The first of the season’s award presentations went to the winners voted upon by the members of OCC at the 62nd Annual Awards Party at the Eugenia Room at Sardi’s, host to the shining sta…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:43PMWith the opening of at least two new cabaret rooms in the city, the recent death of the beloved Oak Room isn't looking like quite so much of a tragedy.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:25PMHappy 100th Birthday Helen Hayes Theatre: The alumni of The Little Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street, gathered to share stories and celebrate the declaration of today being Helen Hayes…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:03PMRather than The New York Review of Books, it should be a little more like, well, Vogue.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:01PMMy Children! My Africa! may not be the tautest and tightest of Athol Fugard's plays about apartheid-crippled South Africa, but good luck discerning that from the new Signature Theatre reviva…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:01PMIN PURSUIT OF DRAMA Beneath the stairwell sign assuring guests that all cigarettes smoked on stage are herbal, the following sign might as well have been posted regarding The Roundabout’s …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:01PMThe Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of “The Common Pursuit” — rather like the intellectual undergraduates portrayed onstage — never fulfills even its modest promise.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMAthol Fugard’s “My Children! My Africa!” is a tale of friendship, idealism and unintended consequences in the twilight of apartheid.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMSix fine actors shine in Moises Kaufman's production of Simon Gray's play about a group of longtime friends.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMAthol Fugard's 1989 play about the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa receives a searing production at Signature under Ruben Santiago-Hudson's direction.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
A wistfulness has always permeated "The Common Pursuit," Simon Gray's 1984 British comedy-drama about five men, a woman and a literary magazine in the 20 years from youthful passion to the d…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:58PM"My Children! My Africa!" opened in December 1989, two months before Nelson Mandela was freed from prison. I remember marveling how Athol Fugard's deceptively simple three-character powerhou…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:58PMThe Tony-nominated musical "Million Dollar Quartet" will soon no longer be rocking New York. Producers of the show, currently off-Broadway at New World Stages, said Thursday the final perfor…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:49PMCareers in show business are often seen as the “over night success” story. Pretty girl, cute guy walking down the street, stopped by super (producer, agent, director) and suddenly they�…
SOURCE: Footlights at 08:31PMEvery now and then the question arises, “What is theatre?” We live in an age where we have come to expect theatricality in virtually everything, from government to business, from sports …
SOURCE: Footlights at 08:28PMThe first live theatre I ever saw was a production of Princess and the Pea. As soon as the lights went down I was transfixed…the story, the costumes, the handsome prince and of course the …
SOURCE: Footlights at 08:21PMYou may disagree with Samuel Beckett, who considered his "Endgame" superior to "Waiting for Godot," but about American Conservatory Theater's revival there is no debate.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:17PMThe off-Broadway production of rockabilly musical Million Dollar Quartet will play its final performance on June 24. Upon closing, the show will have played a total of 901 performances in Ne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:07PMThe New York City production of Million Dollar Quartet, the musical that dramatizes the historic recording session of four American rock icons who came to light in the '50s, will close o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:01PMThe musical Million Dollar Quartet will play its final Off-Broadway performance at New World Stages on Sunday, June 24.
The New York run of Million Dollar Quartet originally opened at the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PM
Grant Bowler will play Richard Burton and Lindsay Lohan will play stage and screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime Original Movie Liz & Dick, according to Deadline.com. Christop…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:42PMGoodspeed Musicals takes to the high seas with the new musical Amazing Grace. This tale about a slave trader who sees the light and dedicates himself to ending slavery will run through June …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMAN AMERICAN TRAGEDY BECOMES A MUSICAL COMEDY 1931 was a crossroads in American history. With no economic recovery in sight, the Depression had people edgy, and when Americans are edgy, they …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:16PMOn Thursday, May 24, the Outer Critics Circle presented their 62nd annual awards at Sardi's Restaurant. Presenters included Robin Baitz, Josh Gad, Montego Glover, Anne Meara and Jerry S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:16PMThe cast and crew clearly have a blast putting this all together, which makes it hard not have a great time. It’s an interactive, busy experience - whether you’re jamming with the band, …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:12PMOliver Dennis & Michael Hanrahan (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Storey's StorySoulpepper goes Homeby Jessica YenHome, written by David Storey is a slow to unravel story about communi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:12PMHarvey (in previews, opens June 14). Jim Parsons' best friend is a 6-foot invisible rabbit named Harvey in this revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1944 comedy by Mary Chase. Parsons, a ha…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:03PMOne table, one puppet, three puppeteers: pure magic. I didn't really have any expectations of "The Table" by Blind Summit Theatre, but even if I did, it would have blown them out of the wate…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 06:03PM
In Focus: Picturing Landscape, a photographic exhibition currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, May 22 – October 7, 2012, offers a rich trove of landscape photography fro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:51PMWatch the latest episode #8 of CafeMom Studios “On Broadway: With Kids – Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!” – the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMThe revival of Athol Fugard’s powerful 1989 drama My Children! My Africa! has arrived at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Starring James A. Williams, Stephen Tyro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:44PMA visit to the Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco a couple of nights ago provided some hints at the sorts of things that concertgoers will and will not tolerate. I asked a bu…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 05:40PMDiscovery Communications HowStuffWorks, the expert in answering questions for curious minds about our world, goes behind the scenes of Broadway for the first time ever with an all-new Stuff …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMThe 5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for Rent, which will play July 21-August 19.
Directed by Bill Berry, this production will feature a new staging of Jonathan Larson's mode…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMOff Broadway's Signature Theatre Company has just debuted a new production of "My Children My Africa!" a work penned by celebrated South African playwright Athol Fugard in 1989.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:38PM"Prince of Broadway," the musical retrospective of the career of the Tony Award-winning producer and director Harold Prince, will open on Broadway in the fall of 2013 with a new set of produ…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMA weeklong road trip through the Santa Ynez Valley wine country drives two middle-aged buddies to unexpected tests of both their varietal and moral palates in “Sideways: The Play.&rdqu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:29PMThe Drama Desk Awards have announced the lineup of presenters for this years awards ceremony, hosted by Brooke Shields and Drama Desk winner Brian d'Arcy James. The presenters represent many…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, May 24, 2012 Everyone at Boneau/Bryan-Brown wishes you a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend. Our offices will be closed Monday, May 28, the Af…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:27PMThe cast of the York Theatre Company's revival of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire's Closer Than Ever met the press Thursday, May 24 at Pearl Studios. The production will run Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMWould you go see a play its producers say is 'graphic in its smell and smearing use of excrement'?
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:20PMSpeculation is running rampant in California with an announcement expected shortly for the casting of the Hollywood Bowl's summer musical - THE PRODUCERS. Earlier this week, BWW reported tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMSpeculation is running rampant in California with an announcement expected shortly for the casting of the Hollywood Bowl's summer musical - THE PRODUCERS. Earlier this week, BWW reported tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMFord's Theatre Society's black-tie Annual Gala on June 3 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, will include the presentation of the Lincoln Medal to actor Morgan Freeman and human…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:17PMWilliam Shatner is set to present a single performance of his one-man show Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, January 4 at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.
The show, which pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:17PMBrent Barrett, SILENCE! The Musical’s original Hannibal Lecter, returned to check out the show this past Saturday, May 19th and reunited with his old friends afterward. Brent Barrett has s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMWynonna Judd won't be singing here with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra after all: "Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict," the scheduled June 15 concert has been cancelled. Ticket refun…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:13PMLillias White brings happy years of experience—but not 285 of them—to her performance as Aunt Ester in Rubicon Theatre Company’s Gem of the Ocean, opening tonight. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMThis time around I talk with Peter Brosius, Artistic Director of Children’s Theatre Company, in Minneapolis. Peter has got to be the prototype for that old energizer-bunny campaign—h…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMSecond City is holding auditions June 1 (4-6 p.m.) and June 2 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) for its new teen troupe. Applicants, ages 13-17, should email a current photo or headshot to auditions@secon…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:00PM
Halcyon Theatre is excited to offer the first session of our youth summer theatre camp!
Kids will have 3 classes a day (drama, music, dance) a day, culminating in a free showcase for the fam…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 04:58PMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “OOPS! Are you dating your co-star?” I’m talking to you, Ricky Martin. When…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 04:49PMYou can say two good things about quitting your job to search the streets for a serial killer: You're your own boss, and you make your own hours.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:45PMI have to say I’m really excited by the high number of cast recordings that have emerged this season, from Broadway, off-Broadway and the Encores! season. If rumors of a Leap of Faith …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:44PMWhen it comes to raising money, the Obama reelection campaign knows it can count on the showbiz community.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:43PMAngela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Bernadette Peters will serve as presenters at the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3 at Town Hall. As previously announced Brooke Shields and Brian…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMThe highly-anticipated Bunheads, starring Broadway's darling Sutton Foster, is set to premiere Monday, June 11 at 98c. But, you need not wait, as ABC Family is inviting BroadwayWorld readers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMSteven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Tom Viertel today announced that they are producing PRINCE OF BROADWAY, the new musical celebrating legendary Broadway director and producer Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMTony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn discusses “The Columnist,” along with its stars John Lithgow and Grace Gummer. It follows Joseph Alsop, a beloved and feared colu…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:30PMToday I’m talking to Tony Graham, a UK Theater for Young Audiences director who was also recently a Fellow here. I have to admit that I have had very little direct experience with the …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:30PMStage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Brian d’Arcy James will host the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards June 3 at 8 PM at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMWatch Tony nominee Josh Young and the cast of the Tony nominated JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR perform “Superstar” on ABC-TV’s “The View.” JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR just received Tony, Drama…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:29PMAngela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Bernadette Peters will be on hand to help present the Drama Desk Awards next month.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:29PMAn initial list of presenters has been announced for The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which will take place on Sunday, June 3 at 8pm at The Town Hall in Manhattan. As previously reported, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:29PMWhat if you gathered together some of the most profound thinkers and artists of the 20th century, and then didn't give them anything particularly profound to say? That's pretty much what we …
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 04:28PMA review of Chloe Moss' "This Wide Night" at Seattle Public Theater through June 10, 2012. Sheila Daniels directs.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:27PMSeattle-born Tony-winning performer Brian Stokes Mitchell will perform with Seattle Symphony in a pops series, "Marvin Hamlisch's American Songbook." Performances are May 31-June 3, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:27PMThese Seven Sicknesses, a five-hour marathon of all seven Sophocles plays re-envisioned by playwright Sean Graney, will return to New York City's Flea Theater beginning June 6 for a limi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMTony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins PORGY AND BESS, will join the legendary walls of Sardis 234 West 44th Street when his caricature is unveiled…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMIn a recent interview with BBC, Dame Judi Dench chatted about the importance of teaching Shakespeare in schools. Dench commented I would like to be doing a Shakespeare play every single nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMStage veteran Will Ferrell will appear on The Sixth Annual Spike TV Guys Choice Awards, which will tape Saturday, June 2 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City and air Saturday, June at 9p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:24PMCOMMUNION If the Ahmanson Theater is akin to a cathedral (elevated rules of decorum apply, and a certain dress code, and it’s expensive and showy in such a way as to invite your tithe …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:22PMI was interviewed for Scott Brown's feature in this week's New York magazine. My interview was cut and pasted to the point where I'm not certain it makes any sense, but heck, I'm adorable. A…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 04:19PMBroadway Inspirational Voices, the organization commited to providing schools and children in need of access to high quality and engaging music arts programs, is holding an online auction. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:15PMAfter five sold-out extensions, rave reviews, unprecedented audience demand, SILENCE The Musical - the screamingly funny parody of The Silence of The Lambs continues to thrill audiences and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PM7 Days of Sondheim Songs: Who's That Woman
Terri White and the company perform "Who's That Woman" from Follies onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Buy tickets at www.CenterT…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:05PMProducer Drew Brody/The Infinite Monkey Project is set to present Matt Chaffee's Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies, June 7-July 28 at The Arena Stage at Theatre of the Arts. Chaffee …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PM7 Days of Sondheim Songs: The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues
Danny Burstein and Becky Elizabeth Stout perform "In Buddy's Eyes" from Follies onstage at the Ahmanson Theat…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:04PMLast Tuesday—using the Twitter hashtag “#newplay“—we discussed the topic of “Designers in New Play Development and Production” which was a highly-rated topic idea…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:03PMCasting has been announced for the upcoming production of Dorothy Marcic's new musical What We Do For Love Or Other Desperate Measures, playing June 13-24 at Bleecker Street Theatre. H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PM7 Days of Sondheim Songs: In Buddy's Eyes
Victoria Clark and Ron Raines perform "In Buddy's Eyes" from Follies onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Buy tickets at www.CenterT…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMClass is in session at the Laura Pels Theatre, where the revival of Simon Grey’s classic British comedy-drama The Common Pursuit has arrived off-Broadway. The Roundabout Theatre Compan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM
Michael McKean Tweets But is Out of Gore Vidal's The Best Man: Michael McKean, 64, was struck by a car at West 86th Street and Broadway just before 3 p.m. Tuesday.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:57PMJosh Young and the cast of the Tony nominated Broadway musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR performed 'Superstar' on ABCs THE VIEW today. Check out the electric performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMAs the excitement builds for the 2012 Tony Awards, Broadway.com is presenting a series of exclusive video features in which your favorite nominated stars spill secrets about themselves, thei…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMProducers Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Thomas Viertel are picking up the reins of Prince of Broadway, the new musical retrospective of the work of Harold Prince, after the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMOur Photo of the Week is Whoopi Goldberg and the cast of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR after today’s performance on “The View.” If you missed the performance, here it is online:
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:52PMDavid Lee Roth makes a video here, another Sherlock at Park Square.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:50PMJim Parsons, who is starring in the Broadway production of Harvey, will appear on ABC’s “Live! with Kelly” on Monday, May 28th between 9:00AM-10:00AM on channel 7. Roundabout Theatre C…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:48PMSteve Maddock and Jennifer Lines (Photo by Tim Matheson)A Touch of ClassArts Club serves up a good Porterby Jay CattersonHigh Society, the Cole Porter stage musical adapted from the Philip B…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:48PMPrince of Broadway, the new musical celebrating legendary Broadway director and producer Harold "Hal" Prince, previously announced for a Fall 2012 opening, will now open on Broadwa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMTony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein hosted a May 24 party to celebrate the the 100th anniversary of Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre originally the Little Theatre), which opened on March 12…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMThe central character in the Shaw Festival’s 2012 season opener suggests a homosexual lothario in disguise, though the rest of the characters seem entirely oblivious
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:44PMComedic duo Mel & El will be presenting a special performance of Mel & El: Our Time of the Month in celebration of the fifth anniversary of their partnership. The performance will be…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PMONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS stars James Corden and Jemima Rooper will appear on The Leonard Lopate Show this Tuesday, May 29. The interview can be heard at 1240pm on 93.9 FM and AM 820. Bob Boyett …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PM2012 Tony Award nominee Josh Young and fellow cast members from the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar performed the song "Superstar"…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PMAn event in honor of the alumni of The Little/Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street, hosted by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, was held on Thursday, May 24. An after-party was held at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMSteven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Tom Viertel are pleased to announce that they are producing PRINCE OF BROADWAY, the new musical celebrating legendary Broadway director and pro…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:34PMTHE PERFECT PINOT PAIRING Pinot Noir is presently one of the most popular wine varietals in California thanks to Sideways. First published as a novel by Rex Pickett in 2004 before being made…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:27PMEvita, with score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is based on the true story of Eva Duarte, who made her way from obscurity in Argentina to become the almost-sainted First Lady known si…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMGeffen Playhouse's world premiere production of The Pianist of Willesden Lane, adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, has been extended a second time, and will now run through July 22.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:26PMNeil Simon's coming-of-age comic drama stumbles in its choice of villain, but some smart young actors make the most of it
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:25PMThe ladies of The View were visited by a Broadway "superstar" on May 24 when Tony nominee Josh Young stopped by to perform. Dressed in his bright and shiny blue suit, the Jesus Chr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:22PMGremlin Theatre turns a switcheroo from charming sentiment to sassy French farce.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:19PMTony Award nominee Josh Young, who stars as Judas in the Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, appeared on the May 24 installment of "The View."
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMThe Stillwater native is branching out into found organic materials.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:18PMShows by Glenn Grafelman and Margaret Pezalla-Granlund explore different terrain in the vast world of nonrepresentational art.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:17PMIt’s always a little sad when show people leave the Great White Way for television. But in the case of Sutton Foster, it seems like a logical move. The two-time Tony winner’s been workin…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:13PMOn June 4, Broadway veterans will unite for a fundraiser with President Barack Obama and special guest President Bill Clinton at the New Amsterdam Theater, titled- BARACK ON BROADWAY. Featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMLIVE from the Red Carpet | OPENING NIGHT PROMO | Stratford Shakespeare Festival (2012)
On Monday, May 28, 2012, tune in to http://www.youtube.com/stratfordfestival
Livestream begins at 7:00…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:03PMThe Public Theater is changing the way it greets the world.
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ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, by Richard Bean, based on Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters, began preview performances on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on Friday, April 6, and opened Apr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMBarack on Broadway, an evening at the theatre with President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, will be offered June 4 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMTheatre Communications Group and the League of Chicago Theatres invite you to attend a meeting to hear the latest news from TCG's Executive Director Teresa Eyring. Tuesday, June 5, 4 P.M. at…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:47PMDirected by Tony-nominee Moisés Kaufman (I Am My Own Wife , The Laramie Project), this new production of Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit comes to the Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMBarack on Broadway, a benefit for President Barack Obama's Victory Fund 2012, will be held at 7pm on Monday, June 4 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Both President Obama and former Preside…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMYesterday, May 23, the company of Godspell celebrated their Academy Award-winning writer Stephen Schwartz in a one-night-only concert featuring songs from Schwartz's Pippin, Wicked, The Bake…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMIn the past six months I’ve had the unfortunate pleasure of watching two colleges in two different states go through a process to eliminate various programs. The two colleges are Colum…
SOURCE: Fragments at 02:32PMOn Twitter Watch, Michael McKean wrote Lucky man best wife, great kids, awesome docs and nurses, priceless friends a little overwhelmed by the sweet tweets. Love all y'all.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMTHEATER TALK presents its annual Tony Awards predictions with favored panelists Patrick Pacheco of the Los Angeles Times, Michael Musto of The Village Voice, and Jesse Green of New York maga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMA slew of Broadway stars will join President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 4 for the concert event Barack on Broadway. The evening …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMShakespeare in the Park alumni Raúl Esparza, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeffrey Wright have joined the one-night-only gala staged reading of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMAge & Hometown: 33; Guilford, England
Current role: A side-splitting, Tony-nominated comic turn as pacemaker-fueled octogenarian and trainee waiter Alfie in One Man, Two Guvnors.
G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMTony Award winner Elton John has canceled three performances at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that were scheduled for May 24, May 25, and May 27, according to published report…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMAn onstage accident interrupted Sharon Sharth’s career. Her talent for writing led her back to the stage, where she stars in Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Woman in Mind, opening tomorrow nig…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PMThe Paley Center for Media will offer An Evening with Christopher Plummer May 29 at 6 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM“The Fool and the Red Queen,” a world premiere at the Lounge Theatre, is actually two distinct plays – the sixth and seventh offerings in Murray Mednick’s “Gary…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM
The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced today that Shakespeare in the Park alumni Raul Esparza, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller, Chri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMBy choosing to play the lead in "The Lyons," for which she is Tony-nominated, Linda Lavin gave up two smaller parts that have earned nods for the actresses who took them on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:50PMDorothy Marcic's new musical What We Do For Love Or Other Desperate Measures will play six performances at the Upstairs Theater at the Bleeker Street Theater beginning June 13 as part of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMMississippi Mud Productions is set to present Marcy Lafferty's Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference, July 6-9 at the Alexander Technique Center For Performance And Development. Aust…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMMississippi Mud Productions is set to present Marcy Lafferty's Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference, July 6-9 at the Alexander Technique Center For Performance And Development. Aust…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMThe 20th anniversary HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, now with Pepsi and presented with Ralph Lauren kicks off on Monday, June 18. Additionally, Broadway in Bryant Park is set to kick o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMOn Thursday, May 24, New Dramatists held their 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute at the New York Marriott Marquis. This year's Lifetime Achievement honoree was Bernadette Peters.
Am…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMGodspell composer Stephen Schwartz has quite the resume with musicals like Pippin, Wicked and Rags to his name, not to mention his three Oscar wins and six Tony nominations! On May 23 the ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMPaint Shop Livestream - Part II
A live interview with Assistant Head Scenic Artist Danny McManus. Watch as he gives us an inside look at the creation of 4 of the floors from the Festival Th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:36PMI’m proud to announce that our production of Messenger No. 4 has been nominated for 2 Austin Critics’ Table awards. The first is for Production of a Comedy… which is amusing if you’v…
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 01:34PMNew Dramatists honored two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMJudith Light had just returned from a one-day trip to Florida to clean out the apartment of her late father — one of her "biggest champions," who passed away "quickly an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThe Olivier Award-winning new play from London is now a hit in New York. See this Terrific comedy with an unprintable name NYT's Ben Brantley for only 45. Get your tickets today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMDance Showdown Presented by D-trix - Episode 9
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:17PMPaint Shop Livestream - Part I
A live interview with Assistant Head Scenic Artist Danny McManus. Watch as he gives us an inside look at the creation of 4 of the floors from the Festival The…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:14PMChoral programs come in a few flavours, including extroverted and extra-extroverted. The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, with orchestra, gave us an example of the latter on Wednesday in Koerner H…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:14PMWho knew a little fairy dust could be so powerful? Like its orphan hero, the Broadway underdog Peter and the Starcatcher soared, grabbing nine Tony nominations — the most nods for an…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:14PMBroadwayWorld.com is excited to share a weekly series developed by the Theatre Communications Group This week Kate Burton shares pivotal moments in her theatre career and why the arts matter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMSignature Theatre began performances for MEDIEVAL PLAY, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, on May 15 in anticipation of a Thursday, June 7 opening night in The Irene Diamond Stage at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMWestport Country Playhouse is set to present a Script in Hand Playreading of The Bread Winner by W. Somerset Maugham, June 25 at 7 pm. Playhouse artistic advisor and curator of the Script i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMWhat’s the buzz! Tell me what’s a happenin’! Come May 1st, 2012, Josh Young was honored to receive a Tony Award Nomination in the category of Best Performance by an Actor i…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:03PMToday 1985, the first Broadway revival of The Wiz opened at the Lunt-Fontanne THeatre, where it ran for 13 performances. The Wiz is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMChristopher Walken, Raúl Esparza, Jeffrey Wright, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller and Sam Waterston will join previously announced stars Meryl Strep and Kevin Kline for the Public Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Sad to say, "My Children! My Africa!" doesn't feel the least bit dated in Signature's stirring revival production helmed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Oh dear. After last night's "Traviata" I lived in hope that Jurgen Flimm might find something fascinating in Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito". It was not to be, Flimm's production is a terribl…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 12:56PMDeadline.com reports that Chris Diamantopoulos has joined the cast of the upcoming film EMPIRE STATE. The actor joins previously announced cast members Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Emma Roberts …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMThe plot is a bit complicated, so I’ll defer to the description provided by the National Theatre (London’s, not DC’s), where One Man, Two Guvnors premiered last year: “Fired from his…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55PMRaul Esparza, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeffrey Wright will join the previously reported stars Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce Sean Springle from Havelock, North Carolina as the winner of the FOLLIES Broadway Baby Contest Sean, whose rendition of Sondheim's 'Not While I'm Around…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMThe theatrical expression to "break a leg" is a frequently used backstage salute that means "good luck." For Michael McKean, the "Spinal Tap" actor who was recently appearing in the Broadway…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:52PMIn various productions (and a film) over the years, with the original material shrinking or growing somewhat, the turbulent 1935 folk opera that grew from DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy is bac…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:50PM2012 Tony Awards - What Does a Tony Nomination Mean to You?
See what the nominees are looking forward to on Tony night 2012.
To find out which ones of these talented people will go home w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:50PMI would like to send greetings to the much-loved Desmond Carrington, whose birthday it is on Wednesday, May 23.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMTina Sinatra Talks About Her Dad, Dancing And Twyla Tharp Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageFrank Sinatra had some cool moves. Th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:46PMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeIn Thomas Hardy's novel, sheep farming is a tough, unforgiving existence. The prospects of the hero, Gabriel Oak, are wiped out when an immature sheepdog, "incap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMThe Best Man star Michael McKean, who was recently injured when struck by a car on the Upper West Side, as well as theatre actors David Selby and Peter Weller will lend their voices to the u…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMElizabeth Stanley Million Dollar Quartet, Company and Cry-Baby on Broadway, and an Inside Broadway alum from their past touring production of On the Town will perform at Inside Broadways 201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMI have always been a big fan of actor John Forrest since seeing him play the role of Flashman in the 1951 film version of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Encouraged by his excellent portrayal of Fla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMA very loud 'hear, hear' to Anthony Field in respect to his plea for actors per se, to project their voices (page 31, May 17).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMChris Diamantopoulous has joined the cast of the upcoming indie heist drama Empire State, according to Deadline.com.
Diamantopoulos, whose stage credits include The Full Monty, Les Miserabl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PM'Coriolanus' in Japanese; 'Love's Labours Lost' in sign-language; 'All's Well that Ends Well' in Gujarati: more from this international celebration of Shakespeare
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:33PMCNN.com reports that superstar Elton John was hospitalized Wednesday, May 23 in Los Angeles with a serious respiratory infection. The 65-year-old entertainer became ill last weekend during a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMOn May 16, 2012, Live Nation and Clear Channel announced that the global class action lawsuit that has plagued the two companies for the past ten years has finally reached a settlement.
The …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:30PM‘Coriolanus’ in Japanese; ‘Love’s Labours Lost’ in sign-language; ‘All’s Well that Ends Well’ in Gujarati: more from this international celebration of Shakespeare
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:28PMThough fluent and assured, Peter Brook's staging of Can Themba's short story is hampered by being a product of its time, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:27PMThough fluent and assured, Peter Brook’s staging of Can Themba’s short story is hampered by being a product of its time, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:27PMWhoopi Goldberg, who previously hosted the cast of NEWSIES on THE VIEW, attended the May 23 evening performance of the new Broadway musical. In the photo below, Goldberg poses with leading l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMTony winner Idina Menzel, her husband and former Rent co-star Taye Diggs and their pal Steven Pasquale took a trip to Chicago (via the Walter Kerr Theatre) when they took in the Tony-no…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMThe story of the man who died at age 22 but had already made an indelible mark on rock and roll is great fun -- and remarkable showmanship -- at the Walnut Street Theatre. Inquirer theater …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:19PMIdina Menzel, Taye Diggs and Steven Pasquale were on hand for the May 23 performance of Broadway's Clybourne Park. They headed backstage after the show to meet with the cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMBefore she became co-host of TV’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg was a Tony-winning producer and performer, and she prides herself on staying on top of the theatrical scene. On May 23, Gold…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMCalifornia Repertory Company will open its 24th season with B.S.: Bukowski.Sondheim., conceived and directed by Joanne Gordon, in the Queen Mary's Royal Theater, to run November 2-Decem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMTonight thru June 10: Jukebox Jackie: Snatches of Jackie Curtis starring the incredible Justin Vivian Bond, Bridget Everett, Cole Escola, and Steel Burkhardt, in a show conceived and directe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:14PMComposer Billy Butler and his band The Monster Makers are back again at Joes Pub to celebrate their new EP from the Gay Bride of Frankenstein soundtrack.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMBroadway's Elizabeth Stanley set to perform at Inside Broadway's 2012 Broadway Beacon Awards, June 4 at 7:30 pm at the Hudson Theatre in the Millennium Broadway Hotel-Times Square.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PMThe cast of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES (Photo: Joan Marcus)The great thing about a show like Old Jews Telling Jokes is that the title tells you pretty much exactly what you’re getting. No …
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 12:08PMShe’s done it again! Molly Smith has brought another slice of Americana to The Fichandler, filled with exciting dancing, stunning vocals and performances, and oozing with optimism! Fro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PMPhillip Phillips was crowned "American Idol" on the May 23 two-hour season finale. Before he was announced as winner of the Fox singing competition, Tony winner Jennifer Holliday, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMPhotographer Tristram Kenton attends many of the biggest theatre and opera openings in and around London. Here's a snapshot of his week: from Sadie Frost's Madonna fan at Soho Theatre to Pur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company announces the world premiere of the new musical Stars of David to open its 2012-2013 season this fall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMDancer/Choreographer/Director Naoko Maeshiba, at least to me, was one of Baltimore’s hidden artistic treasures until I had the chance to see in 2009. Her journey began in Japan, where sh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMRoute 66 Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Next Stop, a new musical created by Chicago playwrights Alice Austen, Aaron Carter, Ike Holter, Alex Lubischer, Brett Neveu, and C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PMTony Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Viola Davis accepted the 2012 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 16th annual Pell Awards, held at Trinity Repertory Company&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PMFINAL DAYS TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS AND STARSFOR THE 2ND ANNUAL JKTS AWARDS! CLICK HERE FOR THE NOMINATION BALLOTS!Today's blog is about two of the Tony Award nominees for Best …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM
In 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. Kelli O’Hara, nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMFor 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: YouTube at 11:53AMToday's nominee is Jeremy Shamos, who has earned his first Tony nod for doing double duty in Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park," playing racist 1950s homeowner Karl i…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:51AMTabard wrote that he did not know of any professional performers who would want to enter a TV talent show, (page 9, April 12). My family felt the same way after watching, with surprise, Kerr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMIt's hard work playing a bootlegger! That's what Broadway.com learned when Nice Work if You Can Get It's Tony-nominated star Michael McGrath invited us into his dressing room at the Imperial…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:45AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
The combination of designer Miriam Buether's vision and the equally bold animation of the runners by choreographer Scott Ambler bring immediacy and authen…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42AMBackstage at "Newsies" with Ben Fankhauser and Tommy Bracco
Get tickets to "Newsies": http://www.broadway.com/shows/newsies/
If you thought life backstage at the Tony-n…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AMTitles have been announced for the free HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, which will kick off June 18 with a screening of "Psycho."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMTony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will host a special Birthday party on Thursday, May 24th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Little Helen Hayes Theatre 240 West 44th Street, which …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMNew York's cabaret community celebrated 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 11:39AMThe Music Man, Mountain Play.
Whaddaya talk, whaddaya talk… I’m just talkin’ ’bout The Music Man, way up yonder at the Mountain Play, in today’s Marin Independe…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:35AMTonight is the official opening of Roundabout Theatre Company’s new production of Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit, directed by Moisés Kaufman. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:32AMA rare revival of Mary Chase's delightful and humorous Harvey is just beginning in the summer-slot at the Roundabout Theatre Company over at Studio 54. The adorable and perfectly talent…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:32AMBroadway veteran and ABC's The View host Whoopi Goldberg attended the Broadway production of the new musical Newsies at the Nederlander Theatre on May 23. Following the performance, Gol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMSeason 3 “American Idol” runner-up and former star of the Broadway revival of Hair got quite the surprise last night at the Season 11 “Idol” finale—a public proposal. Diana DeGarmo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:26AMDavid Auburn’s political drama The Columnist stars 2012 Tony nominee John Lithgow as Joseph Alsop, a king among columnists, beloved, feared and courted in equal measure in the early 19…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMProposals to change "outdated" licensing laws for children working in entertainment have been unveiled by the government today, and include axing the requirement for young performers to supp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMThe track list for West End Ghost the Musical star Mark Evans' English debut album, titled The Journey Home, has been announced. Sain Records will release the disc on June 18.
The albu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMCanal Park Playhouse is set to present the world premiere of Sarazad and The Monster-King, a re-imagining of the story of Scheherazade and The 1001 Arabian Nights written by E. J. C. Calvert…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMSoho Repertory Theatre has announced the participants in FEED post-performance program, which will follow select evenings of its upcoming production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, in a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:22AMLast night, May 23, Clybourne Park received a special visit from Broadway vets Idina Menzel, husband Taye Diggs, and Steven Pasquale, who visited the company backstage following the show. B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMJoe's Pub has announced additional programming for late June/early July.
Among the highlights is a celebration of the new EP for Gay Bride of Frankenstein from composer Billy Butler an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMThe New York Times 05/24/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:13AMHow J. David Brimmer stages comic fights in “Medieval Play” “Kenny has a lot of laughs in there, but we really want it to look like they’re going at it hammer and ton…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:10AMAs Glee’s senior class prepares to head into the great post-high school unknown, Broadway.com asked readers which newly minted McKinley grad they thought had the brightest future. Even…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMTickets for Cirque du Soleil's Radio City Hall spectacular Zarkana are now on sale. The show returns to the famed venue for its second year beginning June 6. The limited engagment runs t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMBack Stage gives an in-depth look on the Tony Awards, with everything from critics picks to nominees' favorite performances.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:02AMA couple of years ago now, I held a “Get Your Show Off The Ground” Seminar in Los Angeles as well as a “social”. And in those few hours, I heard a heck of a lot abo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIn the well-known Greek creation myth, the Titan Cronus desperately seeks to prevent the prophecy that one of his offspring will overthrow him, as he did to his own father, Uranus. Cronus’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:00AMTheater for babies? Really? When I first learned of this sub-genre of the TYA field, I responded with the same healthy skepticism I suspect is shared by many theater practitioners, even thos…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM
Glyndebourne Festival 2012: Peter Hall's 2005 production of La Cenerentola for Glyndebourne, now revived by Lynne Hockney, steers Rossini's naturalistic take on the Cinderella stor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMWell, this got my attention this morning:LADCC Award-winning California Repertory Company is thrilled to announce the world premiere of B.S.: Bukowski.Sondheim., featuring the words of Charl…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:56AMActors, directors, writers, and producers speak out about the year's standout productions and people.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:55AMYesterday, May 23, the company of Godspell celebrated their Academy Award-winning writer Stephen Schwartz in a one-night-only concert featuring songs from Schwartz's Pippin, Wicked, The Bake…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMCirque du Soleil is set to present its arena show Dralion for seven performances at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, September 5-9.
Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMThe highly-anticipated Bunheads, starring Broadway's darling Sutton Foster, is set to premiere Monday, June 11 at 98c. But, you need not wait, as ABC Family is inviting BroadwayWorld readers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMRoland Auctions of New York City will be selling the estate of legendary playwright, director, and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents on Saturday, June 2, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AM"Over the Rainbow," a CBC television talent competition this fall, will decide who gets cast as "Dorothy" — and her little dog, too — in the Canadian premiere…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMBack Stage theater critics cast their votes and make their forecasts for the top winners, including "Once," "Newsies," and "Other Desert Cities"
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:36AMNatasha Yvette Williams, currently featured on Broadway as Mariah in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, will be the special musical guest at the Running of the Red Bulls benefit, to be held…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMJessica Sanchez may not have been crowned the champion of American Idol's 11th season on May 23, but the 16-year-old certainly stole the show at the star-studded season finale. Before th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AMThis week's A.P.T. is the film Baby Lu by new up and coming film maker Emily Ray Reese. Below Emily tells about her story and how that story has translated into a film. As a new producer, sh…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMCanal Park Playhouse and THE TRUF will present a revival of Frank McGuinness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, to run June 20-July 14, with an opening set for June 27.
Patrick Taylor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:24AMThe Feminist Spectator has posted a new item, 'Scandal'Shonda Rimes’ new television series arrived at its first season finale last week, after a terrific premiere and seven-week run and th…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 10:21AMSimon Gray’s The Common Pursuit opens officially on May 24 at off-Broadway’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Steinberg Center for Theatre. Directed by Moisés Kaufman, the R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMChariots
of Fire, directed
by Edward Hall, premiered last night at the Hampstead Theatre. The
play is based on the 1981 movie and tells the story of two British
athletes competing in the tra…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:19AMIn honor of Bernadette Peters being honored today by the New Dramatists for her contributions to New York theatre, here’s a part of her rendition “In Buddy’s Eyes” fr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:19AMToday the 2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown continues with a look at the 2008 Best Musical winner, Lin-Manuel Mirandas IN THE HEIGHTS. Possessing a contemporary and classification-defying soun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMBill and Audrey discuss blog improvement. Join 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 th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AMBrent Barrett, who originated the role of Hannibal Lecter in the Off-Broadway run of Silence! The Musical, returned to check out the show this past Saturday, May 19 at The 9th Space Theatre …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:16AMCBC launches nationwide search for Dorothy on June 1, to appear on CBC Televisions OVER THE RAINBOW and star in Andrew Lloyd Webbers Canadian production of The Wizard of Oz, as reported in B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMThe days when tulips were bought and sold as gold are conjured in the new musical Tulipomania, with book, music and lyrics by Barrymore Award winner Michael Ogborn, beginning a world-premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMBroadway sweethearts and American Idol alums Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young got engaged on live TV during the May 23 season finale of American Idol. Taking the stage at the Nokia Theatre, Young…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:05AMNathaniel Shaw, artistic director of The Active Theater, announced that actor, playwright and director Austin Pendleton is the recipient of the 2012 Active Arts Award.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMWe’re back for another play. Mostly on BroadwaySpotted.com we deal with musicals, but it’s not because we don’t love plays. No, no, in fact we absolutely love Peter and the…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMCentral Park’s Delacorte Theater has seen all of Shakespeare’s plays plus other classic works in five decades of free performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMAthol Fugard's 1989 play on South African apartheid doesn’t quite balance the political with the personal, but Ruben Santiago-Hudson's production is passionate and strong.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AM
On last night's live finale of AMERICAN IDOL, Broadway veterans and real life couple Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo got engaged on the broadcast. Host Ryan Seacrest brought the pair up on stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMSix actors are holed up in a remote hotel, waiting for an exasperating director to call them before the cameras. Bit-part players sidelined in favour of the film’s anonymous ‘sta…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMCast members from Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas -- including Sabrina Bryan, Tia Carrere, Joey Fatone, and Lacey Schwimmer -- attended a performance of Jersey Boys, at Paris Las …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:52AMThe national tour of The Addams Family will make its Los Angeles premiere at the Pantages Theatre for a two-week run, June 5-17.
Based on the legendary cartoons by Charles Addams and featur…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:49AMThe soon-to-open Barclays Center, bringing sports and live entertainment to Brooklyn, NY, announced this week that Ticketmaster will handle both primary and secondary ticketing for the venue…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:45AMRoyal Court Theatre Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group's rewritten production of POSH opened last night at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on the West End. Read the BroadwayWorld roundup of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMStars of David, a new musical about Jewish identity, with a book by Charles Busch and songs by a collection of Broadway and Hollywood songwriters — from William Finn to Tom Kitt to Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMTantalize your taste buds with the seasonal flavours of June Praxis hors d’oeuvre including spring leeks, fiddle-heads, squash blossoms, wild arugula, cherries, peaches and more!…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:38AMTabard always takes the side of the underdog. We were Susan Boyle's first fan - before she even started singing in that oft-watched audition, we were rooting for her. Indeed, even if that ha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMSongs from End of the Rainbow and other Garland classics This isn’t exactly a cast recording of a show’s score, but it may be of interest in the days before the Tony Awards are a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:33AMJoan Rivers will guest star on two episodes of Lifetime's hit series Drop Dead Diva, which returns to the air on June 3, according to EW.com. She will play the subconscious of lead char…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMTabard always thought the Coronation Street musical - Street of Dreams - was a bad idea. After all, who wants to hear songs about hot pots and cobbled streets? (Disclaimer - Tabard hasn't se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMPresident Malcolm Sinclair has warned of "storm clouds ahead" for Equity, as it faces "one of the most difficult periods in the union's history".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMPhiladelphia Theatre Company will open its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of Stars of David, a new musical based on Abigail Pogrebin's book, which is comprised of interviews a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMThe cast of the Tony-nominated Best Musical Once will perform live on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” May 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMYoung Vic, LondonThere is something curiously disquieting about a show that piles on the charm as it tells us about a man who hounds his unfaithful wife with his mental cruelty. An English-l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMJohn Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe's The Fix, which premiered at London's Donmar Warehouse in 1997 and subsequently received its U.S. premiere at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMJennifer Holliday sang her signature song And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going with 16 year-old Jessica Sanchez on the American Idol Season 11 Finale. Check out the video below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMBroadwayWorld'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 09:13AMAfter the hotly-debated Three Kingdoms::E8831336561154 and the much-maligned Babel::E8831336724941, the latest production in the World Stages London Festival (strapline “world stories …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:08AMAn unusual theatrical presentation, at least for South Florida, will encourage the audience to walk freely around the performers in The Conquest of the South Pole slated to be performed at T…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:07AMTennessee Williams' stature amongst American playwrights may be more secure then it was when he died in 1983, but companies like Beau Jest, when they stage inspired productions of previously…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:01AMI heard a two women at intermission at Xanadu last Saturday night at intermission blurt out, “Is that really Erin Weaver?” What audiences and critics are finding out is that Erin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMBy Jennifer Ashley Tepper The Tony Awards are coming! When I was a little kid, I would stay glued to my TV set on Tony night. The Tony Awards were better than Christmas, Halloween, and Pajam…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AM“Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night” is what it promises — dazzling sculptures designed by visiting Chinese artisans that come alive when the sun sets.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AM
On Friday June 1, Dunkin Donuts will celebrate National Donut Day by unveiling its first digital billboard in Times Square in collaboration with iconic Broadway producer and director Harold …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41AMSadler's Wells, London: Reviving three early pieces by Matthew Bourne is a fitting way to mark his 25 years in the theatre.
Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMAtlanta's 7 Stages has announced the selections for its 2012-2013 season.
The season will begin with Youth Creates, a production of the Youth Creates Ensemble, running July 27-28.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:28AMChannel 4 has defended its arts output against criticisms made by Melvyn Bragg, with its chief creative officer Jay Hunt claiming the station has a commitment to the genre that "no other bro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMThe winners of the 33rd Arts & Business Awards "offer a blueprint to a new generation of engagement" between arts organisations and supporters from the business sector, claim organisers of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMEnter our competition to win one of five signed copy of songwriter and musical director Richard Beadle's debut album "Songs" which features Stuart Matthew Price, Julie Atherton, Louise Dearm…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMDuke of York's Theatre: When Posh originally opened at the Royal Court during the General Election of 2010, it felt like a metaphorical prediction of how a Tory government might run riot and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMLoose Women
presenter Lisa Maxwell joins the cast of Chicken,
which opens at Trafalgar 2 on 25 June. In her first straight theatre
role Maxwell plays Lina, wife to Wendall (Craig Kelly), who…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:14AMMuse
of Fire producers/directors/actors Dan Poole and Giles
Terera continue their guest coverage of Globe to Globe, the staging
of Shakespeare's plays in a different language courtesy of 37
…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AMGrand, Leeds: Surprisingly, ten years have passed since David Nixon's superb celebration of the Gershwin brothers was last staged by Northern Ballet. It was originally conceived as a fa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMLast night (23 May) Whatsonstage.com theatregoers got to make good use of the first real summer day of 2012 by heading to Kensington Garden for the Threesixty Theatre production of The Lion,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:07AMCrucible Theatre, Sheffield: There is a fantastic moment in Nick Bagnall's thoughtful production where Colin Tierney, as Robert, stands at the front of the stage, casting an immense, fo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AM
Shonda Rimes’ new television series arrived at its first season finale last week, after a terrific premiere and seven-week run and the promise of renewal for a second season. Kerry Washi…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 06:57AMCharing Cross, London: Steven Berkoff's latest play explores what happens to a group of actors after the director shouts 'cut'. It's a waiting game, a limbo-like existenc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMLion and Unicorn, London: Something of a legendary figure in the history of Victorian music hall, Dan Leno's later years were plagued by alcoholism and a mental instability that saw him…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMYoung Vic, London: As part of World Stages London, the Young Vic hosts Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne's reworking of a company classic, previously seen at the Young Vic in 2003 a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMBuy a ticket for £25 and get upgraded to top price tickets for the first 10 performances of DEMOCRACY at the Old Vic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:40AMConcern was expressed over the lack of local opportunities for TV talent and crew in the UK's nations and regions.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMAlmost one million people watched this year's Olivier Awards through various media revealing a "strong demand" for the ceremony to be broadcast on mainstream television, the Society of Londo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMJermyn Street Theatre is to stage the UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's first publicly performed play, St John's Night.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMAn eight-minute riff during this show saw Rock take on a controversial subject close to home – and it made him a starTitle: Bring the PainDate: 1996 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:23AMThe iconic TV pop music show "Top of the Pops" that aired weekly on the BBC for over 40 years from 1964 before being canceled in 2006, is being revived for the theatre. Top of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:03AMEvery single night, a father demands that he and his two sons re-enact what happened to them during their hasty departure from Ireland.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:00AM
August Strindberg wasn't known for his comedies. The current revival of the Swedish playwright’s rarely seen 1893 work "Playing With Fire" isn’t going to change that.
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:47AMMalachi Stack (Geraint Wyn Davies) appeals to Horace Vandergelder (Tom McCamus) to hire him as an apprentice in his hay, feed and provision store. The Matchmaker is just one of 14 magnificen…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:30AMDolly Levi (Seana McKenna) invents a description of a beautiful young woman to entice Horace Vandergelder (Tom McCamus) to delay his engagement to Irene Molloy (Laura Condlln). The Matchmake…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:30AMClassically Trained Operatic singer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? A still small voice – when I am very quiet What’s your favorite line from a play? “inte…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMNew Dramatists honors two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIt is what it says: “60 Painters,” an exhibition of squarely five-dozen Toronto (and at least tangentially Toronto-connected) artists beholden to the brush and canvas. And if that sounds…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMScott Munn's exceptional photo of Susan Leblanc Crawford in The Debacle, opening at FTA. The use of light (and of objects not fully visible) provides mystery and draws the eye to t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWoodysGamertag - Dance Showdown Final Performance
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00AMTony Award winner Victoria Clark recently joined the girls upstairs, taking over the role of Sally for the Los Angeles transfer of the Tony Award-nominated revival of Follies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSignature Theatre's new production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa!, the tale of race and achievement, teachers and students, freedom and apartheid — featuring new mus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRoundabout Theatre Company's new production of Simon Gray's comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, about literary-minded college friends who are changed over the years, opens May 24 follow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 62nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, will be presented May 24 at 4 PM at Sardi's Restaurant in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Lillias White stars as Aunt Ester in Rubicon Theatre Company's first August Wilson production, Gem of the Ocean, which officially opens May 24, following previews that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Scott Wittman's Jukebox Jackie, a new musical revue based on the songs of Warhol icon and glam rock pioneer Jackie Curtis, begins previews downtown May 24 at La MaMa.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1925 Godfrey Tearle is Hamlet in the Fellowship Players production at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The Fellowship offers Sunday performances so these employed professionals have the chance t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCock, the title Mike Bartlett chose for his 2009 play currently receiving its U.S. premiere, is rife with associations, most of which are fully apparent the minute the play begins. James Mac…
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