2012 Frigid Festival, The Red Room, Off Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: A one-woman show portraying a spectrum of New Orleans residents talking about life after Hurricane Kat…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:46PMThe best part of Katori Hall’s Broadway debut, “The Mountaintop,” was the very end, when the show really took flight. Most of the time, the 30-year-old playwright seemed constricted by…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:44PM‘life in this house is intolerable,” someone moans in the terrific British family drama “Rutherford & Son,” now at the Mint.
But while the home’s gloomy, Githa Sowerby’s 1912 pla…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PM"The word “Africa” is not uttered until deep in the second act of Hurt Village, but the continent hangs like a specter over Katori Hall’s new play..."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:00PMKatori Hall's sensational drama looks at the residents of a downtrodden Memphis neighborhood.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe Mint Theatre offers a worthy revival of Githa Sowerby's play about a family ruled by a domineering patriarch.
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Variety reports that Michael Sucscy The Vow is in negotiations as the possible director of a Beach Boys musical film that would feature a fictional story told through the music of The Beach …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:53PMEach week in Curtain Raisers, we invite a local theater artist to attend a show of his or her choosing and discuss the results.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:47PMBarbra Streisand and Seth Rogen's upcoming movie, previously called My Mother's Curse, has been renamed to The Guilt Trip, according to Hollywood Reporter. Paramount has the film slated for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40PMOn the surface, "Hurt Village" seems like yet another sprawling, old-fashioned family melodrama about black people dead-ended in the projects by a lack of options and an abundance of drugs. …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:31PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the February 25, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 09:25PMAcademy Awards 2012 - Cirque, Billy Crystal, Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep - Qaadir's Recap
Billy Crystal hosted the 84th Academy Awards. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for The Iron …
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Arthur Millers DEATH OF A SALESMAN broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street, grossing 692,192 over seven performances for the week ending February 26, 2012. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMNEW YORK - Theodore Mann, a Tony Award-winning director and producer who championed Eugene O'Neill and was a driving...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:24PMBy Peter Filichia --
This week, when February 29 comes into our lives, we’re most aware that we’re in a Leap Year. So let’s have a Leap Year’s look at cast albums.
We must start …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 07:16PMWhen I emerged from Beautiful Burnout, the National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly’s examination of the art of boxing, I tweeted enthusiastically (in twitter language, which as y…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:13PMMerilyn Jackson finds playfulness, poetry and philosophy in dancer/choreographer John Jasperse's revisiting of his 2000 piece "Fort Blossom" at Bryn Mawr.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:11PMThe Royal Court has been finding and developing young writers for four decades. Its Young Writers Festival has helped launch the careers of a variety of talents such as Simon Stephens (winne…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMAsk most people for their image of Ibsen and the caricature will come back of a Scandinavian dramatist steeped in remorseless gloom. So it may come as a surprise to come across a play by Ibs…
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According to published reports, multiple Emmy Award winner and Broadway veteran James Spader Boston Legal, The Practice will exit NBC's The Office Thursdays, 9-930 p.m. ET at the end of this…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMWilliam Shatner, currently starring on Broadway in SHATNERS WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT, recently paid a visit to Cat Greenleafs Brooklyn brownstone and was seen last on Talk Stoop. Talk Stoop …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMRecently I sat down with Aisha de Haas, jazz chanteuse, Broadway singer, and repertory actress. I had just watched her performance in Metro Stage’s Josephine Tonight! where she’d knocked…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:34PMTickets are now on sale for Leap of Faith, starring the Raúl Esparza, Jessica Phillips and Kendra Kassebaum. Directed by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley, the new Broadway musical begi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMPlaywright Nick Payne chats to Catherine Love about physics, parallel universes and not letting the pressure of success drag creativity down.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:02PMThe turntable in Mariano Pensotti's The Past Is a Grotesque Animal never stops revolving during the two hours' running time of these four only loosely connected stories about Argentinians be…
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Four-time Tony nominee Estelle Parsons knows how to make a busy schedule work. Currently rehearsing for her role as Millicent Winter (the mother of Matthew Broderick’s character) in th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:59PMTheodore Mann, a Tony Award-winning director and producer who was a driving force behind Circle in the Square Theatre and its school, has died. He was 87.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:49PMBENJAMIN WALKER star of the upcoming 20th Century Fox action film ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER will be back on stage Tuesday, March 6th at 930pm for the return FIND THE FUNNY which he crea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, February 27, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more infor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:34PMONCE, an acclaimed new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film will begin performances on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PMJames Corden, star of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s acclaimed comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, was recently featured in the New York Times. Corden spoke to Sarah Lyall about returnin…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:28PM"Suburgatory" TV star Alan Tudyk will be part of the New York premiere of Orlando Pabotoy's That Beautiful Laugh, which will debut at La MaMa March 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMBenjamin Walker's Find the Funny will once again perform at Joe's Pub, on Tuesday, March 6 at 9:30pm.
Created and hosted by Walker, the show will feature a line-up of comics and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:27PMReviewed by: Myra Chanin I don’t know where you spent last Sunday night, but most people squirmed through the Academy Awards, watching a spectacle which concluded with a bunch of Fr…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:23PMBroadway veteran and Suburgatory star Alan Tudyk will lead the cast of The Artigiani Troupe's That Beautiful Laugh, March 16-25 at The Club at La MaMa. The production is conceived and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMManhattan Theatre Club will feature Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow in the world premiere of THE COLUMNIST by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMRoslyn Hart's hit comedy Never Sleep Alone brings her unforgettable alter ego, Dr. Alex Schiller, to Joe's Pub every Friday night in March. Her weekly Joe's Pub residency begi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMCarrie, the infamously short-lived 1988 Broadway musical based on the Stephen King novel about a bullied teen with telekinetic powers who takes vengeance on her tormentors, returned in a new…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PMNewsies will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre for a strictly limited 101 performance run this spring, following its critically-hailed run at Paper Mill Playhouse in fall 2011. The musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMHorse Trade Theater Group will present the third annual FRIGID Hangovers, a program which brings back favorites from the FRIGID Festival, March 5-10 at The Kraine Theater.
The productions p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:01PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 22712.
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Composer and Lyricist Scott Alan will record his fourth album featuring some of todays Broadway and International performers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMThe Huffington Post is looking to expand its national theatre coverage, so they asked me if I’d be interested in contributing to their site to talk about the awesome goings on in Chica…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:57PMBroadway veteran Laura Bell Bundy will soon release her new album Another Piece of Me, and the first single, That's What Angels Do will be released on February 27. In the video below, the si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMSometimes Weegee seems too good to be true….just when the world needed an intrepid and unflinching freelance crime photographer to document the seamier side of New York in the 193os an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:53PMLeadership U: Continuing Ed - Guidelines and Application Now Available! The goal of Leadership U[niversity] is to strengthen the field by developing the individuals who are the core and fut…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:51PMGary Lunn will play the title role in Insurgo Theater Movement's presentation of Faustus, directed by Brandon McClenahan. The production will play The Insurgo Theater, located on the 3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMThe artist or thinker who by nature, choice, or circumstance is a melancholy isolate can indeed find happiness, but it is not the happiness of the individual situated in community, blanketed…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 04:45PMBoHo Theatre will present N. Richard Nash's classic American play The Rainmaker this spring. The production runs April 6-May 6, at Theater Wit. BoHo's artistic advisor Stephen M. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMMAGICBIRD, a new play from the team that brought you LOMBARDI on Broadway, will play at the Longacre Theater, 200 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, NYC. Previews will beg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMIn Rehearsal with "Newsies"
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video As the cast of "Newsies" prepares for the jump from New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse to Broadwa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:36PMThe DC Arts Center is to present The Capital City Showcase, March 10 at 10pm.
Hosted by Christian Hunt, this variety show features local comedians, musicians, and performing artists.
Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:35PMMeet the New "Newsies"
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video "Newsies" stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Ben Fankhauser join songwriters Ala…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:33PM“The Cost of Art” – Karen (Katharine McPhee) must learn to advance in the high-stakes world of Broadway, as Derek (Jack Davenport) hosts a party for hot young star Lyle (guest star Nic…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 04:32PMFifty years after "West Side Story" won 10 Oscars, including best picture, a newspaper in Riverside has told the story behind the story behind "West Side Story."Fifty years after "West Side …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:31PMSitting Ovation! August Wilson Theatre Gets Ergonomic Seating in Mass Replacement Job
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Audiences at Broadway's "Jersey Boys" have been …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:31PMWhether dyeing her strawberry blonde hair a fiery red to play the career-obsessed Miranda Hobbes on HBO’s Sex and the City or shaving it off completely to embody the cancer-strick…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:28PMSignature Theatre presents the world premiere production of Katori Hall's HURT VILLAGE, directed by Patricia McGregor. HURT VILLAGE runs through March 18, 2012 with a February 27th opening n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PM“Fulton Street Sessions is a cabaret-style production in the form of a collection of sketches, musical numbers, and interludes capturing the essence of current national and local news …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:16PMNew York's Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Actors Clinic, a prominent acting school in Tokyo led by Toshi Shioya, will present the world premiere of Hikobae, March 11 at 7pm at Al…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:07PMCasting has been announced for A Noise Within (ANW)'s production of The Illusion by Pierre Corneille, adapted by Tony Kushner and directed by Casey Stangl, to run March 10-May 19, with …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Perhaps he doesn’t look it, but this man was as important in his own way as W.E.B. DuBois. Well…maybe not. Billy Kersan…
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A week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe Collegiate Chorale will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, featuring a host of Broadway artists, April 10 at 6:30 PM at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMThe bright lights of Broadway will go dark Tuesday night in memory of long-time theater critic Howard Kissel, who died Friday at the age of 69.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:51PMAcademy Award winner and Broadway veteran Jessica Lange is among the nominees for Logo's "NewNowNext Awards" which aims to gather icons, trendsetters as well as stars-on-the-r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:50PMAfter 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 Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMPlaybill.com has learned that a host of Broadway and international performers will be featured on composer-lyricist Scott Alan's fourth recording, following the critically acclaimed &nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMInspired by Carlo Goldoni's commedia classic The Servant of Two
Masters, One Man, Two Guvnors stars James Corden (The History
Boys) as butler Francis Henshall, a manservant pulled between …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMKyle Bornheimer, Lizzy Caplan, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Adam Scott, and James Marsden will star in the film adaptation of Leslye Headland's off-Broadway play, BACHELORETTE. The film premi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMBased on user demand, BWW is taking our commitment to arts education one step further with the launch of the BWW Student Center - High School Edition. This directory features upcoming show l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMMeet the Newsies: Jack Kelly
Meet Jeremy Jordan, playing Jack Kelly in Disney's newest Broadway production, NEWSIES.
Visit http://www.newsiesthemusical.com for ticket and performance i…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:33PMThe producers of the new Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT today announced a S Wonderful box office opening on Thursday, March 1st beginning at 10 a.m. at the Imperial Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMThe Imperial Theatre box office for the new Broadway musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It will open March 1 with special giveaways for early birds.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMAs the traditionally slow month of February comes to an end, long-running hits Wicked, The Lion King and Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark held the top three spots at the box office. Family dram…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMThe cast of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will be honored by New York State politicians Feb. 29 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in celebration of Black History Month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you will fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMTony Awards voters have a wide range of choices to consider as Best Musical of this past season.
The very first musical to premiere during the 2011-2012 season was the much-discussed, mu…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:18PMHubris Productions will present The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod from March 22 through April 28 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago. Jacob Christopher Green will direct.
In the pl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMWelcome 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 03:05PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2262012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMThe film adaptation of Leslye Headland's dark comedy Bachelorette premiered as part of the Sundance Film Festival's out-of-competition screenings in January.
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Seth Numrich ("Yosemite," "War Horse," " The Merchant of Venice") interviewed by Wayman Wong.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:52PMThis item submitted by Lorna Littleway “2nd Annual Juneteenth Festival of New Plays in NYC!” Juneteenth Legacy Theatres seeks one-acts, with running times of less than 45 m…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 02:50PMBroadway vet Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess) and Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher) have joined the roster of the Public Theater’s Public Sings! An Unforgettable …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PMCharles Isherwood kicks off an online discussion series on the history and significance of Arthur Miller's 1949 drama "Death of a Salesman."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:44PMThe New Victory Theater will host the New York premiere of Lucky Duck, a new children’s musical by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls, Side Show), Bill Russell (Side Show) and Jeffrey Hatcher (…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMLiam Neeson talks about Mr. Broadway
Mr. Broadway: The Inside Story of the Shuberts, the Shows, and the Stars
a memoir by Gerald Schoenfeld
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
on sale Apri…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:30PMIrondale and Theater Three Collaborative will present Another Life, a play written and directed by Karen Malpede. Performances will run March 8 - 24 at Irondale Center.
Another Life tells…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMThe Painted Bride Art Center will present three-time Obie winner Ain Gordon's one-woman show, In This Place, March 8-10 at the Painted Bride Arts Center.
In 1830, Samuel and Daphney Oldh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMThe Dramatists Guild of America presents its In the Room series, broadcasting archived audio, unheard by the public since their original recording. In the Room features some of the most infl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMCelia Keenan-Bolger, Norm Lewis, Betsy Morgan, Bobby Steggert and Renee Elise Goldsberry are the latest performers to join the lineup for the Public Theater's March 5 Public Sings! benef…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMBette Midler’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical star Nick Adams visited the Sirius XM flaghship studios on Friday to sit down with radio hosts Derek Hartley and Romaine Patterson …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:24PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Fulton Street Sessions" by TUTA Theatre Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Fulton Street Sessions" by TUTA Theatre Chicago ★★★ ... This little…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:24PMTituss Burgess, John Ellison Conlee, Lili Cooper, Matt Doyle, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Greg Hildreth, Eli James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Justin Levine, Norm Lewis, Betsy Morgan, Jessica Phillips…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMDoes it seem odd to anyone that......Billy Crystal pulled out his Sammy Davis, Jr. blackface impersonation and discovered that what was considered high comedy in the 1980's was just kind of …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 02:19PMTony winner Idina Menzel will be making several television appearances to promote her upcoming CD and DVD, "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," which will be released Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMNorthcott, ExeterThis adaptation of Dick King-Smith's novel set in a 1940s farming community is heart-gladdening theatre from the start. Lanterns hang in the trees over a barn where a farmer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMJan Berenstain, co-creator of The Berenstain Bears with her husband Stan, died of a stroke on February 24, according to the Associated Press. She was 88.
The writer-illustrator couple publi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMHunchback retells 1831 novel with modern flair and fantasyNot Disneyby Jonas GiffordBorn at Edmonton's Catalyst Theatre, Hunchback retells Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, w…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:04PMDisaster at Disaster Yesterday, February 26, Seth Rudetsky and the company of DISASTER DISASTER The Musical were faced with a real life crisis when cast members Clif Thorn and Kathy Fitzgera…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMAmerican Idiot comes to the Ahmanson Theatre
Buy tickets at http://www.CenterTheatreGroup.org/21Guns
Green Day's American Idiot captures the zeitgeist of a generation with its Grammy&r…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:01PMThe producers of the new Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT are pleased to announce a “‘S Wonderful” box office opening on Thursday, March 1st beginning at 10 a.m. at …
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Cirque du Soleil's Dralion will play two engagements in the Chicago area this summer. The production will be seen at the Allstate Arena in Rosement, running June 20 - 24, and at the Un…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMComedian Aziz Ansari will bring his Buried Alive Tour to Philadelphia. The performance of his stand up comedy show will be Saturday, June 23, at 7pm in the Merriam Theater. The show is prese…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PMThe film of the 25th anniversary staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall will be aired March 4 in the New York metropolitan area as part …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:48PMOn Twitter Watch, Bobby Cannavale wrote aight here we go. gonna try this twitter thing. see if i like it.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMSelect songs from tonight's new episode of the critically acclaimed NBC musical drama series SMASH Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET, will be available today from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Produ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThe New Victory Theater has announced casting for the New York premiere of the musical, Lucky Duck, to perform March 16-25. Lucky Duck is directed by Jeff Church, with book by Bill Russell a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMThe Collegiate Chorale will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at Carnegie Hall on April 10 at 630pm. The concert will feature soloists Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Christopher Fitzg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMTOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:32PMPress Release:GANANOQUE, ON. On Monday, February 27th, 2012, Liz Austin, President of the Thousand Islands Foundation …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:31PMGarrick, LondonNot since Propeller's Rose Rage cleaved cabbages to signify murder, execution and the mayhem of lots of people losing their heads has the West End had quite such a g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM"The Artist" was named Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, which was held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to honor excellence for the 2011 year in film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMShakespeare Theatre Company Education has launched a new, community-building initiative to ensure that students in the District of Columbia have access to the arts. The program, titled Distr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:26PMWelcome to Absurdistan. Your passport to this decidedly off-kilter, tragicomic world comes courtesy of “Fulton Street Sessions,” the 90-minute romp devised by director Zeljko Djukic and …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:24PMI can’t even begin to tell you how exciting this new production of Carrie is. Frankly, I was only going because of my morbid sense of curiosity. I wanted to see what MCC Theatre coul…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 01:21PMOlney Theatre Center's run of The 39 Steps, originally slated to close on May 13, has been extended through May 20. The production will open in Olney Theatre Center's Mulitz-Gudel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PM"The Artist" was named Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, which was held Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to honor excellence for the 2011 year in film. B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMWNBC "New York Live" host Lauren Scala went backstage at the Palace Theatre with Priscilla Queen of the Desert's Will Swenson to talk about the musical, which is celebrating it…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMChristopher Plummer became to oldest actor to ever win an Oscar last night at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The 82-year-old won for his portrayal of an elderly widower who comes out as gay…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:07PMWNBC New York Live host Lauren Scala went backstage with PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT's Will Swenson to discuss the Tony Award nominated star's year with the smash hit musical and to play d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMHoward Kissel, one of New York City's preeminent writers about theater and the arts, has died at age 69.
Kissel was the arts editor of Women's Wear Daily, the chief theater critic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMSt. Louisans will be among the first to congratulate Chinese architect Wang Shu for winning architecture’s most prestigious honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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Sorry, Mary Jane, but Spider-Man had another leading lady in town on February 25: Karen Olivo, the Tony-winning star of West Side Story and In the Heights, flew into the Foxwoods T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMThe Winthrop Playmakers will present The Laramie Project, a play by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Katori Hall's ambitious new play, "Hurt Village," is what you want to see at the Signature Theater's new home -- a dramatically unruly but terrifi…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53PMAs nabokov arts prepares for its second Arts Club at BAC next weekend, Artistic Director Joe Murphy and Associate Producer Paul Jellis give Eleanor Turney a sneak preview of what you can exp…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:53PMThe marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed Feb. 28 at 7 PM for one minute in memory of Howard Kissel, the long-time theatre critic for The Daily News, who passed away Feb. 24 at the ag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of Howard Kissel, the long-time theater critic for The Daily News, who passed away on Friday night at the age of 69. The marquees of Broadway theaters …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMIn one solo after another, on a bare stage, the Kings of the Dance mainly twitched rather than danced, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:51PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Former newspaperman Gabe McKinley has written a play about the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal, which rocked the New York Times back in 2003 but is …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:49PMView more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. WNBC “New York Live” host Lauren Scala went backstage with PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT’s Will Swenson to discuss the Tony Award® nominate…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:49PMTate Donovan, Jane Kaczmarek, Robert Sean Leonard, and Leonard Nimoy will be among the performers in Selected Shorts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, March 3 and 4.
The hit public…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMChris Goode follows his own path to a thoughtful new show, while Devoted and Disgruntled got everybody debating. Lyn Gardner rounds up the weekend's stage businessPlaces for experimentI'm a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMThe Waterfront Playhouse is set to present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, March 6-April 7. Artistic director Danny Weathers will direct.
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMTheatre for a New Audience has announced casting for its upcoming production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, to run March 18-April 21 at The Duke on 42nd Street. Arin Arbus w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMVictoria Clark, Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Christopher Fitzgerald,
Amy Justman, Kelli O'Hara, and Lauren Worsham will be featured in The Collegiate Chorale's presentation of Gil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:32PMJan Berenstain, who with her husband Stan wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:28PMDick Anthony Williams, who earned Tony nominations for his roles in Black Picture Show and What the Wine-Sellers Buy, died February 16 in Los Angeles. He was 77 years-old.
Born in Chicago…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PMÁngel Corella brings Barcelona Ballet to City Center
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26PMTony Award nominee Patina Miller and the glitzy cast of SISTER ACT performed a heavenly medley of “Raise Your Voice” and “Sunday Morning Fever” on “Late Night w…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 12:24PMActor and author Michael Tucker will discuss his new novel, After Annie at the Barnes & Noble at 2289 Broadway in New York City on Monday, March 19 at 7pm. He will be joined by Symphony …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMWhat kind of theatre will the next generation inherit? This was a recurring question as I continued my travels from the previous week, visiting theatres in Minneapolis, the San Francisco Bay…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:16PMREVIEW: "Beautiful Thing," threaded with music of the Mamas and the Papas, is a sweet coming-of-age romance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:15PMBroadway star Betty Buckley will be offering a song interpretation and monologue workshop at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, beginning March 12. The classes will focus on preparations…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PMClassic Stage Company will present the seventh year of its popular Young Company, which creates classical works specially tailored for young audiences. This season's production will foc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:10PMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING MONDAYGoodbye to All That27 FEBRUARY 2012(PREVIEWS FROM 23 FEBRUARY)Luke Norris’ new pla…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:09PMMegan Hilty, currently staring in the NBC series SMASH, sat down with MyFOX NY to talk about Smash.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMThis year’s Academy Awards ceremony may be over, but that doesn't mean Oscar buzz has died down yet! Leading up to the big night, Broadway.com asked readers which Oscar nominee the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN ROUND 5 OF HOT/HOTTER!AND YOU ONLY HAVE 2 DAYS LEFT TO PICK BROADWAY'S MOST ROMANTIC COUPLE!(LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND CAST YOUR VOTES!)Today: A close look a…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Bill Pullman is set to portray the President in the upcoming NBC comedy pilot 1600 PENN.
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Since acclaimed monologist Mike Daisey announced that he would make the transcript of his latest work, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, available for free online, tens of thousands o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMHoward Kissel, who served as chief theater critic for the New York Daily News for 20 years, died on February 24 at his home in Manhattan. The 69-year-old writer had been suffering from compl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMGet ready to head to Neverland! After a sold-out run off-Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop, Peter and the Starcatcher is flying onto The Great White Way this spring, starring Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe producers of new musical, Leap of Faith, want to wish you a Happy Leap Year. The production, based on the film of the same name, is offering special $29 seats in the orchestra and mezzan…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:48AMTalk about an achievement, composer Alan Menken has won more Academy Awards than any other living person! CBS News recently caught up with the composer to discuss his illustrious career…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMMuppet fans caused quite an uproar after the announcement that America’s favorite puppets would not perform at this year’s Oscars, despite their recent self-titled film nabbing a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMA one-night-only performance of the fantastical rock musical Weaker People... A Dangerous Notion will be presented at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, home to the current Tony-winning revival o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMLook below to see what Broadway shows are playing on each night this week. Want to know what Broadway shows have Sunday evening performances Which Broadway shows have Wednesday matinees Just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMHarry Bouvy along with Callan Bergmann, Stephen Bienskie, Pamela Bob and others, attended the 'SILENCE! The Musical' Cast Recording with a CD signing at Barnes & Noble, 86th & Lexington.
SOURCE: www.timessquaregossip.com at 11:41AMThe re-imagined musical of the legendary Carrie is already getting an extension. The musical which officially opens on March 1st was set to close on March 25th but now will extend four more …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:38AMTHE LION KING: On Sale in Miami
On February 11, 2012, tickets went on sale for the Miami engagement of THE LION KING at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
Performances bein…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMThere's an easy way to please the Arts Council: sell as many tickets as you can. That isn't the same as challenging audiencesTheatre isn't rocket science. Audiences want what they always wan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AMThe actor gets “Happy” in Broadway’s Death of a Salesman — Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages‘ ongoing series about actors and how they create their role…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:25AMThe original Broadway production of infamous musical Carrie may not have lasted long (5 performances only!) but the show's current off-Broadway reworking is definitely attracting audienc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMCameron Mackintosh has been forced to cancel the first preview of his new touring production of The Phantom of the Opera tonight, claiming more "technical rehearsal time" is required.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMShow People: Nina Arianda
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:20AMIn a fitting finale for his annual Broadway week, theater cheerleader Jimmy Fallon was treated to a roof-raising visit from Tony nominee Patina Miller and the disco-riffic nuns of Sister Act…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMMCC Theater has announced a four-week extension of the newly revised Off-Broadway production of Carrie, starring Molly Ranson and Marin Mazzie, which will officially open March 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM"West Side Story" -- the famed Broadway musical that became a classic movie -- probably wouldn't exist if hadn't been for a report in the Los Angeles Times about a gang fight in Riverside.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15AMHappy Leap Year! That's the message from producers of the new Broadway musical Leap of Faith, who are offering $29 seats in the orchestra and mezzanine for the first week of previews, Ap…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe Rainforest Fund, co-founded by Grammy Award winner Sting and wife Trudie Styler, will present its 2012 benefit concert April 3 at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:09AMMCC THEATER Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director announced today that Carrie, now in previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMMCC Theater has extended its Off-Broadway production of the musical Carrie, which will now play through April 22. The show is currently in previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and will op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMIt’s the end of the world as we know it, and NEWSical the Musical is going out with a bang! The musical’s hysterical headlines have changed to incorporate the 2012 presidential e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMTory Ross plays the title role in Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical at Ohio's Human Race Theatre. Based on the life of the late entertainer, Tenderly was penned by Janet Yates Vogt …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMBody By Broadway: Bianca Marroquin
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:06AMTickets are now on sale for the basketball drama Magic/Bird, starring Kevin Daniels as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Tug Coker as Larry Bird. Penned by Lombardi playwright Eric Simo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMBroadway stars Montego Glover, Beau Bridges and Judith Ivey will be featured on the season finale of the USA Network drama series WHITE COLLAR. The episode, entitled Judgement Day, will air …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMTony and Emmy-winning actress Elaine Stritch will bring her acclaimed evening of Stephen Sondheim tunes to San Francisco audiences this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMHas a Broadway show with the word “leap” in the title ever opened during a Leap Year? Never. To celebrate this once in a lifetime event, the producers of Broadway’s LEAP OF FAITH will …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:00AMBobby Cannavale, Jennifer Tilly and Tony Danza are among the stars who will perform in the March 5 edition of Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter at the Triad Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMBroadway's trend of turning movies into musicals continues in early 2012 with a new adaptation of the popular 2006 romantic film, "Once".
The production, previously in workshop at Boston's A…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:00AMWhen anyone that has an impact on our industry passes away, it has a pretty massive effect on me. But when it's someone that I've met, someone that I've worked with, and someone that inspire…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:59AMStage and screen actor Bill Pullman and "Hairspray" actress Brittany Snow will join Tony nominee Josh Gad in the upcoming NBC pilot "1600 Penn," a White House family come…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThey're usually too busy performing to see other shows, but here's what's they'd like to catch if they had the time.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:57AMWord of Mouth: Shatner's World, We Just Live In It
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:55AMArts groups view the 10th anniversary as the first of what they hope will be numerous milestones.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:53AMSpin City with Spider-Man Star Christina Sajous: #1
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51AMOmid Djalili will star as Dr. Rance in a West End revival of Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw, directed by Sean Foley. The new production will begin previews at the Vaudeville Theatre o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AMMySpace: Chris Jackson
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:50AMEdmund Gaynes, in association with David Gersten, present Tin Pan Alley (The Original iTunes), which will officially open at Actors Temple Theatre March 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMTwo-time Tony winner Mark Rylance will play the title role in Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night in London’s West End. Both productions, which originally opened at Shakespeare&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:49AMMyspace: Wallace Smith
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48AMBeyond Broadway: How I Learned to Drive
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48AMCelebrities must hate youtube. All it takes is a few clicks and we can see video proof of their most embarrassing moments. (To understand, imagine someone followed you around high school wit…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:48AMLoni Ackerman, Brad Bradley, Gene Castle, and Karla Shook star in Tin Pan Alley (The Original iTunes), which began an open-ended Off-Broadway engagement February 25 at Actors Temple Theater,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMBeyond Broadway: Gazillion Bubble Show
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 26, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $724,239 8,214 100.07% $88.17 CHICAGO $538,849 6,753…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMPrior to the offical announcement later today, New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, which last year brought us such productions as the Broadway-bound Newsies, Boeing-Boeing, Damn Yankees, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMAsk a Star: Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:41AMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will return to Feinstein's in the fall, will offer her Song Interpretation & Monologue Workshop in Fort Worth in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMBeyond Broadway: Newsical the Musical
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:40AMHas a Broadway show with the word leap in the title ever opened during a Leap Year Never. To celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event, the producers of Broadways LEAP OF FAITH will make 29 or…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMOn the Scene: Jesus Christ Superstar
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:36AMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 10:36AMNew works by Jeffrey Hatcher and Ken Ludwig are nominated in the Best Play category for this year's Edgar Allan Poe Awards, to be presented by Mystery Writers of America at a ceremony a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:34AMOne of the top-tier performers of a promising new generation of young stars on Broadway, Matt Doyle has appeared in both dramatic musicals and plays in establishing a versatile stage and scr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMGreenwich Playhouse, LondonGreenwich Playhouse is a neighbourhood pub theatre that for more than 20 years has produced an eclectic mix of mostly classic plays, from Shakespeare to Ibsen. If …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:27AMYou've probably seen videos of the image above. Here's how it works: Drop a mento in Coke and watch the insanity. In my first year of business I was constantly overwhelmed. I spent a lot of …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:20AMThe Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University has announced the productions set for its 2012 season, which will run July 6-29.
The festival will kick off with the world …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMChristine Pedi will perform her show, Great Dames at The Gardenia in West Hollywood on Wednesday, April 18 at 9pm.
The show will feature Pedi singing songs about and made famous by the grea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMHappy Birthday, Debra Monk The Tony Award winner made her Broadway debut in PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES in 1982. Her Broadway credits include PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, PRELUDE TO A KISS, NICK amp N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will stage the world premiere of Ayad Akhtar's The Invisible Hand, about a man kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, beginning March 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMIn honor of Black History Month, MTI Marquee is featuring shows from our catalog that deal with the national celebration’s themes, and those African American artists whose work has hel…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:10AMPlaywright and actor Wallace Shawn will read his essay, "Why I Call Myself a Socialist," at an event at Dance New Amsterdam, Saturday, March 3 at 7pm.
The evening is being present…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThis year my daughter saw her first two Broadway shows Sister Act and Mary Poppins. We're not counting that unfortunate Lion King incident at age five when she was scared out of the theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMTony nominee Josh Gad, best known for his role in “The Book of Mormon,” will star in the White House family comedy “1600 Penn.” The actor also will co-write and executive produce the…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AM
I want you to imagine it is 1927; the week after Christmas. You have bought your tickets, and now your chilly bones sit in a dark corner of Florenz Ziegfeld’s Theater in New York. The …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:55AMFilm Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, held its annual honors yesterday, February 25, in Santa Monica. Hosted b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has revealed one of the subjects he is considering for his next musical: the Profumo affair that famously rocked British politics in the early 60's when John Profumo,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMThe Gift Theatre Company has announced casting for Rodney Ackland's Absolute Hell, to run March 1 - April 29. Sheldon Patinkin will direct the production.
The play, set in the days ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMA preliminary list of participants has been announced for Douglas Adams The Party, a 60th birthday celebration in honor of the late author Douglas Adams, to be held at the Hammersmith Apollo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AMPeter Shaffer wrote what he called this "very English piece" in 1987 for Maggie Smith and in 1990 both her Lettice and Margaret Tyzack's Lotte won Tonys on Broadway.
Lettice Douffet is as …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:41AMHeart & Soul: The Music of Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick & Whitney Houston will be presented at San Francisco's The RRazz Room April 14 at 7 PM and 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMFilm Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, held its annual honors yesterday, February 25, in Santa Monica. Hosted b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMTotalTheater Productions will present Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, a new comedy with music, beginning March 13 at the Richmond Shepard Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMToday I'm handing my tiny piece of the blogging world to Seth Godin as he presents his manifesto, Stop Stealing Dreams It takes a look at our current educational system and how it needs to a…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:31AMThe songs of Chicago-based actor, composer/lyricist and singer/songwriter Alan Schmuckler will be presented at Joe's Pub March 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AME! Online has released a video from its pre-Oscars coverage featuring Glee star and Broadway veteran Darren Criss duetting with The Muppets' Kermit the Frog on the classic Muppets tune,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMTony and Emmy winner Angela Lansbury, who will return to Broadway shortly in the revival of The Best Man, will host Career Transition for Dancers' 27th Anniversary Jubilee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMDavid Edgar's Written on the Heart, which centers on the genesis of the King James Bible, will transfer from the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:20AMThe world premiere of Katori Hall’s family drama Hurt Village opens February 27 at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in off-Broadway’s new Signature Center. Directed by Patric…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:13AMThe Shakespeare's Globe productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, will transfer to the West End's Apollo Theatre, running November 2, 2012 - February 3, 2013. Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:13AMWritten from the Heart, David Edgar's new play about the creation of the King James Bible, will transfer from the Swan Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, to the West End's Duchess Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AMOmid Djalili will star as Dr. Rance in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, to run May 5 - August 25 at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre. Sean Foley will direct the production.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:09AMInaugural productions by two of Northern Ireland's leading theatre and opera companies have been recognised in the 2012 Irish Times Theatre Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMBilly Crystal was nine for nine with his stupendous hosting - particularly thanks to his superlative musical material courtesy of Tony-winning tunesmith Marc Shaiman - yet, the 2012 Oscars w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury will host Career Transition for Dancers' Dancers' 27th Anniversary Jubilee, entitled JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular. The event…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:59AMThe 84th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011, hosted by Billy Crystal were presented on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood amp Highland Center, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMThe 84th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011, hosted by Billy Crystal were presented on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood amp Highland Center, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMLegit News:
'Salesman,' 'Succeed' gain Broadway sales
SOURCE: Variety at 08:43AMIt’s been a year since I relocated to London. Despite having a blast over here, and being grateful I can be here and do what I love, I’ve also gotten past the honeymoon period an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:39AM2012 Frigid Festival, UNDER St. Marks, Off Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: Nicole Pandolfo’s skill as a performer and her likable stage presence makes this story of d…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:20AMThe 84th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011, hosted by Billy Crystal were presented on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood amp Highland Center, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMThe previously announced stage return of Mark Rylance to play the title role in Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe this summer will be followed immediately by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:05AMWhile most arts managers and board members don't turn to financial forecasts when they are looking for a lift, I...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:00AMTheaterMania reviews the DVDs of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and Love Never Dies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMKatori Hall creates a vibrant community in this Signature Theatre production, but "Hurt Village" seems more of a political statement than a slice of life.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AM
The Irish Rep's Ciarán O'Reilly once more demonstrates his ability to give exciting new life to plays that don't rank with O'Nell's masterpieces
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:45AMShakespeare's Globe's forthcoming productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, starring Mark Rylance, will transfer to the West End, it has been confirmed.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMComposer reveals he is considering 1960s sex-and-politics scandal as subject for his next musicalThe News of the World might be gone, but one of its most notorious scoops could be the subjec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMThrillingly,
Arts Council England has become the first funding body in the world
to embed environmental sustainability into its funding programmes.
Last week, Alan Davey, ACE's chief execut…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:29AMMint Theater Company is doing a bang-up job with Githa Sowerby's flinty 1912 drama "Rutherford & Son," which is notable for its feminist perspective.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:26AMAt the close of Loni Ackerman’s most engaging and entertaining new cabaret act - “Next to Ab-Normal” she sings James Taylor’s “The Secret O’ Life” a…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:16AMLegit News:
Three shows set moves to London
SOURCE: Variety at 07:16AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 27 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMOmid Djalili will star in a new production of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, beginning performances at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre May 4, prior to an official opening May 16,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM
Shakespeare Theatre Company is accepting registration for two classes being taught by Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, who together create original stylized works as Happenstance Theater. Ma…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:59AMAs previously tipped::E8831328549338 by Whatsonstage.com, Shakespeare’s Globe will transfer its forthcoming productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night to the West End following their…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:58AMOmid Djalili is to star in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw in the West End.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMThis edition of My Fair Lady at Broward Stage Door is a disappointing muddle other than a few adequate performances under the direction of the usually reliable Michael Leeds. The first two t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:48AMDavid Edgar's Written on the Heart is to transfer to the West End this April.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMAngela Lansbury will host JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular - Career Transition For Dancers 27th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 700 pm at New York City Center, 131…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37AMArts minister Ed Vaizey has announced that the nationwide competition to find the UK's City of Culture will be extended to 2017.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMThe blockbuster musical "Wicked" remained the top grossing show on Broadway last week, beating out "The Lion King" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:13AMLast night, I decided to watch the Academy Awards show for the first time in a couple of years. As the Hollywood machine has continued to churn out more and more of what I consider warmed o…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:07AMOmid Djalili is returning to the West End to play Dr Rance in a revival of Joe Orton’s comedy What the Butler Saw, which opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on 16 May (previews from 4 May)…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM"The Great Immensity" alerts us to the devastating consequences of climate change if we don't get off our rear ends and do something about it.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 06:00AM
Noel Coward Theatre, London: Hell will probably freeze over before we see an Ivor Novello revival at the Novello Theatre, but the former Albery Theatre now gets the first production of a pla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMOctagon, Bolton: We are now so used to seeing Shakespeare's tragedies reinvented and transplanted to alternative historical settings that we've become rather inured to the tactic. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:21AMYe Olde Rose and Crown, London, until March 10: Howard Goodall may reach his biggest audiences with his themes to TV shows like Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley and his instrumental and chora…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13AMWyndhams Theatre, London, until March 17: Jackie Mason is undoubtedly an elder statesman of comedy, but this farewell UK tour would be best described as workmanlike rather than a goodbye wit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:05AMArcola, London: Using the sexual abuse of women as a potent example of what Estonia suffered under Soviet control, Sofi Oksanen's juicy, historical novel has won awards across Europe, b…
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I’ve regularly decried the ever-escalating price scales of the West End, not least over the iniquitous spread of premium pricing (which is, however, ultimately a matter of choice; if yo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:59AMMr. Kissel also wrote books on Broadway subjects, including a book of New York City theater walks and a biography of the producer David Merrick.
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MJE preps new prod'n of 'Butler'
SOURCE: Variety at 01:21AMThis week's podcast focuses on the Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's R and J, which is currently playing at The Side Project. Director Tristan Brandon and cast members …
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AMThe residents of “Catfish Row” will be honored on Wednesday, February 29th following the evening performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th). Proclamations a…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMLindsay Duncan leads a strong cast in Howard Davies' slick revival of Noel Coward's 1925 play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMBeautifully scripted and directed (Barry Kleinbort) and sung to perfection you’ll discover what makes Loni tick and talk and sing with heartfelt passion and humor.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMHere’s a first look at the brand new television commercial for Gore Vidal’s THE BEST MAN
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMPS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the New Broadway Cast Album of The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS on March 12 & 13, 2…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM
Its lurid title notwithstanding, “I Killed My Mother” is neither campy comedy nor a theatrical take on film noir. Instead, Andras Visky’s new play — a portrait of a young woman’s h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:52AMThe Irish Rep has done it again. Having ably resuscitated, Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape” and “The Emperor Jones,” it’s now revived “Beyond the Horizon” — a drama that …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:52AMBroadway veterans Meryl Streep and Christopher Plummer, in addition to Broadway playwright Woody Allen, were among the winners at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Streep earned the Os…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47AMScott Siegel presents: The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party 2012 By Sandi Durell ... Photography: Barry GordinJim CarusoMy dilemma is – does Scott Siegel ever sleep? After all, he produ…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:30AMProducer New York, New York / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA When Bob Donnalley and I produced A Shayna Maidel in New York more than 20 years ago, we knew that the play had “legs.̶…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMGordon's Andrew Wheeler(photo by Michael Cooper)Do you like Doubt? Have you seen the movie? Is the play still viable after you have? A priest, a boy, a mother superior, suspected misconduct …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera co-hosts the 13th annual Column Awards Gala, which honors excellence in theatre within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Feb. 27 at the Patty Granville Performing Ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMMy trip to Florida is now history, and I have a hell of a rough week ahead of me. In...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMDavid Frye impersonates Gregory Peck, James Mason, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, William F. Buckley, Jr., Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person." Willa Cather, Alexander's Bridge...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe director Richard Maxwell’s adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s “Early Plays” (at St. Ann’s Warehouse) has the supreme realism of a dream. It is happening, …
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THE BIG MEAL
Sam Gold directs Dan LeFranc’s play, a…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMArts groups view the 10th anniversary as the first of what they hope will be numerous milestones.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSignature Theatre Company's Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater in the new Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street is officially open for business Feb. 27 with the opening of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmma Hunton, who currently stars as Maureen in Off-Broadway's Rent, and Andy Mientus, cast member of Off-Broadway's Carrie, sing the music of Bruce Springsteen in Fire Without A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) benefit, featuring a star-studded lineup of performers belting out some of Broadway's most memorable songs, is o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues Feb. 27 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah: Part Two.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of Broadway performers join forces Feb. 27 to remember the late Grammy-winning artist Whitney Houston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's Future @ Lincoln Center (formerly The Songbook series), which is presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, continues Feb. 27 at 6 PM in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Mint Theater Company revival of Githa Sowerby's Rutherford & Son, which reunites members of the original 2001 cast, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 27.
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