We chat with comedian Mike Birbiglia and his new dramatic film, "Sleepwalk With Me," which chronicles his dangerous habit of enacting his dreams while still asleep. To help with some of the …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:46PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39PMIs there any better way to celebrate summer than at camp? Yes! At Gay Camp! What is Gay Camp you ask? Well, the title should tell you exactly you’re about to see. Campy gayness; also known…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:38PMSummer’s such a slow time for theater, right? WRONG. Here’s a recap of all the stuff we’ve seen in the last bunch of sweaty, summery weeks… Koberet This summer Andrew…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:36PMSandra Chipchase, CEO, Destination NSW today introduced to the media the seven actors who will play the lovable and bizarre characters who make up the deliriously delightful Addams Family. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34PMThe music in A Synonym for Love is respected fully, by vocalists and orchestra alike, but the new spin on the material is wonderful, writes Star critic Richard Ouzounian.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:27PMCirque du Soleil has done it again with its particular brand of entertainment magic. Conceived in 2010, TOTEM has kept the company’s commitment to delivering a “no animals circus” by…
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According to her Facebook page, Broadway veteran Tovah Feldshuh will guest star on USA's 'Covert Affairs.' She writes Latest news flying to Toronto to shoot COVERT AFFAIRS. Ive been asked to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:49PMStandup, who built her stand-up career on persona of a corner-cutting housewife, was an influential figure for women in comedyPhyllis Diller, the pioneering US comedian who aimed some of her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMTed Chapin in front of the Sydney Opera House earlier this month, seen here with performer David Campbell.It turns out that Melbourne, Australia, longs to be the third global capital of musi…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 07:17PMAs the high-flying new musical Bring It On prepared to basket-toss its way onto Broadway, cast member Ariana DeBose ("So You Think You Can Dance"), who plays Danielle's Jackson…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:03PMOne-liner specialists Stewart Francis and Tim Vine each make two appearances in Dave award's top ten listTake a seat and brace yourself – here is the funniest joke from this year's Edinbur…
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The Casting Society of America CSA announced today the nominations for the organizations 28th Annual Artios Awards for outstanding achievement in casting given in 22 categories including fil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMTweet Amazon.com Widgets For the first time ever we have decided to try doing a giveaway. By using the different ways to enter on the field below, you could win a free cast recording of The …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:39PMONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS is playing on Broadway through September 2, 2012 ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS has broken the box office record at the Music Box Theater for the third time during its limited run…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:36PMJohn Herrera and Natalie Toro will star in Utah's premiere of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights, which is set to run September 14-29 at the Pioneer Theatre Company.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMPAPER was saddened to hear about the death of comedy legend Phyllis Diller today. She was 95. In addition to her long and influential career, Diller was fabulously saucy, unapologetic and ha…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 06:25PMIt’s refreshing to experience a play about ideas, and not simply character or story. John Logan’s incendiary play Red is a two-character bio-drama about abstract expressionist fine artis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:23PMNominations for the 28th Annual Artios Awards have been announced. The awards, which honor outstanding achievements in casting, will hold bi-coastal ceremonies in both New York and Los Angel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMOn hiatus from the AMC smash hit Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser comes to the Bay Area to lead a vibrant cast in San Jose Reps world premiere of the Jonathan Marc Feldman drama The Death of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Phyllis Diller, the former housewife whose raucous cackle and jokes about her own looks made her one of America's first female stand-up comedy stars, died in…
SOURCE: Reuters at 06:15PMSharon Jones, the amazing soul-funk diva whose groovy version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" recently changed my life, performed with her band, The Dap Kings, in a free concert …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 06:15PMOn Tuesday, September 11 at 7pm, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space presents MORE OR LESS I AM, a powerful music-theater innovation drawn entirely from Walt Whitmans 1855 Song of Myself.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMAriana DeBose's career took some twists and turns after her appearance on season six of TV’s "So You Think You Can Dance." She hit the streets and went on audition after audition until Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:11PMChristine Stulik and Halena Kays in The Hypocrites’ “The House of Usher” Welcome to the House of Usher, where not everything is as it seems and you may find yourself buried…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:10PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, comedian and Broadway veteran Phyllis Diller passed away this morning in her Los Angeles home. She was 95 years old. Some of her friends amp colleagues …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 82012.
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Tickets are now on sale for Katie Holmes‘ long awaited return to Broadway in DeadAccounts, her first project since her much publicized divorce from Tom Cruise and her first time back…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:56PMCasting directors don’t get Oscars, Tonys, or Emmys. So they have their own awards–called Artios. They’re given out on October 29th. COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES FOLLOWS 2012 …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:49PMOn Twitter Watch, Barbra Streisand wrote Barbra Streisand on the passing of Phyllis Diller I adored her she was a wondrous spirit who was great to me.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell said on Monday she suffered a heart attack last week and had a stent inserted to treat a blocked artery.
SOURCE: Reuters at 05:49PMBroadway star Claybourne Elder, 30, says he knew Eric Rosen, the 41-year-old artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, was the man he wanted to marry the minute a doggie named Diog…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMThe trippy new drama “Goldfish Thinking” opens with bodies on the floor and a detective inspecting the wreckage. Clues: pay attention to them. Try to keep up. By the end of this cheerful…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:42PMDelightful vlogger Ryann Redmond takes her camera on a field trip to Broadway in Bryant Park, off-Broadway musical Dogfight and more. Come along with the Bring It On gang and see the sights!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, August 20, 2012 Breaking news: ‘Book of Mormon’ Breaks Another House Record On Broadway, And One In Denver Deadline.com The Book Of Mormon on…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:36PMA review of Harold Pinter's "Old Times" at ACT Theatre through Aug. 25, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:25PMEmmy Award winner, Broadway actress and television personality Rosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack last week, according to her blog at Rosie.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMThe Greene Space at WNYC is set to present More or Less I Am, September 11 at 7 pm. Karin Coonrod will direct.
More or Less I Am is a music-theater piece drawn from Walt Whitman's 185…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMCalling it a "miracle" she's still alive, Rosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack last week and is now recovering at home.
SOURCE: People at 05:18PMThe Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens on Twitter using the hashtag “#newplay.” This week’s topic of discussion will be deter…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:16PMThe World Gets a Little Sadder as Phyllis Diller Passes On: I grew up watching the "Mad Monster Party" and "H.R. Puffinstuff," so I feel the loss of childhood with the passing of Phyllis Dil…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:16PMBroadway's biggest cheerleader Rosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack on August 14, according to O'Donnell's blog. The actress/comedian called her recovery a "miracle&q…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMAccording to published reports, comedian and Broadway veteran Phyllis Diller passed away this morning in her Los Angeles home. She was 95 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMSignature Theatre Company is pleased to announce a two-week extension for Sam Shepard’s HEARTLESS, directed by Daniel Aukin. The production will now play through Sunday, September 30. The …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:05PMSUBLIME CITY Son of Semele has consistently produced spectacular productions with scant resources in their awkward garage-like space nestled between lower Silver Lake and Historic Filipino T…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:04PMSt. Louis producer who loved the play in Clayton takes it off-Broadway.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:04PMRosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack last week according to her official blog. Just today the Broadway favorite wrote about the whole experience, and the full blog post is as follows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMNew Girl in Town Boasts Wonderful Leads: Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie."
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:00PMLegit News:
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The Kennedy Center has announced the participating theaters for its 11th Annual Page-to-Stage new play festival, to be held September 1-3.
The festival will feature more than 40 theaters fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:57PMThe Best of Everything, based on Rona Jaffe's 1958 controversial bestselling novel of the same name, will begin performances Sept. 29, prior to an official opening Oct. 4, at HERE Arts C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMI, Tommy Gilded Balloon **** Everybody will be familiar with Tommy Sheridan's story, and not necessarily because they closely follow Scottish politics at their most internecine. Rather …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:50PMArriving on the Great White Way this week is CHAPLIN, featuring the talents of Rob McClure, Jenn Colella, Christiane Noll, Erin Mackey, and more. Get your tickets to the new musical now whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMActress Tichina Arnold married basketball coach Rico Hines on Saturday in Hawaii, according to published reports.
Arnold appeared in the City Center Encores! production of The Wiz as Evilen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMA Shakespeare work that has been performed only twice on Broadway is at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater at Drew University in Madison, N.J.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:39PMVulture caught up with Bishop and Broadway’s Sutton Foster to talk about how they managed in Sherman-Palladino’s crazy-wonderful world of words, and what they hope to do more of in seaso…
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:36PMAfter 136 performances, Ghost The Musical closed on Broadway Aug. 18. Tyler McGee, who played the rapping "Subway Ghost," documented one of the final performance days for Playbill.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM95 WordsPerMinute has announced casting for The Best of Everything, based on the novel by Rona Jaffe, adapted and directed by Julie Kramer. The play will run September 29-October 20 at HERE…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:35PMBefore the 2012 Williamstown Theatre Festival season came to a close, the company took part in one final performance — a lip-sync music video to Jessie J's "Domino."
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMActress Rosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack last week and is now recovering at home, according to published reports.
The actress wrote on her blog that her coronary artery was 99 p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMFalling by Deanna Jent will have its Off-Broadway premiere at Minetta Lane Theater, opening October 15. Lori Adams will direct.
In Falling, 18-year-old Josh, who has autism, and his entire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:30PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, broke records on Broadway and in Denver for the week ending August 19. At Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, THE …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:26PMLegendary comedian Phyllis Diller passed away today at the age of 95. An icon in the world of comedy, Ms. Diller started her comedy career at the age of 37, paving the way for two generation…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 04:25PMJulia Murney will star as Tami in Deanna Jent's new play Falling. Directed by Lori Adams, the production will begin perfomances September 27 at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theater. O…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMTony-nominated actress Cristin Milioti, who plays the role of 'Girl' in the musical ONCE appeared on NBC 4 NEW YORK yesterday to talk about the hit Broadway show. Milioti shared her belief t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMSome theaters roll out their new season lineups early, the better to get the jump on subscription sales. Others take their time. But by now, most companies have pulled back the curtain on th…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 04:17PMThe Swiss performance troupe Mummenschanz — seen on Broadway in 1977 and 1986 — will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a North American tour, which includes a four-week holiday…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMWelcome to this week's edition of our WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8192012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe Casting Society of America has announced the nominations for its 2012 Artios Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The awards will be presented at bi-coastal ceremonies on October…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMTickets are now on sale for Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a new musical with book and lyrics by the one and only Kathie Lee Gifford (“Live with Regis and Kat…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:04PM
Tickets are now on sale for Forever Dusty, a new bio-musical about '60s pop star Dusty Springfield. Written by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin, and starring Smith in the tit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMPioneering stand-up comedian and comic actress Phyllis Diller died on August 20 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 95 and had been in declining health after a fall.
Diller’s varied…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:53PMUpdated casting has been announced for Love Songs, a musical by Steven Cagan, to play Feinstein's at Loews Regency, August 26-30.
The show, which is set at at wedding, will feature Ash…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMABC Family has announced that tonight, Monday, August 20th, fans can participate in a live Twitter chat with Sutton Foster, Tony Award-winning actress and star of ABC Family's original drama…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMThe Lion King had a lot to celebrate during the past week. Not only did the musical remain at the top of the box office, but it also became the fifth-longest running show in Broadway history…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:46PMCheck out the performaces from the cast of ROCK OF AGES below, which included 'Here I Go Again,' 'Can't Fight This Feeling,' and 'Don't Stop Believing.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMAfter a run of only 21 weeks and 169 performances, on August 13, 2012, the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Once" recouped its $5.5 million investment. "Once" grossed $1,060,427 for the week e…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:42PMMerrimack Repertory Theatre has announced casting for its world premiere production of William Donnelly's Homestead Crossing, running September 6-30. Kyle Fabel will direct.
In Homest…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:35PMIt’s rather melancholy to think that this incarnation of the TMCO will never perform again as an ensemble. Such is the nature, though, of Tanglewood and many summer music festivals.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:32PMProducers Terry Schnuck, James and Catherine Berges, Crystal Beuerlein and Michael F. Neidorff announced Aug. 20 casting for the Off-Broadway premiere of Falling, a new play by Deanna Jent t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMProducers Terry Schnuck, James and Catherine Berges, Crystal Beuerlein and Michael F. Neidorff announced Aug. 20 casting for the Off-Broadway premiere of Falling, a new play by Deanna Jent t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMFull casting has been announced for Northlight Theatre's production of the classic Neil Simon comedy, The Odd Couple, to run November 2-December 9, with an opening on November 9. BJ Jon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMFull casting has been announced for Northlight Theatre's production of the classic Neil Simon comedy, The Odd Couple, to run November 2-December 9, with an opening on November 9. BJ Jon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMLegendary comedian and Broadway veteran Phyllis Diller has died at age 95 in Los Angeles, according to published reports.
Diller played the title role in the original Broadway production of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:19PMIllegal Use of Hands -- American Blues Theater at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, is offering a limited number of $10 industry tickets for previews Friday …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:02PM
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:48PMA reviewer’s life can be a difficult one (yes, bring out the tiny violins), with regular late nights at shows and tight deadlines to submit work to. I’ve just returned from the Edinburgh…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:47PMTony Award winner Randy Graff is among the performers featured in the 2012 "ESPA*Drills" reading series, Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts' annual new play devel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMThe Theatricum Botanicum, that bastion of the classics, also develops new plays in its Seedlings series of readings. Now one of those new plays, Michael Gene Sullivan's Recipe, is attracting…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:40PMGlee will get a major makeover for its upcoming fourth season as the series will split episodes between the remaining students at McKinley High and the New York adventures of Rachel (Lea Mic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMOnce star Cristin Milioti was all smiles when she stopped by NBC New York on August 19 to chat about the Tony-winning, hit musical. Milioti discussed how despite the show's swoon-worthy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMHomestead Crossing, in world premiere at Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn stage in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is thoughtful, understated and cleanly delineated.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:34PMThe season finale of ABC Family's BUNHEADS airs tonight, Monday, August 20th 900 - 1000 PM ETPT . In the season closer, Michelle and Fanny are in step as they prepare for the annual summer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMIt’s a privilege to…see young performers tackle sophisticated and edgy material with unparalleled commitment, talent and passion. And that’s just what the members of Rock…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 02:27PMBroadways new musical CHAPLIN begins previews tomorrow at 8pm and opens September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street. Meet the cast below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMMarvell Rep is set to present Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance and Frank Wedekind's Spring's Awakening in repertory for the second half of their "Burned and Banned" se…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMBe careful what you wish for. That seems to be the message of the Public Theater’s revival of Into the Woods, currently in performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. When i…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:22PM“What is wrong with our generation? I mean, what is up with it?” a man asks, wearily. “I know, I know,” the man to his left agrees. “I mean the clothes these girls wear,” the fir…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:19PMOn Wednesday, September 5 at 730pm at NYUs Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Place, dance icon Mikhail Baryshnikov will be honored at the NYC Dance Alliance Foundations B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMBrooklyn Center for the Performing Arts has announced programming for its 2012-2013 season.
Among the highlights will be An Evening with Lucie Arnaz, to be presented Saturday, May 18, 2013 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMSome of Shakespeare’s comedies beg for dystopian settings, but A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not one of them. Stagings of the problem plays frequently dwell on their moral ambivalence and…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:11PMAlan Jackson had Wolf Trap sold out due to his 34 number one songs, a couple of GRAMMY Awards, and 17 Academy of Country Music Awards. Alan crammed 22 songs into a 100 minute set in an effor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMNEW YORK - Karen Allen, who romanced Indiana Jones, has been lured back to the New York stage.
Allen, perhaps...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:01PM
In the dog days of August, we glance at the Broadway 2012-2013 season in formation; so far, there is a list of some two dozen shows with theaters and set opening dates. We also learn there…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:58PMCasting has been announced for Lyric Stage Company's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, to run September 7-October 13 at Lyric Stage. Spiro Veloudos directs the produ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMIt's time for episode eleven of BWW's newest exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy chats with Carol Channing about Broadway's hottest sto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe RRazz Room has announced its most up-to-date list of upcoming performers.
In addition to those performers previously announced, upcoming performers will include Veronica Klaus (August 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMThe RRazz Room has announced its most up-to-date list of upcoming performers.
In addition to those previously announced, upcoming performers will include Veronica Klaus (August 24 and 25), …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMVirginia's MetroStage has announced the titles and dates for its upcoming 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, starring Natas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMVirginia's MetroStage has announced the titles and dates for its upcoming 2012-2013 season.
The season will open with Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, starring Natas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale is readying to star as hot shot real estate agent Ricky Roma opposite Al Pacino, who immortalized the role in the 1992 film version, in the upcoming Broadway rev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMActor/director/painter Steve Bakunas will begin a new Broadway at Birdland series entitled Portrait of an Artist, in which he interviews musical and theatrical icons while painting their por…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:41PMGrammy winner Michael Feinstein will succeed Marvin Hamlisch, who passed away Aug. 6, as the lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops, according to the Los Angeles Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMFrom small-time London music hall performer to big-time Hollywood icon, mere words cannot describe the incredible rags to riches story of Charlie Chaplin. And now that remarkable story comes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced that Karen Allen will star in the American premiere of Jon Fosses A Summer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMThere’s no sign of the batmobile in the parking lot of McKinley High, but the Caped Crusader’s young sidekick will apparently make an appearance in the upcoming season of Glee. S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMAxis Theatre Company will present the world premiere of writer/director Randy Sharp's new play Last Man Club, to run October 4-28 at Axis Theatre.
Set during the American Dust Bowl in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PMFamed dance-theater troupe Mummenschanz has announced the dates of a North American Jubilee Tour, including the previously announced engagement at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:19PMRather than articulating a Beckettian despair, this showing is as obsessive-neurotic as its protagonist, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:16PMRather than articulating a Beckettian despair, this showing is as obsessive-neurotic as its protagonist, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:16PMAssembly RoomsAmerica's indie comedy scene has supplied some great fringe acts recently, including Perrier-winner Demetri Martin and Flight of the Conchords' Kristen Schaal. Kumail Nanjiani …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMFinborough, LondonOften pigeonholed as a comfortable, middlebrow dramatist, JB Priestley was in reality a restless experimenter – which may be why this play, although dedicated to and star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMBob Ari and Dee Dee Rescher will star in Cleveland Play House's production of Eric Simonson's Lombardi, to run September 14 - October 7 under the direction of Casey Stangl.
Based …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMDramaturgy is, among other things, the subtle art of mediating between the discoveries of theatrical practice and the provocations of dramatic theory. Working in whatever modes are appropria…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM
There has already been a lot of buzz about the show transferring to Broadway this fall. Last week's poll asked if you thought it should make the move, and your response was 'Yes'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMLee Roy Rogers, Susannah Flood and Dina Thomas are set to star in off-Broadway’s Tribes beginning September 4. Rogers will succeed Mare Winningham as Beth, Flood will replace Susa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PMA fantasy on Swiftian themes, this ingenious Romanian production blends wry Eastern European fatalism with fierce Irish laughter, writes Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:55PMA fantasy on Swiftian themes, this ingenious Romanian production blends wry Eastern European fatalism with fierce Irish laughter, writes Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:55PMThe finale of this free week of outdoor performances illustrated the expressive range of Indian dance, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:55PMLee Silver, a longtime executive at the theatre-owning Shubert Organization, died Aug. 15 at Cedar Manor in Ossining, NY, where he had been recovering from a brief health setback, according …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMKaren Allen will star in the American premiere of Jon Fosse’s A Summer Day, translated and directed by Sarah Cameron Aselt. The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production begins perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMTheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present its tenth annual Anything Goes costume gala Oct. 20 at the TheatreWorks Scene Shop in Menlo Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMThe NYC Dance Alliance Foundation will hold itsBright Lights Shining Stars Gala, September 5 at 7:30pm at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Dance icon Mikhail Baryshnikov …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMEonline reports that Emmy Award-winner William Windom has passed away at the age of 88. The actor died in his home in California from congestive heart failure last Thursday.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMThe premise is simple: the women are sick of the men never being at home because they are constantly at war. The women also want a say in how the government money is run so that the men will…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:37PMKaren Allen will star in Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's production of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, to be presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre, beginning October 10, with an opening…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMKaren Allen, who romanced Indiana Jones, has been lured back to the New York stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:34PMJackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz, who play rival witches Elphaba and Glinda in the blockbuster musical Wicked, sat down in Broadway.com’s studio to answer questions about fans, fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PM"Bunheads," the whimsical hour-long ABC Family dramedy-with-dance series starring Broadway's Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, will get additional episodes. Its first-season fina…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMREVIEW: Michael Matthew Ferrell makes a classic show about the making of a musical dazzle with song and dance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:29PMTune in to WNBC-TV’s “NY Live” tomorrow, Tuesday, August 21 at 3pm to see a sneak peek at Broadway’s new musical CHAPLIN which begins previews tomorrow at 8pm and opens September 10 …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:29PMJane Greenwood prepares her costume designs Since 1963, Jane Greenwood has designed costumes for over 100 Broadway shows, earning 17 Tony Award nominations and a place in the Theater Hall of…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:26PMThe Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition Celebrity Autobiography The Next Chapter, tonight, Monday, August 20 at 7pm at the Triad Theater, 158 West 7…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMWest End stars Tom Chambers, currently appearing in Top Hat and Bonnie Langford, currently in Spamalot, are among those taking part in a campaign aimed to boost West End attendances in the w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:22PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Karen Allen, who romanced Indiana Jones, has been lured back to the New York stage....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:22PMDetails on the line up of the 50th New York Film Festival
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 12:20PMLaughing Horse @ Free SistersWhat's so funny? Trodd en Bratt (that's en as in salmon en croute) is a new double act formed of two cast-members of the improvised hit, Showstoppers, whose sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMThe charming, fleet-footed duo of Brian Sostek and Megan McClellan revive their riotous "Trick Boxing" at the Guthrie.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:18PMGrace, the acclaimed American play written by Award-winning writer Craig Wright Mistakes Were Made, Six Feet Under and directed by Dexter Bullard Tracy Letts BUG, stars Paul Rudd and Academy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMDark & Stormy Productions kicks off its mission to find younger audiences with three one-acts that rely on a Theater of Shouting.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:16PMChris Daley and Sarah Mayhan Tran in Redtwist Theatre’s “The Glass Menagerie.” Tennessee Williams’ deeply personal masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie, has, perhaps in s…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:15PMMusic is making a comeback in stage productions – but the one-person literary show usually fails to exciteMusic to my earsAnyone who has seen the verbatim-interview-based London Road at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PM“Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues,” a semibiographical play by Paul Levine, is having its world premiere at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMFilm and stage actress Karen Allen will star in the American premiere of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, translated and directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde. The Rattlestick Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMGoodspeed Musicals, the first two-time Tony Award-winning theatre in the country, presents the fab new musical The Bikinis will round out their three-show season. Destined to be a summer sma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMBroadway is abuzz as CHAPLIN waits in the wings to begin its preview season tomorrow night, August 21. The hit musical SISTER ACT will sing one final Hallelujah this Sunday, August 26. The u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMIt is only mid-August, and this week will see the SECOND new musical of the season begin previews. I'm talking about Chaplin, the increasingly buzz-worthy show about film icon and come…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMThe acclaimed Off-Broadway drama Tribes will welcome several new cast members in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Two-time Tony winner Katie Finneran is tapping into her nasty side as she preps to play evil orphange owner Miss Hannigan in the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie. "It's so much fu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMOn Friday, August 17, SMASH stars Katharine McPhee and 'Newsies' Tony Award-nominated actor Jeremy Jordan were photographed in New York Citys Flatiron District as they filmed scenes for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMSusannah Flood, Lee Roy Rogers, and Dina Thomas will join the cast of Nina Raine's Tribes at the Barrow Street Theatre in September. The production, directed by David Cromer, is curren…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AMWe found this week’s Photo of the Week, on Tumblr. It’s a bouquet of Broadway “Roses.” Congrats to Christine on the very clever idea.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:52AMFirst Special Exhibition Premieres August 28Focuses on Tuskegee Airmen
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SOURCE: fords.org at 11:47AMKevin McKillip will star in a one-night-only presentation of his one-man show Will Rogers: An American Original on September 28 at Chicago's Studio 825 at the Fine Arts Building (408 S.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:47AMOn August 17, Jeremy Jordan and his new co-star Katharine McPhee took to the streets in New York City’s Flatiron District to film a smoldering scene for season two of the hit NBC …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMProducers of the 50th anniversary Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will offer a special box-office opening celebration Aug. 30 at the Booth Theatre,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMThe theater district's swanky new nightclub 54 Below is hosting a slew of Broadway's hottest stars this summer, from two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone to downtown diva Justin Vivian …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe life and works of late Carribean/British playwright Barry Reckord, who died in December 2011, will be celebrated on-stage at the Bush Theatre on 23 September.
The evening, entitled Recko…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:38AMStage and screen star Robert Vaughn -- best known for the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. -- will play the role of Martin Vanderhof in Geva Theatre Center's production of Moss…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMMichael Feinstein will begin in his role as principal pops conductor in the orchestra's 2013 season. He will also be named the Marvin Hamlisch Chair at the Pasadena Pops, a newly created tit…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMThe weekend before last, I had the pleasure of participating in two memorable events in Kentucky. In Lexington, I was a keynote speaker at the conference of the American Alliance for Theatre…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:33AMSignature Theatre Company has announced a two-week extension for Sam Shepards HEARTLESS, directed by Daniel Aukin. The production will now play through Sunday, September 30. The production b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMTony winning actress Donna Murphy will guest star in the pilot episode of the new CBS drama series MADE IN JERSEY. Murphy will portray Darlene Garetti, described as Martina's Janet Montgomer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMBroadway Week Fall 2012, which is produced by NYC & Company in partnership with The Broadway League, is scheduled for Sept. 4-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMTyler Perry will star in a live production of Madea Gets a Job at The Theater at Madison Square Garden for four shows on November 16 and 17.
In the performance, hard times (and the judge) c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AMAs Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth recuperates from her recent injury on the set of The Good Wife, Broadway.com dreamed up some current Broadway roles Chenoweth could take over once she's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole will perform The End Of The World As We Know It Cabaret, as part of the On Stage at Kingsborough series at Brooklyn's Kingsborough Communit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMCelebrity sightings at the Edinburgh Fringe are nothing new, but one in particular has got tongues wagging this year. Four Weddings and a Funeral star Hugh Grant - who appeared in student pr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12AMStage and screen stars Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, who are also the co-founders of Broadway Barks, will be honored by Gray Line New York, the Manhattan double-decker bus and moto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMTickets are now on sale for Manhattan Theatre Club’s forthcoming Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama by Rebecca Lenkiewic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMTwo-time Tony Award® winner Katie Finneran, now in rehearsal for the role of Miss Hannigan in ANNIE, spoke to New York’s Boris Kachka for the magazine’s Fall Preview issue, on newsstand…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:09AMThe Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, will run through Sept. 1 at the Ithaca venue. Andrea Burns (In the Heights, Songs for a New World) …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM"Glee" stars and Broadway performers Darren Criss (How to Succeed…) and Jenna Ushkowitz (Spring Awakening) will cover Carly Rae Jepsen's summer hit "Call Me Maybe&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMGary Cole is best known for his comic turns in Office Space, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Brady Bunch Movie and Dodgeball, but he's a theater actor first, having…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMWilliam Windom, a stage and television actor who found brief critical fame as the star of the television series "My World and Welcome to It," died Aug. 16 at his home in Woodacre, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM"Bunheads," the whimsical hour-long ABC Family dramedy-with-dance series starring Broadway's Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, will get additional episodes, Michael Riley, presid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMIt has been almost five years since I started blogging, and while I’m not the biggest vacationer, I have stepped away from my office a couple times during this half-a-decade. And because I…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWhen the national tour of "The Book of Mormon" lands in Los Angeles in September, a lottery for $25 tickets is to be held two hours prior to each performance at the Pantages Theatre in Hol…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
"Bunheads," the whimsical hour-long ABC Family dramedy-with-dance series starring Broadway's Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, will get additional episodes, according to publishe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMJeffery Roberson, best known for his drag persona Varla Jean Merman, will star in the title role of composer Gian Carlo Menotti's musical thriller The Medium, to play the Marjorie S. De…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AM"New York Times" Book Critic Dwight Garner makes salient points about the need for incisive criticism, claiming that too much happy talk denies common sense and undercuts credibility. But th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:53AMThe world premiere of Sam Shepard’s Heartless has extended through September 30. Starring Gary Cole, Julianne Nicholson and two-time Tony nominee Lois Smith, Heartless is set to open A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMCasting for the Lyric Hammersmith’s upcoming revival of Eugene O’Neill’s 1924 play Desire Under the Elms has been announced.
The Nobel Prize winner’s lesser-seen opu…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:52AMI first expressed my admiration for director/ producer/ emcee Kate Valentine in this little squib here. And now it’s increased, due to all sorts of reasons, onstage and off! She’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:51AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 19, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $508,052 8,209 76.92% $61.89 CHICAGO $600,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTheater Alliance’s Tenth Anniversary Season is the company’s most ambitious to date. Here are the theater shows we’ve selected and why we love them: World Premiere Reals by Gwydion Sui…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:43AMThe world-premiere production of Sam Shepard's Heartless, directed by Daniel Aukin for Signature Theatre Company, will get two extra weeks, now to Sept. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe incomparable Angie Pontani gave me a copy of this swell new periodical put out by Pueblo, Colorado academic Harley Westerholt. The old joke about Playboy used to be “I only read…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AMLegit News:
'Bring It On,' 'Mormon' buck the B.O. trend
SOURCE: Variety at 10:33AMSignature Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Sam Shepard's Heartless has been extended through September 30 after completely selling out its initial run at the Pershing…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMBaroness Elizabeth Smith has stepped down as Chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, after 17 years in the position.
The position will be left vacant until the Society announces a r…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:31AMAnnie Golden, Jason Hite, Ben Platt, Harrison Chad, Will Roland and Sarah Cetrulo appear in a workshop production of The Black Suits, the musical by Joe Iconis and Robert Emmett Maddock, in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMThe Platform Group’s Ladder Series will continue Aug. 26 at The Creek and Cave in Long Island City, NY.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMTony winner Donna Murphy, who is currently starring in the Public Theater's outdoor staging of Into the Woods, will be featured in the pilot episode of the new CBS series "Made in J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMTony Award-winning composer Alan Menken recently revealed that Disney’s “Aladdin” will be heading to Broaday. Playbill reports that Menken debuted a new song called “Somebody’s Got…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMEmmy Award winning actor Sean Hayes will reunite with his “Will and Grace” co-star in a multi-episode arc on NBC’s “Smash.” Hayes will play Terrence Falls, a comedic television and…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMWe want our Library to become a virtual resource that helps our theater community thrive. We want to provide videos that: Let experienced members of our community share their knowledge Pro…
SOURCE: StageSource at 10:00AMSummer is almost over (sob), but on the plus side, as the tourists leave the city, the theater discounts start piling up. Here are some deals to be on the lookout for:Today is the release of…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMReports on An End to Dreaming, Antigone Unearthed, Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame, and KRiEp.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMAndrew Upton is staying on at the Sydney Theatre Company, assuming the position of sole artistic director starting in January. For the last four years, Upton and his wife, actress Cate Blanc…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award ($3000): Iceland SummerWorks Prize for Outstanding Production (free trip back to the festival next year): Terminus, Outside The March Contra Guys Award…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:53AMThe Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project will present a free reading of Tennessee Williams' one-act The Parade, or Approaching the End of a Summer at ART/NY (520 8th Avenue)…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:49AMTNT has ordered a second season of PERCEPTION, the hit Monday night drama starring EmmyR and Screen Actors Guild AwardR winner Eric McCormack Broadway's 'The Best Man', Will amp Grace, Who I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AM2 Berkshire Theaters conclude their seasons with leave-them-laughing shows, one a world premiere, the other a classic old&nb…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:38AMAward-winning writer/performer Jim Brochu will debut a new solo show, Character Man, at the Triad Theatre on Monday, October 1 at 9pm. Robert Bartley will direct.
This salute to the great s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:37AMCasting has been announced for the free readings of On with the Show, a three-character musical that will be presented Aug. 23-24 at TADA! Youth Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMTraverse"It's all been done before, but not by me," said one of the girls at the end of Once and for All … , Ontroerend Goed's arresting show about teenage life, which made a splash on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMHow would your marketing change if you assumed the audience is smarter then you are? Think about how smart/skeptical you are about marketing messages. You see the commercials linking light b…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMTaking Care of Our Own was created to assist Washington area theatre professionals experiencing personal emergency situations. The life of a theatre artist can be rewarding in ways other pro…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:24AMSinger/pianist Michael Feinstein will succeed the late Marvin Hamlisch as the principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops beginning in 2013, according to published reports.
Feinstein, a five-t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22AMJim Brochu, who won a Drama Desk Award for his performance in Zero Hour, will debut his new solo show this fall at the Triad Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMThe highly acclaimed Broadway production of End of the Rainbow, written by Peter Quilter and directed by Tony Award winner Terry Johnson, played its final performance on Sunday, August 19, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMA lovely lady has, for many years, devoted her time free of charge while inspiring children of all age groups in theatrical arts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMMark Ritchie's survey of summer season entertainment around the coast - under that hoary old title Pier Pressure (August 16, page 18) - contains some notable omissions.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMIt's hard getting money for a Broadway musical. So ridiculously rich people need to be involved. Long ago the wealthy were often content to act as nameless investors; now they increasingly w…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:05AM“Honey, I don’t think I can go to the next level. I just don’t see myself going higher here.” “It’s okay, my love. I support you.” This was a conversation I had several weeks a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMSo Kristen Chenoweth is out and her GCB co-star is in—of course, not as a replacement for her former cast-mate. Just days after Chenoweth announced that she would resign from further filmi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:00AMAs many of you know, I meet a lot of people in the course of a week and whether it be a getting to know you meeting, a consulting meeting, or a business meeting, the same thing always comes …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 09:00AM
Actor refused entry by bouncers after some members of his party were unable to provide proof of age Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMLost Musicals revives the lesser
known plays of famous playwrights. This time it was the turn of Cole Porter's
interpretation of Aladdin, which was filmed for a
one-off live show for A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:47AMEDINBURGH FRINGE 2012: CRITICAL VERDICT Philip Fisher joins Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Lyn Gardner (Guardian) to talk about offerings at the Traverse, International Festival and th…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 08:44AMRoutine can be both comforting and confining, offering stability while constructing artificial walls that silently guide our daily lives. In their jaw-dropping production of Rob Handel’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02AMBradley Cooper who raised eyebrows when he twisted, contorted and stripped down in a stage version of The Elephant Man, eyes his return to the stage—this time Broadway. According to E! Onl…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe popular film and television star explains how pleased he is to work at the Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh and Tony Award winner Cady Huffman will join Vanessa Bayer, Mario Cantone, Tony Danza, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, and Alan Zweibel in Celebrity Autobiograph…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:56AMLegit News:
Actress set for Off Broadway production
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMWhen I left the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in December 2000, fundraising was still considered something rather distasteful by many in England. Fast forward 12 years.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:43AMI can vouch for Keith Salberg's memory being as sharp as ever (Salberg's total recall, August 16, page 36). Aside from using Keith's agency services in a past life, I continue to use his kno…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMThe Leicester Haymarket Theatre opened in 1973 and enjoyed many years of success until it closed its doors for the last time in 2006. A huge number of staff, actors and people who were invol…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMI read Richard Anthony Baker's obituary of Simon Ward (August 9, page 35) with great interest. In 1984, along with other amateur performers in York, I was fortunate to appear alongside Ward …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMCongratulations are due to the marketeers and tour bookers of Angelina Ballerina - The Mousical for ensuring that none of the receiving venues for this delightful show for younger theatregoe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMVolcano, a lost Noel Coward play, made its West End premiere at the Vaudeville Theatre last week on 16 August (previews from 14 August). Written in 1956, the play examines the love lives and…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:42AMJimmy's #43, FringeNYC
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A touching and funny look at the ways racism, classism, sexism, and sexual preference intertwine in the lives of three disparat…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:41AM
I’m still laughing. I’m still amazed at the blast of unabashed young talent that makes the world premiere of PANORAMANIA so refreshing. So exciting. So musical. So mer…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:35AMNYC & Company, New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, has announced Broadway Week Fall 2012 will run September 4 to 16, offering two-for-one tickets …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:30AMJobs go as as contemporary work wrapped into main Royal Opera House programming and Manchester comedy festival closesHouse foreclosureIt was revealed that the curtain is coming down on ROH2 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AM
Tabard knows that unions often struggle to get members, but this week Equity took its quest to boost subscriptions to a new level. It wrote to the Queen and asked her to sign up.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMThis week, Alice Cooper joined the cast of Rock of Ages at London's Shaftesbury Theatre to perform his song School's Out, marking the 40th anniversary of the single making it to the top of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMLilian Baylis Studio, London: Originally written as a CBS television special, Aladdin represents Cole Porter's only major foray into the medium of television and indeed his final musica…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMVaudeville, London: Volcano is something of a dirty secret - the gossipy tale of the love affairs of Noel Coward's bored, listless and over-privileged Jamaica neighbours, written in exi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMBaroness Elizabeth Smith of Gilmorehill has formally stepped down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, saying it is "time for some fresh thinking and for someone new to lead th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMWhite Bear, London: At age 2, Orson Welles was already directing and starring in productions for the New York arm of the recently formed Federal Theatre Project. For his next show Welles wan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMTheatre On The Fly, Chichester: For the final production at the temporary Theatre On The Fly venue, which is designed to showcase the work of young directors who have trained at Chichester F…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMA neighing woman with a tail and mane leads a real horse onto the straw-strewn stage. Radu Stanca National Theatre of Sibiu is famous for its epic productions and vast ensembles; to compensa…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:16AM"Call Me Adam" chats with playwright and performer Steven Strafford about the NYC premiere of his one man show "Methtacular!" from August 30-September 23 at The Playroom Theater!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AMShowers, sunshine; sunshine, showers. Chapterhouse Theatre Company on the challenges of touring open-air with their season of outdoor Shakespeare, Austen and Wilde.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00AM
Among
this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further
afield, are the West End transfer of Tina Turner musical Soul Sister at the Savoy Theatre, National Youth Music…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:51AMTwo shows at Summerhall, the arts complex venue now in its second year, have received Herald Angels in the second week of the Edinburgh fringe.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMAs international directors go, Silviu Purcărete has enjoyed a rather longer and more fruitful relationship with the Edinburgh International Festival than many. Plainly his brand of sump…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:05AMA week at Weston Playhouse, so enchanting, with the manicured lawns... By Julia Meinwald (Composer) Monday August 13: Monday is our day off, so I slept luxuriously late, which actually is po…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
My buddy Lisa and me,pre- half-time show!Nice pants, right?!Okay so first of all, it's not really my birthday anymore, but close enough! Being a few days into my 46th birthday and all …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:40AMFiona Wallice Lisa Kudrow, televisions worst online therapist, will add a second Friend to her client roster as David Schwimmer guest stars on the SHOWTIME comedy series WEB THERAPY tonight,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition Celebrity Autobiography The Next Chapter, tonight, August 20 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiography The Next Chapte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe first public performance of Satchmo at the Waldorf takes place on Wednesday night at Shakespeare & Company's Packer Playhouse...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMLouis Armstrong and the All Stars perform "Indiana" on The Bell Telephone Hour in 1965:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"The Director's Role: You are the obstetrician. You are not the parent of this child we call the play. You...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMDavid Jackson wrote the amazing and incredibly hysterical and heartfelt book. Jacob Sexton has masterly directed this zany opus with ear catching melodies and clever lyrics by Leah Latella …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Jonathan Groff, a Tony Award nominee for playing the rebellious and experiment-friendly German lad Melchior Gabor in the musical Spring Awakening, talks about past lessons and new challenges.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AM(promo art for The Pillowman)Vern Thiessen is a proven writer, there is not much doubt about that. His plays have won awards (including the Governor General's Award) and been performed in th…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBroadway's John Herrera and Natalie Toro are among cast members of the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights, now in rehearsal by Pioneer Theatre Company fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for the new Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Kathie Lee Gifford (book and lyrics) and David Friedman and David Pomeranz (music), are on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Tony Award nominee Victor Garber returns to Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Aug. 20. In anticipation of Garber's appearance, we look back at his stage and screen performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill magazine's tribute to the 100th anniversary of Actors' Equity continues with a look at how The Cradle Will Rock represented empowerment for struggling actors during the Grea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRichard Holbrook celebrates the songs of Burton Lane Aug. 20 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The Outdoor Museum (not your usual images of New York)," a unique coffee-table book featuring the photographs of former Broadway actress Margery Gray Harnick and related poems by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMultiple Tony nominee Victor Garber plays his second and final performance at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Aug. 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Danza and Mario Cantone are part of Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter Aug. 20 at the Triad Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1884 Actress Julia Sanderson, one of musical theatre's leading ladies during the first decades of the 20th century, is born today as Julia Sackett. Shows in which she starred included Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner Cady Huffman, multiple Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh, Tony Danza and Mario Cantone are part of Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter Aug. 20 at the Triad Theater.
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CHAPLIN
A musical about the life of Charlie Chaplin (Rob …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” (at the Delacorte, in a Public Theatre production) is a disquieting show about disquiet. At first, you may be distracte…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMThe sixth episode of “Bunheads,” a new series on ABC Family, ended with an odd sequence worth rewinding. Three teen ballerinas stared straight into the camera—eyelids smudged, beatnik-…
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