Something got twisted about a minute after Seth Cotterman turned on a machine that was no longer new when he was born in 1989.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:40PMThe LIDA Project, a 17-year-old experimental theatrical collective, is presenting an unprecedented series of six separate plays that examine health, care, mortality and dying in the United S…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:40PMMarion Dougherty, who cast some of Hollywood’s biggest stars in their earliest parts, including Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, and who suggested Carroll O’Connor for the ro…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:39PM“We don’t need a program note to watch a sunset,” writes Nova Bhattacharya in a somewhat ironical program note for the Dancemakers season-opening show that features her newest choreogr…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:37PMAre critics sticking up for "Stick Fly"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 11:35PM“There isn’t a single one of you that hasn’t kept secrets or made mistakes,” Dr. LeVay says defensively to his family in “Stick Fly,” a play full of mistakes aired and secrets re…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 11:34PMReview: The Denver Center Theatre Company has been producing "A Christmas Carol" every holiday season for 19 years. And if any story is worth revisiting once a year, it's this one. Kateri…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:23PMRelativity Media announced today that legendary composer Alan Menken, known for his work on numerous Walt Disney films including his Oscar-winning scores and songs from The Little Mermaid, B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08PMThe Broadway stars of Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus smash hit musical MAMMA MIA, Dynamos Lisa Brescia, Judy McLane and Jennifer Perry, will perform the ABBA mega hit Dancing Queen live on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03PMDespite the retro ’50s beach shack vibe, visitors hunting for great food on this laid-back island chain will discover the real thing, prepared by people who love what they do.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:01PMHarry Connick Jr.'s attention is fixed on the Dec. 11 opening for the Broadway revival of 1966 musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01PMThe Story is a modern retelling of the birth of Christ, performed at the Evergreen Brickworks.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:00PMLegit News:
Beane writes new book for 1957 show
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One of the most exciting things that a playwright can do is to show you an unfamiliar way of life. Lydia R. Diamond's "Stick Fly," which puts America's black upper class on stage, fills that…
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SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:55PMDid the producers of “Once,” the delicate new musical at New York Theatre Workshop, get a little ahead of themselves?
The show was generating such strong word of mouth in previews — a…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:51PMLydia R. Diamond's country house comedy a fresh twist by having it play out in the seaside home of a wealthy African-American family
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:49PMThe Stratford Shakespeare Festival's critically lauded production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has already transferred to La Jolla Playhouse for a limited run and announced its Broadway plans, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49PMThe best thing about “Stick Fly” is its shameless reliance on soap-opera theatrics. Playwright Lydia R. Diamond multiplies heated arguments about race, class and gender, but the comedy t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:49PMStick Fly, a new and robust play when Philadelphia-area audiences saw it four years ago at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, is now a new Broadway play, even stronger, smoother and more affectin…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:44PMVJAA joins the august list of previous winners of the country's premier prize.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:40PMAaron Tveit, who was last seen on Broadway headlining the musical Catch Me If You Can, has just landed his first showy Hollywood film role. According to The Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboy…
SOURCE: austin.broadway.com at 10:36PMAaron Tveit, who was last seen on Broadway headlining the musical Catch Me If You Can has just landed his first showy Hollywood film role. According to The Daily Mail columnist Baz Bamigboye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36PMIs CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY headed for the West End According to The Daily Mail, director Sam Mendes is readying the show for a 2013 West End bow at the London Palladium, pending ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27PMThe Los Angeles Ballet opened it’s sixth season last weekend with their annual production of “The Nutcracker. ” A favorite Christmas tradition of many since its popularity …
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 10:18PMIt was supposed to be a relaxing weekend at the family home on Martha's Vineyard... until the baggage got unpacked. Set at the elegant summer home of the well-to-do LeVay family, STICK FLY b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10PM"Stick Fly falters in only one way, but it's unfortunately a biggie."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:01PMThere are plenty of staggering secrets eager for the telling in “Stick Fly,” a juicy family drama by Lydia R. Diamond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PM“Krapp’s Last Tape,” by Samuel Beckett, stars John Hurt as a 69-year-old man celebrating his birthday by reassessing a passage in his life from some 30 years before, captured on a tape…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMJust in time for the holidays comes Stick Fly, a new play about family members coming together with their new significant others for an oh-so-comfortable visit. Lydia R. Diamond’s dramady …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 10:00PMDiane D'Aquila and Steven Sutcliffe lead an excellent cast in Chicago Shakespeare's worthy production of Timothy Findley's historical drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMA vibrant cast brings to life Lydia R. Diamond's new Broadway comedy about a wealthy African-American family.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMFeaturing Chion Wolf, Debi Freund and Me!Chion Wolf, Debi Freund and yours truly (making my Connecticut performance debut) will be the trio of local folks reading from David Sedaris ' semi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:00PM
Watch live streaming video from occupyboston at livestream.comJust because tonight it might be interesting.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:52PMCasting for the upcoming film adaptation of LES MISRABLES is well underway, with Hugh Jackman taking on the role of Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe squaring off as Javert. Sacha Baron Cohen a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50PMThe time has come, folks- its the final 5 results show After tonight, 4 contestants will move on to next weeks Semi-Finals and be just one step away from winning the competition Last night, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46PMLegit Reviews: A comedy of the dysfunctional-family variety, "Stick Fly" offers a fair share of laughter and some enjoyable performances but not much in the way of distinction.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:39PMThe program note for "Stick Fly" sets Lydia R. Diamond's rich but diffuse drama about a black family on Martha's Vineyard, 2005 -- then adds these important words: "Not Oak Bluffs."
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:00PMDavid Rooney Dulé Hill, Mekhi Phifer and Tracie Thoms star in Kenny Leon's production, which comes up short as both comedy and dysfunctional family drama but features a breakout performance…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
El Portal Theatre in association with producers Jay Irwin and Pegge Forrest proudly present a very special New Years Eve celebration December 31, 2011 with an all-star lineup for two perform…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMFrom schools, to communities, to cities, there's a Nutcracker out there for all tastes. Here's a rundown on those in or near Toronto.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:38PMF. Kathleen Foley reviews 'Stop Kiss' at the Lounge Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PMThe producers aiming the new sports play Magic/Bird at Broadway have found their Larry Bird. The 6-foot-5-inch actor Tug Coker will play the basketball star in the biographical play by Eric …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:29PMThe Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop is currently playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre through January 22. The Mountaintop stars Samuel L. Jackson as DR. Martin Luther …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMAs the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera approaches its 10,000th performance (!), there’s a new romantic triangle at the Majestic Theatre: Trista Moldovan is making her M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMAmerica’s most iconic sex therapist, Dr. Ruth, taped an onstage interview December 3rd for her newly launched YouTube channel with Martin Rayner, who stars as Sigmund Freud in FREUD’S LA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMThis is National Pastime Theatre’s first annual production of Hannukatz The Musical, and there certainly is no other show like it during this holiday season. Once in a while a show comes a…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:12PMUnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. will present a new production of the hit 1948 musical revue Make Mine Manhattan, at the Connelly Theatre, March 1-17, with an opening on March 4. Ben West will direct.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:06PMLegit Reviews: There's nothing like a monster hit to send producers scuttling to a composer's back catalog: With Stephen Schwartz's "Wicked" an unstoppable success, it was inevitable that so…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:04PMThe second volume of Stephen Sondheim’s collected lyrics, “Look, I Made a Hat,” describes his collaborations with James Lapine as a vital artistic renewal.
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The El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood will present Sam Harris & Friends on Saturday, December 31 at 4pm and 10pm.
Harris will be joined by Tony Award winner Levi Kreis, David Burnham…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:51PMAlan Ayckbourn must be some sort of planetary treasure. Seriously, if the Martians arrive anytime soon, I will send them right over the pond to the doorstep of Sir Ayckbourn with the firm d…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 05:48PMFormer college basketball player turned actor Tug Coker will play NBA great Larry Bird in the Broadway-bound Magic/Bird, according to the New York Times. Written by Eric Simonson and directe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMI was bored. Bored and more bored. And more bored than even that.This show is like a wonderful old roadster that got reconditioned so that it looks dandy on the outside, but lift the hood …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 05:47PMLegit News: First deadline set for January -- The National Alliance for Musical Theater has put out the call for submissions for its 24th annual Festival of New Musicals, the industry showca…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PMThe house managers of LA theaters have many roles to play and many stories to tell. They encounter texters, chicken eaters, sing-along specialists, surreptitious pets, fountain splashers, fa…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:45PMSo I don’t usually talk about shows I’ve seen but this week I saw Donny and Marie and Elizabeth Rex and hmmm-hmmm, that’s right…I’m a lucky, lucky person. How many people do you th…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:43PMNY1 VIDEO: The Gypsy of the Year competition, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' annual holiday benefit, took place this past Monday and Tuesday. While the event is about celebrating some of…
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:33PMTony Award winner Ellen Barkin and Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby Cannavale will guest star on ABC's Modern Family in 2012, according to a report on TVLine.com.
Barki…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMWebster University and The Muny have announced the establishment of a new partnership that will combine the renowned Muny Theatre with Webster's acclaimed Conservatory of Theatre Arts.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMLea Michele, who is currently busy promoting her latest film, 'New Year's Eve,' just stopped by 411TV where she chatted all about the new film. Click below to check out the full interview
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMConnecticut Writer Joe Landry Takes Classic Capra Film and Resets It In 1940s Radio Studio Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageJoe …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:24PMThe ASCAP Foundation honored composerlyricist Stephen Schwartz for his lifetime contributions to the Musical Theater with The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award. On hand to make the pres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThe ASCAP Foundation honored composerlyricist Stephen Schwartz for his lifetime contributions to the Musical Theater with The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award. On hand to make the pres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, December 8, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:21PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veteran Sammy Davis Jr.'s life story will be turned into a stage show in the near future. The announcement was made today, December 28, by Enter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMActor Tug Coker will play basketball star Larry Bird in the Broadway-bound production of Eric Simonson's Magic / Bird, according to The New York Times. Tony Award Thomas Kail will direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:17PMTony winner Judy Kaye and Tony nominees Michael McGrath and Jennifer Laura Thompson will join previously announced stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara in Nice Work if You Can Get It…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:16PMTony winner Judy Kaye and Tony nominees Michael McGrath and Jennifer Laura Thompson will join previously announced stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara in Nice Work if You Can Get It…
SOURCE: austin.broadway.com at 05:16PMActor Paul Gross was on the Lopate Show recently, along with co-star Kim Cattrall, to discuss the Broadway revival of "Private Lives." What have you read or seen lately (book, play, film, e…
SOURCE: WNYC at 05:16PMMAGICBIRD on Broadway will reuniting with Tony-nominated director Thomas Kail Lombardi, In The Heights and Lombardi playwright and Oscar winner and Emmy Nominee Eric Simonson. The new play c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMKim Cattrall was on the Lopate Show, along with co-star Paul Gross, to discuss starring the Broadway revival of "Private Lives." She also revealed her love of "Antiques Roadshow." What have …
SOURCE: WNYC at 05:11PMRob Bartlett fans are aware that the comic actor has a slightly, shall we say, skewed sense of humor. So Broadway.com was ready for anything when we scheduled a dressing room tour with Bartl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:10PMTony Award winner Denis O'Hare will once again play the role of Judge Abernathy in a January episode of the CBS legal drama, The Good Wife, according to TVGuide.com.
The actor has prev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMFrank, Dean and Sammy impersonators sing pop standards and
seasonal songs.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:09PMThe Broadway-bound revival of "Jesus Christ Superstar," currently at the La Jolla Playhouse, has been generating positive buzz since opening earlier this year at the Stratford Shakespeare Fe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:04PMThe Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of CLOSE UP SPACE, by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Leigh Silverman began previews Thursday, December 1 and opens Monday, December 19 at MTC at N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PM
The actor (and former college basketball player) Tug Coker has been cast in the role of Larry Bird in the play “Magic/Bird.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:53PMThe cast of Lysistrata Jones will "give it up" in their official Broadway opening on December 14, and we've got your first look at production shots from this high-energy m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMKim Cattrall and Paul Gross discuss their roles in the Noël Coward’s classic comedy “Private Lives.” Glamorous, rich and reckless Amanda and Elyot have been divorced from each other f…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:46PMReviews of "Ham for the Holidays," the annual show by Peggy Platt and Lisa Koch, and "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)" at ArtsWest.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:45PMGrammy Award-winning Country Music star and Broadway veteran Gary Morris will join the cast of the musical Soul Doctor. The new musical will begin its pre-Broadway run in Miami Beach at the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:45PMHoliday theater divided into three loosely defined, Dickens-inspired categories: past, present and future.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:44PMCountry Music and Broadway great Gary Morris announces that he will join the cast of the Broadway-bound musical, SOUL DOCTOR.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMStars Norm Lewis (Porgy) and Audra McDonald (Bess) join director Diane
Paulus to discuss the evolution and the current adaptation of Porgy and
Bess. Going back to the original novel "Porgy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMPrimary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts ESPA, the companys professional training school, has announced its Spring 2012 schedule of classes now open for enrollment. ESPA will offer n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMThe Broadway stars of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, “Dynamos” Lisa Brescia, Judy McLane and Jennifer Perry, will perform the ABBA mega hit “Dancin…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:37PMThe Drury Lane Theatre will host their popular annual tradition "Santa Buffets" at Drury Lane on December 21-23. A special festive Christmas brunch will take place on December 25. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:36PMGrand Hand Gallery offers tips for the men.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:33PMSigourney Weaver | Theater & Career
Givenik Ambassador Sigourney Weaver talks about her career and the importance of theater, especially the innovative work being created Off-Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:32PMThe complications of class and race—and the gradations of such among African Americans—are among the themes in Lydia R. Diamond’s domestic comedy, "Stick Fly," directed by Kenny Leon w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:28PMThe expanded Weisman Art Museum measures up to its job.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:25PMHugh Dancy is currently creating sizzling onstage chemistry with Nina Arianda in the Broadway premiere of David Ives’ Venus in Fur. As a playwright/director and an ambitious actress, D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMHugh Dancy is currently creating sizzling onstage chemistry with Nina Arianda in the Broadway premiere of David Ives’ Venus in Fur. As a playwright/director and an ambitious actress, D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMThe 2nd National Tour of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, opens tomorrow, Friday, December 9, at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia. JERSEY BOYS is enjoyi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:17PMJackie Hoffman will bring her solo show,Jackie Five-OH!, to The Renberg Theatre, January 13-22. This West Coast premiere will benefit the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.
In the piece, writte…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:17PMWin Tickets to FELA at the Ahmanson Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMTony Award winner Judy Kaye, Tony nominee Michael McGrath, Tony nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson are among performers who will join Tony winner Matthew Broderick and Tony nominee Kelli O'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMNews from the Old Log, plus Wilco waxes nostalgic.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:10PMCurrently on stage at the Donmar Warehouse is Michael Grandage's RICHARD II, featuring Tony-winner Eddie Redmayne. Redmayne has worked with Grandage in the past in Red, in which he co-starr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMChris Hietikko, Deanne Lorette, Zoe Vonder Haar and Mark Emerson have joined the cast of Sunday in the Park With George, starring Ron Bohmer and Erin Davie, which will begin putting it toget…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMThe new Broadway musical Bonnie & Clyde, now at the Schoenfeld Theatre, is only selling tickets through December 30, but the show's producers have not officially decided to close th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMLet Me Ascertain You, from award-winning investigative theater company The Civilians, is a weekly podcast series of performances crafted from interviews with real people about current and co…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 04:00PM
CHICAGO - Sitting far in the back of the bedecked Walnut Room at the flagship Marshall Field's - oops, Macy's -...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:59PMTickets go on sale on Wednesday, December 14 for American Express Cardmembers for the new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMKathy Dietch, who originated roles in the Broadway companies of Footloose and Wicked will debut her solo show Cool Girl is Dead at The Coterie on December 13, 2011.
Cool Girl is Dead, in a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMPark Avenue Armory and the Royal Shakespeare Company will present a new Young People's Shakespeare production of King Lear in New York City in the last two weeks of October 2012. The p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:52PMAdditional casting has been announced for new Broadway musical Nice Work if You Can Get It, which
as previously reported, will play the Imperial Theatre, starting on March 29, with an offi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:52PMRapper Pitbull is the newest famous face joining Santana’s (Naya Rivera) family on Glee, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The rapper is in talks to play Santana’s older broth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:51PMCirque Shanghai’s “Bai Xi,” at the New Victory Theater, includes plenty of moves that children shouldn’t do at home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:50PMHow to make Roses and Snowflakes for The Snow Queen at the A.R.T.
Make roses and snowflakes with The Snow Queen's Production Designer David Reynoso
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:49PMPlus Twin Cities Ballet's "Nutcracker," "Ballet of the Dolls"
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:40PMA grab-bag of holiday shows awaits, as you catch your breath in the middle of the month.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:39PMLegit News: Actress to star in Old Vic staging -- Eve Best will play the title role in John Webster's Jacobean drama "The Duchess of Malfi" at Kevin Spacey's Old Vic Theater in London, where…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:39PMPlaywrights' Theatre at Boston University, in collaboration with Dominic D'Andrea of The One-Minute Play Festival, will present the first ever Boston One-Minute Play Festival, Janu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMNew York City indie theater companies Boomerang Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Gideon Productions have joined forces to form the BFG Collective, which will hold a six-month-long…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMThe Wilma Theater will continue its 2011-2012 season with Annie Baker's Body Awareness . 010 Barrymore Award recipient Anne Kauffman will direct the production, to run January 4-Febru…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:34PMLegit News: New musical opens at Westside in spring -- New tuner "Rated P ... for Parenthood" is set for a run at Off Broadway's Westside Theater starting in February.
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33PMCommedia dell'Arte theatre company Faction of Fools will continue its 2011-2012 season with A Commedia Romeo and Julliet. Matthew R. Wilson will direct the production, to play the Mead…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PMCommedia dell'Arte theatre company Faction of Fools will continue its 2011-2012 season with A Commedia Romeo and Julliet. Matthew R. Wilson will direct the production, to play the Mead…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PMNBC's new Broadway-filled series SMASH will premiere on February 6 at 10pm. Can't wait until then Well, neither can we, but lucky for us all -the show is offering a limited free download of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMBehind-the-Scenes with Priscilla at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Givenik.com gave Luke Mannikus, who is currently playing "Benji" in Bette Midler's PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DE…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:25PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley performed her cabaret show, AH MEN! The Boys of Broadway at the Pantages Theatre on Monday, December 15 as a benefit The Actors Fund.
The performance includ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMA lead producer of the Frank Wildhorn musical said that performances beyond Dec. 30 have been canceled, though a closing notice for the show has not been posted.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:16PMEmmy Award winner and stage veteran Ed Asner will appear on CBS' Hawaii Five-0, according to Deadline.com.
He will reprise the role of August March, which he played in an episode of th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMThis is a show that will totally creep you out – and for some seriously great Baby Boomer reasons.Imagine what would have happened if Ozzie and Harriet went rogue. Went rogue and then tim…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 03:07PMThe first Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is eyeing a run during the 2012-13 season, according to the New York Times. The show, which was first produced as a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMThe first Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is eyeing a run during the 2012-13 season, according to the New York Times. The show, which was first produced as a …
SOURCE: stlouis.broadway.com at 03:07PMIn TIME magazine's annual "Top 10 of Everything," the magazine compiles 54 wide-ranging lists, which include the highs and lows, and the good and the bad of the past 12 months.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMFor the new musical Bonnie & Clyde, composer Frank Wildhorn and his creative team stripped the Hollywood out of the tale and sought to get the audience to sympathize with sociopaths.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMNot a bad premise for a little Christmas musical: What ultimately happens to O’Henry’s loving young couple from “The Gift of the Magi,” the story where she sells her …
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 03:00PM
BehindI'm behind on all sorts of fronts. The 9 to 5 job (though that can be attributed to our Holiday Party which has taken over our work lives and culminates this afternoon and the fact tha…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 02:54PMBroadway vet Lauren Ambrose has had no trouble landing a new high-profile role after the postponement of Funny Girl. Ambrose joins Broadway favorites Steven Pasquale and Richard Dreyfuss in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:53PM23rd Annual Gypsy of the Year Awards
The 23rd Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition raised an all-time high $4,895,253 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Hugh Jackman, Bernadette Peters …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:49PMRoundabout Theatre Company will produce the Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, his three-actor play about an expressive, inspirational South African woman. The stagin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMThe national tour of Matthew Lombardo's play "High" starring Kathleen Turner launched at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston last night, but failed to take wing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:37PMTony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane has been enlisted to author a new book for a Broadway-aimed production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1957 musical Cinderella, prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMThe real star of this Ebony and Ivory tale is Canadian choreographer Sergio Trujillo, who lays down a medley of funky movement
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:33PMJohn Bolton, who stars as "The Old Man," in A Christmas Story, The Musical! on tour, shares exclusive photos from the road.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMBroadway vets Max Von Essen and Rachel Potter will join the cast of the upcoming Evita revival as Magaldi and Mistress, respectively. They join previously announced stars Ricky Martin (Che),…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMTwo River Theater Company, under the leadership of artistic director John Dias and managing director Michael Hurst, will present August Wilson's Jitney, beginning Jan. 31, 2012, prior to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMIt's a mixed bag, this story of one family's business and romance problems, solved by convict laborers at Christmas, 1910.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:22PMRELATIVELY SPEAKING star Marlo Thomas sat down live with WOR Radio host Joan Hamburg for her “Live from Sardi’s” broadcast yesterday to discuss her critically acclaimed return to Broad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:22PMTony Award and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will appear at a live broadcast of Garrison Keillor's radio show A Prairie Home Companion at New York City's Town Hall at 5:45pm …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMTickets go on sale today, December 8, for BROADWAY BACKWARDS 7, a one-night-only event produced by Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and benefiting Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMThough innocent of the crimes committed by their onstage counterparts, the stars of the new shoot-'em-up Broadway musical, BONNIE AND CLYDE, which opened at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Decembe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMPowerhouse Broadway veteran Tovah Feldshuh stars in Gypsy at Bristol Riverside Theatre as part of its 25th Anniversary Season through January 15. With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMThree-time Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane will write the script for a new production of the 1957 musical Cinderella, which features music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hamm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMPhoto/Nathan JohnsonIn 1934, after a two-year crime spree that painted the star-crossed bandits as revolutionary heroes in a depressed America, Bonnie and Clyde are violently gunned down in …
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 02:08PMA new production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's CINDERELLA -- with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, a new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hamme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMCameron Mathison will guest star later this season on ABC's Desperate Housewives, according to TVGuide.com. He will play a romantic interest of Bree Van Der Kamp (played by Marcia Cross…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMIn a Dusty Drawer, a Trove of Theatrical Voices → Several hundred audio tapes were just found “in a dusty bottom drawer in a storage room at the Dramatists Guild of America,” p…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:05PMAdditional casting and the complete creative team have been announced for the forthcoming revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, which will begin previews at the Marquis T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced complete casting and creative team for the upcoming Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is scheduled t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMToday I’m very pleased to announce the names of nytheatre.com’s 2011 People of the Year. Here they are, in this photo collage: Top row: Crystal Skillman, Chris Harcum, Stephanie …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 02:00PMSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS We accept submissions of new scripts from established and emerging playwrights. Hard copies may be sent to: Lorraine Hansberry Theatre 777 Jones Street San Francisco, CA 9…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 02:00PMChicago Shakespeare Theater will present The Feast: an intimate Tempest, January 18-March 21. The work, which is a collaboration with Redmoon, is co-created and co-directed by Jessica Thebus…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Powerhouse Broadway veteran Tovah Feldshuh stars in Gypsy at Bristol Riverside Theatre as part of its 25th Anniversary Season through January 15. With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders have announced additional casting and the creative team for the new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers landmark musical EVITA, opening Apr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMWhere The Boys AreA Festive revue just in timeby Chris LaneSidemart Theatrical Grocery’s latest version of their Whiteman’s Whiskey Comedy Revue, entitled One of Everything for the Boys,…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:58PMThe annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women and women singing tunes written for men — will be presented March 5, 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMMichael Feinstein will discuss the film version of Meredith Willson's The Music Man with Richard Peña, Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, when the film i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMBroadway Backwards 7 a one-night-only event produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefiting Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:51PMPrincipal cast changes have been announced for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the longest-running show in Broadway history. Produced by Cameron Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMTickets go on sale today, December 8, for BROADWAY BACKWARDS 7, a one-night-only event produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefiting Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisex…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:49PMLady Gaga - Marry the Night - Choreography
Lady Gaga's Marry the Night video is filled with incredible choreography, awesome fashion and sexy dancers. The 14-minute music video is Gaga&…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:49PMIn case you haven't seen it, yet, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis wrote an e-mail to the Hartford Courant about seeing the Hartford TheaterWorks production of his play: The Motherfucker With…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:49PMServing as producer and composer of the original score, Grammy winner Alicia
Keys brings Stick Fly to Broadway's Cort Theatre. Set during a
three-day summer weekend on Martha's Vineyard, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonTowards the end of this revival of a long-forgotten 1972 musical, it suddenly hit me what I was watching: Broadway's answer to Peer Gynt. Both feature a hero …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMNow, Group Sales promo emails for the show indicate there as well that the show will play its final performance on Broadway on December 30th. The press office for the show currently has no c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMTwo River Theater has announced casting for its production of August Wilson's Jitney, to run January 31-February 19, with an opening on February 4. Ruben Santiago-Hudson will direct.
T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PM"Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella," based on the 1957 television musical starring Julie Andrews, will be reconceived with the intent of bringing it to Broadway in 2012.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:39PMGlee star and Broadway favorite Lea Michele had a chat with Jay Leno about her new rom-com New Year's Eve, Hoarders (her favorite TV show) and childhood nicknames on the December 8 episo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMGrammy Award-winning singersongwriter Alicia Keys presents and writes original music for the Broadway premiere of Lydia R. Diamond's critically-acclaimed play STICK FLY, directed by Kenny Le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
A comedy of the dysfunctional-family variety, "Stick Fly" offers a fair share of laughter and some enjoyable performances but not much in the way of dis…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:39PMDeep in the heart of the "Donny and Marie: Christmas in Chicago" show now at the Oriental Theatre, Donny Osmond rolls out a new song. It is called "If Everyday Could Be Christmas" and the t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:35PMJuanita Jones Abernathy, the widow of Ralph Abernathy, attended a performance of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, on Saturday, December 3.
F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PM‘I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot range model air rifle!” To film fans, that line instantly conjures up the 1983 film “A Christmas Story,” which starred Peter B…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:22PMTickets are now on sale for the New York return of Gob Squad's Kitchen, a theatrical recollection of Andy Warhol's films, and the Public Forum event Sondheim/Kushner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMTickets are now on sale for the New York return of Gob Squad's the Kitchen, a theatrical recollection of Andy Warhol's films, and the Public Forum event Sondheim/Kushner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMTthe Olney Theatre Center has announced a second extension of its production of The Sound of Music. The iconic musical, which was recently Helen Hayes Awards recommended, opened to critical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMRoundabout Theatre Company has just launched a brand new website design, and you can check out all of the new features by clicking below Visit the improved site at httpwww.roundabouttheatre.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM‘The Book of Mormon’, the Tony Award winning musical from the creators of the hit animated TV series ‘South Park’ and the Broadway smash hit ‘Avenue Q’, is gearing up for its fir…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:11PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "El Stories: Holiday Train" by Waltzing Mechanics ★★★ and "Crossed: How Going South Flipped Our Script" by Teatro Luna ★★
NINA METZ reviews "E…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:10PMTickets for the new Broadway musical Bonnie & Clyde are currently on sale only through Dec. 30, according to Telecharge.com. Additionally, Telecharge Group Sales patrons were sent emails…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMDo you hear what I hear? It's the sound of Broadway stars caroling, as Broadway.com celebrates the holidays with a seasonal flashback each day. On December 8, Grammy winner Alicia Keys i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre is now accepting submissions for the 24th annual Festival of New Musicals, which will take place in New York City in fall 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMLa La Anthony, Common, Terrence Howard, Nas, Dolly Parton, and Queen Latifah will be among the presenters at VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul, to be taped on December 18 in New York City, and air o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
One of our favorite sketches was the cast of FOLLIES, featuring Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Terri White and company 'welcoming' EVITA starring Ricky Martin and Elena Roger to Broadway and to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMThe famous Siegessäule - the Victory Column, an erect stick of sandstone liquorice with a golden angel on its top - is even trickier. Conceived before Germany was born, it was inaugurated i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:55PMJust when you thought you couldn't jam pack another name into the Les Miserables movie, they do! Joining Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Anne Hathaway, and Russel Crowe is Borat himself, Sacha…
SOURCE: Theater in the Now at 12:50PMThe Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) is an annual grant opportunity open to new, emerging, and mid-career individual artists and not-for-profit arts organizations with annual operati…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:49PMThe South Coast Repertory is partnering with some of southern California's most innovative artists to bring an eclectic and energetic line-up to its Nicholas Studio.
The series will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMCharlemagne’s elder son meditates on love, power and above all finding his identity in this video game-style revival of Stephen Schwartz’s musical
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:47PMThe dancers paired up to clasp hands as their feet chattered away – the steps seeming more like talk – while surrounded by aural anarchy
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:46PMLegit News:
Had wide-ranging career onstage
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMAge & Hometown: “You’re as young as you feel, and I still feel pretty immature”; Wayland, MA
Current Role: A Broadway debut performance as Izzy, a smart and sexy asp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veterans Steven Pasquale and Lauren Ambrose are set to lead Tony and Ridley Scott's COMA miniseries for AampE. As descried by THR, the show is a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMRicky Martin and Gloria Estefan will appear in separate episodes of FOX's Glee in 2012, according to EW.com.
Martin, who will play a Spanish teacher, is returning to Broadway in March …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMGorilla Repertory Theatre, under the direction of founder Christopher Carter Sanderson, will take up residency at NYC's Roy Arias Theaters for the 2012 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMNeed help expanding your arts education programming? Introducing a new event to connect you with Chicago's educators...The Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, in partnership with the Depa…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:39PMHonoring Jimmy Smits, Matthew Goldstein, and BEAT When he started at Brooklyn College in the late 70s, Jimmy Smits was an education major, but by the time he graduated in 1980, he had switch…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:37PMThe mayor in a mood.He has given the occupiers till midnight to clear out of Dewey Square. This is important. The number for the Mayor's office is 617-635-4500. The email is &nb…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:37PMJust Dance - Lady Gaga Marry the Night, Madonna Super Bowl Halftime, Christmas Story, Travis Wall
Lady Gaga's Marry the Night video is released and shows off her dance and directorial s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PMThe Spot, 4437 N. Broadway AvenueMonday, December 19, 6-8pmRSVP to [email protected] to you by Steppenwolf’s 2012 Multicultural Fellows, the Multicultural Social Hour is ne…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:35PMThe cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, which arrived in stores on the PS Classics label Nov. 29, has vaulted to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMStage and screen stars Lauren Ambrose and Steven Pasquale will headline A&E's upcoming miniseries Coma, which will premiere in May 2012, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The tw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PMFamily is who you’re stuck with, and Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson headed to the Cort Theatre to meet the latest dysfunctional clan now on the boar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMThe behemoth of British theatre bloggers calls it a day; elsewhere a fresh debate erupts about new writing; and do Brits really rate theatre as highly as sex?Shed a little tear. After five a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMNeed some summertime heat to chase away your winter blues? Get a sneak peek of Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier. On December 5, the cast wowed a press …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMTom Hewitt has stepped into the role of Pontius Pilate in the La Jolla Playhouse engagement of Jesus Christ Superstar; the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical will arrive on Broadway later …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMSigourney Weaver | The Flea
Givenik Ambassador Sigourney Weaver talks about the incredible work done at The Flea. We are proud that their organization can be supported when getting your tic…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:23PMWilliam Roache and Julie Goodyear will reprise their Coronation Street roles as Ken Barlow and Bet Lynch, respectively, in a new musical adapted from the hit British soap opera, according to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMClaire: I'm writing a new play and I want to share it with you as I write it. The play is titled "English for Beginners" and it follows a group of playwrights on a writer's retreat…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 12:16PM
Whether it be a Beast ("Beauty and the Beast") or an Ogre ("Shrek --The Musical") we know they will meet a princess and the curtain will come down when they reach the "Happy Ever After" …
SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 12:13PMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale and Tony winner Ellen Barkin will guest star on TV’s Modern Family in early 2012, according to TVLine.com. Cannavale will clown around as Louis, former par…
SOURCE: boston.broadway.com at 12:11PMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale and Tony winner Ellen Barkin will guest star on TV’s Modern Family in early 2012, according to TVLine.com. Cannavale will clown around as Louis, former par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMPlaywright John Hodge chooses to ignore the complexity of the dissident writer's experience — expedience for the sake of protecting something of value from destruction, a writer fighting h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:09PMNeil Patrick Harris, who hosted the 2011 Tony Awards, and his partner, David Burtka, who was last seen on Broadway in the Bernadette Peters revival of Gypsy, made an appearance at the Trevor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMThis week, two tiny tempests have been created by two holiday carols, and both dustups teach the same lesson. On Monday, news broke that a music teacher at a Michigan elementary school had s…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:07PMBasketball. Cheerleaders. Sex. Show tunes. The stately Walter Kerr Theatre houses them all. The new musical comedy Lysistrata Jones began Broadway previews Nov. 12, toward an opening night o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMA new musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows has been announced, featuring a book by Julian Fellowes and music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:03PMDoug Lockwood, Robert Pemberton, and Robert Walsh will star in the New Repertory Theatre's production of the Tony Award-winning Art, by playwright Yasmina Reza. Antonio Ocampo-Guzman w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMThe New Voices Collective is gearing up for IN DEVELOPMENT New Songs from New Shows, New Voices' triumphant return to its original home at Peter Norton Symphony Space, this coming Monday, De…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMDue to platform maintenance, today's blog will not post until late this evening. Sorry about that!Jeff
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM
Vanessa Redgrave has been named as the Guest Director for the 2012 Brighton Festival, to take place from May 5-27, 2012.
The three-week event is England's most established mixed arts F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMIn the exciting “Hold on to Sixteen” episode of Glee, New Directions took first place in Sectionals by performing a medley of Jackson family hits including “ABC,” &ld…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMNow in its fifth year, our annual Alcyone Festival celebrates female playwrights. Women writers are horribly represented on stages across America, so we created the Alcyone Festival to comb…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 11:54AMThe unfortunate news is out! Bonnie & Clyde, Frank Wildhorn’s newest Broadway show, is closing on December 28th. I was planning on seeing it with my students this upcoming February…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 11:52AM'Tis the Season to Never Grow Up Peter Pan will delight audiences at Madison Square Garden from December 14 thru December 30 and now you have the chance to WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS to this magi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMMAMMA MIA! Broadway Footage
Footage from the Broadway production of Mamma Mia. For more information or tickets, please visit the official website for the Broadway production: www.mammamian…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:45AMThe theatre world is a small one and it often feels as though every time we turn around we bump into someone we know. In fact, just the other week at a Grant for the Arts funding talk we bum…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AMAmerican Conservatory Theater celebrated the opening of its new performance space, The Costume Shop, on December 7. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee was on hand to commemorate the occasion. The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMPianist, music scholar and music director Rob Fisher will appear with Kristin Chenoweth Dec. 10 at The Town Hall in New York City for a live radio broadcast of NPR's "A Prairie Home…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMTony Award and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce brings his signature wit back to the MTC stage in the World Premiere of CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler. Pierce stars as P…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:36AMWalnut Street Theatre will present David Auburn's award-winning drama Proof beginning Jan. 17, 2012, prior to an official opening Jan. 19, at Walnut's Studio on 3. The limited engage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMTheater is where the boys are…at least so it seems today with three stage stories worth crushing on. Actor, activist and all-around husband material Gavin Creel (Hair) has released a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:29AMTony Award winner Roger Rees, who currently stars in the Broadway production of The Addams Family, will bring his solo show What You Will: An Evening By and About the Bard, to the Orlando Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMCasting has been announced for the fourth annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, to be presented at Ars Nova, Friday, December 17 at 7:30pm, Saturday, December 18 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm, and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AMThe Ordway Center unveils a $75 million plan to build an 1,100-seat performance space across from Rice Park.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:13AMWalnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3 will be home to David Auburn's acclaimed play, Proof, prior to a national tour. The production will run January 17-February 5, wit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMAs voting continues in the Whatsonstage.com Awards for the best of the year, our chief critic Michael Coveney recounts his own theatre highlights of 2011. Blockbuster musicals
The arriv…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMUntil they figure out how to make megabytes look pretty on a shelf, books will never go out of style. It might be cooler, cheaper and easier to read a blog on a computer, but it ain't tangib…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Academy Award-winning Wicked and Pippin composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz was celebrated by the ASCAP Foundation Dec. 7 for his lifetime contribution to musical theatre. The songwriting tea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMAlvin and the Chipmunks Chip-Wrecked - Bad Romance Dance Scene 2011 (HD)
Bad Romane dance scene for the third Alvin and the Chipmunks film - Alvin and the Chipmunks Chip-Wrecked!
Playing a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:55AMHello Everyone! Luner on Theatre is BACK! We have been swamped in theatre work for the past week but here we are! Back and bringing you your theatre news you need to know! We’re contin…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 10:53AMSeattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed a resolution to create a Downtown Historic Theatre District in a ceremony at 5th Avenue Theatre on Tuesday, December 6, according to published reports.
Unde…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMKatori Hall's Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, was the third production to take part in 30 for $30, a special initiative from Playbil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMLysistrata Jones began preview performances Saturday, November 12th at the Walter Kerr Theatre and will officially open on December 14, 2011. Written by Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMThe 64th Annual Tony Awards, broadcast in June 2010 and hosted by Emmy winner Sean Hayes, has been nominated by the Producers Guild of America for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMFinal Weeks for THE MOUNTAINTOP
Don't miss your last chance to see THE MOUNTAINTOP, now in its final weeks!
For more information, please visit http://www.themountaintopplay.com
From:
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:49AMBroadwayWorld.com is excited to share a weekly series developed by the Theatre Communications Group This week playwright Lynn Nottage shares pivotal moments in her theatre career and why the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMEmmy Award winner Kathy Griffin has signed on to guest star on the NBC sitcom "Whitney," according to TVGuide.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMFollowing on from Sunday in the Park with George, Little Shop of Horrors, La Cage aux Folles, A Little Night Music and Sweet Charity, the Menier Chocolate Factory is currently presenting Ste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMSacha Baron Cohen, best known for the title role in Borat, is the latest star to join Oscar winner Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Les Miserables, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMJulia Mattison will be joined by several of her fellow Godspell castmates for A Violent Holiday Extravaganza!, to be held at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, December 19. at 11pm.
Thi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AM“West Side Story” is the safe musical, the one grasped easily enough by young (but not too young) audiences that it’s become one of the de facto introductions to theater. Of course, it…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:35AMSince 1982, Inside Broadway Executive Director, Michael Presser has impacted the lives of nearly one million New York City public school students with its one-of-a-kind programs that aim to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMTony nominee Eve Best will return to London's Old Vic to lead the cast of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi this spring. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, performances begin March 17, 2012,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AMThe video below is of Nadine Charlsen. I have had the privilege of speaking with Nadine on a panel about technical theatre and we have stayed in touch since. She's a great teacher and a grea…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTony Award winner Roger Bart has signed on to guest star on the CBS crime drama "CSI," according to EW.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMStage and Screen star Ralph Fiennes, who is busy promoting his latest movie 'Coriolanus,' recently visited 'The Daily Show,' where he chatted with Jon Stewart about taking on Shakespeare, wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMTwo-time Tony nominee Eve Best will play the title role in John Webster's Jacobean tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, at the Old Vic, according to WhatsOnStage.com. Jamie Lloyd will direct …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:23AMGodspells Julia Mattison is joined by fellow cast members from Broadways Godspell, in a holiday comedy rock show at the Beechman on December 19th. The concert will debut a number of new twis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMAs first reported on EWonline, Broadway veteran Roger Bart will be making a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of CBS's CSI.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMHONK! Trailer
Trailer by Erik Pearson
HONK! A Musical Tale of The Ugly Duckling
December 6, 2011 - January 1, 2012
Music by George Stiles
Book and Lyrics by Anthony Drewe
Choreography by J…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:15AMLea Michele, who is currently busy promoting her latest film, 'New Year's Eve,' just stopped by 'The Tonight Show,' where she chatted with Jay Leno about GLEE, how her parents met, and famil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
There's nothing like a monster hit to send producers scuttling to a composer's back catalog: With Stephen Schwartz's "Wicked" an unstoppable success, it w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:04AMThis is part of a little series of post-Thanksgiving mini-posts I’m doing about items you might want to consider as Holiday gifts. I’ve already raved about Paragon Ragtime Orchestra …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:01AMEllen Barkin will guest star on ABC's Modern Family, according to a report on TVLine.com.
She will play a tough real estate broker who becomes a main adversary to Ty Burrell's c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMStefan Karl brings the Dr. Seuss character to life in a holday
musical playing at the Peabody Opera House.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AMCherokee Street's many galleries and studios, artists and
musicians, are getting together Saturday night for exhibitions and
performances.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AM
Mark Ballas, of "Dancing with the Stars" fame, will choreograph A Cinderella Christmas, the second show in the 2011 holiday season of traditional British family Panto, which will p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMTwo-time Tony Award Nominee, Co-founder of Broadway Impact, and fellow "Adaumbelle's Quest" participant Gavin Creel along with Robbie Roth have just released an all-new, original single, “…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 09:58AMYou may have seen the recent news about Palestine’s petition for full membership into UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural arm. The bid was approved in a very controversial vote (107 for…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:56AMNosedive Productions Brings Molotov Theatre Group to New York for Fat Men in Skirts Run in January“Surprisingly Sweet Show about Rape and Cannibalism” Is the First Traveling Show from Wa…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 09:47AMLegit News:
First deadline set for January
SOURCE: Variety at 09:46AMJulia Mattison will be joined by several of her Godspell co-stars for A Violent Holiday Extravaganza! Dec. 19 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMThe affleunt LeVay family is now in residence at Broadway’s Cort Theatre, where Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly opens on December 8. Kenny Leon directs the new play, which includes Gr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMRestauranteur B. Smith welcomed Memphis cast members Adam Pascal, Montego Glover, James Monroe Iglehart and Derrick Baskin to B. Smith's, to celebrate the creation of a new cocktail ins…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AMLynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play RUINED has also received an OBIE, the Lucille Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:31AMThe Broadway Spotlight Series, a new two-hour family-friendly interactive event, will kick off Dec. 10 at the Broadway Comedy Club in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMYesterday, December 7, Tony nominees Montego Glover and Adam Pascal, along with their MEMPHIS co-stars, brought Broadway to B. Smiths Restaurant to introduce a MEMPHIS-inspired specialty coc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMRoger Bart will guest star on a February episode of CBS's CSI, according to a report on EW.com. He will play an eccentric wig maker who crafts hairpieces for women suffering from cance…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:17AMStuck for present ideas for the theatre lover in your life? Whatsonstage.com have rounded up some of the best theatre gifts, many of which at special discount prices, for you to have waiting…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMHarry Morgan, who played the salty but kindly career army man Col. Sherman T. Potter, in the long-running television show "M*A*S*H," and was a familiar Hollywood character actor, s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
It’s the Edinburgh Festival 2011 and we’re hearing reports that there is a show that is making audiences walk out, demand for a refund and causing general disgust. Welcome to Ont…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:50AMMitch Sebastian's Menier Chocolate Factory revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O'Hirson's Pippin opened last night (7 December, previews from 22 November 2011) where it runs until 25 Febru…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:48AMLosing It" explores growing old through an assemblage of tales and lessons drawn from works of the past—the Icelandic Sagas, the classics, the Bible, the Torah—to which the author adds a…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AMNeighbourhood Watch is Mr. Ayckbourn’s 75th play. He might have been wise to stop at number 74. He also directed, another suspect decision. Now don’t get me wrong. I do n…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:14AMThe UK Sun is reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen, known to musical theatre fans for his turn in SWEENEY TODD opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the Tim Burton film, has joined the upcoming LES M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMEddie Redmayne gives an intriguing performance as Shakespeare's king in Michael Grandage's elegant and polished production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMThe prolific playwright talks about his 75th play, Neighbourhood Watch.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
John Webster's 17th-century revenge classic The Duchess of Malfi will be revived at London's Old Vic with Eve Best in the title role, beginning performances March 17, 2012, prio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:49AMGet thee down to Penn Quarter’s Sidney Harman Hall to behold Shakespeare in the tropics, under the palms, smoldering in the Caribbean sun: it’s the one about the guy who secretly loves t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:48AMThis polished performance of Merce Cunningham's evening-length work set to a John Cage score inspired by James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" opens the famed modern dance troupe's penultimate U.…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:12AMEve Best will star in the title role of Jamie Lloyd's revival of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic next year, which opens on 27 March 2012 (previews from 17 March).
O…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:11AMIf anyone can find the dark side of the happiest time of the year, it’s David Sedaris. The master of sardonic storytelling has found a talented vessel in Joe Brack, who has concocted a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:11AMAretha Franklin arrived at a performance of “The Mountaintop” on Broadway in true Queen of Soul style. A spy tells us the legend came to the Jacobs Theatre 20 minutes late, with an entou…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:11AM...America's police departments have been moving toward more aggressive, force-first, militaristic tactics and their accompanying mindset for 30 years. It's just that, with the exception of …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMGraham Linehan, the comic brain behind series such as Father Ted and The IT Crowd, brings Ealing comedy The Ladykillers to the West End stage following its try-out run at Liverpool Playhouse…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:01AMFew actors are as genuine and personable as Dulé Hill.
While lounging on a couch in his dressing room at the Cort Theatre before a preview of Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly,”…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Honour among thieves? Try telling that to the bunch of oddball crooks who wind up murdering each other in the classic 1955 Ealing comedy The Ladykillers.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:44AMMenier Chocolate Factory, London: Some musicals are simply not to everyone's taste. Mitch Sebastian has boldly, and at times a little terrifyingly, taken a risk and gone for broke by pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMComedian Rob Brydon was among the guests at the opening night of The Ladykillers last night, which has arrived at the West End's Gielgud Theatre following a preview run at Liverpool Playhous…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMIn a land far, far away (well, Europe), NIE is waiting to tell you a story, using as many inventive and genuinely clever devices and verbal or theatrical tricks as they can cram into just …
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:29AMLucinda Coxon’s Herding Cats is a curious play. I say this because I left feeling somewhat perplexed and frustrated by it. Somewhere during the 80 minutes of Coxon’s play it lo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:27AMAre critics partaking of "Happy Hour"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:27AMTop price tickets half price for The Bollywood Trip at Southbank Centre if booked before Friday 9 December.
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It’s often noticed how those in the top jobs of British theatre routinely hail from Oxbridge; the current artistic director of the National Theatre Nick Hytner and each of his three predec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:51AMSo the big tragedy of non profit arts organizations is that while we are the champions of creativity, we don’t really provide all our employees the most conducive environments for bein…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:48AMOne of the best and most successful new shows of the fall Broadway season has been the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Just in time for the holiday season, Stage Rush is giving …
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:44AMPerhaps it was my movie companion’s whispers “Can’t you tell this is genius?!” that had me thinking I was actually loving Madonna’s newest stab at directing a feature film, W.E. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:24AMNostalgia can be a crippling thing, which sends people who are afraid of the future hurdling back into the safety and comfort of the past. But it's served the young and talented Jordan Harri…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 01:13AMStephen Sondheim launched a theatrical tempest by complaining in advance about this "reworking" of the revered but rarely staged Gershwin-Heyward opera, which opened at Boston's …
SOURCE: Time at 01:00AMPlaywright Lydia R. Diamond dives head-on into the tricky terrain of race, class and the African American experience, issues in full view on 'Stick Fly,' opening on Broadway.Playwright Lydia…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AMHow I Did It • Grandmother who plays tennis and
paints is in 47th year as volunteer.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMNot my cup of tea. Limited engagement thru January 1 – Theater A at 59E59
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMDavid Henry Hwang's play about a naïve American businessman in China is billed as a comedy, and it certainly has as many laughs as any show on Broadway. But what's impressive is how s…
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Handsome, spry, and arriving onstage at the Kimmel Center in a nifty scooter on Tuesday, Itzhak Perlman played a recital that was a complicated case of musical decline.
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When I originally saw MAMMA MIA it was a few we…
SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 12:33AMProducers Alicia Keys, Reuben Cannon amp Nelle Nugent announced today that the Broadway premiere of Lydia R. Diamond's STICK FLY, originally confirmed to play at the Lyceum Theatre, will now…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAll in all, this Boston Camerata concert featured fine musicianship, expertise in voice and every instrument, scholarly renditions of the scores and texts, and joyful music making.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:28AMThe weirdest orphans' chorus we have ever seenfor any Oliver...but strangely it works for us!At the NAC in Ottawa.(photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:14AMIn 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSince this is a theatrically crowded week in New York, I've written a special bonus drama column for today's Wall...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Most people would die sooner than think--in fact they do so." Bertrand Russell, The ABC of Relativity...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMJane Austen's famous literary matchmaker Emma is slipping into boots and a miniskirt for a new musical that relocates the 1815 British novel to 1964, the time of women's lib, the pil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCurtain up on four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh, who stars as iconic stage mother Rose in the Broadway classic Gypsy, which officially opens Dec. 8 at the Bristol Riverside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe LeVay family of Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly gather at their plush Martha's Vineyard home for a summer weekend of scrabble and secrets. Tony winner Ruben Santiago Hudson, Dul&eac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWearing Lorca's Bowtie, the new interdisciplinary work that unites contemporary artists with the world of Spanish poet-playwright Federico García Lorca, begins performances Off-Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen actress Paige Davis (Boeing-Boeing, Chicago) appears as a special guest at James Barbour's Fourth Annual Holiday Concert Tour Dec. 8 at 9 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGross Broken Watch Theatre Company presents Sex Good; Money Bad, two one-acts by Michael Weller, beginning Dec. 8 at WorkShop Theater Company's Main Stage Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright Lydia R. Diamond has been getting a lot of buzz for her play Stick Fly, now at Broadway's Cort Theatre, in which class issues surface in a well-heeled family.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Wyeth family of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities adopts a new son Dec. 8. Understudy Matthew Risch steps into the role of Trip Wyeth for a three-week engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHolidays HOLIDAY LIGHTS CELEBRATION OF LIGHTS: Hartwood Acres, Hampton and Indiana townships. The 3.2-mile drive-through Christmas display features more than 2 million lights and 300 animate…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMBy Sharon Eberson The press notes for Pittsburgh CLO's 20th "A Musical Christmas Carol" say that Jeff Howell "is a veteran of numerous productions," but he knew how many right away. "This wi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMALL WEEKEND Deck the Hall When The Carnegie Trees are unveiled today in the Hall of Architecture at Carnegie Museum of Art, they will have been on display during the holiday season now for 5…
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