La Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical featuring a story by The Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne and Playhouse Director…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43PMThomas Bradshaw‘s plays have been produced at regional theaters, in NYC as as well as in Europe. Most recently, his play BURNING ran successfully at the New Group in New Yo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:40PMIn just 90 minutes this concentrated drama nails the plight of an exonerated prisoner now facing his fears of freedom—and the ugly fact that 17 years of his life were lost behind bars beca…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:30PMAccording to Deadline, Angela Bassett will co-executive produce and star in Ben Ripley's legal drama Vanishing Point on NBC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28PMThe New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment is expected to announce recipients of Spotlight Awards in tribute to theatre people who contribute to the richness of the Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:16PMTom Hanks, Halle Berry, Justin Timberlake, Sofa Vergara, Eric Stonestreet, Ray Romano, Felicity Huffman, Max Greenfield, Stacy Keibler, Maura Tierney, Rocco DiSpirito, Ethan Zohn and Olympic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:09PM
Unlike her male colleagues in The Full Monty, Shannon Warne won't have to take off all her clothes for her role in Third Street Theatre's revival. But she had to do so in Camelot at Pasadena…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:59PMThis week our guest-writer is Malic White, one of the new crop of Neos to join our ranks. Malic’s first show will be in a few weeks, so stay plugged in.***Pretty, Pretty Placenta: Ma…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 07:56PMActorplaywright Jerome Kilty of Weston, Conn., died today at Norwalk Hospital of cardiac arrest. He was 90. Kilty was one of the victims of a two-car crash on Georgetown Road in Weston, on W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE
The Death of the Novel, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
The big selling point of San Jose Rep’s season opener, The Death of the Novel, is not that it’…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:10PMHedda Gabler, LondonSheridan Smith's star is on the ascendant: the actor who was previously known for the TV comedies Two Pints Of Lager … and Gavin & Stacey then carried the musical froth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMBefore Broadway, film and television star Patrick Wilson wowed us in Watchmen, he modeled for stock photosmore than 133,000 of them. And now, for a limited time, hes made them available on a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMTraditionalists should look away now. Or at least have the smelling salts to hand. Tonight a radical new version of Three Sisters opens at the Young Vic in London, with three rapidly rising …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMA major new dance project from Michael Clark is taking place this weekend on the last days of the Cultural Olympiad in the legendary, burger-scented Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow. It's hel…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMChoreographers love San Francisco Ballet. In-demand names such as Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon regularly return to create work for this sunny, adventurous company.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMA West End transfer was widely predicted for April De Angelis's wincingly witty play when it opened at the Royal Court last year. And now here it duly is, acclimatising effortlessly to its n…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Hal David's life was the spectacle of a hard thing done well, with grace.
David completed his song in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, at 91. As a musician and lyric-writer, I grew up with his words,…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:56PMEddie Redmayne, who plays Marius in Tom Hooper's much anticipated film adaptation of the long-running musical Les Miserables, took a moment to talk to fans from the barricade. Watch the vide…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMVeterans of director Des McAnuff's international and Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar will punctuate the rockin', other-worldly production of his new musical Yoshimi Battle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:50PMHartBeat Ensemble and Real Art Ways are will present on Monday, Sept. 17 at "OCCUPY #S17 ," a performance to mark the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street movement.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:38PMWorthy cause of the week - check them on out Facebook or Twitter for lots of information and to get involved!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMJenny 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 06:23PMVineyard Theatre will open its 30th Anniversary season with the world premiere production of Douglas McGrath's play CHECKERS. Preview performances begin on October 12th, and opening night is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMThe Washington-based dance group Pilobolus will return to perform at Hartford's Riverfront Recapture stage on the banks of the Connecticut River for a free outdoor performance on Sept. 2…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15PMGrammy and Tony Award-Winner Heather Headley's new CD, Only One In The World, is slated for release on September 25, 2012, featuring new songs penned by Headley, RampB hits, familiar favorit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMOne thing you can always say about two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone: she loves her fans. Lupone, who returns to Broadway this fall in David Mamet’s new play The Anarchist, traveled do…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PMThe first annual Spotlight Award winners have been named by the mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, according to The New York Times.Recipients include former MGM star Arlene Dahl; g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:05PMIn the interview excerpt above, New York Times dance critic Alastair Macaulay discusses the challenges of writing about dance, using examples of moments in the ballets Swan Lake and The Slee…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:01PM
Goodbye, summer! Hello crazy, hectic fall season! Another seven days have passed on Broadway, and that means we have 10 lessons to impart from the week that was. From naked GQ honorees to fu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PM(Read more about the genesis and process of this project here!) Our clown army is ready for the big time. Since we started developing GUERRA: A CLOWN PLAY last winter in Chicago and Mexico C…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:53PMThe release of the Les Miserables movie is less than 100 days away, and Tony winner Eddie Redmayne (who plays dreamy fighter Marius) is giving fans a behind-the-scene look at the m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, September 7, 2012 Today’s Tweets click on hyperlinked items for more information From London to Limelight: The Real-Life Rise of CHAPLIN an…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMINTERVIEW: BEN MONKS and WILL YOUNG The Creative Producers of the Tristan Bates Theatre at the Actors' Centre in central London introduce Aleks Sierz to their first season, which features th…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:43PMGo see some theater this weekend, why don't ya?-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:36PM'Adding Machine: A Musical' hearkens back to a time when modernity was new.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMMeet Alan Cumming, Tom Viola and Rivka S. Katvan on Wednesday, September 12, 6 to 8 p.m., at Soho Photo Gallery located at 15 White St. in NYC. Join us for a conversation about fine-art phot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMTony Award winner Anthony LaPaglia and Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe will play Richard and Pat Nixon, respectively, in the Vineyard Theatre’s production of Douglas McGrath's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:22PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming, photographer Rivka S. Katvan and BC/EFA executive director Tom Viola will offer a special talk at the Soho Photo Gallery on Sept. 12 as part of the ongoing ex…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMTheater Talkback: Finding Inspiration in Improvisation David Yazbek, on seeing the extraordinary improv duo T.J. & Dave at the Barrow Street Theater: I seldom find explosive inspiration …
SOURCE: direct address at 05:16PMBWW is excited to present an exclusive look at the first US TV spot for MATILDA THE MUSICAL, which comes to Broadway in the Spring of 2013. Voiced by Michael Gambon, the commercial will star…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMTony Award winner Anthony LaPaglia will play Richard M. Nixon opposite Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe as wife Pat in Douglas McGrath's new play, Checkers, beginning Oct. 12 at the Vineyard Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PM“My favorite literary genre is, in fact, the ‘literary novel’ (unfortunate term roughly translated as the Kiss of Death).” - Joyce Carol Oates
SOURCE: direct address at 05:07PMJordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theatres, will marry Nurse Jackie producer Richie Jackson on the stage of one of the company's Broadway theaters on September 8, according to The Villa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMAustralian actor Russell Crowe, who stars as Javert in the upcoming film adaptation of Les Miserables, has teamed with songwriter Alan Doyle for The Indoor Garden Party, a one-nigh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMMcKnight Foundation’s Artist Fellowships 30th anniversary celebration from Minneapolis on Vimeo. This summer, we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the McKnight Artist Fellowship progr…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 05:01PM
As 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! Andre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMAcademy Award winner Renée Zellweger is planning to star in a Broadway stage adaptation of Robert Rossen's 1959 novel "The Hustler," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMUNRESOLVED USE OF STORY James Still’s 80-minute play, Illegal Use of Hands, set in an old rural-American home, opens in the middle of a late-October night; an old man is reading in an armc…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:52PMPlaybill Inc. has announced that they will continue to expand in the digital market by creating a website where theatre lovers can digitally store their Broadway experiences and memories, in…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:51PMThe Pasadena Playhouse Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Charles Dillingham, Interim Executive Director and Lythgoe Family Productions, announced today casting and the creative team for A …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMSock Puppet Sitcom Theater is pleased to announce its move to The Echo in Echo Park. Take classic sitcom pilots, add socks, googly eyes, pipe cleaners and mash them up with live period music…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:41PMIn this Issue: * Chain of Fools Pre-Launch Event * Freak Fiction at the FAB! Festival * Downtown Theatre Column for September * This Month on Travalanche * Coming Up in October! CHAIN OF FO…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:35PMTo the strains of "Brink of Doom" (à la Brigadoon), the parody institution Forbidden Broadway — skewering the Great White Way for 30 years now — reemerges after a three-year hiatus. And…
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:33PMFour-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara - currently starring on Broadway in Nice Work If You Can Get It - joins Seth in the studio to recreate her unscheduled lunchti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Wilson and Alec Baldwin are set to star in the mystery thriller CAUGHT STEALING. The film, based on the first novel of Charlie Huston's The Henry…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMFrom Axial to Yorktown, a full slate awaits (Photo by John Vecchiolla: Tony Lawson and Glory Crampton in the WBT production of “Can Can.”) Professional Axial Theatre Company: Thi…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:30PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMAfter a three-year absence from the off-Broadway scene, the hilarious sketch musical Forbidden Broadway returns with a new cast and a new crop of shows to mock. Created by Gerard Alessandrin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMUniversal Pictures announced today that it will release PITCH PERFECT in select theaters across North America on Friday, September 28, 2012-one week earlier than expected. This early releas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMContemporary extends hours; will host debate and election night watch parties
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:05PM
Star Carolee Carmello and writer Kathie Lee Gifford didn’t just stand by and watch as the crew raised the marquee for their upcoming Broadway musical Scandalous. Instead, the delightfu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMLewis Black is still a month away from bringing his comedic vitriol to the Broadway stage in his one-man show Running on Empty, but with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMBoston native explores whether high achievers build successes on their own
British playwrights love writing about class. American scribes prefer to probe relationships.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:57PMReady to leave her comfort zone, the Hollywood actress is in rehearsals at Goodman
When Diane Lane first arrived at the Goodman Theatre to begin rehearsals for David Cromer's much-anticipa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMOf the scores of shows slated to open in Chicago this busier-than-ever fall season, here are ten marquee attractions that suggest particular promise. They're listed in alphabetical order; op…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber megahit The Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 10,000th performance this year, making it the longest-running show in Broadway history. On September 6, Hugh Panaro (T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PM‘Bad things WILL happen,” says Wallace, the grizzly-bearded, Vietnam veteran whose beloved wife died two years earlier, and whose old house, somewhere in rural America, has just been cas…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:44PMDee Roscioli will return to the role of gravity-defying witch Elphaba in the first national tour of the Tony Award-nominated hit musical Wicked, beginning Sept. 25 in Las Vegas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PMKinky Boots’ Grammy-winning songwriter Cyndi Lauper and its fabulous star Billy Porter brought down the house at the Manolo Blahnik boutique at a Fashion’s Night Out event on Sep…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMThe life of legendary screen actor Charlie Chaplin is immortalized in Chaplin, a new musical by Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan, which opens September 10 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK A first look at Jake Gyllenhaal in 'If There Is I Havent Found It Yet', NEWSIES welcomes its new star Corey Cott, Broadway vet Marin Mazzie plays 54 Below and so much …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMUncharted: Matthew Robinson, the first U.S. concert featuring the tunes of award-winning Australian composer-lyricist Matthew Robinson, will be held Sept. 12 at Ars Nova in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth made her first post-accident TV appearance on Live! With Kelly and Michael on September 7. During her interview, Chenoweth opened up about the injuries…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:22PMNatalie Sutherland left Scotland more than a decade ago to act in LA, feeling like Dorothy going to Oz. In this analogy, her wizard was Odyssey artistic director Ron Sossi -- who, thanks to …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:09PMDear readers, This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of the newest show at The Groundlings improv comedy spot on Melrose, called The Groundlings All-Night Diner. Click here to go t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM
Broadway vet Kristin Chenoweth appeared on ABC's LIVE WITH KELLY amp MICHAEL this morning and opened up for the first time about injuries she sustained on July 11th while on the set of the C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMThe Penumbra Theater in St. Paul has cut its budget and laid off staff, hoping to raise enough money to put on one production next spring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:59PMAnthony Rapp’s poignant drama is a touching work about facing up to grief, with roots tracing back to Puccini and ‘Rent’, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:55PMHelgi Tomasson led American ballet out of the shadow of George Balanchine and the New York-centric dance world, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:54PMOn March 1, 1984 director James Furlong moderated a panel of theater critics featuring Theater Editor for Village Voice Erika Munk, Theater Critic for WNEW-TV Stewart Klein, and Theater Crit…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED has announced the return of Dee Roscioli as Elphaba on Tuesday, September 25 in Las Vegas, NV.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMSo sad to hear of Max Bygraves' death. I remember him well, and so kind he was. For many years I have wanted to write to him - I knew he had retired to Australia and had lately been poorly. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:52PMFurther to your lead article (A conflict of interest that brings integrity of criticism into doubt, September 6, page 10), I questioned Mastercard about a recent DiGi bill to Time Out - the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:48PMJanet Suzman, among others, has rightly voiced concerns about the lack of opportunities for women in theatre, whether classics or indeed new plays. But surely one of the legacies of the amaz…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:46PMYour article about the talent agency that has defaulted in paying its artists for work on EastEnders (News, August 16, page 2) leaves me with great disappointment.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:46PMAnne Cooper, chair of the Farnham Theatre Association, asks for anyone who contributed towards the cost of building the Redgrave Theatre to contact her (Stage Talk, September 6, page 8).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:44PMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie has been playing to standing ovations at her engagement at 54 Below, which runs through Saturday, September 8. Rita Wilson, Victor Garber and Liz Callaway wer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMAs part of this year’s Fashion's Night Out, Cyndi Lauper introduced a special performance of "Sex is in the Heel" from the upcoming Broadway musical Kinky Boots, performe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMMelissa Benoist's life has changed forever: The Littleton native has been cast on "Glee" — and she already has been Slushied. That's when a bully throws a Slurpee-like frozen beverage …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:35PMAcademy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle will bring The Indoor Garden Party to New York City Oct. 13 at the Gramercy Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMTHE PERFORMERS will begin preview performances October 23 prior to its official opening night November 14 at the Longacre Theatre 220 W. 48 St. in New York City. Check out the just-released …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMThe New Broadway Songbook, presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, will begin its 2012-13 season Sept. 24 with The Songs of Paul Scott Goodman in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMParker and Stone recently visited Jimmy Kimmel to discuss the tour, scoring tickets to the hit show, their invitation to Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney, what's next for the show a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMCongratulations to Fred Abramowitz, Peter Alfano, Anya Toes, Susan Berlin, Jonathan Billig, Brigadude, Seth Christenfeld, Ellen Dweck, Wilbur Fineberg, Laura Frankos, Ingrid Gammerman, John …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 02:20PMArthur Bicknell’s infamous 1983 flop Moose Murders will be revived off-Broadway, according to The New York Post. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the mystery farce, which closed on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMLionsgate has announced that Jeffrey Wright has been cast in the role of Beetee in The Hunger Games CATCHING FIRE, the much anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' worldwide smash hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Illegal Use of Hands" at the American Blues Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Illegal Use of Hands" at the American Blues Theater ★★ ... Roy is the centra…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PMMaggie Smith comes to Toronto for TIFF and to receive the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Legacy Award.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:08PMCirque du Soleil creative team members Andrew Wright and Roger Butterley present an interactive rock-concert staging of Hair, Sept. 7-8 in Las Vegas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMIt's fitting then, that Rob McClure, star of the Broadway musical Chaplin, opening September 10, is a leading man transformed by crash courses. “I put myself in the ‘move well’ categor…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:04PMGlee star Darren Criss turned heads at Saks Fifth Avenue’s Fashion’s Night Out event on September 6. Criss, who promoted the event with a much-loved music video, had a prime seat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Wayne Alan Wilcox, who is starring as 'Sydney Chaplin' in CHAPLIN- currently in previews at the Barrymore Theatre opening September 10
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMAndy Bloch contends that The Bellflower Sessions, his tale of a stormy relationship between a patient and a therapist, reflects broader themes, such as "the emasculation of America's economy…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PM
Clea Alsip will play "Childie" opposite Kathleen Turner in the revised revival of "The Killing of Sister George" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:58PMJoss Whedon prepares to unveil "Much Ado About Nothing" in Toronto: "... the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' 'Angel' and 'Firefly' creator still feels rela…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:56PMConleth Hill, Will Keen, Felicity Montagu and Malcolm Sinclair are to join the previously announced Rowan Atkinson in the cast of a new West End production of of Simon Gray's Quartermain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe film "Flashdance," about the aspirations of a sexy, dancing, female welder who can't afford a decent sweatshirt, came out in 1983 and proceeded to stun the world by grossin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMJames Levine and Robert Lepage discuss the opening bars of Wagner's Das Rheingold.
SOURCE: PBS at 01:48PMTweetOne of my favorite lines and scenes from Sex in the City 2 is when one of the girls asks Samantha why she brought her dog to the gay wedding. Her response was “What’s one mo…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 01:48PMTony winner Jeffrey Wright has signed on to star in Catching Fire, the second film in the popular The Hunger Games trilogy, according to Deadline.com. Wright will take on the role of Beetee,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMAt $38 Great Ticket Bargain For Entire Season Talk about a ticket deal.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:36PMTony and Emmy Award nominee John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, a kid-friendly theatrical event that ended its run Off-Broadway in 2011, has announced the next leg of its U.S. tour, as well as…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMWhat's so scandalous about Scandalous? We asked scribe Kathie Lee Gifford, star Carolee Carmello and the cast of the upcoming Broadway musical!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMUgandan ethics minister says play was not granted clearance because it 'justified the promotion of homosexuality'The British producer of a play that highlights the difficulties of being gay …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMAs previously announced, Rodgers amp Hammerstein'S CINDERELLA will arrive on Broadway this season with previews set for January 21, 2013 prior to Opening Night on February 21 at the Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
When it first opened in an Upper West Side cabaret in 1982, "Forbidden Broadway" instantly attracted legit insiders along with A-listers hoping to f…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:17PMKristin Chenoweth is on the road to recovery after being hospitalized following an accident on the set of The Good Wife in July. Chenoweth, who was struck by a piece of falling lighting equi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMSometimes, Tabard is baffled by the downright silly things some people do in the name of theatre. Producing a musical called Behind the Iron Mask springs to mind. But this week, Tabard heard…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:10PMIs Sheila Ferguson cursed? This is the question Tabard was forced to ask this week upon learning that a tour of the musical Daddy Cool, in which the actor and singer was set to star, has bee…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PMPenumbra Theatre Company, the Minnesota-based company that presents works through the prism of the African American experience, has announced that programming will temporarily be suspended d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda the Musical will be featured in the 2013 edition of Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Laurence Olivier Award…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMA new play by Simon Stephens, along with shows from theatre company Propellor and Welsh artist Hugh Hughes are included in Brighton Dome's autumn theatre programme.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMThis week's topics A musical that makes you sad, best Sondheim score ever, What's the next 80's film to come to Broadway, Corey Cott in Newsies, Broadway on Broadway, Greatest Male Roles
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Ballet is all they think about. Nearly 100 girls and boys from Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, France and Peru are submitting themselves to a week-long competition hoping to win medals from Peru…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:59PMTime to break out the leg warmers, because "Flashdance: The Musical" is coming to Broadway in August 2013. The exact dates, theater, and casting have yet to be announced.
"Flashdance-The Mus…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:56PMThe Druid Theatre Company's DruidMurphy, a trio of Tom Murphy dramas — Conversations on a Homecoming, Whistle in the Dark and Famine — will play the Kennedy Center …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMProposals to convert a former north London cinema into a live entertainment venue have been spurred on after the local council rejected a rival group's plans to change the building into a ch…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMAs Trey Parker and Matt Stone celebrate the Los Angeles premiere of The Book of Mormon, the hilarious duo stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss the show’s massive success. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMEmily Skinner, whose Broadway credits include "Side Show," "Billy Elliott," "Dinner at Eight," "The Full Monty" "James Joyce's The Dead" and "Jekyll & Hyde" will play the diva mouse in "Th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:48PMFootsbarn's Indian Tempest comes to Cornwall, Polly Findlay directs The Country Wife in Manchester, and Golgol's A Government Inspector relocates to HarrogateNorthLee Mattinson's Chalet Line…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PMToronto's live theatre fans are in for a fabulous Fall season! With well-known favourites like War Horse, Death of a Salesman and Antony and Cleopatra and new soon-to-be favourites such as O…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:34PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:34PMTickets are now on sale for the special Actors Fund benefit performance of the Tony-winning musical The Book of Mormon. The performance takes place September 13 at 2 PM at the Eugene O'N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PMTickets for the West End transfer of Broadway smash hit The Book of Mormon will go on sale on 23 September 2012, as opposed to the previously announced date of 13 September.
The London pro…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:24PMThe National Theatre is looking to transfer The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to the West End, according to the Daily Mail. Simon Stephen's stage adaptation of Mark Haddo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:16PMJames Corden took Broadway by storm this year, earning plenty of acclaim for his portrayal of the often-confused Francis Henshall in One Man, Two Guvnors. The comedy recently wrapped its New…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMPresident of Jujamcyn Theaters Jordan Roth and producer Richie Jackson will have a Broadway wedding over the weekend at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. BroadwayWorld sends our congratulations to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMLegit News:
Actor portrays Nixon in Off Broadway play
SOURCE: Variety at 12:13PMI Am a Camera tells the story of a young Christopher Isherwood (Harry Melling) and his struggle to follow up his not-so-recently published novel as he lives in 1930s Germany. He has kept him…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:09PMTony nominee Laura Osnes is returning to Broadway this winter in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella alongside her Prince Charming, Santino Fontana. Originally written for televi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMHappy Birthday Jerry Zaks Zaks won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves, Lend Me A Tenor, and Six Degrees of Separation and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 972012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe hilarious sketch comedy musical Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking pokes fun at Broadway’s biggest blockbusters and most recognizable stars. Here's a preview of some of th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Tomorrow night, Saturday 8th September, Andrew Lloyd Webber will sit down for a very candid chat with Jonathan Ross on Jonathans ITV1 show. In addition, Tim Minchin, Melanie C and Ben Forste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMSchool is back in session! As students all around the country return to class, Broadway.com couldn’t help but think about some of our favorite musicals that take place in learning esta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:58AMHang on to your cowboy boots! Cheyenne Jackson, Henry Winkler, Ari Graynor and Jenni Barber are showing some serious skin in the new promo poster for The Performers. The new play by Dav…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMWednesday started as a grey, rainy daywhich meant I got to wear my new rain boots Its the little things in life right I LOVE them They are Tretorn, light weight and lined with furry material…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMTheatre 503, LondonTim Roseman and Paul Robinson have enjoyed a fruitful six-year tenure as joint directors of this south London new-writing powerhouse. To mark Roseman's departure they have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMThis work by Ananya Chatterjea, part of a thematic series, looks at the human toll of global oil extraction.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:40AMRowan Atkinson will be joined in the first major West End revival of Simon Gray's Quartermaine's Terms by Conleth Hill, Will Keen, Felicity Montagu and Malcolm Sinclair.
The production, wh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:39AMJana Robbins returns to the title role of Janece Shaffer's tender play Managing Maxine, about finding love later in life, which officially opens Sept. 7 at the Human Race Theatre Company…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMIn the opening song on Barbra Streisands stunning new album, RELEASE ME produced by Streisand and Jay Landers- a career-spanning collection of rarities and recordings that have been heretofo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMKinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein Book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMBarbra Streisand's private music vault holds all the master tapes she's recorded for five decades. Now, she's sharing 11 previously unreleased songs, spanning a cross-section of her career f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMGuinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, today announced the stars of stage making their debut in the 57th edition of the world’s best-selling copyright…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:30AMCould Olympic gymnast Danell Leyva be showing off his backflips and handsprings on Broadway? A rep for Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark told the New York Post that the athlete, who made a name …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMRobin Givens and Leon star in Ericka Nicole Malone’s “In Love with Tyrone”, a nine-city touring gospel stage show that plays the Bushnell Center for the Performing …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26AMTony winner Julie White is among the ensemble cast of NBC’s new comedy Go On. The funny lady plays Anne, a widowed lesbian and member of the support group that series star Matthew…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMIt might be nice if they eased us into a new theater season but, no, it’s full speed ahead! So today’s news roundup is going to be a light speed round the world tour… New Y…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:19AMPlaybill stopped by New York's newest cabaret space, 54 Below, for a sneak peek at two upcoming shows. Three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie (Ragtime, Kiss Me, Kate) sings "M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMAs 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 11:14AMBroadway vet Kristin Chenoweth appeared on ABC's LIVE WITH KELLY amp MICHAEL this morning and opened up for the first time about injuries she sustained on July 11th while on the set of the C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMThe Sound of Silences By Laura Hedli September 7, 2012 Early in the first act of “Chaplin,” the new musical about the silent-film icon, a young Charles Chaplin, played by newcome…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:12AMA roundup of your reviews and thoughts on the performances you've seen in the last seven daysSomething of a Twitter revolution has taken place – well, revolution may be over-egging things …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMTriad Stage's 12th season kicks off with Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind, directed by Triad artistic director Preston Lane. The play opens Sept. 7, following previews that began Sep…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMWar 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 as the longest-ru…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:08AMTristan Bates, London: There is a definite sense of urgency woven throughout the MA Acting Showcase from Arts Ed. Aside from intermittent sound effects provided by the whole company between …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMAt BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMIt Ain't OverThis morning I read something:"[W]e all come into this business loving Theatre--but we get over it. Either our hearts get broken one too many times by Theatre's failure to requi…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:05AMBroadways new musical CHAPLIN opens September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street. CHAPLIN is a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMKinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein Book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre NAMT has announced initial casting for the 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12 at New World Stages 3…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMThe West End stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire has extended its run at London's Gielgud Theatre through February 2, 2013. Directed by Edward Hall, the production transferre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMBalance is something every parent wants. Vertigo is what we can get, if we allow it to happen. That’s true for all parents, but the juggling act that parents of child performers face is a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AMThere’s an old saying in this business . . . you can always find an actor for anything. It’s actually true. But you can’t always find the right actor. And the right actor c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe author's play about a black actress in the '30s comes to Geffen Playhouse with, star Sanaa Lathan says, still-relevant issues.You've probably never heard of the African American actress …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
Tony Award nominee Dee Hoty has stepped in for an injured Lucie Arnaz in the North Shore Music Theatre production of 9 to 5: The Musical, which officially opens Sept. 26 in Beverly, MA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMRobin Givens and Leon star in Ericka Nicole Malone’s “In Love with Tyrone”, a nine-city touring gospel stage show that plays the Bushnell Center for the Performing …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:58AMTony and Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge (La Cage aux Folles) will star as Willy Wonka in director Sam Mendes’ musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, according to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMAcademy Award winner Renee Zellweger will make her Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of The Hustler, according to Deadline.com. Gavin O’Connor is set to direct the new drama by Anth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMGhostlight Records asked Facebook fans to vote for the song they most want to hear from the upcoming Carrie album. Here is an exclusive of “And Eve Was Weak,” sung by M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMThe Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Allegiance A New American Musical, an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. As …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMThe new Broadway musical Chaplin, depicting the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin and chronicling the rise and fall of the infamous Little Tramp, is now playing at the Barrymore Theatre.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMold and brave, or balladeering and besotted with love, bathed in bravery or just bravado, musical theatre's long line of leading male roles is rich with juicy material.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:45AMFall is upon us and MATILDA, one of the most anticipated new musicals of the spring is installing it’s new signage today at the Shubert Theatre. Here’s a couple of images of the …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:44AMTheater in the raw
deck if needed: Actors bare it all for Live Arts/Philly Fringe
THE LIVE ARTS Festival and Philly Fringe are getting naked this year. Sure, there are always elements of nud…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:40AMAlso 'The 39 Steps,' 'Release Point,' 'Topdog/Underdog,' others
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:35AMEvery month Spencer Howard Host of TripKnowledgy The Science of Suitcase Living sits down with a different Broadway touring cast to find out what life is like, being an actor on the road. Ge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMMATILDA THE MUSICAL made its West End debut last November in a brand new musical version by Dennis Kelly and award-winning musician and comedian Tim Minchin, whose website announced today th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMProducers of Stiles and Drewe's new musical Soho Cinders have issued a statement announcing their intention to find another venue after the show finishes its run at Soho Theatre on Sunday (9…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:30AMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will present the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction 10 AM-7 PM Sept. 23. Items up for grabs at the 2012 event include walk-on appearances in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMSeptember 7, 2012By Nathan NorcrossPlayhouse Directing InternAfter a productive week of final adjustments through our preview period, Harborofficially opened last Saturday evening to impress…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 10:17AMby Erin Gerofsky Costuming The Directors Project at the Shaw Festival, as with any show, presented unique challenges. We rely on making the best use of the incredible stock of garments we ha…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:10AMIn the past month, the debate over the old Prentice Women’s Hospital seems to have fired up again. According to Deanna Isaacs of the Chicago Reader, Northwestern University sent out an…
SOURCE: Fragments at 10:10AMFor a show whose star is dead before the curtain rises, “A Class Act” is a lively tribute to one of Broadway’s greatest composers. Porchlight Music Theatre kicks off its ei…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:03AMBruce Vilanch, Julie Halston, Christine Pedi, Noah Racey and Margaret Colin are among the artists who will take part in a one-night-only benefit concert of the 1935 musical revue At Home Abr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMJessica Chastain, soon coming to Broadway in “The Heiress,” paid a visit to her alma mater, the Juilliard School.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AM
Ian McKellen is set to host a charity gala to raise money for a new theatre in north London.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMAfter two years at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side, sources tell NY1 the Broadway League is negotiating to return the Tonys to Radio City Music Hall next June.
SOURCE: NY1 at 09:53AMSuzan-Lori Parks directs her own ‘Topdog/Underdog’ for the first time in Red Bank
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:52AMDont miss Jake Gyllenhaal and Bran F. O'Byrne in IF THERE IS I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET, the acclaimed new play from one of Britains most exciting young writers
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMSummer may be coming to an end, but the fun doesn’t stop at 54 Below, the Theater District nightclub attracting many of Broadway’s biggest stars. Three-time Tony nominee Marin Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:50AMCate Blanchett will star with Isabelle Huppert in a new production of "The Maids" for Sydney Theater Company before she leaves as co-artistic director. Her husband and co-artistic director, …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45AM“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” This quotation from the classic film Love Story was voted the #13 movie quote of all time by the American Film Institute, and the film it…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:36AM20th free Broadway concert to feature casts and songs from current and new shows, hosted by Gifford
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 09:33AMThere was no Labor Day holiday for the cast and crew of the national touring company of "Anything Goes."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:29AMSeveral years ago, you had a little redheaded girl in your theater company who had the spunk and talent to play Annie. Now she’s all grown up – with even more spunk and talent. You&#…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 09:24AMYou know what’s slightly weird to us? That every single article about Rob McClure, the star of Chaplin on Broadway, gets really into the fact that he’s a relative unknown. ItR…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:23AMSeventy years on from the release of the classic film, a stage homage to Casablanca, written and directed by BAFTA winner Morag Fullaron, is transferring to the Pleasance Theatre, Islington …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:12AMMarguerite, the 2008 musical that features music by Michel Legrand and was co-written with Alain Boubil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer, is to receive a revised production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AMAs he builds a company with backing from the Music Center, he's using New York dancers and collaborators. But, he says, 'I'm investing in this city.'In a spacious dance studio at the Los Ang…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Some New Yorkers will gather around their Sunday New York Times Arts & Leisure section this weekend to tick off items in the new season preview of upcoming theatre productions, a somewha…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:57AMThe stage at Joe's Pub may be tiny, but the choreographers who line up to appear there during the annual DanceNow Festival know its potential.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:54AMDeadline.com, while reporting on an upcoming film project for Renee Zellwegger her directorial debut, 4 12 minutes, oppposite Johnny Knoxville, also notes that Shell also star in the upcomin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMJanie Dee, Sacha Dhawan, Kevin Doyle, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Esther Smith will be featured in the cast of Lucy Kirkwood's NSFW, which begins performances at London's Royal Court Jerw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:49AMJanie Dee, Sacha Dhawan, Kevin Doyle, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Esther Smith will be featured in the cast of Lucy Kirkwood's NSFW, which begins performances at London's Royal Court Jerw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:49AMLaughter is back on the great white way, a little west of Broadway in a bandbox of a theatre called the 47th Street, just west of 8th Avenue. The master satirist Gerard Alessandrini has …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:41AMDue to overwhelming public demand, Edward Halls critically acclaimed production of Chariots of Fire now extends booking at the Gielgud Theatre to 2 February 2013. Since transferring to the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMDouglas Hodge, who won a Tony Award for Leading Actor in a Musical for his starring role in La Cage aux Folles and is about to begin performances on Broadway in the title role of Cyrano de B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AMAcademic publisher Routledge has launched a digital performance archive which will give students access to previously unavailable audiovisual material from some of the world's leading intern…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMJanie Dee is to star in NSFW, a new play by Lucy Kirkwood at London's Royal Court Theatre next month.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Guest blogger Alex Fleetwood thinks that playing games together and in public is as important as any cultural activityEarlier this week Lyn Gardner celebrated outdoor performances that recla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMThe New York Clown Theatre Festival 2012 September 7 – 30, 2012 The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York’s preeminent annual, international Clown Theatre festival since its incepti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:52AMBristol Hippodrome: Despite the fact that this production heralds the beginning of The Lion King's first UK tour, it is apparently the 20th staging of the show to premiere international…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMHeartless - Sam 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. Heartles…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:34AMForbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking - Hurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:30AMTonight! Starring Wasabassco’s Performer Of the Month: Madame Rosebud, with Evelyn Vinyl, Go-Go Harder, Magdalena Fox, Marlo Marquise, Nasty Canasta, Special guests: Kristina Nekyia, L…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AMTabard Theatre, London: A murder on the moon, a second murder among acrobatic philosophers celebrating a political coup, a former musical star who can't sing June Moon songs any more an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMWho are we? Where do we want to go? What’s standing in our way? How do we prevail? The dwindling days before the season gears up are a prime time for us all, audiences to artists, to inves…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18AMHurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AMAt one point late in “Bachelorette,” Kirsten Dunst’s fiery yet weak-kneed creation inadvertently reveals an ugly old habit of hers to a near-total stranger. “I wanted to be b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:09AMThe annual celebration of Hispanic culture moves east to Kiener Plaza.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AM
Casting has been announced for Lucy Kirkwood's new play NSFW at the Royal Court, which premieres in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 31 October (previews from 25 October).
Billed as a "sha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:59AMUnion, London: After the great summer of Gatsby, the stream of things Fitzgerald-related shows no sign of slowing. Ahead of a Trafalgar Studios transfer for Kelly Burke's one-woman show…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMTheatre 503, London: Butterflies, blind dates and birthdays are some of the recurring themes connecting these self-contained interwoven new relationship plays. The authors have each worked w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMIn addition to Way Off Broadway’s regularly scheduled Mainstage and Children’s Theatre seasons, the theatre also hosts a number of special events each year. Some of the most popular e…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:43AMFor immigrants wrestling with cultural assimilation, salvation lies not in burying the past life, but coming to terms with its baggage and its ghosts. Playwright Barbara Lebow illustrated he…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:42AMFollowing a report from Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail today, there are
rumours circulating that Marianne Elliott's acclaimed production of The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:38AMThe Star-Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) 09/06/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:11AM"Call Me Adam" chats with "Queer As Folk's" Michelle Clunie about making her playwrighting debut with "US" at Theatre Row's Lion Theatre from September 5-29. We also discuss her time on "Que…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AMIf you ever worry about the musical-theater talent pool drying up, PBS’ “Broadway or Bust” will be deeply — and tunefully — reassuring.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Rothenberg reveals how one of Japan's pre-eminent theater artists wound up re-imagining his own life as an act of political courage with a cast of American artists
SOURCE: Culturebot at 12:54AMTrey Parker and Matt Stone of the “Book of Morons” sing “We believe that musicals should be disgusting.” Two competing Marilyn Monroes belt “Let Me Be Subpar” A bloated Matthew B…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:46AMFriday September 7, 2012
NEW YORK -- There’s a bit of everything for theatergoers this fall in New York, from a play about porn to a
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:27AMWhen Cirque du Soleil opened Amaluna in Montreal this past April, I cheered it wildly for uniting the usual Cirque materials around the script of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, infusin…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:22AMNOTICE: THE POLLING PROGRAM I USE DOES NOT TRACK OR KEEP ANY RECORD OF WHO VOTES! IT SIMPLY RECORDS HOW YOU VOTED.Last week, you voted on the cast of Chaplin. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:21AMOrchestra plays three pieces that will be heard nowhere else on its European tour.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:03AMTony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Santino Fontana, Sarah Stiles, Alysha Umphress, Lauren Molina and Annette O'Toole are among the actors who will appear in the National Alliance for Mus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMMcCarter Theatre Center's world-premiere production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which plays the New Jersey venue prior to its Off-Broadway run at Lin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Old Globe production of Allegiance — A New American Musical, charting the lives of Japanese Americans who were placed in concentration camps on U.S. soil during World War II, begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMRigoletto, featuring music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, kicks off San Francisco Opera's 90th season Sept. 7 at the War Memorial Opera House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBarrymore Award winner Brooke Bloom holds court in the title role of David Adjmi's Marie Antoinette, which officailly opens Sept. 7 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, af…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Milwaukee Repertory Theater production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, starring Sarah Litzsinger, Caroline O'Connor, Chris Peluso and Adam Monley, officially op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGwyneth Paltrow ("Glee"), Julia Roberts (Three Days of Rain), Sofia Vergara (Chicago) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Mountaintop) are among the celebrities taking part in the 2012 &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center presents Blink & You Might Miss Me, an autobiographical show written and performed by actor-dancer Larry Blum, Sept. 7 at the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAsk Playbill.com answers your (and sometimes our own) theatre-related questions. To ask a question, email [email protected]. Please specify how you would like your name displayed and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCast members from Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark perform at Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, as part of American Airlines' JFK concert series, Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Diversionary Theatre presents the Tony Award-nominated musical Pippin, which features a score by Grammy winner Stephen Schwartz, beginning Sept. 7, prior to an official opening Sept. 15,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1909 Director Elia Kazan is born. Kazan would go on to direct the award-winning plays Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire. His success reached to the silver screen as well. He w…
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