Feb. 22, 1983: A night that will live in Broadway infamy.
It was the night a 28-year-old writer named Arthur Bicknell opened his first (and last) Broadway play, a mystery-farce called “Moo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:36PMWhen Broadway goes wrong — and sometimes when it goes right — it’s a gaudy, tacky, self-important moving target. And for 30 years, Gerard Alessandrini has been taking shots at it in hi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:36PMTo prepare for his NY stage debut, Steven Spielberg’s son had a close encounter with . . . clowns.
For three weeks in June, Sawyer Avery spent five hours a day, five days a week jesting ar…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:36PMDanielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Matt Pilieci and Hani Furstenberg star in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater world premiere of Adam Rapp's Through the Yellow Hour, which will begin previ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27PMAfter a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrinis Forbidden Broadway returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opens t…
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SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:09PMMarksmanship matters in satire. The new edition of the popular lampoon “Forbidden Broadway” hits one bull’s-eye after another.
Back after a three-year hiatus, the show is righ…
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I'm frankly a bit confused by Lisa D'Amour's new play being presented over at Playwrights Horizons. It's seemingly missing a soul or at least one that director, Anne Kauffman failed to…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:44PMCENTERSTAGE announces its electrifying, one-of-a-kind artistic initiative, My America50 new monologues by 50 of Americas leading and emerging playwrights, all filmed by award-winning filmmak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38PMMetroStage presents Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, a musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel, an esteemed Belgian singer-songwriter whose music has been re-imagined …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:20PMCharlie Chaplin built his legacy in the era before his fans could hear his voice. So how did the creators of "Chaplin: The Musical" refashion his story for a 21st-century musical?
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:10PMAfter a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrinis Forbidden Broadway returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opens t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00PMThat hard-hitting satirical revue of Broadway musicals, “Forbidden Broadway,” is back with new routines and targets.
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A cool video project worth a look Check out this neat little youtube video project by Lakeland High School graduate Lindsay Calleran and a couple of friends, who spent one night trying to br…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:59PMDancers Nichole Canuso and John Luna in 'Return Return Departure,' a collaborative dance/gallery experience at sunset with music by Michael Kiley commissioned by the American Philosophical S…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:57PM"It's so nice to have you back where you belong!"
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:54PMSignature Theatre presents the New York premiere of THE TRAIN DRIVER, written and directed by Athol Fugard. THE TRAIN DRIVER is the final production in the Residency One Athol Fugard Series.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMBy Wendy Rosenfield
Your very own Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival Bingo card. Take it with you around Philadelphia for the next two weeks during the 2012-2013 season's biggest theate…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:42PMWalk-on appearances in Broadway’s biggest hits, on-set visits to television’s most popular shows, lunch with Angela Lansbury, and the shirts off Hugh Jackman’s and Ricky MartinR…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 07:27PMChicago’s fall dance season arrives on the winged heels of a dance-filled summer that began with a pricey cork-popping visit by the Paris Opera Ballet to the Harris Theater for Music and D…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:22PMThe 2012 Dia de Los Muertos festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the largest celebration of its kind in California. This year’s event will reach back to the pre-Aztec roots of Dia…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:20PMOf course the biggest show playing this fall — and the one with the most gobsmacking budget — is the presidential election. But those in search of an antidote to that spectacle can find …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:20PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Douglas Hodge will play Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes', Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMJordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, will tie the knot with producer Richie Jackson this weekend at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, a spokesperson for Roth confirmed to Playbil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:04PMHEDY WEISS: A newcomer to Chicago theater memorably plays an exonerated prisoner in Chad Beckim’s moving drama, now in its Midwest premiere.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:00PMOvation Award nominations announced next Tuesday...Tribute to Joan Stein on Oct. 8...Glaudini moves from MTW to Moonlight...City Garage opens a new space at Bergamot and a new play by Mee...…
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Aurora Theatre Company.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s not often that you see a guy in a Mexican wrestling mask just sitting in the audi…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:59PMSusan Egan, one of Broadway and Disneys most celebrated performers, will take you on a journey from Broadway and beyond With her award-winning acting chops, her riotous humor, and a voice th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMThe iconic Broadway musical A Chorus Line will receive its first West End revival, according to Variety. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will play the London Palladium February 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:45PMSignature Theatre’s Cabaret series continues with the spectacular Music In The Movies II. There’s only a few days left to enjoy a really, really, good evening listening to your favorite …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:37PMStunt casting has its appeal — that of a box-office bump, no doubt, but also, if an audience is fortunate it comes with more authentic charms.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:27PMAccording to Variety, a revival of A CHORUS LINE will open at the London Palladium on the West End, Feb. 2-June 29, 2013. This will be the first London revival since the original production.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMLa Jolla Playhouse previously announced its final production of the 20122013 season Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical written and directed by Playhouse Director Emeri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMBroadway.com video blogger Jenn Colella’s got a nose for news, and this week she got the scoop on the gents of Chaplin. See them in various stages of undress while sipping cocktails, f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PM"The Great American Railroad War" reminds us of an inspired journalistic reaction to the crimes of an earlier age of robber baron.
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Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, September 6, 2012 Breaking news: World Premiere by Craig Lucas Added to Atlantic Theater Company Season ArtsBeat Blog/NYTimes.com – by PATRIC…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:56PMTime Out New York's David Cote shares his short list of shows on Broadway and Off (and out in Brooklyn) that you should be catching this fall.
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:55PMDave Stewart of Eurythmics, brought GHOST to Broadway earlier this year after writing a score for the stage adaptation with Glenn Ballard. Now, he's playing with the idea of bringing some of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMBill Larkin as Edward Kleban in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “A Class Act.” Photo: Jeremy Rill Something about A Class Act, a small musical with a big heart, captured my emot…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:50PMAdA Author directing Authoran evening comprised of new one act plays by American playwright Neil LaBute and Italian playwright Marco Calvani, in which each playwright will direct the other's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PM"runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0002398">"runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0002398">"runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0002398">"runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0002398">The adult circus "…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:36PMThe 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 05:34PMAward-winning actor Douglas Hodge is set to play Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes’ £10 million musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:30PMWITH A LITTLE LOVE, THIS COULD BE GREAT The perfect show is like the happy marriage: you can go decades without seeing one. If the script is good, the lead actor is usually somebody’…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:27PMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, SCANDALOUS begins performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 250 W. 52nd St. on Saturday, O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMI know next to nothing about Catherine Butterfield, but based on this script, I wonder why her work is not produced more often. The Sleeper is a comedic take on the paranoia that gripped the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:15PMLilla Crawford may have landed the choice leading role in the Broadway revival of Annie, but the sun may still come out for other hopeful young actresses who didn't land that gig. Produc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PMWhen Indian classical dancer Manjari Chaturvedi makes her American debut on Sept. 22, she will not be wearing the bright, ornately embroidered costume that is typical of kathak dancers.
“I…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PMA few noteworthy “firsts” make Guinness World Records. More often, they don’t draw the attention of record keepers. They’re the firsts that escape detection on hype meters — milder…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PMBroadway is dead so the saying goes. However, it seems to many that “Broadway has been dying” for decades now. A scary confirmation of of that though came in 2009 when Forbidden …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 05:06PMSo, I was at the Fringe Festival last weekend and I met a young woman from Toronto who suggested that it might be a good idea to do an exchange program with her City. Chicago shows go to To…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:03PMBeth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) and Mark Jacoby (Sweeney Todd) will reprise their roles in the upcoming return holiday engagement of Elf, the musical based on the beloved Will Ferrell fil…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:02PMBrothers Jon and Al Kaplan moved to LA to become film composers. But they've achieved their greatest fame with Silence! The Musical, a YouTube-generated stage parody of the movie Silence of …
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Age & Hometown: 22; Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Jack Kelly, the tough, revolutionary New York newsboy who secretly dreams of being an artist in Disney’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMAge & Hometown: 22; Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Jack Kelly, the tough, revolutionary New York newsboy who secretly dreams of being an artist in Disney’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMTaking the high road, or throwing down the gauntlet? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has purchased ads promoting the faith in the playbill for the Los Angeles engagement of "…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:41PMIn the final part of this three-part series, Playbill joins the cast of Once for a pre-show jam session. Before the show starts, the audience is invited on stage to enjoy a pint from the wor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMGuy Thauvette (photo credit: Maxime Coté)Grain(s) is Verbatim (through filters)by Nanette SoucyAs no one can live without it, everybody gets to be an expert about food. Whether you’re cho…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:24PMAs 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! Befor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL will be holding an open call for the role of Matilda in New York City on Sunday, September 30th at Pearl Studios 519 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor, between 35th and 36th stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMThe 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 04:15PMThe 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 04:15PMThe new cast of West End's MAMMA MIA appeared at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and has now moved to its new home at the Novello Theatre from 6 September 2012. The new cast includes Gary Milne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMMusical-theater composer David Yazbek describes why an improv comedy duo has excited him more than most scripted theater he's seen recently.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:13PMName: Ivan Dimitrov Hometown: Sofia, Bulgaria Education: B.A. in Bulgarian literature and M.A. in anthropology Favorite Credits: The Eyes of Others. It will be my first. Why theater?: It jus…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:07PMPerez Hilton@PerezHilton: Saw @SILENCEmusical in NYC. Loved! The song about smelling the CUNextTuesday, I will never forget! Ha #SoWrong #SoRight pic.twitter.com/Iw8DV0pX
SOURCE: news.kinnetiks.net at 04:06PMTRAPPED IN VIRTUAL LIFE Tune into Findlay//Sandsmark’s fractured bones / let’s get lost for an immersive meditation on the mediatization of contemporary culture. This Norwegian performan…
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As previously tipped, Michael Bennett's Tony Award-winning production of A Chorus Line will be revived in London for the first time next year, opening at the West End's London Palladium on 1…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:53PMThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing firms, will hold another in its series of seminars focused on th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMBritish musician Dave Stewart, who collaborated with Bruce Joel Rubin and Glen Ballard on the recent Broadway musical Ghost, is considering a stage musical incorporating tunes he wrote with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMAt the Northern Clay Center.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:42PMBroadway.com offers up the best breaking news, star interviews and exclusive features about Broadway on the web. Below are the most-read stories on the site from August 31 to September 6.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMLifelong friendship put to the test.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:39PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL will be holding an open call for the role of Matilda in New York City on Sunday, September 30th at Pearl Studios (519 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor, between 35th and 36th s…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:39PMThis is one in a series of posts on the hundreds of performers I have presented at the American Vaudeville Theatre . As imposing a physical presence as Bob Greenberg is, I heard him befo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:37PMFrom Al Pacino to Katie Holmes, from Edward Albee to Henrik Ibsen, the fall portion of the 2012-2013 Broadway season runs the gamut when it comes to the diversity of plays being offered. We&…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:37PMIn "The Brothers Size," playwright Tarell McCraney uses the language of myth and metaphor to explore various bonds among three black men.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:35PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, has announced that acclaimed stage, screen and television actress Joely Rich…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMFrom Charlie Chaplin to Aimee Semple McPherson, from Rebecca to Edwin Drood, the fall portion of the 2012-2013 Broadway season runs the gamut when it comes to musical offerings. We’ve …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:34PMThe reason I have been frantic to get my new book Chain of Fools to market is that this month marks the Centennial of the first releases by Mack Sennett’s Keystone pictures. For more…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:32PMUnsungMusicalsCo. UMC, whose mission focuses on the preservation of musical theater through the restoration and presentation of obscure but artistically sound works, has announced programmin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMOn September 25th, music legend Barbara Cook releases an all new recording, Loverman, her latest from DRG Records. Loverman is described as a brilliant departure from Ms. Cooks traditional B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMWalnut 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 03:24PMThe producers of Flashdance- The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 smash hit movie that defined a generation, have announced that the production will arrive on Broadway in August 201…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:19PMEvery theater seems to love "ENMV0002398">"The Pirates of Penzance." The venerable Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has a Broadway pedigree, more hummable hits than "Mamma Mia," comic coppers s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PMSaudadeI'm not immune to it. No artist is, I think. That uncertainty that creeps in and weighs you down, makes you question everything--your worth, your path, whether or not you'll ever get …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:18PMDirector Ron OJ Parson and August Wilson's"ENMV0002398">"Century Cycle" have been central features of Court Theatre's programming since 2006, when Parson's staging of Wilson's "Fences" took …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:18PMAtlantic Theater Company has announced the two final productions of its 2012-2013 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMJust last month, Olympian Danell Leyva visited Broadway's SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK, where he met with leading man Reeve Carney and the 9 Spider-Men from the show. Now according to the Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMA ruined city. A populace scarred by a despot and the ravages of war. American soldiers whose lives are forever touched by violence and its after effects. And the ghost of a majestic Bengal …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:07PMSome casting news is too intriguing to ignore. "PLGEO100100602011429"PLGEO100100602011429">">Cate Blanchett will team up with French film star Isabelle Huppert in a staging of Jean Genet'…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:03PMTHE NEW NORMAL's Ellen Barkin appeared on NBC's 'Late Show With Jimmy Fallon' last night to chat about her new comedy premiering September 11th. Barkin spoke about the controversy surroundin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMJoely Richardson has joined the cast of Classic Stage Company’s production of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov. As previously announced Ethan Hawke stars as the titular governmen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMDan CarinoIn rehearsal for Underground: Mjo, King Charles, Miss Prissy
It was a long, long line that snaked away from USC's Bovard Auditorium as the sun was setting Wednesday night, a diver…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 03:00PMTony Award nominee Mikhail Baryshnikov was honored at the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation's Bright Lights Shining Stars gala Sept. 5. Tony winner Liza Minnelli presented him with the Ambas…
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How do you compensate a man for the loss of the best years of his life? How can a person who was unjustly accused of a crime while still a teenager — imprisoned for 17 years, and then full…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:58PMWhile you might think you know just everything about Luner on Theatre, we might still have just a few surprises up our sleeve! As we work to expand our blog over time, we are happy to start …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:55PMRobert Marra became more excited about his assignment from Actors Co-op to stage a revival of The World Goes 'Round not only after he lived with the Kander and Ebb music for a while but also…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:52PMCHICAGO - A musical production of "Big Fish" starring two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz will have a five-week...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:50PMA musical production of "Big Fish" starring two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz will have a five-week pre-Broadway run in Chicago next spring.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:50PMWalnut 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 02:48PMHeartless is serving up an eerie dose of family drama at the Pershing Square Signature Center, starring Gary Cole, Julianne Nicholson, Lois Smith, Jenny Bacon and Betty Gilpin. Get the scoop…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMA London fringe revival of the 1995 Broadway musical Victor/Victoria, based on the 1982 Blake Edwards film of the same name that starred Julie Andrews in the title role/s, is to be staged at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMJoely Richardson has joined the cast of Classic Stage Company's Ivanov, starring Tony Award nominee and film star Ethan Hawke, which will begin previews under the direction of Austin Pen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMAccording to the Herald Sun, GHOST, which was to make its Australian premiere at Her Majesty's Theatre in August 2013, has been postponed due to poor advance sales. Producer Louise Withers t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMWhether taking pratfalls, being slathered in fruit salad or working with a cast of tween-aged kids, Chamberlin tells BWW why he's loving every minute of being on the set of his Disney Channe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures in association with Unique Features announced today that the hit musical ELF will star Tony Award winner Beth Leavel Emily, Tony Award nominee Mark Jacoby Walte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMKathie Lee Gifford was all smiles at a press meet and greet for her new Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, which begins performances on October 13 at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMSam Shepard may be at the point in life where he's eligible for social security, but don't count on his having settled into easy, entertainment mode. Heartless may not be his best play— su…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:24PMThe Imagem Music Group, owner of some of the world’s most popular musicals including The Sound of Music and The King and I, is expanding its US-based theatrical licensing division, R&H The…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 02:20PMNick Salamone's musical adaptation of the 412 B.C. play gets a late-summer staging at the Getty Villa's antiquity-styled outdoor amphitheater.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:20PMLauren Class Schneider talks to actor/director Brian Murray about his training and his first role as King John at eight years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:17PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents DruidMurphy October 1720, 2012 in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Told through three of the greatest plays by Tom Murphy in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMDEAD ACCOUNTS is pleased to announce that two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes will be joined by Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell on…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:10PMGossip columnist Perez Hilton appeared on this mornings 'Big Morning Buzz' on VH1 to discuss his upcoming appearance in NEWSical The Musical. Check out what he had to say about making his of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMTony winner Beth Leavel, Mark Jacoby, Valerie Wright, Adam Heller and Michael Mandell will star in the Broadway return of the musical adaptation of Elf. Leavel, Jacoby, Wright and Mande…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMINTERVIEW: SOPHIE AUSTIN The artistic director of Teatro Vivo tells Sophie Reynolds about the company's latest production – an interactive, promenade performance of The Odyssey, which asks…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 02:00PM
Producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical! are still searching for a young actor to star as Ralphie in the Broadway production of the beloved holiday film that will begin previews Nov. 5 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMMichael Palin, Terry Jones and fans celebrate life of Graham at comedian's favourite Highgate hang-outHe was not the Messiah, he was a very naughty boy, as the unofficial blue plaque in hono…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMThere’s a new king of New York over at the Nederlander Theatre. Newcomer Corey Cott officially stepped into the starring role of revolutionary newsboy Jack Kelly in Disney’s News…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMThe three curators share their thoughts on this year's artists as well as their future vision of festival both presenting and supporting the creation of new transdisciplinary work
SOURCE: Culturebot at 01:50PMAre you registered to vote in this year’s election? I shouldn’t have to tell you why it’s important, especially this year and especially if you work in the arts. But whiche…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:40PMJust when you thought theater couldn’t get more shocking and hysterical than The Book of Mormon, off-Broadway’s hilarious, no-holds-barred musical revue Forbidden Broadway: Alive…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMTweetI don’t know what it is about a bunch of really hot athletes naked in a locker room singing and dancing that makes everyone watch the tv…except for the shower scene where yo…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 01:34PMThe title of this 1982 play that ushers in the sixth season of Mustard Seed Theatre, was an American idiom that indicated overwhelming emotion, and according to Belle "Maw" Wheeler (Nancy Le…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:34PMOriginal 2010 Broadway Elf cast members Beth Leavel, Mark Jacoby, Valerie Wright, Adam Heller and Michael Mandell will repeat their performances in the upcoming holiday return engagemen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMOUTFEST, the world's leading organization dedicated to showcasing, protecting and nurturing LGBT film imagery and artistry, announced today that it will honor award winning producers Craig Z…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMAtlantic Theater Company Neil Pepe, Artistic Director Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director has just announced the two final productions of its 2012-2013 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMAndrew Upton and Cate Blanchett tonight announced their final season as Co Artistic Directors of Sydney Theatre Company which will include exceptional onstage partnerships directed by intern…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMOrchard, DartfordNeurosis makes for good comedy. It certainly isn't doing Jon Richardson's career any harm. The 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain is now taking his fretfulness and borderlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMOld Vic Tunnels, LondonMarisa Carnesky took audiences on an unsettling funfair ride in Carnesky's Ghost Train, and considered female bodies in the eerie Dystopian Wonders. Her latest piece, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PM“Sex is in the Heel,” a new single remix by Grammy-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, composer of the new Broadway-bound musical Kinky Boots, has hit the Top Ten (#6) position on the Billbo…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:14PMBecoming Chaplin By Mallika Rao Huffington Post September 4, 2012 It’s fair to assume anyone playing Charlie Chaplin in a musical has an army of proud dance teachers to thank. Chaplin …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:13PMObsessed with sex and defecation, this standup pioneer's blue routines possessed a unique earthiness Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMObsessed with sex and defecation, this standup pioneer's blue routines possessed a unique earthinessTitle: On Location with Redd FoxxDate: 1978The setup: It's 21 years since John Sanford, be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMAs a developing company creating and producing work off-center from standard theatrical fare in the Washington area, dog & pony dc (d&pdc) has found the Capital Fringe Festival a v…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:11PMToronto.com picks the Must-See Art events of Fall 2012. We've rounded up an exciting mixed-bag of some of the most intriguing art shows and exhibits happening around the city!
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:09PMMichael LamontDavis Gaines as Hannibal Lecter (left), Jeff Hiller as the guard
Whatever else it might be -- "exuberantly gross" (New York Times), "not exactly the height of satirical sophist…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 01:00PM
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive producers of the NBC musical drama "Smash," will be honored at Outfest's 8th annual Legacy Awards. "Glee" and How to Succeed&hel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMThe Australian staging of the Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific is being filmed for future DVD release, according to AussieThea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMA 2013 Australian production of Ghost, the London pop musical that closed on Broadway in August after 136 regular performances, has been postponed, according to the Herald Sun.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMDorsel, Tank, Bubbles and the rest of the cast of the Drama Desk Award nominated show John Tartaglias ImaginOcean will head out on their next leg of their critically acclaimed tour, with dat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMCraig Lucas’ The Lying Lesson, starring Carol Kane, and Rod McLachlan’s Good Television will complete the Atlantic Theater Company’s previously announced 2012-13 season. Co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMEmmy and Tony Award-winning actress Ellen Barkin stopped by the Late Night studio (complete with her own personalized theme song!) on September 5 to ask host Jimmy Fallon a very im…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMWho are the 80 hottest Broadway players over 80? Who should you be keeping your eye on? Every year, the emerging whippersnappers of the biz comprise all kinds of “top” lists. It…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 12:46PMMichael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye, delivering pop and jazz standards at Feinstein’s, are a perfect show-business fit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:45PM“Bachelorette,” the film version of Leslye Headland’s play, comes at you with the crackling intensity of machine-gun fire.
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 12:43PMAtlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce the two final productions of its 2012-2013 season. The world premiere of Pulit…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:42PMDorsel, Tank, Bubbles and the rest of the cast of the Drama Desk Award nominated show John Tartaglias ImaginOcean will head out on their next leg of their critically acclaimed tour, with dat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMBroadway fans may recognize some familiar faces on TV in the coming weeks: Many stage stars have landed high profile gigs on fall's buzzed-about new network series. To plan your viewing,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMThe stage adaptation of beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story is just a few short months away from taking its first Broadway bow, and this holiday season a direct-to-DVD sequel of the 19…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMTravolta, Pattinson and Perez, oh my! Celebrity gossip guru Perez Hilton recently dropped by VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live to dish plenty of dirt as he preps to make his off-Broadway deb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMChildren's TV goes from screen to stage at the Apollo, while across the Thames a pack of tarot cards comes to life
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMGuildford School of Acting has announced a significant restructuring of its faculty, including the recruitment of four senior members of staff.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMPeter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony-winning play by Rick Elice, will celebrate the 10th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19 with a special “Stache Day”…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:28PMThe All For One Festival creates a culture of solo theatre Can a theatre festival invigorate or even sustain a larger artistic culture? That question is implicit in fests like FringeNYC and …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:28PMAtlantic Theater Company, which is headed by artistic director Neil Pepe and managing director Jeffory Lawson, announced the two final productions of its 2012-13 season Sept. 6: Craig Lucas&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMToday in 2009, 9 to 5 closed at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 148 performances. 9 to 5 is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and a book by Patricia Resnick, based …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMOff-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre will kick off its 25th anniversary season with Brian Friel's The Freedom of the City beginning Oct. 3, prior to an official opening Oct. 14, at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PMThree musicals about heroic girls facing down crises — “Annie,” “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and “Matilda the Musical” — are joining the coming Broadway season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:16PMAs 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! In he…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMRevivals of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Annie” are coming to Broadway this fall, as Off Broadway greets New York premieres like the acclaimed …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:14PM“Bachelorette,” the film version of Leslye Headland’s play, comes at you with the crackling intensity of machine-gun fire.
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 12:11PMA master is rediscovered in a Museum of Russian Art show tracing the career of emigre painter Nicolai Fechin.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:00PMThe 20th-century evangelical superstar Aimee Semple McPherson — the American religious leader who staged provocative illustrated sermons, fed the hungry and famously vanished — w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMWritten by Martin Casella Directed by Andrew Barnicle Starring Scott Conte, Austin Hébert, Shaun O’Hagan, Joe Pacheco and Patrick Quinlan Produced by Beth Hogan and Craig Zehms Presented …
SOURCE: Footlights at 12:00PMBroadway Box OfficeWeek #14 of the 2012 - 2013 SeasonAugust 27 - September 2; 22 ProductionsTo see how this chart is calculated, click the "Box Office" tab at the top of the page. RANKTHIS…
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Broadway In Chicago, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen are thrilled to announce that BIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John …
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 11:58AMOn September 14, Amy Spanger will step into the murderess shoes of Roxie Hart once more when she returns to the Tony-winning revival of Kander, Ebb and Fosse’s Chicago, the longest run…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:49AMChicago is reinforcing its reputation as “tryout city.” Swimming into town next spring, a few months after the pre-Broadway premiere here of Cyndi Lauper’s “Kinky Boots,” will be t…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:46AMA Christmas Story, The Musical takes its search nationally for a young boy to play the iconic role of Ralphie with submissions now available online. As the Broadway-bound production prepares…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMPerformances begin Tuesday, September 11th for the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company's Jonathan Silverstein, Artistic DirectorDamon Chua, Executive Director revised production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMThe Naked Stage recently wrapped up an impressive, much-lauded production of the spooky Turn of the Screw at Barry University's Pelican Theatre. Now comes word that artistic director Katheri…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 11:40AMThe advice seekers tend to swarm as the fall season approaches, and this year a critic has hit upon an easy answer: “See whatever’s onstage at Playwrights Horizons.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:38AMThe Sydney Theatre Company will stage a new adaptation of Jean Genet's The Maids, starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert as part of its 2013 season, which will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMGood news, Downton Abbey fans—the excruciating wait for season three is almost over! This winter, the deliciously dramatic PBS series returns with all new adventures of the aristocrati…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMWalk-on appearances in Broadway's biggest hits, on-set visits to televisions most popular shows, lunch with Angela Lansbury, and the shirts off Hugh Jackmans and Ricky Martin's backs litera…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMThe super-producer team of Scott Rudin and Brian Zeilinger (The Book of Mormon, the Tony-winning revival of Death of a Salesman starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman) will bring Human, Chazz Palm…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:27AMI wish I'd kept a count of the number of times he said "y'all" and "fixin to" in his DNC speech last night. The "I'm just an ol' country boy from Arkansas" line made me laugh out loud.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:24AMAn Australian staging of Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony-winning production of South Pacific will be released on DVD, according to AussieTheatre.com. Directed by Tony winner Bartlet…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, SCANDALOUS begins performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 250 W. 52nd St. on Saturday, O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMAs September rolls around it often means the start of new adventures for us youngsters. I am no exception, and as I go back to university for my masters, I find myself in a reflective mood. …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:14AMCelebrity blogger and television personality Perez Hilton checked out the smash Off-Broadway hit SILENCE! The Musical this past Friday evening, August 31st at the brand new Elektra Theatre i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMAs Janet Suzman prepares for the Chichester revival of her well-received Liverpool Playhouse production of Antony and Cleopatra, she tells Jonathan Lovett about directing Kim Cattrall in wha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThis fall, previously announced cast members Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz will be joined on stage by two-time Tony nominee Jayne Houdyshell, Broadway newcomer Judy Greer, and Drama Desk…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:06AMYou think you know three-time Tony Award Nominee Marin Mazzie from her corseted characters in RAGTIME and PASSION or maybe from the scene-chewing screwballs of KISS ME KATE and SPAMALOT or p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMA critic's claim that comedy is more believable than tragedy stirs strong feelings – and is British theatre too naturalistic?Tragedy first, then farce, says Slavoj Zizek (adapting Marx). N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMToday is the birthday of Charles E. “Charlie” Evans (1856-1945). He got his start in the rough-and-tumble minstrel/ saloon variety scene of Lower Manhattan in the 1870s, playing …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:05AMFilmmaker Joe Wright, whose movie credits include "Atonement," "Pride and Prejudice" and the upcoming "Anna Karenina" will make his stage directorial debut this coming season at the Donmar …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMA new block of tickets are now on sale for one of the best reviewed Off-Broadway shows of the year, Closer Than Ever with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. Tickets are …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMBeing both generally intrigued by new musicals/their composers, and known to occasionally debate Sex in the City’s relationship to reality, when we heard about Cait and Meggie Doyle’s ne…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:00AMWrite Out Front is an installation of seventy-six award-winning and up-and-coming (so much sexier than “emerging”) playwrights writing new plays in the window of the Drama Book Shop in N…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AMReady to jump back into the negotiating fray? As promised, here are five more Negotiating Tips for Theater Professionals 6. Listen up. One of the most important things you can do in any ne…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMColony Records, that old sheet music and sound recording mecca that has resided on the corner of 49th and Broadway in Times Square since 1970 (and, before that, on 52nd Street, where it firs…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:00AM
Anthony Rapp is an American actor who got his lucky break originating the role of Mark in Jonathan Larson’s Rent. Rapp worked with Larson, starting with a stage reading in 1993 before prog…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:58AMCAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BCEFA. These CDs boast the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMAnd another hundred actors just got off of the train… OK, so that isn’t the correct lyric, but there are times when it seems like New York is awash in a steady stream of young Br…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:54AMLarry Pine will star alongside Gia Crovatin in Neil LaBute’s new one-act play Lovely Head at La MaMa. The production will run alongside Marco Calvani’s Things of This World, star…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMLa MaMa will present AdA (Author directing Author), an evening of two one-act plays by American playwright Neil LaBute and Italian playwright Marco Calvani, in which each playwright will dir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe hilarious musical revue Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking opens off-Broadway on September 6 at the 47th Street Theatre. Written and directed by Forbidden Broadway creator Gerard…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
The characters in Chad Beguelin's comedy-drama are hopelessly -- and sometimes hysterically -- adrift as they seek safe havens in relationships, fam…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AMBrand New Ancients is a modern day myth, which casts the imperfect gods as everyday city-dwellers whose lives intertwine under the watchful eye of performance poet, Kate Tempest. Accompanied…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:40AMiPhone users can now keep dances in their pockets, releasing the magic whenever they choose.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:39AMCelebrity guests including Jeremy Jordan, Bernadette Peters, Steve Kazee, Cheyenne Jackson, Harvey Fierstein, Laura Osnes, Jan Maxwell, Bebe Neuwirth and more will appear at the autograph ta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMTaking the train back from Deptford after playing my own minor part in Teatro Vivo’s promenade adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, I found myself scribbling names onto the programme. Unus…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:35AMDEAD ACCOUNTS has just announced that two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes will be joined by Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell on Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMBIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, will star Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, and have its pre-Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMToday is the birthday of the great songwriter and impresario Billy Rose (for my full article on him go here). Now here’s some very cool home movie footage of his contribution to the 19…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:22AMTicket offer, ticket offer, can you do me some theatre? Yes sir, yes sir, 2-for-1 for Northern Soul. Not quite a rhyme, but who is complaining when a ticket offer comes our way? See Victoria…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:18AMTony Award winners Audra McDonald, Anika Noni Rose and Brian Stokes Mitchell are scheduled to perform at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's opening night gala Nov. 28 at New York City …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMTwo-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz will star in the upcoming musical adaptation of Big Fish. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys, The Pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMHen and Chickens, London: Paradigm is a new fringe repertory company, premiering its first season at the Hen and Chickens with an original play by the company's artistic director, Sarah…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMLegit News:
Broadway musical sets partial casting
SOURCE: Variety at 10:07AMITV's Appropriate Adult, a drama about the murderer Fred West, was the big winner at the British Academy Television Awards, with its stars Emily Watson and Dominic West named best leading ac…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThe musical adaptation of “Big Fish” will open in Chicago for a pre-Broadway tryout next year. The production will open at the Windy City’s Oriental Theater on April 2, where it is sch…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMBroadway Boot Camp is coming to an end. This week is a singing audition segment. You can see how the girls did with everything they learned about vocals and how they apply it in an audition …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
No other show has changed what it means to be under the big top quite like Cirque du Soleil.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:56AMThe new cast of West End's MAMMA MIA appeared at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and has now moved to its new home at the Novello Theatre from 6 September 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMMusical director, orchestrator and composer Jonathan Tunick will take part in Up Close & Personal, an in-depth conversation with the Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner, Sept.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AM Written by: Sandi Durell The sultry, sensual Broadway performer slowly glided her way up to the stage wearing a short white sequin covered dress that showed off her lovely figure. Wow…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:38AMJudy Greer, Josh Hamilton and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell will round out the Broadway cast of Dead Accounts, the new comedy by Theresa Rebeck. The trio joins previously ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:30AMJudy Greer, Josh Hamilton and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell will join two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in the Broadway world premiere of Theresa Rebeck'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMThomas Holzman and Alison Drucker have been married for many years. They have shared many aspects of their lives. They have raised two children, now grown, and they are both attorneys. Now, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:25AMAs Downton Abbey returns with a third series, Ben Dowell talks to members of the cast and production team about the broad-ranging appeal of the ITV1 show and how new recruit Shirley MacLaine…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AMHere's your last chance to save on tickets to the Tony Award-winning revival of PORGY amp BESS starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMOn Friday, September 14th, minutes before two Hollywood divas and one pampered lap dog enter the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel heading for the same suite in 1st Stage’s farce Suite…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15AMBroadway In Chicago, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen announced Sept. 6 that Big Fish, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMLegit News:
Lincensing company to open U.K. office
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07AMThe U.S. national tour of “Wicked” is currently in Las Vegas for a five-week run, but the cast also will be doing some side work while in Sin City. The performers will perform what they …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMThe late artist Al Hirschfeld is the subject of a major exhibition.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AMJames and Brea McAnally offer 'evolving' art scene resources and a place to see the best indie rock.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AMCOCA has attracted national attention for its success in developing dancers of talent and promise and making possible their first moments on a stage.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AMThe Fox Theatre reopened 30 years ago — Sept. 8, 1982 — after a $2 million renovation that restored its 1920s beauty.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AMThe York Theatre Company has once again extended its critically acclaimed revue Closer Than Ever, which spotlights the songs of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM"Big Fish," the new Broadway musical based on the 1998 novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions") by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 movie ("Big Fish") penned by John August and directed b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:00AM
Digital Theatre and publishing company Routledge have partnered to launch an "unparalleled archive" of online performing arts material, aimed at universities and colleges.
According to pres…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:43AMImagem Music Group, the international owner and/or licensor of a catalogue of some of Broadway's most celebrated musicals from The Sound of Music and The King and I to White Christmas, I…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:40AMAt Tuesday evenings 2012 GQ Men Of The Year Awards held at Londons Royal Opera House, Andrew had the pleasure of presenting his friend and collaborator Gary Barlow with the Award for Outstan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AMWe have New York critics as librettists and playwrights these days, a laudable crossover to be sure. But what if critics and reviewers were actually to run a theatre? To be responsible for t…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:23AMThe Imagem Music Group, owner of some of the worlds most popular musicals including The Sound of Music and The King and I, is expanding its US-based theatrical licensing division, RampH Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17AMScene from “Once Upon A Rom Com: The Bill Pullman Story.” Ok. I’m going to attempt a new weekly series that rounds up the things I get in my box that I think sound cool, in…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:10AMCorey Cott stepped into the role of Jack Kelly in Broadway's Newsies on Sept. 5 at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:03AMLegit News:
West End production kicks off in February
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMContinuing our series of guest posts is Felicia Hunter, composer, book writer, and lyricist of the new musical Fannie Lou. Telling the story of voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Fanni…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMTwo London imports arrive this month: Nick Payne’s “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” and Simon Stephens’s “Harper Regan.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM
Every musical has a story for the audience to enjoy, so don’t bury it on stage. In the musical Li’l Abner, a rousing chorus number declares the praises of “Jubilation T. Cornpone,” a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:58AMThe Bruntwood Playwriting Prize is set for an extensive UK theatre tour this autumn starting at the Bush Theatre in London. The award for playwriting will travel between UK theatres to host …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:50AMA lapdancing club in upstate New York is arguing that it should be tax-exempt because its performances are 'art'. Has it got a point? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMVocational dance college London Studio Centre has been given a temporary home by London arts centre Artsdepot, where it is set to move at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMBAC, London: There's a pulse in the air, palpable, as Kate Tempest circles the stage. For this, her first full length, solo theatre piece - a modern parable cooked up in collaboration w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced two world premieres for its autumn season and released details of the year-long Traverse 50 writers initiative which will begin in January to mark …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMJermyn Street, London: The warmth of this 1992 seaside comedy reverberates round the walls of the Jermyn Street Theatre. Fresh from a run in New York as part of the Brits off Broadway season…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMTim Roseman and Paul Robinson are the joint artistic directors of Theatre503 in Battersea.
As well as directing numerous shows at 503, Roseman's past credits include
The Arab-Israeli…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMJames Dacre’s eight-person revival of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy is as much a study of the foibles and strengths of women, as the many forms that love can take.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:25AMLegit News:
Kane set to star in spring production
SOURCE: Variety at 06:22AMR&H Theatricals is setting up a London office to oversee the European licensing of its catalogue of popular musical theatre titles, including the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AM
Boney M musical Daddy Cool, which was due to tour the UK this year, has been cancelled.
The production was due to open at the Northmapton's Derngate Theatre on 9 October 2012 and visit a hos…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:53AMImprovised musical specialists The Showstoppers have announced a new residency at the Charing Cross Theatre this autumn.
The show, which began life as a workshop at the Actors’ Centre, s…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:48AMMost of the big-name national and international artists, as well as prominent Philly companies Pig Iron Theatre Company, New Paradise Laboratories and JUNK, are sure to attract larger crowds…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 05:46AMINTERVIEW: ALEXANDER DEVRIENT As the final part of Ontroerend Goed’s teenage trilogy picks up yet another Fringe First and Total Theatre Award combo in Edinburgh, the innovative Belgian co…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:34AMThe National Theatre's Tony Award-winning production of War Horse will play its final performance on Broadway on January 6, 2013.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMWith its bizarre language, penchant for violence, and portrayal of an insular and dangerous youthful society, Enda Walsh’s play Disco Pigs is of the same ilk as Anthony Burgess’s infamou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:19AMProduction photos have been released for the Almeida's forthcoming production of King Lear, directed by Michael Attenborough.
Starring Jonathan Pryce as as the vain King Lear in the product…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMLegit News:
Play, with Huppert on board, set for STC slate
SOURCE: Variety at 05:14AMTwo musical writers who are finding their audiences on the interwebs. By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) I first heard about musical writers Jeff Luppino-Esposito and Matt Savarese through…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
Monty, the central character in "After," is fresh out of prison, but he's no convicted felon.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:41AMKathleen Turner, an iconic film and stage star and chair of Planned Parenthood's Board of Advocates, will speak about reproductive rights and the state of women's health during a National Pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAdam Szymkowicz has been carving a niche for himself among our best young crop of comedy writers, describing love affairs of many kinds with an admirable simplicity. His latest work, The Why…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNational Theatre Live begins its fourth season with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on Mark Haddons beloved and award winning novel, adapted for the stage by Simon St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFacing a cash crisis, nation's largest African-American theater is suspending its programming.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:00AM"The unexamined life, said Socrates, is not worth living. Nor is it bearable. To acknowledge no values at all is...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
A woman who was our assistant theatre manager is now pursuing her doctorate in Thailand and recently sent us a questionnaire. She is surveying the difference between the way Americans and Th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:55AMEmily Cooper does brilliant work on the smallest of things. Take, for example, this cast picture for Arts Club's upcoming Clybourne Park: beautifully lit, beautifully dressed, nice colour co…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe new sitcom, featuring Perry as a newly widowed radio host forced to attend grief counseling before returning to work, is set to premiere on NBC on Sept. 11 after a sneak peek previewed d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMA by-invitation-only concert version of the new musical Damascus Square plays the United Nations Sept. 6 at 5:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActors Theatre of Louisville's 2012-13 season kicks off with the William Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet, officially opening Sept. 6, following previews that began Sept. 4, in the P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNational Theatre Live, an initiative to broadcast live performances from the National Theatre's stages to cinemas worldwide, begins its fourth season Sept. 6 with The Curious Incident of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJenny Lee Stern (Jersey Boys tour), Natalie Charle Ellis, Scott Richard Foster (Brooklyn, the Musical) and Marcus Stevens star in the new edition of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "If you could go back in time …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang's new comedy, premieres at the McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey prior to its Lincoln Center Theater life. Durang talks about …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1919 The Actors' Equity strike is settled at 3 AM, and some shows reopen today.
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