According to Deadline.com, Paramount Pictures has moved the release date for The Guilt Trip up to December 19, 2012. It was originally slated to premiere on December 25.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37PMThe Royal Winnipeg Ballet blends dance styles in its adaptation of the classic story about love, absinthe and Toulouse-Lautrec.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:08PMThe comedy “Bad Jews” stars Tracee Chimo as a young woman who is beaten to the punch regarding a family heirloom.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMEarlier today, it was announced by The Broadway League that most shows that were scheduled to perform on Wednesday, October 31st will perform for both the matinee and evening performances. F…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:00PMKatrina. Irene. Sandy. Daphna. Ok, Daphna may not be an actual meteorological storm, but as played by the stupendous Tracee Chimo in Joshua Harmon's disturbingly funny
Bad Jews at the Rounda…
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Christie Brinkley has finally mastered all that jazz.
The world's greatest supermodel (sorry, Gisele, it's true)...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:54PMAnytime anyone says in a voice laced with anxiety, "Did you see the family moving in next door?", you always have an idea of where it's gonna go, right? You know what I'm talking about…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:46PMPeople need to compete and sometimes go to great lengths to do it. A new play imagines a game developer who's in deep.A conversation with Michael Golamco, whose new play "Build" is currently…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:33PMSinger/songwriter, Laury Shelly, recently made her NY solo debut at the Metropolitan Room with “My Time with Legrand”, a tribute to her mentor, Michel Legrand. Laury was living her …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:21PMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO The Hundred Flowers Project, Crowded Fire Theater and Playwrights Foundation. By Sam Hurwitt It doesn’t matter how much I talk about The Hundred Flower…
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FORGET YOUR TROUBLES. COME ON, GET HAPPY. When the lights go up on Wild With Happy, we see Colman Domingo, in cool shades and wearing his best Paris-Is-Burning attitude, speak his opening …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:27PMMost Broadway shows will resume performances on Wednesday after canceling performances earlier in the week due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
"Most shows will go on as schedule…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:24PMHurricane Sandy has had Broadway out of commission for the last few days, as NYC and surrounding areas deal with the devastation. But starting tomorrow, Broadway is back in business. On Wedn…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:21PMTony winner Cady Huffman and real life friend and fellow horror junkie Jose Llana put their bravery to the test when they visited Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House. Now in its ninth year, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:17PMGo ahead, try to hate her. She certainly makes it easy enough for you....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:14PMOh, how it’s raining. Streaming down the windows of the dry goods store, Torrance Mercantile, in the Deep South, where Lady Torrance is marooned in a stiflingly small town and a loveless m…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:05PMMAXWELL COUNTRY: WHERE HEROES ROAM There is only one Richard Maxwell and, in his extraordinarily textured Neutral Hero, he has gone back to his roots. For those of us who have longed for t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:03PMThis morning, Broadway actor, director and choreographer Jacob Brent sent around a note on Facebook that quickly spread through the theatre community and dozens showed up to sing for strande…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00PMI still can't believe this, but my play A Walk Through the End of Time is being performed at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, starring Henry Goodman and Harriet Walter. An estranged coup…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00PMOver the past six years or so, Broadway and off- Broadway fans have had several chances to see the talents of Wayne Alan Wilcox, who currently stars in Chaplin as Sydney Chaplin, broth…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:00PM
We’ve got ya covered for ELECTION NIGHT… SPECIAL ELECTION NIGHT FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 5 PM! Click below for trailer, tix and more… These are the happiest people in …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:58PMThe show must go on…or at least most of them. After a rough two days in New York City, Broadway is roaring back and telling the world you can’t keep the Big Apple down. (And if…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:57PMDespite Melbourne's uncertain spring, Ms TN had a most excellent adventure at the 2012 Melbourne Festival, Brett Sheehy's last before he takes up the reins as AD of the Melbourne Theatre Com…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:40PM2012 Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer recreates his Tony Award winning role in the film adaptation of BARRYMORE, directed amp adapted by rik Canuel, which will be theatrically releas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway production of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE will resume performances tomorrow at the Friedman Theatre 261 West 47th Street. The show will play their regular 2 PM am…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PM54 Below announces that performances will resume on Wednesday, October 31 as previously scheduled. 54 Below is located at 254 West 54th Street Between Broadway amp 8th Avenue.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMWhile a handful of shows including Disney's "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" will skip one more performance, the majority of Broadway productions will be back on the boards after the three…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:11PMThere is a ferocious whirlwind roaring through Roundabout Theatre Company’s Black Box Theatre, and its name is Daphna Feygenbaum, a senior at Vassar College who’s dead serious ab…
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On Wednesday, October 31st, most shows that were scheduled to go on will perform for both the matinee and evening performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMIn the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Wednesday, October 31st performances of the Broadway productions of Mary Poppins and The Lion King have been cancelled. There was no performance of N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMEVITA has just cancelled its 2 p.m. performance for tomorrow, Wednesday, October 31, due to Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMMidtown cabaret venue 54 Below will resume performances on Wednesday, October 31, after having canceled shows due to Hurricane Sandy. The venue will still host Ka'davaret: Broadway&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMMidtown cabaret venue 54 Below will resume performances on Wednesday, October 31, after having canceled shows due to Hurricane Sandy. The venue will still host Ka'davaret: Broadway&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PM54 Below has announced that all performances on Oct. 31, including a concert by Tony Award nominee Melissa Errico, will take place as originally scheduled.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33PMMONKEY BUSINESS Barrel of Monkeys has spent more than 10 years teaching writing workshops at Chicago schools, but they are best known for turning the creative writing from elementary school …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:31PMMandvi talked to us recently about the play and his role as the lawyer.
The post A Comic’s <em>Disgraced</em> Drama: An Interview with Aasif Mandvi appeared first on Slant Maga…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 06:24PMAccording to Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones, Brian Friel's Faith Healer is set to be remounted this winter by its original director, J.R. Sullivan, and featuring the original cas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMJust in case Synetic Theater’s home in Crystal City wasn’t far enough from the center of the city for you, it is about to take a field trip to a truly faraway place: The troupe says it w…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:19PMThe new Broadway revival of "The Heiress," with Jessica Chastain and "Downton Abbey" star Dan Stevens, has the bad luck of opening the same week as Hurricane Sandy's big debut. But despite a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PMThe first preview performance of Mary Rose at Rep Stage tomorrow night – on October 31st and Halloween - has been cancelled. Performances resume their regular schedule on Thursday, Nov…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:08PMMost Broadway shows will resume performances on Wednesday after having canceled performances earlier in the week due to Hurricane Sandy. A complete performance schedule for Broadway shows on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMThe sun will indeed come out tomorrow when some of Broadway's bright lights are re-lit and assorted performances resume following Hurricane Sandy.Broadway performances that will resume on Oc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:03PMJust in from Roundabout - while waiting for the subways to be reopened, you can use your metro card to purchase 20 tickets to see Roundabout Theatre Company's CYRANO de BERGERAC amp THE MYST…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PMDavid Henry Hwang, best known as the author of M. Butterfly and Chinglish, will offer two presentations at Loyola University New Orleans Monday, Nov. 5 in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall…
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EVITA star Ricky Martin, whose antics during Broadway's Saturday Intermission Pics ritual each weekend are followed religiously by fans, Tweeted something new this weekend a picture of himse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left a lasting mark on New York City. A blackout south of 38th Street in Manhattan on Mond…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PMAdditional Performance of One Night With Janis Joplin added Sunday, November 4th at 1:00 PM and First Preview of My Fair Lady on Friday, November 2nd is Cancelled. Due to Hurricane Sandy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:51PMThe Lincoln Center gala concert Simply Broadway with Brian Stokes Mitchell, originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 31 at 700, has been postponed due to Hurricane Sandy and has been resc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PMDisney Theatrical Productions has canceled the Wednesday, October 31 performances of The Lion King and Mary Poppins due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The company hopes to resume perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMDisney Theatrical Productions has canceled the Wednesday, October 31 performances of The Lion King and Mary Poppins due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The company hopes to resume perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMAccording to The New York Times' ArtsBeat blog, a settlement has still not been signed between the producers of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark and former director Julie Taymor.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:41PMThe Broadway League has announced that most shows regularly scheduled to go on Oct. 31 will offer both matinee and evening performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:41PMLast week, the Metropolitan Opera presented Thomas Ades’ “The Tempest,” in a new production that used the opera house as a metaphor for the island in the storm. This week, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:39PMDisney Theatricals has announced that the Oct. 31 performances of Mary Poppins and The Lion King have been canceled as New York City recovers from Hurricane Irene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMIt was 17 years ago that a Chicago production of “Faith Healer,” Brian Friel’s heartbreaking beauty of a play, wowed all those lucky enough to see it — first in a small storefront an…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:24PMAccording to a Facebook post by Emily Drennan, some Broadway performers who are in Midtown and able to get to Times Square are performing impromptu for stranded tourists and to spread a litt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThe cast of Loving Silent Tears on stage at the Shrine Auditorium
Kelly Packard "is well known for her acting work on Baywatch," the emcee in a tux told everyone within earshot Saturday aft…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 05:15PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Bulrusher" by Congo Square Theatre Company ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Bulrusher" by Congo Square Theatre Company ★★½ ... Bulrusher (played by the excell…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:08PMJeffery T. Roberson, better known as his alter ego, Varla Jean Merman, plays a con-artist mystic in a noir-flavored production of “The Medium,” an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMLet's bring jobs back to American shores -- and that includes jobs in running seminars that will show Americans How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse. The UK hit receive a USA adaptation at The…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM3LD Art and Technology Center, Off Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: Weird and random? Pretty much. Creative and one-of-a-kind? For sure.
Described in press notes as “an i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:00PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
"Bad Jews" is a biting comedy in which the grandchildren of a Holocaust survivor observe shiva by fighting over who is most deserving of the religio…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM
Lincoln Center Theater has announced that its three productions will resume performances tomorrow, Wednesday, October 31 WAR HORSE in the Vivian Beaumont Theater and VANYA AND SONIA AND MASH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PM“In the heart of little ol’ New York there runs a thoroughfare; It’s the part of little ol’ New York that runs into Times Square–a ’crazy quilt’ that ’Wall Street Jack’…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 04:58PMActor George Wendt has left the in-rehearsal company of The Odd Couple at the Chicago-area's Northlight Theatre due to medical reasons, the not-for-profit announced on Oct. 30. Marc Grap…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMBrian Stokes Mitchell's October 31 concert has been rescheduled for November 7 due to aftermath from Hurricane Sandy. Titled Simply Broadway, the concert will benefit the Actors Fund and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PMA Christmas Story, The Musical, based on the 1983 movie perennial, announced earlier today that the production has delayed its first preview at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The pr…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:52PMThe producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical have announced that, due to Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, the production has rescheduled the start of performances on Broadway at the Lun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMLA STAGE Times Editor in Chief Deborah Behrens and columnist Don Shirley are nominees for the Los Angeles Press Club's 2102 National Entertainment Journalism Awards. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:35PMA brilliant yet troubled videogame designer conjures an artificial intelligence "robot" of his deceased wife.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:35PMPlaybill.com reached out to housebound theatre people in New York City and surrounding states to ask what they were doing Oct. 29-30 as Hurricane Sandy lashed the area. Here's what we le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMTony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, who is also Chairman of the Board of The Actors Fund, will now launch his five-city tour Nov. 7 (rather than the previously reported Oct. 31) at Alic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMAs 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 04:29PMA huge hit 17 years ago at both the Turnaround and Steppenwolf Theatres, the Chicago production of Brian Friel's Irish drama "Faith Healer" is to be remounted in December, replete with its o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:29PMThe upcoming Broadway production of A Christmas Story, the Musical has announced that it will now begin previews on November 7 so the company has adequate rehearsal time on the stage of the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMAs previously reported, Hurricane Sandy has caused the closure of many events over the past days. Joe's Pub has cancelled its performances for tonight and tomorrow, featuring Ute Lemper.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMJoey is ready to gallop back triumphantly! Lincoln Center Theater's three productions will resume performances on Wednesday, October 31 after canceling performances due to Hurricane Iren…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMNegotiations continue, despite an October 30 deadline set by judge in dispute between show's producers and its former director, Julie Taymor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:20PMPlaywright's piece laments nation turned into 'captive market' where public life exhibits a 'diminution of magnanimity'Plays by Alan Bennett are an event: sold out months ahead and their sub…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:17PMThe second season of the NBC musical series "Smash" will commence Feb. 5, 2013, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PMNBC today announced changes to its 2013 primetime mid-season schedule highlighted by the premieres of three new series, including comedy 1600 Penn, from one of the architects of Modern Famil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMThe New York-based experimental theater company, Elevator Repair Service, will be presenting their highly successful production Gatz at REDCAT late November and early December. The acclaimed…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:13PMDue to Hurricane Sandy, Theatre Communications Group’s website and internet connectivity are currently down. We are working to restore access to the TCG website as soon as possible. If…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:06PMProducers of A Christmas Story, The Musical, which is based on the 1983 movie perennial, announced that the production has delayed its first preview at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMDeception, the new NBC series starring Tony nominee Victor Garber, will begin its run on January 7, 2013, according to Deadline.com. Tony winner John Larroquette will also appear on the seri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left its mark on New York City, and the effects will be felt for days to come. A blackout …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM
Lincoln Center Theater announced Oct. 30 that all three of its productions will resume performances Wednesday, Oct. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PM“You are half of the performance,” Artistic Director Christopher K. Morgan of Christopher K. Morgan & Artists (CKM&A) reminded the audience before his company took the stage for …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:55PMElevator Repair Service adapts 'The Sun Also Rises'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 03:54PMRalphie is going to have to wait a little for that Red Ryder BB gun. A Christmas Story, The Musical has shifted its first preview from November 5 to November 7 due to the aftermath of Hurric…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:52PMThe new comedy 1600 PENN- starring Bill Pullman Independence Day, Jenna Elfman Dharma and Greg and Josh Gad Broadway's The Book of Mormon as a typical American family who just happen to live…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMThe School of Theatre, Television and Film at San Diego University presents PETER PAN amp WENDY from November 16 thru December 2 at the Don Powell Theatre. Check out the production photos be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMFormer The Book of Mormon star Josh Gad is officially moving into the White House this winter. Gad's new NBC comedy 1600 Penn, in which he plays the son of the President of the United St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMThe One-Minute Play Festival & INTAR Theatre present: The New York One-Minute Play Festival of Latino Voices livestreaming direct from INTAR Theatre on #NEWPLAY TV— Watch it live here …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:30PMNBC's Broadway-themed series Smash will begin its second season on February 5, 2013, according to TVLine.com. This season the show will air on Tuesday nights, with the season premiere sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PMThe Gift Theatre, that cultural anchor of the Jefferson Park neighborhood overseen by Michael Patrick Thornton (the actor known to television audiences as Dr. Gabriel Fife on ABC’s “Priv…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:22PMMarc Grapey has replaced the previously announced George Wendt in Northlight Theatre's production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, which runs November 2-December 9 under BJ Jones' direction.W…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:19PM"Glee" star Matthew Morrison celebrates his 34th birthday this week. Playbill.com looks back at his Broadway career so far.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMThe Broadway-infused NBC drama Smash is officially returning to the airwaves beginning on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, according to TVLine.The first episode of the series' second season will b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:02PM
While the scariness of the season may be all too real and in-your-face to East Coast BroadwayWorld readers due to Hurricane Sandy, late October is indeed the most frightening time of the yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMTo celebrate the publication of In the Intersection: Partnerships in the New Play Sector, join HowlRound / The Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College for a conversation with: Dian…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:52PMHere’s Part Six of meeting the cast of The Washington Savoyard’s The Rocky Horror Shows. Today: meet Danny Tippett. My name is Danny Tippett. I appeared most recently in Legally …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PMTheatre Puget Sound handed out the annual Gregory Awards for theater excellence at ACT Theatre on Monday night.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:30PMActor George Wendt was hospitalized Sunday night, and as a result will be leaving his role as Oscar Madison in the Northlight Theatre production of “The Odd Couple” opposite Tim Kazurkin…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:28PMWhen D.C. designer Connie G. Krupin, 56, was a new mom, she used WiteOut to cover up "Baby's First Christmas" in her baby book. She took markers and drew in menorahs and stars. Finally, she …
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 02:27PMSadler’s Wells’ 15th anniversary programme will include a new work by choreographer and dancer Akram Khan inspired by composer Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring. Khan will pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:15PMNBC has decided not to move forward with a spinoff of the hit series "The Office," which is currently in the midst of its final season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM
"Partenope" is pure fun. Boston Baroque realized that a production of "Partenope" should eschew pretensions and embrace an opportunity to perform excellent writing by Handel and to field a c…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:59PMDue to extensive power outages in downtown Manhattan as a result of the hurricane, Vineyard Theatre 108 E. 15 St. in Union Square is cancelling performances of its world-premiere production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMFull casting has been announced for the West End run and subsequent U.K. tour of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Goodnight Mister Tom, which begins performances at the Phoenix …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMEmmy Award winner and practicing illusionist Neil Patrick Harris will direct the Geffen Playhouse's production of Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimaraes' sleight-of-hand-based show Nothing to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PMSecond City legend Anne Libera joins Chicago Ladies in Comedy as guest instructor for the monthly workshop series Breaking the Mold. “PITCHING BETTER PREMISES” This 2 hour active…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:31PMLuna Negra Dance Theater continues its family-oriented winter series, Luna Niños, this season with the second dance “episode” of the adventures of Moniquilla and friends, this year ti…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:25PMThe media are often accused of using a megaphone – we wanted our coverage to be a conversation. Thanks to your participation, that's exactly what happenedIt's over. The curtain has fallen,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:22PMThe Casting Society of America CSA winners were announced last night of the 28th Annual Artios Awards For Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Hosted by Nicole Sullivan, the award ceremony wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe wrath of Hurricane Sandy threw a giant monkey wrench in New York City's public transportation system, with the 108 year-old subway system closed due to massive flooding. Not all the news…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PM“The show must go on”, Brett Abelman of Beltway Drama Series just told us. Their final reading of Election Day Plays 2012: Fresh Plays For People Left Out of the Two-Party Race…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:10PMDavid Melville -- best known as Independent Shakespeare's co-founder, actor and managing director -- has written a musical about an infamous murder that took place near his native turf in En…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:10PMVineyard Theatre, one of thousands of downtown tenants in the shadow of a blackout following the Oct. 29 landfall of Hurricane Sandy, is suspending performances of its world-premiere product…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMHampstead Theatre’s production of Di and Viv and Rose will return to the venue next year, with Tamzin Outhwaite, Gina McKee and Anna Maxwell Martin reprising their original roles. This mar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
The Orphan of Zhao – the story of a boy who is adopted by the killer of his clan – is one of China's oldest plays. Its adaptor for the RSC explains allI was telling a friend the story of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMA group of British East Asian actors, led by the vice-chair of Equity’s ethnic minority committee Daniel York, has called for the Royal Shakespeare Company to host a public forum in respon…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMBen Platt will play awkward, bumbling teen missionary Elder Cunningham in the upcoming Chicago production of The Book of Mormon, the actor announced on his Twitter page. The musical is sched…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMNeil Patrick Harris, a fan of magic since his childhood, will direct Nothing to Hide, a unique theatrical event to feature sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMPodcast with Brenda Didier from Michael Roberts on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:40PMCollaboraction has two blackbox theaters in the Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park available for rent! Spacious, raw, and extremely flexible, our spaces are perfect for intimate plays, r…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:40PMBrenda Didier from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Jeff Award winning director and choreographer, Brenda Dider discusses her new production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe. For more information visit…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38PMI decided to wait to publish this review of Memphis until after Broadway San Jose closed their recent Bay Area premiere of Memphis, because of two reasons: I want you to see shows at Broad…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:38PMProposed changes to the curriculum are a "serious threat" to the future of dance in the UK, according to the man in charge of Sadler's Wells theatre.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:31PMKERRY REID reviews "QED" at Collaboraction Theatre ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "QED" at Collaboraction Theatre ★★½
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:31PMTickets moved so fast for the play that the Rep extended its run even before it opened.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMIn this week's roundup: illustrious actors to star in a new sitcom called Vicious Old Queens, and Fey makes her displeasure known at 'grey-faced men' sounding off about rapeThis week's comed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMArts Council England is cutting 21% of its workforce – more than 100 posts – under its latest organisational restructure. Chief executive Alan Davey has warned that the changes w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PMHugh Grant and Max Mosley were among the guests for the final performance last night (29 October 2012) of Rich Peppiatt's One Rogue Reporter at Soho Theatre.The show, which transferred to So…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:09PMJacqueline Grandt and Neal Grofman in Redtwist’s “Broken Glass.” You know the timeless and classy phrase: “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one and e…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:08PMWhen there’s an event as good as this, there can never be too much said. So here’s another writer’s view on one of the most popular musical happenings. Written By –…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:08PMDevon de MayoHometown: Tustin, California Current Town: Chicago, IllinoisQ: What are you working on now? A: Guerra: A Clown Play - a show that I developed with Seth Bockley and La Piar…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:08PMVanska conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 18.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:04PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterHell is relocated to a Mississippi general store in Tennessee Williams' 1957 drama, a play livid with symbolism and awash with poetry. There is something wild and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMFor the second time straight, CanadianStage has housed the most spectacular show in Toronto.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 10232012 - 10302012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM1. Profanity/slurs
Although profanity has become a lot more widespread in mainstream theater, there are still those who feel uncomfortable hearing "bad" words used on stage. I can understand…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Pride and Prejudice and a re-imagined The Winter's Tale will join the previously announced To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sound of Music to complete London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMThe Skivvies' Oct. 29 Cutting Room concert, celebrating the release of their new single "Hardbody Hoedown," has been rescheduled for Nov. 19. Special guests will include Laura …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMCrucible Theatre, Sheffield: There is a telling exchange in this first major revival since her death last year of Shelagh Delaney's 1950s drama A Taste Of Honey. "Will you stop sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMToday in 2003, Wicked opened at the Gershwin Theatre, where it is still running. Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. Wicked tells the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMFollowing its triumph at Sunday's Theatre Awards UK::E8831351426408, rumours have hotted up that The Go-Between, a
new musical adaptation of LP Hartley's 1953 romantic novel, is West End-bo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:28AMTony Award nominee Nancy Opel will take part in the Noel & Company reading of Entertaining Mr. Sloane, which is scheduled for Nov. 5 at the National Arts Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMCan there ever be too many recordings of Gershwin musicals? For that matter, can there be too many Gershwin musicals? There’s a new Original Broadway Cast album being released today on…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:26AM“Clarence Darrow Tonight!,” the award-winning one-man show created and performed by Laurence Luckinbill, will receive a special benefit performance on Friday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:25AMThe Tony Award-nominated Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked celebrates nine years on Broadway Oct. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMFull casting for the November 30th invitation-only reading of Drew Overcashs new musical Boys Vs. Girls has been announced.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMOrganizers have officially announced the second-annual TEDxBroadway, a daylong conference that brings together leaders in academics, entertainment, marketing and media to discuss the issues …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:01AMAs if this storm wasn’t enough. Tomorrow night, box offices on and off Broadway will face another disaster. This one is called Halloween. Halloween is a horrible night for ticket sal…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
A new work by Olympic opening ceremony dance star Akram Khan will be the centrepiece of a centenary celebration of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite Of Spring.
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:49AMImogen Stubbs knows the work of Tennessee Williams well, following her towering performance as Amanda Wingfield in Shared Experience's Glass Menagerie and Stella in Streetcar in the West End…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:41AMImogen Stubbs looked bashful at the curtain call, as if embarrassed by all the fuss. This may have been because one of her defining moments in a theatre audience was watching Vanessa Redgrav…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:38AMPerformance Begins Wednesday for "Something's Afoot"A spokesman for the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam reported that no damage occured to the theater, which is located on the banks o…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:35AMLondon theatergoers will be able to swoon over Mr. Darcy this summer when an outdoor production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice plays the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Simon R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMNeil Patrick Harris, the Emmy Award-winning star of "How I Met Your Mother," will direct a magic show called "Nothing to Hide" that will feature the sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio a…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23AMHere in Boston we largely dodged the wrath of Hurricane Sandy; but our friends to the south, of course, were not so lucky.At left, a photographer caught a rainbow "touching down" in Manhatta…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:12AMThe current U.K. arena touring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar will be released on DVD in the U.K. next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMTickets for the Winners' Concert for the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards, which takes place on Sunday 17 February at our new venue, the West End’s Palace Theatre, are now on sale.Costing …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:08AMAward-winning performer Miřenka Čechová brings her unique blend of movement style to the American premiere of her newest work, S/he is Nancy Joe in a series of preview performances at t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:08AM"Satchmo at the Waldorf" Performance On TonightLong Wharf Theater, located just off Long Island Sound in New Haven, reports that their facility, which is undergoing interior and exterior …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:05AMJohn Behlmann, Nancy Opel, Marc Vietor, and Paxton Whitehead will star in Noel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:05AMThe Broadway productions of Death of a Salesman, Venus in Fur, and Once were among the winners at the Casting Society of America's 28th Annual Artios Awards, which were held on Monday, Octob…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:05AMKristin Chenoweth will perform a handful of California concerts next month, which will mark her return to performing after being injured on the set of “The Good Wife” this summer. The fi…
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London's Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park has announced its full slate of productions for its 2013 season. Joining the previously announced productions of The Sound of Music and To …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMCrucible, SheffieldShelagh Delaney's play, the work of an unknown working-class 18-year-old from Salford, was a big hit in 1958 and became a source of inspiration to a new generati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMBecause of Hurricane Sandy and the resulting suspension of public transportation, the Met has canceled the Tuesday, October 30 performance of Turandot.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMComplete casting has been announced for the by-invitation-only reading of the new musical Boys Vs. Girls, which will be presented in Manhattan Nov. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMCarnegie Hall today announced that all concerts scheduled for Tuesday, October 30have been postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMThe Ballad of Pondlife McGurk by Rob Evans is an hour-long one man show with a surprising 70s feel. This comes across strongly in the set, which consists of four boxes, four benches and four…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMLike many a printed companion to a play, this column contains spoilers – namely, how dramatists sometimes use programmes to keep audiences in the darkFirst, a warning that this column cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:17AMThe Casting Society of America (CSA) has announced the winners of the 28th annual Artios Awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in casting in film, television and theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #71: Fanny Brice (for her whole story go here). Known best as a comedienne, ironically the song she was most associated with is a tear-jerker. Her…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:09AMJazz musician Don Byron is nothing if not eclectic, but his own playing is always penetrating, challenging, energizing, and his compositions vehicles for both intense exploration and tendern…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:03AMThe elder Dick Henderson (1891-1958) was a British music hall comedian who first came over to play American vaudeville in 1924 and also made several Vitaphone shorts. He is remembered as th…
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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced plans to stage productions of Pride and Prejudice and The Winter’s Tale next year. The two shows will run alongside the previously announced …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMSchool is in full session, family holidays are looming, a nail biting election is imminent (or past), but films are up to the challenge, whether you are looking for art or escape. The Boston…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:57AMAll Broadway performances on Tuesday evening, October 30th have been cancelled. It's expected that shows will resume performances on Wednesday, but we will keep you posted throughout the day…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMGiven each year, in addition to the awards presented to casting directors for their achievements in Theatre, Television, and Film casting, the CSA also gave out the following special awards …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37AMFull casting has been announced for two major forthcoming productions: the transfer of Goodnight Mister Tom at the Phoenix Theatre and the all-female Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse.As…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:37AMInterview: Gareth Machin, the new artistic director of Salisbury Playhouse, talks to Dominic Cavendish about the challenges of running a regional theatre and his bold new project to bring to…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 08:27AMWe’ve got our hands on some tickets to the Royal Court Theatre’s Pussy Riot, an afternoon of discussions about politics, the arts and feminism. Pussy Riot at Royal Court Theatre…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:26AMFree playtext when you book an under 26 £8 ticket for In the Republic of Happiness In the Republic of Happiness By Martin Crimp 6 Dec – 19 Jan at Royal Court Theatre A family Christmas…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMRegents Park Open Air Theatre has today confirmed their complete 2013 season. Pride and Prejudice will follow the previously announced production of To Kill a Mockingbird, whilst The Winters…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
If ever a play proved one can reach the universal through particulars, it's Bill Cain's "How to Write a New Book for the Bible," splendidly executed by …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:13AMRoyal Exchange, Manchester: With his tales of drawling southern belles, thwarted passions and mental fragility, you know what you're getting with Tennessee Williams. All of which makes …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMMarg Helgenberger in Macbeth. Marg Helgenberger in August: Osage County. Marg Helgenberger in Balm in Gilead. While none of those marquees have ever been lit, the Emmy Award-winning actress …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMFor thousands of students on the IU campus this weekend tired feet and tear-filled eyes danced for 36 hours straight (with no breaks) at Indiana University's Dance Marathon (IUDM). Patients…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
LAMDA presents William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet & Much Ado About Nothing at the Riverside Studios 28 November – 6 December This autumn, LAMDA (The London Academy of Music &…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:56AMLegit News:
London venue sets 2013 schedule
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMSoho Theatre Upstairs, London: Young Man, Man and Old Man pick up tools and start digging at a mound of rubble in the middle of the stage. As they lift the tools above their heads in symphon…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMDance venue Sadler's Wells will celebrate its 15th anniversary next year with a programme featuring contributions from all its 15 associate artists.
The season will be marked by three event…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:17AMThree Irishmen in dusty suits – one young, one old, one middle-aged – hack at the rocks and shovel away the pieces on a stark building site. And as they dig, they buttonhole us with tale…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:16AMMTI’s offices will remain closed on Tuesday, October 30 for the safety of our employees in the aftermath of the severe storm that has hit the NYC area. We hope that all of our customer…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 07:09AMColleen Furlan, 19, was eliminated on Monday night’s broadcast of Over the Rainbow, leaving three young woman vying for the role of Dorothy in the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Mirvish production of…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Legit News:
London theater lines up its new season
SOURCE: Variety at 06:59AMThe national tour of the Tony Award-winning best musical Jersey Boys is starting an engagement at the Durham Performing Arts Center on October 30th. To commemorate the occasion, it was my …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46AMStanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds: What a smashing creation, and how thoroughly worthwhile. Ugly Duckling is Northern Ballet's first ballet for young children and whichever adult…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed its complete 2013 season. Pride and Prejudice will follow the previously announced::E8831345035584 production of To Kill a Mockingbird, whilst Th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:38AMLondon's Hampstead Theatre will present Di and Viv and Rose, a new play by Amelia Bullmore that will transfer from its basement Hampstead Downstairs studio to the main house, and the wor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33AMAll Broadway performances have been cancelled for Tuesday, October 30 as New York City remains virtually shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. Broadway had previously cancelled all p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMThe Evening Standard in London has published a "longlist" from which nominees for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards will be selected. This year's event, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10AM"Call Me Adam" once again chats with T. Oliver Reid. This time around we discuss his debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with his new show "Drop Me Off in Harlem" from November 28-December…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AM"Call Me Adam" once again chats with T. Oliver Reid. This time around we discuss his debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with his new show "Drop Me Off in Harlem" from November 28-December…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AM
We're used to complaining about unscripted interruptions – but sometimes the external world can affect a play in a good wayBack in the summer, just at the close of DruidMurphy's devastatin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMBroadway Sign
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With Hurricane Sandy on the way out, New York City is in the dark and at a stand-still. Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League, release…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:55AMTamsin Outhwaite, Gina McKee and Anna Maxwell Martin will star in Di and Viv and Rose at Hampstead Theatre next year, which becomes the first production to transfer from the Downstairs studi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMChekhov's masterpiece comes to the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn, directed by Lindsay Posner and with an all-star cast including Ken Stott, Anna Friel, Samuel West and Laura Carmichael. Com…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:31AMColin Teevan's new play is a rum do, a static and incantatory piece for three actors about Irish navvies, digging up roads and uncovering an Oedipal tragedy of incest, murder, blindness and …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:03AM
LESS ADO IS STILL MUCH ADO Shakespeare’s plays tend to be longer than those of contemporary playwrights, typically running 120-150 minutes. This leads many theatre directors to wonder …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AMNOT SURE WHAT IT IS BUT I LIKE IT Staged in the basement of The Chocolate Factory, with exposed pipes, beams and support columns, the drawbacks of Sibyl Kempson’s wonderfully inventive new…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AMTHE SHTICK MAY DETRACT FROM THE PLAY, BUT JUST TRY TO RIVAL THE ACTORS’ GANG The Rivals (1775), Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s wonderful Comedy of Manners, is a play about pretension; every…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:42AMOn NBCs The Voice, the singers have been through quite a journey thus far.So now, they have come to the Knock-Out Rounds, which are the only obstacle between these contestants and the even m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19AMHartford Courant columnist Frank Rizzo recently suggested an interesting subscription alternative, MyStage Accounts, that is something akin to the flex subscription or monthly membership pas…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:02AM
Once, Death of a Salesman and more are among the winners for the Casting Society of America's Artios Awards. The accolades honor outstanding achievement in casting. The New York ceremony…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47AMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left its mark on New York City, and the effects will be felt for days to come. A blackout …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31AMFirst produced in 1985, Weekend Comedy now appears dated and trite. There's enough humor in the one-liners and verbal jousting, though, to make the play reasonably entertaining, despite the…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:07AMWhy We Must CareAn election is coming and it could hurtby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIt was an awful time. Ronald Reagan was president and Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney were prime ministers…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBrynn O'Malley, who plays Grace Farrell in the Broadway revival of Annie at the Palace Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original Broadway cast recording of the Tony-winning new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, which was released digitally Sept. 25, arrives on CD Oct. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe North Shore Music Theatre's production of the classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls plays the Massachusetts venue Oct. 30-Nov. 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere reading of A View of the Mountains, a new work by A Walk in the Woods author Lee Blessing, kicks off Pasadena Playhouse's 2012-13 season of its "Hothouse at the P…
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 12:00AMTony winner Betty Buckley, who just concluded a month-long run at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with her new show The Other Woman: The Vixens of Broadway, begins a week's engagement a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Regional 'Vibrator' takes play honor
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMMichael Shannon and Ed Asner talk about their roles in the play “Grace,” on Broadway. It’s a gripping dark comedy, written by Craig Wright, that asks: are we in control of our lives…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMWe’ll be bringing you continuing coverage of Hurricane Sandy as the storm moves through our area. Then Michael Shannon and Ed Asner discuss their roles in the new Broadway play “Grace.�…
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