It was announced today that Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin The Social Network will adapt Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42PMPeggy Olson started out as the meek secretary of advertising executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm) in the first season of "Mad Men." Five years on, she has moved up the corporate ladder,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:37PMPBS launches a new documentary series, BROADWAY OR BUST, chronicling the lives of America's top high school musical perfomers and The Jimmy Awards in New York City, according to PBS' just-re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PMBring It On: The Musical, which has been touring the country, will play Broadway's St James Theatre, July 12-October 7, according to a report in The New York Times. The production, whic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10PMBring It On: The Musical, which has been touring the country, will play Broadway's St James Theatre, July 12-October 7. The production, which will open officially on August 1, is direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10PMDWTS Season 14 Week 9 - Performances and Results - Nick Lazzarini Dancing with the Stars Recap
Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) season 14 week 9 performances were on May 14, 2012, and we have …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:08PMOscar winner Aaron Sorkin will adapt Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's biography about the co-founder of Apple, into a major motion picture, according to reports. Scott Rudin will produce t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08PMStage and screen star Chris Pine will star in the independent film Mantivities, a comedy he co-wrote with about an ex-child star spurred into taking hold of his life by a bunch of his friend…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07PMYou’ve got to hand it to composer-lyricist Jeff Bowen and writer Hunter Bell, the creators of ‘title of show,’the self-erasingly-named musical that played Off Broadway in 2006, on Broa…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:04PM
At LA STAGE Talks’ latest event, a panel of theater-makers not only talked last night but also showed how it’s done: They collaborated in an initial discussion of designs for a hypotheti…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:58PMAccording to a report by The Independent, Andrew Lloyd Webber has just cast Radio 1 breakfast personality Chris Moyles as King Herod in his revival of Jesus Christ Superstar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:55PMChameleon Arts Ensemble's programming, the brainchild of its director and flutist Deborah Boldin, aims to place pieces together that have interesting things in common musically and culturall…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52PMGet your pom-poms ready! Bring It On: The Musical, the new cheerleading musical comedy, is coming to Broadway this summer, according to The New York Times. The show, directed and choreo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:49PMBRING IT ON THE MUSICAL is headed to Broadway following a tour that began in 2011, reports the New York Times. The show will play Broadway's St. James Theater, beginning previews on July 12t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMA CAPTIVATING GENDER-BENDING STORY In Michael Premsrirat’s thoroughly engaging The Girl Most Likely To, an unnamed teenage Boy (a winning Tobit Raphael) is, and always has been, in the wro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:22PMSmash - Season 1 Finale - Bombshell - Full Episode Recap - Luan Legacy
In the this week's episode of NBC's Smash, the big night is finally here. Tom and Julia race against time to s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:18PMFollowing its current tour, Bring It On: The Musical, the new stage production set in the world of competitive cheerleading, will begin a limited engagement at Broadway's St. James Theat…
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According to news released by The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Adams is in talks to star in Gilles Paquet-Brenner's film adaptation of the novel Dark Places, written by Gillian Flynn.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMNEW YORK -- The characters played by Christian Borle and other cast members of NBC's"Smash," which wrapped up its first season Monday night, have been struggling to gain a foothold on Broa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:29PMEx Machina's La Caserne (photo: Isabelle-Ann Charlebois)Toronto: Leonard Cohen has accepted the Glenn Gould Prize but has ceded its $50,000 purse to the Canada Council, CP reported. The…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 07:21PMPreviews begin this Friday, May 18 for the Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director World Premiere of RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, a new play by Pulitz…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMA Tony win could boost the chances of Once, the musical based on the 2006 movie
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 07:12PMThe Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, presents William Shakespeares magical masterwork, The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:05PMTwo charismatic men born in Eastern Europe meet in 1934, first in a London hotel room and then in a Golders Green flat, to resolve their political differences in the shadow of the rise of Na…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMAn arena tour of a high-profile musical adaptation of Coronation Street has been postponed amid withering reviews and artistic concerns over the production's quality.
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La Muerte de Carlos FuentesI.Half a lifetime agoI met you.A briefelegant encounterwith a manwho could have been my grandfather.II.The news settles into my skinmy bones.I find it a challenge …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 06:48PMWith the recent annpuncement of their new Fall 2012 line-up, ABC released trailer for their upcoming series. Check out a sneak peek of Malibu Country, featuring Broadway veteran Reba McEntir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMWith the recent annpuncement of their new Fall 2012 line-up, ABC released trailer for their upcoming series. Check out a sneak peek of 666 Park Avenue, featuring Broadway veteran Vanessa Wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMOn April 11, 2012 Jan Cohen-Cruz, Randy Martin, Morgan Jenness , Rachel Chavkin and moderator Amy Whitaker came together at the Broad Street Ballroom of Léman Manhattan Preparatory School n…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:24PM"Romeo & Juliet," "The Nutcracker" and a program of new works are among the offerings.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:15PMIt was a starry night on May 13 at the 2012 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards and Best Actor in a Play nominee Adam Chanler-Berat was ready to capture all the vodka-tonic fueled antics for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PM“Are You There, McPhee?,” the new John Guare play, is a dizzying comic fantasy about the terrors of childhood, the confusions of adulthood and much more.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMThe fight is on in Mike Bartlett’s Olivier Award-winning play Cock, and we’ve got your first look inside the arena. Set to mimic a heart-pounding cockfight, this new drama featur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMSpiegelworld's Gazillionaire and his assistant Penny took a break from their hit Vegas show, Absinthe to come to New York to find the perfect spot in Times Square to set up shop for thei…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMMelissa-Jane Shaw, Jonathon Young (Photo credit: Karim Romero)Double-DutyThe weight of two roles in presenting Stockholmby Melissa-Jane Shaw (notes compiled by Jasmine Chen)Seventh Stag…
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GHOST star Richard Fleeshman visited CBS The Talk earlier today. While he was there, he gave away tickets and CDs to the studio audience and even spent some time with Sharon on the pottery …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Breaking News One Cinderella Apparently Not Enough for Broadway ArtsBeat Blog/NYTimes.com – by PATRICK HEALY Another revisionist …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:56PMAs 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 05:54PMAmerica's Got Talent - Season 7 Premiere - Performances & Howard Stern Debut - Miranda Sings Recap
America's Got Talent season 7 premiered on NBC on May 14, 2012. Howard Stern …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:51PMWatch JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’s multi award-winning lyricist Tim Rice on NY-1’s “On Stage.” Rice talks with “On Stage” about having 3 shows on Broadway this season including JESUS…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMBack in the UK and straight back to the National Theatre. "Misterman", a one-man show written and directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy, was actually briefly seen in New York la…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 05:49PMThe stars were shining, including Chita Rivera, Marge Champion, Stephen Schwartz and more, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Wednesday evening when Queens Theatre hosted its 2012 Gala Fundrais…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMVoting 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 515 with just 19 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMTelly Leung, who is currently co-starring in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Godspell, performed in a solo concert engagement at Birdland on May 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PMDiane Osborne, from Boston, Massachusetts, and her daughter Michele spent the past weekend in New York City. Diane was the winner of TheaterMania's Spectacular Theater Weekend in NYC co…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:35PMTHE PAINT JOB ON THIS PROMISING MUSICAL NEEDS DARKER COLORS NPR’s This American Life is where I first heard about the 1997 film Hands on a Hard Body, which documented a 1995 dealership-spo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:33PMRIGHT UP HALF-BAKED ALLEY Keith Stevenson’s writing in Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Rd. unsteadily walks a line between high and low comedy, veering more often toward sit-comism. Mo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:32PMTimesTalks just welcomed DEATH OF A SALESMAN director Mike Nichols. TimesTalks events take place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Tlaloc Rivas continues this series. What makes an artistic home? An a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:28PMJame Keller on Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish"
James M. Keller, Program Annotator, on Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish"
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:26PMBootleg Theater is set to present Kristina Wong in her one-woman show Going Green the Wong Way, June 28-July 15. Paul Tei will direct.
Going Green the Wong Way is based on Wong's real…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMRICH AND RED: Even though it may have been a bit decadent for a mid-morning brunch, the gala kick-off for the St. Louis Symphony's upcoming Red Velvet Ball hosted by David and Thelma Steward…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:19PMValhella
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You want a show? How’s this: It is the time of the gods, and the venerable Odin (Gaines Johnston) has …
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 05:18PMROCK OF AGES will open in theaters on June 15, 2012. The film stars Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx, along with Diego Boneta as Drew, Julianne Hough as Sherrie, Russell Brand as Lonny, Alec Baldwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMWith a whopping nine Tony nominations under their swashbuckling belt, it’s no wonder that Peter Pan prequel Peter and the Starcatcher is attracting some of the hottest stars of the sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:02PMThe Living Theatre, the downtown experimental theatre company founded in 1947, which was in danger of closing its doors due to financial constraints, has raised the necessary funds to contin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM
This week’s Between Shows is a two-parter. PART 1: On Friday, May 18, VENUS IN FUR star Hugh Dancy’s new movie Hysteria opens in New York and LA. Here’s a trailer for the f…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:58PMDaytime TV got a little closer to an R rating on May 15 when Ghost star Richard Fleeshman stopped by The Talk! Host Sharon Osbourne has apparently hungered for his touch, and that is exactly…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMDarren Criss, Laura Osnes, Nick Adams and many more were on hand May 14 at the 13th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, "the only major theatrical prize awarded solely by votes cast …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMOuttakes: Jonathan Groff, Lauren Pritchard, Steven Sater
Bloopers from the book trailer of Steven Sater's book "A Purple Summer: Notes on the Lyrics of Spring Awakening"
Buy …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:54PM2012 Tony Awards - What has you the most excited for Tony night?
See what the nominees are looking forward to on Tony night 2012.
To find out which ones of these talented people will go h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:53PMNicknamed the "theater in the sky" by song writing duo and Lincoln Center Theater regulars Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Claire Tow Theater is ready for business.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:50PMRenowned pianist, performer and nightclub impresario Michael Feinstein has made it his duty to keep the Great American Songbook alive. Serving as the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMGloria Gaynor could “never say goodbye” to a good disco tune and that’s why this disco diva is the latest star to take in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Not only does the m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMTransferring from New York after finding its footing in a friendly neighborhood saloon, It is Done opens tonight in a friendly Hollywood landmark. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:45PMIn “American Jornalero,” by Ed Cardona Jr., at the Intar Theater, day laborers hope for work but must brace for confrontation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:41PMThe Original Cast Recording of Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist Will Be Released on June 19th: Ghostlight Records, alongside Transport Group Theatre Company, are releasing the Ori…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:40PMRichard Fleeshman, who stars as Sam Wheat in the Broadway production of Ghost the Musical, made a special appearance on CBS' The Talk on Tuesday, May 15.
Not only did Fleeshman give aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:40PMEMILY ROSENFELD is ‘Molly’ * TYRAH SKYE ODOMS is ‘Kate’ * JUNAH JANG is ‘Tessie’ * GEORGI JAMES is ‘Pepper’ * MADI RAE DIPIETRO is ‘July’ * TAYLOR RICHARDSON is ‘Duff…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:38PMThe Emmy Award and Drama Desk Award winner talks about starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Mary Chase's play about a man with an imaginary friend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMRachel Potter of the EVITA Broadway revival visited CBS on May 12. In this video, the Broadway veteran discusses her long-awaited album, Andrew Lloyd Webber, EVITA, and sings an original son…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMOur industry is in the spotlight more than ever with NBC’s hit series SMASH! Each week, Ryann Ferguson takes us through what happened in the most recent episode. Be careful though! This ar…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 04:30PMStudio Tenn Theatre Company will present The Sound of Music, starring Jessica Grové (A Little Night Music) and Ben Davis (Les Misérables) as Maria and Captain Von Trapp, respec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMAn updated list of performers has been announced for the Billboard Music Awards, which will air on ABC at 8pm on Sunday, May 20, live from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
As previously re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMBenny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:20PMMusical based on Best-selling Stephen King Novel Receives Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Off-Broadway Alliance, and Drama League Nominations for Best Musical RevivalComing Soon: Off-B…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 04:19PMGloria Gaynor Backstage at PRISCILLA!
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Magic's first production of the season will be the West Coast premiere…
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SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:45PMThe new featured song from last night's season finale of NBC's musical drama series SMASH Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET, is now available from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMMark Wolper, David Geha, Steve Sunshine, Spencer Proffer and Phillipa Sledge will present an industry workshop production of the new musical comedy Serrano – Poet, Lover…Hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMThe acclaimed Broadway production of Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Emily Man will extend its run through August 19, 2012. Streetcar began performances on April 3 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMEight-time Tony winner (and 2012 Tony nominee) Mike Nichols participated in The New York Times’ prestigious “Times Talk” series on May 7. The iconic director is perhap…
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:34PMOn May 5 Loston Harris (longtime piano player at the Carlyle's Bemelman’s Bar) invited End of the Rainbow star Tracie Bennett to hear him perform.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMAnthony Rapp - Without You, based on Rapp’s bestselling memoir Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical ‘Rent,’ will open at London's Menier Chocolate Facto…
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:28PMNeil Patrick Harris will return as the host of the 66th Annual Tony Awards Telecast, which will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Sunday, June 10, 2012 800-1100 PM,…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMThe current Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ classic A Streetcar Named Desire will extend its run at the Broadhurst Theater by three weeks. The show, which stars Blair Underwood…
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMThe 2012 Drama Critics Circle aAards were presented at a cocktail reception last night, May 14, at Angus McIndoe Restaurant. Sons of the Prophet, written by Stephen Karam, won the New York D…
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SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMOn May 13, the stars of the Great White Way let loose at the 13th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. As the drinks flowed in the Allen Room, starry presenters handed out trophies to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:50PMWICKED Games 2012 KICKOFF!
Help us kick off the WICKED Games 2012 by passing the wand across all of Oz! Chandra Lee Schwarz (Glinda) and Jenny Fellner (Nessarose) from the Broadway producti…
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SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:39PMWorld Superstar Beyonce Knowles dropped by the Lunt-Fontanne theater on Saturday night to see the new Broadway musical GHOST. After seeing the show, the always glamorous Beyonce greeted the …
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SOURCE: WNYC at 02:35PMThe Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, originally set to end its limited run at the Broadhurst Theatre on July 22, will now extend through August 19. Emil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMTony Awards Film Series: The Tony Awards hosted their Second Annual Tony Awards Film Series, this weekend - a collection of Broadway inspired films.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:29PMTony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph the Broadway musical Ever After featuring a book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler and music by Zina Goldrich.
The show, which al…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMCraig SchwartzRon Raines in "Follies," now at the AhmansonRapturous reviews this week for pianist Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane at the Geffen, and the Kennedy Center's Folli…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 02:21PMSpend a two-show day with Christina Bianco, who plays a variety of real-life characters in the Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMKevin Kline and Dianne Wiest have signed on to take part in a staged reading of Carol Rocamora’s I take your hand in mine…the love letter of Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper. The event, whi…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMphoto by T. Charles EricksonNot long after I moved to New York, I was on a bill with other singer/songwriters at a now-defunct Park Slope eatery called Night & Day, and among the standou…
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Based on his popular memoir of the same title, …
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Honoring excellence and achievement for touring B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PMThe legendary stage musical CARRIE will soon be available for licensing from RampH Theatricals, and its score will be published by Imagem Music, each a division of the Imagem Music Group. Ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMWhen an auto dealership in Longview, TX launches an endurance contest, ten economically-strapped strangers embark on a journey that puts their hearts, minds and bodies to the test. Find out …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PM"End of the Rainbow," the Broadway play about Judy Garland currently running at the Belasco Theatre, will make its Los Angeles debut in 2013 at the Ahmanson Theatre, with the Tony-nominated …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
Host Darren Criss and loads of stage faves strolled the red carpet on May 13 for the 2012 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:58PMDave Willetts and Marti Webb will headline a new tour of Broadway musical 42nd Street, which kicks off on 1 June 2012 and plays 23 venues to the end of the year.
Directed by the show’…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:55PMJust yesterday, Ricky Martin, current star of the revival of EVITA on Broadway, hosted a fundraising event for President Barack Obama in New York City. We previously brought you a video of M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PM"The Way He Was," items from the estate of late Tony Award-winning playwright and director Arthur Laurents, will be publicly auctioned through Roland Auctions of New York City in e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMCast members from a number of Broadway musicals will perform for members of the armed forces who are in New York City for Fleet Week on Friday, May 25 at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Mu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PMArs Nova has announced the schedule for its 5th annual ANT Fest, to be held June 1-28.
On Friday, June 1, the troupe Political Subversities will present their show of the same title, follow…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMHunter Parrish, who starred as Jesus in the Broadway revival of Godspell, and Kate Flannery ("The Office") have joined the lineup for the Stephen Schwartz tribute concert When…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMVevo.com has released a music video of "Anyway You Want It," featuring Grammy Award winner Mary J. Blige and other cast members of the upcoming movie version of the hit Broadway mu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:47PMGet a behind the scenes look at the scenic design by George Tsypin.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:45PMAmerican Conservatory Theater A.C.T. continues its 201112 season with ENDGAME and PLAYtwo landmark one-act plays by modernist master Samuel Beckett, directed by A.C.T. artistic director Care…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMDEAFTRAP Writer Stephen Sachs and the Fountain Theatre have come up with what would appear to be a fresh approach to Rostand’s classic play, Cyrano de Bergerac. In this modern-day version,…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:43PMABC has announced its 2012-2013 primetime schedule, which includes 10 new shows set for either fall or midseason.
The new series include the comedy Malibu Country, about a music legend who…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMFlorida Rep Education's Theatre Conservatory Program is set to present Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Pippin, June 15 and 16 in the Historic Arcade Theatre. Rachael Endriz…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMContinuing its experiment with social media engagement through Tweet Ups, Woolly Mammoth is inviting ten participants to tweet the final dress rehearsal for their next production, a play wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:39PMThe Broadway cast of the musical Once will perform on ABC's The View on Thursday, May 17. Check local listings.
Based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, the musical, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:39PMPRODUCATION MUST CLOSE MAY 19, 2012
Washington, D.C. – The Ford’s Theatre Society announced that the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, directed by Peter Flynn, has surpassed revenue recor…
SOURCE: fords.org at 12:36PMBroadway vets Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Daniel Cooney, Graham Rowat and more are set to star in Broadway's Mamma Mia!. The new cast members will join previously announced star Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMOn Monday, May 14, Ensemble Studio Theatre honored two of its most distinguished members, the acclaimed actress Lois Smith and two-time Board chair G.H. "Denny" Denniston, Jr with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMEdward Bond's play is a grim parable about a future society where security trumps humanity, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:34PMEdward Bond’s play is a grim parable about a future society where security trumps humanity, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:34PMAaron Lazar Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, G…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:32PMBritish playwright Dennis Kelly, whose musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel Matilda is scheduled to land on Broadway next year following a triumphant run at the the Royal Shakespeare C…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:31PMThe talented Broadway family of Tony nominee Orfeh and her husband, Jersey Boys star Andy Karl celebrated the nuptials of their canine child Boo to a Chihuahua named Piper (daughte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMErin Castellanos, Shawn Scallon, and Bradie Steinlauf are Paradigm's newest agents.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:26PMHey party people! Broadway Spotted here. I am so so so excited to invite you all to celebrate the 2012 Tony Awards with me. In past years, I have attended other people’s Tony Parties, …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 12:24PMThe revised Off-Broadway production of Carrie, the pop musical based on Stephen King's 1974 novel about a teenage girl with telekinetic powers, will be licensed for live performance by R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMCasting office Telsey + Co has cast the six orphans to join Lilla Crawford, who will star in the title role as previously announced.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:20PMA WORLD PREMIERE PLAY BASED ON TRUE EVENTS Bruce Howard first went to Vietnam in 1965 to work for the Navy at Headquarters Support Activity, Saigon. He returned to Saigon in 1975 to secretly…
SOURCE: Footlights at 12:18PMThe Broadway production of Mamma Mia!, at the Winter Garden Theatre, has announced new principal casting which will go into effect on Monday, June 4.
Mamma Mia! uses the songs of ABBA as it…
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SOURCE: lucaskrech.livejournal.com at 12:08PMABC has announced that tonight's DANCING WITH THE STARS results show will feature an incredible performance from the upcoming Warner Bros Pictures feature release, ROCK OF AGES. The electrif…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:07PMEven on stage next to headliners Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris, Evita's Rachel Potter makes a strong impression as the musical's young mistress.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMAfter more than 5,000 auditions in a coast-to-coast search, ANNIE has announced casting for the orphans for the new production of the classic Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. ANNIE will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMThe Town Hall's Broadway by the Year concert series continued May 14 at 8 PM with The Broadway Musicals of 1975.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 582012 - 5152012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMDON'T FORGET!LAST QUALIFYING ROUND OF HOT/HOTTER! 2ND NOMINATION BALLOT FOR THE JKTS AWARDS! VOTE TODAY! JUST CLICK THE ICONS TO YOUR LEFT!Ms. Broadway May 2012Caissie …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PMNew principal casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' international hit musical Mamma Mia!, which continues to play the Winter G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Out of Town Try-Out of Roller Disco The Musical!: Remember that hypnotic music, rock-hard bodies, Venice Beach sunsets, star-crossed lovers, double axels, triple lutzes, good girls wanting t…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:59AMThe cast and creative team have been announced for Berkeley Rep's previously announced world premiere production of Eve Ensler's Emotional Creature, June 14-July 15 in the Roda The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMActor/photographer Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine will debut his new solo work A Missionary Position at REDCAT, running June 28-July 1.
Co-directed by Emily Hoffman, the work is a response to the r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMBadiene Magaziner's students have appeared in many Broadway shows including “Billy Elliot” and “Mary Poppins,” as well as on “American Idol.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:57AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF has announced the full slate of 34 musical productions and special events for its ninth annual festival. This year's Festival will begin July 9th a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMCasting has been announced for the orphans in the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie, starring previously announced actress Lilla Crawford in the title role. The young cast wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMNEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, today announced that two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with their 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMWoody Sez is a thoroughly enjoyable and effectively assembled presentation of Woody Guthrie’s life and music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:51AMRock musician Bret Michaels has reached a settlement with organizers of the Tony Awards and CBS after filing a lawsuit regarding the 2009 Tony Awards, according to The Associated Press. Duri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMHartford Stage 's current production of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Daniel Davis not enough sturm und drang for you? Even knowing Olympia Dukakis is doing the show this…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:50AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the full slate of musicals, special events and concerts in the 2012 festival, which will run July 9-29. An additional slate of free…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMHost Darren Criss and loads of stage faves strolled the red carpet on May 14 for the 2012 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The free-wheeling ceremony and super fun party celebrates the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMStage and screen stars Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest will take part in a staged reading of Carol Rocamora's I take your hand in mine ... the love letters of Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMShubert Organization Chairman and Co-CEO Phil Smith sings the praises of Broadway's own Boy from Oz, 2012 Special Tony Award recipient Hugh Jackman.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 11:42AMAlan Menken is on something of a roller coaster ride. He has just pulled off that exceedingly rare feat of having three musicals with his scores playing on Broadway at the same time and, wha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:41AMFreelance Director Emma Bettridge tells A Younger Theatre what it takes to run a theatre festival when you’re juggling two jobs… I am knackered! I blame PULSE festival – the one that h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:38AMToday in 1994, Passion opened at the Longacre Theatre, where it ran for 97 performances. Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMABC Family's "Bunheads," a dance-drama series starring Tony Award-winning stars Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, will make its debut June 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMPheasantry, London: For many people, Ethel Merman was simply one of those larger-than-life Broadway characters now readily assigned to the history books. In fact there are few performers in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMHair cast member Andrew Kober will perform his one-man show, Koberet, as part of the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, which has revealed details of its programming.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMThe past couple of days have been full of announcements about 2012 television pickups. In addition to the return of SMASH in January 2013, NBC's upcoming fall line-up will include new shows …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMRoller Disco the Musical!, an unauthorized stage parody of the film Roller Boogie, will begin performances at Oberon on May 30, in advance of a June 13 opening.
Aiming for a Spring 2013 Off…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMFollowing acclaimed openings in Washington and New York, the Kennedy Center's Broadway production of the award-winning musical Follies, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and ten …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMName: Ellie HeymanHometown: Pittsburgh, PAEducation: Boston University, MFA (Directing), Northwestern for Undergrad, many years of therapy Favorite Credits: Our Lady (The Boston Center of Am…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:23AMGlee is planning a second Britney Spears tribute episode, according to EW.com. Eight Britney songs will dominate the second episode of the fourth season, though unlike the original Britney t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMJewish Books Cooking, a new musical created and directed by Elizabeth Swados, will premiere at the JCC in Manhattan on May 20.
Based on a selection of popular Jewish-themed children's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMOn Monday, May 14, New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards were presented to their respective winners in a ceremony at Angus McIndoe Restaurant. The award for Best Play carries a cash pri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMNew Dramatists will honor two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMAbout the author:
A protégé of Tommy Tune, Jeff Calhoun began his illustrious career as a dancer. He made his Broadway debut in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers before swi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMWHO: LeAp SEEKING: PART-TIME FINANCE ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES: - Help with billing over $1,000,000 to the NYC Department of Education (DOE) for services rendered by LeAp including tracki…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:14AMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced today that the Tony Award Nominated Best Revival of a Musical, Tim Rices and Andrew Lloyd Webbers EVITA, will launch a first national tour in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMMare Winningham, Jeremy Davidson and Lois Smith were among those on hand at the Ensemble Studio Theatre's May 14 gala in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMThe seven young ladies who will be playing the orphans in James Lapine's upcoming Broadway revival of Annie have been announced.
The group will include Madi Rae DiPietro (as July), Geo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10AMEnter to win tickets to the Broadway show and a backstage tour. The winning video, chosen by the cast of "Once," will be featured on the show's website.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:08AMNew Dramatists has announced a preliminary line-up of guests who will pay tribute to the previously reported Lifetime Achievement honoree Bernadette Peters at the organization's 63rd A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMA round up of The Bodyguard Musical press launch which took place on May 1st at the Savoy Hotel. The Bodyguard opens at the Adelphi Theatre London on November 6.
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 11:06AMHow does the theatre look when TDF presents an autism-friendly performance of a Broadway show? What’s added to the lobby? What’s different on stage? To find out, watch this behin…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:05AMI just finished teaching the module on Blogging this past week to my BCIT classes. I love introducing people to WordPress. It pretty much is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Part of wh…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:04AMWHO: GINDI THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT SEEKING: GENERAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES: Assisting General Manager with duties that include: A/R and A/P, payroll, bank reconciliation, contra…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:04AMCBS has ordered the new TV series Partners, starring How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's Michael Urie, for their fall season, according to TVLine.com. Written and produced…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMBelieve it or not, one of the greatest complaints I hear from Broadway Investors is not that they lost money. It’s that they didn’t feel like they were a part of the process. �…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMEverybody back in the time machine! I hope you had a great time discovering all the free-love, light ‘em up joys of 1972 but now we’re skipping ahead a decade and just saying no…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00AM
After more than 5,000 auditions, the Broadway revival of the Tony-winning musical Annie has cast its orphans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMLast night NBC aired the season finale of SMASH In the episode, Tom Christian Borle and Julia Debra Messing raced against time to save the show, while Derek Jack Davenport made a decision th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMBehind the scenes of Theatre Development Fund's Autism Theatre Initiative, which sponsored an autism-friendly performance of Disney's "Mary Poppins" on Broadway on April 29, 2012.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48AMGrammy Award-winner Mike Stoller will take part in a conversation with music industry executive Steve Barri on Thursday, May 31 at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Mike Stoller in Conversation…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:47AMOhio's Human Race Theatre will stage the Midwest premiere of Band Geeks!, the new musical about a high school marching band, which will begin performances May 31 in Dayton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMPrismatic brilliance sweeps the London stage, from Laurie Metcalf in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey," to Summer Strallen in "Top Hat" and Anna Chancellor in a Rattigan-Hare double-bill.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:46AMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle handed out its 2011-12 awards on May 14 at a cocktail reception at Angus McIndoe restaurant. Presenters included Andrew Garfield, John Guare and Lin-Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMTony-nominated Porgy and Bess star Norm Lewis, Wicked vet Eden Espinosa and Memphis star Montego Glover will join Broadway Inspirational Voices for Highest Praise, their second ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMUSA Today reports this morning that Bret Michaels has, at long last, settled his 2009 lawsuit against the Tony Awards after sustaining head injuries following a set collapse during the telev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMWe've all had those days where we set out to get something done and without warning everything seemed to go wrong. The file took too long to download We got stuck on the subway The paperwork…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:44AMThe actress is nominated for her fifth Tony Award for the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. "There's very few quiet moments for Bess," she says. "They're all very big, very emotional. ... And…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:43AMMichael Grandage’s current Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita will hit the road. The Tony-nominated musical revival will kick off its national tour i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMMCC Theater Youth Company is set to present Uncensored, its annual spring presentation, May 18-20 at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row.
Uncensored, presents the Youth Company's artist…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMWest End stars Dave Willetts and Marti Webb are set to lead the cast of the UK tour of 42nd Street, which will run June-December at 23 venues throughout the country. The show's author …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMHow different would stage history be without Desdemona's handkerchief? These uncredited accomplices are a vital part of the theatre experienceIn Nassim Soleimanpour's White Rabbit, Red Rabbi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMThe summer theater season in the Berkshires klcks off next week at Barrington Stage 's second theater in Pittsfield, Mass. with the New England premiere of "Lungs."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:36AMStuart Pimsler Dance is teaming up with two Hennepin County libraries to collect stories of people who were affected by the devastation of May 22, 2011.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:35AMAmanda Dolan, Rebecca Gibel and Liz Dolan are flying the 60's dream down at Trinity.Time has not been kind to the sex comedy - and it has been particularly harsh to those dinner-theatre romp…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:33AMBack Stage caught up with Criss and talked about his turn on Broadway, his odd habit of following Radcliffe, and his future in show business.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:33AMTRACIE BENNETT delivers the most talked about performance of the year, bringing alive some of Garland's most memorable and beloved songs with the accompaniment of a sensational onstage band,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:31AMMichael Grandage's Tony Award-nominated revival of Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita will launch a national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providenc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMFour-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald has lent her voice in support of Freedom to Marry, the national campaign that seeks to ensure all LGBT individuals are granted marriage equality in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMOne of the great things about the MTI catalogue is that it often feels like there is a musical for every occasion, and the 2012 election cycle is no exception. THE FIX, a musical satire from…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:22AMThe stage version of the BBC comedy Yes, Prime Minister will return to the West End this summer for an open-ended run at Trafalgar Studios.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's comedy, based…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMThe world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s Medieval Play, starring Josh Hamilton, John Pankow, Anthony Arkin, Heather Burns, Tate Donovan, Halley Feiffer and C.J. Wilson, begins performa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMIn this latest Backstage with Richard Ridge special, Richard sits down with Anything Goes' star and longtime Broadway darling Stephanie J. Block, who gets candid about transforming into the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMProducers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced May 15 that the Tony Award-nominated revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita will launch a first national tour in fall 2013…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMAdditional details have been announced for the LGBT summer adult programming throughout the month of June, presented as part of a Gay Pride Month celebration sponsored by The New York Public…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08AMBret Michaels and organizers of the Tonys have settled a lawsuit that the Poison frontman had filed after he was hit by a piece of scenery during the 2009 award show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:05AMIn Toronto to perform in Neil Simon’s play Lost in Yonkers, Marion Ross talks about parenting in prime time
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:01AMThe words weve all been breathlessly waiting to hear - Youre going on as Marilyn tonight, - were finally uttered by the director of the show-within-the-show, Derek Jack Davenport, on SMASHs …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMBy: Patty Devery The audience applauds and the curtain goes down. You file out of the
theatre thinking about the show you just saw. You really enjoyed
yourself! That cast was great, an…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Gabriel Kahane , composer of "February House," a musical which had its world premiere earlier this year at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is the recipient of this year's Claire Tow Award …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:55AMThis nicely realized interactive murder mystery casts the audience in the role of the detective searching for clues on the streets of the Lower East Side.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMGary R. Benz, president and CEO of TV company GRB Entertainment, has announced the official launch of the company’s international feature film division, which will be selling rights to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMIf any play is going to get you talking about boys, it’s this all-female piece from the risque theatre company, Dirty Stop-Out. Shamelessly confessional and brutally voyeuristic, When Wome…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:50AMWorks by Broadway choreographer Rob Ashford, The Australian Ballet and Ballet Hispanico are among the performances that will take place during the 18th annual Fire Island Dance Festival, to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMMeet NYTW Company-in-Residence Noor Theatre
Share a glass of wine and some hummus with the ladies of Noor Theatre. Artistic Director Lameece Issaq, Executive Director Maha Chehlaoui and Pro…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:43AMCasting has been announced for If It Only Even Runs a Minute 10, which will be presented as two different concerts on June 17 at Le Poisson Rouge. Musical direction will be by Caleb Hoyer.
…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMIf It Only Even Runs A Minute 10, the latest edition of the series that offers rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales and inspiring photos from musicals that may not have been fully appreciated…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMCasting has been announced for If It Only Even Runs a Minute 10, which will be presented as two different concerts on June 17 at Le Poisson Rouge. Musical direction will be by Caleb Hoyer.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMTony Award winner Kathleen Marshall
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 09:39AMThe Rose Theatre is an awe-inspiring place. One of the first Elizabethan theatres of its time, its structural remains were discovered in 1989 during the construction of a new office block. A…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:38AMAs You Like It is Shakespeare’s cross-dressing pastoral comedy of gender reversal, mistaken identity and love. Rosalind (disguised as a young man, Ganymede) and her cousin Celia (disguised…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:31AMBret Michaels, who performed with the cast of the Tony-nominated Best Musical Rock of Ages at the 2009 Tony Awards, has settled his lawsuit against CBS and the organizers of the Tony Awards,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMFans of Andrew Lloyd Webber often have difficulty defending Starlight Express, his roller-skating juggernaut which ran for 18 years. But, for many people in their 20s and 30s, Starlight was …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:24AMPolly Draper, Matt McGrathPolly Draper in My BRILLIANT DIVORCE, by Geraldine Aron; directed by Matt McGrath is currently in rehearsals in NYC and will arrive to continue to rehearse at Bay…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:22AMTweetHow could you get any more classic with a showtune about traveling and transportation than the Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis. Not only do you get classic, fun and gorgeous cost…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 09:21AMThe Mabel Mercer Foundation will present Coward in Cabaret, a concert celebrating the legacy of Noel Coward, to be held Thursday, May 17 at 7pm at the New York Public Library for the Perform…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:20AMAfter a run of a little over a year, and just over 500 performances (30 previews and 473 regular performances), the acclaimed 1961 musical "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying,"…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:20AMBret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock group Poison, has settled a lawsuit with CBS and the organizers of the Tony Awards, according to The Associated Press.
As previously reported, Mic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:19AMSt. Mark’s Players deserves the highest praise for their beautifully directed and performed production of The Secret Garden, which has a lush score by Lucy Simon and lyrics and book by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMNew Jersey's George Street Playhouse recently paid tribute to late playwright and director Arthur Laurents (Gypsy, West Side Story) with the naming of the theatre's mainstage as The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AMRubicon Theatre continues its 14th season May 24 with August Wilsons powerful and poignant drama GEM OF THE OCEAN. Ahead of the first preview tomorrow, May 16, check out these production sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMAccording to an unproven theory, all of us mere mortals are connected to anyone else on the planet through a chain of acquaintances separated by no more than five other people; six degrees o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM30. Caissie Levy (Ghost, Hair) and David Reiser (Good Vibrations) 29. Jessica Stone (Anything Goes, Butley) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Young Frankenstein, Finian’s Rainbow) 28. Katie …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AM
Bret Michaels, the frontman of the rock band Poison, had sued the producers of the Tony Awards after he was injured by a descending backdrop during the 2009 awards broadcast, and CBS, which …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:57AMI look forward to the Boston Theater Marathon all year. For me, it’s like the theatrical version of the Patriots or the Red Sox in the playoffs. I don’t like to miss a minute. F…
SOURCE: StageSource at 08:57AMCoronation Street arena musical Street of Dreams has postponed its forthcoming tour dates, with the producers claiming they are "far from happy with the show artistically".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonI am normally wary of futuristic fables, since they brook no disagreement: we can't challenge the writer's experience with our own. But Edward Bond's piece, set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMThe Lion King comes out on top again, as the production works to dethrone Wicked as the top grossing show of the season. Wicked has claimed the spot the for last five years, but at this rate…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:42AMby Michael Wheeler Last fall I spent a bunch of time at Occupy Toronto and Occupy Wall St. In Toronto, I marched in the streets as well as scheduling meetings in St. James Park with various …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:37AMBret Michaels, center, of Poison performs with the cast of "Rock of Ages" during the 2009 Tony Awards.
Poison frontman Bret Michaels settled his lawsuit against the Tony Awards after he w…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 08:34AMLyric Hammersmith, London: The Lyric's trilogy of one-act works by Edward Bond concludes with a production directed by the playwright. Familiar preoccupations run through the piece whic…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMI took a day trip to Boston yesterday to catch the second preview of the new musical about Marilyn Monroe, Bombshell. Perhaps you’ve heard about it? It’s the much-anticipated bio…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:22AMArcola Tent, London: I'm torn by Ade Solanke's new play. It's firecracker theatre that, in places, is as touching as is it hilarious. Setting such a provocative story in the A…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMSound of My Voice has a lot twists and turns, much charm, and credible suspense. Have I yielded to the cult of Brit Marling? I was always a sucker for pretty face, and a good yarn.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:09AMAnnie, 2012 Broadway Revival
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After the extended online and in person auditions for the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie, the winner of the title role was announced with a f…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMPhoto by Brigitte LacombeThough my good friend Jim Martin is no longer the culture editor there, I'm still contributing the occasional theater review to the Jesuit weekly America (and since …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 08:00AMInspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faki…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMThe Broadway favorite discusses his hit FOX series and his new film, What to Expect When You're Expecting
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Just the other day I was talking about drawing up lists of favourite things, and last week Michael Coveney provided his own list of his favourite UK theatres, in which he wrote, “I wonder …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:49AMLike many of you, my dear readers, I am of a split mind about the inclusion of social media in live performances. Overall, I think this is a good place to be. I have often written here that …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:31AMBroadway Records www.BroadwayRecords.com has just released the original cast recording of the Broadway musical, LYSISTRATA JONES, featuring music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn and book by Tony A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMI reviewed two Shakespeare plays in last Friday's Wall Street Journal. That piece was my five hundredth drama column for...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2005: I moved to New York twenty years ago this month. It never occurred to me as a young...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong." Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMPeople who generally enjoy going to the theater will enjoy "Rounding Third," the comedy that HotCity just opened.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM
By Peter Filichia --
Here’s the second of five columns dealing with notable omissions in Tony categories.
Last week, I took a look at the women who weren’t nominated for the Best Feat…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:52AMToday the Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean, is announcing the long-awaited review of the Australia Council. Early reports indicate that one of its major recommendations is the abolition of…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 12:28AMOne of the things that the a cappella world prides itself on is how stylistically all-encompassing its remit is. In a cappella concerts and competitions, anything (supposedly) goes, from bar…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 12:16AMWriter, Actor, Director Florida and New York, USA Where do you look for inspiration? People, places, plays and privacy What’s your favorite book / To Kill a Mockingbird favorite movie / To…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMThe longtime Broadway production supervisor will receive Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre in June.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 12:01AMElizabeth A. Davis, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Once, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMQuestions. Answers?Discussby Gaëtan L. Charlebois- Louis CK does a bit on the words "nigger", "faggot" and "cunt"- Bill Burr does one in which he wonders about sports commentators' careers …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWhat I truly enjoyed the most about pool (no water): it is a piece of theatre. Playwright Mark Ravenhill creates a series of large metaphors, and expresses them through visual symbols and po…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMNew York apartment dwellers usually share their buildings with lots of characters. Frank Blocker has taken the liberty of rolling 18 characters into a funny one-man show, Stabilized Not Cont…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMThe Lower East Side is seedy again in Live-in Theater's unique, interactive crime show The Lombardi Case 1975. If you don't remember this side of the neighborhood, you will have fun walking …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMWilliam Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of his most frequently produced comedies. There are many reasons for this. The play is well balanced with some earnest sincerity couple…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM"Watch your step" the guy at the box office said, "it's dark in the 1800s." I made my way down into the basement of the Lower East Side bar Fontana's, where the tinny sound of traditional Ir…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMLisa D'Amour's Detroit, which premiered in a production at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2011, opens officially at London's National Theatre May 15, following prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCy Coleman: Bringing Jazz to Broadway, featuring Chuck Cooper, Michele Lee and Tamara Tunie, begins May 15 at the Allen Room as part of the Jazz and Popular Song series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWalnut Street Theatre concludes its 203rd season with an all-new production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story beginning May 15, prior to an official opening May 23, at the WST mainstage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Jennifer Holliday, one of the original Dreamgirls, is heard on a bonus track on the cast album of Broadway's Lysistrata Jones, which gets released May 15 by Broadway Re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSignature Theatre's DC-area premiere of the musical Xanadu, the stage adaptation of the disco-era movie musical, featuring Erin Weaver as the Greek muse Kira and Charlie Brady as artist …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway world-premiere production of Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play by Signature Theatre Company begins May 15. It's set "against the classic comic background of late…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Vineyard Theatre's Developmental Lab of The Landing, the new triptych musical by Tony Award-winning composer John Kander, with book and lyrics by Greg Pierce, plays Off-Broadway May …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1922 Father and son playwriting team J.C. and Elliott Nugent come up with Kempy. They also star in this comedy of mixed-up lovers, staged by Augustin Duncan. Performances will run at Broadwa…
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