Four Dublin-based dancers have formed a hypnotically catch art-pop band
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:39PMA local radio station goes off the air. A parent is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. These unrelated events might seem curious subjects for a dance — especially for the same dance. Consider i…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33PMThe night was billed as the premiere of “Two Othellos,” meaning, presumably, that Saturday’s performances at American Dance Institute in Rockville would also feature two Iagos. But jus…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33PMThe 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out on May 6 in 14 categories and 4 special honors at the NYU Skirball Center The event was hosted by Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31PMThe Tony-nominated new musical Once came out on top at the 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards, where it was honored for its off-Broadway incarnation. The romantic tuner won three awards, includ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Ted Chapin of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Peter and Michael review the openings of Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Columnist, …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 10:18PMJonathan Pryce plays a tramp aided and tormented by two brothers in a revival of Harold Pinter’s classic 1960 play “The Caretaker” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre offers a thoroughly engaging production of George Bernard Shaw's weighty play.
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Each spring something like 500 advocates descend on Washington, DC for Americans for the Arts’ annual Arts Advocacy Day. The event—actually two days, one day of training and issues bri…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:49PMThe 27th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were handed out this Sunday, May 6, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center, beginning at 700pm EST, in a ceremony that once again benefited the Actors Fund and hon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41PMIn northern Michigan in 1911, a nun was found murdered. In the early 1970s, playwright Milan Stitt wrote a murder mystery/courtroom drama based on this story and used it to examine love, rel…
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'The Caretaker" was Harold Pinter's first smash -- the 1960 breakthrough that first identified "Pinteresque" as an adjective for things menacing, ambiguous, playful and armed with an unsettl…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:58PMAs a musical, *Sexy Baby* is more or less entertaining, with some numbers more clever than others. However, it's hard to create a parody out of something already clownish - the world of chil…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:38PMWelcome! Are you looking for Luner on Theatre? Luner on Theatre has changed its URL as we slowly work to become a more professional site as we continue to provide you with theatre news you d…
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While watching the not-particularly-enthralling New Group production of David Rabe's new play, An Early History of Fire, I had to wonder if we really need yet another coming-of-age story in …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:53PMThe masterstroke of this take on Othello was to draw its focus away from race. It might seem odd to say that of a production in the rhyming vernacular of hip hop in which the Moor was Africa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:33PMIt was with a healthy dose of trepidation that my wife, young daughter and I moved to Seattle in 2005. Actually it wasn’t a move, but a return: Northwest natives, we’d spent the previous…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:24PMThe evening kicks off with an awesome dance number and now here's our host Mario Cantone.Montage of the off-Broadway season. I love a montage. It's awkward that people are only clapping for …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 07:19PMMore than half a century ago, when Dame Monica Mason started dancing at the Royal Ballet, she had no idea that some of her colleagues suffered from eating disorders. She would see her fellow…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMLast year Alex Caggegi was an ordinary teenager from a state school in the North of England with one difference: he dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. Now he has become only the fourth Brit…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Hunter Parrish, who previously starred in the Broadway revival of GODSPELL, has joined the starry talent lineup of When You Believe A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz on May…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMPinky Swear Productions is offering DCMTA readers $5.00 tickets to the final week performances of KILLING WOMEN at Spooky Action Theatre 1810 16th St NW, in Washington, DC 20009 Here are Dir…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:57PMThe Lucille Lortel Awards represent the best on Off-Broadway, chosen from 91 eligible shows (50 new plays, 17 musicals, 24 revivals).Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2012 Luc…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 01:42PMAlan Cumming, Sandra Bernhard, Bruce T. SloaneA celebration of the continuing revolutionary role of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) leaders in business, arts, politics, religio…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:25PMOne of the first Broadway performers I became friends with as Broadway Spotted was the amazing Meredith Patterson. This woman is not only gorgeous and a great singer, but she dances her behi…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:00PMChariots of Fire is hitting the stage – with nine races on an indoor athletics track. Lyn Gardner finds out what happens when performers are pushed to the limitWhen actors James McArdle an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMNow that the Tony Award nominations have been announced, just how are the producers of the nominated shows using that prestige to entice potential audiences? Here is a look at two of t…
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In creating "Peter and the Starcatcher," which has been nominated for nine Tony Awards, director Alex Timbers has risen to prominence NEW YORK — When he began working on “Peter and the S…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:45PMFREUD’S LAST SESSION, New York’s hit play by Mark St. Germain, is celebrating Sigmund Freud’s 156th birthday today, May 6th at New World Stages. Producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Rober…
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMToday in 2008, Glory Days opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it ran for one performance. Glory Days is a musical with music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire and a book by James Gar…
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“Once” and “Sons of the Prophet” took home the awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Play at the 27th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:56AMGlobe, LondonA play of pulsating poetry and politics, performed in 1601 on the eve of the Earl of Essex's attempted coup against Elizabeth I to some of those actually involved in the plot, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMAtlanta-based Alternate ROOTS will host a community conversation with Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, during his first visit to the state. The event is pr…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:47AMNow that the Tony Award nominations have been announced, Broadway fans can win prizes while playing a new Facebook app – The Tony Awards: Predict-the Winners Game – presented by …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:47AMDonald Margulies’ drama Time Stands Still which enjoys a solid production at GableStage is not a thrilling or enthralling production; it’s one that keeps you thinking long after the ligh…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:46AMThe action occurs over some 48 hours in their lives and sharing nearly one-tenth of that in real time with them, it gives a sense of living through those two days. Over that time, we see the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:35AMSEMINAR, the acclaimed comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Peabody Award winner Theresa Rebeck Mauritius, The Understudy, Omnium Gatherum, NYPD Blue, NBCs hit series Smash and directed by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMNew album artwork for the New Broadway Cast Recording of EVITA, featuring the show's stars Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris, has been revealed. BroadwayWorld brings you the art…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThere’s a super feature article in today’s NY Times about celebrated British playwright Mike Bartlett and his new play (now in previews at The Duke) called . . . um . . . uh . . …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
For those expecting to see Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lumina Studio Theatre’s 100th production - A Midsummer Night’s Dream…in Metropolis might come as …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58AMReview: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, The Cut, Halesworth"How often do we wish that more things were handmade?" asks American monologist Mike Daisey. He stares us in the eye. "Now…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMIntroducing the BroadwaySpotted.com Rush Report – the weekly guide for cash-strapped theatergoers. Every week we send our reporters are the theater district so that you’ll know w…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:15AMLegit Reviews:
Ironically, highly entertaining though this sharp comedy initially is, fully dramatic it isn't.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:07AMIn this edition, De Shields tells stories about THE WIZ's journey to Broadway, starring in Ain't Misbehavin', getting naked for the Queen, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMA star of "Clybourne Park" recalls seeing the ensemble of "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" at the same Broadway theater.
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Get ready for your close up. It’s show time! At the revival meeting that is being held at the St. James Theatre called “Leap of Faith” an on stage security guy with han…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:57AMGeorge Bernard Shaw's complex masterpiece gets a streamlined production from Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group that's fun but shallow.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:20AMThe Storm Theatre's "The President" rescues a forgotten charmer of a short satirical play by Ferenc Molnár through topflight acting and direction.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:13AMThis is a post about my struggles to learn Dutch and assimilate to my new country (which I’ve endeavored to wrap back around to the arts). The past few weeks I’ve been studying rathe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12AMPatricia Buckley's absorbing solo show "Evolution," from Absolute Uncertainty and Interart Theatre, explores commonly accepted ideas of progress and change.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:03AM
We're not talking First Folio, mind. This is the world of 2b r nt 2b - but with the highest of motivesWilliam Shakespeare's reputation has little to fear from history, but even so it's nice …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:58AMOne day soon Beatles scholars and Professors of Fabology will emerge from their caverns and their ashrams to inform us that it was 50 years ago today. On 5 October 1962 “Love Me Do” was …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:53AMThis 92nd Street Y Lyrics & Lyricists series look at Noël Coward and Cole Porter is undercooked, faring best when Edward Hibbert and Harriet Harris perform.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:35AMTake a seat, Baldwin brothers. You too, Donny and Marie. There’s a new family act in show business.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:00AMFeeling apprehensive about opera companies tackling Broadway musicals is understandable. So if you’re still wincing at the memory of Leonard Bernstein’s excruciating 1980s recording of W…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:00AM
Lincoln Center Theater presents War Horse author Michael Morpurgo in a one-night only special event, An Evening with Michael Morpurgo From Devon to Broadway, tonight, May 6 at 730pm at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music amp Art and the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of Life Of The Party, a light opera for dark times. Following the huge success of last …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTADA YOUTH THEATER presents, in conjunction with the now-playing world premiere musical UP TO YOU, ITS UP TO YOU, a open forum event today, May 6, 2012 at 11am to discuss bullying through le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway Actress Steps Into Iconic Role in Goodspeed Revival Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageLouise Pitre is getting verklempt …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AMFrom The Part OF Red Riding Hood To The Baker's Wife, She Knows Things Now
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AMBased on the 1992 motion picture starring Steve Martin and written by Janus Cercone who together with Warren Leight is responsible for the awkward book, “Leap of Faith” is just too hard …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Art seems to be imitating art these days for “Smash” star Megan Hilty.
In the splashy television drama — which pulls the curtain back on the dirty business of Broadway — the 31-year-…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:07AMMoving into the theatre and other things on my To Do list.Every day I experience the give and take of this career I've chosen. This experience is weighing heavily on the give side…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMMother and MeExploring life through theatreby Itai Erdal (production photos by Emily Cooper)Twelve years ago, I was going to be a documentary filmmaker. I became a theatre lighting desi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMThe UnspokenTranslating the darkness of the teen years to theatreby Edward RoyAs I write this I’m deep in technical rehearsals for my new play, Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest, opening on May 9…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMLPTW’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 Pangs of PartingFarewell to dryer, kitchen, hairdresser...by Cameryn MooreI’m not on tour yet for this year, not officially. Yes, I gave up my lease at the beginning of April, and drov…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMImprov troupe takes direct aim at Game of Thrones with new event.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMIn 1973, Arnaud Maggs had an epiphany. “I had never thought of being an artist — never considered it,” he says. “But then, one day, it hit me. I still don’t know why, but I was fil…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMTony winner Linda Lavin, recently nominated for Broadway's highest honor for her performance in the current Nicky Silver comedy The Lyons, plays the Metropolitan Room May 6-7 at 9:30 PM.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMeet octogenarian actress Estelle Parsons, the "Bonnie and Clyde" Oscar winner currently tying up loose ends of the plot in Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCast members from the original 1987 Broadway production of Into the Woods, including Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Danielle Ferland and Lauren Mitchell, reunite for a special May 6 discussion a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMario Cantone hosts the 27th annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which are presented May 6 at the Skirball Center. Hugh Dancy, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle, Cristin Milioti and Sarah Paulson are…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group open a co-production of George Bernard Shaw's complete four-act Man and Superman — his 1903 comedy set in England, Spain and He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway run of Seminar, Theresa Rebeck's comedy about a caustic editor and a group of young novelists, ends following the May 6 matinee at the Golden Theatre. At close, the world-pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway company of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked offer a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund May 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn anticipation of Broadway's sexiest night of the year, ten men from Broadway Bares offer a one-night-only edition of Broadway Bares: Solo Strips May 6 at XL Nightclub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLincoln Center Theater hosts an evening with War Horse novelist Michael Morpurgo, who shares his inspiration for the acclaimed tale of a young boy and his horse, May 6 at the Vivian Beaumont…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1912 Richard Le Gallienne's Orestes stars Edyth Olive and Rathmel Wilson. It plays at London's Boudoir Theatre.
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