Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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This Week on Broadway for May 28, 2012: Lonely, He’s Not, Spider-Man is a Most Happy Fella by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Lonely, I’m Not, Spider-Man, Michael Mulheren, End of the Rainbow, Met Opera Reverses Itself, Most Happy Fella, Lindsay…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:55PM

The Best Musical Actors That the Tonys Missed by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- “Bring on the men,” Lucy sang in Jekyll & Hyde – at least until the song was cut out of town. Here we’ll instead bring in the men in Broadway musicals – the …

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:48PM

Astaire Awards by Barry

On June 4th at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York City, The 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards will honor Liza Minnell…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:30PM

All the world’s a stage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Part of the fun of going to the theater is watching live performers create a different world in front of our eyes. That’s not enough for some enterprising directors, so they go the extra m…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:30PM

Theater Review: ‘Playing With Fire’ at the New School for Drama by Eric Grode

“Playing With Fire,” August Stindberg’s rarely performed comedy of manners, is transported to a wealthy African-American enclave in the 1920s.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Students Win Video Contest at Mosaic by Bill Hirschman

Mosaic Theatre has announced the winners of its Stop! The Violence Video Contest that in ran this spring in conjunction with its recently-closed production of A Measure of Cruelty, a drama i…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:38PM

M Ensemble Play Scheduled – Probably by Bill Hirschman

M Ensemble’s production of Jar the Floor, postponed from earlier this month, may have been rescheduled. The play is penciled in for June 21-July 8 at the Light Box at the Goldman Warehouse…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:35PM

NO SECOND ACTS Interview: Eric Bland (“Tsipras of Athens,” Bill B) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by being made to order.  And vegan-friendly.   I am proud to be an American because I am terrified of decline. And in Ame…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 10:28PM

A Fracking Shame by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY The Great Divide, Shotgun Players. By Sam Hurwitt Shotgun Players has doubled down on its commitment to new plays lately. Last year’s 20th-anniversary season was e…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:23PM

NO SECOND ACTS Interview: Jeff Lewonczyk (“Shit the Future Says,” Bill A) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by demonstrating yet again that the past of the future is the present. We’re too busy with the what’s-happening-now to remembe…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 10:17PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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NO SECOND ACTS Interview: Stephanie Swirsky (“Quorum of Friends,” Bill A) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by showing how America's youth is taking full advantage of the democratic process.I am proud to be an American because I can write t…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 09:23PM

Star of ‘The Marvin Gaye Story’ is something like the real thing

HEDY WEISS: A subtle actor sings like Marvin Gaye in Black Ensemble Theater’s tuneful but fitful biography of the soul music great.

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:20PM

NO SECOND ACTS Interview: Crystal Skillman (“Cheer,” Bill A) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by giving you lady teachers in love! Only way to get through the crazy life - and educational system - is to move on, and Cheer di…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 09:19PM

The Two Best Plays on Broadway by Linda

A scene from The LyonsPhoto credit: Carol RoseggA scene from Clybourne ParkPhoto credit: Nathan JohnsonLast weekend, I revisited two plays I loved off-Broadway, Clybourne Park and The Lyons.…

SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:18PM

NO SECOND ACTS Interview: Justin Maxwell (“I’m in Al-Qaeda,” Bill A) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by causing a man of deep devotion to want to blow himself up. I am proud to be an American because as a guy who is overweight and ou…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 09:11PM

NO SECOND ACTS Interview: James Comtois (“Moving Forward,” Bill B) by Jeffrey Alexander Lewonczyk

My one-act play provides a definitive American experience by reminding you why sometimes, it doesn't pay to show up to the polls early. I am proud to be an American because none of yer godd…

SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 09:10PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Scott Abreu, Katie Clark, Lorenzo Lamas Set for Reagle Music Theatre's A Chorus Line by David Gordon

Full casting has been announced for the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's production of the Edward Kleban-Marvin Hamlisch musical A Chorus Line, which will run June 15-24. The …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:52PM

People You Should Know . . . Julia Daubert by Zack

Julia Daubert-Originally from North Carolina, Julia is currently braving the Chicago winters which is where she hooked up with Kid Brooklyn Productions. She played Zoe in KBP’s inaugural p…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:35PM

Off-Broadway Theater Review: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! (Signature Theatre) by Dmitry Zvonkov

CHILDREN OF HOPE AND SORROW We enter the theater, which has been configured thrust-style like an amphitheater, and take our seats. The tiny stage below has an unfinished cement floor, a smal…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:23PM

New production of "Topdog/Underdog" satisfies

It’s such a pleasure to watch a production make something more of a play than seems possible. Two actors — Kash Goins and Roderick Slocum — are doing just that in Topdog/Un…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:20PM

STAGE TUBE: The Cast of SISTER ACT Responds to Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell's LAZY SUNDAY! by Stage Tube

In response to the Lazy Sunday SNL Digital Short in which Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell visited Broadway's SISTER ACT, Marla Mindelle and the cast of SISTER ACT released Lazy Monday. View i…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Opening Night | Live from the Red Carpet | Stratford Shakespeare Festival by Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Opening Night | Live from the Red Carpet | Stratford Shakespeare Festival Live from the red carpet, co-hosts Janice Zolf and Dan Chameroy bring you the opening night of the Stratford Shakes…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:44PM

‘Flora the Red Menace’: 1st Stage musical doesn't hit high points by Nelson Pressley

“Flora the Red Menace” is the rarely revived musical John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote immediately before breaking through with “Cabaret” in the mid-1960s, so hard-core musical theater …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37PM

Review: Enola (Side Project Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Presented in repertory, *Enola* is one of a triumvirate on youth and war from Side Project Theater’s Spring Series. It is an excellent beginning and I look forward to the other two. Recom…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:35PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 459: Adrienne Dawes by Adam Szymkowicz

Adrienne Dawes Hometown: Austin, TX Current Town: Austin, TX Q:  Tell me about Am I White. A:   I distinctly remember my senior year of college sitting behind a huge, messy pile o…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:24PM

Los Angeles Theater Review: STONEFACE (Sacred Fools in Hollywood) by Tony Frankel

TOO MUCH TRAGEDY SPOILS CLEVER CONCEIT Prior to curtain at Sacred Fools’ production of Stoneface, the packed house watched samplings of Buster Keaton’s films, projected on a screen cente…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:12PM

Philip Salom's poetic heteronyms by Alison Croggon

A pointer to my latest review on Overland, which looks at Melbourne poet Philip Salom's recent heteronymic collections The Keeper of Fish and Keeping Carter, out from Puncher and Wattman Poe…

SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:11PM

The drama's outside: protests target Israeli take on Shakespeare

Security around the Globe to Globe Festival escalated last night, to put it mildly, when Habima, the National Theatre of Israel, presented The Merchant of Venice. These precautions are hardl…

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Graham Norton, Emily Watson, Dominic West Among BAFTA Television Award Winners by Brian Scott Lipton

Stage and screen stars Dominic West and Emily Watson took home the BAFTA Television Awards for their work in Appropriate Adult in a ceremony held in London on May 27. Other winners include …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:48PM

Man held at Globe theatre protest

One arrested on suspicion of assault after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by Israeli theatre companyA man was arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a perfor…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45PM

Producer Says DR. ZHIVAGO Planned for Broadway in 2014 by BroadwayWorld

DR. ZHIVAGO is headed to Broadway in 2014, producer John Frost tells the Stock Journal today. The show, which premiered at La Jolla playhouse in 2006, features music by Lucy Simon, lyrics by…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PM

Stayin' alive

These senior citizens have decided that they are going to sing while they still have the chance.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:31PM

Connecticut's Tony Adams Play To Receive Reading In New York by Frank Rizzo

Former CFO of State DECD And Priest Writes On Conflict Among Gay ClergyAnthony Adams, CFO with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development  before his retirement four…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:24PM

Globe to Globe: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's Globe by Josh Spero

There's a good deal of irony in the most controversial production of the Globe to Globe season turning out to be one of the least interesting. The Merchant of Venice was performed by Israel'…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:07PM

Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni Are Married by Brian Scott Lipton

Actress Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni were married in New York on May 27, according to published reports. The couple have been together for many years and were engaged in 2009. Marin…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:06PM

Review: Anger/Fly (Trap Door Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Ruth Margraff’s "Anger/Fly", which was inspired a Eugene Ionesco short film, stays true to the Avant-Garde pioneer’s juxtaposition of the absurd and the banal. Trap Door's 9-member cast…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:00PM

Classical Music Sampler: June 2012 by Jonathan Blumhofer

Far from being a down month, June marks the start of New England’s summer classical music season.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:00PM

This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 5/28/12

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 52812.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Montreal's Festival TransAmériques: pushing the envelope, with an occasional paper-cut by Paula Citron

Three intriguing shows from the first weekend of Montreal’s avant-garde theatre and dance fest

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:53PM

Rapture, Blister, Burn by Linda

Ever since seeing Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn at Playwrights Horizons, I've been thinking a lot about what kind of woman I am, what it means to be a woman in toda…

SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 05:25PM

STAGE TUBE: Watch Terri White and the Company of FOLLIES in LA Perform 'Who's That Woman?' by Stage Tube

James Goldman and Stephen Sondheims Follies, which has been nominated for eight Tony Awards, opened on May 9 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre. Performances of the exclusive Los An…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PM

Hollywood Master Chorale perform “Voices of LA” in June, review by Pauline Adamek

Beautifully timed with Father’s Day, the Hollywood Master Chorale (HMC) will perform compositions by the young winners of its “Voices of LA” student competition *on* Father’s Day, Ju…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:13PM

The Common Pursuit by StageGrade

Are critics following "The Common Pursuit"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:09PM

“February House” New Musical About Days Gone By by Suzanna Bowling

"February House" New Musical About Days Gone By: If you took the round table at Elaine’s and transported it to Brooklyn circa 1940, you would have a glimpse into the enchanting new musical…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:08PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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My Children! My Africa! by StageGrade

Are critics crying out over "My Children! My Africa!"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:59PM

Old Jews Telling Jokes by StageGrade

Are critics laughing at "Old Jews Telling Jokes"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:52PM

February House by StageGrade

Would critics like to move into "February House"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:49PM

Theatre Review: A Man and Some Women and Misalliance at the Shaw Festival by Robert Cushman

There are three women, no men, on stage at the start of A Man and Some Women.

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:30PM

The Split End: The Understudy, at SJ Rep by Tim

The Split End Lily Janiak, a theater critic for SF Weekly, has a wonderfully transparent blog post about the struggle to cover all the many plays in the Bay Area: I guess what I’m writ…

SOURCE: direct address at 04:19PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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REVIEW: The Collected Rules of Gifted Camp by Guy Yedwab

THE COLLECTED RULES OF GIFTED CAMP The Brick Theater (download the script here) May 16th - 26th  The first time I went to pre-college camp, it was UCI, and I studied Forensics. M…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:45PM

Take-Home Musicals by Michael Portantiere

As of this writing, cast albums of most of the recently ended season’s new musicals, revivals, and “revisals” have been or are very soon to be released. So, for the benefit…

SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 03:04PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: A History of Everything (Ontroerend Goed and Sydney Theatre, at Chicago Shakespeare) by Scotty Zacher

The multinational Ontroerend Goed, as part of Chicago Shakespeare’s World’s Stage Series, have purchased poetic license to fudge history and science a bit for the desired effect. And it�…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:40PM

Misalliance: A 'superabundance' of comic talent by J. Kelly Nestruck

Thom Marriott’s performance as John Tarleton, one of Shaw’s most inspired blowhards, is unmissable

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:24PM

How we made ... Harvey Fierstein and Antony Sher on Torch Song Trilogy by Maddy Costa

The writer and star of the groundbreaking show on the drag queen no one could resistHarvey Fierstein, playwrightAs soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Stratford Festival resolves labour dispute ahead of season opening by The Canadian Press

Dozens of call centre staff with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival had been in legal strike position since Friday morning

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:48PM

Children’s Children, Almeida, London

Matthew Dunster’s new play is a disturbing depiction of a dinner party – and of a myopic society, writes Sarah Hemming

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:41PM

The Irish Giant – review by Lyn Gardner

Southwark Playhouse, LondonWhen Charles Byrne arrived in Georgian London, his height – 7ft 7in – made him the next big thing. But it wasn't just the public who paid to see "the Irish gia…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:20PM

LeanerFasterStronger – review by Alfred Hickling

Crucible, SheffieldKaite O'Reilly's drama is so disorientating that even the front-of-house announcements are confusing. There's no mention of a play, only notification of workshops and plen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PM

Memorial Day by Art

The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 01:00PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Canvas, Minerva Studio, Chichester, West Sussex

This holiday-camp-set, Ayckbournian play has a pretext with potential but fails to show its teeth, Ian Shuttleworth writes

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PM

Broadway Salutes at Fleet Week 2012 by Memphis The Musical

Broadway Salutes at Fleet Week 2012 On Friday, May 25th, Memphis the Musical joined several other Broadway shows to perform in honor of Fleet Week at the Intrepid Museum. Performances by Me…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:32PM

Fresh Ink: Joanna Erskine on leaving a message…or not by Joanna Erskine

I don’t write ‘nice.’ I don’t write ‘sweet’, I don’t write ‘lovely’. I don’t write ‘a walk in the park’ either. My writing tends to delve deep into the corners of lif…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PM

Review Round-up: School report for Dunster's Children

Matthew Dunster's Children's Children, received its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre last week (24 May 2012, previews from 17 May).The play tells the story of two best friends, Michae…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:11PM

Antony and Cleopatra – review by Michael Billington

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonOne important aspect of the Globe to Globe season is its appeal to expatriate communities. On a hot Saturday afternoon the Globe was packed with Turks, young and o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PM

Looking Back: The 1992 and 1997 Tony Awards by JK

THE FINAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL JKTS AWARDS CLOSE ON MONDAY AT 8PM!CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITES!What were the Tony Awards up to 15 and 20 years ago?  …

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PM

Highlights from Singin' in the Rain in London

Singin' in the Rain, based on the celebrated 1952 MGM film of the same name, is now playing at the West End's Palace Theatre. Adam Cooper, Daniel Crossley and Scarlett Strallen star …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM

How CD Seth Yanklewitz Cast the 'Rock of Ages' Movie by Daniel Lehman

Casting director Seth Yanklewitz explains how Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and the rest of the "Rock of Ages" cast ended up rocking out.

SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Monty Python's Spamalot Will Return to West End at Harold Pinter Theatre by Mark Shenton

Monty Python's Spamalot is to return to the West End, beginning performances July 24 at the Harold Pinter Theatre, prior to an official opening July 31, for a run through Sept. 9, in the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM

London's Fringe Landor Theatre To Offer U.K. Professional Premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains by Mark Shenton

Kander and Ebb's 2006 Broadway musical Curtains is to receive its U.K. professional premiere in a run at London's fringe Landor Theatre, beginning performances July 25 prior to an of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AM

Keswick builds a gripping Doll's House at the Theatre by the Lake by Alan Sykes

Every trick used in men's violence towards women is deployed in an uncomfortable but compelling version of the Ibsen classic. Alan Sykes reportsThe intimacy of the studio at Keswick's Theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AM

Casting Set for RSC/Wooster Group's Troilus and Cressida; Marin Ireland, Gary Wilmes Among Troupers by Mark Shenton

Casting has been confirmed for the RSC/Wooster Group co-production of Troilus and Cressida, being premiered as part of the World Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon's Swan Theatr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM

London's Wicked Will Welcome a New Wizard This Summer by Mark Shenton

The London production of Wicked, now in its sixth year at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, is to welcome a new Wizard of Oz. Keith Bartlett will begin performances July 30, taking over from Desm…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM

Blog: Globe to Globe Blog: The good, the bad & the Prince Hal

Muse 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 11:17AM

Spamalot returns to West End for summer run by Alistair Smith

Monty Python's Spamalot is to return to the West End for a seven-week season at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AM

John Cullum, David Alan Grier, Leslie Uggams Set for Theatre World Awards by Brian Scott Lipton

An initial list of presenters and performers has been announced for the 2012 Theatre World Awards, which are given for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performances, to be held at …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AM

Lyn Gardner's theatre roundup: Monsters have a ball on stage by Lyn Gardner

Why the most awful protagonists often make the most interesting characters. Plus the musical version of An Officer and a Gentleman Geres up for a fightAn Officer and an Ungentlemanly rowA li…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM

How Can Musical Theatre Be Saved? by Producer

It’s like clockwork.  Every 3-4 years, in the midst of a weaker season, reporters in our biz start ringing the death knell for musical theater. Leave it to the optimistic and smarty S…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Poll: Who Should Go Green? by BroadwaySpotted

Yesterday, someone (who shall remain nameless) told us that they might be playing Elphaba in Wicked soon. Needless to say, we over here at BroadwaySpotted.com got excited. I love dream casti…

SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:57AM

Gulliver's Travels, Curve, Leicester by Pat Ashworth

Curve, Leicester: Gulliver's Travels is a weird and uncomfortable story on many fronts, a satire that shows human nature at its most base and disgusting. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AM

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Jordan Roth on the Hysterical and Provocative CLYBOURNE PARK! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld'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 10:37AM

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Jon Robin Baitz on Being Invited to the Tonys Party! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld'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 10:37AM

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - George Tsypin on His Comic Inspiration for SPIDER-MAN! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld'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 10:37AM

Monty Python's Spamalot to Play London's Harold Pinter Theatre by Brian Scott Lipton

The UK tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Monty Python's Spamalot wil play London's Harold Pinter Theatre, July 24-September 9, according to Whatsonstage.com. The musical has …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AM

Casting Announced for West End Return of Yes, Prime Minister; Robert Daws and Michael Simkins to Star by Mark Shenton

Casting has been announced for the return of Yes, Prime Minister, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's political comedy based on their long-running TV series of the same name. It begins perfor…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AM

Katie Finneran set for 'Annie'

Legit News: Thesp will play Miss Hannigan in Broadway revival

SOURCE: Variety at 10:21AM

Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni Marry by BroadwayWorld

Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni got married in New York this Sunday, May 27, three years after their enguagement.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM

Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon To Star in Beckett's All That Fall, Directed by Trevor Nunn by Mark Shenton

Dame Eileen Atkins and Sir Michael Gambon are to star in Sir Trevor Nunn's new production of Samuel Beckett's radio play All That Fall at London's fringe Jermyn Street Theatre, b…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM

Marin Ireland, Jennifer Lim, Gary Wilmes Set for World Shakespeare Festival's Trolius and Cressida by Brian Scott Lipton

Cast and creative tream have been announced co-production of Shakespeare's Trolius and Cressida between The Wooster Group and the Royal Shakespeare Company, commissioned by the RSC espe…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06AM

PHOTO FLASH: Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart Attend Cirque du Soleil's Mystere by David Gordon

Jennifer Lopez and her boyfriend Casper Smart attended the Sunday, May 27 performance of Mystère by Cirque du Soleil at Treasure Island Las Vegas. Lopez is one of the world'…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AM

BWW TV: Broadway Salutes the Troops at Fleet Week- Part 3; GODSPELL, MEMPHIS, and More! by BroadwayWorld TV

Check out performances from the casts of MEMPHIS, GODSPELL, and ROCK OF AGES below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM

Review: Lungs by Edward Karam

Brooke Bloom and Ryan King give excellent performances in Duncan Macmillan's wrenching new play about a couple facing impending parenthood at Barrington Stage 2.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM

Review: Hay Fever by Perry Tannenbaum

The Gate Theatre offers a well acted production of Noel Coward's classic comedy at the Spoleto Festival USA.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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PHOTO FLASH: Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann Attend Criss Angel Believe by David Gordon

Film director and producer Judd Apatow and his wife, actress Leslie Mann, attended the Saturday, May 26 performance of Criss Angel Believe at the Luxor Hotel and Casino. The production, a c…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59AM

Samuel Beckett radio play to receive first West End staging by Matt Trueman

Seventy-seater Jermyn Street theatre, London, wins right to put on All That Fall, which Beckett never permitted to be stagedA 70-seat fringe theatre has won the right to stage the West End p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AM

2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 17: DREAMGIRLS by Pat Cerasaro

Yesterday in the 2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - a look at the finest moments in theatre history as shown on the Tony Awards telecasts over the last sixty years - we focused on the 1982 Be…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AM

A Good Memory by Adam Thurman

A day like today reminds us that there is a value in remembering and honoring the past. It's important to remember that no matter what challenge you are facing, someone has faced that challe…

SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:54AM

Lantern’s ‘The Island’ by Alaina Mabaso

When The Island was first performed in South Africa in 1973, it represented a courageous attempt to capture the inhumanity of Apartheid. It’s still compelling from the relative comfort of …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:48AM

As You Like It, The Wheatsheaf Inn, Llanhennock, Caerleon by Susie Wild

The Wheatsheaf Inn, Llanhennock, Caerleon: "All The World's a Stage!" proclaims the small, versatile cast of As You Like It, performing in their pop-up outdoor theatre against…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AM

Review: The Messiah by Veronica Aloess

Deep down in a World War II bunker in Dalston, I sit down at the last supper and become a part of the greatest story ever told. Steven Berkoff’s The Messiah is an interpretation of the las…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:01AM

‘Sleuth’ at Providence Players of Fairfax by Queen Charlotte Lottie Yard by Queen Charlotte Lottie Yard

Mind boggling Caper With a mind boggling, cork-screw twisting crime caper production of Sleuth, Providence Players of Fairfax ends its successful 2011-2012 season with a bang. Under the arti…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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The Common Pursuit

Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: There's nothing funnier than collegiate humor in the hands of a clever satirist like Simon Gray.

SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AM

‘The Illusion’ at Forum Theatre by Anne Tsang by Anne Tsang

Forum Theater’s production of Tony Kushner’s The Illusion, directed by Mitchell Hebert, entrances the audience right from the start. As the magician Alacandre says,“When you start thes…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35AM

The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition 2012 and The Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize, Queens Theatre by Jennifer Reischel

Queens Theatre: As the country glistens in rare Sunday sunshine, a different kind of heat takes place at the Queens Theatre. Some of the industry's finest young talent compete, performi…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AM

The Beloved, Bush Theatre, London by Ben Dowell

Bush Theatre, London: There seems an obvious logic about turning the Genesis story of Abraham's putative sacrifice (on God's orders) of his son Isaac into a parable about the moder…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AM

Atkins, Gamobon set for Beckett play

Legit News: Thesps to star in London in 'All That Fall'

SOURCE: Variety at 08:21AM

Globe to Globe: The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare's Globe by Matt Wolf

The battle of the sexes took on a bright and breezy tone in Pakistan's contribution to the Globe's ongoing Bardathon, the Theatre Wallay-Kashf's rumbustious production of The Taming of the S…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:06AM

BWW's On This Day - May 28, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM

Feature: CD REVIEWS: Bacharach and Sondheim and Webber, Oh My! by Andy Propst

TheaterMania reviews 20 recent releases, including three S.T.A.G.E. concert recordings, the latest Glee CD, and new discs from Rachel Potter, Dee Snider, and Rufus Wainwright.

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Monday, May 28, 2012 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Coming Attractions in Rock: June 2012 by Arts Fuse Editor

The month of May was a tough time for rock music in New England. With the impending death of WFNX and presumably local music radio show Boston Accents, there is now one less exposure avenue …

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News: Kander & Ebb's Curtains gets European premiere at Landor

Kander and Ebb's 2007 musical Curtains will receive its European professional premiere at the Landor Theatre this summer. This whodunit backstage musical comedy tells the story of an opening…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:37AM

Photo Flash: First Look at Harrison Dowzell as BILLY ELLIOT by BroadwayWorld

Twelve year old Harrison Dowzell from Nottinghamshire has become the thirtieth boy to play the title role of Billy Elliot in the West End. Check out the production photographs of Dowzell in …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AM

Brighton Festival - What Can You Do?, Theatre Royal, Brighton by Mark Shenton

Theatre Royal, Brighton: "The world didn't change - it got changed", says Neil Bartlett during the course of his one-man retrospective recital of some of his work from the las…

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Game-changing theatre: how John McGrath did it slowly but surely by Mark Fisher

Theatremakers don't become game-changers overnight. And a rare revival of John McGrath's 1966 play Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun is a reminder of a playwright who would go on to shape…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM

News: Gambon & Atkins Fall for Nunn at 70-seat Jermyn Street Theatre

London’s tiny Jermyn Street Theatre will host three of theatreland’s biggest names later this year when it presents a rare revival of Samuel Beckett’s radio play All That F…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AM

Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun – review by Michael Billington

Finborough, LondonIt is 10 years since the playwright John McGrath died; 46 since this play was last seen in London. Both the man and his work are honoured in this superb revival by Robert H…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM

News: Spamalot returns to West End with summer run at Harold Pinter

Monty Python musical Spamalot will return to the West End this summer when the current touring production moves into the Harold Pinter Theatre on 24 July for a limited run to 9 September 201…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:01AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Egusi Soup, Soho Theatre, London by Natasha Tripney

Soho Theatre, London: Baggage plays a central role in Janice Okoh's occasionally overstuffed comedy. Read the full review

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Machines for Living, Blue Elephant Theatre, London by Sally Stott

Blue Elephant Theatre, London: This charmingly offbeat new play is so well suited to being performed in the middle of a council estate that it would almost seem a shame to see it leave Cambe…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AM

Bristol Mayfest, Various venues by Jeremy Brien

Various venues: Bristol Mayfest co-founders Matthew Austin and Kate Yedigaroff, who have recently set up their own performance production company MAYK, again teamed up with the Bristol Old V…

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Faith, Courtyard, London by Jonathan Lovett

Courtyard, London: The fog of war permeates Meredith Oakes' gripping 1997 Falklands War drama as uncertainty in combat seeps into confusion in the soldiers' minds about why exactly…

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A Doll's House, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick by Anne Hopper

Theatre by the Lake, Keswick: Ibsen's pioneering play from 19th century Norway has been tampered with many times, sometimes with success, often not. But Bryony Lavery's adaptation …

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The Ugly Duckling, Little Angel Theatre, London by Nuala Calvi

Little Angel Theatre, London: Former Little Angel artistic director Christopher Leith chose The Ugly Duckling as his first production in 1993. Now, four revivals and almost 20 years later, i…

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W(h)ither The Musical? (Raka: This One's For You) by Isaac Butler

In the wake of the last Broadway season, New York Magainze's Vulture is doing a big ole roundtable on the future of the musical and what can be done to save it that includes two pieces by...

SOURCE: Parabasis at 06:26AM

Canvas, Minerva, Chichester Festival by Kat Wootton

Minerva, Chichester Festival: Michael Wynne's new comedy sends up the middle class fad for 'glamping'. Read the full review

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Obituary: Andrew MacKenzie by The Stage

From an early age, costume designer Andrew MacKenzie displayed such a love of music and dance that, despite meagre resources, his parents bought him a second-hand violin and paid for dancing…

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Caligula, Coliseum, London by George Hall

Coliseum, London: English National Opera's ambitious season continues with this UK premiere production of a major work by the contemporary German composer Detlev Glanert in a new stagin…

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Obituary: Joyce Redman by The Stage

One of the most sexually provocative scenes in British cinema involved no nudity and no bodily contact. It lasted three silent minutes and saw the two characters, played by Albert Finney and…

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Maria Striar by Adaumbelle

"Call Me Adam" chats with actress and Clubbed Thumb founder Maria Striar about Clubbed Thumb, it's annual SUMMERWORKS, their annual season of new plays, and other details of her life and car…

SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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News: Opening: NT Antigone, Open Air Ragtime & Mercury Fur

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, in this shortened bank holiday week are: OPENING MONDAYRagtime28 MAY 2012(PREVIEWS FROM 18 MAY) Tony-Award winning B…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:39AM

Gambon, Atkins and Nunn unite for rare Beckett revival by Alistair Smith

Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins are to star in the London premiere of All That Fall by Samuel Beckett.

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'Mike and Molly' Creator Mark Roberts Returns to His Theater Roots by Jenelle Riley

Mark Roberts, writer-producer of the Emmy-winning "Mike and Molly," hits the stage with three plays.

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Monday, May 28, 2012 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Are feasibility studies a racket? If not, then why do so many capital campaigns derail? by Diane Ragsdale

Last Friday, I read a story posted on AJ about Michigan Opera getting a one month reprieve on the $11 million it must pay to Chase Bank if it is going to avoid a possible bankruptcy related …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:37AM

Review: The Beloved ***

In the Bible, and the Koran, God ordered Abraham to take his son Isaac to the mountain and sacrifice him as a test of obedience. Amir Nizar’s Zuabi’s 70-minute play for his Pales…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:02AM

Collaboration Makes the World Go Round by Admin

Posted in Business developmentEntrepreneurshipPartnership and CollaborationOne of my all time favorite television shows is Law & Order: SVU. You’ve got crime, mystery, suspense, the fi…

SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Transcendent theater experience gets at heart of what it means to be alive

HEDY WEISS: Watching the funny and sexy “A History of Everything,” by a Belgian troupe at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, borders on a religious experience.

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:14AM

Uninvited Guests on their interactive Make Better Please by TheatreVOICE

INTERVIEW: RICHARD DUFTY and PAUL CLARKE The co-artistic directors of Uninvited Guests talk to Matt Trueman about their latest show, Make Better Please, which — under the slogan of "We wil…

SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 03:13AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Miranda Sings Returns to Birdland With Adam Pascal and Seth Rudetsky Tonight, 5/28 by BroadwayWorld

YouTube sensation, chanteuse and high-end vocal coach Miranda Sings is making her ninth concert appearance at Birdland tonight, May 28 at 7pm. This event is part of the Broadway at Birdland …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AM

TTIC- Peter Oyloe - May 28, 2012 by [email protected] (talk Theatre In Chicago), Talk Theatre In Chicago

This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Peter Oyloe who stars in Filament Theatre Ensemble's Hank Williams: Lost Highway. He talks about the show, why the th…

SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AM
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Answering the critics is one thing; answering your critics is another by Mark Shenton

Nowadays, thanks to the comment facility to most online reviews, not to mention bulletin boards and Twitter, criticism is no longer a one-way monologue but a platform for multiple conversati…

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Pottstown designer awaits Tony Awards night

To create the set for the Broadway smash Newsies, Pottstown resident Tobin Ost served multiple masters: a choreographer who needed space for his performers to dance, a director who envisione…

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TT: Some thoughts about today

Tom Manion, a veteran whose son was killed in Iraq in 2007, wrote about Memorial Day in The Wall Street...

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TT: Just because (in memoriam)

Marian Anderson and Franz Rupp perform "Deep River":...

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TT: Almanac

"God himself favors the brave." Ovid, Metamorphoses...

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Monday, May 28, 2012 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 27, 2012 - Sunday, May 27, 2012.

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Appreciation: Peter Hinton by The Charlebois Post

Farewell, Peter Hinton!What is lost at NACby Jim MurchisonAs the the capital region says goodbye to Peter Hinton, the trepidation Ottawa had at his arrival after Marti Maraden's departure is…

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Openings We're Tracking The Week, May 28 - June 3, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Seana McKenna in The Matchmaker (photo credit: On The Run)Stratford is going to tackle The Matchmaker. You know Thornton Wilder's play even if you don't think you do. Yonkers, a woman who se…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM

A LIFE IN THE THEATRE: Actress Phyllis Newman Plays Many Roles On Stage and Beyond by Mervyn Rothstein

Meet Phyllis Newman, the Tony Award-winning Broadway, film and TV star who is also a busy women's health advocate and fund-raiser.

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Casting Announced for Old Globe's Shakespeare Festival, Featuring Richard III, As You Like It, Inherit the Wind by Michael Gioia

The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory at the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, will run June 3-Sept. 30. Adrian Noble returns as the artistic director o…

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"Live! With Kelly" Welcomes Harvey Star Jim Parsons May 28 by Andrew Gans

Jim Parsons, who is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Harvey, appears on ABC’s “Live! with Kelly” May 28.

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West End Actor Dave Willetts Releases "Once in a Lifetime" Solo Album May 28 by Michael Gioia

West End singer-actor Dave Willetts, who was seen in Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart's Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory, releases his solo album "Once…

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Adam Pascal and Seth Rudetsky Join Miranda Sings at Birdland May 28 by Andrew Gans

YouTube sensation Miranda Sings makes her ninth concert appearance at Birdland May 28 at 7 PM.

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SECOND FLOOR OF SARDI'S: A Drink With 2012 Tony Award Nominee Kathleen Marshall by Robert Simonson

At the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant, three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall talks about Cole Porter, George Gershwin, leading ladies and new show…

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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: MAY 28 by Robert Viagas and Ernio Hernandez and Anne Bradley

1940 Victor Moore, William Gaxton and Vera Zorina star in the Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase, which runs 444 performances at the Imperial Theatre.

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Theatre: Summer Preview. by The New Yorker

goatTitle-->GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Shakespeare in the Park celebrates its fiftieth year at the Delacorte with two shows: first, the comedy “As You Like It,” starring Lily Rabe, Step…

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Michael Schulman: How Roger Rees and Rick Elice became partners. by Michael Schulman

For sixteen years, the actor Roger Rees and the playwright Rick Elice have lived in a book-crammed apartment in the Beresford, on Central Park West. Elice (New Yorker, garrulous) is the auth…

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Goings on About Town: The Theatre by The New Yorker

PageBreak -->OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. ANT FEST Ars Nova’s fifth annual festival of new ta…

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