The world premiere of the highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie Event, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, is set to debut Sunday, October 7 at 9pm ETPT on Lifetime. Get a first look at the all-star cast …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58PMThe American Theatre Wing cites international outlook in bestowing a grant.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:50PMIndependent Shakespeare Company attracted more than 2800 theatergoers to Griffith Park last Sunday and nearly 38,000 to its summer season. Its last production, Comedy of Errors, featured a m…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:18PMWar Horse, the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Play, will conclude its Broadway run Jan. 6, 2013, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:09PMWAR HORSE, the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Play and international sensation seen by more than 2 million people worldwide, will conclude its Broadway run Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Vivia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06PMDaytime Emmy Award nominee, Matthew Ashford joins Sally Struthers and the cast of Dolly Partons 9 to 5 the Musical as Franklin Hart Jr. in the Ogunquit Playhouse production. Fresh from his r…
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Regular readers will be chortling into their coffee to hear that Ms TN has been yet again ruefully contemplating her total inability to control any aspect of her writing life. Viz: yet again…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:59PMThe Tony-winning Broadway production of War Horse will play its final performance on January 6, 2013 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The show will have played 718 regular and 33 preview perf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PMTHEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Chinglish, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
As opposed to the similar portmanteau “Spanglish,” which simply refers to speaking a blend of Spanish and E…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:37PMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime, Passion, Carrie, platinum Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Calloway Swing, legendary jazz vocalist, pianist and composer…
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Andrea Marcovicci, the acclaimed singer and actress, has announced the release of her first CD of new material in five years, Smile, on her own label Andreasong. The new recoding her is base…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:50PMThe Tony Award-winning play "War Horse" is jumping off its saddle in New York. Producers said Tuesday that the play about horses sent to the battlefields during World War I will play its fin…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:49PMChicago Shakespeare Theater and Navy Pier have been good for each other. It's time to build on that relationship.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Navy Pier have been good for each other. It…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMEmerging Artists Theatre will present some of Broadways best and brightest during its third annual benefit, BROADWAY SINGS FOR EATS SUPPER on Monday September 10th, at 24 Fifth Avenue Ballro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMSex is in the Heel, a new single remix by Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, composer of the new Broadway-bound musical Kinky Boots, has hit the Top Ten 6 position on the Billboard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMTickets go on sale to the public 9/9 for the 50th New York Film Festival
SOURCE: cityguide.com at 06:31PMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company has chosen F. Murray Abraham as this year’s recipient of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. The award will be presented at the Harman Cent…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:21PMGolden Globe Award winner CYBILL SHEPHERD, who made her Broadway debut when she took on the role of Alice Russell in the 2012 Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidals THE BEST MA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMPerformances have begun for Nick Payne’s If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, and we’ve got a first look at stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez and Brian F. O…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PMChicago-based playwright and performer Michael Fosberg has presented his one-man show, Incognito, across the country for roughly a decade, but he said he is especially looking forward to his…
SOURCE: NewsWorks at 06:09PMtheatreWashington is once again seeking individuals with a deep passion and knowledge of theatre to serve as judges for the Helen Hayes Awards. Each term is for three years, beginning with t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMThe Tony Award-winning cast of Once might be a little out of the ordinary for Broadway. Not only is the ensemble comprised of talented actors and singers, each member is an accomplished musi…
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Before Tony Award winner Steve Kazee takes the stage in Broadway's Once, a pre-show party ensues at the Bernard B. Jacobs, where audience members can grab a pint at the onstage bar and a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PMDirector/Choreographer Marc Robin keeps the action moving, rotating positions on the stage so that we stilll get to see shifting perspectives at various points, and it’s to Robin’s great…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:54PMCue the cutup sweatshirts, leg warmers and welder sparks.
“Flashdance — The Musical” is coming to Broadway.
Producers announced Tuesday that a revised stage adaptatio…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:44PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Breaking News ‘Flashdance’ Musical Set for Broadway in August 2013 ArtsBeat Blog/NYTimes.com – by ERIK PIEPENBURG The st…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:43PMThe Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do Colin Nissan has an article on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, with great advice for writers, such as: LEARN FROM THE MASTERS. …
SOURCE: direct address at 05:39PMNo spoilers, but let’s skip straight to the end of “The Temperamentals” because that’s the most interesting part. The characters in the play by Jon Marans address the audience and ex…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:33PMThe American premiere of Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, featuring Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Tony Award winner Brían F. O'Byrne and Oscar nom…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMOscar and Tony nominee Kathleen Turner performs with a blend of sensuality, intelligence and bravado when she takes the stage as liberal newspaper columnist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot: T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMAngelica Page has taken over the role of potential First Lady Alice Russell in the Broadway production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man. She steps in for Cybill Shepherd, who has departed th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:19PMPlay tells the story of four women at a Kansas homestead in 1870.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:15PMWAR HORSE, the 2011 Tony® Award-winning Best Play and international sensation seen by over 2 million people worldwide, will conclude its Broadway run Sunday, January 6, 2013 (at the Vivian …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:09PMGossip columnist Perez Hilton joins the cast of the off-Broadway musical revue, NEWSical the Musical, for four weeks only beginning Saturday, September 8th. In the video below, castmate Lesl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMIñaki Rikarte had to learn how to direct with masks but without words for André & Dorine, from the Spanish Basque Country-based Kulunka Teatro. The three-actor production, about a man …
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In David Mamet’s new play The Anarchist, two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone heads behind bars to play an “inmate with a radical past” who is now seeking parole. Beyond that …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMBucks County Playhouse has announced a special two day engagement of A.R. Gurneys Love Letters, starring theatre, television and film legends Tyne Daly and James Earl Jones. Love Letters wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMEVITA’s Rachel Potter, who plays the mistress in the Broadway hit, takes Playbill.com backstage at the Marquis Theatre in a new three-part video series. Follow Potter as she chats wi…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 04:53PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMAngelica Page, who currently plays Catherine in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, will assume the role of Alice Russell in the classic political drama. Page succe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMIf There Is I Havent Found It Yet, a new play by Nick Payne and directed by Michael Longhurst, features Annie Funke Anna, Michelle Gomez Fiona, Jake Gyllenhaal Terry and Bran F. OByrne Georg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMAt a recent blogger meet-up, I learned two things. One: If I hope to start making any real money blogging, I need to start a fashion blog. Pronto. Two: I guess I should probably gain a sense…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:46PMThe ring is up. The wrestling is as real as it gets. All they need is the roar of the crowd. Most plays are no sweat. Actors Jose Joaquin Perez and Shawn T. Andrew have been around the block…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:44PM"Why has it taken so long for me to come back home? I don’t know. I have been thinking about it for years and it just never quite seemed like the right time until now."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:40PMThe 4th annual Props Summit, bringing together dozens of theatrical craftspeople from the across the Northeast, will be held Sept. 7 at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMLabor Day has come and gone, which means the Broadway Fall season has officially begun Leading the parade of incoming shows is AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, which begins previews tonight at the Sa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PM"No girl ever made me watch it! And the only girl I knew who did watch it was my mother. My mother would call me and ask me, 'What's funky spunk?'"-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:28PMMarin Mazzie, who recently displayed some psychotic tendencies to play the unstable matriarch in the Off-Broadway production of Carrie, plans to surprise audiences with her brand-new concert…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMSony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has signed a deal with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions (SSTP) — the five-year deal will bring several films from Sony's film library to the Broad…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:16PMRomney said that cutting all federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and NPR would be a "focus" of his administration.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:15PMThe new musical FLASHDANCE, which pushed back a pre-Broadway engagement in Toronto this summer, will open on Broadway in August 2013, according to the New York Times. Casting has not yet bee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMLONDON—Keira Knightley and Jude Law swept along a red carpet, complete with chandeliers, at the world premiere of their new movie "Anna Karenina.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:08PMTony Award winner Janet McTeer has been tapped for Starz's new series The White Queen, according to the Hollywood Reporter. McTeer will play Jacquetta, a fierce sorceress and mother who …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMThe producers of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 smash hit movie that defined a generation, are pleased to announce that the production will arrive on Broadway i…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:06PMGreen Days AMERICAN IDIOT, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, began its new tour at the North Charleston PAC in North Charleston, SC, followed by additional tour dates listed on t…
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Tony Award winners Tyne Daly and James Earl Jones will co-star in an October benefit reading of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Bucks County Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMThe times are ripe for a solid comedy or drama about the risks and rewards for gay couples adopting children, but Chad Beguelin’s fails the challenge. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:45PMThe film adaptation of Broadway's ROCK OF AGES will be released on Blu-rayDVD on October 9, 2012. The film, which had its theatrical release on June 15th, stars Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMFlashdance: The Musical is aiming to open on Broadway in August 2013, with a separate company embarking on a previously announced national tour in January 2013. Directed and choreographed by…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMThis spring the world was introduced to Into the Woods veteran "Twan Baker". Wanting to try his hand at some new material, Baker is now in Weston, VT, starring in the world-premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMThe new Ryan Murphy-Allison Adler comedy "The New Normal," starring Book of Mormon Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, will premiere Sept. 11 on NBC. Before the new comedy hits the air, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Dig out those leg warmers and headbands - "Flashdance" is coming to Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:16PMFlashdance — The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 film, will arrive on Broadway in August 2013, producers announced Sept. 4. The musical has been substantially rewritten and r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMThe American Theatre Wing will honor six generations of the Redgrave family, both living and deceased, for their contributions to the theatre during a Sept. 24 gala at the Plaza Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMThe American Theatre Wing has announced that its annual Gala, to be held Monday, September 24 at 630 PM at The Plaza Hotel Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, will honor the Redgrave familys…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMAlicia Silverstone returns to Broadway this upcoming to fall to star in "The Performers." On October 23, the play begins previews at the Longacre Theater and will officially open November 14…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:13PMThe stage adaptation of "Flashdance," based on the 1983 movie about a female welder-turned-dancer, will begin performances on Broadway in August 2013.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:12PMTony Award winning producers Scott and Brian Zeilinger have officially announced that Human, a new play by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri A Bronx Tale, will premiere on Broadway in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMDig out those leg warmers and headbands -- "Flashdance" is coming to Broadway. Producers said Tuesday that the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie about a working-class Pittsburgh girl wi…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:10PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 922012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMThere are A LOT of things to look forward to this fall . There are several that I'm mildly interested in, a few that I hope will surprise me and a very few that I am super excited abou…
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The 2012-2013 school year may have already started for Wagner College this semester but the nationally accredited Wagner College Theatre department already has some new bragging rights. Or s…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:50PMTarget Margin Theater has announced Beyond the Pale, a two-season exploration of the history and cultural impact of the Yiddish Theatre, which will include a world-premiere production in Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMAs autumn approaches, Berklee celebrates Ray Charles, NEC kicks off 40th anniversary festivities for its Contemporary Improvisation department, and New England jazz boasts a series of specta…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:43PMPeter Bazalgette has been appointed as the new chair of Arts Council England, succeeding Liz Forgan.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:39PMMost shows saw a slight bump in tickets sales over the Labor Day weekend, with long-running hit The Lion King claiming the top spot at the box office. The hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PMLiz Pearce is featured in the cast of the revival of the musical comedy "Something's Afoot" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam Oct. 5 to Dec. 9.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:37PMAs kids all over America head back to school, Broadway.com decided to ask our favorite Broadway stars to look back at their own years in the classroom—and share a school picture! Four-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMA provocation. A proposal. And a plea. The provocation: What would happen if we were to think of new translations of plays, both classical and contemporary, into English the same way that we…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:30PMThe American Theatre Wing’s 2012 gala will honor the Redgrave family’s six generations of contributions to the theater. The event will be held on September 24 at the Plaza Hotel,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMSilence! 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 02:23PMPortuguese Artists Colony: Permanent Fatal Error I’m often (rightly) accused of posting info about upcoming events way too late in the game. Like, the day of. Or, in a good week, the d…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:22PMA September 7 industry reading has been set for Chazz Palminteri’s previously announced Broadway-bound dark comedy Human. Joining Palminteri are Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMIt's official: the classical music revolution has arrived.I think there can be no greater sign of this than the advent of the upcoming music festival created by Classical Revolution, a grass…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 02:16PMThe film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages will be released on DVD October 9. Directed by Adam Shankman, the Rock of Ages film stars Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMNew Milford native Rob McClure stars as Chaplin on Broadway September 2, 2012 By Robert Feldberg Why does one little-known actor get a plum theater role, while thousands of others, also tale…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:11PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording for the Tony-winning new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will be available for digital download on Tuesday, September 25 and on CD Tuesday, Oc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMWhy does one little-known actor get a plum theater role, while thousands of others, also talented, struggle to find work?
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SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMTony Award-winning producers Scott and Brian Zeilinger announced Sept. 4 that Human, a new play by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale), will premiere on Broadway in the 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMGreen Day's American Idiot, the two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the Green Day album, began its non-Equity life at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in Nor…
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Tony winner Karen Olivo, Kyle Dean Massey, Christopher Jackson and more will perform at the Yellow Sound Label release party for Tuck Everlasting composers Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PMProducers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment announce casting for the North American Tour of five-time Tony Award nominated musical SISTER ACT. Called In a word, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMPhilippa Gregory's series of three international and New York Times best selling novels, THE COUSINS WAR are the basis of the next addition to the growing lineup of STARZ Original series. Se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMThe sexual sizzle in David Ives ' power play "Venus in Fur" will be generated by husband and wife Liv Rooth and David Christopher Wells when the show plays Hartford TheaterWorks .
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:48PMLincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music recently opened new, smaller theater spaces designed by architect Hugh Hardy. There, new works can be performed without the financial pressur…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:45PMAs previously tipped, Sir Peter Bazalgette, best known as the former boss of Endemol, the TV production company that created Big Brother, has today (4 September 2012) been appointed as chair…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:42PMMusical numbers were announced today for the 20th Broadway on Broadway concert www.BroadwayonBroadway.com by The Broadway League and the Times Square Alliance. Multi-talented actress, singer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMGilded Balloon, EdinburghEveryone loves a hellraiser – provided, of course, he's a man. Female hellraisers simply get dismissed as sad, bad and mad. Actor Oliver Reed, who wrestled naked w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMWhere are all the black ballet dancers? Not in the world's elite companies. Sarah Marsh and Olivia Goldhill on dance's biggest blind spot Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMBlake Ross, who is editor of Playbill Magazine, offers a personal welcome to the newest Playbill website, the Playbill Memory Bank.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMAn original cast recording of the hit Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara, will be released digitally on September 25 and on CD Octo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMThere are thousands of abandoned big box stores sitting empty all over America, including hundreds of former Walmart stores. With each store taking up enough space for 2.5 football fields,…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 01:21PMJessica Hendy, who appeared on Broadway in Cats, Aida and Amour, will make her Los Angeles cabaret debut Sept. 10 at M Bar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMChalk Rep's Flash Festival will present 15 new 10-minue plays -- five in each of three weekends -- in site-specific locations within the George Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. Audiences…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:00PMThe new Chicago-based a cappella group Gentleman’s Rule is slated for a series of concerts Nov. 13-25 at the Riverfront Theater, 650 W. Chicago. Co-produced by Straight No Chaser creator D…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:00PMProducers of Matilda The Musical have announced two advance ticket offers for the upcoming Broadway production of the Olivier Award-winning show, which will begin previews March 4, 2013, at …
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Manhattan Theatre Clubs new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsens AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes begins previews tonight in preparatio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL opens this spring and for the first time ever on Broadway, Google Offers is partnering with MATILDA THE MUSICAL to provide special access to tickets. Google Offers prov…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:57PMSierra Boggess, Tam Mutu, Danielle Hope and Geronimo Rauch are among the current stars of the West End production of Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMThe first trailer has been released for the upcoming CG animated musical feature film currently in production, DOROTHY OF OZ. The film will feature voiceovers by a host of Broadway veterans …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMThe line-up of participating shows has been announced for the upcoming 20th annual Broadway on Broadway concert. Scandalous scribe and Today Show host Kathie Lee Gifford will host the free o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Tony-winning new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It will be available for digital download Sept. 25 and on CD Oct. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PM"Glee" and Spring Awakening star Lea Michele, Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and "Smash" star Megan Hilty are among the actors who lend their voices to the upcoming …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording for the Tony-winning new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will be available for digital download on Tuesday, September 25 and on CD Tuesday, Oc…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:44PMPlaybill, Inc. continues to expand its digital presence with the launch of The Playbill Memory Bank (playbillmb.com), a place for theatregoers to store their personal Playbill collection onl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMPlaybill, Inc. continues to expand its digital presence with the launch of The Playbill Memory Bank (playbillmb.com), a place for theatregoers to store their personal Playbill collection onl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMLea Michele is about to head down the yellow brick road! The Glee star is leading the cast of the animated feature Dorothy From Oz, taking on the iconic role of Dorothy Gale in a re-ima…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMThe Olivier Award-winning hit play COCK offers a Talkback after the 8pm performance on Tuesday, September 18. Written by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald and starring Jason Harne…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:30PMSinger, actress, talk-show host and lyricist Kathie Lee Gifford will host Broadway on Broadway, the annual free outdoor concert in Times Square, which will be held Sept. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMJennifer Hurlbert finds what costume designers need She almost sounds like a theatrical superhero. Without leaving New York, Jennifer Hurlbert contributes to the costume designs of shows acr…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:25PMThe Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch: Picture Shakespeare's The Tempest, fuelled on 20th century rock' n' roll, on a high-velocity collision course with 1956 science-fiction film F…
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Actress Jenn Harris has played the role of F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling in the laugh-out-loud parody Silence! The Musical since its inception seven years ago. The music…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMHey, folks. As you know, this October, the Blood Brothers are back at the brick in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with a new batch of original horror plays designed to make you feel all gross and ba…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 12:11PMThe big musical about the little orphan has been adapted into a KIDS version! With a long overdue Broadway revival beginning previews October 3rd, 2012, ANNIE continues to be one of the most…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:01PMPleasance, EdinburghThe title is a mite deceptive because it is the male writer, not the female characters he created, who really dominates in this revival of Miriam Margolyes' Oli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 8282012 - 942012.
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After nearly eight years of playing the disco-dancing fashionista Tanya in Mamma Mia!, Judy McLane has graduated to a brand new role—the one she initially auditioned for! McLane is tak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:58AMPlaywrights David Lindsay-Abaire and Naomi Wallace are the recipients of the 2012 Horton Foote Prize, a biennial honor recognizing works of new American theatre, which will be presented Oct.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMThe nationwide Plays for Presidents Festival is more than just dozens of productions, nationwide, of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. All participants have also been asked to create their own uni…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:56AMMaria Miller has been announced as the new Culture Minister in David Cameron's latest cabinet reshuffle, taking over from Jeremy Hunt who has been named Health Minister.
Accepting the post,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:53AMZandy Mangold/The New York Post ANNIE, the new production of the classic Tony Award®-winning musical, was featured in the cover story of The New York Post’s Pulse section on Sunday, Septe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:52AMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AMCleese declares war in an Israeli advert, but redeems himself in the trailer for a Monty Python film about the late Graham Chapman – and Armando Iannucci says the US version of The Thick o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMWhile on hiatus from her hit ABC Family series Bunheads, two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster took a break from cruising the West Coast to chat with Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show. The n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMTheater of the Stars will present the Tony Award-winning musical The King and I, starring Ronobir Lahiri in the title role with Victoria Mallory as Anna, beginning Sept. 5, as part of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 40th time. The show earned $1,667,593.…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:39AMFor their latest show this sharp-witted and usually slumberwear-clad pair, who you'll normally never catch sleeping, have cast off crafted lines and practised clowning - and their normal sta…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:39AMThe artistic director who founded the Miami City Ballet and built it into an internationally recognized company is leaving sooner than expected.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:29AMBroadway vet Ta’Rea Campbell will star as Deloris Van Cartier in the national tour of Sister Act. Also hitting the road will be Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior, Kingsley Leggs as Curt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:29AMGwydion Suilebhan 09/02/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:26AMMichael Xavier, Janie Dee, Claire Moore, Hayley Gallivan, Maria Friedman, Danielle Hope, Alison Jiear, Haydn Gwynne, Sally Anne Triplett, David Bedella, Tam Mutu, Paul Kaye, Stuart Matthew P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMManhattan Theatre Club’s new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes begins previews tonight in prep…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:24AMTV and film star Christine Lakin, currently taking on the role of Clarice in the Los Angeles premiere of Silence!, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMMulti-talented actress, singer, television host, playwright, songwriter and author, Kathie Lee Gifford, will host the 20th Broadway on Broadway concert. The free outdoor concert in the heart…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:23AMName: Valerie ReddHometown: Nacogdoches, TexasEducation: St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas- BA Theatre Arts and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art- Postgraduate Classical Acti…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:23AMManhattan Theatre Club’s new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes begins previews tonight. This l…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:19AMPlaywrights David Lindsay-Abaire and Naomi Wallace have received the 2012 Horton Foote Prize. The award for Outstanding New American Play was granted to Lindsay-Abaire for his play Good Peop…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMMike Bartlett’s hit play COCK will complete its critically acclaimed limited run on Saturday, October 6 at 8pm. Only 5 weeks remain before the show will play its final performance. The R…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:14AMThe American premiere of Mike Bartlett's comedy Cock, about a man, his boyfriend and his new girlfriend, will end its run Oct. 6 at the Duke on 42nd Street, producers announced Sept. 4
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMToday in 2011, Catch Me If You Can closed at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 166 performances. Catch Me If You Can is a musical with a libretto by Terrence McNally and a theatrical …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMFor the first time ever, the musical Carrie has been preserved in a cast recording of the recent MCC Theater Off-Broadway revival. The cast of the revival - including headliners Marin Mazzie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AM The fall season has arrived on Broadway as a slew of new plays and musicals prep to begin their runs in the coming weeks. Broadway.com asked readers which Broadway show they …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMShakespeare's Globe Theater hits its mark with a new "Taming of the Shrew," while the BBC Proms honor a selection of old musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:05AMTa'Rea Campbell will be a nun on the run in the national tour of the Tony Award-nominated musical Sister Act, which will launch Oct. 2 in Toronto at the Ed Mirvish Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMA few days ago, Playbill.com ran a great feature on the upcoming Off-Broadway season (which you can read here). But I have to admit, there was something about the article that I hated. The…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWomen will take centre stage at the Donmar with Phyllida Lloyd's all-star, all-female revival of Julius Caesar – and not a moment too soonSarah Bernhardt played Hamlet, Fiona Shaw has pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AM
The Performers' Henry Winkler will return for the upcoming fourth season of cult TV show Arrested Development as sleazy attorney Barry Zuckerkorn, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMThe talented actor chatted with BWW about his latest role of Michael Kiriakos in NYTW's RED DOG HOWLS, a man who digs up buried family secrets and uncovers a past he never knew existed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMMusicals Tonight, under the artistic direction of Mel Miller, has added Red, Hot and Blue, the 1930s musical featuring a score by Cole Porter, to its 2012-13 season at the Lion Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMOff Broadway Series Subscription OfferingHartford is going to get a gorgeous killer-diller.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:54AMRehearsal shots have been released for the upcoming premiere of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, which opens at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 14 September 2012 (prev…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:54AMHollis Resnik, the longtime Chicago actress, has been cast as Mother Superior in the first national tour of the Broadway musical "Sister Act,' it was announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AMHollis Resnik, the longtime Chicago actress, has been cast as Mother Superior in the first national tour of the Broadway musical "Sister Act," it was announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AMGolden Globe Award winner CYBILL SHEPHERD, who made her Broadway debut when she took on the role of Alice Russell in the 2012 Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s THE BEST…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:50AMThe producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning play by Rick Elice, will celebrate the 10th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Wednesday, September 1…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:49AMKristin Chenoweth returned to the set of The Good Wife, according to TVLine.com. The Emmy and Tony winner was set to appear in a multiple episode arc of the CBS series, but had to drop out&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMIn another life I was the assistant production manager at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. Mostly that meant mopping and house managing and babysitting load-ins but the Exit is also the ho…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:44AMSam Buttery plays iconic 80s performance artist Leigh Bowery in the forthcoming revival of Boy George musical Taboo, which begins previews at Brixton Club House on Thursday (6 September 2012…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:42AMDavid Rakoff, 2010 (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)I had no intention of wading into the tragedy-vs.-comedy mini-debate that Terry Teachout started last week with his W…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:41AMAn all-female production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Trelawny of the Wells by Arthur Wing Pinero and The Weir by Conor McPherson are set for the 2012-13 season at London’s Do…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMOn Friday, September 14, 2012, Broadway's celebrated revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO will welcome back Amy Spanger in the starring role of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMHal David, lyricist of the Broadway musical Promises, Promises and dozens of pop hits in partnership with composer Burt Bacharach, died in Los Angeles on September 1 after suffering a stroke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AMAn interview with Jay Hunter Morris, who plays Siegfried in Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Ring cycle.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:33AMManaged Opera Companies, TooJim Ireland, the energetic and outspoken managing director of Hartford Stage from 2002 to 2005, died at Monday at the Vitas End of Life Care Hospice in Winte…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:30AMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie, Molly Ranson and cast members from the Off-Broadway production of Carrie will celebrate the release of the musical's cast album Sept. 25 at the Upper Eas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMSynopses of the four epic operas that make up Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:21AMEva-Maria Westbroek performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:19AMHappy Back to School! And as is our tradition at The Broadway Blog (does twice count as a tradition or just lazy repetition), we celebrate this turning of the page toward fall and a new thea…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:17AMJonas Kaufmann performs an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:17AMDeborah Voigt and Bryn Terfel perform an excerpt from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Die Walküre.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:14AMFor the 11th year, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has opened its doors to local theatres to showcase works still in development to the general public at its ‘Page-…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:10AMAmy Spanger will join the Broadway revival of Chicago for her second stint as Roxie Hart beginning September 14. Spanger, who previously portrayed the Merry Murderess in 2002, replaces …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:07AMNext Thing You Know, a new musical from the Drama Desk-nominated team of Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham I Love You Because will be released today Yellow Sound Label will release the stud…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Legit News:
B.O. gets final summer push
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56AMFinding Neverland, the new musical based on the Academy Award-nominated film of the same title that centers on "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie and the family that inspired the tale,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMA memorial celebration honoring the life and career of Ron Palillo, who fashioned an indelible impression as an awkward Brooklyn teen in the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMWe’re feeling a little sentimental today. That is to say, sad. Or devastated. Or like life will simply not go on as it should. Because… wait for it… Jeremy Jordan departs N…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:46AMEdward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will begin rehearsals today, September 4, 2012, in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where this production originally began in De…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:38AMThe venerable theatre's annual 24-Hour Plays celebrity fundraising event this year will turn its attention to creating not one but four musicalsWriting a play in a day is one thing, but crea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe venerable theatre's annual 24-Hour Plays celebrity fundraising event this year will turn its attention to creating not one but four musicalsWriting a play in a day is one thing, but crea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago will welcome Amy Spanger back to its cast Sept. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMMarie JonesHometown: BelfastCurrent town: BelfastQ: Tell me about Fly Me to the Moon
A: Fly Me to the Moon is a play about two community care workers. The two women travel around…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:35AMThe studio cast recording of Next Thing You Know, a new musical from the Drama Desk-nominated team of Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (I Love You Because), arrives on the Yellow Sound Lab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMAs kids all over America head back to school, Broadway.com decided to ask our favorite Broadway stars to look back at their own years in the classroom—and share a school picture! Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:25AMThe 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival will this year bestow its Donostia Awards on actors John Travolta, Ewan McGregor and Tommy Lee Jones and the Special 60th Anniversary Donostia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMIt's time for episode twelve of BWW's newest exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy lip-syncs to Elaine Stritch at Liberty and gives updat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMPerformances are set to begin on September 4 for Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, featuring Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s translation of the classic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:16AMAccording to rumors and other reports by whatsonstage.com, producers of Disney's NEWSIES may be looking for a home in the West End late 2013 or early 2014, depending on the availability in L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMThere is a new Demon Barber on Fleet Street and the highlights disc of his tale will be a pleasurable discovery for the fans of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. However, i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AMEncore 2012-2013 Season Showcases Adventure and Search for Justice Our heroes and heroines are ready to travel, spread their wings and make a difference. They won’t let evil, bullies or l…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Over the holiday weekend I posted a few items; those of you who were at the beach or taking a well-deserved vacation from the digital world may have missed them. On Saturday I published a re…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:45AMIt is time to come out of the closet and admit my most private guilty pleasure: I love fundraising.
While so many arts...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:20AMOne can’t really go wrong with any of the individual concerts, but below are a few highlights released between August 1st and September 2nd. All are available for purchase on the Boston Sy…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:19AMLegit News:
Musical targeted for August 2013
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMWere you aware that this blog has a theme song? Well, it does now!A while ago, I donated to The Online Musical's Kickstarter campaign for their Mini Musicals, and a perk of making my donatio…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AM
If this presidential race has been giving you tunnel vision, come veer way off to the left with us into Shirley, Vermont. The people of playwright Annie Baker’s fictional New England town …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:55AMOn Tuesday, September 4 at 7 p.m. The Barnum Museum will feature a fascinating program, Frauds, Myths and Mysteries presented by Central Connecticut State University Professor Kenneth Feder,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:36AMThe Edinburgh International Festival has announced record income for this year's event, which has closed in Edinburgh with box office income of £2.83 million, a rise of 9% on 2011.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMMaria Miller, MP for Basingstoke and minister for disabled people, has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, succeeding Jeremy Hunt.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMW@S_TICKETS/W@S_TICKETSLast night (3 September 2012) almost 100 theatregoers headed to the Duke of York's Theatre for our outing to Jumpy, the Royal Court transfer of April De Angelis' accla…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:29AMHollywood has made billions cashing in on our fantasies of having special powers like the comic book superheroes. Yet some people actually turn the dream into reality by dressing in costum…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:00AM
Start spreading the news... it looks like Disney's latest hit musical Newsies could be heading for the West End. Rumours of a transfer have been swirling for a while but we hear word that pr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:59AMSouthwark Playhouse has announced that it will stage
the premiere of a new Philip Ridley play, Feathers in the
Snow, opening 7 December 2012 (previews from 5 December), Whatsonstage.com can …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMIt's a paradox that the more successful a show or theatre, the more difficult it is to get a ticket. Has Josie Rourke found a cure?Is it possible for a theatre to become too successful? Over…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMThe Little Dog Laughed premiered back in 2007, as written by Douglas Carter Beane who is perhaps best known for penning To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, and has been nominated for a Tony …
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 06:32AM"The GOP stands for funding the top of the pyramid and expecting the bottom of the pyramid to be sustained through the good will and generosity of the top. It's a horrible, aristocrati…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:14AM
The TribesThere are lessons we must learn from politicsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisToday Quebeckers vote. It has been a rancorous and unpleasant campaign and I'm glad to be rid of it (though sus…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMActors Theatre of Louisville's 2012-13 season kicks off with the William Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet, beginning Sept. 4, prior to an official opening Sept. 6, in the Pamela Brow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSony Masterworks releases the 27-track Encores! concert cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, featuring the 1949 Broadway score by Jule Styne and Leo Robin, on Sept. 4. This is the mos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe American premiere of Love Story, the musical, based on the best-selling Erich Segal novel, starring Alexandra Silber (Broadway's Master Class) as Jenny Cavilleri and Will Reynolds (M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, adapted by British dramatist Rebecca Lenkiewicz and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, begins performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway Week Fall 2012, which is produced by NYC & Company in partnership with The Broadway League, is offered Sept. 4-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM20at20, the bi-annual discount offer celebrating Off-Broadway, returns Sept. 4-23. Participating shows include Closer Than Ever, Avenue Q, NEWSical the Musical, Cock and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCabaret favorite Michael Feinstein and veteran singer Marilyn Maye join forces Sept. 4 for a limited engagement at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCabaret favorite Andrea Marcovicci, who will play Manhattan's Cafe Carlyle in October, releases her latest solo recording Sept. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJeremy Jordan, who received a Tony nomination for creating the role of Jack Kelly in Broadway's Newsies, plays his final performance in that award-winning musical Sept. 4 at the Nederlan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSarah Litzsinger, Caroline O'Connor, Chris Peluso and Adam Monley sing "Another National Anthem" in the Milwaukee Repertory Theater production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNina Raine's Off-Broadway drama Tribes, which premiered to acclaim last spring, welcomes Lee Roy Rogers and Dina Thomas to its unconventional clan beginning Sept. 4 at the Barrow Street …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
