Charles McNulty reviews "Ghetto Klown," John Leguizamo's solo show that was on Broadway last season.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:51PMNever mind that 36 years have already passed since A Chorus Line opened on Broadway. What’s really astonishing is that five years have already passed since the revival of A Chorus Line ope…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:42PMA treasure hunt devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the dinosaur section of the America…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:40PMNot only is Adam Rapp prolific, but you never know what he’s going to come up with next.
In the past 18 months alone, he delivered the censorship drama “The Metal Children”; combined t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:27PMAs is The Lyric hallmark, The Tales of Hoffman is a visual spectacle. Set Designer Ezio Frigerio has constructed an over-sized metal framework complete with elevators and a smoke-puffing tr…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:23PMHEDY WEISS: History and dramatic storytelling conjoin to explosive effect in “The Great Fire,” writer-director John Musial’s marvelously vivid and imaginative work of theater, dance, m…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:18PMAfter the season-opening spectacular of “Anna Bolena,” the Met offers revivals showcasing the best of current and past regimes.
Back again is Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” w…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:09PMTonight on DANCING WITH THE STARS, the contestants get personal, with dances that represent a year marking an important event in their lives.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03PMThe winners of the 1st Irish Fest Jury Prizes have been announced. The awards were presented in a ceremony held at Papillon Bistro & Bar on October 3.
Deirdre Kinahan's Bogboy has…
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The Wilma Theater led all others Monday night at the 2011 Barrymore Awards, the region's professional theater honors, for its production of Sarah Ruhl's offbeat, often funny play In the Next…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:58PMLegit News: Won set design Tonys for 'Annie,' 'Barnum' -- David I. Mitchell, who did the scenic design for more than 30 Broadway shows, was nominated for seven Tony Awards and won two, for "…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:55PMI guess it isn't too surprising to hear from Newsies star Jeremy Jordan that the Disney film upon which the show is based is part of what made him want to be a musical theatre actor. O…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:54PMPlay In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Wilma Theater
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:39PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Clues devised by composer Stephen Sondheim prompted hundreds of people, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to scamper through the American Museum of N…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:36PMI came to DC’s Studio Theatre to talk to Duncan Macmillan about his latest play, Lungs, which will be making the first part of its rolling world premier at Studio on October 2nd (it …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:21PMToday we are analyzing all aspects of last nights spectacular special presentation of the 25th anniversary of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA live from the Royal Albert Hall. This unprecedented ful…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11PMI had never heard a newspaper's front-page story referred to as "the wood," until Time Out assigned me to review a play with just such a title. The Wood is described as a "no-holds-barred" a…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 09:05PMRevivals of the hilarious Kvetch and the moving Falsettos reveal similarities -- and differences -- between the two. South Street stinks. How the World Began shows us both sides of a debate …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:04PMYou know what I love about the beginning of tech? Everyone working on the show is finally all in the same room at the same time. No more conference calls and group emails. You want to ta…
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - TEASER TRAILER
Coming soon!!! Outside The Box - the new musical web series. Episode One premieres November 6th. Series guest stars include Beth Leavel, Brad Oscar, Greg…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:58PMI heard two contrasting Thomas Ades pieces over the weekend, demonstrating the composer's amazing emotional and sonic range.As part of a program that included, incongruously to my mind, Moza…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 07:52PMFrom an interview of Steve Yockey on Theatre Bay Area, by Lisa Drostova: The Bay Area has been so supportive in a number of ways. Audiences here see a lot of theatre and, as a result, have c…
SOURCE: direct address at 07:49PMon Thirteen: Fri., October 7th at 1:00 AM on CUNY TV: Sat., October 8th at 8:30 PM Sun., October 9th at 12:30 PM and Mon., October 10th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM Critics John …
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 07:43PMALAN MENKEN is now online! Part 1 of our interview with Click here to watch
SOURCE: Theater Talk at 07:42PMOn Tuesday, Oct 4: Step 1) DJ with us, yes, DJ - as in spin some of your favorite music tracks - with us on http://turntable.fm/howlround starting at 1:30pm Eastern or 10:30am Pacific. Step …
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 07:24PMThe human spirit won't be easily vanquished, or so we're led to believe from Cool Hand Luke, which in itself should provide succour to those trapped at this stage adaptation of the novel tha…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:18PMThe Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson DR. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, will open officially on Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:07PMIn 1978 the Chinese author Jung Chang left Communist China to study in Britain. Ten years later, inspired by a visit from her mother, she began writing about her life in her homeland. The re…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThere was a time, hard to think of it now, perhaps, when the Royal Shakespeare Company was both radical and waggish. The billboards in August 1964 outside the Aldwych Theatre – then the RS…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe nerdy perpetual loser and the womanising jock: they go together like a horse and carriage. Saul Rubinek puts just such a dubious male friendship in the spotlight in Terrible Advice, his …
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Continuing the Conversation on Local Theatre and Supporting Local Playwrights Backstory First, you need to know that this blog post is part of an on-going online conversation. My friend Gwyd…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 06:49PMLooking 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 06:44PMReview by Judd HollanderPhotos by Jacob J. Goldberg
Did you ever wonder why newspapers always list the age of a person when they died but never their age when born? Or if someone is actually…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:44PMBy Isaac Butler Of the top ten most produced shows on TCG member theater stages, only one wasn't seen on Broadway within the last five years. This, to me, shows once again how conservatizing…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 06:42PMThe rich are different. Deadly, too. They're the sort of people who prey on others, their children and each other. The prolific Adam Rapp ("Red Light Winter," "The Hallway Trilogy") says as …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:40PMA Few Good Folks Posted on July 15th, 2011 by Travis Bedard Last fall the New Works community in Austin was awarded a planning grant from the Mellon foundation to explore (and model) infrast…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 06:37PMThe New York Times has reported that Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for Fiddler on the Roof has approved gay-friendly lyrics to the old standard Sunrise Sunset.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe Pasadena Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY at The Pasadena Playhouse. BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, by Pearl Cleage, which begins rehearsal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMThe Emmy and Tony award-winning superstar Kristin Chenoweth brought her powerful voice and effervescence to the Women's Association of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 16th annual Spo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 10311.
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Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, October 3, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more infor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:56PMYesterday, the Theatre Development Fund, presented as a part of TDF's Accessibility Programs TAP, the first ever autism-friendly performance in Broadway history at Disney's landmark musical…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMDue to popular demand, a number of musicals at The New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF have announced additional performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PM"Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:44PMThe New York Musical Theater Festival’s first week offered numerous works in progress, with a couple of familiar names, Austen and Gatsby, showing the most promise.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMStanding on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays will celebrate the beginning of its off-Broadway run by spreading its message of equality with one-night-only performances of the show across Ame…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMUntitled Theater Company #61 will present the New York premiere of noted Israeli playwright Motti Lerner's 1985 play, Pangs of the Messiah, at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PM"Small companies and companies in those parts of the country that aren’t theatre hubs should embrace new play development as part of their work. Small companies (like ours in a place …
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 05:26PMAccording to Deadline.com, Tony nominee Christopher Walken has signed on to star in Martin McDonagh's 'Seven Psychopaths' film. Walken joins Colin Farrel and Sam Rockwell in the movie, which…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Frat" at The Apartment Lounge ★★★
With its posters of scantily clad women, signs promoting Jell-O shots and Jagermeister, bottles of vodka you can reach o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:22PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced the line-up of performers participating in the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES Dirty Laundry on Monday evening, October 17.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMTony winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon), T.V. Carpio (Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark), Adam Jacobs (The Lion King), Jose Llana (Wonderland) and more are set for the Philippine Development Found…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMMichael Forever The Tribute Concert, a music event in honor of the late Michael Jackson, is set to be streamed live from Wales on Saturday, October 8 as a special pay-per-view event on Faceb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMUniversal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment announced today that the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMCasting has just been announced for the second year of the national tour of the smash-hit revival WEST SIDE STORY. Star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria will be played by Ross Lekites and Evy O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMLegit News: London import to shutter in January -- The last dance is on the horizon for the Broadway outpost of "Billy Elliot," which has set a closing date of Jan. 8.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:01PMThe Shakespeare authorship dispute comes to a head as the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles bestows its Crystal Quill Awards on three adherents of different positions in the debate -- film…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMReports on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Man of Rock, and Madame X.
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Barnes amp Noble welcomes a slew of Broadway performers to presentations throughout October.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMFor two decades Friends In Deed has offered emotional and spiritual support for all those affected by life threatening illness, caregiving and grief. In celebration of the 20th anniversary o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMAny aspiring novelist might feel a tad of trepidation over having his or her work judged by Alan Rickman as an imperious writing teacher. That’s the premise of Theresa Rebeck’s n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMCurated by Deborah Willis, Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contempo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:49PMThe Sharks and the Jets just made new recruits. West Side Story will welcome Ross Lekites and Evy Ortiz as the new Tony and Maria in the national tour of the Broadway revival, which is in it…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMThe Sharks and the Jets just made new recruits. West Side Story will welcome Ross Lekites and Evy Ortiz as the new Tony and Maria in the national tour of the Broadway revival, which is in it…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMSISTER ACT on Broadway: True Confession #229
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:43PMScott Bakula stars in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s world premiere of Saul Rubinek’s Terrible Advice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMOn Thursday, October 6th, National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of THE KITCHEN By Arnold Wesker Directed by Bijan Sheibani The broadcasts will be shown on an additional 200…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:42PMDavid I. Mitchell, a seven-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Tony Award winner, and a scenic designer for Broadway, opera and ballet, died Oct. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 79.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMThe Off-Broadway production of The Berenstain Bears LIVE! celebrated the launch of "Let's Move" Visits Bear Country this past weekend with over 100 New York families who took …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:42PMLegit Reviews: John Leguizamo has anatomized his personal demons in several rollicking one-man shows. In his most recent one, Broadway transfer "Ghetto Klown," he recounts his adventures in …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PMJames Vsquez directs THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at The Old Globe, with book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, choreography by JT Horenstein and music direction by Mike Wilkins. The Rocky Horr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, veteran actress Glenn Close will be honored with the 2011 Hollywood Career Achievement Award as part of Starz Entertainment's 15th Annual Hollywood Film …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMPlaybill was invited to capture the sights, sounds and
songs of the Off-Broadway musical The Blue Flower. Featuring a
rock-infused score by Jim and Ruth Bauer, this new musical explores th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMChatting with Alan Rickman and his co-stars in this new Broadway play.
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:31PMThe Record is a brand new column that gives Broadway performers an outlet to discuss their solo music. We love and support our favorite stage performers but this will be your first chance to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PM Rusty (guest star Don Most) and Rose (guest star Valerie Mahaffey) Pillsbury pay Emma a visit and we get a sneak peek into her deep rooted issues. Meanwhile, Mike Chang (Harry Shum) s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 04:30PMAlan Bennett’s first stage play, 40 Years On is bravely tackled in the continuing ensemble season at York Theatre Royal. It is an entertaining yet demanding and overly long play which is …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:27PMNEW YORK (AP) -- "Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:27PM"Godspell" Sneak Peek!
We got a sneak peek at the 1st Broadway revival of "Godspell" which comes to Circle in the Square Theatre October 13th, 2011. Special behind-the-s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:27PMWho doesn’t “Love Lucy?!” I Love Lucy – Live On Stage is now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre in West Hollywood (right near the Farmers’ Markets) and it’s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:27PMLegit News: Fest features Bollywood tuner, 'Wah,' 'Swans' -- A new Bollywood tuner helmed by Kneehigh's Emma Rice ("Brief Encounter"), "Wah! Wah! Girls," and a stage adaptation of Jung Chang…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:27PMLegit News: Fest features Bollywood tuner, 'Wah,' 'Swans'
SOURCE: Variety at 04:27PMWelcome 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 04:26PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1022011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMAccording tot he NJ.com, nine theatre-goers were asked to leave during intermission of Paper Mill Playhouse's NEWSIES last week due to 'unruly behavior.' Theatre representative Shayne Miller…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMHow big a hit is The Book of Mormon? The show manages to keep breaking records at the 1,068-seat Eugene O’Neill Theatre, one of the smallest houses on Broadway. To be precise, Mormon h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMWhen I told a friend that I was going to see Noel and Gertie, he seemed surprised that it was being revived as it was very much aimed at audience members of a certain age when he saw it in t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:21PM"I don't want a full house at the Winter Garden Theatre. I want 90 people who just came out the worst rain storm in the city's history. These are people who are alive, on the planet....
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 04:19PMLegit News: 'War Horse' rides high for London outfit -- London's National Theater generated a total income of £70.6 million ($110 million) and produced fare seen by a record-breaking 1.6 mi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:19PMThe Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical will play its final performance at the Imperial Theatre on Sunday, January 8, 2012. As of that date, it will have played 40 preview and 1,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:14PM"Billy Elliot the Musical" is planning its last dance on Broadway. Producers announced Monday that the Tony Award-winning show will play its final performance on Jan. 8, ending a more than t…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:10PMUniversal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions in association with Weinstein Live Entertainment announced Oct. 3 that the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMThe Tony-winning musical Billy Elliot has set a closing date of January 8, 2012. The show, with a score by Elton John and script by Lee Hall, will have will have played 40 preview and 1,304 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:09PMThe Tony-winning musical Billy Elliot has set a closing date of January 8, 2012. The show, featuring music by Elton John and a book and lyrics by Lee Hall, will have will have played 40 prev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:09PMBroadway favorite Aaron Tveit recently stopped by Yankee Stadium, where he treated fans to his own rendition of God Bless America at Game 2 of the ALDS. Click below to check out his performa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMJosephine Forsberg, one of the Chicago pioneers of improvisational acting and the founder of the Players Workshop of the Second City, died Monday morning.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:04PMComplete casting has been announced for the national tour of West Side Story as it begins its second year. David Saint, recreating Arthur Laurents' original staging, has directed the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PM
This weekend “Saturday Night Live” featured a digital short that celebrated STOMP, the long running international sensation. WATCH IT HERE
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:59PMStanding on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which as previously reported will kick off an Off-Broadway run at the Minetta Lane Theatre on November 7, will also be performed across the glob…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMCasting has been announced for the second year of the national tour of the recent Broadway revival of West Side Story.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMAlthough the playwright is honoured more in France than in Britain, he remains a major figure overdue for reassessmentEdward Bond has never fitted snugly into the polite world of British the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55PMThis weekend Saturday Night Live featured a digital short that celebrated STOMP, the long running international sensation. Click below to check it out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMThe fall season is fast upon us and many of the new shows are starting! One new show making waves this fall is "Seminar" starring Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Hetienne Par…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 03:50PMFemme Fatale Theater's production of Oscar Wilde’s Salome, which will feature an all-male cast, will begin performances Oct. 6 at The Secret Theater in Long Island City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced the line-up for its Deck the Hall series of holiday concerts, to be presented at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The concert series will kick off with H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:46PMIn episode seven of Sister Lives: Backstage at ‘Sister Act’ with Sarah Bolt our bubbly vlogger, inspired by one particularly lovely front row audience, drops some etiquette tips …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PMA sold-out performance of the musical "The Lion King" that had been modified for children with autism and their families.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:45PMDavid Alpert, Maria Macioce and Justin Huebener have announced the fourth annual concert series of LIVING FOR TODAY, with musical direction by Nate Patten, and direction by David Alpert. LIV…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMTony Award winner Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein operetta Candide, starring Geoff Packard and Lauren Molina, officially opened Sept. 21 at the Huntington Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMArena Stage has announced casting for Amy Freed's You, Nero, to be presented in the Fichandler Stage, November 25-January 1. Nicholas Martin will direct.
In the play, as Rome collapses…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMJeff McLaughlin had never set foot in a trailer park when he designed the sprawling interior of a trailer for Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain. It's one of of three McLaughlin designs that w…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:31PMJulie Andrews will be honored with the Prince Rainier III Award for her outstanding contribution to motion picture, television and theater arts at the 29th Annual Princess Grace Awards Gala,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:31PMGates McFadden and Denise Crosby, who starred on TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, will co-star in Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA's production of Gregory Moss' House of Gold, t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMCast members and notable alumni from Broadway's Phantom of the Opera came out to the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sunday, October 2 for the live simulcast of the musical's 25th anniversary …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMThe Princess Grace Foundation-USA PGF-USA is proud to announce that the 29th Annual Princess Grace Awards Gala will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMArena Stage announces casting for You, Nero by American Voices New Play Institute resident playwright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed. Making his Arena Stage debut is director Nicholas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMTony-nominated playwright Martin McDonagh will direct a new self-penned film titled Seven Psychopaths, according to Deadline.com. The movie will star Colin Farrell (who led the cast of McDon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:13PMCheck 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 03:09PMThe Coterie will inaugurate its new supper club at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel's Twist Restaurant space with two upcoming concerts.
First up will be Julie Garnyé Does He…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PMThe international juggernaut that is The Phantom of the Opera just keeps going, and the latest milestone for Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved musical is the London production’s 25th a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMMichael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour is a bloated and busy spectacle that will ultimately leave many Jackson fans and Cirque fans cold
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:00PMMichael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour is a bloated and busy spectacle that will ultimately leave many Jackson fans and Cirque fans cold
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:00PMMichael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour is a bloated and busy spectacle that will ultimately leave many Jackson fans and Cirque fans cold
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Full casting has been announced for the Pasadena Playhouse production of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky, to be presented November 1 - 27, with an opening on November 6. Sheldon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:59PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMJon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES, starring Stacy Keach, Stockard Channing, Rachel Griffiths, Thomas Sadoski and Judith Light will begin preview performances Oct. 12 at the Booth Theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMOn Saturday gay-friendly lyrics to "Sunrise, Sunset," approved by Sheldon Harnick, the "Fiddler on the Roof" lyricist, were sung officially for the first time at the nuptials of Richard Skip…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:45PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON BREAKS HOUSE RECORD FOR THE 17th TIME $1,310,225.50 FOR THE WEEK ENDING 10/2/11 COMEDY CENTRAL AIRS “SOUTH PARK” SEASON PREMIERE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 AND “6 DAYS …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:43PMKYLE JARROW is a writer and musician based in New York City. He writes for thestage as well as film and television and he plays in the rock band Super Mirage. He won the prestigiousOBIE Awar…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:43PMBarnes and Noble has announced additional special events scheduled for its stores in the near future, including a performance and CD signing by Kevin Earley, Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, Matt …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMNeil Dickson will star in Stephan Wyatt's The Standard Bearer, to run October 19 - November 12 at the Stephanie Feury Studio (SFS) Theatre. Julian Sands will direct the production.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMThe Old Globe’s new production of The Rocky Horror Show opened Sept. 23 in San Diego, CA, following previews that began Sept. 15. The production, scheduled to run through Nov. 6, is direct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMLook who dropped by "Sister Act"!
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:33PMIn Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama A Moon for the Misbegotten, two lost souls reach out to each other across a blighted stretch of earth, riding waves of hope and heartbreak in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:28PMStanding On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which will arrive Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre Nov. 7, will join with Tectonic Theater Project for Standing on Ceremony: The Nationa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMA new take on Shakespeare and Pinter's political plays are among the highlights of this term's theatre offeringsA new term and a new adventure awaits those intrepid enough to brave the stall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMA year after her Tony-winning run in A Little Night Music, Catherine Zeta-Jones returned to Broadway on October 1 to check out the musical extravaganza Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark with her…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMA lively Seattle staging of "An Ideal Husband" features smart comic pacing and well-spoken actors who bring Oscar Wilde's witticisms to life.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:07PMKristen Vaughan won the NYIT Award ‘2011Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role’ for her portrayal of Jane in Benefactorswith Retro Productions. She was also a prior nominee for Bunny i…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:04PMIn celebration of its 25th anniversary, a special staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera played three sold out performances at London's Royal Albert Hall Oct. 1-2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMIn celebration of its 25th anniversary, a special staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera played three sold out performances at London's Royal Albert Hall Oct. 1-2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMStage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel continues to be a lucrative commercial success saving theatre from cutsThe National Theatre has been saved from significant cuts by the unst…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PM"Fansies," as they are known by the cast and creative team of Paper Mill Playhouse's stage adaptation of Newsies, flooded the lobby of the New Jersey theatre Oct. 2 for a Fan D…
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Tickets for AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN are now on sale to the general public at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200). Tickets will be available in person at the Barrymore T…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:46PMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced the line-up for its Deck the Hall series of holiday concerts, to be presented at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The concert series will kick off with H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMThe New York Philharmonic Celebrates Longtime Subscribers
The New York Philharmonic knows that our organization exists because of our audience members. We are very grateful to our loyal sub…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMOne of the most common things in the world happened on Oct. 1 in Tappen, NY. "Sunrise, Sunset" was performed at a wedding.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMLee Hall Mines the Past For "Pitmen Painters"
http://www.playbill.com/video "The Pitmen Painters", the new play by Lee Hall, writer of "Billy Elliot", tells th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:34PMMore than five years after its debut, the musical Jersey Boys continues to bring audiences around the world to their feet with the rags-to-riches tale of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:33PMThe Broadway cast of FOLLIES will be heading to the recording studio this week, and PS Classics is set to release the new cast recording for the revival on November 29. To pre-order the doub…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PM“Everyone,” I wrote in a tweet to promote my previous blog post, “enjoys a good blurbing now and again.” Although I didn’t mind if someone read some perverse double entendre into �…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:30PMGates McFadden who starred on TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, will direct the Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA's production of Gregory Moss' House of Gold, to run October 15-De…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMOn the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Playbill asked members of the Broadway community to reflect on the uncertain time, the shared hope an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:29PM"Red" and "God of Carnage," two Tony Award-winning plays, will be the most produced play around the country in the upcoming regional theater season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:27PMThe Book of Mormon's Tony-winning composers Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed their plans to adapt the hit musical for the big screen earlier this fall, but re-iterated that a film ver…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMOn the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Playbill asked members of the Broadway community to reflect on the uncertain time, the shared hope an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:23PMTony Award nominee Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Colin Farrell have been cast in the upcoming Martin McDonagh film "Seven Psychopaths," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY MAN AND BOY’s Frank Langella featured in Newsweek and The Star-Ledger. Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to present three-ti…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:19PMContinuing the Conversation on Local Theatre and Supporting Local PlaywrightsBackstoryFirst, you need to know that this blog post is part of an on-going online conversation. My friend Gwydio…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:19PMRené Rivera will star in Stacey Martino's The King of the Desert, a co-production from CoActive Content and American Latino Theatre Company to be presented in the Forum Theat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMGlenn Close will receive the Career Achievement Honor at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMFrom an article in SF Weekly: Between 1936 and 1939, the American federal government paid San Francisco theater workers to do what they did best: write plays and put on shows. The San Franci…
SOURCE: direct address at 01:17PMIn this work of colour, the Belgian troupe's artistic director, Thierry Smits chooses performers of African descent for purely aesthetic reasons
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMComplete casting has been announced for the national tour of West Side Story as it begins its second year. David Saint, recreating Arthur Laurents' original staging, has directed the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMKenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon work well together as the rifleman and nobody as the farcical temperature is contained to rise steadily
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:02PMThe Public Theater's KING LEAR, directed by James Macdonald, begins preview performances on Tuesday, October 18. Kristen Connolly Cordelia, Bill Irwin The Fool, and Frank Wood Cornwall, Che …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PM
From an article on HowlRound by Polly Carl: Small personal moments of yes: HowlRound came about because of a yes. Just over a year ago I was having dinner with David Dower at the TCG Confere…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:57PMOnly one show opened on Broadway in September. In October, there will be four: Man and Boy with Frank Langella, October 9; The Mountaintop, with Samuel Jackson and Angela Bassett, October 13…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:50PMBarnes and Noble has announced additional special events scheduled for its stores in the near future, including a performance and CD signing by Kevin Earley, Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, Matt …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMSarah Brightman, who became a star 25 years ago as the original Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera, made a special curtain call appearance at the musical’s anniversary concert …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMSarah Brightman, who became a star 25 years ago as the original Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera, made a special curtain call appearance at the musical’s anniversary concert …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMSarah Brightman, who became a star 25 years ago as the original Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera, made a special curtain call appearance at the musical’s anniversary concert …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMMusical theatre favorite Lauren Molina, currently reprising her award-winning performance as Cunegonde in Candide at the Huntington Theatre Company, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMMusical theatre favorite Lauren Molina, currently reprising her award-winning performance as Cunegonde in Candide at the Huntington Theatre Company, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMMusical theatre favorite Lauren Molina, currently reprising her award-winning performance as Cunegonde in Candide at the Huntington Theatre Company, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMFace it – you’ve heard enough Mannheim Steamroller. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra just isn’t doing it for you anymore. Thankfully, those who enjoy complementing their holida…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 12:45PMAs the students of Glee's McKinley High prep for their production of West Side Story, fans can check out an audio preview of the New Directions gang covering the show's classic pre-r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMBroadway stars Tituss Burgess, Ramona Keller and Patricia Phillips will take part in I Hear a Symphony: Motown's Greatest Hits Oct. 22 at the Orpheum in Sioux City, IA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMChannel 4 controller of film and drama, Tessa Ross, has been appointed to the National Theatre board.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMThe Public Theater's production of Shakespeare's King Lear is now in rehearsal. James Macdonald is directing the play, which will perform October 18 - November 20, with an officia…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:44PMThe folks at Studio 8H were definitely in a theatrical mood during the October 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Not only did the sketch comedy show lampoon Chris Rock's recent Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMJonathan Croall writes: When Jonathan Cecil (obituary, 26 September) auditioned for the part of a scout master in Peter Ustinov's play Halfway Up the Tree, its director, John Gielgud, told h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PMMore than five years after its debut, the musical Jersey Boys continues to bring audiences around the world to their feet with the rags-to-riches tale of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMA reading of Mark Alto Brown and Dee LaDuke's Still Growing will be presented Oct. 6 at 6 PM at Atria West 86 - Media Room in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMThe official public inquiry hasn't yet begun. Yet this 'theatrical tribunal' recalls the lofty democracy of classical civilisationThe Tricycle theatre announced recently that it will present…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMA premium seat to see Broadway megahit "The Book of Mormon" costs $352 at face value, while a premium seat to "Jersey Boys" can cost as much as $297. For a night at "Wicked," a premium seat …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:30PMChicago’s TimeLine Theatre has been honored with a 2011 National Theatre Company Grant of $10,000 — one of just 10 theater companies to be named as among the most promising, emerging pro…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:28PM25th Anniversary concerts for The Phantom of the Opera were held at Royal Albert Hall on October 1 and 2. Laurence Connor directed the performances, which had musical staging and choreograp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:26PMThe American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of its 2011 National Theatre Company Grants. The organizations will receive their awards, which include a $10,000 general operating g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMYoung Lin-Manuel Miranda: Gossip At Hunter
A scene from a movie I made in 10th grade called Naughtybird Curtsy. The movie itself? Not so good, and hopefully you never see it. But this scene…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:21PMDon’t try to look for a pattern in Jan Maxwell’s Broadway resume. With credits ranging from Dancing at Lughnasa, A Doll’s House and Coram Boy to The Sound of Music and Chit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PMJosh Hamilton, who won rave reviews last season in Classic Stage Company's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, has joined the company's upcoming production of Chekhov's tragicomic m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMCindy Williams will star as Mother Superior in the national tour of Dan Goggin's Nunset Boulevard, which will launch during the 2012-2013 season. Additional casting and a complete sche…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:17PMThe odyssey of the redemptive thief turned champion of the innocent and the good, the story of the lodestar Jean Valjean and “the miserables” triumphantly returns to the Kennedy Center r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:16PMQuantum Leap star Scott Bakula, Men Behaving Badly's Caroline Quentin, Ghost Stories' Andy Nyman and Pulling's Sharon Horgan star in the world premiere of Saul Rubinek's Terrible Advice whic…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:15PMThe students of NYU Steinhardt’s Program take on Sweet Smell of Success, the Tony Award-nominated musical by John Guare, Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia, beginning Sept. 29 at the F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMCasting has been announced for Plays for Living's one-night-only performance of Mark Alto Brown and Dee LaDuke's Still Growing, to be offered on October 6 in the Media Room at Atri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PMNunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show, the latest installment of Dan Goggin's Nunsense franchise, will embark on a multi-city national tour in the 2012-2013 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMMARY POPPINS has astonished over 8 millions people with its own brand of pure Broadway magic. Featuring the irresistible story and unforgettable songs from one of the most popular Disney fil…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PMPost #210/3/2011 by Mahira KakkarWhat is it to love full heartedly? Without stinting? This was the question that came up in rehearsal for me today. Our director, Mark Lamos, has …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 12:01PMChicago's TimeLine Theatre is to receive a $10,000 grant from the American Theatre Wing, under the New York-based organization's National Theatre Company Grants program.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:01PM
Here's a very recent play set in contemporary Brooklyn. "Time Stands Still," written by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies (Dinner with Friends), follows the story of James Dodd (Richard…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:59AMAn updated list of performers have been announced for the 22nd Annual New York Cabaret Convention, to be held October 20-22 at the Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center. All shows are at 6p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMJoan Stein and Richard Frankel Producers announced today that the new theatrical event Standing On Ceremony The Gay Marriage Plays, which premieres in an open-ended engagement Off Broadway a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMWas instrumental in bringing great works to the National Ballet
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:57AMA memorial for Tony Stevens, the dancer, choreographer and director who worked with Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett and epitomized the life of a Broadway "gyspy," will be held Nov. 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMMichael Forever: The Tribute Concert, a concert in honor of the late Michael Jackson, will stream live from Wales Oct. 8 on Facebook, the first live pay-per-view broadcast on the social medi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMTony Award nominee Gavin Creel will offer a musical theatre master class on Thursday, November 3rd from 630 to 1030pm at the Davenport Studio in Midtown Manhattan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMWith Relatively Speaking, the new play featuring three short comedies from Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May, currently in previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway.com asked re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMWith Relatively Speaking, the new play featuring three short comedies from Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May, currently in previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway.com asked re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMThree short stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa depict the tales of outcast and ostracized people in A Fool’s Life at the Theatre Centre
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:47AMThis season in Studio 5 at City Center, renowned dancer-turned director Damian Woetzel will offer an intimate look at today's most compelling dance artists and companies, including American …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMThe Lyric Stage production of the Charles Strouse-Stephen Schwartz-Joseph Stein musical Rags, which runs Oct. 28-Nov. 6 at the Irving Arts Center’s Carpenter Performance Hall in Irving…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMWesley Taylor Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, Tales of the City is rumored to play a recurring role in the Broadway-centric NBC mid-season replacement, SMASH, exec. produced by Steven Spiel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMProspect Theater Company will celebrate the new Off-Broadway cast recording of John Gregor's musical, With Glee, with a one-night-only reunion staged concert reading. Igor Goldin will d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMAn American favorite for his award-winning role in the hit TV series House, the versatile British actor Hugh Laurie showcases his musical side in an atmospheric personal odyssey filmed on lo…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:39AMJosh Hamilton has joined Classic Stage Company’s forthcoming revival of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard in a cast that includes previously announced stars John Turturro as Lop…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMTwo plays, Shine Your Eye and Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God, offer poignant windows on Africa at Bluma Appel Theatre
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:34AMMichael Ball and Imelda Staunton star in the Chichester Festival's production of Sweeney Todd, which began performances at the Festival Theatre Sept. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMJosh Hamilton, who appeared in Classic Stage Company's production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters in 2010-11, has joined the company's upcoming production of Chekhov's The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMThe Broadway cast of The Phantom of the Opera joined notable Phantom alumni as they viewed Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh's 25th anniversary production at a special live simulcas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMChichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to be Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMArt theft is a highly under reported and investigated crime.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:27AMKara DioGuardi, Ashley Argota, and Daniel Rodriguez make special appearances, adding their voices to the 2011 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 13, the annual holiday music 2-CD set which b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMDan Roach and Will McGarrahan shoot first and pray later in Next Fall.There has long been a certain gap in intellectual ambition at SpeakEasy Stage, as I've lamented before, but their produc…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:25AMRobert Sheehan's performance in this Irish classic divides reviewers – but everyone agrees that they can't understand a wordOne hundred and four years ago, John Millington Synge's The Play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMTwo more Broadway regulars have signed on for NBC's upcoming Broadway-themed series Smash. Savannah Wise and Wesley Taylor will play dancers who befriend aspiring actress Karen (Katharin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMBarnes and Noble has announced a lineup of special events scheduled for its stores in October, including a performance and CD signing by Kevin Earley, Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, Matt Cavenau…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMIn person, Hugh Dancy is polite, mild-mannered and blessed with the kind of handsomeness that doesn't scream for attention. So, what’s this low-key leading man doing starring in wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMAhead of tonight's West End premiere of Cool Hand Luke, adapted from Donn Pearce's 1965 American crime novel, the production's star Marc Warren has 'hustled' his way onto the cover of the Oc…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:16AMThe Argument – Interrobang Theatre Project, at The Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave, is offering Pay-As-You-Can Industry Seats for preview performances Friday & Saturday, Oct. 7 &a…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:16AMThe Stratford Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar has arguably been the most talked about production of the year in Canadian musical theatre. Nearing its final few weeks before th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMCanal Park Playhouse has announced its initial programming for its inaugural season. The venue is housed in a landmark building at 508 Canal Street in Tribeca.
Among events scheduled for t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMJosh Hamilton will play the role of Trofimov in Classic Stage Company's production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, to be presented November 16-December 23, with an opening o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMDenise Cormier and Rod Gnapp have been cast in the world premiere of Sharr White's Annapurna, to play Nov. 2-Dec. 4 at Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Artistic director Loretta Greco dir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMGrammy and Academy Award-winning songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David have been announced as the 2012 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Bacharach and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe original cast recording of the current Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Follies, starring Bernadette Peters and Jan Maxwell, will hit stores on November 29.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMWithout the financial success of War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors, the National Theatre would have struggled to stage shows including The Kitchen, Emperor and Galilean, London Road and cin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMOne of the most popular flicks of the last several weeks has been the Brad Pitt produced, Moneyball, based on the book of the same name. Simply put, Moneyball is about statistics . . . and h…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The Provincetown Theater Company will present the world premiere of Myra Slotnick's new drama The Weight of Water.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMDozens of theaters across the country plan their own simultaneous performances of a collection of nine short plays that all deal with gay marriage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:50AMThe 3D re-release of the classic animated film itself has grossed $98.7 million worldwide, including a massive $79.7 million in North America.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending October 2, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $814,553 7,822 95.30% $104.14 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICA…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe five-time Oscar nominee is a leading contender to take home this year's best actress statuette for "Albert Nobbs."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:42AMStatement from Occupy Wall Street – this statement was voted on and approved by the general assembly of protesters at Liberty Square: As we gather together in solidarity to express a f…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:41AMWitness for the Prosecution is a six-course meal of a play, a lip-smacking, eye-rolling, stomach-rumbling grand buffet of – wait for it – vintage fifties, English-style murder, complete …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMThe LGBT Center and NealB.tv present award-winning composerlyricist Bobby Cronin's musical Daybreak.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMFollowing a two-year run in Los Angeles, two industry presentations of Jeff Gould's It's Just Sex, which is billed as a "comedy about lust and trust," will be offered Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMTony and Emmy Award-winning performer Kristin Chenoweth made her way to New Jersey to headline the 16th Annual Spotlight Gala, celebrating arts education and the Women’s Association of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMMatt and Trey and the "South Park" team are back from their midseason break in their 15th year and are under the gun.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:34AMIt's that time of year again. Every year I take time to create a survey for all of my blog readers so I can find out what is working and not working on the blog. You can take the survey...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMCirque du Soleil has released video from the red carpet opening night of its newest production, Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, which officially debuted in Montreal, Canada on Sunda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AMDay 20 Blood By The MummersBy The Mummers One Big BLOODy Family
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMA new online ticketer intends to bring a bit of eBay, and the penny auction craze, into the ticketing arena.
Wilton, CT-based HiLo Tickets is entering the online ticketing space doing double…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:21AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, a world premiere play from Adam Rapp, opens on October 3 at off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company. Featuring a cast …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMComedian Chris Rock ventured out of his comfort zone last spring by making his Broadway acting debut in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Motherf**ker With the Hat. That got the folks at Satur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:19AMThe Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia will present Give Our Regards to Broadway Oct. 10 at 7:30 PM at the Manhattan School of Music.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMFans of Aaron Tveit know that the Broadway star is a diehard New York Yankees fan, and the team must know it, too, because they invited Tveit to sing “God Bless America” at game …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMOn the Guardian theatre blog today, Lynn Gardner revisits the perennial topic of theatre and criticism. Her post’s title sums it up: theatre and critics need each other. Her post was i…
SOURCE: Drama, Daily at 10:16AMDay 18 GreenwoodBy Tor Hyams and Adam LebowBook, Music and Lyrics
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMGeorge Stiles beguiles us with tunes, stories and facts of the concert production of Soho Cinders that will play The Queen's Theatre on Sunday 9th October.
SOURCE: musicaltalk.co.uk.html at 10:08AMNow is not the time to put your artistic skills on the shelf. You need them now more then ever. That's true whether you plan or pursing an artistic career or you want a more traditional, non…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:04AMThere was drama onstage and off at the Sept. 29 performance of the new Disney stage musical Newsies, which officially opened Sept. 25 to critical acclaim at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Additional productions for the World Stages London festival, to run in venues throughout London in spring 2012, have been announced. Young Vic artistic director David Lan and arts consulta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53AMLeicester Square Theatre, London"I hope she's wearing shoulder pads!" says a woman behind me as we await the first glimpse of super-diva Joan Collins. We were to be disappointed.When Collins…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AM
Oliver! meets Annie meets Charles Busch meets Disney meets The Sound of Music meets the Pope in this absurd Catholic romp of a delightful, irreverent, charming and truly original new mus…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:35AM"Tim Janis: The American Christmas Carol," which will be seen at Carnegie Hall Dec. 2, will include a tribute to Broadway and recording star Darlene Love, who was recently seen in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMWhy is National Theatre Wales running a scheme to nurture new critical voices? Because theatre cannot flourish without critics – and vice versaTheatre criticism does not exist in a vacuum.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMThe National Theatre has today (3 October 2011) published its annual report for the year 2010-11. In addition to full financial statements for the South Bank institution, the report includes…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:05AMThe 25th anniversary celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera came to a spectacular close last night (2 October 2011) at the Royal Albert Hall.
The 200-strong company …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:04AMPlacido Domingo hits out at Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette, who had harsh words for the tenor's conducting in a recent production of "Tosca" at the Washington National Opera
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
"Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:58AMThe 25th anniversary celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera came to a spectacular close last night (2 October 2011) at the Royal Albert Hall.
The 200-strong company …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:56AMA small Bermuda start up, branding itself as an all-purpose ticketer and event management company, is expanding rapidly in the island's live entertainment market.
Launched in 2009 from the s…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 08:55AMThe only playwright that my list of revolutionary dramatists shares with Robert Brustein’s is Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). Though Brecht only lived for a decade after the end of the Sec…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:50AMNow that the western sun has set on Arena Stage’s Oklahoma!, Washington is in danger of being bereft of glorious singing voices and exemplary choral work. That void will be filled by Ford …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:44AMTony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth headlined the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 16th annual Spotlight Gala, held on Saturday, October 1 at the Center. The event raised fu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:31AMThose organizations that mount important art, pursue aggressive marketing campaigns and build their families consistently, create an insurance policy against economic downturns and programma…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:26AMComposer Jonathan Dove, playwright Tanika Gupta and directors Peter Brook and Rufus Norris are among the artists creating productions for World Stages London, a theatre festival which is bei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMAdam Rapp ventures into absurdist territory with a sharp and cynical portrait of an America devouring itself and destroying the natural world.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMKim Katzberg's Penetrating The Space proves to be a brilliant exploration of metatheatricality, while Tom X. Chao's Callous Cad is simply tiresome.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMKim Katzberg's Penetrating The Space proves to be a brilliant exploration of metatheatricality, while Tom X. Chao's Callous Cad is simply tiresome.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Comedy poised for New York run -- Stage comedy "It's Just Sex," which carved out a couple of years of life in Los Angeles, is gearing up for a run at Gotham with an industry-only…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMSomebody beat me to it. It's worth a read, especially as a way of putting a lot of what I say in context. While the linked article described what womanist theatre is about, my poiesis seeks …
SOURCE: Love's Labors Lost at 08:00AMAron Eli Colette's new play about the efficacy of psychology has humor and poignancy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
The National Theatre today (3 October 2011) releases its 2010-11 annual report, in a lunch meeting held with journalists at the South Bank venue from 1pm.
Whatsonstage.com will be live twe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:53AMThe 25th anniversary celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera came to a spectacular close last night (2 October 2011) at the Royal Albert Hall.
Composer Andrew Lloyd W…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMThe 25th anniversary celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera came to a spectacular close last night (2 October 2011) at the Royal Albert Hall.
Composer Andrew Lloyd W…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:29AMAgatha Christie’s theatrical mystery, Black Coffee, is like
her work in general: methodical and not showy. So too is her primary hero, the Belgian
detective Hercule Poirot. And the same …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:21AMWith young talent such as Barrymore-winning actor Jennie Eisenhower as director, and Jenn Rose (The Great American Trailer Park Musical) as choreographer, you’d think excitement wouldn’t…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:20AMJustin Guarini could have had his Broadway debut 10 years earlier than he did.
SOURCE: delcotimes.com at 06:15AMI smoke cigarettes.Yeah, yeah...I'm not mentally defective or self destructive or suicidal. Your sidelong disapproving glances and reminders that they are bad for my health bounce off of me…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AM2004 "Best Actor in a Leading Role" at the Sundies Film Festival in Boston, MA, Anthony Manna discusses starring in Project Theater's "Mangella" from October 6-23 at The Drilling Company The…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AM
MCC 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 01:30AMStop the presses: The Toronto Symphony plays Brahms’s First Symphony. Not a likely reaction a few years ago, but Peter Oundjian is now getting into such a groove with his hometown band tha…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:12AMHave you heard? “Natasha’s shtupping Protopopov.” So says Chebutykin in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, now at Yale Rep in New Haven. Ruhl&r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AMLauren Teachout, my niece, got married in Smalltown, U.S.A., on Saturday afternoon. Regular readers of this blog will know that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMJohnny Cash and the Tennessee Two perform "Get Rhythm" on Tex Ritter's Ranch Party:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Sitting with my gin or whisky afterwards I would often manage to get into conversation with some lonely man or...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMBlessed be the creators that can cause such merriment.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMChinglish playwright David Henry Hwang once again takes Broadway’s Best Shows backstage for an exclusive look into the rehearsal process.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMAs Chicago burns in the Lookingglass Theatre's "The Great Fire," John Musial's inflammatory theatrical collage about the events of Sunday Oct. 8, 1871, a little clutch of rich Chicagoans sta…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMMonday, October 3, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) -- Tony Award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical sets January 8, 2012, as the date for its final Broadway performance.
SOURCE: 1775 at 01:00AMThe Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Bassett, comes straight off its highly-acclaimed London run for a limited 16-week Broadway engagement.…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM
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Madame X- The New York Musical Theatre Festival…
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Madame X is written by Gerard Alessandrini best known for Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood. This show is a spoof of film noir …
SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 12:02AMRaoul Bhaneja in Hamlet SoloNicolas Mignard's portrait of MolièreHamlet (solo) has toured the country getting raves everywhere it has gone. The phrase "tour de force" is a tired cliché...e…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMarc Warren (West End's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) stars in Cool Hand Luke, a new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name, which officially opens Oct. 3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"Shrinks talking to shrinks talking to shrinks, it never fixes anything," laments David, the troubled son of two therapists. While I'm pretty sure that I paraphrased that line slightly, it e…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM"Those beautiful girls," generations of them, file into a Manhattan recording studio Oct. 3-4 to record the new two-disc Broadway cast album of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth directs and stars in Bebe Neuwirth & Friends, which benefits the unique partnership between Henry Street Settlement and Equine Advocates Horse Sanctuar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBobby Cronin's new musical Daybreak will be presented Oct. 3 at 7 PM at New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center as a benefit for the LGBT Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJeremy Woodard, who has also been seen on Broadway in Glory Days, takes over the role of Stacee Jaxx in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages Oct. 3 at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAtlantic Theater Company opens the world premiere of Adam Rapp's surreal play Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling on Oct. 3 following previews from Sept. 13. The work features Christine L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt's the biggest night of the year for the Philadelphia theatre community. Resident presentations of Miss Saigon, My Wonderful Day, The Threepenny Opera, In the Next Room and Let Me Down…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre fans sleuth through "A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt," a one-night-only event devised by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, at the American…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBook of Mormon Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells hosts Fall Into the Nova, a benefit concert featuring the music of Daniel Zaitchik, Justin Levine and Shaina Taub, Oct. 3 at Ars Nova.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe popular comedy series Celebrity Autobiography turns a new page Oct. 3, with a revised edition featuring readings by Mario Cantone, Carol Kane and Michael Urie at the Triad Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, presents Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe with the 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAmelia, Alex Webb's two-actor, multiple-character play about a woman's epic journey across Civil War America in search of her soldier husband, will get its world premiere in January …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn the movie "Shrek," John Lithgow is the voice of the evil Lord Farquaad. In his new memoir, "Drama: An Actor's Education," the 65-year-old character actor is the candid, thoughtful voice o…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThe stuff that’s always interested me about “The Threepenny Opera” doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the marquee names most closely associated with the pie…
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THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS
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