Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory reunited on stage in New York for the first time in 40 years on Sunday, April 29 in their new autobiographical piece, When Everything Was Possible, A Conce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55PMWho wants to live forever?
According to Janacek’s “The Makropulos Case,” which opened at the Met Friday, the answer is “nobody” — least of all the opera’s leading lady, Emilia…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:43PMThis production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” looks real good. And not just because the cast includes Christina Ricci, Bebe Neuwirth and at least two guys who can’t …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:01PMIn "Newsies," choreographer Christopher Gattelli has created a dance vocabulary specific enough to communicate the story at a visual level. One jump in particular illustrates the mechanics o…
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Few dance artists have practiced the creativity of subtraction as successfully as Anna Sokolow. The power in her works from the mid-20th century stems from a mix of space, absence, anticipat…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:43PMAubrey Dan’s retreat from Toronto theatre scene leaves rival impresario David Mirvish in complete control of high-end market
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:29PMA first-time producer on what it took to stage Old Jews Telling Jokes.
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 10:24PMIn a nutshell, the new musical Leap of Faith is ultimately The Music Man meets 110 in the Shade in a revival tent. The show is not quite the train wreck that word of mouth might have you b…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:14PMBebe Neuwirth headlines Classic Stage Company's often magical production of Shakespeare's comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01PMA modern-dress production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Classic Stage Company, with Taylor Mac as Puck, is a feast of arresting imagery.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMTy Jones gives a fiery performance in the title role of Ron Russell's often innovative production of Shakespeare's great tragedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMA truly talented cast brings their all to this amiable musical set at a weight-loss camp for teenagers.
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Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's play about a Holocaust survivor and her family is well acted, but feels more like a case study than a full-bodied drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMNicolas King, Myles Savage, Randie Levine-Miller, Kevin SpirtasRandie Levine-Miller’s “SHOWSTOPPER DIVOS – A SWELL PARTY” was held at Feinstein's at Lowes Regency on April 29, 20…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:42PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the openings of Ghost, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Lyons. In the news we discuss the Drama Desk elimination of the orche…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:38PMA review of a zesty production of the 1955 musical "Damn Yankees," co-produced by Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre and New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:30PMThe end of the Broadway season came galumphing to a disappointing close in the last hectic week. (Tony insanity begins with the nominations Tuesday.)
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According to a report by Ultimate Classic Rock, ROCK OF AGES and Twisted Sister's Dee Snider has released more tracks from his new Broadway album Dee Does Broadway, to be released May 8.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:59PMAn absent presence is the guiding structure in both Gideon Obarzanek’s "Faker" and "CITY", by the BLOOM! Dance Collective.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 07:22PMAh, the pleasures of YouTube! So far over two million people have watched this spoof of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I wonder why.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 07:22PMDisappearing Broadway investments prove, especially this season, that there is still no formula for commercial success in the entertainment business, but the wicked track record of the prequ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:22PMSo, it’s a wrap. The Broadway season has concluded with an especially crowded spring. Leap of Faith, which opened on Thursday night at the St. James Theater, was one of two holdouts—push…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:18PMTADA YOUTH THEATER presents, in conjunction with the now-playing world premiere musical UP TO YOU, ITS UP TO YOU, a open forum event on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11am to discuss bullying throug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMTake a trip to the seaside in May, and there's no telling where or when you might find yourself in the midst of a theatrical event.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMHer dramatic gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972 ensured her status in her home country of Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, the legendary dancer who has also taken on acting roles, will star in the world premiere of the dance-theater work "The Man in a Case," a stage adaptation of an Anton Ch…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:57PMClick title for more.. .Don’t Dress for Dinner- a well-performed sequel but not equal to Marc Camoletti's Boeing, Boeing . . .Leap of Faith- Even with the magnetic Raul…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 06:30PMIt's good to know I have at least one thing in common with Her Majesty the Queen--we both laughed our asses off at One Man, Two Guvnors. I caught the NT Live broadcast last year, and she saw…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 06:18PMGoodspeed Musicals will coax the blues right out a the horn with its much-anticipated new production of MAME. The bold and brassy musical comedy will runs now through July 1 at the Goodspeed…
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The Joffrey’s *Spring Desire* is at once dreamlike and shockingly authentic, rousing and serene, edgy and encouraging. Ballet isn’t going anywhere. Highly Recommended.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:43PMEntertainment Weekly offers its final Tony nominee predictions: "... whose names will be called when Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons announce the nominations this Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:36PMA Midsummer Night's Dream may be William Shakespeare's most indestructible play. The plot is so solidly silly, the characters' desires and dreams so clearly etched, that the show is always f…
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Scottish Ballet has reached a nadir with this numbingly literal realisation of Tennessee Williams’s play in dance, Clement Crisp writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:56PMScottish Ballet has reached a nadir with this numbingly literal realisation of Tennessee Williams's play in dance, Clement Crisp writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:56PMMy friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:51PMMy friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:51PMJeff Fenholt Supports Morgan James
Jeff Fenholt supports Morgan James and says hi to the current cast of JCS
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:44PMGhost and Jersey Vote for Donna Vivino
You get the picture at this point, right?? Broadway Hunger Games!!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:39PM“I was sort of thrilled by it,” Stella says of her husband Stanley’s display of brutal strength on their wedding night. The same could be said of my response to the latest …
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Matt Deangelis, Matt Shingledecker and friends vote for Morgan James for the Broadway Hunger Games
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How should I review improvised shows or those that evolve over time?Tonight at 8.10pm, on numerous stages across the country, exactly the same events will take place at the same time as they…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:47PMNow, a change.org petition has launched to bring the category back, with 1545 signatures at press time including well known industry members like Lin-Manuel Miranda, George Stiles, Larry Hoc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMby: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) We are just days away from the announcement of this season’s Tony Award nominees. Over the next 48 hours, the Broadway Critic blog staff will be making …
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 01:37PMA performance of every word of F Scott Fitzgerald's jazz era classic, Gatz lasts a marathon eight hours (with a break for dinner). How do the actors manage it?On paper it looks like punishme…
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Frank Galati's stage adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's 2005 Civil War novel "The March" adheres gallantly to the complexity of the book's sweeping themes an…
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Meet the Joneses. And meet the Joneses again. They're two couples that share more than a surname in Will Eno's weird and wonderful play, getting its wor…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PMLines are blurred at Ghost, the synthetic video game of a musical currently in performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. These are not the lines between life and death, but rather between t…
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Mamma Mia loves Donna plus a drive by vote for Brandon! lol
Somehow in the midst of Ben doing his video for Donna, someone came up for team Anything Goes!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:49PMNaught shall go ill on April 29, when the Classic Stage Company production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci, opens off-Broadwa…
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:39PMThe terrific 1992 film that this musical Leap of Faith is based on contains a roof-raising gospel number with the lyric: “Are you ready for a miracle?” That’s exactly what’s needed w…
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Danny Quadrino of Bye Bye Birdie supports Morgan James for the Broadway Hunger Games.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:05PMToday in 1996, Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 5123 performances. Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe 2012 - 2013 Broadway season has begun!The first: Opening Night: June 14, 2011The last: Opening Night: April 26, 2012Somethings never change. The talk of last season was the talk of…
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The remarkable Metropolitan Playhouse and talented director Alex Roe are having an off day with Clyde Fitch and Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth."
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:25AMKurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory, Broadway's go-to ingenues 40 years ago and once a couple, reunite at City Center in a wonderful "concert with comments."
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:18AMLeap of Faith Loves Donna Vivino
Donna Vivino gets Broadway Hunger Games votes from Leap of Faith cast members (and some from her family).
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:04AMGrace Gonglewski, the tall, velvet-voiced actor Philadelphia theatergoers have been seeing on professional stages for two decades, was standing in front of a microphone the other day.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:01AMWell, blimey! Look what washed up on the shores of The Colonies! It’s another National Theatre export! I’m sure a lot of folks in our city would like the National to bugger o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMOnstage at the Longacre Theater, Peter Scolari is in “Magic/Bird,” slipping in and out of characters, changing in and out of blazers, pullovers, warm-up suits and sneakers, and moving in…
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I had a moving experience last night. The Countess and I went to Loews Jersey to see a double bill of A Night to Remember and The Poseidon Adventure. I’ll probably scribble a few notes…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:57AMSometimes, people who survive tragedies from two different worlds come together to find comfort and happiness together. Such is the case in Phillippe Felardeau’s straightforward and poigna…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:47AMREVIEW: Strong acting reveals the powerful reality of ambiguity in playwright John Patrick Shanley's master work.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:40AMJohn McDaniel has many Broadway orchestration and musical production credits to his name, including Grease and Annie Get Your Gun. Here he demonstrates how live orchestration profoundly boos…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:37AMWhat is a Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This is our seventh session, this time a discussion about the Bosto…
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Because theatre pros are hard-working people, when one member or group is not recognized, the (stage) troupes rally to protest. This is exactly wha…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 10:12AMHave you ever wanted to know what REALLY happens when a Broadway show goes on tour? No, I’m not talking about what kind of reviews they get or if audiences show up to see a scandalous show…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMAfter decades as successful screenwriter, the Oscar nominee returns to his first love, theater, and he's just getting started.
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The pre-Tony Awards crush of plays opening on Broadway brought two plays with hysterically funny dinner party scenes and a third that aimed for laughs from what happ…
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BOTTOM LINE: Perfectly silly and completely delightful -- everything you expect from a first-rate British farce.
One Man Two Guvnors exis…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:36AMSpace is both an inspiration and one that provides parameters to force/collision, a collective of multi-disciplinary artists. The found space of The Yards Park Canal creates a fitting backdr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:16AMSome highlights from closed productions that have been receiving award nominations for the 2011-12 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMAUDITIONS for a unique and professional performing arts camp experience. Lynn Sharp Spears is the Director of ‘Summer Theater Experience.’ This year’s sessions will be hel…
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Near the end of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, the magician Prospero promises that he'll retire, that "deeper than did ever plummet sound, / I'll drown my book."
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:55AMThe Drama Desk Awards decided to drop its traditional Best Orchestration category this year—and Broadway's orchestrators, musicians, and composers are fighting back.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:52AMEdward Bond’s plays expect the audience to work, to think, to reflect. There are no easy answers, no neat solutions-
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:48AMMarty Panzer is the songwriter best known for writing lyrics with Barry Manilow. His entertaining stories would be enough for a fabulous evening. As he recalled personal stories and facts ab…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:20AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMReviews of Bring It On, Julie Andrews & Carol Burnett: The CBS Television Specials, Liza Minelli: Live at the Winter Garden, Sweeney Todd, and eight more recordings.
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Donna Vivino gets more Wicked votes, and a few friends from Jersey...
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:49AMPeter Scolari, the actor known for “Bosom Buddies,” plays Red Auerbach, Pat Riley and Jerry Buss in the Broadway show about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48AMTony Award-winning actress and Raleigh native, Beth Leavel, stars as MLynn in North Carolina Theatre's production of Steel Magnolias. The play ends its run tonight, April 29, in A.J. Fletche…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will guest star on the HBO comedy, GIRLS, tonight, April 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJames William Productions and Stephenie Skyllas present Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory in When Everything Was Possible, A Concert with comments, for one night only tonight, April 29th 73…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTDFs Autism Theater Initiative presents autism-friendly performances of Disney and Cameron Mackintoshs Mary Poppins today, April 29, at 1pm, at the New Amsterdam Theatre 214 West 42nd, Stree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJonathan Pryce, a Tony Award-winning veteran of stage and screen, leads Harold Pinters acclaimed play, The Caretaker, produced by Theatre Royal Bath ProductionsLiverpool Everyman and Playhou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMOscar-winning Hollywood legend Liza Minnelli has signed up to appear at a major charity gala in London on 29 April 2012 to celebrate the work of legendary songwriters Kander amp Ebb. The all…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMMore Votes for Vivino from District Wicked
Donna's family and friends weigh in. Plus a mentor from JCS and others
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12AM"RachFest" is the finale of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's regular season.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMTHE COLUMNIST is competently directed by Daniel Sullivan but it’s the text that is tiresome.
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Quiet On The Set...and...Remember!Backstage at the COC brings the past and the biggest question facing operaby Alex Van Chee(photos by Karl Forster from the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie pro…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMLPTW’s Blog30 was created to highlight the diversity, passion and brilliance of the individual members of the League of Professional Theatre Women in celebration of the organization…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMThe playwright (l) with Chris Hayes (photo by Pamela Perrotti)What Does It Mean to Be In Love?Answers with musicby Trevor BarretteSet in good old Montreal, 'To Be' is the story of Adam, a yo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe Healey AffairDoesn’t anyone have the guts to tell Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre to fuck off?By Richard BurnettEvidently we are doomed to repea…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:00AMPreview PerilsIT SAYS MATURE AUDIENCES ON THE FUCKING POSTER, PEOPLE.by Cameryn MooreAll the forms are in. (I think.) My marketing print material is in the pipeline. The promo/special event …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:00AMThis week's column discusses the original cast recordings of Disney's Newsies, Frank Wildhorn and Don Black's Bonnie & Clyde, and the incidental score to the uproarious One M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Scottsboro Boys, the Tony Award-nominated musical inspired by a Depression-era miscarriage of American justice, makes its West Coast debut April 29 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Veteran…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe I AM Love Campaign, 108 Production's 2012 Sneak Preview Tour, kicks off with a screening of the new documentary "Corpus Christi: Playing With Redemption" April 29 in San Fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA group of overweight teens share s'mores and secrets in the quirky, new Off-Broadway musical Fat Camp, starring Carly Jibson, which officially opens Off-Broadway April 29 at the America…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLynn Cohen heads the cast of the world premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's Eavesdropping On Dreams, which officially opens at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre April 29 following preview…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Anthony Heald, performance artist and songwriter Taylor Mac, Tony winner Bebe Neuwith and Christina Ricci wander into the woods outside Athens in Classic Stage Company'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMusical Momentum, a benefit concert series featuring Broadway and cabaret performers, kicks off with True Colors: A Benefit/Fundraiser for the Trevor Project April 29 at the Laurie Beechman …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory, cast members of the original Broadway production of Follies, reunite for When Everything Was Possible, A Concert (with comments) April 29 at New York…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1899 Happy birthday Edward Kennedy Ellington, who, taking the surname "Duke," became one of the 20th century's most important musician-composers. His Broadway shows, Beggar'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMind The Gap—famous for producing high quality contemporary British theater in New York—presents Georgia Fitch’s Adrenalin…Heart. True love in Islington? A white single mother of…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMI went to Metropolitan Playhouse's production of The House of Mirth expecting to be educated as much as entertained, as often happens with rarely produced classics--in this case, a classic I…
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