The father and mother have made their fortune in less-than-legal ways, but the father yearns to be respectable. He sees their innocent daughter as their ticket into acceptance from both thei…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:59PMYou’ll discover what it feels like to disappear down a rabbit hole at “Then She Fell,” the fiendishly clever immersive theater piece inspired by the life and writings of “Alice in Wo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:52PMThere are some nights when DANCING WITH THE STARS is just completely overdone. When it traipses from drag-Cher glam to distracting. This was the case with tonights episode of DANCING WITH TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50PM‘the Old Man and the Old Moon” is a hauntingly beautiful production, filled with ingenious lighting effects, lovely shadow puppetry and an accomplished and original folk music score.So w…
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David Mamet's political satire
Novemberat the Mark Taper Forum is a tough project to pull off, because the characters are so despicable, particularly the protagonist, President Charles Smi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48PMMichael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Aaron Lazar and talk about this week's news.
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:44PMFirst Folio Theatre's *Madness of Edgar Allan Poe*, a site-specific theater piece performed at the gorgeous 1920's Mayslake Peabody Estate, presents a stylized version of the relationship be…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:33PMThe Mark Taper Forum's November and Ebony Rep's Fraternity examine the final days of disparate election campaigns, just in time for the final weeks of the 2012 campaign. David Mamet's Novemb…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 09:22PM“They got rhythm, they got music…“ in Downey California–in fact, they got some of the bounciest, most vibrant tunes George and Ira Gershwin ever wrote, since the Downey Civic Lig…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:09PMMusical Mondays Theatre Lab announces a concert of new songs from their upcoming seasons as well as songs from the soon to be released Sh-K-BoomGhostlght CD with live performances of brand n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PM
Lynn Nottage’s play By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is light years apart from her recently staged play (also at the Geffen) entitled Ruined, which was a potent portrayal of unspeakable …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:50PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show was created by Ben Cameron Broadways Wicked, Aida and Footloose…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49PMSchool of Visual Arts SVA will honor James McMullanone of Americas foremost illustratorswith the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. Best known for his Lincoln Center theater …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47PMRuth Appelhof, Richard Gere, Toni RossThe 20th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), which took place in the villages of East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Southampton from October …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:24PMJust in time for Halloween, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom is run-for-your-life terrifyingly surreal. (read more....)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:06PMIt is hard to immediately think of a theater piece as tough to watch as Dael Orlandersmith's new solo show "Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men," a relentlessly intense and deeply disturbing charti…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:04PMDavid Mamet's Broadway-bred Oval Office comedy of 2008 bows in L.A. at the height of another election season.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PMDon’t look for any great revelations about things to come in “On the Future,” the new offering from the New York Neo-Futurists. What it does deliver is some 80 minutes of u…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 08:00PM
The first preview of the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which was scheduled for Oct. 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, will now take place Oct. 19 at 8 PM. Opening remains Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:57PMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross has canceled its first three preview performances due to prior commitments of show star Al Pacino. The production, which was scheduled to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:53PMFor some people October is about going on long drives to see the changing of the leaves, while for others it is about spending weekends prancing around apple groves or pumpkin patches. For…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 06:49PMIf “One Night With Janis Joplin” glosses over some of our more sordid memories of a rock-and-roll legend silenced at 27 by a heroin overdose, the Arena Stage tribute show that has oldste…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48PMThe Brick, Nosedive Productions, Off Off Broadway
By Bradley Troll
BOTTOM LINE: Raw Feed is an evening of original works that provides the instant gratification of horror and blood wi…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:37PMTweetI was at dinner with my friend last night and our server was talking about how he doesn’t think he’s cute. He was upset that he wasn’t an anorexic like the other serve…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:37PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMMusical Mondays Theatre Lab, offering selections from brand-new musicals developed in the BMI Workshop, will launch Oct. 11 with a special concert of material from the new album "No Mor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 10812.
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'Lost in Yonkers' makes a good counterpoint to 'Brighton Beach Memoirs.'
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:48PMAnnie Funke draws on her on past as a bullied child to deliver a memorable performance in Nick Payne's inventive and dark examination of a family on the edge.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMLewis Black's play opened at the George Street Playhouse on Friday.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:42PMPaper Mill Playhouse presents A Chorus Line, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett, with book by James Kirkwood and Nicho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMDirector Mitzi Hamilton, who inspired the character of Val and performed the role on Broadway, has recreated Michael Bennett's staging for the Paper Mill
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:38PMBroadway star Marla Mindelles Cinderella, Sister Act short film The Devils Bitch has been named as an official selection in the 2012 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. Mindelle stars in the d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PMMARTHA
Truth and illusion, George; you don’t know the difference.
GEORGE
No, but we must carry on as though we did.
Last week, we awarded one lucky winner a pair of tickets to see Edwa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:33PMGeorge and Martha, the English-speaking theatre's most contentious married couple since Katharina and Petruchio, returned to Broadway Sept. 27 for the first preview of the 50th-anniversa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMPrior commitments for star Al Pacino have resulted in the delay of previews for the star-studded Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, originally set to begin on October 16 at the Gera…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:24PMRyan Silverman Rebecca star's first public performance since show's demise, Lindsay Mendez Dogfight, Godspell, Derek Klena Dogfight, Carrie and Natalie Douglas nightlife award-winning vocali…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMSo You Wanna Be a Superstar The Ultimate Audition Guide is now available from Running Press Kids. Penned by teen author Ted Michael, with an introduction from Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMFly in numerous highly talented young artists from Stratford, Shaw, Broadway and Hollywood for a special performance showcasing some of the academys Alumni and current stars. Now add some Fu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMGone is the ad-hoc weirdness that interestingly deformed nearly everything La MaMa has done since I’ve been reviewing theater in New York City (2005, admittedly, but frequently at the …
SOURCE: backstage.com at 05:08PMThe documentary film A People’s History of 13P will soon be available on our website. It’s intended to benefit future do-it-yourselfers who seek to take their artistic fates into the…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM
Teen author Ted Michael's new book So You Wanna Be a Superstar?: The Ultimate Audition Guide has just been released, and is now available to aspiring performers everywhere.With an introducti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:57PMPlaywright Elizabeth Meriwether loves pushing the limits of plausibility—a gleeful hobby she pursues in some of her plays more successfully than in others. The playwright’s best-know…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:55PMPreviews began nearly two weeks ago for Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and we’ve had a great time sharing some of our favorite lines with you. Which has been…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:40PMThe Broadway Dolls, featuring cast members from Motown, Hairspray and A Chorus Line in a pop-rock revue of Broadway song and dance, will launch a mini tour Oct. 20 in Jefferson City, MO.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMRECOMMENDED Following up on his spectacular production of “Follies” last spring, Gary Griffin returns to Sondheim to open Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new season with a work he mounte…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:30PMUniversal Pictures and Focus Features today announced that Kelly Marcel will write the screenplay to the highly anticipated film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Michael De Luca and Dana…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMJoin us every Thursday at 18:00 GMT / 7pm BST / 2pm EDT / 1pm CDT / 12pm MDT / 11am PDT for the Weekly Howl, an open discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happe…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:24PMPearl Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Charles Morey's Figaro, October 19-November 18. Hal Brooks will direct.This new adaptation of Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais' 1778 pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:16PMAn exceptional one-man show about Bobby Kennedy, the president's little brother who loomed large in national life, is from New City Stage Company. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro revi…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:13PMDaryl Roth Productions DRP announces the formation of a new division responsible for facilitating the licensing of DRP titles and productions to professional and amateur theaters around the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMProducers of the Broadway premiere of David Mamet's The Anarchist, starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, are offering fans the opportunity to win a special package if they purchase tic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMTake a first listen below to samples from Susan Boyle's new album of musical songs - featuring duets with Michael Crawford amp Donny Osmond
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMLeaders from some of the largest theater companies in Southern California are scheduled to take part in a forum this month to discuss the issue of racial diversity and the inclusion (or lack…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:04PMRECOMMENDED An unexpectedly satisfying pleasure of The Neo-Futurists’ “44 Plays for 44 Presidents,” which opened on Saturday night at the Neo-Futurarium, is the piece’…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:02PMDavid Mamets comedy November is now playing at the Center Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum through November 4, 2012. Opening night was last night - check out photo coverage of the starry arriva…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PM
The Theatre at Boston Court has announced the productions planned for its 2013 10th anniversary season, including three world premieres.The season will begin with the world premiere of Cassi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMThe University of Georgia's production of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS opens tomorrow, October 9, and runs through Sunday, October 14, at the Cellar Theater in the Fine Arts Building. See b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMCenter Theatre Group celebrated the opening of David Mamet's November at The Mark Taper Forum on Sunday, October 7. Directed by Scott Zigler, the political comedy st
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PMDue to the Columbus Day holiday, this week's Broadway grosses will be made available tomorrow, October 9, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMOn September 25th, music legend Barbara Cook released an all new recording, Loverman, her latest from DRG Records. Loverman is a brilliant departure from Ms. Cooks traditional Broadway reper…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMRECOMMENDED The pressures of masculinity require that its terrors go unspoken; young men and boys often negotiate violent worlds without help or outlet. Solo writer/performer Dael Orlandersm…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:42PMStage and screen actress Marcy Harriell and Morris Chestnut ("Boyz n the Hood") will play recurring roles on the Showtime comedy "Nurse Jackie," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMJeannie Berlin, Robert Foxworth, Justin Long, Robin Weigert and JoBeth Williams are set for Center Theatre Groups production of the Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMOpening and closing in the tight quarters of a ship on the Arctic Sea, most of playwright Bo List’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel unfolds as a recounting of events from a traumatize…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:30PMThe man, even today, is an icon of the film industry. And now he's a part Broadway history.“ENCHANTING! When Rob McClure transforms himself into Chaplin's Little Tramp, it's a dizzyi…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 03:30PMNEW YORK (AP) — Fans of the Broadway hit "Newsies" might be forgiven for doing a double take these days.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:27PMIf you’re of a certain age, you’ll get a kick out of this. At Saturday’s sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Grammy-winner Peter Gabriel had a little fun before he star…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:18PMDaryl Roth Productions (DRP) announced the formation of a new division for facilitating the licensing of DRP titles and productions to professional and amateur theatres around the world as w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMBOO KILLEBREW is a playwright, choreographer, actress and co-founder of CollaborationTown, A Theatre Company. She is a member of the 2013 Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theat…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:12PMCasting has been announced for the Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage's upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which opens the MTC MainStage 2012-1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMThe 2012 Broadway Impact ING NYC Marathon teams fundraiser WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER was hosted by Sara Haines from NBCs The Today Show. The party took place last night, October 7th at Le Poisson…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMTVGuide.com has confirmed that Broadway's Judith Light will be featured in a recurring role in the second season of TNT's DALLAS. According to the report, the actress will portray, an author…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMHappy Columbus Day! In honor of the day Indie Theatre Now has added my play “Columbia the Germ of the Ocean” to their stock of online plays! It’s a play in which Columbus i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:04PMAmerican Triage: 2012 Met Life Nuestras Voces FinalistI've had this news under my hat for a few weeks now. I wanted to have my Storify on American Triage finished so I could link to it here,…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:01PMDAVID JOHNSTON’s plays have been performed and read at the New Group, Moving Arts, the Neighborhood Playhouse, HB Playwrights Foundation, Symphony Space and Ensemble Studio …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:01PMRacehl York embodies the brash, bawdy Reno Sweeney -- made famous by Ethel Merman when the musical first set sail on Broadway in 1934 -- with a wink and a purr. And her pipes? Gather 'round,…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Broadway favorites Lauren Molina and Jason Tam star as hip young Sondheim-singin' Brooklynites in the Keen Company's two-person Sondheim revue Marry Me a Little. Molina documented th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMJoBeth Williams and Robert Foxworth will preside over an explosive Christmas in the West Coast premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's Tony-nominated drama Other Desert Cities, which will begin pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMActors Equity Association announced today that Emmy-Award winning directorproducer and writer William Greaves is the recipient of the 2012 Paul Robeson Award. Created in 1971, the Award reco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMCasting has been announced for the Mark Taper Forum production of Jon Robin Baitz's 2012 Tony-nominated play, Other Desert Cities. Robert Egan will direct this West Coast premiere, which run…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMMainStreet Theatre, Rancho Cucamonga's professional family-friendly company, has received its first Ovation Award nominations. Producer Mireya (Murry) Hepner hopes the recognition will help …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:32PMDrama Desk nominee Jon Robin Baitz will adapt and executive produce "The Slap," an eight-episode limited series based on the 2011 Australian series of the same name, for NBC, accor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMDeadline reports that stage vet Marcy Harriell has joined the cast of the Showtime comedy series NURSE JACKIE in a recurring story arc. She will join recently announced new cast member Morri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMWith more pending investigations, including one by the FBI, and mixed information springing up across both leading publications and social networks, Broadway still waits to learn whether its…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMActors' Equity Association announced that Emmy-Award winning director, producer, actor and writer William Greaves is the recipient of the 2012 Paul Robeson Award.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMWe caught up with the cast of "The Performers" at the show's meet and greet. Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Jenni Barber, and Alicia Silverstone share their porn star names, while Henry Wink…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 02:07PMTony Award and Daytime Emmy Award winner Judith Light will join the television cast of the Dallas remake on TNT, according to TVLine.com.For the show's second season, the actress will be pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMProducers announced today that the first performance of Glengarry Glen Ross, which was originally scheduled to begin previews for its limited run on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, will postpone …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:03PM(Reuters) - Judy Garland's blue-and-white pinafore from the beloved classic "The Wizard of Oz" is going up for auction, where it is expected to sell for more than a half a million dollars, a…
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:02PMIn Under Construction, a 2009 work by endlessly curious playwright Charles Mee, a character says, "If I understand something, I have no further use for it."
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 02:00PM
Having appreciated the stage work of Carolyn McCormick and Byron Jennings, who are married in real life, for many years (not to mention the former's appearances on Law & Order, I was pleased…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 01:49PMSoho theatre, LondonIt's not assured that a standup who is huge on Twitter will translate to the stage. Good to report, then, that US comic Rob Delaney – 619,000 followers and counting –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMThe Shakespeare Society and the Metropolitan Opera are teaming up for a special Shakespeare at the Opera: Robert Lepage
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook, the iconic soprano who starred in the Broadway productions of The Music Man and Candide, will return to Carnegie Hall Oct. 18 in celebration of her 85th birth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMMark Harvey and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: It’s hard to remember what the Boston jazz community was like before Harvey came along. In fact, the term “jazz community” would have seeme…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:43PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are breaking up....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:37PMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes Kim Zimmer as Madame Morrible, Cliffton Hall as Fiyero and Patti Murin as Glinda. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. October 7, 2012 Loni Ackerman, a Broadway veteran who starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, Cats, and Sunset Boulevard on Broadway and the road, retired from th…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:32PMHe's famously globe-trotting and inventive – and his latest project combines Las Vegas with Baghdad. Kate Connolly meets theatre's mad inventorRobert Lepage sits sipping coffee in a vast w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMAmerican Conservatory Theatre will present Paul Walsh and Carey Perloff's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a holiday tradition, November 30-December 24 at Geary Theater. Do…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMRECOMMENDED Kicking off their twenty-eighth season, American Theater Company embarks on a spiritual journey in the aptly titled repertory-style production of “Doubt” and “A…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:24PM“It feels like a revolution!” one character exclaims passionately. “Try not to be so vocal!” another hushes him. This quote is just one of many statements made during Henrik Ibsen’…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:21PMAmy Morton has a history of playing passionate, intense women on stage, and now the Chicago-based actress is taking on her biggest challenge yet: Martha in the 50th anniversary production of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMThe Mistakes Madeline Made - LiveWire Chicago at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., is offering $15 industry tickets to all performances during our run through November 3, …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:16PMProject Arts Centre, DublinThis is a love letter from one Irish émigré to another. The writer is Emma Donoghue, author of the bestselling novel Room; the subject is Maeve Brennan, the tale…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMWe're a nation used to seeing classics fondly sent up. It’s probably something to do with the bit of our psyche which loves panto, Carry On films and why The 39 Steps has endured in the We…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:11PMREVIEW: Even Vikings fans might enjoy "Lombardi," which recounts the fabled Green Bay Packers coach in his game-winning heyday.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:08PMREVIEW: Two actors bring genuine scariness to "Turn of the Screw," a stage version of the classic Henry James novella about a possible haunting.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:06PMSEMI-CIRCLE The drawing room comedy has fallen out of fashion over the years. These extremely well-made, light, sophisticated plays center around members of polite society whose lives unrave…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:01PMOne Man, Two Guvnors cast member Brian Gonzales, David Coffee and Bryant Martin will appear in the Lyric Stage production of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, which will begin performance…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMSessions devoted to general operating support are being held today through Wednesday at the Idea Center in PlayhouseSquare.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:00PM
Craig Wright's Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington and seven-time Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner, opened on October 4, 2012 at Broadway's Cor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMFinborough Theatre, London : In this companion piece to the same playwright's better known Da, we are invited to spend the evening with a deeply unlikeable character, Desmond Drumm, who…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMAcclaimed 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.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMWhen it focuses on subjects familiar to the Leveson Inquiry, this dramatic investigation of journalism proves electrifying, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:32PMThis was a spectacular choreographic debut from the 25-year-old member of the New York City Ballet’s corps, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:32PMLynda Carter, the singing actress best known for her work on the TV series "Wonder Woman," will perform in concert Oct. 12 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMAN OCTOBER UNSURPRISE Scott Zigler learned to direct theater from David Mamet, which is like having David Ortiz teach you how to pitch for the major leagues. A designated hitter thinks eve…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:30PMThe Wicked Witch of the West was more than just green skin and cackle. Similarly, there’s more to Glinda the Good Witch than a simpering smile and a twinkly wand. The backstories of these …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMStage and screen star Bradley Cooper will receive the Hollywood Actor Award at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards, to be presented at a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 22.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMIt’s not often theater news makes it on to the front page of major papers, but some recent Broadway stories have been seriously buzz-worthy. So let’s catch up by taking a quick s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:18PMThe lawyer for the lead producer of the Broadway musical, which collapsed after the reported death of a mysterious investor, said on Sunday that the investor and three others who were brough…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:17PMREVIEW: Mixed Blood Theatre produces its version of the celebrated Broadway musical "Next to Normal."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:15PMSt Leonard's Church, London: In Jill Paton Walsh's Booker prize-nominated novel Knowledge of Angels, the author asks whether any of us would come to know God if we'd grown up witho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMWe know you love theatre, now here’s your chance to get really involved with the Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers’ choice”, including access to our invitation-only, star-st…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:12PMJulia Murney and David Zippel have joined the Oct. 21 musical celebration of Tony and Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, which will be presented by Encompass New Opera Theatre at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." -- SenecaA little less than two weeks ago, I took a flight from Newark to London and started my study abroad adventure. I have the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Los Angeles premiere of "Other Desert Cities" by Jon Robin Baitz is to feature Jeannie Berlin, JoBeth Williams and Robin Weigert. The actors are joining the previously announced Justin L…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
"One thrilling combination" was revived Oct. 7 at Paper Mill Playhouse, where over 50 cast members from various productions of the iconic Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMA selection of winners’ pictures from the 2011 Theatre UK Awards at Banqueting House, LondonThe post Theatre UK Awards 2011 in pictures appeared first on The Stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMWith the election around the corner, Lewis Black will surely have plenty to rant about in his new show, RUNNING ON EMPTY, which opens tomorrow, 109, for a limited engagement thru 1020 at the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMFeaturing work by Devero, Blind Summit and Compagnie 111.
The post London International Mime Festival 2013 appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:52AMJenny Bacon and Mark Nelson will join the previously reported star Ari Brand in Aaron Posner's My Name Is Asher Lev, at the Westside Theatre beginning November 8, with an opening on November…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:52AMAcclaimed 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.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMMichelle Ryan makes her musical theatre debut in Cabaret, which opens at the West End’s Savoy Theatre this week (9 October 2012, previews from 3 October) following a national tour.
Ry…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:50AMChristopher Shinn’s provocative time-shifting 65 minute piece, Dying City, explores the themes of love, loss, grief, brotherhood, the past, duty, and identity. Kelly, a young, repressed Ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48AMThe debate we held after a performance of Three Sisters raised some fascinating points about criticism in the age of social media – what do you think?Sign up for our next tweet night, at W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMFans of the Broadway hit "Newsies" might be forgiven for doing a double take these days. That's because 17-year-old Jacob and David Guzman, who share the same DNA, are now sharing the stage …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:36AMFor the Record, the "one-of-a-kind Hollywood" musical revue conceived by Christopher Lloyd Bratten and Shane Scheel, continues with a showcase of songs from the movies of Martin Sc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMIn honor of the casing announcement, we asked which Spice Girls song is your favorite. Check out your response below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMOFF AND ON Once again, I talk to a troupe of foreign artists, and once again, apart from the art, there’s an utter lack of coherent understanding between their world and mine. ItR…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:20AMLincoln Square Business Improvement District will ring in the holiday season on Monday, November 26 with their 13th annual Winter's Eve celebration, featuring live performances, restaurant t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMToday in 1946, Cyrano de Bergerac opened at the Alvin Theatre now the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 193 performances. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AM“Master Harold” …and the boys is the potential life-changing, pulse racing drama playing in Annapolis, MD., that marks the 11th season opener for Bay Theatre Company. The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08AMLewis Black, a Grammy-winning comedian and bestselling author, will perform his show "Lewis Black: Running on Empty" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway this October. Black, a former …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:07AMBy rights, this show should be unbelievably grim, and we should all weep for America. But it's not, and, well, we don't.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:04AM"Don't speak unless you are spoken to and don't walk through any doors," I was strictly warned upon entering Arts@Renaissance to experience <em>Then She Fell</em>, the …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:03AMToday, we're featuring Adrian Zmed circa 1988. His first major acting gig was the role Danny Zuko, in the national touring company production of Grease. He later appeared in the Broadway sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical Next to Normal will be produced by Musically Human Theatre, October 25-November 11 at Studio 501 @ CAP 21. David Norwood will direct the production.Ne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMAnother set of “Market Notes” (the super-informative every-so-often email from the folks at Telecharge) arrived in my inbox last week chock full of all sorts of stats and demogra…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMNEW YORK - Fans of the Broadway hit "Newsies" might be forgiven for doing a double take these days.
That's because...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:00AMAdditional casting has been announced for My Name is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's new play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel that will begin previews Nov. 8 prior to an official…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of the Broadway hit "Newsies" might be forgiven for doing a double take these days....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:56AMFrom gourmet to fast food to budget sandwich shack,Barbados has something to tempt all budgets and taste buds.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:51AMTa'Rea Campbell stars as nightclub singer-turned-nun Deloris Van Cartier in the national tour of the Tony Award-nominated musical Sister Act, which takes audiences to heaven beginni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMInitial casting has been announced for the Australian stage premiere of the new musical King Kong, to open on June 15, 2013 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre. The production will be directed by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending October 7, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $235,576 4,125 80.07% $57.11 ANNIE $560,928…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMDirector Paul Thomas Anderson doesn’t provide answers nor does he pose questions: the ambiguity of his characters and his confounding storytelling style are what drive "The Master."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:45AMSelf-described ‘yerds’ at Rye and Suffern craft award-winning annuals (The top editors at Suffern’s Panorama yearbook, from left: Lior Gensler (photo); Sarah Griffin (busin…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:44AMby Aislinn Rose Last Monday, CAEA Ontario held an all-candidates night to introduce the 20 local candidates running to fill 7 Ontario seats. Each candidate was given an opportunity to read t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:42AMThe world premiere of Stephen Belber's Don't Go Gentle, about a retired conservative judge who struggles to maintain order in his personal life, began Off-Broadway Sept. 27 at MCC Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMIn this week's School in the Spotlight High School edition, BroadwayWorld is excited to profile the theater students and past productions of Calabasas High School in Calabasas, California
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMBroadway sweethearts, Audra McDonald and Will Swenson married over the weekend on October 6 at their home in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. The two got engaged this past New Year’s while on vacatio…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:31AMThe Little Mermaid, the musical version of the film of the same name that premiered on Broadway in January 2008, opens in Moscow Oct. 8. The opening coincides with the 175th anniversary of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMAfter making her way to the Big Apple to fullfill her dreams of studying at the Alvin Ailey School of Dance and performing in modern dance companies, Helen decided it was time for false eyel…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:23AMDavid Rossmer (left) Steve Rosen (right) from their new off Broadway Musical "The Other Josh Cohen"INTERVIEW WITH DAVID ROSSMER I had the pleasure of recently interviewin…
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 10:23AMGuest blog: As his staging of Wilde's infamous novel opens at the Abbey as part of the Dublin theatre festival, Neil Bartlett comes face to face with the queasy symbiosis of beauty and shame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMRattlestick Playwrights Theater has extended its world-premiere production of Adam Rapp's Through The Yellow Hour until November 10.The post-apocalyptic play, which is directed by Rapp, is s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:19AMCABARET, Bob Fosses ground-breaking Oscar-winning musical drama starring Liza Minnelli Arthur, The Sterile Cuckoo, Michael York the Austin Powers films, Joel Grey TVs Oz, Helmut Griem, and M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMLegit Reviews||Los Angeles:
David Mamet's fleet, foulmouthed "November" peels back the Oval Office wallpaper to reveal a shlubby, nonentity president (Ed Begley Jr.) who, facing…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:18AMThe League of Professional Theatre Women will present Women's Words, an evening dedicated to poetry written and performed by several female poets, on Monday, October 29 at 7:30pm at Cherry L…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMLCT3, Lincoln Center Theater’s programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists and developing new audiences has announced two new productions which will open in 20…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:07AMIt'll be a Dogfight reunion at Feinstein's at Loews Regency when former co-stars Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena take the stage for this week's edition of the popular Broadway Ballyhoo! serie…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMJust a few weeks after the premature death of composer Marvin Hamlisch, New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is paying proper tribute to him with a sparkling revival of his Pulitzer Prize-winn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:05AMCAROLS 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-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMRobert Cuccioli, who recently returned to Broadway in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, goes it solo Oct. 8 at Birdland.
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The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has extended its world-premiere production of Adam Rapp's Through the Yellow Hour, about an American woman who goes into hiding when the country is at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMAs part of its 30th Anniversary 30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years project, the League of Professional Theatre Women will present An Evening of Women's Poetry Oct. 29 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMIt's best to approach the Marvell Rep revival of Sholem Asch's 1910 play, God of Vengeance at TBG Theatre, as an historical footnote, since it both portrays the first lesbian kiss on stage a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:47AMSinger-actor Steven Brinberg, in his alter ego as Simply Barbra — Streisand, that is — will continue touring the world with concerts scheduled in Florida, California, New York an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMRaul Esparza and Anna Chlumsky will guest star on NBC's LAW amp ORDER SVU on a special episode titled Twenty-Five Acts, based on the best-selling novel '50 Shades of Grey.' The show will ai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMIn 2006 I think... my mind is a little fuzzy, I had the privilege to be part of the original cast of Dont Quit Your Night Job-- an all Broadway Improv show. The show was created by Sarah Sal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMThe lineup for the Oct. 11 performance of Scott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo, the concert series that is now playing an open-ended run Thursday evenings at 11 PM at Feinstein's at Loew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMThere's no better set of songs on the London stage than Irving Berlin's for Call Me Madam, a 1950 musical written for Ethel Merman in the wake of a coarse-grained Washington DC party-giver, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:34AMI want to give you a look at some of the information I send out to people who get my email newsletter. Hopefully you'll like it and decide to sign up by clicking this link. -----------------…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMPhoto credit: Joan MarcusThe cast album for Nice Work if You Can Get It will be released on October 30, and I'm giving away a copy. However you feel about the show starring Ma…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:30AMLittle of consequence resulted from EgoPo's decision to cast women to retell the story of outlaw Jesse James.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:24AMDefying Gravity, a concert to benefit Art Start, the only volunteer organization providing arts workshops inside NYC homeless shelters, will be presented Oct. 14 at Carnegie Hall's Zanke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMThis 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…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMTaye Diggs is getting his own groove back. He first came to many people's attention on the New York stage: first in the 1994 Broadway production of Carousel (opposite future TV co-star Audra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:12AMFrom 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 TONIGHT –…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
The Monty Python co-founder and star of "Fawlty Towers" and "A Fish Called Wanda" will write "the inside story of how a shy child from Weston-super-Mare, who dabbled briefly with teaching an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:51AMTroubled production of Rebecca musical has been cancelled after it emerged that key investors never actually existedThe theatrical investor whose "death" caused the cancellation of a major B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #241 Nora Bayes, at one point the top singing comedienne in vaudeville (for the full article go here). In honor of the day, here she is singing on…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:32AMWritten by Sandi Durell Jim Brochu is a recent Drama Desk Award Winner for best solo performance. Touring the country as Zero Mostel in Zero Hour, he’s won numerous accolades and awards. G…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:23AMWaterloo East Theatre, London: As the race for the White House enters its final stages, writer Rashid Razaq offers a timely glimpse of the young Barack Obama at a crucial turning point in hi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:23AMImagination Stage presents Mouse on the Move as part of their “My First Imagination Stage – Early Childhood” program, providing interactive and educational shows for children ages …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:20AMso as we begin this week with the celebration of Colmbus day, I wanted to let you all know about some cool things that are out there that I have encountered in my travels recently. Be sure t…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 08:20AMCreative Common, Bristol: If The Invisible Circus truly lived up to its name, in the style say of a play by Pirandello or a piece of music by John Cage, this review should consist of nothing…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMTodays is the birthday of Clarence Williams (1893-1965), one of the first artists to use the word “jazz” to publicize his work. The Plaquemine, Louisiana native ran away from hom…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:16AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Two mass meetings of Scottish artists have been organised in response to what are perceived as ongoing problems with Creative Scotland. The separate meetings, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, follo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMLinbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London: A Czech of Jewish descent born in 1898, Victor Ullmann was already an established composer when he was imprisoned in the Nazi 'show ca…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMLegit News:
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMUnion Theatre, London: With three new, big-budget jukebox musicals opening in the West End this autumn, it is really refreshing to watch an old school musical being performed just how Irving…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMLeeds Grand Theatre: Not all productions of Mozart's opera remember that both the composer and his librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, thought of their piece as a comedy, and it is a virtue o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMRadlett Centre: These Tinga Tinga Tales are a perfect example of how an idea, no matter how simple, can be brilliantly produced to make an authentic and enjoyable children's show.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMOctagon Theatre Bolton: That the world premiere of Lighthearted Intercourse has come about redounds to the credit of director David Thacker, who made sense of the many extant drafts and note…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMLinbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Albert Herring was reportedly dismissed at its 1947 Glyndebourne premiere as "not our kind of thing" - possibly because the sharp observa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AMGlyndebourne Theatre: There can be few operatic heroines who know suffering as well as Dvorak's water nymph Rusalka, whose desire to acquire human form in order to win the love of a mor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMThe Duke of Hamilton, London: Sitting in the low ceilinged theatre under the Duke of Hamilton pub, it's easy to feel the same sense of entrapment that plagued John Merrick.
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