The Connecticut Critics Circle has named Quiara Alegaria Hudes' WATER BY THE SPOONFUL as the best play of the 2011-2012 season. The CCC awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on June 24 at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMTour of Circle in the Square Theater with Godspell's Nick Blaemire
Get a peek inside the Circle in the Square Theatre, where Godspell plays eight times a week. Buy your tickets at www.g…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMTen Chimneys Foundation has announced the ten actors who will participate in the 2012 Lunt- Fontanne Fellowship Program, a widely acclaimed national program to serve the future of American t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMLittle Shubert Theatre, Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: A British comedic duo re-tells the entire Harry Potter series in a madcap 70 minutes, that are hilarious and enjo…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:26PMHow is the Hollywood Fringe Festival like Abraham Lincoln? The creator of the Fringe show Reconstruction explains it all for you. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:26PMI was honored to be in the audience last night to catch this last production under the stewardship of Artistic Director Blake Robison. What a way to complete his seven year tenure as Produci…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:25PMhttp://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/out-to-lunch-bbc-james-corden-one-man-two-guvnors Vanity Fair, July 2012 Out to Lunch The Farce Side After becoming a BBC superstar, James Corden lo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:23PMThe Broadway-bound “Hands on a Hardbody,” now at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, strikes a fresh, topical note for American musical theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad has confirmed on Twitter that his final performance in Broadway's THE BOOK OF MORMON will be tomorrow afternoon's fan performance, June 6.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMThe Caldwell Theatre Company remains locked out of the Count de Hoernle Theater, but the Boca Raton facility will reopen in July for a production of Jesus Christ Superstar by Entr’acte Exe…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PMAnd now, the names of four of the hardest-working women on any stage in Philadelphia and, currently, maybe anywhere. They are Kat Borrelli, Laura Catlaw, Colleen Hazlett and Janet Rowley, an…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:05PMWith Broadway's biggest night just around the corner, the 2012 Tony Award nominees are finalizing their flashy looks for the red carpet.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:01PMA Facebook fan page for former employees of the Royal Palm Dinner Theatre has led to a planned reunion of employees, supporters, fans and friends to honor founder Jan McArt on July 8 connect…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:01PMFrom Shakespeare to Tracy Letts, dysfunctional family plays have long been a theatrical staple, sometimes to the point of triteness. The trick is to give the genre a swift kick and get it …
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Ryann Redmond with a little help from Ariana DeBose says farewell to the national tour of Bring It On The Musical. Below, check out the video, in which the tour cast talks about being on the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMNick Jonas and Christie Brinkley were honored at Inside Broadway's 2012 Broadway Beacon Awards, held on June 4 at the Hudson Theatre in the Millennium Broadway Hotel-Times Square. FOX5…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMEven at its least constant, *Camelot* - replete with a 29-piece orchestra - is another enjoyable chestnut from Light Opera Works. The Evanston musical theatre is never short on tuneful rendi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:28PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMThe final performance of Broadway's Other Desert Cities will play on June 17 at the Booth Theatre. Joe Mantello has directed the production.
In Other Desert Cities, a once promising…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:24PMOnce's Elizabeth A. Davis is nominated for her performance as sultry Czech immigrant Réza in the Dublin-set musical.
Follies' Jayne Houdyshell receives a Tony nomination for her performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMBroadway’s hot new nightclub 54 Below will welcome legendary performer and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone in a new self-titled solo show. Backed by a five-piece orchestra, LuPone wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMA Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with the world premiere of The Opponent (October 18-December 2) by Ensemble Member Brett Neveu. Directed by Ka…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMJosh Gad will play his final performance as Elder Cunningham Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, playing at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre as part of the show's free fan per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:17PMFor its 2012-2013 season, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago will draw on companies from the U.S. and abroad, showcasing work that melds dance with theater, the visual arts, video …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:16PMWe are having a bit of a Noel Coward revival. There are readings of some of his plays, a course or seminar at Marymount Manhattan College, a marvelous exhibition at Lincoln Center’s Perfor…
SOURCE: John Simon at 05:15PMGet a glimpse of Phillip Boykin’s funny side. The actor earned his first Tony nomination as the murderous Crown in Porgy and Bess. Find out his first thoughts after hearing he was nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMGet a glimpse of Phillip Boykin’s funny side. The actor earned his first Tony nomination as the murderous Crown in Porgy and Bess. Find out his first thoughts after hearing he was nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMDora noms Michael Levinson andArlene Duncan in Caroline...(photo: Joanna Akyol)EDMONTON: The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards nominations were announced in the capital, last night. Teat…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:11PMOff-Broadway's acclaimed Irish Repertory Theatre presents its 2012 Annual Benefit Gala, a concert performance on Broadway of Lionel Bart's OLIVER a glorious, Tony Award-winning musical adap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMThe 2012 Theatre World Awards, which are given for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performances, were handed out on Tuesday, June 5 at an invitation-only ceremony at Broadway&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMTwo playlets by Minnesota-raised Korean adoptees offer compelling theater about the search for birth families.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:08PMCaramoor is set to present the Orchestra of St. Luke's playing Pops, Patriots and Fireworks, July 4 at 8 pm in the Venetian Theater. Caramoor CEO and general director Michael Barrett w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PMNEW YORK—Debra Winger, the star of such movies as "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Urban Cowboy," will make her Broadway debut this winter in a new work by David Mamet.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:06PMLauren Bowling will be flying in all the way from Atlanta. Billy Peterson will be getting up at 3 a.m. to catch a train into the city. Asher Bailey made sure he'd be able to skip work - he i…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:05PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Debra Winger, the star of such movies as "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Urban Cowboy," will make her Broadway debut this winter in a new work by David Mamet....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:03PMTony Award nominee Josh Gad, who originated the role of endearing, if misguided, missionary Elder Cunningham in the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon, will play his final performance in the mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMThe 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, were presented at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, on Monday, June 4.
Leslie Odom, Jr. won in the categor…
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Debra Winger, the star of such movies as "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Urban Cowboy," will make her Broadway debut this winter in a new work by David Mamet.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:59PMNEW YORK—Lauren Bowling will be flying in all the way from Atlanta. Billy Peterson will be getting up at 3 a.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:56PMMalcolm Gets and Ann Harada are the latest additions to the cast of Irish Repertory Theatre's concert staging of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, to be presented on Monday, June 11 at the Sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PMLauren Bowling will be flying in all the way from Atlanta. Billy Peterson will be getting up at 3 a.m. to catch a train into the city. Asher Bailey made sure he'd be able to skip work -- he …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:49PMA year after it blocked funding possibly due to a controversial play, the federal government has restored its grant to SummerWorks.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:45PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, JERSEY BOYS is headed to the silver screen, adapted by RED scribe John Logan. Today, Variety reports that IRON MAN director Jon Favreau is a frontrunner…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMBroadway’s brightest stars make waltzing down the red carpet look easy, but it’s tough to stay healthy (and gorgeous!) during awards season while playing a Newsie, the presi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMThat perennial harbinger of summer — Shakespeare in the great outdoors — is once again upon us, as one of the Southland’s spectacularly scenic venues, the Will Geer Theatri…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PMThe first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell may end its run on June 24 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, according to lead producer Ken Davenport's blog. Directed …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:34PMProducers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Howard amp Janet Kagan have announced that three-time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger will be making her Broadway debut in the American premi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMJon Favreau, director of the Iron Man films, is the frontrunner to direct GK Films’ big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys, according to Variety. As pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:27PMCasting has been announced for Seth Panitch's Hell: Paradise Found, running July 10-22 at 59E59 Theaters. Playwright Seth Panitch will direct.
The play follows recently deceased lawye…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:27PMThis version, adapted by Giles Havergal and directed with outrageous truthfulness and straight-faced perjury by Emily Jones, is a brilliant psychological farce (in terms of its effect and im…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:25PMIn "Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play," receiving its world premiere at Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, playwright Anne Washburn examines the alchemy that can blend pop culture ep…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:25PMMCC Theater has announced two of the three plays for their upcoming 2012-13 mainstage season. The 27th season will kick off at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in September with the world premiere…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:16PMOn June 1st, Broadway favorite Shuler Hensley opened as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Off-Broadways smash hit SILENCE The Musical for four weeks only through June 24th, filling in for the vacationi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company will produce the Philadelphia premiere of David Ives' Tony Award-nominated Venus in Fur at the end of its 2012-13 season, May 24-June 23, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMKaty Perry Part of Me 3D Concert Film - Official Clip & Sneak Peek - 2012 (HD)
An official clip from Katy Perry: Part of Me in 3D! We see what Katy's parents had to say about her b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:14PMIGNITE by Howard DaiAfter nearly 8 months of hard work, The Cultch Youth Panel once again put on another week of fantastic IGNITE! Youth-Driven Arts Festival. The Cultch Youth Panel con…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:11PMCarmichael (Rod Gnapp) wants his hand back, and he has been searching most of his life for the left hand he lost when some "hillbillies" cut it off when he was a teenager.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:08PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Thanks to the immodestly talented Michele Pawk and Julio Monge, it all goes down smooth, though the physical production is overscaled, and both theme an…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:07PMSixteen actors and actresses nominated for 2012 Tony Awards ascended to the top of the Empire State Building for a June 5 photo op.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMLost in Love will be presented as a staged reading to benefit the Actors Fund June 5 at the Triad in Manhattan. Constantine Maroulis, Andrea McArdle, Kristin Piacentile and Wren Harrington l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMThe 2012 66th Annual Tony Awards will be simulcast live to Times Square on Sunday, June 10th. The event, sponsored by Official Beauty Partner of the Tony Awards, Nexxus Salon Hair Care, will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, the new Broadway musical from the creators of South Park and the co-creator of Avenue Q announces an updated performance schedule beginning the week of June 4 at the Euge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMMCC Theater has announced two of the productions planned for its three play 2012-2013 season.
First, Lucie Tiberghian will direct the world premiere of Stephen Belber's Don't Go G…
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Last night, Julia Jordan, Theresa Rebeck, Marsha Norman, Tim Sanford, Gary Garrison, The Dramatists Guild, and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre presented the 3rd Annual Lilly A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMDavid Cromer will direct the New York premiere of Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really for MCC Theater's 2012-13 season, which will also include a world premiere by playwright Stephen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company has announced plans for its 2012-2013 season.
As previously reported, the season will open with the world premiere of the musical Stars of David (October 17-Nov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMby Rob Weinert-Kendt
StageGrade.com Editor
A competitive Tony broadcast? That’s something worth looking forward to—and a sure sign that there’s a strong season to look back on. Sure, …
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:51PMAfter becoming a BBC superstar, James Corden lost it. Now he’s the toast of Broadway.
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 03:46PMDirector Lonny Price and music director Eric Stern are attached to the new musical Sleepless in Seattle, according to a recent posting on the producer's website.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PMBroadway contributed $11.2 billion to New York City's economy during the 2010-11 season, according to The Broadway League’s new 2010-11 Economic Contribution to New York City repor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PMJulia Jordan, Theresa Rebeck, Marsha Norman, Tim Sanford, Gary Garrison, The Dramatists Guild, and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre presented The 3rd Annual Lilly Awards on Mon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:37PMThe Tony nominated JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR launches a new behind-the-scenes video series, Spotlight on the Superstars. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has received Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League Aw…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:34PMHere is a ticket offer for those of you who are lucky enough to be students (oh how we wish we were still students here at AYT, but alas… we’re past that time!) Now, we’ve …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:33PMDebra Winger will join the previously reported Patti LuPone in the Broadway production of writer/director David Mamet's The Anarchist. This American premiere will begin performances at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund's 50th Anniversary Gala honored Tony-winning composer John Kander June 3 at the Mandarin Oriental New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMOdyssey Theatre Ensemble will present the California premiere of Martin Casella's The Irish Curse, July 7-August 26. Andrew Barnicle will direct.
In The Irish Curse, a group of Irish-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMThe New York Yankees today announced that Yankee Stadium will host the second annual Bombers Boomer Broadway Softball Classic on Thursday, June 14, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMThe Broadway League released the 2010-2011 Broadways Economic Contribution to New York City report, the eighth biennial report in this series. The report measures the full economic impact of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMControversial star Robin Givens is going to be making her Toronto stage debut at the Elgin Theatre on June 15.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:12PMThree-time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger will make her Broadway debut opposite two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in the world premiere of David Mamet's two-woman drama Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PM'Water By the Spoonful,' 'February House' and 'Realistic Joneses' Tops I remember this time last year when it came time to review the theater season in Connecticut. I felt pretty discouraged…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:10PMApparently, spending the bulk of your time in Neverland really will stop you from growing up. Cathy Rigby won a Tony nomination for her performance as Peter Pan on Broadway in the 1990 reviv…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:10PMThe Queen's Diamond Jubilee, taking place this week, celebrates 60 years of the monarch's reign over the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber's song for the Q…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMFilm favorite Debra Winger will make her Broadway debut this November in David Mamet’s previously announced new play The Anarchist alongside two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, accordin…
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The 66th Annual Tony Awards, which will be hosted by Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris, will be simulcast live to Times Square June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMAll Out Arts has announced the line-up for the 10th Annual Fresh Fruit Festival, which will run July 14-29.
The festival's highlights will include a music and multimedia series featur…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMThe Tony Awards, in partnership with the Times Square Alliance and Clear Channel Spectacolor will air the Tony Awards Red Carpet courtesy of NY1 and the entirety of the Tony Awards show, inc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMThe Great White Way gives back as it breaks records at the box office.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:52PMLewis Black’s new play, ‘One Slight Hitch’ Lewis Black’s new play is being staged after thirty years in development: Nowadays, at sixty-two, Black is the guy with the…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:51PMBoth productions netted six nods each, it was announced in Toronto on Tuesday.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:50PMWith New York City's summer tourist season about to hit full stride, the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon has announced a new playing schedule, with the addition of a Friday 2 P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMFour women knock themselves out as a gal group in 11th Hour Theatre Company's "The Marvelous Wonderettes," with a storyline that's lame in the first act, socko in the second. Theater critic …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:49PMLynn Ahrens, Darius De Haas, Adam Jacobs, Thomas Kail, Syesha Mercado, and Saycon Sengbloh preview the Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of the beloved musical.
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:39PMDebra Winger, whose films include "Terms of Endearment," "Urban Cowboy" and "An Officer and a Gentleman," is replacing Laurie Metcalf in David Mamet's play about a prison inmate with a radic…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:38PMToday, June 5, several of this year's Tony nominees enjoyed the sunshine on top of the Empire State building for a special meet and greet and photo op. BroadwayWorld joined in the fun and br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMFrasier vet David Hyde Pierce has spent the last few years onstage, including a Tony-winning performance in Curtains and starring roles in the Broadway revival of La Bete, the off-Broadway c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PMContrary to all the cries in today's business world to diversify in order to sell bigger, one ticketer is taking a chance on specialization, and is finding some success.
The Los Angeles-base…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:34PMA Red Orchid Theatre has announced its 2012-13 slate, marking the Old Town theater company's 20th season of shows.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:34PMOn June 4, Mamma Mia! welcomed a new flock of stars to the Winter Garden Theatre! After starring as Tanya for seven years in the hit ABBA tuner, Broadway vet Judy McLane debuted as Donn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMNexxus Salon Hair Care has announced a multi-year partnership with the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® that will give fans unprecedented red carpet and behind-the-scenes beauty and fas…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 02:28PMGO SEE THIS PLAY. Let me say it again, GO SEE THIS PLAY. IF YOU MISS THIS PLAY YOU WILL BE VERY VERY SORRY. Toward the end of this terrific new play by Lamecee Issaq and Jacob Kader which …
SOURCE: www.kimweild.com at 02:24PMThe company of the second North American tour of WICKED will welcome Jeanna de Waal as Glinda on Wednesday, June 27 in E. Lansing, MI.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMOld Jews Telling Jokes
Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman and the cast and creators of the new Off-Broadway play discuss their laugh-filled comedy.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:22PMThe 2012 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, honoring excellence in dance on stage and screen, were presented June 4 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMNOMINATED FOR SEVEN TONY AWARDS including BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY WINNER! BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY, BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY DRAMA DESK AWARD WINNER! BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:19PMOn Monday, June 4th at The Bowery Hotel 335 Bowery at East 3rd Street, Paige Davis hosted Red Bull Theater's gala, along with special guest NaTasha Yvette Williams. Check out photos from th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMResults from Monday night's 5th Avenue Awards, given to outstanding high-school musical productions from across the state. Liberty High's production of "Little Shop of Horrors" was honored f…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:13PMFree outdoor simulcast sponsored by Nexxus Salon Hair Care will include the Red Carpet courtesy of NY1, and the entire awards show on the SpectacolorHD screen on Sunday, June 10th
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 02:10PMThe Broadway League has released the 2010-2011 Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City report, which measures the full economic impact of spending by Broadway as an industry. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMDuring the 2010-11 season, Broadway as an industry contributed $11.2 billion to the economy of New York City, according to statistics released June 5 by the Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMIllegal detention and state-sanctioned torture would hardly seem a likely basis for comedy. Yet playwright Yussef El Guindi exploits those subjects to surprisingly hilarious effect in &ldq…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:02PM
Chita Rivera, Tony Danza, Susan Stroman, Albert Maysles, John Turturro, Tamara Tunie, Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, and more were among the star presenters at last night's 30th Annual Fred a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMChita Rivera, Tony Danza, Susan Stroman, Albert Maysles, John Turturro, Tamara Tunie, Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, and more were among the star presenters at last night's 30th Annual Fred a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMMoze Mossanen's film Romeos and Juliets, debuting June 7 on CBC, documents rehearsals for National Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, by Alexei Ratmansky.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:57PMJeanna de Waal will join the cast of the touring production of Wicked in the role of Glinda, beginning June 27 in East Lansing, MI.
Most recently, De Waal played the role of Chris Hargensen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMNCM Fathom and BY Experience present a one-time only movie theater showing of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's critically acclaimed production of THE TEMPEST, starring Academy Award Winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMBased on the Spanish absurdist drama Tu I Jo by Roger Simeon, Patrícia Rodríguez & Mercè Ribot play a pair of elderly sisters cut off from the world in this trilingual adaptation. By …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:52PMMare Winningham and Jeff Perry talk about their roles in the 2010 Olivier Award-nominated play “Tribes,” which follows Billy, a deaf man raised inside his parents’ fiercely idiosyncrat…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:50PMMosaic Theatre continues its pirouette along the leading edge of modern drama with the announcements of its 2012-2013 season that includes two works by up-and-comer Rajiv Joseph playing in r…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:50PMI should be writing other things. And I hate to have two posts in a row reacting to Michael Kaiser’s posts at Huffington Post. But here we are. Instead, here are some quick reactions t…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:43PMTory Kittles will join Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad in the True Colors Theatre production of the classic comedy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which will bow in Atlanta in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
The show stumbles in its attempts to fuse entertainment traditions, because of a baggy narrative conceit, performers unable to meet the show's quadruple-t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PMOn Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Tony Award Nominees met with members of the press at the top of the Empire State Building to celebrate The 66th Annual Tony Awards, which will be held on Sunday, Jun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMAmerica's Got Talent 2012 - Season 7 Week 4 - Performances & Howard Stern - PsychoSoprano Recap
America's Got Talent season 7 week 4 kicked off on June 4, 2012. Howard Stern jo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:36PMCitizens, GlasgowSince the rise of the black-box studio in the 1960s and 70s, the place for Beckett's shorter plays has generally been in small rooms before select audiences. It's fascinatin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMiMusical: The Improvised Musical!, an ensemble of Washington Improv Theater, will premiere I Confess, July 12-28 at Source. Direction and accompaniment will be by Travis Ploeger.
I Confess…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:34PMOffice Space available at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Available July 1st. Space sharing is an option. Office space includes electric, gas, internet access and phone lines with 24/7 buildi…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:33PMThe company of the second North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will welcome Jeanna de Waal as Glinda beginning June 27 at the Wharton Center in E. Lansing,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMGeorge Street Playhouse has announced the productions planned for its upcoming 2012-2013 season.
To kick off the season, the theater will present comedian Lewis Black's One Slight Hitc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:25PMBroadwayWorld TV is proud to be the first to present to you LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE of Kristin Chenoweth's new tour, which has about 12 cities to go. If you don't have tickets yet, GET THEM NOW
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMThe most wonderful thing about Antoni Cimolino’s production of Cymbeline, encompassing all the others, is that it takes the play as it comes.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:17PMMTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon is back with a new column on The Huffington Post. In this article,“May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You*”, Freddie reflects on the mileston…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:16PMManhattan performances of Kevin Ray Johnson's new musical revue K.D.C., which were scheduled for Aug. 4 at 8 PM at The View Theatre Cabaret at Roy Arias Studios and Aug. 5 at 2 PM at Don…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMInside Broadway's 2012 Broadway Beacon Awards were held June 4 at the Hudson Theatre in the Millennium Broadway Hotel. Nick Jonas (How to Succeed) and Christie Brinkley (Chicago) were am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMFords Theatre Society on June 3, hosted its annual black-tie gala at Fords Theatre 511 10th Street NW. The evening included the presentation of the Lincoln Medal to Morgan Freeman and Elie W…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:04PMThis year, the Independent Theater Bloggers Association is proud to announce the 2012 recipients of the Fourth Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick Lee was on…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:03PMThis Bird’s Flown
Written and directed by Alex Hacker
At The Yellow sign Theatre, 1726 N. Charles St., through June 9
The white marble columns and statues we see when we think o…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:02PMAt a press conference held June 5 at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts TAPA announced 169 nominations for 212 eligible productions that…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMThe Missouri History Museum has axed admission fees for its summer exhibition, "Fire! Friend and Foe." The family-friendly show runs through Sept. 3 and features tools that both make and con…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:01PM
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has announced plans for Tennessee Williams and Music, a program presenting the pleasures of music in the drama of America's great playwr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Omar, the shotgun-toting stick-up man of "The Wire," is finally getting his chance to belt out a solo....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:57PMNina Arianda, Diane Paulus, Katori Hall, and Estelle Parsons were among the winners at the Lilly Awards, which honor women working in the theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:57PMA Little Night Music, the 1973 Tony Award Best Musical winner, features one of Stephen Sondheim’s loveliest scores, filled with grand waltzes, witty barbs and poignant ballads (including t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:53PMThe Queen's Diamond Jubilee, celebrating the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, was recently held in Buckingham Palace. Here are highlights from the celebration, including a tr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMRebecca Hall will star in Patrice Leconte's upcoming film, A Promise, according to a report in Variety.
The romantic drama is adapted from Stefan Zweig's novella Journey into the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMSecond Stage Theatre will conclude its 33rd season with the World Premiere of the new musical, DOGFIGHT, featuring music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, a book by Peter Duchan and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMFunny or Die presents a family-friendly musical send-up of that gritty HBO crime drama featuring the original cast members Michael Kenneth Williams, Sonja Sohn, Larry Gillard Jr., Andre Royo…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:51PMThe Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced nominations for the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which honor excellence in the performing arts in Toronto. The cerem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMThose who closely follow Broadway Grosses have been keeping an eye on GODSPELL's numbers as of late and wondering what the future held for the musical, which was recently announced for a per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMBenny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus MAMMA MIA welcomed new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Zak Resnick who join Judy McLan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMGeorge Street Playhouse will open its 2012-13 season with Lewis Black's One Slight Hitch, which will begin performances at the New Jersey venue Oct. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMHilarious Broadway entertainment is back in high style with "Nice Work If You Can Get It." Overflowing with 15 great songs, including "But Not For Me," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "I'v…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:43PMThe Independent Theater Bloggers Association has announced the 2012 recipients of the Fourth Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards, named after the late blogger/journalist and TheaterMan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMLeap of Faith’s Leslie Odom Jr. and Porgy and Bess' Lisa Nicole Wilkerson were named Broadway’s Best Male and Female Dancers, respectively, at the 30th annual Fred …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMSt. Louis Arts Project, a grassroots organization of local artists and musicians, announced today True/False Film Fest co-founder David Wilson will serve as keynote speaker at its second ann…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:39PMSan Jose Stage Announces 2012 Stage Top Honor Awards to Local High School Students Two Top Honor Award Winners will go to New York for the 2012 National High School Musical Theatre Awards…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:38PMProducers of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man have announced that Obie Award winner Mark Blum will permanently assume the role of Dick Jensen, regularly pla…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:36PMWilkie Ferguson, currently appearing on Broadway in the Tony-nominated The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, will give a solo concert performance at The Triad Theater (158 West 72nd Street) at 9:…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:35PMNominees for the 33rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, recognizing excellence in Toronto's performing arts community, were announced June 5. The awards administered by the Toronto Allianc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMThe Independent Theater Bloggers Association (the “ITBA”) is proud to announce the 2012 recipients of the Fourth Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards, (the “the Patricks”). Patr…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 12:33PMBackstage at "Ghost" with Richard Fleeshman
Get tickets to "Ghost": http://www.broadway.com/shows/ghost/
"Ghost" star Richard Fleeshman recently took Broadway…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:30PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival will present Michael Ogborns award winning musical Baby Case, directed by Jeremy Dobrish, produced by Charlie Fink, Michael Ogborn, Robert Soslow, Julia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe Kennedy Center's Broadway production of the award-winning musical Follies, now playing in Los Angeles, was nominated for eight Tony Awards. Back in October, Christian Delcroix offer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMBroadway star Stephanie J. Block will perform with Billy Stritch at Bloomingdale's 59th Street at 5:30pm on Thursday, June 7. The event will be hosted by MAC Award winner Jim Caruso.
T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMJust how funny are off-Broadway’s Old Jews Telling Jokes? Broadway.com headed to Ben’s Deli to chat with the stars and find out. Enjoy this preview of the joke, monologue and son…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMBeyond Broadway: Will Eno's "Title and Deed"
Get tickets to "Title and Deed": http://www.broadway.com/shows/title-and-deed/
Will Eno's one-man-play "Title …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26PMActors Francis Guinan, Tom Irwin, Ian Barford and Sally Murphy have stepped off the train to Moscow. All four actors, previously announced as part of the cast for Steppenwolf Theatre’s upc…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:26PMGhost star Richard Fleeshman recently took Broadway.com for a backstage tour at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, giving us a peek at his dressing room (complete with Evita balcony),…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMGet to know 2012 Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger, who has garnered her second nomination for playing Molly, a young girl destined to save the world in "Peter and the Starcatcher." Click bel…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:24PMStrathmore has announced programming for its 2012-2013 season.
Theater-related highlights include Tony Award winner Patti LuPone with a compilation of love songs in Matters of the Heart and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMGet ready to take a hilarious ride on the Hogswarts Express as "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience," a parody of the popular Harry Potter book series, pulls into off-Broadway's…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:22PMAbout the author:
Since making his Broadway debut in 1989, first time Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty has appeared in 15 Main Stem shows (including Copenhagen, The Heiress, La Bete and 17…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMMichael Shannon (who established his career in Chicago and will soon be seen as General Zod in the film “Man of Steel”), and his actress wife Kate Arrington (the Steppenwolf Theatre ense…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:18PMThe Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams from Michael Kenneth Williams
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:17PMPolipop and Paintings
Runs through June 30 at Maryland Art Place
More at weekly.citypaper.com
If Mina Cheon’s current show at Maryland Art Place were a musical ensemble, it woul…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:11PMThe Broadway production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' international hit musical Mamma Mia!, which continues to play the Winter Garden Theatre, welcomed a slew of new cast me…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMI must say I never expected the names of the self-described feminist critic Jill Dolan of The Feminist Spectator and Howard Barker, often accused of misogyny, to be mentioned in the same bre…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:08PMHere is a sketch for the video component of a work in progress with Avy-K Productions. Sound is by Alex Sigman and is designed to process the incoming video data and generate the audio, a ni…
SOURCE: lucaskrech.livejournal.com at 12:08PMOn June 12, Charlie Hofheimer is set to take over the role of Curtis Lyons from Michael Esper in Nicky Silver’s new comedy The Lyons. He’ll be joining a cast that includes 2012 B…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:06PMThe producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, the new Broadway hit written by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice Jersey Boys and directed by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees Nicholas Nickleby and Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMActing Up Stage/Obsidian Theatre’s production of Caroline or Change led the pack with 10 nominations.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:03PMINDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION A Fool’s Life – Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre The Story – Theatre Columbus The Ugly One &…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:02PMJames Earl Jones will receive the 2012 Marian Anderson Award, according to The New York Times. It will be presented to him at a gala celebration at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:02PMIts trek to Broadway has become the stuff of theatre legend at this point. What no one counted on was that the show would become a critical and popular hit. And so a "limited eng…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMFeaturing classical dancers and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ act Flawless, this unbalanced show does very little that is new, writes Gerald Dowler
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00PMMCC THEATER today announced two exciting productions as part of their 2012-13 three-play mainstage season, which marks the companys 27th consecutive year producing and developing new work b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Stephanie Mayer-Staley continues this series. What makes an artistic …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 5292012 - 652012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMDating Depression and Dirtbags: A Love Story, a solo show written by and starring Elza Zagreda, will return to Stage Left Studios in Manhattan for an encore engagement June 20-30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Jerry O’Connell, who recently starred in Broadway’s Seminar, will play Herman Munster in NBC’s The Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane, according to The Hollywood Reporte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMTony Award winner Adriane Lenox and Tony nominees Daniel Jenkins and Dee Hoty will share songs and stories from Broadway June 23 at the Engeman Theater on Long Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMIn the video below, Michael Kenneth Williams stars alongside Sonja Sohn, Larry Gillard Jr., Andre Royo amp Felicia Snoop Pearson from The Wire in The Wire The Musical, where they will allow …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMThe York Shakespeare Company will present Sam Shepard's True West, June 8-23 at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios. Seth Duerr will direct.
True West tells the story of two brothers: Austi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMOn June 05, Disney Editions publishes Peter and the Starcatcher (Introduction by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson): The Annotated Script of the Broadway Play. Filled with behind-the-scenes info…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:53AMOn Monday, June 11, 2012, Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street is pleased to present the return of DOGFIGHT star Lindsay Mendez and jazz pianist Marco Paguia for a one-night-only return performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMThis week’s Between Shows is the new television show “Bunheads” starring former Anything Goes co-stars Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop. The show follows a woman (Foster) who leaves her …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:48AMYesterday, June 4, Broadway veterans united for a fundraiser with President Barack Obama and special guest President Bill Clinton at the New Amsterdam Theater, titled- BARACK ON BROADWAY. Fe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMKen Davenport, producer of the Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell, is counting on the show's Tony Awards performance to help boost box-office grosses, which fell to $168…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMTom Riis Farrell, Anika Larsen, and Melissa van der Schyff are among the cast of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's presentation of Michael Ogborn's musical Baby Case, to run …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMThe Hub Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for Charles Mee's Big Love, July 13-August 6 at the John Swayze Theatre. Kristen Kelly will direct.
Big Love is a modern re-te…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMBecause I know you are all interested in the day-by-day account of producing Godspell on Broadway, I think this blog I wrote will be of great interest to you. Click here to read it. And, t…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 11:35AMTom Garvey, at The Hub Review, sees the gears of the free market existentially grinding away at the very idea of criticism: Now critics have always been under attack. Always have …
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:35AMStephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens first major success now revived at the Papermill Playhouse
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:31AMLindsay Mendez, who will star in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Dogfight at Second Stage Theatre, and music director and jazz pianist Marco Paguia will return to Joe's Pub June 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMWhat do three hookers of various age and experience, a cantankerous old man, a sweet southern story teller, a disturbed young lesbian and her equally disturbed kid brother have in common? Th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AMStage and screen star Melanie Griffith will receive the Munich Film Festival's first lifetime achievement prize, the CineMerit Award, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The festival,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMJerry O'Connell, who was seen in the recent Broadway production of Seminar, will join Tony Award nominee Eddie Izzard in the upcoming "Munsters" reboot for NBC, entitled "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMDeadline.com reports that Jerry OConnell has been cast in the role of Herman Munster on NBC's upcoming reboot of its 1960's series 'The Munsters.' The actor will join previously announced ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMToday in 1980, The Music Man opened at City Center, where it ran for 21 performances. The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMPresident Obama and Bill Clinton stuck to the economy while performances celebrated his support for equality at the Barack on Broadway fundraiser.
SOURCE: The Advocate at 11:11AMDirected by Gregory R. TateHartBeat Ensemble 's production of "FlipSide," which premiered in downtown Hartford last fall, will be presented at the New York International Fringe Festival …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:09AMTony and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner will direct and star in a revised production of Frank Marcus' 1964 comedy The Killing of Sister George, which will play the Long Wharf Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMBroadway vet Kelsey Grammer received a 2012 Critic's Television Choice nomination for his lead role in the Starz drama series 'Boss', while Bobby Cannavale received a nomination for his gues…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMLiza Minnelli was awarded the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:07AMJayne Houdyshell, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Follies, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMNYU Stern Professor of Statistics Jeffrey Simonoff, Lan Ma Nygren of Rider University and Stern PhD student Nikolay Kulmatitskiy find that winning a major Tony Award increases the length of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMJust yesterday, I got an email from a reader who reminded me about my blog’s mission when she asked me a very simple question. “Hey Ken! How’s Godspell going?” It&#…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMYork Theatre Company presents the first New York City revival of the hit Off-Broadway revue Closer Than Ever, featuring the lyrics of Richard Maltby, Jr. and the music of David Shire, beginn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
The new Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, adapted by Tony Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-honored Tracy Letts, will feature Ora Jones as Olga, Carrie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMI recently went to a Community Dish meeting that focused on the role of playwrights in indie theatre then read a very touching Facebook post by Daniel Talbott (of Rising Phoenix Rep). Both o…
SOURCE: Love's Labors Lost at 10:56AMThis Saturday, the American Theatre Wing will recognize Theatre Development Fund’s groundbreaking Open Doors program with a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. (Tony Honors are g…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:55AMLindsay Mendez, soon to be seen in the Off-Broadway musical Dogfight, and jazz pianist Marco Paguia will return to Joe's Pub for a one-night-only concert on Monday, June 11 at 9:30pm.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMThe account of young American Jews who created some of the most popular and enduring superheroes of the golden age of comic books — invincible heroes who stood for truth and justice — wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:50AMLegit News:
Study: Rialto generates $11.2 billion for city
SOURCE: Variety at 10:47AMIn anticipation of the film’s June 15 release date, New Line Cinemas and WaterTower Music released the original motion picture soundtrack of Rock of Ages on June 05. The incredible sta…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:45AMAs You Like It kicks off the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park season on June 5 season at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Lily Rabe leads the cast as Rosalind, and Daniel Sullivan di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Looking for access to your favorite celebrity? Want to do a little good while schmoozing with the stars? It could be possible, but it will cost $20,000 or more.
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:43AMThe Civic Theatre of Allentown will host its second annual Tonys and Tapas benefit on Sunday, June 10. Celebrating the end of the Broadway season, the Tony Awards party will serve as a benef…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMJazz and blues singer whose greatest success was in the hit Broadway musical Black and BlueCarrie Smith, who has died aged 86 of cancer, was a blues diva and distinctive jazz singer who stra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMProject1Voice, a New York-based nonprofit service organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating the legacies of African American theatres and playwrights, will present a benefit stage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMIt’s awards week in New York, where I am right now — last Sunday night it was the turn of the Drama Desk Awards, with the Tony Awards to follow this coming Sunday, while today sees the p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMPaul Davis Griffin is a versatile and up-and-coming local actor currently appearing in Mobtown Players not to be missed production of Bent, based around the persecution of gays in Hitler’s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AMPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- James Earl Jones has been named the 2012 recipient of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:30AMLast night I was out with a group of producers and we were having a conversation about the developmental steps for shows. There were a number of stories of people spending way too much on a …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMA tiny production of the musical The Light in the Piazza, produced by Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, won six Non-Equity Jeff Awards on June 4 in Chicago, where the non-union theatre scene is v…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMNominations have been announced for the Critics' Choice Television Awards.
Numerous theater veterans have received nominations, including Gillian Anderson (Great Expectations), Becky …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMThe Working Theater is set to present The Best of TheatreWorks: Stories from the 99%, June 24-17 at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex. Tamilla Woodard will direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMFord's Theatre Society's Annual Gala on June 3 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, included the presentation of the Lincoln Medal to actor Morgan Freeman and humanitarian Elie W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMTweetNot only does Ms. Mona hear moans all night in her “Little Iddy Bitty Country Place”, but instead of being a working girl, she provides working girls to all of the men in he…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:19AMRecently, I was asked to contribute a few articles about the 2012 Tony Awards for CBS.com's New York and Boston local webpages. My articles have been published and I wanted to share them all…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:19AMWasatch Theatre Ventures will present the West Coast premiere of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Our House at the Lounge Theatre, June 29-August 5. The production will be directed by Kiff Schol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMFUNDarte's Out in the Tropics is set to present Cuban company Teatro El Público's staging of Caligula, June 14-16 at the Colony Theater. Carlos Díaz directs.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMBarack on Broadway, an evening at the theatre with President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, was offered June 4 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. The sold-out event, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMJames Roday and Matt Shakman have purchased Hollywood's El Centro Theatre according to The Los Angeles Times .
Roday, star of the hit USA Network series Psych is the co-artistic direct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AMI mean, let’s be real. You can’t really go wrong with John Lithgow. He fairly oozes with smarts and debonair charm, whether he’s playing a con man or an alien, or narrating…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:00AM
Royal Caribbean International will partner with the Tony Awards to include a live broadcast from the middle of the Caribbean Seas, where the line’s Oasis of the Seas’ cast of Hairspray w…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:57AMDavid Mamet’s one act paired with Zachary Fernebok’s Navigating Turbulence One of the characteristics of a good play, or a good piece of music, is that it can receive different…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:52AMProducers of the Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man have announced that Obie Award winner Mark Blum will permanently assume the role of Dick Jensen, the par…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:43AMNext Sunday’s Tony Awards ceremony will be most interesting for collectors of “show music” when they announce the winner of the award for “Best Original Score (Music …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:39AMTheo Ubique Cabaret Theatre won 6 Non-Equity Jeff Awards for their production of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' The Light in the Piazza. The awards were announced at a ceremony on Monday…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSo Patti Lupone is opening a new cabaret space in New York called 54 Below. (It's below the former Studio 54, now home to Roundabout Theatre Co.) I was struck by this promo that hit my...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:34AMMarking the 10th anniversary of its debut, Funny or Die? has turned David Simon's HBO crime and drug drama The Wire into a faux musical.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:33AMBroadway veteran Jerry O'Connell will star as Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane, according to EW.com.
He joins the previously cast Eddie Izzard as the vampire Grandpa in th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMHow do handle an era which is vibrantly alive in the memories of older audience members yet only an antiseptic chapter in a textbook to younger audiences? David Auburn’s play The Columnist…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:27AMOverall, Broadway grosses were $24.2 million for the week ending 6-3-12, as opposed to $26.6 million the week before. While many shows saw a drop in their weekly grosses, Wicked was able to …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:22AMPLAYWRIGHT NEIL LaBute is not in the business of writing lovable characters who give you the warm fuzzies. You know you’re watching a LaBute work when instead of a flurry of redemption…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:21AMIMPROV WORKSHOP: 4 DAYS: Tuesday & Thursday June 26, 28 and July 3, 5, 7:00pm-10pm In HCC’s HVPA 115/ Dance Studio - (Directions, Map – click here!) The Arts Collective (AC) at…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMShakespeare's Globe, LondonThere's a moment in Compagnie Hypermobile's Much Ado About Nothing (Beaucoup de Bruit Pour Rien) when Benedick, marvelling that Beatrice has reportedly fallen in l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AMTony winner Bernadette Peters, The Center for Discovery and The Monderer Foundation have announced the naming of the Michael Wittenberg Center for Imagination at The Center for Discovery in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AMI was going to post about the Dramatists Guild Fund's 50th Anniversary Gala which was assembled impeccably by its Executive Director Rachel Routh, but Tari Stratton did such a fine job herse…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 09:07AMSixty years a Queen, and twice she has visited the National Theatre on the South Bank. The first occasion was to see a disastrous opening production of Goldoni's Il Campiello in 1976, the se…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:07AMPaul Gonsalves on the Road will be performed at the Capital Fringe Festival from July 21st through the 29th. As any jazz listener or follower of the Duke Ellington Orchestra knows, Paul Gons…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMJenny Bilfied talks through the Bing plans.Yesterday, Stanford University held a media reception and briefing to unveil its 2012-2013 season plans. The news was worthy of attention. But the …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 09:00AM
Today we are talking to the Tony Award-nominated Best Featured Actor In A Musical who has set Broadway ablaze with his much-talked-about portrayal of Judas in Des McAnuffs spectacular reviva…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about last Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards and predict the winners of the upcoming Tony Awards. If you would like to listen to the …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:50AMAs our yearly Tony Awards Clip Countdown continues on in 2012 as we quickly approach the night we have all been waiting for - the Tony Awards on June 10 - today we are paying tribute to a co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMI'll admit: on my first read, I was about as miffed by this Carey Perloff article as Lauren Gunderson was. I thought, Really? We're back here again? Didn't we all do this dance, like, two ye…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 08:47AMArmageddon has arrived. The power has died. The grid is down. No more television, no more radio, no more internet. No electricity. And the best way to pass the time is to recollect old episo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMHello Intrepid Fringe and SummerWorks Artists, This year we are trying something new over the busy summer months when the city’s two biggest theatre festivals play host to roughly two …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:33AMby: Sandi Durell Approaching my seat last night there was Marvin Hamlisch to my left, mesmerized by the video montage of memories, watching Fred, Ginger, Adele and other Astaire partners str…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:28AMLater this month the arts center Chapter in Cardiff, Wales, will present a mini-season of recent Howard Barker plays from both established and new independent companies. Opening on Tuesday 1…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:25AMThe Old Vic Tunnels have once again metamorphosed into a brave new (well, Victorian) world of underground curiosities. As scientists, historians, top-hatted storytellers, philosophers, psych…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:19AMExploring themes of aspirations, tenacity and the precariousness of the middle class and the truth or untruth of that oft-quoted Fitzgeraldism about there being no second chances in America,…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:13AMSitting back in the comfy, cosy Criterion Theatre as the lights go down, I can’t help but already feel a sense of contentment wash over me. Through these late night staged readings, Storie…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AMLegit News:
Actress will star in Mamet's 'Anarchist'
SOURCE: Variety at 08:09AMBy turns funny and tragic, deep and superficial, engrossing and alienating, Boys is a play that tries to do everything and very nearly succeeds. Set at the end of the university year, Ella …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:07AMDuring a cross-country road trip in a dingy ’56 gray Dodge, Daniel Sullivan laid eyes on Manhattan for the first time.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe popular actor discusses his work in Kenneth Lonergan's new play, his new NBC series, and working on Glee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
As inexhaustibly original as the animated series that inspired it, the kookily brilliant “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” is the sort of once-in-a-blue-moon show that stays stuck in you…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31AMLOST IN LOVE - a new musical based on the hit songs of Air Supply, which held an industry-only reading in April, plays again at the Triad Theatre tonight, June 5. The cast includes Tony-nomi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIts the homecoming of an Off-Broadway classic York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director presents the first New York City revival of the classic Off-Broadway hit Closer T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Tony-Award winning Alfie Boe releases his second album, Alfie, along with a DVD Alfie Live, both available as of today, June 5th on Decca. With special guests including Robert Plant and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTheatre legend Patti LuPone opens the new nightclub and restaurant 54 BELOW 254 West 54th Street with a two-week engagement from tonight, June 5 through June 16. The June entertainment line-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIt's Tony Award Month on The Lynne Show, which is set to feature interviews with NEWSIES director Jeff Calhoun, set and costume designer Tobin Ost and actor Laura Osnes, and BONNIE AND CLYDE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Richmond/ Ermet AIDS Foundation is to present an evening with the touring cast of American Idiot, July 2 at 7:30 pm at the Marines Memorial Theatre.
The evening of music and comedy will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:06AMKenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play, had to have been produced under threat of thumbscrews. Sir Ralph (Josh Hamilton) and Sir Alfred (Tate Donovan) are pillagers of the lowest order -- though t…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:05AMIf My Children! My Africa! occasionally falls prey to schooling us, it is at least at the hands of the very gifted James A. Williams, and it is at least motivated by the relateable frus…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:01AMAs always, I threw myself into work in order to stave off despair. Going to the theater three or four...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2006: Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, says the psalmist. I...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"You're only free when both your parents are dead, or so I've heard it said. I suppose it means that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMRegular theatergoers confront the same question over and over: Do I feel like meat tonight or do I feel like cake? Am I looking for substance or pure entertainment?
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMThis year, the production didn't get in the way of Mozart's music.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMIt may not be what you expect but the unexpected pays off with lots of laughs.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Will Eno's Title and Deed seems to operate in a vacuum. Christine Jones's set hangs geometric shapes in mid-air, looking like shrapnel frozen in time, and Ben Stanton's lighting is…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:59AMBy Peter Filichia --
And now, the end is near, as we approach the final curtain on our five-part series on people involved with Broadway musicals who got skunked by the Tony nominators.
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SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:57AMGiven that Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play is running in the Signature's largest space, I have to wonder if artistic director James Houghton was aiming for a Dante-like vibe in the spa…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:57AMProduction Manager/Production Stage Manager/Entertainment Law Student At this very moment, Matunuck, Rhode Island, PSMing FOREVER PLAID at Theatre By The Sea What’s your favorite line from…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMOn Prizes and PRYeah, a rantby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIt seems to be awards season again.In a few days TAPA (Toronto Alliance of Performing Artists) will announce the nominees for its Dora Awa…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe Broadway production of Mamma Mia! welcomed its new principal cast members to the Winter Garden Theatre with a post-performance champagne toast on Monday, June 4.
As previously reported,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AMWhen I came home after seeing Destructo Snack, U.S.A., I checked in on the internet, where I found this headline on MSNBC: "Five things to look out for in 'Game of Thrones' season final…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMCentered around the themes of AIDS and discrimination, this musical has a lot to say. Davis fares better with some issues than others, which makes A Dance for Rylie uneven in its effectivene…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMIt has only taken David Alan Grier 31 years and five Broadway shows to go from a pennant-winning sports legend to a dope-peddling Sporting Life. It's called a career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMelissa van der Schyff, Anika Larsen, Tom Riis Farrell and Michael Thomas Holmes will be part of Baby Case, a musical about the 1927 abduction of the Lindbergh baby, which will receive its N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new concert cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's score to Merrily We Roll Along will be in stores July 10, PS Classics announced. The label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway reco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOlivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone begins performances at 54 Below, the brand-new nightclub and restaurant at 254 West 54th Street, one floor below Studio 54, June 5 at 8 PM for a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMichelle DeJean unwraps a hard candy Christmas with the ladies of the Chicken Ranch in the Theatre Under The Stars production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which begins performance…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSinger-actor Alfie Boe, who won a joint Tony Award for his work in the Broadway revival of La Bohème, releases his second album, "Alfie," along with the DVD "Alfie Live…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original motion picture soundtrack of "Rock of Ages," the upcoming film based on the Broadway musical of the same name, is released by WaterTower Music for purchase in stores J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRick Newman and Peter Martin present a staged reading of Lost in Love, a new musical based on the hits of Air Supply, June 5 at The Triad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe annotated script of the nine-time Tony Award-nominated play Peter and the Starcatcher, a playful tome that captures the spirit of the acclaimed Broadway production, arrives in stores Jun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater's 50th anniversary season of Shakespeare in the Park begins June 5 with As You Like It, starring Tony nominee Lily Rabe and David Furr as exiled lovers in the enchante…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 68th Annual Theatre World Awards, hosted by Peter Filichia, will be presented June 5 at 2 PM at Broadway's Belasco Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSpring Awakening and “Glee” star Lea Michele makes an appearance as a guest mentor on the season two premiere of Oxygen Network’s “The Glee Project,” which kick…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1939 Actor James Barton, a star of the Broadway hit Tobacco Road, returns to the show today after having been fired the previous February after quarreling with his co-stars backstage. Box of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAt the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant, Linda Lavin, of Broadway's The Lyons, reflects on a career path dotted with possibilities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Dramatists Guild Fund honors Kander
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM 
