In case you were wondering just how record-breaking voter turnout is this year, you don't need to look beyond the headlines of newspapers, which all read like riffs on the same theme. "Tuesd…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:51PMOn Tuesday, November 13th at 10PM over a dozen of Broadways brightest stars will be singing songs of hope, love, and, quite possibly, Grease to benefit the Friends of Marybeth and Cohort 3 h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:39PM. . . not a dragon tattoo but a . . . Simon and the Oaks is about two families with characters so vivid, attractive and complex that one becomes totally absorbed in them, worries for the obs…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 07:38PMNow that the election is drawing to a close, I think all non-profit arts organizations, especially those in battleground states, should go out tomorrow and ask media companies for donations.…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:32PMI’m SICK of sports metaphors in election coverage: slam dunk,Hail Mary, ground game. So I asked for suggestions for theater metaphors instead — and got enough to fill a musical! …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:29PMShowbiz Chicago Podcast With Hollis Resnik from the National Touring Company of SISTER ACT from Michael Roberts on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:25PMShowbiz Chicago Podcast With Hollis Resnik from the National Touring Company of SISTER ACT from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Multi-Jeff Award winner Hollis Resnik talks about her role as Mother…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:18PMExecutive Producer and actor/comedienne Jaime Pressly has joined forces with Creative Director Lisa Eaton to bring to the stage The RouGe FoLLiEs – an electrifying vaudevillian entertainme…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PMDirector Scott Paulin writes about the late playwright Horton Foote and his one-acts on the occasion of Foote Notes: Two Plays About Harrison, Texas, opening this week at the Open Fist Theat…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:12PMThe Manhattan Association of Cabarets amp Clubs has announced a new annual show to be held each fall, called MAC presents THEY WRITE THE SONGS. The inaugural show will be held Sunday, Novemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMDon Chaffer is a passionate storyteller. The composer’s mellifluous melodies run deep, and he cradles his creation with the tenderness of a father embracing a small child. However, Cha…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 07:00PM
This morning, foreign election administrators embarked on one great American tradition the road trip to observe and study another: democracy. Reports Dan Zak: "As U.S. voters scamper to thei…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:41PMDavid Hyde Pierce, Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale and more will pay tribute to late book writer and director Abe Burrows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2012 benefit. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMDavid Mamet’s expletive-filled, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross is back on Broadway in an exciting revival directed by Tony winner Dan Sullivan. The prod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMSaariaho’s music is often lush and vibrant, to be sure, but it also can lose track of its musical purpose and meander excessively from time to time. Not so in "Circle Map."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:25PMThe guys of the PigPen Theatre Co. (the recent Carnegie Mellon grads making a splash downtown with their delightful new play The Old Man and the Old Moon) are putting their shadow …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PMTweetA Christmas Story The Musical Preview A Christmas Story The Musical opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York on Monday, November 19th with previews starting November 7th. If you&#…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:10PMFifteen plays from the likes of Ins Choi, Tom Stoppard and Sam Shepard will help Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company usher in its 2013 schedule.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:01PM
After a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Josh Austin, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Central New York Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMSignature Theatre embarks on a journey of adventure and romance next summer with an all-new production of the Tony Award-winning musical Miss Saigon, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schae…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more infor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:54PMTony nominee Andrea McArdle will release a new album, Calendar Dream, through Broadway Records in 2013. An anagram for McArdle’s name, Calendar Dream will feature 13 new song…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMAccording to Deadline.com, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Eric Petersen is set to join Kirstie Alley in TV Land's Giant Baby. Petersen will play Alley's l'ong-lost son.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMAfter her divorce from husband Tom Cruise, actress Katie Holmes seems to be getting herself back on track as she made her first curtain call Monday night for "Dead Accounts," her newest play…
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 05:50PMLes Miserables will hit movie theaters in a few short weeks, and after feasting our eyes on the movie’s first emotional trailer, we absolutely couldn’t wait to “hear the pe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:47PMNew York City's Madison Square Garden tops TicketNews®' top venues rankings for the week ending November 4, 2012.
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SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:44PMAs everyone heads home this evening to watch the election returns, wring hands, and wonder about what’s to come over the next four years, we ask you to take a moment and reflect upon w…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:43PMRehearsals have begun for Center Theatre Groups production of the Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. The cast features performances by Jeannie Berlin, Robert Foxworth, Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMThe Public Theater’s production of Wild With Happy, written by and starring Tony nominee Colman Domingo, has announced a one-week extension. The Robert O’Hara-helmed play will en…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PMHOW TO LAUGH AND CRY AND BE UNMOVED AT THE SAME TIME Playwright Bill Cain, after discovering his mother, Mary, had six months to live, moved into the family home in Syracuse, New York. Like …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:35PMDisney’s The Lion King continues to wow theatergoers, and on November 13 the blockbuster show will celebrate its 15th year on Broadway! To mark the milestone Broadway.com wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMOn the heels of its record-breaking 2012 Summer Season, Williamstown Theatre Festival will pay tribute to Abe Burrows, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and director, at its 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMHigh-schoolers interested in attending Music of Remembrance's Nov. 16 or 18 presentation of the Viktor Ullmann opera "Emperor of Atlantis" are in luck: MOR is offering free admission to the …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:31PMBeauty and La Biche at Feinstein Once More.Bette Sussman and Elaine Caswell will be doing their third and final show at Feinstein's on Sunday night, November 11, 2012 at 8pm
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:30PMIn the final installment of The Road to Chicago, Billy Ray Cyrus makes his grand Broadway debut as Chicago's newest Billy Flynn! Watch him go big (not down in flames!) and take on "…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PM“I’m the big Miller advocate,” said Susan Marie Rhea, associate artistic director of Keegan Theatre. She means Arthur Miller, the playwright for whom she harbors “a particular passio…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:29PMOn March 8, 2013, one of Broadways favorite leading men, Ryan Silverman, will appear with The New York Pops for Come Fly With Me The Songs of Sammy Cahn. Mr. Silverman has previously appeare…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMThe Public Theater has extended the world premiere of Wild With Happy, an absurdist-flavored new play about family, death and healing written by and starring Tony Award nominee Colman D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Emma Cambey, Tim Carney, Jacqueline Bublitz, and Henry Sachwald, we are VERY excited to announce that voting…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMCHAPLIN, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin played by Rob McClure, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meeh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMNEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway for four days, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $8.5 million.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:07PMTheater fans had plenty of juicy videos to enjoy this week on Broadway.com, including a preview of Amber Riley’s NYC theatrical debut, a pair of Annie features and more. In case you mi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:05PMBroadwayWorld.com, the premier theater news website in the United States, in the United Kingdom, and in more than 20 other countries, has expanded, updated, and is now ready for this years B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMReview: "The Medium" is dark, humorous, and just a little campy. Running through this Sunday, November 11, I would catch it while you still can!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:02PM
NEW YORK—Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway for four days, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $8.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:58PMThe producers of Glengarry Glen Ross is set to open on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. The limited run will be extended through Sunday, Janu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMDrama Desk and Theatre World Award winner Kevin Anderson has joined the cast of Steppenwolf Theatre's upcoming production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, which will begin performances…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:43PMIf Kristin Chenoweth’s personal elán and ability to elate an audience could be mass-produced, the quest for global peace would be over, as Monday night’s Segerstrom Concert Hall…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:41PMSaycon Sengbloh Hair, Fela, Wicked, Sarah Stiles Into The Woods, Chris Jackson In The Heights, and Lady Rizo Lady Rizo Unescorted Joe's Pub, The Lily's Revenge lead the lineup of performers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMiLuminate will present the world premiere of their show iLuminate's: Artist of Light, November 23-January 5 at The Duke on 42nd Street.Miral Kotb will direct the show, which features origina…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:36PMNewsies stars Corey Cott and Kara Lindsay are among the performers who will sing songs of hope, love, and the musical Grease during Oh Sandy, a benefit concert to be held Tuesday, November 1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Jeffrey Ellis, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Nashville Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Jeffrey Ellis, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Tennessee Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMGrammy and Tony award winning songwriter and composer Duncan Sheik will headline Michele Clarks Sunset Session Tour 2012 kicking off at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on November 9. She…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMJohn Murphy and Laara Sadiq (photo credit: Tim Matheson)Feats of Literatureby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesIn Greek mythology the Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed beast. Cut off a head and tw…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:21PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is thrilled to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Dance Company of the Week Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMCasting is complete for Steppenwolf Theatre Companys upcoming production of Harold Pinters The Birthday Party, under the direction of ensemble member Austin Pendleton. Ensemble member Kevin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMSAN FRANCISCO — Imagine the police surprise when, during a routine 1967 raid on a party in the Haight-Ashbury district, they hauled in not only weed and hippies but also two of the world�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:17PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Michelle Petrucci, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Florida Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMLES MISERABLES doesn't hit the silver screen until Christmas Day, but in the meantime watch the just-released new TV spot for the film below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PM“NBC’s ‘SMASH’: MAKE A MUSICAL” Muskegon High School Muskegon, MI Reported by: Cynthia Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher October 1, 2012 …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:15PM A top choreographer uses rookies for her BAM show Perhaps the most common reason your Average Joe hesitates to get up and dance is a lack of training. But for Jake Shakleton and Micha…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:14PMThe idea that a person might have sex with a robot came my way via the movie Westworld. Michael Crichton wrote that story about a theme park full of robots where you go to live your Wild Wes…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:13PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Antonino Prattic, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Italy Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMCalling all fans of Les Miserables: We've given you the posters, the secrets of the screenplay, and some first-look interviews.Now, we're bringing you the newly released 30-second TV trailer…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMThe Screen Actors Guild Foundation amp BWW Announce New Partnership on Conversations QampA Series and Expansion of 'Backstage with Richard Ridge'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMThe Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sharks in a real-estate office, began previews Oct. 19 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMThe PETER AND THE STARCATCHER elections have come and gone, your votes have been tallied and Neverland has a new President...Who is it Read on to find out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMWhen the Apples sit down for dinner in Richard Nelson’s newest play Sorry (the third in the Apple Family series), the stakes will be even higher—it’s the day of the 2012 pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM
It’s difficult to make out a lot of what is happening in “Ich, Kürbisgeist,” which has its own dialect, but it is still, somehow, powerful.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:57PMBroadway favorite Magan Hilty recently posed for the November 2012 issue of Vegas magazine. Hilty will be featured on the cover of the issue, and you can check out a behind the scenes look a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMThe Civilians Steven Cosson, Artistic Director, the award-winning New York-based theater company known for projects investigating real life topics, presents a one-night-only concert performa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMFor the first time, in over a year, Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark has grossed less than $1 million dollars. Hurricane Sandy is completely to blame for this, as many shows were dark for at l…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 03:50PMAs a performer, Lorraine Chapman has few peers in the area. Her body has been forged exquisitely in the ballet studio, and further honed by her early professional career as a ballet dancer.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:50PMThe Game Show Network's "The Newlywed Game" will air a special segment featuring newlywed Broadway performers Nov. 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMThe show's producer says the unusual delay is a matter of logistics, not an effort to sell more tickets before critics weigh in.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:47PMPeter and the Starcatcher's Eric Petersen will star opposite Kirstie Alley and Rhea Pearlman in the upcoming TV Land pilot Giant Baby, according to Deadline.com.
Created by Marco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:46PMPeter and the Starcatcher's Eric Petersen will star opposite Kirstie Alley and Rhea Pearlman in the upcoming TV Land pilot Giant Baby, according to Deadline.com.
Created by Marco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:46PMThe York Theatre Company will present a one-night-only performance of the 1976 off-Broadway revue Starting Here, Starting Now, reuniting original cast members Loni Ackerman, Margery Cohen an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PMWith over 1 million fans on Facebook, the Broadway blockbuster Wicked is taking the next step in mobile interaction by offering its fans a free app, which launched Tuesday, October 30, on th…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:42PMWith new show Beautiful Burnout by Bryony Lavery currently touring, Scott Graham of Frantic Assembly talks boxing, going for gold and being Frantic.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PMThe Playwrights Horizons' production of The Whale, the New York premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter A Bright New Boise, opened last night, November 5 at 7PM at Playw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMJust yesterday, the cast and creative team spoke with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge at a special press preview- but a key player was missing. Tony nominee Joshua Henry, who is currently abr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMWhat are you most afraid of? Posing that question directly to the audience at the outset of his “Smoke and Mirrors” theatrical magic show at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Moni…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:40PMEmotional Creature, the latest work from Tony winner Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues), explores what it is to be a girl—all the joys and thrills, the rites of passage, the growi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMCharles Morey’s spry adaptation of “The Marriage of Figaro” taps 21st-century parallels to Beaumarchais’s original skewering of the rich and powerful.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:35PMA host of theatre talents will join forces Nov. 13 for a concert to raise funds for those affected by Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMWriter West Liang and director Justin Huen don't let cloudy weather in Hollywood lure them into indolence -- they turn to the theater. Liang's Their Eyes Saw Rain opens Saturday at Company o…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:18PMAs I write this, it's Wednesday and I'm in Cincinnati, far from the home and computer that I love, not to mention all my Leftover notes. I came here last Friday to see the Cincinnati Conserv…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 03:11PMDan Daley sends Praxis a letter from Palestine where he was touring with Arthur Milner’s Facts: Palestine: how much do you know about it? In the little town of Bethlehem on the closing…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 03:09PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Paul W. Thompson, M. William Panek and Misha Davenport, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMCountry music star Billy Ray Cyrus made his Broadway debut on November 5 as sly and cunning lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running musical Chicago. With a now-classic story and score from Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:05PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Marakay Rogers, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Central PA Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMThe cast and creative team gave a special press preview yesterday, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whole gang. Check out what they had to say and watch a preview…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMBroadway will finally be back to its normal schedule this week after being dark while Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City last week. A true icon and one of the city's biggest econ…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:00PM
From Twitter to Facebook and even Instagram, the Broadway community is finding creative ways to engage their fans in supporting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts with calls to action including …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMTony-nominated singing actress Andrea McArdle, who created the title role in the original Broadway production of Annie, has two new albums set for release on Broadway Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMThe Presidential Election isn't the only vote happening this month. Welcome to the 2012 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards. After receiving more than 3,000 nominations since we launched t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMPreliminary applications are now open for NYTW's Fellowship program, which has been re-imagined as: The 2050 Fellowships. Here's the official announcement from our friends on E. 4th Street: …
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 02:46PMTony Award winner Michael Cerveris and Tony Award nominee Patina Miller both celebrate birthdays on Nov. 6. Playbill.com is looking back at their careers on stage to mark the occasion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMNew Manhattan nightspot 54 Below, which features a starry lineup of Broadway favorites, has announced its schedule for December. Tony winner Patti LuPone, Tony nominees Laura Osnes and Adam …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMBroadway shows reported declines in box-office revenue across the board last week following super storm Sandy. Total Broadway grosses were $13.6 million for the week ending Sunday, down abou…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:36PMFrom the groundbreaking TV series Your Show of Shows to landmark films like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks has been one of the most influential voices in comedy. Now, thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMThe previously announced Abingdon Theatre Company annual benefit gala has been rescheduled until November 19 at Espace. It was originally scheduled for Monday, October 29, but was cancelled…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMOprah visits the larger-than-life Bette Midler at her home in New York City to discuss her legendary career and latest movie with Billy Crystal. Get a sneak peek below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMThirteen years ago, Dena Hammerstein had a big idea: to bring interactive theater, performed by professional actors, to children in NYC hospitals and care facilities. She founded the nonprof…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Howard McGillin celebrates his birthday this week. Playbill.com takes a look back at some of his stage highlights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin celebrates his birthday this week. Playbill.com takes a look back at some of his stage highlights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMIn the newest episode of The King of New York, Newsies star Corey Cott gets the stories behind the many Broadway debuts of his cast and also urges all the fansies to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMThe Apple family of Rhinebeck, NY, is reunited for Richard Nelson's Sorry, the latest work in his collection of political plays about an American family, which officially opens Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMThe cast of the new Broadway musical Newsies will perform on the Nov. 13 episode of ABC's “Dancing with the Stars: All Stars."
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMNew Jersey resident Carolee Carmello stars
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:15PMPulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts and Richard Rodgers Award-winning librettist Mark Campbell have adapted the 1959 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate" as an oper…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMFestival will start accepting applications from performers at midnight on Jan. 19.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:11PMIt's the Broadway musical that was, then wasn't. On December 3, join the intrepid cast of the ill-fated Rebecca when they gather on the 54 Below stage for one night only in Keep the Home Fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PM
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY columnist Mark Harris sat down with Pultizer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner to discuss the highly anticipated film LINCOLN. Kushner, best known for Broadway's An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMHappy Birthday Michael Cerveris Cerveris, who currently plays Juan Peron in Evita, has also appeared on Broadway in In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Cymbeline, LoveMusik, Sweeney Todd,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMSinger, songwriter, actor and multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus makes his Broadway stage debut in Chicago as “that silver-tongued prince of the courtroom,” slick c…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:57PMWhat better way to celebrate the New Year than with a Broadway show Before heading out, plan ahead and take note of the special holiday playing schedule for the week of December 31 thru Janu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThe Broadway company of Chaplin, about the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, recorded the show's original cast album on Nov. 5. Masterworks Broadway will produce.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMJERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, celebrates its 7th Anniversary on Broadway today, Tuesday, November 6. Take a look back at the past 7 years below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMHurricane Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $6 million from …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:42PM"Better Nate Than Ever," about a young show-tune fanatic who gets the chance of a lifetime to audition for a Broadway musical of "E.T.," will be released by Simon and Sch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMJoin us this Thursday for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST—an open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary per…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:37PMKatie Holmes made her return to Broadway in "Dead Accounts" as the dark comedy began previews Monday night after a delay caused by Hurricane Sandy.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:34PMIt's been nearly 25 years since John Malkovich scorched up the big screen in Dangerous Liasons, and the the actor is still fond of the steamy story. Malkovich will direct a French-langua…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMCarnegie Hall today announced information updates for a number of upcoming concerts that have been rescheduled, cancelled, or moved to alternative venues due to the ongoing closure of West 5…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMIt’s rare to see a completely astounding production. Even rarer, a completely astounding production of Chekhov. But Rimas Tuminas’s production for Vakhtangov Theatre is exactly that R…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:29PMBroadway favorites John Cudia and Ashley Brown will star as Curly and Laurey in Lyric Theatre of Chicago's upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, playing May 4-19. The p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMNovember 05, 2012 - How to Be a New Yorker:
"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 Yo…
SOURCE: www.nasdaq.com at 01:27PMThe Playwrights Horizons' production of The Whale, the New York premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter A Bright New Boise, opened last night, November 5 at 7PM at Playw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMThe Public Theater presents the world premiere production of Richard Nelsons new play SORRY. SORRY, play three of The Apple Family Plays, takes place over a meal during the day the country w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMSoho Rep presents We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:23PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:22PMJERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, celebrates its 7th Anniversary on Broadway today, Tuesday, November 6.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:19PMThe Finborough Theatre has won the 2012 Empty Space… Peter Brook award for the second time. Theatre critic Fiona Mountford, who sat on the judging panel, said the venue had yet again been …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:17PMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, following the recent successful five month run of Closer Than Ever, continues the celebration with a one-night only perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMFollowing the recent five-month run of Closer Than Ever, The York Theatre Company will continue its celebration of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire with a one-night only performance of th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMHow many vowel sounds can you squeeze out of the word “taxi” or “saucy”? A lot, if you’re Rana Kay playing Eliza Doolittle, the dirty-cheeked flower girl transformed into a society…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:10PMOh, what a beautiful morning it's going to be in Chicago! Broadway vets John Cudia and Ashley Brown will star as Curly and Laurey, respectively, in the Lyric Opera of Chicago production …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMDastardly 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 01:00PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more th…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:58PMI snapped the poster pictured on the left this morning when I was in a stall in the ladies bathrooms at the Stanford gymnasium. It was hanging on the inside of the stall door and I suspect e…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 12:58PMThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of the Tony Award-winning musical Man of La Mancha, which officially opened Oct. 20, has been given an additional week of performances …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMAtlantic Theater Company is gearing up for its second mainstage play of the season, the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s What Rhymes With America. Directed by Gibson’s fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMFears have been raised over plans to merge the management of the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds with that of a local concert hall, a move it is claimed will increase the theatre’s financial…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PM54 Below is ending 2012 with a bang! The popular Midtown nightclub announced additional performers for November (including Tony winner Levi Kreis, Rent’s Anthony Rapp & more), as w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMYoung Vic, LondonA "blackta" is a black actor, often cast as the token non-white character in a TV drama. When there is only one role, the competition is fierce, so the group of black male a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMYoung Vic, LondonA "blackta" is a black actor, often cast as the token non-white character in a TV drama. When there is only one role, the competition is fierce, so the group of black male a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMSadler's Wells, LondonAs a gaunt man slowly raises a flute and exhales into it raggedly, an unearthly noise emerges: a blend of ascending siren whistles and long, rasping sighs like the groa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMNoel Coward, LondonYou could hardly have a greater contrast than between the stolid Uncle Vanya that has just opened at the Vaudeville and this mercurially brilliant import from Moscow's Vak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMNot going to tell you to vote, or who to vote for: if you're anywhere on the internet, you'll already have heard that roughly once per second every second you've been online.
I will, howeve…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:48PMTeri Shields, who launched daughter Brooke's on-camera career when she was a baby and managed the young star into her 20s, sometimes with controversy, has died. She was 79....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:47PMAs Hurricane Sandy made its way through New York, all Broadway shows were forced to cancel at least one performance, and with various transportation systems shut down in the city and surroun…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PM(To learn more about Marcy Arlin’s Artist, Immigrant blog series, click here.) What do you love about theatre in the U.S. for yourself and in general? I like that in NYC you can see small …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:46PMSouth London’s Theatre503 has announced Jeremy Woodhouse as its first executive director. Woodhouse has been promoted from his role as general manager of the 60-seat venue above Battersea�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46PMProducers Carole Black and Pat Mitchell present EMOTIONAL CREATURE, the new play written by Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, activist, and The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMThe 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 12:44PMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company's presentation of Théâtre de l'Atelier's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by stage and screen star John Malkovich and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMLyric Opera of Chicago’s general director Anthony Freud announced today the principal casting and production team for the company premiere and new production of Oklahoma! to be present…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:36PMOn Monday, November 5, the Playwrights Horizons production of Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale opened at the company's Peter J Sharp Theater.The play, which is directed by Davis McCal
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:31PMAn adventurous visiting Russian production of Chekhov’s play trumps its star-studded British counterpart, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:29PMJohn Cudia, Ashley Brown, David Adam Moore, Jenn Gambatese and Curtis Holbrook will star in the Lyric Opera of Chicago staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's American classic Oklahoma!, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMTrap Door Theatre is a proud participant in the international reading scheme for 2012 OBIE Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich’s new play Spark. The script-reading scheme has been deve…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:21PMRob McClure, Jenn Colella, Erin Mackey, Christiane Noll and the cast of Chaplin brought the glamour of 1920s Hollywood to MSR Studios on November 5, when the stars recorded their original ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMIn celebration of Annie's return to Broadway – now in previews at the Palace Theatre – the Playbill Vault takes a look back at the musical's original run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMBroadway dancer Tim Federle will channel his musical theater memories into a new stage-themed coming-of-age novel Better Nate Than Ever, which will be available in stores on February 5, 2013…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMAbingdon Theatre Company which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history is pleased to announced that its 20th Anniversary Gala and dinner, canceled due to Hurric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMDifferent Way To Buy TicketsLong Wharf Theatre in New Haven launches "Passport," a new patron initiative.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:10PMMelissa Etheridge rocked the The Music Center at Strathmore last night for over two and a half hours. Her fans packed the venue leaving very few empty seats. Etheridge showed her musical tal…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PMCraig Wright's Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington and seven-time Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner, opened on October 4, 2012 at Broadway's Cor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMNEW YORK—Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into New York City last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $6 …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:04PMThe title of the show is probably the one thing that sells a show the most, once it gets your attention. Maybe the logo is a striking color, or there is a famous actor's name in huge l…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMFilming has begun for Sunshine on Leith, a new movie musical featuring the music of the Scottish duo The Proclaimers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is inspired by t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus made his Broadway debut in the long-running, Tony-winning revival of Chicago Nov. 5 at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMCast members from the ill-fated Broadway musical Rebecca will perform Keep The Home Fires Burning: A Very Manderley Holiday, a concert of holiday songs to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Figh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMThe stars of the smash musical Jersey Boys were in the charitable spirit as they stopped by Good Monring America on November 5. Jarrod Spector, Drew Gehling, Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMThe Oscar-bait historical drama Lincoln hits movie theaters on November 16, but the film's writer Tony Kushner and director Steven Spielberg aren't celebrating yet—instead they…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMPolka Theatre, London: This jolly little show gives us quiet but boring Mr Polaro (Samuel Jameson complete with white ursine furry legs) being invaded by fun-loving penguins, led by Clare Fr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMThe Ladies Room, and indeed the theatre lobby, was very, very quiet as we exited a recent performance of The Whale. Not because it was a bad production, but because we were all thinking of …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 11:42AMClassic Stage Company has shifted its opening night of Ivanov again, now settling on Nov. 11, following schedule issues resulting from Hurricane Sandy and conflicts with other productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMSon of a Gun, a contemporary folk rock musical previously developed with the O’Neill Theater Center, Joe’s Pub and The Drama League, officially opens Off-Broadway Nov. 6 at 7 PM …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1142012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMComedy actor Matt Lucas and legendary club promoter Philip Salon were the guests of honour at a special charity gala performance of Taboo at Brixton Club House last week.The event, on 30 Oct…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:27AMToday is the birthday of Mike Nichols (b. Michael Igor Peschkowski, 1931). I wrote a little about Nichols and May in my new book Chain of Fools. They represent a sort of bend in the road in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:26AMDisney's Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King, now at the Minskoff Theatre, will celebrate its 15th year on Broadway by presenting "Inside The Lion King," a free pop-up exhibit adjacent …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:21AMDisney’s Tony-winning production, ‘The Lion King‘ will celebrate it’s 15th anniversary on November 13th at the Minskoff Theatre. To celebrate the occasion, the creat…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:18AMTony winner James Lapine directs the 35th anniversary revival of the musical comedy Annie. Based on the Harold Gray comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," the musical tells the story of the spun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMThe 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, was presented Nov. 5 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMBroadway Unplugged set with an All-Star Cast to soar on Monday December 3rd- 8 pm at The Town Hall Producer Scott Siegel announced this morning that tickets will be go on sale today at noon …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:07AMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway concert engagement Manilow on Broadway, featuring music legend Barry Manilow. The concert series begins performances January 18, 2013 at the St. Jame…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMOnly Make Believe, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and performing interactive theater for children in hospitals and care facilities, held its annual
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMThe company of Broadway's Chaplin laid down tracks for the musical's cast recording on Monday, November 5 at MSR Studios. The album, which preserves Christopher Curtis' original score for th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:04AM. . . I voted. and I hope you did too. I love the theater. Even though it frustrates me sometimes. And unfortunately some of the issues that frustrate me are things that I can’t ch…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMChicago is having a renewed love affair with the work of Eugene O’Neill lately, as several local companies have featured O’Neill’s plays in recent seasons. Eclipse Theatre …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 10302012 - 1162012.
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Cheyenne Jackson and Laura Osnes will be among the stars of the 9th annual Broadway Unplugged concert, which will be held Monday December 3 at 8pm at Town Hall. Additional performers will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:57AMTourists (and natives) can now learn everything they ever wanted to know about the Big Apple, while enjoying a New York lunch at Sofia’s Downstairs. The show, directed by Robert Ross Parke…
SOURCE: www.nytheatre-wire.com at 10:55AMIf there was any doubt Liam Scarlett was put on this earth to make movement, the London premiere of his second main stage work Viscera has effectively elevated the 25-year-old Royal Ballet w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:55AMMamaroneck phenom advancing on “The X Factor” (Carly Rose Sonenclar performs live on THE X FACTOR last week. Ray Mickshaw/FOX. ) Last week, Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonencla…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:53AMGeorge Street Playhouse has announced casting for its second production of its season, The Best of Enemies, which will play the New Jersey venue Nov. 27-Dec. 23 with an official opening Nov.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMDisneys landmark musical event, The Lion King, celebrates 15 years on Broadway Tuesday, November 13th at the Minskoff Theatre 200 West 45th Street, New York City. Virtually the entire creati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMFor many Connecticut theatergoers, the best show around during a presidential election is not on local stages -- which may account for some disappointing box office figures when expectations…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:45AMThe Playwrights Horizons' production of The Whale, the New York premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Samuel D. Hunter A Bright New Boise, opened last night, November 5 at 7PM at Playw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
What's so interesting about watching a 600-pound man eating himself to death? Quite a lot, actually.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:39AMJersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, celebrates its seventh anniversary on Broadway Nov. 6, 2012. To mark the occasion, Playbill.com takes a look back at Jer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will ring out the old and ring in the new on New Year's Eve with her acclaimed nightclub act Far Away Places, which will play two performances Dec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMOn November 5, host Christopher Meloni welcomed celebrities, Broadway greats, philanthropy influencers and the New York elite to celebrate Make Believe on Broadway. The evening showcased Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMSchedule has classics 'West Side Story' and 'South Pacific' and new titles 'Shrek' and 'Spamalot.'
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:29AMLast night, Broadway's acclaimed record-breaking revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO welcomed singer, songwriter, actor and multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus in h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe Tesla coil offers one of science’s most theatrical demonstrations, sending blue forks of electricity cracking and spitting into the air. As its inventor, Nikola Tesla, packed up his …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:24AMLast night, Broadway's acclaimed record-breaking revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO welcomed singer, songwriter, actor and multi-platinum recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus in h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMThe CityDance Conservatory and Chicago-based Hubbard Street 2 of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago joined forces over the weekend to perform an array of celebrated works. Hubbard Street 2 is the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AMThe National Tour of ELF THE MUSICAL will begin performances on November 4, 2012, kickng off at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island November 4-10 and will make stops throug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMOn last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS ALL STARS on ABC, the seven remaining couples performed a fusion of two unrelated dances on the 7th week of competition. Host Tom Bergeron announced t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King will celebrate 15 years on Broadway Nov. 13 at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMTennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will star Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Monk as Big Mama, directed by Rob Ashford. Cat o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThe Public Theater’s world premiere production of Richard Nelson's Sorry, the third play in his Apple Family series, opens off-Broadway on November 6. The opening date is no c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s stage adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” will embark on a North American tour next tall. The lead role of Dorothy will be played by Danielle Wade, as she was named …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM
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In the past decade, Theresa Rebeck has emerged as one of America's most prolific and successful playwrights, shifting with ease from thrillers (The Water's Edge; M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:53AMThe Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Those who exclusively associate Jonathan Harris (1914-2002) w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:50AMLegendary Broadway director/producer Harold “Hal” Prince will receive the fourth annual Sondheim Award from the Arlington, VA-based Signature Theatre, the company announced yeste…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents IF THERE IS I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET...Now extended through December 23 only. See Jake Gyllenhaal's acclaimed performance today. Great seats are still avail…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe New York premiere of The Doo Wop Project, featuring actors from the Tony-winning Jersey Boys, will be presented at Feinstein's at Loews Regency Nov. 12 and Dec. 3, 10 and 17 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMThe Surflight Theatre and New Jersey Repertory Company have yet to open
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:32AMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrives on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. The new musical, based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical begi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMOf all the meetings I take, the one I take most often is with someone looking for a job. They could be looking for something other than what they are doing now, looking for something that wi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 09:20AMJohn Malkovich, who played the Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's 1988 film version of "Dangerous Liaisons," will have his French-language production of the play - which adds some modern…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:16AMToday is Ole Olson’s birthday (for more on him and his partner Chic Johnson, see my article here). I note with pleasure that Youtube has a whole mess of their movies on Youtube in the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:15AMThe Culture Project's 10th anniversary production of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Exonerated welcomes Anthony Arkin, Keir Dullea and Carol Kane to its rotating cast Nov. 6-11 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMMia Chung’s new play You For Me For You, opening this week, kicks off Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s “Free The Beast” campaign: a ten-year commitment to producing 25 world-premiere…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:07AMThe 9th Annual Broadway Unplugged concert, which features Broadway stars performing without amplification, will be held Dec. 3 at 8 PM at The Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AMThe only moment that my daughters (and their parents) were genuinely frightened was during the start of the storm on Monday night. After the sun went down and the wind and rain rose, at abou…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:00AMWith College Auditions beginning, my sympathy and support is with all of you starting the journey. So many of us have been there, and looking back on the process, I learned so much about my…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Considered by some to be a guardian of ancient music, Jordi Savall has inspired adulation for a variety of reasons, but in the end it's because he plays the viol or viola da gamba better tha…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:51AMToday BroadwayWorld is particularly proud to present an exceptionally exciting exclusive byway of this career-spanning chat with two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Bernadette Peters…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMCreative Cauldron at ArtSpace presents Oliver Twist, their own unique stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, not to be confused with Lionel Bart’s widely known musical, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMHurricane Sandy caused a rare 2 day shutdown for Broadway theatres starting Monday, Oct 29. Despite a massive blackout, and the closure of mass transit and tunnels, actors, stagehands and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:40AMToday is the birthday of great American lyricist Gus Kahn (1886-1941). He began his career writing special material for vaudeville acts in the early teens, and progressed to Broadway, where…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMA major revival of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, set in late 19th century Russia, opened to the press last week (2 November 2012) at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre.The play centres on the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:12AMPeter Hall has apologised for interrupting a West End performance. But talking back used to be commonplace in the theatre – and perhaps we should have more of itPeter Hall's much-publicise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMJohn Caird is a director and writer whose latest production, two-hander musical Daddy Long Legs, opens at the new St James Theatre this week (7 November 2012, previews from 31 October).
Cai…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:04AMA few years back I wrote about those puckish political provocateurs the Billionaires for Bush here and here. Now they are back just in time to lampoon Mitt Romney before (I hope) he disappea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:01AMAngela Lansbury may be 87-years-old, but she is showing no signs of slowing down as she eyes a return to Broadway in the upcoming revival of “The Chalk Garden.” The five-time Tony winner…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 08:00AMIt's been an unusual week and a half, to say the least. Many parts of New York were devastated by Hurricane Sandy, and even areas that weren't hit very hard by the storm itself have still be…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AM
Coliseum, London: First performed at Covent Garden in 1951, Vaughan Williams' 'morality' is a full-scale operatic treatment of John Bunyan's Christian allegory, published…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMThe stage adaptation of The 39 Steps will tour the UK next year. Now in its sixth year at the West End’s Criterion Theatre, a touring production of the show will launch on January 19,.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMIn precocious playwright J.C. Lee's Pookie Goes Grenading, a 14-year-old girl grabs weapons-grade explosives and a few devious friends and heads off into the red night, on a journey to a pla…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:33AMAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s En Atendant is a dance fading into the dark. The performance of her company Rosas emerge from deep shadows at the back of the stage, and vanish into darkness a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:11AMBrown is up for an acting job. It's not a great job, judging from what he's asked to do in the audition, but work's work. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on the way you look at it),…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:11AMRussell Grant will reunite with his Strictly Come Dancing partner Flavia Cacace when he joins her and Vincent Simone in the forthcoming West End return of Midnight Tango.
Grant, who was pai…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:09AMRECOMMENDED The entire body, internally and externally, is a percussive orchestra in Billy Siegenfeld’s theatrical Jump Rhythm technique: a stomping, tapping, hollering, singing, slapping,…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Told he must go to the hospital or die of heart failure, Charlie flat-out refuses to leave his home. He lost his will to live a long time ago.
In Samuel D. Hunter’s wonderful new play, “…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:55AMIf the plot of the Pearl Theatre Company’s “Figaro” seems familiar, that’s because you’ve seen it before, only set to Mozart’s gorgeous music. For this world premiere production,…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:55AMlFrom the surreal Hollywood life as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage’s office manager to struggling actress to dealing with family illness, death and love, this new stage production is an…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:41AMThe new folk-rock musical Son of a Gun opens off-Broadway on November 6. Directed by Gabriel Barre and starring American Idiot’s Van Huges and Hair’s Ryan Link, the show wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33AMLa Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical featuring a story by The Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne and Playhouse Director…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDOCTOR WHO's Billie Piper will make her debut at The National Theatre in London opposite Jonjo O'Neill in Lucy Prebble's The Effect, set to begin performances tonight, Nov. 6. Headlong Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMHeather Headley stars in The Bodyguard musical, opening today, November 6 at the Adelphi Theatre in London. She will play Rachel Marron, a role originated by Whitney Houston on the silver sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Pasadena Playhouse previously announced the full casting and creative team for INTIMATE APPAREL. Single tickets are also now on sale. Written by Lynn Nottage Pulitzer Prize-winner, Ruine…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe 35th anniversary concert proved that Coltrane’s music and memory continue to strongly hold sway in the hearts and souls of musicians and audiences alike.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:14AMA well I bless my soul what’s wrong with me? I’m itching like a man on a fuzzy tree! My friends say I’m acting wild as a bug — and it’s because of Rockville Musical Theatre’s pro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:02AMAnd much is riding on us, my friends. I hate to think what a Republican future for America would look like - but I can guess. Racist to its core, with an economic agenda designed to ma…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:02AMThe (Sacred?) ImageWhat are an actor's responsibilities?by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI apologize, but I am obsessed by American politics and that has been reflected on this site. Last…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMVeterans of director Des McAnuff's Canadian and Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar punctuate the rockin', other-worldly production of his new musical Yoshimi Battles the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFrom 2004: Ever since I became the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, I've been seeing two or three...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Artists are artists because they have an extra sensitivity--a skin less, perhaps, than other people; and the great ones have...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM1854 Birthday of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), composer of countless marches, who also found time to write Broadway musicals including Chris and the Wonderful Lamp (1900), The Free Lance (1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record and release a new album that pairs — and compares — the wit, sentiment and mel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Glee: The Music Presents Glease," featuring music from the upcoming Grease-themed episode of "Glee" that will air Nov. 15, is available beginning Nov. 6 on Columbia Reco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJenni Barber, who plays Sundown LeMay in the new comedy The Performers at the Longacre Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Bodyguard, a new musical based on the 1992 Warner Bros. film of the same name that was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and starred the late Whitney Houston, begins performances at the West E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Apple family of Rhinebeck, NY, is reunited for Richard Nelson's Sorry, the latest work in his collection of political plays about an American family, which officially opens Off-…
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