According to the website for the Broadway production of Venus in Fur, the show will close on June 17.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35PMI think we're well past spoilers on the plot of Porgy and Bess, but at the climactic point of the play, at which Porgy (Norm Lewis) has pulled a knife from his leg-brace and stabbed his cras…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:30PM‘End of the Rainbow,” which opened Monday night, depicts the last months of Judy Garland’s life as she tries to stage a comeback in London, only to succumb, yet again, to booze and pil…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:27PMAbout two hours into Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 3-hour, 45-minute production of “Strange Interlude,” the tragic condition of Eugene O’Neill’s troubled, meddlesome heroine, Nina …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:21PM“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to present the thing, to be frank,” said David Muse of Oren Jacoby’s adaptation of “Invisible Man,” which will kick off the Studio Theatre�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:21PMVirtuoso pianists tend to be divided into two groups: those of supreme technical ability and those with a profound aptitude for expression. These two groups are often treated as if they were…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:21PMI am not an opera fan by any means, however, "The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" totally captivated me from beginning to end! If you are looking for a show that has lots of talent, then I would …
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JUDITH OF BETHULIA IS PATRON SAINT OF DOWNTOWN THEATRE SCENE: SHE’S OFFERS AID TO LEPERS! SHE PROVIDES REFUGE TO HARLOTS! SHE SELLS OUT ENTIRE RUN WHILE LOOKING RAVISHING! Theater for the …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:45PM2012 Olivier Award Nominee – Best Entertainment & Family Show Potted Potter West End Hit To Make US Premiere: Limited Engagement Begins May 19th at Little Shubert Theater With Opening …
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 06:42PMPlays by Hannah Moscovitch, David S. Young and John Mighton in Tarragon Theatre’s 2012-13 season
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:36PMThe Muny will resent THE KING AND I as a part of its line-up for the 94th season in Forest Park.Single tickets will go on sale Saturday, June 2, 2012. For more ticket information, call 314 3…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PMHarris will be faced with the challenge of reversing the Broadway-focused award's declining viewership — it is the least watched among the televised award shows (including the Grammys, Osc…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:32PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway veteran Darren Criss has a debut solo album in the works. The GLEE star and past HOW TO SUCCEED leading man is currently in talks with music pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMFela!, which started as an Off-Broadway show in 2008 and has grown into an international sensation (and is now playing at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre through April 15), follows the life of …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:19PMIn “The Soap Myth,” written by Jeff Cohen, a Holocaust survivor’s belief that the Nazis made soap from the bodies of Jews is met with scholarly skepticism and a denier’s dismissal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMA few weeks back, during spring break at the Boston Conservatory, I took advantage of the brief semester hiatus to hightail it down to New York to see as many shows as possible. (I mean, duh…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 06:05PMThe cast of ONCE, the critically acclaimed new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, will appear on NBCs Today on Friday, April 6 in the 10AM hour. ONCE currently plays on Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMTwo-time Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett brought the Belasco Theatre to its feet with her raw portrayal of Judy Garland at the April 2 Broadway opening of Peter Quilter’s End of th…
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Seattle Children's Theatre, ArtsWest and Seattle Public Theater announce their 2012-13 seasons.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:55PMIn case it wasn't clear by now, it's a new era at the Victory Gardens Theater. On Wednesday morning, artistic director Chay Yew announced a new slate of ensemble playwrights.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:53PMQuestion: What do Broadway stars do when they’re not performing on Broadway? Answer: They’re performing somewhere else. Slightly removed from the swath of bright lights at midtow…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 05:42PMThe final list of presenters have been announced for the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will take place Saturday, April 14 in Cleveland and be aired on Satu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:41PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMGhost The Musical opens April 23rd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy are reprising their starring roles as Sam and Molly, which they originated in London's hit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMQueens Theatre, a home of world-class theatre, dance and cultural programming in the borough of Queens, presents its annual Gala on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The eventthe organizations largest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMAn updated lineup has been announced for Joe's Pub events.
As previously reported, the Broadway cast of the new musical Lysistrata Jones will perform a reunion concert on April 9 at 7…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:26PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informat…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:25PMVarla Jean Merman will play the title role in a new production of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium, which will play the Provincetown's Art House Theatre, May 18-June 3, before an ex…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMOn Monday night, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present the return of Eleven OClock Numbers, a musical revue that ran for eight months at Feinsteins at The Regency. Sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMRoundabout Theatre Company opened the door on Marc Camoletti's sex farce Don't Dress for Dinner, a sequel to Boeing-Boeing, March 30 at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre. Ben …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMSpin City with "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" star Christina Sajous: Episode #7
Get tickets to "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark": http://www.broadway.com/shows/spider-man…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:07PMCast members from the Broadway musical Once will appear on NBC's Today on Friday, April 6 during the show's 10am hour.
Based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, th…
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Actor Paul Nolan is currently making his Broadway debut as 'Jesus' in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. In a recent chat with BWW, the actor shared his thoughts on w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMToday, we unveil the first in a series of world-transforming machines developed by teams of young inventors in residence at the Murphy School (public K-8 in Dorchester). We asked the…
SOURCE: American Repertory Theater at 04:58PMStarvox Entertainment and Potted Productions will present the US premiere of the acclaimed UK production, Potted Potter The Unauthorized Harry Experience A Parody by Dan and Jeff, which was…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PM@jfdubiner Absolutely. ur roles become clearer, your various “missions” (ugh) too! I have to step back when I write, but it informs #newplay — Peter Marks (@petermarksdrama…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:41PMFormer super model Christie Brinkley, who will return to CHICAGO to reprise her role of Roxie Hart April 6-27, visited Good Day LA this morning to talk about the show. In this interview, she…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMThe battle of the sexes is waged anew as "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare enjoys a fresh, robust off-Broadway presentation by Theatre for a New Audience at The Duke on 42nd S…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:39PMCharlotte Stoudt reviews Ken Sawyer's revival of "Deathtrap" at L.A.'s Gay and Lesbian Center.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:39PMHow To Write The Great American Novel From an article on The Awl by Jim Behrle: 1. MOVE OUT OF BROOKLYN I know not every novelist in America lives in Brooklyn, it just seems that way. There …
SOURCE: direct address at 04:38PMLast month Anything Goes star Colin Donnell said “bon voyage” to the S.S. American and set sail to…Vancouver? Donnell took a leave of absence as ship stowaway Billy C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:34PMMetropolitan Opera General Director Peter Gelb revealed plans for future seasons to The New York Times in an interview.
Among the upcoming productions mentioned by Gelb are a new version of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:29PMEND OF THE RAINBOW made its Broadway premiere last night, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. Two-time Oliver Award-winner Tracie Bennett shines in Peter Quilter's acclaimed play about the lege…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMAccording to published reports, on Wednesday, March 28, the British playwright John Arden died in Galway, Ireland, where he had lived for the past few decades. He is survived by his wife, Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMOver the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go as The Olney Theatre Center presents Red Riding Hood: A New Fable. A rollicking twist on this classic Brothers Grimm tale,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:23PMProducers who work in sub-100-seat theaters are invited to a series of meetings that LA STAGE Alliance is sponsoring in April and May. The goal is to develop a collaborative approach to work…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:22PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Peter Quilter's play with music End of the Rainbow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMPotted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff, the Olivier-nominated production that presents all seven "Harry Potter" books in 70 minutes, will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMAs previously speculated, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience, a musical parody of the popular Harry Potter book series will play off-Broadway's Little Shubert Theatre.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMTony winners and current Broadway stars Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities) and John Larroquette (The Best Man) will host the 78th annual Drama League Awards. This year’s awards ce…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMPhoto/Deborah AlexanderThis engaging work from Gideon Productions taps into the themes of humanity that made Mac Rogers's previous foray into science-fiction (Universal Robots) so compe…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:03PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Chesapeake" by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Greenhouse Theater Center ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Chesapeake" by Remy Bumppo at Greenhouse Theater Center &…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMNorthlight Theatre in Skokie, IL, will produce the world premiere of Bruce Graham's Stella & Lou in spring 2013, artistic director BJ Jones and executive director Timothy J. Evans an…
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Movie star Andrew Garfield is winning over Broadway audiences as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s adrift son Biff in Mike Nichols’ acclaimed revival of Death of a Salesman. The talented,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMDarwin in Malibu
Directed by Caitlin Bouxsein.
Through April 21 at the Mobtown Theater
Crispin Whittel’s
Darwin in Malibu is infused with both the cleverness of a light come…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 03:57PMAges of Man
At the Performance Workshop Theatre through April 29. No performances April 5-8.
In the 1950s and ’60s, celebrated Shakespearean actor Sir John Gielgud performed Ages…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 03:57PMHotel Cassiopeia
By Charles Mee, directed by Genevieve de Mahy
At Single Carrot Theatre through April 29
There’s a reason Joseph Cornell’s collages are in museums and the ones…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 03:56PMPhoto/Deborah AlexanderTwelve years ago, dying aliens were found on an expedition to Mars, and their ambassador managed to convince the astronauts to smuggle the seeds of their race back to …
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 03:55PMThe Gallery Players will close their 2011-2012 mainstage season with the musical Wonderful Town, April 28-May 20. Mark Harborth will direct the production, which will feature musical direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:52PMPotted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff will play The Little Shubert Theatre, May 19-August 12. The production, which will open officially on June 3, is d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PMTony Award winners Stockard Channing and John Larroquette will be this year’s hosts for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards, scheduled for Friday, May 18 at the Marriott Marquis Times Squa…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:44PMCreative teams have been announced for the 2012 season at the St. Louis Muny, the nation's oldest and largest outdoor theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMSunday, June 10th, The Actors Fund will honor TONY Award winner Jason Alexander at their 16th Annual Tony Awards Party with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement. The gala, which w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMThe award-winning actor discusses his role as a hard-nosed writing teacher in Theresa Rebeck's hit Broadway comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMPerformances for Marc Camoletti’s sex farce Don’t Dress For Dinner have officially begun at the American Airlines Theatre, and we’ve got a first look at this alluring Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMThe March - Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, is offering $20 industry tickets for preview performances April 5 - 14, 2012 (excluding Saturday evening performances). To redeem visit www.…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:37PMBruce Norris’s Clybourne Park, the flip side of A Raisin in the Sun, opens in Toronto Thursday.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:35PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Last Duck" by Jackalope Theatre Company at the Viaduct Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Last Duck" by Jackalope Theatre Company at the Viaduct Theatre…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:35PMThe Drama League has announced that this years 78th Annual Drama League Awards will be hosted by Tony Award winners Stockard Channing Other Desert Cities and John Larroquette Gore Vidals The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMDavid Rooney The basketball Hall of Famer will be on hand with cast members for a post-show talkback following a special April 13 matinee performance of the new play by Eric Simonson.read mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:22PMUnited States premiere of "Potted Potter," based on the seven Harry Potter books, will open in June at the Little Shubert theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:16PMTony Award winner Jason Alexander will receive the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 16th annual Tony Awards Party, which will be presented by The Actors Fund June 10 at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation just announced a donation to The Theatres Trust to help launch its Theatres Protection Fund. The Foundation will award a grant of 125,000, to be paid over …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMEND OF THE RAINBOW made its Broadway premiere last night, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. Two-time Oliver Award-winner Tracie Bennett shines in Peter Quilter's acclaimed play about the lege…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMNewsies the Musical opened on Broadway on March 29, 2012, and Just Dance was there to catch up with Harvey Fierstein, the book writer of the new Disney musical!
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:09PMTony Award winner Rita Moreno will write her memoir, which will be published by Celebra Books, a division of Penguin Group USA, in winter 2013.
In her memoir, Moreno will write about movi…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:03PMBurn baby burn! In the ninth episode of Smash, entitled “Hell On Earth," NBC’s musical theater-loving drama the characters start to feel the heat as relationships reach…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMThe Beverly Hills Playhouse will present the world premiere of Love Struck, a collection of one-act plays by Dale Griffiths Stamos, May 11-27. Maggie Grant will direct.
The production wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Lindsay Pearce (Harmony on "Glee") shares exclusive backstage and behind-the-scenes photos from the new Los Angeles mounting of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awake…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PM“Based on a true story” is always a phrase that puts me off my feed. Usually the author is so dedicated to the details of the tale that s/he forgets to create a plot around which a play…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:55PMCraigslist (photo by David Cooper)Works by Michel Marc Bouchard, Judith Thompson, George F. Walker make up a good part of Factory Theatre's 2012-13 season.Despite excitement about new works …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 02:50PMTony Award winner Patti LuPone will make her Provincetown debut at the Art House alongside musician, actor and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky July 4-5 as part of the Broadway at the Ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThe Actors Fund will honor Tony Award winner Jason Alexander with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement at their 16th Annual Tony Awards Party on Sunday, June 10 at the Skirball Ce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMThe Actors Fund will honor Tony Award winner Jason Alexander with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement at their 16th Annual Tony Awards Party on Sunday, June 10 at the Skirball Ce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMNEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards. Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the star of the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” and …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:48PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director, in association with Damian Arnold, will present the Broadway premiere of Marc Camolettis classic farce Dont Dress For Dinner, starr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PM“Painting Canada,” a dazzling show about the Group of Seven that wowed London a few months ago, will come to Canada this fall.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:45PMRehearsals begin today, Tuesday, April 3, for the American premiere of the Royal Court Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning new production, COCK starring Jason Butler Harner as M, Amanda Quaid …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:44PMAlberta Ballet brings classics to Western Canada, filling gap left by National Ballet of Canada's lack of touring.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:44PMThe Tisch School of the Arts at New York University announced today a distinguished list of alumni will attend their annual gala, Ordinary Miraculous Celebrating Vision, on April 19th at the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMCaroline, or Change(photo by Joanna Akyol)After delivering on the goods with a raved-over production of Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage is going into a new year with two production…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 02:39PMPatti LuPone won her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, as well Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, for her performance as Rose in the most recent Broadway production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMSarah Ruhl expected her play about the history of the vibrator to disappear without trace. Three Tony awards later, she is bringing her smash hit to Britain.The play In the Next Room, also k…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMTony Award winners Stockard Channing and John Larroquette will host the 78th Annual Drama League Awards ceremony, which is set for May 18 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMTony Award winners Stockard Channing and John Larroquette will host 78th Annual Drama League Awards ceremony, to be held on Friday, May 18 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
Channing is…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMFOX has released a video of actors Matt Bomer and Darren Criss singing "Somebody That I Used To Know" on the April 10 episode of Glee. As previously reported, Bomer will play Coope…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PMTwo distinguished speakers grant an insight into the current situation for Afghan women in their county. On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Nushin Arbabzadah (pictured right), research scholar at…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:24PMDavid Rooney The Oscar-nominated actress will play the Baker's Wife this summer in the Public Theater revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1986 musical fairy-tale mashup.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:20PMBroadway.com's resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson stopped by the Schoenfeld Theatre to pen a political portrait of Eric McCormack, John Larroquette and the rest of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:19PMBroadways LEAP OF FAITH begins performances tonight and announces their student ticket policy. They will be 27.00 each, available in person at the St. James Box Office beginning at 1000 AM d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced additional casting today for the 50th Anniversary season of free Shakespeare in the Park at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMAfter a winter of discontent surrounding the Michael Healey controversy, Tarragon theatre's artistic director, Richard Rose is moving on by announcing the 2012-13 season lineup.Among the ele…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 02:16PMAndrew Lloyd Webber's charitable foundation has announced a grant of £125,000 to help kick-start a scheme to support refurbishment projects at local theatres.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:15PMPerforming Arts at Pace University will present Our Lady of 121st Street, April 7-14 at The Lion Theatre on Theatre Row. Grant Kretchik will direct the production.
The cast will include A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMFinborough, London"I never want to see the ugly, misshapen little brat again," said WS Gilbert after the 1896 premiere of his final collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. His wish was granted, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will perform on July 4-5 at Provincetown's Art House Theatre. She will be joined by Seth Rudetsky.
The Art House's 2012 summer series will also incl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:49PMIf the music I heard at the Fifth Annual Switchboard Music Festival can be used as a gauge of the state of contemporary composition today, I would have to say that contemporary music is a lo…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:44PMPlaywrights Horizons has just announced complete casting for the World Premiere of RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Gina Gionfriddo Becky S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMMagic/Bird, Eric Simonson's drama about the rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will welcome Hall of Famer "Magic" John…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMA reprise of Fred Hersch's Leaves of Grass highlights the key role of Boston's educational institutions; plus, an abundance of performances celebrating CD releases.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:36PMScreen stars Amy Adams and Oliver Platt have joined The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park summer season. Three-time Oscar nominee Adams will play The Baker's Wife in beloved S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMMARY POPPINS on The Chew
Don't miss the cast of MARY POPPINS as they visit The Chew.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012. 1 et/12 pt/c
Now in its 5th phenomenal year at the beautiful New Amste…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:30PMAmy Adams, who played a princess in the film "Enchanted," will be returning to fairy tales this summer, starring opposite Cinderella and a witch.
The Public Theater said Tuesday that the thr…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:29PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at the New Dramatists' 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon. The event will take place on May…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:23PMCorbin Bleu - Behind the Scenes at the Godspell Photo Shoot
Corbin Bleu joins the cast of Godspell on April 17th! Visit godpsell.com for tickets and info.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:22PMThey got a star! The Public's Shakespeare in the Park plucked three-time Oscar Nominee Amy Adams from Hollywood to play the Baker's Wife in this summer's revival of Into the Woods. The produ…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:22PMAmy Adams, who played a princess in the film "Enchanted," will be returning to fairy tales this summer, starring opposite Cinderella and a witch.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:20PMForget the man that got away, meet the lady that is here to stay! Two-time Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett makes her Broadway debut as Judy Garland in Peter Quilter’s End of t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:17PMI was having a conversation with a friend the other night.It seems her father hates Obama so much that he would vote for a cartoon character (which given the GOP choices this election, isn't…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 01:16PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Amy Adams, who played a princess in the film "Enchanted," will be returning to fairy tales this summer, starring opposite Cinderella and a witch....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:12PMRobert Joy and Oliver Platt will be among exiles in the Forest of Arden in this summer's Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sulliv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMYvonne Arnaud, Guildford: Faye Castelow is perfectly cast as the capricious Corrie Bratter, looking uncannily like a younger Maureen Lipman. Dominic Tighe does well to make her "stuffed…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMOscar nominee Amy Adams and stage and television starr Oliver Platt are among the actors who have joined the 50th anniversary Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte Theater.
The se…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMAmy Adams will play the Baker's Wife this summer in "Into the Woods" at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
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Organizers of the Tony Awards said Tuesday that Neil Patrick Harris will host Broadway's biggest night for the third time. The awards show is scheduled to take place Sunday June 10 at the Be…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:56PMThree-time Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams, who showed her deft touch with musical numbers in the films "Enchanted" and "The Muppets," will play The Baker's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PM “Hell on Earth” – The team begins their pursuit of a marquee star, as Eileen (Anjelica Huston) charges Tom and Julia (Christian Borle and Debra Messing) with finding…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:50PMJudith of Bethulia, Tony Award-nominated playwright Charles Busch's latest stage comedy that takes on the 1914 silent Hollywood Biblical epic, has sold out its entire 24-performance limi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMBoston College will welcome Tony Taccone as the special guest and alumni honoree at the University's 14th Annual Arts Festival, April 26-28.
Taccone, who is currently the artistic di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere production of THE COLUMNIST, by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan begins previews tomorrow,…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:38PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
"The Grand Duke" is the final operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan but barely anyone knows it: The show hasn't had a full professional U.K staging since its 1…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:37PMOne of the most satisfying plays of 2011, Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles, has made the jump from Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 to the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre. The good news is that th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Like a diamond chip, a speck of a play like "The Morini Strad" can sparkle if it's beautifully mounted.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PMTimeLine Theatre announced today that actor Stef Tovar will replace Bret Tuomi in the pivotal role of corporate pariah Jeffrey Skilling in its current hit production of ENRON by Lucy Prebble…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMLast week (29 March) just under 100 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers headed to the Menier Chocolate Factory's acclaimed revival of Mike Leigh's 1977 cult comedy Abigail's Party. Many admitted t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:33PMComplex emotion in a Neil Simon revival — When you hear the name “Neil Simon,” you might think of knee-slappers like The Odd Couple, but recently, several directors have be…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:32PMNew Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and playwright development workshop, today announced that two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with their 2012 Lifetime Achieveme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMThe Astoria Performing Arts Center will present Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's The Secret Garden beginning May 3 at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMFunny man Neil Patrick Harris is returning as host of the 66th annual Tony Awards, airing live Sunday, June 10 on CBS.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:29PMPartial Comfort Productions has announced the selection for its annual Welcome Mat Reading Series of new plays, to run April 16-May 7 at Atlantic Theater Company's Studio Theater.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:26PMGolden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, has signed on to host the 2012 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10th, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Harr…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:24PMBeau Jest Moving Theater will present Tennessee Williams' Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, May 10-20 at Charlestown Working Theater. Davis Robinson will direct the production, which wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PMThe surprise of the original cast album “Music from Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark” is that it is better than its show, which, as everyone even marginally aware of musical theater …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:22PMA few years ago, my husband and business partner returned from a networking meeting charged up about what he called "Facebook Bucks." He'd spoken with a leading credit card loyalty program …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:22PM"Rock of Ages," the upcoming movie based on the Broadway musical of the same name, is scheduled to hit theatres June 15. Here is a look at the film in the newly released "Rock…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMFran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, the producers of the new Broadway play MAGICBIRD, announced today that Hall of Famer Earvin Magic Johnson will hold a talkback for ticketholders following the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMCarrie Manolakos took the stage to celebrate her debut album Echo at le poisson rouge in New York City April 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThe Northlight Theatre in Chicago will present the world premiere of Bruce Graham's Stella & Lou, to run May 3-June 9, 2013. BJ Jones will direct the production. Cast and creative t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:12PMCommand Z: Artists Working With Phenomena and Technology
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SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:10PMNBC's Smash continued to highlight some of Broadway's biggest talents as Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz made a guest appearance on the show's April 2 episode. Butz t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PM'Peter and the Starcatcher', a new play by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice Jersey Boys, directed by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees Nicholas Nickleby and Tony Award-nominee Alex Timbers Bloody Bl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMI love this night. I get to dress up (thanks, K9) and stare at the St. Louis actors I've admired all year. Yes, I'm a geek, but I managed to gawk and point way less than last yea…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:03PMBE SURE TO VOTE IN THE NEW MONTHLY POLL AND VOTE IN ROUND 10 OF HOT/HOTTER!DO BOTH TO YOUR LEFT...JUST CLICK THE ICONS!The Broadway Box Office Top Ten for the 44th week of the 2011…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Pearl Cleage continues this series. What makes an artistic home? I …
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Olivier Award-winning director Maria Aitken will direct a staged reading of Noel Coward's A Song at Twilight April 16 at 7 PM at the Mainstage Theater (Playwrights Horizons).
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMLynn Cohen will star in the world premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's Eavesdropping on Dreams. Barefoot Theatre Company will present the play Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Studio T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMMichael Dove’s direction and nearly flawless casting of Side Man makes for a terrific production at 1st Stage. Playwright Warren Leight captures the flair and style of the jazzy big ba…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:56AMKatherine Jenkins and William Levy score the first perfect tens of the season on ABC's popular competition show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:54AMAny production that takes a five Act play and boils it down to a riveting hour and fifty five minutes of mayhem has a lot going for it. Declan Donnellan's Cheek By Jowl production of "Tis Pi…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 11:54AMLisa Banes, Marthe Keller, and John Glover will star in a staged reading of Noel Coward's A Song at Twilight, to be presented by The Acting Company at the Mainstage Theater at Playwrigh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AMFengar Gael
Hometown: None. As a self-proclaimed resident alien in despair over the recent loss of civil liberties in this mad, militaristic, security-obsessed nation, I claim no town, no c…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:53AMFinborough, London: Gilbert and Sullivan's final collaboration subtitled The Statutory Duel also turned out to be the only show that lost them money. Their business relationship had alr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AMBristol Riverside Theatre has announced plans for its 2012-2013 mainstage season.
The season will kick off with Oleanna (September 25-October 14) David Mamet's drama about academic pow…
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Prologue
On March 16, Ira Glass devoted an entire episode of This American Life to doing that which newspapers do with a few sentences in a small box buri…
SOURCE: Theatre Ideas at 11:48AMNew Dramatists will honor two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMFollowing the success of her February classes, three-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, who recently played an acclaimed engagement at Feinstein's, will again offer her master class series, Ac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMFresh from the current first season of TV's "Smash," Megan Hilty steps
forward to take on Ain't Misbehavin', the Tony Award-winning
musical revue named for the Fats Waller standard. The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMThree times a charm! Neil Patrick Harris has been tapped as the host of the 66th Annual Tony Awards. Harris, who will also serve as a producer, is bound to entertain! How will he top last ye…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:43AMThe Skivvies have released their fourth installment of a stripped down song, Lana Del Rey's Diet Mountain Dew.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMOlivier Award winner Tracie Bennett stars as a tempestuous and triumphant Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow, Peter Quilter's drama about the final months in the life of the late icon, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMSpend just a few minutes in a room with the company of A Streetcar Named Desire and one thing is immediately clear: this is the hottest cast on Broadway. And I don’t just mean physic…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:40AMComplete casting has been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of David Auburn's The Columnist. Daniel Sullivan will direct the production, which will begin previe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored by New Dramatists with their 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held on Thursday, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMMagicBird, based on the rivalry and ultimate friendship of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, will feature iconic photos of the Hall of Famers taken by legendary sports photographer Andrew D. Ber…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMHockadoo The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will continue to blow the roof off of theatres across the country into the 2012 -2013 season. The season will kick off on September 11th i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMPushkin House, London : Ten years after the Russian Revolution, a young woman appears claiming to be the long-lost Duchess Anastasia, sole survivor of the massacre of the Romanovs. The three…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMBroadway vet Benjamin Walker will return to Joe’s Pub on April 3 for the latest installment of Find the Funny, the monthly comedy series he created and hosts. Special guests include Sa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMOn Monday, April 2, the Broadway production of Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow opened at the Belasco Theatre, starring Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland.
Terry Jo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMI am not a Judy Garland groupie. And bio dramas rarely work for me. But I am still thinking about this one.Tracie Bennett has managed to capture the breadth and depth of the wild arc of the…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 11:31AMShe Stoops to Conquer - National Theatre Live Trailer
She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
Katherine Kelly plays Kate Hardcastle, with Steve Pemberton and Sophie Thompson as her paren…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:26AMNext week on SMASH, the show has landed a star, the mercurial Rebecca Duvall guest star Uma Thurman, but Eileen Anjelica Huston is thrown into a panic when Rebecca gets stuck in Cuba. Derek …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMSarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, Tony-nominated for Best Play in 2010 for its Broadway run under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater, is to receive its U.K. premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMSarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play, Tony-nominated for Best Play in 2010 for its Broadway run under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater, is to receive its U.K. premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMEnd of the Rainbow has officially opened on Broadway after a successful run in the West End. The acclaimed bio-play with music stars Tracie Bennett as the pop culture icon Judy Garland in th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:22AMToday in 2008, the first Broadway revival of South Pacific opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, where it ran for 996 performances. South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMJeff Goldblum, the new star of Broadway’s Seminar, dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 2 to talk up his return to Broadway. The two funny guys joked around about…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMTony Award winner Patti LuPone as well as stage and screen actress Anna Chlumsky will guest star on the Lifetime drama series "Army Wives," according to EW.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMOscar-nominated film director Jason Reitman will helm a reading of Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's film The Apartment on Friday, April 27 at the TimesCenter, according to the New York…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMEarvin "Magic" Johnson will join the cast for a talkback for the new Broadway play, Magic/Bird, following the April 13 2pm matinee performance at the Longacre Theatre.
Johnson is …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMGlastonbury’s Amy Brenneman will be returning to the stage to star in the world premiere of Gina Gionfriddo 's play "Rapture, Blister, Burn," which opens June 12 at off-Broadway…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:18AMWhat we did together exploded my whole life like a bombshell, a rain-soaked Julia related to former paramour with whom she recently rekindled a romance, Michael Broadway notable Will Chase t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMTheatre Royal Bath Productions and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse bring an impeccable production of Harold Pinter's 1960s drama The Caretaker to the Curran Theatre starring Jonathan Pryce.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:14AMLast night on SMASH, The team began their pursuit of a marquee star, as Eileen Anjelica Huston charged Tom and Julia Christian Borle and Debra Messing with finding a title for the newly rein…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMAfter the success of their 1970 concept album-turned-rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice teamed up again to create a rock opera about the controversial poli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMAfter the success of their 1970 concept album-turned-rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice teamed up again to create a rock opera about the controversial poli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMThe cast of the new and critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers had its breath taken away on March 30 when they learned that Simon himself was in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMJason Reitman, the director of "Juno," "Young Adult" and "Up in the Air," will present a live reading of the screenplay for Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" featuring a cast of contemporary ac…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10AMWhat's Hot on Broadway April 2012
WHAT'S HOT ON BROADWAY, hosted by Kate Shindle, takes you to preview a miraculous new production that will send you to musical theater heaven, LEAP…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:10AMWhen most actors walk on to a stage, an audience sees just that: an actor. A charismatic actor, maybe, or a compelling actor. Comically gifted, or sullen, possibly sympathetic. It is a deman…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:08AMI have been meeting with a number of friends recently who are in the middle of a job search. They are doing the standard things: Sending out resumes, asking for references, and going out and…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:04AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center honored Catherine Deneuve with its 39th Chaplin Award on April 2 in New York City. The annual gala is the Film Society's largest annual fundraiser, benefit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AM"Sparkle," the upcoming feature film that stars "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and the late Whitney Houston, is scheduled to be released in movie theatres Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMWell, what do you think? If you’re looking at this blog online, you’re looking at a whole new look. (If you’re reading this via email, then you’re also seeing a new look, but click…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The Washington Post is reporting this morning that Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder Gary Sinise was injured in a car accident on Friday in Washington, D.C. and spent some time in hospital.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:59AMNewsies - Seize the Day - Disney's Newsies the Musical on Broadway
"Seize the Day" from Newsies on Broadway is a non-stop number filled with athletic choreography from start t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:58AMJaneane Garofalo will appear as a special guest in Benjamin Walker's Find the Funny , tonight, April 3 at 9:30pm at Joe's Pub.
Created and hosted by Walker, Find the Funny is a m…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMAbout the author:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park is anything but cuddly: Bruce Norris’ acid comedy, inspired byA Raisin in the Sun, examines racism in America as filte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMGet your air guitars ready! The movie adaptation of Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige and Ale…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMby Mitchell Cushman In his best-selling biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson details at length the Apple founder’s infamous reality distortion field—his ability to “bend any fa…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:48AMGeorge Oliphant and his crew from WNBC TV’s “George to the Rescue” recently surprised the company of STOMP at The Orpheum Theatre in New York, demolishing and renovating their dressing…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:46AMThe show, which was generally well received in a Tyne Daly headed production last year at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse, is an original musical taking place just before and after a bi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:46AMNeil Patrick Harris will reprise his role as the host of the Tony Awards — again. Producers of Broadway’s grand prize night announced that the “How I Met Your Mother” star will emcee…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:45AMAmy Brenneman plans to return to an off-Broadway stage this spring in the play "Rapture, Blister, Burn."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:45AMThe fun starts at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s Fun Company’s production of The Young Olympians and the Most Amazingly Awesome Adventure Ever! before we ever take our seats. The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:44AMWhen Synetic cooks up Shakespeare, know that under Paata Tsikurishvili’s fired-up direction, the team will tackle something bold and often delicious. However, is it any wonder that in Syne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:43AMThe Broadway-bound comedy hit "One Man, Two Guvnors" is full of slapstick, satire and sight gags, and it turns out it has a sensational score as well. The Craze, the show's onstage band, wil…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:43AMJudith Shakespeare Company is set to present Shakespeare-a-Thon II: Comedy Tomorrow - Tragedy Tonight!, a marathon reading of eight plays in 24 hours, beginning April 21 at Noon at Irish Ti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMThe national tour of Memphis, the Tony Award-winning rock musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, is currently booked through May 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMThe producers of Over the Moon The Broadway Lullaby Project have confirmed that the list of participating composers and lyricists now boasts Pulitzer Prize winners Tom Kitt Next to Normal To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMWhatsonstage.com officially turns 15 this week! Twitter has become central to our 24/7 coverage in the three-plus years we've been active microblogging service.
We've been receiving birthd…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:38AMPFLAG National honored Broadway stars Audra McDonald THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS, PRIVATE PRACTICE and Will Swenson PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, HAIR with the 2012 Straight for Equality …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMAmy Brenneman will lead the world premiere of Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn at off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizon. Directed by Peter DuBois, the production begins its run …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AMIs the act of bowing and applauding at the end of a show a spontaneous reaction, or an elaborately choreographed convention that we obey unthinkingly?To bow or not to bow? Once we've politel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMI‘ve been looking at a lot of Facebook pages lately. I often do audits for clients: I’ll look at their page, and then give them suggestions as to how they can improve it. Basical…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:31AMThe winners of the 36th Annual Carbonell Awards -- honoring the best in South Florida theater -- were presented at a ceremony held on April 2 in the Amaturo Theatre of the Broward Center for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AMNeil Patrick Harris will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards. Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the star of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and a stage veteran w…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:30AMIt's my first trip to Mother Russia, and my first Golden Mask Festival, so most likely no posting for the next week.More anon. Till then, do svidaniya!
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:30AMLee Summers’ Just a Piano concert series will kick off its sixth year at the Triad Theatre April 9 at 9:30 PM with recording artist Alyson Williams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMActor Neil Patrick Harris will return to host the annual Broadway awards ceremony for a third time this year.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:24AMAuthor DeAnna Cameron tells me she used No Applause to research her new historical romance novel Dancing at the Chance. (The “Chance” is the name of a vaudeville theatre in the s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:22AMEND OF THE RAINBOW made its Broadway premiere last night, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. Two-time Oliver Award-winner Tracie Bennett shines in Peter Quilter's acclaimed play about the lege…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMBuy Now and Save up to 40 on performances starting today through May 13. Hurry Must purchase by April 26.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMJosh Young, currently starring as Judas in the new Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMErin Carlson The "How I Met Your Mother" star returns to emcee and produce the ceremony on June 10.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15AMBroadway veteran and Emmy Award winner William Daniels will guest star later this season on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as one of the doctors overseeing the medical boards being taken by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMOn March 26 Arena Stage hosted the Golden Gala: A Glittering Evening of American Musical Theater to celebrate the vibrancy of the performing arts in Washington.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMThe gay and lesbian theatre movement has changed radically since the oppressive days of the 1950s, but could more writers rise to the challenge of contemporary issues?Queer theatre is the ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMThe gay and lesbian theatre movement has changed radically since the oppressive days of the 1950s, but could more writers rise to the challenge of contemporary issues? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMUnder the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ambassador Theater presents Hopa Tropa Kukerica!, an authentic celebration of Bulgarian culture! Lilia Slavova wrote and di…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:08AMEmmy-winning TV star and Broadway vet Neil Patrick Harris has signed on to host the 2012 Tony Awards, his third stint as emcee. The 66th annual Tony ceremony will be held at the Beacon Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02AM"IF DAD LEAVES, WHO'S GOING TO TEACH ME HOW TO ACT?!?!? YOU?!?!?!?"...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 10:00AMEnter for a chance to win a trip to New York and tickets to opening night of LEAP OF FAITH on Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Tony Kushner and Stephen Sondheim are among the newly announced contributors to the previously reported Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project, which has been created to raise funds for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMLegit News:
Talent lining up for spring's legit awards
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52AMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who recently thrilled the Broadway Backwards audience with her medley of Sweeney Todd tunes, will bring her critically acclaimed concert act, Ah, Men! The Bo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMAcademy Award and Emmy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Law amp Order Criminal Intent, appeared on last night's 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' to discuss his star…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:47AMToday is the birthday of the seminal cartoonist Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt and Jeff. For more on him and his vaudeville bona fides go here. And for a visual argument: To find out more about…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:33AMThe one and only Patti LaBelle returned to The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, March 30, 2012, where she promptly and proudly announced that she was 67 years old and “in it to win.�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMThe starry revival of Tennessee Williams' landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire is pulling into Broadway as previews begin at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 3. Blair Underwood, Nicole …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:26AMThe American premiere of jazz and blues musical The City Club begins previews April 3 at off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre, starring Kristen Martin as Crystal Labelle. Directed by Mi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:25AMRaúl Esparza, Jessica Phillips and Kendra Kassebaum headline the musical adaptation of Leap of Faith, as previews begin April 3 at the St. James Theatre. Directed …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:25AMOur industry is in the spotlight more than ever with NBC’s hit series SMASH! Each week, Ryann Ferguson takes us through what happened in the most recent episode. Be careful though! This ar…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:24AMOscar nominee Jeff Goldblum will take over as sharp-tongued novelist Leonard in Broadway’s Seminar beginning April 3. Also joining the hit main stem comedy is fellow movie star Justin …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:23AMStage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris will once again host the Tony Awards, to be presented a the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 10 and broadcast live on CBS from 8pm to 11pm (ET/PT time…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMOur friends over at Soho Theatre are offering AYT readers £5 tickets to Cartoon De Salvo: Made Up during previews. Check out the offer below. Cartoon De Salvo: Made Up at Soho Theatre 4-21 …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:21AMShakespeare's Globe's former artistic director Mark Rylance has become the latest figure to call on the London venue to withdraw its invitation to Israeli company Habima to perform as part o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AMEnd of the Rainbow opened tonight, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. How'd it fair with the critics Let's find out...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMArt can cross barriers of culture and race and build bridges of understanding. Fanon Hill and his partner Sam Holmes created the Black Male Identity Project – that utilizes the arts, s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris will return to host the 66th Annual Tony Awards, which will be broadcast June 10 live from the Beacon Theatre in New Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:55AMToday is the birthday of the great fan dancer Sally Rand. For a bit on her life story go here. For a glimpse of her at work go here: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, cons…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:44AMEND OF THE RAINBOW made its Broadway premiere last night, April 2, at the Belasco Theatre. Afterwards, BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the show's opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMWe have all had the experience of passing an attractive person on the street. While you or I might let the memory go after a minute or two, for Joe, she was the girl of his dreams and he b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:38AMUnless you’re a classic film buff, you’ve probably never heard of Frank McHugh, and most of the hundred odd movies he appeared in during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have fallen in…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:36AMOriginally posted on 7 April 2010: In Beckett’s late play Rockaby, a prematurely old woman rocks herself off from one world and into another; passing judgment on her experience in this…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:28AMThe first of our Spring Oral History Project interviews was just recorded and it was a true breath of fresh air. On March 19 and 26, 2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa sat down to interview Marya Warsh…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:25AMFor the third time, the Emmy-winning stage and screen star will host the Tony Awards ceremony. The 66th Annual Tony Awards will be telecast on June 10 on CBS.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 08:20AM"The O'Briens" is a good sink-your-teeth-into read that explores the capricious nature of destiny with grace and humor and shows great compassion for its characters.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06AMA Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch, begins its limited Broadway run at the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMInspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMRussell Blackwood discusses the San Francisco company's new production of the famed Cockettes musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Mr. Arden, a major British playwright of the 1950s and 1960s, produced work that was politically engaged, theatrically inventive and conscience-provoking.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30AMAudra McDonald at PFLAG's Straight for Equality Gala
Four time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald was honored April 2nd at the PFLAG Straight for Equality Gala with her fiance, Will Swens…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26AMWhile Americans tie themselves in knots over the obnoxious practice of "tweet seats," the Canadians have taken the intervention of the digital world - or perhaps the critical world - into th…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:15AMBy Peter Filichia –-
Liza Minnelli certainly started off 1974 with a bang.
Not that 1973 was so bad. On March 27 of that year, Minnelli became the youngest performer to have won a Best…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:13AMLeap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a small Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, begins making a joyful noise at the St. James Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09AMThe Whitney Biennial likes to shock, and so does Michael Clark. Back in Thatcher’s England, the British choreographer, now 49, set his dances to punk rock and put Hitler mustaches on his f…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:08AMShakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” has such a bad rep that this new production’s program is full of scholarly quotes that basically say, hey, it’s really not as chauvinistic a…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:08AMBig Broadway performances are polished, sometimes to a fault: They’re perfectly enjoyable, but they often lack a certain unpredictable battiness.
Not so with Tracie Bennett’s tour de fo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:06AMActress, Writer New York, New York USA My inspiration came from my beloved mother who loved all the arts, played Galli-Curci and Caruso records on the old Victrola, read Pushkin to me in Rus…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMWrong QuestionDoes the internet make you stupid? and other time-wastersby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was watching a talk/discussion show and they decided to debate the question "Has the internet…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMGeorge F. Walker, Judith Thompson, Nina Lee Aquino and CBC’s Bill Richardson behind the upcoming titles at Factory and Acting Up Stage.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMOccupy Wall Street. The Ryan Budget. "I don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be." "I'm not concerned about the very poor." 2012 would seem to be an ideal time…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show : "Red" at Hartford's TheaterWorks
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMBooks on obesity, immigration and more vying for Donner Prize.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:00AMGeffen Playhouse veterans Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") and Jon Tenney ("The Closer") play former high school lovers in the West Coast premiere of David Lindsa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's Seminar, the new play by Theresa Rebeck, gets a new poison pen in the form of Jeff Goldblum starting on April 3. The veteran of Broadway's The Pillowman and Hollywood'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLeap of Faith, the new Broadway musical about a con-man preacher who blows into a small Kansas town, where he spars with a lady sheriff, begins making a joyful noise at the St. James Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Flea Theater presents a reading of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal April 3 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe American premiere of The City Club, which is billed as "an original blues and jazz musical about the indisputable intoxication of music," begins Off-Broadway April 3, prior to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Rainforest Fund, co-founded by Grammy Award winner Sting and wife Trudie Styler, presents its 2012 benefit concert April 3 at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Erica Morini, starring Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart, officially opens Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn all-new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which stars Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega and brings a multi-ethnic frame to the New Orl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA Streetcar Named Desire, featuring a multi-racial cast, gets reinvented on Broadway by director Emily Mann and a cast led by Daphne Rubin-Vega, Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith the arrival of the Broadway revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, which is currently in previews at the Marquis Theatre, we thought it would be a great time to loo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1911 Minnie Maddern Fiske stars as Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, a woman anxious to conceal her mid-continent past under a veneer of British manners. Harry James Smith's comedy runs at the Lyceu…
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Gore wins this one
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From Hal to Val and back
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Disney tuner 'Newsies' preemed Thursday
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Actor to host Broadway awards for third time
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