The cast of The Addams Family 1st National Tour comes up with their own witty lyrics for Carrying the Banner from the Broadway musical Newsies, in their Bein' Part of Newsies music parody vi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56PMPaul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” screened in Chicago on Thursday night for a large,paying audience. Tickets were $10 for a film charity, and The Weinstein Company says t…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:45PMWatch the video below for the inside story of how Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman dreamed up the lyrics for Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in Disney's classic film, Mary Poppins…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38PMThe First Floor Theatre @ La MaMa, FringeNYC
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BOTTOM LINE: Josh Mesnik brings us into a world of schtick and snark with his comedy about a gay boy who finds him…
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Wonderlands Kate Shindle and Newsiess Ben Fankhauser are among the latest performers to join the August 26th St. Jude Benefit Concert at Joes Pub.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMTony Award nominee Norm Lewis will join the second season of the ABC drama, Scandal, in a recurring role, according to TVLine.com.
The site reports he will play the ex-boyfriend of leading …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:11PMby Peter Finlayson Theatre, for centuries, answered a vast range of needs; entertainment, diversion, allegory, parable, history, spectacle and moral lessons. Mixed in there were healthy dose…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:06PMLes Naufragés Du Fol Espoir, EdinburghThere's a lot of directors who are described as legendary but few that actually deserve the tag. One who does is Ariane Mnouchkine whose company, Thé�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe Welsh National Opera brings a sense of drama in its translation of its experience of the theatre to the concert platform, writes Andrew Clark
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:03PMTheater Basel sets its whimsical non-sequiturs and revue sketches in a language laboratory where students are learning English, says Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:02PMAn opportunity to hear homeless people tell their tales has arisen at the unlikely venue of next weekend's Westcountry Storytelling Festival, an annual folk celebration of the narrative arts…
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The Starz network premieres the second season of its drama series BOSS, starring Kelsey Grammer as Mayor Tom Kane. Joining the cast this season will be Jonathan Groff in the role of Kane's y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMTony Award-winning composer of the Broadway musical In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda has tackled a new beast with his latest project, Bring It On The Musical. The show is now playing on Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMSarah Williams talks to playwright David Kantounas who has adapted short stories by American author Jonathan Safran Foer for Dream Epic's current fringe show.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33PMThe Platform Group has announced updated casting for its next two staged readings at the Creek and Crave in Long Island City.
On Sunday, August 19 at 1pm, the company will present Bruce Pos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:32PMTNT has ordered 13 more episodes of the TV series Perception, which stars stage and screen veteran Eric McCormack., to air in 2013.
McCormack plays Daniel Pierce, a neuropsychology professo…
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For the first time ever, Franki Valli and the Four Seasons will finally “Walk Like a Man” on the Great White Way. From October 19 through October 27, one of the most famous music…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:59PMAccording to the Los Angeles Times, singer and pianist Michael Feinstein will succeed Marvin Hamlisch as Pasadena Pops' lead conductor for the 2013 season. Hamlisch passed away on August 6, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMAs previously announced, the complete 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival season closes this weekend, August 19, 2012. This season included Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest, a Pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMBroadway performer Nikka Graff Lanzarone will join her parents -- stage and screen star Ilene Graff and musical director Ben Lanzarone -- as a special guest in Graff's cabaret show, Fir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:45PMASPEN - The Hudson Reed Ensemble's latest production opens with a full-scale tap-dance number, with canes, tap platform and all. Soon after, actor Brad Moore bursts into a bit lifted from Cu…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 05:36PMASPEN - The Hudson Reed Ensemble's latest production opens with a full-scale tap-dance number, with canes, tap platform and all. Soon after, actor Brad Moore bursts into a bit lifted from Cu…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 05:36PMTheatreWorks is set to present its 10th annual "Anything Goes" fundraising gala, October 20 at 5:30pm in the TheatreWorks' Menlo Park Scene Shop.
The event's guests will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMActor Bradley Cooper may add a highly anticipated remake to his list of upcoming films. Cooper - who's aiming for Broadway and the third installment of the popular Hangover series in 2013 - …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMThe team up at Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts deserve a big hand for a stellar 2012 season, which featured Kelli O'Hara in Far From Heaven, Billy Crudup in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMStage veteran Michael Mosley has joined the cast of the ABC thriller Last Resort, according to TVGuide.com.
The show follows the renegade crew of a nuclear submarine, and also features the …
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This is your fifth time on Broadway. What keeps bringing you back? I thought it’d be easier, but it’s all actually harder! Physically, it’s not quite as demanding. But mentally, for so…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:54PMBroadway veterans Andréa Burns and Chris Hoch lead the cast of Hangar Theatre's production of Next to Normal, to run August 17-September 1. Tracy Brigden directs, with music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:54PMThe Los Angeles Theatre Center, under the stewardship of The Latino Theater Company, has announced its fall season, which as the theme "Face of the World 2012."
Five plays compris…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMEvery Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the United States. These plays focus on dramatizing…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:30PMThe seldom-seen star of Chappelle's Show is coming to Toronto for three surprise performances.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:24PMMy current Tumblr crush. Love this blog.
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SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:18PMHarlem Repertory Theatre opens its 2012 season with a chamber version of the musical “Dreamgirls,” which begins previews Friday at the 70-seat 133rd Street Arts Center (308 W. 133rd St…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:18PMABC Family has ordered additional episodes of the series Bunheads, starring Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, according to TVLine.com.
The show, created by Amy Sherman-Pall…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMToday we are shining a special solo spotlight on one of the most revered actors of the stage and screen on the premiere of his newest feature film lead role, in ROBOT amp FRANK - which recen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMNorm Lewis, who received a 2012 Best Actor Tony Award nomination for his performance in the Tony-winning The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, has landed a recurring role on the ABC political t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMFeatured in this week's event were the casts of A Christmas Story, The Musical John Bolton, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Nice Work If You Can Get It Stephanie Martignetti, Robyn Hurder, Chris Su…
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Broadway and musical theatre performers Sean Smith, David Burnham, Kim Huber, Christina Saffran Ashford, Damon Kirsche, David Engel, Jennifer Shelton, Emma Ashford, Matthew Ashford, Ali B. O…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:57PMBroadway veteran and The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg will return to the hit FOX series Glee, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
She will once again play Carmen Tibideaux, the dean at Ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMShe was an influential mentor to young artists and the founder of SooVAC and Rosalux galleries in Minneapolis.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:50PMThe first season of episodes of the ABC Family series Bunheads may be ending on August 20, but fear not, Sutton Foster fans. The network plans to bring the show back for more episodes next w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:38PM(photo via Facebook)Macbeth satisfies and stuns at Monument NationalIt IS a dagger...by Rebecca UgoliniSuperstition holds that it’s the play whose name dare not be spoken, but the Montreal…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:26PMFinborough Theatre, London: Set in 1935, during the dying days of failing company Briggs and Murrison, Cornelius resonates surprisingly with a modern audience.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:22PMQUEERING HISTORY, a new play by Maggie Keenan-Bolger, will be presented as a reading on Sunday, August 19th at 8PM to benefit Green Chimneys NYC, an organization fostering LGBT homeless kids…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMA rare visit from trumpeter and composing improviser/improvising composer Arthur Brooks, a farewell evening of Ecuadorian fusion by ÑAWI, and trumpeter Brian Lynch's "Unsung Heroes" project…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:13PMToday in 2008, the first Broadway revival of A Chrous Line closed at the Schoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 759 performances. A Chorus Line is a musical about Broadway dancers auditioning…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMThis fall, Andrew Samonsky returns to Broadway in the new musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Opening night of Primary Stage's HARRISON,TX, Tony-Award winning CHICAGO celebrates a razzle-dazzle decade on Broadway, a first look at the cast of A CHRISTMAS STORY, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMMichael Feinstein -- the renowned singer and pianist who specializes in music from the Great American Songbook -- has been named the new lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops. He will succee…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PMThe show isn't just for kids. But it may turn adults into kids, at least for a few hours.
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Stephen Spinella, best known for his Angels in America roles, is now part of the US premiere of the Catalan-born play The Grönholm Method, at the Falcon. While director BT McNicholl is urgi…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:59PMLast night, Alan Menken held an intimate performance as part of the ‘Destination D’ event at the Disneyland Resort, held by Disney D23, the official fan club of The Walt Disney Company
SOURCE: www.stitchkingdom.com at 02:54PMContracting a severe form of ME at the age of 44, Paddy Masefield, until then a busy director and playwright, began a new career as a campaigner for the rights of disabled people in theatres…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:50PMGossip columnist Perez Hilton is making his New York stage debut, joining the cast of the off-Broadway musical "NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition" for a four-week run starting n…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:42PMStay tuned for a detailed preview of the whole Broadway season Bring It On: The Musical (August 1) Chaplin (September 10th) An Enemy of the People (September 27th) Grace (October 4th) Cyrano…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:35PMAs reported this morning, lauded composer Alan Menken revealed at Disney's Destination D event that the musical adaptation of ALADDIN is coming to Broadway. View the announcement below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMThe producers of Spiegelworld held an invite-only casting call Aug. 16 in search of the next wave of high-skill circus and variety acts to amp up their current roster of daredevil performers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMHarrison, TX, Richard III, and Coriolanus-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:27PMGray Line New York, New York City's premiere double-decker bus and motorcoach tourism company, has announced today that Television and Broadway icons Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMA reading of Queering History, a new play by Maggie Keenan-Bolger, will be presented Aug. 19 at The Producer's Club with a cast led by Keenan-Bolger's Broadway siblings, Andrew (News…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PMHey, today is apparently blog update / maintenance day. I've reorganized my links to the left here and added a few new people, notably my friend Dawn McCoy's darling blog Beauty Frosting, an…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:20PMDrama Desk nominee Andrew Samonsky has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, to begin previews at the Neil Simon Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMJubilee Hall, Aldeburgh: Tapping into the cultural appetite for vampirism and coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Bram Stoker's death, Suffolk Summer Theatre presents what, by and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMBroadway alum Andrew Samonsky will play the dual roles of Harold McPherson and Kenneth Ormiston in the forthcoming Broadway premiere of Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPher…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe 2b Theatre Company from Halifax has an excellent track record that’s further enhanced by When It Rains, their show at this year’s SummerWorks
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:00PMGossip columnist Perez Hilton joins the cast of the off-Broadway musical revue, NEWSical the Musical, for four weeks only beginning Saturday, September 8th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMAt first glance, the numbers didn't make sense. How could the five-county Kansas City area have a larger population than St. Louis County but spend less on the arts? That question jumped out…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PM
At an extraordinary Academy Awards ceremony in 1974, no fewer than three Oscars went to the same man - the composer Marvin Hamlisch. He received two awards - best score and best song - for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMThe Great White Way wrapped up another exciting week and the old Irving Berlin lyric holds true—there are no people like show people. From life-saving hair extensions to best friends w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PMThis wasn't a play and so I'm not writing a review. Several hundred people crowded into the Royal Court Theatre's underground cafe in Sloane Square this morning to hear three actresses, incl…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 01:45PM
After the Alcyone Festival 2012 closed, we're taking a couple weeks off to rest and regroup.
Our next performance event will be October's Ceyx Series. We're putting the finishing touches …
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 01:44PMAndrew Samonsky, a late-run Lt. Cable in Lincoln Center Theater's South Pacific, has joined the cast of the new Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMFour-time Tony winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy winner Richard Thomas are gearing up to star in a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMActors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is the recipient of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce's 2012 City Beautiful Award for Outstanding Historic Preservation. The award was p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMQueering History, a new play by Maggie Keenan-Bolger, will receive a reading to benefit Green Chimneys NYC, an organization that fosters gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender homeless youth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMTasti D-Lite has named a new flavor, SMOKIN SMORES, in honor of the raucous, irreverent, and unfiltered new Off-Broadway musical comedy The Last Smoker in America Make it a habit every Frida…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMother places in the world, this is exciting.Uganda’s LGBT community was able to conduct a weekend of gay pride events despite police arrests and harassment.The historic LGBT pride was a se…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:22PMUnderbelly, Bristo SquareSusan Calman isn't the first standup to tell a coming-out story. But civil partnership anecdotes are a new addition to comedy's arsenal – and should prove a potent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMBroadway Barks! co-founders Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will be inducted into Gray Line New York's Ride of Fame at a ceremony on Tuesday, August 21 on Pier 78.
The dedicatio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMThe Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and the Guthrie have announced a new partnership that will link the two organizations in an ongoing series of film screenings and programming.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:14PMWhy? That has been the most oft-asked question I’ve received in the twenty-two years since Plowshares Theatre Company was founded. Why in Detroit? You can do it so much easier and earn mor…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:10PMAfter three years, Jonas Brothers will return to the stage with an exclusive one night only engagement on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 800pmEST at Radio City Music Hall. The concert is the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth is on the mend after her recent injury on the set of The Good Wife, and we’ve been sending our thoughts and well wishes for a speedy recovery. The Wicked …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMBroadway star Ricky Martin appeared on last night's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON to talk about his starring role as 'Che' in EVITA and his development deal with NBC to write, produce and sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMThe world-premiere staging of the Broadway-aimed The Nutty Professor — written by Tony Award winners Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes, and directed by Jerry Lewis — plays its fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMStephanie J. Block, who recently starred as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes on Broadway, joins Seth in studio for a chat. Their discussion about her "pretentious" middle initial segues into he…
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Nichola McAuliffe, Mike McShane and Bill Paterson are among the nominees for this year's Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMOn August 16, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Anthony stepped out of the spotlight and into the world of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark to see the iconic superhero in action. Anthony, w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMBattersea Arts Centre has announced its autumn season, called September Cook Up 2012, which will feature a reinterpretation of John Cage's Indeterminacy starring comedian Stewart Lee and a s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46PMBroadway News Review | Week of August 11- August 17 Having trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our n…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:45PMWhat do the revived Intiman Theatre's summer shows tell us about where the company's headed? About its aesthetic direction, the kind of theater it wants to be? The artistic profile is still …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:43PMInternet gossip columnist Perez Hilton will temporarily join the cast of Rick Crom's Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical beginning Sept. 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMShotgun Players will present Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Tony Award-winning musical Assassins beginning Sept. 26, prior to an official opening Oct. 5, in Berkeley, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMOcean State Theatre Company is set to conclude its role as the producing entity at Theatre By The Sea at the end of the current season.
Theatre By The Sea owner Bill Hanney, who has operate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:38PMDaniel Kitson has won his sixth ever Fringe First, for his solo performance of As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title at the Traverse.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMlast night at the Homo-Centric reading at Stories Books in Echo Park. Queer literary guru Hank Henderson reminded us in closing how fortunate we are to be able to gather and read our work th…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:25PMThis week's topics Joan Roberts Dies at 95, concert version of My Fair Lady, Newsies Trading Cards, INTO THE WOODS Cast Recordings, Obscure Acronyms, Once Recoups
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMThe cast of Off-Broadway's The Last Smoker in America visited the Times Square Tasti D-Lite to celebrate the new flavor "Smokin' S'Mores," created in honor of the mu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PMDirector Sam Yates has done a marvellous thing. He has managed to revitalise J.B. Priestley’s play Cornelius – a play that, tellingly, has not been produced in London for over 70 years �…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:17PMAt the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, an exhibition delving into the career of Noël Coward; and at Habana Outpost, an outdoor film series that runs well into October.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:17PMDeana Martin, a daughter of Dean Martin, brings her show “Deana Sings Dino” to Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:16PMFall space available at the beautiful new Rivendell Theatre in Edgewater. 50 seat theatre is available November 19th - December 30th. Rental includes state of the art, brand new sound and …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:13PMThe Ogunquit Playhouse will present 9 to 5: The Musical, which features a score by Grammy Award winner Dolly Parton, beginning Aug. 22, prior to an official opening Aug. 23, in Maine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Who should replace Ricky Martin as 'Che' in EVITA
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMAladdin may be the latest Disney musical to fly onto Broadway, according to PerezHilton.com. Alan Menken, the Oscar and Tony-winning composer of the animated film, reportedly says a Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 8172012.
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Superstar Ricky Martin dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on August 16 to discuss Evita and the new TV series Martin is writing, producing and starring in on NBC. In the first video, Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMNotorious celebrity blogger and internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton will make his New York theater debut when he joins the cast of Off-Broadway's NEWSical the Musical: End of the Wor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMThe Jonas Brothers will return to the stage together for the first time in three years during a one-night-only concert at Radio City Music Hall set for October 11. Their only show in the Uni…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMYvonne Arnaud, Guildford: Christopher Brandon plays George, a bit of a smoothy. Tom Hackney plays daft Harris and Alastair Whatley is J, the earnest one. Brandon and Hackney also play numero…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMComposer and writer Mary Rodgers Guettel is at work on her memoirs, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMTickets for DEAD ACCOUNTS will go on sale to the general public tomorrow, Saturday, August 18 at 1000 AM. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.Telecharge.com or calling 212 239-6200. For…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMJoy Bryant, who stars in the NBC series "Parenthood," has been cast in the upcoming film based on the David Mamet play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMThe first time I saw Dogfight at Second Stage, I wasn’t with Lucky. (Yes, sometimes we do unglue ourselves from each other and do things independently.) But on the walk back to the sub…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:14AMFriday August 17, 2012
STOCKBRIDGE - Actress Jill Eikenberry and her husband, actor Michael Tucker, hadn't planned to spend this summer in the Berkshires.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 11:14AMAccording to various reports - from Stitch Kingdom to Perez Hilton - lauded composer Alan Menken revealed at Disney's Destination D event that the musical adaptation of ALADDIN is being prep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMAs original cast members of Broadways Jersey Boys, they took the world by storm in one of the biggest hits of all-time. Now they are together again becoming rock stars in their own right as …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMAlso 'Release Point,' 'Gypsy,' 'Red,' more
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:10AMWhile his Queer as Folk love interest Gale Harold has established a successful career on television in recent years, Randy Harrison has quietly been carving out a career on the stage. But it…
SOURCE: greginhollywood.com at 11:05AMBroadwayWorld was there for the last concert of the summer yesterday, and we bring you full photo coverage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMI get a lot of emails asking for advice on a lot of different subjects, from how to market a show about puppets to is it better to start off your career working for a non-profit theatre comp…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMDermot Mulroney is joining the cast of A-list stage and screen stars for the film adaption of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play "August: Osage County."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMOn Aug. 11, Alan Cumming accepted The Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical theatre on behalf of honoree Kristin Chenoweth. Chenoweth (Wicked, You're a Good Man Charlie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
At a recent concert at the Disneyland Resort, Tony-winning composer Alan Menken, currently represented on Broadway with the award-winning Newsies, debuted "Somebody's Got Your Back,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMStage and screen star Ciarán Hinds will join the cast of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones for its upcoming third season, according to published reports.
The actor will play Man…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMAudience members will get double the fun when the Nunziata Brothers perform Sunday and Monday at Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls, NY.
SOURCE: poststar.com at 10:49AMJordin Sparks and the cast of SPARKLE lit up the red carpet at last night's premiere, held at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Other attendees included Whitney Houston…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMJoey, the four-legged star of the hit play War Horse, joined author Michael Morpurgo on stage at the New London Theatre during a a Q&A session with children as part of London's Kids…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMThe world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s new play Dead Accounts will now officially open on Broadway on November 29. The new comedy, directed by Jack O’Brien and starring Katie Hol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMTickets for DEAD ACCOUNTS will go on sale to the general public tomorrow, Saturday, August 18 at 10:00 AM. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.Telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200.�…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:42AMAssembly HallBritain has apparently become a nation of dancers, or at least a nation addicted to TV dance shows. The finale of this short, entertaining production sees the entire audience ge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMAfter 19 years, Marsha Mason is selling the farm.
The actress had racked up four best actress Oscar nods for her work in “Cinderella Liberty,” “The Goodbye Girl,” “Only When I Laug…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:30AMThe mysteries of man’s evolution set down under the bright blue and yellow big top is a stunning creation from Cirque Du Soleil rolls into Washington DC - Totem. A fascinating journey tha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29AMSouth Coast Repertory is set to present Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular, September 7-October 7. Founding artistic director David Emmes will direct.
Set over three successive C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMAt BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMCasting has been announced for Shotgun Players' production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, to run September 26-November 11 at Ashby Stage, with an opening set for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AMTelly Leung, most recently seen in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Godspell, will debut his latest concert act this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMTelly Leung, most recently seen in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Godspell, will debut his latest concert act in November at The Coterie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMHow do you react to the look of a naked body onstage? Thirty-four years ago, as part of a friend’s bachelor party, I went to a London strip club with a group of seven other men. We were al…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:20AMReports on Pieces,The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life of Deena Domino, and REDlight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMOne doesn’t get that many opportunities to see TEDDY&ALICE, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:19AMColumn on shows posting closing notices and new ones upcoming; Opera on PBS, Paul McCartnery; Remembering legendary Mae West on her birthday
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:19AMBig names in theatre are turning to children and teens who want to express their anxiety about the futureThe kids are not all right: that is the message of a number of dramas at the Edinburg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AMThe Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck's comedy, Dead Accounts, which co-stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes, has adjusted its official opening by one day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMC NovaThis week a Norwegian government commission into the killings of 77 people by Anders Breivik on the island of Utøya concluded that, with better communication and organisation, they co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMThe Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy
Dead Accounts, to begin previews on November 3 at the Music Box Theatre and originally slated to open on November 28, will now open…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AM These are the tweets of the week. Little bits of awesome from some of Broadway’s favorite tweeters in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMAddison Reid Coe, MaryJoanna Grisso and Michelle Alves will be featured in an upcoming new touring version of “West Side Story.” The national tour will kick off on October 29 at the Clem…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMName: Daniel GlennHometown: Alpharetta, GeorgiaEducation: NYU, Sarah Lawrence Select Credits: Playwright: There Was and There Wasn’t (Tisch Mainstage); Swingset/Moon (Telluride Playwrights…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:00AMBradley Cooper could go against type for a Broadway revival of "The Elephant Man."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
The season finale of ABC Family's BUNHEADS airs this Monday, August 20th 900 - 1000 PM ETPT . In the season closer, Michelle and Fanny are in step as they prepare for the annual summer perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMHere’s an awesome nugget! Dick Cavett interviewing Mae West in 1976. (It’s her birthday today — see my full essay on her here). I love this artifact…Cavett seems wary…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:55AMJohn Barrowman, who will return to U.K.'s Clyde Auditorium in December for the holiday pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, has landed a recurring role on the new CW action-drama "Arro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMActors Pippa Bennett-Warner, Lyndsey Marshal and Lydia Wilson, and playwright EV Crowe headed an event is support of Moscow punk band Pussy Riot as they were today found guilty of hooliganis…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMHere’s an oldie but a moldie. Here I am performing the grunge-tastic Nirvana unplugged goof “Trav S.D. Theme Song”, backed by Mr. Pinnock on drums, Ron Moore (later Chairma…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AMWednesdays live results show on August 22 9-10 pm ET will feature a performance by Broadway's BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL as well as a joint performance by platinum recording artist Owl City and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:35AMThe Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods got mixed reviews, included a pretty negative one from the New York Times. But the show m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMThis little-known Noel Coward play about a group of island residents fails to generate any heat.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMShakespeare's Globe has released a trailer for its Globe on Screen season, a partnership with Arts Alliance Media to release three of its 2011 theatre productions to cinemas in the USA,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMComposer and author Mary Rodgers Guettel, who was honored by The Juilliard School in April, is at work on her memoirs, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMShort productions unveil new works by Paul Rudnick and Neil LaBute, with stars including Victor Slezak and Alicia Goranson
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:18AMTony and Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones will narrate a new recording of "The Runaway Bunny," which is based on the best-selling children's classic by Margaret Wise Brown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMTraditional seaside venues are this summer still pulling in the punters, confounding the prophets of doom, writes Mark Ritchie
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:13AMWhile Latin hearthrob Ricky Martin is signed to star in EVITA through the end of the year, with a Spring 2013 contract extension possible as well, Michael Riedel reports in today's New York …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMThe first South African production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Jersey Boys” will premiere in April of next year, producers announced recently. The extremely popular musical will d…
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Senora Carrar’s Rifles by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Michael Wheeler Written in 1937, Senora Carrar’s Rifles is heavily inspired by Synge’s Riders To The Sea, moving the ac…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:56AMIn the shadow of the White House a special watering hole welcomes celebrities, power brokers and out-of-towners in equal measure. Occidental Grill and Seafood situated beside the Willard Hot…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Krista Allen from the CW's "The L.A. Complex." Here we talk about the hit CW show, starring on "Days of Our Lives," starting her own vegan blog, Veggie Boom Boom, a…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:41AMAndrew Lloyd Webbers new production of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Laurence Connor, promises to be the rock event of the year as Tim Minchin Judas Iscariot and Ben Forster Jesus bega…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AMThe Gene Frankel Theatre, FringeNYC
By Haytham Elhawary
BOTTOM LINE: An endearing tale of an identity crisis, a Latina alter ego and how much darn fun you can have in Argentina.
In a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:31AMVaudeville, London"Let's blow trumpets and squeakers and enjoy the party as much as we can," says Elyot in Private Lives, written in 1930. "I'm tired of the noise you make with your shrill, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMVarious ways of doing oneself in - a bullet to the head (Richard, an engineer who has made a big mistake - Seth Blum), an overdose of pills (Samantha, a young girl who couldn’t cope w…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:01AMThis year’s annual Broadway Week will take place September 4-16, and will feature two-for-one tickets to 19 Broadway shows, including “Newsies,” “Once,” “War Horse” and “Wick…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe award-winning stars share their insights about the making of their new film, their feelings about technology, and their hopes of returning to the stage.
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For the third time this year, cast members from the Broadway musical Newsies will chat with fans live on YouTube. This Saturday, August 18th at 6:00PM EST, Newsies’ Andrew Keenan-Bolger, …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:58AMWhat to see in Edinburgh and beyond, using Twitter properly – and can you believe anything you're told in the theatre?Of tickets and tweetsTwitter has been a game-changer in Edinburgh – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:57AMBassist Michael Feinberg has done many things right in his richly varied tribute to the great percussionist Elvin Jones.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:55AMBroadway is indebted to E.L. Doctorow, Gregory Maguire and Voltaire. They and plenty of other writers have penned books that have become musicals. For that matter, many of us are glad for th…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:53AMComedian Bob Slayer was asked by The Scotsman newspaper to write a piece about the way the Edinburgh Fringe is financed.
SOURCE: John Fleming at 07:52AMThe inspiration behind Broadway’s hit musical Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, will celebrate their 50th anniversary at the Broadway Theatre in a new concert production for…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:48AMWell, we are off and running! Last week, dozens of you voted and selected those cast members from Bring It On: The Musical will compete at the end of the season in the Ensemble and Und…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:45AMWar Horse
author Michael Morpurgo took to the stage yesterday (16 August) after a performance of the show, alongside his equine puppet
creation, Joey.
Morpurgo fielded questions from th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:33AMThe second round of Fringe First Awards have been announced by The Scotsman. Six shows have been honoured this week, bringing the total so far this year to 11.
The Traverse claimed two of t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:33AMI have never been to a press night with such hoardes of paparazzi as those waiting outside the theatre when I saw the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar. Yet, far from being ove…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AM“Hair” and “Tommy” will be among the production featured during the 2012-2013 season at the White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC). The upcoming season will mark the 10th annive…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 07:00AMChildren's show was the season's biggest hit.
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INTERVIEW: HASSAN ABDULRAZZAK The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his latest, The Prophet (Gate Theatre), a thrilling play about the Arab Spring in Cairo which enjoyed a successful run…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:32AMMaurice, a retired jeweller living in Penge, is expecting a visit from the Queen. Sixty years ago, when he took charge of the crown jewels overnight, she promised to find him, should she eve…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:31AMThe Edinburgh Fringe is all about talent-spotting but forget Footlights - if you really want to see the next generation of performers first, the smart money is on Double Edge Drama. This is …
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:25AMINTERVIEW: YAEL FARBER and BO PETERSEN The adapter and director of Mies Julie, based on Strindberg's play, and the actor in Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act…
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Like the Orange Tree, the Finborough explores parts of the repertoire the National Theatre won’t reach. This attractively strange and surprising 1935 play by J B Priestley, acutely wel…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:59AMHas Noel Coward's Volcano erupted in a lava-minute comedy treat? Hardly, but there's plenty in this unknown 1956 love-among-the-ex-pats scenario on the fictional island of Samolo to merit at…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:56AMYou see it every night in the theatre. People turn up insisting that you are in their seats only to discover, after a run-in with the ushers, that their seats are in the circle, not the stal…
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What's the Jersey Shore for in summertime if not diversion - at least to all of us flocking there for the last seasonal rays? And along with 30 flavors of fudge, lazy evenings in barrier-isl…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:51AMA Christmas Story, the 1983 movie in which Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940′s, has been made int…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:44AMA Christmas Story the Musical and Bring it On: The Musical WOWs at Bryant Park: A Christmas Story, The Musical won over photographers, journalists and park goers as they debuted "Somewhere H…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:33AMScott Adsit, Chris Bauer, Edie Falco, Dayle Reyfel, and Kyra Sedgwick will star in a benefit staged reading of Drama Desk Award winner and Emmy nominee Eugene Packs new comedy, Columbus and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Starz network released a full-length trailer for the upcoming second season of its drama series BOSS, starring Kelsey Grammer as Mayor Tom Kane. Joining the cast this season will be Jona…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I review two of this year's Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival productions, Romeo and Juliet and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThe Detroit Institute of Arts, a major encyclopedic museum whose collection includes such masterpieces as Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Trapped dreams must die." James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMWith a slew of character driven songs, sung dialogue and almost complete underscoring STANDBY, the musical is as interesting as it is odd.
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Off Broadway's Primary Stages Theater Company is kicking off its 28th season with "Harrison, TX," a production that offers up three one acts by the late Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-wi…
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:46AMDon McLean, the singer-songwriter behind 'American Pie,' 'Vincent' and 'And I Love You So,' plays The Ex on Aug. 24.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM"Sparkle," the feature film that stars "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and late Grammy Award winner Whitney Houston, hits movie theatres Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLa Jolla Playhouse presents Tony winner Denis O'Hare and Obie winner Lisa Peterson's adaptation of Homer's An Iliad, a one-man production based on a translation by Robert Fagles,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew Yorkers will have the rare opportunity in September to double-dose on Argentina's most famous First Lady, Maria Eva Duarte de Peron — best known as Evita, the wife of mid-20th-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Falcon Theatre's production of The Grönholm Method officially opens in California Aug. 17 following previews that began Aug. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Golden Globe-nominated STARZ series "Boss," which stars Tony nominee and Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer as fictional Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, kicks off its second season Aug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1871 Playwright Jesse Lynch Williams is born today. During the 1917-1918 theatre season, Williams' play, Why Marry, will win the first-ever Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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