The marketplace for ticketing platforms has become extremely competitive in the last few years.
SOURCE: www.prweekus.com at 07:48PMHoping to bridge the void between teams' unsold tickets and consumers' willingness to pay for pricey tickets, ScoreBig CEO Adam Kanner thinks he's found the answer.
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:46PMThere is a relatively new website that sells unsold sporting event and theatre tickets in a smilar way that Priceline.com sells hotel rooms.
SOURCE: www.11alive.com at 07:44PMScoreBig, a new members-only site offering deep discounts on tickets for sports, concert and theater events nationwide, has raised $14 million in Series B financing led by U.S. Venture Partn…
SOURCE: techcrunch.com at 07:44PMScoreBig Inc. believes it is not just a new company, but an entirely new channel for ticket sales.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:43PMScoreBig lets companies unload unsold inventory at a discount without bruising their brands.
SOURCE: Forbes at 07:42PMWith headquarters at the foot of the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California, ScoreBig is a ticketing site for sporting events, theater performances and concerts.
SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 07:40PMFull disclosure: On some level I fully empathize with the Collyer brothers, those fabled New York siblings from a well-to-do family who, over the course of several decades, engaged in compul…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:40PMNot every dancer is a choreographer. But for years now, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, like many companies worldwide, has realized that identifying and nurturing potential dancemaking talent …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:40PMMention the blizzard of ’67 to Chicagoans who lived through it — whether they were tiny tots at the time or grownups with a gaggle of kids — and invariably the anecdotes will flow free…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:38PMThere are websites out there to name your own price for hotel rooms, rental cars and rounds of golf, but what about for live entertainment events?
SOURCE: www.ktla.com at 07:33PMOPENING BLACK PEARL SINGS. Northlight Theatre presents Frank Higgins drama about two women in Depression-era America who become dependent on one another to gain acceptance in a divided socie…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:28PMAs a part of its 30th Anniversary Season, the Huntington Theatre Company presents God of Carnage- the scathing Tony and Olivier Award-winning New York smash hit by Yasmina Reza Art. The prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMTill death do us part: love and death are, like the fingers of a couple holding hands, perfectly intertwined in this play by Abi Morgan, which has been touring the country since autumn and o…
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Underground is an exciting and vibrant look at the people that we see, or choose not to, on the subway every day. Some are familiar - the homeless, the candy kids, t…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:58PMAtmospheric without ever quite becoming truly chilling, and engaging without being totally captivating, The Kreutzer Sonata is a macabre little tale of jealousy, fear and murder. The whole p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:49PM“I don’t want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.” - William Shatner William Shatner on Broadway in SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT Music Box Theatre Febru…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:47PMPhoto/Carol RoseggThe well-meaning American is alive and kicking in Zayd Dohrn's Outside People, in which Malcolm (Matt Dellapina), the would-be vegan/Communist from Williamsburg, Brook…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 06:45PMBy Byrne Harrison
Is war really hell, or is it the abandonment of one's moral code during a time of war that is the true hell; the one that can never be outrun? Takeo Rivera takes on …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:34PMIn advance of the Broadway transfer of Ghost The Musical, this morning Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy handed over the leading roles of Sam Wheat and Molly Jensen as they are headed for B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMOscar winner, American Idol finalist, newly published author and WeightWatchers spokesperson Jennifer Hudson is determined to add another item to her ever-increasing resume: Broadway star.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:25PMOscar winner, American Idol finalist, newly published author and WeightWatchers spokesperson Jennifer Hudson is determined to add another item to her ever-increasing resume: Broadway star.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:25PMOscar winner, American Idol finalist, newly published author and WeightWatchers spokesperson Jennifer Hudson is determined to add another item to her ever-increasing resume: Broadway star.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:25PMIt's been a fairy tale come true for fans of “Into the Woods.”
“Chicago” director Rob Marshall is bringing the popular 1987 Broadway musical created by Stephen Sondheim and …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:14PMThe Alley Theater's production of The Toxic Avenger, starring American Idol and Rock of Ages alum Constantine Maroulis alongside Nancy Opel, begins previews this Friday, January 13, in antic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMLast night, American theatergoers experienced for the first time the comfort of the revolutionary ProBax seating technology, when Jujamcyn Theaters unveiled the August Wilson Theatres brand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMStratford Shakespeare Festival general director is first contender to publicly signal he’d like the festival’s top job
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:04PMThe race is on to find a replacement for artistic director Des McAnuff
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:03PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Breaking news: William Shatner to star in a one-man Broadway show AP – by MARK KENNEDY William Shatner is boldly going back…
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The Ensemble Studio Theatre has revealed dates for the encre Off-Broadway engagement of Hand to God, Robert Askins' critically acclaimed comedy about a possessed Christian-ministry puppe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMThe nation’s largest sketch comedy festival, Chicago Sketch Fest, now in its 11th year, runs through Sunday, January 15th. Don't miss it!
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:55PMThe Next Generation 2010 (Working In The Theatre #391)
Our panel of some of Broadway's brightest new performers - Jennifer Damiano, Robin de Jesús, John Gallagher, Jr., Jon Micha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:53PM“Mission Drift,” a musical Coil Festival entry from the TEAM, is a sprawling musical epic about five centuries of American expansion and destruction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMNBC has released a video promoting Daniel Radcliffe's appearance on Saturday Night Live. As previously announced, the stage and screen star will be hosting the show on January 14 episo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMJohn Fugelsang will perform his solo show, Guilt: A Love Story at Queens Theatre on Saturday, January 28 at 8pm.
Originally presented Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop under the tit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:38PMAnna Deavere Smith talks about the process by which her play Let Me Down Easy was created. Called "the most exciting individual in American theater" by Newsweek magazine, Smith turns her the…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:36PMHow did you getstarted in theatre? What compelled you to become a director?I started as an actor (you and I were in Boomerang's Henry IV togetherback in 2003!). I loved connecting the emotio…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:35PMDoes anybody out there understand the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act)? I recently had a review of a show that I covered back in 2010 taken down off this site because it had in some wa…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 05:33PMArena Stage has announced the casting of five local young people in its upcoming production of The Music Man, to run May 11-July 22 in the Fichandler Stage. Molly Smith will direct.
Having…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMConstantine Maroulis, Nancy Opel and Mara Davi will star in the Alley Theatre production of The Toxic Avenger, the 2008 rock musical by Tony Award-winning Memphis writers Joe DiPietro and Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PMThe truncated version of the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical playing at the Venetian, has set a closing date of Sept. 2.The truncated version of the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:30PMNew York Festival of Song (NYFOS) has announced updated casting for the previously reported A Modern Person's Guide to Hooking Up and Breaking Up, to be presented February 14 and 16 at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:27PMTwo-Headed Calf's You, My Mother will receive its world premiere in La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, February 9-20. Brooke O'Harra will direct.
Created by composer Brendan C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMOriginal Tony Award-winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday will perform during the opening night of the 78th season of Amateur Night at the Apollo Feb. 1 in Harlem.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PMAmerican Heartland Theatre in Kansas City, MO, taps the keg of Beer for Breakfast, a new comedy by New York City playwright Sean Grennan Jan. 11. The world premiere, which began Jan. 6 and p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMJOYFUL NOISE is coming to theaters on Friday, January 13th from Warner Brothers Pictures. The comedy is written and directed by Todd Graff and stars Jeremy Jordan, Kris Kristofferson, Queen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMThe Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS now comes to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as "Summertime," "It Ain't Necessarily So," and "I Got Plenty of No…
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Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Christina Anderson's Good Goods, to be presented by Yale Repertory Theatre, February 3-25, with an opening on February 9. As previou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:57PMHeartstrings, prepare to be tugged. Once, the Broadway-bound musical currently running at the New York Theatre Workshop, has released a trailer. In the Dublin-set musical, based on the hit i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:52PMOne of the worst-kept secrets in New York City theatre this winter is the fact that quiet discussions are happening among producers and theatre owners about bringing the new musical Leap of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMCharacterizing Queen Cleopatra, Jack Ferver’s maniacal grin charges the Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater during Monday’s American Realness performance of Me, Michelle with the cha…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:29PMPlaywright Richard Vetere will celebrate his 60th birthday with A Life in the Theater, an evening featuring readings from 12 of his plays, Jan. 15 at the Cherry Lane Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMI've been a fan of the York Theatre Company, which only produces musicals, since my first visit for a workshop of Yank! The latest York mainstage production is Ionescopade, A Musical Vaudevi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:25PM'Wow' is all that we could say after watching this thrilling show preview for The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS on Broadway Check out the footage below of Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMEqual Exchange: Actors 2010 (Working In The Theatre #390)
Our panel of leading actors - David Alan Grier, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jan Maxwell and Alfred Molina - shared their proces…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:15PMBritish stage star Simon Callow will bring his one-man show Being Shakespeare to London’s Trafalgar Studios from March 7 to 31, before hopping the pond for two stateside engagements. A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PMEven before the show opened today Off-Broadway, producers Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, and Executive Producer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMStanley Bahorek, Kacie Sheik, Erik Lochtefeld and Kristen Sieh will be the bohemian intellectuals, artists and icons of February House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PMFor their 2012 season, Silk Road Rising will present two world premieres, Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret, to run April 4-May 6, and Night Over Erzinga, to run October 9-November 11. Both wil…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:56PMThe 2008 Broadway musical "In the Heights," the story of a mostly Latino community struggling to both move up and stay together, is now in its waning days as a touring attraction. Since the …
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:55PMTed Wiprud on Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet"
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:49PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere musical, February House, to debut at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, February 15-March 18, and then play the Public Theate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PMProducer Daryl Roth is aiming to bring Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of John Grisham's A Time to Kill to Broadway this fall. No casting or theater have been announced at this time.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMProducer Daryl Roth is aiming to bring Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of John Grisham's A Time to Kill to Broadway this fall. No casting or theater have been announced at this time.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMTony nominee Stark Sands and Billy Porter will participate in a workshop of the previously announced new musical Kinky Boots in January. Featuring a score by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PMHeiress Productions is set to present the world premiere production of Thirds, March 2-18 at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row. Zac Hoogendyk will direct.
In Thirds, three sisters inherit th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMThe final entry I’ll post in anticipation of this Sunday’s Culturebot conversation on citizen criticism at the Public Theater is the below essay from August 2009. It arose as a r…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 03:45PMThe Town Hall will present the 12th season of its acclaimed Broadway by the Year concert series beginning Feb. 13 with The Broadway Musicals of 1946.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMSeveral Broadway and Off-Broadway stars have signed their names to MEDEA Vodka bottles for a campaign called Charities To Benefit, a new initiative to raise funds for the charities chosen by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMThe Circle in the Square Theatre School will present Cinderella: A New Version of The Oldest Story Ever Told, a children's play performed by CITSTS alumni, beginning Jan. 30 at Broadway&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMNick Jonas to appear in HOW TO SUCCEED... beginning January 24
Check out the press event at Sardi's, as Nick Jonas is announced to take over the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in Broadway&…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:33PMFormer How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying headliner and Broadway.com’s 2011 Star of the Year, Daniel Radcliffe, is hosting Saturday Night Live on January 14. Ra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMThe continuing development of the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots, based on the 2005 film about a failing British shoe company that becomes a fetish-footwear manufacturer, includes a planne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMShakespeare amp Company has just announced their 35th Season with is set to include an appearance by Olypia Dukakis in an all-female version of 'The Tempest.' From the perspective of someone…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMTickets for the Classic Stage Company's off-Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo, starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, are now on sale. CSC artistic director…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series will present Real Good Thing, which features Broadway performers and married couple Jenny Powers and Matt Cavenaugh, Feb. 13 at Birdland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMBoston Children's Theatre has announced casting for the world premiere production of Calvin's Monster, to be presented February 4-12 at the Roberts Studio Theatre. Executive Artis…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMNot everyone gets to make a West End splash as a lovesick, poshly spoken, faintly dimwitted chap who also happens to be wildly hairy and vaguely masochistic. “I, too, enjoy pain,&rdquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PMContinuing at The Bushnell in Hartford through January 15th, "Memphis" brings to its tour some eye and ear catching production numbers and a starry performance by Felicia Boswell.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:20PMAlan Menken and Glenn Slater’s musical Leap of Faith may arrive on Broadway earlier than expected. The production, which is slated to star four-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza, is eyein…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PMAfter an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Atlanta Awards This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMCynthia Nixon returned to stage Jan. 5 in the Broadway debut of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit. Playbill.com offers a look back at her theatrical career thus far.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMONCE is the acclaimed new musical that's coming to Broadway after a sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:08PMThe 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, announced Wednesday, salutes four architects of music — from the improvisational saxophone of Sonny Rollins to the Broadway warmth of Barbara Cook, the ten…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:07PMAs promised, at my film blog Gate Dimension, I've listed at nine hit films from the last 30 years that look at money in more than a cursory way. Most all of them are flawed, some are e…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 03:06PMTony Award winner Eddie Redmayne is among the actors on the BAFTA Rising Star Shortlist, which was announced in London earlier today, according to published reports.
Also shortlisted were a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMAlan Gilbert, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, halted the orchestra and made everyone wait when the cellphone belonging to a member of the audience at Tuesday night's concert bega…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:05PM1. “The Book of Mormon” Yep, the “South Park” guys’ musical lives up to the hype. Prepare to laugh, cry, flinch, blanch and, finally, want more. Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:01PMWICKED Charity Night Announcement
WICKED will be hosting a Givenik Charity Night honoring BullyBust on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012. Watch a special announcement from Chandra Lee Schwartz, w…
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Three-time Grammy® Award winner, two-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Harry Connick, Jr. stars in Broadway's new romantic musical. Mr. Connick plays Dr. Mark Bruckner, a do…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:59PMBroadway veterans and real-life husband and wife Matt Cavenaugh and Jenny Powers will perform Real Good Thing as part of The Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, February 13 at 7pm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:53PMIn honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday, New York City Councilman Ruben Wills Queens District 28 will present a New York City Proclamation to the Broadway production of The Mountai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMTony Award nominee Alison Fraser, who starred in the original Broadway production of Romance/Romance, will be part of Amazing Sex – A New Revue, by Tony-nominated songwriters Barry Har…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMDeveloping Musical Theatre (Working In The Theatre #389)
The development and production of musical theatre was the focus of the discussion with our panel of producers - Sue Frost, Robyn Goo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:49PMThe Town Hall has just announced the 12th Season of their acclaimed BROADWAY BY THE YEAR concert series which kicks off with THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1946 on Monday, February 13, 2012. The s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMJosie Lawrence and Gay Soper will join Louise Gold and Caroline Quentin in sharing the role of Pippin's grandmother Berthe in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Pippin, now…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMHyneman and Savage bring their "MythBusters: Behind the Myths" stage show to L.A.'s Nokia Theatre and Riverside's Fox Theater.Hyneman and Savage bring their "MythBusters: Behind the Myths" s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:46PMLuke Mannikus | Priscilla Queen of the Desert
To celebrate Kids' Night on Broadway in February, Givenik.com gave Luke Mannikus, who is currently playing "Benji" in Bette Midle…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:46PMOlympia Dukakis will play a female version of the magician Prospero in a production of "The Tempest" this summer at Shakespeare & Company, based in Lenox, Mass.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:45PMThe Enraged Accompanist's Guide to the Perfect Audition
Written by Andrew Gerle
"I am your accompanist. You do not know me. I am the guy who sits behind the upright in the unflatt…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:45PMAccording to the New York Times, Broadway producer Daryl Roth is currently working on bringing a handful of shows to the Great White Way. Roth revealed in a newletter that she's currently ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMAnnie Funke is joining the cast of SILENCE! THE MUSICAL tomorrow, January 12th in the role of Buffalo Bill’s plus-sized victim, Catherine Martin. SILENCE! THE MUSICAL is the unauthorized p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMDirector Gordon Edelstein discover new facets of Athol Fugard’s play By MARK BLANKENSHIP Reading scripts can be incredibly rewarding, but it’s like smelling your food instead of …
SOURCE: TDF at 02:40PMAdditional presenters have been announced for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards. As previously reported, the prizes will be awarded in a ceremony to be held on Sunday, January 15 in Los An…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMKerry O'Malley, Noah Racey, Alice Ripley, and Tom Wopat will be among the performers in The Broadway Musicals of 1946, to be presented at Town Hall on Monday, February 13.
Created, wri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMSimon Callow will reprise his Being Shakespeare one-man play at the West End's Trafalgar Studios 1 for 30 performances only, beginning March 7 for a run through March 31, prior to season…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMWe'll have a complete BWW TV preview up later, but we couldn't resist bringing you a sneak peek at a production montage for The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS on Broadway The show opens on Thursd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMZayd Dorhn’s new comedy of manners Outside People headed inside the Vineyard Theatre for opening night on January 10. Starring Li Jun Li, Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee and Sonequa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMZayd Dorhn’s new comedy of manners Outside People headed inside the Vineyard Theatre for opening night on January 10. Starring Li Jun Li, Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee and Sonequa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMPriscilla Queen of The Desert Australia- Hot Stuff- Daniel Scott
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Daniel Scott as Felicia- From the Original Australian Cast Recording.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:27PMThe performance schedule for the in-repertory appearances of Tony Award winners Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella in An Iliad — a 100-minute distillation of the Trojan War epic by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMAccording to the New York Times, the musical version of KINKY BOOTS, which had a New York reading back in October, is aiing to open on Broadway next season. Producer Daryl Roth revealed in a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMphoto by Walter McBrideOne of the first reviews I wrote for Back Stage West back in 1993 was a slam of Control Freaks, a lurid and seriously flawed attempt by the playwright Beth Henley to r…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 02:20PMPop singer Aaron Carter has extended his run in the Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. He will chase romance and adventure for an additional three months through April 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMBainbridge Performing Arts has removed Hairspray from its spring 2012 schedule. In its stead, BPA will be presenting The Full Monty, May 10-27.
In this musical, adapted from the hit film by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PMContirbuting to the 'Shit Girls Say' phenomenon that has been blowing up Youtube recently is Broadway veteran Christine Pedi, who in the video below pays tribute to stage legend Liza Minnell…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMOn January 6, Michael Riedel reported in the New York Post that LEAP OF FAITH, which had been planning for a Fall 2012 debut on Broadway was hoping to move to the Spring of 2012 instead. Tod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMWest End actors Louise Dearman (Wicked) and Aaron Sidwell ("EastEnders") have been added to the cast of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird's 1991 biblical musical Children o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMAaron Carter Resigns to Play Matt in The Fantasticks: Triple-platinum recording artist Aaron Carter, originally scheduled to complete his run as Matt in The Fantasticks on January 22, 2012, …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:06PMKathleen Turner discusses how portraying the late iconic Texas columnist, in the West Coast premiere of Red Hot Patriot: The Kiss-Ass Wisdom of Molly Ivins opening tonight at the Geffen, fit…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:05PMAaron Carter has extended his run in the Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks, playing at the Snapple Theatre Center, and will now continue in the role of Matt through April 22.
A mod…
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Broadway veterans Alison Fraser, Jason Graae, and Caesar Samayoa will star in the new revue, Amazing Sex, at Birdland on February 6 at 7pm.
This show is comprised of more than 20 original …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMDirector Susan Fenichell has staged a beautifully intimate production of Donald Margulies' play "Time Stands Still" at Washington's Studio Theatre, anchored by a carefully constructed perfor…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:56PMTriple-platinum recording artist Aaron Carter, originally scheduled to complete his run as Matt in The Fantasticks on January 22, 2012, will remain with the production through April 22, 2012…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - "Star Trek" actor William Shatner is returning to Broadway for the first time in 50 years for a one-man show that will kick off a U.S. national tour, producers said on T…
SOURCE: Reuters at 01:53PM"Leap of Faith" would be the latest addition to a Broadway season that had a dearth of new original musicals only a few months ago.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:52PMPhantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular will play its final performance at The Venetan on September 2, 2012. By the time it closes, the production will have run over six years and played nearly …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMTony and Emmy Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, who was last seen on Broadway in Promises, Promises, recently sat down with Chelsea Handler to talk about her upcoming sitcom, "GC…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Darren Criss rose to teen idol status on Glee thanks to his cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” and in his upc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Darren Criss rose to teen idol status on Glee thanks to his cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” and in his upc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PM“The Jacksonian,” the latest work by the Mississippi-born playwright Beth Henley, is about goings-on in her hometown in 1964.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:39PM"Phantom -- The Vegas Spectacular," the truncated version of the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical playing at The Venetian, has set a closing date of Sept. 2.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:36PMPorchlight Theatre Company is set to present a Valentine's Day cabaret dinner show Down with Love, February 10 and 14 at 7pm.
Compiled and directed by Rebecca Castelli and featuring Po…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMThe Promenade Playhouse has announced casting for A.R. Gurney'sThe Dining Room, to run January 27-March 3. Natalia Lazarus will direct.
Gurney wrote the play as a series of short vign…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMGLEE star Darren Criss started performances on last week in How to Succeed IN BUSINESS alongside Beau Bridges, who is returning to Broadway for the first time in 38 years in his first musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMA new year has begun, and we’re looking forward to all kinds of new things on the theater scene. Of course, when you’ve got your ear to the ground its easy to get excited, and su…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:25PMRoles for Ourselves: Playwrights 2010 (Working In The Theatre #388)
Our distinguished panel of playwrights -- Charles Busch, David Ives, Donald Margulies and Suzan-Lori Parks -- discuss the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:24PMTony winner Victoria Clark will take on the role of Sally Durant Plummer in Follies when the Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman musical transfers from Broadway to the Ahmanson Theatre in Lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMTony winner Victoria Clark will take on the role of Sally Durant Plummer in Follies when the Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman musical transfers from Broadway to the Ahmanson Theatre in Lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMBoasting a stellar cast from stage and screen, SMASH stars Emmy award winning actress Debra Messing, Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston, Katharine McPhee, Jack Davenport, Tony Award nomine…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMAlvin Puentevella and The American Theatre of Actors will present the original version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet beginning Jan. 25 at ATA's Chernuchin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMThe National Board of Review just presented the annual National Board of Review Awards Gala last night, January 10, 2012 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. A star-studded group of hon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMHieronymus, a new play written and directed by OBIE Award winner Nic Ularu, will receive its world premiere at La MaMa E.T.C.'s Club space, running January 20-29.
Hieronymus is a visua…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PMHenry V: Boar's Head | Behind the Scenes | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Props maker Heather Ruthig gives us a quick look at a the process of transforming taxidermie forms into props. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PM(Pictured: Fernando Córdova Hernández, Seth Bockley) Post written by Devon de Mayo Our time working in Mexico with the On the Road program was so fruitful. It was full of laughter and ex…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:10PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy is set to participate in a public conversation, February 7 at 3:30pm at South Camden Theatre Company's Waterfront South Theatre, according to &g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PMJohn Philip Alman, Liz Callaway, Nikki Renee Daniels, Joshua Dixon, Natalie Douglas, Faith Prince, Jason Graae, Lisa Howard, Nicole Johndrow, Daniel Reichard, and Julie Reyburn are featured …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:06PMThe Paley Center for Media and WNET will bring legendary voices and footage to New York metro area public television viewers in the second season of the interview series At the Paley Center …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PM
The 28th Annual Drama League Benefit Gala, which is entitled A Musical Celebration of Broadway Honoring Tony and Emmy Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth, will be held Feb. 6 at the Pierre Hotel …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMVictoria Clark will assume the role of Sally Durant Plummer in Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies for its run at the Ahmanson Theatre, May 3 - June 9. She will join Broadway …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMAs reported in The Hollywood Reporter, the Gay amp Lesbian Critics has announced their 2012 Dorian Award nominations for film and TV.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMAmerican duo show how to deliver inventive mime and high-speed sketch comedy with the bare minimum of props and costumes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:50PMBroadway favorites Cheyenne Jackson, Laura Benanti and Joel Grey are among the stars who will head to the Pierre Hotel on February 6 to help the Drama League honor Tony winner Kristin Chenow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMHübbe has turned Napoli into a triple bill of sorts, where every act comes with its own wildly different period setting and aesthetics
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:41PMThe world premiere of Zayd Dohrn's dark comedy Outside People, starring Matthew Dellapina, Nelson Lee, Li Jun Li and Sonequa Martin-Green, officially opened Jan. 10 at the Vineyard Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMThe Kennedy Centers critically acclaimed Broadway production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheims Tony Award-winning musical Follies will transfer to the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMIt’s been an ongoing joke with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Darren Criss and his Broadway predecessor Daniel Radcliffe that the two had never gotten to meet, b…
SOURCE: boston.broadway.com at 12:39PMIt’s been an ongoing joke with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Darren Criss and his Broadway predecessor Daniel Radcliffe that the two had never gotten to meet, b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMHow to say “deja vu” in Mandarin? Who knows.
But watching Zayd Dohrn’s thoughtful but underdone play “Outside People” downtown, you’re apt to feel it if you’ve seen D…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:38PMStage veterans Kassie DePaiva and Roger Howarth, along will fellow One Life to Live cast mates Kristen Alderson and Michaerl Easton, will join the cast of the ABC drama General Hospital late…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMStage veterans Kassie DePaiva and Roger Howarth, along will fellow One Life to Live cast mates Kristen Alderson and Michaerl Easton, will join the cast of the ABC drama General Hospital late…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMStage veterans Kassie DePaiva and Roger Howarth, along will fellow One Life to Live cast mates Kristen Alderson and Michaerl Easton, will join the cast of the ABC drama General Hospital late…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMAdditional details have been announced for The Drama League's 28th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, which as previously reported will honor Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMDaniel Radcliffe will make his hosting debut on NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on Saturday January 14th. NBC has just released a promo for the show featuring Radcliffe and cast member Jason Sudei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe Drama League Executive Director Gabriel Shanks Gala Chairpersons Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane has announced the roster of special guest for their 28th Annual Musical Celebration of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PM“In the Heights,” the musical about two life-altering summer days among a group of friends and neighbors in a mostly Latino neighborhood in uptown Manhattan, put actor-composer Lin-Manue…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:29PMCynthia Nixon confronts death with a dead-on performance in Wit, the first Broadway production of Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The Tony and Emmy-winning actress stars …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMGlee star Darren Criss won’t be retiring the bow tie after his limited engagement in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ends on January 22. TV Guide has just re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMNew York Festival of Song (NYFOS) has announced updated casting for the previously reported A Modern Person's Guide to Hooking Up and Breaking Up, to be presented February 14 and 16 at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:27PM[#30-21; #40-31] [Last year's countdown] The countdown continues! Get ready for some devastating ballads and a few happy songs that are so happy you’ll probably freak with all the happ…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:26PMJerry Zaks, Carolee Carmello, and Patina Miller are confirmed to appear at SISTER ACT SONGS AND TALK-BACK WITH THE CAST on Tuesday Jan 24th from 12-1 pm at 92YTribeca. Tickets are from 18.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMRitz Theater gets largest single award to help with its balance sheet.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:19PMDance Moms - Season 2 Episode 1 - Everyone's Replaceable Recap
Dance Moms Season 2 Episode 1 premiered on Lifetime with "Everyone's Replaceable." In this episode of FYI, T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:18PMBroadway is making way to a new Spring filled with new productions on The Great White Way. And one of those shows is really beginning to take shape now. The new Gershwin musical bringing big…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:16PMLiz Meriwether, Theresa Rebeck and Julie Taymor will be honored during the opening night celebration of the Athena Film Festival, to be held on February 9 on the Barnard College campus.
Tay…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMTickets are now on sale for Altantic Theater Company’s world premiere of Gabe McKinley’s CQ/CX. Directed by David Leveau, performances begin January 25 at off-Broadway's Pete…
SOURCE: boston.broadway.com at 12:14PMTickets are now on sale for Altantic Theater Company’s world premiere of Gabe McKinley’s CQ/CX. Directed by David Leveau, performances begin January 25 at off-Broadway's Sign…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMWriter-director (and Pittsburgh native) Robert Cucuzza plucks August Strindberg's Miss Julie from the "classic" stage and drops it back into the experimental-theater arena, where it began, w…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 12:13PMTicket sales on Broadway dropped 36 percent last week, as New York's legitimate theatre district entered its traditional January doldrums.
Through the week ending January 8, sales dropped to…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:11PMJoyful Noise - From Here to the Moon Dance Scene - Behind the Scenes (HD)
Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson have a beautiful waltz dance scene in the musical film Joyful Noise. Watch as c…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:09PMWeeds star Justin Kirk stepped into the role of Trip Wyeth in Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities on January 10, joining a family headed by Stockard Channing and Stacy Keach. On hand…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMU2's Bono and the Edge created Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but staged it in the US. Why doesn't this nation of musicians and playwrights stage more shows?I've sat through some jaw-droppin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PMJoyful Noise - Man In The Mirror - Behind the Scenes (HD)
In Joyful Noise Keke Palmer belts out a tear-jerking rendition of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror." Watch as cho…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:08PMIconic singer Aretha Franklin will perform and be honored with "The Power Award at The Essence Music Festival, to be held in New Orleans, July 6-8, 2012.
This year's theme is &qu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:08PMIconic singer Aretha Franklin will perform and be honored with "The Power Award at The Essence Music Festival, to be held in New Orleans, July 6-8, 2012.
This year's theme is &qu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:08PMBook now for The Importance of Being Earnest - Top Trice tickets for £20 (usually £35) on all performances between 31 January and 11 February.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:06PMAlec Baldwin, George Clooney, Helen Mirren and many more stars of stage and screen attended the National Board Of Review Awards Gala Jan. 10 at Cipriani in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMBE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S POLL (TO YOUR LEFT)!The Broadway Box Office Top Ten for the 32nd week of the 2011 - 2012 season (January 2 - 8; 31 productions):1. The Book of …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMTony winner Victoria Clark, who played Sally Durant Plummer in the City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, will reprise that role when the Kenned…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMToday in 1976, Pacific Overtures opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 193 performances. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a libretto by John Weidman, and additional…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMJan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige will reprise their roles in the revival of "Follies" when it opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 9.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMLloyd Watts and Charlie Hudson III have joined the cast of the Signature Theatre Company world-premiere production of Hurt Village, the new play by Katori Hall, author of Broadway's The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Waiting In The Wings (Working In The Theatre #387)
Their roles as understudies on Broadway was the focal point for this panel of actors -- Tony Carlin ("Lend Me A Tenor"), Bryan F…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:59AMLillias White will star in Amas Musical Theatre's The American Song Book and Beyond, April 2 at 7pm at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.
The American Song Book and Beyond will featu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMShe may inhabit a stark doctor’s office onstage in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, but Kerry O’Malley’s real-life quarters at the St. James Theatre are much more inviti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMWhoopi Goldberg will guest star on ABC's The Middle, according to a report on TVGuide.com. She will appear as a guidance counselor for Sue, the character played by Eden Shur.
Goldberg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMTony Award winner and Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth stopped by E's 'Chelsea Lately' last night, January 10, where she chatted about Cabbage Patch Dolls, her new series GCB, and more Cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMThe 10th Annual June Briggs Awards Ceremony honoring excellence in New York Citys hospitality and destination management services, as well as outstanding contributions to New Yorks cultural…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMWashington, D.C.-area actors Arthur Rowan, who plays King Arthur, and Adam Grabau, who plays Sir Lancelot and other characters, will be featured in the cast of Monty Python's Spamalot, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:45AMOn Tuesday, January 10, Paulo Szot debuted his solo show, An Evening with Paulo Szot, which will play the Cafe Carlyle through January 28.
The show, which is his third engagement at the Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMCalled the "Cosmic Opera," the series will feature performances by actors in burlesque garb, a live string orchestra, opera singers, elaborate stage sets and a complex laser show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:39AMRob Ruggiero To Oversee Artistic Side Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageSteve Campo, the founding artistic and executive director…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:37AMLast June, comedian Tracy Morgan took a lot of heat for the stand-up routine that he performed in Nashville, in which he went into a homophobic rant. Morgan will return to television this we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWNET/THIRTEEN will begin airing the interview series At the Paley Center at 8:30pm on Wednesday, January 19. The series will also air on Tuesdays at 10:30pm on WLIW21 beginning on January 24…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMRiding on the heels of the Les Miserables movie comes news of the long awaited Into the Woods movie adaptation and Jersey Boys. Both movies have some heavy hitters attached to them. Rob Mars…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:30AMThe Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association has announced the nominations for the organization's Dorian Awards. The winners will be announced on January 16.
Actors nominated …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:28AMThe tiny Jermyn Street Theatre is unusual among London's studio theatres in its location a few steps from Picadilly Circus, and because of its atmosphere, which owes more to old-fashioned We…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 11:25AMVoices of a People's History
will present The People Speak, Live!, featuring Oscar winner Matt Damon ("Good Will Hunting"), Jan. 31 at The Metro in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMIt’s here!! It’s here!! As of mid-December, Facebook started rolling out its new personal profile interface called Timeline. Now, Timeline is hardly a new thing: those of us who …
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:23AMWilliam Shatner is boldly going back to where he once appeared — Broadway. The actor, singer and writer best known as James T. Kirk on “Star Trek” will star in a one-man show called �…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:22AMKristin Chenoweth may only stand at 4’11, but what the Tony winner lacks in height, she definitely makes up for in personality. The Broadway vet stopped by Chelsea Lately on January 10…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMFour-year-old Alexei Orohovsky watched Ali's variation from Le Corsaire on Youtube, and then came up with his own version at his summer dance intensive. Enjoy! (And watch out for this kid in…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:21AMA photocall was held at the West End's Piccadilly theatre today as the Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated Ghost the Musical welcomed its new cast to the show.
Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans wi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12AMWhen I glimpse at the homepage on Facebook, which is currently closed on my browser while I have Reuters, the Tribune and the New York Times open, I tend to see a lot of news-related links t…
SOURCE: Fragments at 11:11AMEric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe will help forge a "brand new state" in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMEric Ankrim, Alexandra Zorn and Kyle Scatliffe will help forge a "brand new state" in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMJohn Logan will write the script for a film version of the stage musical I>Jersey Boys, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The musical, which opened in November 2005, is based on t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMThe “VIP Access” column serves up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from the experts. For January, we’ve go…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:02AMNew leadership: The Metropolitan Museum of Art hires Sheena Wagstaff, chief curator of Tate Modern in London, in a bid to become a "serious competitor in the field of contemporary art for th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMThe Presidency of the United States could be one of the most valuable things in the world, which is why millions and millions and billions of dollars are spent on advertising and marketing, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Hairspray's Annie Funke will join the cast of Silence! The Musical — billed as the "unauthorized parody of 'The Silence of the Lambs'" — beginning Jan. 12 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM"I always felt that there was something else to come," says Baitz. "I sort of wake up every day in a kind of weird state of gratitude. It feels like a war ended for me, actually."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:56AMThe actor, singer and writer best known as James T. Kirkon "Star Trek" will star in a one-man show called "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:54AMFlorida Studio Theatre has announced casting for Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall, January 25-March 31. Kate Alexander will direct.
Next Fall portrays the ups and downs of one gay male cou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMAnnie Funke will take over the role of Catherine Martin in the Off-Broadway production of Silence! The Musical, at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, beginning Thursday, January…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMTony Award nominee Kelsey Grammer (La Cage aux Folles) is among the list of guest stars set for the upcoming season of NBC's "30 Rock," according to EW.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMOscar-nominated director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine) is teaming up with Disney for a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, according to The Hollywood …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AMOscar-nominated director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine) is teaming up with Disney for a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, according to The Hollywood …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AMThis production does what it does well, and its playfulness, humor and moments of poignancy certainly make it worth seeing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:41AMBen Cameron talks about Cornerstone Theater Company, one of the companies whose work has greatly inspired us.
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 10:39AMProducing's New Voices (Working In The Theatre #386)
Injecting new energy and a new perspective into both commercial and not for profit theatre was among the topics discussed by our pan…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:33AMCarolee Carmello and Patina Miller, who currently star as Mother Superior and Deloris Van Cartier, respectively, in Broadway's Sister Act will join that show's director, Jerry Zaks…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMTony and Olivier Award-nominated Sister Act star Patina Miller will join Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks and two-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello to discuss and perform from the disco-fue…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMKeith Baker, Madi DiStefano, Jack Koenig and Anette Sanders will appear in the Bristol Riverside Theatre's world premere of A Raw Space, the new play by Jon Marans, the author of The Tem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMAccording to the NY Post, Broadway favorites Andrew Rannells, Annaleigh Ashford, and Colin Donnell took part in a workshop last month for a stage version of 'Diner.' Based on the 1982 Barry …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMAre you one of the thousands already following BroadwayWorld.com, the biggest theatre site on the net on Twitter and Facebook
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMTony Award-winning Red playwright John Logan will adapt the Tony-winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys for the silver screen, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMSo, go see "The Seafarer," the grotesque, outstanding new show at West End Players Guild, then tell everyone you know. And find out who your real friends are.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:29AMJohn Logan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter and Tony-winning author of Red, has been tapped to adapt the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys for the big screen, according to The Hollywood Repo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMHuntington Theatre Company presents Yasima Reza'sGod of Carnage, starring Brooks Ashmanskas, Stephen Bogardus, Johanna Day and Christy Pusz. The Tony-winning hit began performances at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMHuntington Theatre Company presents Yasima Reza'sGod of Carnage, starring Brooks Ashmanskas, Stephen Bogardus, Johanna Day and Christy Pusz. The Tony-winning hit began performances at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMSimon Callow will perform his solo show Being Shakespeare at London's Trafalgar Studios 1, March 7-31. Tom Cairns has directed the production, which, as previously announced will subse…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:19AMWilliam Shatner, best known as the original Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, will star in a limited Broadway engagement of Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, to play the Music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMThe Carlyle Hotel's legendary Caf Carlyle just kicked off a concert series last night, January 10, featuring Tony winner Paulo Szot. Szot will ring in the New Year with an all new program in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe "Star Trek" actor's one-man show, called "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It," will begin performances next month and will be his first Broadway production in more than 50 years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:15AMJennifer Lane
Hometown: Troy, Michigan
Current Town: Astoria, New York
Q: Tell me about Fizz.
A: The Fizz Plays are a collection of 10-minute pieces written by the 2012 terr…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:10AMMany of you may have enjoyed Shane Bertram Baker’s Vaudephones here a few days ago (see here and here). Yesterday his publicist sent me a press release that was so self-deprecatingly …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, to run February 3 - March 4. Peter Rothstein will direct the production, which will have choreography …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:02AMMark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, offers his thoughts on selling the live experience "We in the (live) sports business don’t sell the game, we sell unique, emotional experiences. …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AMPlaybill has announced the acquisition of the online professional theatre index Boffo Box (www.boffobox.com), which will serve as the foundation for a new subscription-based service aimed at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Tim Rice rejects Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'pessimistic' fears and says the Olympics will be 'a major benefit to the theatre world'Tim Rice has spoken out against his former collaborator Andrew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMThe Soviet Union was the bogeyman that threatened what Superman used to call “The American way” when I was a kid. It lost the gig when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Since the…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:59AMZayd Dohrn's world premiere play, Outside People, co-produced by Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels, opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard on Tuesday, January 10.
Set in modern-day Beiji…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59AMA photocall was held at the West End's Piccadilly theatre today as the Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated Ghost the Musical welcomed its new cast to the show.
Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans wi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMSave up to 35 on Silence The Musical. Selected as one of the year's TOP 10 Plays and Musicals - Time Magazine.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AMRob Marshall will direct a film version of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lapine is writing the script for the movie and Sondh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:49AMPhantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular will end its run at The Venetian Sept. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting for the role of Berthe in Pippin, which continues its run through February 25. Gay Soper will take over the role from Caroline Quentin on J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMBAFTA has announced the five nominated stars who are up for the 2012 Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award, the only publicly voted award to be presented at the ceremony in February.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMA workshop of the new musical Diner, inspired by the critically acclaimed 1982 film, was held prior to the holidays, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMFilichia has done it again What is a reviewer to do when a book shows up for review that has a pull quote from him praising the author to high heaven? Is it a conflict of interest to praise …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:27AMAn initial lineup of presenters has been announced for the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be handed out January 29 in Los Angeles and aired live on TNT and TBS.
Among t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:26AMWilliam Shatner, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his work on TV's "Star Trek" and "Boston Legal," will bring his one-man show to Broadway's Music Box Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMThe Off Broadway Alliance will again sponsor 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off Broadway. The promotion begins January 18th and continues through February 6th. Throughout the promoti…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:18AMChristina Hendricks attended the Cirque du Soleil show Iris, A Journey Through the World of Cinema, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, January 10. After the performance, she vi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:17AMEve Myles and Susannah Fielding will star alongside Zach Braff in the UK premiere of his Off-Broadway comedy All New People.
The production will run at the Manchester Opera House (8-11 Feb…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMEve Myles and Susannah Fielding will star alongside Zach Braff in the UK premiere of his Off-Broadway comedy All New People.
The production will run at the Manchester Opera House (8-11 Feb…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:07AMActor recipients Ed Helms, Julianna Margulies and Natalie Portman will join Actor nominee Armie Hammer, SAG Awards social network ambassador Regina King and SAG President Ken Howard as prese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AM“Jersey Boys,” the jukebox musical about the career of Frankie Valli and his 1960s pop group the Four Seasons, is coming to the big screen, and John Logan will write the screenplay. Loga…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 09:00AMThe Tony Award winner's thrilling new show at the Cafe Carlyle practically redefines the art of romance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Green Mountain Project's performance was music making at its best, historically informed, musically revealing, and sensitively and energetically performed -- one could not ask for more.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:56AMLegit News:
Partnership to yield co-productions
SOURCE: Variety at 08:52AMTuesday night's New York Philharmonic performance of the Mahler Ninth was stopped dead by an unusual instrument--the iPhone.
SOURCE: super-conductor.blogspot.com at 08:42AMA man walks on to the stage, accompanied by friends. It is night, and he is a decade older than he was that morning. He has buried his young daughter today – dead, suddenly and inexplicabl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AMLegit News:
Actress to replace Peters for Ahmanson run
SOURCE: Variety at 08:31AMThe Hollywood Reporter broke the news that director Rob Marshall is reteaming with Disney for a film adaptation of Into the Woods, the classic Broadway musical written by Stephen Sondheim an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:25AMThe theatre was necessarily desexualized (Beckett) before it could be resexualized again (Barker). … The thing-in-itself is as unknowable in the theatre as it is unknowable in the phen…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:18AMIt just so happens that this month I've got two reviews of Sondheim that are only accessible in print form. First, a belated consideration of the current Follies in the latest Sondheim Revie…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 08:17AMOscar and Tony nominated director Rob Marshall will once again team with Disney to bring a film-adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical “Into the Woods” to the big screen, according…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 08:00AMThe Broadway star discusses starring in the Alley Theatre's production of The Toxic Avenger and the film version of Rock of Ages.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMAlso: 'Veronica's Room' at the Bickford and Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Born this day in 1904, Pine Top Smith is credited with popularizing the “boogie woogie” style of piano playing (at least under that name), by virtue of the 1928 record release of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AMJean-Paul Sartre's existentialist masterpiece Huis Clos is revived at Trafalgar Studios 2 from 9 January 2012 (previews from 5 January), the final production in the Donmar Warehouse's latest…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:42AMIt's official, Wililam Shatner's SHATNER'S WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT will play from February 14 - March 4 at the Music Box Theater on Broadway, before embarking on a national tour. A statemen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMAfter more than six years and nearly 2,700 performances, PhantomThe Las Vegas Spectacular will end its historic run at The Venetian on September 2, 2012. This stunning theatrical spectacle w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMNovelist and playwright Michael Frayn has made a career from uncovering the absurdities of real life. He meets Andrew Dickson to discuss farce, failure and flops – and how he switched from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory's tech heavy "Pippin" brought out the nerd in me. Arriving in the auditorium is a complete delight, wandering through a detailed teenage boy's bedroom before ent…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 07:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 11 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Things are starting to cook for Barry Levinson’s “Diner.” Sources say the musical, based on his 1982 autobiographical movie of the same title, had a “creative workshop” — with Le…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:55AMWith 28 performers, 12 musicians and a host of gigantic set pieces that are fluidly brought into place on a revolving stage, Bristol Riverside Theatre’s Gypsy is the most expensive in its …
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 05:47AMRunning down from her balcony, Tamara Rojo’s shy Juliet can’t quite meet her Romeo’s eye. So, taking a gulping breath, she catches his hand and presses it to her heart.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:41AMINTERVIEW: TASH FAIRBANKS and TOBY WHARTON The co-authors of Fog, which is currently playing at the Finborough Theatre, tell Aleks Sierz about their unique cross-generational collaboration, …
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:38AMInto the Woods
© Into the Woods
Rob Marshall has been tagged by Disney to bring Sondheim and Lapine's dramedy musical, Into the Woods, to the big screen.
Marshall has had numerous succe…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:37AMThos and Nick sit down to discuss and share their thoughts on the various productions they saw during 2011! Hear about Shrek, Betty Blue Eyes, Ghost, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Wizard of OZ, Cr…
SOURCE: traffic.libsyn.com at 05:29AMThos and Nick sit down to discuss and share their thoughts on the various productions they saw during 2011! Hear about Shrek, Betty Blue Eyes, Ghost, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Wizard of OZ, C…
SOURCE: musicaltalk.co.uk at 05:29AMMeet Da'vine Joy Randolph - Broadway's Oda Mae Brown!
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Da'vine appears as Oda Mae for selected performances at the Piccadilly Theatre until January 16…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:19AMWilliam Shatner
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Will wonders never cease? William Shatner is confirmed to play a limited engagement on Broadway. No, he's not taking over as the "Phantom" or "Fiyero."…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:09AM
Sandra Bernhard is sultry-songed, pouty, potty-mouthed and a general stitch -- just what you expect (and hope for) -- at the Painted Bride. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:57AMRenee Calarco is onto something when she suggests in her new play, “The Religion Thing,” that America’s biggest taboo isn’t talking about sex — or even, as plays such as “Clybour…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:49AMLeading Ladies (Working In The Theatre #380)
Our four Tony Award winning Leading Ladies -- Laura Benanti, Beth Leavel, Bebe Neuwirth and Alice Ripley - discuss performances they've seen…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:31AMThe British stage-and-screen actor Simon Callow will appear at the Broadway Playhouse in the spring, it was announced Tuesday evening.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29AMHere’s a story I wrote about David Wheeler, who died last week, and his marvelous theater in Boston, which predeceased him. I got to know David when he was at Robert Brustein’s Ameri…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:18AMDouble Salami.Double Salami.Double Salami.Remember: BEST by February 14th, 2012.More soon. . . . . . .
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:17AMActor, Playwright, Producer New York, New York USA I wish I could be 100% original but I am afraid that the play that changed my life has probably changed the lives of hundreds or possibly t…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMThe Blue Dragon setupThe Robert Lepage work opens this week in Toronto
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMZero Mostel performs "An Actor Prepares," a sketch from An Evening with Zero Mostel, his one-man stage show, telecast in...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"I have no ideas before I write a play. I have them when I have written the play or while...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe holiday decorations are mostly packed away and even the New Year’s eve parties are becoming dim memories (at least, those that are remembered at all). Yes, the winter blahs are upon us…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMRed Hot Patriot:
The Kick-Ass Wit
of Molly Ivins, starring Kathleen Turner as the late journalist, opens Jan. 11 following previews from Jan. 3 at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angele…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 14th season of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series in the Allen Room of Jazz at Lincoln Center kicks off Jan. 11 with Tony-winning In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJasmine Guy, Keith Randolph Smith, Crystal Fox and Geoffrey Darnell Williams star in Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage, beginning Jan. 11 at Atlanta's Alliance Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGhost Light, a co-production of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre, officially opens Jan. 11, following previews that began Jan. 6, on Berk…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway company of Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, the drama about the race and change in an American neighborhood, reunites for a Jan. 11-Feb. 26 engagement at Center Theatre Gro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe canaries are bathed, the flat-screen televisions wired up, and the leaves of the rubber plants washed.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AMZayd Dohrn's Outside People, a production of the Vineyard Theatre and Naked Angels, directed by Evan Cabnet, has the unlucky timing of opening the same season as a much higher-profile play a…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMOn arriving at The Public, the audience is asked to line the hallway outside the Newman Theater, leading up to a banner proclaiming "The End." After a few minutes of waiting, the intrepid me…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
