Hurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a masst transit shutdown …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44PMHurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a masst transit shutdown …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44PM‘Let me say right off I’m a witch,” the title character declares at the start of “Sowa’s Red Gravy,” and thank goodness she does, because it’s the only clear moment of Diane Ri…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:37PMIt’s such a pleasure watching the central character of “Mojo” blossom from precocious tyke to rebellious teen that you’ll barely notice she’s a puppet.
But a puppet she is, and she…
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The New York Times 10/28/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:57PMIt may take decades before artists and audiences alike can truly judge the impact that the director, currently at the Met with "The Tempest," has made.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:55PMBroward Stage Door’s production proves Rumors may be one of the funniest Neil Simon plays you’ve never heard of. But it also underscores what your mother warned you: an unrelieved diet …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42PMCarrie (First Prize),The Munsters (Second Prize), Two Deaths Do Us Part (First Prize)A TRUE_LY BLOOD-Y HORROR-WEEN PARTY was held at B. Smith's Restaurant on the Long Wharf @ Bay Street. F…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:20PMOf the many and varied holiday performance events in available in New York City each year, my favorite is the Pipes of Christmas and I can't wait to go again this year. It causes my we…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:12PM
Boston Globe (AP) 10/28/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:50PMfrom yesterday's L.A. Affairs comes at the very beginning--I was sitting at La Scala in Beverly Hills with my friend Karen and indulging in my chopped salad obsession. Once again, we were c…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 09:15PMDue to unsafe weather, that Broadway Sings for Pride's Broadway After Dark scheduled for Monday, October 29, 2012 is CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled for next MONDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2012 at SPL…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12PMWith the growing threat of an invisible swirling menace in the air, poised to suck away our power and leave us huddled in the dark, the mood this weekend was perfect for “Dracula.” Hurri…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:00PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like "The Book of Mormon" ''Once"…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:47PMThe girls were chosen from about 2,000 auditionees after a process that took place over nearly a year.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:45PMIn response to the impending storm and shut down of New York City's mass transit system, Abingdon Theatre Company has cancelled its upcoming 20th Anniversary Gala, which was set for Monday, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMTheatre C has announced the cast for '54' - the Musical in concert at The Cutting Room on Sunday, November 11th from 6 to 830pm. The Cutting Room is located at 44 East 32nd Street, New York,…
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Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, who was scheduled to make her Carnegie Hall solo concert debut on Monday, October 29, has been forced to reschedule that concert owing to the impending arriva…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:42PMBroadway Impact knows how much you care about equal rights, but with a hurricane about to hit New York City, the organization thought it might be best to cancel the marriage equality phone b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PM“That wasn’t a very nice thing to say, Martha.” Few lines are as understated and accurate as this one, delivered early in the Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Vir…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 06:33PMAccording to Idina Menzel's website, her Carnegie Hall concert set for tomorrow night, October 29, 2012, has been rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy. The new date is November 4, 2012 at 8 p.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22PM
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SOURCE: Vulture at 05:52PMAt the heart of “Dispatches From (A)mended America” are interviews with Southerners on the eve of the Obama era.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:51PMThe Marion Huber Black Box Theatre at the Two River Theatre in Red Bank has been transformed into a very comfortable cabaret for the presentation of playwright-songwriter-bandleader-singer E…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:50PMIdina Menzel’s concert at Carnegie Hall has been rescheduled due to the impending storm caused by Hurricane Sandy. The Tony winner’s sold-out solo show, which was originally sche…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMA judgment call for parents: When is it appropriate to introduce children to challenging cultural material — whether it is sexy or profane, creepy or violent, or simply adult and intense?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMYou can't tell from the title, but the play is about Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the month of October 1866.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:35PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel has rescheduled her solo Carnegie Hall concert debut due to Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMHurricane Sandy or Frankenstorm, has made its impact on the New York theater scene. Following the shut down of service of New York public transportation, Broadway and Off Broadway shows have…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:12PMIt is surprising how dramatic the fight for your measly soul turns out to be. I ended the very first essay I wrote for HowlRound with this quotation from Zadie Smith’s On Beauty. If we thi…
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THE MADNESS OF SITE-SPECIFIC THEATER Back in 2010, First Folio presented David Rice’s site-specific theater piece, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story. If any show should be heape…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:52PMLincoln Center Theater has announced that it has been forced to cancel tomorrows Monday, October 29 7pm performance of the LCT3 production of DISGRACED at the Claire Tow Theater, in additio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMDue to the hurricane, the performance of Henning Rbsam's SENSEDANCE is canceled. They will try to re-schedule at a later date.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMMotley Crew, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
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As a result of the suspension of public transportation by government authorities in preparation for the incoming storm, all Broadway performances on Sunday evening, October 28th and Monday e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMSarah Ruhl's In the Next Room was named the Best New Play in the Theatre Awards U.K., announced Oct. 28 in a lunchtime ceremony at the City of London's Guildhall, the only U.K.-wide …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday shows long before a drop of rain fell in Times Squar…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:44PMHurricane Sandy's impending arrival has prompted entertainment producers in the New York City region to change schedules and offer plans for refunds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:43PMWritten by Susan Hasho Jennifer Sheehan breezed into the decade of the 60s and went from pop to protest with fizz and tender authenticity. I didn’t think it was possible to go from …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:35PMThe play’s title is allegorical. Emigrants, like the migratory birds, the swallows, move away from their native birthplace but carry within a deep instinctive longing for their homelan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:34PMHalloween is just around the corner, and New York is celebrating with a cabaret concert at 54 Below, a fun new vampire flick from the creator of Clueless and stage and screen appearances fro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:33PM Lena Horne from the 1943 movie. Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky Stormy weather since my man and I ain’t together Keeps raining all the time, the time Lif…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:27PMAll Sunday and Monday evening performances have been canceled, including such hit shows as "Evita," "The Lion King," "Newsies," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:22PMTheatre should always be an adventure – and it is in BAC's latest show, which takes children and adults on separate but linked escapades. The adult version (13+) leads audiences out o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
It was a Scarborough theatre's budget Christmas show. Twenty five years on, The Woman in Black remains one of British theatre's biggest – and scariest – hits. Yikes, says Alex NeedhamRob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMHurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-29, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a shutdown of mass transi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMHurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, eyeing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-29, has prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a shutdown of mass transi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMIn response to the announced closing of the New York City mass transit system, and in the interest of guest, cast and company safety, the following performances have been cancelled Mary Popp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMNEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is taking the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with many theater owners canceling Sunday evening shows long before a drop of rain fell in Times Square.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:49PMImelda Staunton’s performance as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd and Henry Goodman’s lead role in The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, have won them best performance titles in this year’s Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:37PM54 Below announces that due to the weather emergency, it will be closed for performances following Sunday, October 22 brunch and through Monday, October 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway is taking the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with many theater owners canceling Sunday evening shows long before a drop of rain fell in Times Square....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:25PMWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? It may be fifty years since Edward Albee’s hard hitting and mesmerizing, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” first came to Broadway. But as seen in t…
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 01:23PMAll Broadway shows have been canceled for Sunday and Monday evenings, Oct. 28-29, according to The Broadway League. Broadway matinees will go on as scheduled Oct. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMThe New York Times 10/28/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:10PMThe impending Hurricane Sandy has already prompted many shows to cancel performances Oct. 28-29. (Currently, no Broadway matinees have been canceled for Oct. 28.)
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMIn anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Sandy weather warning in the New York City area, some Broadway and off-Broadway shows have announced closings. As the East Coast prepares for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PMIn anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Sandy weather warning, performances of all Broadway and off-Broadway shows have been canceled for Sunday, October 28 evening and Monday, Octob…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PM “Sandy / Can’t you see / I’m in misery.” Another hurricane with a music theater name is headed for New York City. With no mass transit (subways, buses and trai…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:03PMAaron BushkowskyHometown: Edmonton, Alberta Current Town: Vancouver, BC Q: What are you working on now?
A: A new black comedy, Play With Monsters. Q: How would you char…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:02PM Every year, Broadway fans from all over put together some AMAZING costumes. Well, I want to see them ALL. Comment below with a link to a photo of your Broadway related costumes and gi…
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With the impending threat of Hurricane Sandy in the tri-state area, Governor Cuomo announced the shutting down of all subway, bus and commuter service around 7 p.m. tonight, Sunday, October …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53PM54 Below has canceled the Oct. 28 evening performances of Mark Nadler and Nicole Parker, as well as all performances on Oct. 29, as New York City braces for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMLincoln Center Theater has announced that is has been forced to cancel tonights Sunday, October 28 7pm performance of the LCT3 production of DISGRACED at the Claire Tow Theater due to the in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMIn “Blessed Are,” a play by Jessica Bedford, a melancholy man returns to his hometown after 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving accident that killed several people.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMIn response to the announced closing of the New York City mass transit system, and in the interest of guest, cast and company safety, Disney Theatrical Productions has canceled its evening p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMHurricane Sandy is expected to have some impact on Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, although as of noon on Sunday, October 28 no Sunday afternoon performances have been officially cancelled.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMThe Broadway League has announced the cancellation of all Broadway performances on Sunday evening, October 28 and Monday evening, October 29, in light of the government's shutdown of public …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMThe Broadway League has announced the cancellation of all Broadway performances on Sunday evening, October 28, and Monday evening, October 29, in light of the government's shutdown of public…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMBroadway Scares: Night of the Singing Dead, a Halloween extravaganza to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which was scheduled for Oct. 28 at XL Nightclub, has been postponed due to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMDue to the impending storm and the shutdown of New York City's transit system beginning at 7 PM Oct. 28, Lincoln Center Theater has canceled its Oct. 28-29 evening performances of Disgra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMA recent Associated Press poll has revealed that Americans have become more, rather than less, racist since President Obama's election. In fact now a slight majority - 51% - of America…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:24PMDue to the impending storm and the shutdown of New York City's transit system beginning at 7 PM Oct. 28, Lincoln Center Theater has canceled its Oct. 28 7 PM performance of Disgraced at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe Boston Globe (AP) 10/27/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:21PMThat Symphony Hall was probably a third empty is inexplicable, but, if you missed any of these concerts, it’s truly your loss. These were among the BSO’s benchmark performances of the la…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:09PMAs I've written here before, the best night I've ever spent in a theater was down at the Ahmanson in L.A. and it was October 14, 1971. It was the second night of a revival of A Funny Thing H…
SOURCE: News From ME at 12:05PMThe show: Christopher Shinn's "Now of Later" by the Huntington Stage Company, at Wimberly Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05PMAccording to a release by the MTA, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota announced that service on NYC Transit subways will be curtailed beginning at 7 p.m. today, Sunday, October 28, and the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMThe sold-out Living for Today benefit, Back to the Drawing Board, which was to take place Oct. 28 at Joe's Pub, has been canceled due to the forecast for Hurricane Sandy, which is e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMFansies know this Face of the Future! But if you aren't a Fansie or haven't seen that awesome show yet, you need to add this young lady to your list of Broadway people to get to know. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM
Just in - with Hurricane Sandy on the way in, and the MTA just announcing that it will shut down at 7pm this evening - BROADWAY SCARES has been cancelled for tonight.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AM We’re back with another awesome and hilarious vlog from Kinky Boots‘ Ellyn Marsh! Are you loving the vlog, because I am! No one ever gets to see the real, true inner work…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:30AMIn the second of two sold-out shows at Joe's Pub in New York City last night, October 27, 2012, Kris Allen sang Falling Slowly from the movie and Broadway musical ONCE, written by Glen Hansa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMThe winners have been announced of this year's Theatre Awards UK
(formerly the TMAs), the only awards which specifically address
theatre throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ir…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:24AMSeveral weeks ago, ROCKY's leading actor Drew Sarich and fellow star Wietske van Tongeren, who plays Adrian, met with filmmakers to bring new life to the 1976 film, shooting some of its most…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMEncore Stage and Studio presents J.R.R. Tolkien’s timeless adventure The Hobbit, a tale about an ordinary hobbit who embarks on an extraordinary adventure…and discovers an unexpected her…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AM
Hang on to your seats everyone! Bring your best belly laugh and strongest applause — you are in for a treat when the final musical presentation of Into the Woods takes center stage tod…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:57AMThe evening starts with the Halloween-themed concert featuring camp, vamps and tramps as well as some of the best voices on Broadway. Special guest Alice Ripley, a Tony Award winner for Next…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50AMIf you think contemporary music is the domain of fusty academics and has no bearing on (or relationship to) the outside world, you really need to check out "Canzonas Americanas."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMLegit News:
Manhattan resident evacuate ahead of Sandy's arrival
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34AMHere’s Part Five of meeting the cast of The Washington Savoyard’s The Rocky Horror Shows. Today: meet Caroline Wolfson. I’m Caroline Wolfson and this is my DC professional …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMReviews appear in North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 09:29AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:21AMIn Rajiv Joseph’s comedy All This Intimacy, opening this weekend at Cultural Arts Center, we meet a nice enough guy and three nice women who get caught up in an almost unbelievable tale of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMWalking into the spiffy black-box theater for the opening performance of Aesop’s Foibles, part of Elden Street’s Players’ Theater for Young Audiences, I was cheerfully greeted by t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:10AM
Boxers or briefs? Odd as it sounds, that nosy question resonates in not one but two politically and religiously charged new Off-Broadway plays that opened in the last week and a half.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMTheater director Ruben Santiago-Hudson looked to a local sculptor versed in the intricacies of clay, bronze and black history to fine-tune his revival of “The Piano Lesson.” “Ruben cal…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMThe dance world abounds in story ballets that have legs, including "Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker" and "Giselle." But how many can be said to possess both legs an…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM1. “The Performers” (Longacre Theatre) A new comedy about fantasies, friendship and, well, porn.
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SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMArtist and activist sees parallels between bees and North St. Louis neighborhood.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:00AM"What makes Sheldon unique is the fact that he totally is a mensch as a human being and in his art," said Bill Rudman, artistic director of the Cleveland-based Musical Theater Proj…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Tonight, October 28th at 8pm, BroadwayUnderstudies.com has once again invited some of Broadway's most talented understudies to the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theatre to share their rare ta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLarry Hart's Praise benefit concert will play one night only tonight, October 28th, 2012 at 6 p.m. at Middle Collegiate Church.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Old Globe's World Premiere of Allegiance A New American Musical ends its extended run today, October 28.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced that Rachel Potter, one of the stars of the Broadway production of Evita, will make her Birdland debut tonight, October 28 at 6pm. Her s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMEdward Albee's play is as fresh and vital and vitriolic today as it was fifty years ago. It is blistering, brutal and honest theatre at its best and should not be missed.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
(photo credit: Joseph Ste-Marie)No Sex and the City8 Ways goes to New Yorkby Michaela Di CesareI fear I’ve become that person. You know, that person who’s always talking about the same p…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMPride and prejudiceby Cameryn Moore Last weekend I was out on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, just as I will be by the time anyone reads this, plying my trade, as it were, with the Sidewalk…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMDastardly deeds! Shady Characters! Personal Attacks! Secrets! Lies! Mayhem! An unpredictable ending determined by democratic vote! The U.S. presidential election and The Mystery of Edwin Dro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis week's column discusses the original Off-Broadway cast recording of the infamous Carrie; the new Broadway musical A Christmas Story; and the CD remastering of the 1951 musical Seven…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNicole Parker, whose Broadway credits include Wicked, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and The People in the Picture, goes it solo Oct. 28 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Alice Ripley, Tony nominee Kerry Butler and Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen are part of the sold-out Living for Today benefit, Back to the Drawing Board, Oct. 28 at J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRachel Potter, who is currently portraying the Mistress in the Broadway revival of Evita, makes her Birdland debut Oct. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCast members from the Broadway revival of Evita offer Broadway Scares: Night of the Singing Dead, a Halloween extravaganza to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Oct. 28 at XL Nightcl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWoodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, presents Diane Richards' Sowa's Red Gravy, which officially opens Oct. 28 at the Castillo Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM