Adventure Theatre presents their first collaborative project with Musical Theatre Center (MTC) with Big, the Musical –TYA, based on the beloved 80’s film Big, starring Tom Hanks. Adapted…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55PMThe skinny on all the big and behind-the-scenes events as the 50th New York Film Festival gets underway, Friday, September 28
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:35PMWhat He Did For Love, a tribute concert to the late composer Marvin Hamlisch will be presented at DROM on October 29th at 8pm. The concert will feature some of Hamlischs award winning songs,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26PMToday is the second night of Providence auditions on The X Factor. Whether you missed the show or just want to re-live an audition, read on for a full recap of tonight's show
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13PMOne of Brian Friel's best plays gets its first professional staging in New York since the play premiered on Broadway in 1968.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:04PMThe public's shortsightedness and the willing capitulation of leaders to the people's ignorance should be a topic universal enough to give anyone chills at any time.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:02PMCHILLING BUT MADDENING We are bunkered down in a ratty East Village apartment: blood stains smeared across the walls and newspapers plastered over the windows so the sunlight seeps in with …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:00PMBoyd Gaines and Richard Thomas star in a high-intensity, high-volume production of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People,” on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMBrian Friel isn't completely convinced love is a forever thing. As proved by the entertaining revival of Lovers presented by TACT at the Beckett Theatre, Friel lets audiences know how uncert…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMNew York City has become a war zone in Adam Rapp's Through the Yellow Hour, at Rattlestick Playwright's Theater. This world premiere, directed by the playwright, is unremittingly bleak, but …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMAn Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play-with-a-cause, isn't unfurled very often, which definitely makes Doug Hughes' thoroughly competent Manhattan Theatre Club revival at the Samue…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMIbsen's classic about a small town doctor who attempts to warn the citizenry about the local spa's contaminated waters. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMA locked-down New York is the setting of Adam Rapp’s new play, “Through the Yellow Hour,” now at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
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Brown Paper Box’s version of this 70s musical is unpolished as far as production values, but not a bad way to see (and hear) some of the most memorable songs in American musical theater. F…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:59PMFlat 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 09:30PMNew Paradise Labs' "27" and Lucidity Suitcase's "Red-Eye to Havre de Grace" have plenty of strengths, but don't fully pull it off
SOURCE: Culturebot at 09:26PMA day before the opening on Broadway of “An Enemy of the People,” which is a play about the efforts to silence a difficult man, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lashed out at Obama in a …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 09:15PMNever quite at the top of the Shakespearean canon, Much Ado About Nothing now seems more vital and adaptable than ever – and vastly darker than, say, Kenneth Branagh’s sun-kissed screen …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:12PMThey didn't have our word for whistle-blower when Henrik Ibsen wrote "The Enemy of the People" in 1882. As this jagged fist of a revival proves with such ripping theatricality, however, just…
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Rolex presents JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular--Career Transition For Dancers 27th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 5, at 700 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51PMLynn Nottage takes a fictional look at a real actress, providing a view into the sisterhood of African American women as they face a world skewed against them.Theresa Harris was an African A…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:35PMIn "Lovers," as in life, there are winners and losers. Brian Friel’s play gives nods to both; the first part is called "Winners," and the second called "Losers." Although these two par…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 07:31PMTap is an earthy, feet-on-the-ground style of dance, yet it helps lift the drama “Fly” at Ford’s Theatre. Omar Edwards plays a figure called the Tap Griot, and as the show’s opening …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:27PMOn Sunday, October 7 at 6 pm at Middle Collegiate Church, Broadway and television actor Tituss Burgess Jersey Boys, The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls, and NBCs 30 Rock will perform the song…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22PMIndustry Bar has established a tradition of featuring some of the weeks most anticipated must- see entertainment. In addition to having one of the citys hottest happy hours, the popular gay …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20PMA Greek-loving, man-loving Roman emperor is the center of “Open Up, Hadrian,” a new play by Javierantonio González.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:19PMThe Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center today announced FREUD'S LAST SESSION, New York's long-running hit play by Mark St. Germain, is set to open i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMPasadena Playhouse nabs lots of NAACP nominations... Pal Joey is out and La Razon Blindada is in the Rubicon's 2012-13 season, and Food Confessions replaces eXtras...Odyssey to turn out the …
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The Manhattan Theatre Club debuts a new version of Ibsen's 1882 play "An Enemy of the People" starring Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:46PMIn a recent interview with the Globe and Mail, Broadway veteran Whoopi Goldberg chatted about what it's like being a Broadway producer. On how she got started, she revealed Well, if you want…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PM“Him,” the playwright Daisy Foote’s first play to be produced since the death of her father and mentor, Horton Foote, is in previews at Primary Stages.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:29PMPresented by 4Hawk Productions and The Neboya Collective, The Austin Pendleton Project Where The Work Is is a documentary film currently in production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, has announced that their upcoming production of Anton Chekhovs IVANOV, starr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMWhen Maria Helena Pinto performs in “Voices of Strength,” a two-night program at the Kennedy Center featuring the work of African female director-choreographers, she will wear a bucket o…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:12PMHenrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, starring Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas, is holding court at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Find out if Word of Mouth panelists Phyllis,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMBefore they hit the road for Wisconsin for the first stop of the National Tour, the Little Sisters of Hoboken hit the lanes The habit-clad cast of Nunset Boulevard The Nunsense Hollywood Bow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMRecently I had a conversation with someone about audiences and how we so frequently refer to them as “butts in seats,” and today I read this and it got me to thinking about how much time…
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Award-winning actor, playwright, and filmmaker Christine Toy Johnson will be honored by the Asian American Arts Alliance with the 2012 Wai Look Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts. She…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:58PMOn Sept. 23, Broadway star siblings Celia Keenan-Bolger
(Peter and the Starcather) and Andrew Keenen-Bolger
(Newsies) took Playbill on an exclusive tour of the 26th annual Broadway Car…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PMThere is so much sassy talent generating so much rock ’n’ roll heat in the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre production of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller” that it mi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:52PMThe It Gets Better musical theatre project, a co-production of Speak Theater Arts, the It Gets Better Project and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, will premiere Oct. 19 at the Univer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:51PMVince Pesce will take over directing duties for the Goodspeed Opera House production of Something's Afoot, which runs October 5-December 9.Previously announced director Casey Husion, who con…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:46PMThe Flea presents A.R. Gurney's view of the near-future via-a-vie politics, religion and immaculate conception. This world premiere is directed by Flea Artistic Director, Jim Simson and the …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 05:46PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, September 27, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more in…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:42PMProspect 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 05:41PMThe Theatrical Management Association TMA has today Thursday 27 September 2012 announced the nominations for its Theatre Awards UK 2012 with the full list of nominations now online at www.tm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMWestchester Broadway Theatre presents Fiddler On The Roof, with Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics Sheldon Harnick and Book by Joseph Stein. This production will be directed and choreographed by Ri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMLynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) are pleased to announce full casting for Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming prod…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:31PMThe latest installment of Dan Goggin's Nunsense franchise, Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show, will begin a national tour Oct. 4 at the Schauer Arts Center in Hartford, W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMWestchester Broadway Theatre is set to present Fiddler on the Roof, October 11-November 25 and January 3-February 3. Richard Stafford will direct and choreograph, with musical direction by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:22PMStage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris is not only narrating the audiobook for The Bro Code for Parents: What to Expect When You're Awesome; he's doing it in character as Barney Stinson, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMCast members from the Public Theater production of February House, including Kacie Sheik, Julian Fleisher and Stanley Bahorek, will reunite at Joe's Pub Oct. 16 to celebrate the cast alb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM"Freud's Last Session," the stage drama that imagines a meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, was a popular off-Broadway success in New York, opening in 2010 and running for close t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:10PMBefore you begin this story, I suggest you turn off your camera, discard your water bottle and silence your cellphone. Patti LuPone has a zero-tolerance policy for distractions at the theate…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:05PMStage and screen actors Michael McKean and Ed Begley Jr. have landed recurring roles on the Christopher Guest documentary-style comedy series "Family Tree," according to the Hollyw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMAt the start of "Elijah: An Adventure," black-clad figures appear on stage. They look almost frozen in the waves of "bon voyages" that those on shore direct to loved ones on an ocean liner…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:00PM
With all the hoopla over *50 Shades of Grey*, this play puts a different perspective on what could be called sexual empowerment and taking control. We recommend this production for those wh…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:52PMPoliticians can run, but they can’t hide from comedian Lewis Black. The Daily Show alum will bring his new solo show, Running on Empty, to Broadway just in time for the election, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:51PMSymphony Space is to present three performances of composer John Cage's How to Get Started, November 1, November 15, and December 13 in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre. The production will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:49PMNicole Ari Parker, who starred on Broadway this past season in A Streetcar Named Desire, will be one of the leads in the NBC pilot, The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives, according to Deadl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:45PMWWA Gallery’s upcoming exhibit The Noise in the Basement featuring James “Jimbot” Demski, Dan Goodsell, JoKa, David Lozeau, Juan Muniz, Jeff T Owens, JC Rivera and Saratoga…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:44PMTony Award winner Stockard Channing will be part of the fourth season of the CBS legal drama "The Good Wife," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMFarah Alvin, Matt DeAngelis, Lilli Cooper and Adam Cantor will be part of When Love Takes Over, an Oct. 7 fundraiser for Broadway Impact's New York City Marathon team.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMThe late Edward M. Kennedy is being honored with a new drama prize in his name. The annual award, which will be given through Columbia University Libraries in New York, will recognize a new…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:32PMI couldn't help but think of an ATF agent named Peter Forcelli while I watched the super-charged Broadway revival of An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen's play about a man who tries to do t…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:31PMThe five short plays in "Tiny Kushner" by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Tony Kushner ("Angels in America") add up to an epic look at bright American zaniness and darker American craziness.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:25PMGoodman’s Sweet Bird of Youth is a fascinating mess. Forget the talented and stunning Diane Lane — David Cromer’s direction is the star. After all, his bewildering and dist…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:24PMMark Morris Dance Group returns to its old Seattle home, On the Boards, with a world premiere, two Seattle premieres and the return of his classic "Grand Duo," Oct. 4-6, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:24PMSteaming Panychby Nanette SoucyA path through St. Henri is not unlike the trip to the bathroom in a Montreal restaurant. Walking by dark alleys between oxidizing industry, covered in graffit…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:24PMThe playwright’s name may be drawing the crowds, but Haunting Julia, is not one of Ayckbourn’s typical plays. A psychological ghost story that focuses on the death of 19 year old mu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:23PMAmerican singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles recently appeared as a celebrity speller in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, N.Y. This producti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMOnce considered the biggest flop in Broadway history, Carrie is back with a vengeance, thanks to a recent MCC revival. Now the cast is celebrating the first-ever Carrie cast record…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMNEW YORK—A $100,000 theater award honoring the late Sen. Edward Kennedy has been established in New York.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:12PMJeffrey Hatcher’s new play Ten Chimneys will now open on October 3, rather than the previously announced date of September 30. The bio comedy about legendary Broadway stage couple Alfr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:11PMMARTHA Truth and illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. GEORGE No, but we must carry on as though we did. Throughout Edward Albee’s masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Vi…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:04PMMore info: Coneyisland.com
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:04PMWhat is the often politically-minded Actors' Gang doing as the elections draw closer? Sheridan's 1775 comedy The Rivals. The Gang's Tim Robbins and director David Schweizer -- who saw the Ga…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PMSOS: A Journey Out of the Forgotten Borough... Staten Island, written, created and performed by Candice Guardin, will be offered Oct. 15 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
THEATER REVIEW: "The Big Knife" at Raven Theatre ★★
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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Equivocation" at Victory Gardens Theater ★★ ... In the first scene of playwright Bill C…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PMWhat is it like to perform under the direction of Robert Wilson? An actor shares the experience of "Einstein on the Beach" with Charles Isherwood.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMThe Peccadillo Theatre Company's New York City premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's new comedy Ten Chimneys begins performances Sept. 21 at Theatre at St. Clement's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMDenver Center Theatre Company DCTC will present the world premiere of SENSE amp SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, running April 5 May 26 in The Stage Theatre. Accoring to DCTC's website, the show ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! Broadway can’t spell.” I’m talking to you, Motown. You tho…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 03:48PMDuring the rousing curtain call for the Denver Center Theatre Company's revival of August Wilson's "Fences," it was hard not to glean in lead David Alan Anderson's face a kind of lingering…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:47PMThe Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present the world premiere of Theatre in the Dark, a two-evening theatrical experience, running October 20-December 16 at the Odyssey Theatre.Theatre in the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PMAs first scooped by BroadwayWorld.com, the legendary Barbra Streisand recently revealed in an interview with Katie Couric that she will duet with her son, Jason Gould, at her upcoming Brookl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMHow Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein came together for a musical
NEW YORK - The New 42nd Street Studios, where many Broadway musicals rehearse, are full of drama. Once at this very addres…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMThe House of Atreus looks good on leather. Leather couches that is -- part of the seating at T1, the Bergamot Station Arts Center and new home of City Garage. The company’s inaugural p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:40PMPlus: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:35PMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce a one-week extension for GOLDEN CHILD by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman. The production will now play through Sunday, December 9. The…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:34PMFive Minneapolis galleries launch their fall seasons with new paintings and drawings.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:33PMThe comedian returns to town for a night of family talk.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:31PMThe Education Department of Chicago Shakespeare Theater will receive the Folger Shakespeare Library's Shakespeare Steward Award for Innovative Teaching of Shakespeare in American Classrooms.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMCrooner Andy Williams, whose voice made Henry Mancini's "Moon River" a hit, died Sept. 25 at the age of 84. Playbill.com pays tribute to the vocalist, who made one Broadway app…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMSomeone lock these two up! Two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone and Oscar nominee Debra Winger are gearing up for an explosive Broadway battle courtesy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Davi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMThe Canadian Theatre Critics Association have named Judith Thompson, "one of Canada's darkest and most daring playwrights," as recipient of the 2012 Herbert Whittaker-CTCA Awar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMSuperstar Ricky Martin will guest on the October 4th LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL. The actor currently stars as 'Che' in the current Broadway revival of EVITA .
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMJeffrey’s Hatcher’s Ten Chimneys is giving off-Broadway audiences a look into the private lives of Broadway stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The show stars real-life hus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMLynne Meadow Artistic Director, Barry Grove Executive Producer, and Mandy Greenfield Artistic Producer have just announced full casting for Manhattan Theatre Clubs upcoming production of GOL…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMIt’s one of our favorite theater moments ever — the one wherein Gavin Creel stepped onstage in Thoroughly Modern Millie, sang about four notes and made us fall instantly and madly in…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:05PMCulturebot faves Rebecca Patek, Liz Santoro, and Arturo Vidich bring works-in-progress to the Museum of Arts & Design
SOURCE: Culturebot at 03:05PMSara Jean Ford, who appeared as Smitty in the recent Broadway revival of How to Succeed and as Christine in the Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera, will perform the Maury Yeston son…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM
California Shakespeare Theater has announced the productions planned for its 2013 season.The season will open with Richard James Montoya's American Night: The Ballad of Juan José (May 29-J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:59PMEmmy nominee Lee Pace will play celebrated composer Vincenzo Bellini in Terrence McNally's new play Golden Age. The Manhattan Theatre production will also star Richard Easton and Ed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMAfter playing a master pie chef on TV's Pushing Daisies, Emmy nominee Lee Pace is about to perfect another craft: opera music. Pace will play celebrated composer Vincenzo Bell…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMAmbassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University have just announced the establishment of significant theater award, The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMThis production is a gleeful blend of old silent films with dashing heroes and lovelorn heroines with a fine comic touch from the villain and villainess. And because tickets are free, it's …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:53PMThe McKittrick Hotel 530 W 27th Street, New York, NY, home of Sleep No More, announces details ofCarnival des Corbeaux, the follow-up to last years Halloween festivities at The McKittrick.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMRandall Frizado, a familiar presence on the Pennsylvania stage, is currently playing Uncle Jocko (among others) in Fulton Theatre Company's production of Gypsy, starring Denise Whelan. H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMMany scholars have argued over whether the central character in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is Caesar, the doomed dictator around whom the plot revolves, or Brutus, the c…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:45PMEach day leading up to the first performance of Annie at the Palace Theatre on October 3, Broadway.com is bringing you exclusive video introductions to the lovely little orphans who are neve…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMThe Neighborhood Playhouse announced Sept. 27 the appointment of Pamela Moller Kareman to the role of executive director, succeeding Harold G. Baldridge, who stepped down after 33 years at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMCenterstages historic 50th Anniversary Season officially kicks off with AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, directed by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, in a landmark production that takes Arthur Mil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMGet to work, playwrights! Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University have established a new theater award, The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History. Smit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:33PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
Never mind how Jesus might vote in the upcoming election. More to the point is how Henrik Ibsen might cast his ballot, since his 1882 political drama, "…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PMIn the only news it seems people want to talk about lately, Rebecca the musical is making headlines again it seems but this time for all the right reasons. In what seems to be the most epic …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:28PMAmbassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University have announced the establishment of The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History (EMK Prize), created by Smith to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMBlue Coyote Theater Group has announced casting for the previously announced world premiere production of David Johnston's Coney, running October 27-November 17 at The New Ohio. Gary Shrade…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMThe McKittrick Hotel, home of the hit immersive theatrical experience Sleep No More, will celebrate Halloween with the six-night costume party event Carnival des Corbeaux, taking place Octob…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PM"Turbulence," developed in Portland and Seattle, opens today in SF and makes its way to NYC next week
SOURCE: Culturebot at 02:18PMThe New York City premiere of Terrence McNally's Golden Age, the backstage story of the Bellini opera I Puritani, will feature "Pushing Daisies" star Lee Pace as the 19th-centu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMEmmy nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Lee Pace will head the cast of Terrence McNally's Golden Age, to be presented Off-Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stag…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMAmbassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University have announced the creation of The Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History (EMK Prize).The award, which will hono…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PMRoundabout Theatre Company will soon launch the national tour of the 2011 Tony Award winning Anything Goes, starring Rachel York as Reno Sweeney. The national tour will set sail in Cleveland…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMCameron Mackintosh, the West End impresario, says the musical Miss Saigon will be turned into a film if the current film adaptation of Les Misérables is a success.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 02:08PMThings are not going well for Harper Regan, the title character in Simon Stephens’ drama at the Atlantic Theater Company’s mainstage theater. Harper’s father is deathly ill…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04PMEvita star Ricky Martin and Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon will be among the theater veterans who will appear in October on the talk show, LIVE with Kelly and Michael.The show, hosted by Ke…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PM
Larry Cedar, who's playing all the roles in Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta solo at the Colony, discusses the pleasures and the perils of being the only actor on stage. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:55PMSimon amp Schuster Audio is pleased to announce that award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris will narrate THE BRO CODE FOR PARENTS What to Expect When You're Awesome as Barney Stinson, due o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMActors Betty Buckley and Sam Waterston and playwrights Christopher Durang and Paula Vogel are among the 2012 inductees into the Theater Hall of Fame, and will be honored at an invitation onl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMBroadway.com offers up the best breaking news, star interviews and exclusive features about Broadway on the web. Below are the most-read stories on the site from September 21 to September 27…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMTony and five-time Emmy winner John Larroquette recently wrapped his run in the Broadway election drama The Best Man, and now he’ll return to the world of politics in Infamous, a new m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMThis week - it's all about CHAPLIN Broadway's new musical CHAPLIN opened on September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre. CHAPLIN depicts the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMStage and screen favorite Vanessa Williams was inducted into Gray Line New York's Ride of Fame on Thursday, September 27 at a noontime ceremony at Pier 78.The actress/singer was on hand for t
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMDirector-choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge's creative team for the world premiere of Sense & Sensibility The Musical will include Tony Award-nominated set designer Allen Moyer, Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMMCC THEATER Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director begins previews today for the world premiere production of Dont Go Gentle by Ste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMChristian Borle and Debra Messing's Smash characters might need to watch their backs. For its second season, the Broadway-themed series is bringing in a new pair of writers, who will be …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMThe Geffen Playhouse and the La Jolla Playhouse are reaching out to military families as part of a new, nationwide program offering discounted or complimentary tickets to active-duty militar…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:11PMI find myself inspired and rejuvenated since the arrival in my mailbox yesterday of the two volumes that comprise The Art of Mollycrabapple. Or, to say it plainer and broader, I am simply in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:08PMAcademy Award winner and stage veteran William Hurt will star as physicist Richard Feynman in the BBC and Science Channel's as-yet-untitled telepic about the 1986 explosion of the space shut…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:07PMThe show: Yale Repertory Theatre production of "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose"
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:06PMWith the 2012 Presidential election coming up, it's hard to avoid the constant political coverage, ads, and spoofs that have taken over television. In the video below, celebrities Miley Cyru…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMThe $100,000 award, recognizing a play or musical inspired by American history, is being established at Columbia University in honor of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02PMWhen the cast of A Chorus Line sings, “God, I hope I get it…” it seems to apply to every hopeful high school actor and actress there is! Nowadays to be on Broadway or to work in the bu…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:00PM
Harold Pinter, LondonAlan Ayckbourn's brilliantly intricate comedy, first seen in Scarborough in 1984 and then at the National, sits uneasily in the West End. It demands a company, a sense o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMBilly Crystal, William Shatner, Martin Short, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are among the celebrities taking part in a one-night-only Sept. 27 reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream to benefit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMNew Wolsey, Ipswich: That curious yoof culture spat between mods and rockers in the 1960s is the pleasingly compatible setting for a musical update of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergera…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMBarbra Streisand's private music vault holds all the master tapes she's recorded for five decades. Now, she's sharing 11 previously unreleased songs, spanning a cross-section of her career f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMJulian Sands performs "A Celebration of Harold Pinter" today at 6 p.m. in a free show at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:51PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in the Upstairs Theater at Chicago Shakespeare ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" in the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:51PMThe Druid Theatre Company's DruidMurphy, Pan Pan's Everyone Is King Lear in His Own Home, the Wooster Group's Hamlet and Elevator Repair Service's The Select (The Sun Also Ri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMWoodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will present the Off-Broadway Premiere of Sowa's Red Gravy by Diane Richards, October 18-November 18 at Castillo T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMComposer Steven Lutvak and members of the cast of the world premiere of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" at Hartford Stage will present a cabaret tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PMZack, Slater, Kelly, Jessie, Screech, Lisa, Mr. Belding and even Tori are back in action, with a song to sing. Bayside! The UnMusical!, the "hilarious, unofficial and unauthorized music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMNearly the entire cast of the musical February House, which played the Public Theater earlier this year, will reunite for a special concert to celebrate the release of the show's CD. The eve…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMIf renowned producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh has his way, not only will the upcoming movie adaptation of Les Miserables become a box office sensation, but the film's popularity will pave …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMTheater notables who saw the 1962 production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” share their recollections, reservations and realizations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:29PMSignature Theatre has just announced a one-week extension for GOLDEN CHILD by David Henry Hwang, directed by Leigh Silverman. The production will now play through Sunday, December 9. The pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMI'm one of those people who look askance at musicals built around pre-existing songs, but many of us who feel that way are happy to give a pass to Marry Me a Little. Originally staged Off-Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:22PMFour years into Glee one of the show’s biggest mysteries is finally solved: How Kurt manages his killer wardrobe on the budget of an Ohio teenager! In the September 27 episode &ld…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMSinger Sarah Brightman, who created the role of Christine in the London and Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera, will release her latest solo recording in 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMCeline Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will be among the performers for CBS' We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston, according to Deadline.com.The one-hour special, to b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMMichael Kahn, the 25-plus-year Artistic Director of Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, has been named to the Theater Hall of Fame, the American Theater Critics Association announced…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:10PMComposer and lyricist Billy Barnes, whose topical material was featured in a series of revues in the 1950s and '60s, died in his home in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. He was 85.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMMembers of the original cast of The Public Theaters critically-acclaimed musical February House will reunite at Joes Pub on October 16th at 700pm for an evening of song, and to celebrate the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMYou take the high road and I’ll take the low road and we’ll meet at The Keegan Theatre for their production of A Couple of Blaguards. This two man show, Directed by Colin Smith, is a tru…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Fred Willard, Michael McKean and Ed Begley Jr. have joined the cast of Christopher Guest's new HBO docu-style comedy FAMILY TREE in recurring roles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMSignature Theatre has announced that its production of Golden Child by David Henry Hwang, which was originally scheduled to run October 23-December 2, has received a one week extension and w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMThe release this week of Jekyll and Hyde: The 2012 Concept Recording represents the 6th English language version (7th if you include the Australian promotional CD made for a production that …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMStage and screen star John Larroquette will join the cast of NBC's Infamous in a recurring role, according to Deadline.com.Larroquette will take on the role of Senator Dwight Haverstock, a p…
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Urban Stages has announced plans for its 2012-2013 season.The season will kick off with Urban Stages OCTOBERFEST (October 7-November 4), the 20 Year Anniversary Celebration of Urban Stages O…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMWhen Andy Statman began exploring klezmer music in the early 1970s, the Old World form was very nearly extinct.
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:59AMTwo songs from the new rock musical Prometheus Bound, which debuted at the American Repertory Theater in 2011, have been released by songwriter Serj Tankian on his new album "Harakiri.&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMPerhaps it's his Iron City roots, but Stephen Chbosky evinces no symptoms of the Hollywood curses of credit hogging and self-aggrandizement.
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:58AMAward-winning playwright Terrence McNally was honored at the Westport Country Playhouse gala, entitled The Full McNally: ACelebration of the Writing and Works of Terrence McNally, o
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMThe Signature Theatre Company revival of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child has extended its limited run at off-Broadway’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre. Directed by Leig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMThe Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Allegiance A New American Musical, an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. As …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMGrowing up in New York, like virtually every other kid, Jamie Bernstein took piano lessons. And like most kids, she hated to practice. Surprisingly, her parents didn't harangue her about it.…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:54AMThe London Evening Standard Theatre Awards will include a new category honouring an emerging director this year. The award will be officially called the Burberry Award for Emerging Director,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMOff-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre officially opens its 2012-13 season on Sept. 27 with Brian Friel's Lovers, made up of two related one-acts. Previews began Sept. 18 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMSanta can close up the workshop because I know what I want under my tree this Christmas. (And, no, it isn’t Jonathan Groff in a festive holiday sweater…that’s my stocking s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:40AMAge & Hometown: 31; Copley, Ohio
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Honey, a “mousy” professor’s wife with a penchant for brandy in Edward Albee's classic drama W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:37AMA packed house honored the theatrical achievements of award-winning playwright Terrence McNally at Westport Country Playhouses annual fundraising gala, The Full McNally A Celebration of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMThe Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's highly-acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys, took home four awards, including Outstanding Production of a Musical…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMThe Manhattan Theatre Club‘s much-anticipated revival of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, starring four-time Tony winner Boyd Gaines (Journey’s End) and Golden Globe …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:36AMBefore performances even begin, Classic Stage Company's Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson, has extended for two weeks. The CSC production is now set to conclude December …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMPaper Mill Playhouse will present A Chorus Line, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett, with book by James Kirkwood and N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMNINA METZ reviews "The Skriker" at Red Tape Theatre ★★ and "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" at Mary-Arrchie Theatre ★★
NINA METZ reviews "The Skriker" at Red Tape Thea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMWith Diane Lane prowling the boards at the Goodman Theatre, not long after Nathan Lane in "The Iceman Cometh," and with Jimmy Smits now lined up for "The Motherf**ker with the Hat" later thi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMAs first reported on Deadline, John Larroquette has joined NBC's midseason drama series INFAMOUS in a recurring role. The five-time Emmy winner joins previously announced cast members Victor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMThe new Off-Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, part of Signature Theatre Company's 2012-13 Hwang residency, will get an added week, now to Dec. 9. There is &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMSome people vote to make a change in the country and to perform their civic duty. Celebrities on the other hand head to the polls for sex, to strengthen their fingers for tweeting and to imp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMManhattan Theatre Clubs production of a new version of Henrik Ibsens AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes opens tonight at MTCs Samuel J. F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMThe River Bride is ReadyIt's been a little quiet here on the blogging front. Meaning, my blogging hasn't been as regular as usual. Well, it's been plenty stressful at the 9 to 5 job (and it'…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:19AMPreview performances of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf begin this evening, Thursday, September 27, 2012, at the Booth Theatre 222 West 45th Street. Opening night is set for Satu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMBirmingham Hippodrome : Something old, something new and something relatively youthful. The latest triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet, entitled Opposites Attract, is a subtle balancing…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AM"The Master" is not easily pigeon-holed as a film but one can argue that it is, at its core, a brilliant anti-war movie.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:13AMManhattan Theatre Club’s production of a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes opens tonight at MTC’s Sa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:12AMProducer Cameron Mackintosh revealed in a recent interview with the Telegraph that should the upcoming film of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's Les Miserables prove to be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMMCC kicks off its 2012-2013 season on September 27 with the world premiere of Stephen Belber’s Don’t Go Gentle. Directed by Lucie Tiberghian, the drama stars Michael Cristof…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMBased on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, Motown: The Musical will begin previews on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 11, 2013 prior to officially opening on A…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:07AMLos Angeles band Vintage Trouble, led by vocalist and Broadway actor Ty Taylor, will open for The Who on the first leg of the band's North American arena tour, which will kick off Nov. 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMThe Old Rep, Birmingham: I love this angry and beautiful play. It says everything about the transforming power of theatre and its essential role in society. Max Stafford-Clark's own com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMCast member Kelvin Roston Jr. offers a glance backstage at the Marriott Theatre's production of Dreamgirls, playing the company's home in Lincolnshire, IL, through Oct. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMBroadway pumps $11 billion buckaroos into the NYC economy and provides 86,000 jobs to local residents . . . and the city just sent us a thank you card. That card came in the form of a fascin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWoodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will present Diane Richards's Sowa's Red Gravy at Castillo Theatre Oct. 18-Nov. 18 with an official op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMChristopher Innvar, Mary McCann, Mary Beth Peil, Jordan Lage, Madeleine Martin, Gareth Saxe star in Simon Stephens' tale of Harper Regan to life for Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
The Gaiety Theatre, managed by Izzie Herk during its burlesque heyday. If you squint, you can see that the top line on the marquee reads “Girlie Follies”. Chaplin’s “…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:58AMMichael Ball and Imelda Staunton will compete at this year’s Theatre Awards UK for the title of best performance in a musical for their roles in Sweeney Todd, along with Daniel Evans for h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMTCG is pleased to announce the launch of the Blue Star Theatres program. In partnership with Blue Star Families and with support from MetLife Foundation, the Blue Star Theatres program will …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:58AMIn the black-box theater at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Marcus Kyd — whose hair is currently dyed the traffic-light yellow favored by seventh-grade boys circa 2003 — is directing a r…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:56AMHarry Enfield has teamed up with Skins writer Bryan Elsley to launch a new independent TV production company called Balloon. A statement announcing the company today said that Balloon had be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMClassic Stage Company has announced that its upcoming production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, starring Ethan Hawke, which was originally slated to close on November 25, will extend through Dec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMThe English National Ballet’s new artistic director Tamara Rojo has called on Arts Council England and the government to do more to help arts organisations overcome funding cutbacks. Speak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMWhen last we left Muriel Plakenstein, she was about to enter a new world. The world of Ethel Merman and the St. James Theatre and Hello, Dolly! and David Merrick. Funny thing, I am about to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMCelebrities such as Carol Channing, Fran Drescher, Melissa Manchester, and Helen Reddy were among the participants at the 2012 California Women's Conference, held at the Long
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMWhether they illuminate or puzzle, director David Cromer's interpretations of classic plays always are eccentric, and his new version of Tennessee Williams'
Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMClassic Stage Company's new production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov will get two additional weeks, to Dec. 9, at CSC's home on East 13th Street. Ethan Hawke plays the title role, so…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMWhatever else one can say about the brash, boisterous, and freewheeling musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson which opens Arts West's 2012-13 season, dull it ain't!
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:26AMPrepare the sledgehammer and the Dom Perignon. A new stage adaptation of Stephen King's "Misery" will have its world premiere this fall.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:17AMKate Mulgrew has joined the cast of the new Netflix series Orange is the New Black, according to Deadline.The series, created by Jenji Kohan, follows a young Brooklyn woman (played by Taylor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMRed-Eye to Havre de Grace is a mesmerizing piece of theatre ... What makes Bang so great is how it subverts and explodes our expectations ... Jacqueline Goldfinger's Raw Stitch is a raunchy …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:11AMShakespeare's Globe has responded to the recent controversy surrounding advance reviews of its current production of Twelfth Night, which stars Stephen Fry as Malvolio and former artistic di…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:05AMA video preview of Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Colfer's first meeting on the September 27 episode of the Fox series Glee has been released.In the episode, Colfer's Kurt arrives at Vogue.c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMBroadway composer and lyricist Billy Barnes died in his home in Los Angeles on September 24 at the age of 85, according to published reports.Barnes' work included satirical revues, comedy wr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AMAlright, team. We’ve got some tickets for you! A voucher for a pair of tickets to see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf sometime in the month of October (or early November!), to be exact. W…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:02AMNew label Broadway Records is fast adding eclectic titles and talent to its catalog with its first cabaret recording and first concept cast album, though I don’t really think a 20 year…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:02AMOhio's Human Race Theatre Company and the Kentucky-based Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center will co-present the world premiere of Michael Slade's dark drama Under a Red Moon,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AM
Sweeney Todd is poised for glory at the Theatre Awards with three nominations.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:57AMTony Award winner Boyd Gaines and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas play dueling brothers in Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Ada…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:53AMIn Synetic Theater’s newest production, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s short novel, Alex Mills plays both the muted Professor Jekyll and his voracious alter ego Mister Hyde. Under gui…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:50AM"More Than a High Note," a two-day intensive master class with Broadway actor-singer Tituss Burgess, will be offered Oct. 4-5 and Oct. 8-9 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMCan you hear me now? Trying to communicate in The Motherfucker with the Hat. Photos by Craig Bailey.A kind of identity crisis has been creeping up on SpeakEasy Stage for some time…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:47AMScreen and stage veteran Stockard Channing will guest star on the CBS drama The Good Wife as the mercurial mom of Julianna Margulies' Alicia Florrick, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMThe Theatrical Management Association has announced nominations for its Theatre Awards UK 2012, honoring creative excellence and outstanding achievement on and off stage throughout England, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMBen Forster, star of the new touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar, has claimed that the show could herald a “new generation” of arena musicals. Speaking to The Stage as the are…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMFive-time GRAMMY winner Celine Dion, GRAMMY and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher are the first performers announced for WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU A GRAM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMActors, actresses, critics, playwrights and one astronaut will be inducted into the newest class of The Players Hall of Fame Sept. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMMr. Barnes’s comic revues in the late 1950s and early ’60s skewered beatniks, television and other contemporary targets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:19AM"We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston" will air on CBS Nov. 16 at 10 PM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMIn Part Four of interviews with the cast of MetroStage’s Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Bobby Smith talks about performing in MetroStage’s production. Joel: Why di…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMLegit News:
Noms for Theater Awards U.K. annnounced
SOURCE: Variety at 09:11AMA Rather Long and Somewhat Informative Look at the Puppet Co.’s 2012-2013 Season Although we will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2013, with our original three founders still acti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:08AMNew Diorama, London: Incomplete at the time of his death, Georg Buchner's Woyzeck has been posthumously finished and edited by authors ever since - The Woyzeck is Sebastian Rex's s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMCity Varieties Music Hall, Leeds: The cobweb-fringed set, backed by a red curtain, hints at a theatrical, Victorian pastiche.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMThe medical sitcom “Scrubs” is heading to Broadway. “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence revealed the news on Twitter recently when a follower asked him if there will be an upcoming movie …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMOn September 27, previews begin for the 50th anniversary revival of Edward Albee’s masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Booth Theatre. Starring August: Osage County…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 09:00AMI am skeptical about the American two-party system, but not cynical enough (not yet) to refrain from participating in elections. There’s one coming up in six weeks, and though I voted …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:00AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no34JqXTk8Q by Michael Wheeler Two years ago, as part of a Canada Council-supported Director in Training residency at The Tarragon Theatre, I was shipped out t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:59AMLusia Strus and Mariann Mayberry in Steppenwolf’s “Good People.” Now firmly in my 30s, its amazing the number of my friends who are living paycheck to paycheck — incl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:50AMNEW YORK—This may be a presidential election year, but don't expect Lewis Black to be enjoying himself.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:43AMNEW YORK (AP) -- This may be a presidential election year, but don't expect Lewis Black to be enjoying himself....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:42AMEdward Albee’s classic drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? returns to Broadway on September 27, starring Tracy Letts and Amy Morton. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the Steppenwolf …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:33AMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of An Enemy of the People celebrates opening night on September 27. The production, which features Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s tra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:26AMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production of An Enemy of the People celebrates opening night on September 27. The production, which features Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s tra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:26AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #237: Carl Ballantine (for my full squib on this comedy magician go here). This clip from the PBS Vaudeville doc, features a snippet of an intervi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:23AMOpens today and runs through Sunday at such top NYC venues as BB King’s, the Highline Ballroom, and Brooklyn Bowl. For full information, schedule, tic etc go to http://www.thenewyorkb…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:11AM(Pictured: Kwame Kwei-Armah) We are excited to announce some new additions to the speakers list for our 2012 Fall Forum on Governance: Leading the Charge. Kwame Kwei-Armah, the artistic dire…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 08:10AMPeter Glanville, artistic director of Little Angel theatre, wonders whether puppetry is in danger of placing spectacle over contentWe're become used to seeing feats of giant engineering. Fol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMHere is a writer whose vision and generous spirit cannot be ignored. And that Steve Stern writes a prose as fine as anyone could wish must be emphasized, as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 27 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe hit musical Bring It On, now at Broadway's St. James Theater, boasts over 25 actors making their Broadway debuts. But on many nights, all eyes have been on Rialto newcomer Ryann Redmond,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Written By Joel Benjamin September 26th, 2012 Ann Hampton Callaway has a huge, almost operatic, pop/jazz voice which she combines with a warm, generous spirit. Her sol…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:53AMNew York Theatre Workshop, Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A compelling and welcomed punch to the gut.
Intense doesn't seem like a strong enough word to define the most dr…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:40AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Lynn Nottage's "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" indicts the industry's checkered minority record while exploring our own fractured relationship with our m…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:34AMAfter relocating to Los Angeles almost 20 years ago, Cameron Daddo has become known for his roles on the television and the big screen but now he returns to the Australian theatre stage as P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11AMTristan Bates Theatre, London: A singer-songwriter, once dubbed the Baptist Manilow in his days as a gospel figurehead, is now facing a death sentence from Aids, and decides to record one fi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMLegit News:
Actor to star in McNally play Off Broadway
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMHello! My name is Nicole Pietrangelo and I am thrilled to be starting my blog for TheaterMania U! I'm a junior at the University of Alabama (ROLL TIDE!) pursuing my Bachelor of Music degre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
02 Arena, London: There's no better sign that an act has made it big than when it has become fashionable to dislike them. By this measurement, Michael McIntyre has exceeded expectations…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMXL Video recently supplied Stealth LED screens as part of an impressive specials package for Canadian electro artist/producer Deadmau5's highly visual performance at the 2012 iTunes festival…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMStar of forthcoming Les Misérables movie to give sneak preview of her vocal ability at one-off gig in New YorkTwo months before Les Misérables opens in cinemas, Anne Hathaway will give a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:41AMClwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: This is a comedy of very bad manners indeed. The two couples who have gathered for a civilised talk about their young sons' bad behaviour begin to bicker and d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMBlanka Zizka’s production of Angels in America at the Wilma is one of the triumphant events in my 20-plus years of Philadelphia theatergoing.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:23AMHarrogate Theatre: Two desperate men on a lighthouse and a month until the relief boat arrives. Which one is telling the truth and who is that rather attractive swimmer? The two men die horr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMGuardian Extra members can save £19.50 on tickets to see the latest comedy by American playwright Alan Hruska. The offer is valid until 27 OctoberThe Man on Her Mind, the new comedy by Amer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AMOlivier Award-winning actress Laura Michelle Kelly plays the title role in a new revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's drama The Second Mrs Tanqueray, which begins previews at the Rose Theatre, Ki…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AM
I saw the ACT-UP documentary on Monday night. I've seen plenty of AIDS crisis documentaries over the years, and the only other one I can think of that approaches How to Survive a Plague in t…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:49AMBernadette Peters, one of the greatest living Broadway superstars, will headline the first opening gala, Once Upon a Dream, at ZACHs new Topfer Theatre tonight, Sept. 27. The illustrious act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTune in to PBS tonight, September 27, 2012, at 8 p.m. for Live From Lincoln Centers telecast of the New York Philharmonics Opening Gala conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert. The program …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Yale Center for British Art has announced that acclaimed British actor Julian Sands will perform in A Celebration of Harold Pinter tonight, September 27 at 6 pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMHartford Stage presents A Grand Night for Singing, an evening of cabaret and a fundraising event to benefit Hartford Stage on Thursday, September 27. The performance will be at 730 p.m., and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM"It was a poetic drama, and the audience, though loath to do anybody an injustice, was beginning to suspect that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" and "Spring Awakening" tell 19th-century stories with contemporary sounds.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMGloria Estefan
Everybody do the Conga, because Latin music legend Gloria Estefan is in the house! The Grammy-winning singer stops by to tell us all about her involvement with The CW's talent…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMRevelations With The Cast Of "Parks and Recreation"
There are many things one can learn after spending time with the cast of NBC's "Parks & Recreation", and we head to the set to be enlighte…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM'Looper' Star Piper Perabo's Nude Scene Prep
We are in Times Square to catch up with the lovely Piper Perabo, who gives us all the juicy deets on her sexy role as a prostitute in the sci-fi …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The image is as joyous as the show. It's Rebecca Northen in her high-wire act, Blind Date, now at The Cultch in Vancouver.(Read our review)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMLegit News:
Kareman to top New York acting school
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMGeorge and Martha, the English-speaking theatre's most contentious married couple since Katharina and Petruchio, are back on Broadway Sept. 27 for the first preview of the 50th-anniversa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Pioneer Theatre Company will present Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck's time-honored drama of George and Lennie during the Great Depression, beginning Oct. 19 at the Simmons Pioneer M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Cleavant Derricks stars in the new play-with-music Pullman Porter Blues, which premieres Sept. 27 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, prior to a run at Arena Stage later this…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, adapted by British dramatist Rebecca Lenkiewicz and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, opens Sept. 27 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Rattlestick Playwrights Theater world premiere of Adam Rapp's Through the Yellow Hour, featuring Danielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Matt Pilieci and Hani Furstenber, officially open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of Stephen Belber's Don't Go Gentle, about a retired conservative judge who struggles to maintain order in his personal life, debuts Off-Broadway Sept. 27 at MCC T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOff-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre officially opens its 2012-13 season on Sept. 27 with Brian Friel's Lovers, made up of two related one-acts. Previews began Sept. 18 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe CBS series "Elementary," starring Jonny Lee Miller as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, premieres Sept. 27 at 10 PM ET on the network.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMShotgun Players presents Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Tony Award-winning musical Assassins beginning Sept. 27, prior to an official opening Oct. 5, in Berkeley, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFive-time Tony winner Audra McDonald hosts Live From Lincoln Center's broadcast of "The New York Philharmonic Opening Gala With Itzhak Perlman" Sept. 27; the event airs on PBS …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMProducers Terry Schnuck, James and Catherine Berges, Crystal Beuerlein, and Michael and Noemi Neidorff present the Off-Broadway premiere of Falling, a new play by Deanna Jent that begins its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1898 Birthday of Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), one of the iconic Broadway composers of the 1920s, whose career will go into a nosedive after that bubbly decade ends. His scores will include N…
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