It's good of the Guthrie to add more women and people of color into their season in the wake of the earlier outcry. That was the right thing to do. Details on the new announcement here. Hope…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 10:57PMNeimah Djourabchi is a Brooklyn-based actor, stunt performer, musician, and Leatherman utility tool. He's appearing in Gideon Production's SOVEREIGN at the Secret Theater this coming June. H…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:53PMI'm not a member of Actor's Equity, nor does my company work with Actor's Equity actors, but for those of you who are involved, you will be interested in this note that the League sent to it…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:47PMA hard-knock year for musicals on Broadway may get a little sunnier come November. Producers announced on Monday that the revival of "Annie" has set an opening date of Nov. 8 at the Palace T…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:37PMClick, click, click. That’s the precision with which practically every jubilant act of irreverence registers in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s deliriously happy-making version of Carlo Go…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:32PMThe Village Voice presented the 57th Annual Obie Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway Theater, at Webster Hall on Monday, May 21.
Amy Herzog won an Obie for Best New American Play for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15PMThe Drama League has announced its winners for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. Four-time Tony award winner Audra McDonald won the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award on May 18 …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:04PMOther Obies for top performances went to Steven Boyer in "Hand to God" and the acting ensemble in "Sweet and Sad."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe 57th Annual Obie Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, were given out at a ceremony May 21 at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village.
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Tony Goldwyn and Julie White hosted the Born for Broadway benefit, presented by The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation at the American Airlines Theatre on Monday, May 21. The concert fe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51PMTony Award nominee Gabriel Byrne will co-star in the History Channel's first scripted series, Vikings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the site, the drama, to be writ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43PMThe Lion King comes out on top again, with Wicked closely behind. But the biggest story might be Evita. The production has broken the house record at the Marquis Theatre for the seventh time…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:26PM By: Linda Amiel Burns 1975 was a very good year for Broadway Musicals that included, among others, the long-running and iconic A Chorus Line, Chicago, Shenandoah, The Wiz and The Rock…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:24PMAnastasia Barzee, Marva Hicks, Judy Kuhn, and Laura Osnes performed selections from and signed copies of Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project at the 86th Street Barnes and Noble on Mo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:17PMJust Dance - Usher Scream - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Usher performed his hit song "Scream" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. The 2012 Billboard Musi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:13PMNelly Furtado Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Nelly Furtado performed her new hit song "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" at the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:12PMChris Brown Turn Up the Music - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Chris Brown performed his hit song "Turn Up the Music" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. Th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:12PMLMFAO Party Rock Anthem - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
LMFAO performed their hit song "Party Rock Anthem" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. The 2012 Bil…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:11PMCeeLo Green Fight to Win - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Did you see CeeLo Green's tribute performance to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys at the 2012 Billboard Mu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:10PMJustin Bieber Boyfriend - Billboard Music Awards Performance 2012 - MissP Recap
Did you miss the Justin Bieber Billboard Music Awards performance of "Boyfriend"? The 2012 Billboar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:10PMNick Jonas gave a goodbye speech at the final performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, May 20, 2012. He spoke about his return to Broadway as a man, ackno…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06PMDirector Ilesa Duncan skillfully weaves the stories of two woman - from different parts of the world - dealing with HIV. The audience is left to decide for themselves exactly how to feel ab…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:04PMThere is a moment in Evita when, with a single note, you know something magical is about to happen. Unfortunately, it happens halfway through Act I. Even more unfortunate, the actress, playi…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:02PM
FINGERLICKIN FIERCE, a fun and fabulous one-night-only event with Broadway veterans Michael James Scott and Asmeret Ghebremichael took place on Monday, May 14, at The Canal Room. See new pho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PMEarlier this month, the 2012 Tony Awards Nominations were announced by Tony winning actress Kristin Chenoweth and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Jim Parsons. The Tony Awards will be bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PMVoting 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 521 with just 13 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMThe Master is an upcoming drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It was given the green-light in May 2011, and began filming in June. The film stars Tony nomi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMEvery day this week Doug Oliphant and Danielle Oliver will blog about Directors Lab West 2012. Oliphant is DLW’s production coordinator; Oliver is his intern. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:00PMYou might not expect the playwright of the incendiary and savage Posh, to look like the elfin 34-year old, Laura Wade. With her long blonde hair, bright eyes and gentle laugh, Wade's amiable…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
When I write about an upcoming event, I try to keep it focused on things that somehow involve me, in order to maintain the proper amount of narcissism for this thing to legally be called a b…
SOURCE: direct address at 06:59PMPhoto/Bella MuccariAs it turns out, Wonderful Town isn't all that wonderful: sixty years can be rough on any musical, especially one with a book as chasm-like as the one that's bee…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 06:53PMNEW YORK — David Schwimmer is heading back to the New York stage — by way of “Detroit.” The former “Friends” star will make his Playwrights Horizons debut this summer in Lisa D�…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:48PMWHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE STORY? The tortured elements in the life of the great rhythm and blues artist Marvin Gaye would be fascinating fodder for a powerfully tragic stage play. Ei…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:46PMMembers of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) will voice their concern about a new midtown circus-cabaret show's lack of union tech employees o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:31PMBROADWAY BARES returns to Fire Island on June 2, 2012, for two special, intimate performances celebrating beach burlesque in what promises to be another sexy kick-off to the summer season. P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMPerforming in Bitchslap! at Macha Theatre/Films, actor C. Stephen Foster wants audiences to know the person behind the legend— whether Bette Davis or him. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:16PMBlack Ensemble Theater will turn to the world of rap music in a very big way for its 2013 season. “Amaru (The History of Tupac Amaru Shakur),” written by Lyle Miller, will chronicle the …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:05PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 52112.
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When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:58PMJohn Ambrosino, Davron S. Monroe, and Erica Spyres with Princeton and Kate Monster. Photos: Mark S. HowardPeople are always asking me, "So what's the best show in town, Mr. Hub Review?" And …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:49PMKen Kaissar Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Current Town: Yardley, PA (Philly Suburb) Q: Tell me about A Modest Suggestion. A: A MODEST SUGESTION is a dark comedy that explores…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 05:46PMBang the Drum Slowly is the perfect summer bromance for guys and the gals that love them. Highly Recommended.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:45PMOur focus is Newsies, the crowd-pleasing musical nominated for 8 Tony Awards. Joining us at our grand piano are the show's composer Alan Menken, and librettist Harvey Fierstein both also nom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, May 21, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informatio…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:41PMSignature Theatre presents Xanadu, a hilariously decadent treat written by Douglas Carter Beane, with music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, and direction and choreography by Matthe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:38PMBroadway veteran Jennifer Holliday, best known for starring in the original production of DREAMGIRLS, just released a music video for 'God Is Faithful,' from her Goodness amp Mercy album. Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMAN INCREDIBLY BRIGHT LIGHT The Light in the Piazza opened on March 12 at Theo Ubique and has now been extended into midsummer, and counting. It’s gathered a sheaf of rave reviews and the t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:29PMThese two amazing and lovely ladies were kind enough to let us get a glimpse at the rehearsal for their show Glamour and Goop! To find out more go to glamourandgoop.com and go see them tonig…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PMAccording to an Equity casting notice posted today, it seems the Roundabout Theatre Company will be presenting a revival of Cyrano de Bergerac at the American Airlines Theatre this fall. Pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMBROADWAY BARES returns to Fire Island on June 2, 2012, for two special, intimate performances celebrating “beach burlesque” in what promises to be another sexy kick-off to the su…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:21PMI have genuinely mixed feelings about "songbook" shows like Crazy for You, My One and Only, High Society, Never Gonna Dance, etc. One the one hand, the fact that all of these songs can be re…
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SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 05:15PMLast night The Stella Adler Studio of Acting held its Seventh Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala at The Players Club in New York City. This years honorees included Harry Belafonte, Jame…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMBroadway Bares: Beach Burlesque will be performed on Fire Island on Saturday, June 2 at 7pm and 9pm. Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell is executive producer and creator of Broadway Bares, and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced the casting for its upcoming world premiere musical, DOGFIGHT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMOn Friday, May 18, Broadway's SPIDER-MAN celebrated 'Everyday Hero' Dr. Kenneth Culver, the founder of The Foundation for Peace which provides individuals in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PM
NEW YORK — David Schwimmer is coming back to the New York stage — by way of “Detroit.” The former “Friends” star will make his Playwrights Horizons debut this summer in Lisa D’…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:58PMAmerican Conservatory Theater has announced a revised lineup for the company's 46th subscription season, which will mark the 20th anniversary of Carey Perloff as A.C.T.'s artistic …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMThe New York Civil Liberties Union The New York State affiliate of the ACLU today announced a star-studded lineup of award-winning performers for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, its annual b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMShuler Hensley, SILENCE! The Musical’s newest Hannibal Lecter, took his first look at the show this past Saturday evening, May 19th and he visited his new friends afterward. Hensley is set…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMThe White House program, which was taped by WETA Washington, D.C. as part of the In Performance at the White House series, will premiere on PBS stations nationwide tonight, May 21, 2012 at 9…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMLindsay Mendez (Godspell) and Derek Klena (Carrie) will star in the previously announced world premiere musical Dogfight. at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. Based on the 1991 Warner…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMTony Kushner, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Julia Murney and Steven Pasquale will be part of the New York Civil Liberties Union's July 23 Broadway Stands Up for Freedom benefit concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMOcean Professional Theatre Company will present Man of La Mancha, starring The Fantasticks' John Davidson, beginning June 19 at the Bengal Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMThe Philadelphia Live Arts Festival has announced the programming planned for its 2012 event, which will take place September 7-22 in venues and alternative spaces throughout the city of Phi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMLisa D'Amour's play Detroit premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2010, directed by Austin Pendleton, and was scheduled to open on Broadway in the 201112 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMDogfight, the new musical getting its world premiere at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, will feature Annaleigh Ashford, Becca Ayers, Steven Booth, Dierdre Friel, Adam Halpin, F. Mic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMTransport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced initial casting for its one-night-only, all-star concert of the acclaimed 1983 Broadway musical Baby, wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMBroadway favorites Stephanie J. Block (Anything Goes), Santino Fontana (Broadway’s forthcoming Cinderella), Sebastian Arcelus (Elf), Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar), Julia Murney (…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMMazel tov! It was a laughing matter indeed as the comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes celebrated its opening after the May 20 Sunday matinee at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre. Starrin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMBONA FIDE ACTING FUELS DIDACTIC SCRIPT At about the same time that the United States entered WWI, units of the 24th Infantry Regiment, one of the Army’s four black regiments, set up camp o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:13PMMike Myers, Rumer, Lyle Lovett and Sheryl Crow are among the performers featured in "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced complete casting for the world premiere musical Dogfight, to begin previews June 27, with an opening set for July 16. As previously reported, Joe Mantello …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:11PMYet another Broadway casualty was announced last week- PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT will take its final bow at the Palace Theatre on June 24. Make sure you get to New York City's Theatre Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMRoundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award winning Anything Goes makes for the perfect Broadway getaway!
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:10PMThe 27th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival doesn't kick off until mid July, but producing artistic director Mario Ernesto Sánchez already has nearly all the pieces of an always…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 04:10PMThe Royal Court Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning play COCK has received more rave reviews. Written by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald and starring Jason Butler Harner as M, Ama…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:09PMWelcome 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 04:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5202012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMDo you have a “tribe?” My first and most important tribe is a familial one, because I love these people and have crossed an ocean with these people and together we’ve settled i…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PMAnyone who thinks women can't do comedy, on stage or at work, hasn't seen the new wave of female sketch groupsA sketch ends. Blackout. I feel my way offstage but … oh God … I hit a wall.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM
The money keeps rolling in for Evita! The Tony-nominated revival broke the house record at the Marquis Theatre for the seventh time, securing a spot among the top three highest grossing show…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMThe New York Civil Liberties Union (The New York State affiliate of the ACLU) has announced the line-up for its annual benefit, Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, to be held at the NYU Skirball…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMFollies' Jan Maxwell is nominated for her performance as
bitter wife and former Follies performer Phyllis Rogers Stone, who returns to the
Weismann Theatre for a final reunion before the t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMBarbra Streisand is coming home. The Brooklyn-born and raised, world-acclaimed superstar will perform a concert on Thursday, October 11th, in Brooklyn at Barclays Center, the new 19,000-seat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMGlobal migration is bringing Latin America's theatre tradition of political activism to North America. The Panamerican Routes festival marries theatre and human rights.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:53PMIt looks as though Broadway’s newest orphan has found her home! As the Fall 2012 theatre season begins to loom in among all other news as we wrap up the Spring 2012 season, it looks as…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:50PMThe audience’s laughter was shaking the rafters at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of The Servant of Two Masters. Directed by Christopher Bayes, this brilliant comedy had the au…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMThe new musical, based on the 1991 indie film, is about military buddies who vie to pick up the most unattractive girl in sight.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:45PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, the PBS Arts Summer Festival will this year feature John Leguizamo'S TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN, on Friday, July 13, 2012, 900-1000 p.m. ET. The Summer F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMTwo-time Tony nominee Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer have been cast in Lisa D'Amour's previously announced play Detroit, according to The New York Times. Directed by Ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMDavid Schwimmer is coming back to the New York stage -- by way of "Detroit."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:40PMLiz Callaway and Todd Graff, who received Tony Award nominations for their performances in the original Broadway production of Baby, will host the Transport Group's one-night-only, all-s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMDavid Schwimmer, the Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member, will star in the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit," Playwrights Horizons announced Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported the judging panel for Andrew Lloyd Webber's upcoming SUPERSTAR television competition is shaping up, with Jason Donovan and former Spice Girl Mel C conf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMSutton Foster took time out from her busy filming schedule on the LA set of BUNHEADS to chat about why she made the decision to take on a TV role at this point in her career and her future p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMTransport Group has announced preliminary casting for a one-night-only concert of the acclaimed 1983 Broadway musical Baby at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, on Monday, June 18 at 7pm. The conce…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMBased 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 03:21PMUltimately, there’s a “look at my technique” quality to composer Lewis Spratlan's writing in this piece that doesn’t match the musical content and that seems to be striving to be all…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:20PMActors Christopher Sieber and Audra McDonald as well as Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet are among the winners of the 2012 Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, which were pres…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMAmy Ryan and David Schwimmer will star in the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's play Detroit. As previously reported, Anne Kauffman will direct the play for Playwrights Horizons.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:19PM2012 Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Melissa Van der Schyff Bonnie amp Clyde, fellow 2012 Drama Desk Award nominee, Claybourne Elder One Arm, also seen in Bonnie amp …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMSpearheaded by Minneapolis poet Bao Phi, the Loft’s spoken word program, Equilibrium, landed a hefty grant last week to ensure its longevity.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:15PMOn May 8, The Library of Congress kicked off a series of events honoring Grammy- and Academy-Award-winning songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, recipients of the 2012 Library of Congres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMDo critics think Irish Rep's "Man and Superman" is super?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:08PMNew City Stage Company’s world premiere of Mac Rogers' spy thriller 'Asymmetric,' offers the kind of entertainment that’s usually enjoyed while lounging on the sofa, holding a remote, sa…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:07PMBroadway's SPIDER-MAN, which has now been open at the Foxwoods Theatre for almost a year, has likey seen its fair share of hopeful auditionees, all wanting to wear the blue and red suit. In …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMDavid Schwimmer and Amy Ryan will star as a suburban couple sharing barbecue with their new neighbors in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize-finalist play Det…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PM
The actors have joined the cast of the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's play "Detroit," the first production in the 2012-13 season at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:58PMReal-life married couple Robyn Hurder and Clyde Alves are currently appearing onstage together in the Broadway production of Nice Work If You Can Get It. They share a recent two-show day wit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMTheatre Requires Hope Beyond Logic Paul Mullin: Nobody in the last fifty years has gone to live theatre to kill time like they would slip into a cineplex. Nobody has sat and blankly watched …
SOURCE: direct address at 02:40PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning classic musical, will play the legendary Palace Theatre 1567 Broadway at 47th Street on Broadway. ANNIE will begin previews Wednesday, Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PM92Y Tribeca has announced upcoming May and June theater events.
On May 23, 92Y will present a Handbook for an American Revolutionary reading and panel discussion. The event will feature aut…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMOn May 19, incoming New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, wide receiver Scotty McKnight and McKnight's girlfriend, actress and singer Hayden Panettiere, had a head-banging good time on Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMTony Award winner Shuler Hensley, who as previously reported will soon take over the starring role of Hannibal Lecter in the Off-Broadway engagement of Silence! The Musical, attended the Sat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMToday, get to know Laura Osnes, a first time nominee who got the nod for playing infamous outlaw Bonnie Parker in musical "Bonnie & Clyde."
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:31PMAn Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMAs playwright Arnold Wesker turns 80, he talks about his early successes, his later battles – and the day he tried to flog his entire oeuvre for £10,000'I don't feel I'm known as a playwr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMABDC Season 7 Week 7 - Rihanna Challenge - Mos Wanted Crew, 8 Flavahz, Elektrolytes & More
America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC), season 7 week 7, features the Rihanna challenge! Behind…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:29PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning classic musical, will play the legendary Palace Theatre (1567 Broadway at 47th Street) on Broadway. ANNIE will begin previews Wednesday,…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:17PMirector John Vreeke has guided his two actors, Michael Russotto and Eric Sutton, to give tender and remarkably intimate performances in Steven Dietz's 1994 play about friendship in the age o…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:17PMLast week A Younger Theatre introduced young playwright Joanna Erskine, with the showing of her short film Boot. This week we’re interviewing Erskine, who tells us about her love of writin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:17PMWelcome to Tony of My Heart, the yearly series wherein we disregard all actual winning potential and honor the Tony-nominated actors we’ve loved the most this past season. We thought it be…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:15PMAn Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMComedian Myq Kaplan shares the evolution of a joke, from idea to delivery on late-night TV.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:10PMIf nothing else, "Xanadu" serves as a reminder that not all art needs to be high, but throwing in a bunch of gods can make it heavenly.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:09PMCheck out Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell as they take to the streets of New York once again on a Sunday in their new video Lazy Sunday 2. Following up the smash hit video “Chronicles…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:08PMPlaying to sold out houses all over the world, the Olivier Award nominated POTTED POTTER THE UNAUTHORIZED HARRY EXPERIENCE A PARODY BY DAN AND JEFF takes on the ultimate challenge of conden…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMTwo icons, gone before their time, are brought back to life on Broadway via two tiny powerhouse performers. Meet Elena Roger and Tracie Bennett.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMAcademy Award-winning actress Barbra Streisand has added a second Brooklyn concert date.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMTheatre 40 is set to present Tom Dugan in his one-man show Robert E. Lee - Shades of Gray, June 11-27. Mel Johnson, Jr. will direct.
Robert E. Lee - Shades of Gray is set on the day Confed…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Academy Award winner Colin Firth will play playwright and composer Noel Coward in BiteSize Entertainment's upcoming film "Mad Dogs And Englishmen," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMCape Playhouse has announced productions and initial casting for its 2012 season, according to the Cape Cod Times.
The season will begin with the Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Hound of the B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMJackie Hoffman and Mary Testa rave about Old Jews Telling Jokes.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:56PMWitches and Wizards and Spells! OH MY! If you have ever read a Harry Potter book, seen a Harry Potter movie or even in the slightest way consider yourself to be a Harry Potter fan; wicked fu…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:54PMTEEN CHOICE 2012 will once again celebrate the hottest teen icons in television, music, film, sports, fashion, comedy and the web in the choicest, star-studded two-hour event airing live Sun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMTickets are on sale today for the new musical comedy BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL!
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL begins performances on July 12 at the St. James Theatre directly following its 13-city…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 01:47PMThe producers of the new Broadway production of Annie announced the Palace Theatre as the musical's home starting this fall. Previews begin Oct. 3 prior to a Nov. 8 opening night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMThe Broadway revival of Annie will begin previews at the Palace Theater on October 3, with an official opening on November 8. James Lapine will direct the production, which will have choreog…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMThe Broadway revival of Annie will begin previews October 3 at the Palace Theatre. As previously announced Lilla Crawford will lead the production, which is set to open November 8. Jame…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMI love both the installation, and the window into the process of creating it. As Onishi says, the process is not the same as the finished work. But seeing the process does not detract from s…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 01:30PMClwyd Theatr Cymru, MoldIn his first play, actor Matthew Trevannion returns to his home town of Pontypool. That adage about writing what you know serves him well in this impre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMLittle Orphan Annie has found a home finally -- the Palace Theatre. Producers of "Annie" said Monday that the revival of the musical about the plucky redhead will move into the Broadway thea…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:29PMOn Thursday, May 17th, the A.R.T. and Harvard teamed up for a live simulcast of Woody Sez at the Science Center Plaza. It was the first simulcast of a theatrical production outside of…
SOURCE: American Repertory Theater at 01:24PMNEW YORK—Little Orphan Annie has found a home finally—the Palace Theatre. Producers of "Annie" said Monday that the revival of the musical about the plucky redhead will move …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:23PMThe Daily Beast reports that Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor is in the process of developing two new films, one an adaptation of Thomas Manns 'Transposed Heads' and the other, an u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMA Noise Within (ANW), the highly regarded classical repertory theatre company and a leading force in arts education, presents SUMMER WITH SHAKESPEARE, a three-week summer program for youth a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:19PMOur Photo of the Week is PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT star Nick Adams showing the Twitterverse his “snake” as part of Broadway World’s “Evening Saturday Intermission…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:12PMTony Award winner Hugh Jackman, who was seen this past season in his one-man show Back on Broadway, is looking for work—as a teacher.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMAn Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM
On 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." Her…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMMarvin's Garden 2, a birthday celebration for composer Mel Marvin, is offered May 21 at Joe's Pub. The evening features original cast members from Broadway's Tintypes and A Histo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMFebruary House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane (music and lyrics) and Seth Bockley (book), details life in a Brooklyn Heights boarding house where flamboyant fiction editor George Davis b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMSaturday Night Live jokesters Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg were in the mood for some show tunes when it came to picking an activity for their hilarious digital short Lazy Sunday 2, the fol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMSaturday Night Live jokesters Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg were in the mood for some show tunes when it came to picking an activity for their hilarious digital short Lazy Sunday 2, the fol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMStevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein and more appear in "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMOn May 20, Conor Lovett had an existential chat about the world with an enthralled audience on the official opening night of Will Eno’s one-man-play, Title and Deed. Presented by Signa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMJohn Lithgow, who is nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Manhattan Theatre Clubs THE COLUMNIST, will be a guest on tonights Late Night with Jimmy Fallon which airs late night a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMAs 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 12:47PMAs 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 12:47PMThe Chicago theater company known as The Hypocrites has announced its 2012-13 season. The shows are:
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PMI spent a few days recently in Florida, beginning in Sarasota where I was treated to an embarrassment of theatrical riches. In less than 24 hours at Florida Studio Theatre, I saw Reel Music,…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:43PMOne of Broadway's most dependable and versatile musical theater actors, Norm Lewis is celebrating his first Tony nomination for his starring role as the cripple Porgy in Porgy and Bess. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMReeve Carney and Rebecca Faulkenberry, who respectively star as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre, po…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:43PMSeason 1 of NBC's new series about the making of a musical, SMASH, ended on Monday, May 14, and according to TVLine, the series is already casting three new regulars fro season two. Jining t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMGabriel Kahane creates musical languages for famous names in “February House” Composer Gabriel Kahane has spent most of his career in pop and opera, and he was never a fan of mus…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:31PMMusic-Theatre Group presents interviews with Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal along with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, to be moderated by Thomas Schumacher Producer and President, Disney …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMOld Jews Telling Jokes, which is co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, officially opens May 20 following previews that began May 1 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMChilling Food For Thought For just a moment, consider the thing you’d hate doing most in the world, for the next 20 years or so, and the only reason you’re thrust into this uncomfortable…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMLegit News:
Playwright wins yearlong fellowship
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PMTonight (21 May 2012), over 120 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers are attending the West End revival of Hay Fever, appropriately housed at the Noel Coward Theatre.The productions stars two-time …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:24PMThe 20th Anniversary season of New York City Centers Tony Award-winning Encores series will open on January 30, 2013 with Fiorello, the show that launched the series in 1994. The season will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMSally Struthers, Conrad John Schuck, Lewis J. Stadlen, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Lauren Worsham and Matthew Scott have been cast in the summer season at the Pittsburgh CLO, which will produce A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMCity Center's Encores! will open just as it did when the long-running revival series began in 1994, with a production of "Fiorello!," Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical about Fiorello …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:19PMThe winners of the Gershwin Awards and New York City’s Gershwin candidates for the Jimmy Awards, were determined on Saturday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:15PMThe entertainment industry is the toughest of nuts to crack. There are thousands of wannabes in the UK who flock to reality talent show auditions such as The Voice and Britain’s …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:14PMFlorida Studio Theatre will kick-off its 2012 summer season with Jim Luigs and Scott Warrender's musical Das Barbecu, to run June 13-July 15 in the Keating Theatre.
Loosely based on Wa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:14PMThough this comedy about two old vaudevillians is showing its age, the production is lit up by two cracking performances, writes Sarah Hemming
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Will Eno
Title and Deed, a new play by Will Eno and directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, opened May 20 at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:12PMStage and screen star Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with the film biopic about Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Everett is also writing th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:10PMStage and screen star Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with the film biopic about Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Everett is also writing th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:10PMLOST IN LOVE- a new musical based on the hit songs of Air Supply, which held an industry-only reading in April, will play again at the Triad Theatre on June 5. Returning to the production, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMThe 20th anniverary season of New York City Center’s Encores! will open in January 2013 with Fiorello!, the show that originally launched the Encores! series in 1994. The season a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMSinger and actress Jordin Sparks appeared on Ryan Seacrest's radio show this morning and shared the very last recorded song of the late, great recording artist Whitney Houston. The single is…
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Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal joined moderator Tom Schumacher for a special talk held by Music-Theatre Group at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th Street between 9th an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMEmmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth just launched her debut world tour in Seattle earlier this month. The 19-date North American concludes in Chenoweths hometown of Broken Arrow, Ok…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, in this shortened bank holiday week are:
OPENING TUESDAYChariots of Fire22 MAY 2012(PREVIEWS FROM 9 MAY)
Mike Bartle…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:50AMJohn Scherer will star as legendary showman George M. Cohan in the Westchester Broadway Theatre production of George M!, which will begin performances June 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMTo celebrate its 20th anniversary, New York City Center's Encores! series is going back to the beginning.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:49AMBroadway, film, and television star Kristen Bell and country music superstar Toby Keith will co-host the 11th annual CMT Music Awards, which honor the best country music videos, to air on We…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMOur Epic Awards Season Coverage Continues! As Luner on Theatre and the rest of the Broadway and Off-Broadway community count down to the biggest night of theatre, The 2012 Tony Awards, we ar…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:48AMErich Bergen will join the cast of the musical comedy film How Sweet It Is, currently in production in Los Angeles. It is scheduled for a fall 2012 release.
Written by Brian Herzlinger and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMPark Avenue Christian Church's Arts at the Park will present The Homosexual Agenda by Robb Leigh Davis, June 13-23.
In The Homosexual Agenda, a popular Senator up for re-election att…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:44AMFollowing an 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 boys and fiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMShakespeare's Globe, LondonThe Latin for apricot, says the very informative Armenian gentleman sitting beside me, is prunus armenicus (Aremnian plum). He's telling me this because the Globe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:39AMRaul Esparza and Kelli O'Hara will headline the New York City Center Encores! series' 20th anniversary gala on November 12. They will be accompanied by Rob Berman and the Encores! …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:35AMOval House Theatre, London: Like an assertiveness training session for women, the first show of Oval House's OUTLAWS season suggests getting in touch with your inner pirate in order to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMFiorello! Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Weidman & George Abbott January 30-February 3, 2013 It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superma…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:33AMTwo-time Tony-winning director Julie Taymor is working on developing two new movies, according to The Daily Beast. The first is an adaptation of Thomas Mann's Transposed Heads,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMThe 2012 Teen Choice Awards will air July 22 on Fox. The hit musical series "Glee," "Modern Family" and actors Lea Michele and Chris Colfer are among the first wave of no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMRebecca Naomi Jones, Gayle Rankin and Fran Kanz will read Max Posner's Snore and Other Sorts of Breathing May 21 and 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMToday we hear from two-time Tony nominee Judith Light, who is nominated this year for her gripping performance as former screenwriter and recovering alcoholic Silda Grauman in Jon Robin Bait…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:28AMJohn Lithgow, who is nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Manhattan Theatre Club’s THE COLUMNIST, will be a guest on tonight’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” which airs …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:27AMRise and shine, Steve Kazee! The "Once" star was still in bed when he kicked off this week's episode of his Broadway.com video blog Guitar Hero, and he was getting things started bright and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:27AMWill Eno's Title and Deed, a new solo play about a mysterious traveler, opened in its American premiere May 20 following previews from May 8 as part of Signature Theatre Company's se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMREVIEW: Jeffrey Hatcher's play about theater, gender and Restoration England is worth the wait.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:16AMToday in 1959, Gypsy opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 702 performances. Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMMaking plans to attend a show What will it be this week Roundabout's production of HARVEY which began previews last Friday Or ONCE, the newly-honored Drama League winner for Best Musical Wan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMPage 73 Productions will present a reading of Max Posner's Snore and Other Sorts of Breathing on Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22 at the Roundabout Rehearsal Studio on 31st Street.
T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:11AMNew York City Center's Encores! concert series will return to its roots in 2013 — its 20th season — with a presentation of Fiorello!, the title that launched the popular orga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMBen Mingay and Amanda Harrison star as Zack Mayo and Paula Pokrifki in the musical adapted by original Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart of the film of the same name. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMAn Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMJoin cast members Bill Army and Audrey Lynn Weston for an all-access, backstage pass to the New York City production of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:01AMA silent sidewalk vigil preceded the memorial at the Guthrie Theater
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:00AMI have so much fun at my Get Your Show Off the Ground seminars, I can’t even tell you. This past weekend I met with eight producer/writers/entrepreneurs to discuss their incredibly d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHeather Burns, Josh Hamilton, Tate Donovan and more star in the world-premiere production of Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play by Signature Theatre Company beginning May 15.
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Distinguished Faculty Includes Director Daniel Sullivan URBANA, Ill. (May 21, 2012) —The University of Illinois has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Eric Jenkins as Professor of Theatr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:58AMThe Civilians' Paris Commune, the Philip Glass-Robert Wilson opera Einstein on the Beach and Toneelgroep Amsterdam's Roman Tragedies will be part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMSeattle's Intiman Theatre has announced its summer repertory season, running July 11-August 26.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Allison Narver, stars Quinn Fra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMChicago's Black Ensemble Theatre is to make its first major foray into hip hop and "Gangsta Rap" and tell the life-story of Tupac Amaru Shakur.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 20, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $433,648 6,545 70.04% $66.26 ANYTHING GOES $51…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMLegit News:
Local graduation ceremonies help boost Rialto attendance
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AMRapper/poet George Watsky is set to join Team StarKid on their Apocalyptour for one performance at San Francisco's Nob Hill Masonic Center, May 25 at 7:30 pm.
With music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMThe Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced programming for the 2012 Next Wave Festival, which features dance, theater, music, music-theater, nouveau cirque, film, and multimedia even…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMThe Broadway company of the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages will offer a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMWe all have them, especially in an arts related field. Bad gigs. Someone asks us to come on board with a project and it looks pretty good from the outside, but once we sign on, it turns into…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThe SpeakEasy Stage Company's Xanadu is a joyful, fun piece of light summer entertainment, beautifully executed by the cast and crew, that celebrates sublime schlock in surprisingly hilariou…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:29AMFinborough Theatre has announced the selections for its upcoming summer 2012 season.
The season will begin with the world premiere of The Fear of Breathing - Stories from the Syrian Revolut…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMThere was a time when Broadway songs routinely topped the pop charts. Don’t believe me? Check out this post we did about the last songs from musicals to make it on the radio. (You know…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:14AMAndrew Fishwick, who was imprisoned for tax fraud in 2010, has re-entered the theatre industry as executive director of the Park Theatre in north London. Here he tells Alistair Smith how har…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:13AMPlugging into the Beckettian landscape of alienation, Will Eno, via Conor Lovett, takes you to a brave new world where a nameless man discovers that going nowhere is the new truth
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:10AMRick Newman and Peter Martin will present a staged reading of Lost in Love, a new musical based on the hits of Air Supply, June 5 at The Triad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMEveryone on Broadway is psyched to see Bunheads, the new ABC Family series starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as a Vegas showgirl who finds herself an unlikely mentor to aspir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AM“It was a brave man,” Jonathan Swift once observed, “who first et an oyster.” Douglas Carter Beane is a brave man, and for much the same reason. He took Xanadu, a 1980’s flop-o mov…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:05AMApron Anxiety Giveaway – Alyssa Shelasky’s hot new tell-all cookbook will be given away to a one of our readers, so click here and Go to CONTEST to register and enter to win your own c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMLegit News:
'Fiorello' returns and 'Superman' flies
SOURCE: Variety at 10:04AMYou know how it goes at awards shows. A bunch of actors throw on their Sunday best and then sit until their category is called. If they win, they make a speech. Lose? They pretend to not loo…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:04AMProgrammes can give a clue to game-changing last-minute appearances – which is why some writers have gone to great lengths to conceal crucial surprisesThe actor Christian Rodska has an imp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMToday’s #MusicMonday is dedicated to one of my favorite writers in the whole world, Mr. Write himself: Lin-Manuel Miranda. This is old, this is the first section of “The Hamilton…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMOcean Professional Theatre Company is set to present Man of La Mancha, June 19-July 8 at Bengal Theatre. Andrew Glant Linden will direct, with musical direction by Michael McAssey.
Written…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
The Actors Fund will present A Luncheon with Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis June 21 at Sardi's Restaurant.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMRichard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Terry Johnson's Hysteria, and Shakespeare's The Tempest will make up the Theatre Royal Bath's summer season.
Sheridan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58AMJordin Sparks and John Legend paid tribute to the late, great Whitney Houston at last night's 2012 Billboard Music Awards. The moving performance brought tears to the star's daughter, Bobbi …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:47AMHarry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Daryl Roth, Ed Schultz, and Masa Tanaka were the honorees at the 7th annual Stella by Starlight Gala, held Sunday, May 20 at the Players Club.
Belafonte w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:46AMYou can't thrive in a world without understanding the shadows. You can't be an artist and decide that an understanding of marketing, financing, logistics, etc. are a job for somebody else. Y…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:43AMSignature Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of Will Eno's Title and Deed with a post performance-party at their Pershing Square Signature Center on Sunday, May 20.
Conor Lov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMThe Nortons are 30 years old. I went to some of the very early Norton award ceremonies. I distinctly remember Ian McKellen getting his award on a bare stage at the Colonial Theatre. (It is…
SOURCE: StageSource at 09:41AMNancy Johnston has replaced the previously announced Allyce Beasley in Kari Floren's Revisiting Wildfire, which will begin previews June 1 Off-Broadway at ArcLight Theatre, 152 West 71st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMPlaywright Itamar Moses knows these characters and the New York world they inhabit. He gets the way reality programs present fantasy versions of dating and romance. He also knows the limitat…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:32AMDirector Peter Hall, actor Laurence Olivier and playwright Harold Pinter are among the names included on a BBC Radio 4 list of figures who "have had a significant impact on lives in these is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMThe bright blue walls and bold geometric shapes of Mario Marcel’s set for Las Quiero A Las Dos give it a heightened, almost cartoonish feel, which proves fitting for Teatro de la Luna’s …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMThis TV season, some of Broadway most popular actors will make the transition from stage to small screen in a bevy of exciting, new TV shows. As excitement builds, Broadway.com asked readers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:30AMWebber Douglas Studio, London: Long established as one of the country's front runners producing high calibre actors, Central School of Speech and Drama continue to turn out outstandingl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMWith its underlying concern anent the difficulty of learning to be a mature, well functioning adult buried under an excess of whimsical plotting, characters difficult to keep straight, and d…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:15AMLegit News:
Actors join Off Broadway production
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AMFreckleface the Musical, based on Julianne Moore's popular children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry," will play its final performance at the Manhattan Movement & Arts C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMBy Jennifer Ashley Tepper A Man of No Importance was written by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally. It ran at the Mitzi Newhouse, at Lincoln Center, for less than 3 months i…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AMEveryone’s a little embarrassed about their family. But you’ll never meet quite such an eccentric family as The Sycamores, found only at Everyman Theatre’s production of George S. Kauf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThough grateful to the World Shakespeare Festival for bringing such talented companies to the UK, I'd rather they performed something elseRecently I went to the theatre, as I am wont to do. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMYou probably already know if a show titled Old Jews Telling Jokes is for you. It's basically what's advertised, but also not. Here are five surprising facts about the show, conceived by …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:00AM
The Ocean Professional Theatre Company will present MAN OF LAMANCHA on 619-78 at the Bengal Theatre, 180 Bengal Blvd, Barnegat, NJ 08005 to open their Premiere Summer Season. The production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMA friendly correspondent writes me to take issue with my flippant, blanket dismissal of the Occupy movement at the bottom of a rather lengthier post yesterday. Unfortunately it’s Monda…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:50AMCome take the high road, or in this case Martin McDonagh’s dark and twisty low ride to Leenane county, Ireland and see Silver Spring Stage’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Di…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMTonight's 57th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards will be presented by Eric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Rylance, Justin Bartha, Leslie Odom Jr., Lily Rabe, Mich…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35AMIt's not always easy to make your mark on theatre in the capital, but playwright and producer Ziella Bryars shares her experience of new writing, roles for women and supporting the fringe.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:27AMThis weekend, BroadwayWorld will be presenting an illuminating InDepth InterView with legendary composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber all about the enchanting new performance capture film versio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMRENT owned the 90s. No other Broadway show managed to have the dual impact on society by becoming not only a pop culture phenomenon, but also changing perceptions of what a musical on Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMGood luck searching for meaning in Title and Deed, Will Eno’s latest Rorschach test of a play being presented by the Signature Theatre. This monologue related by a nameless figure abou…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 08:24AM"I love you. Was just thinking how hard my fight has been and how tired I am... But then I thought about you and it gives me a shot of will power to keep going."
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:21AMThanks very much to Ted Bottle for his support of our struggle against Scarborough Borough Council to save the Futurist Theatre (letters, p8, May 3). He has stated the situation correctly. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMI know asking for money can be uncomfortable; I know looking for board members or planning an institutional marketing effort can be time-consuming and challenging. But unless one acts on a b…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:13AMIn 2009, Sadie Frost returned to the stage after a 20-year absence to play Lesley, a Mancunian Madonna fan, in Touched ... For the Very First Time::E8831234355275, for which she was nominate…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:13AMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge brings you interviews with the stars in attendance at the 78th Annual Drama League Awards luncheon, held yesterday, May 18. Below, Ridge speaks with co-hosts Jo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMRichard Ridge continues his interviews with honorary co-chairs Christine Lahti, Rosemary Harris and Christian Borle, nominees Blair Underwood A Streetcar Named Desire, Jeremy Shamos Clybourn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMthe latest spoof of old Hollywood murder mysteries, the B variety that filled out the lower half of a double bill during the 1930s and 1940s at New Jersey's Passages Theater . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:07AMFor those who want to see Danny DeVito live on stage, this will deliver. Sorry to rain on your parade Sunshine Boys!
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:06AMthough you don't have to be old or Jewish to "get" what's funny, the chief and most responsive ticket buyers for this internet website spawned jokefest will be at least old enough for AARP m…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe Broadway star discusses playing Harold Hill in Arena Stage's revival of Meredith Willson's classic musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Legit News:
Broadway revival to open in November
SOURCE: Variety at 07:50AMUnion, London: The original Broadway production of Jekyll and Hyde ran for a respectable four years, despite lukewarm reviews, and, while there has never been a major production in the West …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMHackney Empire, London: South Africa's Isango Ensemble, based in Cape Town, previously won an Olivier Award for its Young Vic and West End run of Mozart's The Magic Flute, and is n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:29AMThe Theatre Royal Bath in the spa city in South West England is to produce an in-house summer season of three classic plays, new and old, overseen by visiting guest directors: Sheridan's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:25AMSimon Stephens's play has stirred up a hornets' nest of debate about how critics approach radical work. Plus an early taste of this year's Edinburgh festivalGetting criticalIt felt as if som…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AMThe race for Best Musical is dominated by two tuner adaptations of films with each earning the backing of some of our Experts.
"Newsies" is a stage version of the 19…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:14AMPlaywright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla. But he soon stopped tra…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:09AMDaniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm are to star in a new comedy for Sky Arts called A Young Doctor's Notebook.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMJOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:07AMLeeds City Varieties general manager Peter Sandeman has been made redundant after a restructuring process at theatres owned by Leeds City Council.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AM
Or Coming To A Theater Near You (Or Not) By Bill Hirschman Welcome to our semi-annual scouting trip for shows likely to appear in South Florida in a local production or national tour —…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:48AMTabard Theatre, London: All aboard the Tabard. Brave those steep, ship-like auditorium steps to experience a contemporary compact two-hour version of this operetta classic incorporating hot …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMKing's Head, London: Following revivals of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen and Chicken Soup with Barley, marking the playwright's 80th birthday, the King's Head presents the Londo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMLandor, London: When philandering husband Tom discovers that his wife has been having an affair he flees the marital home intent on seeking out the lover and destroying him.
Read the full r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMIn a tiny upstairs theatre, a man in a wig and kimono asks us to imagine we’re in the Albert Hall. We never discover his name though, in his role in a glittering production of Madame Butte…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:18AMHackney Empire, London: Cape Town-based Isango Ensemble returns to London for a three-week season at the Hackney Empire.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMYe Olde Rose and Crown, London: Flora the Red Menace may be a footnote show in the history of Broadway musicals, but it has left an indelible footprint - it marked not only the first Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMWyndhams, London: Lindsay Posner's production demonstrates that this powerful examination of the snap and crackle of suburban angst and frustration has enough fire in its belly to make …
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Southwark Playhouse, London: Inventive and fast-moving direction meets most of the challenges of Eugene O'Neill's talky and partly expressionistic 1922 drama, making for an always …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMGlyndebourne, Sussex: Glyndebourne opens the summer opera festival season with a new production of Leos Janacek's piece about the cycle of life, exploring parallels between the existenc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMWatermill Theatre, Bagnor: As a novel that Steinbeck evidently created with a mission to write for the theatre, it is true that the dialogue and setting needs little adaption for the stage. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMOn a rainy Thursday evening, Cheap Theatre Tickets were happy to take shelter in the London Palladium as we set out for a chat with Wizard of Oz star, Sophie Evans. Rebecca caught up with So…
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 05:10AMHelming Roundabout Theatre production, experimental artist Moises Kaufman moves outside his comfort zone in tackling realistic play.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AM
After the success of previous readings in New York and Los Angeles, Mark Wolper, David Geha, Steve Sunshine, Spencer Proffer and Phillipa Sledge are proud to host a workshop production of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, May 21, 2012 marks the third production of BC Beat at Cielo 18 Little West 12thStreet. Produced by Jennifer Jancuska and The BringAbout Productions, BC Beat offers the Broadway and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe West Side YMCAs Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater presents its 2nd annual benefit cabaret, Little Theater, Big Dreams tonight, May 21st. The Off-Broadway gem, located inside the historic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMYork Theatre Company presents the 8th Annual NEO 8 tonight, May 21 at The York Theatre at Saint Peters Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue. Festivi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNationally syndicated morning show LIVE with Kelly previously announced the lineup of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa this week, May 21-25, 2012. Today, Monday, May 21, Private Pract…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Christopher amp Dana Reeve Foundation previously announced that theater and film stars Julie White Transformers, Little Dog Laughed and Tony Goldwyn Ghost, ABCs new hit series Scandal wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBrian Parks, Obie Chairman and Village Voice arts and cultural editor, previously announced that two of this season's most critically acclaimed and popular shows would be part of the 57th An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMDixon Place presenst BD Wong in the one-man musical Herringbone. Wong, best known for his Tony Award winning performance in M. Butterfly and his role in the long running hit series Law amp O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMHERO Theatre presents a benefit staged reading of William Shakespeares KING LEAR tonight, May 21st at 730PM to be held at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for TheatreLaura Pels Theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMMrs. T and I are in the process of making our way down California's Highway 1 from San Francisco to...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMI rejoice to report that Paul Moravec, my old friend and operatic collaborator, received an Arts and Letters Award in...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMMiles Davis plays with Gil Evans' orchestra on a 1959 CBS telecast: (This is the latest in a series of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library." Samuel Johnson, The...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIt's a constant conundrum: How do you keep a popular, frequently performed opera fresh while still remaining true to the vision of the composer?
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Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 20, 2012 - Sunday, May 20, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMIt’s tempting to think of “Title and Deed” as an elaborate prank played on a helpless audience.
This new piece by Will Eno — the critically acclaimed author of “Thom Pain (based o…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:36AMThe new revue “Old Jews Telling Jokes” is inspired by the Web site of the same name — which consists of a parade of elderly cut-ups delivering jokes.
But unlike the Web, which you can…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:35AMFor the second year in a row, JK's TheatreScene is celebrating the end of the season with its own awards, recognizing those Broadway people and productions that were overlooked by …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:05AMThe Brooklyn Academy of Music festival starts in September and continues until mid-January. It will provide an opportunity for BAM to showcase its new 250-seat black-box theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01AMPlaywright / Professor New York, New York USA Inspiration, perspiration, persuasion (with an accent) Inspiration? In newspapers, magazines, TV/radio shows (yes, even reality shows), books, b…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMMarla McLean in A Man and Some Women (photo credit: David Cooper)Circle Mirror Transformation, at GCTC this week, sounds terrifying. It's an acting class (just that gives us the willies), an…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMeet 2012 Tony Award nominee Phillip Boykin, now making his Broadway debut as the rapacious Crown in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMProspect Theater Company presents its annual gala, Spring Soirée, which benefits the company's mission to develop and produce new works, May 21 in the Harbor View Room at Battery …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Susan Egan and composer-lyricist Georgia Stitt present their "gal-pal show," Glamour and Goop, as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland concert series Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Araca Group's AracaWorks, a week-long series of play readings, runs May 21-25 in Manhattan. New plays by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Dorothy Fortenberry, Lila Feinberg, Andrew Dolan …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 57th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, which honor the best of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, are presented May 21 at Webster Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Julie White (The Little Dog Laughed) and Tony Goldwyn (Promises, Promises) host the third annual Born for Broadway benefit May 21, which was declared "Born for Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHero Theatre presents a benefit staged reading of William Shakespeare’s King Lear May 21 at 7:30 PM at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe one-man musical Herringbone, starring Tony winner BD Wong and directed by stage and screen star and 2012 Tony nominee Roger Rees, plays Dixon Place May 21-22 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues May 21 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's In Good King Charles's Golden Days.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMYork Theatre Company presents NEO 8, a benefit concert celebrating new, emerging and outstanding musical theatre writers, May 21 at The York Theatre at the Theatre at Saint Peter's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe free Broadway's Future concert series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continues May 21 at 6 PM in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New York Public Library…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMark Wolper, David Geha, Steve Sunshine, Spencer Proffer and Phillipa Sledge present an industry workshop production of the new musical comedy Serrano – Poet, Lover…Hitman!…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTiffany Antone's new play In the Company of Jane Doe is built around a terrific premise: what if a stressed-out, over-extended, fast-tracking businesswoman (like the play's eponymous Jane Do…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMThe Boston premieres of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, as well as resident productions of Next to Normal and The Brother/Sister Plays are amon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJack's Back is a musical comedy about Jack the Ripper. You read that right: it's a comedy and not even particularly a dark one--it's meant to be a merry yarn, sort of an amalgam of The Myste…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMThe recent live films of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies make a return to U.S. cinemas May 21 and 23, respectively, for an encore presentation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM8220;The humorous story is strictly a work of art,—high and delicate art,—and only an artist can tell it,” Mark Twain wrote. Will Eno’s “Title and Deed” (…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMI’m trying to remember when I first saw the performance artist Carmelita Tropicana, but that’s like trying to remember someone’s first time making you laugh: there are no s…
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