A novelist returns home to her prominent California Republican parents with the manuscript of a new book — a memoir filled with very dirty laundry. Needless to say, the reunion is vexed.
J…
SOURCE: Studio 360 at 09:58PMThe New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - celebrates the music of Irving Berlin in a stirring program entitled Rags…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PMProducers Jean Doumanian and Sonia Friedman confirmed today that tonight's Friday performance of The Mountaintop is completely sold out. Tonight, and for all future sold-out performances, 25…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22PMStewart F. Lane received the John Denver Spirit Award in Central Park, NYC on Tuesday, October 12, 2011. On Tuesday, October 12th the John Denver Spirit Award was presented to Stewart F. Lan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12PMBCEFA unveiled the fourth ornament in the Broadway Legends series is the incandescent two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters as Dot in Sunday in the Park with George.
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Review: The Denver Center Theatre Company's comic history mash-up shows how the powers that control America often respond to perceived threats to the status quo: Broken promises. Fire hoses…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:16PMThe Village Social, nr CaerphillyAnyone who was at the 2009 Edinburgh fringe will remember My Name Is Sue, a barmy music show by composer and writer Dafydd James and director Ben Lewis. They…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFrisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus, On tourOffering a show that's part traditional musical cabaret, part live mash-up, Laura Corcoran and Matthew Floyd Jones are Frisky & Mannish, a cult sens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMJosie Long wonders what the world would be like if Simon Cowell was a bit nicer
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe Greek-US comic has gone from Edinburgh fringe survival lessons with Jimmy Carr to working with Steven Soderbergh and Ang Lee. 'You have to be a crazy person,' he saysJimmy Carr may not s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMMichael Boyd is to stand down next year as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMIt was first performed in a tiny 65-seat theatre above a pub in Battersea.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMI don't think Michael Grandage has quite grasped the size of the Metropolitan Opera. His new "Don Giovanni" is so minutely detailed that it comes across looking under directed. A fabulous ca…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 07:00PM
A few hours after and just down the street from the opening performance of the Denver Center Theatre Company's "American Night," officers in riot gear cleared out the Occupy Denver encampment
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:52PMBeleaguered By DeadlinesI am beleaguered. I am beset. I am surrounded.I am using a thesaurus.Yowzers. Deadlines are fast fast fast approaching and thankfully my back is feeling in better sha…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 06:32PMBy Jamie Portman In London’s West End theatre scene, shows open and shows close — and some last forever. That’s the norm. So why did the Sept. 24 demise of a new musical called Betty B…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:30PMAllie Bateman'swedding is Sunday. When Dinah, her precocious younger sister, returns to their parents' home for the festivities, she brings more than anyone expected: a new boyfriend, whose …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:20PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes will begin previews for KING LEAR, directed by James Macdonald, on Tuesday, October 18. KING LEAR wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PM...But they could be even better with an outside eye. So join us this month for ourIn-Depth Performance Critique & WorkshopTaught by Mary Fons and Bilal DardaiCost: Just $55 (due in full…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 06:12PMConsumers urged to buy tickets only from websites displaying new security markAn initiative to fight concert ticket fraud was launched this week.Industry trade body STAR, the Society of Tick…
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An obsession with the looks and love lives of actresses is nothing new, as an exhibition of portraits of the first women on the stage makes clearIs it any wonder actresses are neurotic about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PMUnlike the typical cosy portrayal of life in rural England, Jerusalem has the ring of truthWilliam Blake lived most of his life in London. According to Peter Ackroyd, if he had been living t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PMAn exemplary biography of a comic geniusBen Jonson was a big man. In his hungry early years as a bricklayer, soldier and actor he was tall and lean – a "hollow-cheeked scrag", Thomas Dekke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PMAudiences are being lured to The Mountaintop by the star wattage of Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett in a play about the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. But Katori Hall…
SOURCE: Cititour.com at 05:51PMFor Broadway stars it’s “Another Op’nin, Another Show,” and for Broadway.com it’s another week, another 10 lessons! Read on for a rundown of what we learned in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PM"The Mountaintop," the new play by Katori Hall starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, opened his week at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York following an acclaimed run in Londo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:45PMThe world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, a previously reported commission by La Jolla Playhouse, will debut at the theater on April 27, 2012. The new musical features a book by Pulitzer Pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMByron Perry's new dance work Double Think opens in complete darkness in the vast space of the North Melbourne Town Hall. To the rhythms of Luke Smiles's electronic score, blindingly bright g…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 05:31PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMNY1's Frank DiLella checked in with the companies of "The Mountaintop" and "Man and Boy" on their respective opening nights.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:29PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Oct. 3-9, 2011, as reported by The Broadway League.
MUSICALS
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,660,023
Wicked (Gerswhin Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMThe Westport Country Playhouse has cancelled the Oct. 14 8 PM performance of Twelfth Night, or What You Will following a serious injury sustained by one of the cast members.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMIn a recent interview, singer Janet Jackson noted that there's one thing that she still hasn't had the chance to do within her career Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMThe first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell, the rock musical that relates parables of Jesus, began previews Oct. 13 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, with an offic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMHugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY begins previews on October 25, and in celebration of the Tony-winner's return the the Great White Way, BroadwayWorld will feature a daily countdown of his grea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMAlas, in this outing, the provocative thesis of L’École des femmes is only superficially addressed. The result is a neutered production
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThe Montreal theatre known for mounting classics is sometimes criticized for artistic conservatism but cannot be accused of shying away from controversy
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThere are intriguing tidbits, but mostly the actor’s train of thought flies by too quickly for viewers to jump on board
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThe best movement is the period dancing - the jitterbugging and the disco routine to a soundtrack that reflects each era
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMIn its world premiere, Peter Quanz’s Rodin/Claudel reveals many clever choreographic ideas and a new full-length ballet of much potential
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMJeff Gardner’s Winnipeg stop on the scenic route to the Great White Way
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMThe play I wrote 20 years ago about Chile's torture and trauma has a painful, global relevance todayIt happened yesterday but it could well be today. A woman awaits the return of her husband…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMThe Music Box Theatre box office opens Oct. 17 for the Broadway revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives, starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross. The comedy about a still-burning love a…
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Steve Guttenberg, Marlo Thomas and Julie Kavner are just a few of the comedic heavyweights bringing Relatively Speaking to life on Broadway. Considering that the writers of the evening&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PMEd Begley Jr. has revised his 2003 musical Cesar and Ruben for a student production at Santa Monica College. All of the songs are now in Spanish, but as before, the main subject is Cesar Cha…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:53PMThe venerable LIFT Festival plays host to an innovative new experimental platform for work exploring distance and dislocation with a digital invitation to anyone around the world
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:34PMDid Shakespeare write all his plays himself, or were others responsible? Director Trevor Nunn and actor Mark Rylance disagree – passionatelyDirector Trevor Nunn believes Shakespeare wrote …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMThe picture of Bill Cosby in the middle of the crowded and hectic Town Hall lobby, giving advise to a young ART START youth says it allART START is an organization dedicated to providing cre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMBroadway's Music Box Theatre box office 239 West 45th Street will open this Monday October 16 for Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross and directed by Richard Eyr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMThe first-ever Broadway revival of Godspell has decscended upon the Circle in the Square Theatre, and Broadway.com has a first look at production photos of the Stephen Schwartz musical. Led …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PMKara DioGuardi Bonus Questions
Kara DioGuardi, who is currently making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in CHICAGO, discusses her transition to the stage and the difference between Musical …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:21PMThe 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELL began performances last night and we've got a first look at the show's cast in per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMSince my last blog detailing my role as Music Director for the variety show Scousers on the Rampage, we’ve had a great and very productive week in preparation for the opening night. Wi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:10PMTheatre task force puts the spotlight on three civic-owned performance venues.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:10PMGeva Theatre Center has announced the productions set for its spring 2012 Nextstage season.
Jenny Allen's I Got Sick Then I Got Better, to run March 7-11, is a comic riff on one woman&…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:02PMCivil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his incredible ability to engage audiences through his powerful words. Now Samuel L. Jackson is playing the iconic historical figur…
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On today's All Things Considered, film critic Bob Mondello takes a contrarian angle on the question of Hollywood remakes, arguing that they're not always evidence of a lack of imagination. …
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:59PMAs the Godspell team worked until midnight each day to ensure they'd be ready for the first week of previews, cast members armed themselves with loads of sugary treats to keep their ener…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:58PMThere are two institutions for which St. Louis is known around
the country and outside it: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and
the St. Louis Cardinals.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:57PMHands on a Hardbody, the new musical by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, Amanda Green and Phish band member Trey Anastasio, will have its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse beginning…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMIt was an emotional night on Broadway as Katori Hall's inspiring Martin Luther King Jr. drama The Mountaintop, directed by Kenny Leon, officially opened at the Jacobs Theatre. A sle…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMThe Stratford Shakespeare Festival recently announced its production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" will hit Broadway this spring.
The production will be directed …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:49PMChristian Cavallo, Phoebe Coupe, Zack Anthony Curran, Madeleine Featherby, Laura Fitzpatrick, Sam Rabbone and Cameron Thomas will appear in a concert of John Bucchino's It's Only L…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PMCasting has been announced for the aya theatre company's production of George Orwell's Burmese Days, to run November 9-December 4 at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMLee Hall's play is a rich, absorbing drama that tells a story well on the importance of culture and learning for all, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:35PMProducers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson present the world premiere production of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMMagicians are teaching brain researchers new tricksThe Conjurer, by Hieronymus Bosch, depicts a medieval magician performing for a small crowd, while pickpockets steal the spectators' belong…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PMDavid Eldridge's "Under the Blue Sky" is a closely observed, carefully built and rather sad play — and thus ideal for Chicago's intimate and unstinting Steep Theatre — about the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:28PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Dartmoor Prison" at the GoodmanTheatre ★★
"Set in a bleak naval prison in Devon, England" is just the kind of description I can get behind. For those interested…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:28PMWATCH BROADWAY’S TONY AWARD WINNING HIT MUSICAL PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT’s PERFORMANCE ON “THE ROSIE SHOW” PREMIERE WEEK CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PERFORMANCE The Tony Aw…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:23PMBroadway vets from AMERICAN IDIOT to XANADU have come together and created a dance film entitled REWRITE - A Dance Film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMThe La Jolla Playhouse will present the world-premiere musical Hands on a Hardbody, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright and featuring a score by Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio, to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMAlthough Morgan James is temporarily sidelined from the first Broadway revival of Godspell, which is currently in previews at Circle the Square, she will be able to flex her vocal muscles in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMSully waxes Shakespearean, including a gratifying shout-out to D.C.'s theatrical riches.
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 03:13PMF. Kathleen Foley reviews 'Dusk Rings a Bell' at the Blank's 2nd Stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:09PMBy Hal Brooks This summer, I attended PlayPenn, the new play development conference held in Philadelphia, for the third straight year. Associate Artist Rick DesRochers led a symposium entitl…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:04PMThe British are coming! The British are coming … for the 11th edition of the Just for Laughs Comedy tour, that is. The annual event returns this year with its first-ever British editio…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:01PMIt's hard to remember the last time Frank Langella appeared on a New York stage without the critical corps not appreciating him being there. Ever since his reemergence in the late '9…
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OMG are you sick of me writing about this stupid show yet? Well, there’s the door, kiddo. No, that’s the closet. Nope, that’s the way to the robot collection. Oh gosh. Neve…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:54PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, the Tony Award winning musical from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the co-creator of Avenue Q, Robert Lopez will be featured on SiriusXM's ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMHockadoo The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will celebrate its second anniversary on Broadway on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Shubert Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMDaniel Radcliffe stars in the upcoming film, The Woman in Black, based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name. The Woman in Black film adaptation was overseen by Jane Goldman. The release da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMCongratulations to the US national touring production of MEMPHIS, which begins previews tonight at the Orpheum Theatre in, where else, but the rocking city of Memphis, Tennessee! The tour …
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 02:36PMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe University of Miami and the Arsht Center deliver a unique and mostly convincing rendition of this tale of parental oppression and carnal repression.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:34PMWestport Country Playhouse Presents Twelfth Night, or What You Will
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMAll photos courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center Photos by Justin Namon for WorldRedEye.com
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:18PMCelebrate 10 years on Broadway by joining in on the anniversary event
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMAlex Sanchez, who also choreographed the Broadway production of Fosse, offers a glimpse into the rehearsal process for Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Follies, which recently open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMMirvish production notches $5 million in single ticket sales.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:07PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival (more popularly referred to by its acronym NYMF) has, for the last eight years, become a highlight at the start of the city's theatre season every autum…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:06PMChicago Shakespeare Theater has extended Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies through November 12. Gary Griffin will direct the production
In the musical, when former members…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMThe Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, which officially opened Oct. 12 following previews from Oct. 4, has extended its limited engag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMA two-time Tony Award nominee, De Shields, whose prolific career spans more than four decades, was a member of the original company of Ain't Misbehavin' which initially opened at the Manhatt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMLyric Hammersmith, London; Theatre Royal BathPeople go to Saved thinking they know what they will see. They've been told often enough. A baby is stoned to death in a park by a group of youth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMPhoto by Tyler HubbyParty Favor by Ed Ruscha
In a way, every wedding is a multimedia theatrical production. Each detail is managed, choreographed, and rehearsed; from rings, to cakes,…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 02:00PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of The Mountaintop at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
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Two words Carl Kissin doesn’t want to hear: GREAT START!!Well too bad for him because he has written what may become a great show. This is the story of two people looking for, and sort of…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:59PMA friend's sudden death inspired Brett Neveu to start writing the play that would become 4 Murders. It was originally produced by Chicago's A Red Orchid, where Neveu is an ensemble member. I…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:58PM42nd Street Moon will present the 1934 musical Three Sisters, with music by Jerome Kern, and book and yrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, to run November 30-December 18 at the the Eureka Theatre.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMPeter Mattei, who opened on October 13 in Tony Award winner Michael Grandage's new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera, will also sing the performances on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMGrammy and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) will be the guest of honor at the first ever Morris-Jumel Mansion Culture and Arts Festival, MJM CAFé, kicking off Oct. 15 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMWestport Playhouse Twelfth Night FlipCam Confessions 2
See what audience members have to say after Westport Country Playhouse's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What Yo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:50PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the lineup of companies that will be participating in the 12th New Visions/New Voices festival, May 18-20. This biennial even…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMWestport Playhouse Twelfth Night FlipCam Confessions 1
See what audience members have to say after Westport Country Playhouse's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What Yo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:43PMThe Radio City Rockettes rehearse in New York October for this year's production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The production will feature new scenes, Rockette choreography, cost…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:40PMSamuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett bring the divine touch of Hollywood to Broadway in "The Mountaintop." Directed by Kenny Leon, the two-hander opened October 13 at the Bernard B. Jacobs T…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 01:39PMOn Twitter Watch, Lea Michele wrote Having another one of those beyond thankful moments at work.. When west side story came to bway a few years ago I wanted to do it SO bad When I didn't get…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMBright, sunny, clarion-voiced leading lady Liz Callaway is not only known for her roles in the Broadway productions of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, BABY, CATS, MISS SAIGON and THE LOOK OF LOVE, bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMThe 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, officially opened tonight a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMSadler's Wells, LondonWhen Wang Yuanyuan was resident choreographer of the National Ballet of China, she earned her place in Chinese dance history through her work on the internationally suc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PMLowry, SalfordAmerica in the 1850s was fertile ground for hucksters, snake-oil salesmen and colourfully obsolete verbs – "swandangled", for instance. Penny Dreadful's melodramatic medicine…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PMTony Award-winning Book of Mormon authors Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez will launch the new SiriusXM series "Mormon Mondays" Oct. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMIf hearing about The Broadway Dolls makes you think of another all-girl group of dolls -- the Pussycat Dolls -- that won't last long if you catch their show.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:24PMWell. This is mighty unfortunate. Mighty unfortunate. With the dearth of black actors, directors and playwrights on Broadway, this show came in with a lot of high hopes piled on top of th…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:22PMJohn Walch's "The Dinosaur Within" has a few interesting ideas going for it. It talks of fossils, history, and evolution�but not necessarily in the way you might think. Walch draws parallels…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:22PMIt should work, and I bet it reads great. The play itself is both smart and clever. It deals with themes of love, lust, instinct, worth, revolution and sacrifice; and it does so in an allego…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:21PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, the Tony Award winning musical from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the co-creator of Avenue Q, Robert Lopez will be featured on SiriusXM's ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMLeviathan Lab has announced complete casting for its production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to run November 3-19 at Arclight Theatre. Nelson T. Esuebio III will direct the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, the Tony Award winning musical from the creators of “South Park,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the co-creator of Avenue Q, Robert Lopez will be featured on SiriusX…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:15PMBy Isaac Butler Both The New York Times and Time Out New York reviews mention that the reivews are written in accordance to a strict "No Spoliers" policy instituted by the producer…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 01:11PMFrom the opening of the new Bush Theatre in London to Glasgow's Glasgay! festival, it's an exciting week aheadLondonThere's plenty to take your pick from over the coming week. If you didn't …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMCourtesy Busting Out!Emma Powell and Bev KillickIn Busting Out!, creator Emma Powell goes topless. "They're not just sitting there," she says in an interview over the phone. "If they'…
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The New York Post's Michael Riedel writes today that the show, which will offer 30 tickets for students, already has a 6 million dollar advance through premium tickets selling for upwards of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThis week's guest blog comes from Lanie Zipoy, An amazing producer who wants to let all the playwrights know about a remarkable new program. Take it away Lanie! "How does one adequately…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:53PMThis is the Mission Paradox Blog. I'm your friendly host, Adam Thurman Since 2007 this has been a place where artists and those who work within artistic organizations get insight on marketin…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 12:53PMObie Award-winning actor Hamish Linklater's new play The Vandal will receive a special Oct. 17 reading, as part of a partnership between New York Stage and Film and Barnard College.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMWhenever I think that marketing a Broadway show is hard, I think . . . well, it could be worse . . . I could be trying to market an opera. Opera just sounds old, right? It's like Museum. Or.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:50PMShakespeare Theatre Company has announced casting for its concert staging of the musical The Boys From Syracuse, to run November 4-6 at Sidney Harman Hall. Alan Paul will direct the piece, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMKara DioGuardi Bonus Questions
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:38PMBerkeley Repertory Theatre has extended Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup through November 12. David Galligan has directed the production, which has choreography by Lee Martino and musical d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMTony Award winner Nikki M. James, who currently stars in The Book of Mormon, and Chester Gregory, who can be seen in Broadway's Sister Act, have joined the cast of A Good Man, which will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMAt this point, it’s impossible to not have heard or read about the rave reviews of recent revival of Sondheim’s Follies, directed by Eric Schaeffer. The New York Times calls it, �…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:23PMAs Rosie O'Donnell kicked off the first week of The Rosie Show (her new talk show on Oprah's OWN network), the Broadway-loving funny lady invited the cast of Priscilla Queen of the D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMBroadway star Anthony Rapp will perform in concert at Hofstra University's John Cranford Adams Playhouse on Saturday, October 29 at 4pm.
Rapp originated the role of Mark Cohen in Jon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMBroadway star Anthony Rapp will perform in concert at Hofstra University's John Cranford Adams Playhouse on Saturday, October 29 at 4pm.
Rapp originated the role of Mark Cohen in Jon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMCanadian Jason Hall’s new play Third Floor received its European premiere at Trafalgar Studios 2 last night (13 October 2011), directed by Russell Labey and starring The Inbetweeners' Emil…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:07PMAfter a stint as Simba on the national tour of Disney's The Lion King, Adam Jacobs recently roared into the long-running musical's Broadway production. This has been a Disney-filled …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMPreviews begin tonight for Roundabout Underground’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Suicide, Incorporated, a new play by Andrew Hinderaker directed by Jonathan Berry. Suicide, Incorpora…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:05PMTickets are now on sale for Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly, the upcoming Broadway play which includes Grammy winning artist Alicia Keys among its lead producers. Directed by Kenny Leon, St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMLinda Purl and Lee Lessack will offer a one-night-only performance of Steppin' Out With My Baby: The Songs of Irving Berlin at the Firehouse Arts Center on November 6 at 2pm as part of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:05PMThe California world premiere of Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup, a music-kissed biographical show created specifically for the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner that opened Sept. 7…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMIn celebration of its 50th anniversary TCG has partnered with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space to present TCG Playwrights in Conversation – a series of readings and discussions – t…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:00PMSamantha StrattonGo Grease Cycling!
The song "96,000" from the musical In The Heights blasts over a loud speaker. Twenty or so eager performers face the instructor, Graham LaBass, who…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:00PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
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(Oct 15, 2011) It’s time. And it’s been time for some time now. Time to change the conversation. It’s time to look to the future.As it turns out, there are a lot who can step up to thi…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 11:58AMFive musical performers get to show off their spectacular talents in this immensely enjoyable concert-style production, loaded with show tunes, pop and exhilarating dancing.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:53AMMonths after moving into renovated theatre, Boyd and executive director Vikki Heywood to stand down by the end of 2012, a 'planned and slow departure'The duo who have carried the Royal Shake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMNow entering its ninth season, the Goodman’s New Stages Series has birthed 47 new plays, more than half of which have gone on to receive full productions at Goodman or other venues around …
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 11:47AMThe Actors Fund and the Vineyard Theatre have announced details for their upcoming one-night-only benefit concert performance of Kander amp Ebb's THE VISIT, starring Broadway stage legends a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMActors' Equity Association and David E. Talbert Presents David E. Talbert, producer have successfully negotiated the ground breaking Urban Broadway Series Contract. This contract will be use…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMRobert Pattinson, best known for playing Edward Cullen in the "Twilight" movie series, may test his vocal abilities on the big screen when American Idiot, the 2010 stage musical base…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMTony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is among the authors of the new musical Bring It On, will join cast members from the musical about competitive cheerleading for a special Oct. 22 ev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMDon't miss these FULL HIGHLIGHTS from 'The Lion King' in Madrid, the first SPANISH production of the show, which opens next week at Teatro Lope de Vega. Check out performances by Carlos Riv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMSteve Marmion's RSC co-production, Fit and Proper People opened at the Soho Theatre this week 12 October (previews from 7 October) where it runs until 5 November 2011.
A new play by Georgia…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:38AMOne of the hardest transitions to make is from an artists (or organization) that is used to spending very little to create and market work . . . to one that needs to spend more. Sometimes sp…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 11:34AMJason Holtham and Keith Josef Adkins present the latest installment of their festival celebrating boundary-breaking emerging black theater artists
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:34AMActors' Equity Association and David E. Talbert Presents have negotiated the Urban Broadway Series Contract, which will be used for Talbert-produced tours on what is considered the urban…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMDo you know your entrechats from your fouettés? What Beyoncé learned from Betty Page? In a new weekly column looking at dance in detail, Luke Jennings takes a closer look at the dazzling f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMMamma Mia! will get a new home in London beginning next fall. In September 2012 the ABBA musical will gets its second West End transfer, this time to the Novello Theatre. Mamma Mia! made its…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMAt the Opening Night of 'The Mountaintop' on Broadway, Samuel L. Jackson gives an update on how Twitter (https://twitter.com/samuelljackson) has been treating him so far.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:22AMTony winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum will star in a one-night-only Actors Fund benefit performance of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit on November 30 at the Ambassador Theatre. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMChicago's Congo Square Theatre Company is moving to Stage 773. The African-American theater company, known for the quality of its work and its administrative struggles, was formerly workin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:19AMDavid Bar Katz
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Current Town: New York City
Q: Tell me about your upcoming show with LAB.
A: The play is called The Atmosphere of Memo…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:17AMA tableau on the Isle of the Dead. Photo: Gary Sloan.José Mateo remains as dependable as ever. His latest program, "Broken Shadows," (at the Sanctuary Theatre, near Harvard Squa…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:16AMKatori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama The Mountaintop, directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), officially opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Oct. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMThe New York premiere of Andrew Hinderaker’s Suicide, Incorporated is coming to life on October 14, when it begins previews at Roundabout Underground, the off-Broadway company's bl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMFlorida Rep will open its 2011-2012 season with Neil Simon's Rumors, October 25-November 19. Producing Artistic Director Robert Cacioppo will direct.
The play takes place at a lavish …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08AM “Mangella” imagines a desktop-human romance For as long as there have been machines, there have been stories about machines replacing people, and that tradition gets a sly…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:06AMNew plays by Marcus Gardley and Bekah Brunstetter will be developed and showcased as part of Hartford Stage's 13th annual "Brand:NEW" festival in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMTony Award winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum will headline a one-night-only Actors Fund benefit concert performance of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit at the Vineyard Theatre on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:02AMTony Award winners Chita Rivera and John Cullum will headline a one-night-only Actors Fund benefit concert performance of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit at the Vineyard Theatre on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:02AMGillian Bevan and Deka Walmsley will join the West End production of Billy Elliot on November 14, as Mrs Wilkinson and Dad, respectively. Ann Emery who originated the role of Grandma in 2005…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:01AM
Godspell began previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre Oct. 13 and will officially open on Broadway Nov. 7. Here, composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz talks about the Tony-nominated score…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMThe cast of PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT made an appearance on OWN Network's new talk show, 'The Rosie Show', starring Rosie O'Donnell. The cast performed a medley of It's Raining Men and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMThis landed in my inbox yesterday, and the timing is perfect. I’m teaching three courses right now, and all of them are at the point of the course where we are learning about Facebook.…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:51AMLisa McMillan leads the st. Petersburg premiere of August Osage County for the Palladium, and the St. Petersburg Times created a portrait of the actress in character. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMThe Actors Fund and the Vineyard Theatre will present a one-night-only benefit concert performance of Kander & Ebb’s The Visit Nov. 30 at 7:30 PM at Broadway's Ambassador Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe 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, opened last night, October …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMThe Normal Heart, Larry Kramer's 2011 Tony Award-winning drama, will be presented in a special staged reading at Maryland's Forum Theatre Nov. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMWildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:41AMThe Mountaintop has opened on Broadway, which means that Angela Bassett is officially back on the boards. Considering the Oscar-nominated actress' pedigree on film and TV, her current tu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMOlivier winners Lindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam will lead the cast of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre. Joining Northam and Duncan on stage will be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMThe 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, opened last night, October …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMBased on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborated with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMDebbie Allen, Harry Belafonte, Alicia Keys, Justin Long, Phylicia Rashad, and Gabourey Sibide join Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett and the company of Broadway's The Mountaintop on their op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMLast night, Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of WE LIVE HERE by Zoe Kazan, directed by Sam Gold opened to a star-studded crowd at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 5…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:28AMOlivia Newton-John, who famously played Sandy opposite John Travolta's Danny in the blockbuster film of the Broadway musical Grease, will launch a mini-tour in December that will bring h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMFlorence Henderson, Ralph Macchio, Lucie Arnaz, Marsha Mason, Jennifer Tilly and Lanie Kazan will headline upcoming New York City presentations of Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMToday’s the birthday of Lillian Gish (1893-1993). She was the principal muse of one of my favorite film directors D.W. Griffith, starring for him as early as 1912, back when the pictur…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:23AMPlaywright Katori Hall, director Kenny Leon and composer Branford Marsalis join stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett in celebrating the Broadway opening of The Mountaintop, Hall's O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMMy first journalism job was at Back Stage, which asked current and former colleagues for reminiscences for its 50th anniversary. Mine--about halfway down the page--involves Jane Alexander, …
SOURCE: Blank New World at 10:20AMThe 1960s collages that sent two young writers to prison remind us that in today's Britain, no real dissident art is possibleIn May 1962 a pair of would-be writers were each sentenced to six…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMMichael Boyd and Vikki Heywood will step down from their respective roles as Artistic Director and Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company by the end of 2012. No successors have …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMSeveral years ago, a friend insisted I had to see Gashole. I actually misread his e-mail invitation as Gash Ole. Turns out, it was not a Mexican drag act. I was too sick to go to the theatre…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:04AMTrevor Project Benefit Performance at HOW TO SUCCEED...
On Thursday, October 6th there was be a special fundraising performance of HOW TO SUCCEED... for The Trevor Project, which received:
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:02AMby Michael Wheeler I realize it is a little strange as the Co-Artistic Director of Praxis Theatre and Editor of praxistheatre.com to publish a blog post about the best play I’ve worked…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:01AMThe new musical The Blue Flower, starring Broadway favorites Teal Wicks, Sebastian Arcelus and Marc Kudisch, begins previews on October 14 at Second Stage Theatre. The Jim and Ruth Bauer-cre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AM
Michael Boyd and Vikki Heywood are to step down from their roles at artistic director and executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company by the end of 2012.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:59AMIn musical theater land, 2010 was all about Stephen Sondheim, as we all celebrated his life and work during his 80th birthday year. And now it's time to honor another great composer/lyricist…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:57AMBill Cosby, Chita Rivera and Mark Nadler were the headline performers of Laugh, Sing, Dance!, a benefit for Art Start at Town Hall, Thursday, October 13.
Art Start is an organization that a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57AMGet £10 tickets for TERROR 2011: LOVE ME TO DEATH at the Soho Theatre Downstairs space. Offer valid for performances between 21-27 October.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:55AMInstinct Magazine will celebrate the release of singer-songwriter and stage actor Matt Zarley's latest CD, "Change Begins With Me," with a listening party Nov. 8 at Here Lounge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMTony award winning director-choreographer Bill T. Jones will be conducting a pre-show question-and-answer session Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m., just prior to the final show at 2 p.m. of the r…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AMGrammy-nominated singer Marilyn Maye will celebrate the 80th birthday of composer-lyricist Jerry Herman during her upcoming engagement at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMOne of the revolutions theorized in a new Theatre of Revolt must be a revolution not only in society or politics, but also in the realm of consciousness: in the perspective from which one se…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:40AMMichael Boyd and Vikki Heywood have announced their intention to step down as artistic director and executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012.
Also announced in the RSC…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:40AMKIKI I want all the dolls in the world. MOTHER Yes, I will give you all that, and I'm sure it won't make you spoiled at all. STROKE-RIDDEN GRANDMA WWWWAAAAIIIILLLL. KIKI I want unlimited can…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 09:34AMThe national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams is now on tour. Check out the first…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMThe Boy from Oz has yet to begin performances, but the limited engagement of Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway has a $6 million advance, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMUpdated casting has been announced for Billy Elliot the Musical, playing at the West End's Victoria Palace Theatre.
As of November 14, the role of Billy will be played by Ryan Collinso…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMCool Hand Luke has posted closing notices at the West End's Aldwych Theatre for 19 November 2011. The play, adapted from Donn Pearce's 1965 novel, had initially been booking to 7 January 201…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:16AMAnn Emery, who originated the role of Gandma in the original production of Billy Elliot at London's Victoria Palace in 2005 and stayed with the show for five years before leaving in 2010…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMThe long-running London production of the hit musical Mamma Mia! will move to the West End's Novello Theatre on September 6, 2012. The production will continue playing at Prince of Wal…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10AMTony Award winner Lindsay Duncan will star alongside Olivia Colman, Jeremy Northam, and Jeremy Northam in Noel Coward's Hay Fever, to run February 10-June 2 at the West End's Noel …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMMichael Grandage's new Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart's classic opera is mostly well-sung, but crudely directed.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Goodbye Barcelona, a new musical, will run November 24-December 23 at the Arcola Theatre. Karen Rabinowitz will direct and choreograph the production.
The show, with book by Judith Johnson…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:44AMAngela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson give electrifying performances, igniting the dialogue and setting the stage of the Bernard Jacobs Theatre afire in the provocative, wildly imaginative, e…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:32AMThe Beatles hit the West End, SuBo limbers up for showtime and Beyoncé boogies into a plagiarism row. The Stage's Alistair Smith on this week's big theatre newsAlistair Smith
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMLegit News: Northam, McNally, Colman co-star in Coward comedy -- Lindsay Duncan will headline a new West End revival of Noel Coward's comedy "Hay Fever" from Feb. 10 next year.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:27AMCBS has bought a new comedy project from actor and writer Aasif Mandvi.
Mandvi will write and star in the series, in which he would play a recently divorced marriage counselor.
Mandvi won…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:26AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Iago, the great deceiver of Othello, is 28 according to Shakespeare – but actors have a habit of tweaking the lines ...Watching Dominic West's superb performance as Shakespeare's consummat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AMLove! How do you define it? An insane passion kept Lope de Vega (1562-1635) churning out plays, sometimes a play a day. Nothing could stop this 17th century genius, once called “a monster …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:57AMLindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam will star in a new production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever that will begin performances Feb. 10, 2012, at the London theatre that bears the playwrigh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:53AMBack in the 1990s in L.A., I got to know a brilliant singer/songwriter, Kevin Ray, at several open mikes, chiefly Highland Grounds' "Open Mind" Wednesdays; we who plied our tunes on piano, a…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 07:50AMJacobs Theatre, Broadway
By Terra Vetter
BOTTOM LINE: A play about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which leans more towards sentimental far-fetched fable than historical reflection.
Taki…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:44AMIt’s a daunting task to play lawyer Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:40AMGillian Bevan and Deka Walmsley will join the West End cast of Billy Elliot as Mrs Wilkinson and Dad from 14 November, with Ann Emery returning play Grandma, the role she originated in 2005 …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:40AMWant to attend the press night of Marat/Sade at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon? Well, here is your chance, as we are offering you to attend the press night with a £5 t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:28AMPurcell’s The Fairy Queen is a lighthearted opera that uses text from an anonymous source based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The setting is nineteenth-century mental ins…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:23AMIf, by any chance you happened to read my last review, you will have discovered that I am, to my own detriment, quite the EastEnders fan. So when I heard that two of its popular characters, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:17AM
Sought Ethics Advice for $165,000 Hartford GigAs I worked the phones talking to area arts leaders about the appointment of Cathy Malloy -- who also happens to be First Lady of the state as…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AMIt's a situation that most London flat-dwellers have experienced at
some point - a neighbour does something annoying, like leaving their
rubbish outside their door or making noise in the ear…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:50AMPretty soon, every season will be Fringe Season. What once was solely a summer phenomenon has blossomed into an all-year producing organization. This November, FallFRINGE is back! This year�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:39AMPeter Mac's Judy & Company, which was scheduled to run October 8-9, 2011 at the Gardenia Theatre in Los Angeles, will now run on October 21-22. The previous shows had been cancelled…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:25AMToday is the birthday of Pert Kelton; among many other credits, she was the original Alice in The Honeymooners. For the full bio on her go here. To learn more about the roots of variety ente…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:18AM****Well Lookee Here!Last month, I performed my first story at The Moth (in their second Chicago location over at Haymarket Pub on Randolph). Apparently, I wasn't supposed to record it…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMInspired! Samuel French Celebrates New Plays by Emily DeVoti, Jessica Dickey,
and Crystal Skillman
Daniel Talbott and Jessica Bauman direct moments from The Amish Project,
Milk, Birthday a…
SOURCE: Drama Book Shop at 06:00AM
Today is the birthday of Hollywood character actor Clarence Muse (1889-1979). Like Paul Robeson, he possessed a law degree, but the prejudices of the times made it of little use. so he went …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:50AMOriginally published in the Manchester Guardian on 14 October 1936FLEET STREET, TUESDAYNobody can live the full and eager life that Mr. H. G. Wells has lived without accumulating a few frien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMLast night (13 October 2011) 100 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers, drinks in hand, settled into their seats for an evening of classic Gershwin numbers, tap dancing and colourful costumes as Reg…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:22AM“when opening night comes … it’s like the play’s going out the door to go to college, and I’m giving it one more apple and one more kiss.” When I finally reached DC pla…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:12AMLet’s get one thing clear. Nearly 50 years on, Saved still has the power to shock. Rarely have I been so aware of the silence in an auditorium as the one that followed the ending of th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:08AMThe original West End production of Mamma Mia! will move to its third West End address in September 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03AM
Although it’s been written so many times, the new play The Lyons makes the statement ring truer than ever: You cannot choose your family. The titular clan is gathered at the hospital bedsi…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:56AMABBA musical Mamma Mia! will make the move to its third West End home when it transfers to the Novello Theatre from August 2012.
The smash hit musical, which was written by Catherine Johnso…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:47AMABBA musical Mamma Mia! will make the move to its third West End home when it transfers to the Novello Theatre from September 2012.
The smash hit musical, which was written by Catherine Joh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:43AMLooking for love in show places? Every night, it seems, is Date Night at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. But the Denver Center's two newest romantic offerings — the similarly title…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:35AMOn October 14, 2011 at 800pm, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular music with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - celebrates the music of Irving Berlin in a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMShow #96: Bellwether, Marin Theatre Company, October 11.
I reviewed Steve Yockey’s creepy new play at Marin Theatre Company for today’s Marin Independent Journal, so go over yond…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:28AMDoesn’t time fly? The month is already half-gone, and we’re now at the Ides of October. You’d think that the powers-that-be would have released the film The Ides of March e…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AMFifty years ago this week, critics were seeing a film about which they’d rave: West Side Story. The next week, audiences would begin to embrace it, and the following April, the Academy…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two New York premieres, The Mountaintop and We Live Here. Here's...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I empty both barrels into the PBS Arts Fall Festival, which kicks off tonight. Here's...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself." Charles Dickens, Bleak House...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMWildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTHE producers of “Relatively Speaking” (which opens at the Brooks Atkinson on Oct. 20) have asked me to conduct an in-depth interview with Ethan Coen and Woody Allen, with whom i…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00AMChris Mullin, the retired N.B.A. All-Star, plays host at a basketball camp for the cast of the coming Broadway musical “Lysistrata Jones.”
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM"So You Think You Can Dance" winner Melanie Moore never saw
herself as the likely champ on the show this year, despite everyone
else's predictions.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM
West End theatres are likely to be at a premium next year, with the possibility of THE BOOK OF MORMON, SWEENEY TODD, VIVA FOREVER, THE BODYGUARD and more taking a bow.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50AMCourtesy Busting Out!Emma Powell and Bev KillickAlso check out this week's Stage Features on John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown and Catherine Trieschmann's How The World Began; plus all the ca…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:49AMThe time has come everyone- the best of the best are suiting up and getting ready to face-off It's the Judges' Homes round which means that we are just one step away from the highly anticipa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40AMStage Rush things you could use a good night of laughing at the theater, so we’re giving away three free pairs of tickets to see the off-Broadway comedy The Judy Show. Emmy-winning com…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:38AMOne of history’s greatest ironies is that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his soaring “I’ve have been to the mountaintop” speech on the very night before his death.…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 12:37AMAlthough I love all theater, I have a soft, melty, mushy spot for musical theater (I was once memorably harangued by a neighbor in the hi-rise I used to live in for singing showtunes at nigh…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 12:37AMWhat a night on Broadway: “The Mountaintop” opened, with incendiary performances from Samuel L. Jackson respectively as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Angela Bassett as a maid (…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:26AMThe Daily Mail reports that MAMMA MIA, now in its eleventh West End year, will move to the Novello Theatre after the 2012 Olympics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19AMThere are three larger-than-life personalities on stage in Katori Hall’s two-person play, The Mountaintop: Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Of course, Jack…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:07AMLa MaMa celebrates 50 years with a World Block Party on Sunday October 16 from 2-6PM.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:06AMFriday October 14, 2011 PITTSFIELD
Film, dance, music, poetry, short stories, theater -- the range of art forms making up the inaugural Made
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMFive Comments Actors Love To Hear After a PerformanceJust saw someone you know perform in a play? Struggling to think of something to say about it? Well turn that struggle upside down into a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMAlthough the number of African American audience members has increased slightly on Broadway in the past decade, black ticketholders still make up the smallest percentage of the Great White W…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMStephen Adly Guirgis' Tony-nominated play Motherf**ker with the Hat makes its U.S. regional premiere Oct. 14 at Hartford's TheaterWorks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, which takes a page from Lorraine Hansberry's Tony and Pulitzer-winning classic A Raisin in the Sun, begins performances Oct.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRyan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans take the American Repertory Theater's Club Oberon through a time warp with The Rocky Horror Show, beginning Oct. 14 in Cambridge, MA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAcademy Award nominee Haley Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" and "Pay It Forward" plays opposite Broadway veteran Stephen Rowe in the resident Philadelphia production of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Memphis, the 1950's-set musical tracing an interracial love affair and the tumultuous world of the music industry, launches its national tour Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Blue Flower, the new musical about artists and thinkers in the first part of the 20th century, begins previews Oct. 14 at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. The cast includes Sebas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActor-writer Chris Lemmon, son of Hollywood star Jack Lemmon, shares his memories and his original music in a new one-man show, Twist of Lemmon: A Musical Memoir, at 7 PM Oct. 14 at the Metr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAndrew Hinderaker's dark comedy Suicide, Incorporated, featuring Mike DiSalvo, Gabriel Ebert, Corey Hawkins, James McMenamin, Toby Leonard Moore and Jake O'Connor, begins Oct. 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRainn Wilson (London Assurance, The Tempest) hosts the first episode of PBS' multi-platform arts festival, "PBS Arts from Minnesota: Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore," w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe George Street Playhouse's 2011-2012 season-launcher, the new musical It Shoulda Been You, which features direction by Tony winner David Hyde Pierce, officially opens at the New Jerse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJoel Rooks, who starred in the recent national tour of Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter & Love of George Burns, reprises his performance as George Burns at Off-Broadway's St.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMemphis, the Broadway musical, begins its national tour in — where else? — Memphis, a city with a complicated racial and musical past.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1893 Lillian Gish, film acting pioneer whose Broadway career lasted from 1913 to 1976, is born today. Her stage shows will include Camille, The Trip to Bountiful and several versions of Uncl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The End of the Affair" is a terrific play. But what sort of a play is it? Start with the title, which naturally makes us wonder what went wrong. You expect something like a psychological my…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
