According to Amazon.com, the book Broadway Musicals From the Pages of The New York Times by Ben Brantley will be released on October 9, 2012. It is now available for pre-order here.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59PMDriving Miss Daisy, one of Modern American Theatres most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstages second season September 14-16 at its brand new home at the Newi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42PMJulie Shannon, a resident of Glenview and the composer and lyricist of the beloved Chicago holiday musical, "The Christmas Schooner," died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said John Reege…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:41PMHow much should playwrights worry about cast size when they write a script? This unsavory question is driven by the economic mess that has imperiled nonprofit theatres in recent decades. Wri…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 10:15PMTwo caregivers debate how to handle their dead charge in “Fly Me to the Moon,” a Marie Jones work that’s part of the 1st Irish festival at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMTony Danza really is the boss when it comes to entertainment. His four-decade career has spanned television, film, nightclubs, and Broadway, earning him millions of fans, an Emmy nomination,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMImagine Lucy Riccardo and Ethel Mertz, or perhaps more appropriately Ab Fab's Edina and Patsy, as financially strapped home caregivers, who discover that the 84-year-old man that they're ten…
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Performances began 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 07:48PMOld Vic, LondonIbsen's Hedda was once described as a hoop through which every aspiring female actor must jump; and Sheridan Smith performs the feat with commendable ease and agility. But Ann…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMHedda Gabler – the doomy tragedy, the one with the pistol, the “female Hamlet”. We all know the score when it comes to Ibsen. All, that is, except apparently for Sheridan Smith, who re…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:25PMNo doubt many still remember watching the original 181 black-and-white episodes of “I Love Lucy” that were broadcast in the ’50s on CBS-TV via television sets equipped with rabbit-ear …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:25PMLA STAGE Alliance announced the nominations for the 2012 Ovation Awards at the Renberg last night, and here some of the nominees express their feelings about the news. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:08PMI simply longed to be her chihuahua as I watched Sheridan Smith's irresistible portrayal of Elle, the not-so-dumb bimbo in the musical of Legally Blonde. I ached to dry her tears when, in an…
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Believe it or not, this is the very first Neil Simon play the Rep has ever done, in its 46 year history. And I feel strangely terrible about the whole thing, because it's taken me all these …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:57PMI can say, without equivocation, that Helen Dunmore’s novel "The Greatcoat" is no "The Turn of the Screw."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:53PMPlaywright Charles Mee adapted this Greek tragedy into a contemporary tale. But instead of pulling us into the centuries-old tale, Director David Kersnar keeps us disengaged with his circus…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:52PMJoss Whedon discusses his adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Toronto International Film Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:51PMThose gleaming behemoths who execute front bumps and pile drives and elbow drops aren’t merely pumped-up slabs of meat on a tape loop of fixed matches. As playwright Kristoffer Diaz avers …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42PMThis splendidly refurbished theatre re-opens with an appropriately spruced-up 18th-century comedy, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:38PMThomas Sadoski, a Tony nominee for his work in reasons to be pretty and who currently stars in HBOs The Newsroom, is set to appear in the world premiere production of Michael Golamcos Build …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38PMA new season three trailer of HBO's BOARDWALK EMPIRE has been revealed by the cable network. The trailer focusus on new series regular Bobby Cannavale who will portray gangster Gyp Rosetti. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMThe sun is about to come out on a new revival of Annie! We talked to the stars and creators about what audiences can expect and why everyone loves Annie.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:23PMThe sun is about to come out on a new revival of Annie! We talked to the stars and creators about what audiences can expect and why everyone loves Annie.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:23PMToday Show host Kathie Lee Gifford is prepping to make her debut as Broadway lyricist and librettist in the sinfully delicious new musical Scandalous. The show tells the story of 1920s …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PMYou wouldn’t want him vetting texts for libel, or drafting your will. You certainly wouldn’t want to find him near a courtroom. Pale and tongue-tied, with a precariously knotted bow tie …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:14PMThe magic of Finding Neverland is heading to the stage as a musical adaptation of the Oscar-nominated film makes its world premiere at Leicester's Curve Theatre this fall. Tony-winning d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:09PMJason Robert Brown has provided a voice to a generation with shows like The Last Five Years, Parade and Songs for a New World. Now, Brown showcases those tunes and more in a new show at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PMOn Wednesday, October 10th at 900 PM, Justin Matthew Sargent star of the Broadway smash hit ROCK OF AGES comes to the Triad in an original program titled JUSTIN SARGENT'S COVERED IN ROCK, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMActor-turned entrepreneur, producer, and host Graham Douglass is set to launch The Graham Show, a weekly web series aimed at young theater-lovers everywhere that will feature one-on-one chat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMHampstead theatre, LondonWhen David Hare's play was first seen in 1998, it suffered from the miscasting of the central roles of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie). Now, in Neil Armf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM‘When you put together a brilliant actor and a great play, it attracts other great actors to the project,” says Michael Halberstam, artistic director at Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe. He…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:00PMFunny ladies Wendy Mateo and Lorena Diaz bring “People in the City: Bodegas, Beisbol & the American Dream,” a romp through city streets featuring nearly 20 different characters from old …
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“The Why Overhead,” by Adam Szymkowicz, depicts the consequences of workplace tedium in comic, even musical, terms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:59PMThe Newsroom star and Tony nominee Alison Pill found herself under scrutiny today when she accidentally tweeted a topless photo of herself, inadvertently baring all to over 15,000 followers.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMThree siblings are on their own in a London apartment because their mentally ill mother has vanished. That’s the premise in Piven Theatre Workshop’s American premiere of “Tusk Tusk” …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:56PMRobert Berger, Patrick Daniels and Irving Gregory's Charlie Victor Romeo is set to play at 3LD Art
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:56PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more i…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:55PMRock of Ages star Justin Matthew Sargent will lead a concert at the Triad on Wednesday, October 10 called Justin Sargent's Covered in Rock.The concert will include classic rock songs with ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:55PMOPENING THE BIG KNIFE. Raven Theatre opens its 30th season with Chifford Odets’ drama about a movie star’s crisis of conscience in Hollywood. Directed by Michael Menendian. Previews Sept…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:54PMGraham Douglass announced the launch of The Graham Show, an all-new, weekly web series featuring intimate one-on-one chats with New Yorks top stage stars and theater professionals, aimed at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMAcclaimed stage director Richard Schechner will serve as moderator for an artist talk with Marianne Weems, the director of The Builders Association’s House / Divided, which is playing the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:52PMStage veteran Glenne Headly will guest star on the September 20 episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, according to TVGuide.com.The actress will play the mother of Ben (Adam Scott), with J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:37PMIn the Keen Company’s revival of Marry Me a Little—the little-known Stephen Sondheim musical featuring songs cut from Follies, A Little Night Music and more—Lauren Molina a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has announced complete casting for the American premiere of Jon Fosse's A Summer Day, starring stage and film actress Karen Allen, which will dawn Off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMOBAMARAMA: Songs for Justice!, a fundraiser cabaret for the Obama 2012 campaign featuring original material from emerging writers, will be offered Sept. 22 at New York City's Duplex.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMThomas Sadoski, Peter Katona and Laura Heisler will star in Michael Golamco's Build at the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater in Los Angeles. Directed by Will Frea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:26PMThe stars of one the fall’s most anticipated musicals, Annie, took time out of rehearsal on September 10 to meet the press and pose for some adorable photos. This all-star revival, dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM Blagojevich, Blagojevich! Written by Michael K. Feinstein Directed by Clayton Fox Athenaeum Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:14PMTony Award-winning director Harold Prince will step in for Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis as the master of ceremonies for the 2012 Broadway Salutes event, celebrating the professionals w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMHollywood and Broadway stars took the red carpet for the opening night of the new musical Chaplin. Pre-show, Tony Danza, Brian d'Arcy James, John Lloyd Young, the Jonas Brothers and Kiera Ch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PMLooking forward to a big Off-Broadway weekend.At Roundabout's Laura Pel Theater There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, at Playwrights Horizon a matinee press p…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:07PMI’ve been wondering about us… About artists. And artist institutions. Not only as creators of or sites for creating products, but as entire organisms that participate in the making and r…
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HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, a new Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, began performances August 22nd at Sofia’s Downstairs Theater in the hear…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMOn Thursday, September 20, legendary Broadway director and 21-time Tony Award winner Harold Prince will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the the fourth-annual Broadway Salutes, an industry-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMTony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, lately a star of TV's "The Newsroom," will appear with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the world premiere of Michael Golamco's play abo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMDEAR JOURNAL is an original musical centering around four teenagers' lives as they enter Middle School. Conceived, directed, and produced entirely by two seventh-graders, Eric Gelb and Ryan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, met the press today in New York City with its full company. The production begins previews October 3, 2012 and opens November 8, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMTony nominee Thomas Sadoski will co-star alongside Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the world premiere of Michael Golamco’s Build, to be presented in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PMIf anyone has the look to play a tough guy mobster, it’s Bobby Cannavale, the two-time Tony nominee and star of the upcoming revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. In the new season of H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMStage and screen vet Dustin Hoffman will be among the five recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. The award celebrates significant cultural contributions to the arts.
The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMYou've already seen Matthew Saldivar and Kevin Del Aguila’s zany new commercial for Peter and the Starcatcher—now take an exclusive peek behind the scenes! Needless…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMBen Rimalower's new solo play Patti Issues, a heartfelt and comic look at growing up with a gay father, and his own personal obsession with Patti LuPone, has extended its run at the Dupl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMTony Award-winning director Harold Prince will act as Master of Ceremonies for the fourth annual Broadway Salutes, to be held September 20 beginning at 3:30pm with a meet-and-greet and pinni…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:21PMBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Jackson, MS.
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMMichael James Scott and Jessica Rush go back… like, way back. The Book of Mormon’s resident doc and the Jersey Boys’ main squeeze have numerous Broadway credits to their n…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMKate Wetherhead will host the concert OBAMARAMA Songs for Justice!, to be held September 22 at the Duplex. Proceeds from the show will go towards the Obama 2012 campaign.Amy Anders Corcoran …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMTheater for the New City is set to present the American premieres of Three Sisters and a Priest and Suicide Club in a double bill of plays by Mario Fratti, playing October 4-21. Stephan Mor…
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When it comes to classic roles in musical theater, nobody does it better than Hugh Panaro. Although he insists that he thinks of himself as a character actor, Panaro possesses the rich tenor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:58PMWHO: Once – Equity Principal Auditions SEEKING: For possible future replacements in the Broadway production: Casting Directors’ note: “Interested in actors of all physical types.” Gi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 03:58PMAt one crucial juncture of "Iphigenia 2.0," the 2007 Charles Mee mashup of the Greek tragedy by Euripides, Agamemnon finds himself in an awkward conversation with his wife, Clytemnestra, a t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMI sometimes wonder why the majority of them do it. But I thank them all because without someone to produce the theater there would be no theater. This fall/winter the producers presenting wo…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:51PMDeadline.com reports that Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY, alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The actor will portray Bill …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMChris Hall and Brian Charles Rooney will star in a fully-mounted production of Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter's musical Bedbugs!!!, running October 19-November 4 at ATA's Chernuchin Theatre. R…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:38PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, went into rehearsal today in New York City with its full company. The production begins previews October 3, 2012 and opens Novemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMThe Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is now the longest-running production of Porgy and Bess ever to play on Broadway. Upon closing, it will have played 322 performances. It began previews…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:33PMBurlesque-A-Pades a new weekly production, will begin a run at SoHo Playhouse every Friday at 10pm beginning October 12.The variety show, which transports audiences from the Coney Island Boa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:33PMBARE begins previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012. BroadwayWorld brings you the just-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMThis week’s Between Shows is “Boardwalk Empire,” which returns to HBO this Sunday for its third season. Our favorite thing about the Atlantic City-set Prohibition drama is …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:31PMApropos of yesterday’s post, Jonathan Kalb’s Hot Review recently posted the entirety of an 12 October 2001 interview with Richard Foreman, portions of which first ran in a 2002 i…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 03:29PMThe golden-voiced Julia Murney first appeared on the Great White Way in the short-lived Lennon, but she won a legion of new fans as Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked. Her phenomenal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMWar Horse, Follies and Red are among the nominees of the 2012 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. The awards, which honor the best in Los Angeles theater, will take place November 12 at the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PM54 Below Be Mused with Christine Andreas: The 20th anniversary My Fair Lady Christine Andreas chanteuse’s into 54 Below October 1st and 8th.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:20PMEarlier this week, Broadway favorites Kristin Chenoweth, Montego Glover and Chita Rivera took in the skincare offerings from new beauty brand BIOXIDEA COSMETICS which made its debut at Allur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMHow do you solve a problem like… juggling too much stuff all at once? For some it's a draining chore; for others an enjoyable rush…many a times it's a lifestyle we sign ourselves up for.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMThings are going to be heating up at the Longacre Theatre when the new porn comedy The Performers begins its Broadway run on October 23. In new promo shots for the production, the cast is sp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:15PMDate: Monday, November 5th Time: 6:30pm – 10:30 pm Location: The Davenport Studios (250 West 49th Street, Suite 302) Price: Participants – $175 (Early Bird Rate – available for…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 03:10PMWho doesn’t like a competition to win tickets to a theatre show? We’re really intrigued by Celebrity Night at Cafe Red and hope that you will be too. Skip the blurb to find out h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:07PMChicago's Mercury Theater will present a return engagement of John Reeger and Julie Shannon's holiday musical The Christmas Schooner, set to run November 23-December 30. The production is di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMChicago's Mercury Theater will present a return engagement of John Reeger and Julie Shannon's holiday musical The Christmas Schooner, set to run November 23-December 30. The production is di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMFor two decades OUT has documented the culture and articulated the contribution of gay men and women to a wider, evolving society. During those 20 years, the brand has seen an evolution in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMComposer Philip Glass has been named as one of this year’s recipients of the Praemium Imperiale arts awards, according to The New York Times. This lifetime achievement honor is given out b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMBroadways new musical CHAPLIN opened earlier this week, September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre 243 West 47th Street. CHAPLIN is a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMNewly named Kennedy Center honoree Dustin Hoffman is probably best-known for movie roles that include Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate," Carl Bernstein in "All the President's Men" and Mic…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PM
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking the Musical Michael Riedel Could Have Written: Forbidden Broadway, is back…… in its 21st edition and I am here to say, the musical revue is back and…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:59PMRoundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes' The Mystery of Edwin Drood will open Nov. 13 at Sudio 54. Previews begin Oct. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMIn terms of sheer theatrical firepower, Next Theatre’s production of “Iphigenia 2.0” is nothing less than exemplary — from its sexy, muscular direction (by David Kersnar), to its acc…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:52PMEwan McGregor has been cast as the estranged husband of Julia Roberts’ character in the upcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, according to Deadline.com.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PM"Who Knows Where the Time Goes,"
Judy Collins sang in the middle of the opening night of her eagerly-awaited September stint at the Cafe Carlyle and if you closed your eyes, five decades i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMStage and screen veteran Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, according to Deadline. He will play Bill Fordham, the estrang…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMBroadway’s biggest new musical may haunt itself before it ever haunts the Broadway stage this season. Rebecca the Musical, originally planned for the Fall 2011 theatre season, vanished…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:39PMBroadway darling Kelli O’Hara invited Broadway.com inside her dressing room at Nice Work If You Can Get It to show off her five favorite things, including photos, notes and her grandfa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PMThe story of the borstal boy who turns to racing has been relocated to last year's riots. Alfred Hickling talks to writer Roy Williams and the star of the 60s film version Tom CourtenayImmed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PMThe upcoming play, The Performers, has just released new provocative and amusing photos of the cast. The Performers is a new romantic comedy by David West Read, starring Henry Winkler, Cheye…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:28PMWhat the World Needs Now, a concert at New Brunswick's Boyd Park, will be presented on Saturday, September 15 at 5pm by Crossroads Theatre Company as part of the Hub City Sounds outdoor musi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMNew musical Finding Neverland, based on the 2004 film about J.M. Barrie and the family who inspired the tale of Peter Pan, is preparing for its world premiere at the Curve Theatre in Leicest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMThe Milwaukee Rep is set to present Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, September 26-November 4 in The Rep's Stiemke Studio. May Adrales will direct.In The Mountaintop, Dr. Martin Luther King, J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMWe are so excited for season four of Glee! The FOX hit, which has helped make musical theater obsession super cool, will be back on September 13. In anticipation of the return of the show th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMWe are so excited for season four of Glee! The FOX hit, which helped make musical theater obsession cool, will be back on September 13. In anticipation of the return of the show that br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMStage and screen actor Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of the film version of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County, Weinstein Company co-chairmen Harvey a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMIan Belknap has been named as the artistic director of The Acting Company. Co-founder Margot Harley, who has been serving as Producing Artistic Director, will now transition to the title of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:13PMAllow me to introduce the newest representative of Kansas City Repertory Theatre's youth movement: Chase Brock, who at the age of 29 has already performed and choreographed on Broadway.
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre is set to present the premiere of John Mercurio and Andrew Kato's Through the Looking Glass, October 12 at 8pm. Kato will direct.In Through the Looking Glass, a modern…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMPrivate Lives hasn't remained a private pleasure -- after eight decades, it's consistently revived. Joseph Fuqua and Julia Granata discuss why. They play its leading lovers and its primary…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:54PMThe first photos of the sexy cast of Broadway's The Performers have been released. David West Read's new comedy, directed by Evan Cabnet, begins performances at the Longacre Theatre on Oc
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMVariety reports that Misty Upham has joined the cast of the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY, alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The actress will portray a college …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS cast includes Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber with Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMThe cast of Rivendell’s “WRENS.” Photo by Michael Brosilow The bond that forms from close quarters is a unique and powerful phenomenon. People with whom you might otherwise…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:47PMThe Performers, a new comedy by David West Read, will officially open Nov. 14 following previews that begin Oct. 23 at the Longacre Theatre. Meet the cast of characters!
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMBroadway tunes are no strangers to the So You Think You Can Dance stage. The latest song to get the dancing treatment on the hit competiton series is “Leave,” featured in this ye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMNick Adams (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid), Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden) and more will sing songs made famous by Barbra Streisand at the one-night-onl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMOn Twitter Watch, Da'Vine Joy Randolph wrote Nurse Rowan don't play
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMThe one-night-only concert Hello Gorgeous A Salute to the Streisand Songbook, presented by Scott Nevins and Joe Lodato and benefiting Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS, will take place on Fri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMScottish Ballet's new artistic director Christpher Hampson has announced a new version of Hansel and Gretel and the first ever production of a full-length Matthew Bourne ballet outside the c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PM‘I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.’ – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Everyone at some time has walked into a room and felt invisible. Who ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PMThe cast and creative team behind the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie met the press Wednesday, September 12 at the New 42nd Street Studios. Prior to posing for photos, the comp
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:21PMThe new Broadway production of Annie is set to begin previews Oct. 3 at the Palace Theatre. Katie Finneran, Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford and more greeted the press with a Sept. 12 photo op.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMScott Nevins and Joe Lodato will present the benefit concert, Hello Gorgeous! A Salute to the Streisand Songbook, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Friday, October 12. Proceeds will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:16PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for My Fair Lady, directed by Artistic Director Molly Smith.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMOver at gotta/enk films' blog, I wax pretentiously on why I think The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is (as the Teen Girl Squad would say), Soooo good!This is part of gotta/enk films' campaign to …
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 01:10PMAt 930 p.m. ET, the debut of NBC's new comedy series THE NEW NORMAL 2.57 in 18-49, 7.0 in total viewers topped the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox slot competition in all key categories. In addition, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMSeptember 12, 2012 By Karen Parrella2012 Gala Silent Auction Chair For the past four years, I have been privileged to Chair the Silent Auction for the Westport Country Playhouse Ga…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 01:08PMActress, singer, director, writer, composer, producer, designer, author, photographer and activist Barbra Streisand defines the term icon in so many ways. On February 11, 2011, Barbra Strei…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMAfter 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 opened …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWriters is a independent drama film, directed and written by Josh Boone. The film stars Jennifer Connelly, Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins, and Logan Lerman. The film will focus on the complicate…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMOne of the most fondly remembered dancers with Pan's People, the troupe that enlivened BBC television's Top of the Pops, was Louise Clarke. The daughter of a music arranger, she began dancin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
The new CBS comedy PARTNERS, starring 'How to Succeed in Business' alum Michael Urie, premieres on Monday, September 24th 830-900 PM, ETPT. In the premiere episode, Joe David Krumholtz propo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMBroadway In Chicago has announced the productions set to be part of the 2013 spring season lineup.The season will kick off with the pre-Broadway engagement of Jekyll
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMI enter the rehearsal room with my pencils sharpened, multicolored highlighters at the ready, notebook open to my latest character theories, and a script tattered with dog-ears, notations, a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:51PMMisty Upham is the latest actress to land a role in the all-star film adaptation of August: Osage County, according to Variety. Upham will play Johnna, a young Native American hired to be th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMIs Nick Jonas still eyeing a role in Jersey Boys? The former How to Succeed headliner already expressed his interest in playing Frankie Valli in the long-running musical, and now he's pe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMBroadway In Chicago has announced the upcoming 2013 spring season line-up.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMToday in 2011, Follies opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 152 performances. Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMHorse Trade Theater Group is set to present writer Clay McLeod Chapman's The Pumpkin Pie Show: Halloween All-Stars, October 25-17 at UNDER St. Marks.The Pumpkin Pie Show will feature perform…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMMike Tyson might have already made his Broadway debut in UNDISPUTED TRUTH, which played the Longacre Theatre over the summer, but according to the Telegraph, he would like to star in a music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMWest of Memphis is a 2012 documentary film produced by Peter Jackson and Damien Echols, and directed by Amy J. Berg. Following from the original Paradise Lost film and its two sequels, West …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMLorna Luft, Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan, Ann Hampton Callaway and Steven Brinberg will be part of Hello Gorgeous! A Salute to the Streisand Songbook, an Oct. 12 benefit concert for Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe company of Arena Stage's production of the classic musical My Fair Lady will be led by Benedict Campbell as Henry Higgins, Manna Nichols as Eliza Doolittle, and Nicholas Rodriguez as Fre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:27PMWith endless Twitter hashtags about cabinet reshuffles, Arts Council funding and the first £9,000-a-year university students entering their academic and artistic lives, you’re probabl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:26PMAs New York City celebrates the return of everyone’s favorite Funny Girl, the worlds of Broadway, TV, cabaret and the recording industry will come together Friday, October 12 to salute the…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:24PMMiami's Tarell Alvin McCraney, whose sizzling 90-minute Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Hamlet (written with Bijan Shebani) will play GableStage Jan. 12-Feb. 10, is busy adding to hi…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 12:22PMMichael Attenboroughs production of William Shakespeares King Lear is playing at The Almeida Theatre until 3 November 2012, with press night 11 September. Designs are by Tom Scutt with light…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMBroadway in Chicago’s Spring 2013 season, much of it already announced, is now complete. The full lineup is as follows: — “Jekyll and Hyde” (March 12-24 at the Cadillac Palace Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:18PMRob Ashford divides his time between Broadway and London, with Tony and Olivier nods in abundance for his flourishing trans-Atlantic career, and a 2002 Tony for Thoroughly Modern Millie, the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMRob Ashford divides his time between Broadway and London, with Tony and Olivier nods in abundance for his flourishing trans-Atlantic career, and a 2002 Tony for Thoroughly Modern Millie, the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMBenedict Campbell and Manna Nichols will co-star as Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, respectively, in the Arena Stage engagement of Molly Smith's My Fair Lady, which arrives in Washing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMOut of school because of the teachers’ strike? Head to the theater. Court Theatre is offering free tickets to CPS students and their parents or guardians for a special Sept. 13 performance…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:14PMBluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock band Led Zeppelin will receive honors for 2012 on THE 35TH ANNUAL …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMThe “Theatre Beyond Walls” is embracing all of Toronto for the first part of this season.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:09PMBuddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Ntalia Makarova, and Led Zeppelin to receive the 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors. What a wonderful group they selected this year! The John F. Ke…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PMPlymouth's Theatre Royal has had nearly £2 million of funding approved by the local council for its refurbishment plans.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMSince part one of this interview posted, Telly Leung has begun previews of the Broadway-bound musical, Allegiance. In Part I, he discussed that show, as well as his time with the reviv…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMActor Dustin Hoffman and ballerina Natalia Makarova -- both of whom have Broadway credits -- are among the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, and will be celebrated at a ceremony …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PM
WONDER WEDNESDAY
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SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:59AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Matilda the Musical is releasing 400,000 new tickets at 11am today (13 September 2012).
The production, which is now booking unti…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:57AM"It Is About A Little Bird," a children's picture book by Academy Award winner and stage actress Jessica Lange, will be released by Sourcebooks in fall 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMTony nominated actor and BOOK OF MORMON star Josh Gad stars the ensemble cast of Stuart Blumberg's sex addiction dramedy Thanks for Sharing at Class 5 Films and Olympus Pictures.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMDirector-choreographer Warren Carlyle talks about the meticulous dance and movement of “Chaplin” Much of the focus on the new Broadway musical Chaplin has centered on its relativ…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:47AMThe view from La Pergola is expensive.As you may have guessed, I'm a bit of an epicure - and while the partner unit is not, we were joined in Rome by a serious foodie, my friend Marie, who h…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:44AMMargot Harley, co-founder and producer of The Acting Company, announced Sept. 12 the appointment of Ian Belknap to the position of artistic director.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMJoin us for a discussion between two exciting and prolific writers—Moisés Kaufman (Gross Indecency, The Laramie Project) and Rajiv Joseph, author of the Pulitzer-finalist Bengal Tiger at …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:40AMHow disorienting. Although the fall is percolating with new shows we naturally hope will be worth the effort, I find myself magnetized by a different Broadway experience.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 11:37AMTony Award nominee Olga Merediz, Betsy Aidem and Clea Alsip will join Kathleen Turner in the upcoming Long Wharf Theatre revival of Frank Marcus' 1964 comedy The Killing of Sister George…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMThe long-running West End show We Will Rock You has announced that Oliver Tompsett and Rachel Wooding are set to join the show in the lead roles of Galileo and Scaramouche beginning October …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMThe Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel welcomes back legendary singersongwriter Judy Collins for her sixth engagement at the iconic venue, Caf Carlyle. Ms. Collins' three week engagement runs throug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMThe Addams Family national tour has announced that Curtis Holbrook will join the cast in the role of Lucas Beineke.With a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and music and lyrics by And…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AMThey're glossy, seductive and encourage you to book for things you mightn't have noticed – I'll be sad when things go entirely digitalI've been perusing the Dublin Theatre Festival brochu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMBlue Man Group are to join the lineup of guests slated to perform on the two-hour season finale of NBC's America's Got Talent, September 13 at 8 pm.The group will perform their popular song …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AMAs kids all over America head back to school, Broadway.com decided to ask our favorite Broadway stars to look back at their own years in the classroom—and share a school picture! Rebec…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:29AMA collection of Broadway and off-Broadway performers are set to perform at OVER IT! A Benefit For Ovarian Cancer Awareness, September 24 at 9:30pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Musical di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AMBroadway in Chicago said Wednesday that is has booked the touring productions of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll and Hyde" and the Broadway revival of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" for its spring s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:26AMStage and screen actor Jim Parsons, who recently starred in the Broadway revival of Harvey, will be among the presenters at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will air live Sept. 23 from …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThe Addams Family is adding to its kooky family tree. Broadway vet Curtis Holbrook will play Lucas Beineke in the national tour of the blockbuster show.
As the handsome Ohioan who steals …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMSome dramatists, such as Caryl Churchill and Debbie Tucker Green, refuse point blank to talk about their work. Is this vow of silence defensible – or detrimental?Before the opening of a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMAndrew Rannells plays a baby daddy on The New Normal, so it was only natural that the former Book of Mormon star should play a game of infant proportions (or, technically, portions) during h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMFilm legend Charlie Chaplin is the center of the new biographical Broadway musical "Chaplin".
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:21AMFriday night after the show I walked down the street to Evita and met up with my friend, Erica Mansfield. We hopped into a cab and made our way east to Biblioteca to grab a drink in honor, E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMThe script of Dutchman, Amiri Bakara’s classic 1964 play of racial and sexual politics, crackles with the explosive rage that Langston Hughes’ predicted in “A Dream Deferred.” The fa…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:13AMAnticipation always runs high in September. Yay, a new season! Tons of new shows to look forward to!
But while there are promising offerings this year, we may have to dig a little deeper to …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12AMThis fall, you won’t need a telescope to see the stars — they’re scattered all over town.
We’ve got Jake Gyllenhaal making his NY stage debut, Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer as a coupl…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:10AMBlue Man Group, the international entertainment phenomenon, will join the star-studded lineup of guest performers on the two-hour season finale of NBCs top-rated show Americas Got Talent on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMBlue Man Group, the international entertainment phenomenon, will join the star-studded lineup of guest performers on the two-hour season finale of NBCs top-rated show AMERICA'S GOT TALENT on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Sept. 12 the seven individuals who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMJoy Zinoman; photo by Todd FransonMy friend and colleague Isaac Butler has said repeatedly of Joy Zinoman, the founding artistic of D.C.'s Studio Theatre, that she saved his life (something …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 11:04AMA bevy of fabulous Broadway, Off-Broadway and Downtown performers gather together raise funds and awareness at OVER IT A Benefit For Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Held at the Laurie Beechman The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMChristine Andreas and Jason Robert Brown are among the dozens of performers who will appear at the new nightspot located beneath Studio 54 in the coming months. They offered previews of thei…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMProducers of THE ADDAMS FAMILY announced additional dates today for the Fall 2012 leg of the musicals North American tour. The production will play Dallas Oct. 2 21, Seattle Oct. 24 Nov. 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMIt has been a little over two years since we debuted our “At The Booth” TKTS app, thanks to the creative inspiration of people like you (read the backstory here). We were immedia…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMDavid Letterman and Natalia Makarova are also receiving lifetime achievement awards in the performing arts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMBlue Man Group will be among many stars in this year’s two-hour season finale of “America’s Got Talent.” The group will perform their hit “Shake Your Euphemism” on the episode, w…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMKristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award-winning Broadway baby of Wicked and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and TV's "GCB" and "Pushing Daisies," talks to Playbill fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
B. Smiths Restaurant welcomes Cougar the Musical to the neighborhood by adding the shows signature cocktail, The Cougartini to its Broadway Cocktail Menu. It will be unveiled to the public …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMOliver Tompsett and Rachael Wooding will step into the West End’s We Will Rock You on October 8 at the Dominion Theatre. Tompsett will play Galileo, taking over for outgoing …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AMA host of theatre favorites will be featured during the Bay Area Cabaret's 2012-13 season at the Venetian Room, Fairmont San Francisco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMROYAL COUPLE: Not William and Kate, nor Charles and Camilla, and certainly not Prince Harry and… a Las Vegas showgirl. Theater royalty is a different breed from those who identify as Winds…
SOURCE: showbusinessweekly.com at 10:46AMAYT has teamed up with The Old Vic to see Hedda Gabler for free
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:45AMJenna Russell, Mark Umbers and Damian Humbley will star as Mary Flynn, Franklin Shepard and Charlie Kringas, respectively, in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Stephen Sondh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMHere's a look at the theatrical cabaret act of a bright talent with a fun and funny autobiographical act, with a thoughtful core ...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:43AMThe Broadway bug has bitten Mike Tyson. The boxer, who made his Broadway debut in July starring in his solo show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, recently expressed interest in returning to the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:43AMBristol Old VicAll the world's a stage in John O'Keeffe's good-natured 1791 comedy, which reopens Bristol's restored gem of a Georgian theatre. There are few plays that invoke the spirit of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41AMLionsgate has struck a distribution deal for Joss Whedon’s independent film version of Much Ado About Nothing, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMGossip columnist Perez Hilton has joined the cast of the off-Broadway musical revue, NEWSical the Musical, for a four-week run that began Saturday, September 8th. Get an exclusive first look…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMThe Great White Way is beginning to look like a ghost town as more shows play their final performances and the lineup continues to thin. Several Broadway shows, particularly the family-frien…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:39AMIf the fall season’s crop of musicals is a sparse and eccentrically planted lot, the roster of plays is lush with big ideas, big stars and must-see events (if a few too many “did…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:37AMCast members of the Tony-Award winning play War Horse, along with life-size puppet star, Joey, visited Citi Field on Sept. 10 as a part of the Mets and Seraphim12 joint fundraiser "Hoov…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMThe new play "The Two Worlds of Charlie F" casts wounded soldiers in the roles of wounded soldiers. The result is extraordinary.
SOURCE: latitude.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:17AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Let's not be literal: When Lear claims he's "fourscore and upwards," he's near death and unreliable, but how old should you be to play the king?
SOURCE: Variety at 10:13AMIn the latest Downstage Center, "Silence! The Musical" writer Hunter Bell and actress Jenn Harris discuss the show The NY Post called "Gleefully submissive" and The NY Times "a hilarious tak…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:12AMThe Broadway-bound musical JEKYLL AND HYDE starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox has just released the cover art for its upcoming concept recording, scheduled for release on Septembe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMYoung Jean Lee’s musical We’re Gonna Die begins performances September 12 at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater. Directed by Paul Lazar and written and performed b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:05AMIn the wasteland of network television - where reality TV trumps real life and heinous crimes get solved in 44 minutes plus commercials - performing artist Yuval David has found a way to fee…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:03AMOliver Tompsett and Rachael Wooding are set to join the cast of the hit musical based on the music of Queen We Will Rock You from 8 October in the lead roles of Galileo and Scaramouche.
To…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:02AMCurtis Holbrook, whose Broadway credits include The Addams Family, West Side Story and Xanadu, will join the North American tour of The Addams Family beginning Oct. 2 in Dallas. Producers of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMCurtis Holbrook appeared in the Broadway production of “The Addams Family,” and now he will join the national touring production. Holbrook will play Lucas Beineke beginning October 2 in …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMI’m about to call out a large group of people and among them is…me. Yes, this is something I am absolutely, 100%, without a doubt guilty of. Here is the question: Why is it when …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
If Broadway fangirls (including us) seem a little down these days, it could be because Jeremy Jordan played his last performance as Jack Kelly in Newsies on September 4. To rub salt in the w…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:49AMStage and screen star Janis Paige will celebrate her 90th birthday with an afternoon of songs and stories Sept. 15 at the The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMOver the past two columns, I have written about what other parents have to say about raising a child in show business. We’ve looked at challenges they face and what they wished they had kn…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMFull casting has been announced for the world premiere of Lolita Chakrabarti's Red Velvet, which runs at the Tricycle Theatre from 11 October to 24 November 2012.
As previously announced::E…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:45AMLegally Blonde's Sheridan Smith will star in the Old Vic's production of HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Brian Friel directed by Anna Mackmin. The production opens on 12 Septem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMTHE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by DAVID MAMET starring PATTI LuPONE and DEBRA WINGER, will be presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMOVER IT! A Benefit For Ovarian Cancer Awareness will be presented Sept. 24 at the Laurie Beechman Theater to benefit the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMLegally Blonde's Sheridan Smith will star in the Old Vic's production of HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen, in a version by Brian Friel directed by Anna Mackmin. The production opens on 12 Septem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMAndrew Rannells was a featured guest on Bravo TV's late night talk show WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE last night. The actor was joined by Nicole Richie on the show. Check out clips below in which …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:30AMThere is a group of 125 people in the theatre. The space only holds 250 so they are a significant group. Many of them are wearing red hats. The red hats are a symbol of their club. They wear…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMBEDBUGS!!!, a hit of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival, will receive a fully-mounted production at the ATA Chernuchin Theatre Oct. 19-Nov. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMSwedish actor Krister Henriksson is set to star in a new West End production of Doktor Glas.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMCast members from Lincoln Center Theater's production of War Horse visited Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, on Tuesday, September 11 as part of the ball club and Seraphim 12 Foundation'
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:13AMWhile Hip Hop and Theater might seem like an odd combo at first glance, the two disciplines coexist perfectly in the hands of veteran DC performers Hueman Prophets. The Prophets’ latest wo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AMAt 11am tomorrow, 400,000 tickets will go on sale for 2013 for the Royal Shakespeare Companys production of Matilda The Musical. The record-breaking production, now booking through until 22 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMThis past Saturday afternoon’s performance of KAT 2nd Stage’s production of The Wizard of Oz at The Arts Barn in Gaithersburg was sold out. It was a family production and the Art…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMWritten by David Gow Directed by Kalo Gow Starring Alan Blumenfeld and Andrew Walker Presented by The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum When a Jewish lawyer is assigned to defend a young skinhe…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:00AM
Mark Umbers, Damian Humbley, and Jenna Russell will star in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's time-jumping musical Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Novem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:56AMSongwriter and performer Jason Robert Brown has turned the swank supper club 54 Below into a bluesy honky tonk with his new cabaret show: a toe-tapping and frequently stirring party that als…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:49AMOliver Tompsett and Rachael Wooding are set to join the cast of the hit musical based on the music of Queen We Will Rock You from 8 October in the lead roles of Galileo and Scaramouche.
To…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:48AMRajiv Joseph’s 2010 play, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, is one of the most inventive meditations on war you’re likely to encounter. Set in 2003 in Iraq, the play depicts the ravages o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36AMIn its program, the A.R.T. links today’s 1% with the French aristocracy, a stab at relevance that does both the snobby thugs of the French Revolution and the super well-off of today a diss…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMKing Lear at the Almeida Theatre, part of the World Shakespeare Festival, opened to press last night (11 September 2012). The production stars Jonathan Pryce as the eponymous king, and the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMWalnut Street Theatre opened its landmark 204th season with the American premiere of Erich Segals LOVE STORY, the musical. With direction and musical staging by Annabel Bolton, this emotiona…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMUnion theatre, LondonWhen Zelda Sayre, who became the wife of F Scott Fitzgerald, was a girl, she called the fire brigade and told them a child was stranded on the roof of her house; she the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMOne of my old cohorts from my Manhattan Punchline Comedy Corps days Caryn Rosenthal has just co-authored this new book with MaryJane Fahey: Dumped: A Grown Up Guide to Gettin’ Off You…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:19AMViewers in Australia, New Zealand and the US will soon be able to see 2011 productions, including All's Well That Ends WellShakespeare's Globe will become the latest theatre to screen its s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMAfter the TCG conference I wrote a blog post outlining action items for our community based on my take-aways from the conference. Others have approached StageSource on how they’d like to t…
SOURCE: StageSource at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Today is the birthday of comedian Ben Blue. Perhaps I was a bit hard on him in my earlier article here — I’ve seen him in a couple of things since and he’s been kind of fun…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMThe stunning new adaptation of “Invisible Man” currently playing at Studio Theater brings Ralph Ellison’s legacy novel into a whole new light, including literally. A ceiling fu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:52AMLet’s face it, I’m not the demographic that the producers had
in mind when they decided to bring Bring It On to Broadway. And yet, like just about everyone else who
has seen this h…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:52AMToday is the birthday of the dapper and charming Maurice Chevalier (for my full article on him go here). You’ve heard the Marx Bros’ impression of this song, now hear the real th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:39AMNominees for the 2012 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards were announced Tuesday evening at the Renberg Theatre inside the Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles. The 2012 Ovation Awards ceremon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36AMProduction photos have been released for the Old Vic's new production of Hedda Gabler starring Whatsonstage.com Award winner (and host) Sheridan Smith in the title role.
All photos by Johan…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:30AMThe opening of a new theatre in Great Yarmouth has been delayed indefinitely, forcing its autumn shows to be relocated.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMIt was my idea of heaven. Thrown into the midst of 60 passionate, talented, teen-aged musical theatre performers from all over the country. Pinch me, I must be dreaming.That was my reaction …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer has given £125,000 to the Theatres Protection Fund, matching an opening donation by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMCrucible Theatre, Sheffield: Without doubt, 2012 has been the year of Macbeth. There have been Tunisian adaptations, blockbusting Polish versions set in the Middle East, a one-man show starr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMMatcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: The Matcham Room, London's latest and decidedly most glamorous cabaret space, has gone for bold and struck theatrical gold in its autumn program…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMJenna Russell and Josefina Gabrielle have been cast in the Menier Chocolate Factory's forthcoming production of Merrily We Roll Along.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMWe Will Rock You, which recently celebrated its 10th birthday in the West End and is to reach its 4,000th performance Sept. 20, will welcome a new pair of lead performers: Oliver Tomps…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:45AMTheatre Royal Studio, Bristol: One of the mantras of Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris is to tackle innovative work in conjunction with other theatre companies. The theme is much …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark has announced the cast for its revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along which opens on 28 November 2012 (previews from 16 Novembe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMCasting has been announced for the new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along that begins performances at London's Menier Chocolate Factory Nov. 16, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:24AMAlmeida, London: Although Michael Attenborough's fast-paced and lucid revival edges dangerously from pagan neutrality into medieval monotone, Jonathan Pryce's Lear is a compelling …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMIf Hamlet is the supreme test of the younger actor, Jonathan Pryce passed it with flying colours in 1980 at the Royal Court where, in a startling double, his febrile Prince hawked up the spe…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:13AMIf Hamlet is the supreme test of the younger actor, Jonathan Pryce passed it with flying colours in 1980 at the Royal Court where, in a startling double, his febrile Prince hawked up the spe…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:13AMTheatre Royal, Bristol: Plays about the theatre can often have a curate's egg quality, and this Restoration romp by prolific Irish writer John O'Keeffe, chosen by Bristol Old Vic a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMWhen Michael Shannon appears in “Grace,” his girlfriend, Kate Arrington, will be alongside him.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMBy Sharon Hoyer Chicago has, over the last decade, become an epicenter of world-class dance, both as creative incubator for new and established companies and—thanks to a half dozen high-pr…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:00AM
In the heart of The New Wimbledon Theatre you’ll find Harry Warner and Al Dubin’s legendary Broadway musical, 42nd Street tapping to showbiz success for a limited time only (11-1…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:52AMKate Corby plumbed the darkest chapters of human history for her evening-length dance “In Whole or in Part,” which takes its title from the UN definition of genocide: “a series of acts…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:30AMAre critics laughing or crying about "Chaplin"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:28AMEddie – one of the two top stationery executives in the North of
England – really knows how to show a girl a good time when he takes
her away for a dirty weekend. Before ordering champag…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:22AMAs previously tipped::E8831346328462 by Whatsonstage.com, Krister Henriksson, best know as Wallander in Henning Mankell's
acclaimed Swedish TV series, will make his West End debut next year …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:14AMKing Lear at the Almeida Theatre, part of the World Shakespeare Festival, opened to press last night (11 September
2012).
The production stars Jonathan Pryce as the eponymous king, and the r…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:11AMWhat do you do when you want to act? You quit school, pack your bags and move to L.A., right? Well, I decided to work a nine to five while doing theatre on the side post-graduation. Although…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:10AMThe latest, and long over due, European Mega-Musical will finally open on Broadway in October after a string of unfortunate events; but will its popularity be lost in translation? By David D…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:02AMRECOMMENDED Truth to power comes in many forms. For John Jota Leaños, one subversive medium is children’s animation, where alphabet songs and Western fairy tales become vehicles of satire…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
There are no easy answers in Rajiv Joseph’s terrific play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, but there is a hell of a lot of interesting questions to ponder. Now being given a superlativ…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01AMA special project by the design students at the National Theatre School in concert with Moment Factory. The School will be featuring the project as they participate in Les Journées de la cu…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMRodney Hicks and Randy Scholz co-star in the Village Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning country musical Big River — based on Mark Twain's classic "The Adventures of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMObie Award-winning playwright Young Jean Lee brings her solo song cycle, We're Gonna Die, to Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater for a limited four-performance enga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMUncharted: Matthew Robinson, the first U.S. concert featuring the tunes of award-winning Australian composer-lyricist Matthew Robinson, is offered Sept. 12 at Ars Nova in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe American premiere of Love Story, the musical, based on the best-selling Erich Segal novel, starring Alexandra Silber (Broadway's Master Class) as Jenny Cavilleri and Will Reynolds (M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1866 The Broadway musical is born. The Black Crook opens at Niblo's Garden, a musical extravaganza featuring a melodramatic plot and scantily-dressed ballerinas who serve as chorus girls…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMForbidden Broadway is back. After a 30-year first run and a three-year, self-imposed hiatus, impresario Gerard Alessandrini and his send-up of theatrical convention – and theatrical innova…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
