On Twitter Watch, Lea Michele wrote At the studio right now at my first recording session for MY SOLO ALBUM I'm so happy and can't wait for you all to hear this record
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:59PM“Cry for Peace: Voices From the Congo” captures the horror of violence through the words of the actors, who are real survivors of what they describe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:47PMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO The Scotland Company, Thunderbird Theatre Company. By Sam Hurwitt Thunderbird Theatre Company specializes in ridiculous comedies, whether it’s a Citize…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:37PMMichael Weston replaces Justin Long in Center Theatre Groups production of the Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Weston joins the previously announced Jeannie Berlin, Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:30PMRogue Machine is on a roll. Artistic director John Perrin Flynn hopes that the hits keep comin', starting Saturday with A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter. "It’s a play that cuts acr…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:30PMMeena Dimain, Rachel Mewbron, Ryan Barry,October 18,2012: IN THE SUMMER PAVILION written by Paul David Young and directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan. opened @ 59E59Street Theaters. What if ther…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:13PMBlackta, LondonIn these days of integrated casting, you'd think it would be easier for actors from ethnic minorities to get parts. Not so. Theatre is still mostly created, and watched, by th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMThe ceiling fan stirs the thick soup of the delta night air in the bedroom of the colonial mansion house, where the pent-up frustrations of dysfunctional family life seethe until you have to…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMFinal scores for organizations that made the cut could rise by up to 15 points, based on a group's financial health, by the time the CAC board approves the results Monday, Nov. 19, at the Mu…
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Maria Torres, Sashi BoloojaMedia At Large Productions presents a unique revival of Tennessee Williams' IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL which opened on October 18, 2012 Off-Broadway at New Wo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:56PMMusical legend Barbara Cook turns 85 this month and this past Thursday, Ms. Cook celebrated the milestone with a special concert at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:33PM59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This stage adaptation of this classic 1950s novel is both enthralling and humorous, offering a glimpse of the gender (in…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:27PMAmy Morton and Tracy Letts are currently going head to head in the 50th-anniversary production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Booth Theatre. Were Word of Mouth panelists Fer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:20PMFollowing critically acclaimed engagements in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, DREAMWORKS HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR continues to wow audiences across the US, se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMT.G.I.F., theater fans! Another week on Broadway has come and gone, and we’ve laughed, cried and peed on a rug (well, actually that was Rory O’Malley). From Bette Midler’s …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMMary Testa has had a long and successful stage career, including Tony nominations for her performances in On the Town and 42nd Street. On October 21, Testa will perform an ori…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMEast West Players EWP, the nations longest running professional theatre of color and the largest producer of Asian American artistic work, will lead a discussion on race politics in the Amer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMIt's about time! Four years after becaming a TV sensation on Glee, Broadway veteran Lea Michele is working on her debut solo album.
"At the studio right now at my first recording…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:09PMWhat is a Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This is our ninth session, a discussion about the New Repertory The…
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You don’t have to wait one day more to get the inside scoop about Tom Hooper’s highly anticipated (and sure to be amazing) Les Miserables movie. This week, Universal Pictures pos…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM1776 paints a portrait of Americans overcoming differences to work together. Is there anything we can learn from that in 2010? Director Nick DeGruccio asks this question as he stages the mus…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:57PMFormer child star and teenage heartthrob actresssinger Renn Woods, best known for her roles as Fanta in the Emmy Award winning TV mini-series Roots, her unforgettable interpretation of Aquar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMActress and playwright Clara Mamet has found herself in the company of some out of this world co-stars for her first series regular job on the new ABC sitcom The Neighbors. Mamet plays Amber…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMSeth has made no secret of his obsession with The Book of Mormon and its irreverent and hilarious songs. Here, Seth invites cast member Ben Schrader into the studio to demonstrate (over and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PMAccording to the Los Angeles Times, Justin Long has withdrawn from Center Theatre Group's production of Other Desert Cities at Mark Taper Forum due to a film commitment. The production is sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMA POWERFUL WASTELAND AT TIMELINE Wasteland is a two-character play but the audience only sees one in this drama about two American soldiers held as prisoners during the Vietnam War, now rece…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:40PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, October 19, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information “True Blood” star Chris Bauer returns to Atlantic …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:37PMRichard Brinsley Sheridan's first play, which gave the world the term "malapropism" in 1775, is staged in Culver City.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:35PMScott Parkinson will star in Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's adaptation of Homer's Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles. David Muse will direct Studio Theatre's production at The Mead Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMThe personal is political. A well-known rallying cry from the Second Wave American feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s, those words were ringing in my ears in a higher pitch after a str…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:10PMJeremy Strong will complete the cast of Amy Herzog's new play The Great God Pan, running at Playwrights Horizons, November 24-January 6. Carolyn Cantor will direct the production.In The Grea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMWelcome to Logan County, USA, a Southern backwater whose white redneck residents are fed up with the communist evolutionists running the country and which is overrun by Nigerians and bean-ea…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 05:02PM“…everyone starts vibing off each other and contributing bits and pieces of each other to make something new…” —Javier Reyes from “Colored Ink” as featured in Total Cha…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMThe glory of the show is Christopher Sieber’s wonderful Albin, who can slide instantly from petulant complaint to deep pain.
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Michael Weston will now play the role of Trip Wyeth in the Los Angeles premiere of Other Desert Cities instead of the previously reported star Justin Long, according to the Los Angeles Times…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:47PM“My Lord, why have you abandoned me?” cries Jesus, his last words from his heart that rock our souls without deadening our ears. Argentine actor, the gifted Mariano Mazzei as Jes…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:42PMSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's national electricity grid braced for possible power outages Friday night during the television broadcast of the final chapter of a smash soap opera that enthralle…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:41PMFive-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald recently appeared on the 43rd season of "Sesame Street" alongside Elmo, the furry and friendly red Muppet who stars in the new m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMAtlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to present the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s WHAT RYHMES WITH AMERICA, starri…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:39PMUntil now, the University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA) has hosted auditions that match undergraduate theater students with representatives from 40 graduate (MFA) programs in the US an…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 04:38PMThe Public Theater production of Richard Nelson's Sorry, the latest work in his collection of political plays about an American family, will officially open on Nov. 6, the day Americans …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMWELL INTENTIONED, ILL-CONCEIVED Whispers of “pretentious” could be heard in the audience of Paul David Young’s new play In the Summer Pavilion, which doesn’t seem like a fair assessm…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:37PMStage and screen stars Sandra Oh and Tamlyn Tomita will be among the participants in a race politics forum to be held at East West Players' David Henry Hwang Theater on Monday, October 22, a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMIke Holter's rock-propelled gay rights drama Hit the Wall, which premiered at Chicago's Steppenwolf Garage Theatre last winter, will debut Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PMPelham Manor’s Nunziata twins play The Emelin with ‘Broadway, Our Way’ Will and Anthony Nunziata come home to Westchester this weekend. The calendar at Pelham Memorial High…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:22PMA POETIC BREAKUP The plot of writer/director Pascal Rambert’s play Love’s End is astoundingly simple. A long-term romantic relationship finally reaches a breaking point. The man confront…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:14PMRoughly midway through the Chicago Children’s Theatre production of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” the titular young artist/adventurer finds himself on the Planet of the Crayon Eaters…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:14PMAlmost, Maine opened last night, presented by The George Washington University (GWU) Department of Dance & Theater, to an audience of animated students and adults alike. Almost, Maine wr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:12PMJustin Long has withdrawn from the upcoming Los Angeles premiere of "Other Desert Cities" at the Mark Taper Forum, which is set to begin performances on Nov. 28. Center Theatre Group said th…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The producers of the Broadway musical "Rebecca" filed a civil lawsuit Friday against a Long Island securities dealer who was charged criminally this week with sinking the s…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:57PMSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's national electricity grid is bracing itself for possible power outages Friday night as television airs the final chapter of the smash soap opera has enthralled La…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:56PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Will REBECCA Ever Find Its Way to Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMTony nominee Alfred Molina has the power to make audiences cry with his powerful performances, but now he’s extended that talent to tormenting children. In a new Funny or Die video, Mo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins previews tonight, Friday, October 19th at 800PM. The Mystery of Edwin Droo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:30PMSex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music and romance are swirled together in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, co-written by Kathie Lee Gifford, beginn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMBarbara Cook made a triumphant return to the Carnegie Hall stage on October 18, celebrating her 85th birthday with a night of musical standards and special performances by a number of celebr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMThe suit, against former stockbroker Mark C. Hotton and others, alleges that their scheme to fake investors in the musical may be "responsible for its destruction."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:26PMLast night we gathered at Carnegie Hall to hear Barbara Cook sing and swing songs from her latest album, Loverman. Although the official day isn't until October 25th, this was a huge 8…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 03:26PMThe Sacramento Ballet opened co-artistic director Ron Cunningham's 25th anniversary season Thursday night in grand style with the sumptuous "Romeo & Juliet," a ballet Cunningham describes as…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:26PMTony Award winner Barbara Cook celebrated her 85th birthday one week early, on Thursday, October 18, with a special concert at Carnegie Hall.Cook, joined by a four-piece band led by Ted Rose…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PMLincoln Center TheaterLCT3s 2012-2013 season opens this Monday October 22 at 7pm with Disgraced, a new play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Kimberly Senior and featuring Heidi Armbruster, Erik J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PM The Annapolis Shakespeare Company invites you to a realm of royalty where kings banish their daughters’ secret husbands to lands far away, where evil queens plot to take over the th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Roz Ryan, who is starring as 'Emma Jo' in SCANDALOUS- currently in previews at the Neil Simon Theatre, and opening on November 15.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
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Diana Martinez, the president of The Second City, is leaving the company, the Chicago-based theater and training center said Friday. Martinez had been president since Sept. 2010.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:54PMBroads. Simply put, there aren't enough of them. Similar to dames — and there is nothing like one, to quote Rodgers and Hammerstein — they are "full-figured gals" metaphoricall…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:53PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes are currently in rehearsals for DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMhe plot of Jon Ken's play is as awkwardly convoluted as its unwieldy title.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:39PMFelix Solis, Patch Darragh and Nick Westrate are some of the actors cast in the annual play reading series at Hartford Stage, "Brand:NEW: Fall Festival of New Works," running Oct. 25 to…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:39PMTHEY’RE DROPPING LIKE FLIES AT ACTORS CO-OP Since it was first published in1939, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (originally titled Ten Little Niggers and quickly re…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:37PMThe Oval Office descends into a three-ring circus of political incorrectness in this riotous farce about an unpopular president desperate to be re-elected. Ed Begley Jr. (“Arrested Dev…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:36PMThe magic of Harry Houdini will hit the Great White Way in a new musical, "Houdini", expected to make its debut in the 2013-2014 season. "Houdini", featuring music by Tony Award-winning comp…
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SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:32PMHorizon Theatre Rep's production of The Balcony, which was slated to run Off-Broadway Oct. 11-Nov. 4, has been indefinitely postponed due to a bedbug infestation backstage at the ArcLigh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PM Full disclosure: Shawn Davis, who plays the titular--if very briefly seen--character, is a good friend of mine. Ostensibly, however, Spaceman (playing through Sunday, October 21 at St.…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:31PM"There's a musical element which they've never seen before," Avati says of his new cross-Canada tour.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:30PMA powerful and sexy new comedy from the creator of “Smash.” Jeff Goldblum is no “easy A”. When his Seminar turns writing into a contact sport, words and sex become in…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:28PMActor Niall Buggy turns speeches into full-blown storms in Tom Murphy’s “A Whistle in the Dark,” braying and chest thumping as his character, a crude patriarch called Dada, urges his t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:28PMRoberta Flack, the singing and songwriting local-turned-legend, is performing at the Kennedy Center in “NSO Pops: Roberta’s Back in Town.” Here are some of the Grammy Award winner’s …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:23PMTony Award winner Christine Ebersole will participate in The League of Professional Theatre Women's Oral History Project at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on Monday, Oct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMMTI is thrilled to announce the debut of “Brisa’s Pieces” a brand new column on the Marquee written by Tony Award winning Broadway producer, Brisa Trinchero. Brisa Trinch…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 02:19PMDon’t you know there’s a war on? Scallyways presents an alternate history where the Nazis march in their hobnailed jackboots into Britain. Only the Auxiliary Units of 5,000 brave men and…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PMWhat makes a performance ‘truly good’ is not technique or style, but duende which is dark, earthy and visceral, Harry Eyres writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:18PMAs Halloween approaches and a season of horror opens on London’s stages, Ian Shuttleworth looks at some examples of terror in the theatre
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:16PMBereftin a single momenta call on the phonethe distance seemed at onceto expandas if griefcould stretch the miles further apartto make the roomsmore emptyto turnthe sound of cryinginto a wail
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 02:16PMSteven McRae proves to be a true and elegant executant while Roberta Marquez is an able servant of her role, says Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:15PMFrankie Valli is a pop music icon who's been the famous falsetto frontman of The Four Seasons since 1960. The group was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMBroadway's Nina Arianda guest starred on last night's episode of the NBC comedy 30 ROCK, which also featured a special guest appearance by OlympIan Ryan Lochte. In the episode titled 'STRIDE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMGood. Is being good truly good if it is not by choice? Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Evil. Which is worse, chosen evil or forced good? “A m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMThe London production of Steve Schalchlin and Jim Brochu's musical The Last Session, starring Darren Day as a songwriter battling AIDS, will be recorded by JAY Records in late October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMErin Lane, Logan Dean and Keenan Camp discuss ALL THAT JAWS, a parody homage to the blockbuster film. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Stay out of the water as Erin Lane, Keenan Cam…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:07PMThe Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its anniversary with a special gala performance on January 26, 2013. For the special event, Broadway star Sierra Boggess will assume the role of Chris…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:06PMRelive some of the greatest moments in musical theater history through One Hand, One Heart: The Musicals of Leonard Bernstein, a cabaret revue performed at Davenport’s Piano Bar &…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:00PMIn this article, I would like to focus on the differences between playwriting and screenwriting. Although both forms of writing tell a story, usually through some kind of structure, the diff…
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So many plays, so little time! Thank goodness for projects that allow me to work from home. Here’s a rundown of shows I saw the past couple of weeks:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Bailiwi…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 01:56PMHave you ever been tempted by Hollywood or Broadway, but were born outside of the USA and weren’t quite sure how to get an O1 visa? Let me introduce you to Shanice Kamminga, a Dutch ac…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:54PMThis week's topics Unrequited Love Songs, Best riffers, Kinky Boots Chicago, BARE, Rebecca Producer, chaplin cast recording
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMOne of our favorite actresses, Tony Winner Nina Arianda, appeared on “30 Rock” last night. In case you missed it (or just forgot to set your DVR), good news: you can still catch …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:50PMBy Adam Hahn Directed by Jaime Robledo In 1933, an expedition set out for the Indian Ocean, in hopes of creating the greatest film ever made. Instead, they brought back a giant captive goril…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:49PMThe cast of Mamma Mia! has had audiences dancing in the aisles of the Winter Garden Theatre for 11 fun-filled years, and on October 18, they celebrated with margaritas! Set on the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMNEW YORK (AP) — It's hard enough to imagine the everyday tension created by the mood swings of a child with special needs, let alone one who keeps getting bigger and more volatile.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:43PMTracy Letts and Amy Morton take George and Martha out for exercise in the captivating 50th anniversary take on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
SOURCE: NBC New York at 01:43PMThe 1930s urban update of "Cinderella" proffers some clumsiness, but the dancing by the expert members of the Mariinsky Ballet is a treat.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:41PMAnother day, another crazy Rebecca story! Producers of the famously troubled musical, which cancelled its November Broadway opening after a string of financial misfortunes, are planning to f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PMThe new musical Bare, which begins performances at Off-Broadway's New World Stages on Nov. 19, explores the subject of teens exposed to the issues of identity, sexuality and religion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMHow would you like to perform on Broadway without having to audition? Broadway Fantasy Camp could be your opportunity.
On Saturday, a group of theater lovers will participate in “All D…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 01:33PMProfiles Theatre has announced that it will present a 20th anniversary production of Will Kern's Hellcab, November 9-December 23. Darrell W. Cox will direct.Hellcab tells one day in the lif…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PM Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, October 20 at 10:00 AM exclusively for American Express® cardholders for two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks in the world premiere of three-…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:29PMThe energetic cast of Bring It On: The Musical banded together to use their cheerleading skills to deliver a shout out to the show’s talented co-composer Tom Kitt. The Tony winner…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham will begin previews for the New York premiere production of GIANT, an epic love story with book by Syb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMIf you've already donned the mask as the Phantom or squeezed into Spandex as one of the Mamma Mia! Dynamos, it's time to consider a hot new Broadway-themed costume! This year, Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMThe Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society’s production of The History Boys at Georgetown University is worthy of being performed at a prestigious theatre in DC. The History Boys is a play…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:26PMJennifer Chang is a Filipina-American, and A. Rey Pamatmat's Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them is a play centering on a household of two Filipino-American siblings in a small town. Chang i…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:26PMTony-winning stage and screen star Jane Krakowski will be the featured entertainer at the Landmark on Main Street gala, to be held on November 3.The evening's honorees will be Sheila
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:26PMPlays by Sheila Callaghan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Dorothy Forteberry, Will Hackner, Ernest Kearney, Lynn Manning, Anna Nicholas, Edgar Allen Poe, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, William Shakes…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:25PMAlfred Molina may be known for his dramatic roles like his Tony-nominated turn in RED on Broadway and, most recently, in LA - but in a new video from FunnyOrDie.com, Molina takes on the role…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMName: Shannon FillionHometown: Bedford, MAEducation: MFA Columbia University, BA Trinity CollegeFavorite Credits: Julia May Jonas’ Lake Coordination & No One is Excused from the Troubl…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:17PMThe cast of BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL, inspired by their brilliant co-composer Tom Kitt amp his musical arrangements for the film PITCH PERFECT, created a tribute to him with an a cappella mas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMTickets go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, October 20 at 1000 AM exclusively for American Express cardholders for two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks in the world premiere of three-time Acad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Broadway production team on Friday filed a $100 million fraud lawsuit against a stockbroker accused of jeopardizing the musical production of "Rebecca" by concocting a…
SOURCE: Reuters at 01:09PMBroadway veteran Colin Hanlon, who guest starred on an episode of ABC's 'Modern Family' last season, will join the show as a recurring character this season, according to Hypable. Hanlon, wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMOctober 19, 2012 Maya B., a student at Discovery Magnet School, Milagros D., a student at Beardsley School, Max G., a student at Blackham School, and Xavier R., a student at High Horizo…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 01:05PMKnock Me a Kiss, with the original 2010 Off-Broadway cast, and the world premiere of Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan's Kansas City Swing are among the works in Crossroads Theatre Company'…
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I have many irrational (thus heartfelt) reasons for loving Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner Our Town. One is that I lived for two months in the studio in which Wilder wrote…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:59PMSix-time Tony Award nominee (and two-time winner) John Lithgow celebrates his 67th birthday on Oct. 19. Playbill.com looks back at a stage career that spans over 45 years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMThe hearty applause started the moment after the first-act blackout. When the lights came up for intermission, however, a quick silence pervaded the NEXT TO NORMAL audience at the 4th Wall …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:49PMA Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy, bears all the marks of a work of that club, dubbed “angry young men,” who penned gritty, primal works that rocked audiences and revolutionized Britis…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:46PMLongwell Green Community Centre, Bristol: With so much PA equipment and other gigging paraphernalia piled up on stage, compere Stuart Masters' comment of it all resembling "a sale …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMThe GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, Broadways celebration of the tireless work of ensemble singers and dancers, will be back for its 24th year on Monday, December 3 430 PM and Tuesday, Decemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center will present a conversation with two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole, who can currently be seen in TBS' "Su…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMJack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) has always been quite the ladykiller on 30 Rock, but he may have finally met his match in Tony winner Nina Arianda. In the October 19 episode, the GE businessman …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMOn October 19, 2012, millions of Americans will wear purple on Spirit Day in a stand against bullying and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT youth. GLAAD is once again…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMThe Broadway production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' international hit musical Mamma Mia!, which plays the Winter Garden Theatre, celebrated its 11th anniversary the evenin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe Plaza Hotel in New York City hosted guests representing the beauty, media, medical, pharmaceutical and retail industries attended the 2012 Skin Cancer Foundation Gala on October 9. The a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMThe 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition will be held at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 3 and December 4, with appearances by dozens of New York theatre's most popular perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:23PMJordan Matter is selling dreams in his book. And he’s channeled Jerome Robbins to do it. It’s not just the high-kicking legs in heels that bring Broadway to mind in the photo book “Dan…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:18PMThe book is always better than the movie, as they say. Taking a novel, an essay, or a historical record and translating it to a dramatic form requires harsh cutting and can alter the essence…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:17PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins previews tonight, Friday, October 19th at 800PM. The Mystery of Edwin Droo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMFew playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMFew playwrights are afforded the privilege of learning whether their work has stood the test of time before they pass on to the other side. Edward Albee is one of the lucky ones. He wrote hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThose who worried that the untimely death of composer, Marvin Hamlisch in August also spelled the demise of the Broadway-bound musical The Nutty Professor can breathe a sigh of relief.The sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PMHartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, presents the world premiere musical comedy A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMProducers of the upcoming Broadway musical Motown are launching a nationwide casting search for African-American actors to portray young versions of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder as well…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMToday is the birthday of Swedish wrestler and schlock horror movie star Tor Johnson (1903-1971). While best known for his association with Ed Wood, a quick gland at his IMDB entry reveals th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:01PMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals, featuring performances by Tony winners Sutton Foster and Tonya Pinkins, as well as Kerry Butler, Robin DeJesus, Ches…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMRory O'Malley, who received Drama Desk and Tony nominations for Broadway's The Book of Mormon, will guest star on an upcoming episode of NBC's 1600 Penn, according to TVGuide.com.The program…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PMStark Sands and Billy Porter next to some kinky boots Forget fancy names like Cyndi Lauper. If there’s a single compelling reason to see Kinky Boots, a lively new musical based on a 20…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 10192012.
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Whether or not Los Angeles is a "theater town," it is certainly a town filled with theaters -- and actors. Small stages and itinerant acting companies are as ubiquitous he…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:00PM10.19.12 is GLAAD Spirit Day, a day when people of all backgrounds join in support of LGBT youth, and unites against bullying and hatred in all of its forms. I think the pictures and i…
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Linda Eder has signed on to the Voices United Choral Festival, joining over 600 performers as well as host Raymond Arroyo and conductor Eric Knapp. The glitzy musical event will play the Bea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMManhattan Theatre Club has announced that the critically acclaimed revival of Henrik Ibsens AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, is extend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMFeinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its 2012 fall season with the New York solo debut of nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune in Taps, Tunes, and Tall Tales, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMThirty-two years after his death, famed director Alfred Hitchcock remains a cultural icon as two new films, Hitchcock (in theaters on November 23) and The Girl (on HBO on October 20), e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMManhattan Theatre Club's An Enemy of the People has extended its run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through November 18. The production, which features Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s tran…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMReading plays host to a medley of theatre as the Sitelines festival gets under way, while in Liverpool the Everyword festival showcases a week of new storiesSouthLet's begin in Reading, wher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:51AMThe 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, on Monday, December 3 at 4:30pm and Tuesday, December…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMToday is the birthday of Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead, 1945-1988), muse, moll, and movie star of John Waters. The clip below, set to Little Richard’s “The Girl Can’t He…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:47AMHartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, presents the world premiere musical comedy A Gentlemans Guide to Love and Murde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMLittle Angel, LondonWhy does the moon shine so brightly at night? Carol Ann Duffy uses poetic licence to explain all. Invisible unless her reflection is glimpsed in a puddle, the Tear Thief …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMTony nominee Nancy Opel will play Dolly Levi in the Ford's Theatre production of Hello, Dolly!, according to the Washington Post. Co-produced with Virginia's Signature Theatre, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMRSC criticised for producing The Orphan of Zhao, regarded as Chinese equivalent of Hamlet, with predominantly white castThe Royal Shakespeare Company is facing criticism for producing a play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood TV COMMERICAL Roundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins previews tonight, Friday, Oc…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:43AMIn this week's edition of 'Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of October 15 so sit back, catch up and enjoy all the latest regional features, r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMMaking movies has a special effect on Eastchester’s Costa At 16, Jessica Costa already knows that movies will play a role in her future. She’s in her third year studying film at …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:42AMJungle Theater has announced the productions planned for its 2013 season, beginning February 1 with the regional premiere of David Ives' Venus in Fur.
Venus in Fur (February 1-March 10), a w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMNow according to the New York Post, producers of the show will file a 100 million lawsuit against Hotton, for taking 'tens of thousands of dollars in advances on commissions for bringing in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMThe 2012 Broadways Carols for a Cure, Volume 14 is available now Lovers of Broadway talent can do some early holiday shopping as well as support Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS BCEFA throug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMThe GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, Broadway’s celebration of the tireless work of ensemble singers and dancers, will be back for its 24th year on Monday, December 3 (4:30 PM) and Tuesday, …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:37AMThis 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 11:36AMKate Burton (The Heiress), Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos"), Linda Lavin (The Lyons) and René Auberjonois (CoCo) will offer live readings of the popular public radio serie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMTony nominee Nancy Opel and Helen Hayes winner Edward Gero will co-star in the Ford's Theatre production of Hello, Dolly!, co-produced with Virginia's Signature Theatre, March 15-May 18, 201…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:34AMToday in 2009, Memphis opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 1165 performances. Memphis is a musical by David Bryan music and lyrics and Joe DiPietro lyrics and book. It is loosely…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMby Aislinn Rose This is a continuation from Tuesday’s post about what the new Indie Policy should look like, and how that policy would reflect the will of Equity members. Today I’…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:27AMToday is the birthday of Uncle Floyd Vivino (b. 1951) — for my full appreciation of him go here. FUN FACT! Angie Pontani, producer/ star) of Burlesque-A-Pades worked with Floyd years …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:26AMMillions upon millions of people will NEVER experience your art. Never. Ever. It doesn't matter how skilled you are at your craft or how fantastic your marketing is. The people who will neve…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 11:25AMProducers of the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca are planning to file a $100 million lawsuit Oct. 19 in Manhattan Supreme Court against Long Island businessman Mark Hotton for taking thousand…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM“Checkers” sheds light on the president’s dark history Many Americans have strong opinions about Richard Nixon, and playwright Douglas McGrath (pictured above) is no except…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:19AMBroadway director Adrian Noble (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) will return for his fourth season as the artistic director of The Old Globe's Shakespeare Festival and direct The Merchant of Ven…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMManhattan Theatre Club has extended the run of its Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People through November 18. Doug Hughes directs Rebecca Lenkiewicz's new version of t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AMCulture Project presents the 10th anniversary production of the hit, award-winning play, The Exonerated, written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, presented in special association with The I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMThe Los Angeles debut of the Broadway production of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Seminar, starring Aya Cash, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Jennifer Ikeda and Greg Keller, and Academy Award and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMNPR host Ira Glass talks This American Life at Massey Hall on Oct. 27.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:12AMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, SCANDALOUS began performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 250 W. 52nd St. on October 13, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMFords Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault and Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer today announced that Tony-nominated actress Nancy Opel Broadways Memphis, Urinetown, Teddy amp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMAustralian chart topper Sia Furler has worked on some of 2012’s hottest songs including “Titanium” with DJ David Guetta and “Wild Ones” with rapper Flo Rida, bu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMAmerican University’s Department of Performing Arts puts on a slick, fast, and fun production of Guys and Dolls to kick off their 2012-2013 season. Karl Kippola is both the director an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06AMTVGuide reports that NBC's upcoming comedy 1600 PENN will soon play host to a 'Book of Mormon' reunion Rory O'Malley is set to guest star on the midseason sitcom starring his BOM co-star Jos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMA mass-reviewing project focusing on one theatre show is a great idea – but it doesn't half add to the pressure, says director Sarah EsdaileI wasn't aware that my production of Cat on a Ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMBradford Scobie is a brrrrrilliant and high-larious character actor. He has graced New York City stages with his korny-kopia of kooky karacters for years. Amongst them: Mutant Super-Villain …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:01AMIf you have a Ferrari, and there were suddenly some sputtering sounds coming from the inside of that V8, would you take it to the local mechanic down the block? Heck no, you wouldn’t. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMelissa Errico, who will take on her first major Stephen Sondheim role in New York in 2013 when she co-stars in Classic Stage Company's production of Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Manhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed revival of Henrik Ibsen’s AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:57AMManhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of An Enemy of the People, which officially opened Sept. 27 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, has extended its limited engagement by one…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMBerenson and McEleny just before the madness.More bad news on the Bard front, I'm afraid. I've held off on my review of Trinity Rep's King Lear till the last minute because - well, actu…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:55AMIn conjunction with its hit production of Metamorphoses, Lookingglass Theatre is hosting a series of free panel conversations. A variety of artists, scholars, historians and docents wil…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:49AMThe Tony Award-winning 1985 musical mystery The Mystery of Edwin Drood has returned to Broadway in a new production under the wings of the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMWill Goldberg Hometown: Boston, MACurrent Town: Chicago, ILQ: What are you working on now? A: My current project is called Home Before Dark, and it's about a fifteen-year-old bo…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:42AMBroadway regular Robert Cuccioli has released his first solo album, The Look of Love, a collection of standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMIf Mitt Romney doesn't win the election, there will still be plenty of Mormons in the White House...on TV at least! The Book of Mormon star Rory O’Malley is set to join his former …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMTony nominee Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber are going solo in Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act musicals. The Premieres production of solo tuners will begin …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AMPorchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the return of BEST MUSICAL! A Completely Improvised Musical Comedy in a new Holiday Edition!, conceived by Second City veteran Matthew Lor…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:33AMINTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (1/2) The theatre historian and author talks to Heather Neill about his two recently published books, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Methuen) and Gielgo…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:33AMTonight at 7pm is the long-awaited launch event for Andrew L. Erdman’s Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay (Cornell University Press) which we were first reported on here. T…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMPremieres Artistic Director Paulette Haupt has announced that the company will present Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act solo musicals beginning Saturday, November 10 at 8pm, at 30th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMTony Award nominee Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber will take part in Inner Voices, a collection of three solo musicals that will be presented beginning Nov. 10 at the 30th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMTheatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce that 57 theatres have now joined the Blue Star Theatres program. In partnership with Blue…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:29AM4 Days Late is pleased to announce the release of the Chicago Cast Recording ofJersey Shore: The Musical. The album will be released for digital download on all major music stores, includin…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:22AMThe Assembly Theater Project will present a return engagement of the critically acclaimed production home/sick Nov. 1-18 at New York City's The Living Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMIn this week's 'School in the Spotlight' series, we visit The Performing Arts Department at Pace University in New York where students and faculty chat about the various programs offered
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMINTERVIEW: JONATHAN CROALL (2/2) The theatre historian and author talks to Heather Neill about his two recently published books, John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star (Methuen) and Gielgo…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:18AMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 10:18AMProduction features Nancy Opel as Dolly and Edward Gero as Horace Vandergelder
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SOURCE: fords.org at 10:18AMThe Chicago Craft Mafia (CCM), a collaborative organization of independent crafting business owners, announced today its 10th annual DIY Trunk Show has reached capacity with 150+ vendors and…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:17AMRicky Roma, Shelly "The Machine" Leven and the boys of Glengarry Glen Ross are back and badder than ever. Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale lead Daniel Sullivan’s revival of the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMHere is a ticket offer for our Scottish readers. See The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam for a mere £6 when you use our delightful offer code. It couldn’t be simpler, but hurrah…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:13AMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the cast for the new production of Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Talley’s Folly, directe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:12AMThe Strange Tree Group’s theatrical re-imagining of Funeral Wedding: The Alvin Play, written by Emily Schwartz and directed by Jess McLeod at Signal Ensemble Theatre, 1802 W Berenice …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:11AMOne of my happy discoveries in working on my new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube (Bear Manor Media, February, 2013) has been French comedy …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:11AMSave £10 on preview performances of Daddy Long Legs, tickets now just £20 and £35
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:09AM£19.50 TICKET OFFER ON TOP PRICE TICKETS! (usually £29.50) for La Boheme
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:08AMBroadway favorite and Tony nominee Nancy Opel will star in the title role of the Ford's Theatre's upcoming production of the classic Jerry Herman musical Hello, Dolly!, which will pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMSpecial Whatsonstage.com ticket offer only £15 for The Last Session at the Tristan Bates Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:06AMSierra Boggess will join the Broadway cast of “The Phantom of the Opera” for a limited engagement early next year to celebrate the musical’s 25th anniversary. Boggess originated the ro…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMThis week's guest blog comes courtesy of Kim Dillon who has taken on the task of producing a site-specific production of John Patrick Shanley's Savage in Limbo. I had the pleasure of checkin…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway begin their Great White Way concert engagement on October 19 at the Broadway Theatre, Celebrating the group’s 50th a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:59AMNEW YORK (AP) — At the end of a long day, Kathie Lee Gifford offers a visitor a cup of coffee. Not wine, coffee.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:58AMFrom West End to Broadway: A Musical Theater Cabaret will be presented Nov. 10-11 at 3 PM at the Museum of the City of New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMProfiles Theatre announces the 20th Anniversary production of Hellcab by Will Kern, the third show of the company’s 2012-2013 season. For the first time, Hellcab, directed by Profiles …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:57AMPreview performances begin on October 19 for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the first Broadway revival of Rupert Holmes’ Tony-winning 1985 musical. Opening night is scheduled for November…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:55AMThe bromide that "comedy is tragedy plus time" is certainly true of Modern Terrorism. Jon Kern's constantly funny play deals with people who want to blow up the Empire State Building. Had it…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 09:50AMThe Obie Award-winning show debuts in Red Bank
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:47AMTête à Tête's immersive production of Salad Days is returning to Riverside Studios this Christmas for the third year running.
The show, which invites audience members to…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:46AMBroadway's Future Songbook Series, which is presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul, will continue Oct. 29 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMTim Davie, the BBC’s director of audio and music, has been appointed chief executive of BBC Worldwide. He will replace John Smith, who has run BBC Worldwide for the last eight years. Durin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AMCHAPLIN is the new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan Annie, The Prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMThe Old Globe has announced its 2013 Summer Season, under the artistic direction of Adrian Noble.Repertory productions in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre (June 2 – September 29) will in…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMRECOMMENDED The atmosphere for this superbly haunting piece of Halloween fare is firmly established from the moment you’re guided by hand from the dimly lit lobby through the cramped and d…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:31AMWith the recent revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, Spring Awakening productions popping up everywhere and the possibility of a Hedwig sequel, we thought we'd offer a second look at our F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMThree-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson are set to lead a new off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly. The Roundabout Theatre production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:25AMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK The New York Pops Orchestra launches its 30th Season at Carnegie Hall, Nice Work If You Can Get It celebrates its 200th performance, Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virgi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMTheaterMania's recent experiment in getting "average guys" to review theater speaks to the arts world's abiding misconceptions about itself
SOURCE: Culturebot at 09:19AMA trio of one-act solo musicals under the umbrella title Inner Voices will feature Broadway talents Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs, and Alexandra Silber. The program, presented by Premieres, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Eric Martsolf about starring in the new live web series "Scandal Crest" at ACME Comedy Hollywood. We also discuss his time on NBC's "Passions" and "Days of Our Live…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:10AMElliot Davis and James Bourne’s new musical Loserville received its West End premiere this week (17 October 2012) at the Garrick Theatre.
Set in 1970’s America, Loserville tell…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMDirector Ken Elston talks about his vision and introduces us to the cast and designers of George Mason University’s Department of Theater and School of Music‘s collaborative pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:03AMJeff McCarthy will star as the Grinch in this holiday season’s performance of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” at Madison Square Garden. The musical will play…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AM"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." – Thomas A. EdisonOnce upon a time, there was an abundance of apprenticeships established at n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Today is the birthday of British female impersonator Herbert Clifton (1885-1947). He was unique in his field in being straight, married and somewhat plump. His strengths were in his characte…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:52AMLuke Wilson, who died on October 3, aged 35, from cancer, was one of the UK and Europe’s premier jugglers. Born in London, but brought up in Portsmouth, he was known for his technical exce…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AM... though Kinky Boots the musical does a great many things very well, it's hard to care enough about Charlie to "feel good" when he finally does address those character flaws, whatever the…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:43AMThe one-night gala performance of Tommy, taking place Nov. 12 at the West End's Prince Edward Theatre, will feature U.K. "X-Factor" winner Joe McElderry in the title role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32AMCreative Cauldron in Falls Church, Virginia offers the DC area a great opportunity to hear the genius of composer Cole Porter, and a glimpse at his complicated relationship with his wife, Li…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMTo replace retiring executive director Judy Gruber in November.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 08:30AMNatasha Tripney catches up with Actors Centre chief executive Louise Coles, as the organisation celebrates a new chapter in its impressive history
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:28AMNEW YORK—At the end of a long day, Kathie Lee Gifford offers a visitor a cup of coffee. Not wine, coffee.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:27AMWith less than four days of voting remaining, only 50 votes separate the top three nominees for best touring production at the Theatre Awards UK. Thousands of votes have been cast for the aw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMBarbican, London: I can't think of anything better than going to a dance performance where Jarvis Cocker appears onstage as a Halloween zombie, rocking out with his band as dancers grin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMAfter having watched videos obsessively from New York Theatre Barn's D-Lounge series, I finally had the opportunity to attend one in person, thanks to an invite from Becca Anderson. Becca, a…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Of all British theatre's great curmudgeons (Arnold Wesker, Edward Bond et al), Howard Barker is the most curmudgeonly of all. He grumbled to the Guardian that Scenes from an Execution, now r…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 07:48AMA revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 1967 play Relatively Speaking will transfer to the West End following its current national tour, beginning performances at Wyndham's Theatre May 14, 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:44AMSoho Theatre, London: The Sticking Place's Terror season has been going since 2004. Now in its second year in Soho Theatre's downstairs space, what started off as a festival of sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMNick Smuthwaite talks to casting director Donna Soto-Morettini about television talent shows and her new book on audition techniques
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMIn one of television’s most famous commercials, an elderly man is seen going from one second-hand bookshop to another trying to buy a copy of Fly Fishing by JR Hartley. He succeeds only wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMHoxton Hall, London: Black comedy rather than out-and-out horror seems to have hallmarked productions of Middleton's gore fest over the last 25 years or so.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMBefore the days of BBC Radio 1, the appetite of youngsters for pop and rock music was supplied during the 1960s by pirate radio stations off the east coast of England, one of them, Radio...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMGuildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre has been granted grade II-listed status by the government. The venue, named after the locally-based actress who helped found it, was designed and buil…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
The cast has been announced for the premiere of E.V Crow's Hero, beginning performances at London's Royal Court in the Jerwood Theatre Upstaris Nov. 23, prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:57AMThe only thing more prevalent than the full-bodied beer in Druid‘s marvelous play at the Kennedy Center is the feel of the lonely wind coming off Galway Bay and pushing at the backs of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:53AMA sinewy dancer dressed in black floats from the heavens. His eyes are closed, his limbs alert and his face glows with euphoria. There's an audible catch in the audience's collective breath …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:46AMFelicity Kendal and Kara Tointon are to star in Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre next summer. Jonathan Coy and Max Bennett will also appear in the pla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMSadler's Wells London: Stealing snatches of women's poetry from the past 2,000 years and weaving them into a successful operatic accompaniment for contemporary dance was never going to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMEntering Shelf Life through a giant vagina, you know at once that this show does not shy away from the ridiculous. Shelf Life is a new immersive promenade show from young company HalfCut …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:20AM“Rebecca the Musical’’ had to cancel its Broadway opening — but the behind-the-scenes drama is booked in two Manhattan courtrooms.
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:15AMHeadlong Theatre’s Medea, written and directed by Mike Bartlett (whose previous Headlong collaboration, Earthquakes in London, won the company critical acclaim), features a troubleso…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:09AMThe “Rebecca” scandal has made me nostalgic for the Broadway of the ’70s and ’80s, when the street had a colorful selection of rascals and rogues and ticky-tacky productions that clo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:06AMAs Barack Obama fights for a second term in the White House,
Rashid Razaq, a reporter on the Evening Standard, weighs in with this
intriguing and accomplished two-hander that speculates ab…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:04AMMan up! That’s Stephanie J. Block’s job in playing a male impersonator and the title character in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” starting previews tonight at Studio 54.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Some theatregoers seem so anxious to post their reactions instantly, they tweet before the curtain falls. Isn't that missing the point?Midway through the post-show Q&A I was hosting at the W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:58AMLast night we took our intrepid Whatsonstage.com theatregoers to the Tricycle in Kilburn to see the inaugural production of Indhu Rubasingham's tenure as artistic director, Red Velvet.Writte…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:55AMLiam Garrigan, Daniel Mays, Tim Steed and Susannah Wise will star in the upcoming production of E.V. Crowe’s Hero at the Royal Court.
Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the show runs in the T…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:49AMThe New York Times 10/18/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:46AMThe New York Times 10/21/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:40AMThe Theatre Royal Bath revival of Alan Ayckbourn's breakthrough hit Relatively Speaking, starring Felicity Kendal and Kara Tointon, will transfer to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre next sum…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:39AMAre critics keeping up with "Modern Terrorism"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 04:11AMHow to do Greek tragedy in the modern world? With Medea, the goddess of fire who kills her sons as an act of revenge on her husband’s infidelity, the super-charged, completely recognis…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:10AMIn 2008, Brighton-born teenager Conor Maynard taped a microphone to his bed so he could sing and record cover versions and upload them to YouTube. While his performances weren’t ignored �…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMITV2’s new comedy drama Switch follows the romantic and magical misadventures of Stella, Jude, Grace and Hannah – four twentysomething, flat sharing female witches in super-trendy Camden…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
Do critics fall for "Falling"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 01:58AMBroadway legend, entertainment icon, and Tony Award winner Ben Vereen brings his hit show, Steppin' Out with Ben Vereen, to The Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCancer Support Community, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support, education, and hope for those impacted by cancer, will host their Annual Young Leadership Council Benefit …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTHEATER TALK Fall 2012 Season Preview will premiere at 1 a.m. today, October 19 2012 early Saturday morning on ThirteenPBS, followed in New York City on CUNY TV Saturday at 830 pm, Sunday a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director has just announced the cast for the new production of Lanford Wilsons Pulitzer Prize winning play Talleys Folly, directed by Michael…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMToday's Wall Street Journal drama column is devoted in its entirety to the fiftieth-anniversary Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"And the humourless man is in deadly danger, more than any other, of deluding himself." Richard Burton, diary entry, Dec....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMAlia Shawkat's Flourishing Development
From child model to teen actress to grown-up artist and jazz crooner, Alia Shawkat knows no boundaries when it comes to flexing her creative musc…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMThe Secret Language of "Revenge" Star Ashley Madekwe
The lovely Ashley Madekwe stops by the Studio to discuss her not-so lovely character on ABC's "Revenge" and what's in store for Season 2!…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Ignore the title, if you can. As the name for a play, "Modern Terrorism" is probably off-putting to a lot of potential theater-goers.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:49AMNEW YORK (AP) — When theatergoers arrive at "Dispatches from (A)mended America," they're presented with four broadly phrased questions about race and personal identity, which appear in pri…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:49AMNEW YORK (AP) — Sierra Boggess is going somewhere eerily familiar — "The Phantom of the Opera."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:48AMNear the end of the latest Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, much to my surprise, the Les Miz Rule kicked in. If a Broadway show shines bright lights directly in your face, features st…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:41AMThirty plays an hour. Two to twelve new plays a week. All year long. Even with a revolving ensemble, that's a daunting task for any theater company, especially a non-illusory one like the Ne…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:36AM"Argo" just pulled even with "Les Miserables" in the Oscar race for Best Picture, according to the latest predictions of Oscarologists polled by Gold Derby. Now both film…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:35AMPodcast with Playwright Mark St. Germain from Michael Roberts on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:10AMMark St. Germain (Playwright) - Mark has written the plays Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel awards), Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap and Forgiving…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:08AMPlummer (photo: David Hou, courtesy Stratford Festival)An Actor PerformsChristopher Plummer renders Barrymoreby Estelle Rosen[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This is a new weekly feature where we will be …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMDanny Burstein and Sarah Paulson will star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning Talley's Folly. Michael Wilson directs the 2013…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AMThe "American Horror Story" series regular and the Tony-nominated star of last season's "Follies" revival on Broadway will play unlikely lovers in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winner.read…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced casting for its new production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, which will begin previews Off-Broadway Feb. 8,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, begins previews Oct. 19 prior to a Nov. 11 opening at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA Broadway Concert Event and Live Nation present Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway for a limited seven-performance engagement beginning Oct. 19 at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Karen Ziemba joins the cast of the Flea Theater's limited Off-Broadway engagement of A.R. Gurney's Heresy beginning Oct. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFilm actor Val Kilmer brings his solo show Citizen Twain, about American literary giant Mark Twain, to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles for two performances Oct. 19-20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSean McNall stars in the Pearl Theatre Company production of Charles Morey's Figaro, based on the Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais comedy The Marriage of Figaro, which inspired Mozart&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway production of BEDBUGS!!!, a hit of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival, plays the ATA Chernuchin Theatre Oct. 19-Nov. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage's production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which opens the MTC MainStage 2012-13 season, runs Oct. 19-Nov. 4 at MTC Stu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDan Fingerman's new drama The Austerity of Hope, centering on gay relationships during the 2008 presidential campaign, begins Off-Broadway previews Oct. 19 at the Abingdon Theatre Arts C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe It Gets Better musical theatre project, a co-production of Speak Theater Arts, the It Gets Better Project and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, premieres Oct. 19 at the University…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays in eight roles, opens Oct. 19 at Hartford Stage in Connecticut following previews from Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which allows audiences to determine the ending of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel, casts a sha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1907 Top 'o the World, a musical extravaganza, opens on Broadway to a then-impressive 156-performance run.
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