Jovi. The Eighties-set Rock of Ages …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:15PMDuring a recent visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Moneyball star Jonah Hill aired a grievance about Tony nominee and Glee star Matthew Morrison, claiming that while attending a swanky H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMSinger-songwriter and stage and screen actress Joan Jett is among this year's nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMThe architechts that created the SEmpember 11 Memorial have now moved on to a new plan to redesign Times Square. Though plans have not yet been finalized, construction would begin in Fall 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMHarry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel, which opened at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre Sept. 8, will transfer to Actors Temple Theatre next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMFrank Rizzo's Behind The Curtain blog has moved. Visit the new blog at <a href="http://www.courant.com/curtain"><b>courant.com/curtain</b></a>.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03PMEmily Rohm and George Andrew Wolff, two stars of Drury Lane Theatre's technically-stunning production of Sweeney Todd, offer an exclusive backstage look at the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PM
Hello luvs It's Lourds Lane, the creator of CHIX 6. Today, September 27, is our first performance of our 5 week developmental pre-Broadway run at the Queens Theatre in the Park
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMGet your tickets for the New York Musical Theatre Festival today with theses special BroadwayWorld Discounts
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMThe show: "Traces"The place: The 700-seat Belding Theater at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford.
What is it?: Now that's a very good question.I'd call i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:51AMIn the hands of Vertigo Theatre, Calgary's one and only self-dedicated mystery theatre, the tale of murder, deception, betrayal, greed, and lust is an intriguing look into the human psyche.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:40AMThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that Lisa D'Amour and Melissa James Gibson will each be presented with the Steinberg Playwright Award at the 4th Annual Steinbe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMPreview performances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Company’s Sons of the Prophet, by Stephen Karam, directed by Peter DuBois. The cast includes Yusef Bulos (Bill), Jonathan Loui…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:36AMWhat price a bit of honest publicity? The rapidly changing face of theatre reviewing is grist to the bloggers' mill this weekWhat happens if you can't get a critic to see your show? Most the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMProducer Daryl Roth announced today that three-time Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty Footloose Mamma Mia and TV and stage regulars Samantha Mathis American Psycho 33 Variations and Concetta Tomei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMHarlem Drama Studio, a non-profit arts organization producing multicultural theatre in and around Harlem, will present a free reading of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone Oc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMTwo
theatres made major announcements this week. On Monday, Shakespeare's
Globe launched its Globe to Globe Festival, in which 37 plays will be
performed in 37 languages by 37 different inte…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:19AMSecond Stage Theatre will present the new musical THE BLUE FLOWER written by Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer, with choreography by Chase Brock and direction by Will Pomerantz, this fall. Previews w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMBroadway World is proud to announce a partnership with MamaDrama NY The new MamaDrama blog feature will connect busy parents with a collection of the best Mom-focused websites in the blogos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMThe world premiere of Jeff Talbott's tense, dramatic comedy The Submission officially opened Off-Broadway Sept. 27 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMCirque du Soleil, one of the most recognizable names in theatre entertainment, is combining its unique form of stage craft with the musical library of Michael Jackson to create an innovative…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:02AMPhillip Pullman once wrote that, “Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn’t be human beings at all,” and it’s very true. Stories are the way we …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:01AMThe Countess called my attention to this recent Canadian documentary The Book of Vaudeville made by Winnipeg’s Farpoint Films. The story goes that in 1950, a local boy found a scrapb…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:00AMPatti LuPone should play Annie Oakley some day, because the woman is the 'straightest shooter' I've ever seen. When something's buggin' her, whether it's a photographer in a theater, or a ci…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw will present Super Shaw 2011, which is billed as "a lively and irreverent evening of George Bernard Shaw," Oct. 17 at The Players Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMTony Award nominee Dee Hoty, Samantha Mathis and Concetta Tomei have been announced to join the Off-Broadway cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore beginning Oct. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM"The Game Show Show...and Stuff," an interactive comedy by Anderson Lawfer and James Anthony Zoccoli first seen at the Strawdog Theatre in 2006, is to get a commercial run at the Mercury The…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AMA Charity Case, a new play about adoption by Australian playwright and director Wendy Beckett, will begin performances Oct. 28, with an official opening Nov. 2, at Off-Broadway's Clurman…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMLast month it was Sondheim; now Time Out gives me another chance to geek out on another favorite composer on the occasion of a production of his biggest hit. What Bob Wilson and the Berliner…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:28AMFrank “Slivers” Oakley (b. either 1871 or 1885, I’ve seen both) has been called the greatest circus clown of his generation. In a 1960 interview, Buster Keaton placed him a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:26AM1) I've never seen Mad Men, despite -- and possibly because of -- all of the glowing raves everyone I know gives the show, but damn I can't ignore how compelling this scene is set up -- even…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:26AMEditor's Note: In "Maturing With Wilson," playwright Alessandro King documents his journey from hammy high school character actor to adult playwright, a journey guided all along by…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 10:25AMMCC Theater's production of Jeff Talbott's SUBMISSION opened last night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The production features Jonathan Groff Spring Awakening, Glee, Will Rogers When the Ra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMLisa D’Amour, whose play Detroit is aiming for a Broadway arrival this season, and This playwright Melissa James Gibson are the recipients of the 2011 Steinberg Playwright Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMPoetry for Peace will present a public reading of selections from Stephen Mitchell's new translation of Homer's "The Iliad" (by Free Press) Oct. 10 at the Cathedral Church …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMDay 15 Les Enfants De ParisFrom one of the writers Stacey Weingarten, book of Les Enfants de Paris'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMYesterday, Greg Cook of the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research and I began an extended conversation on the newly opened Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art at the MFA. What follow…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:15AMJustin Timberlake is exactly the kind of overwhelming, dominating celebrity star power that Broadway producers look for. Face it: 1. He can sing. 2. He can dance. 3. He can act. 4. Every w…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:14AMNothing like a great big group of talented, energetic and uber-adorable 20-somethings from Texas on a New York stage having the time of their collective lives to make you feel really old. &n…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:11AMThe Disney Company has clearly put a good deal of Lion King money into this attempt to reinvent a movie of theirs from 1992: Newsies. The film lost almost $12,000,000 so one might wonder why…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:06AMShaftesbury theatre, LondonThose who have read The Dirt, the extraordinary memoirs of the hair metal band Mötley Crüe, will have fixed in their mind a vivid picture of life on LA's Sunset …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05AM"Outside The Box," a new musical comedy web series about a musical theatre group called Outside The Box, will premiere Nov. 6 on YouTube (the YouTube channel is outsidetheboxseries…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMSix opera singers from around the world share leading roles in the COC’s Rigoletto as their careers soar.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:01AMTony winner Joanna Gleason returns to the New York stage on September 28, as Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet begins previews at the Laura Pels Theatre. Peter Dubois will direct the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMMost of what I do (and you do) is manage conflict. The conflict between understanding an audience/marketplace and responding to a singular artistic vision. The battle between paying the ofte…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AM
Morgan James, who is currently in rehearsals for the Broadway revival of Godspell, will perform with her band Sept. 28 at Rockwood Musical in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMShould we lay down rules on relationships between critics and artists? Or should reviewers find their own moral compass?An awards committee on which I frequently serve has a long-standing r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMMegan Sikora discusses performing in "Gatsby" as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, working with Max Von Essen, Autumn Hurlbert, and Tony Award winner Harriet Harris, as well as …
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 09:53AM“Shake out the shiver of these dynamite bones.” So begins Coasting, the remarkably rhythmic and lyrical new work from playwright Natalie McGrath. Loaded with assonance and imagery, it is…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:50AMDirected 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, Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AMI’m weird. Are you? Is your art weird? Are you arts patrons weird? We Are All Weird is the name of a new book by Seth Godin. It’s a book that finally explained in very simple and clear t…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 09:48AMSay thanks to whomever you say thanks to, for we have a new playwright among us. His name? Jeff Talbott, and he is the recipient of the first ever Arthur Laurents-Tom Hatcher Award, which ho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:43AMA private reading of A Time to Kill, Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of the novel by John Grisham, will be held in Manhattan Sept. 30, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM“I’m not interested in museum pieces, but I am interested in giving tradition contemporary currency.”
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 09:38AMWe mentioned here the other day that Ed Sullivan was a former boxer. Today is his birthday, so we share with you a clip wherein Sullivan demonstrates his enthusiasm for the Sweet Science by …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:32AMLa Jolla Playhouse presented a private reading of William Finn and James Lapine's new musical comedy Little Miss Sunshine earlier this month, according to The New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMThe AGO’s brand-new learning centre rehabilitates a dark, subterranean bunker into an inspiring creative space
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 09:17AMToday we are talking to the leading lady of the new PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary At The Albert Hall - airing live in Fathom movie theaters around the world this Sunday - Christine D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AM
The producers of The Submission initially attempted to stir up buzz by suggesting that one character’s identity should be kept secret until people saw the play. But they didn’t nee…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:57AM"I have always felt that the theatre is the perfect place to contemplate the unknown and often in my plays ordinary people are faced with inexplicable phenomena. These have included ghosts, …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:50AMRadha Blank, currently represented Off-Broadway by her play Seed, is the recipient of the 2011 Helen Merrill Award For Playwrighting, which was presented to her in a ceremony at the Algonqui…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:49AMJonathan Kalb’s new book from the University of Michigan Press, Great Lengths: Seven Works of Marathon Theater, looks at seven contemporary theatrical works that test the extremes of d…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:42AMWicked celebrated five years in the West End this week, with its executive producer claiming its ongoing success has been thanks to a predominantly young audience.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMNow, Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that the play is getting closer to Broadway with a new reading set for Friday in New York, featuring Beau Bridges, his daughter Emily and Shu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMJoseph Leo Bwarie is Frankie Valli and Preston Truman Boyd, John Gardiner and Michael Lomenda
are the rest of The Four Seasons in the touring company
of "Jersey Boys" which plays the B…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:10AMJoseph Leo Bwarie is Frankie Valli and Preston Truman Boyd, John Gardiner and Michael Lomenda are the rest of The Four Seasons in the touring company of "Jersey Boys" which plays the Bushne…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:10AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
In the first of a new series, Jon Savage is trawling the archive of British Pathe newsreels to pick out pop cultural gems. He starts in the 30s with the phenomenon of jitterbuggingPathe had …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMWhatsonstage.com Award-winning musical Wicked last night celebrated five years in the West End at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
The show, which has now grossed over £145 million at the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:39AM
Remember Summer Stock? That wonderful training ground, the best training ground for actors and artisans that allowed you to hone your craft over a period of twelve weeks between Memo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:38AMThe West End edition of Broadway’s Rock of Ages officially opens Sept. 28 with a gala performance, following previews that began Aug. 31. The company is led by British TV and radio per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:37AMFour actors. One set. Hot topic. Looking to get a production, vanilla gay playwright Danny (Jonathan Groff) has submitted his first play - Call A Spade “about an alcoholic black …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:36AMWhat we don't know, or may never know, about the American torture of Gitmo prisoners is the searing background of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's prize-winning play about revenge.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30AMWhatsonstage.com Award-winning musical Wicked last night celebrated five years in the West End at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
The show, which has now grossed over £145 million at the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:22AM[Video] Composer and lyricist Robert Lopez is the man behind “Avenue Q” and “The Book Of Mormon,” two of the biggest Broadway shows of the decade. NY1's Budd Mishkin filed the follow…
SOURCE: NY1 at 07:20AMArchive newsreel footage from 1943, probably filmed at Pathé studios in London. It attempts to draw parallels between rhythms occurring in nature and the jitterbug
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMThe gleaming South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center holds its grand opening in Cutler Bay Oct. 1 and 2 with both free and ticket-only performances of music, dance and visual art.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:10AM
With some exceptions, absurdism doesn’t age particularly well. The impact of what was shocking and avant-garde decades ago is reduced by the endless mediocre imitations that have follo…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:58AMIt was a month that saw August: Osage County decide not only to offer student rush, but also senior rush. Well, why not? What’s good for the gosling is good for the goose and gander. S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMI swear – this will be the last column on The Most Clever Broadway Musical Moments. We’ve had five in the last two weeks, but I do believe I’ve saved the best for last: The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMAs I mentioned on Monday, I’m the critic-in-residence at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, more chummily known as CCM, where recently I saw Aubrey Berg’s excellent production…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMArchive newsreel footage from 1943 of dancers jiving to Lou Praeger and his band at the Hammersmith Palais, west London
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMLast night (27 September 2011) over 120 theatregoers made their way to the Vaudeville Theatre to see Anthony Sher reprising his role in the critically acclaimed 2010 Tricycle production of B…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:47AMArchive newsreel footage from January 1939 of a dance competition in Cincinnati, Ohio
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AMGlittering inaugural programme to include everything from Philharmonia Orchestra and Shakespeare to Peppa PigThe tourists drifting past in boats on the river Stour didn't realise it, but the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:17AMLast night (27 September 2011) over 120 theatregoers made their way to the Vaudeville Theatre to see Anthony Sher reprising his role in the critically acclaimed 2010 Tricycle production of B…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:15AMWhen in doubt, make a spoof. A time-tested approach to approach to art that rarely fails. :Silence! The Musical”, whose first appearance at the 2005 New York Fringe Festival turned s…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 06:14AM...that I ultimately prefer to not make money blogging because, man, I really don't like being edited...don't mind the grammar/spelling edits, but I REALLY don't like content editing. …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AMThe poignancy of Brandon Walker's new play has almost everything to do with Michael Stephen Clay's performance as William Turner and not the spotty script and direction.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:04AM"Greek" star Aynsley Bubbico discusses life on the hit show, guest starring on "How I Met Your Mother" and her current gig, starring in the Off-Broadway musical "Peter & I" from October 6-16…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AMAnything 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 06:00AM
"L.A.'s Antaeus Company will write a new, belated chapter in Coward's artistic history on these shores: On Oct. 20 it will open Peace in Our Time, a 65-year-old drama that had not been stage…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48AM"British debuts from the national theatre companies of China, Israel, Bitola and Armenia are planned as part of the Globe to Globe festival next year, during which each of Shakespeare's play…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:40AM"Melbourne Theatre Company, ordered in 2009 to address a gender imbalance in its productions, is to make King Lear a woman. Robyn Nevin, the great senior actress of the Australian stage, wil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:40AMJustin Guarini will make his Media Theatre debut this fall in the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago. The show, which opens the theatre's 2011-2012 Broadway Series, runs September 28-November 6.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMGuess who’s singing an album of Broadway songs. Sandi Patty. Some (especially pagans) may not know the name, but much of the country is quite aware that Sandi Patty is the doyenne of g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMIt seems as though Mrs. T and I just unpacked our bags, and now we're hitting the road again. Our...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMBig Joe Turner, live at the Apollo in 1955: (This is the latest in a weekly series of arts-related videos...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Kafka could never have written as he did had he lived in a house. His writing is that of someone...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThe dialogue is fierce and bristles like firecrackers let loose as the two combatants hit each other fast and furious with the “F-word”.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMIt’s Peyton Place meets Glee! Boners, booze, boobies and Joe DiMaggio make this a summer to remember. Just read the first chapter and you’ll be hooked.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Ghostlight Records is set to release an updated and re-mastered version of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Footloose the Musical. The album will be available digitally on October 4, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17AMThe trailer for Volcano's Another Africa, the hit from Luminato isopening this week atCanadian Stage. The vid's a beaut.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe League of Professional Theatre Women marks its 30th anniversary with a 15-month celebration. Turning 30, a special outdoor event, kicks off the series Sept. 28 in Duffy Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTony winner Joanna Gleason pays her dues so she can appear in plays like Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJustin Guarini makes his Media Theatre debut Sept. 28 in the Philadelphia theatre company's production of the classic Kander and Ebb musical Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA U.K. touring production of the rock musical Chess — featuring a company of actor-musicians playing their own accompaniment — opens Sept. 28 at Toronto's Princess of Wales T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRoundabout Theatre Company's New York City premiere of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, a play about one man's chronic ill health, begins previews Sept. 28. Opening nigh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKissless, the new pop musical about unexpected love by Chance McClain, arrives in New York Sept. 28 with a cast of teens from Texas as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA female interrogator attempts to put her dark past at Guantanamo Bay behind her in the New York premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Yale Drama Series Award-winning play Lidless, which o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
