At the end of the day, LaBute seems to be saying we're all-progressive or conservative-trying to make sense of life and get by.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:56PMJackie Hoffman, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, TooJayne Atkinson, Noah Racey, Dan Butler, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker are among the actors who will be featured in plays and music…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50PMGypsy Rose Lee, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden walk into a house . . . This sounds like the setup for either a highbrow joke or Harvey Weinstein’s latest Oscar-bait movi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:42PMThe musical everyone’s buzzing about is headed to Broadway.“Matilda,” a London import based on Roald Dahl’s great children’s book, will open next spring at a Shubert Theatre to be …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:41PMThe Blank Theatre has announced initial casting for The 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, running May 31-June 24 at the Stella Adler Theater.
The festival showcases 12 plays by young …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36PMTonight was the final night of performances on American Idol, with three rounds of songs to win over your votes. So how did Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez measure up Find out now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24PMActor Michael McKean, currently starring on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, was recovering Tuesday night in Manhattan hospital after having been struck by a car on the upper West Si…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:21PMJaime Cepero, Raza Jaffrey
NBC series Smash, which details the development of a Broadway production about Marilyn Monroe will be getting a makeover in its second season. Raza Jaffrey (Dev), …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00PM“February House,” a new musical at the Public Theater, tours a Brooklyn Heights commune where W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers and Benjamin Britten were all residents.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMGabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley's new musical fails to capitalize on its richly tantalizing premise involving some of the 20th century's most fascinating figures.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Bucks County Playhouse Renovation Video Series # 1
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SOURCE: YouTube at 08:51PMNationally-syndicated morning show LIVE with Kelly announces the lineup of guest co-hosts who will join Kelly Ripa during the week of June 4 - 8, 2012, including Bryant Gumbel, Neil Patrick …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMAmerica's Got Talent Season 7 Week 2 - Performances & Howard Stern Judging - Miranda Sings Recap
America's Got Talent season 7 week 2 kicked off on May 21, 2012. Howard Stern j…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:34PMMeryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 7 in Los Angeles, according toDeadline.com . The ceremony will broadcast on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:21PM The “world’s largest short film festival” – Tropfest – is heading for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, 2012. Twenty years ago, in Sydney Australia, a young actor…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:17PMNBC's New York 4 reports that actor Michael McKean has been struck by a car on the Upper West Side.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PM"But even if you adore every single person they depict, enduring this much concentrated non-action is not easy. Neither is staying awake."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMAFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute's 40th Life Achievement Award - America's highest honor for a career in film. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01PM2012-13 marks the troupe's 20th anniversary at the Grandel Theatre
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:00PM
According to published reports, Broadway veteran Janet Carroll passed away today, May 22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the May 19, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 07:26PMPlaying TONIGHT at The Echo in Echo Park is a band called Funeral Club. Reminiscent of the haunting strains of Siouxie and the Banshees, their style of music is gothic, brooding and atmosphe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PMThe Metropolitan Opera just issued this press release: In view of the outpouring of reaction from opera fans about the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15PMABDC Season 7 Week 7 - Auditioning for ABDC 7 - Mos Wanted Crew, 8 Flavahz, Elektrolytes & More
America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC), season 7 week 7, features the Rihanna challenge, an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:02PMAs the Olympic Park rises out of the desolation of East London, British theatre is also being regenerated by the sports fest that looms increasingly large on the horizon. Although it has rec…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMVoting 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 522 with just 12 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PM
Hampstead theatre, London"Will it run?" people asked when they first heard that the celebrated 1981 movie was to be adapted for the stage. That question seems to have been answered by the ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58PMAs BroadwayWord reported yesterday, Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees IATSE put on its largest demonstration in the theater district since the Great Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMNBC’s Broadway-themed series Smash is losing two more series regulars in addition to previously reported stars Raza Jaffrey (Dev) and Jaime Cepero (Ellis). Brian d&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:41PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater's production of MerEdith Wilson's The Music Man, helmed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, stars Kate Baldwin Tony Award nominee for Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMWith my work travel having calmed down a bit, I have been able to get back into my regular theater routine of the past few years I’ve been writing this blog. As of today, I’ve seen 32 …
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 06:34PMIf you thought life backstage at the Tony-nominated musical Newsies was one big party...you're right! Broadway.com asked two of the show's charming supporting players, Ben …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMSeason 1 of NBC's new series about the making of a musical, SMASH, ended last Monday, May 14, and according to TVLine, the show will cut a few characters for season two. Jaime Cepero and Ra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMA test drive of the MIT Media Lab’s electronic enhancements to the site-specific theater piece “Sleep No More.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:13PMCarla Stillwell’s brilliant new work *Bodies*, presented by Chicago's MPAACT, is about the nature of family obligations, secrets, and the emotional labyrinth that is the Black church in Am…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:10PMReacting to a mini-firestorm that erupted today with the news that the Metropolitan Opera would no longer allow Opera News to review its performances , the company reversed its decision ear…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:04PM
The cast of the Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' Once on This Island met the press Tuesday, May 22 at The New 42nd Street Studios. The product…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:54PMIn analyzing any of August Wilson's works, one should get down to basics -- those commonalities that recur in play after play.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:53PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informati…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMSeth Rudetsky will hostmusic direct NOT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL at 730, Monday June 18th at XL 512 West 42nd Street. The show will benefit the Chesapeake Bay Academy httpwww.cba-va.org a school fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMKristin Chenoweth has been knocking 'em out on her first ever world tour which opened in Seattle on May 9th. To all the BroadwayWorld-ers in Texas - get yourself to Kristin's concerts pronto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMFor a brief period in the 1940s, eccentric book editor George Davis rented a dilapidated boarding house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights. The house became home to a motley crew of art…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMProducer Dianne Fraser has acquired the exclusive first-class stage rights to GILLIGANS ISLAND THE MUSICAL with hopes to mount the show on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:41PMIn the weeks leading up to the 2012 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Three–time Tony wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMDominique Morisseau, whose play Detroit '67 will be presented as part of the Public Lab's upcoming season, has been named the recipient of the 2012-13 PoNY Fellowship.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMThe Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival is performed in repertory June 3 -- Sept. 30 in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Adrian Noble returns for his third season as the Artisti…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PMCourtesy of Broadway music label PS Classics, the Tony-nominated revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess receives a brand new, two-disc recording featuring the vocal stylings of Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:28PMNBC’s Broadway-themed series Smash may have been renewed for a second season, but it’s curtains for two of the show's stars. Raza Jaffrey (Dev) and Jaime Cepero (Ellis) will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMThough we'll still have to wait until January for the second season of "Smash", there are reports of new characters coming and two characters who will not be returning full time. Under new s…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:13PMStage and screen star Samuel L. Jackson will host the BET Awards 12, to be aired live from the Historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 1.
Jackson starred on Broadway earli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMHunter Parrish, the former star of Broadway's Godspell, dropped by the rehearsal studio to meet a group of kids as they rehearsed for a special performance as the Godspell Cast of 2032. Ov…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMStorms. Slavery. Romance. Redemption. Prepare to be swept away by this epic musical saga about John Newton, a rebellious slave trader, and the woman who never lost faith in him. While fighti…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:00PMAs Jitney readies to travel from South Coast Repertory (where it’s currently playing) to Pasadena Playhouse (where it will open June 21), artistic directors Marc Masterson and Sheldon Epp…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Lea Michele may play squeaky clean teen Rachel Berry on the Fox hit comedy Glee but in real life the actress has been hiding a secret addiction… to tattoos. On May 22 the Spring Awake…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:59PMThe Tempest in HD | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
At select movie theatres in the U.S. on Thursday June 14.
Visit http://www.thetempesthd.com for participating movie theatre locations an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:54PMThe second season of the NBC musical drama series "Smash" will get at least three new faces, according to an industry casting notice. The 15-episode first season concluded May 14.&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMVIDEO: Playwright Gore Vidal Talks ‘The Best Man’ Original tape date: October 26, 2000. In a classic “Theater Talk” encore, writer Gore Vidal talks about “The Best Man,” …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:50PMTHEATER REVIEW: "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Circle Theatre in Oak Park ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Circle Theatre in Oak Park …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:49PM"Glee" star Darren Criss will perform a special acoustic set during the May 23 performance of Team StarKid's Apocalyptour in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMToday, we bring you Audrey Hepburn circa 1982. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMNorthlight Theatre's production of Bruce Graham's "The Outgoing Tide," a play dealing with the effects of aging, is headed to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland, replete with the original N…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:33PMThe Christopher amp Dana Reeve Foundation presented its annual Born for Broadway benefit, which will take place at the American Airlines Theatre, last night, May 21, 2012. Tony nominated dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMManhattan Theatre Club will celebrate Artistic Director Lynne Meadows 40th anniversary as the visionary and artistic leader of the organization with a special tribute on Monday, June 18. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMStage and screen star Janet Carroll died May 22 after a long illness.
The actress made her Broadway debut as Aunt March in the 2005 musical Little Women, alongside Sutton Foster and Maureen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:18PMMeredith Willson's The Music Man, the Americana-striped musical comedy about a corrupt salesman who charms — and is charmed by — a small town in Iowa, began performances in-t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMToday, May 22, marks the 20th anniversary of Johnny Carson’s final broadcast as host of “The Tonight Show,” but Johnny’s final guest was actually on May 21 and it was…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:12PMThe stagehands union is protesting Speigelworld's Empire New York show for its use of nonunion workers.
SOURCE: Crain's at 04:12PMStage and television star Isiah Whitlock, Jr. attended a performance of the Off-Broadway production, BRONTË A Portrait of Charlotte at Theatre 511 on Saturday, May 19. Afterwards, h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:08PMFREUD’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will host a special post-performance discussion at tomorrow’s matinee, May 23rd led by one of the show’s producers, Jack Thomas, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMLimited time offer Buy One Ticket Get One Free to see Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby in LONELY, I'M NOT, now playing at Second Stage Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PM
Manhattan Theatre Club will celebrate Artistic Director Lynne Meadow’s 40th anniversary as the visionary and artistic leader of the organization with a special tribute on Monday, June 18. …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:53PMJennifer Holliday, the original Effie in Broadway's Dreamgirls, has announced on her Twitter account that she will be duetting with Top 2 finalist, Jessica Sanchez on the season finale of AM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMHi, Friends, this is a redirect to the new blog site at www.thefeministspectator.com. Do sign up to follow The Feminist Spectator there.The Feminist Spectator has posted a new item, 'D…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 03:48PMCasting has been announced for the second annual Night of a Thousand Judys, to be held at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, June 18 at 8pm. Ben Rimalower will direct, with music direction by L…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:46PMWriter and director Steven Berkoff has written his latest stage play, Six Actors in Search of a Director,
based on his experiences of shooting more than 50 movies, including
playing villai…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:42PMSanaa Lathan, Gabourey Sidibe, Hank Aaron, Holly Robinson Peete and Diahann Carroll are among the celebrities who have paid a visit to Broadway's starry revival of A Streetcar Named Desi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMManhattan Theatre Club will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow's leadership of the organization with a special tribute on Monday, June 18. The
event will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:31PM(To learn more about Marcy Arlin’s Artist, Immigrant blog series, click here.) In 1983 I went to a theatre festival, El Segundo Encuentro de Teatro Latinoamericano, held in Nicaragua. Ther…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:26PMMaxim magazine has announced its "Hot 100 List." in which readers choose the "definitive list of the world's most beautiful women."
The list, which is topped by mod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMMembers of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) gathered on West 45th Street starting at 11 AM May 22 to voice their concern about a new midtown circ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMSony Masterworks will release West End star Ramin Karimloo's new album, Human Heart, on June 5.
The recording includes songs that Karimloo has performed on stage including "Music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:08PMBroadway.com reports “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 t…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 03:05PMIn a special two-parter, we bring you an exclusive chat with Smash star and Shrek himself, Brian d'Arcy James, one of Broadway's favorite leading men for nearly two decades. In Part 1, featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMAs Neil Patrick Harris prepares to host the 2012 Tony Awards, the How I Met Your Mother star is busily catching up on his theatergoing, including the seaworthy new hit Peter and the Starcatc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMTony winner Michael Cerveris, who received a Tony nomination for his performance as Perón in the current Broadway revival of Evita, was on his way to the recording studio to record th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
NEWSIES is now in previews at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. The musical, featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act and Jack…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMJannie Jones and Jessica Wortham will star in Ensemble Theatre Company's presentation of Frank Higgins' Black Pearl Sings!, to run June 14-July 1 at the Alhecama Theatre.
Directed…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMJabbawockeez, the 2008-winner of the "America's Best Dance Crew" title, will bring its Las Vegas show MÜS.I.C. to Harrah's Resort Atlantic City beginning August …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMOskar Eustis, Rinne Groff, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Richard Nelson will join the previously reported Tony Kushner for On Arthur Miller: A Playwrights' Conversation, to be held at The 9…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMOn Friday, June 8, GODSPELL will play a special added matinee performance at 3 p.m.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMOther Desert Cities star Judith Light and playwright Jon Robin Baitz stopped by MSNBC’s Morning Joe on May 22 to chat about the five-time Tony nominated drama that centers on a st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMFox Valley Rep has announced plans for its 2012 summer season at Pheasant Run Resort.
The season will open with Theo Ubique's revue of 20th Century Broadway icons Some Enchanted Evenin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMWSC/Avant Bard is set to host a free staged reading of Richard Byrne's Nero/Pseudo, May 30 at 8pm at Artisphere - Dome Theatre. Artistic director of Theater Alliance Colin Hovde will d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the new musical at the Foxwoods Theatre, is now offering "Spider-Man Hero Seats," specially priced tickets for "America’s Real Heroes and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMTony nominees Andrea McArdle and Jayne Houdyshell, as well as Molly Pope, Jessica Molaskey and Nellie McKay will be part of the second annual Night of a Thousand Judys benefit June 18 at Pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMBritish actor James Corden stars in the National Theater’s “One Man, Two Guvnors.” (Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times / March 26, 2012) Tony nominee James Corden stars in the…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:21PMBroadway had a lunch date on May 18, when starry guests from the Great White Way headed to the 78th annual Drama League Awards at the Mariott Marquis Times Square, hosted by John Larroq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:20PMOn Twitter Watch, Adam Shankman wrote sara_grigsby adammshankman how did you pick what new songs to add What worked best with story, and was sexytypicaal AdammShankman Were you positively su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMTony Abatemarco’s tribute to his late brother and all other “beauticians” who have cut our hair and offered us indispensable advice opens Friday night at Skylight Theatre. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:07PMKara Lindsay, who stars as feisty female reporter Katherine Plumber in the Disney musical Newsies, describes her role in the new Broadway production in the "Meet the Newsies" video…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM"C**k", the Olivier Award winning play from London's Royal Court Theatre is now playing off-Broadway at The Duke.
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:04PM
Josh Young sat down with The Broadway League to discuss his journey with "Jesus Christ Superstar".
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:54PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonHell on earth is currently to be found in Southwark Playhouse, where director Kate Budgen makes her mark with a feverish and visually arresting revival of Eugene O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52PMThe 57th Annual Obie Awards were given out at a ceremony last night at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards were presented by acclaimed stage actors Eric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMEmmy Award nominee Polly Draper will star in the American premiere of Geraldine Aron's one-woman show My Brilliant Divorce, which will begin previews May 29 at the Bay Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMThough the timeless score of Marvin Gaye’s music beautifully illustrates his artistry, Jackie Taylor’s script lacks context and tends to leave the entertaining production incomplete. St…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:38PMAlan Alda and Brian Greene will host the 2012 World Science Festival's 5th anniversary gala celebration, entitled A Performing Arts Salute to Science, to be held at The Allen Room at Ja…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PMThe 57th Annual Obie Awards for excellence in Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway were announced last night. Below are the winners. Best New American Play (with $1,000 prize)Amy Herzog4000 Mil…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:31PMOur next nominee is Spencer Kayden, who is cracking up audiences as scheming French chef Suzette in Marc Camoletti's sex farce "Don't Dress For Dinner." Click below to find out which Andrew …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:24PMRoyal Opera House: The Royal Ballet's latest double bill pairs George Balanchine's Ballo Della Regina from the 1970s with the early 19th century La Sylphide by August Bournonville.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:20PMLaura Osnes sat down with The Broadway League to discuss her journey with "Bonnie & Clyde".
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:19PMTracie Bennett sat down with The Broadway League to discuss her journey with "End of the Rainbow".
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:18PMChristian Borle sat down with The Broadway League to discuss his journey with "Peter and the Starcatcher".
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:18PMNew York Magazine 05/20/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:15PMMeet Kara Lindsay, playing Katherine Plumber, in Disney's NEWSIES.
Disney's NEWSIES is now on Broadway!
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:15PMThe innumerable parts of this historical-political drama don't quite add up to a satisfactory whole, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:14PMThe innumerable parts of this historical-political drama don’t quite add up to a satisfactory whole, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:14PMAs 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 01:13PMThe 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMThe Broadway at Birdland series was proud to present both Susan Egan, Tony-nominated for her performance as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Georgia Stitt, the award-winning theatrical com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMJanet Carroll Passes Away: Janet Carroll, who was one of Hollywood’s most working film, TV, recording, and stage actress died early this morning at her home on Riverside Drive.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:09PMSkypilot Theatre Company will present the world premiere of the new musical Earthbound, June 9-July 15 at Theatre Unlimited Studios.
Featuring music by Jonathan Price, lyrics by Chana Wise…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PM... high ticket prices edition:
And when it opens Antony and Cleopatra on October 22, tickets won't come cheap: $42 for the best seats, a new high that this season will match Goodman, Stepp…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:06PMRuined
By Lynn Nottage, directed by Barry Feinstein
At Fells Point Corner Theatre through June 3
In preparation for writing
Ruined
, playwright Lynn Nottage traveled to the…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 01:04PMYou Can’t Take It With You
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Vincent Lancisi
At Everyman Theatre through June 17
Nineteen actors come out on the Everyman Theatre s…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 01:04PMHappy Birthday, Laurence Olivier Born in 1907, Olivier remains one of the most revered actors of the 20th century. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale has joined the cast of Woody Allen's upcoming movie alongside Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper, according to Deadline.com. Famous for keeping …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PM
In the midst of her post-Tony nomination whirlwind, Once star Cristin Milioti is probably saying a very special thank you to the man who helped her land a part in the musical in the first pl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMAerialists and a sexy chanteuse are part of the circus-cabaret "Empire New York." But not the gross-out gray rat rearing up some 20 feet from the entrance of the show's wood and glass tent i…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:56PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Not the most obvious retro pic for the tuner treatment, this reworking of the 1982 Taylor Hackford hit "An Officer and a Gentleman" is a faithful but fluf…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Deep in the second act of "February House," the new musical at the Public, an intellectual ecdysiast lying on the carpet says, "The play seemed like…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:50PMOff-Broadways The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMOn Monday, May 21, the Actors Fund honored actor and activist Harry Belafonte, acting duo Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, and real estate developer David Steiner at their annual gala, held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:47PMThe Public Theater has released details of its new lounge space, The Library, which will open this fall at its Lafayette Street address.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMOn Sunday, May 20, 2012 a little bit of L.A. Theatre history was made. I was honored to be among a crowd of L.A. based 99-seat theatre producers meeting at the Kirk Douglas theatre to discus…
SOURCE: firemark.com at 12:44PMIn the midst of her post-Tony nomination whirlwind, Once star Cristin Milioti is probably saying a very special thank you to the man who helped her land her part in the musical in the first …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMMasterworks Broadway will release the Encores cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The album will be recorded in New York City this week, and will feature A Little Girl From Little Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMFor the sixth installment of his “fantabulous” (that’s fantastic and fabulous combined, y’all) Broadway.com video blog Boy’s Life, Adam Chanler-Berat pressed hi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMEarlier this month on 'American Idol' pint-sized powerhouse Jessica Sanchez wowed the judges with her performance of 'And I'm Telling You,' but they weren't the only ones who were impressed.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMArtists are grateful for any money they can get, but too often the project is squeezed to fit the funding available – not the other way aroundHow much money do you need to make your next s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMTony winner Cady Huffman has signed on to play Ms. Pratt, Clarissa and Mrs. Bamberg in Prospect Theater Company’s upcoming production of Cole Porter’s Nymph Errant. The show is d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMPS Classics released the two-disc Broadway revival cast recording of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, featuring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, May 22. The album w…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMBack in the Eighties, not long after I arrived in New York, I spent a couple of happy years reviewing...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:29PMThe World Science Festival and Paley Center will present Alan Alda's Burning Question: What Is a Flame? at the Paley Center on Friday, June 1 at 4pm.
For the event, actor and science a…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26PMJohn Lithgow may call himself the “the least cool member” of his generation, but having just nabbed his sixth Tony nomination for The Columnist, it appears he's doing just fi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMTHANKS FOR THE ARTS: Chuck Berry, PNC Bank, Judy and Jerry Kent, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Michael Uthoff, KWMU (FM 90.7) and Duane Martin Foster have been selected as the 2013 St. Louis A…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:21PMDarren Criss will join Team StarKid for an additional performance as part of the group's Apocalyptour.
The StarKid co-founder, who plays Blaine Anderson on Glee and was recently seen o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMUnion stagehands from New York's Local One of IATSE protest Speigelword's nonunion labor force for its "Empire New York" tent show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:17PMThe Public Theater's world premiere production of FEBRUARY HOUSE, with music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane and book by Seth Bockley, is currently in previews at The Martinson Theater. Directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMHello Everyone! Luner on Theatre is relaunching its Tony Time series once again in honor of the 2012 Tony Awards! Covering any ideas and anyone, in this series anything can be a discussion w…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:16PMTony Award winner Cady Huffman will play the roles of Ms. Pratt, Clarissa and Mrs. Bamberg in Prospect Theater Company's upcoming production of Cole Porter's 1933 musical Nymph Erran…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMOff-Broadway’s The New Group has announced its 2012-2013 season, including the world premiere of Francine Volpe’s drama The Good Mother starring Gretchen Mol (Chicago). The seaso…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMOn 8 May 2012 my life changed forever in the best possible way.
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SOURCE: lucaskrech.livejournal.com at 12:09PMThis fall The Public Theater will unveil its revitalized downtown home as the Company celebrates a milestone year that also includes the 50th anniversary of the Delacorte Theater, home to Sh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMDeadline.com reports that Bobby Cannavale has joined the cast of Woody Allen's upcoming comedy. The actor joins previously announced cast members Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper and Alec Bald…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMJay Alan Zimmerman's Incredibly Deaf Musical will be presented May 31-June 9 at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater. Dev Bondarin will direct.
The musical is an inspiring autobiograp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:05PMThe stand-up comedian and star of In Living Color was recently nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Sporting Life in the opera Porgy and Bess. "I think the character of Sporting L…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:02PMI’m coming late to the controversy over the resoundingly white male-written and -directed season announced for the Guthrie next year, in part because I’m tired of hearing myself …
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 12:01PMLOVE ONCE? THEN NOMINATE THE SHOWFOR THE JKTS AWARDS! CLICK THE ICON TO YOUR LEFT!Though much more low key than most other musicals, both on stage and off, Once is a powerfu…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMShe laughed at a few remarks, but others that led to an uproarious response in most people, caused my mother to roll her eyes in disgust. You see, at the root of it, she was shocked by the s…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:00PMSurrender to Broadways Longest Running MusicalEVER The sumptuous score, the haunting romance, the timeless story of seduction and despair. There is only one PHANTOM, and this spring, there i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 5152012 - 5222012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMWill Eno wrote his existential play, "Title and Deed" for married actor-director team Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PM
The 92nd Street Y has announced additional casting for its upcoming Lyrics & Lyricists presentation of It's Magic: 90 Years of Songs from Warner Bros., to run for five performances …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale has joined the cast of an upcoming Woody Allen comedy, according to Deadline.com.
Cannavale will be joining fellow stage and screen stars Alec Baldwin, Cate Bla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMGretchen Mol will star in the world premiere of Francine Volpe's The Good Mother for the New Group's 2012-2013 season, which will also include Jonathan Marc Sherman's Clive, dire…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMThe story of legendary performer Carol Channing's life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. In CAROL CHANNING LARGER THAN LIFE,released on DVD today May 22, director Dori…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMEthan Hawke, Gretchen Mol, and Jonathan Marc Sherman are among the artists who will take part in The New Group's 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions.
The seas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMOn Monday, May 21, The Village Voice presented the 57th Annual Obie Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway Theater, at Webster Hall.
Presenters for the evening included Justin Bartha, Tr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: It was Oscar Wilde's first major theatrical hit, but Lady Windermere's Fan is rather better known these days for its famous one-liners than its …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMGentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1949 Broadway score by Jule Styne and Leo Robin, will get its most complete recording yet when Masterworks Broadway releases the Encores! concert cast recording…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMAn 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 11:46AMCasting has been announced for the Prospect Theater Company's production of Cole Porter's Nymph Errant, July 7-29 at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. Will Pomerantz will direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:45AMStage and screen actor Paul Dano has joined the cast of "Twelve Years a Slave," the upcoming film based on Solomon Northup's novel of the same name, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMIt is always fun when a new James Bond film comes out. Who doesn’t love 007, the suave, almost super-hero agent that narrowly escapes harm at every turn and always gets the bad guys.…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:40AM"Cymbeline," "Traces," and "Stinkykids" also top winners from Off-Broadway Alliance Awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:36AMNick Jonas gave his fans a special treat at the final performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, May 20, 2012. Outside of the stagedoor, Jonas played his fa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMMasterworks Broadway will release a cast recording of the Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The album will be recorded in New York City this week.
Smash star and Broadway vet…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AM1. Sutton Foster and Christian Borle One of Broadway’s cutest couples, these two dated for years. They even co-starred in Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2006, Sutton and Christian were m…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:30AMIt’s that time of year again! Time to make sure that your theater company is taking advantage of a valuable and much appreciated audience development tool. I’m talking, of cour…
SOURCE: StageSource at 11:30AMIn the Globe to Globe season, the Caucasus is proving as fruitful a ground as any for new views on old texts. Georgia’s Marjanishvili company, under director Levan Tsuladze, proved the reg…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:29AMAbout the author:
Irish-born writer Enda Walsh made his name with dark, arresting plays such as Misterman and Bedbound, as well as the screenplay for Hunger, which centered on the life and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM2012 Village Voice Obie Award Winners Announced: The 57th Annual Obie Awards were given out at a ceremony Monday, May 21, 2012 at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:27AMPolly Bergen, Christine Andreas and Tom Wopat will celebrate the music of Warner Brothers films as part of the upcoming Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMBrian Stokes Mitchell, Blair Underwood, Angela Lansbury and more were on hand May 21 for the Actors Fund Annual Gala honoring Harry Belafonte, acting duo Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller and rea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMThe Stella Adler Studio of Acting honored producer Daryl Roth with the Harold Clurman Spirit Award at the Stella by Starlight gala on Sunday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:21AMThe on-going renovations to The Public Theater will include the addition of a mezzanine lobby lounge called The Library at The Public Theater.
Named in honor of the building's original…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMMany know him as the voice of Darth Vader from “Star Wars,” but before he was a star, Earl Jones was another struggling actor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:19AMI’m old enough to remember seeing the MGM Technicolor film masterpiece, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” in a real theater on the wide screen. That was the kind of joyful event the m…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:18AMTune in to see the cast of the Tony nominated JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR perform on ABC-TVs The View this Thursday, May 24. In the New York Area, The View airs from 1100AM to 1200PM. Check local…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, has announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Off Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMIn a match made in what's surely somebody's idea of musical heaven, the Long Beach Opera will take a sidelong look toward the Grateful Dead with a Sunday screening of Jim Kohlberg's "The Mus…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMDeadline.com reports that Abigail Breslin is set to star in the upcoming thriller FINAL GIRL, from Nasser Entertainment and Prospect Park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMYesterday, May 21, the Actor's Fund held its annual gala at the New York Marriott Marquis, honoring Tony and Emmy Award winning artist and activist Harry Belafonte, acting duo Anne Meara and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThere came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin I have an imaginary goat named Valencia who loves Payday candy bars, …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AMThere’s been a lot of buzz about the number of shows featuring religious subject matter appearing on Broadway in the last 12-18 months. With Sister Act, Mormon, Godspell, JCS, and Le…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMichael Kaiser published a new column on the Huffington Post yesterday that got me a bit riled up. He speaks of an organization to which he has consulted over the past year and their lack of…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:00AMTony Award winner and film star Ralph Fiennes will star in the upcoming film, The Two Women, adapted from the work by Ivan Turgenev.
Set in Russia during the 19th century, the drama will b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Mary Shelley, a new play by Helen Edmundson based on the life of the writer of "Frankenstein," is heading to London's Tricycle Theatre, beginning performances June 12 prior to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMRichard Kind revealed he will be leading the Hollywood Bowl's THE PRODUCERS this July on the Kevin Pollak's Chat Show on Saturday. No casting has been announced officially by the production,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMPlaywrights of New York and the Lark Play Development Center have announced that Dominique Morisseau is the recipient of the 2012-2013 Playwrights of New York (PoNY) Fellowship.
Dominique …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMGolden Globe-nominee James McAvoy Atonement, X-Men First Class will star opposite Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain The Help, The Tree of Life in the double-feature film project for Myr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMTony Award nominee Josh Young, who stars as Judas in the Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, will appear on the May 24 installment of "The View."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMNew musical February House, inspired by the real life Brooklyn home-turned-artistic commune that brought together some of the great literary and musical talents of its age, opens at off-Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AM2012 Tony Award nominee Josh Young and fellow cast members from the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar will perform on ABC's The View on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMWinners were announced for the Village Voice's 57th Annual Obie Awards on May 21 at Webster Hall. Lincoln Center Theater's 4000 Miles earned the award for Best New American Play, wit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMLea Michele, who stars as Rachel Berry on the Fox hit series "Glee," recently visited "The Late Show With David Letterman" to talk about the conclusion of the show's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe line-up for Miami's 27th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival has been announced, according to the Miami Herald.
The festival, which kicks off in July, will focus on Lati…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMFebruary House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley that centers around the bohemian residents of the Brooklyn Heights address of 7 Middagh Street, officially opens Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMGuthrie artistic director Joe Dowling has announced dates for productions in the upcoming season in the Guthrie's Dowling Studio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMStage veterans and film stars Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy will co-star in a double-feature film project for Myriad Pictures, according to Deadline.com.
Ned Benson will serve as writer…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AM"Once," "An Iliad," and others honored at the 57th annual Village Voice Obie Awards for 2011-12 Off- and Off-Off-Broadway season at Webster Hall.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:32AMAcclaimed film, stage and television stars Oscar and Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone, “The Office,” On the Mountain at Playwrights Horizons) and Emmy Award nominee David Schw…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AMIt's ok. We all have been there, myself included. About a year ago, I wasn't sure what was happening with my new business. I was pulled in so many directions that I wasn't really even sure w…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMusic-Theatre Group held a special interview with director Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal, moderated by Disney Theatrical Group President Thomas Schumacher, on May 17th at the Dimenna Ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMThe Royal Court Theatre will transfer Nick Payne's Constellations to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre, to run November 9-January 5, with an opening on November 16.
Direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AMOscar nominee and Broadway performer Abigail Breslin is set to star in the new film Final Girl from Nasser Entertainment and Prospect Park, according to Deadline.com. Tyler Shields will dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AM"Carol Channing: Larger Than Life," the feature-film documentary about the life of Tony-winning Hello, Dolly! star Carol Channing, is released on DVD by Entertainment One May 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe Off Broadway Alliance -- the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms -- has announced recipients for its competitive awards, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMShakespeare's Globe, LondonGrupo Galpão's rough-and-tumble production of Romeo and Juliet has been at the Globe before, 12 years ago, and you can see why the Brazilians were invited back. C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMWhat a guy! Nick Jonas and the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying took their final bows on May 20, and after the bittersweet closing performance, Jonas took to the stre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:07AMWe’re kind of worried about The Lyons. Its grosses have consistently been some of the lowest on Broadway. When Linda saw it on Saturday night, the entire balcony and most of the mezzanine …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:03AM
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off-Broadway producers, theatres, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, has announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Off Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMTune in to see the cast of the Tony nominated JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR perform on ABC-TV’s “The View” this Thursday, May 24. In the New York Area, “The View” airs from 11:00AM to 1…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:57AMIt's been an especially busy week for Curtainup's London critics.. .The Hairy Ape- The first major London revival ofEugene O’Neill’s 1922 impressionistic play and study of al…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:56AMBarbra Streisand will make a much anticipated return to her childhood home of Brooklyn, NY, in a rare musical performance this fall.
Streisand will be one of the first performers ever to gra…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:54AMLegit News:
Pina Bausch piece set for 2012 festival
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52AMShared Experience will return to the Tricycle Theatre to present Mary Shelley, a new play about the Frankenstein author by Helen Edmundson. Directed by Polly Teale, the production will run J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMThe Guthrie Theater has announced casting for the Shapiro & Smith Dance production of Anytown, which will be presented in the Dowling Studio June 21-24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the appointment of Catherine Mallyon as its new executive director.
Mallyon currently serves as deputy chief executive at Southbank Centre and ha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMToday is also Harry Ritz’s birthday (full bio here). What’s that you say? Aren’t they triplets? How is Harry any different from the other two that he gets a different bir…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AMMatthew Broderick, star of Broadway's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, was a guest on last night's 'Watch What Happens Live' on Bravo. While playing host Andy Cohen's favorite game of 'Plead the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMToday is the birthday of the great Russian actress and Hollywood heartbreaker Alla Nazimova (full bio here). Here she is in her version of Camille, with Valentino as Armand Duval: To find ou…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:34AMWin the Ultimate Wizard of Oz Experience Cheap Theatre Tickets.com is offering a chance to win tickets to see the West End production of The Wizard of Oz, including a backstage tour and memo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:33AMMembers of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) will hold a demonstration on Tuesday, May 22 at 11am to protest the use of non-union lighting and aud…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMNEW YORK - Steve Martin has a new writing partner, a guy even more famous than the comedian, actor, writer and...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:29AMStage veteran Paul Dano has joined the film cast of Twelve Years a Slave, according to Deadline.com.
This adaptation of Solomon Northup's novel will star the previously reported Chiwet…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27AMSan Francisco's American Conservatory Theater will open its 2012-13 season with Larry Kramer's landmark play, The Normal Heart, which focuses on the early days of the AIDS crisis in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMThe history of the Beau Sancy took me back to the years around 1640, when it passed into and out of the orbit of the greatest Netherlandish artists of the day, the Dutchman Rembrandt and the…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:20AMDespite the gloomy statistics, female directors and playwrights are staking out new ground on stage.
SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald at 09:15AMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtY6S6TpyDw A Great Thunder. An open letter to striking students. CHRISTIAN NADEAU, May 17, 2012 Christian Nadeau is a professor in the Philosophy Department o…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:09AMThe Wailers performed Friday night at The H Lounge located in the middle of Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. Local reggae band Jah Works had the honor to open up for the legendary gro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Join Rebecca Brewis as she takes you behind the scenes at a mysterious Coney playday to reveal the fun and games at work!
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:55AMFort Lauderdale's 10-year-old Women's Theatre Project (WTP) has been in limbo since the company lost its home at Sixth Star Studios in February. But the troupe's leaders have been busy check…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 08:53AMThe ladies and gentlemen of the United States Postal Service dropped the new issue of PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art in my mailbox yesterday, and Bonnie Marranca curates a fine collec…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:48AMNew musical "February House," at the Public Theater, traduces the lives of Carson McCullers, George Davis, and W.H. Auden, among others.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:42AMSouthbank Centre deputy chief executive Catherine Mallyon has been appointed to succeed Vikki Heywood as executive director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AM"My Wonderful Day" is the 73rd play written by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, and not his best.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMFor decades, Britain ignored European, African and Asian theatre. But do we now have an uncritical acceptance of anything foreign?Do we in Britain suffer from theatrical xenophobia? I used t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMYou think your family’s crazy? Compared to the purposefully pixilated Sycamore-Vanderhof clan — the characters, and I mean characters, populating George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s exub…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:25AMThe premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman appears to cement Sydney as the new mecca of the home-grown musical. No longer middle managers of the syndicated variety, Australian producers are …
SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald at 08:24AMThe 57th Annual Obie Awards were given out at a ceremony tonight at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards were presented by acclaimed stage actors Eric McCormack, Grace Gummer, Hugh …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16AMAttention thinking theater-goers! If you haven’t caught up with Freud’s Last Session, the return of its original cast should goose you into action. This is a really smart, intriguing pla…
SOURCE: Woman Around Town at 08:12AMRoundhouse, LondonRichard, Duke of Gloucester, is wearing a boar's head. He struts across the steeply raked stage, a sinister figure who you wouldn't want to meet in the forest on a dark nig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMWith only two weeks of its limited run left we were really glad to get a chance to see Hay Fever at the Noel Coward Theatre last night (21 May) on one of our Whatsonstage.com Group Outings. …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:11AMIt’s not every day of the week that you get a rousing musical in depression era New York with love, dancing, communism, and fashion design, but on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 1st S…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe Broadway and television star is preparing for a big benefit at Bay Street, co-hosting the Drama Desk Awards, and making his cabaret debut at 54 Below.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Constellations starring Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins is to run in the West End at the end of this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMLegit News:
'Once,' Svich also scored awards
SOURCE: Variety at 06:54AMWhatever there is to say about The Ice Child (and there’s a fair amount to say), no one can claim the play is spinning its wheels. To realize the tale of a girl captured and imprisoned in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:51AMBang the Drum Slowly is one of those rare plays that will appeal to a wide range. (Ahem: pardon me while I make sweeping and offensive generalizations.) Men will appreciate the references to…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:50AMDanny Devito makes his West End debut starring opposite Richard Griffiths in a new version of Neil Simon's vaudevillian comedy THE SUNSHINE BOYS, directed by Thea Sharrock at the Savoy Theat…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:46AMBLACK VOICES: BOLA AGBAJE, JANICE OKOH and ADE SOLANKE Three British-Nigerian playwrights talk to Aleks Sierz about their latest plays — Belong (Royal Court/Tiata Fahodzi), Egusi Soup (Soh…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 06:16AMThe Royal Court has announced that Nick Payne’s Constellations will follow Posh and Jumpy at the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre as part of the venue’s latest West …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:07AMTheater Shelf, a recurring feature by our reviewer Brad Hathaway, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cas…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:04AMLegit News:
Off Broadway company sets season
SOURCE: Variety at 06:02AM"Call Me Adam" chats with film, television, theatre, and radio star Ralph Cole Jr. about family, winning the NAACP Theatre Award and the FRED Award, starring in "Eating Out: The Open Weekend…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
U.S. intervention in Afghanistan has been about the oil and gas for decades.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:26AMFor this week's Curtain Raisers column, playwright and director Adam Rapp went with us to see Will Eno's "Title and Deed," a one-man show that conspicuously dispenses with any dramatic momen…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 12:11AMStarring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, Bunheads centers on a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:10AMOpera News, 76 years old and one of the leading classical music magazines in the country, said on Monday that it would stop reviewing the Metropolitan Opera, a policy prompted by the Met’s…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02AMStage Manager, Director-in-Training New York, New York USA What’s your favorite cocktail? Brandy Alexander (my Aunt Dorothy’s recipe) What play or production changed your life? Louis…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMDog's LifeSometimes, when the dust has settled, it is nice to go backby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was walking my dog a few days ago when off in the distance, coming toward me, was a man and his…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSpencer Kayden, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Roundabout's Don't Dress for Dinner, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe 2012 Second Stage Uptown season begins May 22 with the first preview of the world premiere of Alena Smith's The Bad Guys, about five pals from childhood who reunite one summer. Micha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe hit TV music-filled series "Glee" concludes its third season May 22. The season finale episode, entitled "Goodbye," airs at 9 PM ET on Fox and features guest star Glo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics releases the two-disc Broadway revival cast album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, featuring Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, May 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics, the record label devoted to the American Songbook and the heritage of musical theatre, releases a studio cast album of George Gershwin and B.G. DeSylva's 1924 musical S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing open-call auditions attended by more than 500 kids, the creative and producing team of the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell selected five boys and five girl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York Theatre Workshop presents its 2012 spring gala, honoring board chair Barbara Warner Howard, Thomas Schumacher and Disney Theatrical Group, May 22 at the Plaza.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York's cabaret community celebrates the life and legacy of the late Donald F. Smith May 22 at The Town Hall in an evening titled Remembering Donald Smith — A Memorial Concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFebruary House, the new musical by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley that centers around the bohemian residents of the Brooklyn Heights address of 7 Middagh Street, officially opens Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 30th anniversary Elliot Norton Awards, honoring excellence in theater within the Greater Boston area, were given out by The Boston Theater Critics Circle in a ceremony at the Paramount M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM1907 Birthday of Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), preeminent British actor of his generation. His dozens of notable appearances included Romeo and Juliet, The Entertainer, Becket, Private Lives…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPreconceptions of those different from us separate us almost as much as our actual differences. As they say, to truly understand someone you must walk a mile in their shoes whether they fit …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMOver the years, I have read six different editions (for various classes) of Woyzeck and continue to be confused as to what this play is truly about. When I saw that someone in the city was p…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMAudra McDonald, Megan McGinnis, Christopher Sieber and the American Repertory Theater production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess are the winners of Boston's 30th annual Elliot Norto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSpiegelworld, the producer of tent-housed theatrical events that draw on circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque traditions, returns to New York City on May 22 for a 15-week run of a new show…
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