Ian Spring, and Melissa Ullom inDavid Parson's Round My WorldPhoto: Krista BonuraLet's cut to the chase: David Parsons' piece Caught is stunning, impressive, and magical. I see it at least o…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:28PM'Harry Potter' star and Broadway vet Daniel Radcliffe just wrapped up a run in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING on January 1, and the actor's new movie 'Woman in Black' is ge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14PMGeoffrey Pugen and Tibi Tibi Neuspiel created the most memorable moment at last year’s Nuit Blanche with The Tie Break. This week, they bring it from the cold.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01PMA full list of presenters has been announced for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards. As previously reported, to be held on Sunday, January 15 in Los Angeles and aired live on NBC. Ricky Ger…
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Ed Swidey's new play in a Simpatico Theatre Project production is a complete surprise -- complex physical and experimental theater for audiences from about age three to the eldest among us. …
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BOTTOM LINE: Parsons Dance is back and better than ever—high caliber work that’s still audience-friendly.
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A one-night only concert reading presentation of the parody Twilight The Musical is being presented by Ulmer Theatricals, Moxyrah Productions, and Dreamcatcher Entertainment, January 16th, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20PMThe girls of a poet’s dreams. A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fok…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:16PMA talented and diverse group of women will join Kelly Ripa as guest co-hosts on LIVE with Kelly the week of January 23-27, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMOur New Girl, LondonThe artistic directors' game of musical chairs continues: following the departure of Michael Grandage from the Donmar, his replacement and protege, Josie Rourke, helms he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWhether or not you agree with what David Cameron said about the film industry this week, whether or not you think it insufficiently mainstream (as he does) or too mainstream, at least the Pr…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMTheatre lovers have camped outside the Apollo theatre in London for up to 36 hours to secure the last tickets to the most acclaimed play in the West End.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe most prestigious theatre company in France, the Comédie Française, has been thrown into confusion over a 332-year-old pay agreement.
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Broadway received a Gershwin infusion last night, January 12, with the opening of "The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Helmed by Diane Paulus, the musical adapts a…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 06:46PMThe Redlands Shakespeare Festival sent out an email Friday saying that thieves have made off with the festival's stock of medieval and Renaissance swords. The festival said that in all, more…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMThe Whiteness of the Black Box (by Julian Mesri on julianmesri.com)
SOURCE: direct address at 06:33PMGeorge Gershwin’s creation bears little resemblance to this production by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:29PMIt’s hard to believe another week on Broadway has come to an end, but here we are with another 10 lessons from the last seven days, from Oscar winner with Broadway dreams to long-await…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:25PMFrom her Tony-nominated turns in “Les Miserables,” “Chess” and “She Loves Me” to the film cartoon “Pocahontas,” Judy Kuhn is known for her clear, crisp singing and for connec…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:23PMLaura Osnes has been cast as Suzy in the New York City Center Encores! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream running March 28 - April 1. Pipe Dream will be directed by Marc Br…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 06:20PMI was in Paris recently and trekked down into the famed catacombs. In the chilly, damp, low light I walked 2 kilometers through the cramped tunnels that were lined with human remains. Peerin…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 06:20PMPorgy and Bess was groundbreaking: an opera about poor African-Americans in South Carolina, starring a cripple, a tramp, and a drug dealer. This weekend a new production opens on Broadway …
SOURCE: Studio 360 at 06:20PMWhy is it that a loving relationship is more apt to withstand bombs than the dormant aftermath? Playwright Donald Margulies poses this question in the steadily engrossing “Time Stands Stil…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:15PMGeorge Hamilton is nothing if not a good sport. For 30 years, the actor has played along in a national running joke about his mahogany tan — which at its darkest, admittedly, made John Boe…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:15PMMark Rothko’s studio, at 222 Bowery in New York, was a former gymnasium with a hardwood floor spattered with paint. Todd Rosenthal’s set design for “Red,” the Goodman Theatre/Arena S…
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Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff and stage and screen star Merritt Wever
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PMTony Award nominee Jonathan Groff and stage and screen star Merritt Wever
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PMAnthony Fusco will adapt and direct Niccolò Machiavelli's 16th-century satire The Mandrake, to be performed by the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Master of Fine Arts …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:58PMFrom the tenements of Catfish Row to the swanky party at the McKittrick Hotel, it was an emotional evening at the January 12 Broadway opening of Diane Paulus’ reimagined Porgy and Bess…
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:57PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, January 13, 2012 Breaking news: ‘Leap Of Faith’ To Open on B’way UPI A stage adaptation of the 1992 film “Leap of Faith” is to …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:44PMAll the World’s a Stage, Even a Motel, a Mint or a Bus → The New York Times takes a look at Mugwumpin’s show Future Power Motive at the Old Mint, plus other shows in unconventional…
SOURCE: direct address at 05:44PMThe beloved Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess has returned to Broadway in a new production with a dream cast. Directed by Diane Paulus, the musical officially bowed on January 12 at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMBuck Henry, John Kelly, Dawn Saito, and Mary Schultz will be among the guest artists appearing in writer/director/designer John Jesurun's Stopped Bridge of Dreams, to receive it's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:40PMBuck Henry, John Kelly, Dawn Saito, and Mary Schultz will be among the guest artists appearing in writer/director/designer John Jesurun's Stopped Bridge of Dreams, to receive it's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:40PMLast Chance for 39 tickets to FELA at the Ahmanson
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will dedicate the performance
of Saturday, January 14, to the memory of longtime timpanist
Richard Holmes.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:32PMEarlier this week, BroadwayWorld brought you a special video of Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and his past IN THE HEIGHTS costar Mandy Gonzalez singing an awesome remix of Jay-Z and Alicia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMMobbed Episode 4 - Divorce and Son - Just Haven't Met You Yet Flash Mob
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:31PMJOYFUL NOISE was released in theaters on today, January 13th from Warner Brothers Pictures. The comedy is written and directed by Todd Graff and stars Jeremy Jordan, Kris Kristofferson, Quee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMBroadway favorite Jeremy Jordan doesn’t just sell newspapers on stage, he makes headlines in real life! Not only is Jordan starring alongside Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in Joyful N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PMBroadway favorite Jeremy Jordan doesn’t just sell newspapers on stage, he makes headlines in real life! Not only is Jordan starring alongside Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in Joyful N…
SOURCE: indianapolis.broadway.com at 05:29PMHamptonites HENRY BUEHL, JOE COHEN, RAY MERRITT and JANET LEHR Support Palm Beach Photographic Center in MAJOR exhibition-thru March. Janet Lehr: ArtMkt RecapBoys Boxing:…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:17PMErin Kelley wrote and stars in "Portrait of My People"
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:17PMThe Long Wharf Theatre has announced that My Name Is Asher Lev will replace the world-premiere stage production of Sophie's Choice, which was to star Carla Gugino this spring at the Conn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMOn Tuesday, January 17th the hit Broadway musical Wicked, recently named highest grossing Broadway show of the year for the eighth time, will join with Givenik.com to raise funds and awarene…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Jan. 2-8 as reported by The Broadway League.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:57PMThe cast of writer/director Layon Gray's Black Angels Over Tuskegee, which performs Off-Broadway at The Actors' Temple Theatre, were among the guests who joined four-time Oscar nom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMThe Argentine director Mariano Pensotti talks about his piece "El Pasado Es un Animal Grotesco" ("The Past Is a Grotesque Animal").
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:51PMThe Guthrie Theater has announced casting for its upcoming production of Time Stands Still, to run April 7-May 20. Artistic Director Joe Dowling will direct.
In Time Stands Still, James is…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMThe Vancouver Opera has announced its 2012-2013 season and once again there is no shortage of surprises in the choices the company and its general director, James W. Wright, have come up wit…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:50PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMWhy are you excited about "Carrie"?- Michael Patrick Walker
Co-creator and co-writer of Altar Boyz, Michael Patrick Walker, shares why he's excited about "Carrie" at…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:34PMCelebrated performer Lin-Manuel Miranda kicked off Lincoln Center's American Songbook series this past week with a hip-hop take on the life and times of founding father Alexander Hamilton.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:34PMWhy are you excited about "Carrie"?-Jay Armstrong Johnson
MCC Alum Jay Armstrong Johnson ("Wild Animals You Should Know, " 2011) shares why he's excited about "…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:34PM"Red" is about creativity and destruction, Apollonian rigor and Dionysian instinct, fathers and sons, love and rejection, life and death.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:33PMThe RRazz Room is set to present Shirley Jones' An Evening Of Story & Song, October 23-28.
Jones is familiar to audiences from films like Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMLast night, the first musical of 2012, Porgy & Bess, opened to great reviews. This upcoming six months on Broadway should be a very exciting. At least, it’s going to be a lot bette…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 04:31PMJoining the previously announced Samantha Spiro in the title role of Eduardo de Filippo's Filumena, which begins performances at London's Almeida Theatre March 15 prior to an officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMThe show hasn’t quite found its flow yet but the fine performances - including Megan Follows as Penelope - are not to be missed
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PMJust in time for a big birthday, Tony-winning diva LaChanze is gearing up to bring her “milestone concert” to Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series on January 19. The b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMNewly minted Newsies star Jeremy Jordan joined film and TV favorite Keke Palmer at Planet Hollywood in Times Square on January 13, where they donateda to promote the release of their n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMNewly minted Newsies star Jeremy Jordan joined film and TV favorite Keke Palmer at Planet Hollywood in Times Square on January 13, where they donated a costume to promote the release of thei…
SOURCE: indianapolis.broadway.com at 04:21PMJacqueline B. Arnold, Lisa Howard, and Anastacia McCleskey -- who play the roles of the "Diva" trio in Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert -- will perform a medley of dan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:17PMDolly Parton talks about her career as a singer and actress. She's starred in "Steel Magnolias" and "Nine to Five," and her latest role is in the film “Joyful Noise.” She plays one of th…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:15PMThe Goodman Theatre and the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble will partner with Theater of War Productions, to present two readings of Sophocles' Ajax and Philoktetes, at the Goodman's Ow…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMThe Public Theater will begin previews of GOB SQUADS KITCHEN Youve Never Had It So Good, devised and performed by the GermanBritish Collective GOB SQUAD on Thursday, January 19. A hit at las…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMMuch Ado About Nothing: Stage Floor Time-Lapse | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Spanning a 4 week period, watch as the Much Ado About Nothing stage floor goes from plywood to paint in under…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:10PMKatori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama The Mountaintop, which had previously extended its run at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre by one week, will close Jan. 22. Although there had been…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMAntoni Cimolino to be interviewed for job of Stratford artistic director in February
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:09PMTheatreWorks will present the West Coast premiere of Carly Mensch's Now Circa Then, March 7-April 1 at the Lucie Stern Theatre. New Works Director Meredith McDonough will direct.
Writ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMGeorge Gershwin’s creation bears little resemblance to the production concocted by Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre L. Murray, writes Martin Bernheimer
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMAs Simon Stephens’ inventive new play puts fictional despot King Ubu on trial, Sarah Hemming explores the courtroom drama genre
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMStage veteran and television star Eliza Dushku, and her boyfriend, former basketball player turned actor Rick Fox, attended a performance of Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE at The M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMStage veteran and television star Eliza Dushku, and her boyfriend, former basketball player turned actor Rick Fox, attended a performance of Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE at The M…
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According to MTV News, Tony winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey are busy writng the score for the movie musical, 'Sweet Valley High.' Based on the book series of the same title, the movie will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMWith its new edgy production of Cabaret, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre takes an often thrilling left turn into adult, thought-provoking theater that this home of mainstream crowd-pleasers rarely…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:53PMThe Repertory Theatre of St. Louis The Rep opened Sunday in the Park with George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PM"The experience of watching Jerusalem confirmed something in me I’ve suspected for some time. In life, I may be a progressive Christian, but when it comes to the theater, I’m a complete …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 03:52PMThe Jan. 16 reading of Twilight: The Musical, which parodies the "Twilight" books and films, is completely sold out, according to a spokesperson for the event at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMA six-weekend run for a dance production in a small LA theater? That's what casebolt and smith, AKA Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith, are attempting with O(h) at Actors Company Theatre. They're d…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:40PMBroadway got a dose of Dolly Parton when she helped bring her movie 9 to 5 to the Rialto in 2009, but after seeing Parton back in acting action in her new movie Joyful Noise (opppo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMWSC Avant Bard is to present An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon II: The Wrath of (Michael) Kahn, March 4 at 8pm at the Rosslyn Spectrum in Arlington
Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of Sha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:37PMLatin-American star Marco Zunino will make his Broadway debut as slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago beginning Jan. 16, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMAfter a year and a half hiatus, Seth Rudetsky's famed Seth's Broadway Chatterbox has returned to Don't Tell Mama. Seth's Broadway Chatterbox includes interviews and performances by noted Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMIts looks as though Broadway’s clear day has a new forecast of gloomy weather. Yesterday things took an interesting turn of events in New York City as producers of the reborn classic m…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:24PMNew World Records has released Sunshine and Shadows, a compendium of songs by Donald Ashwander. The disc features vocals by Sharon Moore and liner notes by Max Morath.
Ashwander was reside…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMNew World Records has released Sunshine and Shadows, a compendium of music by Donald Ashwander. The disc features vocals by Sharon Moore and liner notes by Max Morath.
Ashwander was reside…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMOn Stage at Kingsborough has announced the productions set for its spring 2012 season, which will run February-May.
Modern dance company RIOULT will perform with Brooklyn elementary and mid…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal collaborators Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey will provide the score to the new movie musical based on the "Sweet Valley High" young …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMA new version of the musical classic "Porgy and Bess" has made its Broadway debut.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:15PMCelebrated vocalist and drag performer Joey Arias will be featured in a concert by the Ben Allison Band, to be held in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, on Friday, February 3, at 10pm.
The band i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:14PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMAfter an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Baltimore Awards This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMLikely to be a three-hanky weepie, featuring stunning photography by Janusz Kaminski and an original score from John Williams, is a new picture directed by Steven Spielberg. In War Horse a y…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:01PMThe Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess has returned to Broadway in a new production that puts the romance of the story center stage. Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Marlene, Peter and Kim he…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMFew Broadway shows this season have experienced more controversy and critical hand-wringing before opening night than "The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess," a new version of the classic opera that…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PM
There's one reason to see this film: Meryl Streep. The Iron Lady follows Britain’s Margaret Thatcher from aspiring politician to political powerhouse, from loving wife to grieving widow. S…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 02:57PMStage and TV star John Stamos will join The Beach Boys for its 50th Anniversary Reunion tour, according to TMZ.
The tour -- which brings together Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:57PMSinger-songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld will offer a concert celebrating his recently released concept album, "Iron & Coal," a semi-autobiographical rock theatrical song cycle, Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, 'The Help's Jessica Chastain has just signed on to lend her voice in the upcoming animated film from DreamWorks, MADAGASCAR 3 Europe's Most Wanted.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PM"Glee," the Fox hit television series, will return with a new episode Jan. 17. Before the McKinley High students gear up for some Grease songs in the episode, which is entitled &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMSignature Theatre Company presents BLOOD KNOT, which is the first play in the Residency One Athol Fugard Series, runs January 31 - March 11, 2012 with a February 16th opening night. BLOOD KN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMTheater veterans Jessica Chastain and Martin Short, along with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, have joined the voice cast for DreamWorks' animated film, Madagascar 3: Europe's Mo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:26PMThere's a fun tradition in gospel music of taking secular love songs and, with the smallest changes in the lyric – a pronoun here, a reversal of direction there – turning them into love …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:17PMFilm star Jay Baruchel says he couldn’t have made it without his mother’s help during an 18-year acting career that has seen him work with stars including Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, M…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:09PMGhost, the new musical starring Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman as Molly Jensen and Sam Wheat will open on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Previews begin on Thursday, March 15, 201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMSamuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, who co-star in Katori Hall's new Broadway play The Mountaintop, were honored with Sardi's caricatures Jan. 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMTara Karsian didn't like God's Ear at first -- even as she joined its cast. During the first rehearsals, she had yet to be fully convinced. But now she's a believer, repenting her previous l…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PM
Anthony Rapp, Richard Thomas and cast members from the Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks autographed bottles of MEDEA Vodka on Friday, January 13 at Columbus Circle Wine and Spirits. The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMPoetry for Peace will present a reading of Stephen Mitchell’s new translation of Homer’s Iliad Jan. 22 at 2 PM at the House of the Redeemer in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMTo celebrate Ethel Merman's birthday on January 16 - her 105th, 104th or 103rd depending on which Merman scholar you choose to believe -- see her live.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:57PMAs The Mountaintop reaches its final performances, the Martin Luther King Jr. drama's dynamic duo, Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, were given a uniquely Broadway honor: a cari…
SOURCE: indianapolis.broadway.com at 01:57PMAs The Mountaintop reaches its final performances, the Martin Luther King Jr. drama's dynamic duo, Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, were given a uniquely Broadway honor: a cari…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMThe man, identified as an executive and a longtime subscriber to the orchestra, says he feels terrible about the incident.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:57PMCalvin Klein Collection and the Peggy Siegal Company threw a congratulatory celebration at the Darby on January 9 in honor of Darren Criss' Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMSierra Boggess and Tam Mutu, who will co-star in the new Broadway musical Rebecca this season, have announced that they are engaged to be married later this year.
The couple met in London …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PMOk, everyone. Be really careful when you are driving in parking lots. When there is a lot of snow, this is what the city snow plows do: they push all the snow into big crazy mountains, usu…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:34PMKen Rus Schmoll (Middletown) will stage the world premiere of Erin Courtney's A Map of Virtue in February as the penultimate production of the playwrights collective 13P.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMSierra Boggess, who will play the leading role of I in the upcoming Broadway musical REBECCA, and Tam Mutu, who will co-star as her new husband Maxim de Winter, have announced that they are …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMBerlin’s Maxim Gorki Theatre this week premiered Theodor Fontane's "Effi Briest” on Facebook, in what it dubbed the first live performance for the social networking site.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:29PMBryan Fenkart feels lucky to have a job he truly “believes in.” As Huey in the tour of “Memphis” — at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia beginning Jan. 17 — the Bergen County n…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:17PMNot even joking, Lucky wrote this at 3am in Dublin. No, not in Ohio. In Dublin, Ireland, y’all. It was in The Mick’s inbox when she woke up. This week’s edition may be slightly wac…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:10PMPlaybill kicks off its first-ever "Broadway Belt-Off Challenge" with the casts of the Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes and the long-running Abba hit Mamma Mia!
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMIt seems the insistent grumbling is for naught. Diane Paulus’s revised Porgy and Bess, by most accounts, delivered a more than worthy interpretation and celebration of the opera, first pro…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:09PMPlaywrights Gretchen Cryer, David Rambo, and Jean-Claude van Itallie have agreed to mentor three emerging playwrights as part of Cherry Lane Theatre's 2012 Mentor Program.
Patricia Bu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PMSierra Boggess, who will play the leading role of "I" in the Broadway-bound musical Rebecca, and Tam Mutu, who will co-star as her husband Maxim de Winter, announced Jan. 13 that t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMMatthew Rhys and the company of the Roundabout Theatre Company's Look
Back in Anger discuss the revival of John Osborne's controversial
play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMPRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL’s “Diva” trio Jacqueline B. Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey and Lisa Howard will wake up legendary New York radio personalities Scott Shannon and …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:01PMThe Mountaintop by Katori Hall, stars Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, and is directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon Stick Fly, Fences, A Raisin in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PM
The Heisman Trophy-winning football player has moved from the field to the stage. He's pursuing an acting career and plays the title role in Julius Caesar at the Nashville Shakespeare Festiv…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:57PMStick Fly on Broadway: "I wanted it to keep going!"
What do audiences think of STICK FLY on Broadway? We checked in to find out!
About the show: It was a relaxing weekend on Mart…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:55PMOn Thursday, January 12, Mountaintop stars Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson received their caricatures at Sardi's Restaurant.
Written by Katori Hall and set on April 3, 1968, the p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMBack Stage is now running a casting notice for the upcoming Broadway revival of "Annie." Rehearsals are slated to begin late Summer/Fall 2012 and an opening date has not been set.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:55PMThis week's guest blog comes courtesy of my friend David Homan who's here to tell you all about a really cool collaboration between himself and his wife. Take it away David! Hey All, You're …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:46PMRob's list of top ten (plus an honorable mention) cast albums of 2011.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:44PMThe limited Broadway engagement of AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN will play its final performance tonight, Friday, January 13 at 8pm. The production opened to critical pra…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:42PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Laura Osnes is starring as Cinderella in the Mark Brokaw-helmed new Broadway-bound production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's CINDERELLA. The musical is being p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMOn Thursday, January 12, the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre with a celebration at the McKittrick Hotel after the show.
Openin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMMark Brokaw will direct the new, first-ever Broadway-bound production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, it has been announced by Robyn Goodman, who will produce the musical along with A…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 12:40PMPreston Street in Baltimore was packed with cars. That was thanks to Itzhak Perlman, an out-of-town violin player who had decided to drop by the Baltimore Symphony and play Vivaldi’s ̵…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:35PMRoundabout Theatre Company conjures the British "angry young man" of the 1950s starting Jan. 13 with the first performance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, directed by Sam…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMStudio 42 is set to present Gregory S. Moss' new play Billy Witch, February 1-5 at INTAR Theatre. Erik Pearson will direct.
In the play, Oliver travels to the Blue Triangle Nature Fun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMI like this one so I'm reposting it. New blog post on Monday
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 12:29PMLegendary comedian and Broadway veteran Phyllis Diller will appear on March on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, according to TVGuide.com
Diller will reprise the role of mak…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:27PMThe number of votes in the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards has passed the 35,000 mark (36,974 to be precise), putting us on target to smash last year's record of 46,000.Voting has been open si…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:25PMThere are a few reasons that you want to go see these people. First of all they are smart and inventive and speak that universal language of slapstick. Second of all they are housed in wha…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 12:23PMFrom reality star to certain Broadway royalty, Laura Osnes has will don the coveted glass slipper in the revamped Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Directed by Mark Brokaw with a revised…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:22PMLilli Cooper, Adam Kantor and Morgan James will join singer/songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld for a concert celebrating the release of his concept album, Iron & Coal, to be held at Joe's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMEnglish playwright David Edgar has a good, long essay in the Guardian on the UK's arts funding crisis and especially the crisis in how to argue for the arts in a time of official, imposed "a…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 12:20PMMelissa Errico was in love with composer Michel Legrand’s music long before she starred in his Broadway show Amour, and the love affair continues in their new album collaboration, Legr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMTony winner John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company) will direct a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning musical Passion at off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company. Perf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:16PMProducers announced Thursday that the much-delayed musical based on the 1992 film starring Steve Martin as a shady preacher will start performances April 3 at the St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:16PMPreview performances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Companys Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne, directed by Sam Gold. The cast features Adam Driver as Cliff, Sarah Goldberg as Alliso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMTwo-time Tony nominee and Alley Theatre favorite Josie de Guzman will star as Irina Arkadina in the Alley's production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, to perform on the Neuhaus Sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMProducers of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" said Thursday that the musical will play its final performance on Jan. 29.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:15PMThe Metropolitan Room is set to present musician Barb Jungr in her all-Bob Dylan show Man in the Long Black Coat, April 10-28.
Jungr's first New York show devoted entirely to Dylan, Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PMThe book covers Sondheim's musicals written after 1981 ... along with miscellany from all periods of his career, including a handful of lyrics from his student work.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:10PMREVIEW: Lebanese performer Rabih Mroué spins a tale of intrigue and contradictions -- illustrating how vulnerable a society is to disinformation.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:06PMTony Award winner John Doyle will direct a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical, Passion, at Classic Stage Company, with performances scheduled to begin in February of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMThe best revival of the season (thus far), definitely the best revival of 2011, and one of the best revivals I have ever seen - ever - Follies, is about to become Broadway history. Iro…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMIt's not like it's news, but I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read things like this.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:01PMToday in 1925, the late Broadway legend Gwen Verdon was born. Verdon was an actress and dancer who won four Tony awards for her musical comedy performances. With flaming red hair and an ende…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick, will next season present new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapines Tony Award-winning musical PASSIO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMSpider-Man musical director Kimberly Grigsby, Porgy and Bess musical adaptor Deidre L. Murray and Tony-nominated Sister Act lyricist Glenn Slater will be part of the Jan. 23 panel discussion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMIf you are watching this from home, you are secretly scaring the bejesus out of Broadway.com’s 2011 Star of the Year Daniel Radcliffe. The How to Succeed in Business Without Really Try…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMHi everyone! First of all, I want to thank you all for your incredible emails of support regarding the sudden disappearance of posts from the site. I am flummoxed that they are still appeari…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:44AMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning Passion, the musical of romantic obsession, will return to New York City in 2013 in the intimate setting of Classic Stage Company&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMNo opening this Broadway season, surely, has been placed under the microscope the way The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has. Ever since composer Stephen Sondheim took a lengthy swipe, in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMOhhhhh I get it. THIS is what Ch’inglish was aiming to do, and at which it failed miserably. Malcolm (Matt Dellapina) is a nice white American boy, down on his luck without friends, job…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 11:35AMThe Gershwins' classic folk opera returns in a radical new version.
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 11:34AMThe Playwright's Voice (ATW's Working In The Theatre)
Playwrights Lydia R. Diamond, David Henry Hwang and Suzan-Lori Parks discuss their work and other American playwrights and how …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:32AMBroadway gets a new look at Catfish Row, with fresh dramatic perspective and a cast boasting Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald, in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which officially opened on B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMThe revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, to be directed by John Doyle, will be the first musical in the 45-year history of the Classic Stage Company.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30AMWhat "A Shot Away" teaches us about is MST. Don't know what MST is? Neither did I. Military Sexual Trauma.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:29AMFormer and future stage co-stars Sierra Boggess and Tam Mutu have confirmed their engagement. The couple, who appeared together in the London premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Nev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AM"Joyful Noise," the gospel movie musical billed as a "funny and inspirational story of music, hope, love and renewal," hits movie theatres Jan. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMAlan Rickman is said to be in talks to bring Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar" to London's West End. Steve Cohen, the billionaire financier and art collector, is joining the board of the Museum of …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:19AMCirque du Soleil presents OVO opening January 20 at the Santa Monica Pier.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMSoap star and Broadway veteran Susan Lucci will host the new prime-time series, Deadly Affairs for Investigation Discovery, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series will explore real…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:11AMStick Fly on Broadway: "I wanted it to keep going!"
What do audiences think of STICK FLY? We checked in to find out!
About the show: It was a relaxing weekend on Martha's Vin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:05AMLast June, I got to present at Social Media Camp Victoria. It was a hoot. I met tons of cool people, got to go to some really cool workshops, and we had drinks at Clive’s (if you are e…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:05AMThe 17th annual Critics Choice Movie Awards were held Jan. 12 and broadcast on VH1. The French silent film "The Artist" received four honors, including the awards for Best Director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThese days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multiple message board…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMAfter a shoot 'em up run as bank robber Bonnie Parker, Laura Osnes will show off her sweet side as iconic princess Cinderella. Osnes will play the title character in an upcoming reading …
SOURCE: indianapolis.broadway.com at 11:02AMAfter a shoot 'em up run as bank robber Bonnie Parker, Laura Osnes will show off her sweet side as iconic princess Cinderella. Osnes will try on those famous glass slippers to play the t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMAfter a shoot 'em up run as bank robber Bonnie Parker, Laura Osnes will show off her sweet side as iconic princess Cinderella. Osnes will play the title character in an upcoming reading …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMLast night, January 12, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, opened at the Richard Rodger's Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 1132012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMIf you've been reading my blog for a while, then you know that I'm a big proponent of research. We're one of the few industries on the planet that spends millions of dollars developing a pro…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Daniel Radcliffe visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he chatted about football, his new movie 'The Woman in Black' and more. Fallon then challenged the actor to participate in a Wiff…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMPreview performances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Company’s Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne, directed by Sam Gold. The cast features Adam Driver as “Cliff,” Sarah Goldber…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:54AMPerformers for the second year of Show Tunes & Cocktails at The Jefferson, a monthly sing-along of theater tunes presented by theatreWashington, has announced.
On January 23, Broadway p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMThe New York Times 01/12/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:40AMAs previously reported, a host of composers from the worlds of jazz, classical, musical theatre, pop and film will be represented in Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMAs previously reported, a host of composers from the worlds of jazz, classical, musical theatre, pop and film will be represented in Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMLast night, January 12, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, opened at the Richard Rodger's Theatre on Broadway. Check out the starry thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMChandra Lee Schwartz, who is currently playing Glinda in WICKED, discusses one of their favorite charities: BullyBust. Watch this special message to learn more about how they are working to …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:28AMAn Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, which reunites Tony winners Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin on a Broadway stage for the first time since they dazzled audiences in the origin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMFollowing Darren Criss' engagement in Broadway's HOW TO SUCCEDD IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, Broadway veteran Nick Jonas will climb the corporate ladder as Broadway's next J. Pierrepon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMIf you think sex conversations in relationships are cringeworthy, try throwing religion into the mix. Talk about awkward. Renee Calarco Washington playwright Renee Calarco delves into the i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:16AMLincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook has returned to the Allen Room for its fourteenth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights the series is e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe off-Broadway revival of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger begins previews on January 13. The production will officially open on February 2 at Roundabout Theatre Company&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMBroward Stage Door Theatre has announced the production lineup for its 2012-2013 season.
The season will kick off in October with Neil Simon's Rumors (October 19-November 11), a come…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:13AMIt was an announcement many people were waiting for. However, it was an announcement that did not surprise many people. Today, Disney Theatrical was pleased to announce a much many rumors …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 10:11AMTwo-time Tony nominee Alan Rickman may still be serving up witty lessons to his students in Seminar on Broadway, but he’s already in talks to star in a West End production of Theresa R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMTheatreworks USA has just announced additional details for its 50th Anniversary Celebration gala on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMProducer Ken Davenport is pleased to launch a new 11-week post-show talkback series at Broadway's hit new revival of Stephen Schwartz's legendary rock musical GODSPELL. The new Tuesday Night…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThe producers of LEAP OF FAITH, the new musical based on the motion picture “Leap of Faith,” produced by Paramount Pictures Corporation and written by Janus Cercone, are pleased to annou…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:03AMIt was a week packed with big headlines in the theater world so we’re going to do the news round-up “lightning round” style. Ready, set…Go! The “revised” …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:03AMMuch more than a concert, AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN is a funny, passionate, intimate and unique musical love story told entirely through a masterful selection of some o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMFor your delectation: My 2009 interview with writer/ performer Clay McCleod Chapman (plus an excellent sample of his work, his short story “Rest Area”) from the short-lived Ind…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:01AMThe first-ever Broadway production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” is set to premiere during the 2012-2013 season, and will be directed by Mark Brokaw. The new version will f…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AMThe first national tour of “Hair” will wrap up January 29 in Cleveland, Ohio, it was announced Thursday. The tour for the musical that proclaims messages of peace and free love began in …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThe musically driven story brings together sounds of gospel, pop, country, rock and R & B with popular songs performed by the cast. Joyful Noise opened today, January 13, 2012. It recie…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AM
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Twenty-fourth in a series of clips from the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. Performed by the Company.
For more Phantom, find …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:57AMFour-time Tony winner Audra McDonald and the cast of the Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess will perform on the ABC daytime chat show "The View" Jan. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMAll I Ask of You (Reprise)
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Twenty-third in a series of clips from the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. Gerard Butler as The Phantom; with …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:55AMFull casting has been announced for Eduardo de Filippo's Filumena in a new English version by Tanya Ronder, to play the Almeida Theatre, March 15-May 12, with an opening on March 22. Mi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMTony winner Eddie Redmayne is gearing up to star in the much-anticipated film version of LES MISERABES, and he's now meeting his upcoming costars. In the video below, Redmayne chats about me…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AMSo Once is about to pack up its bags at the New York Theatre Workshop and hike approximately 41 blocks north to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. I caught the show last weekend while it was sti…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:45AMThe cast of the Broadway production of Godspell, at Circle in the Square Theatre, will participate in a "Tuesday Night Talkback" series, with a different member of the ensemble fea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMAlec Mapa, the comic actor seen on Broadway in M. Butterfly, will return to New York with his new solo show, Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, which will play the Laurie Beechman Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMHarry Potter star and Broadway favorite Daniel Radcliffe took his final bow in HOW TO SUCCEED alongside costar John Larroquette last week. Now that he's got a little spare time, Radcliffe wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:35AMWonderland isn’t technically lost — it was never made, but I found a rare script for this would-be film musical in the Betty Comden Papers. Betty Comden and Adolph Green, were th…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:32AMThe Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell will launch an 11-week post-show talkback series beginning Jan. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMToday is Sophie Tucker’s birthday. In honor of the day, you HAVE to watch this 1955 clip of her on “What’s My Line?” First because, listen to the rousing cheer she ge…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:26AMKenneth Branagh will direct Fox 2000's upcoming film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which will star Kate Winslet, according to Variety.
Don Roos has penned this ada…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMTab Hunter ("Damn Yankees") and Joyce DeWitt ("Three's Company," Miss Abigail's Guide) will star in a limited engagement of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters Jan. 19…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMThe Old Red Lion Theatre’s production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is transferring to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a limited season.
Directed by Old Red L…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:12AMThree-time Grammy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick Jr. will have a multi-episode, guest-starring turn on the Wolf FilmsNBC drama LAW amp ORDER SP…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AM“Joyful Noise” star Jeremy Jordan has been announced as the star of the upcoming Broadway production of “Newsies,” the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film of the same name. Frid…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 09:00AMPatti LuPone thinks back to the early days of her friendship with Mandy Patinkin and describes it this way: "Mandy became my rock."
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 09:00AM
Check out photos below of Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier amp company lighting up the stage during the show's opening night curtain call celebration on Thursday, January 12
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMThe Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS opened tonight, Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre starring Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy and David Alan Grier as Sportin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMI have been reading about a recent event that took place in Afghanistan — wondering why it hasn’t raised the same outrage in the U.S. as the Abu Ghraib photographs of a few years…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:53AMKevin O’Brien is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from Co. Kerry, Ireland. Having fallen in love with music at a young age, he spent his teens writing songs, playing chords and giving his a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AMTheater break! Today we've got three -- count em, three -- insta-reviews from our intrepid theater critics AndrewAndrew. Below, they weigh in on Daniel Kitson's It's Always Right Now, Until …
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 08:30AMBeloved children's author Jacqueline Wilson shares her experience of having her work adapted for the stage with stage and screen writer Mary Morris.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMThe Tony Award winner discusses her American Songbook concert, coming back to Broadway, and her work in The Help.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMThe Tony Award winner discusses her American Songbook concert, coming back to Broadway, and her work in The Help.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Paul Osborn's “Morning’s at Seven” will be the next show in Westport Country Playhouse's Script in Hand series Monday, February 13, 7 p.m.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AMComposer Stephen Sondheim will probably be appeased when he sees The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, the reconceived revival of the classic opera by George and Ira Gershwin and, oh yes, lib…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:40AMLegit News:
Musical to get Off Broadway revival
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35AMThis unfettered but ultimately unimposing interactive play asks audiences to take part in the great battles of the past and to consider which side they might have come down on in various h…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:28AMPart 1 of a trilogy, Mac Rogers' absorbing play is set a few years after the first manned mission to Mars and thrives by entangling mysterious science fiction with straightforward domestic…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:23AMAbi Morgan is certainly riding high right now, tackling cinematic subjects from Margaret Thatcher to sex addiction with equal aplomb.
In her latest play Lovesong, a reminder of her effectiv…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:19AMAnd Here's an Even Better Answer to Tom Laughlin...George Lucas was on the Daily Show to promote his new flick Red Tails. It is, if you believe Lucas, the first action picture with no …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMFull casting has been announced for the Almeida Theatre's upcoming production of Eduardo de Filippo’s Filumena with Clive Wood, Sheila Reid, Victoria Lloyd, Luke Norris, Emily Plumtree…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
The highly anticipated Broadway revival of the 1965 musical “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” starring Harry Connick, Jr., will end its run at the St. James Theatre on Jan. 29.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:16AMFive Ways To Trick People Into Thinking You're A Good Theatre ActorDon't know how to act? Don't worry! These five indispensable tips will not only get you through your next production, they'…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMPlaywright, Educator Los Angeles, California USA “My First Big Role: Playing A Boy” The first play that changed my life was Six Who Pass While The Lentils Boil by Stuart Walker, publishe…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMAn original evening of five kids' tales, a family show from Off-Color Theatre Company at the Gershman Y, is nicely acted but not always with the rhythm and shtick it needs. Inquirer theater …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I report on the Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess and a Florida...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMTeen heartthrob Nick Jonas is preparing to star as the new Finch in Broadway's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but he's no Broadway novice. He talked to Playbill in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCreation Production Company presents Instinct, a new drama by two-time Obie Award winner Matthew Maguire, beginning Jan. 13 at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre with an official opening schedul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRobert Petkoff, of Broadway's recent Ragtime and Fiddler on the Roof, slips into the tweed of Britisher Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, a love interest for Sutton Foster's brassy Reno Sweeney,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Denver Centre Theatre Company presents the world premiere of The Whale beginning Jan. 13, prior to an official opening Jan. 19, at the Ricketson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter an extended run at Joe's Pub last winter, Jackie Hoffman's riotous cabaret Jackie Five-Oh! begins a six-performance Los Angeles run Jan. 13 at the Renberg Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnna Deavere Smith's solo play about the U.S. healthcare system and the resilience of the human body, Let Me Down Easy, airs Jan. 13 on PBS' "Great Performances."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway production of Rent at New World Stages welcomes Emma Hunton as performance artist Maureen starting Jan. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Amelia Campbell stars in the New York premiere of Chicago-based playwright Joel Drake Johnson's family drama The Fall to Earth, which begins performances Jan. 13 at 59…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Toxic Avenger, the sci-fi rock musical starring Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis as a radioactive hero, begins performances Jan. 13 at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPioneer Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Wendy MacLeod's Find and Sign, as part of Pioneer's New Plays Initiative, beginning Jan. 13 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSandi Patty, known for her soulful belting soprano in gospel and pops concerts, plays Dolly Levi in a semi-staged concert version of Hello, Dolly! with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1925 Birthday of one of Broadway's all-time greatest leading ladies, Gwen Verdon (1925-2000). She was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actress or Featured Actress in a Musical six ti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAwkward Levity, a trio of one-act plays by Richard Hinojosa, offers just what its title promises. Each of these three pieces, in very distinct and surprising ways, finds what's darkly humoro…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
