There’s a lot of personality onstage in “Jewels” -- some sparkling, some flawed. George Balanchine’s setting of three ballets matched to gemstones is the centerpiece of the final wee…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:47PMLegit Reviews: An anthology of sketch plays, unified by a female-friendly theme and put together mostly by women? "Motherhood Out Loud," a show conceived by Susan Rose and Joan Stein and wr…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:39PMThe auditions are over ladies and gents. Meaning it's now time to separate the good from the great, the vocally talented from the vocally strained and, of course, the sane from the crazies. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38PMToday was our second “ten-out-of-twelve” tech day (during the run up to our first performance, we’re allowed to work for 10 hours over a 12 hour period), but before that ev…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 11:10PMReview of the September 25 matinee performance at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway in New York City. 2 hours, 45 minutes, including one intermission. Starring Myles Erlick, Emily Skinner, Da…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:00PM
Imagine you’re a rock fan and the Rolling Stones are just making their New York debut after decades of playing Europe. Big deal, right?
That’s what the Berliner Ensemble’s belated bow …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:58PMLegit Reviews: The plain housekeeper is in love with the estate manager who is in love with the lady of the house who has let the estate go to rack and ruin.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36PMPeter Neufeld: For The Good of The Show with Victor Garber, Steve Bogardus, Karen Ziemba, Peter Filichia (Moderator) and Seth Weinstein (Piano)
Brooklyn born and raised, Peter Neufeld fell …
SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 10:29PMREADY FOR THE RIVER
by Neal Bell
Doris and her teenage daughter, Lorna, are on the run. They witnessed Doris’s ex (Lorna’s father) kill the banker who’d come to foreclose on their far…
SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 10:21PMDrawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:10PM"It's art, it's not nice." That comment, made by someone in "The Threepenny Opera," could also be said of Robert Wilson's vision of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's 1928 satiric musical. As a…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:08PMToo sporadic to make this feature dated, but here it is.
Thinking about values:
The Value of College is (a) Growing (b) Flat (c) Falling (d) All of the above. An article that actually l…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:03PMSo, I finally finished Star Trek: the Next Generation, and I've moved on to Firefly. It's interesting getting into yet another old memory, half a decade later. Whereas Star Trek was my obses…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:01PM
Man and Boy's Zach Grenier Mark Herries will be interviewed on WAMC radio'sThe Roundtable on Thursday, October 6th at 1010AM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58PMThe Rude Mechs, that Texas-based group of collaborating theater artists, go West to the Kirk Douglas Theatre once again, following in the wake of their Method Gun. This time, they're opening…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:58PM"Somewhere," Matthew Lopez's often charming though overstuffed drama, takes place in a poor, showbiz-obsessed household on the West Side of Manhattan during the Golden Age of the American mu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:40PMAfter the success of our inaugural BWW Awards last year, in many of our regional markets, we are very excited to announce that, nominations for the 2011 BWWCleveland Awards are now open
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMOpened in Millburn on Sept. 25 and has garnered almost universal praise from metro area criticc
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:26PMWelcome to NOW SHOWING, your monthly guide to all of the Broadway offerings opening and beginning performances October is ripe with plays, including Man and Boy, Relatively Speaking, The Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMWyndhams Theatre, LondonI think now, as I did when I first saw it in 1988, that Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer prize-winning play is not much more than a pleasing anecdote about the growing amity be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17PMCharles McNulty reviews the world premiere of Matthew Lopez's "Somewhere" at the Old Globe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15PMLAUREN AMBROSE BOBBY CANNAVALE
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FUNNY GIRL
OPENS ON BROADWAY IN APRIL, 2012 AT THE
IMPERIAL THEATRE FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENT AT
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SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 07:10PM HANNA CHEEK with Waterwell, has devised and performed in Goodbar, Chill & Serve,Sweetness & Light, The Persians…a comedy about war with fivesongs, Marco Millions (based on li…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:05PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel has a diverse career on stage and in film, television, and music. In 2009 Ms. Menzel co- starred with Josh Groban in the concert version of Chess The Musical, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMMichael Jackson would have loved this, says Greg Phillinganes, the late singer’s long-time music director. Phillinganes is sitting on the stage at Montreal’s Bell Centre where Cirque du…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 07:03PMThe Athenaeum Theatre is celebrating 100 years by looking to the past and, more importantly, to the future. Used for more than two decades as a performing arts center, it has slipped into th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:03PMMerce Cunningham, who died in 2009, was one of the great pioneers of 20th-century dance. This year's Dance Umbrella opens with a farewell to Cunningham, whose company will close after one la…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMIt's only a couple of years since a stage version of The Shawshank Redemption unceremoniously sank in the West End. That show's fate has not deterred director Andrew Loudon and writer Emma R…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The Amoralists' Hotel Lounge Happy Hour series featured a performance by Michael Cerveris and his band Loose Cattle on September 30 at The Gershwin Hotel 7 East 27 Street in New York City. C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMFordham University announced Wednesday that actor Denzel Washington has donated $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theater, which will go to actor Phylicia Rashad.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:48PMThe Tony Award® winning smash hit Priscilla Queen Of The DeserT, produced by “The Divine Miss M” Bette Midler, will be the first Broadway musical to perform during the premiere week o…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:47PMThe archetype of Carmen is that of a lusty gypsy; but who is this operatic icon, really? A new production at Seattle Opera, directed by Bernard Uzan and featuring mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvel…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:47PMDuring the past couple of decades, Gary Griffin has directed nearly all the musicals in the Stephen Sondheim canon, from “Pacific Overtures,” “A Little Night Music,” “Passion” an…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:46PMtheater OPENING AND I REMEMBER. Redtwist Theatre presents Karen Vaccaro’s one-woman show in which she transforms into three different woman — a poet, a pianist, an actress — in a show …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:44PMImagine this scenario. A North Shore real estate developer invites a professional African-American woman to his Winnetka home to discuss a potential business project. The woman, a graphic de…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:40PMGodspell star Telly Leung has signed on to become Broadway.com’s newest video blogger. In Godspell According to Telly, Leung will bring viewers backstage at the first-ever Broadway rev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:31PMTeam StarKid, the Chicago-based theater company known for its web productions and huge online following, is headed out on tour.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:27PMAnne Archer discusses her return to the stage as Jane Fonda in Terry Jastow’s Jane Fonda in the Court of Public Opinion at Edgemar Center for the Arts, what playing Mrs. Robinson in The Gr…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:17PMThe Marsh is set to present several workshop performances of Brain Copeland's The Waiting Period, November 4-26.
Copeland's new solo show is a look at a ten-day period in his life…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:12PMMembers of the original Broadway cast of Dividing the Estate, including Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley and Tony Award nominees Hallie Foote and Penny Fuller, will reunite for the Alley T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PMLionsgate has released a promotional video for Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (The Play), which will be released on DVD November 22.
The story centers on what happens when a family g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:04PM
Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris performed along with his band Loose Cattle as part of The Amoralists' Hotel Lounge Happy Hour series at The Gershwin Hotel, on Friday, September 30.
…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PMThe delightfully odd members of The Addams Family are making their way across America in the musical’s first national tour, and Broadway.com has your first look at the gothic dynasty. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMAll about Adam Rapp's unsettling new play, starring Christine Lahti.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:52PMNick Hutson sits down with Broadway legend Idina Menzel to discuss her career, her singing camp and Glee!
SOURCE: musicaltalk.co.uk at 05:48PMAtlantic Ballet Theatre had to rethink traditional ballet to tell its searing story about female victims of domestic violence
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:46PMCompany had to rethink traditional ballet to tell its searing story about female victims of spousal abuse
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:46PMFive-time Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa's (Marie Christine,
The Wild Party, Hello Again) new musical Queen of the Mist tells
the real-life story of Annie Edson Taylor, the first…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM"Funny Girl," starring Lauren Ambrose as Fanny Brice and Bobby Cannavale as Nick Arnstein, will open on Broadway in April 2012 at the Imperial Theatre following its run at the Ahmanson Th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:40PMStaging the musical Chess can be as tricky as the game itself. Inspired by the famous 1972 Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky championship match held in Iceland, lyricist Tim Rice wrote it as a 198…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:39PMAnna Gunn will star in the title role of Alan Alda's new play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, to receive its world premiere production at the Geffen Playhouse, November 1-Decembe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMFollowing a couple of years of poor play on the field, and poor press off it, the New York Mets are turning to dynamic ticket pricing experts Qcue to help the team fill more seats next seaso…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:38PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Breaking News FUNNY GIRL will open on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre in April 2012 FUNNY GIRL, starring two-time Emmy Award …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:34PMFUNNY GIRL, starring two-time Emmy Award nominee Lauren Ambrose as Fanny Brice and two-time Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale as Nick Arnstein, will open on Broadway i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMFive choreographers nominate their favourite living artist in their fieldDerek Deane on Jirí KyliánJirí Kylián is a dance genius, probably the only one left. Many choreographers lea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMSarah Burton's Alexander McQueen show at the end of Paris Fashion Week was a burst of gorgeous self-reference, inspired by the sea
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:29PMAnna Gunn will play the title role in the world premiere of actor-writer Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, about conflicts in the life and work of the first woman to be a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMThe Broadway revival of Funny Girl will open at the Imperial Theatre in April 2012. Exact dates will be announced in the near future.
As previously reported, the show will star Lauren Ambro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:24PMThe cast of the Transport Group's upcoming production of Queen of the Mist, the Michael John LaChiusa musical about a lady daredevil who survives a plunge over Niagara Falls, offered a s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMAccording to the Toronto Star, Ontario nativeand teen superstar Justin Bieber is being considered to star in an upcoming Toronto production of Les Miserables. Producer Cameron Mackintosh rev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PM Now, no one is a bigger Princess Leia fan than yours truly. I actually think the Cinnabun hairdo is attractive and I used to coo to my pet cat Robie in honor of the scifi fairytale (…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:16PMSeminar star Jerry O'Connell recently gushed to Broadway.com about the excitement of being back in his native New York, and the actor proved he's taking advantage of the city's e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:10PMThe first lady, Michelle Obama, and the model Iman will be honorary chairs of the opening night gala performance of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center on Nov. 30.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMDavid Patrick Kelly is an actor associated with dynamic, off-beat and shall we say somewhat creepy parts. At Hartford Stage he’s been in such disturbing shows as “Tooth of Cri…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00PM
On October 10, NYMF and Sh-K-Boom Records will present three full sets of songs by musical theater writer Joe Iconis, performed by an enormous cast of Iconis Family Members and some brand ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMDirector meets critic: Will there be firsts of fury?
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:53PMQueen of the Mist begins performances Tuesday, October 18 at The Gym at Judson Memorial Church in anticipation of a November 6 opening. Queen of the Mist stars D.C. Anderson The Phantom of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMThe forthcoming Broadway revival of Funny Girl, starring Lauren Ambrose as Fanny Brice and Bobby Cannavale as Nick Arnstein, has booked the Imperial Theatre for an as-yet unspecified opening…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMSix Canadian playwrights are on the shortlist for the Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize, the richest award in Canadian theatre.The playwrights are: Robert Chafe, Newfoundland; Jasmine D…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:45PMAfter rumours throughout the summer and hints dropped by nearly everyone involved, it has been announced that the Stratford production of Jesus Christ Superstar will be heading to Broadway i…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:38PMThe Imperial Theatre, currently the home of the Tony-winning musical Billy Elliot, has found its next tenant: the eagerly awaited Broadway revival of Funny Girl.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMLysistrata Jones begins previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 12, 2011 and opens on December 14, 2011. In the video below, Lysistrate Jones herself, Patty Murin chats abuot fierce …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMHonestly, not only do I agree with everything in this post about horror on stage, but it's also written in a very similar process to how I like to approach those kinds of questions. The ques…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 04:20PMThe Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of Follies began previews last night, October 4, on Navy Pier. Starring in the Chicago production, directed by Gary Griffin, are Hollis Resnik as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMIn a display of moxie worthy of Fanny Brice herself, the producers of the upcoming Los Angeles revival of "Funny Girl" announced on Wednesday that they would transfer that musical to the Imp…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:11PMPlaywrights, Actors, Directors Praise His PassionGordon Edelstein likened the event to Tom Sawyer overhearing the eulogy at his own “funeral.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:03PMDrama Desk Award winner Jeremy Webb will step into the role of Atticus Finch when the Dallas Theater Center-Casa Mañana Theatre co-production of To Kill a Mockingbird arrives at the A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM
"Funny Girl" has found a home. The upcoming Broadway revival will follow "Billy Elliot" into the Imperial Theater in April. Lauren Ambrose is set to star in this biographical musical about Z…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 03:59PMPerhaps, for the most revolutionary dramatists, their followers take to the streets on occasion. The funeral cortege of German dramatist Heiner Müller (1929-1995) was “an impromptu pr…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 03:59PM"When you’re grossing $700,000 a week, which is not bad, and losing money, there is a problem.”
-Billy Elliot lead producer Eric Fellner on why he's decided to quit while he's ahea…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 03:56PMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Charles S. Dutton will guest-star on CBS' Criminal Minds later this season, according to TVGuide.com.
The site reports that Dutton will play To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PMAlly Sheedy will host A Place at the Table, the second annual dinner to benefit the Ali Forney Center (AFC), to be held at Studio 450 on Thursday, October 6.
The evening will include a cock…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Charles S. Dutton will guest-star on CBS' Criminal Minds later this season, according to TVGuide.com.
The site reports that Dutton will play To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PMAccording to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Julia Stiles will join previously announced Bradley Cooper in The Weinstein Company's 'Silver Linings Playbook.' The film is based on a novel by M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMPerformers have been announced for Three Rounds with Joe Iconis & Family, to be presented at the 47th Street Theatre on Monday, October 10 at 8pm. John Simpkins and MK Lawson will direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMJohnny Lloyd answers the question in this clip! Join in with your video Twitter: #newplay Facebook: Howlround
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:46PMHey Americans, ever heard of any of these:
Robert Chafe, the St. John's-based winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for drama (for Afterimage) and artistic associate and playwr…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:45PMThe premise has potential. Ask 14 playwrights -- some famous and some less famous women, plus one gay man -- to create sketches about the life-cycle of motherhood. Alas, the result -- "Mothe…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:41PMRichard Dresser certainly knows how to engage our emotions and tickle our funny bones. With "The Last Days of Mickey and Jean," he has come up with a witty and compact little comedy which is…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:40PMIn "Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling," Adam Rapp's sleek and surreal little apocalyptic horror show, the formal dining room in Connecticut is beautifully set for lunch. As anyone familiar …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:38PMThe first ever autism-friendly performance in Broadway history, presented by Theatre Development Fund’s Accessibility Programs, was held at Disney’s The Lion King Oct. 2 at the M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMSo, last week, it was Post #1,000. A post about the past.
Today: Post #1,001. A post about the future.
After all, this is a blog about the future. The future of culture.
So the question i…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:38PMOver 400 leaders in the advertising and market industries joined GLAAD for the 2011 Amplifier Awards to honor the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT inclusive advertising, p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMOn Twitter Watch, Karen Olivo wrote Just finished my 1st closing with the amazing traciethoms HarrysLaw rentreunion 18 minutes ago
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that SISTER ACT will open at Paris' Theatre Mogador in fall 2012. The theatre is currently the home of the Franch production of MAMMA MIA, but the show will soon …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMStage and screen star Sandra Bernhard will offer her new show I Love Being Me, Don't You? at A.R.T.'s OBERON, November 1-4 at 8pm.
Backed by a live band, Bernhard blends outrageou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMSeveral big names will perform the romantic musical comedy "She Loves Me" as part of a one-night-only benefit in New York for the Roundabout Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:21PMJason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried will co-star in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Itamar Moses' science-filled love story Completeness, which will get its theatrical software up and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Several big names will perform the romantic musical comedy "She Loves Me" as part of a one-night-only benefit in New York for the Roundabout Theatre Company....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:20PMObie 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: YouTube at 03:15PMAfter a fun-filled day in the sound studio recording their original cast album, leading lady Sutton Foster and her Anything Goes co-stars couldn’t wait to show off the finished product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMJohn Leguizamo does not lie. At the top of "Ghetto Klown" he tells you that the auto-biographical one-man show is an act of "spilling [his] guts" for us and "therapy" for him. But by the end…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:14PMThe dark star of Spanish theater makes her way to the US with a powerful work about aging and the body
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:13PMBroadway ticket sales remained steady through the week ending October 2. The current 22 production slate saw a slight increase in cumulative gross — up to $18,748,191 — with week…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:13PMThe Seattle fringe theater Open Circle Theater, closing after two decades, specialized in eclectic, dark-tinged fare.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:12PMJonathan Groff, Rutina Wesley & Co. Call "The Submission" Provocative
Nothing is black and white in Jeff Talbott's new dark comedy "The Submission", according to…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:10PMGary Griffin's production for Chicago Shakespeare Theater is different from the Broadway revival
Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Grif…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:09PMSomething old, something new, and something for practically everybody.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 03:08PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel" at the Greenhouse ★★½ and "Summer and Smoke" at The Den Theatre ★★
"Speaking in Tongues: The Chronic…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:08PMOn Tuesday, October 4, Rent alumni Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz were in the house for the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Awards, which honor the best in LGBT inclusive advertising.
Christine Eber…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMThe Waterfront Committee of Manhattan Community Board 2, the community board which serves the West Village and Soho, is seeking arts-related ideas on possible programming for Pier 45 (at Chr…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:05PM‘Love Lies Bleeding’ will be at Sony Centre in November
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:05PMThe new film Footloose will be expanded into a full-blown movie musical from the earlier film with songs. In addition to starring a young Kevin Bacon as Ren, Footloose also starred Lori Sing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMMaybe this will help: Adam Crane of the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra reports that the Cardinals requested a group from the
SLSO to perform the National Anthem before tonight's make-or-break
…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:04PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced Cheyenne Jackson Xanadu, Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski Nine, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara The Pajama Game, Josh Radnor How I Met Your Moth…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced Cheyenne Jackson Xanadu, Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski Nine, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara The Pajama Game, Josh Radnor How I Met Your Moth…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM Gentle readers, my theatre review this week for the LA Weekly is for Pat Harrington, Howard Storm and the late Michael Rhodes’ gentle comedy about friendships and growing old, Jimmy…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM
The New York Musical Theatre Festival will present Alt-Cabaret Spectacular: Going Underground with Adam Feldman Oct. 11 at Ars Nova.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMEclipse Theatre, the Chicago company that selects one playwright per calendar year, has chosen the late, great Eugene O'Neill as its 2012 author.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:57PMA one-night-only benefit staged reading of Terrence McNally's play Some Men, which chronicles the history of the gay movement over the past 80 years, will be presented Oct. 11 at the &nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu) as “Steven Kodaly”, Tony Award® winner Jane Krakowski (Nine) as “Ilona Rit…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:44PMSure, it's the genius of the horse puppets and the spectacle of the onstage tank. But Michael Billington suggests that there's more: "I suspect it's also to do with the way it taps into folk…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:39PMHow to Succeed...
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How to Succeed... teams up with the Trevor Project to raise awareness and needed funds to help end suicide among LGBT youth.
On Thursday, October 6…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 02:39PMNikki M. James may play a poor African villager in the runaway hit The Book of Mormon, but the Tony winner has afforded herself a few luxuries in her dressing room at the Eugene O'Neill …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMRob McQuay will star in Imagination Stage's presentation of Dr. Dolittle, which will perfomr in the Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre, November 22-January 8. Artistic Di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMTony Award winner and film star Denzel Washington will host the 100th Anniversary Gala benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon, to be held at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMThere is much good to be said about the very fine Elevator Repair Service production, “The Select (The Sun Also Rises),” which has been extended through Oct. 23. One of the highlights of…
SOURCE: WNYC at 02:20PMTheatre Smash’s production of Marius von Mayenburg’s 2007 play asks some hard questions about identity and shallow physical qualities
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:20PMNicholas Hytner, the director of Britain's National Theatre, is profiled by Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:19PMPatti Murin, who will again play the title role in Lysistrata Jones when the musical hits Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre Nov. 12, is offering her play-by-play on "Fierce Females…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMAlma & Philip Kalb, New York Philharmonic Subscribers since 1949
Alma and Philip Kalb, New York Philharmonic subscribers of 62 years, remember a concert where Kurt Masur asked them to l…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:16PMOn Thursday, October 13, NBA hall of famer Chris Mullin coaches basketball camp for the cast of Lysistrata Jones to sharpen their skills before hitting the stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMAfter getting s sneak peek at Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan and more in a stageworthy preview of Bonnie & Clyde on October 3, Broadway fans are buzzing about this new musical. It's the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMThe Aristic Home's A Touch of the Poet captivates with timeless themes. Long after the curtain, one continues to contemplate playwright Eugene O'Neill's characters’ outcomes. Recommended.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:14PMGet excited for Second Stage Theatre’s upcoming musical, THE BLUE FLOWER! Playbill.com had the chance to catch a sneak peak of the new show starring Sebastian Arcelus and Marc Kudis…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 02:07PMFilm fans think of Jerry O’Connell as a Hollywood guy, with roles in TV shows like The Defenders and Crossing Jordan and a high-profile marriage to actress Rebecca Romijn. But O’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMA UK tour of Cameron Mackintosh's new production of the musical, The Phantom Of The Opera will launch with an engagement at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, February 25-March 31, according t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:04PMEden Espinosa and Kevin Kern headline Ultimate Broadway, the celebration in honor of the grand opening of China's Shanghai Culture Square Theatre from Sept. 23 to Oct. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMHaving recently seen an adaptation of Aristotle's Poetics and a play consisting entirely of Eugene O'Neill's stage directions - and remembering a musical version of Das Kapital and the Woost…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMJeremy Irvine, who will soon be seen on the big screen in Steven Speilberg's War Horse, will lead a new film adaptation of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations, according to The Hollywood Rep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PM Ever wondered how a lighting designer makes magic? I interviewed two LDs who have been nominated for Ovation Awards. To read my interview with Jeremy Pivnick and Kenneth Booth, go her…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMLowry, SalfordThe Library theatre seems to be enjoying a new lease of artistic life since its enforced departure from its old premises, and Ayub Khan-Din's story of a dysfunctional family is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMVictor Garber, Cheyenne Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Michael McGrath, Kelli O'Hara, Rory O'Malley, and Josh Radnor will star in a one-night only benefit performance of Joe Masteroff, J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Show People: Musical Theater Icon Andrea McArdle of "Annie" Fame
Andrea McArdle is a straight-shooter, which makes her guest appearance on Show People with Paul Wontorek a must-se…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:57PMShe Loves Me, a title that ushered in Roundabout Theatre Company's expanded mission to include musicals back in 1993, will be presented by the company in a starry Dec. 5 benefit Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMSo, it seems that The Stratford Canada-not-England Festival’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar is transferring to Broadway this spring. Where Godspell will already be playing. So m…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:54PMTHE TOWN HALL
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SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 01:52PMStratford pop star under consideration for a leading role in this new all-Canadian production opening July, 2012.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:52PMTelsey and Co., casting office for the new Broadway production of ANNIE, will hold an equity and non-equity open call in Orlando, FL on Sunday, October 9, for girls ages 6-12 to audition for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMSusan Boyle, the unpretentious Scot who surprised the world on Britain's Got Talent, has released her latest single from her upcoming third album Someone to Watch Over Me. The album will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMClick here to read the full feature and view an original portrait of Maria Aitken: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204612504576610901090689030.html?KEYWORDS=maria+aitken
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:42PMMan and Boy’s Zach Grenier (“Mark Herries”) will be interviewed on WAMC radio’s “The Roundtable” on Thursday, October 6th at 10:10AM. For WAMC station information: http://www.wam…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:41PMPrimary Stages newest hit, Motherhood Out Loud, opened on Tuesday, October 5th and Givenik was on the scene to follow up with the cast. Primary Stages receives 5% of ticket sales for Broadwa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:39PMA modern master takes the political and renders it personal.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:35PMTony Award winner and film star Denzel Washington has given a $2 million gift to his alma mater, Fordham University, to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre. Phylicia Rashad has bee…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:33PMAntaeus Company's upcoming staging of the Noel Coward drama Peace in Our Time won't be the first in America, but it will be the first in a very long time.Antaeus Company's upcoming staging…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:29PMOn Twitter Watch, Frank Wildhorn wrote First tweet on first day of Bonnie amp Clyde, full of optimism and nervousness Here we go Go with passion
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMPresented by NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision, a fully staged THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL event is being broadcast to select theaters for an exclusive four-night run beg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMDana Carvey scheduled for this Saturday at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts , has been postponed due to a family emergency. The performance will now be held on Nov.11 at 8 p.m.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:12PMMama, I Want To Sing: The Next Generation, which began previews May 21 at the Dempsey Theater in Harlem, has extended its run through Dec. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMBradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julia Stiles will star in the film The Silver Linings Playbook, to be directed by David O. Russell, according to Deadline.com.
In the movie, based on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMA troubled estate peopled with eccentrics and plagued by money worries echoes Chekhov and J.B. Priestley, but the piece has its own flavour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:07PMWith ever-decreasing job opportunities for young thespians, maybe it's time they were trained how to generate their own work, as well as how to actIn an era of job cuts, the redundancy of na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMAkram Khan's latest creation is a solo in which he seeks to know his Bangladeshi ancestry, the country of his father's origins and its present identity
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMMy Space: Tony Winner Nikki M. James of "The Book of Mormon"
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:05PMMcCarter Theatre will present the world premiere of Marina Carr's Phaedra Backwards, directed by artistic director Emily Mann, Oct. 18-Nov. 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMThe theater, in its first tour, stages improved version of the show Off-Broadway.
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THEATRE BLOG/ Posted byJames Grieve and George Perrin Tuesday 4 October 2011guardian.co.uk The Òran Mór pub theatre is producing 37 new plays this year – more than any other venue – wi…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 12:50PMSeed, an award-winning play written by Radha Blank, opened Sept. 16 at the National Black Theater in Harlem, presented by the Classical Theatre of Harlem in conjunction with Hip-Hop Theater …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMIt’s your ears that keep you awake in Robert Wilson’s interpretation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “Threepenny Opera” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMA new play by Nicky Silver, The Lyons, strikes a bitter and bitingly funny tone that all too many dysfunctional families will likely recognize. Never known for his innocuous dialogue o…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:49PMTony winner Jane Krakowski, Cheyenne Jackson, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara, Josh Radnor, Tony nominee Michael McGrath, Tony nominee Rory O’Malley and four-time Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMEW.com exclusively reports today that Marissa Tomei, Martin Sheen and Blair Underwood will be the featured actors in the third season of the NBC reality show, Who Do You Think You Are, premi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMGet your tickets for the New York Musical Theatre Festival today Click here for special BroadwayWorld Discounts
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMThe actress Donna Lynne Champlin describes the days before the opening of “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, a Musical.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:37PMThe special 25th anniversary staging of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall was broadcast live at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre Oct. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMThe special 25th anniversary staging of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall was broadcast live at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre Oct. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMHow To Succeed...Supports The Trevor Project
On Thursday, October 6th there will be a special fundraising performance of HOW TO SUCCEED... The Trevor Project will receive a portion of every…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:33PMProduction: Bonnie and Clyde, direction by Jeff Calhoun, music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black, book by Ivan Menchell, featuring Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Melissa van der Schyff, Cl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced that the world premiere of WE LIVE HERE, by Zoe Kazan, directed by Sam Gold is extending due to popular demand. Tickets for WE LIVE HERE are now on sale …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMTony and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington has donated over $2 million to endow Fordham University with a new scholarship for undergraduate theatre majors, as well as a Chair in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMSusan Blommaert, Christopher Coucill, Angel Desai, Sean Haberle, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Mariann Mayberry, Julio Monge, Randall Newsome, and Jake Silbermann will star …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:29PMAfter Glee's three episode arc centering on casting McKinley High's production of West Side Story, Ms. Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) Coach Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones) and Artie (Kevin McHale) …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMAs previously tipped, the much anticipated national tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera will premiere at the Theatre Roy…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:24PMSay you saw CHINGLISH first 10 lucky BroadwayWorld fans will each win a pair oftickets to see CHINGLISH on October 14, 2011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMFEAR in collaboration with Magic Futurebox On a dark and cold night in October FGP and Magic Futurebox will team up to embark on an experiment of terrifying proportions We are looking for pr…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 12:17PMAs previously tipped, the much anticipated national tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera will premiere at the Theatre Roy…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PMFunny Girl 2012 Broadway Revival
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The Broadway revival of Funny Girl has excited the masses with its interesting casting choices. Now, producers have found a theatre for thi…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 12:09PMA new season, a new expansion. BroadwayWorld is already in over 130 markets and we're not stopping there. A longtime leader in breaking the most exciting theater news, premiering production…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMThe Tony Award winner's new cabaret act at Feinstein's at Loews Regency may be her finest outing yet.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PMAntaeus Company's upcoming staging of the Noel Coward drama “Peace in Our Time” won't be the first in America after all, the Los Angeles ensemble acknowledged Tuesday -- or even the firs…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
In a new interview with the LA Times out today, Audra McDonald addresses the perceived racism in the upcoming Broadway transfer of Porgy amp Bess that has haunted the show for some time. No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMTony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth is set to host the 2011 Bessie Awards Oct. 24 at the Apollo Theatre, according to The New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMThe teacher of the French viticulture class I attended yesterday on campus said the following about wine:Know what you like.Know why you like it.Never be afraid to try something new.It strik…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:55AM In a new Broadway comedy, the actress returns to Woody Allen’s world When Julie Kavner bought her ticket to see Midnight in Paris, she had no idea what she was in for. And that&…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:54AMThe fabulous Lypsinka, Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming CABARET, The Good Wife, and Tony nominees Alison Fraser SECRET GARDEN, ROMANCEROMANCE and Andrew Rannells BOOK OF MORMON are set to appe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMLisa Eichhorn was a celluloid “it” girl three decades ago, leaping to stardom opposite Richard Gere in the 1979 film Yanks, followed by the cult classic Cutter’s Way alongs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMThe Scottish Government has committed a total of £11 million to the redevelopment of two Glasgow cultural venues, to be completed in time for 2014 Commonwealth Games.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMThe line up has been announced for this year's 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices, which takes place over the weekend of 22-23 October 2011.The event is the precursor to the The 24 Hour Plays…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:45AMAnthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz and more attended the 2011 GLAAD Amplifier Awards, which honored the best in LGBT inclusive advertising, Oct. 4 at the Altman Building.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMSirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky will return to Chicago with his one-man-show, Deconstructing Broadway, featuring video and audio clips …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMThe line-up has been announced for the 2011 Brits Off Broadway Festival, which will be presented at 59E59 Theaters, November 1-January 1.
Among the highlights is the New York premiere of Al…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AMManhattan Theatre Club's world-premiere production of We Live Here by Zoe Kazan, directed by Sam Gold, will get a one-week extension to Nov. 6 due to popular demand.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMHighlights from a pitch-perfect production at the North Shore.When theatrical entrepreneur Bill Hanney saved the North Shore Music Theatre a few years back, I didn't realize he was saving th…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:31AMManhattan Theatre Club has extended its production of Zoe Kazan's We Live Here through November 6. Sam Gold is directing the production which will officially open at at New York City …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMAmber Riley's character Mercedes was front and center on the October 4 episode of Glee, belting out Dreamgirls' "It's All Over" as well as Jennifer Hudson's "S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMCorine Cohen interviews Michael Lanning at the Bonnie & Clyde press preview.
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SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 11:25AMTony Award winners Alan Cumming and Beth Leavel, as well as Alison Fraser, Andrew Rannells and veteran drag performer Lypsinka will celebrate Tony-nominated playwright Charles Busch and Juli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMBONNIE amp CLYDE will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. The company met the press yesterday, October 4,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AM"Friends With Kids," the feature directorial debut of Westfeldt, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was subsequently picked up by Lionsgate.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:03AMTony Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Hamlet, Faith Healer), Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse") and Sally Hawkins (Mrs. Warren's Profession) are among the cast of David Nicholls' scree…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMEvery week, Ryan Seacrest counts down the Top 40, in a tradition handed to him by the shaggy-voiced Casey Casem. It's a weekly "hit-list" that I listened to as a kid, and millions …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Tony Award-winning star discusses his new film, Real Steel, returning to Broadway, and auditioning for Les Miserables.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
In light of yesterday's announcement that the Stratford production of Jesus Christ Superstar is Broadway bound in March of 2012, it seems a perfect time to feature the last in our series of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMProducers of cult cabaret La Soiree - previously known as La Clique - have revealed the line-up for the show’s forthcoming Christmas run at the Roundhouse in Camden.
Promising “…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:54AMWest End Review (Part 1): Grief (National Theatre), Decade (Headlong @ St Katharine Dock) and Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre). Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and theatrevoice regular panel…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:53AMWest End Review (Part 2): The Tempest (with Ralph Fiennes at Theatre Royal Haymarket), Anna Christie (Donmar Warehouse), Top Girls (Trafalgar Studios), The Kitchen (National's Olivier Theatr…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:52AMAcademy and Golden Globe Award winner Melissa Leo and acclaimed film, television and theater star Zachary Quinto will star in a one night only benefit staged reading of celebrated playwright…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMFeeling a bit overwhelmed by some of the magnificent productions on DC theater boards, their elegant sets and colorful costumes either enhancing or competing with the luscious language emana…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMMotherhood Out Loud, a new dramatic anthology about parents and children, featuring Tony Award winner Randy Graff, Mary Bacon, James Lecesne and Saidah Arrika Ekulona, officially opened Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMAlan Cumming, Alison Fraser, Lypsinka, and Andrew Ranells are set to appear at Abingdon Theatre Company's 19th Annual Benefit Gala to be held on Monday, October 24 at Espace.
Tony Aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMAlan Cumming, Alison Fraser, Lypsinka, and Andrew Rannells are set to appear at Abingdon Theatre Company's 19th Annual Benefit Gala to be held on Monday, October 24 at Espace.
Tony A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMDan Dietz's post-Katrina play with music, Clementine in the Lower 9, featuring a blues score by Justin Ellington, begins its world-premiere engagement Oct. 5 at TheatreWorks' Mo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com and http://www.phantom25th.com
Exclusive footage behind-the-scenes at the Royal Albert Hall, as Andrew…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:43AMThe opera composer Nico Muhly recently half-joked to me that he'd like to see all Broadway musicals directed by Robert Wilson, imagining how much Phantom of the Opera, for instance, might be…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:41AMOverlooked by the powerful, and eager for a chance to prove himself, Aladdin hungers for some sign of magic to pick him up out of life’s daily routine. The same can be said of the target a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:39AMThe special 25th anniversary staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, broadcast live in a host of theatres across the globe Oct. 2, brought in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMMothers are taking center stage in the new off-Broadway play "Motherhood Out Loud."
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:36AMThe New Victory Theater will open its fall season on Oct. 1, 2011 with The Little Prince, an adaptation of the French fable by Antoine deSaint-Exupéry, written by Rick Cummins and John Scou…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 10:35AMGiven that I spend so much time reading as well as meeting people from all walks of life. I often get introduced to some really cool new things that may not have hit the mainstream yet. Belo…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMBONNIE amp CLYDE will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. The company met the press yesterday, October 4,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMSister Act, the "divine musical comedy," will open at Paris' Theatre Mogador next fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM(Photo: Sven Benediktusson. Pictured: Rebecca Gilman and Mayor Keith Carlson of Lindstrom, MN) Sven Benediktusson and I received a Global Connections grant to conduct research for The Emig…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:23AMRain – A Tribute to the Beatles invokes the right alchemy of sounds that summon a hazy kaleidoscope of personalized memories for Boomers .If the group isn't electrifying or transporting, i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:19AMDay 22 Step ShowBy Maxine Lyle WriterChoreographer
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMOscar winner Melissa Leo and stage and screen favorite Zachary Quinto will star in a one-night-only benefit staged reading of Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning play Side Man on Octobe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:16AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” is set to return to Broadway in March, 2012. The latest revival of this celebrated musical is produced by the La Jolla Playho…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:15AMMost people have never heard of me. They never will. That's probably true for you as well. Can you handle that? Can you handle the fact that you can have a pretty successful career and still…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:07AMRobert Wilson's production of the Brecht-Weill classic at BAM has moments of both beauty and dullness.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
The Veil, a new play by acclaimed Irish writer Conor McPherson, opened to critics at the NT Lyttelton last night
(4 October 2011, previews from ). In 19th-century rural Ireland, the d…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:57AMThe East Hampton, NY, benefit reading of Warren Leight's Tony Award-winning drama Side Man, which was canceled due to Hurricane Irene in late August, will now take place Oct. 24 at the V…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMProspect Theater Company will celebrate the release of the original cast recording of their 2010 Off-Broadway production of John Gregor's With Glee with a concert of the new musical Oct.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMMelissa Leo, Zachary Quinto and original Broadway cast members Jeff Binder, Kevin Geer, Michael Mastro, Angelica Torn, and Frank Wood will star in Naked Angels' staged benefit reading o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMPrimary Stages celebrated the opening of Motherhood Out Loud , playing at 59E59 Theaters, on Tuesday, October 4. Lisa Peterson has directed the production.
The show stars Mary Bacon, Saida…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:46AMCommonwealth Shakespeare Company's American Voices script-in-hand series will present a free reading of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love Nov. 6 at 7 PM at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMThis is a wildly uneven and often moving essay on motherhood. In the interest of honesty – I don’t have children. I am a woman but never a mother. (99.44 % of the people who will revie…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 09:30AMCasting has been announced for David Nicholls' film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel Great Expectations, which will begin shooting in London this month, according to Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMAhead of the opening of Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham's Theatre tonight (5 October 2011, previews from 26 September), a press conference was held earlier this week featuring the play's stars…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:28AMGet top price tickets for just £20 to see 13, a new play by Mike Bartlett. The play will run at The National Theatre until 8 January and our offer is valid until 18 OctoberAcross London, pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMThe composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was enlisted to devise a treasure hunt at the American Museum of Natural History for a charity. Later, he managed to hide himself, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:16AMThe London 2012 Olympic Games have
been sold to us at least partly on the premise that sport brings
people together and is therefore good for humanity. And although I
can see that major spor…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:10AMStage and screen star Rutina Wesley will star in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's free reading of Sam Shepard's play, Fool for Love, to be presented as part of the company's…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:08AMStage stars Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, and Blair Underwood will be among the participants in the third season of NBC's reality show Who Do You Think You Are, according to EW.com. The s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:02AMSinger Audra McDonald is a busy woman, what with that controversial re-imagined production of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” that's heading to Broadway, a two-month cross-country c…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
I’m going to be honest with you. I had no idea what to make of Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, the new Adam Rapp play that the Atlantic Theater Company, its own facilities under …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:59AM
The London 2012 Olympic Games have
been sold to us at least partly on the premise that sport brings
people together and is therefore good for humanity. And although I
can see that majo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:52AMThe Playboy Club
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Television just may be the best Broadway seat in town.
Turn on the tube, and you can find many of your favorite Broadway stars and Tony Award winners bringing the…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:38AMJason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried will star in L,A Theatre Works production of Itamar Moses' Completeness, to run October 20-23 at UCLA's James Bridges Theatre. Stephen Sachs will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:37AMFrom her start as an improv instructor at Second City in the mid-1960s, Josephine Forsberg became a go-to oracle for thousands of actors in Chicago and beyond. She eventually established her…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:34AMAllan Jefferys, who dropped a planeload of paratroopers into Normandy on D-Day and later became the theater critic for Channel 7, died Thursday at his home in Pinehurst, S.C.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:30AM"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."-Fran Lebowitz
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:30AMAnnie 2012 Broadway Revival
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:25AMEven the gentlest, most tentative outreach from one individual to another may eventually exhibit violence, hatred, and despair. This insight forms a wide significant stream in the plays of E…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:21AMFull cast and creative team have been announced for Cheri Steinkellner's Hello! My Baby, with arrangements and new music by Georgia Stitt, will be presented as part of Goodspeed Musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:17AMFull cast and creative team have been announced for Cheri Steinkellner's Hello! My Baby, with arrangements and new music by Georgia Stitt, will be presented as part of Goodspeed Musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:17AMBonnie & Clyde Broadway Musical - Meet The Press Part Two
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America's Most Wanted Broadway Musical
At the height of the Great Depress…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:14AMJesus Christ Superstar
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Rock musical fans need to set the date. It is confirmed that the previously reported Los Angeles transfer of the re-imagined Jesus Christ Sup…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:08AMProject, DublinIt is not surprising that the Dublin theatre festival was reluctant to announce the subject of Colm Tóibín's new play in advance. The possibility of headlines claiming "Virg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMIt’s about time! Finally, after the show has ended its Broadway run, we can buy the cast recording of Million Dollar Quartet in a record store or online. Throughout the entire 489 perfo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Tentative pact made for production contract -- Stage thesps' union Actors Equity Assn. and the Broadway League, the trade association of legit producers and presenters, have made…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMI came across this article about present-day African theatrical forms while doing research on a few things. It's an intriguing read, especially in comparison and contrast to discussions abou…
SOURCE: Love's Labors Lost at 08:00AMThe symphony and the novel evolved in tandem for two centuries. Music moved on after modernism, but whatever happened to fiction?The high arts of literature and music stand in a curious rela…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM
Goodspeed Musicals, the first two-time Tony Award winning theatre in the country has announced that the cast of Hello My Baby will be led by Justin Bowen, who will play Mickey McKee, and Ste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:53AMBob McDonald, who spent 34 years as a professor in the drama department at UConn at Storrs, is finding another later-life act as an actor.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:46AMIt was a little revue of Fats Waller’s songs in a 66-seat cabaret space at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Meanwhile, on that theater’s mainstage was an Athol Fugard play that had received r…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:19AMShow-business veteran Tyne Daly is getting a break, relatively speaking, as she moves from her Broadway performance in âMaster Classâ to creating a role in the new musical âIt…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:12AMMore sampling of the NYMV's offerings
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:09AM4 actors, and a baker's dozen of playwrights contemplate motherhood in our "brave new world"
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:06AMIntrepid theatremakers have produced versions of everything from Aristotle's Poetics to Das Kapital – but which is the strangest work to make it on to the stage?Last week, I brought a clus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AMThis week, news of the quintessential American museum, is the Duchess of Cambridge art smart and politicians in the stallsWashington's newest museumA momentous event occurs in Washington DC …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Last week I took part in my first-ever panel discussion, at Theatre Royal Stratford East. The discussion took place after the performance of A Clockwork Orange (which I was seeing for the se…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:39AMThose familiar with the work of Conor McPherson may, at first glance, think they’ve wandered into the wrong play. Rather than a down-at-heel modern pub, office or flat, The Veil, the Irish…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:35AMThe premise of Theatre West’s Picture This season is an engaging one: in April, 45 south west playwrights were each presented with a random photograph from a collection purchased at a Berl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:28AMWhen it comes to incorporating celebrity star power into musical productions, it doesn’t always have to be in the acting department. Recently, Broadway producers have been turning to c…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 06:21AMDanny Saleeb is a young freelance composer and sound designer, with a CV spanning a number of projects inside and outside theatre spaces, covering opera, multimedia installations, theatre pi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:19AMFrank Bush (1860-1930) was a character monologist from the very earliest days of vaudeville/ last days of variety. He got his start in the saloons of New York’s Five Points section, do…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:08AMLyttelton, LondonConor McPherson has in the past shown a genius for investing the melancholy of modern Irish life with a sinister undertow. Now he has thrown caution to the winds by setting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:08AM...that the new Facebook Timeline interface is kind of brilliant...mostly because it ups the visual fun of a completely narcissistic exercise and changes things up in a way that kicks Google…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMFrom the director and writer on down to members if the band, the star’s former creative colleagues are keeping his spirit alive
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AM
"Broadway fans would be wise to brush up on the New Testament this season as two Christ-themed musicals" - Godspell next month and Jesus Christ Superstar in March - "are scheduled to descend…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:44AMCAP 21 Theatre Company presents SOUTHERN COMFORT, a new musical by Dan Collins book and lyrics and Julianne Wick Davis music, based on Kate Davis' 2001 Sundance award-winning documentary abo…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:07AMAh, the pre-show speech! Some directors come before us and state that tickets only pay for a quarter of a show’s expenses. Others say that a cast member has been ill, so we should now …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMA concert by Stan Getz, Gary Burton, Steve Swallow, and Roy Haynes, taped by the BBC in 1966 at the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky." E.B. White, Here is...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIt would be so wrong to encourage people to arrive late at the
theater. Wrong, wrong, wrong! No one ever should suggest such a
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMNicholas Hytner has grown the National Theatre's audience while promoting artistic development. His two-front success is worth studying.Nicholas Hytner has grown the National Theatre's audie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMTeaming with Bard College and the Longy School of Music, the program aims to provide first-rate musical instruction in underserved communities.Teaming with Bard College and the Longy School …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMSoon to return to Broadway in 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess,' the star will sing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Oct. 15. Here she talks about both events.On the cusp of her Broadway r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMSoon to return to Broadway in 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess,' the star will sing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Oct. 15. Here she talks about both events.Soon to return to Broadway in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM
The “Degas and the Nude” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts offers a candid, and occasionally uncomfortable, look at the tensions at work in an artist’s life.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:48AMJOCKS We hate you goths! GOTHS And we hate you equally, jocks! REDNECKS And as for you nerds, we hate you, just as you hate us back! NERDS Since when did rerds and rednecks become mortal ene…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 12:44AMRolling with the audience frenzy that accompanied “Glee,” NBC’s new musically-inclined show “Smash,” will feature two prominent Broadway regulars. Savannah Wise…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 12:31AMAdam Rapp is a creative artist who keeps busy. He’s a musician and a filmmaker, a novelist and he’s written episodes of HBO’s In Treatment. He also is a playwright of prolific output �…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:29AMFrom her start as an improv instructor at Second City in the mid-1960s, Josephine Forsberg became a go-to oracle for thousands of actors in Chicago and beyond. She eventually established her…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:16AMHere’s an alternative title for the new show “Motherhood Out Loud”: “Love, Loss, and What I Gave Birth To.” It’s OK, marketers, you don’t have to thank me.
Conceived by Susan R…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:06AMTen Tony Awards, rave reviews and the unwavering support of the most powerful columnist in the history of Broadway (thank you, you’re too kind) -- and “Billy Elliot” is hanging up its …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:06AMJustin Bowen will head the cast in Goodspeed Musicals ’ workshop of the new musical “Hello My Baby” at its Norma Terris Theatre in Chester Nov. 3 to 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05AMCat Kidd and Geoff Agombar in South AfricaThe Smiling White MiceGoing to Africa to find a way homeby Alison DarcyIt was such a strange thing to see Cat and Geoff in SA.They had recently been…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMDerek Sullivan’s heady work roots itself to physical experience in his current Power Plant show.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMExhibit features Toronto artist, his Holocaust survivor father and the grandfather who disappeared.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMOttawa's Plosive Production's Speed-the-Plow,David Mamet's brutal satire about Hollywood(which he wrote before losing his mind)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe popular Broadway musical The Addams Family has new branches in its family tree for the recently launched national tour. Producer Stuart Oken and director Jerry Zaks discuss new plot poin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"Little Did I Know," a new book about embracing destiny in an unforgettable summer theatre season, written by Broadway producer Mitchell Maxwell, is released by Prospecta Press Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMJuggling was the only future Franklin Park native Patrick McGuire could imagine for himself, and it was his parents' ability to juggle time and traffic that helped to make it so. The 14-year…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMGoodspeed Musicals announced on Oct. 5 that the romantic leads of its world-premiere production of the musical Hello! My Baby will be played by Justin Bowen as Mickey McKee and Stephanie Koe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJim Walton, Jill Paice, Louis Hobson, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Jenn Colella star in the musical comedy Kiki Baby as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, beginning Oct. 5 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOff-Broadway's Love, Loss, and What I Wore welcomes Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty, Samantha Mathis, Concetta Tomei and La La Anthony Oct. 5 Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCAP 21 Theatre Company presents Southern Comfort, a new musical based on Kate Davis' 2001 Sundance award-winning documentary about transgender friends in rural Georgia, beginning Oct. 5 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Best of Enemies, a play about a racially contentious relationship — the tension of which helped make the title the most-attended mainstage play in the history of Barrington Stage C…
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