According to Deadline.com, NBC has launched development on the TV comedy Assistance, from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions and written by playwright Leslye Headland.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39PMOn Thursday, September 14, TheaterMania caught the cast of Craig Wright'sGrace on video greeting fans and signing autographs at the stage door of the Cort Theatre, where the production is in…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39PMBarrymore Theatre, Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Chaplin is a smart, compelling musical about the biggest star in silent pictures.
Charlie Chaplin broke box office an…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:35PMPETER AND THE STARCATCHER cast member Matthew Saldivar recently made a new television promo for the show, and you can check it out below
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B. Smiths Restaurant welcomes Cougar the Musical to the neighborhood by adding the show's signature cocktail, The Cougartini to its Broadway Cocktail Menu. It was unveiled to the public on W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49PMLANGUAGE AND CUSTOM ARE SOURCES OF HILARITY IN CHINGLISH At a time when Americans may feel a little uneasy about the rising power of China, Berkeley Repertory Theatre offers us a chance to s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:35PMAccording to People, Sally Struthers, star of the currently running 9 to 5 The Musical at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse, returned for two shows this Thursday, September 13, just a day after bei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMOn Sept 5, 2012 Lone Star Theatre Co presented a night of music by playwrightsong-writer David Davila at the Laurie Beachman theatre as part of their TX MUSIC, NY STAGES series. Check out p…
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Director Nathan Allen has pulled together a magical story out of his and co-author Chris Mathews' imaginations, and this first installment of the Iron Stag King trilogy ensures an entertaini…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:54PMUpdating Chekhov is nothing new, despite the preliminary flurries about this production, yet the singular directorial take can only highlight the master’s modernity in the bigger issues. I…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:30PMHartford Stage presents A Grand Night for Singing, an evening of cabaret and a fundraising event to benefit Hartford Stage on Thursday, September 27. The performance will be at 730 p.m., and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PMRoyal Court, LondonCaryl Churchill's new play has 57 scenes, runs 110 minutes and employs 16 actors to play more than 100 characters. Too much information?But one of the many points made by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMXL NIGHTCLUB presents BROADWAY CALL with host Marti Gould Cummings.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMWithin (and without) the Familyby Jim MurchisonUsually, the conflict and resolution of family rifts and the discovery of truths that we all recognize and relate to makes for good theatre. Wh…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 07:13PMThe Development Wing which has dedicated itself to nurturing new musicals via partnerships with regional, not for profit theaters will hold an exclusive, intimate one-night-only benefit conc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMBlack Roses: The Killing Of Sophie Lancaster, ManchesterThe new Exchange season couldn't have started with more of a contrast. While the opening main house show is William Wycherley's raunch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMCelia Pacquola, LondonAustralian stand-up Celia Pacquola has got considerable mileage out of her struggles to cope with unusual challenges. She's talked about her attempts to come to terms w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMJoins Lloyd Webber in supporting effort to refurbish local stages.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 07:05PMSean Hughes didn't always get on with his father, but dealing with his death has changed him. What's more, spending time together during that last illness also inspired his new stage show"It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM“People think you’re dead. No one knows you’re alive.” A couple of years ago Roger Rees suffered the harshest judgement available to an actor when someone put these words to him. The…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMIn the non-Olympic sport called “Name Britain’s greatest living playwright”, most of the entries have always been men. Nowadays, that is all changed and the odds-on favourite must be C…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMCould he be the next David Hare? His new political play, This House, about MPs during the hung parliament in 1974 opens at the National.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMBritain's oldest continuously working theatre, the Bristol Old Vic, has re-opened after an 18-month refurbishment inspired by its original 18th-century design. It has olive-green velvet seat…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
At the Live Arts/Philly Fringe festival, Headlong Dance Theater's THIS TOWN IS A MYSTERY builds instant communitites, for a night at a time. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:58PMAccording to TVLine.com, True Blood and Broadway star Carrie Preston will return to CBS' The Good Wife season four as attorney Elsbeth Tascioni.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMHarry Potter star Emma Watson has been practicing her dance moves for the new movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and her hard work shows! Watson wowed us on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PM(photo credit: Mateo Hernandez)the bitter winter seeps in through the cracksTeesri Duniya forces us to pay attentionby Jessica Wei Canada's a fairly unassuming country. We're known for confu…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:10PMDirected by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees and Tony Award-nominee Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher began performances on Wednesday, March 28, with an official opening night on Sunday, A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMMy Big Gay Italian Wedding will return to its off-Broadway home at St. Luke's Theatre beginning November 3. No casting has been announced for the return engagement.
The comedy follows…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMSchool is in session and the lessons keep coming for all of us at Broadway.com. We’re learning so much these days, whether it’s how to rock a gladiator onesie or how to feel sexy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMAccording to TVLine.com, Annie Potts has just been cast as veterinarian George's played by Justin Kirk mother Virginia in NBC's Animal Practice.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, September 14, 2012 The Book of Mormon Variety/Legit Reviews – by BOB VERINI After nine Tonys and rapturous notices, Broadway’s “T…
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Like Saturday Night Live for theater fans, Forbidden Broadway lovingly lampoons Broadway’s most popular shows and biggest stars. The cast opens up about why Alive & Kicking is…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMStacy Keach, who was recently cast in a guest starring role in NBC’s midseason political comedy 1600 Penn, has joined another new sitcom, according to Entertainment Weekly. The stage v…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMTony Award winner Jefferson Mays, Chilina Kennedy and Heather Ayers will take part in a benefit performance of the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue A Grand Night for Singing Sept. 27 at Hartfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PMThe electric new musical Kinky Boots is prepping for its pre-Broadway debut in Chicago, but before it goes, the cast and creative team blew the roof off the New 42nd Street Studios in this e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMBroadway better get ready because the new musical Kinky Boots is about to make a splash. The show is based on the true story of a young man (Stark Sands), who inherits his father's shoe …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMA tribute to honor and celebrate the life and career of Ron Palillo, best known as Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2012. The 6pm tribute will ta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMReview by Deborah Klugman. When I first heard about Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film – word was that it was about a Scientology-type leader and a drifter who becomes attached to him ̵…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:49PMAnyone listening to Jason Robert Brown perform his songs at Below 54 realizes two things right away: He’s as deserving as any other composer-lyricist of his generation to be called Mr. Bro…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 05:44PMThe National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play a strictly limited 12-week engagement from now through November 25, 2012 at the Pantages…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMCelebration Theatre's 16 Ovation nominations included 13 for its revival of The Color Purple -- more than any other show received this year. The news provided an ideal way to launch the comp…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:41PMIn his Pulitzer Prize runner up play about the wrestling world Kristoffer Diaz wrestles with big themes .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:40PMStage and screen star Carla Gugino will join FOX’s hit comedy New Girl for a three-episode arc this season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The actress will play the mild-mannered Emma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:37PMThe writing team of a new Broadway-bound musical, inspired by the once shockingly explicit 1928 D.H. Lawrence masterpiece, Lady Chatterleys Lover, is turning to the Internet to fundraise for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½ ... The disco…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PMTyne Daly will host a public memorial for screen and stage actor Ron Palillo, who died on August 13 at the age of 63. The event will be held at 6pm at the Triad Theatre in New York City on W…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PMThe Transport Group has officially announced plans to stage the New York premiere of Zach Redler and Sara Cooper's musical The Memory Show, starring Catherine Cox and Leslie Kritzer, in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:19PMKinky 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 05:18PMHere’s video and social media experiment that we’re dying to test out on you. For the best results, have your smartphone fired up with a free QR code scanning app on Android or …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:18PMGrace star Paul Rudd will host an all-star bowling benefit to support Our Time, a non-profit organization dedicated to help children who stutter. Tickets include a cocktail reception, bowlin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:10PMOne of the things that makes Farragut North so bracing and unusual is that it is an effective revelation of the corruption of the political animal as viewed from the left side of the aisle.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:07PMIn most places, Mead means paper. In Washington, it stands for art.
And, more often than not, art of a theatrical kind. Blessed with an immense fortune, Gilbert Mead and his brainy, unassumi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PMNightlife singer Molly Pope, who knocked audiences out with her rendition of "Chicago" at Night of a Thousand Judys last June, will offer Molly Pope, Okay? Sept. 16 at the Dup…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMTony Award winner Joe DiPietro and Tony nominee Nancy Opel will be the hosts for the NAMT Songwriters Showcase as part of the 24th annual Festival of New Musicals on Friday, October 12 from …
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Dr. Jaylee Montague Mead, an astronomer who opened up the universe of theater in this City through acts of shrewd and profound generosity, passed away from congestive heart failure this morn…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:59PMIn this age of high technology, are prompters still in the thick of every opera performance? Richard Fairman reports
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:56PMBrian Friel’s adaptation sometimes spells things out too much, but this is still a riveting and revelatory production, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:56PMMichael Attenborough’s absorbing and distressing production focuses on the domestic repercussions of the family breakdown, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:56PMThe Delaware Theatre Company will present Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, starring Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned, beginning Nov. 7 at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMFlaherty and Ahrens' score is more workmanlike than memorable, but it is fun, and director Robert Barry Fleming, along with a splendid cast of singer/actor/dancers, presents an excellent eve…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:52PMJasmine Guy will direct the Atlanta regional premiere of Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play The Mountaintop, which imagines an encounter between Martin Luther King Jr. and a myster…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMAs they wrapped NYC rehearsals prior to taking the show to its pre-Broadway home in Chicago, Stark Sands, Billy Porter and the cast of the new Harvey Fierstein
(book) and Cyndi Lauper
(m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMAn upcoming episode of FOX’s hit series, Glee, will feature music from the hit film and Broadway show Grease, executive producer Ian Brennan has told TVGuide.com"Our Grease episode, which …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:37PMAll-star correspondent Susan Blackwell takes Broadway.com behind the scenes at Broadway on Broadway, where she smells Reeve Carney, talks butts with Ed Asner and flushes urinals (for the ver…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:27PMLeslie Kritzer and Perez Hilton visited the Sept. 13 performance of Patti Issues, writer-director Ben Rimalower's new solo play about his gay father, finding salvation in the world of mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMLeslie Kritzer and Perez Hilton visited the Sept. 13 performance of Patti Issues, writer-director Ben Rimalower's new solo play about his gay father, finding salvation in the world of mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMActress Grace Gummer will join the cast of ABC’s new midseason drama Zero Hour, about a magazine publisher whose wife has been abducted, according to EW.com. The actress is expected to hav…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:20PMVineyard Theatre will celebrate its 30th anniversary season with a host of special events, in addition to its mainstage productions. These events include developmental readings and workshops…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMDavid NottLaura Lee Bahr and Blake Anthony in No Love
See also:
*L.A. Weekly's review of No Love.
*One of the Craziest Onstage Line Flubs of All Time
In playwright Andrew Osborne's new play…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 04:14PMGrace Gummer will have a recurring role as FBI agent Paige Willis in the mid-season ABC drama Zero Hour, according to Entertainment Weekly.
The series follows the publisher of a par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PM‘Some Like It Hip Hop’, the acclaimed Sadler’s Wells show, is attracting a young, curious and diverse demographic, writes Peter Aspden
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:13PMAnnie Potts, who performed on Broadway in God of Carnage, will guest star on an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy Animal Practice, according to TVLine.Potts, who is best known for her work …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:13PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Sept. 3-9, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMJesse L. Martin, most notably known to the theater world as the original Tom Collins in Rent, will be doing a stint on the second season of "Smash." Martin joins the overgrowing list of thea…
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Smash star Megan Hilty will join the National Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Steven Reineke for Luck Be a Lady: Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More, to be held November 23-24 at the Kennedy…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMStage and screen star Carrie Preston will return to CBS' The Good Wife as lawyer Elisabeth Tascioni for multiple episodes this season, according to TVLine.com.Preston's many stage credits in…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PMWicked novelist Gregory Maguire and Off-Broadway favorite Joe Iconis are set to take part in SMITH Magazine's next edition of Six-Word Memoirs, to be held October 4 at 92YTribeca.The theme o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:56PMThe improbable story of how a French theater producer gave it all up to turn an old Brooklyn factory into one of New York's leading contemporary art spaces
SOURCE: Culturebot at 03:53PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, 'Rent' alum Jesse L. Martin has landed a recurring role on the second season of NBC's musical drama SMASH. The actor will portray Scott Welker, described…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMChris Jones reviews "Every Love Story is a Ghost Story" by D.T. Max
When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change train…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:50PMEmmy-winner Michael Learned will star in Delaware Theatre Company's production of Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, set to run in New York at 59E59 Theaters from November 7 to December 16, a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PMFamily audiences are now the top priority at 24th Street Theatre, which doubles as a community center. The latest example of this programming is the US premiere of the Mexican import Rome at…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:39PMTV favorite Mike Farrell will star in the Blank Theatre's preview engagement of George Shea's Dr. Keeling's Curve, set to run for 12 performances September 21-October 14 at the 2nd Stage The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMCast members from the Encores! productions of Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes will appear at the Upper East Side Barnes and Noble in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM There’s been a whole lot of backstage (and audience) shenanigans swirling around the production of Andrew Osborne’s play No Love, currently running at the Eclectic Company…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:33PMMegan Hilty, the Broadway actress who plays triple-threat Ivy Lynn on NBC's "Smash," will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra in November at the Kennedy Center Concert…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMWe’ve been having fun thinking up our exclusive memes inspired by Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf over the past week. The brilliant playwright, Edward Albee…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:23PMKen Prymus will replace the previously announced Jeremiah James in the Development Wing's Broadway Under the Stars, benefit concert, held September 15 at 6 pm at the historic Tewksbury, New …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:23PMKurt Jenkins will play the title role in the Ogunquit Playhouse production of Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, to run September 19 – October 21. DJ Salisbury directs and choreographs.This tri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:19PMHarry Potter star Emma Watson stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to teach the talk show host a few dance moves she picked up on the set of her new movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:17PMLiv Rooth and David Christopher Wells will heat things up in the TheaterWorks production of David Ives' Tony Award-nominated drama Venus in Fur, which will begin previews Oct. 5 in Hartf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMMargot Harley, co-founder and Producer of The Acting Company has announced the appointment of Ian Belknap to the position of Artistic Director. Were a Company of young actors founded forty…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMFEINSTEINS AT LOEWS REGENCY will continue its Fall 2012 season with the return engagement of Tony Award-winning actress and singer BETTY BUCKLEY. In an exclusive four-week run, Ms. Buckley w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMDramatic License Productions serves up 'Dinner With Friends.'
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:00PM
We ar pleased to announce the publication of The Train Driver and Other Plays, a new collection by Athol Fugard, “the greatest living playwright in the English-speaking world” (Time maga…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:58PMFrom the Berkshires to Cape Cod, and with a major stop in Beantown, Massachusetts is the place to be for the autumn jazz festival season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:56PM A comedy festival born of grassroots efforts in the comedy community, the RIOT LA festival is an alternative, weekend-long comedy festival that will be taking place in Downtown Los An…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PMBarbra Streisand's longtime collaborator Richard Jay-Alexander is scheduled to appear on QVC Thursday, September 20 at 7 AM and noon ET to offer the singers upcoming album Release Me, which…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMKinky 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 02:50PMTom Sizemore will star in Echo Theater Company's production of Gary Lennon's A Family Thing. The work is set to run February 16-March 24 at Stage 52 under the direction of Chris Fields.The c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:44PMBy Bill Marx. Arts Fuse: Tell me how Leeches came about, given how different it is from your other books, at least those in translation. David Albahari: It is different from other books of m…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:40PMJesse L. Martin will join the cast of Smash in a recurring role during the Broadway-themed series' upcoming second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Martin will play Scott Wel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMThe season finale of America’s Got Talent got bootylicious on September 13 thanks to a trio of mysterious blue men. The cast of the off-Broadway hit Blue Man Group performed “Sha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMStage and screen veteran Jesse L. Martin will join the second season of NBC's drama Smash in a recurring role, according to Deadline.The actor will play Scott Welker, a theater company's art…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:31PMTony winner Betty Buckley will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency with her new concert The Other Woman: The Vixens of Broadway. The engagment is scheduled to run October 2-27. The Ot…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:30PMKUSC 91.5 FM, one of the largest and most listened-to public classical music stations in the country, will honor Academy and Tony Award-winning actor Joel Grey on Saturday evening, Septembe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMQ host Jian Ghomeshi recalls life as an Iranian-Canadian teen in 1982.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:26PMOff-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre announced a variety of special events to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, including "reunion readings" of some of its key play titles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMKinky Boots, the new musical about a floundering British shoemaker who has his business saved thanks to some flamboyant clientele, will begin Broadway previews March 5, 2013, at the Al …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMStage and screen actor Jesse L. Martin, who originated the role of Tom Collins in Broadway's Tony Award-winning Rent, has landed a recurring role on the NBC musical drama "Smash,&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMShakespeare Theatre Company will present a discussion between Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham and STC artistic director Michael Kahn as the first installment of the company's Classic …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:18PMThe New York Times reports that viewers of SESAME STREET will get their first look at 'Elmo the Musical,' a brand new segment on the long-running children's educational program.Featured in o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMJessica Chastain ("The Help"), Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey"), David Strathairn ("Good Night, and Good Luck") and Judith Ivey (Hurlyburly, Steaming) are starring in a revival of Ruth and Augu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMLittle Theatre of Manchester will hold auditions for parts for two young men, who can sing and look between the ages of 15 to 20 years, for their November production of '1776!'
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:11PMSan Francisco's American Conservatory Theater has announced that Amy Herzog's acclaimed play 4000 Miles, a poignant work about the unique friendship between a young man and his widow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMJasmine Guy will direct Danny Johnson and Demetria McKinney in Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company's production of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. The production runs November 13-Decembe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMCriterion Theatre, London: Sorry East 15, it is impossible to showcase the work and talent of 44 people in 55 minutes effectively. Neither does it do anyone any favours to select 21 duologue…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMStage and screen favorites Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, and Amy Ryan are among the actors who will star in the new Larry David-HBO film Clear History, according to the trade paper Variety.David st…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:01PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Elle McLemore, who is starring as 'Eva' in Bring It On- currently in playing at the St. James Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMIt was a summer wedding, held in a wooded setting in upstate New York, with a crowd of family, friends and well-wishers gathered to lend good karma to the couple at the beginning of their sh…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PM
What an excellent idea National Theatre Live is. The production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was rightly sold out at Cineworld Cheltenham, and was enjoyed by an audie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:58PMThe Universal Church of the Kingdom of God HelpCentre is concerned about your report (Council opens door to new venue in north-east London, September 13, page 5), which is misleading on a nu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:58PMThe Vineyard Theatre has laid out the plans for its 2012-2013 season, which will mark the organization’s 30th anniversary.The season will kick off with the previously reported world premie…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMPatrice Baldwin, chair of National Drama, the association for drama teachers, says the new English programme of academic study has "knocked out drama completely" (Ministers drop drama from d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:56PMTony winner Audra McDonald will be among the guest stars appearing in Elmo the Musical, a new segment featured on Sesame Street, according to the New York Times. The new segment will debut o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:55PMTony winner Audra McDonald will be among the guest stars appearing in Elmo the Musical, a new segment featured on Sesame Street, according to The New York Times. The new segment will de…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:55PMIf There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet star Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by the Today studio on September 14 to give some very important advice to host David Gregory: “Don’t dance w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMIf There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet star Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by the Today studio on September 14 to give some very important advice to host David Gregory: “Don’t dance w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMThe Prophet Daniel, before and after cleaning.I returned to Rome first and foremost to see the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which I hadn't visited for something like thirty years, and whic…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:44PMHave you ever wanted to be on Broadway? Well, thousands of young people from around the country do, and a new three-part PBS series is documenting their struggle to get there. It's called "B…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:42PMThe first Broadway opening of the fall season was Chaplin, the scrappy little musical that debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2010 and stars the little-known Rob McClure as the Little…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMTony winner Betty Buckley, who will star in the London revival of Jerry Herman's Dear World in 2013, will first return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency with a brand-new show entitled …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMENTERTAINING, BUT WITHOUT THE COMIC SIZZLE In 2009, Xanadu opened in downtown Chicago that turned out to be one of the delights of the season. It was a silly musical, but hip, satirical, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:26PMThe cast and creative team of Kinky Boots met the press and performed selections from the new musical on Friday, September 14 at the New 42nd Street Studios. Directed a
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:23PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which Broadway veteran are you most excited to watch on TV this season
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMA Bucks County farmhouse is the setting for Christopher Durangs new comedy,VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, starring Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, and Kristine Nielsen. NJTV's STA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMA roundup of your reviews and thoughts on the performances you've seen in the past seven daysSince it was announced back in June that Sheridan Smith was to play Hedda Gabler, people have bee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMYou’ve really got to hand it to director-choreographer Rachel Rockwell. Somehow, almost miraculously, she has turned “Xanadu,” that disco-driven, winkingly self-aware, “prepare to en…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:10PMThis Monday, September 17 at 10 a.m., the Neil Simon Theatre Box Office opens for the new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMCraig Wright's Grace, a four-person comedic drama set in Florida, begins previews Sept. 13 prior to an official opening Oct. 4 at Broadway's Cort Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMTony Award winner DOUGLAS HODGE La Cage aux Folles is sure to dazzle Broadway audiences again in this delightful new production of the timeless classic CYRANO DE BERGERAC, directed by JAMIE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMCAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BCEFA. These CDs boast the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMGraham King and Tim Headington of GK Films, producers of the upcoming Jersey Boys film, have signed an exclusive first-look, one-year deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, which will now release …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMHenry Murray's Three Views of the Same Object, at Rogue Machine, is now being staged by John Perrin Flynn, Hollace Starr and Brett Aune, after original director David Anspaugh left a week ag…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:00PMFor the past eighteen years, PlayGround has been working to promote and support the San Francisco Bay Area’s best new playwrights through a unique collection of new play incubator prog…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM
by Kate Fenton Set in Toronto’s subway system, Mister Baxter is a new work I’ve written, which had a previous run at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival. One of the themes that emerged for …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:59PMTabard can only imagine how entertaining an Equity council meeting must be. One assumes that the afternoon is divided into several acts, with general secretary Christine Payne kicking things…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMTabard was picking up some essentials in the local supermarket the other day, and couldn't help notice the store had started to stock Christmas cards. Shock, horror! This raises two points.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMSheridan Smith is the latest actor to take on the role of Ibsen's 'female Hamlet'. So, how much do you know about Hedda?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMLet me just begin by saying this: I love Ramin Karimloo. Nobody these days rocks a belty, sustained high note like he does, or burns up the stage with so much confidence. He gave Jean Valjea…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:43PMue to the overwhelming audience and industry response, THE CONCRETE JUNGLE, music amp lyrics by Bobby Cronin, book by Bobby Cronin amp Crystal Skillman, with additional material by Brett Ter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMRob McClure as Charlie Chaplin walks a tightrope, plays the violin, roller skates with a blindfold on, does backflips into a handstand, and — most dexterous of all — carries…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:38PMEvery time someone asks me to explain what I do I get flummoxed. Though I could probably avoid the word, I feel obligated to inform them that I am a dramaturg. The desire for avoidance and o…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:36PMSignature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) welcomes Claire van der Boom (HBO’s “The Pacific” & CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:35PMElmo, the friendly and furry red Muppet, will welcome musical guests such as five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess) to Sesame Street when "Elmo The Musical" pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has reported its financial results for 2011/12 - the first year in its new Stratford-upon-Avon home.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMFlat Rock Playhouse has released a one minute teaser trailer for Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy's Zelda: An American Love Story, which runs October 3-28. The production is directed by Vincen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PMAt only 13 years old, Les Miserables and Wonderland alum Carly Rose Sonenclar proved she's more than just a Broadway kid when she sang an absolutely unbelievable rendition of Nina Simone…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMBBC1's Sherlock and ITV's Appropriate Adult have been nominated for best-short form television drama at this year's Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMChekhov's Three Sisters, starring Mariah Gale, Vanessa Kirby and Gala Gordon as the eponymous siblings, opened to press last
night (13 September 2012, previews from 5 September) at the Youn…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:23PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) new Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac begins previews tonight, Friday, September 14th at 8:00PM. Cyrano de Bergerac st…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:21PMTim Crouch’s staging for young people has brilliant touches but the reduced cast’s role-doubling is apt to confuse, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:19PMThe award-winning director has been planning this biopic of the 16th US president for years. So will it be a sweeping Spielberg epic? Watch the full trailer and tell us what you thinkReading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMThis week's topics Redeemed flops, Has anyone heckled, the B-Word, New Tony Category, BROADWAY OR BUST, Words During Belt, Carly Rose Sonenclar
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PM The National New Play Network (NNPN) has a new member company: Zoetic Stage, which will kick off its season Oct. 4-21 with Doug Wright's Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife. The play…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 12:13PMThe Broadway League has announced the recipients for its 2012 National Education Grants, which will help these theaters and organizations develop and maintain educational programming associa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMMill at Sonning, Reading: The proof of the title is in the silence of the audience, broken only by occasional nervous laughter. Set in 1857 in a working mill on the River Thames in Berkshire…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMEarlier this week, Broadway stars PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Celia Keenan-Bolger and NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger have made another video promoting Broadway for Obama. In this second edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMThe editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What was the worst costu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMMeet the new kids on the Broadway block! After getting settled in NYC, the adorable orphans of Annie stopped by the Palace Theatre to check out their shining new marquee in the heart of Time…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9142012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMDUE TO MAINTENANCE BEING DONE ON THE SURVEY SITE I USE FOR THE WEEKLY "HOT/HOTTER" POLLS, THIS WEEK'S EDITION WILL NOT POST UNTIL THIS EVENING! PLEASE COME BACK TONIGHT OR THIS WEEKEND…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK CHAPLIN opens on Broadway, Kathie Lee Gifford hosts Broadway on Broadway, New World Stages' long-running production of RENT takes a final bow and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMJean-Claude van Itallie Hometown: I was born in Brussels, Belgium, raised in Great Neck, New YorkCurrent Town: I live simultaneously in two places: Greenwich Village, NYC and Shantigar in …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:57AMOn Thursday, September 14, the cast of Broadway's Grace greeted fans at the stage door of the Cort Theatre, where the production is set to open on October 4.Craig Wright's play, direc
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:52AMSignature Theatre James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director Erika Mallin, Executive Director welcomes Claire van der Boom HBO's The Pacific amp CBS' Hawaii Five-0 to the cast of Sam Shepard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMFinding safe and affordable housing as a professional in the entertainment industry can be a real challenge. As a theatre artist, you are often booking gigs out of town and looking for someo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:46AMRandy Harrison will return to off-Broadway’s Silence! The Musical for three performances only on September 15 and 16. Harrison will once again play Hannibal Lecter&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMRandy Harrison will return to off-Broadway’s Silence! The Musical for three performances only on September 15 and 16. Harrison will once again play Hannibal Lecter&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMAcademy Award-winning composer Paul Williams ("A Star Is Born") and Tony Award-winning composer Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will headline Rockers On Broadway –…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMBroadway is attracting some of Hollywood’s biggest stars to the New York stage this fall. From Oscar winner Al Pacino to rising leading lady Jessica Chastain, charming funnyman Paul Ru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AMTheatre News from Across the Pond! While Luner on Theatre might no longer have a West End theatre correspondent, we do work to bring you London theatre news we deem worthy of your knowing! C…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:38AM Written by Stephen Sorokoff In years to come, anyone who sees this show will be saying “I was at the Marilyn Maye & Michael Feinstein show in 2012.” I have…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:36AMShakespeare's Globe officially launched its Globe on Screen::E8831346693031 season this week, which will see it broadcast productions to cinemas around the world. Here, drama student Leone R…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:31AMAdrienne Warren, who stars in the Broadway production of Bring It On the Musical, has recorded “Kickin’,” the opening song for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.The song is written by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMAustralian actress Claire van der Boom will join the cast of Sam Shepard's Heartless as Sally beginning September 18. Van der Boom will succeed Julianne Nicholson, whose prior commitment…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMIt’s a sad day for DC area theatre with the tragic news that Dr. Jaylee Mead died today of heart failure. Known for her big heart and love for the arts – Jaylee was everywhere. A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26AMWhat Rob McClure really deserves is Chaplin, the 1983 musical which Anthony Newley co-wrote and headlined.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 11:25AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMHarrogate theatreWhere there's muck there's brass. And where there's involvement from Northern Broadsides, there will probably be a fairly strong brass contingent as well. Music has always b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMClaire van der Boom, seen in HBO's "The Pacific" and CBS's "Hawaii Five-0," steps into the Off-Broadway cast of Sam Shepard's Heartless starting Sept. 18. She…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMDavid Strathairn is a few short weeks away from his return to Broadway in The Heiress, where he’ll transform into a dignified 19th-century doctor. This fall audiences can also catch th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMIn a week full of game playing, the Hull House sociologist had some lessons for administrators and teachers
In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:18AMTony winner Mandy Patinkin is teaming up with performance artist Taylor Mac for a new two-man show, according to New York magazine. No exact details about the style of the show, or when and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMJudy Craymer, producer of the worldwide stage success Mamma Mia! that is currently playing in the West End and on Broadway, as well as co-producer of the film version, will donate £125…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMClaire van der Boom will take over the role of Sally from Julianne Nicholson in the Signature Theatre’s production of Heartless beginning September 18 at the Signature Center. Nicholson ha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMThe young actresses playing the Orphans in the upcoming Broadway revival of Annie were on hand at the Palace Theatre Sept. 13 to unveil the new marquee. The show is set to begin previews Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMIn the viedo below, Broadway favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda, writer and star of Broadway's In the Heights, gives a shout out to cable-exclusive NY1 on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. Chec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMOn September 10, Chaplin opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to positive reviews. Watch the video below to see scenes from this new musical about the life and times of silent screen leg…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:00AMI get about 275 emails a day, so it takes a lot for one to jump out and slap me in the face and say, “Look at this!” But recently I got one of those, and when I read it, I litera…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAmy Spanger returns to the role of Roxie Hart in the current Broadway revival of “Chicago” tonight, September 14. Spanger first played the Hart role of the merry murderess on Broadway ba…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM
Today in 1989, the first Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd opened at the Circle inthe Square Theatre, where it ran for 188 performances. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 197…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMThe producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical have announced that Dan Lauria will star as radio icon Jean Shepherd in the production when it arrives on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMThe plays included in the Goodman Theatre’s free 2012 New Stages Amplified series have been announced.Two of the works will be seen in repertory in workshop productions, December 8 – 23:…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMToday, we bring you a list of the most-read stories in our regional markets for the week of September 10 in another edition of 'Around BWW Regional Highlights of the Week'. Browse over to yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMOriginally from San Jose, Ca, Meghan Murphy is a classically trained actor/singer/dancer with a BFA in musical theatre from The Boston Conservatory. A proud member of AEA, she has been seen …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:51AMStage and screen star Dan Lauria will play the role of radio and television icon, humorist and storyteller Jean Shepherd the Broadway production of A Christmas Story, The Musical, which will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMWhat’s the most famous story concerning THE MUSIC MAN? That it beat WEST SIDE STORY for the Best Musical Tony? That it made an A-grade star of B-level movie performer Robert Preston? Or is…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:49AMThe long-rumored Jersey Boys movie is finally taking shape, with production slated to begin in January and a release scheduled for Christmas 2013, according to Deadline.com. No casting has b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMPicture > 1000 words. Or so they say. Well, we’re going to put that little maxim to the test today with a theater news round-up that’s all about the image. And what nice imag…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:45AMA collection of three one-act plays by Horton Foote located in the titular town, Harrison, TX is a thoroughly moving, entertaining and educational production.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:44AMThe Broadway premiere of Grace, the acclaimed dark comedy written by award-winning writer Craig Wright Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events, Six Feet Under and directed by Dexter Bullard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has announced record results for 2011-12, which marked its 50th birthday year, Michael Boyd's last as artistic director and the first in its transformed Stratfo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:42AMDeadline reports that Director Jon Favreau's film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS is moving to Warner Bros. as a result of a first look deal with the film's producer Graham King. The project was o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMAdrienne Warren, the young singing actress who is currently starring in Broadway's Bring It On: The Musical, has recorded the opening song for the upcoming Macy's Thanksgiving Day Pa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMThe new Broadway production of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's period drama The Heiress, starring Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn and Judith Ivey, will open Nov. 1 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as Cyrano in a new Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Clmence Posy will make her Broadway debut as Roxane and Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMOn Oct. 22 Our Time – a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade – will hold its 1st Annual Bowling Benefit at Lucky Strike on West 42…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMDan Lauria will star as real-life radio icon Jean Shepherd in the forthcoming Broadway run of A Christmas Story. The previously announced new musical features a book by Joseph Robinette and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AMWhat they do for love.
No other rationale adequately explains the uncommon devotion of actors who work regularly on Washington’s stages. It’s not filthy lucre that keeps them coming back…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:21AMA dozen actors play all the roles in adaptation of Dickens’ epic orphan’s tale
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:20AMThis winter, producer Matt Murphy will present the Off-Broadway world premiere of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, a new three-character comedy written by Murphy and Drama Desk Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe BroadwayWorld Student Center is a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country making it easier for prospective students by s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMDan Lauria, who last appeared on Broadway in the title role of Lombardi, will portray Jean Shepherd, the late radio icon who relives a boyhood Christmas past in A Christmas Story, The Musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMGlee is back on TV! Watching the September 13 episode, "The New Rachel," was like seeing a good friend with a hot new makeover. In the season four premiere, fans got a taste of Rac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AMPaul Gerard Smith (born this day in 1894) was one of the most successful of the vaudeville sketch writers. At his peak he had close to a hundred acts using his material touring the circuit…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:05AMOn last night's audition round of FOX's THE X FACTOR, Broadway's Carly Rose Sonenclar wowed the audience and the judges with her rendition of 'Feeling Good.' Check out her performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMOften described as a “spectacle,” the Off-Broadway production “Fuerza Bruta: Look Up” will close after five-years in New York on November 10 at the Daryl Roth Theatre. At that point,…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThen get it down in an email or on paper and you could become part of Barnsley's Christmas showHave you got a Yorkshire love story to match the ardour of Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff or per…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM
Masterworks Broadway has released "Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection," featuring classic cast recordings of 25 Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMYoung Vic, LondonTextual tinkering with the classics rarely works. Better to go the whole hog, as Benedict Andrews does in this radical new Three Sisters, which is set in today's Russia, pep…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMArt is "must do" sort of thing. People donate to nonprofits arts orgs, or Kickstarter campaigns, because they feel like it is something they have to do. If it's a "maybe" sort of thing, then…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:51AMCasting has been announced for the new Frank Wildhorn musical Zelda: An American Love Story, which will open Oct. 3 at Flat Rock Playhouse, The State Theatre of North Carolina.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMRandy Harrison, who played Justin Taylor in all five seasons of Showtime's "Queer As Folk," will return to the cast of Off-Broadway's Silence! The Musical, winner of the 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMBambi the Mermaid presents the 10th Annual “Miss Coney Island” Burlesque Beauty Pageant tonight at 10pm with 10 glamorous showgirls competing to be Queen for the summer of 2013. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:35AMAmy Spanger begins performances as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of Chicago on September 14. This is Spanger's second romp as Roxie; she previously played t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:28AMIt first premiered at The Venue back in 2002, but Taboo is back for another go - and thank goodness for that.
The location this time is the transformed Brixton Clubhouse, which now boasts …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:26AMCyrano de Bergerac, the classic play about the famous romantic with an even more famous nose, begins performances September 14 at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre. The Roundabout The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:26AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Kate Dawson and Jodi Glucksman, the creators of "Over The Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project," about putting this project together, getting the Broadway talent, how…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:24AM“Married to the Stage” can be stressful. Contrary to popular opinion, when both partners try to weave their careers around the trials and travesties that occur onstage, having a succ…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMTicket sales on the Great White Way have dipped dramatically, as is often the case when summer break comes to end. Luckily for producers, business almost always picks back up when the new se…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:15AMTake a bite out of dance Call it intuition, cultural channeling or just a hunch, but the feeling here is that this is going to be a lively and wide-ranging dance season. It’s also going to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMBend in the Road, a new family musical based on Anne of Green Gables, has been set for a limited engagement at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre (upstairs at The Pasadena Playhouse) in Pasadena. W…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:00AM1911. Folies-Bergere. 1911. Folies-Bergere. 1951. Gigi. 1951. Gigi. 1969. Hadrian VII. 1974. Clarence Darrow. 1976. Equus. 1980. 1982. Demolition. 2006. Today.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AM
Stage and screen veteran Ian McDiarmid will lead the Royal Shakespeare Company's forthcoming revival of Brecht's A Life of Galileo, according to WhatsOnStage. The production, featuring a new…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:58AMRona Munro explores a giant leap for womankind, the Past Half Remembered returns to Cambridge fresh from NIE's festival tour to Japan and the Tiger Lillies tackle Hamlet at the SouthbankScot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:56AMAs acclaimed dance company San Francisco Ballet returns to London after an eight-year hiatus, with three mixed-repertory programmes during a two-week residency at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Nei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AMAs the excitements of the Olympic summer fade into Autumn, our thoughts turn to legacy: is there such a thing as lasting value and how do we honour it? A small Yorkshire publisher is doing j…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMDavid Burnham, Nikki Renee Daniels, John Dossett, Christine Ebersole, Claybourne Elder, Christy Faber, Jason Graae, Josh Grisetti, Gregory Jbara, Damon Kirsche, Aaron Lazar, Liz Larsen, Vick…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:33AMIn 1987, ABC aired Basements, productions of two early Harold Pinter plays directed by Robert Altman; The Room is below. Linda Hunt plays Rose; Donald Pleasance is Mr. Kidd; the rest of the …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:30AMMasterworks Broadway has released Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection, a collection of 25 cast albums spanning four decades.Among the discs included in the set are …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:29AM Reviewed By Joel Benjamin Jason Robert Brown is a musical theater composer with a number of great shows under his belt, including The Last Five Years, Parade and Songs for a Ne…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:16AMIan McDiarmid will return to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time since 1985 to play the title role in a new production of Brecht's A Life of Galileo, which will begin perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMOn September 14, the Roundabout Theatre Company‘s new revival of Cyrano de Bergerac begins previews at the American Airlines Theatre. Douglas Hodge, one of the most dynamic theatre act…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 08:00AMThe U.K.'s National Theatre will open a New York office to oversee all of its North American activities. It will be led by Tim Levy, who has previously worked at the National in London b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AM
By now, audiences are probably used to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s talent for pushing the envelope, but nothing can prepare them for a Speedo-clad actor getting body-slammed a few fee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AMMark Ravenhall's new translation of Brecht's play, A Life of Galileo, will see Ian McDiarmid perform in the title role.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMDavid Hare's The Judas Kiss, starring Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox, opened to press this week (12 September 2012, previews from 6 September) at Hampstead Theatre.The revival of Hare’…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:29AMAmateur theatre is the focus of a new Sky Arts series that will search for the "nation’s best amateur dramatic theatre company".
The series, which begins broadcasting in November, wil…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:26AMNikolai Gogol’s biting satire on the corruption in Tsarist Russian public life makes an effortless translation to a small modern day Pennine hill town. It is all a bit League of Gentleman …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:02AMAn all-male version of A Clockwork Orange, a new play by Jack Thorne and a show from David Hoyle and Richard Thomas, all feature in Soho Theatre's Christmas season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMPaul Rudd, who returns to Broadway this season in Grace, will host Paul Rudd’s All-Star Bowling Benefit, in support of Our Time, a non-profit organization that has been helping children wh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM[Editor's note: This is the second of two articles about advances in scenic and projection design technology which had previously looked at the sorts of new devices that artists are using on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Young Vic, London: There are dramatic updates and there are dramatic updates. Controversial Australian director and writer Benedict Andrews effectively punches Chekhov's play full in th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMLyric Theatre, Belfast: On the Lyric stage a plume of scented turf smoke rises from the chimney of the old fashioned stove in a weather worn public house. Director Conall Morrison - responsi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThe road to Broadway for the new musical CHAPLIN which originally was titled BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT (New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006 book, music and lyrics Christopher Curtis) and then …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:55AMHarrogate Theatre: Updating Gogol's satire of human greed and relocating it to an obscure Pennine town has such an impact that one wonders why Northern Broadsides has never done it befo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMColiseum, London: Has Nicholas Hytner's famous 1980s production, serially mothballed only to be revived 'one last time', finally reached the end of the road? The blue wigs, gi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMIan McDiarmid is returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time since 1985 to lead the cast of a forthcoming revival of Brecht’s A Life of Galileo.
The play, which is …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:49AMRichmond Theatre: In the Dickens bicentenary year, this is a bold and original reworking of one of his best-loved works, using every trick in the director's book to mostly good effect.
…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AM<![CDATA[A collection of three one-act plays by Horton Foote located in the titular town, Harrison, TX is a thoroughly moving, entertaining and educational production.]]>
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:44AMGet £12.50 tickets for Desire Under the Elms at the Lyric Hammersmith this October!
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:37AMHeard the one about why God gave women orgasms? “So they’ve got something else to moan about”. It’s not a new a gag, but I’d wager that you’re unlikely to have caught it before i…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:36AMThe National Theatre has announced that it is opening a New York office.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMBrixton Club House, London: Taboo tells the fictional story of wannabe photographer Billy and his voyage of self-discovery in London during the early 1980s.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMOlivier award-winning actor Clare Higgins has revealed plans to launch a free drama school for students who lack the means to pay for training.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMSmash choreographer Joshua Bergasse has ruled out a live stage show of the Marilyn Monroe musical at the heart of the Sky Atlantic television series.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMTwo Florida men who by chance sat next to each other at the Holocaust play at Broward Stage Door, A Shayna Maidel, discovered they had been in the same forced labor camp during World War II.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:18AM“All for One Theater Festival”
Through Sept. 30, Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St.
On tap at this fest whose mission is “to present the next gener…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMJustice is always a timely topic.
On Saturday, a decade after its debut downtown run, “The Exonerated” returns to share the often harrowing true-life experiences of Death Row inmat…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMIf Shakespeare were alive today, “Romeo and Juliet” wouldn’t be performed on stage.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Are critics over the moon about "Fly Me to the Moon"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:56AMThe New York Times 09/13/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:52AMLos Angeles Times 09/13/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:47AMSet in 1912, when the women’s suffrage movement was gaining momentum and notoriety, Hindle Wakes introduces a confident, independent heroine determined to have her own voice in a world…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:43AMThe Telegraph (UK) 09/14/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42AMSo much for the summer of sport. First thing you see in the Nuffield, Southampton, this week is a Christmas tree and fairy lights. Next thing you hear is "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:25AMPerformance exploring the concept of faith.
The post The Yard Presents Festival of Performance appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:24AMThree Sisters at the Young Vic Theatre, starring Mariah Gale, Vanessa Kirby and Gala Gordon as the three sisters, opened to press last night (13 September
2012).
Also
in the cast are Emily …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:20AMLife in the future for Chekhov's Baron Tusenbach means full employment and quantum teleportation; there is no such thing as happiness, that's just a marketing ploy. And the "local" girl Nata…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:05AM
The new Michael Grandage Company, a West End producing company that will launch its first full season of plays at the Noel Coward Theatre in December, is to kick off before that with an all-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52AMKansas City Repertory Theatres artistic director Eric Rosen has cast Broadway musical veteran Wallace Smith as the Leading Player in the Reps production of Pippin. Rosen will direct the musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJohn Herrera and Natalie Toro will star in Utah's premiere of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights, which is set to run tonight, September 14-29 at the Pioneer Theatre Com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAccording to MCV, an Andrew Lloyd Webber video game titled Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Sing amp Dance will be released exclusively for Wii today, Sept. 14, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMWe are all civilized people, which means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behavior, writes Tennessee Williams in his introduction to Sweet Bird of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMDriving Miss Daisy, one of modern American theatres most touching and irresistible stories, will kick off Newington Mainstages second season tonight, September 14-16 at its brand new home at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, September 14, 2012, Broadway's celebrated revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO will welcome back Amy Spanger in the starring role of m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn a musical revue game show opening the 10th Annual Rivers and Spires Festival in Clarksville last Thursday, the Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville's oldest live theatre and only profession…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMToday's Wall Street Journal drama column is devoted to a pair of New York openings, The Train Driver and Chaplin....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMMy "Sightings" column in today's Wall Street Journal is about The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Writing is turning one's worst moments into money." J.P. Donleavy (quoted in Playboy, May 1979)...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThere are moments of brilliance but they are surrounded by that sad, repetitive color grey that makes CHAPLIN difficult to fully embrace.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
If press releases are to be believed, no Bulgarian play has ever received a major New York City production until now.
And if the Bug Company’s “The Eyes of Others” is any indication, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:31AMConsidering one of the season’s star singers is a plus-size female impersonator, opera this fall is anything but a drag.
It starts tonight with a bang at BAM, with the 1976 “Einstein on …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:31AMFriday September 14, 2012
PITTSFIELD -- The performing troupe Story Pirates hinges on one basic idea: encouraging kids to write stories and
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:07AMBy Judd Hollander
Cole Porter's 1933 musical Nymph Errant (music and lyrics by Cole Porter, adapted & with new libretto by Rob Urbinati, based on the original novel by James Laver, an…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:06AMWith a stellar touring cast and astounding direction from Broadway directors Casey Nicholaw, who has also choreographed brilliantly, and Trey Parker, who also wrote the book, music and lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02AMClémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Bill Buell, Kyle Soller and more join Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway production of Edmond Rostand's romantic verse drama&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMChicago's Victory Gardens Theater, under the artistic direction of Chay Yew and executive direction of Jan Kallish, kicks off its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of Bill Cain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMDavid Cromer's new production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, begins Sept. 14 at the Goodman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMMacy's is reaching out to school theatre programs across the country to provide seed money and support for productions of a new musical based on the famous 1897 newspaper column popularl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMBefore you can soar over the rainbow, you've got to put in plenty of hard work on the farm.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMOne-acts plays by Samuel Beckett are paired with original music compositions performed by Cygnus Ensemble in Sounding Beckett, getting a Sept. 14-23 Off-Broadway engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Johanna Day takes on the role of downtrodden mother Margie Walsh in David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony Award-nominated play Good People, which plays the Huntington Theatre Co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMClaybourne Elder stars in the title role of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Pippin, which begins previews Sept. 14 under the direction of Eric Rosen. Wallace Smith and Mary T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's John Herrera and Natalie Toro are among cast members of the Utah premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights at Pioneer Theatre Company's home in S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCasa 0101 Theater, under the artistic direction of Josefina López, will present the company's second annual Brown & Out Theater Festival (BAOTF), featuring a collection of 11 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSusan E. Isaacs' Angry Conversations with God: The Solo Show, a comedy based on her book "Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir," premieres at T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActress-playwright Halley Feiffer (How To Make Friends And Then Kill Them) presents her new work, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard, as a part of Labyrinth Theater Company's 13th annu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMReal-life brothers Brandon J. Dirden (Clybourne Park, Enron, Prelude to a Kiss) and Jason Dirden (Fences) play siblings on stage in Two River Theater Company's Topdog/Underdog, officiall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMcCarter 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 12:00AMThe Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago welcomes Amy Spanger back to its cast beginning Sept. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKaren Akers, who appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Nine and Grand Hotel, brings her acclaimed Stephen Sondheim program to San Francisco beginning Sept. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1910 Birthday of Lehman Engel (1910-1982), the Tony-winning Broadway conductor who will found the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Among the shows he will conduct are original productions of Wo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Actor joins cast of Broadway musical
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