Always a man of few (if any) words, the latter half of the enduring comedy-magic duo Penn & Teller will help give a visual voice to the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming stage adaptation of "The E…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:58PMHeather Headley, who will star as Rachel Marron in the upcoming West End production of THE BODYGUARD, says hello from London after her first workshop rehearsal. Headley talks about mastering…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57PMAs previously scooped by BroadwayWorld.com, it's now official that the Hollywood Bowls production of the Broadway hit THE PRODUCERS will star Richard Kind as Max Bialystock and Jesse Tyler F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52PMWhat follows is a dialogue between Rob and Kerr. Rob is a video game designer in the Chicago area. Kerr is a literature teacher in Newark, NJ. Also, Rob is Kerr's son.
SOURCE: Gamasutra at 08:49PMMy one-act play provides a definitive American experience by going way back to before this country was called America. I am proud to be an American because... I wish I could think of a suita…
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 08:44PMJude Hansen recently moved to Chicago from Australia to complete his MFA (Acting) at Roosevelt University. While in Australia, his career highlights included performing in productions of A M…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:29PMThe life of Marvin Gaye, the R&B singer with a three-octave range who became one of Motown's greatest stars, is indeed quite a story.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:25PMIn addition to an accomplished cast, the Geffen Playhouses world premiere stage adaptation of The Exorcist showcases an award-winning design team including world-renowned creative consultan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14PMDespite Sutton's winning performance, though, Buddy is a clunky show ... The Island is one intense theatrical experience.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PMSometimes a play off-off Broadway is a powerhouse production, a tour-de-force, a watershed event. Tiffany Antone's In the Company of Jane Doe is not one of those events.It's not that t…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 08:09PMCasting has been announced for The Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical The Producers, which will be directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, who handled …
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On Monday, May 28, YouTube sensation, chanteuse and high-end vocal coach Miranda Sings made her tenth sold-out concert appearance as part of the Broadway at Birdland series. Seth Rudetsky ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMPIECE OF EIGHT Conceived by Ashlin Halfnight and Melanie Sylvan at New York’s Electric Pear Productions, Synesthesia can easily be classified in the “Why Didn’t I Think of That?” Dep…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:40PMWhen Alan J. Perna gave up autograph collecting in 1958, he threw out the 400 signatures he had snagged. Fortunately, his mother pulled them out of the trash. They now depict a vanished time…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32PMBloggers Doug Oliphant and intern Danielle Oliver conclude their coverage of Directors Lab West 2012, as the eight-day session ends with collaborations and—believe it or not—introductio…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:30PMAccording to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Stanley Tucci has signed on to star as the title character in 'Ed Lucas.' Tucci will play 'a blind sports writer known for his work with the New Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMI always said I'd never get an e-reader. I like the feel of paper in my hands. I spend enough time staring at computer screens as it is. Plus, browsing in bookstores and buying books is one …
SOURCE: Gratuitous Violins at 07:20PMTwo from the California Countryside. Two from California Urban.
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SOURCE: lucaskrech.livejournal.com at 07:08PMWhen the Mel Brooks movie-turned-blockbuster-musical "The Producers" takes the Hollywood Bowl stage this summer, "Modern Family's" Jesse Tyler Ferguson will play Leo Bloom and Richard Kind w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:06PMMFA vs. NYC: America now has two distinct literary cultures. Which one will last? As long as we’re on the subject of “the Steady State” of theater, how about a look at the …
SOURCE: direct address at 07:02PMCo-directors Rupert Goold and Michael Fentiman have not taken an easy option here. Given the wintry setting and the cameo from Father Christmas, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe would ha…
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Ronica V. Reddick will join the cast of Off-Broadway’s smash hit SILENCE! The Musical this Friday, June 1st, replacing Deidre Goodwin in the role of Ardelia Mapp. Winner of the 2012 Off Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMNeil Patrick Harris will return as the host of the 66th Annual Tony Awards Telecast, which will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Sunday, June 10, 2012 800-1100 PM,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMCelebrating 10 years, Resonance Ensemble Eric Parness, Artistic Director Rachel Reiner, Managing Director will revel in classic fashion on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Judson Memorial Meeting…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMIn this very rare sit down, we are honored to bring you an exclusive chat with musical theatre legend John Kander. In Part 1 of the interview below, John reminisces about the major mileston…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMBroadwayWorld'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 06:22PMGrosses are up! The unofficial start of summer is here, the Tony Awards are near and the week ending 5-27-12 shows healthy box office results. Death of a Salesman broke the house record at t…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 06:20PMMore than a decade after 9/11, most of us are pleasantly removed from the fear, paranoia and fanatical patriotism that ruled us in its wake. Was that really us, trolling for black-market Ci…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PMPine Box Theater rolls backward with “The Jammer,” a strident production that doesn’t begin to approach the relatively high standards set by the young company’s previous productions.…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:11PMOn Sunday, May 27, Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union attended a performance of Disneys The Lion King at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. See a photo of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMMatthew James Thomas, who performs the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man at select performances of the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, greeted eight-year-old Spidey fan Armando Bigo fol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:05PMBen Carlson and Deborah Hay (photo credit: David Hou)All Things Sort So WellStratford’s Much Ado is a fantastic rompby Stuart Munro and Dave RossMuch Ado About Nothing has long been one of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:04PMA visit with James Earl Jones, who has garnered his latest Tony nomination at 81 for “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMAs 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…
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SOURCE: citypaper.com at 05:55PMLater this week, the seven-time Tony nominated production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN ends its limited run at the Barrymore Theatre. Additionally the 2012 Tony countdown continues, with only twel…
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SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:53PMStage and screen star Stanley Tucci will play the title role in the upcoming film, Ed Lucas, according to Deadline.com.
The film centers on a blind sports writer, and is inspired by a true …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PMThis could be an enjoyable romp, but it misses the comedic mark
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:45PMFans have rallied in an effort to show their support for a Jesus Christ Superstar cast recording. An online petition was launched earlier this week with the tagline “We want a JCS 2012…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:38PMHolly Henson, 51, passed away in Kentucky preparing for theatre show.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:37PMFans have rallied in an effort to show their support for a JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR cast recording. An online petition was launched earlier this week with the tagline We want a JCS 2012 Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMJames Cordon and Jemima Rooper talk about starring in “One Man, Two Guvnors,” a comedy by Richard Bean, based on the 18th-century Italian farce by Carlo Goldoni, “The Servant of Two Ma…
SOURCE: WNYC at 05:33PMTopher Grace and Olivia Thirlby discuss their roles in the play “Lonely, I’m Not.” The play is a comic journey that follows Porter, who has been married and divorced, earned seven figu…
SOURCE: WNYC at 05:33PMSeason will include two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:30PMInitial casting has been announced for Resonance Ensemble's 10th anniversary gala titled 10 Years/10 Dreams, which will feature ten 10-minute plays inspired by Shakespeare's A Mids…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMThe Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2011 2012 season, which began May 30, 2011 and ended May 27, 2012. For the 2011 2012 season, Broadway shows yielded 1,139,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMWhile attendance for the 2011-12 season was roughly the same as for the previous year, ticket sales were higher, topping $1.13 billion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:28PMThe Ingram New Works Fellowship was created by Tennessee Rep co-founder Martha R. Ingram to provide an opportunity for theater artists to develop new theater works while in residency with Te…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:28PMJewish Women's Theatre of Los Angeles will present the New York premiere of Stories from the Fringe - Women Rabbis Revealed, June 11 and 12 at the JCC in Manhattan.
Written by Rabbi Ly…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:26PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMKody Bringman and Becca Orts will star as Sonny and Kira, respectively, in ArtsWest Theatre's production of the musical Xanadu, to play June 27-July 15.
Inspired by the cult classic mo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMPiper Theatre and Piper Plays are set to present Smart Plays for Young Actors, 9 new one-act plays that explore the world of children, June 15-17 at 7pm at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. The event…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5272012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMHands on Hardbody, the new musical based on the documentary of the same name, is set to open on Broadway sometime in the 2012-2013 season. Currently playing at La Jolla Playhouse, the musica…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:16PMVoting opened on May 3, 2012 and runs through June 4, 2012 for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards Here are the current standings as of 529 with just 5 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMBeyond Broadway: "My Children! My Africa!"
Get tickets to "My Children! My Africa!": http://www.broadway.com/shows/my-children-my-africa/
The revival of Athol Fugard…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMToday we hear from first time Tony nominee Norm Lewis who earned a nod for his heartbreaking performance as the loving cripple Porgy in "Porgy and Bess." Click below to hear which fellow Ton…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:08PMHands on a Hardbody, a new musical based on a 1997 documentary film of the same name, will bow on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season, producers announced today. The La Jolla Playhouse producti…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:08PMFive plays will be featured in Perry-Mansfield's The New Works Festival, now in its 15th year. The festival, to be held June 15-17, brings performing arts professionals together in the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PMMarina was headed to Wellfleet, in part, to revise the musical "Independents" with two collaborators. She wrote the script for the musical, about a group of burned-out young adults partying …
SOURCE: Cape Cod Times Registration at 05:02PMMichael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh make an unlikely pair, literally, in crafting their two-hander musical, Los Otros, for the Mark Taper Forum. The SoCal centric play opens this Sunday…
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Within our small Arts community, we are excited when we get to cheer on hard-working, talented individuals who make Baltimore a diverse and v…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 05:00PMBaratunde Thurston will speak at the Enoch Pratt Central Library
Thursday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m. (City Paper contributor Lionel Foster will introduce him.)
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Xanadu, the Tony-nominated musical based on the 1980 cult film featuring the music of the Electric Light Orchestra, will rollerskate into Park Slope this summer for a free outdoor production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMThe 16th Annual Webby Awards were held May 21 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. The star-studded event honored Steve Jobs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMSteady State One of the best theater bloggers out there, 99Seats, is back! And he raises a provocative question: What if the new movement in theatre is here, it’s now established and t…
SOURCE: direct address at 04:55PMThe Hangar Theatre has announced casting for its The 38th season, which will include a thrilling line-up of plays and musicals. The season takes off with Ken Ludwigs knock-down, drag it out …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMMemorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer tourist season, and as usual, that meant a week of healthy box office results on Broadway. For the seventh time, Death of a Salesman bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMMemorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer tourist season, and as usual, that meant a week of healthy box office results on Broadway. For the seventh time, Death of a Salesman bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMBroadway's box offices pulled in a record haul this past season, netting $1.14 billion even as attendance stayed mostly flat.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:49PMJulia Jordan, Marsha Norman, Theresa Rebeck, Gary Garrison, Tim Sanford, and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre are set to present the 3rd Annual Lilly Awards, June 4 at Playwrig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PMWith real-world adult responsibilities and challenges as its focus, Closer Than Ever is a musical revue with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. This intimate musical dev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMThe Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2011-12 season, which began May 30, 2011, and ended May 27, 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMStarring Heather Headley as Rachel Marron and Lloyd Owen as Frank Farmer in the roles made famous on film by the late Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, tickets for THE BODYGUARD went on sal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMThe Lyric Stage Company has announced the plans for its 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (September 9-October 15), the tale of the beautifu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMRonica V. Reddick will join the cast of Off-Broadway’s Silence! The Musical, which recently won the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMThe Hangar Theatre has announced the casting of many Broadway performers for its previously announced 2012 Mainstage season, which will run June 21-September 22.
Michael McCormick, Janet Da…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:53PMAdam Lambert has released a new video for his latest hit, Never Close Our Eyes. The futuristic, sci-fi themed film was inspired by the novel 1984. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMCasting has been announced for Love Songs, scenes from a new musical by Steve Cagan, to play Feinstein's at Loews Regency, August 26-30.
The show will feature Ashley Kate Adams, Robert…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMDespite the fact that those of us in theater are known to crave the spotlight, we often get in our own way when it comes to the necessary act of sustained self-promotion. Here are some tried…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 03:49PMBroadway veteran Danny Gurwin will present A Night of Broadway, a benefit concert on June 21 at 7pm for the Vista Murrieta High School Performing Arts Center in Murrieta, California. He will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMHarvey Fierstein, Dana Ivey, Alfred Uhry, Alison Fraser, Mary Testa, Jonathan Hadary, Sarah Jones, Mandy Patinkin and more gathered May 24 at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre to celebrate …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMPerhaps the greatest compliment I can send Company XIV's way is that this exciting, dance-fusion troupe (under the expert leadership of Austin McCormick) continues to evolve with each new sh…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:44PMThe stars shone brightly during the daytime at the 7th annual Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior/New York City Department of Education “Student Share” event which took place …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:43PMTony Nominee Jessie Mueller sat down with The Broadway League to discuss her journey with "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever".
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PMTony Nominee Jeremy Shamos sat down with The Broadway League to discuss "Clybourne Park".
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PMThe Road to Broadway: Douglas Carter Beane
The American Theatre Wing's 2012 Tony Award® nominations were announced on Tuesday, May 1st. The next day, Tony Nominee Douglas Carter Bea…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:41PMPhoto/Corey TatarczukPerhaps the greatest compliment I can send Company XIV's way is that this exciting, dance-fusion troupe (under the expert leadership of Austin McCormick) continues to ev…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 03:41PMActress Olivia Thirlby was on the Lopate Show recently to talk about her role in the off-Broadway play, "Lonely, I"m Not." She also told us that she's a fan of jazz. Find out what else she's…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:38PMProducers Broadway Across America John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams, Rich Entertainment Group Bob and Mindy Rich, Barbara Whitman, Latitude Link, Dede Harris, Sharon Karmazin, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PM2012 Tony Awards - The NPH Promo Spots. Tune in June 10th!
Host Neil Patrick Harris taped these promo spots for the 2012 Tony Awards, Sunday June 10 on CBS. Tune in to the 2012 Tony Awards,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:32PMABDC Season 7 Week 8 - LMFAO Challenge - Mos Wanted Crew, 8 Flavahz, Elektrolytes & RNG
America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC), season 7 week 7, features the LMFAO challenge! Behind the …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:30PMThe Road to Broadway: Kathleen Marshall
The American Theatre Wing's 2012 Tony Award® nominations were announced on Tuesday, May 1st. The next day, Tony Nominee Kathleen Marshall sat…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:28PMRonica V. Reddick is set to take on the role of Ardelia Mapp in Silence! The Musical beginning June 1 at the 9th Space Theatre at PS 122. Reddick, who replaces Deidre Goodwin, will join…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMTony winners Michael Cerveris and Brian Stokes Mitchell and Broadway vets Howard McGillin and Stephanie Umoh will perform at the 2012 Theatre World Awards on June 5 at the Belasco Theatre. V…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMI’ve heard quite a few contrasting responses to this question. Some people advise not to move prematurely, i.e. not before ‘making it’ at home. Yet I’ve also heard th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:20PMFor the seventh installment of his Boy’s Life video blog, Adam Chanler-Berat gets up close and personal with dresser Jim Hodun, affectionately called the offstage “Magic Fairy&rd…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:15PMFREUD’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will host special post-performance discussions after both the 2:30 & 8pm performances tomorrow, May 30th led by the playwright and the p…
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 03:01PMAn updated 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 …
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A musical based on the documentary "Hands on a Hardbody" will be groping its way to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:59PMEarlier today, Nick Jonas the popular singersongwriter who was most recently seen in the Tony-nominated How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying served as master of ceremonies as h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PM42nd Street Moon will kick of its 20th anniversary season with its Ticket to the Moon gala on Monday, June 18 at 5:30pm at the Alcazar Theatre. Greg MacKellan and Stephanie Rhoads will dire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:56PMPeople.com has released a photo from the wedding of 2012 Tony Award nominee Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni. The couple got married in New York this Sunday, May 27, three years after th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series is set to present actress/comedian Julie Halston in Classical Julie, July 23 at 7pm.
In the piece, Halston combines her classic rants with brand new …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMThe Actors Fund's Auction of 1000 Stars this year offers Broadway and celebrity experiences, including walk-ons, celebrity meet and greets, autographed memorabilia from the stars, vacation p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMHands on a Hardbody, a new musical based a 1997 documentary film of the same name, will open on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season. The show’s world premiere production opened on May 12 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMIn her turn as Beatrice, Hay finds an aching balance between sass and longing
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:47PMThe new musical Hands on a Hardbody, currently playing at La Jolla Playhouse, will come to Broadway during the 2012-2013 season. A theater and additional information will be announced at a l…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:47PMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. has just announced that Broadway actress Mimi Bessette is joining the cast of Woody Sez, a musical tapestry of the American folk heros life and songs, d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMThe New York Times May 27, 2012 Arst & Leisure Stalked by Shadows (and a Rabbit) By PATRICK HEALY AFTER seeing the “The Normal Heart” on Broadway last June, three teenagers from Minn…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:45PMTony Award nominees Robert Cuccioli, Dee Hoty and Emily Skinner will be part of the Hangar Theatre's summer season, which will include Next to Normal, Titanic and Lend Me a Tenor.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater's production of Meredith Wilson's The Music Man, helmed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, stars Kate Baldwin Tony Award nominee for Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMTeal Wicks and James Snyder will stars as Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow in Goodspeed Opera House ’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:42PMPreviews began May 18 for the Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic DirectorLeslie Marcus, Managing Director World Premiere of RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, a new play by Pulitzer Prize final…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMDrama Desk Award-winning writer William Hanley died on May 25 at age 80, according to The New York Times.
He won the Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award twice for his plays, Mrs. Dally Has A Lover…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMPerhaps proving that time and tastes may change, but dreams of a free car are forever, the musical "Hands on a Hardbody" will make the leap from the West Coast to Broadway for the 2012-13 se…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:35PMHands on a Hardbody, the new musical about a Texas endurance competition, will open on Broadway in the 2012-13 season, producers Broadway Across America (John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMThe Common Pursuit - Montage
Moisés Kaufman directs Simon Gray's delightfully witty and remarkably poignant The Common Pursuit, which chronicles twenty years in the lives of six …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:30PMThe musical, about a group of Texans competing to win a new truck by keeping one hand on it the longest, will open on Broadway during the 2012-13 season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:25PMJacob Juntunen’s play evokes compelling questions that are left up to the viewer to explore (and maybe even argue). Side Project Theatre uses its talented cast to tell the story and, along…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:24PMKevin ScanlonTwo of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here.
On a Saturday night last year, 99 theatergoers sat in…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 02:24PMAcademy Award and GRAMMYR Award-winning superstar Jennifer Hudson will perform on the BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, an entertainment special to be broadcast live from the Charles River …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMThe 68th annual THEATRE WORLD AWARDS, which will take place on Tuesday, June 5th at 2 pm at The Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44th Street, NYC., will include special performances by Broadway fav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMShakespeare’s First Acts: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sean Holmes, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, discusses the first act of the play, which he has recently directed…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 02:12PM"February House," the first work produced under the Public Theater's musical theater initiative, has many admirable parts but it ultimately collapses under the weight of its lofty …
SOURCE: NY1 at 02:11PMThe Actors Fund's Auction of 1000 Stars is currently live for online bidding through June 9. The event serves as a fundraiser for the organization's free programs and services that…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMAmerica's Got Talent 2012 - Season 7 Week 3 - Performances & Howard Stern - PsychoSoprano Recap
America's Got Talent season 7 week 3 kicked off on May 28, 2012. Howard Stern jo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:07PMWith show-stopping numbers and a Houdini escapology act, this is a production that matches its material in scope and audacity, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:06PMMelora Marshall and Willow Geer are in the family business—Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and its longstanding tradition of outdoor summer repertory theater. Each appear in three plays thi…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:06PMAbout the author:
Joe DiPietro got his start off-Broadway, writing the book and lyrics for the long-running musical comedy I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. After debuting his f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMAfter the recent announcement of this year's Tony Award nominees, it seems to be a popular time for shows to get out on the road. A number of 2012's most prevalent shows are heading out for …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:03PMMusic Theatre International, the licensing company founded by veteran Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof orchestrator Don Walker in 1952, received a proclamation by New York City Mayor Michael …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMVenus in Fur's Nina Arianda is nominated for her performance as Vanda, an actress auditioning for a play based on Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novella "Venus in Furs."
End of the Rainbow's…
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GODSPELL welcomed Hannah Elless to the cast on May 22, replacing Lindsay Mendez. View photos of Elless with the cast in performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMRoyal Swedish Ballet’s production – here featuring a nerveless replacement for the injured Sylph – is a masterpiece restored, writes Gerald Dowler
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:56PMThe long-running Broadway musical LES MISERABLES, based on Victor Hugo's 19th-century French fable of social injustice, will come to the big screen on December 14th. BroadwayWorld brings you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMTony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey, currently back on Broadway in the Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes, will be saluted at the 9th Annual Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship Luncheon, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMStage and screen star Cynthia Nixon, a 2012 Best Actress Tony nominee for Wit, married her longtime love Christine Marinoni on May 27 in New York. The couple released a wedding photo of Nixo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMFilming is well under way for the movie musical "Les Misérables." Photos of the star-studded cast on set and onscreen have become available via Universal Pictures and the sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMThe new off-Broadway musical February House, inspired by the real life Brooklyn home-turned-artistic commune that brought together some of the great literary and musical talents of its age, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PMThe Public Theater just announced today that it will extend the critically acclaimed new musical FEBRUARY HOUSE by one additional week through Sunday, June 17. With music and lyrics by Gabri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMIn Steven Berkoff’s comedy about actors on a film set, the ‘darlings’ are boring parodies, the drama clogged with clichés, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:44PMMay 29, 2012 marks the 60th Anniversary of Music Theatre International! In recognition of this milestone event, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has officially named today, May 29th, …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:40PMIt seems impossible: Condense all seven Harry Potter books into a 70-minute show. But the British comedy duo of Jefferson Turner and Daniel Clarkson take on the challenge, with Turner playin…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 01:40PMThe Drafts, the acting company of the Horse Trade Theater Group, recently presented When Half the Sphere Is Visible, an unusual collaboration among four playwrights, five directors, and nine…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:39PMPeter DuBois and Gina Gionfriddo collaborate at Playwrights Horizons It’s no surprise that playwright Gina Gionfriddo and director Peter DuBois are collaborating again. They’ve b…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:35PMThe popular National Public Radio show "Car Talk," where drivers from across the country call in for advice about things that go bump under the hood, has inspired a new musical tha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMToronto's 10-day festival of the arts features theatre, film, dance music and literary events, with a host of local and international talent. This year's fest includes a new stage production…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:32PM'A critic once said I drew my references from Dad's Army and Noel's House Party'What got you started?I trained as an actor, and became really bossy. I started directing rehearsals of shows d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMNEW YORK (AP) -- William Hanley, a Broadway playwright and award-winning screenwriter who scripted a pioneering TV film that dealt with incest, has died. He was 80....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:22PMQueens Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan in Briefs, playing June 21-July 1. The production is written and directed by executive director Ray …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMQueens Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan in Briefs, playing June 21-July 1. The production is written and directed by executive director Ray …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMTony winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and Michael Cerveris, two-time Tony nominee Howard McGillin and Stephanie Umoh will perform at the 68th annual Theatre World Awards, which will be presente…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMTheatre Royal, YorkFor the past three years, York Theatre Royal has been subject to an annual bloodless coup, in which everyone from the artistic director to the catering manager is kicked o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMHenry Denker, a prolific writer who over a long career wrote numerous plays, novels, teleplays and radio plays, died May 15 at his home in Manhattan. He was 99. The cause was cancer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMCardiff city centreThis is fun. Give It a Name theatre company take audiences into the streets and hidden nooks of Cardiff at dusk as they recreate scenes from the 1970s spy thriller by Harr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMThe Public Theater's production of Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley's new musical February House has been extended by one additional week. The musical will now run through Sunday, J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMSurf the Musical, a new musical featuring songs from The Beach Boys, is set to play Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino this summer. Rock of Ages director Kristin Hanggi will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PM
SpringboardNYC's Cues from Tony Nominees 2012 (Part 4)
What was one of your strangest acting gigs?
Featuring: Laura Osnes ("Bonne and Clyde"), Tracie Bennett ("End of th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:58PMCooking with Food and Fadwa
Jumana Bishara from Tanoreen Restaurant helps Lameece Issaq prepare for the role of cooking maven, Fadwa, by teaching her to make the mouthwatering, Middle East…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:58PMWho knew that Philip Seymour Hoffman first played Willy Loman in high school? That’s one of the tidbits unearthed by interviewer Mo Rocca in a Q&A with the Tony-nominated star of&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PMTara Rubin is casting the upcoming Broadway revival of "The Heiress," directed by Moises Kaufman and starring Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:55PMFollowing acclaimed openings in Washington and New York, the Kennedy Center's Broadway production of the award-winning musical Follies, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards and ten …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMCasting has been announced for Underground Railway Theater and Suffolk University's world premiere production of Car Talk: The Musical!!!, running June 14-August 12 at Central Square Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMSpringboardNYC's Cues from Tony Nominees 2012 (Part 3)
How do you define success in the theatre?
Featuring: Condola Rashad ("Stick Fly"), Judith Light ("Other Desert Cit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:47PMTaye Diggs visited his old Rent co-star Adam Pascal May 24 at Broadway's Memphis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMOn Tuesday, May 29, Nick Jonas served as master of ceremonies for the Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway JR. Student Celebration, to be held at the Shubert Theater.
The event featured hundreds…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMDavid Elder, Milena Govich,
Beth Leavel, and Chita Rivera are among the stars who will take place in the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's summer 2012 season.
Elder will star, with Kat Neja…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMChoreographer Gauri Sharma Tripathi tells Judith Mackrell how the worlds of classic and modern Indian dance collide in Wah! Wah! Girls, a Bollywood musical set in London's East EndJudith Mac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMSpringboardNYC's Cues from Tony Nominees 2012 (Part 2)
What was the first show you ever worked on?
Featuring: Kelli O'Hara ("Nice Work If You Can Get It"), Linda Lavin (&…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:17PMCamelot - Light Opera Works at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson in Evanston, is offering half-price industry tickets on June 1, 3 and 6 at 2 p.m., and June 2 and 8 at 8 p.m. For tickets call 847…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:16PMIn honor of Fleet Week, Broadway’s own Spider-Man, welcomed real American heroes onboard the USS Wasp in the May 23 “Parade of Ships.” Spider-Man was given a tour of the sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMThe bohemian denizens of the Gabriel Kahane-Seth Bockley musical February House will prolong their stay at 7 Middagh Street. The Public Theater has announced a one-week extension of the new …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMAnother contribution has been made to the 'Sht ____ Say' phenomenon that has been blowing up Youtube recently- this time tributing the many performers on nationals tours. The below video, 'S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMMoon on a Rainbow Shawl feedback
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Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John.
'I was spellbound... one of the 20th century's great neglected pl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMDrama Based On Reclusive First Lady Jacques Lamarre is a pretty busy man these days.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:01PMReview of the Saturday May 26 matinee performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City. A new play by Bruce Norris. Starring Crystal A. Dickinson, Brendan Griffin, Damon G…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 5222012 - 5292012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMDan Goggin's Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show, which was filmed in Manhattan in July 2011, arrives on DVD May 29 from Kultur Film and Video.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Signature Theatre Company's revival of Athol Fugard’s apartheid-era drama My Children! My Africa! has extended its run at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at off-Broadway&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMThere was a dreamlike quality for my recent return to the exquisitely restored Paramount Theatre of my youth. A product of the Roaring Twenties built in 1929, it has been the crown jewel of …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 11:57AMStage and screen actors Dominic West (Design for Living, West End's Butley) and Emily Watson ("War Horse," Donmar Warehouse's Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night) were among the win…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMOBSESSED!: Randy Graff Auditions for "Show Boat"—Andrew Lloyd Webber Style
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video In honor of "Evita"'s return to Broadway, R…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:54AMEarlier this month, it was announced that stage and screen stars Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain will take on the iconic roles of Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin in playwright John Pi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMActor's Express and The One-Minute Play Festival will present The First Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival on June 10 and 11 at Actor's Express.
One-minute plays by over 30 Atlanta …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:52AMKultur Film and Video releases Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show on DVD today, Tuesday, May 29.
Created by Dan Goggin, the musical follows the latest exploits of The Little…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:51AMWith the 2012 Tony Awards less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year's festivities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMFeaturing: Cristin Milioti, Stockard Channing, Josh Young, Audra McDonald, Jeremy Jordan, Jon Robin Baitz, and Cynthia Nixon
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:46AMThat creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and down right all together ooky family are planning a trip to the historic Pantages Theater and we have orchestra tickets just for you! The only way t…
SOURCE: Footlights at 11:45AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMTonight, our Whatsonstage.com theatregoers are heading to see the West End revival of Joe Orton's final play What the Butler Saw at the Vaudeville Theatre.
Starring Tim McInnerny, Samantha …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMThe Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group have announced a two-week extension for George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman, directed by David Staller. The production will n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMWith the 2012 Tony Awards less than two weeks away, we take a look back at last year's festivities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMYou probably can't tell from her stunning belt in the current revival of "Godspell," but Morgan James is always game for a little coloratura/
melismatic singing (thanks to her training at J…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:35AMHannah Elless has been promoted from understudy to the cast of the Broadway revival of Godspell. Elless, who began performances on May 22, takes over her role from Lindsay Mendez, who, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMOn June 4, 2012 Julia Jordan, Theresa Rebeck, Marsha Norman, Tim Sanford, Gary Garrison and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre will present the 3rd Annual Lilly Awards at Playwri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMThere's a great amount of affection among Connecticut theater-goers and the musical "Annie."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:27AMToday in 1951, the first Broadway revival of Oklahoma opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 100 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMThis year’s West End Live, which runs from 23-24 June 2012 in Trafalgar Square, will for the first time feature performances from every West End musical.
Now in its eighth year, the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:20AMOBSESSED!: Julia Murney "Wigs" Out Over "Wicked"'s Plan B and "Adult" Voice-Overs
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Over the years, Julia Murney (&q…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:19AMHelen (Aimee Rose Ranger) faces down the Trojan Women.To paraphrase Browning, a theatre's reach should exceed its grasp - so there's no shame, I think, in Whistler in the Dark's earnest, wel…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:19AMThe participants in this year's annual West End LIVE have been announced. The free concerts in London's Trafalgar Square will take place on June 23 and 24 and mark the opening week…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AMBarrington Stage Company presents the New England premiere of British playwrights Duncan Macmillans acclaimed new drama Lungs. Lungs opened the newly named St. Germain Stage formerly Stage 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMSignature Theatre Company's new production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa! will get an extra week Off-Broadway, now to June 17. The production directed by Ruben Santiago-Hu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMThe Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston will present the Tony-winning musical A Chorus Line beginning June 15 at the Robinson Theatre for a limited run through June 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMBlack Rock, Brighton Festival: It is amazing what can be achieved with a large industrial crane, a collection of freight boxes, a projector, light show, fireworks, live rock band, actors pre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMSal Romeo ETC and SST Productions to will extend the run of Joe Besecker's O! Ovation Award recommended play Tennessee in the Summer through June 10 at Sidewalk Studio Theatre. Sal Rom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:14AMThe Old Globe is currently featuring the World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses set in the world of real…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMWe love the heck out of Samuel Beckett, but "Waiting for Godot" is a winter thing.
Summer is when we forget...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:11AMYouTube sensation Miranda Sings made her ninth concert appearance at Birdland on May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMThe costumed title character of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark boarded the USS Wasp on Wednesday, May 23 to welcome sailors to New York City for Fleet Week.
The appearan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:11AMOne Man, Two Guvnors stars James Corden and Jemima Rooper will appear on “The Leonard Lopate Show” on Tuesday, May 29. The interview can be heard at 12:40pm on 93.9 FM and AM 820. Bob B…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:07AME. L. James’ sensational Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has been flying off the shelves to the tune of more than 10 million copies to date. The steamy page-turner follows recen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMI first met Sarah Galbraith when I was Company Managing Thoroughly Modern Millie. She was the Bookkeeper on the show, and we hit it off instantly. (Bookkeepers are the go-between with sh…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMOBSESSED!: Seth's Life One "Disaster!" After Another
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video As Seth Rudetsky's comic musical "Disaster!" (co-written with the h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:00AMEmi Wokoma is set to play Tina Turner opposite Chris Tummings as Ike Turner in the new West End musical Soul Sister, inspired by the music, life and times of Ike and Tina Turner. Written by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
Comedian Andi Osho is set to star in the West End transfer of A Walk On Part at London's Arts Theatre. Osho joins returning cast members John Hodgkinson, Hywel Morgan and Tracey Gillman,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:59AMTriad Stage, the Equity company that performs on a thrust stage carved out of a former department store in downtown Greensboro, NC, will present the world premiere of Tennessee Playboy &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMChris Peluso, Whitney Bashor and more bring the story behind the famed spiritual "Amazing Grace" to life in a new musical, Amazing Grace, starting May 17 at the Goodspeed Musicals&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMChariots of Fire, adapted for the stage by Mike Bartlett from Colin Welland's Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1981 Enigma Productions film of the same name, officially opened at London&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMCarrie Smith, a jazz and blues singer who achieved stage fame as one of the stars of the Broadway musical revue Black and Blue, died on May 20 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMA film version of the Australian production of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megahit The Phantom of the Opera, will be released in the U.S. on DVD and Blu-Ray on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMA film version of the Australian production of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s megahit The Phantom of the Opera, will be released in the U.S. on DVD and Blu-Ray on…
SOURCE: baa.broadway.com at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 27, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $418,337 6,214 66.50% $67.32 ANYTHING GOES $47…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMAnybody else need a big musical theater hug today? Well, there’s honestly no better pick me up than this clip from The Muppet Show featuring the ageless Bernadette Peters (in full 70&…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:44AMThe Independent (UK) 05/29/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:44AMABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER stars Broadway veteran Benjamin Walker as the title role. The film is set to open in theaters on June 22nd from 20th Century Fox. Check out the newest trailer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMJames 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 10:44AMOBSESSED!: Alice Ripley's Understudy Audition for "Evita"
http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video Broadway favorite Alice Ripley ("Next to Normal") joins Seth to s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:44AMSignature Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension for Ruben Santiago-Hudson's production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa!. The piece will now run through June 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMTony Award winner Cynthia Nixon and her partner, Christine Marinoni, were married May 27 in New York, according to People magazine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMThe Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre will present the 3rd Annual Lilly Awards June 4 at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM2012 Tony Awards - How does a Tony Nomination affect you?
Watch as the nominees discuss how the Tony Nomination has affected them.
To find out which ones of these talented people will go h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:33AMIf you plan to attend the Conference and haven’t yet booked your hotel, it is URGENT that you read this. The Park Plaza Hotel has extended their discount offer one more time for TCG attend…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:30AMCasting has been announced for Maine State Music Theatre's production of Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante's A Chorus Line, running June 6-23.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMThis memorial day weekend a whole slew of deals were made. And I'm willing to bet very few of them were around a conference table. They happened on boats, at barbeques, and most likely by sw…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMAs 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 10:23AMYoung Jews Blogging "RIP Don Jose from Far Rockaway"
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Bill and Audrey lament over the many, many songs tha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:23AMSoul Sister, a new musical about Tina Turner's life featuring her back catalogue, is to run in the West End for a limited season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMWest End Live is to feature every musical in Theatreland for the first time this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:17AMFrom One Life to Live and Who’s the Boss to Ugly Betty and Law & Order: SVU, Judith Light has been a TV favorite for 35 years, but the effervescent actress is getting used to a new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMHannah Elless recently succeeded Lindsay Mendez in the current revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMThe Latino International Theater Festival of New York has announced the line-up for TeatroStageFest 2012's summer season, to run June 1-25.
Theater productions include Rasgos Asiaticos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:11AMBay Street Theatre presented Ana Gasteyer and Brian d'Arcy James: One Night, Two Voices, Three Cheers, on Saturday, May 26.
The two Broadway veterans and television stars sang and laug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:02AMHaving just watched the finale of SMASH, I wanted to touch base with all of you about what I thought about the first season of the show, the general reaction from people working in our indus…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMThere is no single method for choreography to succeed in a musical, and this year’s Tony Award nominees take distinct approaches.
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LADCC Award-winning California Repertory Company has announced the world premiere of B.S.: Bukowski.Sondheim., featuring the words of Charles Bukowski and the music and lyrics of Stephen S…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:57AMAward-winning vocalists Scott Coulter and Natalie Douglas, and young singer Alex Getlin, will be featured in the Thursday, May 31 edition of Broadway Ballyhoo at Feinstein's at Loew&apo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:46AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has announced an additional run of its co-production of Troilus and Cressida at the RiversideLondon theatregoers will get only their second chance in a decade t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMChris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret will offer an evening with Tony winner Lillias White June 11 at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMAhh, tech: the time in every actor’s life where everything else seems to stop. Dishes go undone, dirty laundry overflows in my hamper, and even this article gets written several days behin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMSoul Sister, a musical biography of Ike and Tina Turner, will transfer to the West End's Savoy Theatre for a limited run from August 23-September 29.
The cast of 15 is led by Emi Wokom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27AMBBC4's Dirk Gently has emerged as one of the first casualties of the Corporation's decision to reduce the amount of original drama the channel airs in the wake of 2010's licence fee settleme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMWhat is real, imaginary, wishful thinking, dreaming and fantasy when it comes to the mental gyrations of making life choices and dealing with reality? Tony Kushner tackles such heady topic…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:20AMTony winner Michael Cerveris and two-time Tony nominee Howard McGillin will perform at the 68th annual Theatre World Awards, which will be presented June 5 at 2 PM at Broadway's Belasco …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMTony Award winner Barbara Cook has postponed her San Francisco engagement, which was scheduled to begin May 29 at The RRazz Room.
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TweetAldonza, or Dulcinea depending on how you see her is a prostitute that Don Quiote falls in love with in the show The Man of La Mancha because she has no other way to get food, support h…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 08:59AMThis coming Saturday, June 2nd at 2 and 8 PM, Broadway legend Tommy Tune returns to The Music Center at Strathmore with Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance. I spoke with T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMToday in the 2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown we are setting our sights on one of the most notable early examples of mega-star casting on Broadway - that of none other than the iconic Kathari…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMIt is a truth universally acknowledge that the star rating system, whilst problematic, is here to stay. Or is it? This is a question which has troubled theatre makers and critics alike for y…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:35AMThe upcoming revival of Annie secures its Miss Hannigan. Katie Finneran will play the tyrannical head of the orphanage. The musical, which will be directed by James Lapine, will begin previe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:31AMIt was another triumph for the dance showcase.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:30AMBroadwayWorld'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 08:29AMEvery time you read about or visit the new Signature Theater, think of Edward Norton and one of his most powerful performances -- as a family member of staggering importance.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:16AMMichael Orland (Musical Director of American Idol), Marilyn Maye and American Idol Joshua Ledet dropped by Jim Caruso’s Monday night Cast Party. Regulars and tourists were treated to a…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:16AMIt’s a worthy effort –- and, as a listener, how many times will you have the chance for real adventure inside a concert hall?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:13AMLegit News:
New musical targets 2012-13 opening
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08AMSoul Sister, a new musical inspired by the music, life and times of Tina Turner and her former husband Ike, is to transfer to the West End's Savoy Theatre, beginning performances Aug. 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:08AMIt's never been a better time to be a young playwright – but are we missing out on older voices?It's a great time to be a young dramatist. Theatres are hungry for your work. The media love…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMLegit News:
Five titles to be seen in annual festival
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe Tony Award winner discusses her new role in John Patrick Shanley's play and her future career plans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Following its premiere at the Hackney Empire last month, Tina Turner musical Soul Sister::E8831334916166 will transfer to the West End's Savoy Theatre from 20 August 2012.
According to pres…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:54AMJane Spiers, chief executive of Horsecross Arts in Perth, has been appointed to the same position at Aberdeen Performing Arts and will take up the post in September.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMThe Two Worlds of Charlie F, a theatre production which featured soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be one of the subjects explored in the new series of Imagine on BBC1.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMRoxana Sorina Buta, 21, who played the biggest role of her career in an off-Broadway show that ended its limited run in January, was headed home to East Harlem from her job as a waitress whe…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:22AMThis book is almost a fantasy fulfilled for me. I’ve always thought it would be wonderful to just take a few days off, go to the reading room of some huge library like the Library of C…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:21AMThe Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior program allows students in middle schools across the city the opportunity to perform in a Broadway Junior musical.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:17AMJude Law left an audience member in a swoon at a performance of Broadway’s “Peter and the Starcatcher.” When a woman noticed Law with his children a few aisles ahead of her during inte…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:16AMQueen's Theatre, Hornchurch: This fresh, imaginative new version of Peter Pan is conceived as a game of make believe in Kensington Gardens and makes ingenious use of the Italianate steps and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AM
Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London: Repertoire and A Midsummer Night's Dream are both back at Regent's Park this year, but whereas the now annual musical usually comes last it…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMSummer officially started in theatreland last night as the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park kicked off its new season with a revival of Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime.
Artistic direct…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMThe "Wizard of Oz" prequel tops the Broadway box office and "Death of a Salesman" takes in over $1 million.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:21AMIn this guest blog, Oily Cart’s musical director Max Reinhardt looks at how In A Pickle, the Oily Cart/RSC 'Shakespearianish' production for 2 to 4 year olds - part of the World Shakes…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMForty new shows opened on Broadway during the 2011-12 season, which took in $1.14 billion for the highest-grossing year on record.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:15AMThis specialised weapon in a theatre's armoury must be used with care – but the benefits are revolutionaryOn two consecutive nights last week, I saw examples of revolutionary theatre. Neit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AMThe producers of “Annie" are holding a nation-wide contest for local productions of “Annie” or “Annie Jr.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:05AM
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:49AMThe world moves fast nowadays but Twitter moves even faster. In the constantly updated timelines of Twitter users, we are both generating content and absorbing it at a pace that’s literall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:47AMNick Jonas the popular singersongwriter who was most recently seen in the Tony-nominated How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying will serve as master of ceremonies as hundreds of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMMrs. T and I, having spent a week in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Big Sur, departed Ragged Point Inn...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2005: I expect a lot out of the books I read, and when they fail to deliver the goods,...
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Hello TDF Stages readers, Ken Ludwig is one of the masters of modern stage comedy, boasting hits like Lend Me a Tenor and Leading Ladies. And now he’s writing a regular column for [Bre…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:22AMVolcano was written in 1956 when Noël Coward was suffering the dubious status of having become Britain’s first celebrity tax exile. The play – unperformed in his lifetime - is the…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:22AMEisenhower said we need to be “an alert and knowledgeable citizenry.” But are we?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:21AMThe Springsteen character can get away with it. "You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright," he tells Mary in "Thunder Road." Revelatory and appreciative cheers have erupted in b…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:17AMDirector/ Producer New York, New York USA What’s your favorite pop culture guilty pleasure? My favorite guilty pleasure is that I can (and do) watch PRIDE & PREJUDICE every time it’s…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMHere's one sure-fire rule for a successful Shakespearean production: just hire Deborah Hay and Ben Carlson to play the leads.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMFritzed!Politics is exhaustingby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn a discussion on politics and Queer culture, a woman once said to Larry Kramer, "I have been on the forefront of the civil rights move…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMOn today’s show: Ellis Cose looks at how our ideas about race have shifted and that means for the country’s future. James Cordon and Jemima Rooper talk about starring in the acclaimed Br…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMA 2012 Tony Award nominee, Christian Borle chomps into the role of the king of all pirates in the Neverland of Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Stratford Shakespeare Festival's new production of the showbiz fable 42nd Street opens May 29 following previews from April 12 in Ontario. Chicago and Broadway director Gary Gri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Barbara Cook brings her vocal stylings to San Francisco audiences beginning May 29 at The RRazz Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKatrina Lenk, who was seen in the world premiere of Lost Land at the Steppenwolf Theatre, joins the cast of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark beginning May 29 in the role of Arachne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies, which continues the love story between soprano Christine Daae and her masked tutor, is released on Blu-Ray and DVD May…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy Award nominee Polly Draper stars in the American premiere of Geraldine Aron's one-woman show My Brilliant Divorce, which begins previews May 29 at the Bay Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1951 Performer Fanny Brice dies today in Hollywood at age 60. She started in showbiz by winning a series of amateur nights at vaudeville theatres in Brooklyn, then graduated to Burlesque as …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
New Dramatists honor Bernadette Peters
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