In honor of the exorbitantly important elimination tomorrow you know, the one that will essentially determine what sort of country America will come to be known as in the near-future also, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMWell-heeled society matrons, now inmates in prison for white collar crimes, is the premise of Delval Divas, a comedy by Barbara Pease Weber, which is getting a fun and frothy treatment by Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:07PMBy Peter Filichia --
When friends start discussing musical theater "charm songs" -- and believe me, in my circle, we do -- the usual masterpieces are mentioned. "Getting to Know You" from …
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SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PMIn “The Whale,” Charlie’s days are numbered because his weight is off the charts.
He tips the scale at 600 pounds in Samuel D. Hunter’s deeply affecting and piercingly…
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Douglas Hodge embodies a larger-than-life persona to exquisite heights.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:58PMNEW YORK (AP) — There are some seriously messed-up issues with food in Samuel D. Hunter's smart new play, "The Whale."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:49PMAccording to The Globe and Mail, Andrew Lloyd Webber's reworked stage musical The Wizard of Oz is set to launch a North American tour in fall of 2013. Danielle of La Salle, Ontario, has just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34PMWhen playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury went to see the dance company Grupo Corpo at BAM, it reminded her of how profoundly restorative live performance can be.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:25PM"Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away," goes a line from Seals
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18PMPrepare to experience The Nutcracker like never seen before as Flat Rock Playhouse, in partnership with Pardee Hospital and Pardee Hospital Foundation, presents the world premier of The Nutc…
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Theater Resources Unlimited TRU has announced that Stark Sands, star of TV Six Feet Under, movies Pack of Dogs, Shall We Dance and stage American Idiot, Tony nominee for the Broadway revival…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMAugust Wilson’s 1990 family drama The Piano Lesson is currently making beautiful music at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center, and we’ve got a first look at the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:47PMAt one point in local writer Bill Goodman’s new play, a kindly flying instructor tells an anxious new student that her first-ever solo flying stint was graceless and inept. Would that one …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:25PMBased on Lawrence Kasdans 1992 Warner Bros. film, this brand new musical of The Bodyguard, with book by Alex Dinelaris will open at the Adelphi Theatre in Autumn 2012. Previews begin on 6 No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMThe cast of the Broadway musical Annie welcomed some very special visitors on November 2. Courageous former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband Mark Kelly dropped by t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMThe Classic Stage Company production of Ivanov has shifted its opening night to November 11. After losing power for nearly a week, the off-Broadway theater initially pushed the ope…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMTheaterMania's last editorial meeting went to pieces when the question "What Broadway stars would you cast in a musical adaptation of the 2012 Presidential election" was posed. We immediatel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:07PMGet your first glimpse of Broadway’s exciting revival of Annie. From “Maybe” to “Little Girls” to "Tomorrow," see all your favorite Annie nu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMJarrod Spector, Dominic Scaglione Jr. and more Jersey Boys veterans will croon some golden oldies in The Doo Wop Project at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. The concert series wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM“Sorry,” Richard Nelson’s real-time drama set on Election Day 2012, opens Tuesday night at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, November 5, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Norbert Leo Butz & Katie Holmes begin previ…
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Aaron Sorkin, the Emmy-winning creator of The West Wing, has joined Twitter to demand the release of stage songbird Alexandra Silber's "The West Wing Song" from its captor, Glengarry Glen Ro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PMRecording artist Kylie Minogue and actress Gemma Arterton (Prince of Persia) will tease out their hair and pull up their leg warmers for Walking on Sunshine, a new 3D movie-musical set in th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:47PMClassic Stage Company announced today that the official opening of Anton Chekhovs IVANOV has shifted to this Sunday, November 11 from the recently announceddate of November 15. The change co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PMMike Vogel’s play “March Madness,” set in an unhappy newsroom, derives humor from the kind of office politics seen in television sitcoms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:43PMThe Performers is set at Sin City's Adult Film Awards, and what happens in Las Vegas...ends up on a Broadway stage! The new romantic (and porntastic!) comedy from David West Re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMToday, OUT Magazine continued their roll-out of the OUT100 announcing that architect Charles Renfro, actor Simon Callow, model Isis King, Vanity Fair contributor George Wayne, Urban visiona…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PMSpice Girl, singer-songwriter, judge on the ITV1Andrew Lloyd Webber show SUPERSTAR and recently Mary Magdalene in the show's UK arena tour, Melanie C recently performed CHESS's I Know Him So…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMDue to residual delays from Hurricane Sandy, the grosses report for last week will be distributed tomorrow, Tuesday, November 6th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMDavid James © 2012 DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.Tony Kushner (far left chair) on the set of Lincoln with director Ste…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 05:18PMThe American Humane Association's Hero Dog Awards will air on the Hallmark Channel on Nov. 8th 2012, starring Chelsea Handler, Kristin Chenoweth, Betty White and featuring Carson Kressley. I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMCasting and creative team has been announced for the world premiere of Butt-Cracker Suite! by Project Runway and Mad Fashion's Chris March, which will run November 24-December 29 at HERE.But…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMPlease note: This is not a traditional review. I saw Annie this past weekend, but shortly enough after the hurricane that I don't feel I can discuss it without my downbeat mood, compiled wit…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:13PMSometimes in the theater, you're hit with a sudden awareness of what lies ahead. Something like that happened to me Sunday at the Den Theatre on Milwaukee Avenue, about halfway through the s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:12PMNew York Theatre Barn will present a free private reading of the new musical Costs of Living November 7 and 8 in the Theatre District. Jose Llana The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMSundance Institute today announced the seven artists selected for its 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, February 4-22, 2013. The annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:07PMFEINSTEINS AT LOEWS REGENCY will continue its Fall 2012 season with the New York premiere of THE DOO WOP PROJECT, featuring stars from Tony award-winning Broadway smash Jersey Boys. The cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMVirginia's Signature Theatre will honor Tony Award-winning producer and director Harold Prince with the company's fourth Stephen Sondheim Award at a black-tie Gala Benefit at the Embassy of…
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Millions of parade-goers will kick off Thanksgiving Day amidst sky-high balloons, dazzling equestrian units, the nation’s top marching bands, talented dance troupes and the best in varied …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:58PMFive-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury plans to return to the New York stage in fall 2013 in a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMOut Magazine is rolling out their 18th annual “Out 100” list, and once again this year's edition features a slew of theater folk. Among the latest inclusions are Smash&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PMThe Group Theatre Too GTT, in association with Paul Michaels The Network, NYC, presents a star-studded benefit performance, Broadway at the Met Room, at New Yorks premier cabaret venue, The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMThe producers of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS have announced a new opening press date to account for cancelled rehearsals as a result of Hurricane Sandy. With several other Broadway shows slated to o…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:52PMDerrick Trumbly, Therese Plaehn, Stacy Fischer and Christopher Tarjan will join David Cromer for the Huntington Theatre Company production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Cromer brings hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, has delayed its official opening to account for canceled …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMCarol Kane, Anthony Arkin and Keir Dullea have joined the rotating cast of off-Broadway's The Exonerated. The trio begin performances of the Culture Project production Nov…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMThe producers of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS have announced a new opening press date to account for cancelled rehearsals as a result of Hurricane Sandy. With several other Broadway shows slated to o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMThe Delaware Theatre Company presents The Outgoing Tide www.OutgoingTidePlay.com a new American play by Bruce Graham nominee of two Drama Desk Awards and The Rosenthal Prize for Coyote on a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMThe Flea Theater will present the New York premiere of Amy Freed's Restoration Comedy, beginning on November 25. Drama Desk nominee Ed Sylvanus Iskandar will direct the production, which wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMBroadway.com Audience Award winner Kerry Ellis and Queen guitarist Brian May have released their rendition of the Oscar-winning 1966 song “Born Free” as a single to raise money f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMAdditional casting has been announced for the Culture Project's tenth anniversary revival of The Exonerated, which will run at 45 Bleecker through December 2. The production is directed by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:41PMThe Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross has delayed its opening by nearly a month. David Mamet’s drama, starring Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale, will now officially open on December…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMThere are worse times to read books like Ben Winters’ The Last Policeman than in the wake of a major natural disaster. (Are there any books like this one? A pre-apocalyptic murder mystery?…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:32PMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company welcomes the Thtre de lAteliers production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by John Malkovich, to Washington, D.C. This French-revival stageplay, present…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMThe life of 1920s multimedia superstar Aimee Semple McPherson is immortalized in the new musical Scandalous, written by Today co-host Kathie Lee Gifford and featuring music by Davi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:28PMDue to rehearsals that were cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy, the star-studded Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, originally set to open on Sunday, November 11 at the Gerald Sch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMTony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Wadsworth and Radha Blank are among the writers who will participate in the Sundance Theatre Institute's 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMThe 35th anniversary revival of the beloved Charles Strouse-Thomas Meehan-Martin Charnin musical Annie (based on the Harold Gray comic strip "Little Orphan Annie") comes to Broadway with Ka…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMThe musicians of Concerto Köln.A little over a week ago, one of the city's great annual musical pleasures began - the Boston Early Music Festival season (their next concert is the Tall…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:14PMLouis Botto, the dapper "At This Theatre" columnist, writer and editor for Playbill for more than 40 years, died Nov. 4, 2012, at his home in Cliffside Park, NJ, at age 88 after a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMIt began with Churchill, as it so often does. Not Winston, of course—Caryl. We were discussing the politically layered script Top Girls in a playwriting class. There was a pause in the dis…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:11PMThe show may be set during the Depression in New York City, but the characters in the classic Tony-winning musical Annie never cease to smile. The musical, which charts Little Orphan Annie&#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:05PMA public memorial will be held to celebrate the life of Tony Award winner Mark O'Donnell on Monday, November 12 at 3pm at the Samuel J Friedman Theater. O'Donnell passed away suddenly on Aug…
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Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block and husband Sebastian Arcelus will provide financial aid to Covenant House by matching every $10 donation to the charity texted before and during the Wednes…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMFinding Mahan Theatre to see Titus Andronicus proved to be as difficult as finding anything not to be impressed with in this humble production – which was my general persuasion upon en…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:47PMTheatre Development Fund has announced that its satellite TKTS discount booth in downtown Brooklyn, which was closed as a result of Hurricane Sandy, will reopen Nov. 6 at 11 AM; the booth at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMTheatre Development Fund has announced that its satellite TKTS Discount Booth in Downtown Brooklyn at 1 MetroTech Center will reopen on Tuesday, November 6 at 11am. This booth has been close…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMNEW YORK (AP) — Billy Ray Cyrus is clutching a Red Bull for dear life and with good reason.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:43PMA memorial concert will be held in honor of Hairspray librettist and novelist Mark O’Donnell, who passed away in August at age 58, at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Tony-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMThis is a quick post to answer a question I keep getting in recent days. That question is if Michigan will pass Proposal 2, which would make collective bargaining constitutionally protected …
SOURCE: Fragments at 03:37PMStephanie J. Block amp Sebastian Arcelus will be dedicating Stephanies performance on Wednesday night to the Covenant House. Those willing to donate can text KIDS to 80888 to give 10 to Cove…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMWith Dead Accounts beginning previews, funnylady Judy Greer is making the rounds promoting the new comedy in which she stars opposite Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes. In an interview …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMAlicia Silverstone has come a long way since her iconic role as Cher in the 1995 hit film Clueless. These days, she’s all about Broadway! The California-based actress is appearing in t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMDavid Cromer will play the Stage Manager through December 30 in his own production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at The Huntington Theatre Company's Roberts Studio Theatre. Joel Cololdner wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMAnnie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. Annie features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Str…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMFamily, friends, and colleagues will gather to celebrate the life and voice of Broadway librettist Mark ODonnell on Monday, November 12 at 3pm at Manhattan Theatre Clubs Samuel J. Friedman T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMDue to a delay in the start of technical rehearsals caused by last week’s storm, Lincoln Center Theater has announced that its been forced to postpone previews, by one night, of its 75th A…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:21PMVulture.com is reporting that director, Amy Heckerling, is currently working on developing Clueless into a Broadway musical. Here’s part of the interview: You’re working on a C…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 03:18PMOn April 15, 2013, Virginias renowned Signature Theatre will honor the multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and director Harold Hal Prince with the companys fourth Stephen Sondheim …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMLincoln Center Theater's Broadway production of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, will now begin previews at theBelasco Theatre on November 9, one day later than previously announced. Bartlett She…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:12PMStage star Tom Riley (Arcadia) is heading back to the Reniassance days as famed artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci in the new Starz series Da Vinci’s Demons. The fantasy-infused dra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:11PMVirginia's Signature Theatre will honor multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and director Harold Prince with the company's fourth annual Stephen Sondheim Award April 15, 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMThe classic recording of Wagner's 'Ring des Nibelungen,' in a handsome reissue
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:10PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMI am hard-pressed to find a more wonderful anecdote to these discombobulating times of mudslinging politics, economic crises and really awful weather, than Pitch Perfect. I saw the film yest…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 03:07PMAnnie, the show that introduced generations of children to the tuneful optimism of traditional Broadway musicals, returned to Broadway Oct. 3. The 35th anniversary revival of the tale of a r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMAnnie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. For a look back at the original Broadway production of ANNI…
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BOTTOM LINE: A fun piece that shows how a March Madness office pool transforms into a symbol of hope for three familiar bu…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:04PMThe new dark comedy by playwright Theresa Rebeck, Dead Accounts, starring Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes begins preview performances on Broadway November 5,2012, at the …
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Christopher Basile's new Green Card Theatre will concentrate 0n plays from other countries that are new to LA, beginning with German writer Ingrid Lausund's Slipped Disc. It opens Thursday a…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:59PMTweetI wasn’t that excited to see Jekyll and Hyde the Musical when I bought my tickets, but after listening to the cast recording a few times I cannot wait. Not only does the show feat…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 02:58PMToday the worldwide release of the Oscar-winning song Born Free re-recorded by legendary Queen guitarist Brian May and West End and Broadway songstress Kerry Ellis, was released. The classic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMSinger, songwriter, actor and multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Broadway stage debut beginning today, November 5, in Chicago as “that silver-tongued prince of…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:48PMThe "Ugly Betty" star will play a cash-strapped woman struggling to survive in the world premiere of Laura Marks' dark comedy, produced by Women's Project Theater.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:48PMRichard Dreyfuss, Lance Bass, Bruce Vilanch and Annette O'Toole will be part of a Nov. 19 San Diego reading of Academy Award-winning "Milk" screenwriter Dustin Lance Black'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMAn intriguing play hides inside this mishmash from the Black Rep.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:44PMWith the start of the winter term mere weeks away, BroadwayWorld's Student Center is seeking to expand its coverage team. Whether you're involved backstage, onstage or as an enthusiastic aud…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMLincoln Center Theater has postponed the first preview of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy by one day due to the loss of technical rehearsal time. Performances will now begin Nov. 9 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMLincoln Center Theater has delayed the first preview of Golden Boy by one day due to a loss of technical rehearsal time caused by Hurricane Sandy. The boxing drama will now begin performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PM"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: www.nasdaq.com at 02:16PMEmmy Award winning actress America Ferrera, best known for her fearless portrayal of Betty on ABC's hit comedy Ugly Betty, will star as a financially-strapped woman who discovers just how fa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMWrens Hotel, LeedsThe theatre is a good place to nurse a broken heart. Sitting in the dark and hearing stories can help heal the wound. Ellie Harrison takes that idea much further in The Res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMReelzChannel - TV About MoviesR today announced a 12-episode second season of the original drama series BOMB GIRLS will premiere in the first quarter 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMDue to a delay in the start of technical rehearsals caused by last weeks storm, Lincoln Center Theater has announced that its been forced to postpone previews, by one night, of its 75th Anni…
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Just as "Waiting for Godot," a play about boredom, should never feel boring, so "Uncle Vanya," a play about people in stasis, should never be static.
SOURCE: Variety at 02:08PMOrchard theatre, DartfordI don't think you should ever have to grow up, says Greg Davies – and the Inbetweeners and Cuckoo star puts the point into practice in his new touring show. You m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08PMREVIEW: Trista Baldwin's play adds a dash of absurdity to the familiar theme of long-term relationships gone bad, but the work pulls its punch.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:06PMLisa Brescia, James Barbour and Natalie Belcon will take part in a reading of the new musical Lempicka, about the life of art deco artist Tamara di Lempicka, Nov. 9 in Manhattan.
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"I'm a little bit trapped, I'm afraid," says the not-so-poor-butterfly title character in David Adjmi's audacious and stunning "Marie Antoinette," a co-…
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Nightlife singer Molly Pope, who regularly performs at Joe's Pub as part of Our Hit Parade, returns to the Duplex Nov. 5 with her solo show Molly Pope, Okay? A portion of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe life and work of late Tony Award-winning librettist Mark O'Donnell, co-writer of Broadway's Hairspray, will be celebrated 3 PM Nov. 12 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMThe Performers, the new comedy by David West Read that will officially open Nov. 14, began previews Oct. 23 at the Longacre Theatre. The play marks the Broadway bow for Read, who made his Of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, began preview performances on October 23 - prior to its official opening n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMAudra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara, Josh Groban and Michael Feinstein are among the performers who will participate in the Philharmonic's New Year's Eve concert, which was originally scheduled to …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMA new light is shone on the familiar Peter Pan childhood classic, as J.M. Barrie writes for adults in Mary Rose, the little seen mysterious tale of grown up fantasy. Continuing its 20th anni…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:34PMInside Blue Coyote’s ambitious play Editor’s note: This feature launches a new series on TDF Stages in which playwrights interview fellow theatre artists about their work. The ho…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:30PM"A disciplined person not only knows how to say ‘no' to themselves but ‘no' to other people when they need to."
--Joyce MeyerAbout two weeks ago, I hear about what seemed to be a cool op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a two week extension of Bad Jews through Sunday, December 30th! Bad Jews, a new play by Joshua Harmon, dire…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:29PMWICKED now offers its fans a free app, which launched on Tuesday, October 30, the musicals 9th Anniversary on Broadway. The official WICKED app is currently available for download and use on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThe Encores! presentation of Cotton Club Parade offers audience access into Harlem’s famed 1920s nightclub and the hot sounds of Duke Ellington. Check out Amber Riley and the cast…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMPreviews begin tonight for two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Ton…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:08PMFollowing a 2011 mini-tour, A Christmas Story, The Musical lands on Broadway Nov. 7. Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul document the experience for Playbill.com, taking readers through r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMHow a labor of love about an old-fashioned radio show with guest stars like Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris, built an Internet-fueled fandom (which includes "Buffy," "Lost" and "Fring…
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Singer Billy Ray Cyrus is going to star on Broadway.
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 12:59PMToday, we're featuring Elizabeth McGovern in 1985. In 1981 McGovern earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime.In 1984, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMPreviews begin tonight for two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes in DEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Ton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s Bad Jews has extended its run by two weeks at off-Broadway’s Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The show was sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMLed by Quinn Bauriedel, Co-Artistic Director & Co-Founder - Pig Iron Theatre Co.; School Director - Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training Spots will go fast! Saturday, Novem…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:48PMDISGRACED, starring Aasif Mandvi, brings to a rolling boil the issues of identity, racism, marital infidelity and the high cost of ethnic assimilation.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMTony winner Audra McDonald, Grammy winner Josh Groban, Nice Work If You Can Get It star Kelli O’Hara, Smash headliner Megan Hilty and four-time Tony nominee Raul Es…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMOnstage November 1-18 at Playhouse Mainstage, Flat Rock Playhouse presents Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, one of Tennessee Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite. BroadwayWorld has a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMDon't miss this one-night-only event Legendary Tony-winning singeractress Barbara Cook joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic for her first performance with orchestra in Los Angeles
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWith Stevens making his Broadway debut in the show, we wanted to know what other 'Downton Abbey' actor you'd like to see in a Broadway show. Check out the landslide results from last week's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMGeorge Street Playhouse will present Mark St. Germain's The Best of Enemies, November 27-December 23. Julianne Boyd will direct the production, which was originally presented in 2011 at Bar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMThis triple bill offers the chance to see Britain’s national ballet shaping its future, with the cream of its dancers on stage, writes Clement Crisp
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:28PMGet ready to hand jive with McKinley High’s Glee Club as they take on the timeless classic Grease with the release of Glee: The Music Presents Glease, available November 6. This highly ant…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:26PMWritten By: Rocco Passafuime [email protected] 25 years ago, Gates McFadden scored an opportunity to be a part of one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises with the TV series…
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 12:26PMPatti Issues, the solo piece by writer-director Ben Rimalower, which chronicles his relationship with his gay father and his obsession with Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, will play a one-ni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMKatie Couric must be a die-hard Annie fan as she dedicated the entire November 2 episode of her new talk show to the beloved musical! The episode brought Broadway’s original Annie …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMSignature Theatre presents THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, which has already announced a 1-week extension, runs thr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMManhattan Theatre Club’s new Broadway production of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE was recently featured on “Science Friday” the nationally syndicated NPR program discussing science topics in …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:21PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre will celebrate the career of Grammy-nominated musician Phil Coulter with The Songs I Love So Well, to run November 29-December 30.Coulter stars in the show, which…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMCitizens Theatre, Glasgow: There's enough energy in Cora Bissett's new musical for the National of Scotland to launch it in to the stratosphere, but elements of the production are …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMSorry, '90s grunge fans! Broadway won't smell like teen spirit anytime soon. Reports surfaced recently that music manager Sam Lutfi was working with Courtney Love on a musical a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMThe Group Theatre Too will co-present Broadway at the Met Room a one evening performance benefitting GTT's Broadway Performance Project, a mini-conservatory dedicated to discovering and nurt…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:12PMDeadline reports that Tony winning SKYFALL co-writer John Logan and director Sam Mendes will soon join forces again for an upcoming Vampire Hunter drama series for TV.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMEquus, Peter Shaffer’s 1973 Tony Award-winning psychological drama, inspired in part by a true story, tells the story of over-worked middle-aged psychiatrist Tel Monks (Dr. Dysart) and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective, which will present a revival of Arthur Bicknell's Moose Murders later this season, has postponed its Nov. 11 staged readings of Ryan Cunningha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMPigPen Theatre Co.’s off-Broadway play The Old Man and The Old Moon has extended its run through January 6, 2013 at The Gym at Judson. The play had initially been scheduled to clo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMMr. November 2012Will ChaseWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: When I was looking up information on Mr. November, I realized he is long overdue for this. He is a staple on Broadway, in regional the…
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Yolanda Kakabadse visiting St. Louis to meet local conservationists and students
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:59AMBorders and fractions divide a group of Hackney teenagers in Shamsher Sinha's full-length professional debut, which unpicks the plight of young asylum seekers, immobilised by uncertainty and…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:58AMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. Looking to expand your knowledge on the history of ANNIE be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMAndrea McArdle, who introduced Broadway and the rest of the world to the signature song "Tomorrow" as the star of the original Broadway production of Annie, celebrates her birthday…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMThe Epic Theatre Ensemble productions of Dispatches From (A)mended America and Hold These Truths, which run in repertory at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, have been given an ext…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMRaul Esparza, Josh Groban, and Megan Hilty will be among the stars who will join the New York Philharmonic for
One Singular Senasation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, which will take place at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMThe New York Philharmonic will present One Singular Sensation Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Years Eve concert saluting the late composer-conductor. The Orchestra will be joined …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMThe actress Dorinda Stevens died on October 25, at the age of 80. Born in Southampton on August 16, 1932, she appeared in many well-known television series, including Fabian of the Yard, No …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMIt's the done thing on Broadway to shower star names with applause the moment they enter. I can't be the only one to find this tradition ridiculousOn a recent trip to New York, I was depress…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:38AMThe Open Hearts Foundation will present Jane Seymour and the Tim Janis Ensemble: The Christmas Rose, a night of music, dance and drama featuring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and composer Tim Jan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Robert Joffrey’s The Nutcrackerin a 22-performance engagement at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress P…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:29AMThe School of Theatre at Florida State presents The Monster Under the Bed as its annual and very popular offering of Theatre for Young Audiences, Nov. 15-18 in the Fallon Theatre, on the cor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AM- This is a two part look at the new production of Lerner and Loewe’s masterpiece musical My Fair Lady at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. - It was only a matter of tim…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:26AMDisney recently aquired the rights to the Star Wars empire, and because the Mouse House is behind a few of Broadway's biggest musicals (Newsies, The Lion King and Mary Poppins, just…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMWith his flight back to New York delayed due to Hurricane Sandy, composer Scott Alan held a last-minute concert at London's Hippodrome Nov. 2. He was joined by Sierra Boggess and a slew …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMThe New York Philharmonic will present One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Year’s Eve concert saluting the late composer-conductor, Dec. 31 at 7:30 PM at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMBefore Angela Lansbury heads down under to be chauffeured by James Earl Jones in the Australian run of Driving Miss Daisy, the 87-year-old stage legend is already looking ahead to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMPigPen Theatre Co.'s Off-Broadway play The Old Man and the Old Moon, which blends music and shadow play, has extended its limited engagement through 2013 at The Gym at Judson in&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMThe Old Globe's 15th annual production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in San Diego will star Steve Blanchard (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast) as the green villain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival has extended its deadline for the 2013 Next Link Project, which helps writers bring their work from staged reading to full production. The tenth annual …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThis week, Broadway welcomes Katie Holmes and Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as Theresa Rebeck's comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS begins previews tonight, Nov. 5, at the Music Box Theatre. Also open…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMIt's America, 1970. Beau Brown, a black Vietnam veteran, still a young man, is questioned by a psychologist who is trying to establish his sanity. Beau has committed a serious crime and coul…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMMove over, "Singin' in the Rain." Here comes "The Bodyguard" and "Viva Forever!" Not to mention "The Book of Mormon."
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 11:00AMHave you seen this ad on a phone kiosk near you? Sorry if the photo isn’t as clear as it should be, but my hands were shaking from irritation when I took it. It features a photo of a K…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Group Theatre Too in association with Paul Michael’s The Network will present Broadway at the Met Room Dec. 2 at 7 PM at The Metropolitan Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMA group of prominent cultural personalities have signed an open letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asking the city to send more relief to the Rockaways, a part of Queens that wa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when LES MISERABLES hits the big screen. Check out all of the recently released posters for the film below, featuring Hugh Jackman as 'Je…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMThe 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 today, November 5th at 4 PM. The ceremony will be broadca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMDominic Cooke is to set direct Bruce Norris’s new work, The Low Road, as part of his final season as artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre in London. The producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMTONIGHT – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012 AT 8 PM La-Ti-Do At The Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009 $10 cover charge at the door. Doors open at 7:50 pm for…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:51AMDrayton Arms, London: These days there must be few well-to-do women holidaying in Italy who are forced to consider selling their bodies between tennis and dinner, but for Fraulein Else this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMMusical's latest incarnation on Broadway is a crowd-pleaser in a city that desperately needs some cheering up after SandyI've never been a big fan of Annie the musical. The score is great, I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMGandalf is getting a TV show! Tony Award winners Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi will tackle the small screen in ITV’s Vicious, a new British comedy from producer Gary Janetti (Famil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending November 04, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $142,175 2,756 61.14% $51.59 ANNIE $638,7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMIf you learn anything this political season, learn this. To win, you've got to please somebody. The good news is that you get to choose that somebody. You get to choose the group of people t…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:44AMHappy Birthday Andrea McArdle As Annie, McArdle became the youngest performer ever to be nominated for a Tony Award as Best Lead Actress in a Musical. Also on Broadway, she starred in the Je…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMIf I say Liza and Judy, something tells me you don’t think Dench. (Sing it, “It’s Judi with an i not Judy with a y…”) But Ms. Minnelli and Dame Dench share a ve…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMSoprano, alto, tenor, bass sing the praises of choir (Soprano Emily Brotmann, alto Sebastianne Kent, tenor David Axelrod and bass Justin Fischer in Penelope Cruz’s choir room. Photo by…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:41AMThe 12th annual The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway will be presented Nov. 12 at 8 PM at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMSitcom co-created by Mark Ravenhill is written by co-producer whose credits include Family Guy and Will & GraceSir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi are to star in a new ITV1 comedy as a gay cou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMThe 12th annual The 24 Hour Plays On Broadway will be presented Nov. 12 at 8 PM at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMThe film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will have a Christmas Day opening, hitting theatres in a wide release Dec. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe Public Theater has announced that the world premiere of Nathan Englander's The Twenty-Seventh Man has delayed the start of previews by one day, to Nov. 8. It will still open Off-Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMToday is the birthday of Peter Noone, lead singer of British invasion band Herman’s Hermit’s. We’ve written here earlier about Harry Champion and the original 1910 version …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:31AMMy resolution for the next presidential election is to let "grandma" share my stupid dog pictures with her retirement community cronies and reserve my playing of pin the tail on Do…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:29AMThis curate's egg of a show is effectively Coram Boy meets Les Miserables, to which several musical numbers owe a lot - arguably too much.
The titular hatpin is, it eventually transpires, t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:27AMTony-winning playwright John Logan and director Sam Mendes, who recently collaborated on the new James Bond film Skyfall, will take on the undead in an untitled new TV series, according to D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:26AMScott T. Barsotti Hometown: Pittsburgh, PACurrent Town: Chicago, ILQ: What are you working on now? A: I'm working on an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH, which if y…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:24AMAmerican politician Gabrielle Giffords, astronaut Mark E. Kelly, Victor Garber and Debra Monk took in the Nov. 2 performance of Broadway's Annie at the Palace Theatre. After the show, they …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMNBC Universal presented "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together," a one-hour telethon and concert, on its broadcast network and cable television stations Nov. 2. Money raised from the ev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe Musical Mondays Theatre Lab on Thursdays series will present Neurosis: The Musical Nov. 8 at 6:30 PM at The Jerry Orbach Theater, Snapple Theater Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMDominic Cooke is to direct Bruce Norris’s new work The Low Road as part of his final season as artistic director of the Royal Court. The production will run in the Jerwood Theatre Downstai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMNew York Theatre Barn will present private readings of the new musical Costs of Living Nov. 7-8 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMEstablished in 1931, Arts High School, located in Newark, New Jersey, has the distinction of being the first U.S. Magnet High School dedicated to the arts. Read about the school's programs i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM“Wicked” will set out on its first ever tour of the U.K. and Ireland late next year. The performances will begin at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, England, on September 12, 2013, and …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMRECOMMENDED Little boxes made of ticky tacky, meet mid-sized yurt made of treated wool. In Jane Anderson’s relatively new play, “The Quality of Life,” receiving an intensely moving and…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:00AMWith power restored to much of downtown New York over the weekend, many theaters south of Midtown were finally able to open their doors for business following several days of literal darknes…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Save the date because film legends Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline will be coming to a theater near you next Holiday Season straight from fabulous LAST VEGAS …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMWembley Arena, London: Ice Age Live is perfect for a good old kids' holiday romp. It's like the best night at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, with a sprinkle of Twentieth Century Fox.
Re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMPeter’s Alley Theatre Productions presents their inaugural production, the poignant drama To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, by Michael Brady. Aly Ettman directs this story about grief, and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50AMWest Philadelphia playwright and director Cara Blouin was watching a satirical play about torture when she had a revelation: Why do theater people so often assume audiences share their liber…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:45AMMultiple Tony winner Angela Lansbury hosts Jump for Joy! A Dance Variety Spectacular - Career Transition For Dancers’ 27th Anniversary Jubilee Nov. 5 at 7 PM at New York City Center, 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMDavid Sedaris' "The Santaland Diaries" ReturnsJeff Kready , who played the lovably square Mr. Snow in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Carousel" at the Goodspeed Opera House , will play Crumpet…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:30AMThe lights were bright again on Broadway by Thursday, but many theaters below 34th Street sat in darkness until this weekend. Most announced their re-openings as soon as Con-Ed restored powe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMDominic Cooke's final season at the helm of London's Royal Court Theatre will include new plays by Bruce Norris, Polly Stenham and Anthony Neilson, all of whom featured in his first …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMAngela Lansbury, whose career has spanned close to seven decades in film and theatre, is currently gearing up for an Australian tour of DRIVING MISS DAISY opposite James Earl Jones. The tour…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMIn a field where few of us have the resources to engage a 'number two' executive, there is no large pool of trained leaders ready to move up to the top spot without some risk.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:24AMChoreographer and dancer Liam Scarlett has been appointed as the Royal Ballet’s first ever artist in residence. His new role, which he will take up immediately, means Scarlett will cease t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AMIan McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Frances De La Tour have been cast in an ITV studio sitcom called Vicious. The comedy is being written by Gary Janetti, who has co-created the series with playw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:08AMThe people and the critics have spoken The most thrilling show of the fall season is MTCs provocative new version of HENRIK IBSENs AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, starring 4-time Tony winner BOYD GA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMIn the video below, BroadwayWorld brings brings you an exclusive first look at Broadway favorite Lea Salonga singing Alan's 'Look A Rainbow,' as recorded at the dress rehearsal on April 30th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe Alliance Theatre’s production of Nunsense is a madcap comedic musical that showcases a wacky gaggle of multi-talented performers who are absolutely ‘nuntastic.’ Scott O…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe nominations for the 15th annual Mot British Independent Film Awards were announced today, at St Martins Lane, London by actor and BIFA Patron, Adrian Les
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ian McKellen is set to star in a new ITV series to be titled VICIOUS along side Derek Jacobi. The sitcom will be co-written by executive producer Gary Ja…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMWicked is to go on the U.K. and Ireland touring road, beginning performances at Manchester's Palace Theatre Sept. 12, 2013, for a run through Nov. 16. Further tour dates and casting will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:35AMWith the F Train running out as far Avenue X, this weekend the Countess and I were able to make it out to Coney Island to bring a shopping cart full of donations to an impromptu relief c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:31AMAs it celebrates its sixth year at the West End's Criterion Theatre, producers of The 39 Steps have announced that it will embark on a UK tour next year.
The 39 Steps is based on the 1914 …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:28AMHello, all, Im back with another blog about my experience with the American Repertory Theaters upcoming production of Pippin Since my last post, we have nearly completed another two weeks of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMFor those of you that know me well, you know that one of my favorite things to do is connect people. I am thrilled when I have the opportunity to make introductions that are mutually benefic…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 08:15AMHalloween is a time for pumpkins, witches, tricks, and treats. This year, however, I learned that one of the best treats that you can receive on Halloween is using this spooky date for a cau…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:15AM
WICKED, the global musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will begin a major tour of the UK and Ireland at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on 12 Sep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:55AMSir Peter Hall has apologised to Downton Abbey actress Laura Carmichael for "unintentionally" disrupting her West End debut on Friday.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:49AMMaurice’s Jubilee, a play written by and starring Nichola McAuliffe, will tour the UK in the new year, following its run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. McAuliffe won best actr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMEveryone’s talking about the world premiere of The Bodyguard musical, with previews starting on 6 November at the Adelphi Theatre, and we’re giving away an exclusive prize includ…
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 07:43AMYou could call The Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare’s equivalent of Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead; take cameo characters from a tragedy and given them starri…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:30AMVisitors to the exhibition and blog channel The Great American Revue have peppered me with questions that can be summarized as: "where do you find that stuff?" Substitute artifacts…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:23AMMisunderstandings are complicating the debate over ethnically authentic casting, as the Clybourne Park case shows, writes critic Andrew Haydon
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMThe Brontes is not a play for lovers of 19th-century literature. In fact, some of this crowd will be offended by this irreverent production from Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue. But t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:16AMToday is the birthday of the favorite playwright of my early twenties (and still one of my favorites) Sam Shepard, born 1943. I think he is America’s greatest stage poet, and, along with…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:16AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
One man’s success in Arlington has caused changes in the Holiday Season for Washington’s Theater Alliance, the company announced Friday. Because Stephawn Stevens, Black Nativity’s long…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:45AMDominic Cooke has announced his final season as artistic director of the Royal Court. Featuring writers from his first year at the venue - Bruce Norris, Polly Stenham and Anthony Neilson - t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:43AMWicked is set to tour the UK and Ireland from September 2013, beginning at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. It will start its run from September 12, 2013, with further dates and locations yet …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMThe Oscar-winning writer of “Moonstruck” accused in a civil lawsuit of carrying on a violent S&M-fueled sexual relationship with a young actress — and choking her to within inches of h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:19AMPomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield: Stoke Mandeville is no stranger to controversy. Long before its good name was tainted by the Jimmy Savile scandal, the internationally acclaimed spinal inj…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMSpider-man has gotten his tights in a twist after being dissed by an MSG ad featuring New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire. The backlash has gotten bad enough that Madison Square Garden tells …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:17AMAshcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Croydon: For their 50th anniversary production the Fairfield Halls' Ashcroft Theatre has mounted this short run of the classic comedy drama Billy Liar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMArcola Theatre, London: A popular contemporary subject, combat stress has never been placed so clearly within a societal context as in Kristiana Colon's moving play but I cd only whispe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMWhen the Christian polemicist C.S. Lewis meets Sigmund Freud— who considered God an illusion— whom do you root for? Mark St. Germain’s imagined meeting between two brilliant men crackl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:05AM
This has certainly been the year of Uncle Vanya. We've already been treated to a couple of high-profile revivals of Chekhov's great tragicomedy of wasted lives – a very funny and mercurial…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:53AMDownton Abbey stars Joanne Froggatt, Amy Nuttall and Phyllis Logan came out to support their co-star Laura Carmichael as she made her West End debut on Friday in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.And Ca…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:52AMRoyal Opera House, London: The Royal Ballet proves its 21st century stance in three works of great scope spanning modern, pedestrian and neo-classical ballet.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AMLiam Scarlett is the Royal Ballet’s next big thing. The young choreographer has just been appointed the company’s artist in residence, giving up dancing to focus on making ballets.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:50AMThousands of children are to be given the chance to stage a Shakespeare play in a theatre to mark the 450th anniversary of the Bard's birth in 2014.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:34AMSalisbury Playhouse: As a Gregorian chant echoes round the auditorium, a shaft of light illuminates a model of a cathedral topped by a soaring spire.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMIt was somewhere very early in the new millennium that I first met Karl Wozny, founder of Bigfoot. I watched some of his impressive work in action in a Wandsworth primary school. Then he b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMVaudeville Theatre, London: The ghosts of previous productions always linger around the classics, but never more so for Uncle Vanya, which I've seen five times this year alone. Seeing i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMThom Sutherland’s new production of the gender-bending, joyously camp Victor/Victoria is not to be missed. While it must be said that the score is not entirely consistent, the lyrics teete…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:01AMRECOMMENDED “This is not the story of Frankenstein!” dejectedly screams the Storyteller of 500 Clown’s “500 Clown Frankenstein,” which opened in an exhilarating…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Barbican, London: Oliver Knussen's 60th birthday is celebrated with a two-day focus on his work at the Barbican, beginning with this staging of his double bill based on books by Maurice…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:54AMIt's a shame that just as the Southwark Playhouse really begins to come into its own with a spate of great musicals (The Busybody, Mack and Mabel) and plays (Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, I …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:52AMAmong this week's major London theatre
openings, in the West End and further afield, are the Russian-language production of Uncle Vanya, Tommy Steele in Scrooge the Musical, the National Th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:47AMIt's a great shock in Lindsay Posner's revival when Anna Friel starts yawning during Samuel West's impassioned speech about the decimation of the countryside. Admittedly, West eventually adm…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:01AM
Legit News:
Seven productions of hit tuner are running
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53AMDavid Henry Hwang, best known as the author of M. Butterfly and Chinglish, will offer two presentations at Loyola University New Orleans today, Nov. 5 in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMRolex presents JUMP FOR JOY A Dance Variety Spectacular--Career Transition For Dancers 27th Anniversary Jubilee tonight, November 5, at 700 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street btw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMChristmas Story, The Musical will arrive on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. The producers have announced that the new musical, based on the 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, November 5th at 7 pm, the Theatre at Saint Peters Home of the York Theatre Lexington Avenue at 54th Street will resound with the songs of Larry Kerchner Somewhere in Time sung by so…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMComing 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDamian Bellino and Camille Harris will host My High School Boyfriend Was Gay, tonight, November 5 at 8pm at UCB East. This celebration of our most tragic and hilarious teenage memories is in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDue to unsafe weather, that Broadway Sings for Pride's Broadway After Dark scheduled for Monday, October 29, 2012 was rescheduled for tonight, November 5, 2012 at SPLASH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, November 5, host Christopher Meloni will welcome celebrities, Broadway greats, philanthropy influencers and the New York elite to celebrate Make Believe on Broadway. The evening wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new Broadway comedy, begins previews tonight, November 5 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. The show will open on Thursday, November 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Dramatists Guild of America previously announced the recipients of their annual awards, which will be presented at an awards ceremony hosted by Lisa Kron tonight, November 5, 2012, at Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTheresa Rebeck’s new Broadway comedy Dead Accounts, which stars Katie Holmes and Norbert Leo Butz as a pair of bickering siblings, begins previews on November 5 at the Music Box Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15AMThe Apothecary Theatre Company's production of James McManus' Blood Potato opens November 5 at the Clurman Theatre at off-Broadway's Theatre Row. Directed by Kevin Kittle, the pl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14AMBilly Ray Cyrus may have once had an "Achy Breaky Heart," but these days all he cares about is love! The country singer will begin his run as slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14AMBilly Ray Cyrus may have once had an "Achy Breaky Heart," but these days all he cares about is love! The country singer will begin his run as slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14AMEarhart (via Wikipedia)A musical that has a conscience and yet is an utter blast? Is that possible? Indeed it is. Hairspray is a strange hybrid - originally a movie by the iconoclastic John …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMCountry singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Broadway debut in the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago Nov. 5 at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMRichard Burton is interviewed about Electronovision, the process used to record his 1964 Broadway performance as Hamlet: (This is the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works." Jacques Barzun, The House of Intellect (courtesy of Edward Rothstein)...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal 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 NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch presents the 22nd annual NAACP Theatre Awards Nov. 5 at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Nicole Ari Parker and James Pickens, Jr. are amo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheresa Rebeck's black comedy Dead Accounts, starring Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as a prodigal son who returns home to his Ohio family – and Katie Holmes as the skeptical s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's world-premiere staging of Mia Chung's You for Me for You, a fantasy about North Korean sisters facing the regime there, begins Nov. 5. The troupe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York City premiere of Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, the harrowing character study of the roots of dysfunction in the life of a morbidly-obese 600-pound man, ope…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn a way, the ideal cast for “The Heiress,” the 1947 play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz (now in revival at the Walter Kerr), would have been Henry Fonda and his daughter, Jane. As t…
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