A&E's new "Longmire" breathes new life into an old genre with its drama about a contemporary Big Sky sheriff trying to keep the peace and repair his weary soul.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 07:48PMBroadway favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda, a graduate of Weslyan University, recently visited his alma-mater, where he in true Miranda style rapped and spoke at the Alumni Association's annual me…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:45PMGeorge Street Playhouse announced today that due to a scheduling conflict, An Evening With Marlo Thomas, originally planned for Saturday, June 2 at 8pm, has been postponed and will be resche…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMFor over nine months, the Harlem School of the Arts HSA has worked with Disney Theatrical Group to develop adaptations of Disneys musical The Lion King for young performers. Aubrey Lynch is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMAccording to Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Downton Abbey's creator Julian Fellowes is currently in talks to write the book for an upcoming musical version of the Oscar-winning 2008 film 'Slum…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PMThey say that men, at whatever age, never leave the playground. We are told that boys will be boys. But what is this kind of infantile masculinity really like, and is there anything new to s…
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Actor Michael McKean, who starred in the film “This is Spinal Tap” and TV’s “Laverne & Shirley,” was released from St. Luke’s Hospital Wednesday after spending the last week …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:57PMBaz Bamigboye of Daily Mail writes that Judy Craymer's new musical, VIVA FOREVER, a modern fable of camaraderie, love and loyalty based on the songs of the Spice Girls, will open in the West…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMMatt Shakman and James Roday partner to purchase El Centro…LA STAGE Alliance and Rogue Machine Theatre partner to save the planet…Ahmanson Theatre and Actors Co-op save the best for thei…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:45PMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “OOPS! We need a new Tony category.” I’m talking to you, American Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 06:28PMThe 6th Annual Kidstock Music and Arts Festival is set to rock Beverly Hills this Sunday, June 3rd, 2012. Hollywood harmonizes with HUDSON JEANS at this fun-filled family day of music and Ar…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:27PMWashington, D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company Is Honored with the 2012 Regional Theatre Award
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:17PMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and 2012 nominee Kelli O'Hara from the Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT performed S'Wonderful on The View this morning, Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMReinventing the traditions of circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque for the 21st century audience, Spiegelworld will bring its all new show, entitled Empire, to the heart of Broadway, pitch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:11PMJames Goldman and Stephen Sondheims Follies, which was just nominated for eight Tony Awards, opened on May 9 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre. Performances of the exclusive Los An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, May 31, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informat…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:04PMWhen I was a senior in high school, I had the great pleasure of playing Freddy Eynsford-Hill in our spring production of My Fair Lady. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the schoolR…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 06:04PMReinventing the traditions of circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque for the 21st century audience, Spiegelworld will bring its all new show, entitled Empire, to the heart of Broadway, pitch…
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For this week’s Between Shows, we thought it was time to sit at home and enjoy a few good movies. It’s been an exhausting few weeks with awards madness, Memorial Day’s done, and there�…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMOn Thursday June 7, 2012, the League of Professional Theatre Women LPTW, a non-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professiona…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMHarvey, Mary Chase's 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about a man whose best friend is a 6-foot-tall rabbit, hopped back to Broadway on May 18 in a Roundabout Theatre Company productio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:50PMTheatreWorks is set to present the world premiere production of Laura Schellhardt's Upright Grand, running July 11-August 10 at the Lucie Stern Theatre. Meredith McDonough will direct.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PMThe League of Professional Theatre Women will honor Rachel Reiner and Ann Roth at the organization's June Awards Luncheon, to be held at Sardi's on June 7 at noon.
Reiner, the Art…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:47PMAfter seeing the unsurpassable duo of Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch weave once-in-a-lifetime theatrical magic in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music back…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 05:40PMOn May 31st, “Broadway Sessions” welcomes Lee Siegel to the Laurie Beechman Theater. “Broadway Sessions” is described as an evening of musical performances, games and…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:38PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director in association with Don Gregory, presents the new Broadway production of Mary Chases Harvey starring Jim Parsons Elwood P. Dowd, Jes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMWith the SoCal band's 50th anniversary reunion tour in full swing, a new Las Vegas stage production celebrates its music and culture.When Kristin Hanggi picked up the script for a new musica…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:28PMLong View Theater Company is set to present Paul Zindel's And Ms. Reardon Drinks a Little, June 21-July 8 at The Shell Theater. Jeff Woodbridge will direct.
In And Ms. Reardon Drinks …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:27PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) and About Face Theatre co-production of Jonathan Larson's Rent, currently performing at ATC, has extended its run by two weeks, and will now close on July…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:24PMGuitar Hero: Backstage at "Once" with Steve Kazee, Episode 7
Get tickets to "Once": http://www.broadway.com/shows/once/
For the final installment of his Broadway.com vi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:23PMBehind the Scenes: Aaron Lazar, Judy McLane and More in Rehearsal for "Mamma Mia!"
Get tickets to "Mamma Mia!": http://www.broadway.com/shows/mamma-mia/
There's a n…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:19PMStephen Patterson (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Happiness is Stratford’s Charlie BrownTwo Boys, Five Days, Five Plays ends on a high noteby Stuart MunroAs I sat in my seat waiting for…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:18PMHeading north this weekend? Whether you're traveling all the way to Burlington, VT, or just to the left bank of the Charles, summer 2012's jazz festival season is off to a fine start. Then…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:17PMMy Space: Phillip Boykin of "Porgy and Bess"
Get tickets to "Porgy and Bess": http://www.broadway.com/shows/porgy-and-bess/
"Porgy and Bess" star Phillip Boyk…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:15PMComedian Mike Birbiglia will bring his tour of Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend to the Coral Springs Center for the Arts for a one-night engagement on January 25, 2013.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PMThe first in a series of kids’ plays, Stratford’s Charlie Brown boasts a stellar cast
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PMAll The Life, All The TimesFTA asks its audience to endureby Chad DembskiWhen I say a three hour and a ½ experimental musical theatre performance based solely on the verbatim transfer of Kr…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:00PM
Voting 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 531 with just 3 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMTo describe the latest West End "What The Butler Saw" as disappointing is a bit unfair but that was certainly the feeling I had as I left the theatre. Joe Orton's spicey 60s farce has much t…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 04:56PMTony nominee Kelli O’Hara and Tony winner Matthew Broderick brought the glitz and glamour of the 1920s to The View on May 31. The Broadway twosome hit the dance floor and performed the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMTRIASSIC PARQ The Musical, presented by Amas Musical Theatre, is set to play a limited Off-Broadway engagement at the SoHo Playhouse, June 12th through August 5th. The show held a sneak peek…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMROCK OF AGES will open in theaters on June 15, 2012. The film stars Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx, along with Diego Boneta as Drew, Julianne Hough as Sherrie, Russell Brand as Lonny, Alec Baldwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMAnything Goes star Stephanie J. Block, Godspell's Corbin Bleu and Priscilla Queen of the Desert's Nick Adams are among the newest Givenik Ambassadors. Here, the Broadway stars chat a…
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 04:43PMTheater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will present the 2012 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, Mondays June 4-18 at The Roy Arias Theatre. Admission is free but reservations are required.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMThe final round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee airs tonight, May 31st, at 8pm on ESPN. Six-year-old contestant Lori Anne Madison has made history by becoming the youngest person t…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:40PMTony Award winner Michael Mayer will be the special guest director for Trevor Live, to be held at Chelsea Piers (Pier 60) on June 25.
This annual event, benefitting the life-saving, life-af…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:35PMCloud City is a shimmering, spacious delight that plays with space and gravity and takes you to a new place. What an adventure! What do you see when you arrive at the roof? a very large stru…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 04:32PMJames Goldman and Stephen Sondheims Follies, which was just nominated for eight Tony Awards, opened on May 9 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre. Performances of the exclusive Los An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMSpring Awakening: In Concert, a theatre-concert hybrid that features Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's score from the Tony Award-winning rock musical, will be offered July 20-29 at Downtow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM7 Days of Sondheim Songs: Broadway Baby
Jayne Houdyshell performs "Broadway Baby" from Follies onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Buy tickets at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org/Follies
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMThe legendary actress, who currently stars on the wildly popular Downton Abbey, will be in Toronto to receive the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:20PMTony nominees Robin De Jesus and John Tartaglia will star as Aladdin and the Genie, respectively, in the musical adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin at the Muny in St. Louis. Directed by Ga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PMAward-winning stage and screen veteran Jonathan Pryce, talks about taking on one of theater’s most cunning tramps, Davies, in Harold Pinter’s "The Caretaker." He’s joined by Alex Hassl…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:15PMTony Award nominees Robin de Jesus and John Tartaglia will star as Aladdin and the Genie, respectively, in The Muny's third show of its 94th season, Disney's Aladdin, to be present…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:14PMCheck out Priscilla Queen of the Desert star Tony Sheldon‘s WNBC feature on receiving both a Sardi’s portrait and his green card simultaneously! Catch his award winning performan…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:12PMJoel McHale of Community and The Soup brings his standup act to Casino Rama on June 8.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:09PMPlus "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:06PMThe renovations continue at the Bucks County Playhouse! We have a new roof!
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:01PMGil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra ProjectIt has been a big year for Gil Rose, founder and conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, which two weekends ago (!) mounted a pleasi…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:01PMA young playwright discovers a few life lessons while penning his play, opening tonight at Stella Adler Theatre via The Blank Theatre’s 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PMThis week I talk to Tony Taccone, artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I’ve been in conversations with Tony over the last twenty years— he was an early mentor, an artisti…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PMIn celebration of the 66th Annual Tony Awards, which will be held June 10, PlaybillVault.com has added 40 years of Playbills for the annual Tony Awards to its online archives.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Viewed from afar, Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" still resonates nearly seven decades after it opened in 1955, first as a one-act on Broadway and then a year later in London, as
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:54PMThe ridiculous gets the sublime once over as Buntport Theater Companyperforms its devilishly original play "The Roast Beef Situation," through June 16.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:53PMThe Muny announced today principal casting for the third show of its 94th season, Disneys Aladdin July 5-13, directed by Gary Griffin, and choreographed by Alex Sanchez.Tony Nominees Robin d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMThe Warner Bros./New Line feature film "Rock of Ages," based on the Tony-nominated musical of the same name, will arrive in cinemas around the country June 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMPieces from the Public Works of Art program at the Minnesota History Center.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:44PMComing from a country where disconnect is implicit, South Korean artist Minouk Lim explores the boundaries of fact and fiction, past and future, in a new Walker Art Center show.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:42PMAs first reported on TMZ.com, Michael McKean, star of stage and screen, has been released from St. Luke's Hospital today after spending the past week and a half recovering from an accident w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMThe annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival kicks off and ends with a bang this weekend in St. Paul.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:39PMAn air of disorderly fabulousness pervades “Jukebox Jackie,” a show with Justin Vivian Bond at La MaMa that pays spirited tribute to Jackie Curtis, one of the gender adventurers who orbi…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:38PMREBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne Du Maurier novel and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock will open on Broadway Sunday, November 18 at Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMThe new Broadway musical Chaplin will star Rob McClure — the veteran of the Encores! concert of Where's Charley? and Broadway's Avenue Q — as the silent film star, the pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMMy Sinatra, Cary Hoffman's one-man musical about his lifelong obsession with singer Frank Sinatra, will celebrate its one-year anniversary Off-Broadway in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThe first courtroom arguments in the legal battle surrounding "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" are scheduled for Friday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMPersonal items of "West Side Story" and "Gypsy" writer Arthur Laurents, who died in 2011 at the age of 93, will be put up for auction this upcoming weekend.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:15PMOn June 24, 2012, the reigning era of "Million Dollar Quartet's" stage success will come to an end. After two years and more than 900 performances both on and off Broadway, this day will mar…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:11PMRobert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, will air on Great Performances at the Met, September 11-14 in primetime each night on PBS stations (check lo…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:11PMStephanie J. Block is currently tapping her way to the top as Evangelist-turned-nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, and we’ve got a first look at the Broadway powerhouse in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMToday we continue our expansive look at the most memorable moments from the sixty-plus years of the Tony Awards by saluting one of the biggest hit musicals of all time that is about to hit t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMFor those who missed Olivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone's now-legendary nightclub engagement at Les Mouches during her run in the original production of Evita, fret no more: T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PMDame Maggie Smith will be the 2012 recipient of the Stratford Shakespeare Festivals Legacy Award and will be honoured at a gala at Torontos new Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, September 10.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM
Apart from “I did not have sex with that woman” and maybe “It’s the economy, stupid”, Bill Clinton seems never to have said anything quite as memorable. Indeed, of all the phrases …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:59PMConquest of the South Pole, a play by Berliner Ensemble member Manfred Karge, opens at 8 tonight for a short run through June 8 at The SandBox, the PlayGround Theatre's smaller space where a…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 02:55PMThe full line-up has been announced for this summer's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, running August 3-27 in Scotland.
Among the highlights are a double bill of David Greig and David Harrow…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMOn May 14, 2012, SDCF hosted a One-on-One conversation at the Axis Theatre Company in New York between theatre artists Lee Breuer and Taylor Mac, hybrid theatre artists of limitless imaginat…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMGeneral-public tickets are now available for Broadway's Rebecca, the musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier, about mysterious doings in an English estate called Manderle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMLegit News:
Actress to star in musical's New York bow
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PMRob McClure, who originated the role of Chaplin at the La Jolla Playhouse, will star in the title role of the new Broadway musical CHAPLIN. A new musical depicting the life of film icon Char…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMDownton Abbey's Maggie Smith will preside over September gala in Toronto and receive Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:43PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the St. Louis Muny's upcoming production of Disney's Aladdin, which will be presented at the famed outdoor venue July 5-13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMPlaywrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced additional casting for its 20122013 Season. Four-time Tony Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMJune has a couple shows in the far reaches of sound. Make sure to go to the Baczkowski, Nace, Corsano, Kelley show at Spectacle in JP. By David Cooper. Container, Unicorn Hard-…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:37PMRenowned author Joan Didion will be the guest of a symposium at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, June 17, just after the matinee performance of The Year of Magical Thinking, based o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMTwo iconic women in media, gossip maven Cindy Adams and TV journalist Barbara Walters, dropped by the Cort Theatre to check out Linda Lavin’s Tony-nominated performance in Nicky Silver…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMThe Common Pursuit - Opening Night
Simon Gray's 'The Common Pursuit' opened on May 24, 2012. Directed by Moisés Kaufman, this delightfully witty and remarkably poignant p…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:34PMNew theater companies come. They go. They open a play that brings some attention. Or not. More often not.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:28PMAge & Hometown: 31; Channing, TX
Current Role: A Tony-nominated performance as violin-playing, man-eating Czech immigrant Reza in the Dublin-set love story Once.
Jill of All T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMBroadway's Nick Adams is one of the newest additions to the Givenik.com Ambassador Program. In the video below, Adams talks about his support of the It Gets Better Project and how you can he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMAmanda Quaid: The Girl in the Picture By Lorna Koski “I fell in love with it as soon as I read it,” says Amanda Quaid of the new play, Mike Bartlett’s “Cock,” in which she is appea…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:26PMThe Paramount Theatre in Aurora has announced its 2012-2013 season, which includes everything from comedy and drama to country music and vintage pop. Tickets are now available to current sea…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:26PMTickets to the general public are now available for REBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier novel and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMThe countdown is on for the 66th Annual Tony Awards, which will take place June 10 at the Beacon Theatre. Neil Patrick Harris will again host the star-studded, music-filled event that will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMNorthwestern University has announced plans for its 2012 SummerStage season, which will run June 22-July 30.
The season will kick off on June 22 with the seventh annual Johnny Mercer Founda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMTHE LION KING will welcome Syndee Winters as Nala, beginning performances Friday, June 1. Making her Broadway debut, Winters joins the New York company of THE LION KING directly from the Nor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMRob McClure will star in the title role in Chaplin, the previously announced new Broadway musical about the life of silent film icon Charlie Chaplin. Directed and choreographed by Warren Car…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMTony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins PORGY AND BESS, joined the legendary walls of Sardis when his caricature was unveiled and hung yesterday, Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMDame Maggie Smith has been named as the 2012 recipient of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award and will be honored at a gala at Toronto's new Four Seasons Hotel on Mon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Legit Reviews||Regional:
Simon Levy's Fountain Theater world premiere co-production isn't seamless but hits a nerve, and buzz is proving an irresistible magnet to the L.A. theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:57PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced additional casting for it’s 2012-2013 season. Three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara (Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific) will star i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:55PMYou Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine. These famous lyrics from the hit Broadway hit musical, Lysistrata Jones, seem more fitting now then ever that the 2012 Tony Award nominations have com…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:54PMOk, so On a Clear Day… wasn’t exactly a huge megahit. The same cannot be said for its colossally talented young star, Jessie Mueller, who made her Broadway debut in the show an…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:54PMIn addition to the previously announced new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapines musical PASSION with Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico, directed by John Doyle, CSCs 20122013 Season w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMListen to Bruce Dow, who stars as King Herod in the Tony nominated JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, on WAMC Radio’s “The Roundtable.” In the segment, Bruce talks with host Sarah LaDuke about hi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:52PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Since the entire weight of the play hangs on his character, a better busker might have earned more sympathy for the poor guy.
SOURCE: Variety at 01:52PMGood thing that assistant stage manager Lindsay Weiner led the audience in breathing lessons before the show officially began. Our breath might have otherwise been taken away for good by all…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:51PMNichole O'Connor The Post-It Show at GR2 offers pieces from well-known artist for $20. Art shouldn't be intimidating, but when you walk into a gallery and note that even the low priced items…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 01:50PMRob McClure will play the title role in the upcoming Broadway production of Chaplin, which will begin previews August 21 in advance of a September 10 opening at the Barrymore Theatre.
McClu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47PMSyndee Winters will join the Broadway production of The Lion King in the role of Nala from June 1 to August 26 at the Minskoff Theatre.
Making her Broadway debut, Winters, a former NY Knick…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMSyndee Winters will make her Broadway debut as royal lioness Nala in Disney’s Tony-winning musical The Lion King on June 1. Winters, who has played the role on tour, will take over for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMRob McClure, who originated the role of Chaplin at the La Jolla Playhouse, will star in the title role of the new Broadway musical CHAPLIN. A new musical depicting the life of film icon Char…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:42PMRussian activists praise British director's take on troubled times with new production of Boris Godunov in president's home townRiot police on the stage of the Mariinsky, missiles rolling ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMChekhov’s Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke and Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, with a score by Tony winner Duncan Sheik, will be a part of Classic Stage Company’s upcoming…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMChekhov’s Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke, and Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, with a score by Tony winner Duncan Sheik, round out Classic Stage Company’s upcoming 45th a…
SOURCE: seattle.broadway.com at 01:37PMThis Olympic summer, the 66th annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which announced its lineup on Thursday, is going bigger than ever.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:35PMDance Showdown Presented by D-trix: Episode 10 The Winner Revealed LIVE
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:32PMPlaybill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMBroadway stars have a hip, new hang out this summer: 54 Below, the supper club located downstairs from Broadway’s Studio 54. The 160-seat space will host performances this June and Jul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PMLarchaud Dance Project’s Elegant Beast, based loosely on Andrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle, leaves us wanting.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:31PMPlaywrights Horizons confirmed two great ladies of the stage for its 2012-13 season. Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star as Cathy in the musical Far From Heaven, and Tony winner Ju…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMPlaywrights Horizons confirmed two great ladies of the stage for its 2012-13 season. Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star as Cathy in the musical Far From Heaven, and Tony winner Ju…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced additional details for its 2012-2013 season.
Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara will star in the previously reported world premiere musical, F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMNorm Lewis plays the tragic character of Porgy onstage in Porgy and Bess, but offstage Lewis is one happy fella, especially when he is honored with his very own portrait at Sardi’s! Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMLondon WondergroundHomespun but disconcertingly disturbing, low-key yet highly charged, Cantina is an Australian circus show that reaches the parts La Clique and La Soirée have previously t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:29PMStages St. Louis is set to present Ain't Misbehavin', June 1-July 1 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.
Ain't Misbehavin' is a musical anthology of Thomas "…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:25PMDance hall style attraction Spiegelworld has returned to New York for as its all-new show Empire opens on May 31. Featuring a carnival style bar and speakeasy lounge, at 265 West 45th Street…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:23PMBertie Carvel, Linzi Hateley, and Fiona Shaw will be part of the National Theatre's upcoming summer and fall seasons, running June-November 2012.
Phil Daniels, Philip Glenister, and Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMThe French master’s 1888 painting is part of a June 20 sale of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s in London.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:18PMAmerican Theatre has an active and engaged Facebook community, and they’re not just using the shared wall to scribble and joke. Yes, there are some wits among our more than 12,000 fans, bu…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:09PMFilm favorite Chris Pine is among the actors in talks to star as Brick in a forthcoming Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opposite Tony winner Scarlett Johansson (A View From the Bri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMThe Tony-winning Best Musical The Lion King will welcome Syndee Winters to its cast beginning June 1 at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMThe Public Theater announced today that Tony Award winner Denis OHare has been cast as The Baker in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapines beloved musical INTO THE WOODS, directed by Timothy She…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:04PMNINA METZ reviews "Anger/Fly" at Trap Door Theatre ★★ and "Bodies" by MPAACT at the Greenhouse ★★
NINA METZ reviews "Anger/Fly" at Trap Door Theatre ★★ a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:04PMThe world has quite a few talented, conceptual directors — the kind of auteur artisans who, when their name is on the program, invariably shake up the play you are seeing or make you p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:03PMFADE IN. That’s how all of them start, the scripts I write for my LA projects. It’s also how I’ve felt since moving from Chicago to Los Angeles. As if my life were a closed aperture wi…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM
Fiona Shaw and Bertie Carvel are to star in the National Theatre's autumn season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PMClassic Stage Company has announced additional information for its 45th Anniversary season.
Ethan Hawke will star in the title role of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, which will perform in Oct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:56PMThe Golden Globe-nominated series "Boss," which stars Tony nominee and Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer as fictional Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, will return to Starz for a second sea…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:53PMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage Company will continue its passion for the work of Russian master Anton Chekhov with a new Austin Pendleton-directed staging of Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMBetter late than never as the score of a 1924 Gershwin/DeSylva Broadway show finally gets recorded: "Sweet Little Devil" ... in "Sweeney Todd," the only warnings needed about the latest cas…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:52PMThe new ABC Family series, Bunheads, starring Sutton Foster, is set to premiere Monday, June 11 at 98c. Alex Ko, who played the title role of Billy in the Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMRon Raines, Danny Burstein, Victoria Clark and Jan Maxwell perform "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs" from Follies onstage at the Ahmanson Theatre.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:45PMThe BroadwayWorld DB, launched back in 2005 is by far the largest theatre database on the net, covering the world of Broadway and beyond, including theatre in more than 150 cities, 275,000+ …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMThey may be London transplants starring in an undoubtedly British play, but One Man, Two Guvnors stars Tom Edden, Jemima Rooper and Oliver Chris have got this whole “New Yorker” …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMThe New York Times reports today that a Scarlett Johansson is in talks to star in a revival of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof on Broadway in the Spring of 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWhat, you missed yesterday's BIG announcement? Well, either scroll down (and then back up) or click here to read all about BWW's new revolutionary *personalized* Database, now both bigger th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMPhoto: Joan MarcusMost of Venus in Furs' critical reception has centered around the force of nature that is Nina Arianda, and on this front I have nothing but more praise to add. She is, qui…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:38PMEdgar Freitag, a Broadway producer currently represented by the New York productions of Memphis, Porgy and Bess, Nice Work If You Can Get It and End of the Rainbow, died May 30 in New York C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMBad Habit Productions will present Moises Kaufman's Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, August 11-26 at the Virginia Wimberly Theatre in the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PM"Glee" stars Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera and Samuel Larsen will join Lea Michele as guest mentors on the second season of Oxygen Network’s "The Glee Project," a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM"Spring Awakening"'s Lilli Cooper Announced In CastEfforts to raise funds to produce "Independents," the musical with a book by Marina Keegan , the journalist-playwright who died in a car…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:29PMTony Award winner Denis O’Hare will star as The Baker in the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale musical Into the Woods. O’Hare joi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMDon’t Dress For Dinner is serving up a sexy dose of comedy at the American Airlines Theatre, starring 2012 Tony nominee Spencer Kayden and more. In this French sex farce by M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:23PMDon’t Dress For Dinner is serving up a sexy dose of comedy at the American Airlines Theatre, starring 2012 Tony nominee Spencer Kayden and more. In this French sex farce by M…
SOURCE: seattle.broadway.com at 12:23PMIn her review of a new book about Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele, Toni Bentley points the way to several vintage video clips.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:22PMWhat better art than the theater, by its nature a collective experience, to consider the overlap between the individual and the communal?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:22PMIn “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” the Civilians transform an episode of “The Simpsons” into something quite different at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:19PMBritish comedian Simon Amstell's one-man show, Numb, will play Theater 80 for a five-week run beginning July 10, according to The New York Times. The show is being presented by WestBeth…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMThe Eighth Wonder of the World is poised to wreak havoc on the Great White Way as the previously reported musical adaptation of King Kong readies for a Broadway run. The show's dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMAmir Nizar Zuabi’s adaptation of the story of Abraham and Isaac has resonances in today’s Middle East conflict, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:16PMOnce the dancers have become accustomed to this odd, late Balanchine ballet, the steps will begin to breathe, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:16PMTony Award winner Denis O'Hare, who received a Tony Award nomination for playing Charles Guiteau in the 2004 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, will star as the Baker in the Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMConnecticut Repertory Theatre CRT presents a revival of Neil Simon's 1965 comedy classic THE ODD COUPLE starring Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak and veteran TV news anchorman Joe Moore real li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMIncluded in tonight's performances of DUETS, Jennifer Nettles and one of her team members JRome belt out You're the One That I Want from Broadway's popular musical 'Grease' Check out the cli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:07PMA spokesman confirms talks but says there are no plans "at this time" to perform at the David H. Koch Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:07PMTony Award winner Denis O'Hare will star as The Baker in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods, to perform at the Delacorte Theater, July 23-Aug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PMYoung Jews Blogging "Beat up the Bully"
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Join cast members Bill Army and Au…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PMOlivier, LondonWe are at the hub of a modern seat of power. As we hear the whirring sound of a helicopter overhead, frantic desk-wallahs pass urgent messages ever higher up the chain of comm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMReview of the Saturday, May 26 evening performance at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. A National Theatre of Great Britain Production. Starring James Corden, Oliver Chris,…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMIts the homecoming of an Off-Broadway classic York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director will present the first New York City revival of the classic Off-Broadway hit Clos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Beginning tomorrow, June 1st, Shuler Hensley will star as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Off-Broadway’s SILENCE! The Musical through June 24th, filling in for the vacationing David Garrison. Winne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMPat Sajak, of TV's "Wheel of Fortune," will star as fussy Felix Ungar opposite news anchor Joe Moore as sloppy Oscar in the Connecticut Repertory Theatre production of Neil Sim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMTony Award-winning producer Stuart Thompson will bring a revival, Broadway's fifth, of Tennessee Williams Cat On a Hot Tin Roof to New York, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMAlex Ko -- who played the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway from October 2009-May 2011 -- will guest star in the third episode of the new ABC Family series Bunheads, to air …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMTony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages, The Wedding Singer) and Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, All Shook Up, "Glee") are among the performers that will take part in the 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMTony Award winner Randy Graff will star in the Cape Playhouse's production of Douglas Carter Beane's As Bees in Honey Drown, to run June 25-July 7.
Pamela Hunt directs the comedy …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMToday in 1982, a return engagement of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 63 performances. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMNEW YORK (AP) -- When the Dramatists Guild Fund honors composer John Kander at a star-studded gala next month, there is very likely to be one person reluctant to be there. That would be …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:26AMIn doing research for this year's festival I came across this article (pdf) from the Magdalena Project, "Pioneering Women in Mexican Theatre" by Estela Leñero Franco*. The whole article…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 11:26AMShow deserves praise for the talent of the young people on stage, but not for the clutter around them that nearly brings them down.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:25AMOther Desert Cities
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A number of plays are shaking things up on Broadway with humor and acerbic wit or deep, powerful performances that leave the audiences wa…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 11:21AMIf It Only Even Runs A Minute 10 is the tenth edition of this series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully apprecia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMScott Wittman's bio-musical of Andy Warhol star Jackie Curtis, starring Mx. Justin Vivian Bond at La MaMa, errs by sanitizing Curtis' provocative style.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:17AMTony-winning and Academy Award-nominated director Julie Taymor is set for the final evening of Monday Nights at La MaMa, which features La MaMa artists in discussions about their careers and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMA Miracle Would Happen and it seems it has in New York. The New York theatre community has learned of some very exciting news. Isn’t it always glorious when a show is revived that peop…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:14AMThe Exorcist, the new stage version of the horror story, will have illusionist Teller — of the duo Penn and Teller — as its creative consultant, Geffen Playhouse announced. Playw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMWheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak and KHON TV Hawaii news anchor Joe Moore will star in a revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple to run June 21-July 12 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10AMWhen the Dramatists Guild Fund honors composer John Kander at a star-studded gala next month, there is very likely to be one person reluctant to be there. That would be John Kander.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:09AMBonnie and Clyde Original Broadway Cast Album
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As the award season is heating up, Broadway cast albums are being released right and left. Two of the most popular ..…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 11:07AMToday is the birthday of the Poet of Democracy. In my youth I was not crazy about him. I found him prosaic – -I was deceived by the apparent simplicity of the writing. It seemed to m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AMTony Award winner Andrea Martin (My Favorite Year) and musician, actor and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky have joined the ever-growing lineup at 54 Below, the new nightclub that will l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMThe Friars Club will honor Tom Cruise with its Entertainment Icon Award at its annual Friars Foundation on June 12 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, according to published reports.
The award pa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMThe Royal Court Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning hit play COCK, now plays Saturday matinees at 2:30pm. Written by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald and starring Harner as M, Aman…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:00AMFirst, let me say that the idea I’m going to propose below probably isn’t practical anymore. Unfortunately for all of us, the number of theater critics has dwindled in recent y…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMBy Joshua W. Kelley The St. James Theatre on West 44th Street – right in the heart of midtown Manhattan – is home to one of the most significant milestones in musical theatre history. An…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:00AM
Who said there was no money to be made in the theater? This was a record-breaking week on Broadway from a financial perspective — which is pretty impressive considering that 24 of Broa…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:57AMThe 55th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 10, at Los Angeles' Staples Center, and will air live on the CBS Television Network from 8-11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
The el…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:57AMShowtime has renewed the
Edie Falco-led dramedy Nurse Jackie for a fifth season, according to published reports.
Clyde Phillips will join the production team as the program's new show…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMMs. Johansson, who won a Tony Award for featured actress in 2010 playing the sheltered niece in "A View from the Bridge," has said publicly that she is negotiating a return to Broadway as Ma…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:52AMAnnie 2012 Broadway Revival
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More casting news from the producers of the upcoming 2012 Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning musical, Annie the Musical.
Everyone's favor…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 10:51AMThe PS Classics cast album of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which was released May 22, nabbed the #1 slot on the Billboard Top Cast Album chart in its first week of release.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMIn America, Simon Amstell may not yet have the name recognition of Eddie Izzard or Billy Connolly, but a New York producer who helped break those better-known names is betting that he'll be …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:50AMFirst Folio Theatre is set to close its 15th season with Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice for the annual Shakespeare-under-the-Stars production on the outdoor main stage, July 11-Au…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:44AMThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Rupert Goold and Michael Fentiman, opened at the Threesixty Theatre, a temporary venue in Kensington Gardens, on 30 May. Like Peter Pan, the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:43AMThe Starz network has released a full-length trailer for the upcoming second season of its drama series BOSS, starring Kelsey Grammer as Mayor Tom Kane. Joining the cast this season will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMThe Gershwins' Porgy and Bess star Norm Lewis was honored with a Sardi's caricature May 30. Friends and castmates were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMSoon-to-be TV star Sutton Foster has packed up her bags and moved to Los Angeles, and now she’s gearing up to lead the new series Bunheads on ABC Family beginning June 11. On May 30, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:41AMGary Barlow visits a Massai Tribe
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:40AMGary Barlow visits Rastafarian drummers in Jamaica
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:39AMGary Barlow visits a Nairobi Slum
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:39AMRevised casting has been announced for the previously reported If It Only Even Runs a Minute 10 to be held on June 17 at 7pm and 10pm at Le Poisson Rouge.
Created and produced by Jennifer A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMWe're launching a new series dedicated to reviewing theatres all across the world – and you're our eyes and earsA few weeks back, our critic Lyn Gardner blogged about some of her favourite…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMI have not one but two reviews in today's Marin Independent Journal: Cinnabar Theater's rollicking revival of Born Yesterday, featuring a hilarious Heather Gordon as Billie Dawn, and Marin T…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:37AMBackbeat, the stage adaptation of the 1994 film about the formation of The Beatles, will get its American premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2013, before heading to New York …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:37AMTony Award
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With the Tony Awards just a couple weeks away, the award season honoring the best on Broadway wand off is in full throttle. Here are a few links so…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 10:36AM Choreographer Cori Olinghouse wants you to know about her terrific-looking new project Ghost Line: a 16mm experimental film that invokes the spaces of Vaudeville through a Dada/Surrea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:34AMOscar and Emmy nominee Jeff Goldblum will teach L.A. audiences a lesson as tough-as-nails writing instructor Leonard in Theresa Rebeck’s acclaimed play Seminar. Goldblum, who played th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMToday we're featuring The Stash Christian Borle, nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Peter And The Starcatcher.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMThe Tonys are right around the corner, so we’re chatting with the men who made the most-nominated play of the year fly. Last week, the witty and winning playwright Rick Elice filled u…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:31AMHere's a special message from the Tony Nominated Cast of Once
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:30AMBack in July of 2011 I received an email from a young woman who was really excited about a reading of a new play in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. I was struck by the email beca…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTo mark the Queen's forthcoming Diamond Jubilee, we're highlighting 60 playwrights who've made their mark over the course of her reign (to view our list of 60 click here::E8831338306416, and…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:29AMTo mark the Queen's forthcoming Diamond Jubilee, we're highlight 60 British
playwrights who've made their mark over the course of her reign.Here is our list - compiled by the Whatsonstage.c…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:29AMBroadwayWorld'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 10:27AMBroadwayWorld was there for this year's official Tony Brunch, and got a chance to chat with this year's nominees Today we bring you Martin Pakledinaz, Best Costumes nominee for NICE WORK IF…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMTony Award-winning Lion King and Spider-Man director Julie Taymor will be the final artist featured in the Monday Night at La MaMa series June 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMPicking a top ten of our shortlist::E8831338306416 of 60 'Jubilee playwrights' was no easy task, but we've made our list and are leaving it to you to choose a winner.
Do you harbour a pench…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMComposer Elton John, director Stephen Daldry, and book writer/lyricist Lee Hall helped to celebrate 3000 performances and seven years since the world premiere of the award-wining British hit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMToday is the birthday of the great sleight-of-hand master Nate Leipzig (Nathan Leipziger, 1873-1939), His illusions are still studied and taught all over the world; just Google him and see. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:14AMMoisés Kaufman is a Tony and Emmy nominated director and playwright. Moises most recently directed the Pulitzer-prize-finalist BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO, which ran on Broadway starrin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:09AMA special offer just for you Buy now and save over 35 on tickets to Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-nominated DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER, now playing thru June 17 only
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMLast night Sir Elton John braved illness in order to celebrate the 3000th performance gala of Billy Elliot - The Musical. The singer, who has been recovering from a bout of pneumonia, nevert…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:02AMRoy Arias Studios and Theaters at 300 W. 43rd St. is seeking performers and acts for a new cabaret space that he recently created. Roy Arias Cabaret is currently seeking acts/shows to add …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:02AM'Tis is the season for film festivals in the Boston and Massachusetts area. From Provincetown and Nantucket to the Berkshires and Roxbury, it’s a cornucopia of international, documentary, …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:01AM“Backbeat,” a musical that recounts the beginnings of the Beatles, will play in Los Angeles early next year before moving on to Broadway, producers announced recently. Opening night will…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM"Leap of Faith," the recent Broadway musical that bombed at the box office and closed early, will receive a brief, Lazarus-like resurrection in June at the Tony Awards in New York. Producers…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Upright Cabaret and Chris Isaacson Presents have announced their third annual one-night-only concert at the 2012 Christopher Street West Los Angeles Pride Festival on Saturday, June 9 at 8pm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMSan Francisco Mime Troupe is set to open its 53rd season with a free production of The Last Election, July 4-September 9 at venues throughout the Bay Area. Head writer Michael Gene Sullivan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMLegit News:
Off Broadway company fills 2012-13 season
SOURCE: Variety at 09:45AMThe music industry's biggest night of the year, the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, will be presented Feb. 10, 2013, live from Los Angeles' Staples Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMGeorge Street Playhouse's previously announced production of An Intimate Evening with Marlo Thomas has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. The event, which was planned for Jun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMThe Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has announced additional details for its 21st season.
Former One Life to Live and As the World Turns cast member Tom Degnan will play Brick Pollitt in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMTopical fringe programme will feature 2,695 shows, including a night of burlesque on the Olympic Games – plus, for the first time, a box office in central GlasgowA "deluxe" Australian caba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMJay Russell and Adam Fitzgerald will present by-invitation-only staged readings of Jay Russell's On the Treetop June 18 at 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM at the Alvin Ailey Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMGreta gets some Fringe Tips from Johnny Walker, the Co-Artistic Producer of Nobody’s Business Theatre (not the cheap whiskey): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnsls5ySUOw JOHNNY WALKER’S …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:34AMRyan O'Connor and Scott Nevins will host a special Musical Mondays that serves as an LA Gay Pride kick-off event, to be held at Eleven Nightclub in West Hollywood on Monday, June 4 at 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMThe interactive comedy Shear Madness will kick off its first-ever national tour June 2 at Seattle's The Moore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMSutton Foster, star of BUNHEADS, had her first ever TV interview this Wednesday as a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson check out the footage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMVirginia Madsen and Steven Weber will perform A Work of Art, Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam’s first play (which he wrote at age 17), as part of the Blank Theatre's June 3 be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMComedy has increased its dominance of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a record-breaking 964 shows in the official 2012 programme, itself featuring a record 2,695 productions across 279 ve…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMBy Jennifer Ashley Tepper The Tony Awards are coming! When I was a little kid, I would stay glued to my TV set on Tony night. The Tony Awards were better than Christmas, Halloween, and Pajam…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AMGiancarlo Esposito is portraying a character with a lot of similarities to himself in “Storefront Church,” a new play written and directed by John Patrick Shanley at the Atlantic Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AM"Camp Out," a new group exhibit at Laumeier Sculpture Park, features some of the biggest names in contemporary sculpture.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AMCardinal Glennon doctor Ken Haller builds his second cabaret act around music from television.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AM
Bob Mondello leads this week's arts section with a meditation on familiarity on D.C. stages: A pair of recognizable faces helps The Illusion at Forum Theatre work its spell, while Arena Stag…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:59AM1989, the number, another summer: I fell hard for Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing; I saw it maybe half a dozen times in the theater. For all its tendentious politics, I think what I most resp…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 08:57AMTweetRizzo is the tough girl from the Pink Ladies in the musical and tv musical Grease. Although she doesn’t get paid for putting out, she never has a shortage of men to help her out w…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 08:38AMThe LES MISERABLES Movie team have released a photograph showing special guest cameo roles for three of LES MIS's big behind-the-scenes names on Facebook. Check out the pic below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35AMBroadway’s season statistics are in and things look great. The 2011-2012 season, which began May 30, 2011 and ended May 27, yielded $1,139,311,457 in grosses, up 5.4% from last season.
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SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:27AMLegit News:
Festival to host biggest lineup ever
SOURCE: Variety at 08:24AM35 Marylebone High St: Henry V is probably the one Shakespeare history which doesn't need to remind us that it will contain a bit of soldiering before curtain up. But here we are, usher…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMIt is with utter astonishment and sadness I have learned of the redundancy of Peter Sandeman, general manager of The City Varieties.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMCirque du Soleil returns to Boston with TOTEM, its latest big top production. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, TOTEM opens in Boston on June 10, 2012 for a limited engagement under the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AMTimothy Sheader's production of the 1998 Broadway musical Ragtime opened at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (where Sheader is artistic director), on 18 May. It runs in repertoire until 8 …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:06AMThe programme has been launched for the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which runs this year from 3 to 27 August 2012 at venues across the Scottish capital.The
66th annual Festival Fringe, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:02AMOn Wednesday, May 30, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess star Norm Lewis received his caricature at Sardi's Restaurant.
Guests at the unveiling included many of his fellow castmates, i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:02AMThe government has dropped plans to impose a cap on tax relief on philanthropic donations, which arts organisations had warned could lead to them missing out on tens of millions of pounds of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01AMThe Eisenhower family still opposes the steel tapestries in Frank Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial [Post]
President and CEO Neal Perle will exit the Washington Performing Arts Soci…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe versatile actor discusses starring in the new Shakespeare in the Park production of the Bard's comedy and his work on Showtime's The Big C.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMA solo show written and performed by Dulcy Rogers, “I Am a Tree,” at the Theatre at St. Clements, registers more forcefully in its acting than its story.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AM
Elton John, Stephen Daldry and Lee Hall last night 30 May 2012 joined a special Gala audience at the Victoria Palace Theatre to celebrate 3000 performances and seven years since the world pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMIt’s still somewhat difficult to fathom that I’m the parent of a college student and, in a few months, three high school students. Somewhere along the line, I blinked, and they grew up. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:56AMLegit News:
Actor to appear in Central Park musical
SOURCE: Variety at 07:55AMPlaywright Mayank Keshaviah borrows too heavily from Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” for “Rangoon,” a Pan Asian Repertory Theatre production.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:51AM“Beef Encounter is the only thing ever to have been conceived on a walking holiday,” maintains Claire Carroll. British actress and playwright, Claire, had wanted to go on a cruise to the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:48AM“Empire,” Spiegelworld’s latest show, is packed with astonishing acts but lacks the giddy raunchiness that has long been the Spiegeltent’s hallmark.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:48AMJust when you thought Les Misérables couldn't get any more emotionally devastating, along comes Russell Crowe … singingAlthough it's been adapted for the screen dozens of times over the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThe National Theatre today announced details of 2012 productions opening this summer and autumn, including the final show in the current Travelex £12 Tickets season and a packed festiv…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:30AMThe programme has been launched for the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which runs this year from 3 to 27 August 2012 at venues across the Scottish capital.The
65th annual Festival Fringe, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:26AMEvita in Japan
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SOURCE: YouTube at 07:15AMKim’s Convenience has been named the best Canadian play at the second annual Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 07:00AM
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall: Snatched by slavers from his home in Guinea, West Africa, Joseph Emidy was shipped to Portugal and Brazil in the early 19th century, kidnapped by the Ro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMAnne McNulty, casting director at the Donmar Warehouse, is to leave the venue after 20 years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMUpstairs at the Gatehouse, London: Ovation has become one of the best exponents of musical theatre on the fringe.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMOlivier, National Theatre, London: The head of state and assorted generals and apparatchiks cluster round a screen much as Obama and his staff did to watch the death of Osama bin Laden. But …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMCabaret operator Proud has been forced to back down on attempts to prevent artists working in its clubs from appearing at rival establishments, following complaints from the performers.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMDevoted and Disgruntled, the 'open space' industry event discussing the future of theatre, is to embark on its first UK tour this summer as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMEquity has negotiated an increase in rates for performers, stage managers and members of creative teams with the Independent Theatre Council.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMLeading industry figures have warned that a proposal in the government's review of licensing laws for children working in entertainment could put young performers in danger.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMElton John has become the latest high-profile musical theatre figure to reject claims that the West End will suffer during the Olympics.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMA beast, by definition, is something with more animal than human characteristics: it’s savage and instinctive. It will rip you to pieces. This play doesn’t do that. Natasha Pryce’s dir…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:08AM
Hat tip to Non Profit Law blogger Emily Chan for providing a link to an article on a subject near and dear to my heart — vacation time. There are some problems non-profits can run into…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:56AMOur Buddy
Lead Producer of Memphis, Edgar "Buddy" Freitag, was a beloved part of the Memphis family. We are proud to be part of his producing legacy and we miss him dearly.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:55AMNot Lost: Under the Influence The latest response to Carey Perloff’s Huntington Post article is by Rob Melrose: Here is our dirty little secret: here in the US, Cutting Ball is an expe…
SOURCE: direct address at 01:44AMLegit News:
'Despair,' 'Execution' added to slate
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30AMThe Wall Street Journal has given me an extra drama column this week with which to report from California on...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if the nations are not to go soft like...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMAfriky Lolo company boasts 54 dancers ranging in age from 6 to 60s.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AM1-woman show featuring 7 characters is well-acted but executed at too slow a pace in too small a space
Ever since their collective appearance at the Stratford Festival in 1998, blondes, bru…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMRide the Cyclone, Kim’s Convenience, Caroline or Change and The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs lead the pack.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:00AM
Broadway Producer Edgar “Buddy” Freitag Has Died: The casts of "Memphis," “Porgy and Bess,” ‘’Nice Work If You Can Get It” and "End of the Rainbow" are morning as theater produ…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:55AMDavid Hou's photo of Yanna McIntosh in Cymbeline at Stratfordshow you the absolute craft of the company. Notice the texture of the gown (the embroidery), the ruffles, jewels, and even M…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:54AMI spent today painting 50 pieces of leather to look like sardines and applying gold-leaf to a “bible” that in a previous life was a Merriam-Webster Dictionary. You know, just a typical…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:42AMEpithets fly swiftly in Philadelphia Theatre Company's dynamic production of Neil LaBute's "reasons to be pretty." Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:41AMThough Lou Reed name-checked him in “Walk on the Wild Side” — as the one who “thought she was James Dean for a day” — Jackie Curtis is less famous today than fellow Warhol supers…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:14AMThe art of light writing, as playwrights like Oscar Wilde demonstrate, is a serious business. Writing a light play about serious business is even more serious. The danger is that "light…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 12:06AMSpiegelworld, the producer of tent-housed theatrical events that draw on circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque traditions, opens its new show, Empire, May 31 following previews from May 22 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AMAssistant Lecturer / Actress Cairo, Egypt and New York, New York USA (til Feb 2013) I’m in love with performances. When I saw an experimental play on Hamlet in a festival in Sweden 199…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMToronto reviewers present second-annual awards to honour the best of the city’s 2011-2012 theatre productions
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMWinner Nicole Underhay in Small Room (photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)Press release:(Links are to Charlebois-Post reviews of winning productions)We are pleased to announce the winners of the seco…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWhat seems at first to be a quirky piece of anthropological inquiry--a trip behind the scenes of a Japanese theatrical subculture unfamiliar to American audiences--slowly reveals itself to b…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMSpiegelworld, the producer of tent-housed theatrical events that draw on circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque traditions, opens its new show, Empire, May 31 following previews from May 22 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOhio's Human Race Theatre stages the Midwest premiere of Band Geeks!, the new quirky musical about a high school marching band that begins performances May 31 in Dayton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCity Theatre in Pittsburgh develops four new works in reading form in its Momentum Festival of New Plays May 31-June 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStudio Tenn Theatre Company presents The Sound of Music, starring Jessica Grové (A Little Night Music) and Ben Davis (Les Misérables) as Maria and Captain Von Trapp, respe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Active Theater's production of Jennie Contuzzi's Body Language officially opens May 31 following previews that began May 25 at The Workshop Theater, located in Manhattan at 312 W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1946 Orson Welles circumnavigated the stage in Around The World, a musical he adapted from the Jules Verne novel, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” Cole Porter provided the musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Independents" Written By Yale Grad Who Died In Crash Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Independents," a folk rock musical writt…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM"Every year, there are fewer and fewer small-town diners in America. Yet there is an untapped reservoir of stories in those that remain." This reservoir of stories is the basis for Nylon Fus…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMI've been hearing about James Harrison Monaco's solo show Reception for quite a while now (since back when it had a different title, Do You Like That Man?; the new title is better). This ext…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMNot surprisingly, The Active Theater turns out yet another quality, thought-provoking production. Body Language, penned by Jennie Contuzzi and under the capable direction of Nathaniel Shaw, …
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