The big story today was Michael Kaiser’s post on Huffington Post, which generated lots of response. May I suggest you read these three articles in particular? First up, read the origin…
SOURCE: direct address at 11:58PM... The Marquis de Bradshaw ... One gets the impression that Thomas Bradshaw began by making a list of potentially shocking sex scenes and sex talk and worked his story to get in as many of …
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 11:37PMBy Peter Filichia --
The birth of any innovation makes for some growing pains. That too was the case with the so-called long-playing record when it came into existence in the late ‘40s. …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:37PMJulie Taymor, a Tony Award winner for THE LION KING, will likely always have the 75 million, massive musical adaptation of SPIDER-MAN attached to her name as well. What does Taymor, the form…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33PMI can't call it a review I have to write about today, though it is about a new play I attended over the weekend.
Let's put some things on the table first, stipulations, if you will:
Gettin…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:25PMNina Raine’s comedy “Tribes” is coming to the Barrow Street Theatre to make its off Broadway run. Opening night is set for March 4, 2012 however preview runs and casting have not yet b…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 11:16PMThere's something to be said for ambition
SOURCE: Esquire at 11:09PMWe're here! The LeVay's have moved into their Martha's Vineyard summer home, also known as the Cort Theater. Day one of tech has been a thrill! It hasn't quite hit me yet...I'm on Broadway! …
SOURCE: Theater in the Now at 11:01PM
It's hard to watch a satire that's nearly as long as the object of parody itself. But Eugene Ionesco isn't content...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:58PMFor three years in a row, I have attended the cocktail hour portion of the Steinberg Playwright "Mimi" Awards, which recognize some playwright or other. Why just the cocktail hour? Why not s…
SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 10:43PMAnal sex, cocaine and pederasty - Thomas Bradshaw is up to his old tricks in BURNING, a new play produced by The New Group and directed by Scott Elliott, now playing on Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:35PMRide the Cyclone, at Theatre Passe Muraille, has an exceptional cast, and an even better story line.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:29PMDonovan & Calderon's CLIMATE CHRONICLES at Incubator Arts Project is a humorous look at a dysfunctional group of scientists.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:28PM“Burning,” Thomas Bradshaw’s Off Broadway debut, is a tale of rampaging erotic impulses and misplaced artistic ambitions, set in the 1980s and the present.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMIn an interview with Esquire magazine, Julie Taymor accuses Bono and the Edge of U2 - her former collaborators on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" - of maligning her as a bogus explanation fo…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:03PMIt's semifinals week on DANCING WITH THE STARS Last week saw Nancy Grace ousted from the competition, and now the remaining dancers - Hope Solo, Ricki Lake, Rob Kardashian and J.R. Martinez …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMThomas Bradshaw's tedious new play seems intended as either satire or melodrama, but succeeds as neither.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
After the Revolution director Carolyn Cantor and Off-Broadway Rent choreographer Larry Keigwin have been selected as the 2011 Joe A. Callaway Award Recipients.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59PMA radical thought came to the Pony World Theatre company of Seattle recently. The far-from-happy works of Anton Chekhov seem right at home in a modern office -- a hive of heartbreak, lonelin…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:31PMWhat’s most chilling about *An Interrogation Primer* is its truth. Writer Michael Nowacki served in the military for 16 years, with his last years as an interrogator. He knows of which he …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:16PM"It's impossible to tell whether this is the most daring effort The New Group has ever undertaken, the most absurd, or both at once."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:11PMThomas Bradshaw’s new drama, “Burning,” fails to catch fire or to cohere. But you can’t accuse the practiced downtown provocateur, now represented in midtown at the New Group through…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:04PMMany dramatists have taken their turn putting faces to Thoreau’s lives of “quiet desperation”. But the challenge in what Thoreau goes on to conclude – that it is therefore a mark of …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMThe repulsive has its perverse, magnetic attractions. We can lust for what we defensively loathe. This is the message that throbs through The Changeling, the erotically charged and psycholog…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The world premiere of actor-writer Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, a biographical drama about the passions and conflicts of the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:56PMBack in August, a controversy arose from a New York Yimes article that explained director Diane Paulus' new vision for the ART production, and soon to be Broadway transfer, of THE GERSHWINS'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:50PMLegit Reviews: There's history behind "Standing on Ceremony: the Gay Marriage Plays," a feel-good show celebrating gay marriage.
SOURCE: Variety at 06:37PMThe playhouse has announced casting for Des McAnuff's critically praised, Broadway-bound version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, which gave the world its first rock 'n' roll Mes…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:32PMPhyllida Lloyd's film gives us Thatcher without Thatcherism, writes Xan Brooks but Meryl Streep is astonishingWas it a dream or is it a nightmare? In the early years of the 21st century a fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PMIt was a starry, starry night on November 11 when Bring It On opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. No surprise, considering that the show, adapted from the hit movie of the same na…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMIt's official, NBC's new Broadway-filled series SMASH will premiere on February 6 at 10pm. The show, which is about a group of people who come together to put on a Broadway musical was devel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMThe Circle of Life continues at the Minskoff Theatre, where The Lion King celebrated its 14th Broadway anniversary on November 13. To commemorate the event, show stars Alton Fitzgerald White…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:19PMLike any good wedding reception, there was much to toast at the opening night of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays on November 13. After their opening performance, cast members Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PMThe artist Liz Magic Laser's Performa Commission, "I Feel Your Pain," promised both a romance drawn from the playbook of political theater and a 21st-century version of the "living newspaper…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:16PMLegit News: Play moves from Royal Court to Barrow Street -- The Olivier-nommed "Tribes," which bowed at London's Royal Court, is getting a commercial production directed by David Cromer at O…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:02PMWhen “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” opens on Broadway, it won’t have some of the proposed revisions criticized by Stephen Sondheim, but the show’s director and lead producer still…
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Legit News: Attendance up at nearly every show -- Broadway recovered in a big way after last week's decline, with seven shows posting sales over $1 million and 12% jumps in both overall rece…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:55PMI walked out of the opening night of Lally Katz's new play Return To Earth with my stomach in a knot. Readers, I have seldom seen a production which was so utterly wrong. It's wrong from the…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 05:48PMI like it when performance artists succeed in integrating most or all of the senses into their productions. This is a hard thing to do. Smells and tastes in particular can be so overpowering…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 05:47PMThe Glee Project - 2011 NYC Auditions & Damian McGinty
The Glee Project held an open casting call in New York City, and DanceOn was there to catch up with season 1 winner Damian McGinty…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:45PMT.V. Carpio played her final performance in Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark Nov. 13. She will be succeeded by Christina Sajous, who steps into the role of Arachne beginning Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, November 14, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more inf…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:43PMThe actors playing Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene all will be back, but Broadway veteran Brent Carver won't be playing Pontius Pilate when the La Jolla Playhouse reprises the Stratford Shak…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:42PMIn effect, “Playing for the Planet” is an open-ended floating world music festival featuring performers from New England.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:41PMAaron Lazar, Kate Baldwin and P.J. Griffith will lead the cast of the new musical Giant at Dallas Theater Center. Directed by Michael Greif, the Public Theater co-production begins performan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMThe St. Louis Zoo gave its top conservation prize to Armenian
scientist Aram Aghasyan who is creating parks and sanctuaries to
protect Armenia's wildlife. The zoo's WildCare Institute is wor…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:29PMTickets to the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's biblical rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar are now on sale exclusively to Audience Rewards members.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMThe new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, packed with classic tunes by George and Ira Gershwin, will open April 24, 2012, at the Imperial Theatre, producers announced on Nov. 14. A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMSony Masterworks this week will begin offering a new series of online video interviews with notable theater artists called "Legends of Broadway."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:16PMAcademy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Will Rogers will take part in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater-Cherry Lane Theatre reading of Lyle Kessler's Collision.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMAccording to E Online, stage and screen star Megan Mullally will soon star in an episode of NBC's 'Up ALl Night' as Maya Rudolph's rival Shayna Mund.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMCritics are raving about the chemistry between Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy in the Broadway premiere of David Ives’ Venus in Fur. Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:11PMTwo companies have emerged as the leading online ticket sellers in India, a market that is estimated to be worth about $130 million and growing. Launched only in 2007, KyaZoonga.com first so…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:10PMGrammy Award-winning singersongwriter and Broadway producer Alicia Keys and cast members of STICK FLY will greet and sign autographs for ticket buyers in the lobby of the Cort Theatre 138 W.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMDid we feel like something was lost in the translation, or did the new Broadway play "Chinglish" redefine theatre for us? Watch the review to find out!
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 05:00PMAlfred Hickling sits in on some very unusual auditions at West Yorkshire PlayhouseIt's open audition day at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, for the Christmas production of Annie. As&nbs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMDeath In Paradise | My Transsexual Summer | Storyville: Client 9 – The Call Girl And The Governor | True Stories: Hell And Back Again | Him & Her | Imagine: Alan Ayckbourn – Greetings Fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 111411.
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The new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring Broadway headliners Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara, has set an opening date of April 24, 2012, at the Imperial Theatre.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMThe new Broadway musical Nice Work if You Can Get It has announced its opening date, which will be on April 24, 2012.
As previously reported, the show will play the Imperial Theatre, and s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMAlicia Keys and cast members of Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly will greet and sign autographs for ticket buyers in the lobby of the Cort Theatre on Wednesday, November 16 from noon to 1pm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMIn a play inspired by genetic coding and Alice in Wonderland, the main character gets to meet the ghosts of her ancestors
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:51PMIt isn't often that a theater opening coincides with the announcement of a national political coalition. Then again, these are interesting times.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:49PMMegan Mullally will guest star on NBC's Up All Night, according to a report on E! Online. She is scheduled to play a rival to Maya Rudolph's character, Ava.
Mullally has appeared…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMRob Marshall will receive The Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award, to be presented to him at the 48th CAS Awards, held at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel, in Los Angel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMThe new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro Memphis, will open on Tues…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMA few minutes into the House Theatre's distinctive version of "The Nutcracker" — one of my favorite holiday shows — the Christmas jollity of an exuberant household is suddenly en…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:46PMClick here and enter to win 2 tickets to see Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMFull casting has been announced for the upcoming North American tour of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway hit called wonderfully raucous and emotionally ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Australia Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Australia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PM2 Pianos 4 Hands sizzler
Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt return home for one last encore of their smash-hit comedy. 2 PIANOS, 4 HANDS (2P4H) is a warm and funny musical entertainment abo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:40PM@Theatrebayarea Asks: Theatre artists can devise some wonderfully innovative solutions in order to continue to produce work in difficult financial times. What is the biggest/strangest/most s…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 04:39PMIn a week in which Broadway box office results rose across the board, a couple of new shows had an even bigger reason to celebrate: Jon Robin Baitz’s well-reviewed Other Desert Cities …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:38PMFrank Sonntag leaving leadership of downtown dance center just two months after its opening.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:32PMBROADWAY REVIEW: "Other Desert Cities" at Booth Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Other Desert Cities" at Booth Theatre ... In Jon Robin Baitz's compelling new play "Other Desert Cities," a powerf…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:29PMThe Broadway-aimed musical Leap of Faith, fueled by gospel and country sounds, took a leap forward with a weeklong reading that began Nov. 3 and culminated in three backers' presentation…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMGet the word on what's at the 2012 COIL, Under the Radar, and American Realness Festivals
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:26PMRemember the tough-as-nails teacher who made you quake in your proverbial boots? He or she has got nothing on Alan Rickman, who finds dozens of ways to terrorize the four would-be novelists …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMTony winner Hugh Jackman is on the boards again, this time with his very own solo show, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway. After his November 10 opening night performance Broadway.com joined th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMTony winner Hugh Jackman is on the boards again, this time with his very own solo show, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway. After his November 10 opening night performance Broadway.com joined th…
SOURCE: seattle.broadway.com at 04:25PMSaturday night I went to Joe’s Pub to see playwright-lounge lizard Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra perform his new work, No Place To Go, about a playwright-lounge lizard that must decid…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:13PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Ange…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMT.V. Carpio played her final performance as Arachne in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, at the Foxwoods Theatre, on Sunday, November 13. During the curtain call, the actress wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:08PMCasting has been announced for a U.K. tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, which will launch with an engagement at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, running December 14 - Jan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:07PMMaking the most of a Muppet When Kevin Clash plays Elmo, his face takes on an otherworldly demeanor as his arms manipulate the furry red monster. You can see his eyes drift off like they’r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:06PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you will fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PM
Now, based on user demand, we're taking our commitment to arts education one step further with the launch of the BWW Student Center - High School Edition which now features upcoming show lis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMDavid Suchet will reprise his portrayal of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot for a series of movies for ITV in 2012.
The films will all be based on the remaining Poirot novels and short…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMSculptor Manuel Carbonell passed away on Thursday, November 10, according to a report in The Miami Herald. He was 92.
South Florida theater's Carbonell Awards are named in his honor, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:54PMImages of the Artist, a fascinating exhibition that explores artistic identity and image-making by showcasing some of the ways in which artists have represented themselves, their activities …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:44PMAcademy Award winning director Rob Marshall will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 48th CAS Awards on February 18, 2012 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium-Biltmo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PM"Cavalia: A Magic Encounter Between Human and Horse," created by Cirque du Soleil co-founder Normand LaTourelle, will return to the Seattle area Jan. 24-Feb. 5.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:44PMSeason's Greetings - Northlight Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd. is offering $10 tickets for theatre industry professionals to all performances No…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:44PMThe Jack Studio has launched it’s annual new writing festival Write Now 3, with a call out for writers between the ages of 16-26 for the new young persons category within the festival.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:41PMIt Takes an Artistic Village in East HaddamIt takes a village to create a village -- at least in the case of Goodspeed's Artists Village comprising of 17 new homes to be used as housing fo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:35PMVoting is now open for the 2011 San Francisco Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld San Fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMSuicide, Incorporated opened at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre on November 2, 2011. This marked the opening of 6 Roundabout Underground productio…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:23PMTHE WEEKLY HOWL Join HowlRound.com for a Twitter conversation on the topic of IT'S ART THAT MAKES THE MONEY. Cite Zelda Fitchhandler article, Click HERE! Tuesday, NOV 15th at 12pm-1pm Pacifi…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:23PMBebe Neuwirth's new album Porcelain is now available for download via iTunes and Amazon.com. The recording has been released by The Leopard Works.
The 15 track disc features such thea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PMTickets to The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Festival's Artistic Director Des McAnuff, go on s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMAlan Alda's new play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, has extended its run at the Geffen Playhouse, by a week, and will now play through December 18. Dan Sullivan has directed the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:12PMWelcome to the latest edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insightsThis week, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11132011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMOn any given weekend you can find in your area a show or concert featuring the music and lyrics of the incomparable Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II or Irving Berlin.
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 03:10PMTOP TO BOTTOM: Cosette Derome, Conor Green, Kat Sander (Photo credit: Michael Cooper)Provocative Ideas, But...Gargantua offers a new work at Factoryby Beat RiceLast week Michael Spence�…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:09PMPorchlight Theatre Company will present Remember When, a benefit event for Marin County's Homeward Bound organization, at the Homeward Bound Fresh Starts Building on Sunday, December 4 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMThe theatrical publishing and licensing company Samuel French, Inc. has announced that it will begin to release a host of its titles in eBook format beginning Nov. 15 via Apple's iBookst…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMStage and screen star Kelsey Grammer will return to NBC's 30 Rock, once again playing the role of himself, according to TVGuide.com. The episode will air early next year.
Grammer recei…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMMy Week with Marilyn - Dance Scene - Michelle Williams (HD)
Heatwave dance scene from My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams.
Release Date - November 23, 2011
Choreographers - Kat…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PM
Peter Dinklage will star in a film biopic about French-born Filipino actor Hervé Villechaize, best known for his role as Tattoo on TV's Fantasy Island, according to a report …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:58PMBWW is thrilled to announce the second annual BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards voting is now open After receiving a record number of nominations, the awards are back and better than ever. Votin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMAfter opening last week to the best reviews to date of the current Broadway season, Hugh Jackman has set a new house record for the second time at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:54PMNaya Rivera, who stars as Santana Lopez in the Fox hit television show "Glee," takes lead vocals on the show's 300th musical performance: a mashup of Adele's "Rumor Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMAustin Pendleton will direct the London premiere of Lisa D'Amour's Detroit at the National Theatre's Cottesloe in 2012, according to WhatsOnStage.com. The production will feat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMIntiman Theatre, which shut down last spring, is embarking on a $1 million fundraising campaign to revive its suspended operations with a summer season of four productions.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:47PMThe banners and billboards appeared all over Salzburg, Austria: "Das Erfolgsmusical Kehrt Heim" -- "A Hit Musical Comes Home."46 years after the release of the film that captivated the wor…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 02:41PMTalking with the Actor Prior to "Serial Killer" Show in Fairfield
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMLauren Class Schneider talks to actor Morgan James about her classical training at Juilliard.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:36PMMetropolis Opera Project will present the world premiere of One Hot Kitchen, at Medicine Show Theatre, December 1-11. Norm Johnson will direct.
This opera-electronica is composed by Kristin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMCheck to see what Broadway shows are playing on each night this week. Want to know what Broadway shows have Sunday evening performances Which Broadway shows have Wednesday matinees Just want…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMMusical fans are excited about Matthew Broderick’s forthcoming return to Broadway opposite Kelli O’Hara in Nice Work If You Can Get It. In prep for the new show, the two-time Ton…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMI’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell! They’d banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:30PMWith music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart (Tony winners for the original Broadway production) City of Angels — the sexy noir musical comedy about a myster…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti will join the cast of NBC's Law & Order: SVU, according to TVGuide.com.
The actress will play the estranged wife of Detective Nick Amaro (played by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMNeil Patrick Harris will join Kelly Ripa as co-host on Live With Regis & Kelly for episodes airing November 28 - December 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He is temporarily replac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PMThis is a "message" play and the message seems to have been delivered long ago. What is left is a charming musical comedy of the old-fashioned style�singers sing, actors say funny lines, the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:23PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley and Patrick Breen are parents presiding over a game of teenage cat and mouse in Wild Animals You Should Know, the new world-premiere play by Thomas Higgins tha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMDallas Theater Center announced today the cast and design team of Giant, a co-production with The Public Theater, which runs at the Wyly Theatre Jan. 18 - Feb. 19, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PM"The Crucible", a 1952 play by Arthur Miller, premiered on
Broadway on January 22, 1953. It went on to win the Tony Award for
Best Play in 1953 despite the controversy its subject matter
cau…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:18PMTelevision star and stage veteran Pamela Anderson will play the role of the Virgin Mary in A Russell Peters Christmas Special, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Presented by Canadian TV …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:17PM"Don't Drink the Water", a farce written by Woody Allen,
premiered on Broadway on November 17, 1966. It was later made into
a 1969 film. The entire play takes place inside the American
embas…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:15PMThere is a buzz in the air and clear excitement about as I attend Student Run Musical Theatre’s production of Next to Normal this past Friday night at The Performance Center at Wagner …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:14PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Seattle Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMDavid Cromer will direct Nina Raine's new comedy Tribes at off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theatre. Performances begin on a yet-to-be-determined date in February 2012, with opening nigh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMWe've just published the full report from our mega convening in January 2011, From Scarcity to Abundance - Capturing the Moment for the New Play Sector, written by Ben Pesner. If you're inte…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:08PMAt opening night of Bring It On at the Ahmanson, Connie chatted with former Laker Rick Fox, Glee star Max Adler, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, composer Jason Robert Brown, Bring I…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:05PM
After limited run engagements in San Francisco and Toronto, Hugh Jackman brings his one-man song-and-dance spectacular to the Great White Way in "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway," A Tony winn…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:58PMWalnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 203rd season with an all-new production of Broadway's Tony Award-winning family musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I. Directed and c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMInside a new play’s vibrant development process All-American begins with startling intimacy. In near-silence, a father and daughter play football, running through a move called the 3-s…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:56PMHunter Parrish ("Weeds"), Lindsay Mendez, Wallace Smith, Telly Leung and rest of the company of the new Broadway production of "Godspell," along with director Daniel Goldstein, celebrate ope…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:55PMKim Cattrall brings her apropos "Sex and the City" resume to Noël Coward's comedy of sexual attraction and verbal jousting, "Private Lives." Cattrall and Paul Gross (as Amanda and Elyot) pl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:52PMProduction: Matilda, direction by Matthew Warchus, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Dennis Kelly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMMark Consuelos is among the initial cast of rotating stars in off-Broadway's Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, which features nine short plays from acclaimed authors includin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Las Vegas Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Las Vegas …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Florida Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Florida Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMCasting has been announced for Grant James Varjas' Accidentally, Like a Martyr, to run December 15 - January 8 at Paradise Factory Theatre. Playwright Varjas will also direct.
The pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMAward-winning actor NEIL PATRICK HARRIS will return to New York City to join Kelly Ripa as guest co-host on LIVE with Kelly for five shows, November 28-December 2, 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMNick Jonas will climb the corporate ladder as Broadway's next J. Pierrepont Finch' in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYIN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMWhen you think theatre, do you think rural community? Joan Schirle did, and her vision helped lead to the founding of Dell’Arte International, just one of the many TCG member theatres …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:31PMMoscow institution regrets the loss of its prima ballerina and principal dancer to ballet troupe led by a Spanish choreographerOne of the Bolshoi theatre's most promising dance partnerships …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMNY1 report on TDF Costume Collection opening at Kaufman Astoria Studios - part 2
NY1 news correspondent Roger Clark interviews Stephen Cabral, director of TDF's Costume Collection and T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:28PMNY1 News reports on TDF Costume Collection opening at Kaufman Astoria Studios - part 1
NY1 reports on the opening of TDF's Costume Collection at Kaufman Astoria Studios. Roger Clark in…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:26PMJames Earl Jones was presented with an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement onstage at the Wyndham's Theatre, where he is currently starring in Driving Miss Daisy, on Saturda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PMRoundabout Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to providing a nurturing artistic home for theatre artists at all stages of their careers where the widest possible audience …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMDallas Theater Center has announced casting for Giant, to run January 18 - February 19 at the Wyly Theatre. Michael Greif will direct the piece, co-produced with New York's Public Thea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:19PMNina Raine's Olivier Award-nominated family drama Tribes, which debuted at London's Royal Court in 2010, will arrive Off-Broadway in February 2012 under the direction of David Cromer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMWhy would King Lear do something as foolish as give up his kingdom? What if he were secretly aware that he has early signs of dementia? Sam Waterston seems at first to take this approa…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:19PMMatthew Broderick took in the Nov. 12 performance of Memphis on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Philippines Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Philippi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMVoting is now open for the 2011 Cincinnati Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Cincinnat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMCLOSE UP SPACE: 30 under 30
Colby Minifie is here to tell you all about the 30 Under 30 program.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:14PMProducers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter announced today that they are bringing Nina Raine's much-raved-about new comedy Tribes to New York's Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMThomas Bradshaw's Burning, starring Tony nominee Hunter Foster, will heat up off-Broadway when it officially opens at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row on November 14. The New Group produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMWHAT’S THE BUZZ? Tickets to The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Festival’s Artistic …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:04PMHarry Connick, Jr. in ON A CLEAR DAY Broadway's TV Ad
Three-time Grammy® Award winner, two-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Harry Connick, Jr. stars in Broadw…
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Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre on Sunday, November 13.
This evening of one-act plays, conceived by Brian Shnipper, includes wo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMOrange Tree, RichmondI'm not quite sure why, but British theatre is currently preoccupied by the early 1960s. While Edward Bond, John Osborne and Arnold Wesker have all been recently honoure…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMTony Award nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Les Misérables) and Helen Hayes Award winner Natascia Diaz (Man of La Mancha, The Capeman, Seussical, Carousel) will headline th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMA group of 140 Stagedoor Manor students from all over the world will sing and dance the opening number for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The number - an all-new original song w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PM... look out, Mormons: Trey Parker's 1993 movie "Cannibal! The Musical" has been adapted for the stage, and it's finger-licking good.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:48PMCameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary wit ha concert featuring Hadley Fraser as Raoul', Kiera Duffy as …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMMONDAY NIGHT FESTIVAL OF MGM SILENTS STARTS AT THE FILM FORUM TONIGHT,NOVEMBER 14, WITH NEW 35mm PRINT OF KING VIDOR’S THE CROWD. LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT BY STEVE STERNER!
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:42PMThis show is like a summit of incredible playwrights and theater actors. What was the process of putting it together like?
I’m blown away to be in the presence of these actors. Just t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMBill T. Jones, the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur "genius" grant and winner of two Tony Awards, has been named "an irreplaceable treasure" by the The Dance Heritage Coalition. Above al…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:37PMActress Holland Taylor's one-woman show, "Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards," pays tribute to the legendary governor of Texas.
SOURCE: The Daily Beast at 12:33PMThat's what Indie Theatre web publisher/impresario Martin Denton calls his new brainchild, Indie Theater Now, a deluxe online "bookstore" for the latest in scrappy scripts.
How does it work…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 12:33PMThomas Schumacher talks with guests, Ben Cameron and Kevin McCollum, about the state of theatre today in a wide ranging conversation that highlights how theatre can survive during difficult …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 12:27PMThe 2011 Tony Award-nominated Best Musical The Scottsboro Boys will receive Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs' fifth annual ACCA Award for Outstan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMTwo days before its first preview, Classic Stage Company’s revival of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard has gotten a one-week extension, through December 30. The starry producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMStar of 127 Hours stages séance in hotel room where Williams died, as part of collaborative effort with artist Laurel NakadateOscar nominee James Franco has staged a séance in the New York…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMBravo, Bravo! There is so much right with this production, including the fact that it is the men’s room that has a waiting line, that I hardly know where to begin. I guess I could start …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 12:22PM"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" Determining the guilt of a young
boy is no easy task, especially if the evidence, at a closer look,
isn't sound. The pressure to make the right decision won't…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:21PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre's run of Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play Dancing at Lughnasa has been extended Off-Broadway, now playing into the new year, through Jan. 15, 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMFollow New York Theater on Twitter at @NewYorkTheater On seeing his first play, Harry Belafonte discovered “theater was power: power to influence, power to know of others…”…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:18PMThe national tour of Bring It On: The Musical opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, November 11.
Among the opening night guests were Max Adler, Sterling Beaumon, Beth Beh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:17PMDavid Cromer will direct the North American premiere of Nina Raine's Tribes, according to a report in The New York Times. The production is scheduled to begin performances at the Barro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMDavid Cromer will direct the North American premiere of Nina Raine's Tribes, which will begin performances at the Barrow Street Theatre in mid-February, 2012, and will officially open o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMNick Jonas is just two months away from his Broadway return in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and the pop star stopped by VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live on November 14 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMDisney's landmark musical event, THE LION KING celebrated 14 years on Broadway last night, November 13th at the Minskoff Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMEarth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.Long-time Hub Review readers know we are all about the time lapse. And this one is a beauty, stitched t…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:14PMCenterStage’s American Buffalo hits its high point when Teach (Jordan Lage), a bald guy with a mustache who sports a leisure jacket and bellbottom highwaters, pulls out a shiny silver gun …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:13PMTony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli Jekyll amp Hyde, Les Misrables and Helen Hayes Award-winner Natascia Diaz Broadway's Man of La Mancha, The Capeman, Seussical, Carousel will headline the N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMby Michael Wheeler & Aislinn Rose A-year-and-a-half ago we published “Why Actors’ Equity Association Is Important and Why it Has to Change” which at the time became one of the most…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:07PMREVIEW: "The Wizard of Oz" gets a vivid and vibrant revival at the Children's Theatre.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:06PMClassic Stage Company's new production of Anton Chekhov's tragicomic masterpiece THE CHERRY ORCHARD, featuring John Turturro Lopakhin, Dianne Wiest Ranevskaya, Ken Cheeseman Pischick, Daniel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMHaving dazzled television audiences for six series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with their stunning Tango routines, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have created their own live show, M…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:02PMSeminar, Theresa Rebeck's new play about the creative and personal tensions of four young novelists who are taking a private writing class with a potentially damaging teacher, played by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMThe New York Times Don’t Dare Cry for These Old Friends By DAVE ITZKOFF MUCH like the mixing of gasoline and fire, the combination of Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is one that you expect…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:01PMThree of Broadway's biggest hits are celebrating major milestones this week.Emily Skinner stars in Billy Elliot at the Imperial TheatreNovember 13Billy Elliot celebrated its third birthday. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMAs the Tony-winning revival of Chicago celebrates its 15th anniversary, Broadway.com asked readers to vote for their favorite actress who has portrayed Roxie Hart during the show's run. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMMeredith Forlenza, currently playing a gifted quarterback on an all-male high-school football team in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Julia Brownell's All-American, has a confession: …
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GODSPELL's Morgan James sprained her ankle during rehearsals for the show and missed both the previews and the opening night of the musical, but returned triumphantly on November 11, 2011 to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMGodspell on Broadway - Director Daniel Goldstein
Director Daniel Goldstein chats with us at opening night of Broadway's first revival of Godspell!
Director - Daniel Goldstein
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:52AMJemima Rooper plays Rachel Crabbe in the National Theatre's hit production One Man, Two Guvnors, which is currently in previews at the West End's Adelphi Theatre (opens 21 November 2011) fol…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:52AMClassic Stage Company has announced an extension for the run of its new production of Anton Chekhov's tragicomic classic The Cherry Orchard, featuring John Turturro as Lopakhin, Dianne W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AM"No Child ...," a one-act play written and performed by Nilaja Sun, is downtown fringe or Off-Broadway theatre transferred virtually intact ... on the basis of "Mammoths," Madeleine George i…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:50AMHugh Jackman, Back on Broadway broke The Broadhurst Theatre box office record for the second time with a gross of $1,247,650 for the week ending November 13, 2011. Past members of the Broa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:47AMRamin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess - The Phantom of the Opera
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A sneak preview of Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess performing 'The Phantom of the Ope…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:46AMClassic Stage Company has extended its production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard through December 30. Andrei Belgrader is directing the play, which will begin performances on No…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMSuchi DC Embassy
Watch students perform there for the Salvadoran Diaspora just outside the Canadian Embassy. It was their last performance of the week and a very emotional evening.
They ar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:45AMAs Stomp celebrates its 20th birthday with a special performance tonight (14 November 2011) at the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre, where the dance extravaganza has been playing since 2007,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMAccording to the Chicago Tribune, DETROIT, which premiered at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2010, will play West End's National Theatre in May 2012. The production, which was orig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMGodspell on Broadway - Choreographer Christopher Gattelli
Tony-nominated choreographer Christopher Gattelli chats with us at opening night of Broadway's first revival of Godspell!
Dire…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AMThe Muppets are readying for their big comeback with the November 23 release of a brand new feature film, The Muppets. In honor of everyone's favorite puppet crew, Broadway.com is flashi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMNew Play Initiative
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:33AMFollowing an acclaimed series of performances in Los Angeles, Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays officially opened Nov. 13 at 7 PM following previews that began Nov. 7 at Off-Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMMy friend Michael always lets me know about some of the best concerts and the one below is no exception. If you love watching musical theatre marvels sing their faces off, you'll want to che…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:31AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Chicago Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMStanding On Ceremony The Gay Marriage Plays, which opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre last night, November 13, assembles some of America's most illustrious and Award-winning playwrights, inc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMAnna Maria Perez de Tagle - Godspell on Broadway
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (Camp Rock, Hannah Montana) chats with us at opening night of Broadway's first revival of Godspell!
Director…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:26AMHarriet Harman and Dan Jarvis, a former soldier, are in charge of Labour arts policy, while PR bods Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey line up for the coalition. Is this good news for the culture sec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMThe chorus of the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys will receive the Actors' Equity Association Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs' Fifth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Bro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AMTHE SCOTTSBORO BOYS will receive Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs ACCA Fifth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The honor is the only industr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMStage and screen star Mamie Gummer will star in the new movie Claire's Cambodia, according to a report on Deadline.com. Stacy Sherman is writing and directing the project.
The movie ce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMLisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Detroit will transfer to the NT Cottesloe next year, the National Theatre have today (13 November 2011) confirmed.
The play, which recently pla…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:14AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Nashville Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Nashville …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Tennessee Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Tennessee …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMIt couldn’t happen to a more deserving honoree: On November 12, James Earl Jones was presented an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement onstage at London’s Wyndham&rsqu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMBroadwayWorld was on hand for Carpio's final SPIDEY bow and brings you photo coverage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMAccidentally, Like a Martyr, a new play by Grant James Varjas about a group of gay men coming to grips with life and aging in the 21st century, will be given its world premiere Off-Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMAcademy Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley joined Vanessa Redgrave presented, onstage at the Wyndham's Theatre, an Honorary Academy Award to James Earl Jones. Filmed footage of the presentation, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMStage, screen and recording star Marie Osmond will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 80th Anniversary Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Marine Toys for Tots, to be presented by The City …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMStage, screen and recording star Marie Osmond will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 80th Anniversary Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Marine Toys for Tots, to be presented by The City …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMToday in the Huffington post we find another lost column by Michael Kaiser's grandfather. It is nice of Mr. Kaiser to type these up for us, as they were probably handwritten before word proc…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:04AMLegit News: Hare, Streep, Fiennes among guests -- The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences celebrated the career of Vanessa Redgrave with its first-ever European tribute to a thesp i…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03AMKaine Ward and Macy Stasiak will join the West End production of Billy Elliot on November 14. Twelve-year-old Ward will play the title character, the 62nd boy to portray Billy worldwide, and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMVeteran's Day was this past weekend, and it had me singing Madonna in the shower this morning. If we took a holiday Took some time to celebrate Just one day out of life It would be, it would…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTony nominee and Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons (Good People, "Bonnie and Clyde") will stage a concert reading of the Kurt Weill-scored musical Johnny Johnson for the ReGroup…
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The Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director Joey Parnes Interim Executive Director has just announced the complete line-up for the third Public Forum event of the season, Does Culture…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMThe Off Broadway production of Standing On Ceremony kicked off its open-ended run on November 7. Conceived by Brian Shnipper and directed by Stuart Ross, Standing On Ceremony The Gay Marriag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMA complete list of participants has been announced for the November 21 panel, "Does Culture Make Us Who We Are?" presented by the Public Theater as part of its Public Forum series …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMA complete list of participants has been announced for the November 21 panel, "Does Culture Make Us Who We Are?" presented by the Public Theater as part of its Public Forum series …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMMARY POPPINS continues to fly high, celebrating five magical years on Broadway on Wednesday, November 16 previews began October 14, 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. MARY POPPINS is the thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMBroadway Speaks OUT will host its 3rd annual A Very MARY Holiday gala on Thursday, December 8 at Playwrights Horizons. The event, hosted by Marti Gould Cummings, will feature performances by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMBring It On The Musical opened on Friday, November 11 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre. Currently in previews, the production will continue through December 10. Bring It On The Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMFor its fifth anniversary, "Mary Poppins" invited me to be a chimney sweep for a day to experience the inner workings of the production at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:47AMTheatre Development Fund's Costume Collection, which is one of the largest theatrical costume rental houses in the country, has moved its 75,000-piece collection to the Kaufman Astoria S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending November 13, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $748,355 7,390 90.03% $101.27 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSI…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMIrish Rep has extended its 20th Anniversary production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa through January 15. Charlotte Moore has directed the piece, which has choreography by Barry …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AMDavid Ives’ contribution to our Broadway season, courtesy of the Manhattan Theatre Club is, as the King of Siam used to say, “a puzzlement.” Starting as a hilarious backs…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:41AMShayne Ward, Richard Fleeshman and “the Beatles” will help kick things off in style in the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards , by singing at the Launch Party, when full shortlists are…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:37AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the company that will perform the three productions that it will premiere at its facilities in Stratford-upon-Avon and then, present as part…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:34AMThe Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary DVD Advert
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Cameron Mackintosh's unique and spectacular staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:30AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise is making his eagerly-anticipated return to B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMThis post is one in a series that defines for the layman the various types of variety arts. For the full panoply go here. In 1926, live vaudeville was slammed with a new type of competition …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:27AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Atlanta Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMIt’s been an interesting week in Social Media. I love looking at case studies, and today I have two for you. ChapStick Chapstick recently launched a new ad campaign. It’s a photo…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:26AMFrom a pre-fame Anthony Hopkins and fledgling Ian McKellen to this year's production of The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan, the Liverpool Playhouse has staged it all. We look back at 100 year…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Connecticut Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Connecti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville will feature world-premiere plays by Courtney Baron, Michael Golamco, Idris Goodwin, Lucas Hnath, Greg K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMWith Thanksgiving Week November 21 to 27 almost upon us, please take note of the special holiday playing schedule for Broadway Shows. For changes to curtain times, performance dates and any …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for the 3rd annual A Very MARY Holiday, to be held on Thursday, December 8 at Playwrights Horizons. Marti Gould Cummings will host the eve…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:13AMThe much-talked-about revival of Porgy and Bess will get the new year off to an exciting start on Broadway. Tickets are now on sale for the Gershwins’ operatic musical, which will feat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AM"Jersey Boys" is having a healthy run at the box office at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:10AMTony Award nominee Kate Baldwin, Aaron Lazar and by P.J. Griffith will star in the Dallas Theater Center production of Giant, the new musical based on Edna Ferber's sweeping Texas-set no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMVoting is now open for the 2011 Boston Awards Now it's time for you to get out and vote for your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Boston Award.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMNoel Coward's dazzling comic masterpiece, Private Lives, provides a riotous showdown between two of the stage and screen's most magnetic personalities — Kim Cattrall (Golden Globe® and Em…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the cross-cast acting company members who will perform its first three productions in the World Shakespeare Festival of The Comedy of Errors, Twel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMBARRY SLOAN/for THE STAR-LEDGERRidgewood native Julia Brownell on the set of her play, âAll-Americanâ at the Duke in New York ‘Brownell’s heroics propel Ridgewood,” read a St…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:03AMTheatre Royal Bath has announced the productions that will comprise its 2012 spring season in the Ustinov Studio and its summer season in the Main Theatre.
The spring season will begin with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AMLast week, during a social media workshop I was conducting, a participant did something that I love. She noticed her own behavior. In this case she noticed how she checks a lot of social med…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AMOlympic gymnast and Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby is currently on a two-year national tour of Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, which includes a holiday season stop at The Theater at Madison Square…
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According to TV Guide, actor Kelsey Grammer is set to return to NBC's hit comedy 30 ROCK. The actor will once again play himeself in the episode which will reunite him with the show's chara…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TONIGHTSalt, Root & RoeMONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2011(PREVIEWS FROM 10 NOVEMBER) Tim Price’s n…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:49AMThe Gallery Players has announced casting for Craig Lucas' Reckless, to run December 3-18. Heather Siobhan Curran will direct the production.
The play centers on a woman who, after di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:39AMDoes anybody read George Bernard Shaw’s The Quintessence of Ibsenism any more? I doubt it, even though what one great twentieth-century dramatist had to say about one great nineteenth-…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:36AMA Younger Theatre’s Editor, Jake, recently sat on a panel for Farnham Maltings’ No Strings Attached funding bursaries. The scheme is designed to be completely open to ideas rela…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:30AMPhoenix Theatre Ensemble has announced casting for its production of Yasmina Reza's Art, to run December 8-18 at The Wild Project. Gus Kaikkonen will direct the production.
The play c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:30AMHarry Connick, Jr. (Photo: Palma Kolansky)
There aren’t many “matinee idols” left in the theater, so it’s quite a happy coincidence that two of the few performers who…
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 08:25AMA comic book legend has something to say to the Occupy Wall Street protesters: "Wake up, pond scum."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:15AMJohn Hodge on dramatising Stalin
John Hodge talks about how he created the character of Stalin in his new play Collaborators.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 08:14AMA bunch of A-list authors and actors explore the joys and pitfalls of same sex nuptials
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:09AMThe stars of musical theatre are battling it out in their categories - Michael Crawford The Wizard of Oz and Shayne Ward Rock of Ages are neck and neck for Best Featured Actor just two per c…
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The last time Blue Man Group was in the state with its touring shiow it played the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and it was a big hit for the presernting house.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AMMusic amp Lyrics has announced a national tour of Leicester Curve's acclaimed production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical THE KING AND I, opening at the Edinburgh Festival Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AMFull dates and casting have been announced for the forthcoming national tour of Leicester Curve’s acclaimed revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, which kicks off a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:40AMIn Federico Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, a desperate wife pleads with her husband, her community and her body to deliver the baby she so rightly deserves. Women of the community are wedded, b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:34AMSouth Africa-based charity arepp: Theatre for Life, which uses drama and puppetry to teach life skills to young people, is the winner of the 2011Stars Foundation education impact award
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMTwo time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals, under the leadership of Executive Director Michael P. Price, announced the 2012 musical season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMLegit News: Play publisher launches e-book sales -- Play publisher Samuel French Inc. is expanding into electronic publishing, launching an ebook sales program on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMLegit News: Broadway staging of 'Lion King' duets with African charity -- No charity will tell you that it's easy to get people interested in the developing world, but Chris Helfrich may hav…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMThe New Group brings downtown provocateur Thomas Bradshaw to the world of uptown theater, but his peculiar mix of sincerity and satire is no more persuasive here than it was Off-Off-Broadw…
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The sing-along version of the film musical Grease has announced a major UK tour for 2012, which will visit 80 theatres across the country.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMLast May Daniel Ezralow found himself in a nondescript conference room in a Shanghai hotel, scouting Chinese street dancers. It was an unlikely place for this choreographer, who a little ove…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25AMAmid the tragic scenes in “West Side Story,” there are many flashes of joy -- in the songs and especially the gorgeous dance numbers. But any smiles you see in the dances were pretty muc…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:24AMShe's the iconic face of a generation who has never gone out of fashion. Here Twiggy meets Liz Jones to talk about her five-plus decades in the spotlight
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SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:23AMA superbly entertaining show for all ages, this stimulating introduction to tap features five appealing male dancers backed by a three-piece rock band and a beat boxer.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:15AMThe Old Vic played host to its annual 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala on Sunday (13 November 2011), which was hosted by comedian and actor Rob Brydon.
Among the actors taking part this year we…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:06AMOr Why I Haven't Occupied Anything but My Own HouseI'll admit that I'm conflicted about the Occupy Movement.On the one hand, I'm absolutely thrilled that people have decided to step up and m…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMAward winning performer Julia Murney discusses starring in "Wicked," the Transport Group's production of Michael John LaChuisa's "Queen of the Mist," recording with Scott Alan as well as her…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AMPalm Beach Dramaworks opens its new home with a production with the scope and magnitude of All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s first Broadway hit. Directed here by J. Barry Lewis, All My Sons is…
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Lauren Class Schneider talks to columnist Michael Riedel about his thesis at Columbia University and becoming a theatre columnist.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 05:59AMOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
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Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr., is back on Broadway, crooning his way through a be…
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Fans of the classic Broadway show, Funny Girl, will be saddened to hear that the upcoming 2012 Broadway revival has been postponed.
As previousl…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:33AMSonnet Repertory Theatre will present their Tenth Annual Benefit and Cabaret on Monday, November 14, bringing together a diverse and talented group of performers and composers at Joe's Pub t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMHosts Brooke Shields and Brad Oscar will welcome celebrities, Broadway greats, philanthropy influencers and the New York elite to celebrate the 12th Annual Make Believe on Broadway, on Novem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMOn Monday, November 14 the stars of Broadway's JERSEY BOYS will perform at the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake at a special ceremony in front of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New …
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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust announced that the 4th Annual Steinberg Playwright Mimi Awards will be presented on Monday, November 14, 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe intense cardio-dance routines, choreographed with gymnastic vim and vigor by the director, Andy Blankenbuehler, are a surefire way of raising the musical s pulse.The intense cardio-dance…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:21AM“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” have dropped the plans for a new scene at the opera’s end. The 1935 Opera is transforming into a Broadway musical. It is scheduled to open at the Rich…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 12:13AMAdam Charles and Shane Snow in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Blood Brothers. Photo by David Cooper.Soheil (l) and FarbridgeIt appears to be guy week at CharPo with pai…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM"Sandra pulled far to the right to let him by, then looked in the rearview mirror and said, 'The funny...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMMary Martin sings Irving Berlin's "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun." This clip comes from the 1957 TV...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMTheater Hall of Fame The 2011 inductees into the Theater Hall of Fame are Tyne Daly and Ben Vereen; producers Woodie King Jr., Elliot Martin and George White; director Daniel Sullivan; and c…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AMWith Point Park University's Byham series focusing on established dance works, the idea of Pittsburgh Connections, with mostly new pieces created for the student group by local choreographer…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMGoodspeed Musicals will produce Mame and Carousel in its 2012 mainstage season at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT, executive director Michael P. Price announced on Nov. 14. A third …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHugh Dancy, of TV's "The Big C" and Broadway's Journey's End, stars as a stage director who runs an audition full of twists and kinks, in the acclaimed Venus in Fur.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSally Struthers, Debbie Allen, Jason Alexander, Laurie Metcalf and Michele Lee are among the presenters of the 2010-2011 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, which are presented Nov. 14 at Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis, Tony Goldwyn and Kathryn Hahn perform as part of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nov. 14 gala at the Edison Ballroom in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCheyenne Jackson, Gabourey Sidibe, Jesse Eisenberg, Megan Fox, Rosie Perez and Jack McBrayer are featured in The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway, Nov. 14 at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group production of Thomas Bradshaw's Burning, starring Tony Award nominee Hunter Foster, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Andrew Garman, Danny Mastrogiorgio and Evan Johnson, officially…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Labyrinth Theater Company's "Celebrity Charades 2011: Down and Derby" benefit, featuring Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Wiig, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Daphne Rubin-Vega, takes …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAt The Acting Company's Masquerade Gala, Nov. 14 at Capitale, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Joseph Benincasa, chairman and president, respectively, of The Actors Fund, will accept the Joan W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywrights Lisa D’Amour (Detroit) and Melissa James Gibson (This) are the recipients of the 2011 Steinberg Playwright Awards, which are presented Nov. 14 at Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSonnet Repertory Theatre presents its Tenth Annual Benefit and Cabaret, this year celebrating the career of director and teacher Gerald Freedman, Nov. 14 at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe long-running, Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago celebrates its 15th year on Broadway Nov. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe eighth annual Broadway Unplugged concert — featuring singing actors performing with no amplification — will be presented Nov. 14 at Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBrooke Shields and Brad Oscar host Make Believe on Broadway, the 12th annual gala benefiting Only Make Believe, Nov. 14 at 7 PM at the Shubert Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMProducer Carolyn Rossi Copeland presents a by-invitation-only reading of the new musical Amazing Grace Nov. 14 at the New 42nd Street Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1905 Blanche Bates is Minnie, sweetheart of the mines in Girl of the Golden West. She tends a saloon, fugitive lover and pursuing sheriff. Writer, director, producer David Belasco was no str…
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The British monologuist Daniel Kitson returns to St. Ann’s Warehouse with “It’s Always Right Now, Until It’s Later.” (Previews begi…
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Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s “Four Saints in Three Acts” (1934)—the first American opera worthy of the name—was created i…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMWhile it is perfectly obvious to everyone that Ben Jonson wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays, it is less known that Ben Jonson’s plays were written by a teen-age girl in Sunderland…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMThe playwright Julia Brownell had several requirements when she cast her new play, “All-American,” a Lincoln Center Theatre production, currently running at the Duke on 42nd Stre…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMAt first I didn’t get it. But soon after I started seeing Thomas Bradshaw’s plays, in 2008, Rochelle Owens’s voice began to insinuate its way into my thoughts as well. It …
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