Alexander Dinelaris' new play has taken a few years to make it to New York and it's pretty clear why you won't be seeing this one any time soon again. It's wordy, over-indulgent, a bit…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:56PMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53PM“The Exonerated,” in a revival at the Culture Project, recounts the tales of six former death-row inmates, using their own words. And 10 years after its premiere, it is still unsettling.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12PM“Job,” Thomas Bradshaw’s latest play, hews close to the Bible and eagerly dives into forbidden subject matter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWith 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…
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NEW 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 …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:53PMCraig Wright's Grace, a four-person comedic drama set in Florida, began previews Sept. 13 prior to an official opening Oct. 4 at Broadway's Cort Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48PMHave you ever wondered what our Resident Playwrights are up to? Shortly after I began at Arena this summer, I asked all of the Resident Playwrights to share some of the highlights of their r…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 08:47PMAccording 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMSean McIntyre, Adam Lebowitz-Lockard Photo: Hunter CanningThe story of Job in the bible is one of the weirder episodes in a book full of weird episodes, and in The Flea Theater's produc…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:18PMTHREE DEGREES OF SEPARATION A woman asks for a martini in a highball glass and accuses her husband of peeing in the sink… again. He doesn’t cop to it, but doesn’t deny it. The couple s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:09PMLonging 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 …
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Jimmy 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:58PMFor 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMBLAND MEAT COOKED WELL IN THE SPITFIRE GRILL Boho Theatre’s rendition of James Valcq and Fred Alley’s simple musical The Spitfire Grill demonstrates the redemptive power of acceptance, f…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:24PMSometimes 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:14PMThe 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…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:04PMWhen Hindle Wakes opened in 1912 in London, the script was burned in the street. Stanley Houghton, a member of the Manchester School of playwrights, had exposed one of society's double stand…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMWhat is fascinating is Lisa D’Amour’s style. She brings you into the play well after it has started. Mary (Amy Ryan) and Ben (David Schwimmer) are hosting a back yard barbeque for thei…
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COLLECTED STORIES: A SNOOZE INDUCING ”WRITE” OF PASSAGE As a critic I hope for one of two things: either a production is fantastic or, to be blunt, it sucks. For me at least, a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:52PMRyan 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PM“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…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:46PMChaplin 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:43PMHey, 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:41PMFans 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…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:38PMThe 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.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMMotown 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
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:18PMRobert 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…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:16PMA new comedy by a Seattle author, a Tony Award-nominated Broadway drama, an Alan Ayckbourn play directed by the author himself and a modern spin on a Thornton Wilder classic will be part of …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:15PM26TH ANNUAL BROADWAY FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION
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SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:13PMDavid 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMBrought 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…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:09PMIn "Roma al final de la via" (Rome at the End of the Line) by the Tijuana playwright Daniel Serrano, two 7-year-old girls in a Mexican village decide to run away to Rome. Having neither tick…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:07PMPeople'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…
SOURCE: Playbill 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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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…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:59PMOn 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMGossip 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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMMustached 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:54PMHumorist 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
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:51PMProspect 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PMFacial 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMCarrie 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:40PMJake 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMF@¢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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PM“Sounding Beckett,” directed by Joy Zinoman, features three Samuel Beckett plays written rather late in his life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMOn 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.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMA 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMWith 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMPaul 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 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:18PMAl 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMLIFE IN THE KITCHEN Suicide is no laughing matter. No laughing matter, that is, until someone tries to commit it repeatedly in a room full of oblivious friends. Then it’s hilarious. Al…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:14PMI 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…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 05:12PMRobert 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…
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Prospect 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMAccording 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMShortly 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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:52PMBarbra 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMDonna Karger hosts the September 15, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:44PMStage 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMJesus Christ Superstar actress Chilina Kennedy lands role in comic musical based on novel Israel Rank
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:38PMGrammy-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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMNEWSical 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMNEWSical 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMRoundabout 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMOn 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 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMThe acclaimed production from the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven is scheduled to open at the Westside Theater in November.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:23PMThe 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:21PMThe 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:18PMLook 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…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:15PMpH 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…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:14PMThe 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:14PMThis 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…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 04:13PMPurple 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…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:09PMAcademy 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMOver 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMLOTS OF LEVELS TO PLAY WITH If you tend to like plays with concrete storylines, well-defined goals, and a balance of symbolism integrated into reality, you may find The Custom-Made Theatre …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:04PMOn 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…
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A 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMStafford 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMAccording 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMAnother treasure at Lisner by DC's little opera company that could.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 03:39PMI 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…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:32PMIt's a play about aging�Stop! Wait! Don't turn away! It's an honest, frank-and-sometimes-funny look at people making difficult life decisions at a time of life when their conversation focuse…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:31PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMStage 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMBroadway 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.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMIf 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.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMBroadway superstar Bernadette Peters will headline the 22nd annual gala to benefit The Price Center, a regionalleader in providing care to adults with developmental disabilities.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tale of how the world's most beloved nanny, Mary Poppins, flew from the pages of a popular book onto the big screen is the subject of a new film starring Tom Hank…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 03:16PMAccording 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMDavid Dineen-Porter put three months into planning Tuesday night's show as a surprise birthday tribute to his co-host, Tom Henry
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:13PMBroadway.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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:13PMOn 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMThe 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMAs 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…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:07PMTwo-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…
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Bailiwick 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania 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…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:58PMAs 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…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:54PMAcademy 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMStage 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMTweetSo 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…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 02:47PMAmerican 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMStage 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:40PMJimmy 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.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:38PMIf 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…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:35PMFor some people, Proud, opening this Saturday at the Berkeley Street Theatre, is Michael Healey’s play that was rejected by the Tarragon Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:33PMF. 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook's latest solo recording, entitled "Loverman," will be released on the DRG Records label Sept. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook's latest solo recording, entitled "Loverman," will be released on the DRG Records label Sept. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMBritish 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 ̵…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:21PMFlat 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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMAfter 17 years of living in Wilmington, N.C., Linda Lavin’s moved back to New York.
On Monday at snazzy subterranean 54 Below, she cel…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:13PMThe 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
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMGreta 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…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:03PMModern 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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMInternational 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMTwelve against one aren't very good odds, unless you happen to be making theater in a strange new way.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PM
Ralphie 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMDustin 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PMWhat 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…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:50PMBeginning tonight, September 19th, Stephen Hanna will be the new Dream Hannibal in Off-Broadway’s SILENCE! The Musical at the new Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square. The Elektra …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMAccording 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PMKind 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 …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:46PMPlaying 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:45PMBridget 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMPaul 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:39PMThe 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…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:38PMAbingdon 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMDirector 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…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:29PMBack in November, City Paper's Lydia DePillis asked, "Can the National Theatre finally come back to life?" For years, the elegant theater with the prime downtown location has been curiously …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 01:24PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS cast includes Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber with Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMPeter 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMIn 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…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:16PMMasterworks 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMAmerica’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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMAbingdon 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PM
Casting has been announced for the Sept. 24 Bound for Broadway XII concert, part of Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close Up series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMTHE 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…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:58PMHalfway 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 …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:54PMWhen 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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMThe 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:51PMWe 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…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists 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…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:46PMSince 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMThough scarcely taxing, this one-man show of Shakespearean excerpts and anecdotes is pleasantly entertaining, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:39PMBroadway 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMRoyal, 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMA brave and unusual ‘Apollo’ is let down by a nebulous ‘Orpheus’ in this first in a series of Balanchines, Apollinaire Scherr writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:27PMFive mini-dramas by New York playwright Will Eno elicit titters but little in the way of proper feeling, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:27PMSheffield 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMBertie 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 …
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 12:26PMTony 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMFat 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMOne 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMLondon's Menier Chocolate Factory has introduced a pricing system offering tickets that are cheaper the earlier they are bought.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMMembers 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMWe'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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMOur 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…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:03PMTim 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,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01PMYou’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…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:00PM
Tickets 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMA 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:57AMTwo-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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 AT 7:00 PM AT THE UNDERCROFT THEATRE AT MOUNT VERNON PLACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 900 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW, IN WASHINGTON, DC. HOW TO GET TICKETS Click…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AMDr. 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMHappy 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMChaplin: 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…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:52AMAt 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…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:52AMAlluring 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…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:50AMin 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…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:49AMSometimes 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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:48AMSinger-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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMArts Council England has opened applications for £20 million of funding to increase arts engagement in areas of low involvement.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMSaturday 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMCHEKHOV’S GUN, SERLING’S CIGARETTE The most authentic and thoughtful staging of Anton Chekhov I’ve experienced in America didn’t use any Chekhov script you’ve r…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:42AMStephen 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMThe 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…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:33AMStage 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMI’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…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:27AMSinger 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMTheatermania 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMTony 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMThe 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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:19AMTheatre 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.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMStephen 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMFlocking 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMAdA Author directing Authoran evening comprised of new one act plays by American playwright Neil LaBute and Italian playwright Marco Calvani, in which each playwright will direct the other's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMBroadway 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 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMPreviews 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,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMTonye 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AMBarbra 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMHere’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…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMary 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
The 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, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMAt 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…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:53AMTony 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMBroadway 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMTicket 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…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:45AMTony 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&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMTony 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMTony 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMBroadway 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMAs 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMKaren 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMOn 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMBallet 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMLauren 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMA 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AMNEW YORK—For the past few years, something's been slowly gnawing at Paul Rudd—the lure of live theater.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:03AMKayla 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…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:03AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AM“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…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMBroadway 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…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Charleston'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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMThe 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 …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:45AMOn 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).
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMEvery 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…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:39AMMaryland 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�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:39AMComplete 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…
SOURCE: 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, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AMA by-invitation-only reading of the new musical Boys Vs. Girls will be presented in Manhattan Nov. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMAnna 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:11AMDaniel 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…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:10AMCasting 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:08AMApollo, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMSoho 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMLegendary 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:04AM“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…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AMA 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…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMforce/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…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMI 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…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
Barbra 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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:58AMMy 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 …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:56AMToday 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…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:52AMAmbassador Theatre Group has announced that by the end of 2013, it will have invested £15 million in its venues over a three-year period.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AMToday 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…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:40AMMighty 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…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:33AMThree 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:13AMCharlie 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…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 08:03AMRalph Peterson is interested in furthering a complex, post-bop legacy. His music can be hard to count: it’s also rip-roaring fun.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:01AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMHere 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
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMI 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…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AMThis 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
As 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…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:56AMThe 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 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMCreditors 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.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMThe 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. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMTheatre 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMPeople 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…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:14AMApollo, 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AM“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…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:02AM1. 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…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Last 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 …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:50AMLast 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…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMWest 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMA fine new play byTarell Alvin McCraney now in London, and headed for New York
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:39AMI'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…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 06:37AM- A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though its too extreme finale short changes the theme of the American Dream in freefall
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:37AMMatcham 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMThe 2012-2013 season of South Florida theater promises a continued arc toward more new works and thought-provoking titles ripped fresh off the New York stages, sprinkled with enough perennia…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:35AMTheatre 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMAre critics revved up about "Detroit"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 06:28AM
Death. Rock n’ roll. Post-apocalyptic dance. The Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe digs deep in "Some Other Mettle" and "27."
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 05:56AMIn Sunset Baby, 2012 Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship winner Morisseau entrusts director Charlotte Westenra with a personal, deeply rooted piece. Set against the backdrop of Black…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:52AMAl Pacino in the audience at new Broadway musical “Chaplin.” The show was so packed that he had tickets for the rear mezzanine. When the house manager spotted him, he was upgraded to row…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:47AMHollywood producer Harvey Weinstein - the man behind films such as Pulp Fiction, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Iron Lady and countless others - is thought to be planning a raft of theat…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMTim 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…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:08AMBy 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
‘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…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:45AMThe 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.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:43AMJoe 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…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:22AMThe 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AMAmerican 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIt'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.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe 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 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFish 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1904 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…
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