My Play’s Part of Orlando Shakespeare PlayFest! by Tim

I’ll be blogging from Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s PlayFest starting tomorrow. Why? Perhaps this article will offer a clue. For those who don’t want to click: my play Zomb…

Ballet Hispanico: Stilettos and the human heart by Sarah Kaufman

If your Halloween costume still needs some heat, try a pair of high red lace-up boots with stiletto heels, like the ones that took the first steps in “Mad’moiselle,” an attention-getti…

A Chat With David Henry Hwang. Writer Ch'ing.lish.

JavaScript is disabled!To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser.Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! Video by: Corine Cohen www.corinescorner.com …

Cheever’s ‘Children’ pack a WASP-y sting by Frank Scheck

John Cheever was exploring the mores of the American WASP long before A.R. Gurney wrote his first play. So it’s fitting that the playwright’s debut effort, 1974’s “Children,” now b…

‘Memory’ worth holding onto by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The tiny Bank Street Theatre is a freakishly appropriate place to watch the excellent new dark comedy “The Atmosphere of Memory.” There’s no stage to speak of; if you’re sitting in t…

Thurs, Nov 3 @ 6 P.M: Casting Insider Offers Advice on Nailing Your Audition: FREE at The Drama Book Shop by Drama Book Shop

A free audition workshop with Jason Buyer, author of Inside the Audition Room: The Essential Actor's Handbook for Los Angeles. Inside the Audition Room: The Essential Actor's Handbook…

POW! (Play Of The Week) by Drama Book Shop

Sixty Miles to Silver Lake by Dan LeFranc Soccer: the quintessential sport to play as a kid. A car ride: a quintessential way to be stuck with someone you’d rather not spend much time wi…

Water by the Spoonful

Legit Reviews: "Can I please have my passport back?" asks a figure that haunts Elliot, a soldier who served in Iraq who is finding daily civilian and family life hard to take in his old Phil…

Theater Review | 'The Atmosphere of Memory': ‘The Atmosphere of Memory’ at Bank Street Theater - Review by Charles Isherwood

“The Atmosphere of Memory,” by David Bar Katz, is about a writer’s memory play and the backstage drama that ensues when his mother steps in to play the lead role.

Siegfried

Legit Reviews: How difficult is it to stage Richard Wagner's "Siegfried"? Or more precisely, how difficult is it to find a tenor to sing the punishing title role? The Met Opera announced no …

Review: The Atmosphere of Memory by Brian Scott Lipton

Ellen Burstyn and John Glover deliver extraordinary performances in David Bar-Katz's underwhelming play about an unhappy playwright and his dysfunctional family.

Review: Dancing at Lughnasa by Andy Buck

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents a beauifully cast and directed production of Brian Friel's lovely memory play.

Review: La Strada by Andy Propst

This stage adaptation of Federico Fellini's classic film is an uneasy mix of comedy and tragedy.

Review: Angels of Swedenborg by Dan Bacalzo

Ping Chong's dance-theater meditation on questions of spirituality contains moments of elegance and beauty.

Stephen Sondheim in Conversation: Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 10/29/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Segerstrom Center for the Arts sent an e-mail around 4pm and the LA Times published an article at 5:50, but Jen and I didn’t know the news until we reached the box office last night: W…

Photo Flash: Salonga, Ayesa, Marcos et al. at TOFA-NY Awards by Oliver Oliveros

While the city was being pummelled by a historic October snowstorm yesterday, Broadway actor-singers Lea Salonga, MiG Ayesa, J. Elaine Marcos, and members of the Filipino-American community …

WICKED Day: The Ultimate Encore by Wicked

WICKED Day: The Ultimate Encore WICKED celebrated its 8th anniversary on Broadway with a special concert-style performance of "Defying Gravity" in the Gershwin Theatre lobby. Ove…

Hugh Dancy Is Not Hiding His Secretly Pervy True Self by Jada Yuan

Don't read too much into his wearing a dog collar onstage.

Review: The Atmosphere of Memory at curtainup.coml by Elyse Sommer

While sending up Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill's navel gazing dramturgy does showcase David Bar Katz's comic gifts and ability to juggle a genre spanning plot, the result is too much…

No Sondheim, but the show merrily rolls along in Costa Mesa

Broadway veterans Christine Ebersole and Brian Stokes Mitchell stepped in for a 15-song, 95-minute performancethat was both satisfying and polished.Broadway veterans Christine Ebersole and B…

Review: Dancing at Lughnasa at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

I can't think of a better place to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Brian Friel's 1991 Tony award winning play than The Irish Rep Theater, especially given their lovely production

Question of the Week: by Lizwollman

Follies Star Jan Maxwell Injured by Andrew Gans

Four-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell, who currently plays Phyllis Stone in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, was injured following the matine…

La Strada by Theasy.com

TBG Theatre, Off Broadway By Haytham Elhawary BOTTOM LINE: A slow-paced rendition of the classic movie with impressive acting and wonderful music convincingly bringing to life the fan…

Captivating wonder of ‘Peter Pan’ hooks all ages by Terry Byrne

The familiar tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up gets a thrilling new production in threesixty° entertainment’s tent, playing in City Hall Plaza through Dec. 30.

The Atmosphere of Memory Review by Jonathan Mandell

Before it even begins, “The Atmosphere of Memory,” with its elegant title and world-class cast, promises to be a worthy next play for the Labyrinth Theater, whose last one was “The Mot…

THE ATMOSPHERE OF MEMORY - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

"The classic artist's axiom "Write what you know" is only effective when you actually know something. . . ."

The Last of the Duchess, Hampstead Theatre, London

If the mere thought of Madonna's reportedly flattering biopic is enough to induce severe Wallis Simpson fatigue, please don't let this put you off The Last of the Duchess, the delectably fun…

Rylance defends Shakespeare film's right to question identity of Bard

Mark Rylance, one of Britain's most respected actors and the founding artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London, has defended his role in a film that pours doubt on the iden…

Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 by Bruce Weber

Ms. Cohn, a theater scholar and drama professor, became the playwright Samuel Beckett’s friend as well as a leading authority on his work.

Artists, Institutions, and the Decline of Public Discourse by Polly Carl by HowlRound

And in what feels like an unbridgeable divide, all Haves seem smug and all Have Nots seem whiny. But the question we have to ask ourselves is are we planning to fight each other to the death…

Derek Jacobi, Michael Sheen, et al. Receive Theatre Awards UK by Dan Bacalzo

The Theatrical Management Association (TMA) has announced the winners for its Theatre Awards UK 2011, which honor creative excellence and the outstanding work seen on stages throughout Engla…

ArtsBeat Blog: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Review 'Chinglish' by Erik Piepenburg

Readers had mixed to positive reactions to David Henry Hwang's comedy about Chinese-American relations (and relationships) that opened on Broadway last week.

Winners Announced for Theatre Awards UK 2011 by BroadwayWorld

Theatre Awards UK 2011 were presented at a lunchtime ceremony at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, one of the five Historic Royal Palaces, on Sunday 30 October 2011.

Theater Review | 'The Dumb Waiter' : ‘The Dumb Waiter’ at the Duo Theater - Review by Catherine Rampell

“The Dumb Waiter,” Harold Pinter’s one-act play, follows two hit men killing time before targeting something more sentient.

Michael Billington on 13 and The Faith Machine by Michael Billington

Not everyone liked 13 and The Faith Machine – but if drama isn't for airing big ideas, then what is it for?What does a critic do when he finds himself out of step with majority opinion? I&…

Folllies Star Jan Maxwell Has Been Injured by Brian Scott Lipton

Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell, who plays Phyllis Rigers Stone in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, now playing at the Marquis Theatre, has been inju…

Caissie Levy & David Reiser to Marry Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Caissie Shira Levy, daughter of Lisa Levy and Dr. Mark Levy of Hamilton, Ontario, will marry David Aaron Reiser, a son of Linda Reiser and Dr. Robert A. Reiser of Tallahassee, Fla. on Sunday…

John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown, Charing Cross Theatre by Adam Sweeting

At Murry Bergtraum high school in Queens, New York, John Leguizamo was voted the "Most Talkative" student by his classmates. Not much has changed. As this one-man show demonstrates, Leguizam…

Striking all the right chords by Robert Crew

Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra failed at becoming concert pianists, but taking their act to theatre in 2 Pianos, 4 Hands hits all the high notes.

No Sondheim, but the show merrily rolls along in Costa Mesa by Sherry Stern

A program scheduled for Saturday night at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, “Sondheim: In Conversation” ran into a seemingly fatal snag Saturday afternoon: the composer was stuck 3,00…

Blog: Theatre Night Fever, October 30, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Judge Dee and The Haunted GardenOctober 30, 2011by Howard DaiFor the past week to Halloween, I’m volunteering for Seven Tyrants Theatre in Vancouver, for this Halloween site-specific …

David Henry Hwang, Samuel L. Jackson, Kenny Leon, et al. Set for Drama Desk's Anatomy of a Breakout Panel by Andy Propst

Samuel L. Jackson will be among the particpants at the Drama Desk's panel discussion Anatomy of a Breakout, to be offered on Sunday, November 13 at 8pm at Fordham's Mainstage at Li…

Lauren Cuthbertson's true grit by Judith Mackrell

Lauren Cuthbertson fought to ballet's front rank – and kept her sense of humour. Now she's dancing one of its most challenging roles: ManonThere's a story often told about Lauren Cuthberts…

Theater Review | 'The Complete World of Sports (abridged)': ‘The Complete World of Sports (abridged)' — Review by Neil Genzlinger

“The Complete World of Sports (abridged),” a stage show at the New Victory Theater, is pitched directly, and proudly, at the juvenile in sports fans of all ages.

Zombies Make Great Kissers by Art

My friend Erik Rodenhiser offers his services. Erik is owner of the Griffen Theatre in Salem where I spend most of my waking hours during October. We are coming down to the wire on Hallowee…

Blumenkrantz takes Ebb award

Legit News: Honor comes with hefty cash prize -- Composer Jeff Blumenkrantz has picked up the 2011 Fred Ebb Award, the legit kudo that comes with a $50,000 cash prize.

FOLLIES Star Jan Maxwell Hit by Minivan; Misses Weekend Shows But Speedy Recovery Expected by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed the news with a production spokesperson that FOLLIES star Jan Maxwell was hit by traffic while crossing 45th Street following the Saturday, October 29 matinee…

Luner on Theatre LIVE Returns Tonight with Halloween Show! by Chris Luner

Hello Everyone! Did you miss us? Tonight, after two weeks of theatre free airwaves, Luner on Theatre returns LIVE to the air to once again bring you all your theatre need to know news LIVE a…

Review: Last of the Duchess at curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Nicholas Wright's excellent play set in 1980 about the last years of the Duchess of Windsor in Paris

Joe Reihsen – art show at The Company by Pauline Adamek

  The following cryptic and intriguing press release reminded me that Art Gallery owners sometimes don’t really know what’s in store when they contract an Artist to present a new sh…

Raymonda, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

This lavish production gives a taste of the overwhelming grandeur the 1898 ballet strove for under Marius Petipa in St Petersburg

13, National Theatre (Olivier), London

Mike Barlett has tried to combine the scope and sensibility of his former plays, but in the end the sprawling collage of society wins out

Doc Wuthergloom has a few tricks up his sleeve by J. Kelly Nestruck

The tales become a bit of a shtick, but the magic is appealing

Experience NoHo Arts Festival by Pauline Adamek

The inaugural Experience NoHo Arts Festival kicks off on November 12, 2011 from 12pm – 8pm, in the heart of the lively NoHo Arts District. This day-long, multi-arts festival is free and wi…

Review: Don Giovanni a devilishly delicious opera by Richard Ouzounian

Mozart’s Don Giovanni is given an irresistible production by Opera Atelier

'Controversy Is The Lifeblood Of The Arts,' Says Royal Shakespeare Company Founder

The Independent (UK) 10/30/11

Sondheim Doesn't Eat His Words, Or His Hat

Chicago Tribune 10/28/11

Shalom Baby – review by Lyn Gardner

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonGermany in the 1930s and the Jewish Weissmann family are facing increasing hostility. Into their lives comes Ike, a black German, who becomes as much a me…

NY1 Online: Hosts Offer Sneak Peak At 39th Annual Village Halloween Parade

NY1 VIDEO: NY1's Pat Kiernan, Roger Clark and Stephanie Simon will be reporting live from 39th annual Village Halloween Parade with special guests, and they're gearing up with some professio…

Yoko Isonuma obituary

My friend and colleague the theatre designer Yoko Isonuma, who has died of cancer aged 42, proved that great talent and strength of will are more often found wrapped in a gentle demeanour th…

The Wicked Stage: Is it enough to be a ‘triple threat’ performer? by Sarah Green

A key term in musical theatre training is learning to be a ‘triple threat performer’, which means the ability to act, sing and dance to a high standard. An example of this is Sutton Fost…

Opportunity: BBC EastEnders searching for new writing talent by A Younger Theatre

Now we know that this strictly doesn’t fall under theatre, but these days the boundaries are being blurred, and quite frankly it’s an excellent opportunity to develop your writin…

Theater Awards crown 'Matilda'

Legit News: Shakespeare tours also nab U.K. trophies -- The Royal Shakespeare Company hit "Matilda, The Musical" -- now previewing in the West End -- and a slew of U.K. road shows emerge…

Peter Hall and Derek Jacobi among winners at Theatre Awards UK by Alistair Smith

Derek Jacobi's King Lear and Bertie Carvel's performance as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical have picked up the top performance prizes at this year's inaugural Theatre Awards UK.

Closing Doors by Leigh Hile

On Saturday, September 25th, I shut the door and switched off the lights for the very last time in the place I've called my home for the past four and a half years.After we left, Andrew and …

Queen of the Mist by Adaumbelle

The Transport Group's production of Five-time Tony Award Nominee Michael John LaChiusa's "Queen of the Mist" is a very timely show about fame: the desire for it, the price of it, and the leg…

Joan Didion by Kyle

has a new memoir coming out, and there's a nice profile of her in today's LATimes. Here are some of my favorite bits--"We tell ourselves stories in order to live," she begins "The White Alb…

A discovery in N.Y., a fixture in Philly by Carol Rocamora

Watching Bruce Graham's absurdist comedy Any Given Monday, now being presented in New York by Ambler's Act II Playhouse, can't help but produce a warm and fuzzy feeling, especially if you're…

Weddings & Celebrations: Caissie Levy, David Reiser by Vincent M. Mallozzi

The bride, 30, is an actress now starring as Molly Jensen in “Ghost: The Musical” at the Piccadilly Theater in London’s West End. She appeared in the Broadway revival of “Hair” in …

TheatreScene: October 24 - 30 by JK

BE SURE TO COME BACK TOMORROW!  I'LL BE ANNOUNCING A NEW CONTEST FOR TICKETS TO ONE OF THIS FALL'S HOTTEST NEW MUSICALS!  BROADWAY VIDEO OF THE WEEK:  Which is how I…

ELF – the Broadway musical CD by Oscar E. Moore

A tuneful and toe tapping score, sparkling with its own Christmas glow, will entertain even the most jaded Grinches, Scrooges and Riedels of the world.

Relatively Speaking by Theasy.com

Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: Three one-act comedies that are all enjoyable but unlikely to stay with you for long. Relatively Speaking brings toget…

Nominations Close for 2011 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards on Monday! by BroadwayWorld

After 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

News: Propeller, Jacobi & Matilda Win at Theatre Awards UK

The winners have been announced of this year’s Theatre Awards UK (formerly the TMA Awards), which honour “creative excellence” in work seen on stages throughout England, Sc…

This Week on Broadway for October 30, 2011: Broadway’s Elves, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin by James Marino

Notes and links for the podcast. Panel: Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook Broadway Musical MVPs, 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons, is n…

Antonio Sacre. Standing Ovation Earned. by Rolando Teco

Just got back from trudging through sleet and snow in October to see the single performance given by storyteller extraordinaire, Antonio Sacre at the United Solo Festival at Theater Row. Thi…

Casting a new ‘Godspell’ by Ronni Reich

William Perlman/The Star-LedgerDirector Daniel Goldstein makes his Broadway debut with "Godspell" at the Circle in the Square in Manhattan. A devotional prayer is sung while Jesus …

Derek Jacobi, Michael Sheen, Sir Peter Hall and Matilda Among Winners for Theatre Awards UK 2011 by Mark Shenton

The winners for this year's Theatre Awards UK 2011, formerly the TMA Theatre Awards which since 1991 have recognized work seen in regional UK theatres, include Sir Derek Jacobi, Michael …

Ruby Cohn (1922-2011) by George Hunka

Ruby Cohn, whose Samuel Beckett: The Comic Gamut (1962) established her as the foremost first-generation Beckett critic and introduced Beckett’s work to a huge general audience, passed…

Doris Day to Recieve Los Angeles Film Critics' Career Achievement Award by Brian Scott Lipton

Doris Day will receive the Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. She starred in numerous film musicals, most notably, the screen adaptation of The Pajama …

Doris Day to Receive Los Angeles Film Critics' Career Achievement Award by Brian Scott Lipton

Doris Day will receive the Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. She starred in numerous film musicals, most notably, the screen adaptation of The Pajama …

Bushnell Cancels Sunday's "Jersey Boys" Performances

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford has cancelled Sunday's performances of the musical "Jersey Boys."

Robert DeNiro, John Travolta to Co-Star in Killing Season Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and screen stars Robert De Niro and John Travolta will co-star in the new film Killing Season, according to published reports. Mark Steven Johnson will direct the film, to be written b…

Robert De Niro, John Travolta to Co-Star in Killing Season Film by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and screen stars Robert De Niro and John Travolta will co-star in the new film Killing Season, according to published reports. Mark Steven Johnson will direct the film, to be written b…

Photo Coverage: MAPLE AND VINE Begins Rehearsals at Playwrights Horizons by Walter McBride

In MAPLE AND VINE, Katha Marin Ireland and Ryu Peter Kim have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forsa…

"Water by the Spoonful" at Hartford Stage by Fred Sokol

Quiara Alegria Hudes, the playwright who wrote the book for In the Heights, is a blazing talent. Hartford Stage presents her new play, "Water by the Spoonful," a world premiere, through Nove…

#NEWPLAY FEST: PlayFest @orlandoshakes. Keynote Address LIVE on Sat, Nov 5 by Arena Stage

National New Play Network member Orlando Shakespeare Theater presents the PlayFest! Nov 3 - Nov 6. Keynote Address by Jeffrey Hatcher, author of The Turn of the Screw Saturday, November 5 at…

Photo Coverage: Bette Midler's 'Hulaween' Gala Benefit by Walter McBride

Friday night at the Waldorf-Astoria, Bette Midler hosted Hulaween 2011, her annual gala to benefit the New York Restoration Project. In addition to a lauded career as a singer and actress, M…

#NEWPLAY FESTIVAL: @nymadness Kicks off Festival Nov.7th by Arena Stage

New York Madness brings together a slamming roster of playwrights to write short plays about a theme selected by the Guest Artistic Producing Playwright, this year J.Holtham. The upcoming th…

ELF – the Broadway musical CD - Nov. 1st by Oscar E Moore

If you liked the show you are going to love the recording of ELF being released November 1st, just in time for the gift giving/receiving holiday season. The CD, released by SH-K-BOOM/GHOSTLI…

Nightmare on 39th Street by Michael Riedel

As the theater columnist for The Post it’s my job (and my pleasure) to torture the Broadway producers who come up with losers like “Taboo,” “Dance of the Vampires” or “Spider-Man…

#NEWPLAY FESTIVAL: @Ptowntheater Kicks off the 2011 Fall Playwrights’ Fest Nov. 5th by Arena Stage

The Boy From Montana, by Carl A. Rossi (from a story by Susan O'Neill ) The Tour, by Candace Perry A String Bean Tempest, by Jerry Thompson Tony, by Doug Asher-Best The Picture in the House,…

Short Fuse Review: Admiring “The Submission” by Harvey Blume

"The Submission" has been compared to Richard Price's richly evocative novels of New York life. It's an apt comparison, though Amy Waldman brings a new cast of characters to bear, members of…

This Week on Broadway for October 30, 2011: Broadway's Elves, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, and James Marino talk with Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin about the release of the Elf the Musical recording, and review We Live Here, Asuncion, Relativ…

BWW's On This Day - October 30, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Feature: 14 Fall Favorites (New CDs) by Andy Propst

New CDs by Melissa Errico, Michael Feinstein, Sean McDermott, and Sandi Patty are among this month's listening highlights.

Variety Arts #22: U.S.O. by Trav S. D.

This post is one in a series that defines for the layman the various types of variety arts. For the full panoply go here. 70 years ago today, the United Services Organization (U.S.O.) establ…

Review: Cries and Whispers at curtainup.com by Andrew Ash

Ivan van Hove's stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film

Now the Cats With Jewelled Claws by Erik Haagensen

Tennessee Williams' absurdist meditation on mortality, loneliness, and the general triviality of human existence, is in director Jonathan Warman's hands an outrageously entertaining grote…

Fanny Brice by Trav S. D.

Today is the birthday of the great Fanny Brice (for the full bio on her go here). And now here’s Fanny singing “When a Man Loves a Woman” (not the Percy Sledge one) from th…

NY Review: 'The Atmosphere of Memory' by David Sheward

David Bar Katz can't decide if he wants to be Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Woody Allen, or comic-book creator Stan Lee in this gloppy mess of a play.

Dancing at Lughnasa by Andy Propst

Charlotte Moore's straightforward production captures the charm of Brian Friel's gentle play without ever being saccharine, but not its darker, more moving elements.

Back Talk at Mosaic by Bill Hirschman

Post-show talk back bull sessions between actors and audiences have become a popular way to engage jazzed-up crowds after a performance and cement a relationship between the theater and its …

Taylor Louderman, Adrienne Warren Lead BRING IT ON National Tour; Launches 10/30 by BroadwayWorld

Bring It On The Musical will launch the National Tour at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on October 30.

Say Goodnight Gracie by Robert Windeler

Joel Rooks understudied Frank Gorshin in the 2002 Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' solo bio-play about George Burns. Nearly a decade later, his performance is as studied as the produc…

This Week on Broadway for October 30, 2011: Broadway’s Elves, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, and James Marino talk with Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin about the release of the Elf the Musical recording, and review We Live Here, Asuncion, Relativ…

Tom Foolery: The York Theatre

JavaScript is disabled!To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser.Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! This is part 1 of 3 parts so check back tomorro…

Geoffrey Nauffts jumps ahead to 'Next Fall'

For the West Coast premiere of his play at the Geffen Playhouse, the writer-actor takes on a lead role to which he bears a suspicious resemblance.Noodles may be flung. At the Geffen Playhous…

ELF – the Broadway musical CD by Oscar E. Moore

A tuneful and toe tapping score, sparkling with its own Christmas glow, that will entertain even the most jaded Grinches, Scrooges and Riedels of the world.

Review | 'Slasher Kings' full of surprises

One of the pleasures earned by putting food on the table as a theater critic is the occasional encounter with a performance unlike any other. Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's bad. In th…

Arts | Westchester: Review — ‘Rounding Third’ at Penguin Rep Is a Hit by Sylviane Gold

Richard Dresser’s comedy “Rounding Third,” playing in Stony Point, follows a Little League team coached by a mismatched pair: a jock and a preppy.

Arts | New Jersey: ‘Phaedra Backwards,’ a Classical Myth in Princeton by Anita Gates

“Phaedra Backwards,” in its world premiere, is Marina Carr’s reworking of the Minotaur legend, starting from the end.

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of Oct. 16-22 by Michael C. Gioia

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Oct. 16-22, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com Stephanie J. Block Will Temporarily Fill in for Sutton Foster in Broad…

Arts | Connecticut: Review — ‘City of Angels’ at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam by Sylviane Gold

There are plenty of musicals with clever lyrics. Some offer clever books. A handful even manage clever melodies. “City of Angels” has all three.

Esther Freud’s ‘Lucky Break’ Explores the Actor’s Life by Alexis Soloski

Esther Freud’s new novel, “Lucky Break,” focuses on three actors as it explores the frustrations and occasional joys of an acting career.

The Abominable Showman, October 30, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

Another party in another place: The BolshoiTo honour and respectThe Theatre du Nouveau Monde’s dumbfounding (emphasis on “dumb”) dismissal of women in this season’s “L’Affaire Ca…

ON THE RECORD: Hats Off! A Survey of Follies Recordings, Part One by Steven Suskin

In preparation for the cast album of the new Broadway production of Follies, here's part one of an overview of the four cast recordings that already exist. This week, the original 1971 c…

Another Part of the House Reading Will Reinvent Bernarda Alba at New Ohio Theatre by Michael Gioia

Hero Theatre will present a benefit reading of Migdalia Cruz's Another Part of the House, a re-imagined work of Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, Nov. 7 at the New …

Brian Friel Classic Dancing at Lughnasa Returns to NYC After 20 Years, Opening Oct. 30 by Kenneth Jones

The Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan opens its new production of Irish playwright Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa  — considered by many to be his masterpiece for it…

THE SCREENING ROOM: Relatively Speaking's Marlo Thomas Visits "The Today Show" (Video) by Michael Gioia

Emmy Award winner Marlo Thomas, who stars in Broadway's Relatively Speaking, recently sat down with NBC "Today Show" host Brian Williams to chat about the new play, which opene…

Go Team! Bring It On: The Musical Launches U.S. Tour Oct. 30 in Los Angeles by Adam Hetrick

Bring It On: The Musical, the high-energy stage production about the world of competitive cheerleading by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and Jeff Whitty, launches its U.S. nation…

Ellen Burstyn, Max Casella, John Glover Step Into The Atmosphere of Memory, Opening Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Things don't go as planned when Mother takes the stage in the world premiere of David Bar Katz's The Atmosphere of Memory, starring Tony and Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn, which…

Say Goodnight Gracie, Starring Joel Rooks, Opens at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Oct. 30 by Michael Gioia

Joel 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.…

Broadway's Wicked Celebrates Eighth Anniversary Oct. 30 with "Ultimate Encore Performance" by Andrew Gans

To celebrate its eighth anniversary on Broadway, the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked hosted a month-long roster of activities and promotions that culminates on Wicked Day, Oct…

Understudies From Follies, Sister Act, Spider-Man, Anything Goes Stand in the Spotlight Oct. 30 by Andrew Gans

At This Performance, the ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys and understudies, continues Oct. 30.

Back to the roots of rock: 'Million Dollar Quartet' celebrates a real fab four

You can't help but wish the walls could talk within the tight quarters of the Union Avenue storefront in Memphis. The displays of photographs include some of the biggest names of the rock 'n…

With Hank Williams opener, American Heartland Theatre explores its darker side

For the most part we think of the American Heartland Theatre in Crown Center as a place where we can find easily digestible pop entertainment -- jukebox musicals, comedies, farces and the oc…