The Dallas Opera today announced the commissioning of a new, full-length opera by acclaimed American composer Jake Heggie Moby-Dick and the Tony Award-winning playwrightlibrettist Terrence M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56PMThe once-celebrated Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope will open later this year under management spearheaded by a Broadway producer and others, according to an announcement late Tuesday.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:52PMRegional Theatre (Working In The Theatre #405)
Our guests -- representatives from theatres receiving the American Theatre Wing 2011 National Theatre Company Grants: Buntport Theater Company…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:48PMMatthew Morrison of "Glee" and Jesse Tyler Ferguson of "Modern Family" will appear alongside George Clooney in a reading of the gay marriage play "8." They will be joined by Matt Bomer, Year…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:03PMJapanese manga comic strips inspired Maxine Heppner’s new Rage Project dance work, my heart is a spoon
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01PMRobert Carsen returns to the Canadian Opera Company, and Atom Egoyen will resculpt his Salome in 2013
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:01PMTraveling “The Road to Mecca” can be a trying trip.
The 1988 play by South African writer Athol Fugard is wordy and circuitous and waves metaphors around like emergency flares. …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMLegit News:
Plays rise; 'Porgy' looks sturdy
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The atrium at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA, made for a fitting setting for The Intersection, an event which brought together thinkers and doers from a variety of disciplines to …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 10:52PM(Reuters) - The producers of Broadway's version of "Spider-Man" filed a countersuit against the musical's ousted director Julie Taymor on Tuesday, accusing her of jeopardizing the production…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:45PMDancers entranced audience with elegance, complexity.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:39PMIt’s pretty clear the Roundabout company is in the theater business, because its latest Broadway show, “The Road to Mecca,” would have a hard time getting made in Hollywood.
Forget ab…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:25PMWhen Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies” opened in London in March 2010, the West End Whingers, England’s most influential theater bloggers, dubbed it “Paint Never Dries.”The…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:14PM"... this play is no less profound or affecting a statement of Fugard’s deepest beliefs than any other he’s written. ..."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:05PMA new production of Athol Fugard’s “Road to Mecca” stars Rosemary Harris as a sculptor in 1970s South Africa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMThe Roundabout Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's important drama about an elderly artist suffers from a tedious first act.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Nick Starr's keenly observed black comedy offers clever dialogue, sharp characterizations, and a too-abrupt ending.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMOf the mid-20th century's prominent painters, Mark Rothko's work may leave the most gallerygoers scratching their...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:28PMFather Issues Not mine. Heck no. I'm talking about The River Bride. This past weekend while talking about casting for a February table reading it was once again touched on that the father i…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 09:25PMThis week, The Carbonell Awards, the arts organization that recognizes and awards excellence in South Florida theatre, announced the nominations for the 2011 season.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:25PMArts Fuse TV Critic Molly Jay thinks that the Golden Globes telecast was a dud, but that the group's TV awards were mainly on target.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24PM"Let's Pretend We're Married" is a skewed salute to married life that works because the stars don't take its subject - or themselves - seriously for a moment.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:18PMIt sounded like such a good idea. And, for the very patient among us, rewards do arrive at their own leisurely pace.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:03PMDavid Rooney Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino and Jim Dale star in the first Broadway production of Athol Fugard's 1984 play, which kicks off the South African dramatist's 80th birthday celebra…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
(Or: Lessons That Should Have Been Fairly Obvious, But Somehow Weren't.)The lesson? Get off your ass and go out and talk to people.I've been spending a lot of quality time with a cup of cof…
SOURCE: Scenes in the City at 08:39PMAcademy Award nominee and three-time Emmy Award nominee James Cromwell who will play Pozzo, Hugo Armstrong Lucky and LJ Benet Boy will join the previously announced prominent Beckett actors …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMNEW YORK - To honor the 80th birthday of celebrated South African playwright Athol Fugard, The Road to Mecca, a play he wrote in the mid-'80s, opened Tuesday night for the first time on Broa…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:37PMRoundabout Theatre Company tonight opened Athol Fugard's THE ROAD TO MECCA, featuring Tony Award winner RoseMary Harris as Miss Helen, Carla Gugino as Elsa Barlow and Tony Award winner Jim D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33PMONCE, the new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, will play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this spring. Previews will begin Tuesday, February 28, 2012 with opening ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31PMDaryl Eisenberg, CSA is owner of DarylEisenberg Casting, a full service casting office for film, theatre, TV,commercials, new media. Theatre credits include: Son of Captain Blood, Gara…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:27PMThe State of Theatre: Institutions and Producers (Working In The Theatre #404)
Thomas Schumacher talks with guests, Ben Cameron and Kevin McCollum, about the state of theatre today in a wid…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:16PM
ITV1 and Andrew Lloyd Webber today announced 'Superstar,' described as a brand new show that will give the British public the chance to choose the countrys next major rock star.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:53PMThat is what San Francisco is to me. That same Barbary Coast Port City—every version through the centuries and generations. Call it the City, the Sco, Sucka Free City—it is this same vib…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:52PMFull cast and creative team has been announced for the Center Theatre Group's production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, to run at the Mark Taper Forum, March 14-April 22. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:28PMSam Anderson is directing Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge at the Road, where he is a co-artistic director. Here he also talks about his experiences in TV's Lost, the recent play Blackbird,…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:21PMBucks County Playhouse (BCP), the New Hope, PA, theatrical tradition that has seen pre-Broadway shows, movie and stage stars, packed houses and hard times, will be reopened in summer 2012, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:14PMSuddenly, it seems as if the brawling youngster that was once new writing for the British theatre has grown up. Now, all it wants to talk about is the family, about having babies, and about …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMMary Nighy decided to become an actress when she was at junior school. She promptly made her first film when she was 11 – a gothic ghost story – and then found herself being directed by …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The murmuring from Canada was startling, and grew louder. First Toronto Globe and Mail theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck tweeted about the cognitive dissonance of the Canadian national anth…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 06:46PMAthol Fugard’s 1987 drama The Road to Mecca has taken up residence in the American Airlines Theatre in its first-ever Broadway staging. Starring Tony winners Rosemary Harris …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMThe new musical Once -- which recently wrapped up a run at New York Theatre Workshop prior to transferring to Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning February 28 -- was recorded …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:30PMBaltimore is one of the largest cities in the United States to lack a queer film festival. Well, no more. This year’s two-day Charm City LGBT Film Festival at the Creative Alliance was mea…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 06:23PMThe producers of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” marshaled a muscular counteroffensive in federal court in Manhattan against a lawsuit by Julie Taymor, the show’s …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMOn Tuesday, producers said they have filed a countersuit in federal court against the director, accusing her of failing to fulfill her contractual obligations on the Broadway musical.On Tues…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:06PMShortly after wrapping up their off-Broadway run at New York Theatre Workshop, the cast of Once made a stop at a recording studio on their way to Broadway. Stars Steve Kazee and Cristin Mili…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMIn this play by Ed Schmidt, a clandestine 1947 meeting is imagined between Jackie Robinson (the first African American to make baseball's major leagues), three African-American celebrities a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:04PMTwyla's Tharp dance revue set to songs recorded by Frank Sinatra has been slimmed down for the road from two acts to one�at about 75 intermissionless minutes.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:03PMThe producers of the musical SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark today filed an answer and countersuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday against Julie Taymor …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:01PM
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is now considered a classic, but the book was heavily criticized by Hurston’s peers. Richard Wright wrote, “The sensory swe…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 05:59PMThe term “retrospective” may summon up visions of artwork displayed reverently in a sober white-walled gallery, but Search Engine, a riotous mid-career retrospective of artist Lou Joseph…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 05:59PMThe Glimmerglass Festival will hold GLIMMERATA!, its 2012 Spring Gala, at 6:30pm on April 10 at The Metropolitan Club. Proceeds will benefit the company's Young Artists and Summer Inter…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:58PMIn response to a lawsuit filed on November 8 by original Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor, the producers of the Broadway musical are countersuing Taymor and her company, L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMDiane Paulus (Porgy and Bess, Hair) will helm the new Cirque du Soleil show Amaluna. The new production will be presented in Grand Chapiteau on the Quays of the Old Port of Montreal on April…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:53PMThe 84-year-old Rosemary Harris steals the show in "The Road to Mecca," an occasionally stirring drama set in South Africa.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:50PMThe historic Bucks County Playhouse, in New Hope, Pennsylvania, has announced it will be reopening by summer 2012.
The theater, which has sat empty since late 2010, will be undergoing renov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PMThe Light Up the Night Fat Tuesday Parade will move yet again,
this time to Washington Avenue. Scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 21, the
route will start at Broadway and Washington Avenue and travel…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:48PMBucks County Playhouse BCP, the legendary and beloved theater in New Hope, Pennsylvania, announced its official reopening at a press conference today, thanks to the coordinated efforts of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PM"Spider-Man" producers said they have filed a countersuit in federal court against Julie Taymor, accusing her of failing to fulfill her contractual obligations on the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:44PMThe Bridge Project is a unique three-year series of co-productions by BAM, The Old Vic, and Neal Street, devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMAfter over 15 years on the Great White Way, Chicago still knows how to give us the old razzle dazzle. The Tony-winning revival is spicing things up with the addition of Latin sensation …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMAfter more than 15 years on the Great White Way, Chicago still knows how to give us the old razzle dazzle. The Tony-winning production of Kander & Ebb's beloved musical is spici…
SOURCE: sanantonio.broadway.com at 05:32PMDiane Paulus, the director of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," will oversee a new Cirque du Soleil production called "Amaluna" that opens in Canada in April
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more inf…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:29PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Megacosm" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Megacosm" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... "Megacosm" continues this writer's obse…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PMThe Denver Center Theatre Company has canceled tonight's performance of "The Whale" due to the illness of a cast member.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:17PMTeam Edward! Team Jacob! Before a January 16 developmental reading of Twilight: The Musical, ushers warmed up an already enthusiastic crowd at New World Stages with a cheer-off, pitting &ldq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMTeam Edward! Team Jacob! Before a January 16 developmental reading of Twilight: The Musical, ushers warmed up an already enthusiastic crowd at New World Stages with a cheer-off, pitting &ldq…
SOURCE: sanantonio.broadway.com at 05:15PMThe newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, opens at the Lucile Lortel Theatre on March 1, 2012. Performances for Carrie begin January 31, 2012 and today, the company met …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMThe Coterie has announced casting for Red Carpet Memories: A Celebration of Academy Award-Nominated Songs, to be presented February 10-19. Red Carpet Memories is conceived and directed by A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMThe Coterie has announced casting for Red Carpet Memories: A Celebration of Academy Award-Nominated Songs, to be presented February 10-19. Red Carpet Memories is conceived and directed by A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMThe Coterie has announced casting for Red Carpet Memories: A Celebration of Academy Award-Nominated Songs, to be presented February 10-19. Red Carpet Memories is conceived and directed by A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMMead Theatre Lab and banished? productions are set to present the world premiere of Into the Dollhouse, February 17-26 at Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint.
Into the Dollhouse is an exploratio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PMNEW YORK—Producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have fired back in their legal fight with one-time director Julie Taymor, claiming the woman they once called a visiona…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:06PMBehind The Curtain (Working In The Theatre #403)
Disney Theatrical President and Producer Thomas Schumacher takes us behind the curtain and gives us an up close and personal view of how thi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:03PMThe producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, currently playing the Foxwoods Theatre, have filed a countersuit against original director, Julie Taymor.
As previously …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMReview of the Saturday, January 14 matinee performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City, NY. Starring Harry Connick, Jr., David Turner and Jessie Mueller, with Drew Gehling, S…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 05:01PMThis new work explores the lives of the NYPD, to both thrilling and monotonous effect.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, Arti…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:58PMProfiles Theatre in Chicago will open its American-premiere production of Neil LaBute's In a Forest, Dark and Deep in the company's new 99-seat theatre space, The Main Stage, at 4139…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMLong-running hit The Phantom of the Opera will be celebrating its 10,000th Broadway performance on February 11, making it the first show on the Great White Way to hit that milestone. In hono…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMZayd Dorhn’s culture clash comedy Outside People is extending at the Vineyard Theatre. The off-Broadway production, directed by Evan Cabnet, will now play through February 4.
Set in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:51PMPRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL's Diva trio Jacqueline B. Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey and Lisa Howard woke up legendary New York radio personalities Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMCasting has been announced for Boynton Beach Club: A New Musical in Concert, to run February 10-12 at the Park Vista Theatre in Florida. Pamela Hunt will direct.
The show, based on the mov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMProducers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have fired back in their legal fight with one-time director Julie Taymor, claiming the woman they once called a visionary failed to fu…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:49PMThe producers of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark filed an answer and countersuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Jan. 17 against Julie Taymor and her company, L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PM“Newyorkland,” a multimedia show in the Coil Festival, examines law enforcement by separating fact from hyped-up fiction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:44PMThe long title of the play: “The London Merchant, or the History of George Barnwell.” The short review: excellent.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:41PMThe producers of the musical SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark today filed an answer and countersuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday against Julie Taymor …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMIn Cate Ryan’s “Picture Box,” a black man who helped raise a white child was truly considered one of the family.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMOxygen Network will offer a second season of The Glee Project. The competition, which awards one winner a seven episode arc on FOX's Glee, will return to the air during the summer.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMAn exercise in misogyny – or a love story about a man liberating a woman? As the RSC stages The Taming of the Shrew, Maddy Costa asks actors and directors how they read the playA man acqui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMAn exercise in misogyny or a love story about a man liberating a woman? As the RSC stages The Taming of the Shrew, Maddy Costa asks actors and directors how they read the play Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMThough Daniel Caffrey's *little triggers* has potential, but only if you take a big pair of scissors to the script and let the actors cut loose.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:20PM CLICK TO LISTEN TO INTERVIEW & PERFORMANCE CLICK TO WATCH PERFORMANCE VIDEO PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL’s “Diva” trio Jacqueline B. Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:20PM20at20, the Bi-Annual Celebration of Off Broadway is Back Starting Tomorrow
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:18PMWeekly Webmail: Rebecca Faulkenberry (SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK)
Rebecca Faulkenberry (Mary Jane Watson) answers YOUR questions.
For show information and tickets, visit us at: http://ww…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:15PMMATT AT BAT: Local art gallery operator and
curator, Matt Strauss, who has become bi-coastal
in the past couple years, had his first curated show at a NYC
gallery open on Friday.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:15PMTony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Ellington American Songbook, as part of the Discover Ellin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMOvo costume designer Liz Vandal consulted her own feelings about spiders in order to begin the designs for Cirque du Soleil's touring extravaganza, which focuses on insects and arachnids. A …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:04PMBefore Darren Criss ends his limited run as corporate climber J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on January 22, the Glee star couldn’t resist takin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:01PMBefore Darren Criss ends his limited run as corporate climber J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on January 22, the Glee star couldn’t resist takin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:01PM
Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway incarnation of Ghost, starring previously announced London headliners Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman as Molly and Sam with newcomers …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMMarvell Rep has announced the line-up and preliminary casting for its 2012 season, which will focus on provocative and incendiary plays that have been burned, banned and caused riots. All pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PMRoundabout’s THE ROAD TO MECCA opens tonight on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 W42nd St). Associated Press January 15, 2012 Carla Gugino and Rosemary Harris bond on Broadwa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:44PMThe Vineyard Theatre-Naked Angels Off-Broadway world premiere of Zayd Dohrn's dark comedy Outside People has been extended an additional week of performances through Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMVineyard Theatre and Naked Angels have extended the world premiere production of Zayd Dohrn's Outside People. Directed by Evan Cabnet, the show will now run Off-Broadway at the Vineyar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PMThe producers of Ghost The Musical are proud to announce full casting for the Broadway production. Joining previously announced stars Richard Fleeshman Sam Wheat, Caissie Levy Molly Jensen, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PM2012 Proves That Theatre is Alive and Well: As shows close, new ones are waiting in the wings. 2012 already has some buzz and here’s why:
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:35PMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Margaret Edson's Wit — the Pulitzer Prize-winning title's Broadway debut — began performances Jan. 5 at the Samue…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMFull casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Ghost the Musical, to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre beginning March 15, with an opening set for April 23. Matthew Warchus will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMRalph Fiennes talks about directing and starring in the new film “Coriolanus,” based on the play by William Shakespeare. It tells the story of a Roman General who is at odds with the cit…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:25PMStars on the Rise: Off Broadway Actress Suli Holum Catches Our Eye: Suli Holum is a performer, playwright, director, and teacher and is currently starring in a one woman tour de force. Chime…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:24PMOn Saturday, January 14 in the ballroom of the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at the University of Southern California USC, Watts Village Theater Company WVTC partnered with LA County Supervisor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMI had a baseball coach way back in the day. He was my older brother's baseball coach as well. I saw him probably 50 or so times a year for about five years. Larry had a goatee. Not the pse…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 03:18PMCasting is now complete for the Broadway production of Ghost The Musical, which will star original London leads Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy. The supernatural romance will begin perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMAaron Carter and Edward Watts from The Fantasticks: The roles of Matt and El Gallo are iconic. Aaron Carter is a pop singer whose album, Aaron's Party (Come Get It) sold more than 1.5 millio…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:15PMFour-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) will host the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, which will be held March 19 at Sym…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMPhilip Brandes reviews Vanessa Cate's original retro-noir thriller "Absolute Black" at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:06PMPlaying Less Hurt, Injury Prevention for Musicians
Playing Less Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians by Janet Horvath (Hal Leonard Books)
Ordering Info: http://www.halleonardbook…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:04PM ”The more you speak, the less you say”, seems like a suitable description for the cast of this production. The rest of the play is as beautifully written by Martin Crimp, dese…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PMLatin-American star Marco Zunino makes 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 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMMCC Theater has taken up the laborious task of revamping one of Broadway's
most notorious flops, the musical Carrie. The troupe recently opened
the doors of its Lucille Lortel Theatre on t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMKalaidescope views of
limbs and backsides flashed on a screen. An army of human caterpillars slammed
onto wrestling mats. Muscled men became weightless as if in outer space.
Pilobolus Dan…
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 03:00PM
The previously announced basketball drama Magic/Bird, which traces the fierce competition and eventual friendship between NBA icons Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, has …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:55PMA slight wintertime slump has hit many Broadway shows as the January chill sets in, but things are still sunny at perennial favorites The Lion King and Wicked. These stalwarts, along with mo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMFamily and friends abound in Catfish Row! Over the holiday weekend of January 13, the cast of Porgy and Bess welcomed Broadway veterans Rosie O’Donnell and Bobby Cannavale, former Firs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:50PMCombination bar and gallery dials down the formality in video art and offers a space to “just hang out.”
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:49PMRalph Fiennes spoke to Leonard Lopate recently about starring in "Coriolanus," which also marked his directorial debut. He also revealed that he's a fan of pedicures! What have you read or s…
SOURCE: WNYC at 02:46PMLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), noted for discovering and showcasing stellar young artists early their careers, presents the dynamic and uniquely talented 21-year-old violinist Nigel A…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:41PMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson's drama about the rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will begin previews at Broadway's Longacre Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM[#40-31; #30-21; #20-11] [Last year's countdown] Here they are: The best of the best, the most of the most, the… you know. 10. “Countdown” by Beyonce As a nation, I still d…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 02:39PMWith the Spring 2012 Broadway season on the horizon, there's never been a better time to catch up on Broadway shows that you have yet to see. Use this week to see a production that's been o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMGabriel Ebert, Greta Lee, Mary Louise Wilson and Zoe Winters -- who made up the original cast of Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at The Duke on 42nd Street last year -- will reunite for the pro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMMarvell Repertory Theatre artistic director Lenny Leibowitz and managing director Amy Estes have announced the company's 2012 season, which will include Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMMarvell Repertory Theatre artistic director Lenny Leibowitz and managing director Amy Estes have announced the company's 2012 season, which will include Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMBerkeley Repertory Theatre will present the premiere production of Steven Epp's adaption of the Moliere comedy A Doctor in Spite of Himself, which is set to run February 10-March 25. C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMThe Drama League’s 28th annual benefit gala, A Musical Celebration of Broadway, will be held Feb. 6 at the Pierre Hotel. This year's gala will honor Tony and Emmy Award winner Kris…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMLaura Osnes has signed on to star in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s little known 1956 musical Pipe Dream at Encores! The show will have seven performances at New York City Center, March 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMProfiles Theatre will present the American premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Forest, Dark and Deep, April 13-June 3. It will be the first production staged at the company's new Main …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PMThe play about the rivalry and friendship between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson has a Broadway theater and a complete cast.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:21PMComplete casting has been announced for Eric Simonson's Magic Bird, which will begin performances at the Longacre Theatre on March 21, prior to an official opening on April 11, accordin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMTony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus, currently represented with the Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, will helm Cirque du Soleil's latest venture, Amaluna, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMComplete casting has been announced for Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird, which will begin performances at the Longacre Theatre on March 21, prior to an official opening on April 11. Thomas K…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes will guest star on the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, according to TVLine.com.
Hayes will reportedly play a revered TV journalist in th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:18PMProducers of MAGICBIRD have announced that the show will play Broadway's Longacre Theater, with previews beginning March 21 and an opening set for April 11 reports the New York Times.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMHow Kate Skarpetowska created striking dances of her own Buoyant, vivid movement; sensual partnering; and relatable themes have made Parsons Dance a New York staple since 1985. With his stab…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:07PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1152012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMFour-time Tony nominee and Drama Desk winner Tovah Feldshuh will host the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, to be held at Symphony Space on Monday, March 19.
The event, which will benef…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMBroadway's sexiest night of the year is set for June 17 at the famed Roseland Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMTV favorite America Ferrera is spreading her theatrical wings with a recent star turn as Roxie Hart in the London production of Chicago, as well as a rumored forthcoming Broadway debut in Be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04PMProfiles Theatre announces the American premiere of Neil LaButes In a Forest, Dark and Deep, to open the companys newest theater space, The Main Stage, 4139 N. Broadway, next door to its cur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMInside the Plaza Hotel with Ward Morehouse III
Inside the Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel (Revised and Updated) by Ward Morehouse III (Applause Books)
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:03PMThe Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its 10,000th performance as a benefit for Actors Fund on Sunday, February 11 at 2pm. Directed by Hal Prince and featuring …
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A reading of Twilight: The Musical, which parodies the "Twilight" books and films, was presented Jan. 16 at 8 PM at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMFour-time Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh has been announced as host of The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Tickets go on-sale today for Broadways sixth annual be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMSecond Skin Theatre will present the return of the UK premiere of Mario Vargas Llosa's La Chunga at the Phoenix Artist Club in the West End, January 24-February 19. Llosa, winner of the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMJay Records, with the support of The Kurt Weill Foundation, will release the first complete recording of composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Ogden Nash's score to the 1943 musical One Touch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMAcademy Award winner Dustin Lance Black's gay marriage docudrama 8, which received a starry world-premiere staging on Broadway last September, is beginning to roll-out in communities acr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, will offer its 10,000th performance next month as a special benefit for The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMTickets go on sale today for the hotly anticipated Broadway Bares, returning for its 22nd edition on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at New York City's Roseland Ballroom to benefit Broadway CaresEqui…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMThe 22nd edition of Broadway Bares, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be held at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 17 at 9:30 pm and midnight. Lee Wilkins will direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMThe Phantom of the Opera's history-making 10,000th Broadway performance — Feb. 11 at 2 PM at the Majestic Theatre — will benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Athol Fugard deserves a retrospective. Which is what this distinguished South African playwright, director, actor …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PMProfiles Theatre announced today that it will be staging the U.S. premiere of Neil LaBute’s latest work, “In a Forest, Dark and Deep,” April 13-June 3, at the company’s newest theate…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:36PMTammy Grimes and Elaine Stritch will be among the performers at Theatre for the New City's Love N' Courage, a benefit concert to be held at the National Arts Club on Monday, Februa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PMAfter playing the role of Scar in the Singapore production, Patrick R. Brown is making his Broadway debut as the new Scar in Disney’s The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre. Gareth Saxe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMAvailable shortly will be the initial publication of Contra Mundum Press, Stuart Kendall’s new translation of Gilgamesh, the Mesopotamian epic poem. According to the press release: The…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 01:04PMAs first reported on TVLine.com, Broadway and TV star Sean Hayes is set to guest star on an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy PARKS AND RECREATION.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMActors and comedians Chris Klein, Tig Notaro, Josh Fadem and more have been cast in Black Sheep Entertainment and Firefly: Theater & Films' Unscreened, February 6-27 at the Lillian …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMAbout the author:
Dori Berinstein is both a Tony-winning producer of 11 Broadway shows (including Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Crucible and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s…
SOURCE: columbus.broadway.com at 01:00PMAbout the author:
Dori Berinstein is both a Tony-winning producer of 11 Broadway shows (including Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Crucible and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s…
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The inaugural TEDxBroadway a one-day event about the future of Broadway as a placewill kick off at 11am on Monday January 23, 2012 at New World Stages in New York City.TEDxBroadway is being …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMIt was a family affair on January 14 when TV favorite Mike O’Malley stopped by to see the reimagined Broadway revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. The Glee regular (who …
SOURCE: columbus.broadway.com at 12:58PMIt was a family affair on January 14 when TV favorite Mike O’Malley stopped by to see the reimagined Broadway revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. The Glee regular (who …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:58PMAttention all adolescent boys ages 10 through 60 or so, especially those with a passion for ultra-sophisticated video games and doomsday sci-fi scenarios: Has A Red Orchid Theatre got a play…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:58PMThe original world-premiere cast of Amy Herzog's tender comedy 4000 Miles, including Tony Award winner Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert, will reunite for the Off-Broadway return enga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMToday in 1931, Broadway veteran James Earl Jones was born. He has won Tony awards in 1969 for The Great White Hope and in 1987 for Fences. He has acted in many Shakespearean roles Othello, K…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMGershwin's Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, and DanceOn was on the red carpet to get all opening night details!
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:53PMSteve Kazee and Cristin MiliotiPhoto: Joan MarcusI am very grateful that I saw Once (based on the movie of the same name) at the New York Theatre Workshop rather than on Broadway. (Thank you…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:52PMNEW YORK—Theater buffs, mark your calendars. This year's Tony Awards will be held June 10. The American Theatre Wing announced Tuesday both the award-show date and the cutoff for e…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:51PMToronto Power Plant announced Tuesday its plans to exhibit Christian Marclay's The Clock, a 24-hour montage film that unfolds in real time.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:51PMAs the leading man on Fox’s sex-tinged teen drama, The OC, Adam Brody knows a thing or two about girls and that expertise will come in handy. Brody will play the lead character in Some…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMHow to Succeed's Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger announced the nominations for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards Jan. 17. Winners will be announced Feb. 12 at London'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMThe Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company Carl Forsman, Artistic DirectorDamon Chua, Executive Director today announced that John Cunningham would join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Tu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMHis Airstream caravan Waterloo may have only just pulled out of the West End's Apollo Theatre, but if you were one of the many theatregoers who didn't manage to catch Mark Rylance as Johnny …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:42PMWhy are you excited about "Carrie"?
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:41PMWhat was supposed to be a fake slap became a real smack last weekend at the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "God of Carnage."
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:38PMBroadway vet John Cunningham will join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in Keen Company’s forthcoming revival of Tina Howe’s Painting Churches. Cunningham replaces previously …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMIf It Only Even Runs A Minute 8, the latest installment in the series that offers rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been full…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMNeil LaBute is the playwright who keeps on giving to the storefront Chicago company, Profiles Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:31PMBroadway continues to go green The Broadway Green Alliance BGA has announced that the next E-Waste Collection Event will take place on Wednesday, January 18th in the walkway of the Minskoff …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PM[#40-31] [Last year's countdown] Welcome back! Let’s keep things rolling with some very, very cute boys. Oh, and some good songs, too… 30. “I Won’t Let You Go” by James Morrison Oo…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:26PMThe National Endowment for the Arts released on Tuesday the schedule for the Thursday visit to Chicago and Evanston of NEA chairman Rocco Landesman.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:23PMThe New Group's world-premiere production of Erika Sheffer's Russian Transport begins previews Jan. 17 prior to an official opening Jan. 30 at The New Group @ Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMWhen Daniel Radcliffe took the stage as host of the January 14 edition of Saturday Night Live, Broadway fans figured the star would use his musical talent in some kind of Main Stem parody&md…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMHalf of the hit-making Houston-Levitt writing team, Julia struggles to balance the relentless demands of Broadway with the needs of her family. Not making life any easier is the return of he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMA promotional video has been released for the the West End's Vaudeville Theatre staging of Terrence McNally's Master Class, featuring Tyne Daly discussing her role as Maria Callas.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:08PMCasting has been announced for The John W. Engeman Theater's upcoming production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, which begins previews Feb. 2 prior to an official opening Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM
Stage and screen star Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte Walsh are expecting a baby, according to published reports.
The couple were married in 2011 on the stage of the Longacre Theatre, where G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMNow that country music legend and theater vet Dolly Parton is back on the big screen in Joyful Noise, Broadway.com asked readers which classic role they’d like to see her play on the B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER is scheduled to hit theaters on June 22nd from 20th Century Fox. The horror, thriller film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars Broadway veteran Benjamin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMGet 20% off tickets for The Royal Ballet's Double Bil - The Dream and Song of the Earth. Offer valid on Thursday 2 February at 12.30pm and Wednesday 8 February at 7.30pm
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:45AMVideo producer Bradshaw Smith, a fixture at theatrical events in collaboration with reporter/producer Richard Ridge, died on January 16 after suffering a sudden stroke. He was 57 and lived i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMStage and screen actor Steven Pasquale will join the cast of the NBC sitcom "Up All Night," according to TVGuide.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMAn initial lineup of organizations that will present Dustin Lance Black's play 8 has been announced. This work, seen in a one-night only reading on Broadway in September and set for its…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMPlaywrights Lydia R. Diamond, David Henry Hwang and Suzan-Lori Parks discuss their work and other American playwrights and how they influenced them; the moment each was aware they wanted to …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 11:39AMTheater buffs, mark your calendars. This year's Tony Awards will be held June 10.
The American Theatre Wing announced Tuesday both the award-show date and the cutoff for eligibility to recei…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:38AMAdd two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz to the roster of Broadway performers who will pop up on NBC's new musical drama series "Smash" this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMTheater buffs, mark your calendars. This year's Tony Awards will be held June 10. The American Theatre Wing announced Tuesday both the award-show date and the cutoff for eligibility to recei…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:29AMA long-standing opening night tradition on the Great White Way, the fabled Gypsy Robe is bestowed upon a veteran Broadway chorus member for each opening production. In what has now become a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMTickets for the romantic new musical Once, based on the independent film of the same name, are now on sale. The show, starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, will begin previews at the Ber…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Theater buffs, mark your calendars. This year's Tony Awards will be held June 10....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:24AMI've said it before and I'll say it again. "Matilda the Musical" is unbelievably brilliant. The kind of show that makes me want to force everyone I've ever met to go along and see it for the…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 11:22AMThe Drama Leagues 28th Annual Benefit Gala Online Auction goes live on Tuesday, January 17 at www.biddingforgood.comthedramaleague with over forty-five exclusive and elegant items announced …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMCapital Repertory Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig, January 20-February 19. Michael Bush will direct.
This Tony-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMAdam Brody, best known for his work on the Fox series "The OC," has signed on to star in a film adaptation of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), according to the Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Death of a Salesman will begin previews Feb. 13, 2012, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The strict…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMProducer and cabaret performer Bradshaw Smith died on Monday, January 16, following a sudden stroke. He was 57.
Among his awards for his performances were a Backstage Bistro in 1985, and th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMSave the date! The 66th Annual Tony Awards will take place on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The event will be broadcast live on CBS from New York City’s Beacon Theatre. This marks the second …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMRoundabout Theatre Company just announced that Julie Halston The Divine Sister will assume the role of Evangeline Harcourt on Tuesday, January 17th amp Robert Petkoff Ragtime will assume the…
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:08AMFrantic Assembly’s production of production of Abi Morgan’s new play Lovesong has arrived at the Lyric Hammersmith as part of a national tour.
Billed as “a new play about …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:05AMLewis J. Stadlen and Chip Zien will star in The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, to be presented February 2-March 25, with an opening o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMThe organizers also set April 26 as the cut-off date for Broadway shows to open and be considered eligible for Tony nominations and awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 1102012 - 1172012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe battle of the Broadway websites just got real, yo. Playbill.com could sit back and stay fat on its yellow striped cover and trademarked font and still have more traffic than the 405 in L…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Bradshaw Smith, who as the videographer of "Broadway Beat" indefatigably chronicled the New York theatre scene, died Jan. 16 following a sudden and severe stroke. He was 56.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMJohn Cunningham will join Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Turnbull in the Keen Company's upcoming revival of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, to run February 14 - April 22 at The Clurman …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:57AM"Chinglish," David Henry Hwang's play about an American businessman coping with translation and romantic problems in China, will close on Jan. 29, the producers announced on Monday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:56AMTNT's acclaimed series SOUTHLAND returns for Season 4 tonight. In the episode, Officer John Cooper returns to duty after recovering from back surgery and meets his new partner, Officer Jessi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMHey Godspellians! Happy 1st Godspell blog of 2012! Is everyone having a great new year? Did you get “All Good Gifts” this holiday? (Sorry, couldn’t resist. And I…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 10:49AMCasting is now complete for the West End’s one-night-only revival of Children of Eden benefit concert to raise awareness for Crohn’s disease. As previously announced, British ast…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMRoundabout Theatre Company tonight opens Athol Fugard's THE ROAD TO MECCA, featuring Tony Award winner RoseMary Harris as Miss Helen, Carla Gugino as Elsa Barlow and Tony Award winner Jim Da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBroadway veteran John Cunningham has replaced the previously announced Richard Easton in the upcoming Keen Company production of Tina Howe’s Painting Churches, the 1983 Pulitzer Prize …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMLondon's Soho Theatre has announced the productions for its 2012 Spring season, according to WhatsOnStage.com. There will be a total of 50 new shows spread out amongst the Soho's t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN $375,294 4,231 66.6…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe parental battle royale of God of Carnage took a realistic turn last weekend at the Huntington Theatre Company when Tony Award nominee Johanna Day broke her hand during an on-stage slap.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMIf you took Fred Astaire, Marcel Marceau and Beckett into a big barrel and shoved it over Niagra Falls, Leo (Tobias Wagner) would pop out when the tumbler hit the water below. Leo is a man …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 10:42AMMad Dog Theatre Company has announced casting for the world premiere production of The Thrill of the Chase by Philip Gawthorne, to run February 16-March 4 at The Drilling Company Theater. J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMProducer Bradshaw Smith passed away on Monday, January 16, 2012 after suffering a sudden stroke. Born on April 14, 1954 in Derby Connecticut, he arrived in New York in the mid-70s and immedi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMONCE, the new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, will play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this spring. Previews will begin Tuesday, February 28, 2012 with opening ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMLegit News:
Producers file legal defense, counterclaims
SOURCE: Variety at 10:37AMHere's something I see happen a lot and it's a sure-fire way to lose someone's respect in under 30 seconds. So if you're doing this: Stop and if you see someone doing this, let them know the…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:37AMThe new musical TV series SMASH premieres on NBC this February. Choreographer Josh Bergasse gives you a sneak peek at what you can expect from the new show starring Debra Messing, Katharine …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:30AMProducers have announced that David Henry Hwang’s Broadway production of Chinglish will close January 29. The comedy, which began previews October 11 and officially opened on October 27 …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AMLas Vegas' The Smith Center for the Performing Arts has announced its Cabaret Jazz season, which will feature a host of Broadway and cabaret favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMSmash star Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) performs a Marilyn Monroe baseball number entitled "The National Pastime" in front of Tom (Christian Borle), Julia (Debra Messing), Derek (Jack Davenport), …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:28AMLast night, Ellen Degeneres, Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey, Ray Romano, Seth Meyers and Tracy Morgan all paid tribute to one of the world's most beloved entertainers in Betty White'S 90th BIRTHDA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMChris Durang & Dawne will reunite when they are honored at the 10th annual Nightlife Awards, to be held at The Town Hall on Monday, January 30 at 7pm. As previously announced, Lucie Arn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMTCG members are entitled to a $150 registration discount to the 2012 Arts Reach National Arts Marketing & Development Conference, scheduled for March 16-18, 2011 at the Kimmel Center on …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:22AMAccording to published reports, Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison and Matt Bomer have joined the cast of the Los Angeles reading of Dustin Lance Black's Prop 8 play, 8. Morrison will star as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe 66th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be held on Sunday, June 10 at the Beacon Theatre. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CB…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will present Rick Miller in his one man show MacHomer: The Simpsons Do Macbeth, February 16 at 10am and 7pm. Sean Lynch will direct.
MacHomer feat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMLove is in the air (and never dies, it would seem) with a number of starry Broadway couples announcing their engagements. Most recently Sierra Boggess & Tam Mutu, former Love Never Dies…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:08AMGwydion Suilebhan 01/16/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMThe holiday season is the calm before the storm for the performing arts in New York. In early January, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) holds its annual conference, with …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:05AMThe American Theatre Wings 66th Annual Tony Awards will air on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 10, 2012 800-1100 PM, ETdelayed PT, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThe American Theatre Wing's 66th Annual Tony Awards will be held June 10 and will air on CBS 8-11 PM ET, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMJason Graae and Faith Prince will offer three performances of Best Of Friends, Best of Times at The RRazz Room, March 25-27. Alex Rybeck will serve as the musical director.
Prince won a Ton…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01AM
The world premiere of Erika Sheffer’s play Russian Transport, starring Janeane Garofalo, begins previews at off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row on January 17. The New Group…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:44AMThe Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard’s 1987 drama The Road to Mecca, starring Tony winners Rosemary Harris and Jim Dale and stage and screen vet Carla Gugino, opens January 17 at the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMOlivier Award winner Elaine Paige, who is currently playing her final week in the Broadway revival of Follies, has announced her first post-Follies U.K. concert engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMThe HUB Theatre is set to present Carole Fréchette's John & Beatrice, April 13-May 5 at the John Swayze Theatre. Helen Pafumi will direct.
In a nearly empty room in her…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AMFor over a century, theatre has been inspired by the movies, and vice versa. If only musicals would keep their relationship with Hollywood to a Brief EncounterWhat, you may wonder, is a sect…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMChris Durang & Dawne, the unique comic nightclub act launched in 1989 featuring the playwright and John Augustine and Sherry Anderson, will be reunited for the first time in over a decad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMDiane Paulus will direct Cirque du Soleil's newest touring production, Amaluna. The show is set to debut in Montreal on April 19, and has subsequent engagements scheduled for Quebec Ci…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMThe 66th Annual Tony Awards telecast will air on CBS on Sunday, June 10, 2012, live at 8/7c (delayed PT)
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 09:18AMRiverside Theatre's Second Stage Season will kick off with The World Goes Round, the musical revue featuring the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMFollowing a sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop, the acclaimed new musical once comes to Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMDo you look for ravishing romantic beauty in your musicals? If so, Maury Yeston is probably on your list of favorite composers. Think of “Only With You” (Nine), “We’l…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15AMCampaigners criticise programming of Habima's Merchant of Venice over company's record of playing Israeli settlementsShakespeare's Globe has defended programming an Israeli theatre company t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMToday we are talking to the cultural raconteur, inimitable political commentator and monologue artist Justin Sayre all about the 2012 edition of his solo show THE MEETING, a gathering of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThis delightful work set in New York's most ethnically diverse neighborhood proves to be quintessentially American story.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
The 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards nominations were announced by Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger at BAFTA's headquarters in London. The Orange British Academy Film Awards tak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMJanuary 15, 2012 – The Washington Area Theatre Community Awards announced its judges’ nominations for the 12th annual WATCH awards at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. WATCH jud…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36AMThe Soho Theatre has announced its 2012 Spring season with highlights including Ella Hickson's Boys making its London debut following a premiere at HighTide Festival, Total Theatre Award win…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:33AM My favorite theater-related political quote of the week If Mitt Romney were auditioning for a part in a musical instead of as our commander in chief,…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:27AMBWWUK understands that the row over royalties for the Les Miserables original cast recording has now been resolved - and the cast will be receiving their royalties in the future
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMLast week, The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, my latest Broadway co-producing endeavor, opened on Broadway. It was a thrilling evening. The cast, including the extraordinary Audra McDonald, …
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 08:21AMLegit News:
Basketball play sets Broadway dates
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMMy favorite theater-related political quote of the week If Mitt Romney were auditioning for a part in a musical instead of as our commander in chief,…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:15AMI spend a great deal of time writing about the imperative for arts organizations to focus on revenue. Adding revenue allows...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMThe Soho Theatre has announced its 2012 Spring season with highlights including Ella Hickson's Boys making its London debut following a premiere at HighTide Festival, Total Theatre Award win…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:07AMAlthough not yet a marquee name, Lindsay Mendez sits comfortably atop many Broadway fans’ lists of favorite performers. For those unfamiliar with her, that’s all changing thanks to her w…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 08:05AMBen Brantley, a theater critic for The New York Times, and Anthony Tommasini, The Times's classical music critic, discuss the new musical, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," based on the 1935 …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMThe talented actor discusses directing the Rattlestick Theatre Company's production of Yosemite.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMDespite sterling performances from Carla Gugino, Jim Dale, and the luminous Rosemary Harris, Athol Fugard's 1984 drama has trouble punching its way across the footlights in the too-large A…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMPlaywright Nick Starr displays an overactive imagination in this muddled sci-fi fantasy, whose characters are mere puppets and which is stuffed with everything except logic.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMTemporary Distortion's new film-theater piece about the private life of cops is strongest when it lets its stories speak for themselves and weakest when it dips into sentimentality.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMThe talented actor discusses directing the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre's production of Yosemite.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
The nominations for the 2012 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced. The prizes will be presented in a ceremony to be held on February 12 at the Royal Opera House, Covent G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMTony Awards
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The date is set! The Tony Awards will once again play the Beacon Theatre this June.
The annual celebration of the best on Broadway will take place on ...Read F…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:47AMThos and Nick sit down to discuss and share their thoughts on the various productions they saw during 2011! Hear about London Road, Matilda, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Ghost and others in the 2n…
SOURCE: musicaltalk.co.uk at 06:25AMThos and Nick sit down to discuss and share their thoughts on the various productions they saw during 2011! Hear about London Road, Matilda, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Ghost and others in the 2nd…
SOURCE: traffic.libsyn.com at 06:25AMI'm happy I went to college.When I initially went, my goal was to...go. Nothing more than simply doing what almost no one (except my Aeronautical Engineer Genius uncle - whom I was nam…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMThe Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre's impressive production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" is remarkable in several ways, but most remarkable of all is how contemporary this 1895 play feels.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 06:00AM
Boeing Boeing is a 1962 farce with doors that slam, swing, shut slowly, burst open in ones, twos and probably threes. Promethean Theatre and its house director Margaret M. Ledford, benter ne…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:59AMProducers Ben Monks and Will Young at independent company Supporting Wall were supported by a SOLT/TMA Stage One Bursary in 2009. This year they have been nominated for a second time for the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:59AMThe Dark Knightmare Before Christmas and Breaking Hunger Recent years have seen the music industry taken over by “mashup artists” – DJs who meld numerous popular songs into a surpri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:50AMThis multimedia play about primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas is overburdened with busy work, poor execution, and one-dimensional performances from its thre…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:46AMHiroaki Umeda's dance double bill offers technological marvels, and not much happening. Mixing dance, computer imagery and video projection, Umeda surrounds and transforms himself with shift…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:26AMHiroaki Umeda's dance double bill offers technological marvels, and not much happening. Mixing dance, computer imagery and video projection, Umeda surrounds and transforms himself with shift…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:26AMLegit News:
Krishner and Weiss return to produce
SOURCE: Variety at 05:16AMThe hit Broadway musical Wicked, a longtime partner of the national bully prevention organization BullyBust, will join with Givenik.com to raise funds and awareness for BullyBust on tonight.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
From the drag queen greeter to the strange yet emotional final tableau, Cock & Bull Theatre gets Christopher Durang's *Titanic* exactly right. A historical shipwreck was never more dysf…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:07AMMegan Follows (l) and Bahia Watson (photo credit: Robert Popkin)Giving Voice to the VoicelessStaging The Penelopiad by Kelly ThorntonAs the Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre, it ha…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMDirector, Actor/Singer, Vocal and Acting Coach, and Writer of Many Things (including the Monday Morning Quote) New York, New York USA The Problem of Creation – Creating One’s Sel…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMThe Touchy (Feely) Business of TheatreA recent story makes one question the dynamics of theatre creationby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA story in the news, here in Montreal, has a lawsuit being ini…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMHamish Linklater, making his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's Seminar, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"There's Hawkeye and Trapper John back in Korea. I never did like those guys. They fancied themselves super-decent and super-tolerant,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMNewyorkland rages in its New York premiere at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, exposing the grim, isolated world of the NYPD in a stark multimedia installation. The claustrophobic presentation p…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMOne Thousand Blinks, a new play by Nick Starr now playing at 59e59, annoyed me greatly. It's about a man named Morgan who takes a job in an unnamed (vaguely Asian?) country as an English pro…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell launches an 11-week post-show talkback series Jan. 17 with Godspell co-star Lindsay Mendez.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning theatre writers Stephen Sondheim and Tony Kushner reunite Jan. 17 at the Skirball Center for the latest event in the Public Theater's Public Forum s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMElvin Roytman and Bein' It Productions present Gina Kim and Ryan Tofil's Miss Kim, a new play about a young Korean-American woman at war with her abusers, her family and herself, beg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWalnut Street Theatre presents David Auburn's award-winning drama Proof beginning Jan. 17, prior to an official opening Jan. 19, at Walnut's Studio on 3. The limited engagement conti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway company of the new musical Once gathers Jan. 17 to record a cast album of the unique ensemble-driven show based on the hit indie film. A March release will coincide wit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRosemary Harris, 84, is the soulful, candle-lit heart of Broadway's new production of The Road to Mecca, Athol Fugard's rumination on the feminine spirit in a man's world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, his three-actor play about an expressive, inspirational South African artist, played by Rosemary Harris, and the forces that wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMT. Oliver Reid, who has appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins, The Wedding Singer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Follies and Kiss Me, Kate, among others, releases his debut solo recording Jan. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJulie Halston, the character actress whose arched eyebrows have punctuated many works of Charles Busch, boards the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Anything Goes, slipping into the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAlthough it left a sour taste in the mouths of Steelers fans, the Tebow craze was another way of illustrating our concerns about the public vs. private observance of religious beliefs. Was t…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMYou never know what you may find in the dark at the top of the stairs, where Pearlann Porter holds her Second Saturdays at the aptly named Space Upstairs in Point Breeze. Ms. Porter's compan…
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