People have been asking for a reprise of a Hub Review tradition - our list of "scary movies for smart people." It's almost too late to watch one of these on Hallowe'en, of co…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:59PMIt is an embarrassment of riches this week, readers! On Monday, the contest for tickets to Golden Boy started (click HERE to enter that one, by Friday, November 2nd). And today, …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:29PMThe New Kid on Broadway A Christmas Story, The Musical Postphones First Preview Until November 7th Due due to Hurricane Sandy: A Christmas Story, The Musical has announced that, due to Hurri…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:25PMAn acclaimed young playwright explores elemental emotions amidst a housing project in the Louisiana bayou.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:24PMIt 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…
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Yale Repertory Theatre, in a co-production with American Repertory Theater, presents the world premiere of Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi, directed by Rebecca Taichman. Marie Antoinette wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56PMYale Repertory Theatre, in a co-production with American Repertory Theater, presents the world premiere of Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi, directed by Rebecca Taichman. Marie Antoinette wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43PMThe famous count could not have a more theatrical pedigree if he tried. The great actor-manager Henry Irving – tall, preternaturally thin, with a fixed glare (due, apparently, to extreme m…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:28PMAs a Halloween treat, 41 pupils from Holmleigh Primary School, Stamford Hill, Hackney, got to play flesh-eating zombies for real today - on stage in the West End. Watch a video from the even…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMToday I had a meeting at an Early Voting Location. Now, I had already voted on Monday (and got to meet Debbie Wasserman Schultz), so I was just going into this place for a meeting. On my way…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 08:15PMScott Alan sent out a newsletter today announcing that due to Hurricane Sandy, he has been stranded in London where he has just finished recording tracks for the upcoming 'Special Edition' v…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PMThis is an odd, interesting piece, and despite the sluggish feel to the center of the show, you may find it’s worked its way into your head and provides thoughtful reflection long after th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:05PMAs the weakening super storm moves west, the lights are blazing again on the Great White Way after several days of closures and perhaps $5 million in lost revenue.NEW YORK – Sandy dimm…
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The new musical comedy Bring It On The Musical produced by Universal Pictures Stage ProductionsGlenn Ross, Beacon CommunicationsArmyan Bernstein and Charlie Lyons and Executive Producers Kri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:55PMFans have revealed the first image from London Theatre's THE BODYGUARD - MUSICAL, starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:49PMWednesday, October 31, 2012 The five-time Tony Award-nominated musical ROCK OF AGES, which recently celebrated its 1500th New York performance and is currently the 61st Longest Running Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:26PMThis Holiday Season, Provision Theater Company, 1001 W. Roosevelt Road, is bringing back their original musical based on the award winning children’s book, THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JO…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:19PMOpening Night is Monday, November 12 at 645 pm for the Lincoln Center Theater production of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a new play by Christopher Durang, directed by Nicholas Martin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PM Begin the holiday season with the joyous and magical Midwest Ballet Theatre as they present their highly acclaimed annual production of Tchaikovsky’s classic, “The Nutcracker.” A hol…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:14PMOn the Thursday, Nov. 1st edition of the nationally-syndicated talk show, KATIE, Katie Couric, who's been known to belt out a show tune or two herself on occasion, sits down with the new Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMTough-ticket hits like "The Book of Mormon" are sold out as always, but many shows are offering special post-hurricane deals to lure patrons while NYC transport remains patchy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:04PMConceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, GODSPELL is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time. Dire…
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The producers of the Tony Award winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT have announced a special post-hurricane rush ticket offer for performances on Wednesday, October 31, Thursd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMWhile the lights on Broadway went dark on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, all Broadway plays will return to their normal performance schedule Thursday and some shows are offering "…
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:56PMWhile both limited rail and subway service is being restored on a line by line and branch by branch basis, the work to restore full service on the commuter rail and subway network is ongoing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMWhile the job market is slowly improving, students and professionals are still facing an uncertain future when it comes to navigating a potentially rocky career path. Vault.com, the source f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:41PMThey’re a couple of old pals, playing, well a couple of old pals. Second City alums George Wendt and Tim Kazurinksy have “come home” to star in Simon’s classic comedy, “The Odd Cou…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:36PMJane Kaczmarek and Culture Clash's Herbert Siguenza are set to host the 2012 Ovation Awards on November 18 at the historic Los Angeles Theatre in downtown LA. Presenters are announced as wel…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:34PMDue to Hurricane Sandy, DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new Broadway comedy, will now begin previews on Monday, November 5 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. The delay of one performance will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMI’m all for poetry and magic in the theater; they are essential ingredients of the art form. But when both the language and the mysticism are so mannered and self-conscious that they start…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:32PMThe Den Theatre is thrilled to present a remount of TurnAround Theatre’s original hit production of Brian Friel’s FAITH HEALER, 17 years after the critically acclaimed show played …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:30PMAs of tomorrow, Thursday, November 1st, all Broadway shows are back up and running and all regular schedules have been resumed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22PMFamily values have never been so hotly contested as in Joshua Harmon’s new off-Broadway comedy, Bad Jews. The show’s four young stars took a break from their onstage brawl to exp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMTelevision and stage star Jane Kaczmarek and Culture Clash co-founder/actor/writer Herbert Siguenza will host the 2012 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 12, 2012 …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:17PMIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the producers of Broadways CHAPLIN have announced a special buy one get one free offer for tickets at every price level for performances tonight at 730PM, Thu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMRegardless of discipline or geographical location, we all come to know this about show business: without friends in the right places, it can be difficult to advance your career. The need for…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:13PMSand spills from a jug held by a whirling woman. Sand sluices over the still, prone body of a man. Sand cascades from dozens of plastic bags that dangle in the air like broken hourglasses. A…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:13PMProducers of Theresa Rebeck's comedy Dead Accounts, starring Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz, have announced that the production which was originally to begin previews Nov. 3, will now…
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The November 1 broadcast of Katie will devote the entire hour to ANNIE, now in previews on Broadway. The broadcast will include interviews with stars Katie Finneran Miss Hannigan, Anthony Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMThe first preview performance of Theresa Rebeck’s new Brodway comedy Dead Accounts, which stars Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz, has been moved back two days to November 5 due to the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMProducers of the new Broadway musical Chaplin, based on the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, have announced a special "buy one get one free" ticket offer for performances Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:52PMTheresa Rebeck's family comedy Dead Accounts will now begin previews at the Music Box Theatre on Monday November 5, instead of Saturday, November 3, due to complications due to Hurricane Sa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:48PMDue to Hurricane Sandy, DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new Broadway comedy, will now begin previews on Monday, November 5 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). The delay of one performance wi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:43PMThe Broadway League announced that most shows regularly scheduled to go on Oct. 31 will offer both matinee and evening performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PM“Mies Julie,” a South African adaptation of Strindberg’s play and a critical hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is having its American premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMThe new Broadway production of the Tony Award winning play The Heiress began previews on October 6th and will open tomorrow night. We've got a first look at a video montage of scenes from th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMWith the election looming Andy meditates on America and some shows he saw over the past few months.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:38PMThe Broadway League has announced that all Broadway shows will resume their regular performance schedules on Thursday, November 1.All shows cancelled performances on Monday, October 29 and T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:35PMWe're pretty proud of our series of Broadway-inspired DIY Halloween costumes, but we have to admit that we've been bested…and by a jock no less! Paralympic ski racer Josh Sundquist is goin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:34PMThough more popular in California and the Southwest than in New England, Day of the Dead observances celebrating the Mexican holiday’s traditions and heritage are being sponsored by mercha…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:32PMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, has left a lasting mark on New York City this week. A blackout south of 38th Street in M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMEvery week, theater fans look to Broadway.com for the best and most entertaining stage-related video features available anywhere. This week's most-watched videos include a laugh-filled d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, October 31, 2012 New York Theatre is Back! Updated Performance Schedule for Shows On & Off Broadway Boneaubryanbrown.com/blog Many of New …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:28PMThe slight narrative of “Mojo,” from the British troupe Theater-Rites, is about a girl growing up, told through the appearance of different-size puppets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMThe Broadway productions of Newsies, Mary Poppins and The Lion King are scheduled to resume their normal performance schedule tomorrow night Thursday, November 1st. For tickets and informati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMThe Boston Ballet is treating its fans to a Halloween deal with slashed prices to the final four performances of its 2012 Fall Program. For one day only, tickets that originally cost between…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:23PMDisney appropriately chose Halloween to unveil its first poster for Sam Raimi's film, Oz: The Great and Powerful, which is due out on March 8.The film, based loosely on the work of author Fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PMThe November 1 broadcast of “Katie” will devote the entire hour to ANNIE, now in previews on Broadway. The broadcast will include interviews with stars Katie Finneran (Miss Hannigan), …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:12PMAs the fall season gets into full swing, great theater is happening all across the USA! This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights the California world premiere of a musical penned by th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMCornerstone Theater brings its Hunger Cycle to Inglewood for the premiere of Seed, Sigrid Gilmer's play set among LA's urban farms -- but with elements of magic and surrealism, says director…
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“The show must go on,” said the entertainment business, and for the most part it did: Most of the Great White Way was open for business yesterday, while other major institutions simply r…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 04:59PMKristen Sollek, David Trudgen, Amanda Forsythe, Andrew Garland and Owen Willetts let rip.I'm late with my thoughts on Partenope, from Boston Baroque - when I would generally have run for the…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:50PMAcademy Award nominee Jessica Chastain undergoing a drastic transformation as the painfully shy Catherine Sloper in The Heiress, alongside Dan Stevens, David Strathairn and Judith Ivey. Get …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:49PMWhile the lights on Broadway went dark on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, most Broadway shows returned back to their normal schedules Wednesday afternoon and some shows are offering &q…
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:47PMAll Broadway shows will be back in action on November 1 as Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Glengarry Glen Ross ,The Lion King and Mary Poppins, resume performances, after …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMSon of a Gun, the new folk rock musical about a complicated father-son relationship, has delayed its first preview performance by one day due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. As a result…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMOriginal cast member Stephen Bienskie is set to return as serial killer Buffalo Bill in Off-Broadway’s smash hit SILENCE! The Musical Halloween night at the new Elektra Theatre in Times Sq…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMJoseph P. Benincasa, president and CEO of The Actors Fund, issued a statement Oct. 31 following the events surrounding Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMDisney Theatricals has announced that its productions of Newsies, Mary Poppins and The Lion King will resume Broadway performances Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe Boston Ballet is treating its fans to a Halloween deal with slashed prices to the final four performances of its 2012 Fall Program. For one day only, tickets that originally cost between…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:32PMTHEATER REVIEW: Down & Derby by The New Colony ★★★
The entrance to the Red Tape Theatre in Lakeview was guarded Tuesday night by a rather foreboding young woman dressed as…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:32PMI’m taking a pause from my chronicling of Golden Age Wonder Woman stories for a little while, for a couple of reasons. You’d think all the zaniness of the 1940s William Moulton Marston s…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:31PMTheater Resources Unlimited TRU, now celebrating its 21st year as a not-for-profit service organization, has announced a lineup of Broadway stars performing at their annual TRU Love Benefit,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMIt's the time of year for pulling out those scream queen and gore-fest flicks, which left us asking as we reviewed our collection: Does anyone do big screen horror better than theater folks?…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, will begin preview performances on Tuesday, October 23, 2013 - prior to it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMCHICAGO has announced that performances will resume at the Ambassador Theatre 219 West 49th Street beginning Thursday, November 1 at 8 p.m.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMThe Tectonic Theater Project's Laramie Cycle, John Turturro in The Master Builder and the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Julius Caesar will be presented as part of the Wint…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PMChicago Loop Alliance (CLA) presents a pre-election Thirst/3st exhibit of 50 hybrid images of President Barack Obama as its final Pop-Up Art Loop show at the iconic Inland Steel Buildin…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:22PMIn TRIPLE THREAT, when Sammy moves to New York to pursue her dreams of acting she uncovers some dark secret about the business. Written by Perry Sherman with direction from Sherman and Prest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of MURDER BALLAD, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, will begin previews tonight at 7:30 PM in preparation …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:20PMThe producers of the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It are offering a discount ticket offer to residents of no less than 14 states affected by Hurricane Sandy for performances Oct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in an upcoming biopic on Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Sherlock director Paul McGuigan has also signed on for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMThe Montrose Room located at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont welcomes back the Neverly Brothers on Friday, November 30. Band members Kevin Giragosian on vocals, guitar…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:08PMTony Cenicola/The New York Times New York Times, Arts & Leisure October 26, 2012 Clémence Poésy’s Broadway Debut in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ By STEVEN McELROY CLÉMENCE POÉSY didn�…
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The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK’s National Theatre Live – produced by Northwestern alum David Sabel – to exhibit live stage performances beamed to Chic…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:57PMA complicated father and son relationship is at the center of the new folk musical Son of a Gun. The off-Broadway premiere, starring American Idiot's Van Hughes and Hair's Ryan Link,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMTo aid theatregoers hoping to catch an Off-Broadway production the evening of Oct. 31, Playbill.com has compiled a selection of shows that are and are not playing following Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMTheater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:46PMMegan McGinnis has spent a large chunk of the past few years touring around America in Daddy Long Legs, and now the John Caird/Paul Gordon musical two-hander is touching down at London&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PMOff-Broadway’s sellout sensation SILENCE! THE MUSICAL is celebrating Halloween with special combo package deals for all performances through this Sunday, November 4th at the new Elektra Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMDirector Aaron Posner has done a lot of noteworthy work for the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC, but his visionary production of The Conference of the Birds moves his work in a new and unex…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:40PMLocked out since Oct. 21, the musicians voted unanimously not to accept management's most recent contract offer.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:40PMStage director John Langs has been appointed to the new full-time post of associate artistic director at ACT Theatre in Seattle. Langs will join ACT in January 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:37PMBroadway took the old adage "The Show Must Go On" to heart on Wednesday, October 31, when most shows resumed performances following a two-day shut-down caused by Hurricane Sandy.L
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMDue to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the subsequent transportation shutdown, the Meat Loaf concert scheduled for Thursday, November 1 at the Beacon Theatre has been postponed. Fans a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMThis is an extremely funny play, in spite of the implicit subject matter: suburban racism (in 1959) and even a non-violent version of ethnic cleansing (when the same neighborhood gentrifies …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:32PMSon of a Gun, a contemporary folk rock musical developed with the O’Neill Theater Center, Joe’s Pub and The Drama League, will make its Off-Broadway debut Nov. 2 rather than the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMFollowing canceled performances Oct. 28-30, the Tony-winning revival of Chicago will resume performances Nov. 1 at 8 PM at the Ambassador Theatre (219 West 49th Street).
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMThe play is staged on a visually interesting, abstract set, fitting for the subject matter: a diagonal pattern covers the floor, tall stone arches stand upstage, and an asymmetrical structur…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:21PMArtist Robert Karimi has created an interactive performance piece using the cultural connections of meal time.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:21PMIn celebration of the 2nd ANNUAL AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION HERO DOG AWARDSTM, which will premiere on Hallmark Channel November 8, 2012 at 800 pm ETPT, the network announced today a special…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMThe Theatre Department at Columbia College in Chicago will present Bertolt Brecht's THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI on November 7-17. BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the promo trailer
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMAs much of lower Manhattan remains without power in the days after Hurricane Sandy, many off-Broadway theaters have canceled their October 31 performances.
The following off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:17PMNEW YORK—The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since superstorm Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city still wracked by power-out…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:16PMLaura Osnes, Kerry Butler and Andrea McArdle are set to lead Theater Resources Unlimited’s benefit concert Making the Impossible Possible! on November 11 at Lucky Cheng’s. This y…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:16PMHurricane Sandy has caused the cancellation of much of New York's theatre over the past few days. While most shows on Broadway are returning to their normal performance schedules beginning t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMIt’s Halloween! And to get you in the spirit of giving—candy, that is, we put together a list of ten spook-filled Broadway musicals. These shows take you to a different world filled with…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:12PMWithout making any major revisions in the music or text, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and director Bonnie J. Monte have given us a dramatically compelling, deeply moving, and satisf…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:06PMBAM has announced its Winter/Spring 2013 programming.Theatrical highlights include the U.S. premiere of The Suit, a drama about troubled relationship in 1950s Johannesburg, adapted and direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe word is out, the reviews are in, and the buzz is good. You have just finished bowing before your audience, and you're on top of the world! Yes, those moments after a show opening can be …
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ANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award®-winning musical, is now in previews and opens Thursday, November 8 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). The production has been …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:55PMA free family-friendly Festival and Opera is being staged at El Pueblo on Saturday, November 3, 2012 to celebrate the opening of Siqueiros’ Masterpiece América Tropical. Eighty years afte…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PMSKOKIE, Ill.—Chest pains will keep actor George Wendt from performing as Oscar Madison in a Chicago-area production of "The Odd Couple.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:51PMFrom honors for Boston jazz heroes to many flavors of the "Spanish tinge", it's an eventful month, especially for NEC's 40-year-old Contemporary Improvisation department and the annual John …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:43PMIf Hurricane Sandy didn’t wash away your libido, then Broadway has the perfect outlet for your Sandy-stemmed frustrations: porn star Cheyenne Jackson in tight leather! In a just-r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMMaybe, if someone never saw the revelatory Cherry Jones in the 1995 revival of "The Heiress," well, maybe the one now starring Jessica Chastain would make the 1947 drama by Ruth and Augustus…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:33PMI've lately -- and embarrassingly belatedly -- become hooked on The Voice, NBC's singing show which asks celebrity judges from the music world like Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green to pic…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 02:32PMDoubt - American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron is offering $15 industry tickets to the final weekend of performances on Thursday, November 1 at 7:30PM and Friday, November 2 at 2PM. Must pr…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:31PMWhile many of you might still be stuck at home in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, that's no reason not to enjoy Halloween from the comfort of your computer chair (provided you still have electr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMThe friggin’ blog ate 3/4 of my post as a I published it a few minutes ago. Here it is in its entirety. I walked into work and back again today, an hour plus each way — and are m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:25PMGretchen Mol stars as a mother trying to make ends meet in the New Group production of Francine Volpe's psychological thriller The Good Mother, which begins Off-Broadway previews Oct. 31…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMJohn DiFusco has created a solo show, The Long Way Home -- Reflections on the Tracers Journey, about how he and other Vietnam vets transformed their stories into the acclaimed drama Tracers.…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:23PMNew Diorama, LondonKieran Lynn recently had a success at the Finborough with An Incident at the Border, and here's one he made earlier, produced by Exeter's thriving Bike Shed theatre. You c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:21PMBroadway has been home to a host of vibrant characters this year—and what better way to pay homage to them than dressing as your favorite this Halloween? From historical figures like E…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:19PMGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that beginning this afternoon, both Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad will begin to provide limited service on part of their respective networ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMIf you've already traveled to Halloween parties by bubble as Glinda and sung high E's as Christine Daae, it's time to consider a hot new Broadway costume. This year, Broadway.com…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PM TONIGHT! JAPANEMA Screening – Wednesday, October 31, 2012 The Guys Who Put Money on Me ©1962 Nikkatsu Corporation Wednesday, October 31st 7:00pm “The Guys Who Put Money on…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:07PMHere’s Part Seven of meeting the cast of The Washington Savoyard’s The Rocky Horror Shows. Today: meet Chad W. Fornwalt. I am Chad W. Fornwalt (Brad). I am happy to be working w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:06PMThe Public Theater has released a statement reads that as of noon today, October 31, The Public Theater is still without power. The building remains closed, including the box office and admi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMWhat's the right way to do Chekhov? With lace tablecloths and endless cups of tea – or a blast of Nirvana? Stars from three new productions, including Anna Friel and Ken Stott, talk to Ste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM
Hurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, has left a lasting mark on New York City this week. A blackout south of 38th Street in M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMThe New York City premiere of The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter's character study of a housebound, morbidly obese man, resumes performances 7:30 PM Oct. 31 following canceled performances on S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMStage and screen star Benedict Cumberbatch will team up with Sherlock director Paul McGuigan and screenwriter Todd Graff for a forthcoming biopic about Brain Epstein, the manager of The Beat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many shows on and Off Broadway are resuming performances today. Here is our updated listing: ANNIE at the Palace Theatre 2 PM & 8 PM performances BAD JE…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:50PMStage Wright, the student theater organization at Wright College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, is pleased to announce the opening night of “Inspecting Carol” on Friday, November …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:44PMThe producers of the new Broadway romantic comedy THE PERFORMERS are offering 29.50 tickets for the best available seats for 8PM performances on Wednesday, October 31 and Thursday, November …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThis year’s Kenneth Tynan Award, which recognises dramaturgy in theatre and dance, has been presented to Ruth Little, for her work on Desh by the Akram Khan Company. The Dramaturgs’ Netw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:42PMThe new Broadway production of the Tony Award winning play The Heiress began previews on October 6th. Though Hurricane Sandy caused many Broadway closures over the past several days, the sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMDavid Margulies, Frances Sternhagen and Maria Tucci will take part in the Westport Country Playhouse's Nov. 12 Script in Hand reading of Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro's Over the Riv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMStage and screen star Anne Hathaway will host the November 10 edition of NBC's hit show, Saturday Night Live, according to EW.com. Rihanna will be the evening's musical guest.She starred in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMHannah Elless (Broadway's Godspell), who plays drums and numerous characters in Off-Broadway's The Other Josh Cohen, shares an untypical day at the theatre. She documented her experi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMLiner Hotel, Liverpool: The sailor-suited promotions girls from the agency were on hand to provide a nautical welcome in this cruise ship style theme hotel in the heart of the great city of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:26PMFrom the Woman in Black to killers in thrillers, theatre has plenty of characters that shock – but it takes Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth to well and truly terrify • Spoiler alert: this blo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMWestport Country Playhouse has announced the cast for its Script in Hand reading of Over the River and Through the Woods by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro, to take place on Monday November 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:11PMBill Hanneys award winning North Shore Music Theatre presents GUYS AND DOLLS opening October 30, and playing through Sunday, November 11. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMJosh Gad just can’t fit in anywhere, can he? The former Book of Mormon star plays yet another daydreaming misfit on NBC’s upcoming political comedy 1600 Penn, which follows a dys…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm when 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 Mo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMAdam HahnHometown: Burlington, IACurrent Town: Los Angeles Q: Tell me about Kong.A: KONG: A Goddamn Thirty-Foot Gorilla started as a project in a class on adaptation in the Hollins Playwri…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:00PM
Broadway is back in business on October 31, and what better way to celebrate than a sing-along in Times Square? Annie headliner Lilla Crawford led a group of Broadway stars in an a cappella …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMNBC has announced that on November 10th, Academy Award-nominee Anne Hathaway will make her third SNL hosting appearance. Hathaway will next be seen in the feature film re-adaptation, Les Mis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMMany of New York’s best shows on and off Broadway return today. Below is a breakdown of the performance schedule for today: ANNIE at the Palace Theatre 2 PM & 8 PM performances BAD JEW…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:51PMIf you're still looking for a last-minute Halloween costume, you might want to consider trying to replicate this rather simple outfit that
Cheyenne Jackson wears in one scene of the new Broa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:49PMThe producers of the new Broadway romantic comedy The Performers are offering $29.50 tickets for the best available seats for 8 PM performances Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMby Aislinn Rose I recently had a conversation with four of the seven Ontario candidates we are endorsing in the current CAEA elections. Voting continues today until 5pm PT. In attendance: Hu…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:43PMAcademy Award nominee Anne Hathaway will host Saturday Night Live on November 10, alongside musical guest Rihanna. This marks the third time Hathaway, who will star as Fantine in the forthco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMToday in 2010, The Scottsboro Boys opened at the Lyceum Theatre, where it ran for 49 performances. The Scottsboro Boys is a musical with a book by David Thompson, music by John Kander and ly…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage Company, located on East 13th Street, is among the theatres affected by the blackout that has kept a large portion of Manhattan dark the past two days. As a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMSince the dawn of time, Man has told tales of horror and devastation. Perhaps they serve as a warning. Perhaps they draw a community together. Or maybe people just have a collective need to …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 12:32PMAnne Hathaway, the stage and screen star who will be seen as Fantine in the upcoming movie version of "Les Miserables," will make her third appearance hosting "Saturday Night …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMEmmy winner America Ferrera has been tapped to star in Bethany, a dark comedy from playwright Laura Marks that will kick off the Women’s Project Theater’s new season, according t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMBroadway is the best place outside of Comic-Con to grab inspiration for a Halloween get-up, but we're aware that not everyone has access to Evita's dress or costumer Susan Hilferty's budget.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMBroadway is the best place outside of Comic-Con to grab inspiration for a Halloween get-up, but we're aware that not everyone has access to Evita's dress or costumer Susan Hilferty's budget.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMBroadway is the best place outside of Comic-Con to grab inspiration for a Halloween get-up, but we're aware that not everyone has access to Evita's dress or costumer Susan Hilferty's budget.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMBroadway is the best place outside of Comic-Con to grab inspiration for a Halloween get-up, but we're aware that not everyone has access to Evita's dress or costumer Susan Hilferty's budget.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PMAugust Wilson’s family drama The Piano Lesson will begin performances at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center on October 31. The production, which was originally sched…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMThe pianist has recorded "The Well-Tempered Clavier" more than 20 years after his first effort.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:08PMThe Public Theater, located on Lafayette Street, is still affected by the power outage that has kept much of lower Manhattan in the dark. A representative for the company informed Playbill.c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMArts organisations across England and Wales are receiving 40% less regular funding from councils than last year, a recent report has claimed. Arts Development UK has claimed in its annual su…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMThe Public Theater, located on Lafayette Street, is still affected by the power outage that has kept much of lower Manhattan in the dark. The company is keeping patrons posted as to whether …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMA conversation with my dad from this past weekend:Dad: "You need to be prepping for the hurricane. Alexis, I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation. Broadway is going to clo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Most Broadway shows will offer both matinee and evening performances beginning today after being closed October 28-30 due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. See a complete list of shows that…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:59AMWhat makes things real? What makes a story? Ellen Carr investigates the theatre phenomenon that is Hugh Hughes: alter-ego, online storyteller and spectacle game player.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:38AMProject Shaw will present George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion on Monday, November 19 at 7pm at The Players Club. David Staller will direct.Pygmalion follows the comic story of Henry Higgins, a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMThough there was no performance, Oct. 30 marked the 9th anniversary of the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked on Broadway. In honor of this milestone, Playbill.com offers a look …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMJust about three years ago, I wrote a column about Broadway's vanishing family musical. Oh, sure, "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" were still packing in the young and the restles…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 11:34AMStephen Bienskie, who originated the role of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the hit Off-Broadway production of Silence! The Musical, will return to that role beginning tonight, October 31, at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AMStage and screen star Grant Gustin will join the cast of the CW's drama series 90210 for a multi-episode arc as Campbell, a hunky college student from a rich background, according to The Hol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMIsrael's best-selling singer ever - with 37 songs topping the national charts - didn't expect her latest release, My Joys, to become another top seller. Rita sings all the songs in her mothe…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:30AMPamela Bob has taken over as Clarice Starling in the off-Broadway spoof Silence! The Musical. Stephen Bienskie will also return to the role of serial killer Buffalo Bill on October 31 at the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:29AMLegit News:
Off Broadway struggles with sustained power outage
SOURCE: Variety at 11:27AMDaniel Mendoza came from the school of hard knocks - if he didn't found the school outright. He fought bare-knuckled, as they did in England in the 1780s, and put to bed the likes of Harry t…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:27AMWinner of the Theatre World and Drama League awards along with Olivier, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations for his portrayal of Billy Bigelow in the Royal National TheatreLincol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMHalloween is here! Even though Hurricane Sandy forced New York to cancel the annual Halloween Parade in Greeniwch Village, we're bringing a bit of spooky fun from Broadway to you.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMHalloween is here! Even thought Hurricane Sandy forced New York to cancel the annual Halloween Parade in Greeniwch Village, we're bringing a bit of spooky fun from Broadway to you.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMThe most surprising and refreshing aspect of Simon and the Oaks, a terrific-looking Swedish saga of a cultured Jewish family and a rural non-Jewish family before and after World War II, is w…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:21AMBarrymore, a film adaptation of William Luce's play in which Christopher Plummer recreates his Tony Award-winning role as actor John Barrymore, will receive a theatrical release in New York …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:21AMIt's Halloween, and that means it's the perfect time to unveil the new JEKYLL amp HYDE trailer. View the just-released video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMAbout the author:
When it comes to tough guy roles, Anthony LaPaglia is in his comfort zone, with a 1998 Tony Award for his performance as dock worker Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMThe Royal Court is attempting to solve its ticket problems for Jez Butterworth's The River by making some only available on the day. Is it a solution?You've heard the buzz, you've read the g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMJews comprise a large segment of urban theater audiences, so any show with a Jewish theme enjoys a good head start. But even discriminating Jewish theatergoers may gag on this musical celebr…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:08AMTwo-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser is best known for her performances in Gypsy, The Secret Garden, Romance/Romance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, March of the Falsettos and The Divine Si…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMBroadway is back Today, October 31st, most shows that were scheduled to go on will perform for both the matinee and evening performances.The normal playing schedule will resume for the durat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMHaving grown up ambivalently Jewish, Abigail Pogrebin embarked on an intriguing project: to interview famous Jews about their Jewishness. The new musical based on her book is equally intrigu…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:07AMThe beautiful and talented American model and photographer Lee Miller constantly reinvented herself throughout a long and tumultuous life, while repeatedly wangling her way onto the world’…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:06AMOriginal cast member Stephen Bienskie returns to the role of serial killer Buffalo Bill in Off-Broadway's Silence! The Musical Halloween night at the new Elektra Theatre in Times Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMBack in June of 2009, I blogged about the first video billboard in Times Square and predicted that they’d soon be seen up and down the Great White Way. Well, today, three years later, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
A pile of rugged rocks stretching up into the ceiling of the Soho Theatre Upstairs makes it look as if the roof above has fallen in. The combined weight of the rubble and the dust that still…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMTicketfly, a leading social ticketing platform, announced major upgrades to its social sharing tools, purchasing process, and mobile delivery options including Apple Passbook integration. Th…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:52AMWhen Disney buys the characters who populate the "Star Wars" franchise, can a Broadway musical set in "a galaxy far, far away" be far behind?
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMCagle McDonald, the producer of Irvington’s Clocktower Players, won’t let a little thing like a hurricane keep her from entertaining Lower Hudson Valley audiences. Hurricane Sand…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:48AMRupert Goold will no longer direct the English National Opera’s Wozzeck next spring. The Royal Shakespeare Company associate director has had to cancel his plans to direct the opera becaus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMThe Casting Society of America (CSA) presented the 28th annual Artios Awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in casting in film, television and theatre, Oct. 29 at ceremonies in New Yor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMRep Stage’s PWYC first preview for the made-for-Halloween play Mary Rose, scheduled for tonight, has been canceled. Instead, the play will open for previews Thursday, Nov 1 at 7pm. The…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMHurricane Sandy, downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall the evening of Monday, Oct. 29, left a lasting mark on New York City. Evening Broadway performances were canceled Oct 28-3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMFor ‘Stones,’ two actors play 13 roles (Jay Stratton, left, and Richard Hollis rehearse the play “Stones in His Pockets” at Hudson Stage in Briarcliff Manor. Photo …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:36AMFirst there were monsters versus aliens, then came cowboys versus aliens, and now CBBC wades in with its own genre mash-up, Wizards vs Aliens. Extraterrestrials, I can’t help feeling, have…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMTextHow has NEWSIES inspired its cast Find out in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMLegit News:
'Laramie,' Turturro, RSC and Brook on the lineup
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25AMThe Off-Broadway production of MURDER BALLAD will start previews tomorrow, October 31, at 730 PM at The Studio at Stage II at New York City Center 131 West 55th Street. MURDER BALLAD will pl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe Kiss Kiss Cabaret (KKC) kicks off the holiday season with an all-new “Holiday Spectacular!” burlesque show November 30 through December 21 and rings in the new year with t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:21AMThe director of Anne Boleyn, which won the best touring production award at this year’s Theatre Awards UK, has paid tribute to English Touring Theatre for taking a “risk” on the show. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMAs Christmas approaches, Branson becomes a winter wonderland with its seasonal shows, a special festival at Silver Dollar City and a blanket of holiday lights. Cheer and goodwill are in th…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:17AMLower Hudson Valley stages are brimming with possibilities this weekend, with new productions across the region. Here are a few, with a pitch from each company. In the wake of Hurricane Sand…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:17AMSamuel Hunter tackles “The Whale” Samuel D. Hunter is well aware of how audiences will react to the first image in his new play The Whale: As soon as the show begins, we see a 60…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:15AMThe new resident Chicago-area production of the musical Annie, produced by Paramount Theatre this fall, will star Gene Weygandt (Broadway's Big, Chicago's Wicked) as Daddy Warbucks, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMSteve Kazee and Cristin Milioti from "Once" talk about their Tony Award-winning musical and the successful run its enjoyed since its beginnings at the New York Theatre Workshop, their favori…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:12AMThe annual Demand Cures Today Cures Gala to benefit cancer research funded by The Gateway for Cancer Research, www.demandcurestoday.org, will be held on Saturday, November 3, at the Fairmo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:11AMThe people you want around you are the people motivated by doing the next big thing, not keeping the status quo. Those are the people who will help make your artistic dreams a reality. The c…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:10AMHollywood legend and Broadway vet Lily Tomlin appeared on CBS's THE TALK yesterday to dish on working with Reba McEntire on the upcoming new ABC series Malibu Country. Check out the appearan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMThe annual Demand Cures Today Cures Gala to benefit cancer research funded by The Gateway for Cancer Research, www.demandcurestoday.org, will be held on Saturday, November 3, at the Fairm…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:02AMHoward Brenton's latest historical drama - 55 Days, starring Mark Gatiss as doomed monarch Charles I - premiered at Hampstead Theatre last week (24 October 2012, previews from 18 October).
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMSome major Broadway productions and downtown New York cultural venues remained closed Wednesday as the East Coast continues to get back on its feet following Sandy. Power outages have forced…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Once upon a Sunday dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Will this latest Poe play rate high or very poor? Will I nod, nearly napping, or will my synapses be a-snapping As I watch Poe’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:59AMVenue: Auditorium Theatre Dates: Friday, November 2 – Sunday, November 4, 2012 Times: Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm Price: $74-$30 Get transported to th…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:55AMWe're going Callow crazy at Whatsonstage.com! Following our Christmas Outing last year, we couldn't resist another trip to see Simon Callow, directed by Tom Cairns, adapting Charles Dickens'…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:54AM"Giant" is a musical about a love story based on the classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber. Previews began Off-Broadway at The Public's Newman Theater, 425 Lafayette Str…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 09:46AMJackie Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Ensemble Theater, announces the Black Ensemble Theater’s 36th Season of Excellence titled “Treasures and Tributes.” The 36…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:44AMThe Project Shaw series will continue Nov. 19 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMLadies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! Daniel M. is going to see Lincoln Center’s new production of Golden Boy on us. But today, everybody wins because readers submitted their favori…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:41AMA metro card may not currently be of much use for New York's subway system, but on Oct. 31 those with such a card can get a discount to Roundabout Theatre Company's productions of Cy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMTheatrical Management Association president Rachel Tackley has warned of “increasing cuts from local authorities” to regional theatres, and called on leading industry figures to continue…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AMThe Broadway League, which represents producers and theater owners, announced on its website Tuesday that it expects "most shows" to resume on Wednesday, when the majority are scheduled for …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:17AMHurricane Sandy has done its considerable damage and is now
gone. My husband K and I hunkered down and got through it
with no problems at all, save for a few flickering lights during the wor…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:07AMActors calls for public debate with RSC to discuss casting concerns in production of so-called Chinese HamletA group of east Asian actors is seeking an apology from the Royal Shakespeare Com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMMichael Friedman wrote the scores of the musicals Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Public Theatre, Broadway) and Saved (Playwrights Horizons). He wrote the music for straight plays like Angels …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AMThrough the darkness there is a light. And when two sides of the debate heat up churning amid that darkness it is often hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Directed by Terry Aver…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe second season of NBC’s Broadway-themed show “Smash” will premiere in February of next year, though it will be in a new timeslot. A two-hour season premiere episode will debut on Tu…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AM
Last night over 120 theatregoers joined our Whatsonstage.com Outing to see Simon Callow perform The Mystery of Charles Dickens, a one-man show about the life and times of one of England's mo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:59AMExplore Shakespeare apps aim to give people new ways into Macbeth and Romeo and JulietCambridge University Press and developer Agant have teamed up to launch two iPad apps providing an inter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMAccording to the MTA, Local, Limited-Stop and Express Bus service will operate as close to a normal weekday schedule as possible today, as NYC Transit and MTA Bus continue efforts to restore…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMOn Wednesday, October 31st, most shows that were scheduled to go on will perform for both the matinee and evening performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37AMComedian Mark Watson has penned a comedy pilot for the BBC that will form part of the Corporation’s second Salford Sitcom Showcase. The first showcase was held last year and saw six co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:27AMInstead of exploring his inner life at the time or his adult understanding of the institution that shelters him, Ngũgi wa Thiong’o draws a dispassionate and largely predictable report of …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:23AMNovember starts off with efforts to recover from Hurricane Sandy. Once the power comes back, hit the town for some tunes and some strong adult beverages to ease the pain of completing the in…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:19AMGraeae Theatre Company’s artistic director Jenny Sealey has warned that UK theatre is still “very male, very white, very non-disabled”. Sealey spoke out after accepting the company’s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:13AM“The way is open but there is neither traveler nor guide.” That is the closing statement and tagline of Folger Theatre’s production of The Conference of the Birds. Based on the poem by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMThe Little Theatre of Alexandria presents Cantorial, a ghost story written by Ira Levin and directed by C. Evans Kirk, who also contributes the set design. While this isn’t your typical �…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMOn Broadway, the name “Sandy” normally calls to mind an adorable canine star – the heroine's sidekick in the musical “Annie,” whose current revival directed by …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM"Lives of great men all remind us / We can make our lives sublime, / And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time."
– A Psalm of Life, Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI sit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
The non-Equity national tour of the Broadway revival of West Side Story will stop at Waterbury's Palace Theater for four performances on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 24 and 25.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AMSoho, LondonHeard the one about three Irish labourers digging a road? Colin Teevan's latest play is no joke, however, mixing stories of Irish exile with Greek myth. The three men – young, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMGentlemen Prefer Blondes
© Encores!
If you love musicals, then you must love cast albums!
Check out some of my reviews for soundtrack recordings released this year that have cemented th…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:29AMThe Manchester Guardian meets Harry Houdini in 1904Harry Houdini - the anniversary of whose death falls, appropriately enough, on Halloween - was known throughout his lifetime as the handcuf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMYesterday morning, stir crazy from having been cooped up in the apartment a couple of days, with no subways running and having some stuff to check on at work, I made the trek from my Park Sl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:21AMThe Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel, London: Karen Akers originally made her mark as a featured actress in the original Broadway productions of Nine and Grand Hotel (both directed by Tommy Tun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMDead Accounts
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Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz stars in the premiere of Dead Accounts, a comedy that is set to open this weekend on Broadway.
Butz plays a ...…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:14AMIf There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
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A small comedy with big star power, the producers of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, led by ...Read Full Post
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:05AMProduction photos have been released for Daddy Long Legs, the UK premiere of the John Caird-helmed chamber musical which begins previews at St James Theatre tonight (31 October 2012, opens …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:02AM
Looking for a good thrill on Halloween night?Due to Hurricane Sandy, a number of events in and around New York City have been canceled or postponed - including the Village Halloween Parade a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:55AMMost of Broadway is poised to resume performances on October 31, as New York City continues cleaning up after the massive damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy. In a statement, Charlotte St.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Is it a ghost story or something more ghastly? The one thing that's certain about Jez Butterworth's enigmatic "The River" is that Ian Rickson's spellbind…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:49AMOnce the Musical
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For Musical Theatre lovers, the only thing better than seeing a show live on stage is listening to the cast album played ad nauseum after a show or i…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:34AMThis may be one of the busiest opening weekends in quite some time. As a result, we will have a different review posted nearly every day beginning Friday morning. We suggest checking the m…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:27AMMamba means crocodile in Swahili. It strikes first, with speed and without warning. It is not a nickname many would apply to Barack Obama, though Osma bin Laden might have disagreed about th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:20AM
When Mark (Joe Doherty) came on stage, ranting and swearing like a talking bulldog, I thought Bones would leave me checking my watch every ten seconds, dying to run out of Tristan Bates Thea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:57AMThe good news is that no one at Curtainup suffered power outages or flooding except Jo nMagaril in Los Angeles. However, getting to the theater is another…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:53AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:39AMBroadway Sign
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After show cancellations on Monday and on Tuesday, the lights of Broadway are beginning to glitter and gleam once again! Hurricane Sandy clearly can't damper th…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:27AMBy Johnny Oleksinski Ike Holter is the Monarch of social butterflies. We met up on a Monday night at Beauty Bar, a sugary confection of a pub, where the playwright was to perform onstage in…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, will host a Halloween night this year. Full details below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the October 27, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 01:02AMNot long after Hurricane Sandy came calling, this thought flew into my mind: If my mother were still alive, she'd...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMMrs. T and I successfully weathered Hurricane Sandy at our place in rural Connecticut. The power went out at 5:45...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Low Light and Blue Smoke: Big Bill Blues," a 1956 short subject by Jean Delire starring Big Bill Broonzy. The...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMJames Maslow's "Big Time" Pumpkin Patch Adventures
Spend Halloween with us and "Big Time Rush" cutie James Maslow at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch in L.A., where we check out the adorable animals …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
A month ago while discussing audience participation and Great Lakes Theater Company Artistic Director’s feeling that babyboomers rather than young people craved interactive experiences…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:58AMThe show must go on.
Unless Sandy comes to town.
Broadway, which grosses more than $1 billion a year and pumps about $30 million a week into New York’s economy, went dark Monday and Tuesda…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:01AMHappy Hallowe'en from the people at Premier Acte...Viande (Meat)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTom Hewitt, Paul Nolan, Kimiko Glenn and more star in the other-worldly production of his new musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, lit ablaze with the music of The Flaming Lips.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMChristie Brinkley has finally mastered all that jazz.
The world’s greatest supermodel (sorry, Gisele, it’s true) has been a smash as Roxie Hart in “Chicago” — the Broadway show st…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, begins previews Oct. 31 &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen star Tamara Tunie, who appeared on Broadway in the Denzel Washington Julius Caesar, plays a limited engagement at Feinstein's at Loews Regency beginning Oct. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMelissa Errico, who will take on her first major Stephen Sondheim role in New York in 2013 when she co-stars in Classic Stage Company's production of Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 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 world premiere of Alan Bennett's People begins performances Oct. 31 prior to an official opening Nov. 7 in the National's Lyttelton Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSandy is the name of the hurricane that’s wreaked havoc in New York City this week, but if you’re looking for stormy weather in the theater, the names you want are George and Martha. The…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
