Barbara Stresand's old Brooklyn by Alex Robinson and Lore Croghan

HARRIET WALKER’S East Flatbush living room is the stuff of legend: Barbra Streisand slept there. The room served as a bedroom for the superstar when she was a Brooklyn kid with big dreams.…

Miami Native Pursues Theater And Rock Dreams As Lead In Rock of Ages At The Arsht by Bill Hirschman

Is there a better high for a theater artist than to return home starring in a national tour of a hit Broadway show? Ask Miami native Dominique “Dom” Scott. When the Miami native takes th…

Broadway Math by JK

Here's a few number puzzles for all of us Broadway fans... a little fun before MONDAY!1.  The number of "n"s in next to normal PLUS the number of times La Cage aux Folles has been …

Tippi Hedren by Kyle

The NYTimes published this fun interview with Tippi Hedren that I have to share. I just saw The Birds on the big screen through some TCM presentation. They showed a Robert Osbourne Q&A b…

Reviews: The Old Man and The Old Moon by Dan Bacalzo

Unconventional props, shadow puppets, and folksy original songs fuel PigPen Theatre Co.'s marvelously realized The Old Man and The Old Moon, at The Gym at Judson. This new play with music is…

REBECCA Producer Says Now Clear That Four Investors 'Never Existed' by BroadwayWorld

According to the New York Post, Ronald Russo , lawyer for producer Ben Sprecher has now said that Sprecher had been led to Abrams by shadowy Long Island businessman, Mark Hotton, who told hi…

Kimberly Faye Greenberg lands supporting role in Film by Broadwayworld.com

Kimberly Faye Greenberg, the first and only actress to perform Leading Roles in two Off-Broadway musicals at the same time (Sylvia Fine in Danny and Sylvia, the Danny Kaye Musical, which had…

Q & A with Wade Dooley & Maria Pendolino by Broadwayblogspot.com

In today's market it is almost a necessity as a stage performer to have your hands in as many pots as possible. Two great examples of this phenomena are the talented Wade & Maria. Their web …

Q & A with Lloyd Burlingame by Broadwayblogspot.com

BroadwayBlogspot.com is thrilled to bring you the notable theatre designer/teacher Lloyd Burlingame. Just honored by the NYC theatre community with the Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Sustain…

Sophie B. Hawkins channels Janis Joplin's spirit in 'Room 105' by Reed Johnson

'Room 105: The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin' by Gigi Gaston at Macha Theatre stars Sophie B. Hawkins as Janis Joplin. It's an intense connection.Twirling her microphone stand like a demon …

Featured Article with Ian Patrick Gibb by Broadwayblogspot.com

Ian Patrick Gibb talks about his audition for Les Miserable on tour.

Q & A with Tracy McDowell by Broadwayblogspot.com

Broadwayblogspot brings you another great multi-tasking performer, Tracy McDowell! Tracy has had a very successful career performing in many different casts of “Rent” whilst still balanc…

AMERICAN IDOL and HAIR's Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young Set Wedding Date for June 1st by TV News Desk

According to The Hollywood Reporter, American Idol's Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young have set their wedding date for June 1st in Los Angeles. The couple has also revealed that Young's proposal, …

L.A. Affairs by Kyle

Does anyone else read these things in the Saturday LATimes? They're hilarious. In yesterday's edition, 23-year-old Rachel Heller describes the trials and tribulations of dating an older ma…

'Rebecca' producer: Mystery 'investors' were phantoms by Mitchel Maddux

The lead producer of the doomed Broadway musical “Rebecca” said Sunday it is now clear that four people he thought were “investors” in the show never existed. Producer Ben Sprecher h…

Detroit's Finest by Scott Brown

Is Sarah Sokolovic theater’s next great actress?

In pair of dramatic twin sisters, `Doubt' wins out by Chris Jones

American Theater Company pairs 2 plays about Catholic nuns American Theater Company could have called its new "Catholic Repertory," a notionally provocative and inspired pairing of John Pat…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, October 6 - Part 2 - PHANTOM Supports PBS, Hello from Paper Mill's A CHORUS LINE and More! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld collected all of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics to bring you Part 2 of our October 6th SIP round-up Yesterday's evening photos featured the cast of THE PHANTOM …

Enter stage right, armed with an MBA

Senior roles in the arts increasingly demand a background in finance and management and business schools are responding, says Sarah Murray

‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’ Is Old and New Again

The job of a lighting designer often goes unnoticed. Only when a spotlight fails to follow the belting starlet or the stage isn’t illuminated on cue does a typical audience member real…

NORTH, conceived by Christina Ritter and Jennifer Schlueter, written and directed by Jennifer Schlueter, the for/word company at 59E59 Theater by Yvonne Korshak

… aviation pioneers … Interestingly, diaries give an important slant on a character but they aren't a last word! A play about an encounter among three early aviators, Charles Lindbergh, …

'Enchantment' doesn't quite cast spell

MDT production does offer some inspired moments in this Lise Houlton choreography.

'Appomattox' serves up history, but little drama

Christopher Hampton's new play on U.S. civil rights, premiering at the Guthrie, adds little fresh insight in the national debate on race.

Theater Review: ‘The Best of Everything,’ Based on Rona Jaffe’s Novel by Ben Brantley

“The Best of Everything” is based on Rona Jaffe’s 1958 novel of workplace sexual politics (and sexual sex).

Exclusive Photos: SPIDER-MAN Cast Records 'Carols For A Cure' by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

CAROLS FOR A CURE is the annual two-disc holiday CD compilation of original songs and holiday classics which benefits BCEFA. These CDs boast the best voices from the worlds of Broadway, Off-…

TAKEN 2 Leads Box Office Weekend of 10/7, Followed by HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA & PITCH PERFECT by Movies News Desk

Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - 50.0M,Hotel Transylvania - Sony - 26.3M, Pitch Perfect - Universal - 14.7M, Looper - Sony - 12.2M

The Finite Animal: 13P’s End Days by Maria Goyanes by HowlRound

Since before our implosion commenced with the closing night of Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl (p#13), the staff and playwrights of 13P have been fully engaged in the company having a kind of …

Catch Me If You Can Montage by Catch Me If You Can

Audra McDonald weds fellow musical theater star Will Swenson by Mike Boehm

There’s no word whether they sang at their own wedding, but one of Broadway’s most decorated stars, Audra McDonald, tied the knot Saturday with Will Swenson, a fellow musical the…

Theater Review: ‘The Water Children’ at Theater 54 @ Shetler Studios by Anita Gates

Wendy MacLeod’s sensitive comic drama “The Water Children” has been updated and includes references to the likes of John Boehner and Rick Santorum.

Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Get Married by Kenneth Jones

Broadway stars Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess, Ragtime, Master Class, A Raisin in the Sun, Carousel) and Will Swenson (Hair, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) were married on Oct. 6 at their ho…

Review: (Calgary) The Audition by The Charlebois Post

Script Troublesby Joe VermeulenThe Audition is a solo about a woman who arrives for a New York audition only to find that there is no one there. She is subsequently locked into the theatre, …

Virginia Opera's 'Pearl Fishers' coming to GMU

New Virginia Opera production of Bizet's opera a first.

'King Kong' grabs De Vries

Legit News: Musical to include tunes by McLachlan, others

Lord of the Flies Opens at Barrington Stage Oct. 7; Giovanna Sardelli Directs by Kenneth Jones

Lord of the Flies, Nigel Williams' stage adaptation of William Golding's harrowing novel about children creating a brutal society after being stranded on an island, opens Oct. 7 in a…

Mandy Patinkin: 25 Years After 'The Princess Bride,' He's Not Tired Of That Line : Monkey See : NPR

Twenty-five years ago, The Princess Bride performed only so-so at the box office. But as you know if you have ever had it quoted to you — and who hasn't? — it's come to be one of the mos…

Star ratings: A conversation by A Younger Theatre

Emma Jane Denly and Daniel Hutton discuss the issue of star ratings in theatre – what are the benefits and limitations of star ratings? Is there an alternative to this much-used method…

Puppets in Dreamland from the man behind War Horse by Charlotte Higgins

Tom Morris co-directed the play with that giant horse. Now he is tackling A Midsummer Night's DreamLast week Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National theatre, made a joke, in a…

Giuseppe Bausilio's Spring Awakening by Michael Portantiere

There's a paradox surrounding Frank Wedekind's 1891 play Spring Awakening (or Spring's Awakening, depending on the translation) and its latter-day musical version, a paradox that also exists…

Giuseppe Bausilio's Spring Awakening by Michael Portantiere

There's a paradox surrounding Frank Wedekind's 1891 play Spring's Awakening (or Spring Awakening, depending on the translation) and its latter-day musical version, a paradox that also exists…

Alice Ripley, Heidi Blickenstaff, Patrick Page and More Star in SING ALONG Short Film by Movies News Desk

Sing Along, the short film musical starring an all-Broadway cast began production yesterday, October 6th, for a six-day shoot. The film will be shot entirely in Midtown Manhattan except for …

Kev and Kyle on Fran by Kyle

Since I mentioned in the previous post about the Lebowitz interview that Kev and I got some chatter going about things, I thought I'd share a little of it.For those who haven't read the inte…

Imaginative drama opens Actors' Studio season

'Good' charts a professor's moral descent into Naziism.  

Broadway stars Audra McDonald, Will Swenson wed

Audra McDonald and Will Swenson have tied the knot, cementing a relationship between two of Broadway’s best looking and talented stars.

Fran Lebowitz by Kyle

Joe made my day yesterday by linking to this Fran Lebowitz interview in The Awl. I could pull about ten awesome passages from it, but this is one that got the most chatter between Kev and me…

Confessions of a CDS Virgin: Meisner, movement and money by Hamlet2b

Dear reader, I am poor. Literally, poor. Although I was never exactly Rockerfeller even when in gainful employment, I now understand the term ‘starving student’. And it sucks. I still ha…

Suzanne Vega, Cast of AVENUE Q and More Set for Lincoln Square BID's WINTER'S EVE, 11/26 by BroadwayWorld

Lincoln Square Business Improvement District BID hosts the 13th annual Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square, New York City's largest outdoor holiday festival on Monday, November 26th from 500PM - …

Albert Camus On Adapting Doystoyevsky For The Theatre

Open Culture 10/05/12

What Do Theatre And Farming Have In Common?

HowlRound 10/03/12

Scenes from an Execution, National Theatre (Lyttelton), London

Fiona Shaw stars in a production that finds humour and warmth in a work by the usually austere Howard Barker, Ian Shuttleworth writes

AdA (Author Directing Author) by Theasy.com

Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa, Off Off Broadway By Brett Epstein BOTTOM LINE: AdA is a stimulating, entertaining night of theatre. How gratifying to hear these new works from the g…

Tony Shalhoub, Roberta Reardon & More to Attend 2012 HOLA Awards, 10/8 by BroadwayWorld

Attending the 13th Annual Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors HOLA Awards presented by Delta Air Lines this Monday, October 8, 2012 will be SAG-AFTRA elected leadership reps that include n…

Patti Issues by David Bell

Though a gay man dishing about Patti LuPone at The Duplex is not an uncommon occurrence, Ben Rimalower's very funny and moving one man play, Patti Issues, elevates Patti worship to a whole n…

Richard Alston Dance Company, The Place, London

These works were typical of the choreographer’s consistency and musical sensitivity, writes Gerald Dowler

DIY: How to Set Up a Home Recording Studio—Livestreaming Seminar on #NEWPLAY TV Thurs, Oct 11 from The Dramatists Guild by HowlRound

From his home studio in Brooklyn, New York—songwriter and recording producer Felix McTeigue will conduct this practical, do-it-yourself seminar on how to set up a home recording studio. He…

Monstrous King Kong Musical Announces Lead Cast & New Songwriters for Australian World Premiere by Marc Snetiker

Hollywood’s most famous primate is roaring onto the Australian stage! The new stage musical King Kong has announced its leading cast, as well as the musicians who will contribute to th…

Shoot for the Moon! PigPen Theatre Company's The Old Man and The Old Moon Opens Off-Broadway by Broadway.com

The Old Man and The Old Moon, PigPen Theatre Co.’s first large-scale off-Broadway production, opens October 7 at The Gym at Judson.  Combining live music, puppetry and creative…

Disgraced, Starring Aasif Mandvi, Begins Performances Off-Broadway by Broadway.com

Disgraced, a new drama by Ayad Akhtar, begins performances October 7 at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theatre. The off-Broadwy play is directed by Kimberly Senior and stars Daily Show co…

'Cyrano de Bergerac': Winning by a nose by Ronni Reich

'Cyrano' star makes the most of his character’s flaws

The Picture of Dorian Gray – review by Lyn Gardner

Abbey, Dublin"All art is quite useless," is the first line of Neil Bartlett's arresting adaptation that offers up Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel as a play within a play, one that is a cross betwee…

Introducing the Ultimate Datebook for Broadway Fans! This Week: Babs' Brooklyn Return, Virginia at 50, a New Tommy in Jersey & More! by Josh Ferri

Even in a sprawling metropolis like New York City, it can be hard to find something to do every night. Now Broadway.com is offering a helping hand in answering the age-old question, “W…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/7- Alfred Drake by Stage Tube

Happy Birthday, Alfred Drake He is best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma Kiss Me, Kate Kismet and for playing Marshall Blackstone in the original …

Review: The Enquirer at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loveridge

Directors and Editors, Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany with author Andrew O’Hagan have the imagination and skill to have turned this mass of words into exciting theatre as they explore…

Broadway Book Club: Voting for Book 6! by BroadwaySpotted

It’s time to vote for yet another Broadway Book Club read! I’m so glad we’re expanding. Some of the books you’re going to vote on today are suggestions from the fans,…

Fuse Jazz Review: Eliane Elias/ Marc Johnson —“Swept Away” at Sculler’s by Arts Fuse Editor

Intimacy has been the key note of bossa nova performance ever since the initial murmurings of Joao and Astrud Gilberto, and singer Eliane Elias can whisper with the best of them.

MD Renaissance Festival Highlights 2012

VIDEO:   MD Renaissance Festival Highlights 2012.

Presidential Debate: New Yorker Cover; Big Bird on Saturday Night Live; “Theater” Used Dismissively by Jonathan Mandell

The opening skit of Saturday Night Live featured the first Presidential debate. In this version, President Obama is daydreaming, mostly his wedding anniversary, not paying attention to what …

Stars of Slapstick # 10: Del Lord by Trav S.D.

This is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…

Bernard Hunter by Dennis Barker

Singer, dancer and theatrical agent who represented Elizabeth Taylor and Richard BurtonBernard Hunter, who has died aged 92, was a precocious young performer, a popular singer and dancer, an…

An Enemy of the People by Tim Treanor

The Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, said it most succinctly: Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. In An Enemy of the People, now…

Kate and Ellen Bateman: Child Thespians by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Kate Bateman (1842-1917) She and her sister Ellen were child prodigies of the stage, the daughters of the performing couple Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman and Sidney Fra…

Memorial Service for Dr. Jaylee Mead Tomorrow at 6:30 PM at Arena Stage

From Arena Stage at the Mead Center Center for American Theater. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BELOVED PHILANTHROPIST, SCIENTIST & THEATER LOVER DR. JAYLEE MONTAGUE MEAD TO BE HELD TOMORROW ̵…

BWW's On This Day - October 7, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Fraternity

Legit Reviews||Los Angeles: Jeff Stetson's sprawling, sometimes awkward, always provocative work tackles the great subject of generational neglect.

Joe Dziemianowicz's Top Ten in Theater for Sunday, Oct. 7 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “Glengarry Glen Ross” (Schoenfeld Theatre) David Mamet is ba…

Autistic-friendly ‘The Lion King’ gets raves by Joe Dziemianowicz

Tickets to the Sept. 30 autism-friendly performance of “The Lion King” sold out in a day. Cheryl Squires, a refreshingly no-nonsense Queens school teacher whose 10-year-old son Geoffrey…

Review: Fireface by Ryan Ahern

Having adored the Young Vic’s production of Three Sisters I was excited to see Fireface and couldn’t help but expect good things. Sam Pritchard’s beautifully crafted and grippin…

Review: Our Boys by Jake Orr

Jonathan Lewis’ Our Boys is set in a military hospital in Woolwich occupied by soldiers injured in the Falklands and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Following great success at the Derby …

Review: Charley’s Aunt by Lucy Cave

Charley’s Aunt tells the story of Jack Chesney (Dominic Tighe) and Charley Wykeham (Benjamin Askew), two Oxford graduates who are madly in love with Kitty Verdun (Leah Whittaker) and Amy S…

Lewis Black will be all the rage again on Broadway by Tripp Whetsell

Lewis Black says he’s having a good day. This sounds like news, coming from the famously irascible, finger-jabbing funnyman, who calls from a speeding Acela. Is he seriou…

Classic American tale on a grand scale 'Moby-Dick' premieres at S.F. Opera by Edward Ortiz

Of the many classic American novels, few seem more suited to the opera stage than Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick." Jay Hunter Morris sings the role of Captain Ahab in the San Francisco Op…

New SCC Peformance Arts Center boasts 21st century flair by Edward Ortiz

The newest state-of-the-art performing arts theater in Sacramento is also one of the city's more historic buildings. The newly renovated Performing Arts Center at Sacramento City Colleg…

‘The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi’ at George Mason University by Cheryl Paulhus by Dr. Cheryl Paulus

On Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 I attended a performance of The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts as part of ‘Great Performances at Mason…

Stephen Anthony and Merritt David Janes Lead CATCH ME IF YOU CAN National Tour, Opening in RI Today, 10/7 by BroadwayWorld

Troika Entertainment, LLC kicks off the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI tonight, October 7.

Holland Taylor, Luke Macfarlane, and More Set for '8' Reading at ACT Tonight, 10/7 by BroadwayWorld

American Conservatory Theater A.C.T., in association with the American Foundation for Equal Rights AFER and Broadway Impact, announced today the casting for the one-night-only staged reading…

Donna McKechnie, Kelly Bishop, and More Set for Marvin Hamlisch Tribute at Paper Mill Playhouse Tonight, 10/7 by BroadwayWorld

Paper Mill Playhouse Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director has announced that the New Jersey Theater will tribute A Chorus Line composer Marvin Hamlisch…

Lifetime's Original Movie STEEL MAGNOLIAS Debuts Tonight, 10/7 by TV News Desk

The world-premiere of the highly anticipated Lifetime Original Movie Event, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, is set to debut tonight, October 7 at 9pm ETPT on Lifetime.

THIRTEEN's Broadway: The American Musical Returns to PBS Tonight, 10/7 by BroadwayWorld

Today, with musicals such as The Book of Mormon enjoying phenomenal box office success, revivals like The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess delighting new generations, and musical stage versions of …

Mulitple Murders, For A Song, At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Jefferson Mays Plays Mulitple Roles In "A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder"   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page

'Shuffle.Play.Listen' mixes pop, classical genres

From Hendrix to Stravinsky, Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley play with works.

Theater News: Broadway Stars Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Tie the Knot by David Gordon

Love didn't turn away!Broadway favorites Audra McDonald and Will Swenson -- who met while working on Roundabout Theatre Company's 2007 production of 110 in the Shade -- tied the knot on Satu…

The Sunday Read: Alison Darcy on Scapegoat Carnivale's Bacchae by The Charlebois Post

intense, dramatic, harsh and notoriously hard to stageAlison Darcy is a living legacy. She has gone far beyond being the daughter of directors Maurice Podbrey (Centaur founder) and Elsa Bola…

Theatre For Thought, October 7, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

(photo credit: Ashton Doudelet)BLOOD AND BELIEFjoel fishbaneThe first thing composer / lyricist Joseph Aragon thought after hearing about 19th century serial killers William Burke and W…

LCT3's Disgraced, Starring Aasif Mandvi and Heidi Armbruster, Begins Previews Oct. 7 by Adam Hetrick

Aasif Mandvi and Heidi Armbruster co-star in the LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater production of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, about a Pakistani-American lawyer on the rise, which begins its New Yo…

Tour Whore, October 7, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

Booking (The Process)by Cameryn MooreA lot of Fringers, both audience members and other performers, are kind of amazed by my touring itinerary outside of the Fringe. I tell them about TLoTH,…

Hail to the Chief? November, Starring Ed Begley, Jr. as POTUS, Opens in L.A. Oct. 7 by Kenneth Jones

November, David Mamet's comedy set in the White House, opens Oct. 7 in a new production starring Ed Begley, Jr., as the incumbent U.S. President, at Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Perf…

Sally Wilfert Sings at 54 Below Oct. 7; Michael Winther Is Special Guest by Adam Hetrick

Sally Wilfert, the actress-singer who appeared in Broadway's Assassins and Off-Broadway's See Rock City and Make Me a Song — and has brought her silken soprano to numerous bene…

A Chorus Line Opens Oct. 7 at Paper Mill; Original Broadway Cast Members Pay Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch by Michael Gioia

Paper Mill Playhouse kicks off its 2012-13 season with the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line, featuring the music of the late Marvin Hamlisch. The production opens …

Lifetime's "Steel Magnolias," Starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, Premieres Oct. 7 by Michael Gioia

The star-studded Lifetime Original Movie "Steel Magnolias," a television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989 film of the same name starring Golden Globe and Grammy Award wi…

Mitch Jarvis and Michael Cunio Star in Prospect's Concert of Euripides-Inspired Rock Musical, The Rockae, Oct. 7 by Michael Gioia

Prospect Theater Company kicks off its 2012-13 season with a one-night-only concert presentation of The Rockae, a hard-rock musical based on Euripides' The Bacchae, Oct. 7 at (le) Poisso…

Betty Buckley Sings National Anthem at Oct. 7 Giants Game by Andrew Gans

Tony winner Betty Buckley, who is currently offering The Other Woman: The Vixens of Broadway at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, is scheduled to sing the National Anthem at the Oct. 7 New Y…

Evita's Loni Ackerman Brings Next to Ab-Normal Back to the Metropolitan Room Beginning Oct. 7 by Andrew Gans

Loni Ackerman, who played the title role during the original Broadway run of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and was seen as Norma Desmond in the Gateway's production of Llo…

Spider-Man's Robert Cuccioli Celebrates Debut Solo Recording at Birdland Oct. 7 by Andrew Gans

Robert Cuccioli, who recently returned to Broadway in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, goes it solo Oct. 7 at Birdland.

ON THE RECORD: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess by Steven Suskin

This week's column discusses the new Broadway cast recording of Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.

San Francisco Reading of 8, With Dustin Lance Black, Holland Taylor and Luke Macfarlane, Presented Oct. 7 by Adam Hetrick

Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black takes part in a San Francisco reading of his stage drama 8, chronicling California's anti-gay marriage legislation Prop 8, Oct. 7 at the American …

National Tour of Catch Me If You Can Takes Flight in Providence Oct. 7 by Adam Hetrick

The first national tour of the Tony Award-nominated musical Catch Me If You Can, based on the Dreamworks film about a charming young con-man on the run for money and adventure, officially la…

"Broadway: The American Musical" Documentary Rebroadcast on PBS Oct. 7 by Adam Hetrick

"Broadway: The American Musical," the six-part documentary chronicling the history of the American art form featuring Carol Channing, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Harvey Fierstein, Ha…

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 7 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Sam Maher and Robert Viagas

1907 The Gay White Way, a musical revue whose title meant something quite different in that innocent era, opens at the Casino Theatre for a then-healthy run of 105 performances. Blanche Ring…

PigPen's The Old Man and the Old Moon, Blending Music and Shadow Play, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 7 by Michael Gioia

Acclaimed theatre troupe PigPen Theatre Co. debuts its first large-scale Off-Broadway production, The Old Man and the Old Moon, officially opening Oct. 7, following previews that began Sept.…