According to CBS St. Louis, Aladdin, starring Tony nominees Robin de Jesus and John Tartaglia as Aladdin and the Genie, was the best-attended production at The Muny in St. Louis this summer.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57PMThe injury Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth incurred on the set of The Good Wife is preventing her from completing her arc on the series, according to People Magazine. Chenoweth was struck…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53PMThe Broadway at Birdland series presented Frank & Friends, an evening of music by composer Frank Wildhorn, on Monday, August 13.
The evening featured Constantine Maroulis, Laura Osnes,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43PMThe All-American Genderfuck Cabaret serves up a panorama of different ways people approach sexual relationships and sexual identity. Director Tara Branham does an exemplary job in untanglin…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:03PMEric Anderson and Erica Ash give stunning performances in this moving musical based on the true story of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMAlfred Molina and Jonathan Groff give passionate performances in the Mark Taper Forum's production of John Logan's Tony-winning play about artist Mark Rothko.
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According to the Associated Press, the late Marvin Hamlisch was working on a children's book before his passing last week. The book, titled 'Marvin Makes Music,' is about a 6-year-old Hamlis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMA jaded dramaturge and a world-famous painter try to pass on their wisdom to younger talents in John Morogiello's Blame It on Beckett at the Colony and John Logan's Red at the Mark Taper For…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:15PM The beloved tale of the efficient Victorian nanny Mary Poppins is back at the Ahmanson Theatre for a four-week run. With its magnificent staging, gorgeous costumes and sets and compli…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:13PMAlfred Molina reprises his role as painter Mark Rothko in the L.A. debut of the 2010 Tony Award winner for best play.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:11PMClaudia O'Doherty is hard to resist. Having burst on to the stage with a blast of 90s techno, the petite Australian dynamo doesn't let up, karate-chopping her way through an eccentric hour t…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMA former cowshed beside Edinburgh Airport is transformed into a multi-level concrete bunker. Downstairs, the faithful obey the call to prayer. Upstairs, General Duncan watches an incident un…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM"How can I make my friends into feminists?" ran one of the more odd questions put to Amanda Palmer during a sit-down Q&A in the midst of this show. One answer, if you happen to be an int…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Ghostlight Records announced today that—for the first time ever—the musical Carrie has been preserved in a brand-new cast recording of the recent MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Tels…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 06:53PMThe end of days strikes close to home in Impossible Theater Company’s new devised piece, [missed connections] at The Fridge, a snug but supercool gallery space near Eastern Market. The…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:45PMBryce Norbitz is a producer, director, writer, and graduate of Northwestern University. Producing credits include Heart Sutraand Anchor Women (The Cell Theatre), Consume: A Grotesque Burlesq…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:42PMNicole Rosner'srecent directing highlights include Harold Pinter’s Celebration; the premiere of David Kantounas’ Grief; and Centralia, an original interactive play, for Ug…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:37PMNewsies star Kara Lindsay
cozied up with a very lifelike dinosaur puppet from the family attraction "Field Station: Dinosaurs," then took to the Bryant Park stage to sing some tunes for th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:28PMDanny Sharron is a NYC-based director and producer, and co-Artistic Director of UglyRhino Productions. Recent directing credits include Kyle Warren’s #nyc and Ione…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:26PMAccording to Deadline.com, writer Billy Ray will pen the script for Universal Pictures' Sinatra, a film about the life of performer Frank Sinatra. The movie will be directed by Martin Scorse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMFollowing Sunday’s opening night performance of “Red” at the Mark Taper Forum, theatergoers merely had to stroll down Grand Avenue to see eight Mark Rothko paintings at the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:12PMTony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth has departed the cast of the "The Good Wife" as she recovers from injuries sustained on the set of the CBS series July 11, according to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10PMThe highly-anticipated LES MISERABLES movie will out in theatres for several more months, and BroadwayWorld can't wait for the big premiere. To hold you over until the holidays, check out a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 81312.
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Hip hip hooray, it’s Bring It On star Ryann Redmond’s birthday! Check out gifts from Redmond’s co-stars, see Lin-Manuel Miranda do a sandwich freestyle and watch the gang r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, Broadway veteran Sean Hayes has signed on to star in a multi-episode arc on NBC's SMASH this season. As the focus of the show will switch from Marily…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMOn August 13, eight-time Tony-winning musical Once recouped its capitalization after a run of 21 weeks—faster than any new Broadway musical in more than 10 years. Once, starring Tony w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMTony Award winner and Emmy nominee Hal Linden will play the role of Poppa Sam in Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser's world premiere comedy, Under the Skin. Marcia Milgrom Dodge will di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:55PMThe cheerleading musical's ticket sales were promising enough for the producers to announce an extension of performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMAfter years of preparation, recently releasing a stellar six-song EP, performing to two nearly sold-out crowds at Joes Pub on the first leg of her first-ever mini country music tour, and rec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, August 13, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Broadway’s ONCE is an official hit. Recoups in…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:46PMHawksley Workman is on to something substantial with The God That Comes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:44PMWhile Measure for Measure is hardly Shakespeare's most cohesive or logically developed play, it has always been, for me, one of his most delightful and richly entertaining ones.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:42PMThe first-ever cast recording of the cult musical Carrie will be released by Ghostlight Records on September 25. The previously announced recording features MCC's off-Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMIT’S A PLEASURE TO BE IN HARMS’ WAY It’s been quite a year for veteran Chicagoland actor James Harms; after receiving critical acclaim nationally for his performance in The Iceman Come…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:41PMAugust 13, 2012 By Nathan NorcrossPlayhouse Directing Intern Nathan NorcrossPhoto by Kat GloorMany believe work on a new production begins on the first day of rehearsal, when in …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 05:41PMGrammy Award winning composer Mike Stoller will participate in a 35th Anniversary Tribute event to Elvis Presley, to be held at American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday, Augus…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:40PMCommitment-averse? If you don't want to take on a subscription series at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, this is the moment you've been waiting for: single tickets for the 2012-13 season a…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMOn Friday, August 10th, Broadway stars Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman, currently performing in Ghost The Musical, released an acounstic performance of the song “Here Right Now̶…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:30PMBarrington Stage's leave-them-laughing Main Stage finale for Summer 2012, is sublimely silly, superbly timed and performed . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:29PMProducers of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE announced this week that the production has recouped its capitalization after only 21 weeks (169 performances), faster than any Tony Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:18PMFeeling the urge to hit the high seas?
We've been getting requests for a while to include the ever-expanding world of cruise lines in our popular audition listings, and have now done just t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThe Tempest, continuing at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, through August 19th, finds Prospera (Olympia Dukakis) on an island with her daughter Miranda (Merritt Janson).
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:16PMTickets to the new Adult Film Awards-inspired romantic comedy by David West Read, starring Henry Winkler (The Fonz in “Happy Days”), Cheyenne Jackson (All Shook Up), Ari Graynor …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:15PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth is currently recovering after being recently hospitalized from an accident on the set of 'The Good Wife.' According…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMA goofy comedy crams all the plays into one rollicking show.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:00PMScan the newly announced list of 2012 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards nominations — which honor excellence in Chicago area theater and dance featuring the work of black artists …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:00PM
TRASHY FUN Audience expectations need to be adjusted for a show like The Great American Trailer Park Musical. The title lets patrons know what they are in for: The topic will be trailer tras…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:57PMTony Award and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth is departing the CBS series The Good Wife following her previously reported injury sustained last month on the set of the show, according t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PM54 Below Brings Gospel to Times Square: It is chic, it is new and it is knee slapping.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:50PMRep Stage has announced casting for its upcoming area premiere production of Jon Marans' The Temperamentals, running August 29-September 16 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PMBroadway's fall season is quickly appraoching, but before the arrival of countless new shows, several others must finish up there Broadway runs. This week, both END OF THE RAINBOW and GHOST…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMCircus Amok is set to premiere its new production MOO in neighborhood parks throughout the city, September 8-23.
Circus Amok is New York City's only one-ring, traveling political circ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMProducers of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE announced today that the production has recouped its capitalization after only 21 weeks 169 performances, faster than any new Broadway m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMActors' Equity Association has appointed Thomas Carpenter as the company's Eastern regional director, assistant executive director and general counsel. Carpenter will join the Equity…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMAlthough "Smash" was one of NBC's biggest hits last season, this backstage look at the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe fared surprisingly poorly at the Emmy A…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:34PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8122012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMBig Maybelle: Soul of the Blues Opens her Heart to the Hamptons: Lady sings the blues had its world premiere, in the form of the new musical Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues. Opening Saturday…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:24PMAdapted by Adrian Hall, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren Directed by David Chrzanowski Assistant Directed by Darci Dixon Presented by Nola Productions “Man is conceived in sin and …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:23PMBlue Man Group will release five versions of their popular finale music, "Shake Your Euphemism."
The song will be available for download exclusively through iTunes, August 14 th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:19PMDisneys landmark musical event, THE LION KING, will play its 6138th performance this Wednesday, August 15th at 200pm, becoming the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. THE LION KI…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMBroadway audiences are obviously having "nothing but a good time" at '80s jukebox tuner Rock of Ages, which played to over 98% capacity this week. The Lion King is still tops a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMGoodbye Marilyn, hello Valmont. The second season of TV’s Smash will shift its musical focus from the Marilyn Monroe-inspired musical Bombshell to Liaisons, a musical adaptation of Le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:10PMThe Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once has recouped its capitalization, less than six months after its opening at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Based on the Academy Award-winning film of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMProducers of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE announced today that the production has recouped its capitalization after only 21 weeks (169 performances), faster than any new Broadwa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:04PMBroadway veteran and GLEE star Jonathan Groff stars opposite original cast member Alfred Molina in the Los Angeles premiere of RED at the Mark Taper Forum. Groff plays Ken orignally played b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMPresident Obama has been the subject of a series of satirical productions from City in a Swamp. In the third, How Obama Got His Groove Back, the president supplements his regular duties wi…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PM
Today is the birthday of the meteoric force of nature Bert Lahr (for my full article on him go here). To the clip below, what could one possible add? To find out more about these variety art…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:59PMI haven't had anything to say about Satchmo at the Waldorf in recent days because there hasn't been much to...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:57PMThe Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once has recouped its capitalization faster than any new Broadway musical in more than a decade, producers announced Aug. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMThe Lion King is set to surpass the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line to become the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history when it plays its 6138th performance on August …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMThe musical's box office success is unusual given that the show is unlike most Broadway hits: Rather than a high-kicking crowd pleaser with big-name talents attached, "Once" is a low-key and…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:40PMMarvin Makes Music, a children’s book written by and based on the childhood of Marvin Hamlisch, will be published on November 8 by Dial Press. Featuring illustrations by Jim Madsen, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:38PMAmerican Idol winner Taylor Hicks attended a performance of the musical Jersey Boys at Paris Las Vegas on Sunday, August 12.
Hicks is currently headlining at The Indigo Lounge in Bally&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PMNeil Simon's dated comedy, at the Bucks County Playhouse where it began, comes off without charm or much pizazz. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from New Hope, Pa.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:37PM"Mommie Dearest" is leading our poll of favorite films that won the Razzie for Worst Picture and Gold Derby founder Tom O'Neil is pissed off about that. See his rant and cast y…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:36PMA public celebration will be held on Broadway to honor the literary and theatrical career of Gore Vidal from 12-1 PM on Thursday, August 23, 2012, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 4…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMReviewed by Paulanne Simmons One of the nice things about Broadway stars performing in cabaret is that it gives them a chance to sing numbers from some of their less successful musicals. Thu…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:29PMJonathan Groff and Alfred Molina create the canvas that is John Logan's Red, a play about art and artists, fathers and sons, teachers and pupils — and the march of time — ope…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMEmmy Award-winning actor Sean Hayes NBCs Will amp Grace will guest star in a multi-episode arc on NBCs SMASH as Terrence Falls, a comedic television and film star who is making his Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMJohn Logan's Tony Award-winning play Red opened at the Mark Taper Forum, on August 12. Michael Grandage has directed the production, which stars Jonathan Groff and Alfred Molina.
Ope…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMUniversal Music labels DeccaUMC announced today the digital release of A Symphony of British Music - Music For The Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. While the recording is c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMDevised theatre? Also known as collaborative creation, original work, or ensemble pieces, among other names, devised theatre is a unique concept to be sure and not easily defined. For the pa…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 03:11PMThe creative mind behind “Hopper Happens” (Photo by Seth Harrison: Kris Burns, in the tiny office upstairs at Hopper House in Nyack, from which she has been coordinating this wee…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:09PMSt. Stephen's Church, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: This finely crafted think-piece, as charming as it is sharp, subtlety (and sometimes not …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:07PMSouthwest Detroit has always been a neighborhood flourishing with art; throughout the area there are painted and tiled murals, ornamental wrought iron design work, and mosaics. There are eve…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:00PM
It was announced today that a public celebration will be held on Broadway to honor the literary and theatrical career of GORE VIDAL from 12-1 PM on Thursday, August 23, 2012, at the Gerald S…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:58PM2, 4, 6, 8 Bring it On is Really Great! The Musical that is.: I cannot believe I am saying this but the cheerleading extravaganza “Bring It On: The Musical,” at the St. James Theater, ha…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:56PMA public celebration to honor the literary and theatrical career of Gore Vidal will be held August 23 from Noon to 1pm at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, currently home to the rev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMSilence! The Musical parodies the Oscar-winning thriller Silence of the Lambs, only it replaces all of the audience’s screams with howls of laughter. Hear from the off-Broadway cast ab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMWhile covering the London 2012 Olympics, The TODAY Show visited London’s hit musical, MATILDA and said “There is Olympic fever, and there is MATILDA fever.” Watch it here: MATILDA ON…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:49PMGHOST and END OF THE RAINBOW are slated to close this weekend, on 818 and 819 respectively, while SISTER ACT will end its run at the end of the month. Hurry if you want to take in these fina…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMIt's all happening! Bring It On: The Musical stars Taylor Louderman, Adrienne Warren and Ryann Redmond gathered with their castmates on August 10 at MSR Studios to lay down tracks f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMA public celebration will be held on Broadway to honor the literary and theatrical career of the late Gore Vidal, who died July 31 at age 86. The event will be held noon to 1 PM Aug. 23 at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMDebra Messing will reunite with her fellow Emmy Award-winning "Will & Grace" cast member Sean Hayes in the upcoming season of NBC's musical series "Smash," accord…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMStage and screen veteran Sean Hayes will join the cast of NBC's drama Smash for a multi-episode arc according to published reports. Hayes will play Terrence Falls, a film and television…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMGhostlight Records will release the Premiere Cast Recording of Carrie: The Musical on September 25. The album features vocals by Marin Mazzie, Molly Ranson, and the company of MCC Theater&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMThe Lincoln Company makes watery creatures its theme for this Edinburgh Fringe double bill. Nikki Mclusky’s The Lake takes inspiration from ballet Swan Lake and the tough training regime u…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:37PMToday, the official website launches for the new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. Visit www.ScandalousOnBroadway.com to view an exclusive video inte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMParsing Richard Dare's well-reasoned rant on HuffPo to get to the nitty-gritty of what he really means: That art is like black jelly beans no one wants to eat like vegetables except that veg…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 02:26PMThe new children's book Marvin Makes Music, written by composer Marvin Hamlisch, will be posthumously published on November 8.
Completed prior to the multi-award-winning composer'…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PM By Patrick ChristianoBay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor along with Martin Richards and The Gilead Company presented the World Premier of Paul Levine’s BIG MAYBEL…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:23PMGreat music transcends language barriers. Saturday night I wished I understood Burmese when I went to University of Maryland to see Iron Cross. I know I would have enjoyed the show even more…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:21PMDr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will return to the a href=http://www.theatermania.com/boston/theaters/citi-performing-arts-center-wang-theatre_290/ target=_blank&…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMAs I descended the steps towards my ‘new school’, Saint Dumbiedykes, I felt a flutter in my chest of something curiously like nerves. Of course this is ridiculous – Back to School is a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PM
If you see only one performance in the Russian season at the Fringe, Engineering Theatre AKHE’s Mr Carmen is certainly the one to see. Loosely alluding to Merime’s text where José’s s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:56PMThe cast of the recent Off-Broadway production Triassic Parq the Musical recorded the show's original cast album on Saturday, August 11 at Sear Sound Studios. The recording will be avai…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PM“Man of LaMancha” shows Light Opera Works at its fiery best in a show that is part opera, part Broadway.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:54PMThe Off-Broadway cast album of Carrie, the pop musical based on Stephen King's 1974 novel about a teenage girl with telekinetic powers, will be released Sept. 25 by Ghostlight Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMPart of the Free Fringe, the New Zealand company Trick of the Light Theatre has travelled across the world to tell a wonderful story of maps and roads that exist only if you know where to lo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:51PMChris Coltrane, standup comedian, activist and writer, brings his new show Activism is Fun! to the Free Fringe Festival this year. Part performance, part comedy and part call for action, thi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:47PMDowntown theater troupe The Amoralists will revive their acclaimed production of Derek Ahonen's The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side for a week-long run from August 28 to September 2 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47PMNEW YORK - The Tony Award-winning musical "Once" has proved to be a song at the box office: It has recouped its...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:41PMThe 100th anniversary sinking of the RMS Titanic is being commemorated all year with museum exhibits, movies and documentaries, but an original production with period-inspired compositions …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PMThe cast and team of ‘Silence!: The Musical’ attend the 'Hannibal Nectar' Dessert Unveiling at Tasti D-Lite – Times Square on August 10, 2012 in New York City.
SOURCE: news.kinnetiks.net at 01:27PMTony Award-winner and Academy Award nominee Stephen Daldry will be honored at Tuesday's Children's annual gala, to be held Thursday, September 6 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:26PMThe Berkeley Community Fund has announced that it will award the 2013 Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal to Berkeley Repertory Theatre managing director Susan Medak. The medal will be presented at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:22PMThe First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON launches in Denver tomorrow, August 14-September 2 at The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. In the video below, Colorado natives Matt Stone and Trey P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMStage and screen star David Suchet visited the London stage production of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe on Sunday, August 12. Suchet voices the lion Aslan in the prod…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:16PMREAD THE COMPLETE FEATURE Zak Resnick, now starring as “Sky” in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! is featured in today’s Wall Street Journal. Singing W…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:13PMTony and Academy Award winner Liza Minnelli will star in Men Alive - The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus' upcoming concert A Winter Spectacular on December 13 and 14 at the Segerstr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:12PMThe Tony Award-winning musical "Once" has proved to be a song at the box office: It has recouped its $5.5 million investment in less than six months.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:10PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54thStreet, will present Victor Garber, Natalie Joy Johnson and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMUniversal Music labels Decca / UMC has announced the digital release of A Symphony of British Music - Music For The Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, currently available for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMTickets for “Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience — A Parody by Dan and Jeff,” running Nov. 13-Dec. 16 at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut, will…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:06PMHere is an early look, with potential visual spoilers, at the Aug. 13 installment of the ABC Family series "Bunheads," starring Sutton Foster. The episode is titled "No One Ta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMThe Spice Girls performed their hit songs Wannabe and Spice Up Your Life while singing on top of taxi cabs driving around Olympic Stadium during last night's star-studded OLYMPICS closing ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMMauckingbird Theatre Company's gay version of Shakespeare's play underscores love as a dynamic that has no gender. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:02PMNEW YORK—The Tony Award-winning musical "Once" has proved to be a song at the box office: It has recouped its $5.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:01PM
“Very ordinary town, if you ask me.” Mr. Webb, Our Town by Thornton Wilder On July 12, the NEA announced the 2012 Our Town grant recipients, and whether or not Wilder’s eponymous paean…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:58PMBroadway veteran Aaron Tveit will take part in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's annual gala, to be held Saturday, August 25. The 1960s-themed evening will be inspired by the film …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMName: Zander MeisnerHometown: Deerfield, ILEducation: Indiana University Jacobs School of MusicSelect Credits: Dog Park (Andrew, Drilling Company); Annie (Rooster, NETworks); Cats (Rum Tum T…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:54PMThe Metropolitan Opera will begin its annual Summer HD Festival of free outdoor screenings of ten titles from the organization's Live in HD series on August 25. All screenings take plac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMNeil Simon's 1963 comedy gets a charming revival at the recently reopened Bucks County Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:44PMLast week's poll asked which Broadway Betty Buckley role is your favorite, and your reponse was as follows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMOnline SerenadeI first saw SF duo Orchid and Hound perform at a sort of living room theatre performance hosted by a friend of mine and I've been a fan since. An enthusiastic fan who even sup…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:32PMFirst off, congratulation on the debut! Thank you! This is a lifetime dream and a thrill, particularly doing Gore Vidal’s play since I knew him. We weren’t very close, though. His qu…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:31PMBeginning this August, the critically acclaimed Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" will be embarking upon its first national tour. The show is set to spend the entire 2012-2013 season tou…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:31PMIn her opening night welcoming speech the artistic director suggested that since this is a co-production with three other theater companies, viewers might want to see it again and again. Des…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:28PMFollowing a free, city-wide tour, the Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of Richard III began a three-week run Aug. 6 at the Off-Broadway company's downtown Lafayett…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMTradition is the theme as the 2012 Music Circus season continues with the all-time classic musical Fiddler on the Roof, at Wells Fargo Pavilion from August 14 19. Like the iconic rooftop m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMBy the age of 18, Ryan Shattuck had crossed several key moments of being a young Mormon man off of his checklist. He had attended seminary classes throughout high school, was enrolled in Bri…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:22PMMatthew Trumbull, who can be seen in "The Zebra Shirt of Lonely Children" at the New York International Fringe Festival, on Denis O'Hare in "Take Me Out."
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:22PMSondheim’s wry take on fairyland is given a lively if sometimes disjointed production in Central Park, Brendan Lemon writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMSondheim's wry take on fairyland is given a lively if sometimes disjointed production in Central Park, Brendan Lemon writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMTR Warszawa’s grandly scaled production gives a gripping sense of man buffeted by forces beyond his control, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMTR Warszawa's grandly scaled production gives a gripping sense of man buffeted by forces beyond his control, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMThe lighter side of insanity, 90 minutes of drumming and marital psychodrama are among the festival’s choreographic fare, Apollinaire Scherr writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMThe lighter side of insanity, 90 minutes of drumming and marital psychodrama are among the festival's choreographic fare, Apollinaire Scherr writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:20PMA new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella will arrive on Broadway this season with previews set for January 21, 2013 prior to Opening Night on February 21 at the Broadway …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:20PMMTI’s Chairman and CEO is back with his latest, thought-provoking article on the Huffington Post. In this piece, Freddie takes an inspiring look at our nation’s educators and t…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:18PMBroadway veterans Tituss Burgess, Chester Gregory, Morgan James, and Saycon Sengbloh are among the performers who will take part in Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, to be held September 17 at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:10PMThe Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field which happens on Twitter using the hashtag “#newplay.” This week’s discussion will use the Netw…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:06PMNathan Lane, Kristin Chenoweth and Maura Tierney are among the stage veterans who will appear on the fourth season of the CBS drama series "The Good Wife." Here is a first look.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMFOR YOU TO DO AT JK'S THEATRESCENE:TAKE THIS MONTH'S THEATRE POLL - TO YOUR LEFT AND DOWN A BIT"HOT/HOTTER": BRING IT ON EDITION! VOTE TODAY BY CLICKING THE CHEERLEADER TO YOUR LEFT! POLL CL…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMJoseph Leo Bwarie, who has played the role of Frankie Valli in the first national tour of Jersey Boys for the past four years, left the production on August 12 to begin work on his second so…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Short shows that make a big impact, disabled artists on the fringe – plus come and say hello at the book festivalShorter, but not always sweetWhen I first started coming to Edinburgh in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMGrit is an intimate and thought-provoking puppetry piece by Tortoise in a Nutshell theatre company, exploring war and conflict in Syria. Using a combination of puppets, projections and shado…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:55AMAs a veteran of many a theatre festival, I’m here to tell ya: lean and mean is the way to go. Scaled back solo shows and two-handers may come with challenges, but they’re the goo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:50AMTony Award nominee Marin Ireland is set to star in an untitled AMC pilot, to be written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Tony Goldwyn, according to Deadline.com.
The program is descri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMThe North Carolina Shakespeare Festival will present William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as part of the company's 35th mainstage season, beginning Sept. 9 prior to an official op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMRarely do theatre fans get to hear from an insider on the inner-workings of a Broadway orchestra. In the piece below, GHOST's assistant conductor Deborah Abramson does just that- explaining …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMActors' Equity Association Equity announced today the appointment of Thomas Carpenter to the position of Eastern Regional DirectorAssistant Executive Director and General Counsel. Mr. Carpen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMPleasance CourtyardWhat's so funny? "Michael Mittermeier is very funny and German. If you don't believe either of these things – go check him out". It must be catching - even Eddie Izzard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSam Bendrix at the Bon Soir, Keith Bunin's nightclub-set play with music about a gay singer in the decade before gay rights and identity began to blossom, will get its West Coast premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMKristin Davis got her start as conniving villain Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place, but she’s better known for showing her sweet side as Charlotte York Goldenblatt on Sex and the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMAl Freeman, Jr., and actor of dignity and range who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, when opportunities for African-American stage actors expanded greatly, died Aug. 9. He was 78.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMAngelica Page will channel her mother, legendary actress Geraldine Page, in a new solo show at Cherry Lane Studio Theatre. Turning Page, directed by Tony nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMWatch TR Warszawa's brutal, brilliant 2008: Macbeth live from the Edinburgh festival at 1930 BST on Monday 13 August
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMWatch TR Warszawa's brutal, brilliant 2008: Macbeth live from the Edinburgh festival at 1930 BST on Monday 13 August
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMWatch timelapse behind the scenes as the set for TR Warszawa's spectacular production of Macbeth is constructed in a vast warehouse near Edinburgh airportAndrew DicksonCameron Robertson
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AMLucy Sexton responds to Gia Kourlas--and the field's--critique of this year's Bessie categories, but fails to grapple with the root cause
SOURCE: Culturebot at 11:21AMThe Civilians are set to present Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy #S17, a cabaret focusing on the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, at Joe's Pub on September 17 at 7:30pm.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AM Incongruity can be a powerful thing when it comes to creating memorable arts experiences.The lively dissonance I experienced by chance over the weekend when a friend and I stumbl…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:20AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Dog Sees God, Boxcar Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
Boxcar Theatre has become known for taking on bold projects, whether it’s staging several Sam Shepard plays in re…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:18AMEmmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will guest star on CBS's THE GOOD WIFE, matching wits with both Alicia and Peter in her role as a top-of-her-game political report…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMWhen the performance ended and I sat there, silent, reveling with the rest of the audience in the goose bumps that inevitably occur after such an experience, I knew, in my bones, that no mov…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:13AMThe last blog on this topic was an even bigger hit than Springtime For Hitler, so it's led to the inevitable sequel.
SOURCE: Village Voice at 11:11AMOn August 10, Today Olympics correspondent Meredith Vieira sat down for a chat with three of the West End's youngest stars: Isobelle Molloy, Jade Marner and Cleo Demetriou. The girl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMAaron Carter has been juggling pop music and stage acting for more than a decade, including a stint as JoJo in Seussical on Broadway and his current role as Matt in off-Broadway’s The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMThe muscular Off-Broadway spectacle Traces, a collision of acrobatic feats and circus-inspired elements, celebrated its one-year anniversary on August 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMThe pre-Broadway workshop of, FOUND, arrives at Berkshire Theatre Group's Colonial Theatre September 21 and September 22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMI miss it already. Don’t you? I didn’t even watch much of the Games, but man the buzz of the Olympics just can’t be beat. And every Olympic Games seems to get more and …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMRoyal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Fringe is naturally saturated with one-person shows - they are cheaper to put on and the (mostly non-existent) profits do not have to be shared…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: "But everybody ends up dying!" laments Emilia Marty as the penny drops for those gathered around her deathbed in Opera North's enthralling, slick …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMWriter-actor Victor L. Cahn's "Getting the Business," at the Clurman Theatre, hasn't much to offer except for the redoubtable Susan Louise O'Connor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:58AMWhile the "Today Show" team was in London covering the Olympics, Meredith Vieira stopped by the Cambridge Theatre to visit the London troupe of the Broadway-bound production of Mat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMLast week, Broadway mourned the loss of talented composer Marvin Hamlisch, and his passing reminded us of the many other great American theater artists who are no longer with us. Broadway.co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMEntrants for the project, called Gesamt, are asked to create short films or recordings inspired by one of six existing works, including James Joyce's "Ulysses," August Strindberg's "The Fami…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:47AMRutanya Alda, Frank Gauthier, and Allan Greenberg will star in a revival of Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick's Murder at the Howard Johnson's, to begin previews on September 13 at Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 12, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $472,810 7,927 74.28% $59.65 CHICAGO $646,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMCasting has been announced for the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) benefit, to be held at 416 West 42nd Street on Monday, September 10, beginning at 6pm. The evening, which …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced that Obie Award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter will join its American Voices New Play Institute as a resident playwrigh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMABC announced the celebrity-pro pairings for the upcoming edition of DANCING WITH THE STARS ALL-STARS on todays Good Morning America.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMFound, the new stage musical by Tony Award-nominated [title of show] book writer Hunter Bell and composer Eli Bolin, inspired by the magazine of the same title, will receive a workshop by Be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMPETER AND THE STARCATCHER is the most mayhem-filled evening of madcap fun on Broadway Hailed by The New York Times as THE MOST EXHILARATING STORYTELLING ON BROADWAY IN DECADES, this hilariou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMThe national tour of Disney's Mary Poppins opened at Los Angeles Ahmanson Theatre on August 10 for a 4-week run. Rachel Wallace, who has been featured in Time Out New York's "Pu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMNational Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene is set to present Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld's The Golden Land, October 28-December 2 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Bryna Wasserma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMThe World of Solo Shows at FringeNYC Solo shows are an excellent fit for the New York International Fringe Festival. They can be cheap and easy to produce—there’s only one cast m…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:36AMTheatre is distinctly a live experience, but it is also a communal event where we sit amongst fellow audience members and enjoy a performance collectively. Too often we forget that there is …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:34AMName: James Fluhr Hometown: Collierville, TNEducation: Boston University, B.F.A. in Theatre ArtsFavorite Credits: Scenic Designer for The Road to Mecca (BCAP); Actor in OUR LADYWhy theatre?:…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:34AMI have mentioned many times before on this blog how the festivals are a great place to scout new talent for any aspiring producer as well as to see shows that are in stages of development th…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMCasting and pairings have been announced for ABC's Dancing With the Stars All-Stars, which will premiere on September 24, according to .TVLine.
The group will include pop stars and Bro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMCasting and pairings have been announced for ABC's Dancing With the Stars All-Stars, which will premiere on September 24, according to TVLine.
The group will include pop stars and Broa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMThe world-premiere production of Sam Shepard's Heartless, at Signature Theatre Company, began previews Aug. 7. The production features Lois Smith, Gary Cole and More.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Alfred Molina's volcanic incarnation of painter Mark Rothko is reason enough to rush to the Taper for John Logan's "Red," to say nothing of the involvin…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25AMCoriolanus in triumph. Photo: Andrew Brilliant.I finally caught Coriolanus on the Boston Common (across two nights; it closed Sunday), and as usual I was slightly mystified as to why p…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:21AMReports on Pink Milk, The Zebra Shirt of Lonely Children and Dark Hollow: An Appalachian Woyzeck
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMLondon's Charing Cross Theatre has announced the selections for its upcoming second season.
The season will open with Alan Hruska's The Man on Her Mind, running September 5-Octobe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMLegit News:
Overall box office down despite rises
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12AMOn Monday, August 27th at 8 PM, Helen Hayes Award recipient Ed Dixon will be performing at Signature Theatre’s ARK Theatre. Accompanied by Gabe Mangiante, Ed will present a compilatio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMCHAPLIN's cast and creative team met the press just yesterday, and BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was there to chat about the new show. Hear what they had to say and check out a performan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWhat's so funny? The Pin are among this year's one-to-watch sketch troupes, and are – like last year's newbies, Sheeps, alumni of the UK's most gilded comedy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMThe national touring company of Mary Poppins celebrated its Los Angeles opening at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on August 10.
Rachel Wallace stars in the title role, with Nico…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AMDirector Jamie Lloyd has formed his own production company, Jamie Lloyd Productions, according to published reports. The company has been launched in partnership with Ambassador Theatre Grou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AMAccording to whatsonstage.com, Director Jamie Lloyd is partnering with Britian's Ambassador Theatre Group ATG to form Jamie Lloyd Productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are the RSC's Julius Caesar at the Noel Coward Theatre, Noel Coward's lost play, Volcano, at the Vaudevil…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:46AMTony Award winner Betty Buckley will play the Countess Aurelia in the UK premiere of Jerry Herman's musical Dear World, to run February 4-March 30, 2013 at the Charing Cross Theatre. Gi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMSimon Callow is a rarity, highly accomplished both as an actor and as a writer of non-fiction. He created the title role in Amadeus on the stage (and played a smaller role in the Hollywood …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AMNBC made the most of its huge Olympic audience by previewing some of its most anticipated fall series during the London 2012 coverage. Included in the previews was an extended clip of Revolu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMLegit News:
Appeared on Broadway in 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Carousel'
SOURCE: Variety at 09:31AMAs previously reported, Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will be playing the Madwoman of Chaillot, the Countess Aurelia, in a London revival of Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD at Charing Cross Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMGroundlings gathered in Dupont Circle Saturday night to watch Empty Chair Theatre Company juggle skulls and, eventually, die all over the fountain’s north steps in a swashbuckling and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AMTo effectively market what you have, you must be able to see it clearly. It's one thing to try and "spin" the public, it's another thing to try and spin yourself. You must be able to see the…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:21AM“But in December there’s just one place for me Mid the California flora I’ll be lighting my menorah. Like a baby in its cradle I’ll be playing with my draydel Here’s to Judas Macca…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 09:20AMWhen I think about the fact that I ACTUALLY DID THIS STUPID THING I absolutely want to strike myself upside the head with a pot and knock myself unconscious. So, I finally was able to land…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AM
This week in New York theater began in sorrow, and ended in absurdity. Inbetween were openings and glimpses of what’s to come In the week ahead: Noël Coward in New York Festival with Bi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:51AMThis production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless and iconic novel, The Great Gatsby, by Ruby in the Dust theatre company is, amazingly, the third to grace the London stage this year, but th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:35AMThere are plenty of amusing moments when dramatist Charles Busch makes effective use of his gift for exaggerated wit and whimsy -- no dramatist can drop the word 'canasta' with as much hilar…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AMPerhaps instead of making speeches about the value of the arts we simply need to get more fathers dancing.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:15AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMReports on the new biography of Lorenz Hart, plus Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters and Showbiz: A Novel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Among this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are the RSC's Julius Caesar at the Noel Coward Theatre, Noel Coward's lost play, Volcano, at the Vaudevil…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:53AMKing's TheatreFive men, naked but for shorts and bowler hats, are wheelchair-bound like the inmates of a hospital or sanatorium. They wheel themselves around in circles, at first in silence …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMAmbassador Theatre Group has launched its fourth new production venture in the last 12 months, with the formation of Jamie Lloyd Productions.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMMuch more than a walk with a torch, but perhaps a bit less than the spectacular promised or hoped for. Experienced on the final dress rehearsal, with less human pixels than will be the norm,…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:16AMPeep has the dubious draw of being the only show on the Fringe where the audience can spy on the actors entirely unseen by them.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:16AMBrazilian choreographer Deborah Colker is known for her work with huge and perilous sets.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:16AMVeronica Aloess speaks to ex-marine Cassidy Little, who has learnt to walk again while taking part in this rehabilitation project for wounded, injured and sick armed services personnel.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10AM
Actors who are not yet members of the “Union - AEA” are considered non-equity. And these actors will do just about anything to get into the union - play cows, go out of town…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:05AM
Legit News:
Broadway musical makes it into black in 21 weeks
SOURCE: Variety at 06:40AMBetty Buckley's previously reported turn in the U.K. premiere of Jerry Herman's musical Dear World will play Feb. 4-March 30, 2013, at London's Charing Cross Theatre. The creativ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:40AMSian Phillips, Matt Rawle and Harriet Thorpe are to join the previously announced Will Young and Michelle Ryan in Cabaret.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMEdinburgh International Festival: In this Polish production, set in something like the Iraq war, Macbeth is an air force major who leads a commando raid on a mosque, assassinating the enemy …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMEdinburgh International Festival: Deborah Colker's modern dance version of Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin is full of striking imagery. During the first act the stage is domina…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMJamie Lloyd, currently preparing to make his Broadway directing debut with Roundabout's production of Cyrano de Bergerac, is to partner with Britain's largest theatrical owner Ambass…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:11AMKing's Head, London: The crafting of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby into a piece of musical theatre was never going to be a straightforward task. At face value this jazz age nove…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMArts, London: With London still heaving with Olympic tourists it is wholly understandable that central venues such as the Arts, maximise their potential by running multiple shows. Running in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Helen Hayes Award nominee Lauren Cohn about making her Broadway debut in "Mamma Mia!" as well as other details of her life and career!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton: Outdoor theatre is of necessity bold and expansive with little opportunity for subtlety and stillness. Not so with this Chapterhouse company production of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMEdinburgh International Festival: Onto a semi-darkened stage empty but for a cluster of oriental gong and Japanese drums enter five men in wheelchairs and clad only in shorts. Circling the i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMYou come out of Old Compton Street in Soho into Old Compton Street on Morgan Large's design for Soho Cinders, a lively, jaunty, re-telling of the Cinderella story with an outré gay tw…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:56AMLegit News:
Exec exits SAG-AFTRA for stage union
SOURCE: Variety at 05:48AMMark Thomas won his second accolade of the Edinburgh Fringe over the weekend, adding a Herald Angel to his Fringe First for Bravo, Figaro!, the story of his difficult relationship with his T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMSinging has been and always will be my first passion. My joy for singing has only increased over the years, although my discovery of acting in college now comes a close second. However, ther…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AMWritten and performed by Mark Chrisler, "The Art of Painting," a Fringe Festival show, is a masterful piece of heady writing about painter Jan Vermeer.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:24AMAn experiment to see if humans and zombies can coexist is at the center of "Love Death Brains," a promising but flawed tuner in the Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:21AMBased on the Oregon Trail computer game, "Quest for the West" is a Fringe musical that plays for nostalgic laughs, with promising hints of a deeper story.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:17AMDirector Jamie Lloyd is following in his Sheffield Theatres and Donmar Warehouse mentor Michael Grandage’s footsteps by launching his own production company.
In partnership with Ambassado…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:06AMThe hope that British theatre would feature in the Olympic Games closing ceremony was faint, given that the show was staged by Kim Gavin, closely associated with Take That (who did appear, m…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:05AM"Bewitched" heads to the borscht belt in this hokey Fringe tuner from D'Jamin Bartlett and Mark Bornfield about a witch and a nebbishy songwriter.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:03AM“Well, it’s true.” Miles Mandwelle (Actor/Musician) Last year I stumbled into the Music Box theatre in New York to see La Bête, not expecting my life to be changed. I mean, I was seei…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:02AMToto, I don't think we're in a workshop setting anymore... By Julia Meinwald (Composer) Ok, four days into rehearsal, I think it’s safe to start a list (I love lists!) of ways that a full …
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
There's a lot of plot but little hilarity in Gary Morgenstein's "Right on Target," a Fringe political comedy about a mixed-race couple in Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:58AMA dandy one-man Fringe show written and performed by Scott Baker, "Bang!: The Curse of John Wilkes Booth" explores the myth that Booth was never captured.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:51AMTadashi Suzuki, the notable Japanese director and founder of the Suzuki Company of Toga, is given a rare presentation of his theatre work as part of the Edinburgh International Festival with…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:37AMThe hope that British theatre would feature in the Olympic Games closing ceremony was faint, given that the show was staged by Kim Gavin, closely associated with Take That (who did appear, m…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:33AM"All the world's a hospital, and all the men an women merely inmates" writes internationally acclaimed Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in the programme notes for his staging of Hugo von Hof…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:16AMPosted in Business developmentCustomer ServiceEntrepreneurshipPartnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentOne of the biggest issues I’ve had as I’ve started and maintained my two bu…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AM
ASPEN - After turning people away from sold-out shows last week, four local actors have extended the run of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" with two more performances on Wednesday and Thursday…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 01:49AMASPEN - After turning people away from sold-out shows last week, four local actors have extended the run of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" with two more performances on Wednesday and Thursday…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 01:49AMTickets to THE PERFORMERSthe new Broadway comedy by David West Readgo on sale via Telecharge today, August 13 it has been announced by the play's producers Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMXL Nightclub presents its new weekly show Broadway Call with nightlife host Marti Gould Cummings tonight, August 13th. The show will begin with an old fashioned-musical theatre sing along an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, August 13, Broadway at Birdland presents multi-Grammy and Tony-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn in his monthly concert series called Frank amp Friends. Joining Frank onstage will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMGiving back is an integral part of Variations, A Dancers Studio director and co-founder Erin Lopezs heart and soul. And so tonight, August 13, Variations, A Dancers Studio, based in Huntingt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMEzio Pinza appears as the mystery guest on What's My Line? in 1953: (This is the latest in a series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind--honest work, which you intend getting...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMA hybrid of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY and a prequel to A CHORUS LINE done in the format of a revue akin to THE UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
When Neil Simon's play, Barefoot in the Park, premiered on Broadway people were just beginning to understand what a titan the man would become in American theatre...forget that - in internat…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAnnie Golden, Jason Hite, Ben Platt, Harrison Chad, Will Roland and Sarah Cetrulo will appear in a workshop production of The Black Suits, the musical by Joe Iconis and Robert Emmett Maddock…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSusan Louise O'Connor co-stars with playwright Victor L. Cahn in Getting the Business, a world-premiere farce, which officially opens Off-Broadway Aug. 13 at the Clurman Theatre after pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOur Lady, a solo play about a suicidal gay teen who transforms his life, makes its New York premiere Aug. 13 as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for Broadway's The Performers, the new comedy by David West Read, go on sale to the general public Aug. 13 via Telecharge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth and Tony nominee Brian Murray star in a reading of Noël Coward's 1968 showbiz comedy Star Quality — a play that was not produced in th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSoul Doctor, the musical about the real-life unconventional rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, his passion for pop music and his relationship with soul singer Nina Simone, opens Off-Broadway Aug. 13 fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA new take on Anton Chekhov's play about passionate artists and those in their orbit will surface in Long Island City, Queens, Sept. 5-15 when Wandering Bark Theatre Company presents the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1895 Bert Lahr (nee Irving Lahrheim), the future stage and screen clown, is born today in New York. Following an early career in Vaudeville, Lahr will enjoy a widely successful career on Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Charity expands in 13th year
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM 
