David Mamet’s grubby and farcical political play November, now playing at the Mark Taper Forum downtown, is a riot of foul language and racial epithets, all tumbling from the mouth …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:54PMOn October 13, 1962, Edward Albee introduced Broadway audiences to George and Martha—a feuding, liquor-swilling married couple who changed the landscape of contemporary American t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:47PMThe US premiere of Felix und Clara by Dutch composer Jacques Bank describes the troubled relationship of Clara Schumann and her son Felix -- the chorus sings the voice of Felix, and noted ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47PMAt 34, he has already spent half his life becoming not only one of America’s top lighting designers, but quite possibly the busiest theater artist working in Philadelphia today.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 07:41PMFor his third episode of the King of New York vlog, Corey Cott goes undercover to talk to Newsies fans at the stage door. See what fansies say about the show and Cott’s performance whe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:40PMLauren Molina and Jason Tam sing Sondheim’s lesser-known songs in off-Broadway’s Marry Me a Little, so we decided to test their knowledge of the musical master’s catalogue,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:39PMAppearing as daughter Natalie Goodman is local actress Rachel Camp. Raised in King of Prussia, the 2006 graduate of Lower Merion High School is the 2011 Barrymore Award winner for Outstandin…
SOURCE: Montgomery News at 07:29PMAnd not just because of Streisand’s Mitt Romney comments at last night’s three-hour tour opener.
SOURCE: The Philly Post at 07:07PMOver the past few years, the 1970s have made a cultural comeback. On television, there’s been Life on Mars and White Heat, in the bookshops tomes by Dominic Sandbrook, in the theatre reviv…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMIt wasn’t too long ago that Broadway audiences were enjoying Horton Foote’s portrait of a Texas family’s struggles with its history and future in “Dividing the Estate…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 07:00PM
According to the Toronto Star, the 2013 Stratford Shakespeare Festival will welcome back Jonathan Goad, Sara Topham, Stephen Ouimette, Dion Johnstone, Michelle Giroux and Paul Nolan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A man renting an apartment in a Victorian house in Connecticut was poking around the basement when he was surprised to find some fine clothes stuffed in a trash …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:44PMTweetOne thing that annoyed the crap out of me and still does are the people that bitch that they don’t get paid enough or make enough and never actually work a full day in their life.…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:43PMTonight we're heading to Jonathan Lewis' Our Boys, starring Laurence Fox and Matthew Lewis, among others.The play gives a funny yet candid account of the tedium, terror and
tribulatio…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:42PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The current production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" that's touring the United Kingdom will be able to be seen without a plane ticket....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:38PMAfter slipping to the third position last week the Eugene O'Neill Theatre is back on top of TicketNews®' exclusive venues rankings for the week ending October 7, 2012, thanks to ticket s…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 06:33PMGrace cast members Ed Asner, Paul Rudd, and Michael Shannon were honored Tuesday, October 9 with caricatures at the famed theater district watering hole Sardi's. The ceremony was ho
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:32PMCOMMENTARY, the latest feature film by writerdirector Aaron Mark Patti Issues, which features an ensemble of Broadway veterans, will be screened Saturday, October 20th at 415 PM at the Produ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMDUALITY IN A NOISE WITHIN’S CYMBELINE Are women faithful to the men they love? Or are they so weak-willed and inconstant as to be easily seduced by another? While many writers and dram…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:28PMThough “The Old Man and the Old Moon” bills itself as a “play with music,” you’ll need more words than those to sum it up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:26PMDoes Craig, the rising star who invites himself into his sister-in-law’s flat one evening in the winningly understated “Dying City,” realize the depths of his insensitivity? Embodied b…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:24PMI spent the weekend in Lone Pine, a cowboy town on the far side of California.I'm not kidding about the cowboys; there were horses hanging outside the saloons on the main thoroughfare while …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 06:23PMBailiwick Chicago Theater is hosting its “Chicago Casting Auction,” where you can win the chance to be cast in their upcoming production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoa…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:16PMMonths ago, when the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced that it would open its 2012-13 Studio Theatre series with "Clybourne Park," surely I was not the only person who thought it woul…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:11PMRENT's Anthony Fedorov, who has also appeared in off-Broadway's The Fantasticks, performed Journey's Open Arms at Broadway Sessions on September 6th, 2012. Watch him in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMAnyone who follows the theater scene in New York realizes that hardly a year goes by when actor Darren Pettie isnt appearing on Broadway, Off Broadway or regional theater. Hes also been see…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMA treasure trove of the new work community’s data has been uncovered in this third development week. We released a set of features that displays every relationship between organization…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:07PMSt. Malachys The Actors Chapel will present a starstudded musical extravaganza with The Voices United Choral Festival on Monday, November 12 at 730 at NYs legendary Beacon Theatre 2124 Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PMWATCH THE VIDEO below to get an amusing yet informative backstage glimpse into the rehearsal room of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre‘s acclaimed Broadway revival of Edward Albee…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:01PMIn bringing “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale” to the stage, Mo Willems also wrote the script and the songs, so the show is very true to Willems' original story. Though adults will enjoy…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:00PM
Welcome to Chicago! Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus is all dressed up and ready to make his Broadway debut as lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running musical hit Chicago. Cyrus will b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PM"Grace," a dark comedy, examines the meaning of faith. It officially opened October 4 at Broadway's Cort Theatre. Previews for the production began on September 13, 2012. The show is schedul…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:53PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is currently touring the U.K. in an arena extravaganza—and moviegoers outside of Britain will be able to catch the biblica…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMTHEATER REVIEW: "One Name Only" at the Black Ensemble Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "One Name Only" at the Black Ensemble Theatre ★★★ ... Associate directo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:47PMHoward Shapiro, you have our sympathy. You deserve better.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 05:45PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Mu haa haaa! Dr. Horrible is finally on TV, ton…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:43PMProducers of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which began performances on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at the Booth Theatre 222 West 45th Street, have announced a student rush p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMThe show: "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:40PMThe show: "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:40PMOver the moon! That was how audiences and troupe members of PigPen Theatre Company felt on October 7 when The Old Man and The Old Moon opened at The Gym at Judson. The company's fir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMTony Award nominee Marin Ireland will be playing the title role in the Yale Repertory Theatre staging of David Adjmi's new play, Marie Antoinette, October 26-November 17, with an opening on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMThe Old Globe presents the World Premiere of Allegiance A New American Musical, an epic story of family, love and patriotism set during the Japanese American internment of World War II. As …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMAccording to Variety, Tony winner James Corden, has signed on to star in the BBC's 'The Wrong Man' series. THe six part comedy thriller will air on Hulu in 2013. Corden will play a 'lowly of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMMark Setlock will star in a benefit reading of Becky Mode’s one-man play Fully Committed on November 12 at the Vineyard Theatre. The one-night-only event will benefit the Vineyard…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMSean McNall will star in the Pearl Theatre Company production of Charles Morey's Figaro, based on the Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais comedy, The Marriage of Figaro, which inspire…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMThe reason I wrote Emotional Creature was to honor people like Malala Yousufzai a fearless young activist who is an inspiration to teen girls the world over. We cannot begin this process wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMFor generations, musical theatre writers have come to New York City to change the world. Once Upon A Time In New York City is about the people who have changed THEM. This concert will featur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMOn those rare occasions, even before the lights go up, you can tell you are about to see something exciting. Such an event happened last night at the opening of Bailiwick’s sensational…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:09PM"Lion King," "Wicked" and "Book of Mormon" top the box office in a period helped by the long holiday weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:04PMNow that the TV remake of Steel Magnolias has scored big ratings, Tony nominee Condola Rashad's profile can only continue to rise. The movie, in which Rashad plays young bride Shelb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PMBroadway veteran Megan Mullally will reprise her role as Tammy Swanson on the NBC series Parks and Recreation, according to TVGuide.com.In the series, Tammy is the second ex-wife of Ron – …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Durang's Loopsby David C. JonesChristopher Durang’s comedies were the toast of Off Broadway in the 1980’s. His cynical but sharply satiric dissection of Catholic upbringing, neurotic rel…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:49PMThe Mistakes Madeline Made Written by Elizabeth Meriwether Directed by Krista D’Agostino Greenho…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:45PMNothing has been officially confirmed by Stratford, but reliable sources there will be some intriguing casting choices in 2013.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:38PMTen Chimneys, starring Carolyn McCormick and Byron Jennings, is bringing the legacy of stage actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne to off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clement’s. Take…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM"Commentary," a new film by playwright/independent filmmaker Aaron Mark that features an ensemble of Broadway veterans, will be screened Oct. 20 at 4:15 PM at the Producers Club (3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMVineyard Theatre Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director and Sarah Stern, Co-Artistic Director just announced a one-night-only reading of Becky Mode's acclaimed play FULLY COMMITTED - with Mark Set…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMThe Velveteen Rabbit is hopping its way to off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre! Kristin Parker, Jim Stanek and John Curcuru complete the cast of the new play based on the beloved children&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PMStray Dog Theatre presents Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Tony Award-winning rock musical Spring Awakening Oct. 4-20 at Tower Grove Abbey in St. Louis, MO.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMThe widely admired Circle Theatre production of the moving Australian drama "When the Rain Stops Falling" (penned by Andrew Bovell) is moving from Oak Park to Chicago. John Gawlik's produc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:22PMJim Stanek, John Curcuru and Kristin Parker will appear in the Theatreworks USA production of Kevin Del Aguila's The Velveteen Rabbit, which will begin a ten-week limited engagement Nov.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PM'The Hairy Ape' speaks of its era, and ours.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:20PMphotograph by Susan Johann
Christopher Durang
Hometown: Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Current Town: Bucks County, PA (previously NYC 1975-1995)
Q: Tell me about Vanya and Sonia and…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 04:19PMMany productions saw a spike in ticket sales over the three-day weekend. After four weeks at number one, The Book of Mormon slipped back down to the number three spot. The Lion King reclaime…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:15PMThe rarely-done Stephen Sondheim work "Marry Me a Little" is now playing off-Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:14PMONE TIME ONLY FOR ONE NAME ONLY WAS ONE TOO MANY TIMES Yes, America’s got talent. And the performers on stage at Black Ensemble Theater’s beautiful new digs are packed to the gills with …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:11PMActor and director Del Shores will present a benefit performance of his one-act play The Assembly Line, October 29 at 7pm at the Los Angeles Gay
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:05PMPalmetto Records recently released Tony Award winner and two-time Grammy nominee Betty Buckleys latest solo album, Betty Buckley Ah, Men The Boys of Broadway. Inspired by her critically accl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMTwo literary proverbs, adapted for musical theatre, are mottos of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman: “Musical comedies aren’t written, they’re re-written,” and “Musicals are never …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:03PMCraig Wright's Grace, now playing on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, follows four denizens of a Florida condo. When a faithful couple (Paul Rudd and Kate Arrington) moves to Florida wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM
John Curcuru, Kristin Parker, and Broadway veteran Jim Stanek will all play multiple roles in Theatreworks USA's Off-Broadway production of The Velveteen Rabbit at the DR2 Theatre. Recommend…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PMThe filming of the London arena production of the revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’ s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas natio…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:56PMAlfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne are probably best remembered today for having a theater named after them when they appeared in their final Broadway play, Durrenmatt’s The Visit. However, dur…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:54PMThe entire cast of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which recently opened at Off-Broadway's 47th Street Theatre, will be special guests at Seth's Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMEmmy-winning composer Jim Dooley and lyricist Mike Himelstein have written the score Dooley and the songs Dooley amp Himelstein for the first video game musical Epic Mickey 2 The Power of Tw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PM"Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around. Money makes the world go around, that clinking clanking sound!" – Cabaret (Kander and Ebb)As a student of theate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:44PMWhat’s Patti LuPone’s nickname for Audra McDonald? Why does she hate Times Square? What did she steal from the White House? Patti answers all these questions and more in the seco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMDoors opened for previews of the new Broadway drama, " The Heiress" on Saturday, October 6 at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City.
The production stars Jessica Chastain (star of the re…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:37PMOkay you Elephant Room bums! Here’s how you do magic, alright?! This clip of a unique card trick is truly outstanding. Here we see illusionist and magician Michael Giles demonstratin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:37PMFamily bonds, social justice, addiction and race are just a few of the issues tackled by acclaimed playwright Stephen Belber in his latest work Don’t Go Gentle. Starring Michael Cristo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:34PMIn preparation for the November 9th opening date, Bullet Pictures has just released the official trailer for “Coming Up Roses.” Written and directed by Lisa Albright, the film stars Bern…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:34PMPenske Media Also Owns Sites Including Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood
SOURCE: adage.com at 03:30PMBetty Buckley sang five songs from her new album Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway during an appearance at Barnes
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:28PMSignature Theatre Companys James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director Erika Mallin, Executive Director production of THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMThe Broadway megahit Jersey Boys will have a new look on October 9, when tour veteran Jeremy Kushnier joins the cast as tough guy Tommy DeVito alongside returning stars Jarrod Spector as Fra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMGossip mags have had plenty to say about Katie Holmes over the last few months, but this fall the actress is focusing her creative energies on the stage as she readies to join Tony winner No…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PM2012 Tony and Drama Desk Award winner James Corden will be starring in the comedy thriller, The Wrong Mans, to be coproduced by the BBC with Hulu, according to Variety.The six-part series wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMWritten by Sandi Durell “I belong to myself, all alone” might be enlightenment for some, but for Mark Nadler it’s seeking his deeper levels, reaching for more in a world that ma…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:08PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1072012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMTroika Entertainment, LLC kicked off the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI October 7, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMA PLAY THAT GROPES FOR AN EXIT William Missouri Downs’ The Exit Interview is a jumble of a play whose myriad directions are made more difficult to track by its opening pronouncement: Tw…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:05PM Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the exc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM
Two-time Tony Award nominee André De Shields presented his new solo cabaret show, I Put A Spell On You, beginning Oct. 5 at the the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMTickets are now on sale for Lincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang’s new comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Directed by Nicholas Martin, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMProducers Terry Schnuck, James amp Catherine Berges, Crystal Beuerlein and Michael F. Neidorff will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Falling, the new play by Deanna Jent, that will begin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMDogfight star Lindsay Mendez, Spring Awakening alum Lauren Pritchard and more will be among the Broadway stars showing off their dance moves at second annual Boogie in the But…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMDeadline reports that Broadway vet Paul Dano has joined the cast of Warner Bros' upcoming thriller PRISNORS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMAnne Hathaway is set to star in the romantic comedy, The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The film will feature a script co-written by Mindy Kaling an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:50PMMalik B. El-Amin is a convert to Shakespeare, and he's determined to convert others with his Game of Thrones-based approach to Julius Caesar at his new Griot Theatre of the West Valley in En…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:49PMRECOMMENDED It has been twenty years since Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” was last presented by Lyric Opera: there was plenty of blood that time around, and Scottish director Sir David McV…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:40PMMany shows saw a jump in ticket sales over the Columbus Day weekend. After The Book of Mormon spent a month at the top of the box office, The Lion King reclaimed the number on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PMElektra opens the Lyric’s 58th Season on a ferocious note. The bloody showcase sets the tone for a killer season. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 02:28PMLess than a month before the 2012 presidential election, Running On Empty, Lewis Black’s politically charged solo comedy show begins its limited run at Richard Rodgers Theatre. The eight-p…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:27PMAppomattox, a sprawling political epic by Christopher Hampton taking place in 1865 and 1965 at the close of the American Civil War and the pivotal Civil Rights Era, opened Friday, October 5 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMIt was Iconic Dance Night on DANCING WITH THE STARS ALL-STARS and the couples were challenged by Judge Len Goodman to deliver show-stopping routines that the series had never seen before. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMSILENCE! THE MUSICAL, the parody of “The Silence of the Lambs,” on my 4th visit still earns an A+.
It remains as raunchy, campy and profane as advertised, and then some.
SOURCE: wanorrisjr.blogspot.com at 02:24PMMichael Flatley – who shot to international fame starring in the original production of Riverdance and later created and toured in Lord of the Dance – will co-produce the televised World…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PM‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” the knock ’em, rock ’em musical bursting with frontier energy and up-to-the-minute political punch, will never be mistaken for an advanced placement h…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:16PMThe Music Box Theatre box office is now open for Theresa Rebeck's comedy Dead Accounts, starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz, which begins previews Nov. 3 at the Music Box Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director presents Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as Cyrano in a new Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Clmence Posy makes her Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMPlaybill recently caught up with Tony Award winner Andrea Martin in rehearsal for her new cabaret show with Seth Rudetsky at 54 Below. In between singing a song written for her by Marc Shaim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMHappy Birthday Marin Mazzie Marin most recently starred in the off-Broadway revival of Carrie. Before that she led the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal and in the Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMHey, gang. Your director to the disturbing, Little Jimmy Comtois here, reminding you that there are only FOUR MORE CHANCES left to catch THE BLOOD BROTHERS PRESENT...RAW FEED. This year’s …
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 02:01PMParis Commune, now playing at BAM's brand new anything-but-"Black-Box"-theatre BAM Fisher, is like a child's book report. That is, a child's book report about the first successful socialist …
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 02:00PM
Producers of the Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is currently in previews at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street), have announced a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMTickets are on sale for Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Dead Accounts, which will have no shortage of star power come opening night. Katie Holmes, Norbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, Jayne Houdy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMTony Award winner Judith Light and Tony nominee Adrienne Barbeau are scheduled for upcoming television appearances, according to TVLine.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMThe Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America will present "The Boogie in the Butt Benefit: Part Doo," their second annual benefit concert, October 14 at 8pm at the Triad Theater. Broadway'…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMBroadway for Obama founders and Broadway siblings Celia Keenan-Bolger Peter and the Starcatcher and Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies announced today a one-night-only event for Obama supporters, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMDrew Gehling and Jarrod Spector have just returned to the Broadway company of JERSEY BOYS. Spector returned to the role of Frankie Valli on Tuesday, October 2, following the final performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMFresh off scoring a Tony for Other Desert Cities, Judith Light is ready to cause drama among another affluent family. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is heading to Southfork as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMFresh off scoring a Tony for Other Desert Cities, Judith Light is ready to cause drama among another affluent family. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is heading to Southfork as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMRobert Cuccioli, who recently returned to Broadway in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, went solo Oct. 8 at Birdland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMAmerican Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory is collaborating with Scotland's Aberdeen Performing Arts Young Persons Company on a two-year summer international exchange program.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:37PM<iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/51078095″ width=”315″ height=”275″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen all…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:34PMThe 21st century re-invention of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas nationwide on Monday, Oct. 29 and again on Thurs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMToday is former Anything Goes star Colin Donnell’s 30th birthday and we miss seeing him onstage, so what better way to celebrate than with this week’s Between Shows, the new CW s…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:30PMEveryone has a stake in the upcoming Presidential election – including Broadway performers.That's why siblings Celia Keenan-Bolger, starring in Peter and the Starcatcher, and Andrew Keenan…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMThe young Paul Robeson. Eighty years after his Othello, it's still rare to see an African-American, Latino or Asian Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth.This is the first in what I hope will be a series …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:27PMDirector-choreographer Mitzi Hamilton has now brought to the Paper Mill Playhouse a recreation of the original Michael Bennett production which captures all the freshness, enthusiasm, joy an…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:26PMBetty Buckley from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Broadway legend Betty Buckley returns to Showbiz Chicago to discuss her new album, Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway. Ms. Buckley also tells us about…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:25PM Written by Sandi Durell October 8, 2012 Birdland was filled to the rafters with fans and friends of the original “Jekyll and Hyde” star Robert Cuccioli to hear him sing son…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:24PMEvery day, Broadway.com brings theater fans up close to their favorite stars and behind the scenes at their favorite shows with our popular, one-of-a-kind video features. Now, we’re rankin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PMSubscriptions Now On SaleDrama Desk, Obie, and Lucile Lortel award-winning director Mark Brokaw will stage the world premiere of Carly Mensch's "Oblivion" in the Westport Country Playhou…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:19PMDrew Gehling and Jeremy Kushnier joined Broadway’s Jersey Boys. Gehling assumed the role of ‘Bob Gaudio’ joining Jeremy Kushnier as Tommy DeVito on Tuesday, October 9, foll…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:15PMDita and Flaunt bring us Joseph Gordon Levitt and his musings on life and celebrity. As his career continues to soar after his role in "The Dark Knight Rises" shares his thoughts on what it …
SOURCE: vimeo.com at 01:13PMHow the young troupe is developing its style When you watch PigPen Theatre’s The Old Man and The Old Moon, you watch an aesthetic being born. The company has been emerging since 2010, …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:12PMBernadette Peters has quite the appetite for playing overbearing stage mothers. After scoring a Tony nod for playing the great Mama Rose in the 2003 revival of Gypsy, and having recently sho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMBeyond the writing, the credit goes to Christopher Harris as Yank, a ship's stoker, and also to Upstream Theatre for its grasp of something as thin as the air, the atmosphere itself, that gi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:10PMChristopher Hampton, Greta Oglesby, Joe Dowling and Sally Wingert at opening night of Appomattox, 10/5/12.Credit: Aaron Fenster An ambitious new look into the American soul spanning the end …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:07PM44 Plays for 44 Presidents is a fun, sometimes touching and moving work that packs an enjoyable survey of American history into just two hours. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:07PMTony Award nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Nick Adams, Max Von Essen, Kara Lindsay and Nikki Rene Daniels are among the performers who will take part in the Oct. 14 "Broadway Gets Out…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMYes, you read that title correctly: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is a cult-hit comedy that begins its limited run at the SoHo Playhouse on October 13. Coming directly to off-Broadway after a s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PMDrew Gehling assumed the role of Bob Gaudio, and Jeremy Kushnier began performances as Tommy DeVito in the Broadway company of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys Oct. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMCHAPLIN star Rob McClure shows off his special skills for the role of Charlie Chaplin on Backstage.com. Click here to watch. Dan Kamin, who coached CHAPIN star Rob McClure, writes a tribut…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:03PMIn the video below, go behind the scenes with Andrew Keenan-Bolger and the Broadway cast of NEWSIES as they give you some tips for carrying the banner this Halloween
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Since graduating from Columbia University’s MFA playwriting program, Jon Kern has found creative outlets on stage and on the small screen. Kern, who recently joined …
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Doctors Advise Against Travel After InjuryThe "conversation" event with Broadway actress Carol Channing, originally slated for Saturday, Oct, 20 will take place at a later date, to …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:55PMSpring Awakening, the 2007 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, is back in the DC area in a new production at Dominion Stage. The much beloved show with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PMThe previously reported West End revival of Harold Pinter’s Old Times, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell and Lia Williams, will begin performances at the Harold Pinter T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMDaryl Roth Productions (DRP) is already known for a wide range of stellar productions, including seven Pulitzer Prize and six Tony winners. On Oct. 8, DRP announced they will be forming a ne…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:53PMToday is the birthday of John Entwhistle (1944-2002), best known as the “anchor man” for The Who, the man who stood stick still and played rock steady while his bandmates smashed…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:51PMYoung Vic, LondonHow do you like your blackbirds? Flambéed? Kurt does. This is a boy who has clearly never heard what happened to Hilaire Belloc's Matilda when she played with matches. Kurt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMRehearsals began last week for Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 41st time. The show earned $1,668,832.…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:38PMThe Time Out New York Lounge is currently presenting Season Three of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DRAG This sassy elimination competition spanning eight Wednesdays features themed performances, ruth…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMFractured Atlas, the nation's largest arts service nonprofit, has launched a free, open source platform to enable artists and organizations to create their own systems for selling tickets, a…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:37PMTony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski, lately a star of TV's "The Newsroom," appears with Laura Heisler and Peter Katona in the world premiere of Michael Golamco's play about r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMToday is the birthday of John Lennon. Having already done posts about Paul, George and Ringo, it’s more than fair that I do one about their bandmate, although for the past few years I …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:36PMOff-Broadway, Ten Chimneys, by Jeffrey Hatcher, is a play about the private lives of the famous actors, Alfred Lunt (Byron Jennings) and Lynn Fontanne (Carolyn McCormick), while rehearsing T…
SOURCE: www.blacktiemagazine.com at 12:36PMPaul Dano was offered a role in the forthcoming Jersey Boys film, but the Broadway vet won’t be crooning “Sherry” on the big screen anytime soon, according to Deadline.com.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMRyan Silverman, who was most recently attached to the now defunct Broadway production of Rebecca, will perform as part of the Voices United benefit presented by St. Malachy's – The Actors'…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PMCulture Project Allan Buchman, Founder amp Artistic Director, in association with Innocence Project, Marc amp Steven Kaplan, and Cheryl Wiesenfeld, welcomes Steve Earle The Revolution Starts…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMLooks like plenty of people still love thechance to gossip down at Truvy's Spot. Kenny Leon’s remake of Steel Magnolias was a big ratings win for Lifetime Television as the ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMThe newest up-and-coming sports star headed for greatness with proper handling is not RGIII, but DD6. That’s Devil Dog Six, the name of a young thoroughbred horse, and he needs the under…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:30PMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company will present its second production from the National Theatre of Scotland, David Greig's The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, at DuPont Circle's Bier Baron T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:28PMThe producers of the new musical BARE Paul Boskind, Gregory Rae, Randy Taradash and Carl D. White just announced a celebration of National Coming Out Day and their newly announced coalition …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThe new stage musical KING KONG – one of the greatest love stories ever told – officially launched today by announcing its all-Australian lead cast and the line-up of international artis…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:25PMLeicester Curve artistic director Paul Kerryson has announced the cast for his forthcoming production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane, which runs in the Studio from 6 to 24 November 20…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:22PMObskene, a new play conceived and directed by Tina Shepard and written with eight playwrights, will be presented by the experimental theater company Talking Band from November 1 to 17 at HER…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMIt's the oldest story in the Hollywood book: Movie audiences demanded a happy ending. And so the original bloody finale of the cult musical Little Shop of Horrors was reshot for director…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMThis 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 Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:20PMPenske Media is buying the industry trade magazine Variety for an undisclosed sum....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:18PMLast night, October 8, the Broadway at Birdland concert series featured Robert Cuccioli, who celebrated the release of his debut solo album, The Look Of Love. BroadwayWorld was there for the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMTonight we're heading to Jonathan Lewis' Our Boys, starring Laurence Fox and Matthew Lewis, among others.The play gives a funny yet candid account of the tedium, terror and
tribulatio…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PM"The Devil's Bitch," a new short musical film by Sister Act and Cinderella's Marla Mindelle, will be presented as part of the 2012 Friar's Club Film Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMTony nominee Ron Raines begins performances as publishing fat cat Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s hit Broadway musical Newsies beginning October 9. Raines will continue with the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #242 Aimee Semple McPherson (for more on her go here). Sister Aimee’s time in vaud was brief — audiences thought being preached at d…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:13PMThe Hub Theatre will present the world-premiere production of Marc Acito's How I Paid For College beginning Dec. 7 at John Swayze Theatre in Fairfax, VA. Alex Brightman will star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMThe Culture Project’s 10th anniversary production of the The Exonerated will feature a lengthy list of celebrated stage stars in its rotating cast including Martin Short, Marg Hel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMWith the recent announcement that Tony host and How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris is getting to work on a memoir and memories of some great solo shows still fresh in our minds, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMObie Award winner Lisa Emery plays drug-addicted Mary Tyrone opposite David Chandler as aging actor James Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night at Actors Theatre of Louisville starting…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMFrom its work with film star Emily Blunt to its super-wealthy founder, few contemporary dance companies enjoy more success than New York's Cedar Lake or attract more controversy Continue re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMIn advance of their UK debut at Sadler's Wells, London, one of America's most exciting contemporary dance groups performs Crystal Pite's Grace Engine
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMOne on my favorite New York actors/poets/storytellers/ personalities (perhaps the poster above already covers it–”raconteurs”) Edgar Oliver opens his new show tonight, deve…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 1022012 - 1092012.
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Jenny Bacon and Mark Nelson will play Rivkeh and Aryeh, the parents of Ari Brand’s character in the stage adaptation of My Name is Asher Lev. Adapted by Aaron Posner (The Chosen) and d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMPaper Mill Playhouse's production of A Chorus Line, directed and choreographed by Mitzi Hamilton, one of the dancers in Michael Bennett's original taped workshop that inspired the 1975 music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMMarriot Theatre will close its 2012 season with a production of the George and Ira Gershwin musical My One and Only, November 14-December 31. Tammy Mader will direct and choreograph, with m…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:51AMActress, singer, and Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose is serving as the American Lung Associations 2012 Christmas Seals Celebrity Chairperson for a second consecutive year to share her stor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMJulia Murney, Kara Lindsay, Ron Raines, Lindsay Mendez and more will perform the songs of Alan Menken as a tribute to the prolific musical theater and film composer. Menken, whose Broadway a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMThe Music Box Theatre box office (239 West 45th Street) is now open for Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS, starring two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in�…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:41AMI was excited to learn that Target Margin would be doing a two-year lab of Yiddish plays, the first leg of which will be opening up at the Brick Theater October 17. This sounded like an intr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:41AMMarg Helgenberger, Christine Lahti, and Martin Short are among the actors who tell the stories of exonerated death row inmates as they join the rotating cast of Culture Project's tenth anniv…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMIn this exclusive clip, the former Mrs. Tom Cruise and her costar, two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, talk about working together on the timely story of a con man who returns home sudden…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:36AMPerformances from Celia Keenan-Bolger, Greg Hildreth, Alysha Umhpress, Zak Resnick, Phoebe Strole, Taylor Trensch and Libby Winters will highlight Colt Coeur's 3RD ANNUAL KARAOKE CLASSIC BEN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMLegit News:
Champlin, Johnson tapped for New York staging
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMThe Wyeth clan is bringing their family drama to their home state as the California-set play Other Desert Cities is set to make its West Coast premiere at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMThe English National Ballet has announced Karen Napier as its new chief executive. Napier will leave her position as associate dean for advancement at London Business School to take up her n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMOn the heels of winning the Alec Baldwin Fellowship for his music amp lyrics on 'TIL DEATH DO US PART and recording the International Studio Cast Recording of THE CONCRETE JUNGLE in associat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AM"Reverberation" Joins Fouyr Other Works In "Brand:NEW"Five new plays by Octavio Solis , Bess Wohl , Dan O'Brien , Matthew Lopez and Janine Nabers , will make up Hartford Stage's Bran…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:28AMBroadway vet Ron Bohmer has joined the off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks as the dashing narrator and bandit El Gallo. Bohmer, who replaces Jeremiah James, gave his first performance on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMLegit Reviews:
The most formidable presence in Daisy Foote's new play, "Him," is never seen or heard, except through the stunted characters of his children.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:25AMOctober 1 The Weirdness of Rebecca, an account of the odd saga, with link to video of two of the musical’s songs and several updates 2 Hands on a Hardbody will open March 21, 2013 a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #368, Waterbury-born (!) cowpoke Will Ahern (for a full squib on him and his wife/ partner Gladys go here). They weren’t in many films, but …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:22AMLewis Black brings his one-man show, RUNNING ON EMPTY to Broadway starting tonight, October 9. The show will play eight performances at the Richard Rodgers Theater today through October 20.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMAdditional cast members have been announced for The Culture Project's 10th anniversary production of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Exonerated, which officially opened in its li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMYou are cordially invited to a 1937 weekend at Ten Chimneys, the beautiful, Wisconsin summer home of Alfred Lunt (Byron Jennings) and Lynn Fontanne (Carolyn McCormick). Deemed the “celesti…
SOURCE: Woman Around Town at 11:16AMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham will continue to celebrate the 40 million revitalization of its downtown home at Astor Place on Sa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMThrough the Yellow Hour, a chilling new drama by Adam Rapp, has extended through November 10 at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Starring Hani Furstenberg, the production was origin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMLifeline Theatre’s KidSeries presents The Mystery of the Pirate Ghost, a children’s play based on the book by Geoffrey Hayes. The production is adapted by Scott T. Barsotti (Residen…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:12AMLegit News:
'Annie,' 'Heiress' bow in a resurgent week
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AMCelia Keenan-Bolger, a 2012 Tony Award nominee for her performance in Peter and the Starcatcher, will be among the artists who will perform at Colt Coeur's third annual Karaoke Cla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMHang on to your knickers! Full casting has been announced for Joe Orton’s dark, sexy farce Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Curve Theatre in Leicester, England. The new production will st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMAfter a brief run on Broadway in 2010, “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is making its Chicago debut in a vivid production by Bailiwick Chicago. With a presidential election looming…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:08AMRounding out the Marriott Theatre’s 2012 season, MY ONE AND ONLY features an incomparable Gershwin score and thrilling dance. This captivating musical romance previews November 7, open…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:07AMJAY Records will release the Original Cast Recording of Jonathan Brielle's musical Himself and Nora, which had its New York premiere in the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival.Starring Ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMThe box office of the newly refurbished Golden Theatre will open on October 9, 2012. The Golden will soon house The Anarchist, a new play written and directed by David Mamet, starring two…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:05AMBroadway Producers are the best excuse makers, er, optimists, on the planet. We can come up with a reason to justify a dip in our box office grosses faster than you can say, “paper cli…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Autumn Hurlbert, Constantine Rousouli, Kathy Fitzgerald and more star in North Carolina Theatre's Legally Blonde Oct. 9 through Oct. 14 at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMHQ Theatres has announced that Christopher Glover has been appointed to run Dartford’s Orchard Theatre. As the new theatre director, Glover will succeed Andy Hill, who recently became chie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMWhy were people laughing and clapping in the Four Seasons Centre rather than glumly having their expectations thwarted?
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:52AMDaniel Everidge, Celia Howard, Daniel Pearce, Jacey Powers and Julia Murney star in the Off-Broadway premiere of Falling, a new play by Deanna Jent that begins its open-ended run Sept. 27 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMLiveWire Chicago Theatre kicks off its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE, a savagely funny story of love and dirty people by Elizabeth Meriwether, cr…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:51AMThe Ringling International Arts Festival, about to open its fourth incarnation, is the little festival that could.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:48AMFelicity Huffman, Ed Begley Jr. and Rod McLachlan star in David Mamet's broad political comedy November, which will officially opened Oct. 7 at the Mark Taper Forum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMJust in time for the final showdown for the White House, Pine Box Theater patriotically presents ElectionFest 2012, twelve bold, ten-minute plays exploring the issues driving the divide i…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:46AMOn a clear, crisp summer night, few things rank as awesome as stargazing. I marvel at the vastness of the universe as I sink into the grass on my little towel in a little corner of the univ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:45AMThe upcoming London revival of Harold Pinter's Old Times -- starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Lia Williams, and Rufus Sewell -- will be ensconced in the theatre that bears Pinter's name.Ian Ric…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMMary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is pleased to announce the return of its Jeff Award nominated production of SUPERIOR DONUTS by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, directed by Matt Miller and f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:33AMTickets are now available for the world premiere production of David Mamet's The Anarchist. Starring Oscar nominee Debra Winger and Patti LuPone, performances of the prison dra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AMQ & A with Jason Forbach from the Les Miseerables 25th Anniversary tour. Jason talks all about touring, balancing the actors life etc.
SOURCE: www.broadwayblogspot.com at 10:28AMThe Chicago Sinfonietta delves into the contemplative and joyful aspects of the Latin American holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with its annual concert, which features works by …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:28AMSo it’s pretty presumptuous to title my final Whatsonstage.com blog with a Beatles lyric used to signify the end of their journey, but I’m going to do it anyway because endings a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:27AMAn article by Melissa RObinette for broadwayblogspot.com about how performers can book work from AEA EPA's and ECC's.
SOURCE: www.broadwayblogspot.com at 10:27AMKristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell and Lia Williams will appear in Harold Pinter’s Old Times in the West End next year. Directed by Ian Rickson, the production will be staged at the Harold…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:27AMAfter years of waiting, Howard Barker has a show at the National Theatre, with his
play Scenes from an Execution opening at the NT Lyttelton last week (4 October 2012).The play is about the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:26AMMercedes Ellington, Kimberly Grigsby, Jonathan Groff, Maurice Hines, Mark Nadler, James Rado, Wynonna Smith, and Charles Randolph Wright were among the notables who came out for celebrated pe
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMFlat Rock Playhouse is teaming with veteran Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn For The Glory, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderland and lyricist Jack Murphy on a brand new jazz age musical set in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMAs previously reported, Grammy winner Ricky Martin is now playing a seven-performance weekly schedule in the current Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMOn April 30, 1951, the day playwright Craig Lucas was born, his mother took him to a gas station in Atlanta, Georgia and put him in the back seat of a car. She pinned a note to his outfit. I…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18AMProfits shrink by two thirds at major UK theatre producer Bill Kenwright Productions, and a 'difficult' summer is likely to affect takings elsewhereProfits at Bill Kenwright Productions, one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMCreator, author, and director Randy Johnson worked with Joplin's surviving family to craft this tribute to a musical innovator and trailblazer who, four decades after her death, is still an …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:15AMMary Bacon Now CastLong Wharf Theatre 's production of "My Name Is Asher Lev" will transfer to off-Broadway, with performances beginning Nov. 8 at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:07AMIn tonight's episode of the NBC comedy THE NEW NORMAL titled BRYANZILLA, Shania Bebe Wood announces that she and her classmate are pretend engaged and are going to hold an imaginary wedding.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMToday we have a super-special SOUND OFF exclusive taken from the sensational forthcoming sophomore solo album from Broadway notable and 30 ROCK standout Tituss Burgess, Ill Be Alright.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMGo Chipmunks! It’s 1958 and it’s the night of the Super Senior Prom at Springfield High School! The Crooning Crabcakes have been banned from performing at the dance because their lead si…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM We’re back with another edition of BROADWAY INTERVIEWS YOU! If you missed the last one with Asmeret Ghebremichael, you can see and answer HERE. We got some great answers and can…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMIt's been quite a year for Paul Rudd. First we saw him in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," and now he's starring in Broadway's "Grace." Let's take a look back at some of Rudd's most …
SOURCE: backstage.com at 10:00AM
Gay Marshall, acclaimed for her performance in the revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well And Living in Paris and for her debut solo recording "Gay Marshall Sings Piaf, La Vie L&rsqu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMRevenge is the word for Adrienne Barbeau.The stage and screen veteran (and '80s sex symbol) will guest star on the popular ABC drama as the mother of Madeleine Stowe's character Victoria Gra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AMby Michael Wheeler After one week of intense tech, Tear The Curtain! will open to a sold out Bluma Appel Theatre tonight. Like lead character Alex Braithewaite, the show has been taken apart…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:39AMThere remains to this day a good bit of controversy regarding the character of Richard III, the historical figure. The Tudors who laid claim to the throne of England when Richard was killed …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:39AMJust in time for the election, Lewis Black's new solo comedy, Lewis Black: Running on Empty, begins Broadway performances October 9 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The show will run just…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:39AMWild With Happy, a new play by actor Colman Domingo, begins off-Broadway performances on October 9. The show is set to run through November 11 at the Public Theater. Domingo, a Tony Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:38AMPlaybill.com has learned that JAY Records will record a cast album of Jonathan Brielle’s Himself and Nora, which was part of the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival and is billed as…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMOn October 11 & 12, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (a service organization made up of some of the top producers, presenters and theatrical educators in the nation) will presen…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:36AMChannel 4 drama Shameless is to end next year after its 11th series. The drama, created by Paul Abbott, was first aired on Channel 4 in 2004. By the time it ends next year, it...The post Cha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMAnd it’s off to the races! The horses are out of the gate, thundering around the bend and pulling ahead to take the lead is Devil Dog Six, the third selection in the Venus Theatre’s “B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
You say you got a real solution / Well, you know / We’d all love to see the plan. -“Revolution,” The Beatles It’s been over a year since Occupy Wall Street began, and nearly two …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 08:45AMSpooky Action Theater is known for producing offbeat and thought provoking shows and their Fall presentation of Craig Lucas’ Reckless is an absolute emotional thrill ride of epic proportio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMAdventure Theatre-MTC announces its 2012 Fall Musicale Fundraiser for its education and outreach programs to be held on Sunday, October 14th at 6 PM at Adventure Theatre-MTC – in Glen Ec…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMThe first Harold Pinter play to be performed at the Harold Pinter Theatre since the former Comedy Theatre was renamed in the playwright's honor will be Old Times, beginning performances …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AMWritten By Joel Benjamin October 8th, 2012 Tall and slender, Broadway veteran Dee Hoty took genteel command of 54 Below, her musical director John McDaniel at the keyboard, performing…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:14AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonSubject to obscenity charges in the US and banned in Britain for 16 years, Eugene O'Neill's 1924 play once enjoyed a scandalous reputation. But, although the Lyric's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMUnhappy employees almost always lead to an unhappy family.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:07AMSolidly rooted and distinctive, this event is a chance for the Irish capital to have an important conversation with itself and the world. Which arts festivals do you reckon achieve success?I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMFear and excitement is mounting as Toronto's Theatre 20 opens its first production, the new Canadian musical Bloodless, on Tuesday. Wish them luck.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMCalling all fans of Little Shop of Horrors. You're finally gonna get to see the ending you didn't get to see!Picture it in eye-popping color: the "strange and unusual" alien plant kills and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm talks to Eleanor Turney about getting into playwriting, finding your voice and how to tackle big issues without being patronising.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMThe soundtrack is being assembled for a new big-budget production featuring a one-tonne animatronic gorillaThe next version of King Kong will feature music by Elbow's Guy Garvey, Massive Att…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMLegit News:
Company announces large-scale global event at Mipcom
SOURCE: Variety at 07:21AMLyric Hammersmith, London: "Purdy" - the idiomatic word glints repeatedly through O'Neill's 1924 play, which takes its central idea - an adulterous affair between a beaut…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMMatcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: The three-times Tony nominated Broadway actress Judy Kuhn last appeared on the London stage in the short-lived West End musical version of Fritz Lang…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMAn emergency meeting with the community is planned at the main center, 8400 Fairmount Road 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11. During that time the board and staff members hope generous donors will step forw…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:03AMIn Medea’s shiny red Ikea kitchen, friend Pam and neighbour Sarah are circling each other, spearing for details of her mental and physical disintegration, vying for position as supporter i…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:01AMCoronation Street producer Phil Collinson is to step down from the role and be replaced by Stuart Blackburn. Blackburn is currently producer of Emmerdale and will take up the post on Coronat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThere’s a half dozen possible Dorothys left on Over the Rainbow.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
When an orchestra plays live to film, as the Philadelphia Orchestra increasingly does, you might find yourself consciously sorting out the essence of the experience. Are you in a movie house…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:31AMJoss Whedon's acclaimed DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day, will make its television debut tonight, October 9 900-1000 p.m. ET on The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAccording to Amazon.com, the book Broadway Musicals From the Pages of The New York Times by Ben Brantley will be released today, October 9, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM54 Below, has announced that Tony Award winner Andrea Martin will play a three-night engagement of her show Andrea Martin Laughing Matters at 54 Below tonight, October 9 and October 10 and 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Public Theater will begin previews for the world premiere production of WILD WITH HAPPY, written by Colman Domingo, tonight, October 9 in The Publics LuEsther Theater. Directed by Robert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThomas Sadoski, a Tony nominee for his work in reasons to be pretty and who currently stars in HBOs The Newsroom, is set to appear in the world premiere production of Michael Golamcos Build …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” the knock ’em, rock ’em musical bursting with frontier energy and up-to-the-minute political punch, will never be mistaken for an advanced placement h…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:26AMI've finally updated the Top Five and "Out of the Past" modules of the right-hand column with a septet of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2006: I'm not inclined to be forgiving of anyone who plays pattycake with totalitarianism, but if there's been a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMWONDER WEDNESDAY On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run and the current “New 52” era. We…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:00AM"The only thing we know about the future is that it is going to be different." Peter F. Drucker, Management:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMARROW'S KATIE CASSIDY
The lovely Katie Cassidy returns to the Studio to chat about her role as the leading lady to Stephen Amell's Green Arrow in The CW's comic book adaptation, "Arrow", and…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMKAT GRAHAM
Actress-turned-singer, or singer-turned-actress? Kat Graham sets the record straight about her red-hot, multi-faceted career when she stops by the Studio, dishing on her early col…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
On NBCs The Voice, tonight marked the start of the battle rounds The last two weeks were the blind auditions in which singers auditioned, the coaches decided whether or not they wanted the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57AMBy Peter Filichia –
Allegro has now reached senior citizen status.
Sixty-five years ago this week, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s debuted their third stage collaboration. After their monu…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:50AMI got a little reminder about the need to shepherd your resources and occasionally refocus yourself on your core business last week when I did my semi-annual stint as an on air guest for the…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:37AMGood dramatic stories rely on more than interesting characters. They rely on more than crisp, provocative dialogue. They rely on more than inventive twists and reversals in direction and per…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:15AMA new crop of musical theatre songwriter is making noise, and Playbill put its ear to the ground to hear what they have to offer. Pop-rock music, art songs, cabaret and traditional narrative…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMJoinersThe strength is there...if we can get past the lazinessby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIt's easy - if you're willing to go beyond signing petitions and saying you'll boycott and bewailing - a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMOn Twitter Watch, Harvey Fierstein wrote Just said YES to concert version of CABARET at Public Theater with Anne Hathaway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMStage veteran Sharon Washington, who returns to the Public Theater this week in Colman Domingo's Wild With Happy, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage tr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2008 musical web series "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," which starred Broadway actor Neil Patrick Harris, makes its television debut Oct. 9 at 9 PM ET on the CW network.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre 20, Canada's artist-led and story-driven musical theatre company, presents its inaugural production, Bloodless: The Trial and Burke and Hare, beginning Oct. 9, prior to an offici…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn industry reading of Sevan K. Greene's Narrow Daylight plays Primary Stages Oct. 9 at 3 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRon Raines, who received a Tony nomination for his performance in the recent Broadway revival of Follies, joins the cast of the critically acclaimed new musical Newsies beginning Oct. 9 at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDrew Gehling assumes the role of Bob Gaudio, and Jeremy Kushnier begins performances as Tommy DeVito in the Broadway company of the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys Oct. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-nominated Scottsboro Boys actor Colman Domingo stars in the world premiere of his new play Wild With Happy, about family, death and healing, which begins Off-Broadway pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRunning On Empty, the latest politically charged show by comedian Lewis Black, begins a limited eight-performance Broadway engagement Oct. 9 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, who starred in the 2004 revival of A Raisin in the Sun, stages that Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Lorraine Hansberry for the Westport Country Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPrimary Stages' world-premiere production of Him, a new play by Daisy Foote, starring Tony Award nominee Hallie Foote, Tim Hopper, Adam LeFevre and Adina Verson, officially opens Of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1893 Arthur Wing Pinero courts scandal with his play The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, about a man who brings misery to all with a second marriage. Mrs. Patrick Campbell plays the title character a…
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