With his newest play, Job, at The Flea Theater, playwright Thomas Bradshaw takes audiences on a simultaneously unsettling and exhilarating journey through one of the best known tales from th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:44PMThe death penalty will always be controversial, but the case against it is made much more visceral by the tales told in The Exonerated, now receiving a mostly effective tenth anniversary pro…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:44PMThe Sound of Music is a universally-beloved musical. Chamber Opera Chicago’s production is a prime example, however, of how one performance can taint two and a half hours of enjoyment. (r…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 10:33PMThe world premiere of the highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie Event, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, is set to debut Sunday, October 7 at 9pm ETPT on Lifetime. Check out a new clip from the film bel…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:30PM“Of course, you were crowned with laurel in the beginning, your gold hair was wreathed with laurel, but the gold is thinning and the laurel has withered. Face it — pitiful monster. Of co…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:30PMPerhaps more than any playwright now at work, Chicago’s Andrew Hinderaker has his finger on the pulse of our time in terms of our bedeviled (and bedeviling) relationship to capitalism and,…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:30PMIt is hard to know who to blame for the horribly wrong turn taken in Job, the Flea Theater’s initially promising stage adaptation of the Biblical Book of Job, the text that long has offere…
Linked From The Faster Times at 10:29PMThe new classical station isn't on the air yet, but they do have a website.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 10:09PM“Job,” Thomas Bradshaw’s latest play, hews close to the Bible and eagerly dives into forbidden subject matter.
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Donna Karger hosts the September 15, 2012, edition of On Stage.
Linked From NY1 at 08:59PMNEW YORK—How Washington theater lights Joy Zinoman and Holly Twyford came to make their New York debuts with the breathlessly spare playlets of Samuel Beckett is a story that has to be …
Linked From Washington Post at 08:53PMJesus Christ Superstar actress Chilina Kennedy lands role in comic musical based on novel Israel Rank
Linked From Toronto Star at 08:49PMThe Book of Job, which depicts the trials and suffering of Job that test his faith in God, is a well-known Biblical story. But in Thomas Bradshaw's shocking,
Linked From backstage.com at 08:33PMLonging and connection form a nexus that underpins the whole of *Jitney*, the story of a tight-knit community struggling to maintain and make ends meet without getting obliterated by forces …
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 08:31PMAccording to the Chicago Tribune, Broadway and TV actor Jimmy Smits will appear onstage in Steppenwolf Theatre's The Motherfker with the Hat in Chicago, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, who helm…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:29PMJimmy Smits, the actor widely known for his many starring roles in such television shows as “L.A. Law,” “NYPD Blue,” “The West Wing” and “Dexter,” has been cast in the upcomi…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 08:29PM"Those who never quote, in return are seldom quoted." Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:16PMAnother treasure at Lisner by DC's little opera company that could.
Linked From The Washington Times at 08:16PMI know it sounds so cliché, but this year, time did fly by, like Dreamliner-speed fly by. After a blur of a difficult summer, I’ve suddenly found myself in early September and right sma…
Linked From From the Ledge at 08:11PMGossip king Perez Hilton makes his off-Broadway debut delivering the news in the musical revue NEWSical the Musical. Broadway.com has your first look at Perez and co. as they make headlines …
Linked From Broadway.com at 08:10PMRising from the ashes of the former Westminster Theatre in London’s Palace Street, next to Buckingham Palace, the newly built, £7 million St James Theatre complex – compris…
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If there had been any question as to whether the 59E59 Theaters complex is a Mid-Town Manhattan Mecca for presenting cutting edge variety in the performing arts, the current run of “The An…
Linked From thepeoplescritic.com at 07:51PMDavid Dineen-Porter put three months into planning Tuesday night's show as a surprise birthday tribute to his co-host, Tom Henry
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 07:42PMChaplin stars Rob McClure, Jenn Colella, and co-book writer Thomas Meehan will take part in a discussion with WQXR's Elliot Forrest on Friday, October 5 at The Jerome L. Green Performance Sp…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:42PMSometimes you can go home again, and something wonderful happens. That’s one way to describe the journey of six Thornridge High School alumni who’ve returned to Chicago to found The Coll…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:29PMThe box office opened yesterday for the Broadway revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Tuesday, September 18th at 10am. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS will begin its limite…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMFor the first time ever, regular Joes Pub performer Justin Levine will dedicate an entire evening to his own eclectic work, which ranges from jazz to rock to gospel to the blues and more. Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMJimmy Smits, known for his TV work on "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," and "The West Wing" is headed to the stage of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:25PMThis item from Barbara Harrison, program intern HERE has been one of New York’s most prolific producing organizations since 1993, and today, stands at the forefront of the city’s present…
Linked From NYTE Small Press at 07:20PMThe new musical Allegiance opens on September 19 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Broadway.com chatted with the show's stars about this touching world premiere.
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:10PMDavid Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning, expletive-filled drama Glengarry Glen Ross returns to Broadway on October 16 with a cast of thoroughbred stars. Hear all about this reviv…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:10PMRobert Moloney, Deborah Williams, Marci T. House and Daren Herbert. Photo by David Cooper.Races in the Parkby David C. JonesBruce Norris wrote Clybourne Park, first produced in 2010, in resp…
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Linked From Stage Buzz at 06:57PMFans of Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, serial killers and musicals – look no further for a rollicking night of entertainment with Silence! The Musical, an over-the-top and ultra-broad spoo…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 06:52PM I’ve been struggling to find a tasteful way to describe Jordi Galcerán Ferrer’s fine play that is currently running at the Falcon Theatre in Toluca Lake, but I can’t seem to co…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 06:52PMThe St. James Theatre has risen, phoenix-like, almost literally from the ashes of the Westminster Theatre, which was first a chapel, then a cinema and latterly a drama theatre that played ho…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 06:46PMHumorist Dave Barry and actor Matthew Saldivar joined fans outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre to celebrate the 10th annual "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" on the morning of Wednesday
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:41PMHey, TheaterMania readers! I'm Alexis. And right now I'm faced with the suddenly overwhelming task of introducing myself. Why, overwhelming? Well, I feel like Paul from A Chorus Line right a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:41PMMotown founder Berry Gordy and legendary singer/songwriter Paul McCartney launched Project: Harmony -- which celebrates Motown's lasting legacy -- at a charitable event to benefit Motown Mu
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:41PMRyan Murphy is a very busy man these days. With three televisions shows on the air Glee, American Horror Story, and the New Normal, he is also working on bringing the Tony-winning The Normal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMCarrie Kaufman, for many years the publisher and editor of Performink, the Chicago area theater newspaper, has been named general manager of Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre. She joins a…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 06:29PMProspect Theater Company will kick off its 2012-13 season with a one-night-only concert presentation of The Rockae, a hard-rock musical based on Euripides' The Bacchae, Oct. 7 at (le) Po…
Linked From Playbill at 06:28PMPeople's Light & Theatre will present the world premiere of Mark Twain: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers, beginning Oct. 10, prior to an official opening Oct. 13, at the Steinbri…
Linked From Playbill at 06:28PMMustached fans of Peter and the Starcatcher had the chance to win some booty on Sept. 19 (aka "Talk Like a Pirate Day") in the form of free tickets to the evening performance of th…
Linked From Playbill at 06:28PMAl Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, David Harbour and Richard Schiff are starring in a new Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet's acidic comic-drama about desperate real-e…
Linked From Playbill at 06:19PMWith the first season of Glee creator Ryan Murphy's new comedy, The New Normal, barely underway, the writer/director/producer is already at work on another ambitious project: a film…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMNEWSical headliner Perez Hilton stopped by The Wendy Williams Show on September 19 to dish the dirt in Wendy’s juicy segment “The Inside Scoop.” Hilton gave his thoughts on…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMF@¢k yeah! The sleazy, cutthroat salesmen at the center of David Mamet’s Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier Award-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross are back on Broadway beginning October …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMA stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s novel My Name Is Asher Lev is heading to off-Broadway’s Westside Theater starring Ari Brand, according to The New York Times. Adapted by playw…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMFacial hair is important at Peter and the Starcatcher: Just ask comic pirate Black Stache (a.k.a. Matthew Saldivar) and his crew. On September 19, Saldivar and syndicated humor columnist Dav…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMJake Gyllenhaal is making his off-Broadway debut in If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, with Annie Funke, Brian F. O’Byrne and Michelle Gomez. Get a sneak peek at Nick Payne…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more i…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:06PMOne of Motown’s prized musical instruments, a nine-foot 1877 Steinway grand piano, made its debut at a charitable event to benefit Motown Museum at Steinway Hall in New York City on Tuesda…
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Paul Nolan, who played the title role in last season's Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, recently scored the role of Ben in the upcoming musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots at …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:41PM“Sounding Beckett,” directed by Joy Zinoman, features three Samuel Beckett plays written rather late in his life.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook's latest solo recording, entitled "Loverman," will be released on the DRG Records label Sept. 25.
Linked From Playbill at 05:28PMStage and screen actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson popped the question to lawyer and longtime boyfriend Justin Mikita, according to the couple's recent video introducing their new foundation &q…
Linked From Playbill at 05:28PMOn May 1 of this year Michael Cerveris received his 5th career Tony nomination for his featured performance in Evita. He won the 2004 Tony for Assassins. Playbill.com looks at his career on …
Linked From Playbill at 05:28PMBarbra Streisand's upcoming album of never-before-heard material, "Release Me," featuring songs from The Wiz, Brigadoon and Finian's Rainbow, will be released digitally Oct…
Linked From Playbill at 05:28PMOn Friday, October 5 at 5pm, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR will present a conversation and performance with cast and artistic team members of Broadways Chaplin.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMOn Stage at Kingsborough has announced the first presentation of its 2012-2013 season of Cabaret, Doo Wop, Klezmer, and Opera In Cinema from internationally-renowned artists in exclusive Bro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMRobert Sternin and Prudence Fraser emerge from 300 episodes of series TV -- about half of them from The Nanny -- to enjoy the relatively luxurious schedule of writing and polishing a play. T…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 05:27PMNEWSical headliner Perez Hilton stopped by The Wendy Williams Show on September 19 to dish the dirt in Wendy’s juicy segment “The Inside Scoop.” Hilton gave his thoughts on…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:07PM
Shortly after my play The Children premiered this past spring at The Theatre @ Boston Court, an incredible thing happened: I got a job copywriting. Thirty hours a week. A permanent writing g…
Linked From HowlRound at 04:55PMpH Productions is opening a new theater and seeking to borrow some items before opening next month. If you are able to donate or borrow any of the items below please contact Mary Walsh at ma…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 04:51PMPurple Fluffy Butter Bubbles – Stage 773 at 1225 W. Belmont Ave. is offering $5 industry tickets for their performance on Sunday September 23rd at 3:00pm. Please call 773.327.5252 and ment…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 04:51PMAcademy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham has joined the cast of the hit Showtime series Homeland in a recurring role, according to Entertainment Weekly.The stage and screen favorite will appea…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:40PMOver the years, I have been fortunate enough to have teachers who continue to motivate and inspire me, always demanding my best work. Upon reflection, I realize that it was the passion and c…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:40PMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Nice Work If You Can Get It is currently being streamed in its entirety on WNYC's Soundcheck Blog. The album will be available exclusively on that sit…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:40PMThe Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Fishamble will present the West Coast premiere of Pat Kinevane's Silent, from November 23 to December 9 at the Odyssey.Silent is a powerful and touching stor…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:40PMGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper -- who's penned the score for the upcoming Broadway musical Kinky Boots -- and screen and stage veteran Jon Cryer appeared on the Wednesday, Sep…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:40PMBertie Carvel in a new version of Tirso de Molina's "Damned by Despair," Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins in Beckett's "All That Fall" and Jez Butterworth's new play, "The River," are among …
Linked From rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 04:36PMThe acclaimed production from the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven is scheduled to open at the Westside Theater in November.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMLook for the marquee of the National Theatre to light up 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue more often. The Trustees of the National Theatre Corporation (NTC), in Washington, D.C., have just annou…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 04:36PMHalfway through “Detroit,” Lisa D’Amour’s funny, dark and timely new play with a pitch-perfect cast that includes David Schwimmer and Amy Ryan, a character named Sharon explains …
Linked From The Faster Times at 04:27PMAccording to Entertainment Weekly, stage and screen star F. Murray Abraham has signed on to appear in the second season of Showtime's 'Homeland.' Abraham will star as 'a brilliant intelligen…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director presents If There Is I Havent Found It Yet featuring Annie Funke Anna, Michelle Gomez Fiona, Jake Gyllenhaal Terry and Bran F. OByrn…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMProspect Theater Company, one of Americas leading producers of new musical theater, will kick off its 2012-2013 season with a one-night-only concert presentation of The Rockae, a hard rock m…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMStafford Arima
directs the world premiere of Allegiance — A New American Musical, a history-inspired story which charts the lives of some of the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were place…
Linked From Playbill at 04:18PMBroadway.com has a brand new backstage video blogger: Newsies star Corey Cott! Broadway.com has given Cott, who plays head newsboy Jack Kelly in the hit Disney musical, a came…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:07PMA special two-disc album commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Queen musical We Will Rock You, which has been playing on London’s West End since May 2002, will be released by EMI R…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:07PMBroadway stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors.…
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On Friday, October 5 at 5pm, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR will present a conversation and performance with cast and artistic team members of Broadway’s CHAP…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:58PMAs the first group exhibition introducing the wide-ranging work of South Korean political art to an American audience, Being Political Popular: South Korean Art at the Intersection of Popula…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:49PMI don't think I'd ever actually considered the possibility that our soldiers fighting in the Middle East might be the children of our soldiers who fought in Vietnam. Keliher Walsh's world pr…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:42PMStage and screen veteran James Gandolfini and Bill Camp are among the cast of the new HBO pilot Criminal Justice, according to Deadline.The New York-set crime drama, inspired by Peter Moffat…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:40PMStage and screen star Jake Gyllenhaal will be a guest on ABC's Live! with Kelly and Michael tomorrow morning, September 19.Later that evening, the actor will open in the Off-Broadway product…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:40PMThe Radio City Rockettes have become the official Godmothers of Norwegian Cruise Line's new ocean liner, the Norwegian Breakaway, which will be christened in New York City on May 8, 2013. Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:40PMBailiwick Chicago will kick off its 2012-2013 season with the rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the National Pastime Theater. Performances will take place from October 4 to Novemb…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:40PMStage and screen favorite Jesse Tyler Ferguson and longtime boyfriend, lawyer Justin Mikita have announced their engagement in a YouTube video to promote their new foundation Tie the Knot.Th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:40PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook's latest solo recording, entitled "Loverman," will be released on the DRG Records label Sept. 25.
Linked From Playbill at 03:27PMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who was most recently seen on Broadway in the award-winning revival of Follies, will headline the 22nd annual gala to benefit The Price Center, a reg…
Linked From Playbill at 03:27PMAcademy Award winner Dustin Lance Black will take part in a San Francisco reading of his stage drama 8, chronicling California's anti-gay marriage legislation Prop 8, Oct. 7 at the Ameri…
Linked From Playbill at 03:27PMBroadway superstar Bernadette Peters will headline the 22nd annual gala to benefit The Price Center, a regionalleader in providing care to adults with developmental disabilities.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMThe box office opened yesterday for the Broadway revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street on Tuesday, September 18th at 10am. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMIf There Is I Havent Found It Yets Jake Gyllenhaal will appear on ABCs Live with Kelly and Michael tomorrow, Thursday, September 20th between 900AM-1000AM on channel 7.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, James Gandolfini will star in a pilot for HBO titled CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The drama will be based on the BBC BAFTA-award winning series from Peter Moffat. I…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMAs you may know, local chanteuse and former "human statue" Amanda Palmer holds the record when it comes to begging gullible hipsters to fund her career - in fact, her foolish fans coughed up…
Linked From The Hub Review at 03:25PMBritish playwright Polly Stenham is still in her mid-20s, but she has received the kind of attention from the London theater power brokers — commissions, awards and lavish praise ̵…
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Linked From New York Magazine at 03:17PMF. Murray Abraham will join the cast of TV's Homeland for the Emmy-nominated series' upcoming second season, according to Entertainment Weekly. Abraham will play Dar Adul, a bri…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:07PMThe studio cast album for A Christmas Story, the upcoming Broadway musical based on the 1983 holiday classic, will be released digitally through Masterworks Broadway on September 25, before …
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Are critics revved up about "Detroit"?
Linked From StageGrade at 02:59PMIf There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet’s Jake Gyllenhaal will appear on ABC’s “Live! with Kelly and Michael” tomorrow, Thursday, September 20th between 9:00AM-10:00AM on channel 7. Rou…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:57PMKayla Taitz, aspiring artist and junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, got the news of a lifetime this summer when she won the Opportunity Rocks contest sponsored by E! Enterta…
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 02:57PMGreta takes on one of her most difficult interviews yet. Although the Prime Minister seems rather disappointed that it is Greta and not Peter Mansbridge, she does manage to cajole him into…
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 02:51PMFor some people, Proud, opening this Saturday at the Berkeley Street Theatre, is Michael Healey’s play that was rejected by the Tarragon Theatre.
Linked From Toronto Star at 02:48PMTweetSo I’m sort of excited that the broadway touring cast of Jekyll and Hyde is coming to the Kennedy Center here in DC and you can already get your broadway tickets on sale by clicki…
Linked From Broadway Reviewed at 02:47PMPaul Dooley, Jon Huertas, Mia Maestro, Rider Strong, and James Wolk will perform Fall in Love with Rogue Machine, a collection of three short pieces exploring love at different times in life…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:39PMInternational City Theatre will close its 2012 season with Ain't Misbehavin' the Tony Award-winning musical revue based on the life of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Saundra McClain will direct. Per…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:39PMDustin Lance Black, Neil Giuliano, Cleve Jones, Luke Macfarlane, Jonathan Moscone, John A. Pérez and Holland Taylor will be featured in the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) benefit st…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:39PMThe cast of Broadway's Glengarry Glen Ross met the press Wednesday, September 19 at Ballet Hispanico. Daniel Sullivan directs the revival of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning pla
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:39PMAbingdon Theatre Company, which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with Abingdon: Setting the Stage for 20 Years, its an…
Linked From Playbill at 02:26PMBridget Everett and Ben Rimalower will be part of the fourth season of Justin Sayre's The Meeting*, which will dedicate evenings to Funny Girl, Marlene Dietrich and Sylvester. The monthl…
Linked From Playbill at 02:26PMThe tiny musical Hey, Morgan! has eight Ovation Award nominations -- much to the surprise of its creators Isaac Laskin, David Richman and Matt Fogel, who used it to slyly comment on their ro…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 02:25PMOn September 25th, music legend Barbara Cook releases an all new recording, Loverman, her latest from DRG Records. Loverman is somewhat of a departure from Ms. Cooks traditional Broadway rep…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMAmerican Conservatory Theater A.C.T., in association with the American Foundation for Equal Rights AFER and Broadway Impact, announced today the casting for the one-night-only staged reading…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMAccording to People.com, Jesse Tyler Ferguson of 'Modern Family' will be starting a family of his own with Justin Mikita very soon, as the two have become engaged. Ferguson revealed his marr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMWhat made last week's Public Radio Program Directors Conference in Las Vegas barely tolerable was getting off The Strip for an evening.I have visited Vegas before several times (for conferen…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 02:16PMWe have an announcement about our Design a Neo T-Shirt Contest.First off, deep thanks to everybody who...Expressed interestShared the notice with their friendsLinked to us on their blog or n…
Linked From The Neo-Futurists at 02:07PMAmerica’s most famous flapper Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald will be the subject of the new play Zelda, which will premiere at the West End's Trafalgar Studio 2 on September 18 and run thr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:06PMTony winner Anthony Crivello and Vayu O'Donnell join the cast of the forthcoming Broadway revival of Clifford Odet’s Golden Boy. Crivello will replace previously announced star Bil…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:06PMPlaying a famous icon on Broadway is a challenge—just ask Rob McClure (Chaplin), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) or Elena Roger (Evita). Motown: The Musical star Brandon Victor Dixon wi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:06PMModern Family star and Broadway alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson proposed to his boyfriend, lawyer Justin Mikita…and he said yes! “It’s true, I popped the big Q,” Ferguson …
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Royal, Plymouth: In these taxing times a good belly laugh is better than money in the bank. Spend an evening in the company of Professor Marcus and his hapless robbers and you come away rich…
Linked From The Stage at 01:59PMin part to weather the September heat. Luckily the new Sundance Cinemas has a nice lobby and I can get there early and camp out with a cup of coffee and my journal before heading in. I saw t…
Linked From Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:55PMTicket sales on the Great White Way increased slightly through the week ending September 16 with the welcomed addition of a couple of new shows to the fall lineup and a significant sales inc…
Linked From Ticket News at 01:48PMA fine new play byTarell Alvin McCraney now in London, and headed for New York
Linked From CurtainUp at 01:48PMSheffield Crucible StudioBecky and John dream of the good life after a move to the country. But all is not pastoral bliss. Their new home has a plumbing problem, a fear of the future is play…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48PMTHE DANE’S THE THING The oft-produced Hamlet demands countless choices by a director and Michael Halberstam has met all the challenges; instead of overloading the evening with grandiose di…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 01:48PMThree years after its debut at the Edinburgh fringe, Stef Smith's site-specific play about human trafficking will be restaged by Brooklyn-based theatre St Ann's WarehouseRoadkill, the Olivie…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48PMA friendly welcome, well-run bar and clean loos can make a big difference to audiences – and we tend to love it when we find the artistic director is tearing ticketsYesterday I casually …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48PMApollo, LondonWhat with contributions from Simon Callow, Michael Pennington and Ian McKellen, the one-person Shakespeare show is a somewhat crowded field. And while Roger Rees, a Royal Shake…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48PMSoho theatreIn their current show, Model Citizens, sketch troupe Idiots of Ants make a big deal of the audience. One of their number, Elliott Tiney, becomes (to the musical accompaniment of …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:48PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Three of America's leading stage performers - Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Aretha Franklin - paid tribute to Marvin Hamlisch on Tuesday, honoring the late compose…
Linked From Reuters at 01:48PMThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center recently opened submissions this week for their 2013 cycle of the National Playwrights Conference. Each July, the
Linked From backstage.com at 01:48PMThe late Marvin Hamlisch received a tribute Tuesday evening in New York that drew a number of friends and collaborators from the worlds of theater, music and movies. The roster of attendees …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 01:48PMKind of addicted to this video from the cast of “Pitch Perfect,” which hits theaters in New York next weekend and wider the week after. New City’s Skylar Astin, who was in …
Linked From The Journal News at 01:46PMCharlie Victor Romeo is not for the faint of heart. CVR also stands for cockpit voice recorder and this show is reenactments of the final minutes of several airline disasters. Yo…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 01:42PMThe Epic Theater Ensemble is set to present Dispatches From (A)mended America (October 10- November 24), directed by Ron Russell and Hold These Truths (October 12-November 25), directed by L…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:37PMThe world premiere cast recording of A Christmas Story: The Musical will be available from Masterworks Broadway digitally on September 25, and on CD on October 22.Featuring music and lyrics …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:37PMDirector Dan Foster has his cast for Hudson Stage’s fall mainstage production: the two-man, many-character “Stones in His Pockets.” The Tony-nominee for best comedy won two…
Linked From The Journal News at 01:29PMIn this non-traditional production, Chicago Opera Theater succeeds in creating an experience that appeals to all operagoers, whether it’s a newcomer learning how to keep up with the supert…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 01:28PMMasterworks Broadway will release the studio cast album of A Christmas Story: The Musical!, featuring a score by Richard Rodgers Award-winning Dogfight songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek…
Linked From Playbill at 01:25PMCasting has been announced for the Sept. 24 Bound for Broadway XII concert, part of Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close Up series.
Linked From Playbill at 01:25PMProduced 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMAccording to the BBC, Tori Amos will soon bring her new musical, The Light Princess, to the stage. The show will premiere at the National Theatre in 2013. She told BBC 'If the fairies are wi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, in association with Robert D. Wachs producer of the hit films Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Coming to America, p…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMRalphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas a Red Ryder BB Gun. Of course thatll come as no surprise to the legion of fans of the beloved 1983 movie A Christmas Story. But this holida…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMFlat Rock Playhouse is teaming with veteran Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn For The Glory, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderland and lyricist Jack Murphy on a brand new jazz age musical set in …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMMy own take on Lisa D'Amour's timely new play Detroit is more a 'B' {www.curtainup.com/detroitny.html) than New York Times critic …
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 01:06PMSinger-songwriter—and now Broadway-bound Kinky Boots composer—Cyndi Lauper has come a long way from her childhood in Queens, New York! Now the pop star and activist is sharing he…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:06PMOne of the most fascinating and mysterious pop stars of the 1960s, Dusty Springfield, is the subject of the new musical Forever Dusty, which is set to begin performances on November 11 at Ne…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:05PMTim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the British producing duo behind the upcoming feature film versions of Les Miserables and Anna Karenina, will be honored at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards,…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:05PMSince beginning his career more than three decades ago with the Royal Shakespeare Company (including a Tony-winning performance in the title role of The Life and Adventure of Nicholas Nickle…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:05PMWhen he’s not scheming onstage as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher, Matthew Saldivar goofs off inside his dressing room at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where he proudly shows …
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At the busy junction between studio sessions for her new album (Brian May in attendance, naturally), an arena tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, and her first "intimate" cabaret date at…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:55PMThe Young Vic's radical new staging of Three Sisters has extended booking to 3 November 2012.
The production, which is directed by Australian Benedict Andrews, stars Mariah Gale, Gala Gordo…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:55PMYou’ll have to wait a week longer for the much anticipated Les Miserables film adaptation. Universal Pictures has pushed back the release date of the movie from December 14 to December…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 12:49PMBroadway’s John Treacy Egan directs Tony-winner On Friday, the newly expanded Westchester Sandbox Theatre—with more seats and a bigger lobby—opens the Tony-winning best mus…
Linked From The Journal News at 12:46PMThough scarcely taxing, this one-man show of Shakespearean excerpts and anecdotes is pleasantly entertaining, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:43PMArts Council England has opened applications for £20 million of funding to increase arts engagement in areas of low involvement.
Linked From The Stage at 12:40PMA special 10th Anniversary edition of the original cast recording of the musical We Will Rock You, featuring the songs of Queen, is being released by EMI Records on October 15, 2012.The musi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:37PMStephen Hanna will take on the role of Dream Hannibal as he joins the company of the Off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical at the Elektra Theatre, beginning tonight, September 19.Hanna, a fo…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:37PMTony and Emmy Award-winner Tyne Daly is among the honorees for the Abingdon Theatre Company's annual gala. Entitled Abingdon: Setting the Stage for 20 Years, the event will be hosted by Luci…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:37PMAlluring black-and-white posters of a near-naked blonde advertising perfume dominate all four sides of the action in Sam Walters’ UK premiere of this intriguing Spanish play. Theatrica…
Linked From The Independent at 12:36PMI’ve been trying to figure out why Lisa D’Amour decided to call her new play Detroit, as the Playbill clearly tells us the play is set in “a first ring suburb of a mid-size…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMA brave and unusual ‘Apollo’ is let down by a nebulous ‘Orpheus’ in this first in a series of Balanchines, Apollinaire Scherr writes
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:33PMFive mini-dramas by New York playwright Will Eno elicit titters but little in the way of proper feeling, writes Alexander Gilmour
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:33PM“Anything Goes” and “Jekyll and Hyde” are among the productions that will round out the 2013 season of Broadway in Chicago. Though much of the season was previously announced, the ne…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:28PMA stage adaptation of the John Grisham novel “A Time to Kill” is set to appear on Broadway in spring or summer 2013. Producer Daryl Roth is set to bring the production to Broadway, accor…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 12:28PMDr. Ruth, All the Way, Mark St. Germain's biographical play about the life and work of sexpert Dr. Ruth Westheimer, which had a sold-out summer run by Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfi…
Linked From Playbill at 12:25PMTony Award winner John Cullum, Darren Pettie, Sarah Sokolovic, Tony nominee Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer star in the New York City premiere of Lisa D'Amour's acclaimed suburban-set p…
Linked From Playbill at 12:25PMFat Violet Theater in association with The Drilling Company will present Ronan Noone's Brendan, about an Irish immigrant discovering a new life in America, Sept. 26-30 at the Drilling Co…
Linked From Playbill at 12:25PMMembers of the entertainment industry, including Barbra Streisand and veteran cast members from A Chorus Line, gathered Sept. 18 to pay tribute to late Academy and Tony Award-winning compose…
Linked From Playbill at 12:25PMBroadway stars, writers and producers will don hard hats and dedicate a day to making a difference by building affordable homes for deserving families with Habitat for Humanity New York Cit…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMBroadwayWorld.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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMThe producers of the Broadway production of the Academy and Tony Award winning play The Heiress announced yesterday that the box office at the Walter Kerr Theatre 219 W. 48th St. NYC is now…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMAbingdon Theatre Company which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history is set to celebrate its 20th Anniversary with ABINGDON SETTING THE STAGE FOR 20 YEARS, it…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMPeter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning play by Rick Elice, celebrates the 10th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day today, September 19th, with a special Stache D…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMSinger Tori Amos is hoping that her first stage musical, The Light Princess, will hit London’s National Theatre before the end of 2013, according to a BBC report. Amos has be…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMTony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey has landed a role on NBC’s The New Normal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, which stars Broadway alums Andrew Rannells, Just…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMThe off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little, starring Lauren Molina and Jason Tam, will extend for one week at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. The Keen Company…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMTwo-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, Broadway vet Santino Fontana, Emmy and Academy Award nominee Annette O’Toole and more will star in the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMOur Video of the Week is part of the efforts surrounding the new movie PITCH PERFECT directed by our friend Jason Moore (Avenue Q, Shrek, Steel Magnolias) based on the book written by Mickey…
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Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AMSometimes we all just curl up in bed on a Saturday afternoon and dick around on the internet reading about plays, right? No? Just me? Well then. This article is going to be all the more impo…
Linked From The Craptacular at 11:55AMAt the busy junction between studio sessions for her new album (Brian May in attendance, naturally), an arena tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, and her first "intimate" cabaret date at…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 11:55AMChaplin: The Musical begins on a high note as the titular character walks a tightrope, struggling to keep his balance while people from his life look up at him and echo the question, “What…
Linked From Carey Purcell at 11:52AMLondon's Menier Chocolate Factory has introduced a pricing system offering tickets that are cheaper the earlier they are bought.
Linked From The Stage at 11:39AMBroadway veteran and music superstar Usher has received five nominations for this year's The Soul Train Awards – the most of any performer – which will be taped on November 8 at Planet H…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:36AMTheatermania talks with Heiress stars Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey, and director Moises Kaufman about the Broadway revival of the classic drama about a wealth…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:36AMTonye Patano and Keith Randolph Smith will headline the Virginia Stage Company's production of August Wilson's award-winning drama, Fences, to run September 25 - October 14 at the Wells The…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:36AMStage and screen star Brooke Shields will reprise her guest-starring role as Rita Glossner on ABC's hit sitcom The Middle this season, according to TVLine.com.
The site also reports that Nor…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:36AMThe following is re-posted from David Lan, Artistic Director at London’s Young Vic regarding supporting the case of David Cecil. Read more about this case here and here. As you may ha…
Linked From HowlRound at 11:26AMThe New York premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Job, a play that explores faith, officially opens Sept. 19, following previews that began Aug. 31, at The Flea Theater in Tribeca.
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMLauren Molina and Jason Tam co-star in the Keen Company production of the two-person Stephen Sondheim revue Marry Me a Little, featuring new songs and a modern-day twist, which began preview…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMOn Aug. 14, the late composer Marvin Hamlisch was eulogized and remembered by the likes of President Bill Clinton, Tony Danza, Richard Gere, Bernadette Peters, and Hamlisch's widow, Terr…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMBallet Tech Foundation Inc. president Eliot Feld and The Joyce Theater Foundation Inc. have reached an agreement allowing The Joyce Theater Foundation to continue operations at The Joyce The…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMThe Keen Company has extended its revival of the two-person Stephen Sondheim revue Marry Me a Little, starring Lauren Molina and Jason Tam, for an additional week of performances Off-Broadwa…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMKaren Olivo, Kyle Dean Massey, Christopher Jackson and more participated in an evening celebrating the upcoming CD release of Fugitive Songs held Sept. 9 at Le Poisson Rouge.
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMTony Award winners Linda Lavin and Jason Robert Brown, along with former Elphaba Eden Espinosa, took to the stage at the new Broadway cabaret hot spot, 54 Below, this past week.
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMTony Award winner Sutton Foster and Tony nominees André De Shields and Nancy Opel have joined the casts of upcoming works to be presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre&…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMThe Philadelphia world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David, featuring song contributions by major writers of the musical theatre, will star Nancy Balbirer, Alex Brightman, …
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMBroadway Sings Michael Jackson, featuring new arrangements of iconic Jackson tunes, was held Sept. 17 at (le) Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village. Here are highlights from the concert, which …
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMMary Mossberg joins the cast of Off-Broadway's Cougar the Musical, which is directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Sept. 19. She succeeds Catherine Porter in the role of Lily.
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMHere’s a recommendation that comes straight from one of my consultation clients. One of the tips I teach to my Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar participants is to submit their play…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:24AMStephen Hanna, who played Older Billy in the original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot, joins the cast of Off-Broadway's Silence! The Musical, winner of the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award…
Linked From Playbill at 11:24AMAdA Author directing Authoran evening comprised of new one act plays by American playwright Neil LaBute and Italian playwright Marco Calvani, in which each playwright will direct the other's…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMTheatre Under the Stars TUTS presents PETER PAN, December 11 23, 2012 at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production below.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMFlocking back to movie theaters nationwide on Wednesday, September 19, Alfred Hitchcocks THE BIRDS is the latest in a seriously impressive series of classic films being re-released for one n…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMSaturday was our two show day. Before I went to work, I hung out with my friend Natalie Hall who was in from LA staying with me for the week. She, and the emerging star of this blog, my room…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMThe Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company Jonathan Silverstein, Artistic DirectorDamon Chua, Executive Director today announced that Marry Me A Little, with music and lyrics by Step…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMHappy Birthday, Stephanie J. Block On Broadway, Block has starred in The Boy From Oz, Wicked, The Pirate Queen, 9 To 5, Anything Goes, and soon The Mystery of Edwin Drood. In addition, she o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMWe're very excited today to share an exclusive video of Streisand discussing recording 'Home' from THE WIZ, taken from the bonus DVD that will be packaged for orders via QVC. Click below to …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMTickets for the world premiere of Forever Dusty, a new musical about the life and times of legendary icon Dusty Springfield, by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin, are now on sale to th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMBroadway vet Amy Irving is set to play a recurring role in the ABC drama Zero Hour, according to Deadline.com. Irving will play a philanthropic mother who turns out to be anything but o…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:04AMTony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey has landed a role on NBC’s The New Normal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, which stars Broadway alums Andrew Rannells, Just…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:04AMThe music of Britney Spears is about take over Glee again, and this time around the show is not that innocent. In Glee’s September 20 episode titled “Britney 2.0,” the gang…
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The June 2011 broadcast of the 65th Annual Tony Awards was honored on Saturday evening with three Primetime Emmy Awards at the Creative Arts Awards presentation. Outstanding Special Class Pr…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 10:47AMComplete casting has been announced for Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway production of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, which will begin performances at the Belasco Theatre on November 8. Bartle…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:35AMEvery third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:26AMA by-invitation-only reading of the new musical Boys Vs. Girls will be presented in Manhattan Nov. 30.
Linked From Playbill at 10:23AMCharleston's Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry will kick off its 40th anniversary season Nov. 9-10 with Absolutely Andrew, a musical revue of the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Linked From Playbill at 10:23AMOn Sept. 24 a host of Broadway artists will join forces to help build affordable homes for deserving families through Habitat for Humanity – New York City (Habitat-NYC).
Linked From Playbill at 10:23AMThe York Theatre Company will honor legendary Broadway Music Director and Conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 21st An…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMBarbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Liza Minnelli, Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Michael Feinstein, Chris Botti, Maria Friedman, Brian dArcy James, Carter Brey, Essential Voices USA, former cast…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMAs first reported in The Hollywood Reporter, this year's Hollywood Film Awards will be honoring British producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, co-runners of Working Title Films and the team b…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMPreviews began August 24 for the Playwrights Horizons production of DETROIT, the New York premiere of the much-heralded new play by Obie Award winner Lisa DAmour. The show opened last night,…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMBroadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS is a charity that is near and dear to the hearts of most people working in the Broadway industry. Starting in 1987, Equity Fights AIDS was initiated by the…
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Mighty Boosh star Julian Barratt is the newest cast member to be announced for Lucy Kirkwood’s new play at the Royal Court Theatre, NSFW, directed by Simon Godwin. It runs at the theat…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:53AMMaryland Ensemble Theatre’s Fun Company once again produces a fun, entertaining show suitable for all ages with their production of Rikki Tikki Tavi. Sarah Shulman adapts Rudyard Kipling…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:39AMLegendary Broadway musical director and conductor Paul Gemignani will be honored with the York Theatre Company's Oscar Hammerstein Award at their 21st annual Gala, to be held on Monday, Nove…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:34AMCasting has been announced for Stars of David, a new musical song cycle based on Abigail Pogrebin's acclaimed non-fiction book of the same title, which will receive its world premiere at Phi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:34AMDashiell Eaves will lead the cast of Ronan Noone's Brendan, a production of Fat Violet Theatre running September 26-30 at the Drilling Company Theatre. The work, directed by David Sullivan, …
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:34AMAnna Bergman, Jennie Harney, Christine Lavin, Tyler Maynard, Richard Rubin, and Dominique Solano will be featured in the September 20 edition of Broadway Ballyhoo! at Feinstein's at Loews Re…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Ambassador Theatre Group, Britain's largest single theatre-owning chain with 39 theatres under its ownership and/or management, is to invest £15 million in capital projects, wh…
Linked From Playbill at 09:23AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #360, Lovey Austin. For my full article on her go here. And now here she is with her Serenaders, singing “Don’t Shake it No More̶…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:23AMToday is the birthday of cross-eyed comedian Ben Turpin (a.k.a Star of Vaudeville #232. For my full squib on him go here) Here’s one of his oldest extant clips from 1909′s Mr. F…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:23AM“Mama” Cass Elliot (born today in 1941) is, to me, what it’s all about. There’s no doubt in my mind that if vaudeville had stayed around another 50 years, she’d…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:23AMBarbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli were among the performers at a musical tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Tuesday night.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:13AMI have to come clean about one facet of Broadway stars that I don't really care for. The Broadway Star Solo CD. I know, I know. It is practically blasphemy to say that, aki…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 09:13AMDaniel Robert Sullivan is one of the few who almost has made it. In Places Please!, he gives us a terrifically engaging account of how he made his way into a leading role in the Toronto comp…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:12AMforce/collision is offering DC Metro Theatre Arts readers $10 off regular priced tickets ($25) for performances 9/20-9/22 at 8:00pm and 9/23 at 3:00pm for the world premiere of SHAPE by Erik…
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WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run and the current “New 52” era.
By…
Linked From The Idiolect at 08:48AMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Bring It On: The Musical, produced by Ghostlight Records and available on Back Lot Music, will be released for digital download on iTunes beginning Se…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 08:45AMAmbassador Theatre Group has announced that by the end of 2013, it will have invested £15 million in its venues over a three-year period.
Linked From The Stage at 08:38AMThis year alone, more than a dozen productions on the Great White Way have had the creative hand of make-up artist extraordinaire Angelina Avallone to thank for their look. Right now, audien…
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:34AMAs the weather turns to the cooler days of autumn, 1st Stage invites you to take a trip to the warm weather of Palm Beach in Michael McKeever’s frothy farce Suite Surrender. Your vacatio…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:30AMRalph Peterson is interested in furthering a complex, post-bop legacy. His music can be hard to count: it’s also rip-roaring fun.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:11AMI feel like I've seen a decent array of parody musicals so far this year, with Newsadoosies and Triassic Parq both representing great (albeit very different) examples of what a musical based…
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Theatre Royal, Brighton: After launching with a comic misfire with the Victorian comedy Dandy Dick, the new in-house Theatre Royal Brighton producing company hits its stride with much more a…
Linked From The Stage at 07:59AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Famous for their dark, often surreal interpretations of folk tales, Cornish theatre company Kneehigh was never going to play this straight. Director and scri…
Linked From The Stage at 07:59AMMatcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: A voice offstage softly starts A Hard Days Night, accompanied by an onstage trio of piano, bass and drums led by musical director Paul Schofield. Ent…
Linked From The Stage at 07:59AMApollo, London: Lovely to see Roger Rees again, of course, but his solo turn of speeches by, and anecdotes about, Shakespeare is thin gruel for a West End stage, an after-dinner entertainmen…
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Linked From Hartford Courant at 07:59AMTheatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds: Since word has been out for over 200 years I won't spoil anybody's enjoyment of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park by revealing that, in the end, Fan…
Linked From The Stage at 07:59AMPeople have been so eager to badmouth the new musical
Chaplin that opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week that I’ve been
trying to figure out why they’ve been so hostile towards…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 07:50AMLast night (18 September 2012) saw a reunion of cast members of the Royal Shakespeare Company's seminal 1976 staging of Macbeth.
Roger Rees, who played Malcolm in the acclaimed Trevor Nunn …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:50AMLast night, Alexandra Burke took to the stage to perform a unique collaboration with cast members from the West End show Les Misérables
for BBC Children In
Need's POP Goes th…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:50AMJulian Barratt is set to star in Lucy Kirkwood's new play, NSFW.
Linked From The Stage at 07:37AMCreditors owed thousands of pounds after London theatre shop Dress Circle went into liquidation have expressed anger that the store has begun operating again under a new name.
Linked From The Stage at 07:37AMThe creative producer of Camden Fringe Festival 2011's live streaming programme has said that small-scale producers needed to use online video broadcasting as a "bargaining tool" with venue …
Linked From The Stage at 07:37AM1. Don't spend money on college visits until you know where you have been accepted.
You may audition for 10-14 schools and only get acceptances at 2 or 3. Wait to visit in the spring only th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:34AMI'm no Ibsen expert, but this version of his play by Brian Friel contains a raft of rewrites which are at best unneccessary and at worst, seriously bonkers. Friel, who is extremely keen on C…
Linked From John Morrison at 07:34AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMThe Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Allegiance -- A New American Musical, an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:20AM“The play’s the thing.” Roger Rees runs us through a veritable top twenty of Shakespeare’s best lines, in an eclectic mix of performance, ruminations, commentary and personal ane…
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Death. Rock n’ roll. Post-apocalyptic dance. The Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe digs deep in "Some Other Mettle" and "27."
Linked From Philadelphia Weekly at 05:57AMRoger Rees may be well advanced in his seventh decade, but the perennially youthful RSC star of Nicholas Nickleby, who spent two decades with the company, and now lives in New York, is still…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMRoger Rees, as he reminded us last night in his new solo show at the Apollo, What You Will, played Malcolm in the famous Trevor Nunn RSC studio production of Macbeth, and he was duly joined …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMThe title of Lisa D’Amour’s briskly funny but blurry dark comedy “Detroit” could be misleading.
The play, a 2011 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, doesn’t take place in the…
Linked From New York Daily News at 05:45AMThe most ephemeral of the arts is about to be preserved online for future generations. Last week the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and
Linked From backstage.com at 05:45AMEdward Albee can write realism if he chooses, but he seems just as comfortable creating allegories or plays that confirm the label that was applied to him early in his career as a practition…
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 05:45AMOne of Africa’s most renowned touring theater groups is in Los Angeles this week for a performance and a workshop that offers actors a chance to rethink
Linked From backstage.com at 05:45AMRICKY RITZEL has been a fixture on the nightclub and cabaret scene in NYC for over 25 years and has received most Cabaret awards including 13 Manhattan Association of Clubs Awards in 8 diffe…
Linked From NiteLifeExchange at 05:41AMEnglish Touring Theatre played an admirable role some years ago in the rehabilitation of Terence Rattigan. They are unlikely to fare as well, I fear, with this attempt to make a case for the…
Linked From The Independent at 05:33AMTim Roseman and Paul Robinson kick off their last season
as joint artistic directors of Theatre 503 (Robinson continuing
solo) with a quirky, heartening collective project that brings
togeth…
Linked From The Independent at 05:33AMBy Jenny Yoon It’s a breezy, idyllic summer night in Roscoe Village. The sleepy, family-oriented neighborhood that houses pretty moms in yoga pants has fallen silent by 8pm on a Monday. It…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 05:00AMRECOMMENDED A new local company makes their debut this weekend at the Ruth Page Center. Chicago Repertory Ballet is the brainchild of Wade Schaaf, a hometown boy and former company member of…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company concludes their celebration of Athol Fugard with his two-person play "The Train Driver."
Linked From NY1 at 02:58AMBack in June the MIT Sloan Management Review had an article in pricing strategies. The bulk of the article discusses research on practices of companies that have sales forces that goes out t…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 02:58AMThere’s a vivid moment in this Joe Penhall revival when Christopher, a psychiatric patient suspected of suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, finds himself caught in the linguistic crossf…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 02:36AMIn Sondheim’s immortal “The Ladies Who Lunch” from Company, Joanne famously sings of a certain type of women’s desperate attempts to fill their days: Another long exhausting day, Ano…
Linked From The Stage at 02:08AMThe family that prays together, stays together, goes one adage. You could also say that the family that plays together, stays together, too. There’s always a lot of idealistic talk about t…
Linked From The Stage at 02:08AMZoo leader calls the honors the 'Oscars' of conservation.
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Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Liza Minnelli, Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Michael Feinstein, Chris Botti, Maria Friedman, Brian d'Arcy James, Rob Fisher…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:41AMDouble double toil and trouble! There’s magic in the air with all this hocus pocus brewing over at Colonial Players as they present John Van Druten’s Bell, Book and Candle. Directed by D…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39AMThe names of the company and the show tell you nothing, but 7 Fingers' Sequence 8 is fantastic, one of the most memorable Live Arts/Fringe performances I've seen over the years.
Linked From Philly.com at 01:34AM‘Detroit” is deceptively small in scope. You could say it’s about neighborly relations.
But Lisa D’Amour’s dark comedy — which opened last night at Playwrights Horizons, after a…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 01:23AMGreg Caldwell, Jason Huysman and Chuck Spencer in Raven Theatre’s “The Big Knife.” Photo credit: Dean LaPrairie Billy Wilder took perhaps the first high-profile stab at the…
Linked From Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:20AMMine Entertainment Group has announced a one-night only benefit performance of the one-act play, Katrina Who taking place tonight, September 19 8PM at The Zephyr Theatre in West Hollywood. W…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMDetroit - A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though it's too extreme finale shortchanges the theme of the Am…
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 01:04AMIt's very short, but the sound and image are so right for La Bohème (coming to Vancouver Opera) that it is an object lesson in concision.
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 01:00AM
Playwrights Horizons celebrated the opening of Lisa D'Amour's 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist Detroit on Tuesday, September 18 with a post-performance part
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:33AMJoe Jackson performed a seamless mix of Duke Ellington classics and Jackson’s own songs at Strathmore on Sunday night. He began his set solo walking out to his electric piano and playing a…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:22AM1904 Julian Eltinge, the famed female impersonator, makes his Broadway debut today in Mr. Wix of Wickham, the unsuccessful musical at the Bijou Theatre. The now legendary Jerome Kern, who wa…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMThe Culture Project's 10th anniversary production of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Exonerated officially opens in its limited engagement Off-Broadway Sept. 19 following preview…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMPlaybill.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…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMFish Out of Water Productions, which features works from Americans living abroad, presents the New York premiere of Rent A White Guy, a multilingual musical fable about the life of foreigner…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMThe Old Globe production of Allegiance — A New American Musical, charting the lives of Japanese Americans who were placed in concentration camps on U.S. soil during World War II, opens…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMThe New York premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Job, a play that explores faith, officially opens Sept. 19, following previews that began Aug. 31, at The Flea Theater in Tribeca.
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMThe York Theatre Company will honor veteran music director and conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre, which will be presented …
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMTony Award winner Hal Linden, of Broadway's The Rothschilds and TV's "Barney Miller," stars in the world premiere of the comedy Under My Skin, opening Sept. 19 following pr…
Linked From Playbill at 12:17AMAmerican Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) presents the West Coast premiere of the recent Broadway production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart — focusing on the early years of the AI…
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