Godspell by Theasy.com

Circle In the Square, Broadway By Tzipora Kaplam BOTTOM LINE: In many ways, I agree with the negative remarks other critics have said about this production. I still loved it. A bit o…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 12/3/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 1232011.

Review: A Snow White Christmas by Jonas Schwartz

The Glee Project's Lindsay Pearce gives an endearing performance in the title role of this family-friendly entertainment.

“You Go Alone to Have the Evening of Your Life” by Monica Reida

La Cage Aux Folles, is coming to Chicago at the end of the month for a run from Dec. 20—Jan. 1. I will miss it since I will be in Milwaukee for a much-needed vacation, even though it is on…

Playwright's 'Tom Sawyer' adaptation comes to the Rep

Laura Eason is probably the only rising American playwright to have performed an aerial act, perching on a hoop in an outfit worthy of a Toulouse-Lautrec dancer and playing a ukulele.

'La Cage,' by George! by Jenna Scherer

Aside from his omnipresent suntan and iconic turn as Zorro, George Hamilton might be best known for the sheer force...

A babe who transcends time, space

"The Nativity," a heartwarming show of Christian art, displays universal appeal.

Stage spotlight: 'Eventually - Why Not Now?'

A 'Les Miz' makeover

The beloved long-running musical "Les Misérables" got a careful retooling for its 25th-anniversary tour.

Dance spotlight: Buckets and Tap Shoes

Annie – review by Clare Brennan

West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsMiss Hannigan, the orphanage overseer from hell, tantalises her charges with hope: "Today, you're not getting hot mush"; then dashes it with vicious glee: "You…

American horror theatre: 'A hand slams into my neck and wrenches me through the darkness' by Hermione Hoby

In New York, Hermione Hoby thrills to the latest in American horror theatreMy wrists are tied, I'm in total darkness and a man very close to my face is shouting: "Get on your knees, bitch!"I…

High School Confrontational by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #109: The Chalk Boy, Impact Theatre, November 5. By Sam Hurwitt If there’s one thing we learn from Joshua Conkel’s recent plays at Impact Theatre, it’s th…

Random Dance, Sadler's Wells, London

Artists and film folk have long been haunted by the work of Eadweard Muybridge, the enterprising Victorian photographer who set out to prove a point about a horse's gallop, and ended up inve…

Nativity record claimed by a cast of 788

A Somerset church may have broken the world record for the most people in a nativity scene.

Panto? It's so behind you! Try these instead ...

What is it to be this year? A panto, or candlelit Handel? If the prospect of either fills you with Scrooge-like ennui – is it just me, or has the bin-man only just taken away last year's t…

Heads Up: Murmurs

What are we talking about?A new family friendly show, Murmurs mixes illusions, theatre, music, dance and circus skills, taking the audience on "a journey of the imagination, where buildings …

The Comedy of Errors, NT Olivier, London The Heart of Robin Hood, RST, London Hamlet, Barbican, London

Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors is a case of multiple mistaken identities, of doubles doubled, two times two. Four long-lost twins zigzag the streets of Ephesus, farcically confusing everyo…

The Comedy of Errors, NT Olivier, London The Heart of Robin Hood, RST, Stratford upon Avon Hamlet, Barbican, London

Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors is a case of multiple mistaken identities, of doubles doubled, two times two. Four long-lost twins zigzag the streets of Ephesus, farcically confusing everyo…

Kathleen Turner and Matthew Lombardo Talk HIGH National Tour, West End by BroadwayWorld

Two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner will launch the National Tour of Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, December 6 - 11 at Boston's Cutler Majestic …

Follies on Broadway- I''m Still Here- Elaine Paige - Cast Recording by Darreyl102

Follies on Broadway- I''m Still Here- Elaine Paige - Cast Recording i own no rights- only posting for entainment purposes Elaine Singing I'm Still Here- Taken from the Follies C…

Los Angeles/Chicago Theater Review: Joffrey Ballet’s THE NUTCRACKER (Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA; Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in by John Topping

EVEN WITH A FEW CRACKS, THIS HOLIDAY CHESTNUT STILL DELIGHTS It is a testament to the vision of Robert Joffrey that his 1987 version of Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s perennial ballet The Nut…

Review: (Ottawa) A Midwinter's Dream Tale by The Charlebois Post

(photo credit: Andrew Alexander)Well, Virginia...Merging makes for a romp for Company of Foolsby Jim MurchisonA famous 1897 editorial response to an 8 year old Virginia O’Hanlon in the New…

Jesus Chrysler PYWC this Sunday by Praxis

With a 40-person capacity and a run that closes December 11th, Jesus Chrysler is presented in a special Sunday night performance with Pay What You Can tickets available at the door on Sunday…

#NEWPLAY ANNOUNCEMENT: @pwfoundation One Minute Playfest Dec.17th and 18th by Arena Stage

Playwrights Foundation (PF) announced the second annual SF One-Minute Play Festival (SF OMPF), a two-day event on December 17 & 18, 2011 showcasing the talents of 32 Bay Area playwrights…

Withering Glance: A pas de deux over Cowles Center

Rick Nelson and Claude Peck dispense unasked-for advice about clothing, etiquette, culture, relationships, grooming and more.

Review: A Klingon Christmas Carol (CB Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

*A Klingon Christmas Carol*, performed entirely in the Klingon language (with English supertitles), is a fun twist on a classic holiday tale, detailed enough for the true blue Trekkie, but a…

"White Christmas" at Paper Mill Gets Everything Right by Joseph Cervelli

GODSPELL (Broadway Revival) - Medley [LIVE @ The View] by Sophia B. Puentes

GODSPELL (Broadway Revival) - Medley [LIVE @ The View] The cast of the 2011 Broadway revival of GODSPELL perform a medley of songs from the hit musical. From: SophiaBPuentes Views: 3 0…

Ain't quite Misbehavin' by Thomas Garvey

Robin Long, Lovely Hoffman, Davron S. Monroe, Lori Tishfield, and Calvin Braxton in Ain't Misbehavin'. Photo: Mark S. Howard.You've probably already heard the news about the Lyric Stage's Ai…

#NEWPLAY EVENT: @Movement_NYC Presenting Wilson Revised in Harlem 12/4 by Arena Stage

Dr. Ruth to Interview FREUD'S LAST SESSION Stars for New YouTube Channel by Bww News Nesk

America’s most iconic sex therapist, Dr. Ruth, is set to tape an onstage interview for her newly launched YouTube channel with the two stars of FREUD’S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play…

Fuse Classical Music Review: The Hypnotically Lovely Playing of Pianist Angela Hewitt by Susan Miron

Pianist Angela Hewitt's playing was hypnotically lovely. She has a beautiful touch, as piano teachers like to say, and her playing was colorful and always elegant.

Guthrie serves farce as slapstick

REVIEW: The production of "Charley's Aunt" has a broad comic style that calls more attention to itself than the play.

Broadway Puzzles IV: December Openings II by JK

Yesterday, I set you up with the first two December Broadway marquees as cyber jigsaw puzzles.  Here are the second two.  All four should keep you busy this weekend, in between hol…

#NEWPLAY VIDEO: #OccupyBroadway Clips from the Movement by Arena Stage

"Private Lives" is Just Lively Enough by Jan Simpson

Like every exclusive society, the world of theater lovers has its unspoken rules.  For starters, we’re all supposed to genuflect to everything by Shakespeare, mostly everything by Che…

TheaterWorks' Artistic Director Responds to MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Controversy by BroadwayWorld

Theaterworks, the Hartford based theatre company whose casting of Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE MOTHERFKER WITH THE HAT was brought to the spotlight when the playwright questioned the casting pr…

The Boswell Sisters by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Connee Boswell, who, along with her sisters Martha (1905-58), and Helvetia (1909-88) made up one of the most innovative and popular vocal groups of the 1930s. The g…

Faith Prince Brings 'Total Faith' to Northwestern University Today by BroadwayWorld

Faith Prince has won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for her role as Ms. Adelaide in the critically-acclaimed revival of Guys and Dolls. Today, Prince will present Total…

Fuse Theater Feature: The Arrival of “The Snow Queen” by Bill Marx

Along with its puppets and spectacle, "The Snow Queen" gives the audience a chance to become part of the action. Kids of all ages are invited to put down their electronic toys and enter a fa…

Photo Flash: First Look at STICK FLY! by BroadwayWorld

STICK FLY stars Dul Hill Psych, The West Wing as Spoon Kent LeVay, Mekhi Phifer ER, 8 Mile as Flip Harold LeVay, Tracie Thoms Rent, Cold Case, The Devil Wears Prada as Taylor, Tony Award-win…

BWW TV: Inside Opening Night of BONNIE & CLYDE with Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes & More! by BroadwayWorld TV

BONNIE & CLYDE opened on Thursday, December 1, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Want to see what went on at the opening party and hear from the stars on their big night Broadway Beat was t…

At 84 Square Feet, Home Takes Tiny House Movement Tinier by Kirk Johnson

As a theater set designer, Mr. Grassi, 41, said he built the structure partly with the goal of working through his ideas about the environment and sustainable construction. But he also wante…

Feature: Aaron Carter Takes a Fantasticks Voyage by Nick Orlando

The pop superstar discusses joining the long-running Off-Broadway musical.

Seminar by Diane Snyder

Alan Rickman, the steely British actor who snarled his way through the Harry Potter films as Professor Snape takes on his new role with "delicious ferocity."

Tickets Now Onsale for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR! by BroadwayWorld

The general on-sale for The Stratford Shakespeare Festivals hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rices JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR begins today, Saturday, December 3 through Ticketmaster…

Beat Rats et al by Trav S.D.

The Beat Rats (whom I rave about here) don’t go on til 11:30 (which means after midnight in rock and roll time), by which time I’ve normally been asleep for hours. Still, I may t…

A Coney Island of the Behind by Trav S.D.

Tonight at Coney Island USA… Coney Artland Productions presents A CONEY ISLAND OF THE BEHIND, an evening of poetry, storytelling, comedy, dance, burlesque, music and mayhem about Coney…

'Shakespeare On Demand' In Kabul

Rebecca Brooksher Cast in Westport Playhouse's "Holiday" Reading

Scott Bryce, Kieran Campion Maggie Lacey, Bill Heck, TooRebecca Brooksher (Lortel Award nomination Best Actress for Lincoln Center’s “Dying City”), Scott Bryce (twice n…

Rosie Coker: Daniel Radcliffe's girlfriend gives him 2 years to get house-trained

Ralph Fiennes has chosen fast-rising actress Felicity Jones (pictured) to portray Charles Dickens’s mistress, Nelly Ternan, in a film about their secret affair.

Biblio Ball 2012 by Trav S.D.

This is a cause of which I approve HIGHLY. Bibioball is an annual event that raises money for literacy for incarcerated teens. Books have straightened many a confused person out, and inspire…

Barbershop Quartet Smackdown Tonight! by Trav S.D.

BWW's On This Day - December 3, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Crucible fires up auds

Legit News: Regional U.K. theater grabs headlines -- The newly revitalized Crucible Theater, now one of the U.K.'s most dynamic regional theater addresses, is on a roll.

Broadway harvests big holiday bucks

Legit News: Thanksgiving bountiful mostly for musicals -- Broadway sales in Week 26 (Nov. 21-27) demonstrated once more that Thanksgiving is a great time to be on Broadway -- at least if y…

Four boost road grosses

Legit News: Road grosses -- Four of the nine shows pulled in more than $1 million in Week 26 (Nov. 21-27).

'Caucus' the musical tunes into 2012 satire

Legit News: Political musical gets ready for election -- The 2012 presidential race has so far played out with the theatrics of a reality show, but an Iowa playwright and composer sees the s…

Siren’s Heart: Marilyn in Purgatory by Trav S.D.

LongShotz: Arrivals and Departures by Jonathan Mandell

Six short plays, presented over two separate evenings, offer a loosely connected and uneven glimpse at New York City.

Unrealistic Expectations... by Don Hall

...And The Overly Entitled Response to DisappointmentThe Progressive Far Left is disappointed in President Obama's track record.  He tends to play the long game rather than push for imm…

Roundhouse Radio: A very Grimm Christmas by Laura Turner

Q&A with Sarah Jane Brion and Amy Mulholland on Roundhouse Radio's A Very Grimm Christmas.

TheaterWorks' Steve Campo Responds to "Motherf-----" Casting Controversy

I talked with Steve Campo , artistic director and founder of Hartford's TheaterWorks, on Wednesday when the news broke surrounding playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis' criticisms of the cas…

Zuzu's wings: How her "Wonderful Life" tour took off

Karolyn Grimes was living near Kansas City, Mo., in December 1979 when the 39-year-old working mother of seven saw familiar faces on the family TV.

Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors Denounce TheaterWorks Casting

Casting Agent Responds Saying Roles Were PrecastThe Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)  denounces what it considers "the inappropriate

Review: Memphis (Broadway in Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

Arriving in Chicago with the hype that invariably accompanies a megahit Tony-winning musical, *Memphis* is a fitting sonic blast of down ‘n dirty, blues-infused rock and roll, offering the…

"Noël and Gertie": Playwright wouldn't approve

Add a velvet smoking jacket and a satin gown to the basic ingredients of cocktail repartee, and you have the start of a Noël Coward play - or, in this case, a play about Noël Cow…

Coming up next/Purple Rep/ at the Monkey by Adam

DARK NIGHT SERIALS- a FREE event to benefit our 2012 season! Monday is a Dark Dark night, for Dark Dark plays followed by Dark Purple entertainment. We want you to wash it down with Purpl…

Theatre For Thought, December 3, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

FEAR ITSELFjoel fishbaneI’ve been thinking about stage fright recently, mostly because I don’t suffer from it. But I used to. I was born late and had to be ushered onto stage a few years…

THE WEEK AHEAD, Dec. 3-9: Opening Night Comes for Stick Fly, Once and Cherry Orchard by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Dianne Wiest and John Turturro battle over the Cherry Orchard… Paying Rent is essential this holiday season… She Loves Me has…

STAGE TO SCREENS: "My Week With Marilyn" Star Kenneth Branagh — The Man Who Would Be Olivier by Harry Haun

Kenneth Branagh steps into the shoes of acting directing icon Laurence Olivier for the new film "My Week With Marilyn." He talks to Playbill.com about the challenge.

Faith Prince Offers Total Faith at Northwestern University Dec. 3 by Michael Gioia

Total Faith: Faith Prince in Concert, spotlighting the talents of Tony Award winner Faith Prince, is presented Dec. 3 at the Cahn Auditorium on the Evanston campus of Northwestern Unive…

Tix For Broadway Revival of Jesus Christ Superstar Go On Sale Dec. 3 by Adam Hetrick

Tickets to the Broadway revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar go on sale to the general public Dec. 3. Broadway performances begin March 1, 201…

STAGE VIEWS: Godspell Star Morgan James by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's new series features brief chats with Broadway actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, we s…

UNLOCK THE VAULT: Dec. 3, Memorable Playbill Covers by Robert Viagas

In celebration of Playbill’s new site, Playbill Vault, we offer a month-long theatrical treasure hunt! Playbill Vault offers an interactive treasure trove for theatre fans, students, a…

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Theresa Rebeck's new comedy Seminar reviewed by Loren Noveck

nytheatre in review by Martin Denton

Friends Don't Let Friends: Fine New Theater from Less Than Rent