Two-time Emmy Award-winner Sally Struthers returns to the Ogunquit Playhouse for the premiere of Dolly Partons 9 to 5 the Musical, now through September 15. Check out footage of her and the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMMAGIC TRICKS OR TRAGIC MIX? Everyone once in a while a show comes along that defies classification. Elephant Room, making its West Coast Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre is one such show…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:42PMBelow, listen to a clip of Hunter Parrish singing the theme song Little Boxes for Showtime's Weeds, via TheInsider.com Parrish's recording will be featured during the opening credits in the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PMWild Oats, BristolThe Old Vic, that exquisite and most gracious of theatres, has been lovingly restored and re-opens with comfortable new seats, improved sightlines and a flexible thrust sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMIn Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, last Bank Holiday weekend, you could have yourself a "Beckett" haircut, buy an Endgame sandwich (ham-and-clove filling), watch a game of rugby contesting th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMIn Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, last Bank Holiday weekend, you could have yourself a "Beckett" haircut, buy an Endgame sandwich (ham-and-clove filling), watch a game of rugby contesting th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMFarce has its affinities with the Freudian psychoanalytic method. Both are mechanisms for exposing the guilty secrets we are desperate to hide – the former for sadistically comic, the latt…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
FISHING FOR LAUGHS If you are now or were at some point a wannabe entertainment professional, chances are you’re no stranger to slinging hash in a greasy spoon to make ends meet. Pla…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:48PMXL Nightclub amp Cabaret presents BROADWAY CALL with host Marti Gould Cummings every Monday night. DJ Tony Build plays musical theatre music videos beginning at 8pm during happy hour followe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThe Second City -- the famous sketch comedy troupe based out of Chicago -- will return to the La Jolla Playhouse, March 20-23, 2013.
The engagement is part of the company's Laughing Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Skin Tight" by Cor Theatre at A Red Orchid ★★★
The origins of Gary Henderson's taut two-person, one-act show lie in a short and poignant poem by New Zeala…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PMTHEATER REVIEW: "33 Variations" at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "33 Variations" at TimeLine Theatre in Chicago ★★★ ... Frequently in l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Skin Tight" by Cor Theatre at A Red Orchid ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "Skin Tight" by Cor Theatre at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PMI have been in show business for over twenty years. Because I’m not rich and/or famous, that true statement should be accompanied with a stinky cigarette and a cynical, weathered demeanor.…
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Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMEmmy Award nominee and Broadway veteran Spencer Liff will choreograph Dayton, Ohio's Human Race Theatre's upcoming production of Lionel Bart's Oliver, November 29-December 16.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:53PMLabor Day is right around the corner, but before the barbecues begin, it’s time to say goodbye to yet another exciting week on the Great White Way. From the Broadway ambitions of Sport…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMJohn Lloyd Young, who is back in Jersey Boys through September 30, stopped by Broadway.com to answer burning questions from fans like you!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:38PMTony Award and Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush will join actress Judy Davis, director Fred Schepisi, and moderator Annette Insdorf at the 92nd Street Y at 7:15pm on Wednesday, September 5 for a p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:36PMHey kids! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is bringing The Saturday Morning Cartoons Live Show to the Bootleg on the evenings of September 14 and 15. Making its world premier, this variety sh…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:35PMHeading into Labor Day Weekend, here's something to take along to the beach: the top 10, most-read LA STAGE Times columns, features and First Persons of the summer. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:32PMIn its New York City premiere, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist play by Lisa D'Amour, " Detroit," will kick off the Playwrights Horizons Mainstage 2012-2013 season. Previews for the play sta…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:30PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 20-26, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMPresident Obama is naming 10 new trustees to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, the White House announced Friday. Among the appointees are Caroline Kennedy, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:28PMStage veteran and Daytime Emmy Award winner Tamara Braun has booked a guest-starring role on the fifth season of ABC's Castle, according The Hollywood Reporter.
She will play Natalia R…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:25PMBeyond the stage and into the backby Rebecca UgoliniFrom the moment audience members enter Espace Libre’s performance space for a showing of the Nous Sommes Içi collective’s celebrated …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:24PMLast night, I had the pleasure of seeing Cait Doyle's Hot Mess in Manhattan, and I do have to say that if you're a fan of new musical theatre, you should totally go out and support this show…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 04:21PMWhether you call it a a weiner, Mr. Johnsono r just Lefty, it will be up for discussion and dissection at Buddies in Bad Times’ The Penis Project.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:00PM
Scott Adsit, Chris Bauer, Edie Falco, Dayle Reyfel, and Kyra Sedgwick all starred in a benefit staged reading of Drama Desk Award winner and Emmy nominee Eugene Packs new comedy, Columbus an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMThe Chicago Neo-Futurists are to present 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, October 4-November 10 at The Neo-Futurarium. Halena Kays will direct, with musical direction by Mike Przygoda and choreo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PMRemember that time that all of Broadway was so effing scared of shows closing instantly and with terrible reviews that they decided to open all of them in the spring instead of the fall? You…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:35PMRodney Hicks and Randy Scholz will co-star in the Village Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning country musical Big River — based on Mark Twain's classic "The Adventure…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMPlaywrights Horizons will present its annual one-night-only benefit Stories on 5 Stories, featuring new works by eight artists, including seven of the theatre's alumni writers, Oct. 22 i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThe appropriately hallucinatory work, which reflects on pornography and voyeurism, brilliantly evokes the feeling of gradual entrapment, writes Martin Hoyle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:24PMThe simple setting of Adrian Noble’s production serves to foreground the psychological concerns of Shakespeare’s late, great drama, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:24PMOn Twitter Watch, Sierra Boggess wrote After 5 years of Phantom in Las Vegas the show comes to a close this weekend. Sending love to the company that changed my life
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMStages St. Louis is set to present My One and Only, September 7-October 7 in the Robert G. Reim Theater at Kirkwood Civic Center. Michael Hamilton will direct, with choreography by Dana Lew…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PM
The Library of Congress's Music Division looks like the archetypal government institution. The walls are beige. There's little natural light. The staff cubicles and reader study desks are un…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 02:56PMAlso, 'Ring of Fire,' 'The Poe Mysteries,' 'Farragut North,' more
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:49PMInstead of us needing to plan to engage with the best art, art has decided to come to us, when we least expect it, writes Peter Aspden
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:47PMA new festival honouring the Irish playwright aims to break boundaries – and put Enniskillen on the cultural map. Alexander Gilmour reports
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:43PMReading the other day the simultaneous obituaries of Phyllis Diller and Tony Scott has been revelatory. They turned out to be complementary articles serving as bookends for the taste of Amer…
SOURCE: John Simon at 02:39PMA tribute to Jerry Lewis — who directed the recent Nashville world premiere of The Nutty Professor, the new Rupert Holmes-Marvin Hamlisch musical based on the 1963 Lewis film comedy &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMA special screening of THE NEW NORMAL'S pilot episode will be held in Utah and sponsored by GLAAD,Equality Utah and the Utah Pride Center. The screening will be followed by a panel discussio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMThis summer might have been too darn hot, but the theater scene is about to zoom into the red zone. It's impossible to do justice to the awe-inspiring variety of work that is waiting in the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:23PMLots of links this week. Here they all are, in consolidation:44 Plays For 44 PresidentsAnalogMiss Neo Pageant***If you come to the show, you might notice Trevor being the only individu…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:19PMMarianne Challis, an award-winning cabaret singer and one of Broadway's busiest voice teachers, died Aug. 29 at her apartment and voice studio in Manhattan. She was 58.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMAs I just mentioned, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was born in 1947 as the brainchild of a group of theatre artists who were rejected from the fledgling International Festival and responded …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:12PMVariety reports that a follow-up to Joss Whedon's 2008 Internet blockbuster DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG, starring Broadway vet Neil Patrick Harris is currently in the works. Whedon confir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Ryan Steele, who is starring as 'Specs' in NEWSIES- currently playing at the Nederlander Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM
Reg E. Cathey, Kathy Najimy and Annette O'Toole will appear in the world premiere of A.R. Gurney's Heresy, about a dark new American Dream, which will begin performances Sept. 29 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMLa MaMa will present Catherine Filloux's new play Luz at the company's First Floor Theater from September 28 to October 14. Jose Zayas directs the projection, which is a Watson Art…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMBlood Rose Rising, a multimedia supernatural experience staged in episodic form, is set to play September 14-November 18 at Naga.
Created by Ben Evett and co-written by Steve Barkhimer, B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK A first look at CHAPLIN THE MUSICAL, the return of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Signature Theatre's World Premiere of HEARTLESS and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMA concert devoted to Ann Hampton Callaway will be this year's fourth show in the Concerts for City Greens series, held Wednesday, September 12 at Tudor City Greens.
Callaway will be on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMAnd just like that, it’s done. After three months, and twelve plays covering a wide swath of topics in diverse styles across four states, The Here & Now Project for the summer of 2012 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:37PMWe were a little late to the party when it came to catching Cirque's brilliant Viva ELVIS show at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. We saw the spectacular production last night, which…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMAloysius Gigl, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Michele Ragusa and Louis Hobson will lead the cast of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd at Portland Center Stage, beginning Sept. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMBroadwayL.A. has announced that DONNY amp MARIE Christmas in Los Angeles will come to the legendary Pantages Theatre from December 4 23, 2012 for its West Coast Premiere.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMThe Weston Playhouse's world premiere of the new musical Pregnancy Pact, inspired by the real-life story of a group of teenage girls who decided to become single mothers together, began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMThe Dorrance H. Hamilton Rooftop Garden at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will reopen on September 4 following a year-long renovation. The project cost $5.7 million, and the gard…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:07PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:00PM
Roundabout Theatre Company presents CYRANO beginning September 14 at the American Airlines Theatre. Take advantage of this special discount offer and save on tickest today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMDREAMGIRLS, the smash Broadway musical turned hit movie is currently running at The Marriott Theatre 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, Ill. through October 28, 2012. Check out the video below…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMFinally. After months of squabbling and headlines, the producers of Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Julie Taymor have reached a tentative deal settling a dispute over her ro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMOscar nominee Michael Shannon will join Paul Rudd for Craig Wright's Broadway comedy Grace this fall, but there's not much to laugh about in the trailer for Shannon's new da…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM'Bullet for Adolf' scribe Woody Harrelson stars in the new comedy SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, written and directed by Oscar-winner and playwright Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Check ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWhat a pleasure it is to listen to an actor spin a yarn, especially a performer who make his living on stage. What a pleasure it is to listen to an actor spin a yarn, especially a performer …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:39PMWhat Fringe Means for Local Playwrights The Kansas City Fringe recently held its 8th festival, and if there’s one thing the festival has become known for (besides burlesque) it’s as a br…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:37PMOn Aug. 15 the Tony Award-winning Disney musical The Lion King became the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. The spectacle based on the hit animated film now plays the Minskoff …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMOn Aug. 15 the Tony Award-winning Disney musical The Lion King becames the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. The spectacle based on the hit animated film now plays the Minskoff…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMIn the final part of their three-part backstage series, cast member Rachel Potter once again takes video camera in hand to chart the course of a Saturday night at Broadway's Evita. A one-wom…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMFall's theater season gets a kick from neophyte producers and ambitious new companies taking on critically acclaimed but challenging plays or premiering fresh works by young playwrights.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:21PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which upcoming Broadway play are you most looking forward to
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMPlaywright Gary Henderson has written a cliffnotes version of a marriage, extracting moments in the couple’s life and introducing them in fragments. But understanding the actual story bec…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:16PMThe National Theatre has cancelled two performances of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, after its lead actor suffered an injury.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMThis week's topics Everyone Should Read, Intermissionless Shows, Broadway Flea Market, Shows that reference other shows, She is still alive, Great Hollywood Actors
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMClues that James Long, making his theatrical debut as a wrestler in the Pulitzer-nominated drama“The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,” is in fact a real-life wrestler:
His hair is tied …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:07PMIt's the last quiet week before theatres start to open their autumn seasons, but there are some potential gems – including things getting minty in Kendal ...ScotlandYou have until Saturday…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PMAfter a five year run, Phantom: The Vegas Specatucular is set to play its final performance on September 2. Broadway veteran Sierra Boggess originated the role of Christine in the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMBrother and sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond will premiere their Christmas show in California when Donny and Marie – Christmas in Los Angeles begins performances Dec. 4 at the Pantage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMMARIANNE CHALLIS, an award-winning cabaret singer and one of Broadways busiest and most respected vocal technicians and voice teachers, died peacefully in her sleep early Wednesday morning a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMHappy Birthday, Alan Jay Lerner Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 8312012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
The Chichester Festival Theatre's stage adapation of the classic children’s book Goodnight Mister Tom will play the West End’s Phoenix Theatre for a limited nine-week run. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMStage and screen veteran David Harbour will guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS series Elementary, according to TVLine.
The actor will play a brilliant surgeon who becomes an ally …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:51AMStephen Rea, the Irish actor who has appeared in such films as “Michael Collins,” “Breakfast on Pluto” and “The Crying Game,” will perform a staged reading from James Joyce’s �…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:46AMThe Tony Award-winning Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will begin accepting submissions Sept. 17 for the 2013 National Playwrights Conference, which will take place next July in Waterford,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMThe Marriott Theatre has announced that it will hold general auditions for its 2013 season.
First, on September 17, there will be a call for non-AEA male and female dancers. Auditions will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMWriter/performer Doug Vincent will bring his new solo play, A Day for Grace, to Off-Broadway's Stage Left Studio Theatre for a run September 6-16. The work was developed with director T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMSouth Coast Repertory will present Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, September 23-October 14. Marc Masterson will direct.
In Eurydice, a retelling of the Orpheus tale, Eurydice must choose betwe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMI was thrilled to receive an email from my friend Zachary Lacks letting me me know that The Amoralists have revived their brilliant production of The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side.…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:37AMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth is featured in this Season 4 promo for The Good Wife, with series star, Julianna Margulies.
As previously reported, Chenoweth was to have had a recurring…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMFrequent Tony Awards host and Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris will star in a sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, according to Variety. The follow-up to the 2008 made-for-internet…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMThursday. Usually a day of only one show. A day where a paycheck is magically delivered to your bank account by direct deposit or by check to your hands by a company manager... Well today wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMChris Rock, who appeared on Broadway in The Motherf**ker With the Hat, Oprah Winfrey and cast members from ABC's "Modern Family" will be guest hosts on ABC's "Good Mor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMA Class Act - Porchlight Music Theatre at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont. is offering a limited number of $10 discount tickets for the Monday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. performance. Call the …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:26AMThe Broadway Show League celebrated the end of its 58th annual softball season Aug. 30 with an All-Star Game in Central Park, pitting the "Broadway Bombers" against the "Times…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMIn playwright Martin McDonagh’s (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman) newest film Seven Psychopaths, stars Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken have concocted a morally bankrupt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMLaura Carmichael, best known as Lady Edith Crawley on the hit series Downton Abbey, will join the previously announced Ken Stott, Anna Friel, and Samuel West in Lindsay Posner's revival…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMFlorida's South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center has announced the line-up for its 2012-2013 season.
2012 will see Asolo Repertory Theatre's staging of The Tragedy of Macbeth (Octo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMYouth Theatre Northwest is set to present Alex Zerbe's one-man juggling, comedy show the Zaniac, September 21-23.
Specializing in a physical comedy of controlled chaos, Zerbe's sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10AMBoundaries between conventional acting, performance theatre and improvisation continue to blur – but one actor seems to have no problems making it up as they go along ...For almost two dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMThe Marriott Theatre's production of Dreamgirls, featuring Raena White, Britney Coleman and Rashidra Scott, officially opened Aug. 29, following previews that began Aug. 22, at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMCBS has released a promo for the season premiere of THE GOOD WIFE, featuring Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth. The Broadway vet will guest star on the drama as a t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMThe previously announced musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will play the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane beginning May 18, 2013. Directed by Sam Men…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMWe will never know exactly why people make art a part of their lives. Sure, we can ask the question. Sure, they can answer the question. But we will never REALLY know. People attend art for …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 11:01AMA little over a year ago, I blogged about the then upcoming prime time series about Broadway called Smash, and what it could mean for Broadway. I could just imagine those millions of peopl…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Kicking off Theatre Alliance’s 10th anniversary season is Reals, written by well-known D.C. playwright and theatre scene heavyweight Gwydion Suilebhan and directed by Shirley Serotsky, who…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58AMThe Sam Mendes-helmed stage musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will play London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, not the previously announced London Palladium. The production will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMPlaywright Kaite O'Reilly is seeking to confront and confound people's perceptions of disability with her latest production, writes Derek Smith
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMSoul Sister star Emi Wokoma talks to Jonathan Watson about portraying Tina Tuner as the show transfers to the West End
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMThe musical adaptation of Shrek will end its West End run on February 24, 2013. Co-directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, Shrek currently plays the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The musical, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMTVLine reports that Academy Award-winner Robin Williams is considering a return to the small screen and is currently in discussions to star in a a new single-camera comedy from 'The Practice…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMPlaywright and performer Jean-Claude van Itallie will bring his newest work, Confessions and Conversation to La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre for four performances, September 20-23. The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:49AMJoyce DeWitt, the stage and screen star best known for her work on ABC's "Three's Company," will be joined by her niece, Katharine DeWitt, for the Alhambra Theatre's up…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe London production of Shrek the Musical will end its run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on February 24, 2013.
Jason Moore and Rob Ashford co-direct the musical, which ran in London for …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:41AMI am a snob. Five years into my association with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and having just completed the second successful Festival with the venue company I co-founded and manage, I adm…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:40AMRussia's Vakhtangov Theatre is set to present its modern interpretation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, November 5-10 at the Noel Coward Theatre as part of Russian Season in the West End…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMAs Labor Day approaches, so does the exciting fall season on Broadway. The new season will feature a handful of highly anticipated plays headlined by big stars like Jessica Chastain (Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:37AMThe Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved additional rules for the 85th Academy Awards, which will be presented Feb. 24, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMForbidden Broadway-style show Jest Endwill return, playing at the Leicester Square Theatre, September 26-27. Jest End is produced, directed, and written by Garry Lake, with musical directio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMDownton Abbey's Laura Carmichael will join previously announced stars Ken Stott, Anna Friel and Samuel West in the West End revival of Anton Chekhov’s classic play Uncle Vanya. Dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and Kevin McCormick today announced that their production of Roald Dahls Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will now open at Theatre Roy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMDreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions today announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL will end its run at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Sunday 24 February 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMMagic Theatre is set to present the west coast premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place, September 12-October 7. Loretta Greco will direct.
The Other Place follows brilliant scientis…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMOur weekly roundup of stage reader reviewsAfter a summer break, reader review roundup is back. If you've just stumbled upon us, this blog is dedicated to highlighting your reviews and though…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMJohn Barrowman and his sister, Carole Barrowman, will promote their new thriller, which is entitled "Torchwood: Exodus Code," with a limited book-signing tour next month in the U.K.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMThe New Museum will be holding a panel discussion entitled My Chekhov, Not Yours, on Sunday, November 18 at 3pm.
The discussion will focus on radical theatrical interpretations of the writi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:11AMToday — by order of an official proclamation by Borough President Marty Markowitz — is Brooklyn Unicycle Day: Festivities begin with a mass ride over the Brooklyn Bridge (3pm) to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:05AMIf you're planning to take in a Broadway show this Labor Day, make sure to check in first with our guide below as many shows are dark on Monday and playing a special holiday schedule next we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less. Did you see a tweet you thought was noteworthy?…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMBrother and sister act Donny and Marie Osmond will bring their Christmas show to Los Angeles for a three-week residency in December. “Donny & Marie – Christmas in Los Angeles” will…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM
Former "American Idol" finalist Anthony Fedorov, currently starring as Roger in Off-Broadway's Rent, will go it solo Sept. 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMWhatever anyone thinks of the current production of Into the Woods, isn't "Delacorte" one of the most beautiful words in the English language?
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:54AMIt takes a spoonful of dopamine to make the medicine go down. Such is the case anyway with comedy writer and professor David Misch’s new tome Funny, The Book: Everything You Always Wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:48AMTaking Flight Theatre Company announces auditions for its next production: Equus by Peter Shaffer. The production will be directed by Haley Murphy. Auditionees should come prepared with dram…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47AMMarianne Challis, a noted voice teacher and cabaret singer, died peacefully in her New York City studio on Thursday, August 30.
Challis performed frequently at such New York clubs as Don&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMMarin Mazzie, who recently displayed some psychotic tendencies in the Off-Broadway production of Carrie, plans to surprise audiences with her brand-new concert act at Manhattan's latest …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AM Reviewed by: Paulanne Simmons Veronica Klaus, who sang the Peggy Lee songbook at Joe’s Pub on Aug. 29, walked onstage with her long blond hair in a dramatic up-do, wearing a …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:40AMMilitary play Our Boys, directed by David Grindley and starring whoever opens at the Duchess Theatre on 3 October 2012 (reviews from 26 September) for a 12-week season.
To give you a taste o…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:37AMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of A.R. Gurney's Heresy, to be presented at the Flea Theatre, Septemer 29 - November 4. Jim Simpson will direct.
Set in the near futur…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:25AMLaura Carmichael, best known for her role as Edith Crawly in TV's "Downton Abbey," will make her West End debut in a new production of Uncle Vanya, beginning performances at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMBroadway will soon have a new Cyrano de Bergerac. But perhaps you can give the world a new CYRANO – meaning the excellent 1973 musical version. Granted, its 49-performance run on Broadway …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:11AMSHAKESPEARE: TIMON OF ATHENS Simon Russell Beale, who plays the lead role in Nicholas Hytner's current production at the National Theatre, part of the World Shakespeare Festival, talks to He…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 09:07AM1912. 1912. 1920. 1951. 1982. Torch Song Trilogy. 1988. Helen Hayes herself attends Romance/Romance. 1995. Defending The Caveman. 1997. The Last Night of Ballyhoo.2001. By Jeeves. 2005. Jack…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AMBrother and sister duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond will spend the winter
Holidays with a three-week engagement at the Pantages Theatre, Donny & Marie- Christmas in Los Angeles, Decembe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Shrek the Musical will shutter at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Feb. 24, 2013, after a 20-month run, and will be followed by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, originally slated for…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:57AMI’ve known — and liked — Terry Teachout for a number of years now, though I haven’t seen the man in some time, and despite our vastly differing tastes and backgrounds…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:56AMGoodnight Mister Tom, a stage version of Michelle Magorian's U.K. children's classic, is to begin performances at the West End's Phoenix Theatre Nov. 22, prior to an official ope…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:55AMEllen Carr of Witness Theatre sums up her first Edinburgh fringe experience
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:50AMJust the other day Tabard was surveying the classical music landscape and wondering why there isn't an oratorio based on one of Coronation Street's most famous residents, Ken Barlow. Well lo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMThe Edinburgh International Television Festival once again saw the great and good from the world of broadcasting descend on a conference centre for three days to celebrate their industry. We…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnRRBY7F_yM Los Cuatro Generales (The Four Generals) – an anti-Franco song from The Spanish Civil War by Michael Wheeler, As mentioned in my last post, …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:38AMAnnie Gouk finds out more about the RSC's latest take on Shakespeare's gutsy political play Julius Caesar.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:14AMA Russian production of Uncle Vanya is set to run at London's Noel Coward Theatre this autumn.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe young star offers her frank opinions on women and sex, Barbra Streisand, and the perils of stage fright.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Move over, Branson and Lady Sybil. A century before hanky-panky between the hunky politically-minded chauffeur and his beautiful upper-class love heated up “Downton Abbey,” English playw…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:59AMThe long-running legal dispute between the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and the show's director Julie Taymor has been tentatively settled, it was announced…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMThis collaboration between the RSC and New York’s experimental Wooster Group got badly mauled when it was unveiled in Stratford a month ago. Approaching it for the first time during this…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:46AMHaunting Julia: In this, the long overdue debut UK tour of Alan Ayckbourn's 1994 supernatural thriller, director Andrew Hall, famed for his critically acclaimed production of Who's…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMA whole host of high-profile shows, in the West End and beyond, have made new casting announcements, including the Hampstead Theatre's 55 Days, the Vaudeville's Uncle Vanya, two plays at the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:05AMSure signs that the new Broadway season is around the corner: Theater marquees sprouting up for fall premieres. A poster that works makes you look, and, even briefly, pause. The artwork for …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM‘In dicey times, we reach out into the unknown to figure out who we’re going to be next,” says Brooklyn playwright Lisa D’Amour, who used that notion as the starting point for her co…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Actor turned award-winning playwright Alecky Blythe, whose verbatim drama credits include London Road, will return to the boards herself this autumn for the first time in three years. Blythe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:53AMPresented as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, this new theatrical work from Scots company Vanishing Point makes a tremendous impression, although not necessarily in a good way. …
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:47AMHere's The List By Gregory Jacobs-Roseman I’ve made no secret here on Crazytown of the fact that I’m a fan of the new HBO Aaron Sorkin show The Newsroom, but one of my favorite aspects o…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:05AMShakespeare's First Acts: Timon of Athens, assessed by Simon Russell Beale, currently playing the lead in Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed modern spin on the play at the National Theatre. "He doe…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:00AMAn interview with star and writer Cait Doyle. By Shoshana Greenberg (Lyricist/Bookwriter) Cait Doyle's new musical, Hot Mess in Manhattan, opens tonight and features songs from a myriad of m…
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THE CAST IS GREAT, BUT THE BOOK AND THE STAGING ARE NOT SO DREAMY Dreamgirls is based on the rise of the Supremes, America’s premiere girl singing group of the 1960’s. The musical opened…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AMNOTICE: THE POLLING PROGRAM I USE DOES NOT TRACK OR KEEP ANY RECORD OF WHO VOTES! IT SIMPLY RECORDS HOW YOU VOTED.So far this season, you voted and selected which c…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 02:28AMOK, to call it a smackdown might be pushing it. But the written exchange between playwright Kristoffer Diaz and New York Times theater critic Christopher Isherwood had its moments.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:11AMIt’s always said that the older you get the faster time seems to go. Maybe it’s because it is running out, but it seems only yesterday that I introduced this weekly round-up feature Shor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news this month?
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:45AMWinner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, SILENCE The Musical the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music amp lyrics by Jon an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMKent FarringtonOlympians and Celebrities Meet at 37th Annual Hampton Classic
Kent Farrington took top honors in the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix and FEI World…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:02AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I file the first of two reports from Canada's Shaw Festival. This one is about...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I expand on a notion that's been much on my mind in recent...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Shaksbeer is passimist because is de life passimist also!" Leo Rosten, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N...
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According to the Daily Mail, Downtown Abbey's Laura Carmichael is set to make her West End debut as Sonya in Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11AMFriday August 31, 2012
Who: Michael Feinstein with Christine Ebersole, Betty Buckley and the Boston Pops, Thomas Wilkins, conductor
When:
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:06AMFriday August 31, 2012
"Robot & Frank" may be the oddest credit in Frank Langella’s almost 60 years on stage and screen.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMFriday August 31, 2012
LENOX
Active is the operative term for the life of Michael Feinstein.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:05AMCelebrity-skewering blogger Perez Hilton returns to his acting roots in the celebrity-skewering Off-Broadway revue NEWSical the Musical. The NYU grad talks about Rosie O'Donnell, his lov…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSilence! The Musical, the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award-winning Best Musical billed as the unauthorized parody of "The Silence of the Lambs," makes its West Coast premiere Aug. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Flea Theater presents the New York premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Job, a play that explores faith, beginning Aug. 31, prior to an official opening Sept. 19, at the company's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAcademy Award nominee Spike Lee, who made his Broadway directorial debut with Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, receives the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker honor at the 69th Venice Film…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre East kicks off its 2012-13 season Aug. 31 with the first preview of Bennett Windheim's Normalcy at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1897 John Drew and Billie Burke (in her Broadway debut) are the stars of the new play, My Wife, opening tonight at the Empire Theatre. There will be 129 performances.
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