Vaudeville, LondonHow do you play Anton Chekhov today? After the liberating unorthodoxy of the Young Vic's Three Sisters, we are back to normal with Lindsay Posner's production of Uncle Vany…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25PMRupert Goold is making a name in Hollywood as he prepares to direct his first film, True Story, with James Franco, but he’s losing a few London friends in the process. This week the Enro…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00PMThe enterprising Warwick Arts Centre is staging a leftfield Bond @ 50
celebration this weekend.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00PMIt's hard to see what Jez Butterworth could have done to equal the impact of Jerusalem, so it's perhaps no surprise to find him working at the opposite end of the scale in his follow-up.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00PMThis week's edition of my local free newspaper, the Camden New Journal, has a picture of Alan Bennett on the front page drawing attention to his public stand on two significant events: the r…
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Following four nights of darkness in Lower Manhattan due to the deadly Oct. 29 landfall of Hurricane Sandy, power was finally restored to some businesses and homes below 34th Street starting…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:49PMOff-Broadway theaters in lower Manhattan to re-open with special 20 tickets available through November 11th only.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMThe Off-Broadway premiere of Falling will resume performances Saturday evening, November 3rd, following a shut down caused by Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. Falling, the new play by De…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 07:25PMAnd Tracee Chimo makes for a mesmerizing monster in Bad Jews.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:24PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz…
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Checkers**, Don’t Go Gentle, Falling, Fuerza Bruta, Giant, The Golden Land, The Other Josh Cohen, Sorry, Stomp, A Summer Day, The Twenty-Seventh Man, and Wild with Happy will resume perfor…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 06:52PMFor over a 60 years, audiences have been captivated by The Heiress’ story of love, money and deceit. Did Word of Mouth panelists Brian, Anna and Ruth fall under the charm of this reviv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:51PM For Immediate Release, PLEASE Off-Broadway Theaters in Lower Manhattan to Re-Open Special $20 Tickets Available Through November 11th Only Checkers**, Don’t Go Gen…
SOURCE: David Gersten & Associates at 06:51PMTwo time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals presents the new musical The Great American Mousical, to be directed by Julie Andrews. This developmental production will run November 8 - Dece…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMThe cast will be in the studio on Monday, November 5 to record a cast album. A release date has not yet been announced.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMTony winner Idina Menzel's recently postponed concert at Carnegie Hall has again been rescheduled, and will now take place on January 13, 2013 at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:23PMJoseph P. Benincasa, the President amp CEO of the Actors Fund just released the followibg statement on Superstorm Sandy
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMTHEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Acid Test: The Many Incarnations of Ram Dass, the Marsh Berkeley By Sam Hurwitt Acid Test: The Many Incarnations of Ram Dass is a relative rarity for the Marsh—a s…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:15PMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new Broadway comedy beginning previews Monday, November 5 for a Thursday, November 29 opening at the Music Box Theatre, announces its student rush policy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, November 2, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information @DEADACCTSBway Announces Student Rush Policy. Previews begin …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:14PMCoping with death and dying are intimately explored in The Den Theatre’s exceptionally acted production of Jane Anderson’s 2007 morose play The Quality of Life. In this four-person drama…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:12PMPigPen Theatre Co. will give away free tickets to its Off-Broadway production, The Old Man and the Old Moon, to those displaced from their homes due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. When p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10PMSutton, Kristin, Idina, Lea, Beyonce, Cheyenne… could this week’s lessons be any more star-studded? Hurricane Sandy may have wreaked havoc over the last several days, but it did…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PMLisa Lambert is turning 50 and she's opening her trunk...of songs. On Monday, December 10 at 7pm, Lisa and her guests Jonathan Crombie, David Cromer, Cole Escola, Cady Huffman, Troy Britton …
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The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announced that Tony-winning actresssinger Daisy Eagan will be bringing her concert, Daisy Eagan Fk Off. I Love You to the stage on Monday, Novembe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMBroadway.com video blogger Billy Ray Cyrus is about to make his dazzling Broadway debut as Billy Flynn in the long-running hit Chicago. Cyrus appeared on Good Morning America on November 2 t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMThe American Humane Association's Hero Dog Awards will air on the Hallmark Channel on Nov. 8th 2012, starring Chelsea Handler and Kristin Chenoweth, and in the video below Chenoweth gets som…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMDogfight's Lindsay Mendez and music director and jazz pianist Marco Paguia have announced that, in response to Hurricane Sandy, the duo will donate artist proceeds from their Nov. 4…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMForty-Seven Percent Records, a division of Happy Panda Productions, have released a music video entitled Black Romney Binders Full O Bitches in which Black Romney, a rapper version of Republ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PMTwo of Boston's best young actors - Zach Eisenstadt and Luke Murtha. Photos - Timothy DunnEvery segment of the theatre-going audience has its own sentimental theatrical genre, I suppos…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:44PMRob McClure and the cast of Chaplin will record a cast album on November 5. No release date for the album, which is produced by Masterworks Broadway, has been announced at this time.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMCHAPLIN TO RECORD ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST ALBUM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical CHAPLIN will be recorded on Monday, November 5. Masterworks Broad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PMAcademy Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens and the star-studded cast of The Heiress had an opening night to remember on November 1! Relive the elegant event at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMLeapin’ Lizards! For her upcoming Annie TV special, Katie Couric rounded up Broadway’s original Annie (Andrea McArdle), Aileen Quinn (star of the Annie film) and Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:20PMBroadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce a brand new series: ‘Stage Manager’s Report,’ an exclusive series that takes you backstage at Broadway Shows. We’…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:18PMLove was in the air on November 1, when Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens and the cast of The Heiress celebrated their official opening night. Directed b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMThe Halloween party continues through Sunday at Off-Broadway’s smash hit SILENCE! THE MUSICAL. Their special Halloween combo package deals are still available for all performances through …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMSet designer Beowulf Boritt shares his creative vision for Craig Wright’s Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon. Find out all about Borrit’s memorable design, which featu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new Broadway comedy beginning previews Monday, November 5 for a Thursday, November 29 opening at the Music Box Theatre, announces its student rush policy: A limited numbe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:13PMThe cast of Broadway's Chaplin will head into the recording studio on Monday, November 5. Masterworks Broadway will produce the album, which does not yet have a release date.The production, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMThe Broadway company of Chaplin, about the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, will record the show's original cast album on Nov. 5. Masterworks Broadway will produce.&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMATTENTION MUST BE PAID Bootleg Theater continues its run of the world premiere of Death of a Salesgirl, an absurdist tragicomedy with integrated media, about one woman’s struggle to free…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:11PMLyric Opera of Chicagos general director Anthony Freud announced today the principal casting and production team for the company premiere and new production of Oklahoma to be presented in Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMHurricane Sandy definitely had an effect on Broadway ticket sales through the week ending October 28. All but four shows on the Great White Way experienced a decrease, and gross ticket sales…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:01PMNative Voices' short play festival offers readings of six short plays on Saturday at the Autry. Among the playwrights are veteran Muscogee Creek playwright Bret Jones, Inupiak artist and the…
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Charcoal drawing by Christopher CanoleOlympic great Jim Thorpe inspires this year's Short Play Festival at the Autry.It's not easy being a Native American athlete. Just ask Dennis Tibbetts. …
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 04:54PMWhen the curtains open on Arena Stage’s production of My Fair Lady tomorrow, the spotlight will be on a distinctly different leading lady: The role of Eliza Doolittle, the unrefined street…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:51PM"How to Be a New Yorker", an Off-Broadway comedy that shows audiences everything they ever needed to know about what it takes to be a real New Yorker, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Tim…
SOURCE: news.yahoo.com at 04:49PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Who will you be voting for on Election Day
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMAmy Heckerling, who directed 1995's Clueless has recently revealed that she is hard at work on creating a musical stage version of the movie. She told Ohnotheydidnt I'm working with Kristin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMStage icon, country star and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth can do almost everything... except keep healthy communication lines open with her puppy, Sammy! In a new Funny Or Die sketch, Cheno…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMWe all know of the infamous Writer's Block, who lingers in your brain with a trench coat and cigarette. He takes a puff of his cig and calmly tells you tantalizing thoughts like, "You're hun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMA well made play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from Henry James' 1880 novel Washington Square, The Heiress is back in a sturdy if not revelatory production.
The play was last on Broad…
SOURCE: Village Voice at 04:30PMPhilip Seymour Hoffman delivers yet another consummate performance in A Late Quartet, a flawed film by first time feature director, Yaron Zilberman. Hoffman and Imogen Poots, riveting at tim…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:23PMThree Directors In Three DaysAlbeit, not back to back. Not quite. What's all this?Well, I have a phone call with director Tlaloc Rivas to discuss my upcoming NYC reading of American Triage a…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 04:19PMBuddy the Elf is bringing the North Pole to Seattle this holiday season when ELF The Musical takes over The 5th Avenue Theatre. Under the direction of Seattles theatrical superstar Eric Ank…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMToday, that young man turns 35 and since the show, has built quite an impressive stage career with off-Broadway credits that include this year’s SILENCE! The Musical, A Letter from Ethel K…
SOURCE: greginhollywood.com at 04:14PMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, SCANDALOUS began performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 250 W. 52nd St. on October 13, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMMiriam Margolyes wants you to stop playing Angry Birds and read a book. Preferably, an entire book, made out of paper, and written by Charles Dickens. The British Academy of Film and Televis…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMJeff Garlin, a star of HBO’s hit comedy, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and a Second City alum, is returning to the 299-seat Steppenwolf Theatre Upstairs in his show, “Closer Than I Appear,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:02PMGiordano Dance Chicago has begun a landmark season with a burst of vivacity. Each full company work showcases the ensemble’s true cohesiveness and their playful but focused collective natu…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:01PM“Cafe Cabaret” Cafe Cabaret is an eclectic variety/cabaret show with a rotating cast of performers. With a new cast every month, the show is always fresh. From poignant to funny,…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Oct. 22-28, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
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Grey Henson plays closeted Mormon leader Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon’s national tour. Hear what Henson has to say about his character’s range of emotions and the “…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMThe Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the Globes 15th annual production of Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas The holiday musical will run on the Donald…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMThe material included programs and posters and a number of sets designed by Isamu Noguchi, one of Graham's most important collaborators.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:57PMA dance-theater piece about socially conscious green activism plays a new space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMBackstage was hopping at Broadway’s Cort Theatre on November 1. TV and stage stars Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, Celia Weston and Arija Bareikis came out to see the dark comedy Gr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMSoprano, alto, tenor, bass speak in unison Members of the White Plains High School Choir, under the direction of Penelope Cruz, not pictured, rehearse a selection from Handel’s “…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:52PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMSlow Burn Theatre presents the award winning musical Avenue Q at the West Boca Performing Arts Center.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:45PMThis week's topics Thanksgiving Day Parade, shows where the marquee went up, 'GIANT' first preview, refund policies, Flop vs Hit, one man shows, Les Mis movie soundtrack
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to welcome back Second City alum and star of HBO’s hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeff Garlin in Closer Than I Appear, December 4 – 16, 2012.…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:36PMHurricane Sandy has caused the cancellation of much of New York's theatre over the past few days. While shows on Broadway have returned to their normal performance schedules, many of the cit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMStage and screen star Jane Seymour and PBS composer Tim Janis will team up to perform The Christmas Rose, an evening of music, dance and drama, at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, November 29.The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the producers of Broadways CHAPLIN have extended the previously announced buy one get one free ticket offer for all performances through Thursday, November 8.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMThe cast of the 2012 revival of Broadway's ANNIE appeared on Katie Couric's new talk show, 'Katie' yesterday. BWW brings you special backstage video from the show's green room in which Lilla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMThe adroit and tangy puppet show “The Dybbuk Between Two Worlds” tells of a spooky tug-of-war between the natural and supernatural realms. But the “two worlds” of the title could als…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:14PMAfter 26 years as a company member and 9 years as Artistic Director, Kevin Bellie will step down from his current position on November 14th. This date marks the opening of Pippin: A Bollywoo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:14PMThe producers of Broadway’s Chaplin, a new musical about the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, have announced that the company will record the show’s original cast album …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:06PMSite-specific promenade piece La Fille a la Mode currently plays at Theatre Royal Haymarket and investigates celebrity culture, theatrical history and the cult of the It girl.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:01PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
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Because, for better or worse, the play still rises or falls on whether or not you were ever awe-struck by the 1939 movie, as Moonlight and Magnolias is totally devoted to knocking the whole …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:59PMFor a gory delight that perfectly befits the autumnal season you should let your aesthetic palette sample Happenstance Theatre’s 3rd Annual Cabaret Macabre. For September is the month of d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:58PMCareer Transition For Dancers, the organization that helps dancers from all fields of entertainment identify their unique talents in preparation for establishing new careers when dance is no…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 02:54PMFull casting has been announced for this year's production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at the Old Globe Theatre. James Vásquez will direct the family-friendly musical, whi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMWhat a pleasant surprise. Seriously. You know, The Heiress is one of those classic plays where my mind always begs the question – “Does it end the same way?” “Do I have to watch t…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:45PMThe cast of HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, Off-Broadway’s newest hit comedy, is set to preside over the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite this Monday, November 5th at 4 pm. The ceremony will be b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMGrzegorz Jarzyna’s staging of the Dracula story uses drama to venture into dark and disturbing emotional territory, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:38PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Brynn O'Malley, who is starring as 'Grace Farrell' in ANNIE- currently in previews at the Palace Theatre, and opening on November 8.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMA star dancer’s claim to choreographic fame and an exacting reconstruction rewarded with moments of utter clarity and beauty, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:37PMA crisis over an under-age pin-up touches on the damaging culture of objectification and aspiration fostered by the press, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:36PMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Penny Fuller will star in the New York premiere of Barry Kleinbort's new musical 13 Things About Ed Carpolotti, to run December 4-30 at 59E59 Theater…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:35PMCan complex theoretical science work on stage? Sarah Hemming does the maths and talks to a playwright who has ventured into the territory
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:31PMThe Public Theater has canceled all performances for the evening of Nov. 2, as well as the Nov. 3 matinee of the new musical Fun Home. The company has not determined whether matinee performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMScandalous star Roz Ryan popped up on the fourth hour of The Today Show to surprise the show's scribe Kathie Lee Gifford with a special musical number. In the weekly iHoda segment, Ryan …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMJen Bloom was house manager at New York's Vineyard Theatre during the premiere of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive. Now, 15 years later, she's directing the play for the new Santa Monica…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:22PMWhether you're escaping the hustle and bustle of the holiday season or simply feel the need to unwind and take in a show, Broadway is the perfect holiday treat for tourists and locals alike …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMCarly Rose Sonenclar, the 13 year-old former Wonderland star with one of the biggest voices that Broadway has heard in ages, has made it into the top 12 on the Fox singing competition series…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMThe 13th annual Only Make Believe Gala, which benefits the organization of the same name that brings the magic of theatre to children in hospitals and care facilities, will be presented Nov.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMInternet access is spotty, so sorry for the lack of updates. Hope to be back soon.
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:12PMMatt Trueman talks to Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis about his approach to establishing the theatre in its new home
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:11PMFor voters who think the presidential candidates' agendas for the arts are worth considering along with what they propose for the economy, healthcare, taxes and all the rest, Americans for t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:09PMHampstead, LondonWhen Jane was young and desperate to escape her alcoholic mother, she would take refuge with her friend Ray. Ray's family would feed her but always send her back. Now as the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07PMIn preparation for their series of shows running through Nov. 10 at NYC's Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, singing string quartet Well Strung joins Seth to obsess over some classical tunes …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMPodcast with Quest Theatre Ensemble’s ANDREW PARK and JASON BOWEN from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Quest Theatre Ensemble founding members Andrew Park and Jason Bowen discuss the company…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:06PMBroadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS will donate $250,000 to hurricane relief efforts. Three emergency grants will be awarded to Community FoodBank of New Jersey, AmeriCares and the American R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PMNyack filmmaker and cast to attend Monday event Mike Timmons plays Earl Coleman—an ex-convict who channels his guilt over his sister’s death into an effort to clean up his crime-…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:02PMArtistic director Daniel Evans has announced the Sheffield Theatre Company’s complete 2013 season. In addition to the previously announced My Fair Lady revival (starring Dominic West a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMArtistic director Daniel Evans has announced the Sheffield Theatre Company’s complete 2013 season. In addition to the previously announced My Fair Lady revival (starring Dominic West a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMTim Kazurinsky and Marc Grapey are Felix and Oscar, respectively, in The Odd Couple at the Chicago area's Northlight Theatre, starting Nov. 2. Grapey is a last-minute replacement for Geo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMAidan Quinn plays Captain Tommy Gregson in Elementary
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PigPen Theatre Co. will be offering free tickets to its acclaimed off-Broadway production of The Old Man and the Old Moon for those displaced from their homes due to the effects of Hurricane…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMOWN Oprah Winfrey Network and Procter amp Gamble have announced an all-new season of the popular daytime series HOME MADE SIMPLE returning Saturday, November 3 9 a.m.-10 a.m. ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMThe Tony Award-nominated musical Grey Gardens, which brought the cult 1975 documentary to musical life, opened on Broadway Nov. 2, 2006. In celebration, Playbill.com is taking a look at some…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMBroadway favorite Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and
Dolls) invited Playbill to the studio to preview some tunes off his
new album "Comfortable," an 11-track collection of his ow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMAward-winning musical theatre composerlyricist Rob Rokicki celebrates the release of his album, Im Ready The Songs of Rob Rokicki at The Triad Stage 72 on Monday, November 19th at 915 p.m. S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMHalloween may be over, but don’t pack up your leather jacket or poodle skirt just yet. On November 15, Glee’s McKinley High will transform into Grease’s iconic Rydell High …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMVictory Gardens Theater announces the world premiere of Mojada by VG Associate Artist Luis Alfaro as its final play of the 2012-2013 season. Mojada will replace Ensemble Playwright …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:40PMIn a video posted today, the incomparable Barbra Streisand explains why she supports President Barack Obama in the upcoming Presidential election. Mitt Romney does not share our values. I kn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMChicago Slam Works (CSW) proudly presents “Dead or Alive Battle Royale of Slam Poetry Supremacy for All Eternity” (“Dead or Alive”) on December 5, 12 and 19, 2012 at…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:36PMMrs. T and I returned to our place in Connecticut yesterday, turned on the TV, and saw what was happening...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:35PMSometimes it the simple things that make you appreciate life returning to normal after a major crisis, like Playbill deliveries.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:35PMTim Clarke writes about Frankie Boyle’s libel victory and the risks comedians take when they tackle controversial issues
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMFinborough, London: Originally discovered via Angle Theatre's Call for Plays campaign, Shamser Sinha's play depicts the lives of two teenage refugees living in London. Khadija is t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:32PMLookingglass Theatre Company announces the second extension of Metamorphoses, based on the myths of Ovid from a translation by David Slavitt, written and directed by Ensemble Member Mary …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:32PMToday in 2006, Grey Gardens opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 307 performances. Grey Gardens is a musical with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMTony Award winner Joe Mantegna (Glengarry Glen Ross) will serve as Grand Marshal of the 2012 Hollywood Christmas Parade, which will be presented by The City of Los Angeles and Associated Tel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThe Book of Mormon cast members Brian Sears and Nick Spangler are among of list of notables who will be taking part in the ING New York City Marathon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMGrowing up in 1970s England with Jimmy Savile, a magical figure now accused of widespread abuse
In 1971, when I was 8 years old and growing up in Rochdale in the North of England, I'd occa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:14PMMike Daisey is a keen cultural observer with a ruthless streak. In "American Utopias," the neo-Spalding Gray's latest monologue, Daisey even takes on the "It's a Small World" ride at Walt Di…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:13PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that the official opening of Anton Chekhovs IVANOV has been …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMLabyrinth Theater Company Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi ODonnell, Yul Vzquez and Managing Director, Danny Feldman, the award-winning, downtown ensemble, announced today it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMNightlife singer Molly Pope, who regularly performs at Joe's Pub as part of Our Hit Parade, will return to the Duplex Nov. 5 with her solo show Molly Pope, Okay?
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMHOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, the new hit comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, is set to resume performances tonight, November 2nd at 7:30 PM at Sofia’s Downs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMInside the imagination of “AliceGraceAnon” Note: Following Hurricane Sandy AliceGraceAnon will re-open on Saturday, November 3, with a special “re-opening party” foll…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:00PMAlthough it was written in 1882, Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People still resonates today. Richard Thomas and Boyd Gaines, the stars of a new production of the play, join Ira Flatow …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:00PM
Frequently lavished with praise by Kenneth Tynan, the most influential critic of his day, the actress Daphne Slater divided her career between Shakespearean roles and appearances in televisi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMViolinist Midori celebrated thirty years in music at The Kennedy Center by performing Beethoven Sonatas and works by Webern and Crumb. She was expertly accompanied by pianist Özgür Aydin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:43PMIn this latest series of 'live and uncut' interviews, Edward Seckerson talks to Stephen Triffitt, best known for his acclaimed performances as Frank Sinatra.Seckerson says: "Triffitt leaves …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:41PMOne of the main presenters of TV-am’s breakfast programme Good Morning Britain, from 1987 until it lost the franchise five years later, was Mike Morris. He had been with TV-am since the br…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMTony nominee Haydn Gwynne will take on famed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the upcoming West End play The Audience. Directed by Step…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMA reading of Cloak and Dagger (or: The Case of The Golden Venus), a new musical romp by veteran actor Ed Dixon, is being presented on the main stage of Goodspeed Opera House Nov. 2 at 1 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMProducers of the new Broadway musical Chaplin, based on the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, have announced a special half-price ticket offer for performances Nov. 3-4 at the Barr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMA review of the Seattle Repertory Theatre staging of Tennessee Williams' classic "The Glass Menagerie," running through Dec. 2, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:30PMProducers of the new Broadway musical Chaplin, based on the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, have announced a special half-price ticket offer for performances Nov. 3-4 at the Barr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMSet in a gloriously decrepit 18th century theater created in the mind of an insane old man, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of Amadeus is a visually stunning and highly inventive vi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:29PMWe dreamed a dream that Universal Pictures would release these character posters for Tom Hooper's highly anticipated film version of the classic musical Les Miser
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:26PMBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS announced today that a portion of proceeds currently being raised by Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national touring companies during the six-week fall fundrais…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMFull casting has been announced for Privates on Parade, the first production in the Michael Grandage Company's glittering West End season at the Noel Coward Theatre.
As previously announced…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:12PMThe ongoing (as of Nov. 2) power outage in downtown Manhattan, in many neighborhoods south of 34th Street, has prompted Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company to move the opening night of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMIn this week's edition of 'Around the Broadway World Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of October 29. Catch up on all the latest theater happe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMDue to the power outages in downtown Manhattan stemming from Hurricane Sandy, Classic Stage Company has postponed the opening of Austin Pendleton's production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov from…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMOn last night's THE X FACTOR on FOX, sixteen contestants were whittled down to twelve, with Broadway fave Carly Rose Sonenclar among them
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMTheatre Development Fund has announced that its satellite TKTS Discount Booth at South Street Seaport will remain closed until further notice due to extensive water damage sustained as a res…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMWhether they are celebrating a heart full of love or pockets full of cash, the couples of Les Miserables are sure to bring a smile to your face on Christmas day. The latest posters for Tom H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMNSFW explodes onto the Royal Court stage with the force of a firework. Split between a lads’ mag (Doghouse) and a women’s glossy (Electra), this is a play about gender in the cut-thr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 1122012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related DVDs for November 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMIke HolterHometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota Current City: Chicago Il all the way! Going on ten years in July. Q: What are you working on now?A: Last week, I wrote and directed a one night …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:00PM
After a long week of Hurricane Sandy, which punched out power lines, tore through trees and flooded the East Coast so mightily it looked like it was time to start summoning two of every anim…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:57AMScroll down for photos from the opening night red carpet arrivals
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMThe Classic Stage Company production of Ivanov has postponed its opening from November 4 to November 15. The off-Broadway theater remains without power due to Hurricane Sandy. Starring Ethan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMThe Classic Stage Company production of Ivanov has postponed its opening from November 4 to November 15. The off-Broadway theater remains without power due to Hurricane Sandy. Starring Ethan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonShakespeare's great revenge comedy gains immeasurably from being staged in modern dress. But, while other directors have opted for the materiali…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMJane Kaczmarek ("Malcom in the Middle," Good People) and Herbert Siguenza (American Night) will host the 2012 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Nov. 12 at the Los Angeles Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMOf course, adults who were going stir crazy and looking for kid-inappropriate entertainment had additional options — especially in New York. For example, there was the off-Broadway show "S…
SOURCE: CBS at 11:47AMThe 5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of the popular holiday musical Elf, running November 30-December 31. Eric Ankrim will direct the show, which will fe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:47AMGavin Lee will take a leave of absence from the Broadway cast of Mary Poppins beginning Jan. 6, 2013, to assume the role of Jerry Travers in the West End hit Top Hat.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMTony Award nominee Gavin Lee will join the company of the hit musical Top Hat on February 5 at the Aldwych Theatre. Lee will replace Tom Chambers in the leading role of Broadway dancer Jerry…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMDrama Desk Award winner and Tony Award nominee Haydn Gwynne, Robert Hardy, and Paul Ritter will join the previously announced Helen Mirren in the cast of Peter Morgan's The Audience, to run …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMIn the spirit of the upcoming 2012 Presidential Election, you cast your vote during the Neverland Primaries last week. The candidates have been narrowed down from ten to two, and now its tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AM Written by Susan Hasho Preceded by a natural disaster called Sandy and arriving at 54 Below on Halloween, Melissa Errico had to create a bridge between reality and her cabaret act fro…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:34AMPack the sandwiches, lay out the blanket and get your tickets to Picnic, William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about chatty women in the American Heartland. Tickets are on sale …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMWhile watching I DO! I DO! at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts in Cincinnati, I thought of an advertising slogan that should be used when promoting the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt cl…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:30AMTony Award nominee Gavin Lee is breaking out his white tie and tails to join the West End cast of Top Hat, the tap-dancing musical based on the 1935 movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMThe Kindling Theater Company will present the world premiere of Michael Rabe's The Future is Not What it Was, November 30-December 20 at The Wild Project. Jay Stull will direct the prodctio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:21AMJonathan Groff, Cheyenne Jackson, Heidi Rodewald and members of the PigPen Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor as part of Sonnet Repertory Theatre's Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMAge & Hometown: 26; Macon, GA
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Boq, the Munchkin torn between Glinda and Nessarose in Wicked.
Music Man: Broadway newcomer Haynie—known to fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMPrior to this week, the name Sandy, to theatre types, meant the perky heroine of Grease. Or perhaps the dog in Annie (currently being revived on Broadway).
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMThis week, BroadwayWorld Student Center shines its spotlight on the Department of Theatre at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Broadway goes dark due to Hurricane Sandy, Bette Midler hosts Annual Hulaween Gala,The Heiress celebrates opening night and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMTheatre Development Fund has announced that its satellite TKTS discount booth at South Street Seaport will remain closed until further notice due to extensive water damage sustained as a res…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: You never feel the Royal Shakespeare Company is comfortable with the bard's sitcom that brought Falstaff back from the history plays by r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced Nov. 2 that a portion of proceeds currently being raised by Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies during the six-week fall fundrai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that a portion of proceeds currently being raised by Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national touring companies during the six-week fall fundrai…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:04AMHusband-and-wife singing duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey returned to The Café Carlyle for their annual Fall engagement with an all-new program Oct. 31. The couple will perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMHere’s my general marketing rule of thumb: If everyone is doing something one way, do the exact opposite. Here’s an example . . . Many a Broadway and Off-Broadway show choose t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMNow that Sandy has ceased storming the Eastern Seaboard, “Chicago” has resumed storming the Broadway record book.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMJon Stewart, Tim & Eric, and Mitchell & Webb all have their global equivalents, but are you ready for the Brazilian Frankie Boyle? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AM
Tony nominee Andrea McArdle will join off-Broadway's NEWSical the Musical. McArdle, who made history as Broadway’s original Annie in 1977, will lead NEWSical from November 14 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMWarner Brothers has halted plans for a film adaptation of Jersey Boys, according to Variety. The hold comes six weeks after the studio aquired the project's production company GK Fi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMFull casting has been announced for Privates on Parade, the inaugural production of the newly launched Michael Grandage Company. The first of five plays at the Noel Coward Theatre in London,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AMMatt Owen, Kendra Kassebaum, Allen Fitzpatrick and Kim Huber will celebrate Christmas in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of Elf, which will begin performances Nov. 30 in Seattle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMGreat bantha! Disney has joined forces with Lucasfilm for a brand new Star Wars series, scheduled to hit theaters in 2015. Since Disney is responsible for a few of our favorite stage musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMBroadway: the show must go on, and it did last night when “The Heiress” opened on Broadway with up and coming movie star Jessica Chastain, veteran actor and former Oscar nominee …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:44AMOur hearts go out to all those struggling in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. What an apt phrase that is: Our hearts go out. Yesterday, we reached out to our Member Theatres and Affiliates in th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:43AMTony Award nominee Andrea McArdle, best known as Broadway's original orphan Annie, will be the next special guest star to join off-Broadway's NEWSical the Musical. Her stint in the long-runn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMWhen I attend press nights at the theatre, I am guaranteed that Rich Massabny and his wife Judy will come up to me and ask me how I am and we’ll spend time schmoozing and catching up. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AMThe new Broadway production of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's period drama The Heiress opened Nov. 1 following previews from Oct. 6 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Oscar nominee Jessica Chas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMCarly Rose Sonenclar, the young singing actress who has been seen on Broadway in Wonderland and Les Miserables, is among the top 12 finalists for Fox TV's singing competition, "The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMGet out the vote. Or else.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:14AMTony nominee and Broadways original Annie, Andrea McArdle, will be NEWSical The Musicals next special guest star. The ever-evolving musical of all the news thats fit to spoof welcomed celebr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMTony Award winning actor Denzel Washington says he will be returning to Broadway in 2014. The revelation comes during a recent interview on Charlie Rose. “What I want to do is come back to…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMA workshop of SCARY MUSICAL… The Musical! will be held in February 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
A 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 09:54AMWalter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
By Bradley Troll
BOTTOM LINE: A highly-anticipated revival that doesn’t just live up to the hype — it transcends it.
Isn't is nice to know that you …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:49AMDue to the ongoing closure of West 57th Street following Hurricane Sandy, Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has rescheduled her solo Carnegie Hall concert debut due for a second time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMTony nominee and Broadway's original Annie, Andrea McArdle, will be NEWSical The Musical's next special guest star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM"The Heiress," Ruth and Augustus Goetz's oft-revived 1947 stage adaptation of "Washington Square," Henry James' novel of 1850s New York, is back again -- Thursday was opening night for the l…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:27AMHelen Mirren, who has already been announced to star as Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, will be joined by Haydn Gwynne as Margaret Thatcher, Robert Hardy as Winston Ch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMThe new season at U.K.'s Sheffield Theatres will include a new play by Mike Bartlett, whose Cock has run Off-Broadway, a new musical by Tim Firth and revivals of DH Lawrence's The Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AMAnd then there were 12 on “The X Factor,” including Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who was spared by Britney Spears last night, with 11 other acts. They’ll be bac…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:12AMJanie Dee and Sian Phillips will star in the world premiere of a musical from Calendar Girls writer Tim Firth next summer as part of Sheffield Theatres’ new season. This is My Family will …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMThe National Theatre has confirmed dates for previously announced new productions through April 2013, which include Antony Sher in the title role of The Captain of Kopenick and a new product…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AMScroll down for photos from the opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMThe new Broadway production of the Tony Award winning play The Heiress defied Hurricane Sandy and opened last night, November 1. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you all the excitement of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will officially open its renovated Theater Lab on November 12, 2012 at 6 p.m. with a performance of music and poetry. The evening will feat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe Landless Theatre Company, DC’s purveyor of all theatre that is fun and insane, is setting sail for a most unusual venue this November: The Piratz Tavern of Silver Spring! This Fall, La…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMWell known film producer Harvey Weinstein is hoping to bring the stage version of “Finding Neverland” to West End next year, and to Broadway the following season. Though Weinstein has ta…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AM
Blue Elephant, London: This musical, here making its European premiere, examines the arrest and trial of Australian baby farmers Charles and Agatha Maykin in 1879. Their downfall is brought …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMIn “The Understudy” a young Off Broadway actress commits an accidental sort of homicide that keeps putting her onstage in the star’s place.
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 08:49AMNick Payne might only be 28, but he's already dazzled audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. As his hit play Constellations transfers to the West End, he talks to Maddy Costa about science…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMIt can hardly have escaped the notice of any theatre fans watching new Bond film Skyfall just how many luminaries of the British stage are involved.
Already projected to be the most success…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:43AMFollowing up on BWW's exclusive scoop on a presentation of the show, Michael Riedel reports this morning that the show has indeed been picked up by Tom Viertel and Richard Frankel who are ai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMThe National Theatre’s highlights for the winter up until Easter 2013 include Antony Sher in The Captain of Köpenick, Marianne Elliott's revival of Simon Stephens’ Port, the transfer fo…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:38AMOld Red Lion, London: Watching Kurt Vonnegut's only published play, two thoughts kept occurring - why did he not write more of them and why is this so rarely performed?
Read the full re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh: Fizzing with dark and twisted energy, Morna Pearson's new play for the Traverse throws a 40-year-old innocent into the wilds of dating. She writes in a soft…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMBabbacombe Theatre, Babbacombe: Merry Christmas - at Babbacombe seasonal celebrations come early. Back projection snowflakes and frosty dry ice are rapidly thawed as the company serves up Le…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMLegit News:
U.K. regional sets 2013 season
SOURCE: Variety at 08:24AMFrom a sparkling satire on lad's-mag culture to Anna Friel's debut opposite Ken Stott in a glossy West End Uncle Vanya
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMFrom 5 February 2013 Gavin Lee will join the cast of the hit West End production of Top Hat to play Jerry Travers, the role played in the original RKO motion picture by Fred Astaire. Top Hat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17AMSuperstorm Sandy, it turns out, is even more powerful than a teen-age wizard. The storm has forced Brewster High School to postpone to next weekend its fall play, “Mary Potter and the …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:15AMSouthwark Playhouse, London: The West End recently welcomed back Cabaret, Kander and Ebb's iconic musical about an English girl's experiences in a pre-war Berlin club - now the Lon…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMFull casting has been announced for the West End's new production of Privates on Parade, which inaugurates the Michael Grandage Company's season at the Noel Coward Theatre, beginning…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:12AMHaydn Gwynne, Robert Hardy and Paul Ritter will star alongside the previously announced Helen Mirren in the cast of The Audience. In the world premiere of Peter Morgan’s new work, Gwynne w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AMThere’s been a lot of news in recent months about Jon Favreau’s upcoming film adaptation of “Jersey Boys,” but now the future of the production is in jeopardy as Warner Bros. puts th…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMHere's a statistical look at the Radio City Rockettes as the group celebrates its 85th year.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:00AM
The West End production of Top Hat, based on the film of the same name, will see Gavin Lee joining the company from Feb. 5, 2013, to replace Tom Chambers as Jerry Travers, the role originall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:46AMViva Forever is the new show featuring songs associated with the girl power five and tells the story of Viva and her friends trying to make it as pop stars.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 07:45AMGeoffrey Rush leads John Frosts production of Sondheim's A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, which is currently running in Melbourne at Her Majestys Theatre for twelve weeks. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMLegit News:
Cast signs on to join Mirren in West End play
SOURCE: Variety at 07:44AMDesmond Barrit was a magnificent Falstaff for the RSC back in 2000 when Michael Attenborough staged the two parts of Henry IV and he garnered yet more rapturous raves when he reprised the ro…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:28AM
I won't tell you Book of Mormon is the greatest thing ever put on stage because, well, it's not. But it's real, real good. My problem with it, and this is sure not a reason to not go, is tha…
SOURCE: News From ME at 05:55AMwhile we've had a plethora of revivals, this one makes a strong case for not relegating the well-made genre — at least not the one with solid literary roots — to the theatrical dustbin. …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:47AMGavin Lee will take over from Tom Chambers as Jerry Travers in the West End run of Top Hat from 5 February 2013.
Lee, who originated the role of Bert in the London production of Mary Poppin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:14AM
A new advertisement for Madison Square Garden that is plastered all over Manhattan reads as follows: “It’s Friday night. You can either see a Broadway harness malfunction or you …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:44AMIngeborg Bachmann wanted freedom for them both. She says in her letter, “I am free and I am lost in this freedom.” Dominique Frot is a brave actress. She presents the poet's freedom in h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32AMOriginal Cast London Palladium Production © 2011 RUG Ltd. - Photo: Keith PattisonOver the RainbowShameless promotion or good television?by Stuart MunroFor anyone who’s been following my c…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMHow fitting that this week's HOT or NOT surveys celebrate Broadway's most democratic musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the same time that we Americans exercise our r…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AMMeet the scenic designer who created stark whites for The Scottsboro Boys, blacks and grays for Chaplin, flood-drenched chaos for If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet and a kinetic sparene…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKinky Boots, the new Cyndi Lauper-scored musical based on the 2005 film about a floundering British shoemaker who has his business saved thanks to some flamboyant clientele, ends its pre-Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSon of a Gun, a contemporary folk rock musical previously developed with the O’Neill Theater Center, Joe’s Pub and The Drama League, makes its Off-Broadway debut Nov. 2 at The Be…
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 12:00AMDavid Rothenberg talks about his varied life, which has included Broadway's bright lights, prison riots, political campaigns, civil rights sit-ins, and a Central American civil war. He’ll …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMLegit News:
National Theater hit to transfer in the spring
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM 
