Unlike the rock star supporters of Pussy Riot, Garry Kasparov lives in Moscow, which means, given how the Putin regime has dealt with critics, he has a lot more to fear than, say, Madonna, w…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:56PMLifetime's made-for-TV contemporary remake of Steel Magnolias will premiere on October 7. Directed by Kenny Leon, the film stars Queen Latifah, Tony winner Phylicia Rashad, Tony nominee …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:56PMFreeRange Productions are cooking up a storm at the fringe, with three shows and some exciting plans for the young company's future.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:53PMVictor Garber and Hilary Kole are Visited By Star Power at 54 Below: As Victor Garber and Hilary Kole finished their runs at 54 Below the stars came out to wish them a fond farewell.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:38PMThe Broadway Scorecard: Two Decades of Drama Howard Sherman has an impressive study of plays produced on Broadway over the past 20 years: Let me begin with the list of playwrights who have h…
SOURCE: direct address at 06:25PMAt 90 minutes, "Fantasy Artists" is rather good. But you can't help thinking that at 75 minutes it would be even better.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25PMDavid Mamet is working with CBS to develop a TV reboot of the '50s western series Have Gun-Will Travel, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Mamet would serve as writer and executive pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMTony-nominated Once star Cristin Milioti is among the ensemble cast of Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me, the new film adaptation of his 2008 off-Broadway one-man show, and the actres…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PM We have the results to what might have been our most contentious “Who Played It Better?” ever! Scroll down to see who played it best, and hit the comments to share your th…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 06:04PMSun Valley Opera hosts its 11th annual International Vocal Competition in Seattle on Aug. 21, meaning four aspiring singers will duke it out vocally for cash prizes. This year's final four, …
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On Aug. 1, Playbill caught up with Ariana DeBose as she prepared for the opening night of Bring It On: The Musical — her first on Broadway. For part two of her journey, DeBose took…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PMTony Award-winner Faith Prince Guys amp Dolls, A Catered Affair and Jason Graae Falsettos, Ragtime, Forever Plaid, Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins Caroline or Change, Jellys Last Jam, The Wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMIn the latest installment of Gotta Dance!, Broadway.com spotlights Rhea Patterson, the strikingly beautiful performer currently in Wicked on Broadway. Watch the self-proclaimed "late bl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMLincoln Center Theatre has announced that their upcoming 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets’ classic Golden Boy will star three-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (“Monk̶…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:42PM2012 Tony Award winners Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath are set to host the United Airlines' Taste of Broadway concert, August 23 at 12:30pm at the World Financial Center Plaza.
The free…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:38PMReaders, it’s been a pretty eventful week for the ladies. In front page, earth-shattering golf news, the Augusta National Golf Club has finally admitted not one but two women to its previo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:37PMOn August 21, a few of Broadway's greatest talents headed to the swanky new nightclub 54 Below to preview selections from the hot spot’s forthcoming concert series. Tony winner Fai…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMNancy Barnett, the former managing director of Florida Stage, has taken a job as executive director of Actors’ Express Theatre in Atlanta effective immediately.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:34PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more inform…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:32PMConnecticut's Off-Beat Players will present a one-night-only performance of the Tony Award-nominated musical Urinetown, by special arrangement with The Araca Group, Aug. 21 at The Americ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PMThe limited engagement of the Tony-nominated revival of Gore Vidals THE BEST MAN, currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street, will give its final performance on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMThe cast and creative team of Broadway's Grace met the press on Tuesday, August 21 poolside at the Grace Hotel. The production will begin performances at the Cort Theatre on September 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMFive Broadway newcomers in the “Bring It On: The Musical” cast discuss their first roles, their fears and the roles they would love to play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMTeam StarKid, the musical theater troupe and YouTube phenomenon, just debuted their highly anticipated sequel to the parody musicals A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel at LeakyCo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThe Spellbound Development Company, with permission from the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, will present a podcast of Meyer Levin's long-lost, original radio play, Anne Fra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMThe previously reported planned film re-make of Annie will begin shooting in New York in the spring of 2013, according to BBC News.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, who previously sampled th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMphoto by Mandi Moss Crimefighters in Hearts Like FistsWith two well-reviewed shows running in LA at the same time, theater director and writer Jaime Robledo is at a career high. Hot off the …
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 05:00PM
Lea Michele is getting a major wardrobe update on Glee as her character Rachel heads to New York to pursue her dreams of becoming a star. So it's fitting that Michele is gracing the cove…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:59PMAndrew Rannells, Girls, The Book of Mormon and David Justin Bartha, The Hangover star in the new comedy THE NEW NORMAL, premiering September 11th on NBC. Check out photos from the pilot epis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMStage and screen stars Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, who are also the co-founders of Broadway Barks, were honored by Gray Line New York, the Manhattan double-decker bus and motorco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMWe Love You, But No!, a new comedy written by and starring June Daniel White, will play Sept. 10-17 at the Kraine Theater. Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk winner Austin Pendleton directs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMThe stars were out this week at 54 Below. Stars ranging from Hollywood's Bradley Cooper and Academy Award nominee Amy Irving to Tony Award winners Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, David Hyde …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMImpact Creativity is an urgent call to action to save theatre education programs in 19 of our largest cities. Impact Creativity brings together theatres, arts education experts and individua…
SOURCE: impactcreativity.org at 04:46PMThe highly publicized divorce between stage and screen star Katie Holmes and Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has been finalized, according to published reports.
A New York judge signed off …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:40PMFlâneurs isn’t a so much a show as a reaction. Months ago, Jenna Watt’s friend Jeremy was attacked. This piece of performance art aims to reverse the bystander effect, because t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:39PMThe hostage situation is both an inherently dramatic and an inherently static scenario. Suspense springs from the central jeopardy of the unanswered, life-or-death question: will these priso…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PMThe short stories of Edgar Allan Poe are the stuff that nightmares are made of, so it is fitting that Backhand Theatre have taken an approach to his tales that embraces the Gothic aesthetic …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:29PMBroadway's new nightclub, 54 Below, continues to draw celebrities.
Closing night attendees at Victor Garber's August 20 performance included Matthew Broderick, Betty Buckley, Brad…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMArden Theatre Company's resident Philadelphia production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal will feature a unique video design that will "take us into the minds of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMAs tourists wander Edinburgh’s Royal Mile clutching Nessie ornaments and tartan tea towels, there’s a rather more nuanced reaction to Scottish folk traditions taking place in Elspeth Tur…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:25PMSimon amp Schuster Audio today announced that Emmy Award-winning actress Debra Messing will narrate Lisa Genova's highly anticipated audiobook LOVE ANTHONY, due out September 25, 2012. The a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMA new trailer for Lifetimes all-African-American remake of STEEL MAGNOLIAS has just been released by the cable network. Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Queen L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMBarrington Stage Company is set to present Carmel's Candy Store: The Sweet Songs of Carmel Dean, August 23-25 at Mr. Finn's Cabaret.
Carmel's Candy Store features a sampling …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMAlthough best known as a director, Sean Graney actually is becoming a most intriguing (and admirably prolific) adapter of classic literary works — from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Edga…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMGolden Boy to Shimmer on Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Michael Aronov,…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:01PM
Previews begin this Friday, August 24 for the Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director production of DETROIT, the New York premiere of the much-he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMIn honor of its 50th anniversary return to Broadway this fall, producers of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? announced today that a special Box Office Opening Celebration w…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:57PMHighlights from Grumpy Old Men: The Musical will be seen in a Manhattan industry reading aimed at venue operators interested in booking the show on its upcoming national tour. The Sept. 17 p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMBroadways Leslie Kritzer joins the cast of Rick Crom's Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical beginning Sept. 8. Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton was announced last week as jo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMGlee star and Broadway veteran Darren Criss recently reunited with his Team StarKid pals to celebrate all things Harry Potter at Chicago's LeakyCon. Criss and co. attended the Harry Pott…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMCORPORATE FOUR-PLAY As the audience files into the Falcon Theater for their performance of The Grӧnholm Method, the sleek, stark and sterile meeting room of Fortune 500 company Burnham + …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:38PMAs another Carmageddon looms, with closure of the 405 freeway scheduled for Sept. 29-30, the ARTmageddon movement is encouraging residents not only to stay close to home but also to support …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:22PMThe Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, which operates in the No Exit Cafe in Rogers Park, said Tuesday it will stage Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects of Love" as part of its 2012-13 season. Fred Anz…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:14PMBroadway designer Lloyd Burlingame's book Two Seeing Eye Dogs Take Manhattan! A Love Story. is set for release this month.
The book is the story of the adventures and misadventures of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PM"Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will star Willow Smith in the title role, will begin production in spring 2013 in New York, according to BBC News. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PM
For the first time in its history, Steep Theatre is to move one of its hit productions from its own home to a larger venue.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:51PMLeslie Kritzer will join the Off-Broadway cast of NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition at the Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row beginning Saturday, September 8.
As previously announced…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMLeslie Kritzer will return to the off-Broadway comedy NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition on September 8 alongside previously announced gossip guru Perez Hilton.
Written by Ric…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PM"Elf The Musical" is returning to Broadway for a nine week limited run this Christmas season. The musical comedy will open on November 9, 2012 and will close on January 6, 2013. The producti…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:42PMBroadway singer-actress Leslie Kritzer (Legally Blonde, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair) will join the cast of Rick Crom's Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical beginnin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMI love that the Arkansas Times has been covering the Miss Gay Arkansas America pageant and its new queen, Veronica DuVall.Pic by Marcus RachardNext stop Miss Gay America!
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:42PMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association and dick clark productions will present the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 13, 2013, the organizations have announced. The show wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMSOUR SATURDAY A troubled production is a sad spectacle, especially at a venerable theater that does some fine work. PRT’s new staging of the John Steinbeck novel Sweet Thursday tries…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:40PMNice Work If You Can Get It stars Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath will host the previously announced Taste of Broadway concert. The free outdoor event, which will feature performances from a v…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMGrammy and Tony Award-Winner Heather Headley announces her new CD, Only One In The World, slated for release on September 25, 2012, featuring new songs penned by Headley, RampB hits, familia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMOut actor Randy Harrison (Queer as Folk) is all growed up and playing a summer stint off-Broadway in Silence! The Musical, the sleeper-hit parody of Silence of the Lambs. Apparently, Harriso…
SOURCE: www.queerty.com at 02:24PMTheater veteran Dallas Roberts has joined the television cast of AMC's zombie series, The Walking Dead, according to EW.com.
The actor will be playing a new character named Milton, who…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMHorse Trade Theater Group has announced that the currently running production of RadioTheatre's King Kong will transfer to The Kraine Theater beginning September 1.
RadioTheatre&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMPreviews officially begin for the brand-new Broadway show Chaplin at the Barrymore Theatre on August 21. A joyous musical about the true life story of one of the most legendary Hollywood sta…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:14PMFor Mayor Rahm Emanuel this has been a summer of some big artistic successes. First there was the total audience of about 10,000 people (including the mayor and his family), who flocked to p…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:13PMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director in association with Edward Negley, Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, has announced Anika Larsen Xanadu, All Shook Up, Avenue Q w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMMaking A StatementI am currently working on my New Dramatist Artist Statement. This is my first time to apply, even though I've had people (playwrights and producers) telling me to apply for…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 02:07PMIn this edition, Richard chats with the Broadway-bound duo about starting the rehearsal process, doing 8 shows a week on the road, and so much more Click below to watch the full interview.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMValerie Fagan and Hollis Scarborough will star in a showcase production of Christy Hall, Jeff Thomson, and Jordan Mann's Madam Fury's Traveling Show, to run September 2-8 at the 45…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:04PMChildren's Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Liz Duffy Adams and Ellen Maddow's musical Buccaneers, running September 11-October 21. Peter C. Brosius will direct.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
According to a report by The Sun, the new Annie film starring Willow Smith will begin production in Spring 2013 in New York City. The film is being developed by Sony Pictures and produced by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMTony winner Heather Headley, who will star in the London world premiere of The Bodyguard: A New Musical, will release her latest solo recording next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMOscar winner and Broadway star Nicole Kidman will receive a gala tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as part of The New York Film Festival on October 3, according to The New York T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PMAnika Larsen will join the cast of the York Theatre Company's Closer Than Ever on August 28. Larsen takes over for Leslie Kritzer, who had been previously announced to begin performances…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMArtsWest has announced casting for its upcoming production of Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, running September 29-October 20. Christopher Zinovitch w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:47PMHOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, a new Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, is set to begin performances tomorrow, August 22nd at Sofia’s Downstairs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMMarvell Rep will present Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance and the Frank Wedekind play Spring's Awakening in rotating repertory, as part of their fall season, at the TBG Theatre in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMNominations have been announced for the 44th Annual Jeff Awards, which honor the best in Chicago theater. Among the nominees are Brian Dennehy (for the Goodman Theatre's production of Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMZany US comedian with a wise-cracking line in self-mockeryPhyllis Diller, who has died aged 95, was a raucous, zany comedian, with a special line in self-deprecation bordering on flat-out se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PMGray Line New York inducted Broadway Barks! co-founders Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters into its Ride of Fame at a ceremony on Tuesday, August 21 on Pier 78.
Peters, joined by Chachi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMWalnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 204th season with the American premiere of Erich Segals LOVE STORY, the musical. With direction and musical staging by Annabel Bolton, this emotional…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMSimon Pearl will lead the cast of Anna Grace Carter's Rent a White Guy, a new multilingual musical fable, to be presented by Fish Out of Water Productions at The Secret Theatre in Long …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMC NovaWhere have all the angry young men and women gone? You'd be hard-pressed to find them in Edinburgh, where people seem to be either busy writing rom-coms or retreating into Edwardian fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMTVGuide reports that Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick will lend his voice to an episode of Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME. The animated series follows the adventures of a young boy and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMSamuel Beckett was first a cricketer, and then a writer. His biographer James Knowlson recalls an avid sportsfan who turned theatre into an extreme physical featIn a letter to a friend in 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThe York Theatre Company in association with Edward Negley, Neil Berg and Adam Friedson announced Aug. 21 that Broadway actress Anika Larsen (Xanadu, All Shook Up, Avenue Q) will join the ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMTake a trip down memory lane below, with photos from opening night back in 2004
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMTake a trip down memory lane below, with photos from the show's Gyspy Robe ceremony back in 2004
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMMayor of London Boris Johnson has lent his support to a campaign designed to attract tourists to the West End post the Olympic Games.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:11PMMy play The Hummingbirds won the Internationalists Global Playwrighting Contest. The award grants at least six different presentations in six different countries over the course of the next …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:11PMFreddie Gershon, MTI’s Chairman and CEO is here with his latest inspiring article on the Huffington Post. In “Broadway’s Biggest Hit”, Freddie discusses the invigor…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:10PMAnika Larsen will join the Off-Broadway cast of Closer Than Ever, presented by York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's Church.
She takes over for Julia Murney, who will depart the cast o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
I've been remiss in not posting about the sexual harassment controversy at Oxford American, which was hot enough news to make it to the NYTimes, the Atlantic, the New York Observer, and New …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:53PMThe eponymous volcano rumbles ominously in the distance and the
skies darken. It’s the Pathetic Fallacy in full throttle as
extramarital desire correspondingly seethes and churns amongst t…
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:48PMWondering what to expect from the all-star cast reunion Refresh your memory by checking out their performance at the 2004 Tony Awards below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PM"American Idol" finalist Melinda Doolittle will head the cast of Studio Tenn Theatre Company's upcoming production of Smokey Joe's Cafe, which begins Sept. 20 at the histor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMThe Outdoor Museum not your usual images of New York is a book of photographs and verse created as a tribute to the iconic city of New York. Presenting it as its own exhibit, the book includ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMSo, I woke up from a restless sleep early this morning, checked my phone and noticed that the 2012 Equity Jeff Awards had been announced. And my first impression was: wow. No Nathan Lane. Ye…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:35PMBroadway is coming to lower Manhattan when United Airlines Taste of Broadway concert happens at the World Financial Center Plaza on Thursday, August 23rd at 1230pm. This free outdoor concert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMThe theater season will begin in earnest next month, but if you're itching to see something sooner, two companies have a couple of options -- and both are free. Ground Up & Rising continues …
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 12:26PMChilean playwright Guillermo Calderón’s drama excavates the poisonous inheritance of the Pinochet years, writes Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:24PMChilean playwright Guillermo Calderón's drama excavates the poisonous inheritance of the Pinochet years, writes Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:24PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the upcoming Australian production of The Addams Family, opening in March at the Capitol Theatre. Jerry Zaks will direct, with choreography by Sergi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMThe 2013 Australian premiere of The Addams Family, the Broadway musical, will feature Australian TV, film and stage star John Waters as Gomez, stage star Chloe Dallimore (Ulla in The Produce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMI thought I had left high school behind me. I graduated many years ago and didn’t go to the most recent reunion of my graduating class. But watching Bring It On, the new musical curren…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:19PMEver since Mr. Pinnock and I discovered a copy in the 99 cent bin about five years ago The Fat Spy has been my favorite movie. It possesses all the avant-garde technique of Jean-Luc Goda…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:13PMThe previously announced film remake of Annie, starring Willow Smith and featuring new music from Jay-Z, will begin production in New York in the spring of 2013, according to the U.K.'s …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMStageSource, Executive Director Julie Hennrikus explains, Live from the Library. Rather than bemoan the changes in funding, audiences and arts coverage, I want to embrace the possibilities t…
SOURCE: StageSource at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 8142012 - 8212012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMGrammy Award winner and Broadway producer/composer Alicia Keys is among the artists who will be featured in upcoming installments of VH1 Storytellers, according to EW.com.
The popular progr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Divine Stage Works is set to present PlaYces II, a local collaboration consisting of three play readings set in some of Jamaica Plain's most inspiring spaces, now in its second year. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMSaltSpeck Productions will present a showcase production of Christy Hall, Jeff Thomson and Jordan Mann's Madam Fury's Traveling Show Sept. 2-8 at the 45th Street Theatre (354 W. 45th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMThe results are in of our recent leading men poll::E8831343927000, and it was a close
run thing! Over 2,500 of you let us know your favourite West End leading
man of recent times and submi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:55AMMAMMA MIA! Broadway cast members Sharone Sayegh and Mark Dancewicz are featured with a “Standing By” video segment detailing the world of a Broadway swing. “Standing By” host Caskey …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:51AMGlittery dresses on hangers, a cornucopia of costumes, flowers on the perfume and lipstick-strewn dresser: welcome to Le Gateau Chocolat's dressing room.
Given the “drag cabaret”…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:50AMToday in 1983, La Cage Aux Folles opened at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 1761 performances. With a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman, it is based on the 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMHunter Bell, OBIE Award-winning bookwriter of SILENCE! The Musical, along with David Garrison, Jenn Harris, Randy Harrison and the entire cast, unveiled the delicious strawberry dessert trea…
SOURCE: timessquare.com at 11:47AMAbout the author:
Susan Pourfar is no stranger to the off-Broadway stage, starring in Last Sunday in June, In the Wake, The Singing Forest, When the Rain Stops Falling, Swimming in the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMUte Lemper, who starred in both the London and Broadway productions of Chicago, will return to Joe's Pub this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMKinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein Book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMPresidential killers are reuniting thanks to the Roundabout Theatre Company. The nonprofit company announced Tuesday that it will present a one-night-only benefit performance of Stephen Sond…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:39AMI indulged in a little cable news TV yesterday, switching back and forth between CNN and MSNBC. I settled on MSNBC and got a little mesmerized by what appeared to be a multi-show effort to l…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:39AMThe 2012 Do Something Awards, which honor the nation's "best, young world-changers," were presented Aug. 19 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. "Glee" stars Lea Mic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMWhat happens when you take inspiration from the characters from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and throw them in a world so unfamiliar to them that their own iden…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:37AMMatthew Broderick is set to guest star on the September 3 episode of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time, according to TV Guide.
Adventure Time is a cartoon about the surreal exploits of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMNudity that isn't a gimmick; ageing audiences; plus, stocking up on all the goodies the fringe has to offerNaked truths on the fringeOver the years in Edinburgh I've been to shows at which I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMDanny Breen, William Dick, Molly Glynn, Marc Grapey, Bruce Jarchow and Katherine Keberlein will be in the company of the previously announced Tim Kazurinsky and George Wendt for Northlight T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMIt’s trouble in Paradise for two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster on the season finale of ABC Family’s Bunheads. Foster, who plays dance teacher Michelle Simms on the hit summer se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMIron Crow Theatre Company is pleased and excited to announce our 3rd season. We will again be at residence at Baltimore Theatre Project, for all 3 productions. This season includes a world …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:27AMThe Jeff Awards Committee announced 197 nominations in 34 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions, which opened between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. The Jeff Awards judges…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMOver 2,500 of you took part in our recent poll to find your favourite West End leading
man of recent times, with Ramin Karimloo claiming the gold medal with 21 percent of the vote (click he…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:24AMThe HubThere is a moment towards the end of this double-bill of plays by the Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón when a table begins to shake. A scale model of the notorious …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AMTheatre design consultancy Charcoalblue is set to open a studio in New York.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMThe Broadway-bound musical Kinky Boots held a meet and greet on Monday, August 20. The production will play Chicago's Bank of America Theatre, October 2-November 4 prior to a Broadway r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AM“You will feel as if you’re going to die, I guarantee that,” promises the poster for Hearts on Fire, a new piece of immersive theatre inspired by a real-life disaster at a spiritual re…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:15AMThe Casting Society of America (CSA) will present the 28th annual Artios Awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in casting in film, television and theatre, Oct. 29 at ceremonies in New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMAs a confirmed book-lover, I always appreciate seeing fellow bibliophiles in musicals. Here's a compilation of musical theatre's all-time readers, couples who bond over literature, character…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:14AMWhen we think of Shakespeare we are drawn to his words and poetic form, but how often do we see a production through the images that are created from the text? Polish theatre company Song of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:08AMThe Jeff Awards Committee today announced 197 nominations in 34 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions, which opened between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. The Jeff Awards …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMRevisiting My Inner Screwed-Up Child in The Turn of the Screw One of the first things that Michael Kimmel told me about the character of Miles in his new musical adapt…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:00AMOKCollaborators! It’s time to get your speed date on. Around February of 2011, we held our first ever Collaborator Speed Date . . . and I’m happy to report we made some matches…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe latest edition of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, Alive and Kicking, which is currently in previews at the 47th Street Theatre, will be preserved by DRG Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMCait Doyle is the star and creator of the cabaret act Hot Mess in Manhattan, which attempts to answer the question, "If Sex and the City lied, then what's to become of a Hot Mess in Man…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:00AM
Damian Bellino and Camille Harris will host My High School Boyfriend Was Gay, September 3 at 8pm at UCB East.
This celebration of our most tragic and hilarious teenage memories is inspire…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:59AMNominations for the Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in Chicago-area Equity theatre, were announced Aug. 21. A dozen new plays or adaptations are in the mix, pointing to Chicago as a cont…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMPrimary Stages Casey Childs, Founder amp Executive Producer Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director Elliot Fox, Managing Director have announced that their annual Gala will take place Wednesday, No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMAs the two-inch-thick September issue of Vogue clogs mailboxes across the country, it’s appropriate that producer/writer Ryan Murphy is tweeting a photo of Chris Colfer and “faux…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMTweetI don’t think anyone would be shocked to find out that many people on Broadway are democrats and probably don’t agree much with people like Mitt Romney. At the same time, pe…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:54AM
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 10:54AMKinky Boots, the new musical about a floundering British shoemaker who has his business saved thanks to some flamboyant clientele, will begin Broadway previews March 5, 2013, at the Al …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMClive Conway’s An Audience With shows have been running for the past ten years, featuring leading figures from politics, showbiz and sport, including Ann Widdecombe, John Sergeant, Mic…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:49AMTheatreWorks is set to present the regional premiere of Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations, October 3-28 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Founding artistic direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:49AMThe unique aspect of this production is the incredible athleticism of the cast, who perform hip-hop and dance moves as well as stunning cheerleading routines that seem to borrow from the mus…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:44AMFor this week’s Between Shows, we’re looking forward to the special screenings across the country of perhaps the greatest movie musical of all time, Singin’ in the Rain. The event will…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:31AMIn the Blue Man Group show, three enigmatic bald and blue characters take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theater, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMNominations for the 2011-2012 Jeff Awards, honoring excellence in Equity theater in Chicago, have been announced. Winners of this year's accolades will be announced during a ceremony on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AMDick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRAs highest honor the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishmen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMBest recognized for her ability to match wits with Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones, Karen Allen is returning to the stage in an off-Broadway production of Jon Fosse's 1999 play, "A Summer Day."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMAs previously speculated, The Hunger Games director Gary Ross is now confirmed to helm the upcoming film adaptation of the bestselling children’s novel Peter and the Sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:12AMBack by popular demand, NCM Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros. bring the greatest musical of all time back to movie theaters in a final one day - two showings 200 pm amp 7…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMPhyllis Diller, the outrageous stand-up comic who was one of the first women to find wide success in her field, died Aug. 20 at her home in Brentwood, CA. She was 95.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMWith her recent injury on the set of The Good Wife some of us at BroadwaySpotted.com got to thinking…exactly how clumsy is this tiny Broadway diva? We all know we love her, but appare…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMChaplin begins previews today at 8pm and officially opens September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre. Chaplin is a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyri…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AM
In 1958, Rodgers and Hammerstein had a hit with Flower Drum Song. Nearly fifty years later, a musical with the same title and the same score but with a very different book was a flop. The st…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:59AMAugust 15, 2012 By Nathan NorcrossPlayhouse Directing Intern The past week was mostly spent making a first pass at the play to get it up on its feet in the rehearsal space. Check out a…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 09:58AMTony Award winner Tyne Daly and producers and Primary Stages board members Jamie deRoy and Ted Snowdon will be honored at Primary Stages' annual Gala Nov. 14 at The Edison Ballroom on We…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMReports on New York International Fringe Festival shows Decompression, Mahmoud, and Would.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMPrimary Stages has announced that it will honor Tony Award winner Tyne Daly at its annual gala on November 14 at The Edison Ballroom.
The event will also honor producers and Primary Stage…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMLea Michele, Giuliana Rancic, Hope Solo, Jake M. Johnson, Josh Hutcherson and Will.i.am were among the many celebrities who were honored at this year's 'Do Something' Awards. Check out photo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMDivorce – The Musical…Better Mad Than Sad, which was created by Ruthe Ponturo, will play eight showcase performances at the Triad Theater beginning Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMAug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Willy Burkhardt, president of Blue Man Productions, says the company's vision is to expand from a performing arts organization into an entertainment company with a glo…
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 09:32AMThe standup comic who paved the way for such stars as Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers died yesterday. Here's a selection of her finest jokesBefore Joan Rivers, before Roseanne Barr and Kathy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMThe standup comic who paved the way for such stars as Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers died yesterday. Here's a selection of her finest jokes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMPaul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons will offer an evening of covers and original tunes Aug. 28 at Manhattan's newest nightspot, 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMStage and screen veteran Dick Van Dyke will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award during the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, set to take place on Sunday, Jan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AMFrom the writer of the hit science fiction parody Galaxy Quest comes an original musical comedy starring Sally Struthers and Robert Torti set for Broadway in 2013. The show takes place…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMKathleen Turner is not afraid to speak her mind, as any observer of her lengthy streak of strong female roles can tell you. At the Newseum last Wednesday night, Turner held forth with her tr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15AMStage and screen star Dick Van Dyke will receive SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment, at the 19th Annual Sc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AMNEW YORK—There's a bit of everything for theatergoers this fall in New York, from a play about porn to a musical about proselytizing Christians.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:06AM
The 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, staged by Talawa Theatre Co…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:52AM"It's okay, just slap me. I don't mind." Those words strike fear into the heart of every fight director I know.
SOURCE: www.neddonovan.com at 08:49AMStubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, announced the launch of their new rewards program on Wednesday, August 15. This initiative is the first of its kind in the ticketing business…
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SOURCE: Variety at 08:37AMBarbican, LondonI've always thought there's a dodgy brilliance to Carousel. Musically it is far and away the most sophisticated of the Rodgers and Hammerstein operettas, yet lyrically it com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMTo say that I am skeptical about the new Chaplin musical is to give it too much credit. Musicals are almost never good; and biographical dramatizations are good even more rarely than that.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:22AMPleasance CourtyardWhat's so funny? Louise Ford (one half of double act Ford and Akram) isn't the first character comic to sound out humour on society's maladroit margins. But if her creatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMGilded BalloonWhat's so funny? The brazen otherness of this Cornish rap duo, doing their own thing, their own way, to a small audience late night – early morning, actually – on the fring…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMDespite the high level of the players, there are things a professional quartet brings to a performance or recording—uniformity of sound and style—that cannot be matched by a group cobble…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14AMThe Off Broadway Alliance will again sponsor 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off Broadway. The popular promotion, which begins September 4th and continues through September 23, makes …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMDavid Korins, Aaron Rhyne, Donyale Werle and others share their insights on how innovation is transforming Broadway and beyond.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMA while back I created a class that deals with helping people focus and deal with being overwhelm. I am doing another one of these on Saturday and I hope you'll join me. You can read more be…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "golden age" musical Carousel opened to press last week (17 August) at the Barbican Theatre. The musical, delivered in operatic style, tells the story of pensive mi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:58AMThis is a lovely idea. For Monkey Bars, Chris Goode interviewed over 70 six to eleven year olds about the world and then put their words, verbatim, into the mouths of besuited adult actors a…
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