Violinist and artistic director Gil Morgensterns acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season on Monday, November 19 at 730pm with Nacht und Trame, Night and Dreams. Celebrati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:21PMForced to stay indoors for Hurricane Sandy, Lauren Molina Sweeney Todd, The Skivvies and Rob Morrison Avenue Q, The Hollows wrote a Hurricane parody on cello and mandolin. Watch it below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company opens its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of the new musical song cycle Stars of David October 17 - November 18 at Philadelphia Theatre Companys home, t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMFinding the mythic echoes of the ancient Greeks in stories about the modern world is not just confined to past greats such as TS Eliot, but is also used by contemporary adapters of old trage…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:01PM
54 Below announces that due to the weather emergency, it will be closed for performances Tuesday, October 30.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:45PMThere’s nothing quite like the pure spirit and shining, happy faces of talented young teens and kids. Provided with a suitable vehicle, namely Godspell, Jr., the vibrant energy of this mos…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:07PMYou've seen the League's announcement that alll of tomorrow Tuesday night's Broadway performances are cancelled. It's important to note that, for Mary Poppins, Newsies and The Lion King at l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMLincoln Center Theater has announced that it has been forced to cancel tomorrow nights Tuesday, October 30 performances of both War Horse in the Vivian Beaumont Theater and Vanya and Sonia a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PMDespite some flaws in the script and pacing issues -- a few scenes needed a swig of Red Bull -- Samuel D. Hunter's 2011 Obie-winning play resonates now more than ever, and the Dobama Theatre…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:00PM
Seattle Mens Chorus SMC is heading to south-of-the-border and other tropical locales this holiday season with Baby, Its Cold Outside. With their unique blend of song, dance and campy comedy,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMThe Washington Stage Guild has been working their way through George Bernard Shaw’s prolific plays and their 26th season includes their 25th presentation of one of his works. Director Bill…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:54PMJust announced is word that NCM Fathom Events has cancelled the Jesus Christ Superstar UK Rock Spectacular events for this evening and Thursday, November 1 due to circumstances beyond our re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMNeil Patrick Harris will direct a new magic-themed show at the Geffen Playhouse that is set to open on Nov. 27. "Nothing to Hide," featuring magicians Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães,…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:41PMThe impact of Sandy won't reach until later tonight, but the Broadway League has announced the cancellation of all Broadway performances for Tuesday, October 30th. As always, safety is a pri…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:40PMAs a result of the suspension of public transportation by government authorities and additional safety precautions implemented due to severe weather on behalf of Hurricane Sandy, all Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PM“Nothing in the world is as amazing as something that is neither clear nor unclear,” marvels a member of director Aaron Posner’s dervish ensemble in The Conference of the Birds, no…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:30PMAs a result of the suspension of public transportation by government authorities and additional safety precautions implemented due to severe weather on behalf of Hurricane Sandy, all Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMRadio City Music Hall announced today that the Radio City Box Office and Stage Door Tour will remain closed tomorrow, October 30 due to Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PMRestoration Comedy is a gleeful, frivolous genre blending a unique crude low-country attitude with the lightness of step and speech that would later come to define Comedy of Manners. And it&…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:00PMThe shutdown is one day longer than the one that followed the 9/11 attacks.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 102912.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMThe screenings of the current U.K. arena touring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, which were scheduled for broadcast to select U.S. cinemas Oct. 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PM
In anticipation of this weekend's Hurricane Sandy weather warning, performances of all Broadway and off-Broadway shows have been canceled for Tuesday, October 30.
"Now that…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMReadying for an expected April 2013 Broadway bow, Jekyll & Hyde stars Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox were on set for a photo shoot to promote the Frank Wildhorn musical, now on tou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:51PMROCKY - The Musical has released its German trailer, featuring leading actors Drew Sarich and Wietske van Tongeren as Rocky and Adrian, as well as Uwe Dreves as Rocky's coach Mickey. Watch i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMIn the spirit of the upcoming 2012 Presidential Election, you cast your vote during the Neverland Primaries last week. The candidates have been narrowed down from ten to two, and now its tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThe Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, announced that all Broadway performances for Tuesday, Oct. 30 have been canceled due to "the suspension of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PMThe Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, announced that all Broadway performances for Tuesday, Oct. 30 have been canceled due to "the suspension of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:41PMAll Broadway shows, already canceled Sunday and Monday evening, are also canceled Tuesday, due to the shut-down of public transportation and to Hurricane Sandy, according to the Broadway Lea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PMHurricane Sandy's trajectory into the mid-Atlantic coast, lashing New Jersey and New York Oct. 28-30, prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to order a mass transit shutdown that…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMRECOMMENDED Ask anyone who their favorite teacher was, and they will always offer an insanely vivid recollection. Usually a cocky but warm blend of personality, intelligence and academic reb…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:30PMThe Broadway League has announced the cancellation of all Broadway performances on Tuesday, October 30 due to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and the government's suspension of public transpo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:30PMPublic Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Brian DArcy James, Richard Thomas, Bryce Pinkham, Jay O. Sanders, Ari Graynor, Katherine Waterston, Emily Young, Oliver Platt, Justin Levine an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMHelene Leonard, Paul Hartman, Ashley NillStages presented Frankenstein Follies, a Halloween musical review @ Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor. The show was Directed and Choreographed by He…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:25PMRiverside Center Dinner Theater presents the timeless family favorite The Sound of Music, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20PMEarlier this year, an unlikely series of events led two of the worlds most gifted sleight-of-hand artists, Derek DelGaudio 2011 Close-Up Magician of the Year and Helder Guimares 2011 Parlour…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMPianist Olga Kern shines as a soloist at The Sheldon Concert Hall.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:16PMAdapted by Christina Calvit from the novel by Jane Austen Featuring Diane Adair, Jane Carr, Chloe Dworkin, Nicholas Hormann, Julia McIlvaine, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Darren Richardson, Jill Ren…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:14PM92Y has cancelled all of tomorrow's events at 92Y Uptown and 92Y Tribeca.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMThe only Tony Award-winning musical to ever proclaim “It Sucks To Be Us” Book by Jeff Whitty Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Directed by Richard Israel Musical Direction b…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:09PM
Showbiz Chicago Podcast With Guest Suzanne Petri from Michael Roberts on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:55PMShowbiz Chicago Podcast With Guest Suzanne Petri from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Suzanne Petri is a Jeff nominated actor who has performed, produced and directed on dozens of Chicago stages i…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:51PM“AliceGraceAnon,” by Kara Lee Corthron, combines the nostalgic aroma of 1960s experimental theater with the gee-whiz spirit of a high school musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:46PMNo announcements have been made as of yet regarding Broadway shows on Tuesday, pending weather conditions. Scroll down for Tuesday cancellations, which we'll be updating as they come in.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMDavid Letterman and Jimmy Fallon are doing their shows without audiences and Jimmy Kimmel, visiting from his home base in sunny Hollywood, canceled a taping in Brooklyn. "The Daily Show" and…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:40PMAnother Monday (Sandy be damned!), another ticket giveaway from JK's TheatreScene! This week, I've got two tickets to the star-studded revival of Golden Boy, set to begin previews on B…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 04:36PMAfter cancelling performances for Sunday and Monday evenings, The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, announced that all Broadway performances for Tues…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:35PMNeil Patrick Harris has some magic up his sleeve. The frequent Tony host and How I Met Your Mother star will direct the magic show Nothing to Hide at the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirba…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PM--> Photo by Charlie WinterThis Halloween, AliveWire Theatrics provides a sepulchral journey to self-discovery with You Will Make a Difference, a collaboratively created show more e…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:24PMAll This Intimacy, a play by Rajiv Joseph (The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo), is about a Columbia professor, Ty (Sean Coe), who is having an affair with three different women. The play f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:19PMThe Colony has declared a fund-raising emergency. A collapse of this midsize company would be a disaster for LA theater in general -- a signal for others to do safe plays with small casts. B…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:17PMOn Friday night, Rosario Dawson hosted a special talkback with girls from the Lower East Side Girls Club, immediately following the first preview performance of Eve Enslers Emotional Creatur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMAT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF SILICON VALLEY Build hasn’t started yet, but the minute you walk into the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse you feel drawn into another world b…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:15PMThe Colony Theatre in Burbank is facing the possibility of imminent closure if the company isn't able to resolve a budgetary shortfall, leaders announced over the weekend.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:11PMAs Hurricane Sandy touches down on the east coast, more closures are being announced in addition to the previously reported Broadway shows and events. The Public has just announced via Twitt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PM
Tony Award winners Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen will play an elderly gay couple living in London's Covent Garden in a six-episode TV series called Vicious Old Queens, according to p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PM Written by Alix Cohen October 27, 2012 Scott Siegel’s Broadway By the Year ended its 2012 season Friday night with a bang. The Town Hall concert was jam packed with showcase a…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:47PMThe Silver Palm Awards are to South Florida's Carbonell Awards as Off-Broadway's Obie Awards are to Broadway's Tonys. The five-year-old Silver Palms have "...no nominees, no winners or loser…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 03:43PMThe current London theater season offers a chance to see some mighty actors up close. Very close.
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 03:42PMFormer Blood Brothers cast members Lyn Paul, Warwick Evans, Mark Hutchinson, Jan Graveson and Sean Jones will return to the West End musical on October 29. The actors will close out the fina…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:39PMLooking back at my post I wrote at the beginning of the year, I was writing about some pretty exciting new shows: Once, Newsies and Evita — all three shows are still going incredibl…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 03:33PMWho knew that Broadway alum Stanley Tucci has a thing for moustaches? The talented actor, who recently appeared in the blockbuster The Hunger Games, took a break from preparing for the impen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PMThe Public Theater has announced that the Oct. 30 performances of Giant, Fun Home, Wild With Happy and the new Richard Nelson play Sorry, which was to begin previews Tuesday, have been cance…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMDue to the effects from Hurricane Sandy, the Tuesday and Wednesday performances of Anything Goes at the DuPont Theatre have been canceled. Performances scheduled Nov. 1-4 will go on as origi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMDecision Tuesday Afternoon on Performance Tomorrow NightThe execs at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, located just off I-95 and just off the waves crashing from Long Island Sound , are ke…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:10PMThe New York Times reports today that America Ferrera will headline the season opener, BETHANY. Laura Marks's world premiere dark comedy exploring the limits of morality, Bethany, directed b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMBroadway's been dark for almost 24 hours, which means we're mostly stuck at home playing on Twitter and wondering if the The Heiress opening night is still happening this Thursday.Since we w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PM
The Huffington Post reports that a host of celebrity guest stars will be visiting the CBS drama series THE GOOD WIFE for its fourth season. Included on the roster will be Dallas Roberts, Ank…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMGolden Globe and Emmy Award winner America Ferrera, best known for her work on the ABC comedy "Ugly Betty," will star in the world premiere of Laura Marks' Bethany, which will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMThe San Francisco Giants won the World Series and a rogue group of fans left the city in a state of disrepair. Crazy times. Mitt Romney's threats notwithstanding, at least we will always hav…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 02:54PMOn Saturday, November 3, watch the livestream of City Council Meeting on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info. The show begins at 5:30pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7:30pm CDT (Houston) / 8:30pm EDT (N…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:52PMMerry. Melodious. Macabre. Three little words that aptly describe the delicious new musical treat at Hartford Stage. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:52PMWarning! Extreme levels of radiation have caused dead tissue to reanimate and come back to life! A zombie outbreak is eminent and the safest course of action is to make your way to the Reist…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:48PMI have now been living and auditioning in New York for two months and I have to say, I find the whole thing simultaneously wildly hilarious and horribly depressing. More than anything though…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:42PM"Argo" just pulled further ahead of "Les Miserables" in the Best Picture race as Christopher Rosen (Huffington Post) switched his vote to become the 11th o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:41PMThe LA Times reports that Kristin Chenoweth is set to appear November 5 at the Rene and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa. The Tony-winning actress will follow that performance wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMTony Award winners Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi will co-star in a new comedy for British ITV, titled "Vicious Old Queens," to be produced by "Family Guy" executive produ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMLast week's poll asked if you think the show will ever make its way to Broadway. Check out the tight results below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMToday in 2009, Finian's Rainbow opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 92 performances. Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMNew Line Theatre, now in its 22nd season, has announced casting for its production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which will begin Feb. 28, 2013, prior to an official …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMWriters’ Theatre continues its season with the Midwest premiere of The Letters by John W. Lowell, directed by Kimberly Senior. The production runs November 13, 2012 – March 3, 201…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:23PMEmmy Award-winner America Ferrera will lead the cast of Laura Marks' Bethany, a production of Women's Project Theater, according to The New York Times. Gaye Taylor Upchurch directs the dark …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMREVIEW: Theater Latté Da's new production of the 1970 Stephen Sondheim musical about marriage has a timeless brilliance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:11PMSince bursting onto Broadway in March, Newsies set and then broke five Nederlander Theatre house records on its way to becoming the best selling new musical of the spring. The show received …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMFull casting has been announced for the West End production of Seussical. Performances begin December 4 at the Arts Theatre, with opening night set for December 6. Directed by Phillip Rowntr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMThe Black Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2013 season. The reprise-heavy slate, entitled Treasures and Tributes, will feature restaging of some of the musical company's most popular hits …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:07PM
London or India? Two young cast members of the RSC's recent Much Ado About Nothing discuss relocating Shakespeare.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:57PMJez Butterworth’s new drama is a wonderful, eerie drama about fishing – for love, for truth, and for fish, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:49PM(This is part of a series of posts coming out of the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ MicroFest USA: KY/TN that happened on October 25-28, 2012.) Knoxville’s home to 300 artists and…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:48PMAs the recent ruckus over Arthur Miller's Salesman demonstrates, literary estates tend to be hugely protective of late authors' texts. But shouldn't a good play be open to fresh interpretati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PMThe Mac, BelfastIn Stacey Gregg's new play for Belfast festival at Queen's, four would-be rock stars spend so much time bickering that it is astonishing their band, Huzzies, ever performs in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMRevisiting And Rethinking Sam Shepard And Patti SmithIn a week where I saw a musical revival at Goodspeed, a touring road show, and a dance event, my favorite going-out experience was an int…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:35PMPlaybill.com reached out to housebound theatre people in New York City and surrounding states to ask what they're doing Oct. 29-30 as Hurricane Sandy lashes the area.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMWebsite here.Read about our origins here.Twitter here.Facebook here.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:35PMIt was a slow weekend for box office results with the flop of "Cloud Atlas."
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 01:30PMThe weather outside is frightful… but the gift giving season has come early to Make Musicals as we roll out The New Musicals Awards and Festivals List! Subscribers to Make Musicals wil…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 01:30PMHammersmith Apollo, LondonIs it laughable for a young, single male to fret that he may never have children? Is the biological clock something that only ticks for women? Russell Kane is alien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMWith the 35th anniversary revival of the beloved Great Depression-era musical Annie in previews, Playbill.com looks back at the original Broadway production, a few notable subsequent staging…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMIn honour of this weekend's Old Vic 24 Hour Plays, Becky Brewis caught up with some alumni to discover the OVNV legacy.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:25PMReeve Carney and Robert Cuccioli, Spider-Man and The Green Goblin respectively, buried the hatchet for one day only to host a special press conference at the Foxwoods Theatre regarding Hallo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMSince moving into the palatial Yorkshire estate on TV’s Downton Abbey, British actor Dan Stevens has gained worldwide heartthrob status—even earning the nickname, “The Down…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM"The internet has always been, and always will be, a magic box."
--Marc AndreessenOne of the difficult things about being abroad is that my production that goes up in the spring is already …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:16PMCritics rarely see the two most significant performances in a play's run – the first preview and closing night. Seeing both, I saw the West Yorkshire Playhouse's production transformed int…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMProducers of West End production Thriller Live have announced they are to launch an ‘academy’ to train up young male performers to appear in the show. The MJ Academy will open on…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:11PMThe National Theatre's award-winning production of War Horse celebrated its fifth anniversary in London Oct. 25 with a special performance at the New London Theatre, Drury Lane. Former c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PM
The Independent (UK) 10/28/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:58PMCate Blanchett, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Hodge, Laurie Metcalf, Imelda Staunton, Michael Sheen and more are among those included in the initial longlist for the 2012 Evening Standards Awards.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMAhead of Blood Brothers' West End closure on 10 November, from today (29 October), former cast members Lyn Paul, Warwick Evans, Mark Hutchinson, Jan Graveson and Sean Jones will rejoin the c…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:54PMThese are colorful characters indeed. And they are played by a versatile ensemble cast, dressed in dazzling costumes, complete with feathers and flowing scarves. Wilson’s African-influence…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:47PMIt isn’t a fairytale, though it may start like one. And it isn’t a tragedy, though it does end like one. It’s a story, and more than that it’s Silver Spring Stage’s fall offering o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46PM“Let me say straight off, I’m a witch,” announces Sowa (Lonette McKee), the Harlem-based protagonist of Diane Richards’ “Sowa’s Red Gravy,” in the p…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:42PMRock band Green Day, whose Grammy Award-winning album "American Idiot" inspired the Broadway musical of the same name, has canceled their remaining 2012 appearances, including the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMThe Seeing Place Theatre 10/27/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:34PMREVIEWED BY: RUSSELL GOELTENBODT Last Friday evening Chicago had the honor of welcoming back legendary singer, actress, director, Barbra Streisand to the United Center. For being such a la…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:33PMMuseum will provide a limited supply of pumpkins or bring your own
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:31PM"How to Be a New Yorker", an Off-Broadway comedy that shows audiences everything they ever needed to know about what it takes to be a real New Yorker, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Tim…
SOURCE: money.cnn.com at 12:29PMTony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and T.R. Knight will appear on the upcoming season of the CBS legal drama "The Good Wife," according to TV Guide.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMToday the full cast is announced for Phyllida Lloyds all female production of Shakespeares Julius Caesar. The cast are Jade Anouka CalpurniaMetellus Cimber, Frances Barber Julius Caesar, Ish…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMDoes Willy Loman Need Protecting? Terry Teachout, writing on WSJ.com: Simon Stone, the resident director of Belvoir St. Theatre, an Australian company, jumped head first into a pail of boili…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:15PM"A Correct Likeness" combines choreography and photography in a new show.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:15PMThe sun’ll come out Tomorrow [or maybe Wednesday} Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow [Thursday latest] There’ll be sun! Eight shows are opening on Broadway in the month of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:13PMThe Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations longlist has just been announced.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM
Full casting has been announced for the forthcoming production of West End premiere of Seussical at the Arts Theatre.
Running from 4 December 2012 to 6 January 2013, the production is being…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMAretha Franklin and another of Americas most legendary singers, Barbra Streisand, came together to celebrate the life and legacy of Marvin Hamlisch, one of the greatest songwriters for stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMSix-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift will co-host The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live Countdown To Music's Biggest Night, along with two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J. Additionally, country s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMSowa’s Red Gravy is an expertly written, wildly entertaining celebration of the tall tales and colorful personalities that make humans so wonderfully unpredictable.
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 11:51AMGuided by the expert hand of director Woodie King, Jr. for the New Federal Theatre, “Sowa’s Red Gravy” is an appealing stew of exaggerated tales that is cause for a fair amount of laug…
SOURCE: Examiner.com at 11:51AMTraining is important. As an actor, even if you disagree with the teachings of your professor, at least you know what won’t work for you. But as any struggling thespian will tell you, …
SOURCE: backstage.com at 11:49AMChesapeake Shakespeare, which was to have concluded its outdoor performance of Richard III last night, has announced that, due to the impending storm and the closure of PFI Historic Park, th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:47AMOpera Theatre of St. Louis announced, on Monday, both a three-year cycle of world premiere operas, and the award of a $1,000,000 challenge grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:43AMNot only has Hurricane Sandy affected Broadway and the New York-area theatre scene, but a mass transit shutdown that began on Sunday night has kept New Yorkers, as well as other theatregoers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMKristin Chenoweth has set dates for several concerts in California, marking the first batch of concert performances for the Tony winner since suffering injuries while on set of The Good Wife…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMFlash mob producer Gary Lloyd talks about how the show fuses different dance forms
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMComplete casting has been announced for The Donmar Warehouse's all-female production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMWhenever a couple’s quarrel unexpectedly crashes its way onto my television screen, I fast-forward. Perhaps I do it because watching lovers fight is awkward. Or perhaps I do it because…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:30AM“I can tell you, after having served for 30 years and having seen the worst conditions around the world, that this is a wonderful country, and it is because of our culture, our opennes…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:21AMJ. Julian ChristopherHometown: I was born and raised in Levittown, Long Island. Actually the first full-length play I wrote was about my experiences living in Levittown. It is an interestin…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:21AMTony Award winner Maryann Plunkett will join violinist Gil Morgenstern for Nacht und Traüme Nov. 19 at WMP Concert Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMThe APOCALYPTOUR Live in Los Angeles DVD will be available Thursday, Nov. 1st. In the meantime, check out the trailer below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMJermyn Street Theatre has announced the cast for its U.K. premiere of the vintage Off-Broadway musical Boy Meets Boy, which will run Nov. 21-Dec. 20 with an official opening Nov. 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMWith December fast approaching, it's the perfect time to take a look back at some memorable LES MISERABLES performances. See Aretha Franklin singing I Dreamed a Dream in 1993, at President B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMNEW YORK (AP) — At a restaurant one recent night, Anthony Warlow posed a rather strange question to some fans.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:05AMIf you subscribe to this blog via email, then you get it delivered to your inbox every night at 8 PM. 8 PM. Get it? Curtain time! Except tonight up and down and on and off Broadway, no c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
On October 15, Barrett Foa appeared at the 12th Les Girls Cabaret at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, performing a spoof of THE BOOK OF MORMON's I Believe - as Mormon presidential candid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMThere are some bonds that even time is not strong enough to dissolve. When three men who have all previously served in the Great World War, find themselves at a Veteran’s old age home, the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:49AMAt its core, multiple Tony-winner and critical darling War Horse rests upon an otherwise unremarkable premise: “Boy befriends horse; Horse gets taken away; Boy and horse struggle to reunit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:47AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending October 28, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $212,257 3,678 71.39% $57.71 ANNIE $703,12…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMWriting musicals is hard. By RSO What comes first, music or lyrics? The answer: the STORY. Writing a musical has more to do with building a house than it does with writing a song, a play, a …
SOURCE: Crazytown at 10:41AMAndrea McArdle sings Tomorrow at the Tony Awards in 1977. The sun will come out tomorrow! Sandy from Space
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:34AM"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" will be broadcast Dec. 5 beginning at 10 PM ET on CBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMMelissa Errico Plays 54 Below Hurricane Sandy or Not: The beautiful Melissa Errico has a sweetness to her that combined with her glorious vocals transports you to another era.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:27AMIn this week's 'School in the Spotlight High School Edition', we head to Minneapolis to learn about the music, theater and visual arts offerings at South High School in Minneapolis
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMZooey Deschanel, the announced star of COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER on Broadway, sang the national anthem at game three of the World Series yesterday. See her performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMHey BroadwayWorld Readers It has been such a pleasure to blog this month for you. Let's tackle one more subject. Auditioning.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMMegan Hilty stars as seasoned actress Ivy Lynn in Smash, the hit US TV series set on Broadway.Hilty is amply qualified for the role, having notched up Broadway credits including Glinda in Wi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:14AMIn an open letter emailed to fans, comedian Louis C.K. confirmed that Sunday night's show at the City Center would be forced to be rescheduled to March 2, 2013 due to Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMMost of New York City (as well as the rest of the Eastern Seaboard) is shut down today as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, and Broadway is no exception. All shows today, Monday, October 29, a…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMLast year I had a contest asking you about theater-related Halloween costumes. Since I enjoyed reading your answers so much and since it's almost Halloween, I'm bringing it back, only this t…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AM
Hurricane Sandy has forced many cultural institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region to close their doors and cancel performances Monday.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:59AMHurricane Sandy Shuts Down 54 Below and Brent Barrett, but T2C Brings One of His Songs To You: Mark Nadler (Nov 4th and 11th), Nicole Parker, David Friedman and Brent Barrett all had to canc…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:53AMHe may have been the demon barber brandishing the cleaver, but Imelda Staunton has been proven stronger than her Sweeney Todd co-star Michael Ball after she beat him to win best performance …
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:50AMDirt. It’s in us, around us. We spend time, money and effort to reduce it or get rid of it. We also produce it. Heaps of trash crowd landfills, and serve as both food and an environmen…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AMHenry Goodman and Imelda Staunton were the big winners at the annual Theatre Awards UK, according to Whats On Stage.Goodman received the coveted Best Performance in a Play honor for his work…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMThere is a point where the marketing no longer matters. In my little world of theatre, my experience has been that once the show is reviewed by the press the impact of direct marketing is re…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:42AMIn Part One of a Six Part Series of behind-the-scene interviews of First Stage’s upcoming production of the hit musical Altar Boyz, Director/Scenic and Costume Designer Steven Royal t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMSadler's Wells, London: It's rare that a triple bill satiates the senses in quite the same fashion as a full-length story ballet. Theories abound as to the perfect combination - connois…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMBaba Israel has announced that he is resigning as artistic director of Contact in Manchester for personal reasons. Israel, who has led the Manchester-based company since June 2009, will leav…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMNicholas Hytner’s National Theatre leads this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist with 22 entries, followed by the Royal Court with 13 nominations.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:20AMI'd waited a long time - much too long, really - for a Kansas City theater company to stage Robert Schenkkan's tragic historical epic, "The Kentucky Cycle."
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 09:20AMEdward Franklin Sharpless (1872-1937), a native of Marion OH, changed his named to Ed Reynard, a.k.a. The Great Reynard, and became in the words of Joe Laurie Jr. a “pioneer” vau…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMThe longlists have been announced for this year's Evening Standard Awards - the curtain-raiser of the theatre awards season that also features the Critics' Circle, Oliviers and our own Whats…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:14AMAfter famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claimsDaniel Day-Lewis has put paid to one of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMAfter famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claims Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMChris Rock will return to his role in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Motherf$%ker with the Hat” for a limited run at L.A. Theatre Works. Six performances will be held from January 31, 2013…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMTom Teasley is not only a brilliant composer, musician, and performer, but he is one of the nicest people in our theatre community. He is full of passion and energy and watching him perform …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe free Oct. 29 Broadway's Future Songbook Series concert, which is presented monthly by Arts and Artists at St. Paul in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMJeffery Roberson – bravely shedding his longtime nom de théâtre, Varla Jean Merman -- plays it straight, if cross-dressed, as the title character of Gian Carlo Menotti's powerful one-ho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Legit News:
City preps for standstill to extend another day
SOURCE: Variety at 08:46AMNew York’s theatres and cinemas have battened down the hatches as the city braces itself for hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:45AMJez Butterworth's new play The River opened in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs last week (read our review round-up here::E8831351513717).
The production - directed by Ian Rickson, who als…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMNEW YORK (AP) -- At a restaurant one recent night, Anthony Warlow posed a rather strange question to some fans....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:30AMAs I head into the second semester of my junior year - horrifying! - I've begun to reflect back upon my college career at Coastal Carolina thus far. As proud as I am, I of course think about…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:30AMOver a period of years, I found that the earned income ratio has lost its place in the pantheon of useful arts management concepts and was rarely discussed by board members or arts managers.…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:20AMCockpit Theatre, London: There may, in the words of one of its songs, be no day but today, but there's no show about yesterday quite like Rent. It's a little time capsule of New Yo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMNew Diorama Theatre, London: The badgers may be winning at Westminster, but in Kieran Lynn's smart little allegory it's bunny rabbits that are facing a farmer's shotgun - and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMJerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London: How do you follow a massive success? Playwright Jez Butterworth has had to face that question twice in his career so far. In 1995, his Mojo was…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMWilton's Music Hall, London: Theatre of the Damned's The Horror! The Horror! is the first site-specific production to be staged within rooms at Wilton's Music Hall while the main a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMOne of the most hotly-anticipated productions of recent times, Jez Butterworth's The River - his first new play since the smash hit Jerusalem - premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:14AMBrian Stokes Mitchell - Simply Broadway (CDBaby)
This Tony Award winner surveys about half a century of musical theater on this solo disc that makes for an often stirring recording, as his …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMRupert Holmes may never fully escape being the singer and author of "The Pina Colada Song," but to musical theater lovers, he holds a firm place in their hearts as the creator of The Mystery…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMLess than four months after an injury on a television location, the singer-actress heads to Orange County to begin a string of California performances.NEW YORK — At Ripley-Grier Studio…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM
Enter our competition for a chance to win a copy of the brand new CD from legendary Barbra Streisand which features 11 previously unreleased songs. We’re giving away five copies of this al…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:56AM(Continued from “The Bomb in the Mind.”) The Ground Zero of the World Trade Center attack shares a designation with the Ground Zero of the Hiroshima bomb — a designation wh…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 07:54AMShakespeare’s Othello is without a doubt a masterwork. Many of the themes – xenophobia, the place of women, jealousy, love, ambition – are certainly just as relevant to today’s Londo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:07AMAre critics wild about "Wild With Happy"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:01AM
Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #69, Jack Pearl, a.k.a Baron Munchausen (for more on him go here). Here’s a clip from his hilarious 1933 film Meet the Baron: To find out mo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:50AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #70, Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge” (for more biographical details go here). Now for your delectation, a sampling of one of hi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:43AMLinbury Studio Theatre, London: Phoenix Dance Theatre's visit to the Linbury Studio Theatre is its first to London since appearing at Sadler's Wells in April 2008. During the past …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMOpera House, Wexford: This year's Delius anniversary - he was born in Bradford in 1862 - has been widely celebrated in the UK, although his operas have largely been left out of the pict…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMAfter the last iteration of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum burned to the ground in 1868, the showman did the unthinkable; he retired. In actuality he was just temporarily down. While …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:35AMBirmingham Royal Ballet’s Autumn Celebration is overpacked but full of energy. From the sprinting dancers of David Bintley’s Faster to the flitting Shakespearean fairies of The Dream, th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:09AMAll Broadway shows were cancelled this Sunday and Monday evening in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, which is currently moving up the eastern coast of the United States, packing winds of mor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMFriday night I went to see Collaboraction's Honey Buns. It was one of those shows. One of those shows that inspires me artistically. A one-clown/mime show that takes the ar…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:01AM
Among this week's major London theatre
openings, in the West End and further afield, are Uncle Vanya starring Ken Stott and Anna Friel, NSFW starring Julian Barratt and Janie Dee, The Kingd…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:44AMThe winners were yesterday (28 October 2012) announced of this year's Theatre Awards UK
(formerly the TMAs), the only awards which specifically address
theatre throughout England, Scot…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:08AMBroadway Sign
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With the closing of the mass transit system in New York City, the theatre world is already feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The Broadway League has relea…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:07AMWith its sad monsters, brave heroines, fairground-style
charlatans, scientists who are medieval alchemists yet lightning conductors of the latest research, The Gothic Imagination, in all …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMOn paper, "Les Miserables" seems like the perfect Oscar movie. With its prestigious source material, all-star cast, period setting and epic scope, the film looks poised to garner a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:01AMThere is nothing quite like a BBC4 documentary to shake you out of your complacency. Take Chas and Dave – Last Orders, for example. I had hitherto been quite happy to dismiss Chas and Dave…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
What He Did For Love, a tribute concert to the late composer Marvin Hamlisch will be presented at DROM tonight, October 29th at 8pm. The concert will feature some of Hamlischs award winning …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFollowing a triumphant opening weekend at Londons 02 Arena, the 21st century re-invention of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation will be holding their inaugural Global Champions of a Mothers Fight Gala Awards Luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in NY today, October 29…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMMcLean Community Players’ production of A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer is beautifully directed by Adriana Hardy, and is a showpiece for young actors whose ability to inhab…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25AMBroadway shows cancelled their Sunday evening performances and all shows have been cancelled for Monday evening as well. No announcements have been made as of yet regarding shows on Tuesday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMI took a train to New York on Friday to see a show on Broadway, then returned to Connecticut and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMJon Vickers and Norman Bailey perform the storm scene from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes at Covent Garden. The conductor is...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies." Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMJD Pardo Finds 'Twilight' in a "Revolution"
Actor JD Pardo stops by the Studio to show off one sparkling resume that includes 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' and the hit NBC drama series …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
With a Sweep, Giants Are Champions Again Andrew Keh in the New York Times: With bristly winds swirling and a World Series championship on the line, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detr…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:51AMReview: Linda Lavin at 54 Below: Linda shined brightly at 54 Below as she was in top form delighting the crowd from beginning to end performing songs from her debut CD "Possibilities" and ot…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:20AMOliver Becker in Red (photo credit: David Cooper)With the huge success of Stones in His Pockets, Marie Jones need never have worked again. But here she comes, this week, with Fly Me To The M…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMRed Flags
Written by LOVE the Poet, Bashi Rose, and Vincent Thomas
Presented by the Baltimore Performance Kitchen at Arena Players through Nov. 4
Red Flags makes a huge wager when the…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMThe Completely Fictional—Utterly True—Final Strange Tale Of Edgar Allan Poe
Written by Stephen Thorne
Directed by Curt Columbus
Through Nov. 25 at Center Stage
As you’re w…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMChicago's major resident theatre devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer and ally (LGBTQA) experience is losing its artistic director. Bonnie Metzgar will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDue to Hurricane Sandy and the suspension of the New York City mass transit system, all Broadway shows have been canceled for Monday evening, Oct. 29, according to The Broadway League. Perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDastardly 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 12:00AMThe current U.K. arena touring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar is broadcast to select U.S. cinemas nationwide Oct. 29 and Nov. 1 at 7:30 PM local …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTroika Entertainment's tour of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story officially opens Oct. 29 at the Clemens Center in Elmira, NY,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe York Theatre Company's memorial service for Broadway director Albert "Albie" Marre, which was scheduled for Oct. 29 at 7 PM at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's, has be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
