Nice Work If You Can Get It made its way into the millionaire club for the first time, grossing $1,022,115. The new Gershwin musical, which opened in April, played at 93.11% capacity, coming…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:53PMBy Peter Filichia --
Been busy the last week? Of course you have, with all the e-mailing, texting and – last and now least – phoning you’ve done to many friends and relatives.
The s…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:51PMLaura Benanti and Stockard Channing starred in a one-night only reading of Donald Margulies' Collected Stories on Monday, May 7 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
The reading, which wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43PMNo one makes depression as attractive as Topher Grace. In “Lonely, I’m Not,” the former star of TV’s “That ’70s Show” manages to make abject misery seem the only rational way t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:32PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted its annual Costume Institute gala Monday night, a benefit organized by Vogue's Anna Wintour with Oscars-style pomp.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:29PMFolger Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s classic comedy The Taming of the Shrew, drawing inspiration and influence from the Wild West, circa 1880. Esteemed director Aaron Posner sheds…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:28PMAnd we open with Dev in a bed. Who’s in bed with him? No one? Karen? Ivy? Bingo! Ivy! You devil! At the theater, Karen and Jessica arrive looking for Ivy. Where is she? Oh, she’s with De…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:17PMHarold Pinter is famous for deliberately enigmatic works, and that includes his 1960 breakthrough play, “The Caretaker,” now at Brooklyn Academy of Music starring Tony winner Jonathan Pr…
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The Scottsboro Boys is making its West Coast premiere in a co-production by San Diego's Old Globe and San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. Despite being deeply flawed, the musical …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:31PMStephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, Nina Raine's Tribes, and Once, which features music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová and book by Enda Walsh, wer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30PMFour performers with sensational voices and vibrant personalities enliven Rodgers and Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing, a revue at the Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio, cel…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:14PMWriter-composer Jonathan Larson seemed to have sensed something about his premature mortality well before he died of an undiagnosed heart abnormality in 1996 at the age of 35. And in fully t…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:02PMPaul Weitz’s “Lonely, I’m Not,” a damaged-boy-meets-defensive-girl story, stars a wonderfully matched, mismatched Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe Queen's Company's enjoyable all-female staging of Shakespeare's oft-produced comedy gives the production a fresh spin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMTopher Grace and Olivia Thirlby give assured performances in Paul Weitz's moderately successful spin on the boy-meets-girl formula.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe Storm Theatre presents a fast-paced and hilarious production of Ferenc Molnar's 1930s' farce about a bank president who turns a taxi driver into a conservative capitalist.
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A classic dictionary definition of ‘farce’ includes “ludicrously improbable situations” and “slapstick.” Both are prominently displayed in the outlandish comedy, “Don’t Dress…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:50PMForget what you think you know (and probably hate) about British farce or slapstick. One Man, Two Guvnors, the latest theatrical import from London, defies expectations on many levels. It's …
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:49PMNBC has given a series order to its pilot, The New Normal, according to Deadline.com.
This comedy project from Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler centers on a gay couple, to be played by Justin …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle met on May 7, 2012, at the offices of Time Out New York magazine, to determine the winners of its 77th annual awards. The results were as follows:
SOURCE: dramacritics.org at 09:43PMWe're back from a super-fantastic weekend at The Fusebox Festival. Here's a look back.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 09:40PMJohn Lithgow in THE COLUMNIST
One of the most inexplicable and unfortunate omissions from this year’s Tony Award nominations is David Auburn’s The Columnist, which definitely des…
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 09:39PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards (NYDCC) were chosen and announced on Monday, May 7.
Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, which was produced by the Roundabout Theatre Com…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27PMNBC has given a series order to its pilot, The New Normal, according to published reports.
This comedy project from Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler centers on a gay couple, to be played by Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10PMTRIASSIC PARQ The Musical, the 2010 Best Musical winner at FringeNYC, launched its new website today, May 7. At TriassicParq.com, visitors will discover updated news about the show’s upcom…
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John Heginbotham premieres two new works this week at Baryshnikov Arts Center, and met with Aaron Mattocks to talk about making dances, being one of the busiest men in show biz, and how he f…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 08:55PMKat Graham Put Your Graffiti On Me - Interview, Dancing, 2012 EP and Live Shows
Kat Graham's sizzling new video for her debut single "Put Your Graffiti On Me" features some se…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:53PMThe New York Drama Critics Circle awards were announced today and will be presented at a cocktail reception to be held on Monday, May 14, at Angus McIndoe Restaurant.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51PMDavid Rooney The group also awarded special citations to the Signature Theatre Company and to veteran director Mike Nichols for career achievement. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:34PMCulturebot contributor Zhenesse Heinemann reports from QMAD's ITINERANT Festival, Manhattan version.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 08:32PMThe current issue of the Musical Writerzine’s "Growing Stages" column profiles Timothy Jerome and Mainstreet Musicals forthcoming festival of new musicals.
SOURCE: MusicalWriters.com at 08:30PMDavid Rooney Portraying emotionally encumbered people struggling to connect, Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby reteam with film director Paul Weitz on his latest play, premiering Off Broadway.…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PMShakespeare's uncompromising view of the evils of wealth is given an equally explicit statement of its resonance today in Barbara Gaines' production of this seldom-performed play, starring I…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:23PM"The Sons of the Prophet," Stephen Karam's dark comedy about a Lebanese-American family, has won the New York Drama Critics award for best play.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:17PMGuest contributor Hani Omar Khalil sent us this essay on Ibrahim El-Husseini's "Comedy of Sorrows" ("Commedia Al-Ahzaan") which is one of the first theatrical responses to Egypt's 2011 revol…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 08:14PMRose Caiola, who is the producer and co-writer of the off-Broadway musical hit Freckleface The Musical based on the popular childrens book by Julianne Moore and also made her Broadway debut …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05PM"Clybourne Park," "God of Carnage," TooThe return of Judith Ivey , a "world premiere" work about Louis Armstrong and the Puliutzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park" are among the shows …
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Anjelica Huston, the Oscar-winning actress known for her genre-spanning performances in CRIMES amp MISDEMEANORS, THE WITCHES, The Addams Family, PRIZZIS HONOR and THE GRIFTERS - among many o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMDirected by Richard Stafford and Jonathan Stahl, designed by Bottari and Case "Hairspray" is a big hit in Westchester. Watch the preview video....
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMOn May 2, all of the 2012 Tony nominees met the press at the official Tony Nominee Brunch. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the entire event and our very own Walter McBride brings you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMAs the excitement builds for the 2012 Tony Awards, Broadway.com is presenting a series of exclusive video features in which your favorite nominated stars spill secrets about themselves, thei…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:31PMIf I had a life checklist, hearing Barry Manilow sing "Mandy" live would have been on it. He went one better in his current tour, which I was very lucky enough to catch at Radio City Music H…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 06:24PMThere’s a dark post-2008 undercurrent to the sitcommy set-ups in Paul Weitz’s off-Broadway premiere, Brendan Lemon writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:23PMGoodspeed Musicals' bold and brassy musical comedy MAME runs now through July 7 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., with an official press opening of May 9, 2012. BroadwayWor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMSusanna Fazer The Nerd will direct a cast starring Paige Simunovich Finians Rainbow, Mary Poppins and Zachary Sayle Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Christmas Story, The Musical with Justin Lucian…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMSo, be warned. Maybe you'll take it too seriously, like the comic book guys; or maybe just dismiss it off-handedly, like my critic friends. Or maybe, like me, you grew up giggling at all the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:11PMThis is my new favorite farce. And I didn't even know it was a farce until I counted up all the doors on the set, with its three tiny dressing rooms.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:10PMReady for a super fun sing-along? In celebration of the five new Broadway songs nominated for the 2012 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, we’re asking you to raise your voice and be …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMNBC has ordered a full season of the previously announced TV pilot The New Normal for the 2012-2013 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Co-written by Glee’s Ryan Mur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMBased on user demand, BWW is taking our commitment to arts education one step further with the launch of the BWW Student Center - High School Edition. This directory features upcoming show l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMWith the world premiere of Bunheads coming up fast, ABC Family has released brand new promo shots of Sutton Foster in action. Broadway fans won’t be surprised that our Ms. Sutton is in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5712.
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Paul Weitz’s dark comedy Lonely, I’m Not is premiering off-Broadway with an all-star cast led by screen favorites Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby. Lonely, I’m Not tell…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMFrank Galati’s adaptation of “The March,” E. L. Doctorow’s novel about Sherman’s march to the sea, never evolves beyond a series of vignettes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMABDC Jennifer Lopez Challenge - Season 7 Week 5 - Mos Wanted Crew, 8 Flavahz, Elektrolytes & More
America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC), season 7 week 5, features the Jennifer Lopez chal…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:51PMBachelorette - Profiles Theatre's The Alley Stage, 4147 N. Broadway is offering $15 industry tickets for Thursdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 7 pm through May 27. For tickets call 773.…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:51PMSuper-Publicists Adrian Bryan-Brown and Rick Miramontez talk with moderator Thomas Schumacher about the new world of theatre publicity as it relates to social media; whether or not there's s…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:48PMTwo-time Tony winner Donna Murphy will cast a spell on Central Park's Delacorte Theatre this summer as the Witch in the highly anticipated revival of Into the Woods. Broadway.com re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:47PMTickets are now available for the world premiere production of Greg Pierce’s Slowgirl. The two-person play, starring Emmy winner Željko Ivanek and Sarah Steele, will begin previews at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMTheater Wit has primetime slots available for the 2012-2013 season: Theater 3 is available from August 27, 2012 through October 14, 2012. Theater 2 is available from December 3, 2012 through…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:46PMThe Off-Broadway cast album of Queen of the Mist, a new musical by Michael John LaChiusa that tells the tale of the first women to survive the plunge over Niagara Falls, will be released on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMThe announcement of the Tony Award nominations last Tuesday gave a box-office boost to "Once," the new musical whose 11 nominations make it the early Tony frontrunner this year.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:44PMEverybody in the pool! It’s a pool party of a sublimely archetypal sort in Constellation Theatre’s entrancing staging of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, directed with flair and a fanci…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:39PM(Katy Rubin, Global Connections: On the Road, NYCEDC and NYFA Video/Blog, April 20, 2012) Today I am the Artistic Director of a small but quickly growing nonprofit arts organization, Theatre…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:27PMShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced that it will kick off its 50th anniversary season with a production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One, May 30-June 24 at the F. M. Kirb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:26PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, May 7, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more information…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:23PMThe woods of Athens are in full bloom at Classic Stage Company, where a colorful production of Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night’s Dream has taken root. Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:22PMThe full, star-filled track list been announced for composer-lyricist Scott Alan's fourth recording, Live, which follows his critically acclaimed What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up, Dreaming Wid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMThe National New Play Network has announced that George Brant's Grounded is the winner of the 2012 Smith Prize. The honor, awarded annually to the best new play focusing on American po…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PMHey Godspell Blog Readers! Guess what? Godspell was nominated for FOUR Audience Choice Awards including Favorite Musical Revival, Favorite Actor in a Musical (Hunter Parrish and Telly Leun…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 05:14PMTHEATER REVIEW: "A Brown Bear, A Moon and A Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle" by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia at Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, presented by the Chicago Chil…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:12PMGlee star and Broadway alum Darren Criss will serve as the host of the 13th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The ceremony will take place on May 13 at the Allen Room in Frederick …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:10PMOnce realized, the fundraising campaign will yield a new stage in Park Square's building, with opening anticipated for fall, 2013.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:10PMGeorge Brant's solo play Grounded, which centers on a F16 fighter pilot whose unexpected pregnancy changes the course of her military career, has been named the 2012 winner of the S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMFour letters say it all LIZA. Descended from Hollywood royalty - the only Academy Award winner with both parents recipients of the prize, as well Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli - Liza Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMThere were many happy people in the theatre industry last week, as the 2012 Tony Awards nominations were officially announced. With the good news came some bad too however, as SEMINAR took i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMSci-fi Spectacular: It sounds like an entertaining night in Roy Thomson Hall, and it surely was last week, as the TSO presented an array of themes and excerpts from movies and television sho…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:03PMRock icon Huey Lewis was the latest celebrity to pay a visit to Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMDear Seattle, I confess. I love you. Okay? I do, I love you. My love is bald-faced and blatant. Unabashed, unashamed. You might think it’s reckless of me to admit this, but when it comes t…
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Following an incredible afternoon of open-call auditions for kids last month in which more than 500 kids ages six to 16 were seen, the creative and producing team of GODSPELL selected five b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMThe 2012 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ceremony was held on May 4 at the Hudson Theatre.
As previously reported, scenic, lighting, and costume designer Lloyd Burlingame is the recipient of the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:59PMTony-winning actresses Laura Benanti and Julie White will be back on TV this fall, joining Friends favorite Matthew Perry in the new NBC sitcom Go On. The show follows Ryan (Perry), a charmi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMAfter playing the role of Tanya for the past seven years in Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus smash hit musical MAMMA MIA, Broadway favorite Judy McLane will assume the starring role of Donna…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMThe ceremony at which I received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2010-2011 was staged in Prospect House at Princeton University on April 28, 2012. Cornell profe…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 04:46PMIt was a dazzling affair at the NYU Skirball Center on May 6, when starry presenters, nominees and guests united to honor the best of off-Broadway at the 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards. Hosted b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and Mc Coy Rigby Entertainment are set to present the national tour of Cathy Rigby Is Peter Pan, June 1-24, as the final production of the 2011-2012…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMThe Tony Award® winning production of Bette Midler’s Priscilla Queen Of The Desert will make sure Mom is treated like a QUEEN all week long – and not just on Mother’s Day – …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:42PMThere was none of the love that might inspire an erotic duet. No juicy opera or ballet heroine. Just the story of a woman who loses everything. James Kudelka recounts the creative challenges…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:39PMThe ceremony at which I received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2010-2011 was staged in Prospect House at Princeton University on April 28, 2012. Cornell professor…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 04:30PMOn May 7, Broadway's Godspell introduced the talented young performers who are set to perform onstage at Circle in the Square Theatre May 22 as "The Godspell Cast of 2032." The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMThe newest release from savvy indie publishing house, Huqua Press, is a fabulous little cookbook by a seasoned (!) cook, Gwen Kenneally; the Sweet & Savory Cookbook. An LA-based cook, ca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:27PMFOOD AND FADWA-A Common Thread
FOOD AND FADWA co-authors Lameece Issaq and Jacob Kader share how food serves as the common thread in their new play at New York Theatre Workshop.
From:
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:23PMGodspell producer Ken Davenport has announced that a group of 10 young performers are set to perform onstage at Circle in the Square Theatre as "The Godspell Cast of 2032!," May 22…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:16PM10 Schools Win Grand Prize of Full Mentorship Program to Build Self-Sustaining Musical Theater Programs in Schools 20 Additional Finalists Receive Rights and Materials to Perform a Broadway …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:11PMImelda Staunton, currently starring in a London production of Sweeney Todd, veteran stage actor Lesley Manville and Miranda Richardson are the latest additions to Disney's live-action M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 562012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMJohn Hamm, Tony Bennett, Martin Short, Chelsea Clinton and Sarah Jessica Parker were just a few of the stars on hand at the opening night of Nice Work If You Can Get It. Following the curtai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Megan Hilty, Rachel York and the company of City Center Encores! new production provide a sneak peek at the beloved musical comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMGrammy and Emmy award-winning artist and Broadway veteran Cyndi Lauper will be honored at the "Heroes of Hope" tribute event, to be held at George Washington Lisner Auditorium in W…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PMDouglas von Blumenthal, a radiologist who listens to VoiceBox, my weekly public radio and podcast series about the human voice, was inspired to share his interesting ideas about simultaneous…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 03:51PMBoston Baroque and conductor Martin Pearlman scored another triumph with their semi-staged original version of Gluck's revolutionary creation, an opera that, to its detriment, has often been…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:50PMJudy McLane will step into the role of Donna Sheridan in the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia!, after a seven-year run starring as Tanya. McLane will assume the role on June 4 at the Winter Garden…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMSinger Josh Groban will headline Boys & Girls Harbor's annual Salute to Achievement, to be held in The Heckscher Building on June 7 beginning 6:30pm.
This 75th anniversary event wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PMWhile Nice Work If You Can Get It may not have reached the roster of frontrunners, the new Gershwin musical is definitely doing nice business since opening in April. The musical, which …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMJudy McLane will take over the leading role of Donna Sheridan in the Broadway production of Mamma Mia!, at the Winter Garden Theatre, beginning Monday, June 4.
McLane has performed the role…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:29PMJAM (A Cure for Ageing, The Ugly Sisters), Zilla!, A Conversation with my Father, After the Rainfall, The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike. From the early-morning JAM session on Saturday right …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:27PMACT Theatre artistic director Kurt Beattie and arts patron Arlene A. Wright were honored at the annual ArtsFund luncheon in downtown Seattle May 7, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:27PMJustin Bieber Boyfriend - Official Music Video - ArielleIsHamming Recap
Justin Bieber's official music video for Boyfriend is finally out! Justin Bieber takes on a much more mature soun…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:19PMIn Playbill's final glimpse at "Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project," Tony nominee Vanessa Williams takes to the studio to record "A Lullaby for Midnight," a new song written by Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMJim Parsons, who is starring in the upcoming Broadway production of Harvey, will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow Tuesday, May 8th between 1135PM-1235AM on channel 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMThree new stories from the world of Arts Education: NEA Announces New Director of Arts Education Beginning on July 2, the Arts Education Program at the NEA will be guided by Ayanna Hudson. H…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:14PMJoin us every Tuesday for our weekly discussion on Twitter using the #newplay hashtag. We’ll kick off the discussion on Tuesday, May 8 from 12pm-1pm PDT /1pm-2pm MDT / 2pm-3pm CDT / 3pm-4p…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:10PMThis morning, Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted Anderson and talked about various subjects both comical and serious from Kristin's pet peeve about Starbucks brown sugar packets, to studies about c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMSPIDER-MAN's Patrick Page recently celebrated his birthday with cake and a caricature at Sardi's, alongside his co-stars and friends. Ann Harada, Joshua Bergasse, Laura Osnes, Melissa Errico…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMWest End singer-actor Dave Willetts, who was seen in Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart's Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory, will release his solo album "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMJudy McLane will shed the spandex of thrice-married man-eater Tanya to begin playing mother-of-the-bride Donna in the Broadway company of Mamma Mia! on June 4. McLane has played Tanya at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PMAdam Feldman, president of the New York Drama Critics Circle NYDCC, has announced that the Circle will meet at the offices of Time Out New York magazine today, Monday, May 7, to select the w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM
Previously: Mulan, The Swan Princess, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, The Prince of Egypt, Anastasia, Quest for Camelot, Tarzan, The Iron Giant The King and I The final po…
SOURCE: Fragments at 02:57PMImagination is the key ingredient in the delightful Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher, based on the bestselling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. To bring to life t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMLea Salonga was only 18 years old when she won the Olivier Award for originating the role of Kim in Miss Saigon in London, and only 20 when she won a Tony for bringing the role to Broadway. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMThe new featured song from tonight's episode of NBC's musical drama series Smash Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET, is now available from NBCUniversal Television.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMNo pixie dust was necessary on May 5 for the Peter and the Starcatcher company, still flying high after the announcement of their nine Tony nominations. On hand to witness the magi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:46PMGood Day New York will welcome the legendary Liza Minnelli on Tuesday, May 8. Its the same day that her 1974 concert recording Liza Minnelli Live At The Winter Garden is released on CD for t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMSutton Foster stars as a former ballerina turned Vegas showgirl who decides to take a gamble on a new marriage and a fresh start in Paradise, CA in the series premiere of ABC Family's origin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMCindy Adams writes in today's New York Post that James Lapine will executive produce a documentary on Broadway legend Stephen Sonheim. The film, due out next year, will include 'material is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMVoting opened on May 3, 2012 and runs through June 4, 2012 for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards Here are the current standings as of 57 with just 27 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMFounded in 1990 by the late Ellen Stewart, La Mama herself, La MaMa Umbria is an exciting and enriching retreat located in Spoleto, Italy, that offers symposiums and master workshops dedicat…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:36PMFor those who've asked, funeral ceremonies for Evelyn Teachout, my beloved mother, will take place on Wednesday, May 9, at...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:31PMWill the Smiths singer come to her Unhappy Birthday? Maddy Costa meets the woman who has turned her Smiths obsession into a play'Being a Morrissey fan is not the easiest thing in the world,"…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMJim Parsons, who will star in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of Harvey, will appear on "The Late Show with David Letterman" May 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMThe Culture Project’s In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final play by Tennessee Williams, will end its off-Broadway run on May 13. The world premiere production was originally slate…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMProducers Victor Syrmis and Carl Rumbaugh, along with Culture Project, announced today that the World Premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full-length play by Tennessee Wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMThe Broadway League has announced its 2012 League Educator Apple Awards, honoring arts educators from Maryland, Michigan, and New York who brought Broadway to their classrooms.
The recipien…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMTony Award winner Michael Rupert is set to star in 7th Monarch, a new play by Jim Henry. Directed by Scott, C. Embler, The limited engagement begin performances at off-Broadway's Acorn T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMTony Award winner Michael Rupert is set to star in 7th Monarch, a new play by Jim Henry. Directed by Scott, C. Embler, the limited engagement begins performances at off-Broadway's Acorn …
SOURCE: austin.broadway.com at 02:27PMWilliam Butler Yeats, Lindsay Lohan and a miniature schnauzer puppy walk into a bar… What sort of joke could possibly come out of this sort of premise? Only one that I – schnauzer-lover,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:26PMWORs Joan Hamburg Show on Tuesday, May 8th from 1200-200PM 710 AM as will feature Roundabout Theatre Companys 2012 Spring Season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMThe next episode of the hit Fox musical series "Glee," titled "Prom-asaurus," will air May 8 at 8 PM. Here is a sneak peek, with potential visual spoilers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMAs Coronation Street: the musical prepares to open, Simon Hattenstone goes behind the scenes and asks the cast – from Julie Goodyear to Bill Roache – how they plan to bring its bolshy ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMJim Parsons, who is starring in the upcoming Broadway production of Harvey, will appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman” tomorrow Tuesday, May 8th between 11:35PM-12:35AM on chann…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:13PMA couple of months ago, a blogger posted a list of 101 (supposedly) kick-ass plays.
I looked at the list and it absolutely bored me to death. That is to say, if a theater company had a 100-…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:13PMLive on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info, the Dramatists Guild of America will host a panel discussion entitled: “Contracts 101: E-Publishing” on Tuesday, May 8 at 2:30pm PDT / 3:30…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:08PMSouvenir, Stephen Temperley’s memory play about the 12-year relationship between 1940s society warbler Florence Foster Jenkins (more on that warbling in a moment) and her stalwart pian…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:05PMThe world premiere production of Tennessee Williams' In Masks Outrageous and Austere, which is currently playing at Culture Project, has announced that it will close following the matin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMThank you to all those who entered the 'Throw Your Arms Up, Evita' contest - it was a sheer success Today, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to congratulate Michael Yavorsky, whose entry won him a t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PM
Noël and Company will present a staged reading of Agatha Christie's murder mystery The Mousetrap May 14 at the company's new home at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMBryce Pinkham is currently haunting audiences at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in GHOST, but the self-admitted “clown” is no real life bad guy. Last week, Bryce filled out Playbill…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 01:57PMIt was a very big week backstage at Once. Why? The musical topped the recently announced Tony nominations with a whopping 11 nods, that’s why! So it’s no wonder that Broadway.com…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PMIn Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full-length play by the late Tennessee Williams, starring Shirley Knight, Alison Fraser and Sam Underwood, will end its run earlier than expected, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM “My View” by Stephen Sorokoff We don’t know if Linda Lavin has won the “Tony” for her performance in The Lyons yet, but she definitely won the hearts of everyone who …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:49PMThe producers of ONCE, the acclaimed new Broadway musical, is announcing today that The Road Company is putting together a US national tour that will launch in the summer of 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMTraces Foodie Fridays at Tasti D-Lite Times Square
During the month of May head on down to Tasti D-Lite in Times Square to try our very own flavor, 'Alive with Traces.'
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:41PMThe League of Professional Theatre Women will present The Legacy Project: A Celebration of Pioneering Women Producers on Monday, May 14 at the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Ce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMBroadway's Newsies received a 2012 Tony Award nomination for the athletic, balletic, kinetic choreography created by Christopher Gattelli. Playbill Video recently caught up with the show…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMRaven Theatre has announced its 2012-2013, 30th anniversary season, which is themed "Power Plays."
The selections will include Clifford Odets' The Big Knife, directed by Mich…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PMLiza MinnelliBay Street Theatre held its First Annual Honors Benefit last night with some of the biggest names of the stage and screen converging at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York Ci…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:34PMDavid Rooney The intimate emo-musical based on Fox Searchlight's Irish indie sleeper hit will embark on a national tour starting in summer 2013.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:28PMOn the season finale of GCB, Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth returns as TV’s favorite God-loving millionaire, Carlene Cockburn. Carlene and her churchgoing gang travel to Unincorpor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMMay 7, 2012By Beth HuiskingAssociate Director of MarketingFilm has the Academy Awards, television has the Emmy Awards and theater has the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards. Named f…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 01:24PMMay 7, 2012 Contact: Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Adrian Bryan-Brown, Matt Polk, Christine Olver THE MOST NOMINATED NEW MUSICAL OF THE SEASON! ONCE, the acclaimed new Broadway musical, launches US Na…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:20PMRachel Potter will celebrate the release of her debut country EP, Live the Dream, at Joe's Pub on May 13.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMOn Sunday, May 6, Mario Cantone hosted the 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement Off-Broadway, at the NYU Skirball Center.
Once won three awards, including Ou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMTune in to WOR’s “Joan Hamburg Show” on Tuesday, May 8th from 12:00-2:00PM (710 AM) to listen as Joan celebrates Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2012 Spring Season. Roundabout’s Art…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:14PMWICKED visited the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Fans had the opportunity to spin the WICKED Wheel of Fortune, take their photo in Oz and pick up some fun …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMKristin Chenoweth, her cast, musicians and team arrived in Seattle last night, while the Season Finale of GCB was airing on the West Coast.Seattle audiences will be the first to see what pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMThe film that became an album and then a Broadway musical is now becoming a tour.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:10PMLike the wandering troubadour at its core, Once, the 11-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, will travel. The producers announced that a national tour of the acclaimed show will begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMLuminous Orb Photo by Hugo Carbajal. Taken last night on his rooftop where it was oh so cold.That's the thought that would come to my mind every time I took a moment to gaze up at the super…
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SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks Artistic Director, Roger T. Danforth have announced the exceptional stage directors who have been selected as the 2012 Fellows of The Dram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMPop legend Huey Lewis is the latest celebrity to take in the sights and sounds of Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway. Lewis gained notoriety in the 1980s for his hit songs “The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMSadler's Wells, LondonFor three days each spring, the Breakin' Convention festival turns Sadler's Wells into a hip-hop hive, every foyer, studio and auditorium abuzz with workshops and shows…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMNEW YORK—The film that became an album and then a Broadway musical is now becoming a tour. Producers of the show "Once" announced Monday that a national tour of the show will launc…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:02PMREVIEW: An innocent waif wanders into the forest, confronts the villains of darkness and emerges a stronger person in this familiar tale.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:01PMShoreham, SussexThe hottest ticket at the Brighton festival is this 90-minute "meditation on Hamlet" staged by the experimental company dreamthinkspeak. Two years ago they caused a stir with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Paul Weitz, who shot to fame with "American Pie," has a thing for compulsive overachievers who flame out on the pyre of their own ambitions.
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REVIEW: Actor Gavin Lawrence is magnetic in playwright Carlyle Brown's heady about metaphors and witch-hunts.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:59PMThe Broadway musical Once, which just earned 11 Tony Award nominations, will launch a national tour in 2013. Once opened on March 18 at the Jacobs Theatre, after a successful off-Broadway ru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMSince its delightful pilot, the show has taken a nosedive so deep I'm surprised my ears haven't popped. All the caveats I noted but dismissed in my earlier review have become the definingly …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:52PMThe Broadway musical Once, currently playing the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, will launch a US National Tour in Summer 2013. Casting will be announced at a later date.
Based on the Academy Aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMFrom existential angst to zany cancan: Rome Opera Ballet offers a welcome tribute to a fêted French choreographer. By Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:51PMMatthew Morrison on the Today Show - May 7 2012
Matthew Morrison talks Glee and What To Expect When You're Expecting on the Today Show in NYC on May 7 2012.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:51PMSarah Hemming reviews Mike Bartlett’s scorching new comedy, which asks whether the baby-boomers really have had it all
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PMTwo-time Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett is not afraid of hard work. For her Broadway debut, the English stage star is giving a tour-de-force performance as an addicted and tormented Jud…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMIdina Menzel started her camp for girls, A Broader Way, in 2010 with husband Taye Diggs. In this video, Idina and Taye talk about what exactly A Broader Way is, and how it has impacted their…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMEmmy Award-winning actress Sally Struthers will return to the role of Louise Seger in Ogunquit Playhouse's Always, Patsy Cline, which will kick off the Maine company's 80th anniversa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMOn her nights off from THE LYONS on Broadway, Linda Lavin - the Tony-nominated star of Nicky Silver's comedy - performs two concerts at the Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22 St. in Manhattan last n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMRounding out the 2011-2012 Independence Studio on 3 at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre is Rodgers and Hammerstein's A Grand Night For Singing featuring such classic tunes as &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMMario Cantone hosted the 27th annual Lucille Lortel Awards May 6, when Sons of the Prophet, The Cherry Orchard, An Iliad and the musical Once were honored in production categories. The Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PM7th MONARCH, a new play by Jim Henry, featuring Tony Award winner Michael Rupert, is set to play an Off-Broadway limited engagement at Theatre Rows Acorn Theatre June 12th through September …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMGloria Estefan and Cheyenne Jackson are among the performers who will take part in the 2012 Life Ball in Vienna, Austria, on May 19.
The 20th Anniversary Life Ball Gala, Europe's large…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMThe 27th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were handed out last night, May 6, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center, in a ceremony that once again benefited the Actors Fund and honored the best of Off Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMAdam Fleming, Andy Mills, Brandon Rubendall, Cesar Abreu, Grasan Kingsberry, Guto Bittencourt, Josh Buscher, Nick Kenkel, Robb Sherman, and Sam Cahn from Broadway Bares performed in a one-ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMI hated the movie "Newsies." Hated hated hated it. I found it plodding, forced, cloying, and resolutely earthbound. My roommate at the time, Todd, has a father who's an actor, and his father…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 12:34PMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 12:31PMTony Award winner Michael Rupert will star in Jim Henry's new dramatic mystery 7th Monarch, which will play a limited Off-Broadway run beginning June 12 at the Acorn Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMSomewhere in heaven, Blake Edwards, Peter Sellers, Charlie Chaplin and a long line of storytellers who loved to create physical comedy are smiling down on Tom Edden, the 33-year-old British …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe Vineyard Theatre has named Erika Sheffer as the recipient of its 5th annual Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, which will be presented to her at the Emerging Artists Luncheon at National Art…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMThe 27th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were handed out last night, May 6, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center, in a ceremony that once again benefited the Actors Fund and honored the best of Off Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMOn Monday of last week, TCG was presented with a Distinguished Service to the Theatre Award at the 2012 Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence. Playwright Tina Howe presented the award, and sp…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:25PMColt Coeur is set to present Eliza Clark's Recall, June 8-July 7 at the Wild Project. Adrienne Campbell-Holt will direct.
Recall is an imaginative play in which nothing is what it see…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PMThe high-flying musical ‘Peter Pan’ starring Cathy Rigby comes to San Jose this Thanksgiving for a week-long run at the Center for the Performing Arts from November 20 to 25, 2012 (excep…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 12:21PMThey might have called this show A LITTLE BITTA THIS, A LITTLE BITTA THAT. I don’t know the way in which it was formed, but there is a vague connection to Oh, Kay! a hit from 1926 when…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:19PMThe Drama League has announced the stage directors who have been selected as the 2012 Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project.
The eleven recipients, who will spend the next year as p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMAwards season is here at last Throughout last week, the nominations came rolling in, as the Outer Critics Cirlce, Drama League, and Drama Desk's made their yearly announcements acknowledging…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMJeff McCarthy will star in a summer production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons at Barrington Stage in Massachusetts. Also planned is an evening of Jule Styne music performed by Leslie Kri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMWith the recent resurgence of boy bands in the news and on the airwaves, Broadway.com asked readers which boy band they think deserves their own jukebox musical. The race was close as old &#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMThe Tony Nominee gets old-time laughs in Nice Work if You Can Get It Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles His name may…
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Tickets are now available for Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience, a parody of the popular Harry Potter book series. Written and performed by Olivier Award-nominated actors Dani…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMAre you looking for a traditional musical with lots of opportunities for fabulous choreography? Then look no further than SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS… SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHE…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:57AMPrologue Theatre Co. will close its 2011-2012 season with Bekah Brunstetter's Take Her to See the Maco Lights, to run May 10-June 2 at Luna Central (formerly Live Bait Theater).
LaNisa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMJim Henry's new play 7th Monarch will play a limited Off-Broadway run at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre from June 12-September 9. Directed by Scott C. Embler, the production will ope…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMPlays & Players will celebrate its 100th Anniversary on Monday, May 14 at 7pm with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, featuring a host of local celebrities of stage…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMWICKED at the Tribeca Family Festival 2012
WICKED visited the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Fans had the opportunity to spin the WICKED Wheel of Fortune, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:50AMMario Cantone hosted the 27th annual Lucille Lortel Awards May 6, when Sons of the Prophet, The Cherry Orchard, An Iliad and the musical Once were honored in production categories. The Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMToday in 1982, Macbeth opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it ran for 21 performances. Written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMAs drug-wielding matriarch Nancy Botwin on Showtime’s Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker is known for getting into and out of a plethora of sticky situations, so she must have felt at home at&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMWith the Tony Award nominations announced last week, now is the perfect time to catch a Tony-nominated show Or, make plans to see a show you've been meaning to attend. Unsure of what's playi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMSuper-Publicists Adrian Bryan-Brown and Rick Miramontez talk with moderator Thomas Schumacher about the new world of theatre publicity as it relates to social media; whether or not there's s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:41AMA New Jersey U.S. Representative is taking a second stab at passing national legislation that would bring transparency to online ticket sales and target the controversial use of computer tec…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:41AMThe company of Broadway’s first-ever revival of Stephen Schwartz’s legendary rock musical Godspell welcomes a new leading man — stage and screen star Corbin Bleu (Disney’s “High Sc…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:39AMBrooklyn-born superstar Barbra Streisand is returning to her home borough to perform at the new Barclays Center this fall.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:38AMDelaware Theatre Company named Bud Martin executive director of the company. Martin, formerly of Act II Playhouse in Pennsylvania, officially joined the Wilmington organization May 1. The th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMJust like there are all kinds of adult theatre-goers, there are varying tastes among kids. Some are just working on sitting still for ninety minutes or more, while others are more seasoned …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMAmerican soprano Lauren Flanigan will star in Lauren Flanigan's 4th Annual 50th Birthday Bash, a benefit for American Opera Projects and Music and Mentoring House, to be held Friday, Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:34AMOur Awards Season Coverage Continues! As promised, Luner on Theatre is not only bringing you your 2012 theatre season award nominees but award winners as well! We will be able to trace over …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:31AMOn May 5, ABC7 presented Broadway Backstage Spring Preview, a program that highlighted the 2012 Broadway Spring season. Hosted by anchor Michelle Charlesworth and Tony winner John Larroquett…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMTwo-time Tony winner Sutton Foster is hitting the small screen as Bunheads, her highly anticipated ABC Family TV series from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, nears…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMThe cast of MARY POPPINS celebrates Mother's Day with special memories and messages for Mom.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMABC Family has just released a clip from its upcoming new drama series, BUNHEADS, starring Broadway vets Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop. The series will premiere Monday, June 11th at 900pm E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMYou guys, we’re so excited we can’t even stand it, because we have the COOLEST contest this week. The folks over at Ghost: The Musical have come up with an exclusive giveaway that’s …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:24AMAccording to the Guardian, comedian Tim Minchin has signed on to play 'Judas' in an upcoming UK arena tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Minchin joins previously announced Nicole Scherzinger, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMCurtis Holbrook, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Patti Murin and Jason "SweetTooth" Williams will appear in a staged reading of the Anne Berlin comedy La Strega June 6 at the Bleecker Stree…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMComedian/composer Tim Minchin will play Judas Iscariot in a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at London’s 02 Arena this summer, according to the Guardian. He will star opposite former …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMCasting has been announced for Seattle Shakespeare Company's production of William Shakespeare's As you Like It, to take place May 30-June 24 at the Center House Theater at Seattle…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMCalifornia dreaming, once again: Music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will return to California in the 2012-2013 season, with a tour of the state scheduled for…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:18AMSave up to 30 on ONCE, Broadway's most Tony-nominated musical of the season with 34 nominations including 5 for Best Musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMPaul Weitz’s new comedy Lonely, I’m Not, starring screen favorites Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby, opens at off-Broadway's Second Stage on May 7. Trip Cullman dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMThe 2012 Award season has officially begun! The Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway Excellence were handed out last night. Sons of the Prophet and Once won Outstanding Play and Outstandin…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:10AMMonday, May 07, 2012Awards News: Lucille Lortell Awards nominees & winners . . .Tony Awards nominees. . . Drama Desk Awards nominees. . . List of Outer Critics Circle nominees. . . A…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:09AMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) productions of Sons of the Prophet and Look Back in Anger won three Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Play (Sons of the Pr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:08AMEssential Voices USA, Tony Award-winner Larry Hochman, and more will take part in the Thursday, May 10 edition of the The Composer Speaks program, held at 7pm at the Petrie Chapel at Hebrew …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08AMThe Renegade Theatre and Film Group is set to present the American premiere of Scottish playwright DC Jackson's My Romantic History, June 28-July 29 at The Renegade Theatre. Alejandro …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMBeth Marshall has announced the 2012-2013 season of "Beth Marshall Presents" theatrical productions in Central Florida.
The season will kick off in the fall of 2012 (date to be an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:05AMMike Bartlett, author of the Royal Court Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning play COCK, is featured in The New York Times. The Playwright Who Chose That Title By MATT WOLF, The New York Times …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:04AMAward-winning theatre company, Son of Semele Ensemble (SOSE), will present the West Coast premiere of Sheila Callaghan’s Roadkill Confidential: A Noir-ish Meditation On Brutality, open…
SOURCE: Footlights at 11:01AMWhen I was a pre-teen, I was a student at Fred Villari’s Studios of Self Defense (or kar-a-tey, as we used to say), and made it all the way up to my purple belt, before I . . . well . …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTweetI cannot believe I forgot about this showtune when I did my blog post about broadway songs about being gay. Then again I probably wouldn’t have added this to the list if I remembe…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 11:00AM
Did you hear that school bell? Yep, it’s time for our next master class from the amazing artists at London’s National Theatre. Now that we’ve cast the play, it’s time…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:59AMNBC's "Smash" partners with iTheatrics to help create sustainable musical theater programs in schools across the country this fall.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:59AMFor a very special bilingual episode of Ask a Star, Cuban-American stage veteran Raúl Esparza bared his heart and his feet on Broadway.com's couch to dish the dirt about his illustrious car…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51AMA new sound is sliding its way into town as Creative Cauldron presents Women Of The Blues. An original blues review featuring those melancholy melodies from the turn of the twentieth century…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:49AMTen schools across the nation have been selected for the second phase Fall, 2012 of NBC's 'Smash' Make a Musical. The philanthropic initiative, sponsored by NBC's hit musical drama series Sm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMThe Firehouse Theatre Project and Richmond CenterStage present Dessa Rose, the Civil War-set drama featuring the music of Tony-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, which opene…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 6, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $359,182 5,768 61.73% $62.27 ANYTHING GOES $454…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTwo-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") is currently in rehearsal for "Harvey," the forthcoming Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning pla…
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And on the seventh day, God made Raul Esparza. Unfortunately, even he cannot perform miracles, as proven by Leap of Faith, the latest film-to-musical adaptation to hit Broadway. With songs b…
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 09:59AMThe off-Broadway version of Tony contender "Once" won three prizes at the 27th annual edition of the Lucille Lortel Awards Sunday. The tuner, based on the 2006 Oscar-winning film, …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:59AMKADM Productions will present the West Coast premiere of Matt Morillo's new sex comedy The Inventor, The Escort, The Photographer, Her Boyfriend and His Girlfriend from June 1 through J…
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Three-time Grammy winner Lari White, Tony nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo, and nightclub stars Sheera Ben-David and Tanya Holt will be featured in Broadway Ballyhoo at Feinstein's at L…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe popular actress discusses singing the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, working with Ricky Martin, and her new CD and Joe's Pub concert.
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"Curse of the Starving Class," Directed By Gordon EdelsteinMultiple Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey will star in Sam Shepard's "Cirse of the Starving Class" in early 2013 at New Haven's L…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AMBeethoven's Symphony No. 9 is a piece the BSO trots out with greater regularity of late than most orchestras (as Tanglewood aficionados are aware, it’s been the traditional summer closer e…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:53AMn Mike Bartlett’s excellent play it's easy for each generation represented to identify with their own, but there is plenty of room for thought and empath
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44AMDavid Steller and the Irish Rep deserve our thanks for giving us a chance to see Shaw's comedy as intended, with the Don Juan in Hell dream included.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:39AMActress Matti Houghton tells us about the darkness and desperation of Dennis Potter's most controversial play, opening at the Arcola Theatre this week.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:34AMSimply-Showbiz.com was among the first to report the breaking news that Barbra Streisand would launch her 2012 tour and now a source tells us that Streisand’s North American tour will laun…
SOURCE: simply-showbiz.com at 07:32AMCity and Theater District experts are brainstorming to come up with a whole new way of experiencing the magic of Broadway — an online multimedia extravaganza spotlighting more than a centu…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 07:31AMI heeded my own advice from my original review and saw Peter for the second time last evening, Friday May 4th, after being transferred from the Off-Broadway New York Theater Workshop where &…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:30AMIf the lights of Broadway were dimmed every time a dream died, it would be cast in eternal darkness. Yet hope continues, as reflected by the many people who are testing the world’s most un…
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SOURCE: Variety at 07:28AMGrand, LeedsOf all the UK's opera companies, Opera North is the one that most regularly crosses the border into musicals, usually reviving something obscure but worthwhile by the likes …
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Broadway vet Jason Alexander guest stars as Alans cardiologist, Dr. Goodman on the 200th episode of the CBS comedy TWO AND A HALF MEN tonight, May 7. In the episode entitled The Straw In My …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Centers Seidman Cancer Center is hosting IMAGINE A Celebration of LIFE, a unique musical ensemble tonight, May 7 in New York City. Led by Broadway actress a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCanton Theatrical presents a special staged reading of Damon Intrabartolos PLOP, with music supervision by Ethan Popp SMASH, Motown, Rock of Ages and directed by Anthony J. Cantalupo, tonigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, May 7th at 7pm, WNYCs The Greene Space and Theater Communications Group welcomes Chinglish author DAVID HENRY HWANG.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMDON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S NEW HOT/HOTTER AND NEW MONTHLY POLL!For the second year in a row, JK's TheatreScene is celebrating the end of the season with its own awards, recogni…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:19AMIn two acts each taking place in different eras, the new play Clybourne Park demonstrates how race issues haven’t changed much in 50 years. Jeremy Shamos plays Karl in Act I during 1959 an…
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Jeremy Shamos talks about moving from off-Broadway Clybourne Park and the transfer's near cancellation.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:01AMJeremiah James The Newest El Gallo in The Fantastick's : Introducing Jeremiah James the Newest and Hottest El Gallo
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:01AMMartha Argerich and Nelson Freire play Schubert's A Major Rondo, D. 951: (This is the latest in a series of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"That grief is light which can take counsel." Seneca, Medea...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThe two and a half hours fly by faster than the speed of Tinker Bell. There is no end to its creativity, ingenuity, wit and total theatricality.
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Here are the Winners From the Lucille Lortel: Once Wins and the Race is On: Lucille Lortel Winners Outstanding Play: Sons of the Prophet
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:44AMThere were high expectations for the revival of Harold Pinter’s “The Caretaker” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Pryce (“Miss Saigon”), the pro…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AMAmid all the glitter and flash accompanying their “Ring” cycle, the
Met took time on Friday for an understated revival of Benjamin Britten’s moody opera “Billy Budd.”
It’s based …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AMDirector New York, New York Where do you look for inspiration? Visual art. If I wasn’t a director, I’d be an art historian, preferably an expert in 19th century French and German paintin…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMHigh Society (photo by David Cooper of Todd Talbot and Jennifer Lines)The Haunted Hillbilly is not unknown to certain Montrealers. It has won awards, it had been talked about and praised, it…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMLearn the story behind the new multi-racial Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire, from the producer who gave us James Earl Jones in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMAt This Performance, the ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys and understudies, continues May 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group's one-night-only benefit reading of Tom Eyen's Women Behind Bars, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Natasha Lyonne, Charles Busch and Rosie O’Donnell, gets booked May 7 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf**ker With the Hat) hosts Like Clockwork, the 52nd Street Project's Party Time Benefit, May 7 at the Tribeca Rooftop.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Adam Pascal (Rent, Memphis) is among the performers at Imagine: A Celebration of Life, which features a compilation of original works, pop hits and rock 'n' roll, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTopher Grace, of TV's "That '70s Show," plays a fallen corporate millionaire coming out of a funk in Paul Weitz's Lonely, I'm Not, opening May 7 in its world-premie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre for a New Audience's spring gala, Celebrating Shakespeare's 448th Birthday, is held May 7 at the American Museum of Natural History. Royal Shakespeare Company artistic direct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actresses Stockard Channing (nominated again for her current performance in Other Desert Cities) and Laura Benanti star in a one-night only reading of Pulitzer Prize winne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill magazine editor Blake Ross hosts "Success on Broadway: The Un-Broadway Way," a panel discussion presented May 7 as part of the fourth annual Creative Week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago welcomes the return of Broadway favorites Terra C. MacLeod and Roz Ryan May 7 in the roles of, respectively, merry murderes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1915 Among the dead after the sinking of the Lusitania are producer-manager Charles Frohman and playwright Charles Klein. Frohman's first success was Shenandoah. In 1893 he opened the Em…
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