A less ambitious production than "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" brings the comic book character to the stage through childish lens.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:27PMTRAGEDY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY If you have ever wanted to introduce teenagers to Hamlet, the production directed by Leisl Tommy at California Shakespeare is the one to take them to. Staged on …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:14PMThe Hotel Plays and Desire Under The Elms, LondonTennessee Williams's rarely seen The Hotel Plays are staged by the Defibrillator Theatre Company across three floors in a Holborn hotel. The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe West End seems to be recession-proof, with rising profits, rising ticket prices and few empty theatres. But is this because commercial theatre is becoming increasingly formulaic? How abo…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:03PMIn 1944, the Nazis released a propaganda film entitled The Führer Gives the Jews a City. Terezin, in north-west Bohemia, was the place in question: it had been turned into, supposedly, a sh…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMBrian Nelson's Overlooked examines an artist who hires a homeless man to serve as an installation. Better known as a screenwriter (Hard Candy), Nelson believes the story of Overlooked belong…
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Playwright Edward Albee is deftly skilled at painting the poignant differences between the still very-much-in-love husband and wife. And Director Nick Sandys elicits moving performances from…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:58PMBy Johnny Oleksinski The Broadway-bound “Kinky Boots” strutted its first public steps here in Chicago this morning. The musical, based on the quietly released 2005 British film o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:54PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Miley Cyrus is in talks to lead Craig Zadan and Neil Meron's upcoming Bonnie amp Clyde miniseries. Penned by Rice and Batteer, the series will air on the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMThe Tony Award winning Peter and the Starcatcher will close on January 20, 2013. The play, which won five Tony Awards, will embark on a national tour in August 2013. Starcatcher made its NYC…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:47PMJust in time for election season, New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, opens its 22nd season of alternative, adult musical theatre with the St. Louis premiere of the outrageous …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMJimmy Kimmel Live airs every weeknight 1200-106 a.m., ET following Nightline and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMFor its inaugural production, The Collective Theatre, Chicago’s newly established African-American company, has selected Katori Hall’s “HooDoo Love,” a decidedly unromanticized view …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:29PMChicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company is arguably the most prestigious regional theatre institution in America. With a company of some of the finest theatre actors working today, Stepp…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:24PMBroadway chanteuse Christine Andreas pays tribute to famous musical collaborators in her new show at 54 Below. Hear her musings on the show and her stunning rendition of Piaf’s “…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PM$100,000 award named in memory of musical-theater fan Sen. Edward Kennedy.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 06:17PMStar-studded doesn’t even begin to describe the scene at the Nederlander Theatre on September 27, where Motown’s greatest living legends assembled for a special sneak preview of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMBritish actress Samantha Barks may not be a household name yet, but the 21-year-old is poised to become an international star when the Les Miserables movie hits theaters this Christmas. And …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, September 28, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information MATILDA THE MUSICAL: Broadway tickets on sale to the public …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:01PMDon’t let the nasty weather dampen your spirits! Enlighten yourself with the serenity of these lessons we learned from this week on Broadway.
Anne Hathaway Is a Big Tease
Even be…
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'The most important lesson life has taught me? Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis'Anne-Marie Duff, 41, was born in London. She was cast as Fiona in the original series of Channel …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PM'The most important lesson life has taught me? Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis' Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMIn a special double whammy Ask A Star, Once’s Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti interview each other about gluten-free burritos, stage door stalking and jumping on trampolines with Alec …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMEach 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 05:51PMAzuka Theatre is set to present the world premiere of J.C. Lee's Pookie Goes Grenading, October 31-November 18 at the Off-Broad Street Theater at First Baptist Church. Kevin Glaccum will di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:44PMThe Thirteenth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival's Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 28 at St. Luke's Theatre.Nominees include Hinton Battle, Karen Carpenter, and P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:41PMStarring Heather Headley as Rachel Marron and Lloyd Owen as Frank Farmer in the roles made famous on film by the late Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, THE BODYGUARD is currently taking boo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMA private reading was held Thursday, September 27th of Brian Hamptons new play, Gossip. The cast featured Kristine Reese Les Miserables, Wicked as Gossip, Farah Alvin The Last Smoker in Amer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMAn Enemy of the People and Through the Yellow Hour.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:37PMThe new weekly web interview series The Graham Show, hosted by Graham Douglass, premieres today, Friday, September 28. The inaugural episode features an interview with Tony Award-winning act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMThe talented actress chatted with BWW about her new play, GRACE, which she describes as a comedy, but God knows, it's a lot more than that
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMOh, brother! It was a night of political scheming, mob mentality, sibling rivalry and more at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 27, when Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PMBy Byrne Harrison
On Monday, September 24th, the New York Innovative Theatre Awards celebrated the best of Off-Off Broadway at their annual award ceremony. The ceremony featured comed…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 05:22PMProducers of the new Broadway musical Newsies announced that Ron Raines , who recently recieved a Tony nomination for his recent performance in the Broadway revival of Follies, will temporar…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:20PMSoHo Playhouse has announced that The New Colony's hit FringeNYC show 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche has been added to the venue's 2012-2013 season. The play will run October 13-November 20 on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:17PMThe play, which moved to Broadway from the New York Theater Workshop, will have played 320 performances there when it closes on Jan. 20.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:10PMAlec Baldwin, John Guare and Shirley Knight will take part in an Oct. 17 benefit reading of Peter Shaffer's Five Finger Exercise, celebrating the work of the acclaimed playwright and scr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMStage and screen favorite Ellen Greene will reunite with her Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller when she guest stars on Fuller's upcoming series Hannibal, the actress revealed in an interv…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMAccording to Deadline.com Andrew Garfield has signed on to appear in the sequel to THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, which is set to be directed by Marc Webb. Previous co-star Emma Stone is currently …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Sept. 17-23, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
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Two-time Tony Award nominee Andre de Shields will bring his new solo cabaret show I Put A Spell On You to the Laurie Beechman Theatre for two nights in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMVeteran screenwriter Christopher Knopf ventures back into his younger years in Hollywood in his first play, The Red Room, especially focusing on an extravagant father who was a movie produce…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:54PMJake Gyllenhaal, Paul Rudd, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino and Henry Winkler are starring in straight plays this season, but they’re not about to let the musical headliners have all the fun! …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMBy Mark A. Newman
Despite a game cast and charming design, the Signature Theatre’s production of late 1970s chestnut, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas makes for a dull night at the theat…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:51PMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre NAMT has announced final casting for the 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12 at New World Stages 340…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMTony nominee Andrew Garfield will fly high once again as Peter Parker in a sequel to this summer's blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Marc Webb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PM8 Million Protagonists, described as a "crowd-sourced theatre play" with its plot driven by online submissions to NewYorkWritesItself.com that capture the uncensored streets of New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMMusic legend Aretha Franklin was in attendence at the special launch of Mowtown The Musical last night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and she told BroadwayWorld exclusively that she'd like to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMOn the eve of his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., cools down in a lonely Memphis hotel room after delivering the speech of a lifetime when an unexpected visit from a feisty, you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMBetween teaching Arts Management classes at Emerson and working with StageSource, I spend a lot of time talking and thinking about theater. About how theater can change the world, or a commu…
SOURCE: StageSource at 04:33PMPlacido Domingo and IMG Artists have announced the first edition of the Placido Domingo Festival, running October 25-November 3 in Seville and Malaga, Spain.The festival of opera and concert…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:29PMLas Vegas' The Orleans Hotel and Casino will present An Evening with Jerry Lewis – Live from Las Vegas! Nov. 18 at 8 PM at The Orleans Showroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMFor its inaugural production, The Collective Theatre, Chicago’s newly established African-American company, has selected Katori Hall’s “HooDoo Love,” a decidedly unromanticized view …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:26PMGeorge Takei is headed back to TV in Ryan Murphy’s outrageous new comedy series, The New Normal. The stage and screen star, who is currently headlining the new musical Allegiance at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMEllen Greene will always be remembered for her perfect performance as the unlucky-in-love florist Audrey in Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s musical Little Shop of Horrors. Greene first…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMStage veteran Wes Bentley has joined the cast of the upcoming film, The Green Blade Rises, according to Deadline.com.The actor – who appeared Off-Broadway in Venus in Fur and who is best k…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:21PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - What's your favorite Spice Girls Song
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMRobertson, Ax and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra bring down the house.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:15PMDirector Doug Hughes presents Ibsen’s play – given a streamlined adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz – in fairly straightforward manner, writes Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:11PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of An Enemy of the People.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMBoth actor Andrew Garfield and director Marc Webb have signed on for the 2014 sequel to this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man, according to Deadline.com.The film, which features screenplay by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMThe Bronx Queen, a play written and performed by Joe Gulla, will be presented Oct. 16 at 6 PM at Theatre Row's Studio Theatre.
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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, will open on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street on April 14, 2013. Preview performances w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMMultidisciplinary artist Nick Cave tells Julie L Belcove what inspired his Soundsuits and the connection between clothing and movement
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:46PMBrad Pitt clad in boxer shorts in a Baroque art collection? The director Robert Wilson tells Peter Aspden why ‘it’s good to mix things up’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:32PMCasting is complete for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 24th Annual Festival of New Musicals to be held on Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12 at New World Stages.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:29PMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, has announced full casting for a staged concert production similar in style to their acclaimed Musicals in Mufti Series …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMBroadway stars PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Celia Keenan-Bolger and NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger have made another video promoting Broadway for Obama. In this next edition, watch the siblin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMU.K. TV star Darren Day (best known for "Hollyoaks") leads the cast of the U.K. premiere of Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu's 1997 Off-Broadway musical The Last Session, which …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMBrazil-based writers/directors Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho and Broadway producer Stephen Byrd have announced plans to bring a new version of the Oscar-winning 1959 film Black Orpheu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:24PMSeven-time Emmy nominee and Americas Dad Growing Pains Alan Thicke is starring as iconic TV personality Jack Bailey in the world premiere of Queen for a Day the Musical. The 12-performance s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMTony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, Tony nominee Peter Friedman, Kerry Butler and Chester Gregory are the latest actors to join the National Alliance for Musical Theater's October Festival …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMBilled as "an electro-pop opera ripped from a scandalous slice of Tolstoy's War an Peace," Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 has the cred of Dave Malloy who wrote Beowulf – A T…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 03:14PMTony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, who was injured while filming on the set of the television series "The Good Wife," recently sat down with Chelsea Handler on the talk …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMDon't fret about figuring out Halloween plans...54 Below has got you covered! The Midtown venue is hosting Ka'davaret: Broadway's Halloween Cabaret on October 31. The c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:05PMDon't fret about figuring out Halloween plans...54 Below has got you covered! The Midtown venue is hosting Ka'davaret: Broadway's Halloween Cabaret on October 31. The c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:05PMP.J. Benjamin, Naomi Brockwell, Stephen R. Buntrock, Rachel de Benedet, Nancy Johnston, and Robert Petkoff will star in The York Theatre Company's previously announced staged concert product…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PMMichael Healey’s Proud is notorious as the play Tarragon Theatre wouldn’t do, despite it being the last part of a successful trilogy for the theatre
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:00PMOrchestras, ballet and opera companies across the U.S. have been forced to make cuts to staff and performances — some even facing bankruptcy — during the economic decline. The arts commu…
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The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham will begin previews for the world premiere production of WILD WITH HAPPY, written by Colman Doming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMOn July 23, 2012, Director Stafford Arima (2012 revisal of "Carrie," "Altar Boyz") and Director/Choreographer Christopher Windom ("Central Avenue Breakdown") spoke with SDCF Producing Direct…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMTickets for MATILDA THE MUSICAL on Broadway go on sale to the general public this Monday October 1 at 9 AM at www.telecharge.com. It will open on April 11, 2013 previews begin on March 4 at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMHow do you market a five-act play about spas tainted by run-off from a tannery written by a 19th century Norwegian as a rebuttal to the poor public reception of his previous play about syphi…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 02:50PMP.J. Benjamin, Naomi Brockwell, Stephen R. Buntrock, Rachel de Benedet, Nancy Johnston and Robert Petkoff will star in a three-performance staged concert performance of the chamber musical M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMDivorce Party the Musical at Stage West the musical theatre equivalent of being waterboarded
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:45PMAfter surviving the continued drama on Wysteria Lane, Emmy and Tony nominee Vanessa Williams is moving to another mysterious locale as the star of ABC's new supernatural thriller 666 Par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:43PMWalnut Street Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, to run November 6-January 6 on the WST Mainstage. Marc Robin will direct and cho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMKristin Chenoweth appeared on last night's CHELSEA LATELY on E and discussed the recent injuries she sustained when a piece of equipment fell on her while filming an episode of CBS's The Goo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL, based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, will open on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street on April 14, 2013. Preview performances w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMStage and screen actor Neil Patrick Harris, who stars in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," will narrate the audiobook for "The Bro Codes for Parents: What to Expect When…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Neil Haskell, who is starring as 'Steven' in BRING IT ON- currently in playing at the St. James Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMTickets for MATILDA THE MUSICAL on Broadway go on sale to the general public this Monday October 1 at 9 AM at www.telecharge.com. It will open on April 11, 2013; previews begin on March …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:23PMFresh from Broadway, theres laughter on every page, courtesy of Peabody Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, a prolific master in the art of quarrelsome comedy. Lightning…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMWhile Athos, Porthos and Aramis cross swords and teach young hero d'Artagnan a thing or two in "The Three Musketeers," now onstage at the Denver Center, a central player in bringing
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:20PMBeloved actress and singer Liz Callaway, of Croton-on-Hudson, sometimes prefers just being a wife, mother, sister...and travel agent.
SOURCE: Westchester Magazine at 02:19PMManny Fox – a producer and director who worked with such notables as George Burns, Johnny Cash, Gregory Hines, Barbra Streisand, and Orson Welles – died of complications from a heart con…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:19PMHow often do you go to see a show without having any idea of what the play is about? If you’re like most people, you go to shows for one of three reasons: you know the material, and want t…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:18PMIt is amazing how the combination of good writing, good direction, good acting and good design a-l-w-a-y-s results in a good production. Lovers at The Actors Company Theatre is a delight. …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:15PMUsually in college, people learn things like math, history, or science. They take lots of exams, do homework, and spend at least some time in the library. I, on the other hand, majored in ac…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:11PMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMChaplin video blogger Jenn Colella takes Broadway.com behind the scenes at a very important event—her birthday! Colella stops by Rob McClure’s dressing room for pie, puppetr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMJack Stehlin, directing and playing Brutus in New American Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, is thinking about politicians who seek to destroy their opponents, and a how a…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:07PMPlaybill joined two-time Tony nominee Christine Andreas (La Cage aux Folles, The Scarlet Pimpernel) in rehearsal at the speakeasy-styled cabaret room 54 Below. Andreas presented tunes from h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThere’s a kind of hush all over the house while it’s playing: the sound of an audience caught, held, rapt.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:00PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
The 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 01:55PMNYU School of Law is set to host a free reading of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and Broadway Impact's 8, October 4 at 7 pm at NYU School of Law in Vanderbilt Hall. Will Pomerant…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PMHollywood: “Ground Zero”–where scandal is tweeted out before it even happens (–particularly if one’s fellow actors aren’t above passing on a reputation-impugning ’blind…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 01:47PMCaissie Levy, Chester Gregory, Robin De Jesus, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph are among the Broadway favorites who will take part in the Halloween Cabaret Ka'davaret, to be held on October 31 at 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:32PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:27PMIt was Carnegie Mellon reunion on September 27 when alum Corey Cott (who currently headlines Disney’s hot musical Newsies) headed downtown to see his college buddies, the PigPen Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:26PMKristin Chenoweth headed to TV's Chelsea Lately to chat with her good pal Chelsea Handler on September 27, and we’re thrilled to see the Tony winner back to her normal, upbeat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMMike Bradwell on why theatres are still beset by hordes of suits hoovering up precious resourcesThe post Do theatres really need so many suits? appeared first on The Stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMA look back at Seattle Repertory Theatre milestones on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The theater was born shortly after the Seattle World's Fair of 1962, when civic leaders didn't wa…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 01:21PMThe five-time Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher will end its critically acclaimed Broadway run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre January 20, 2013. After opening to critical accl…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:17PMUnicorn, LondonThis moving, 75-minute play by David Greig tells the true story of Janusz Korczak who, in the second world war, created an orphanage for more than 200 children inside the Wars…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMThe editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What are your special sk…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMSeven-time Emmy nominee and Americas Dad Growing Pains Alan Thicke is starring as iconic TV personality Jack Bailey in the world premiere of Queen for a Day the Musical. The 12-performance s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMCasting has been announced for Viva Forever!, comedian Jennifer Saunders (of Ab Fab fame) new musical featuring the music of the Spice Girls, running November 27-June 1 at The Piccadilly The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:12PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long present the world premiere of Through the Yellow Hour, a play written and directed by Adam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMThey cheer, fly and dance at Spring Valley High School (Ingrid, left, and Olivia Castor are on the Spring Valley Cheerleading Squad, but also study dance. Ingrid likes ballet, while Olivia l…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:10PM"Pullman Porter Blues," by Seattle playwright Cheryl West, opens Seattle Repertory Theatre's 50th season. It dramatizes a three-generation clan of Pullman porters, all working the same run o…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 01:09PMLovable doctors J.D.,Turk, Elliot and the rest of the Scrubs gang could be heading to Broadway, according to show creator Bill Lawrence’s Twitter account. Lawrence revealed a musical v…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is set to present Man of La Mancha, October 17-November 18 at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. Bonnie J. Monte will direct, with music direction by Doug…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:06PMNewsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, has just announced that 2012 Tony Award nominee Ron Raines will temporarily join the cast in the role of Joseph Pulitzer on Tuesday, Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMThe International Organisation for the Transition of Professional Dancers has introduced a new grant for performers who want to retrain in a new career. The Philippe Braunschweig Grant, whic…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMHerbert Lom, a prolific and versatile film actor who became best known for playing the frustrated boss of Peter Seller's bumbling Inspector Clouseau in the "Pink Panther" film …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PM
Why a director avoids realism in The Atlantic’s “Harper Regan” It’s easy to imagine a realistic production of Harper Regan, the new Simon Stephens play. As she travel…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:59PMThe national tour of Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show stopped by New York City's Bowlmor Lanes on Thursday, September 27 for a photo op.In this installment of Dan Goggin's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:58PMTim Minchin talks to Allan Glen about his role in Jesus Christ Superstar and why he supports the TV format which cast its leading manThe post Iscariot of fire appeared first on The Stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMIndustry Bar will welcome Bring It On: The Musical stars for six weeks of DIVA Mondays, beginning October 1.DIVA! Mondays features Marty Thomas alongside Kelly King, Alexa Green, and Marissa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMWith
Annie coming back to Broadway next week and Jay-Z launching Barclays
Center tonight, what could be more appropriate for our oldie-but-goodie
music video than "Hard Knock Life"? The s…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 12:50PMDuring his visit to Conan on September 27, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet star Jake Gyllenhaal finally revealed the answer to a question that’s been plaguing moviegoe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMThe award-winning Peccadillo Theater Company will present the New York premiere of TEN CHIMNEYS, a new comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Byron Jennings as Alfred Lunt, Carolyn McCormick as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMAt Bristol Riverside Theatre, two actors bring alive a David Mamet play that's less about the story it tells than about issues behind the story. Inquirer theatr critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:37PMU.K.'s The Guardian reports that the long-running NBC comedy series SCRUBS will be adapted to a Broadway musical by the sitcom's creator Bill Lawrence. The Emmy Award-winner announced the ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMWhat made news around the world this week Check out our regional roundup for the week of September 24 Browse over to your favorite far-away citycountry to see what's making news, see out pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMThe rowdy boys of Newsies have someone new to rebel against. Tony nominee Ron Raines will assume the devious role of Joseph Pultizer in Disney’s popular musical beginnin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PMAn onstage launch event for the world premiere of Motown: The Musical, which arrives on Broadway this spring at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, was held Sept. 27 at the Nederlander. Legendary mot…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMManny Fox, a producer and director who worked with a host of American theatre and musical artists and was one of the producers of the hit 1980s musical revue Sophisticated Ladies, died Sept.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMAs the Presidential political season enters its final lap, Manhattan Theatre Club treated Broadway to a heavy dose of political drama with its production of Ibsen's fiery social tract An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMAs the Presidential political season enters its final lap, Manhattan Theatre Club treated Broadway to a heavy dose of political drama with its production of Ibsen's fiery social tract An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMJohn Tiffany is agitated. His hands are waving around. He’s sputtering about something and you can’t yet make out what it is, but one thing is clear: This man who’s just come off a fli…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:25PMMatthew Hemley talks to Matthew Lewis about life after the Harry Potter filmsThe post Better the Neville you know appeared first on The Stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMJust in time for Halloween, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is having a costume sale. Tomorrow only, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in the storefront office at 140 Main Street in Cold Spring. Amon…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:18PMRon Raines is set to join the cast of Newsies in the role of Joseph Pulitzer beginning October 9 at the Nederlander Theatre. He will perform the role through December 16, as cast member John…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK The 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market, opening night of Manhattan Theatre Clubs production of Henrik Ibsens AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, the American Theatre Wings Annual Ga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMThis week's topics The real NYADA, RIP Andy Williams, Theater and Suffering, Who should play Buddy, Revivals we want on Bway, ADORABLE little girls, Food on stage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMWell, Andy Williams has passed away, and that proto-Nazi Mike Love has kicked Brian Wilson out of The Beach Boys…seems like a fitting time to post this gorgeous version of “God O…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:09PMGemma Arterton recently played the lead role of Rita in a workshop of the musical version of the film Made in Dagenham, according to the Daily Mail. The film, which dramatises the Ford sewin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:05PMRon Raines, who received a Tony nomination for his performance in the recent Broadway revival of Follies, will temporarily join the cast of the critically acclaimed new musical Newsies Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMJudd Hirsch will play Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh will take on the role of C. S. Lewis in the Los Angeles premiere of Freud's Last Session, to play The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Janua…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMDrama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee Tom Edden will return to the National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean, which has extended its bookings through August 31…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9282012.
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To mark the release of John Wilson Orchestra's new album Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies, Edward Seckson talks exclusively to conductor John Wilson.
Wilson is an authority on what the g…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMRECOMMENDED Coming to Chicago all the way from the National Theatre of Scotland, “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” features a fine set of musicians and actors acting out on…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:54AMI guess it would be fair to call Sweet Bird of Youth a minor major play of Tennessee Williams. Major in that it had a decent Broadway run, was adapted into a well-received feature film, and …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:53AMHold on to your hats, Les Miserables fans! You're about to be blown away! Australia’s Today Show stopped by the set of the wildly anticipated Les Miz film to get the inside sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMLegit Reviews||Los Angeles:
Broadway has "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," and now the rest of America is getting its own flying super-hero show.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:49AMThe Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher will end its run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on January 20, 2013. A national tour of the show will launch in August 2013, beginning a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:44AMGet ready to spice up your life! Siobhan Athwal, Lucy Phelps, Dominique Provost-Chalkley will join previously announced stars Hannah John-Kamen and Sally Ann Triplett to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AMThe Huntington Theatre Company opens its 31st season with a surefire blockbuster, the New England premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:38AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woyzeck on the Highveld" by the Handspring Puppet Company at MCA …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:35AMIs there a doctor in the house? Taxi star and Broadway vet Judd Hirsch will channel Sigmund Freud in the Los Angeles premiere of Freud’s Last Session opposite Tom Cavanagh as C.S. Lewi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMThe new musical Allegiance, starring Lea Salonga, Telly Leung and George Takei, will now play San Diego’s Old Globe through October 28. The world premiere production was originally set…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMUh oh...better hide the dishes! After scoring a Tony nomination earlier this year Tom Edden is returning to the West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors, as aging, bumbling pub …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMThe invaluable Target Margin will dedicate it's 2012-2013 season to exploring Yiddish theater. First up is their terrific TM Lab, at The Brick from October 17 - November 3, presenting n…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 11:28AMAdrian Howells asks audiences to don swimsuits at Govanhill Baths and Frantic Assembly tour with Beautiful Burnout but the big opening is Simon Stephens' double bill in SalisburyScotland an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMJustin Love gives an old plot a modern twist, shines it up with with a bright and upbeat score, adds genuinely clever dialogue and lyrics, and wraps it all up in a Hollywood that only exists…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:25AMAll-male Shakespeare theatre company Propeller has launched an online resource that hosts behind-the-scenes information from its productions. The site, which is found within the theatre comp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL, based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, will open on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street on April 14, 2013. Preview performances w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMThe producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning play by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice, today announced that the show will play its final Broadway performance on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMIt all started with the voice. As a child, Randy Johnson listened intently to a recording of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Little Randy was not listening to an opera album or…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMLouis C.K. can do no wrong — even if his set covers a swath of morally questionable material.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:18AMGaslight Square artwork from Frank Moskus, Thelma Blumberg featured.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:15AMFrom New York couture to McKinkley High senior elections, Glee’s September 27 episode, entitled “Makeover,” had something for everybody. In this razzle-dazzle episode, Will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMBefore 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 11:09AMOn June 18 a starry line-up of talent from Broadway and downtown united to celebrate the legacy of late entertainer Judy Garland in Night of a Thousand Judys at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe BroadwayWorld Student Center is a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country making it easier for prospective students by s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMCritics aren’t overwhelmed by the brilliance of Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of An Enemy of the People, but it seems a worthy production, especially with the current politi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:01AMSix years ago, I moved to New York City and went about making new friends. As I would get to know people and start swapping stories as new friends do, I realized I would get the same reactio…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AMTony Award-winning play “Peter and the Starcatcher” will end its Broadway run January 20, 2013. The play has played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre since it began previews on March 28, 20…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMDiscounting is not new. Discounting or “couponing” as it is/was more commonly referred to in other industries has been going on for decades. Who hasn’t clipped a coupon…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Nicole Ari Parker, most recently seen in the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, has been cast in a leading role on NBC’s drama pilot The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMChannel 4 has ordered a follow-up to its English Civil War drama The Devil’s Whore. New World will once again be written by Peter Flannery and Martine Brant, and has been described as “a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMActress and playwright Eisa Davis' new music-theatre work, Flowers Are Sleeping, which was commissioned by Symphony Space, will debut at that Manhattan venue in April 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMAudiences hoping to head to Neverland better act soon as Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher will end its run on January 20, 2013. A national tour of the Peter Pan prequel is planning t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMAnnie is packing up her suitcase, locket and adorable mop of red hair and moving to “N.Y.C.” on October 3! We don’t know about you, but after meeting Lilla Crawford and the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMNew on Broadway-- a timely old play-- and off-broadway, provocoteur Adam Rapp's latest dystopian saga and a rarely seen Bria…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:49AMThis week, readers have been full of praise for Stephen Fry and Mark Rylance at the Globe and, unlike our critic, found the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical quite heavenlyWelcome to t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMManhattan 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 10:40AMYou’ve produced every one of the musicals that Stephen Sondheim has written. As a result, you’ve educated your audiences to know what to expect from the 20th century’s greatest musical…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:31AM'A Chorus Line' comes to Paper Mill, reunites broadway casts on opening night
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:30AMBob Jolly cuts up as the Lord High Executioner in The Mikado. Photos: Mark S. Howard.I've no doubt The Mikado will be a joy forever; and right now at the Lyric Stage, where Spiro Velou…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:28AMThe five-time Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher, which takes audiences on an adventure to the origins of Peter Pan, will end its critically acclaimed Broadway run Jan. 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMIt was the month that Jake Gyllenhaal made a big splash off-Broadway. Well, actually, so did his co-stars Brian F. O'Byrne, Michelle Gomez and Annie Funke in If There Is I Haven't Found It Y…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:25AMOn the October 2 episode of NBC's new comedy THE NEW NORMAL titled 'THE BIG O.M.G' while David Justin Bartha is planning a family dinner to tell his mother, Francis Guest Star Jackie Hoffma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMWe love everything about Tim Crouch, from his solo performances to his plays, his ability to shake up our world of theatre and present something completely new excites us. Which means weR…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:17AMEmmy award-winning medical sitcom's creator Bill Lawrence reveals on Twitter that a Scrubs musical is in developmentA stage musical of the long-running American sitcom Scrubs is in the works…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AMThe Old Globe production of Allegiance – A New American Musical, telling the story of Japanese Americans forced into concentration camps on U.S. soil during World War II, will get an a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMThe Old Globe today announced that the World Premiere of Allegiance A New American Musical will receive an additional week of performances and will now run through October 28.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMAnother ticket offer, another show. Soho Theatre are our friends and we’re sharing the potential love with you, our trusted readers. Don’t forget you can find all ticket offers f…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:09AM My jaw dropped when I started playing the new cast album of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I know the Jule Styne-Leo Robin score fairly well, and have heard every recording there is (includi…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:05AMVince Pesce will take over the direction of the upcoming production of the musical revival of "Something's Afoot" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:01AMA host of composers from the worlds of musical theatre, pop, film and the concert world will be represented in Liaisons II: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, which will be presented at S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AM
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) opens the world-premiere production of Broken and Entered by Madison, Wisconsin-based playwright Kurt McGinnis Brown on Sept. 28. The play, which examines cha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMThe Old Globe's world premiere production of the musical Allegiance has extended by one week, and will now run through October 28.Featuring music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, book by Marc Acito, K…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:51AMThe Keegan Theatre’s A Couple of Blaguards is an oasis of madcap, guilt-free fun in the midst of a DC fall season that usually emphasizes high-seriousness or more substantial fare. The Kee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:43AMAlec Baldwin and John Guare will make in-person tributes to Sir Peter Shaffer at a special benefit for the Fundamental Theater Project on Wednesday, October 17 at 7pm at The Players.The one-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMOntario All Candidates Meeting: Monday, October 1st – 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. The Tapestry/Nightwood Ernest Balmer Studio 9 Trinity Street – The Cannery (Distillery), Studio 315, …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:27AMIndustry Bar's DIVA! Mondays series, which features Marty Thomas, Kelly King, Alexa Green and Marissa Rosen, will shine its spotlight on the women of Broadway's Bring It On: The Musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMJake Gyllenhaal made an appearance on Conan O'Brien's talk show yesterday, September 27.The actor is currently starring Off-Broadway in the Roundabout's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMVince Pesce, choreographer of Goodspeed Musicals' in-rehearsal production of the mystery musical Something's Afoot, has taken over the direction of the show. Due to a critical illnes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMThe movie adaptation of the hugely successful musical LES MISERABLES is one of the most anticipated films of the year. It features a stellar cast including Hugh Jackman, who was interviewed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMCriterion Theatre, London: The afternoon gets off to a slightly wobbly group vocal start with Seize the Day from Newsies, segueing quickly into cute comedy point number Joey is a Punk Rocker…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMIn Part One of four interviews with the young cast members of Olney Theatre Center’s production of Over the Tavern. Noah Chiet talks about playing Rudy Pazinski - his first lead rol…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMLegit News:
Broadway play to close in January
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMOpera 'free for all' Saturday, Sept. 29, at Nationals Park. Review, details.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 09:00AMNOTICE: THE POLLING PROGRAM I USE DOES NOT TRACK OR KEEP ANY RECORD OF WHO VOTES! IT SIMPLY RECORDS HOW YOU VOTED.So far this season, you voted and selected which c…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AMFull casting has been announced for Viva Forever!, the new musical written by Jennifer Saunders that features the hit songs of the Spice Girls; performances will begin at the West End's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMThe nominations for the 2012 Theatre Awards UK, presented annually by the UK's Theatrical Management Association, have been announced. Nominees include playwrights David Hare and Sarah R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Mark St. Germain's two-character play Freud's Last Session will star two-time Tony Award winner Judd Hirsch as Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh (of TV's "Ed") as C. S. Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AMIqbal Khan's Indian-themed Much Ado comes to town and it's
gratifying to see an Asian-dominated audience. And following on the heels of Gregory Doran's all-black Julius
Caesar::E883134512571…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:51AMToday is the birthday of Al Capp (1909-1979), genius behind the long-running comic strip Li’l Abner. I wanted to share two Capp-related clips today. The first you may have seen excerp…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:50AMDespite the raunchy discussion of every kind of sex, the flamboyantly omnisexual emcee, and, oh yes, the title – The All-American Genderf**k Cabaret – this irreverent satire from Thinkin…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:47AMFor more details go here.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:41AMThoresby Lawns, Nottinghamshire: It was a rough night for the Northumberland Theatre Company, with an audience member suffering a medical emergency that emptied the auditorium and delayed th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:41AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to capture all the fun of opening night - scroll down to check out photos from the opening night party at the Copa...the Copacabana
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to capture all the fun of opening night - scroll down to check out photos from the opening night party at the Copa...the Copacabana
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to capture all the fun of opening night - scroll down to check out photos from the opening night red carpet
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMA Midsummer Night’s Dream was an extraordinary production with young actors in a partnership between University of Maryland School of Theatre and Dance Performance and the National …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38AMAmong the most famous of the sketches that appeared on Monty Python’s Flying Circus was the “Dead Parrot” sketch, which matched Michael Palin and John Cleese in a battle of…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:38AMToday is the birthday of character comedian Arnold Stang (1918-2009). He started out when still a teenager in radio (with that voice, who’d have guessed?) In the 50s he was a regular …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:31AMDavis & Elkins College presented British pianist Jack Gibbons in a “Gershwin Gala” concert in honor of the composer’s 114th birthday. The Sept 26, 2012 celebration, at …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMProducer JUDY CRAYMER has announced the cast of VIVA FOREVER, the new musical written by one of Britains most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers JENNIFER SAUNDERS, Absolutely Fa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMTom Edden, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for Best Performance By an Actor in a Featured Role for his performance as the doddery waiter Alfie in the Broadway run of One Man, Two Guvnors, will ret…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:13AMStars of forthcoming West End musical Viva Forever! have met up ahead of rehearsals for the Spice Girls-inspired musical.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:08AMHarold Pinter Theatre, London: It's not long since the Old Vic's revival of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, set behind the scenes of a touring farce (in every sense), transferred …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMThough the latest season of So You Think You Can Dance is over, I still think about one of the final contemporary performances to "Leave" from Once:Being that Broadway is a frequent style of…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe musical theatre genius recalls past disasters and looks forward to his new show in 2014
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThe touring production of hit Broadway musical Sister Act to play at the Ed Mirvish Theatre from Oct. 2 — Nov. 4.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM
Tony and Emmy Award Winner Andrea Martin visited the set of CBC's Over the Rainbow today to mentor the eight girls still in the competition vying for the lead role of Dorothy. After rehears…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMSally Ann Triplett, currently starring as Donna in Mamma Mia!, has been cast in the new Spice Girls musical, Viva Forever!. Triplett’s casting sees her once again working with producer Jud…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMToday is the birthday of Ed Sullivan (for the full story on the great television showman, go here.) Sullivan was among other things a former sports columnist. To prove it, see how he conduct…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:28AM Theatre Awards UK’s first public vote for the best touring production category, which is sponsored by The Stage, is now open. Following the announcement of the nominations across al…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMIf you have trouble sitting in a confined space for 90+ minutes, or if the idea of unrelenting resignation with a dash of desperation on the side doesn’t appeal to you; or if you like thea…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 07:22AMThe Orchard, Dartford: A few days before I am due to see Al Murray a friend of mine asks incredulously, "is he still doing the Pub Landlord?" Indeed he is, and for nearly 20 years …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMUnicorn, London: This dark, but determinedly optimistic piece tells the well documented story - hammered home with some moving chorus work to make the horrifying story absolutely clear to yo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMSeptember 24-October 27: There is much ado indeed in this energetic production with its vivid colours, music, dance and teeming communal hubbub. Iqbal Khan has set the action in present-day …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMA stage adaptation of vampire film Let the Right One In and a site-specific revival of a classic Scottish play about striking miners are among ten new productions for 2013 revealed by the Na…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMFor the many fans of Brian Friel, the playwright often referred to as Ireland's Chekhov, seeing this rarely produced work in the format true to Friel's intention is a not to be missed opport…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:03AMIn keeping with the relentlessly grim and ravenously graphic oeuvre that defines many of Adam Rapp’s plays, this is also a startling and extremely visceral response to the timely and topic…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:01AMTomas Alfredson's acclaimed Swedish drama to show at Dundee Rep Theatre, with John Tiffany directingLet the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson's acclaimed Swedish drama about a little girl vampir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
this production has successfully brought Ibsen's 1882 muckraking drama into the 21st Century. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:59AMManchester’s contemporary art and film centre Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company have merged to form a new arts organisation called Home. The centre’s name was selected as part …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMFull casting has been announced for the forthcoming Spice Girls musical Viva Forever!, which premieres at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre in December.
As previously announced, the cast is…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:50AMAs news came through that Trevor Nunn has been inducted into the Broadway-based Theater Hall of Fame, the veteran director partied with the stars of his revival of A Chorus of Disapproval. C…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMDrum, PlymouthLight bulbs shimmer like stars across the ceiling of the Drum theatre for Rona Munro's play about American women in the early days of the space race. Inspired by the real-life …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWe’ve been to The Space many times, and we can’t help but to fall in love with this quirky venue. They’ve got an eclectic mix of theatre that tickles your fancy every time,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:38AMAlan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval, first seen at the National Theatre in 1984, is one of those plays that can sound fascinating in summary but promises rather more than it actually de…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:18AMWe’re a bit London-centric at AYT, which is why we’re excited to be able to offer AYT readers from across the country the chance to get their hands on this ticket offer for the f…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18AM
Graham Douglass announced the launch of The Graham Show, an all-new, weekly web series featuring intimate one-on-one chats with New Yorks top stage stars and theater professionals, aimed at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAdA 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 01:30AMCENTERSTAGE announces its electrifying, one-of-a-kind artistic initiative, My America50 new monologues by 50 of Americas leading and emerging playwrights, all filmed by award-winning filmmak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMGet all the scoop on BLUE BLOODS, airing on on CBS tonight, September 28, 2012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMA host of music legends were on hand for the official launch of the upcoming Broadway production Motown: The Musical, held Thursday, September 27 at the Nederlander Thea
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09AMMy Wall Street Journal drama column is about two New York productions, an off-Broadway revival of Brian Friel's Lovers and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column, I use the publication of The Richard Burton Diaries as an occasion to...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"However devoutly a girl may worship the man of her choice, there always comes a time when she feels an...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrench guitarist Gaëlle Solal opens the new Guitar Society season.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMBackstage at JERSEY BOYS
We're backstage at the August Wilson Theatre in NYC to catch up with the Tony-winning star of 'Jersey Boys', John Lloyd Young! John takes us into his daily routine i…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
David Cromer's new production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, opened Sept. 24 following previews from Sept. 14 at the Goodman Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43AMFriday September 28, 2012
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Murder, mayhem and espionage: Put those together and you have "The 39 Steps," Patrick Barlow’s
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:38AMManhattan Theatre Club celebrated the opening of its Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People on Thursday, Septe
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21AMIt may be cold comfort, but Ben Sprecher, the beleaguered lead producer of “Rebecca,” isn’t the only Broadway type out there on the street with his tin cup.
The producers of the upcomi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:19AMUp until intermission, “An Enemy of the People” seems like your run-of-the-mill Roundabout period revival. The casually paced production is dignified, well-acted by likable stars such as…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:19AMThe 50th New York Film Festival, which spotlights the development of international film art and contemporary trends in content, form, and style, kicks off Sept. 28. The 2012 festival continu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew Brooklyn Theater (NBT), a non-profit theatre company that is raising funds to purchase the historic Slave Theatre in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, hosted a community forum Sept. 27 in Bed-Stuy, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDivorce – The Musical…Better Mad Than Sad, which was created by Ruthe Ponturo, plays eight showcase performances at the Triad Theater beginning Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVeteran resident actor James Black and Tony Award nominee Josie de Guzman star in Arthur Miller's iconic American drama Death of a Salesman at the Alley Theatre, beginning Sept. 28 in Ho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Purple Rose Theatre Company kicks off its 2012-13 season with Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, officially opening Sept. 28, following previews that began…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA new season of "30 For $30," a partnership between Playbill and NY1 that offers an evening of affordable theatre and intelligent conversation to young theatregoers, kicks off Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe acclaimed director of Off-Broadway's Our Town and Tribes gives wing to Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe La MaMa production of AdA (Author directing Author), an evening of two one-act plays by American playwright Neil LaBute and Italian playwright Marco Calvani, in which each playwrigh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1892 Birthday of playwright Elmer Rice (1892 -1967), author of many dramas including Street Scene, Counsellor-at-Law, Dream Girl, The Grand Tour and the libretto to Kurt Weill's musical …
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