For the last four years or so, Karigee and I have looked forward to October (and sometimes February) in New York City more than any other month because it would mean the return of Betty Buck…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:56PMOn Sunday, December 2, Rubicon Theatre Company will present a benefit performance of Love, Loss, and What I Wore with a star-studded cast of women including Emmy and Tony-winner Tyne Daly, A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51PMThe 19th annual Living Landmarks gala was a star-studded event attracting some 450 people to The Plaza ballroom on November 8th. Each year, The New York Landmarks Conservancy recognizes New …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33PMHoward Barker is hardly known for light entertainment. In The Europeans, a raped woman gives birth on stage. In Scenes from an Execution, currently at the National, a Ren…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:10PMLilith, who arguably pre-dated Eve as the first woman in Hebrew folklore, unites playwright Aaron Henne's new theatre dybbuk and Kate Hutter's LA Contemporary Dance Company in a choreographe…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:09PMBatsheva Ensemble: Deca Dance | Wayne McGregor: FARBatsheva Ensemble: Deca Dance, BirminghamBatsheva has become one of the world's most effective nurseries for new talent. For its UK debut t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe Magistrate | L.O.V.E. | All That Is Wrong | Hoke's Bluff | Donmar Trafalgar Season | Boris GodunovThe Magistrate, LondonIt's not often that American stars appear at the National – they…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFrisky And Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities | Brian Gittins | Super Sing-Along FundraiserFrisky And Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities, Huddersfield & Stockton-on-TeesFor a good few ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe first production in this country last night of the playwright's Gold was well conceived and doneEven despite the persistent lack of that not too late last train which should bring home i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM"It’s about finding your own identity.” It can’t be easy
living in the shadow of his famous uncle, Carlos, who helped get
him into the Cuban National Ballet School, aged 10, and with w…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM"Woody is still a complete enigma to me. I adore him," the actress Sally Hawkins tells me. "He's incredibly complex but brilliant. At 76, he's just perpetual forward motion. He's so differen…
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A review of "Amarillo," by Mexican theater company Teatro Línea de Sombra, at On the Boards. Continues through Nov. 11, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:43PMThe studios are rolling out blockbusters and prestige films to garner nominations
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 06:41PMThe Oscar-winning actress will join Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins in the new work by actor-turned-playwright Hamish Linklater.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:37PMDirector Meg Taintor's demands on her five young actors – three women and two men -- are very high, requiring not only daring, but physical stamina and skill, dance training, mime training…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:29PMGlengarry Glen Ross announced several days ago that it will be extending its limited engagement through January 20. Tickets to the added performances from January 4 through January 20 a…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:24PMThe Tony-winning musical Annie is back on the boards in a delightful new production starring Anthony Warlow as Oliver Warbucks, Katie Finneran as Miss Hannigan and the pint-sized belter…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:20PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, November 9, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information Tune in to hear CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure and Jenn Colella on …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:10PMOver 1,300 costumes, an array of adorable animals, some of the most drop-dead gorgeous women on any stage in NYC, a life’s worth of smiles and the inimitable, iconic Rockettes kick lin…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:07PMThe Riverfront Theater, the Chicago Tribune Media Group's tented venue located at the newspaper's printing plant, is closing down until the spring.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PMNEW YORK (AP) — Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter is hoping to rip up the stage when she stars off-Broadway in a new play by Hamish Linklater.
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NEW YORK—Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter is hoping to rip up the stage when she stars off-Broadway in a new play by Hamish Linklater.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:57PMDue to Hurricane Sandy, Scott Alan was stranded in London where he just finished recording tracks for the upcoming 'Special Edition' version of his album LIVE. Alan decided to put together a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMSometimes timing is everything, and after the battering New York has taken from Hurricane Sandy and an unseasonable early snowstorm, David Johnston’s lovingly sunny “Coney”…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 05:46PMGLENGARRY GLEN ROSS announced several days ago that it will be extending its limited engagement through January 20, 2013. Tickets to the added performances from January 4, 2013, through Janu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMChantal Riley has dreamed of playing Nala since she first saw The Lion King movie. Now, she embraces her Broadway transformation into the "strong and powerful" lioness. See the his…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMChantel Riley has dreamed of playing Nala since she first saw The Lion King movie. Now, she embraces her Broadway transformation into the "strong and powerful" lioness. See the his…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMWe all look sexy in black. Does this make me look fat? What was I thinking when I bought this? You’re wearing that? We’ve all heard it. We’ve all thought it. Clothes. The potential epi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:39PMThis year’s 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will feature performances from a number of Broadway shows, including Annie, Bring It On, Cinderella, Elf and Nice…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMTramp(ed), a one-man show written and performed by Daniel Gonon, playing controversial film star Charlie Chaplin, will appear at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row at 4 PM Nov. 11 as part the Un…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMMy first exposure to Martin Short came not on SCTV or Saturday Night Live , but even earlier, when he was the star of the short-lived CBS sit-com The Associates (1979-1980). Short played an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:28PMThe changes of adolescence can often seem more terrifying than a ghost story and equally as strange (I’m growing hair where?). In “Billy Witch,” getting its world premiere …
SOURCE: backstage.com at 05:26PMRunnin' Out of Days, the debut single from Shoshana Bean's forthcoming album will be available on iTunes November 20th. Check out the cover art below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMOn the occasion of the new 2012 revival of Annie, original star Andrea McArdle, along with two of the musical's creators, Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse, talked with Playbill abo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMBlue Man Group is a critically hailed theatrical phenomenon on stage at Chicago’s Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted Street. Blue Man Group’s production provides its audience with a u…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:25PMLast night, November 8, the company of Annie celebrated their opening night with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient- Merwin Foard. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMJackie Richardson and Andrew Moodie (photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)Thirsting for moreby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThe NAC presented the world premiere of Thirsty by acclaimed writer D…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:22PM By popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company adds an additional performance to the subversively funny hit season opener, Good People by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, dire…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:20PMRoots Handmade Pizza (1924 W Chicago Ave) will throw an all-inclusive New Year’s Eve Party featuring a five-hour premium bar package, a food buffet, midnight champagne toast, party fav…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:15PMWicker Park upscale sports bar The Fifty/50 (2047 W Division St) will throw an all-inclusive New Year’s Eve party starting at 8pm on Monday, December 31 featuring a five-hour premium b…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:12PMCapt. Costentenus, a.k.a Alexandros Constentenus, a.k.a Prince Constantine, a.k.a George Constantine, a.k.a. Djorgi Konstantinus is often considered the first professional tattooed man, alth…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:07PMAriana DeBose of Bring It On has joined the cast of Boys Vs. Girls for the by-invitation-only reading, which will be presented in Manhattan Nov. 30.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PM"The Whipping Man," now playing in the intimate Second Stage theater of the Cleveland Play House, is a production that achieves holistic perfection. It fires on all cylinders, righ…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:06PMISLAND SONG, a new musical anthology with music by Derek Gregor and words by Sam Carner, will have a one-night-only developmental concert at le Poisson Rouge Monday, November 12, 2012. Showt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMTune into #NEWPLAY TV on Tuesday, November 13 at 3:30pm PST / 5:30pm CST / 6:30pm EST / 11:30pm GMT. Use the hashtag #newplay in Twitter to comment and follow @dramatistsguild. This seminar …
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There were three stories on stage the night I attended “Isaac Babel and the Gangster King.” The musical introduces the audience to Babel, a great Russian-Jewish writer of the fir…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 04:58PMBrett Smock and Drew Brody will present an Industry-only reading of their new musical The Mudge Boy, on November 29th, 2012 at 3pm. The event will feature Donna McKechnie Irene, James Cricht…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMRoundabout 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. Discounted seats have just …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMAcademy Award winner Holly Hunter, Tony Award nominee Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins will appear in the Off-Broadway production of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal, which will premiere in Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMOne of the most deeply satisfying theatrical unions in recent years is the mingling of Anton Chekhov, director Austin Pendleton and the tiny Classic Stage Company. In "Uncle Vanya," "Three S…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:53PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:41PMPacific Resident Theatre brings Nora, Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House, to LA, with Dana Jackson directing. She and cast member Bruce French discuss how Bergman stripped…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:33PMWhen Hurricane Sandy swept through New York City's Stuyvesant Cove Park last week, one of the many buildings she attacked was an arts and education center called Solar One on East 23rd St by
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMSure, there was some sort of national election and a Nor'easter, but let's get to the more important stuff and look at the 10 lessons learned this week on Broadway. From Anne Hathawa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMProducers of A Christmas Story, The Musical have announced that $40 rush tickets will be available for the new holiday tuner based on the popular 1983 film at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMIn the end, it wasn't even close.TheaterMania's (imaginary) Election 2012: The Musical incumbent presidential candidate, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (aka "Stobama"), beat Tony no…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:22PMAcademy Award winner Holly Hunter is heading off-Broadway in the premiere of Hamish Linklater’s new play The Vandal, according to The New York Times. Helmed by Jim Simpson, the product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMFrom the moment a friend in Washington DC introduced me to Martin Sexton this summer (when I was over there doing a fellowship at the Library of Congress) I have been hooked on the singer-so…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 04:21PMNow that both Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 Presidential Election are behind us, it's time for Hofstra University to look forward to opening night of their final production of the semester, M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMMeet the first nighters at the opening of Broadway's new production of Annie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMOn December 31, Patti LuPone returns to 54 Below for a special, New Years Eve engagement on December 31 at 7PM and 11PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMWhat a pleasure to find these two Lost-titled albums and welcome back to two female singers whose latest work brings intelligent, artful interpretations: Deborah Shulman and Deanna Kirk.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:07PMImagine yourself in a Victorian music hall, decked out in Christmas fashion, awaiting a performance (from London’s greatest actors, no less) of Charles Dickens’ famously unfinish…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMThey say that everything is bigger in Texas…including the musicals! The Public Theater is presenting the NYC premiere of Giant, a musical based on the 1952 novel by Edna Ferber. We du…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMEmmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner (Huff, Butterflies Are Free, Meet the Parents) will join two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick and four-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara, in…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:02PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which of Diane Warren's songs would you most like to see in a Broadway musical
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Caissie Levy, Tony winner Adriane Lenox, Benjamin Walker and Lorenzo Pisoni will all be on hand to perform at a one-night-only benefit performance organized by Broadway actors Bryc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMA by-invitation-only reading of the new musical The Mudge Boy, based on Michael Burke's film of the same name, will be presented Nov. 29 at 3 PM in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMRon Raines is currently playing literary fat cat Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s hit Broadway musical Newsies, fresh off his Tony-nominated performance as Benjamin Stone in last seaso…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMTune in to hear CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure and Jenn Colella talk with Julie James, the host of On Broadway on Sirius XM Radio this Saturday, November 10 at 8pm ET Sunday, November 11 at 12pm …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMThe iO Theater is moving. On Friday, owner Charna Halpern purchased a new space for her long-running comedy enterprise, signaling an end to iO's presence in Wrigleyville after nearly two dec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:51PMTune in to hear CHAPLIN stars Rob McClure and Jenn Colella talk with Julie James, the host of “On Broadway” on Sirius XM Radio this Saturday, November 10 at 8pm ET; Sunday, November 11 a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:49PMAlso, Anthony LaPaglia as Nixon in Checkers.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PMGreat Recession, great Annie.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PMAcademy Award winner and stage star Holly Hunter will star alongside Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins in the Flea Theater production of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal , which is set to begin pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:36PMTony Award winner Adriane Lenox (Doubt, Kiss Me Kate) and Benjamin Walker (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) are among the artists who will take part in the Big Ol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThe 2012 Ravinia Festival season was a major milestone for the wonderful ladies of our Women's Board. This marked their 50th Anniversary, and numerous Ravinia artists from Patti LuPone to Ji…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMGood Music at 221B presents the Nov 12th and 13th readings of Dust and Shadow, featuring the talents of Mitch Jarvis Rock of Ages as Sherlock Holmes, J.D. Daw Forever Plaid as Dr. John H. Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMKelly McCormick expects the denizens of Runyonland to "Follow the Fold." Photos by Paul Lyden. By now there's little doubt that Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls is one of the signature ac…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:22PMWhat's new this weekend in local arts.
In celebration of what would have been Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday, Theater J is producing Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, a collag…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 03:15PMRupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which allows audiences to determine the ending of Charles Dickens' final, unfinished novel, casts a sha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMAnat Ebgi is pleased to announce Jen DeNike’s second Los Angeles exhibition, The Star Card, a sensory experience and immersive environment of video, photography, sculpture, collage, and pe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:02PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMIf you're a musical theater nerd, you likely grew up singing the Singers Musical Theatre Anthology books. And don't get me wrong, the music in those books has its merits. However, if you've …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
THE HAT’S JUST KEEP ON COMIN’ Billed as the world’s longest running musical revue, Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon is a flamboyant, frivolous, and frothy burlesque that takes a …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:56PMIrish comedy to open Nov. 10 Actors Jay Stratton, left, and Richard Hollis, rehearse the play “Stones in His Pocket” at Hudson Stage in Briarcliff Manor Oct. 26, 2012. The two …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:54PMTHE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by David Mamet starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, will be presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMMain-stage Rental Space is available at Chicago Dramatists for thefollowing dates: March 4 – April 28, 2013. This is an 8-week production slot. We would be interested in 6 week, 4 week o…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:52PMNBC's THE VOICE will decisively declare a winner when the intense vocal competition series concludes its third season with a live two-hour finale on Tuesday, December 18 9-11 p.m. ET. The fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director Broadway production ofThe Mystery of Edwin Drood began previews on October 19th. The show opens officially on Tuesday, November 13t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMThe 8th Annual Suzi Awards Ceremony, which celebrates excellence in Metro Atlanta's professional theatre community, was held Nov. 5 at the Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center in DeKalb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMTony Award nominee Justin Vivian Bond, Taylor Mac, Bridget Everett and Cole Escola will be part of a Nov. 25 benefit concert at Joe's Pub to raise funds for New York City's Ali Forne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMDates have been set for Sierra Boggess' previously announced run as Christine Daae in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera. Boggess will join the show on January 21, 2013 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:39PMOn yesterday's episode of 'The View' on ABC, Jessica Chastain stopped by and discussed the excitement surrounding her first Broadway play, The Heiress. Check out the full interview below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMSarah Hemming talks to Michael Boyd about his last production as he leaves the RSC after a decade at the helm
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:33PMHigh-school productions weather storms to a heavenly ‘Hell Week’ After years of focusing purely on high-school theater during the busy spring rush of shows, I’ve been expan…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:28PMAlan Bennett’s production is, in effect, nostalgia for the age when we had never had it so good, nor ever did again, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:27PMA week-long theatre festival at the Royal Court in London examines contemporary India’s untold stories, writes Griselda Murray Brown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:26PMDrama Desk Award winner Nick Westrate will re-join the off-Broadway production of Nina Raine's Tribes at the Barrow Street Theatre in the role of Daniel, beginning on Monday, November 19. He…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMAfter thirty-five years, one 1997 revival and thousands of school productions, Depression-era musical, Annie returns to Broadway. The family musical, starring Lilla Crawford in the title rol…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:21PMThe New Colony's award-winning 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, which officially opened at the SoHo Playhouse Oct. 16, has extended its limited engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMI've been enjoying Chekhov on stage in English and Russian since the mid-1960s, but I can't think of a production I have disliked more intensely than Rimas Tuminas' expressionist version of …
SOURCE: John Morrison at 02:08PMWe are LOVING this trailer for Toneelgroep Amsterdam's production of Roman Tragedies By William Shakespeare, directed by Ivo van Hove!BAM presents Roman TragediesBy William ShakespeareToneel…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 02:03PMBreak out your leg warmers! Emily Padgett and Matthew Hydzik will star in the national tour of Flashdance. The tour will launch on January 1, 2013 at the Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, the city w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMConstantine Maroulis, of American Idol and Rock of Ages fame, opens in Jekyll & Hyde in Toronto on Nov. 14.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:00PMBroadway veterans Emily Padgett, Matthew Hydzik, and Rachelle Rak will lead the upcoming world premiere national tour of Flashdance - The Musical, which kicks off January 1, 2013 at Heinz Ha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
In London for a new play, actor John Lithgow talks – and sings – to Alice Fishburn about regrets and being the subject of other people’s brainstorms
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:59PMBroadway's Emily Padgett and Matthew Hydzik will star as Alex and Nick, respectively, in what's billed as the world premiere of Flashdance —The Musical when its national tour l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMBroadway stars Emily Padgett and Matthew Hydzik will star as Alex and Nick in the world premiere of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMSold out rock ‘n roll musical extends Los Angeles run through Dec. 30, gets ready to tour in 2013 Written and directed by Gigi Gaston Starring Sophie B. Hawkins as Janis Joplin Also featur…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:40PMThere's a new chorus group in town and it's the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus which will mark their debut with "Believe," a holiday concert on Friday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. at the Uni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:40PMLooks like the delectably devilish ladies of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche can keep the oven on! The SoHo Playhouse’s tasty comedy has announced an extension through January 6, 2013, as o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMLES MISERABLES is slated for a December 25 release, but in the meantime check out the official just-released theatrical trailer for the highly anticipated film below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMProducers of A Christmas Story, The Musical have announced that a limited number of 40 rush tickets are available. These tickets can be purchased exclusively at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Box…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMDaddy Long Legs takes flight at the St James theatre, Vaughan Williams's Pilgrim's Progress makes its comeback at ENO, and Alan Bennett's People comes to the National theatre – captured b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMOn Monday, November 5th, songwriter Bobby Cronin presented an evening of his theater songs as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series. Check out photos from the event inside
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMOn November 17 at 2pm EST, medici.tv will present a live webcast of French actress Marion Cotillard winner of an Academy Award for her portrayal of dith Piaf in the hit film La vie en rose …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMNick Westrate will return to the role of troubled brother Daniel in the off-Broadway hit Tribes. Westrate begins performances on November 20 and will remain with the production thr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMThe Heiress headliner Jessica Chastain was a vision in orange on November 8, when she stopped by to chat with the ladies of The View, including her idol Whoopi Goldberg. Chastain joked about…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Andrew Samonsky, who is starring as 'Harold McPherson' and 'Kenneth Ormiston' in Scandalous- currently in previews at the Neil Simon Theatre, and op…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe sun came up yesterday. Just like Annie said it would. And then it went down and evening came. And then Annie opened.
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Directed by Julie Andrews Based on Book She Co-wrote With DaughterGoodspeed Musicals is extending its run of its developmental production of "The Great American Mousical," directed by Ju…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:55PMMcKinley High caught Grease fever on Glee's November 8 episode, “The Role You Were Born to Play.” The New Directions crew was in a frenzy over auditions for the school&#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Jacques Lamarre, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Connecticut Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMOn November 9, the acclaimed Christmas musical Elf, based on the classic film starring Will Ferrell, returns to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre for another limited holiday engagement after a su…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:49PMOn Nov. 9, 2006, the Broadway revival of Les Miserables opened at the Broadhurst Theatre. Playbill.com is marking the day with a look at some favorite and rare performances of "I Dreame…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMLast night, November 8, the company of ANNIE celebrated their opening night with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient- Merwin Foard. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMThe Skivvies -- made up of award-winning actor/musicians Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, will kick off their ongoing residency at The Cutting Room with a launch party for their debut single …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMFLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 smash hit movie that defined a generation, will arrive on Broadway in August 2013 with a theater, dates and casting to be announced.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMBroadway performer Rachel Potter Evita performs a song written by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Friedman just for cancer surivivor Frances and her adopted daughter Ashley. Check out the perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMSadler's Wells, LondonCesena is choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's sequel to En Atendant, with which it has much in common. It begins as En Atendant had ended, with a naked man in da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMThe Chicago production of FREUD’S LAST SESSION, New York’s long-running hit play by Mark St. Germain, will end its run this Sunday, November 11th at The Mercury Theatre. Starring Mike Nu…
SOURCE: chicago.broadwayworld.com at 12:34PMAnnie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opened last night at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. BroadwayWorld was there for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMGavin Creel and Jared Gertner, currently touring America in the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, will lead the company of the show's upcomin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMThe New York Landmarks Conservancy presented the 19th annual Living Landmarks Celebration Nov. 8 at the Plaza. Liza Minnelli, James M. Nederlander and James L. Nederlander are among the 2012…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThe American premiere of Nina Raine's critically praised family drama Tribes, about a young deaf man caught between his dysfunctional family and a life of his own, will end its Off-Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMBish. Bash. Bosh. Not the words one usually hears in a political speech, but Hannah Silva combines gibberish with political rhetoric in her dynamic satire. From Churchill to Cameron, Silva d…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:18PMLeaving the office to see a show about an office, at first I was a little hesitant. However, I was both surprised and thrilled at how much I enjoyed it. Presented at the Bridewell Theatre, H…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:15PMAxis Theatre Company will present their popular holiday show, Randy Sharp's Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid, December 7-23 at the Axis Theatre in Greenwich Village.Adapted from th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMNext up for FREUD'S LAST SESSION will be this winters Los Angeles run, starring Judd Hirsch as Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh as C. S. Lewis under the direction of Tyler Marchant, who helmed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMTheaterMania treated Arkansas residents Ken and Helen Hughes to a night out on the town as the winners of a recent contest with an enviable prize: tickets to the hit Broadway musical Nice Wo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:11PMNova Y. Payton has it. The Voice. When Arlington’s Signature Theatre presented a concert version last month of “Crossing,” a commissioned musical by local actor-composer Matt Conner, …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:06PMAt the York Theatre Company, CLOSER THAN EVER closed last week, but after a much longer-than-ever expected run. The revival of the 1989 Richard Maltby, Jr.-David Shire revue that had opened …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:03PMLincoln Center Theatre‘s 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets‘ classic play Golden Boy begins previews at the Belasco Theatre on November 8 prior to opening officially o…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:01PMThere’s lots of casting news today for productions of “The Book of Mormon” around the world, including that the two leads currently starring in the Los Angeles production will move to …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 12:00PMTheatre was David Morrissey's first love, making him a star at home, and now in the US, via a major role in hit zombie drama The Walking Dead. But is acting becoming a closed profession?When…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMTHE SKIVVIES bring their unique blend of stripped-down, amped-up pop to The Cutting Room on Monday, November 19 at 730 PM. THE SKIVVIES are Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, award-winning NYC …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMChaim Potok's My Name Is Asher Lev is brought to life Off-Broadway. His daughter, collaborator and star reflect on the late author and rabbi's need to create.
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The Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala honoring Tyne Daly, which was originally scheduled to take place Oct. 29 as Hurricane Sandy struck the New York area, has now been re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMAmerican performers Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner have been cast as the leads in the London production of The Book of Mormon. The show opens in February next year at the Prince of Wales Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMHull TruckNobody writes about Withernsea quite like Tom Wells. Then again, nobody writes about Withernsea – though Well's unassuming domestic comedy about family life in an obscure, East Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:51AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO The Lion King, SHN. By Sam Hurwitt It’s interesting looking at The Lion King now, in the aftermath of the colossal creative implosion that was Spider-Man: Tur…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:49AMThroughout his 50-year screen history, dashing secret agent James Bond has had his fair share of torrid affairs with the world’s most beautiful women. From Honey Ryder to Plenty O&rsqu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM"Hello, Chicago," said the city's newly elected hometown president, speaking to ecstatic Grant Park celebrants four years ago this week amid a backdrop of iconic Midwestern skyscrapers, shim…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:47AMSir Kenneth Branagh will play MacBeth in Shakespeare's tragedy at the Manchester International Festival, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail. The festival will run July…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMPaul Vale asks make-up artist Amber Sibley what it was like to work with the team behind the opening ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMIn this week's edition of 'Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of November 5. Sit back and catch up on all the latest theater happenings around …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThis week's topics What showtune is Romney singing, Stars Polical Views, Best In-Show Insults, Tear jerking moments, Who's next to get a B'Way theater, Matt Doyle takes over as Elder Price, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMFull casting has been announced for a West End revival of The Dance of Death, August Strindberg’s 1900 play about a marriage gone wrong. Indira Varma, Daniel Lapaine and Kevin R. McNal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMIn honor of the latest revival of "Annie" opened at the Palace Theater on Thursday night, we look back on the many actors that have taken on the musical's iconic roles onstage over the years…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 11:29AMBroadway Against Bullying, a benefit concert for No Bully hosted by Kinky Boots actor Paul Canaan, will be offered Dec. 3 at Club Fugazi in San Francisco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMEvery industry has its dynasties. The Kennedys are synonymous with politics. The Fords are the kings of automobiles, and on Broadway the Nederlanders are royalty. Celebrating its 100th anniv…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 11:21AMChris Mellor is a freelance creative producer who has pioneered live streaming for Camden Theatres. He is currently interim creative producer at the Broadway, Barking.
Here, Mellor tells us…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:18AMThe HistoryMakers will welcome and honor Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records, during AN EVENING WITH BERRY GORDY on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at The Art Institute of Chicago.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway’s newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER today put a new block of seats on sale through December 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland…
SOURCE: www.broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:14AMThis is Part 1 of my series of 2 interviews with the cast of “Master Harold”. . . and the boys. Tomorrow: Part Two with Michael Williams. Sean McComas, a recent Acting graduate of th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:13AMWhen Superstorm Sandy hit home, the New York-based Dramatists Guild Fund (DGF) knew what they had to do. DGF, the public charity arm of the Dramatists Guild of America, is providing more tha…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 11:12AMIf you know anything about Broadway musicals, you know one staged by Tommy Tune is worth whistling about. But even though the Tony Award-winning actor, director and choreographer, known for …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:11AMThe Hunchback of Notre Dame prowls Selby Abbey in Yorkshire, Action Hero stage new work in Warwick, and the curtain rises on The Magistrate in LondonLondonNew shows this week include Arthur …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMComedian Rufus House will play absent-minded oaf Frances Henshall in the West End's production of One Man, Two Guvnors. He will join the cast on February 4, 2013, having previously …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMTony Award winner Steve Kazee will be featured on the THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN - Part 2 original soundtrack. The ONCE star sings vocals along with Christine Perri on 'A Thousand Years…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMNEW YORK (AP) — Part film noir, part surrealistic nightmare, David Alden's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" is dominated by a single image — a painting of Icarus plunging…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:06AMSpring Awakening and War Horse actor Matt Doyle will take over as Elder Price in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Book of Mormon. He succeeds Nic Rouleau, who exits the New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMEight shows a week, Rachel Potter moves Broadway audiences as a troubled mistress in Evita, but on November 8, she tugged the heartstrings of one mother in particular. With the gui…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMRemember that strangely in-poor-taste ad I blogged about on Monday? MSG pulled it. They pulled the whole campaign, actually . . . because Broadway wasn’t the only group the org offende…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTony-winner Robert Sean Leonard spent eight seasons on Fox’s “House,” and now that the series is complete he is heading back to the theater as part of a new production of George Bernar…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM"Annie" first leaped from newspaper comics pages to the Broadway stage in 1977, not pretending to be anything but a cartoon come tunefully to life. Director James Lapine's new revival of the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 1192012.
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Linda Eder, who is best known for her performance as Lucy in the original Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde, will offer a free holiday concert Dec. 9 at Symphony Park in Las Vega…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBlaise Bouschard, Gary Troy, Sara Sheperd and Nicholas Belton will be part of the Human Race Theatre Company's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, which will debut in a new ten-acto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMMatthew Hemley meets Rob Brydon as he makes his West End debut in the latest revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s A Chorus of Disapproval
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52AMThe bitch is back. OK, technically speaking “Sandy” in Annie is a boy dog but…you get the point. And with a spanking new Broadway revival — which opened last night t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:50AMThe eponymous ‘Blackta’ is a black actor, one who is often there to fill a quota of non-white performers. This crackling satire from Nathaniel Martello-White paints a picture of a world …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:44AMAnnie, the 1977 show that introduced generations of children to the tuneful optimism of traditional Broadway musicals, opened in a new production on Broadway Nov. 8 following previews from O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMChicago will get its first look at the musical “Sister Act” beginning Nov. 13, when the national touring production — starring Chicago veteran Hollis Resnik as the Mother Superior, and…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:34AMIn Broadway’s “Scandalous,” dance is both religious and entertaining From the fierce undulations of a tribal circle to the constant swaying of men praying in a synagogue, t…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:32AMNot even the Great White Way was immune to the wrath of Hurrican Sandy and her aftermath. Tony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis, who currently stars in ONCE, recently wrote about what returning to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMCarolyn Kras Hometown: Berwyn, IL (just outside Chicago) Current Town: Los Angeles Q: What are you working on now? A: I’m working on the “Visionary Playwright Commiss…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:27AMSix separate fantasies based on Hispanic folklore, each with a distinctive voice, come to life under the direction of Tom Arvetis when Adventure Stage Chicago presents Marco Ramirez’ “Si…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:24AMAnnie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opened last night at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. BroadwayWorld was there for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMToday in 2006, the first Broadway revival of Les Miserables opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 463 performances. Written by Claude-Michel Schnberg, based on the novel by Vict…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMTara Fitzgerald will make her debut with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre next year, starring opposite Jo Stone-Fewings in The Winter's Tale.
According to the Daily Mail, Fitzgerald will play …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:11AMJames M. Nederlander Chairman and James L. Nederlander President kicked off the 100th anniversary of The Nederlander Organization by becoming the New York Landmark Conservancys first fathers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMThe New School for Drama has announced that BAFTA Award-winning English playwright, director and screenwriter Sir David Hare will serve as Artist-in-Residence for one week beginning Nov. 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMWhen I was a little girl and not the kind Miss Hannigan sings about, I spent my afternoons dancing around the living room to my mothers tape as intape of Hard Knock Life while developing the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMNEW YORK (AP) — Plenty of VIPs have come backstage to cheer the cast of "Peter and the Starcatcher." The prequel to "Peter Pan" has attracted the likes of Tyra Banks, Clive Owen, Anna Wint…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:02AMGavin Creel and Jared Gertner, now starring as the lead missionaries in the Los Angeles production of “The Book of Mormon,” will get to hear British laughter come Feb. 25, when t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:01AMCo-producer says show at Dublin's Bord Gáis theatre is intended to spread some happiness amid the doom and gloomWhile the Greeks trash their banks in rage against austerity, the Irish, it s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMLast we saw of “Glee” before the break, it left us reeling from the heartache and wanting to know the emotional impacts left on the characters involved in breakups. This episode …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMWhen the cast of A Chorus Line sings, “God, I hope I get it…” it seems to apply to every hopeful high school actor and actress there is! Nowadays to be on Broadway or to work in the b…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Annie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opened last night at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. BroadwayWorld was there for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMToday, BroadwayWorld's Student Center is excited to announce that the Department of Theatre amp Dance at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, is this week's School in the Spotlight Rea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMLegit News:
Road version to bow prior to Broadway
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AMHow do you capture one of the fastest changing places on Earth – and do so on stage? Playwright April de Angelis reports on 12 new plays that should change our image of India for everIn Ap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMAs well as composing music for radio and television, Peter Cork was an inspirational teacher who became a close friend of his most famous pupil, Dudley Moore. When he was a boy, his parents …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMAfter adapting his style to many different forms of jazz, the trombonist Eddie Harvey took to teaching, first at the London College of Music and then at the Guildhall School of Music and the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:45AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville # 76: Ed Wynn (for my full article on him go here). Here he is introducing Buster Keaton on his television show in 1949, a spot that played a cruc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:43AMA host of theatre artists will join forces Nov. 18 at The Duplex to perform songs featuring music by composer Jeff Thomson with lyrics by Jeremy Desmon and Jordan Mann.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMIn an extensive range of acting work, John Clive is best remembered for a cameo scene in The Italian Job (1969), playing the manager of a garage at which Michael Caine’s Charlie Croker sto…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMNEW YORK—Plenty of VIPs have come backstage to cheer the cast of "Peter and the Starcatcher." The prequel to "Peter Pan" has attracted the likes of Tyra Banks, Clive Owen, Anna Wintour…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:40AMFrancine “The Lucid Dream” is a singer, burlesque performer and producer of The Pink Room: David Lynch Burlesque, Francine’s Pink Room and Franny’s FLICKS. Francine started her caree…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AMAn underrated actor, perhaps on account of his modesty, Joe Melia was part of the original casts of two of Peter Nichols’ wittiest plays, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967) and Privates.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMActor Bill Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street for 31 years, has died at the age of 71. According to a statement released by his family, he passed away yesterday morning i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMIn most of the arts world, but particularly in my world of the nonprofit arts, there is an understandable desire to bring in a new, more diverse, audience. The events of the past few days ha…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective, who presented the rarely-seen musical A Doll's Life, will offer another rarity this winter: Arthur Bicknell's cult flop Moose Murders.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMFull travelogue at Blogcritics. Enjoy!
SOURCE: jonsobel.com at 09:22AMIt is extremely rare I find myself so immersed in a play I consciously have to step out of it and back into the real world again afterwards. It pleases me to say The Orphan of Zhao, amidst a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:22AMThere were two Sandys in town last week — there was the mongrel who attaches himself to Annie Warbucks in Annie at the Palace and of course there was the hurricane that attacked Broa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:20AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:15AMDo critics think the sun has come up again with "Annie"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 09:11AMLegit News:
Actress to star in Off Broadway's 'Vandal'
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:01AMHere is Part 3 of our series of behind the scenes interviews with the director and cast of 1st Stage’s Altar Boyz. Now, meet Edward Nagel. Hi, I’m Edward C. Nagel, and I’m …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who was most recently seen on Broadway in the award-winning revival of Follies, will make an appearance on WNBC-TV's "New York Live" No…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMIf you want to make things happen, one of the key things you'll need is good relationships with customers, partners, co-workers, etc. Below are three online tools to make you even more effec…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 09:00AM
A disturbing yet unforgettable fun evening is sure to be had at the University of Utah's production of Sweeney Todd. A musical about a mass murderer, you don't want to miss this one
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMCasting has been announced for a new production of Strindberg's The Dance of Death, being produced as part of the Donmar Trafalgar season at London's Trafalgar Studios 2, which begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AMKenneth Branagh is set to play Macbeth in a production directed by Rob Ashford that will premiere during next summer's Manchester International Festival (MIT), according to the Daily Mail.
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:47AMJoseph Jacobs (1813-1870) was a Jewish conjurer and ventriloquist who also billed himself as a Wizard, Improvisator, Mesmerist, and Electro-Biologist. Born in Canterbury, England, he was tou…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:43AMIn honor of the films 50th Anniversary, NCM Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures invite you to experience the book-turned-movie that inspires generations young and old…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:41AMThe rest of the country is starting to notice Ro Boddie. Our favorite headshot of Ro Boddie A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Boddie made an auspicious Washington debut in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:40AMContinuing the colour-blind casting debate, classics for children, fear of true horror and honours for West and Scales?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMToday is the birthday of Martin Van Buren Bates, the Kentucky Giant (1837-1919). Normal at birth, he started in a-growin’ at around age 6. By the time he was 12, he was 6 foot tall and…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:32AMI am going to cut straight to the point before I explain why and say outright that Fulbright Scholar Miřenka Čechová’s S/He is Nancy Joe is an invaluable and spectacular piece of perfor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMEnthusiasts of the work of Samuel Beckett will note the recent debut of the new Beckett Circle Web site. Described as the “official Web site of the Samuel Beckett Society,” the o…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:29AMFor the first time in the history of any singing competition show,THE X FACTOR revealed exactly how America voted and broke it down by the act with the lowest number of votes to the act with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMFor the first time in the history of any singing competition show, THE X FACTOR revealed exactly how America voted and broke it down by the act with the lowest number of votes to the act wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:09AMthis new play by filmmaker Douglas McGrath at the Vineyard Theatre, takes an intriguing approach to the events leading up to and following Richard Nixon's gig as Vice-President ,. The cast, …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:01AMNo little orphan girl could wish for a more wonderful Daddy than Anthony Warlow . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:00AM
Translator George Kalogeris’s modernizing does what it should: It brings the poems into the thought-world where modern readers live.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:56AMRufus Hound, currently touring the U.K. in the National's One Man, Two Guvnors, is to take over in the West End production of that comedy, beginning Feb. 4, 2013, as the lovable chancer …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:55AMSome schools postponed their fall shows after losing a week of rehearsal (thanks to Superstorm Sandy) and another day of rehearsal (thanks to the Nor’easter). But not Tappan Zee High S…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:38AMNYC could use a little TLC and this show fits that bill perfectly. It satisfies that little voice that says 987 Fifth Avenue, if it existed, would be a perfect place to live, and that hot a…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 07:36AMSadler's Wells, London: The second part of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's latest work inspired by French music from the 14th century begins in the darkness before dawn. A man arrives at t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMYes, the sun will come up tomorrow, but it sure doesn’t shine as brightly in the new Broadway revival of Annie. James Lapine’s staging of this clockwork-perfect musical somehow m…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:21AMThe Print Room, London: Howard Barker wants theatre to be an ordeal but this polished production by Robyn Winfield-Smith is anything but. Director Robyn Winfield-Smith encases Barker's …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Could this -- must this -- really be the end of the Apple family? Sad to say, "Sorry" concludes Richard Nelson's wonderful trilogy of plays mar…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:02AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The first hour of meta-theater in A Man Writes A Play in which students build a set, will fascinate civilians and amuse veterans and serves as the delightful curtain raiser to the more trad…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:58AMIf men were angels, Ty Green probably wouldn’t have gotten three women pregnant in one week. But men aren’t angels, and I suppose even a desultory poetry professor can manage a wild few …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:49AMTamara Harvey directs the premiere of Joe Hammond's debut play Where the Mangrove Grows at Theatre503, where it opens tonight (9 November 2012, previews from 6 November).
Harvey's next proj…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMBBC3 has commissioned a two-part factual drama about a fatal car crash that devastates a small community. The programme, which has the working title One Day Like This, is being made by Darlo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: It's difficult to divorce Gregory Doran's production of the play sometimes referred to as the Chinese Hamlet from the controversy that has surrou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMIn Lisa Albright’s turgid family drama, Bernadette Peters plays a faded Broadway diva with two daughters who starts life over in a rented, graffiti-scarred shack in Nashua, N.H.
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 06:04AMBrian Stokes Mitchell, performing at Alice Tully Hall for an Actors Fund benefit, makes songs into detailed character studies of carnival barkers and knights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02AMIt’s been nearly three years — too long — since Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin (“Finian’s Rainbow”) has woven her silky voice around a new musical role in New York.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Do critics have good things to say about "Bad Jews"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:50AMAlan Bennett's terrific new play People::E8831352332700 at the National Theatre was a good mood-setter for my outing yesterday to Salisbury, where I climbed to the top of the spire in the ca…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:46AMRufus Hound is to join the cast of One Man, Two Guvnors next year. He will take up the role of Frances Henshall in February, replacing Owain Arthur, who will be joining the international tou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMThe MAC, Belfast: Midway through 1891, burdened with two failed tragedies and a censored play, Oscar Wilde decided it was time to change tack and try his hand at satirical comedy. Lady Wind…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AM Openings Nov. 9-Dec. 2 roomies Alliance Theatre Lab at Main Street Playhouse 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes (305) 259-0418 thealliancetheatrelab.com Mark Della Ventura’s world premie…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:27AMOliver award-winning actor Bertie Carvel will make his Broadway debut on March 14, 2013 when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda the Musical begins performances at the Sh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMVIENNA (AP) — An opera focusing on Nazi atrocities against children will premiere next year at an unusual venue — Austria's parliament.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:09AM
The Guardian (UK) 11/07/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:55AMCasting, led by Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner, has been announced for the forthcoming London production of The Book of Mormon, which comes to the Prince of Wales Theatre from 25 Februa…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:53AMThe Guardian (UK) 11/07/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:46AMNPR 11/08/12 (includes video)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42AMIn the Bible, Lot’s wife takes a last look back at Sodom and is turned into a pillar of salt. In Howard Barker’s short sharp minor shocker of a play – receiving a UK premi&…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:37AMDo critics want to marry "Figaro"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:28AMCasting, led by Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner, has been announced for the forthcoming London production of The Book of Mormon, which comes to the Prince of Wales Theatre from 25 Februa…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:17AMJoan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" recalls the span of time when her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, and their daughter, Quintana Dunne Michael, both died.
Janis Stevens s…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM
Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts continues its 2012-2013 season ‘Reclaiming the Black Body, Identity, Discourse, and Politics’ with the powerful story of Saar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:56AMIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Broadway! The musical Elf begins its return engagement on November 9 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
The holiday musica…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46AMAnnie, the 1977 show that introduced generations of children to the tuneful optimism of traditional Broadway musicals, opened in a new production on Broadway Nov. 8 following previews from O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36AMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will launch its Second National Tour next month in Chicago, with Nic Rouleau, direct from the Broadway company, starri…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:28AM‘Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane fancies himself a crooner of the old school — a Frank Sinatra wannabe.
And so the New York Pops was thrilled when MacFarlane, who’s hosting next …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMEven if your Yiddish is limited to the occasional oy gevalt, this won’t stop you from enjoying “The Golden Land.” This spirited musical revue about the Jewish immigration experience is…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMYou can’t dream up a better subject for a play than Richard Nixon, a man of Shakespearean scope.
Douglas McGrath’s new off-Broadway drama, “Checkers,” offers occasional glimpses into…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMThere’s a reason “Annie” has become a beloved classic since it first opened 35 years ago.
This is a show that was cooked up by pros at the top of their game. Charles Strouse and Marti…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:01AMThe audience entered Strathmore on November 8, 2012, for Linda Eder’s concert Songbirds with high expectations — expectations which were more than amply fulfilled by the delightful conc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00AMOn November 8, just a day after a snowstorm blanketed
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM'Skyfall' Bond Girl Naomie Harris Talks 007
The first time Naomie Harris was in our Studio, the prospect of her being the next Bond Girl was only a rumor. She returns to the Studio…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMBond Girl Bérénice Marlohe Spills 'Skyfall' Secrets
Intrigue and sexiness are on hand in spades when the gorgeous Bérénice Marlohe drops by the Studio to prove to us why she was chosen a…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Legit Reviews||Abroad:
Alan Bennett clearly has a great deal to get off his chest. His supporters may be satisfied, but those in search of drama will be sorely disappointed.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:52AMYou could not count me an “Annie” aficionado before I saw its third Broadway production, which has opened tonight. “Annie” to me conjured up nothing but “Tomorrow” sung badly by …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:52AMTony amp Drama Desk nominated Gabriel Barre Lippa's Wild Party will direct and Louis Hobson will produce the developmental workshop of David Klein's new play, Synchro, with a invite-only rea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMGrammy 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 tonight, November …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMLegendary Broadway Music Director Darren Cohen signs on as Vocal Harmony Specialist and Music Director for The Youth Orchestra of the Low Countrys 40th anniversary concert series kickoff per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures in association with Unique Features and Jujamcyn Theaters present Jordan Gelber Avenue Q, All My Sons as Broadways favorite elf, Buddy in the hit holiday musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMYale Rep and New Dramatists will produce the third invited workshop of the musical LEMPICKA about the tumultuous life of art deco artist Tamara di Lempicka this Today. Lisa Brescia Wicked pl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMYou know the holidays are close when you see a ton of ads for The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular! And for the past several seasons, Broadway has been in the thick of the s…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:15AMIn Praise of Elizabeth KlettThe best of a website you should know aboutby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA few years ago I spent a lot of time in the hospital. It was a bad hospital and I was sharing …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMThe 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, opens Nov. 9 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM‘I
can only imagine what we must sound like,” says one of the Apple siblings after a heated exchange in “Sorry.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AMI review the new Broadway revival of Annie in today's Wall Street Journal. Very much to my surprise, I loved...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I look at how artists respond to great public events like Hurricane Sandy--and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"'The best thing for being sad,' replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, 'is to learn something. That is the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal 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, opens Nov. 9 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMiriam Margolyes' Olivier Award-nominated one-woman show, Dickens' Women, an intimate evening of indelible characters that has been presented around the world, plays two Manhattan pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMQuincy Tyler Bernstine, Phillip James Brannon and Erin Gann are part of the Soho Rep production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…, which begins pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, starring Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Crivello and Seth Numrich, begins previews Nov. 9 at the Belasco Theatre, where the drama firs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJordan Gelber and Leslie Kritzer co-star in the Broadway return of Elf, the holiday musical comedy based on the 2003 film of the same title about an orphaned human who thinks he's one of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDreamWorks' "Lincoln" film — a collaboration from Oscar winner Steven Spielberg and Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner — hits movie theatres in a limited release No…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Broadway musical Chaplin, based on the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, hosts a benefit performance Nov. 9 for the NYC Firefighters charity, Lil' Bravest Inc., which raises…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2012 production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular — the opulent holiday musical revue, complete with live nativity and high-kicking Rockettes (in their 85th year) &mdash…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGretchen Egolf, Alan Cox and Mark H. Dold star in the Huntington Theatre Company production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, staged by Tony Award nominee Maria Aitken. Performances begin Nov…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1818 Playwright and novelist Ivan Turgenev is born in Russia. His most notable play is A Month in the Country, but he will make a bit of history in 2002 when his 150-year-old play Fortune's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright Colman Domingo discusses his play “Wild with Happy,” in its world premiere at the Public Theater. Gil, an actor, finds his worlds colliding when his mother dies and he decides…
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