It's Sunday night -- do you know where your playwrights are? For eight South Florida writers, the answer is that they're somewhere in the regal elegance of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 11:28PMLast week’s freak nor’easter set the tone for Thursday’s chilly new production of “Un Ballo in Maschera” at the Met.
Verdi’s 1859 opera, loosely based on the real-life assassinat…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:27PMAs the title character in Chekhov’s “Ivanov,” Ethan Hawke plays a real piece of work. “You’ve brought darkness to our lives,” a neighbor complains. The local doctor accuses Ivano…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:27PMWhile not a flawless endeavor, Six Stories Tall is representative of Adventure Stage Chicago’s innovative take on children’s theater. The production is wonderfully cast and well-directed…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:11PMPlays that are equally grim and inspiring make up a wide swath of American drama, but few offer viewing experiences as unique as Robert Schenkkan's "The Kentucky Cycle," playing through Dec.…
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Rialto relatives celebrate org's 100th anni
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The Odd Couple’s Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are two of the most recognizable characters in popular culture. Neil Simon’s 1965 creation of two bachelor best friends, one who is a slo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:50PMGlengarry Glen Ross star Richard Schiff, who also played 'Toby Ziegler' on NBC's The West Wing, has finally released Broadway and West End star Alexandra Silber's rendition of The West Wing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMAstoria Performing Arts Center, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A coming-of-age story at the weirdest summer camp you'll ever visit.
Campers! Skadoodle over to Astoria…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:31PMA few weeks back, I was invited to participate in the Gallery Players' first talk-back, appropriately titled GalleryTalk, which took place this weekend after one of the performances of the G…
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Rebecca Hart, Van Hughes By Patrick ChristianoWhile there is much to like even admire and enjoy in Don Chaffer's new musical Son of a Gun, the tale concerning a father and son conf…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:19PMMCAD's annual student-alumni art sale has become a hot ticket for collectors.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:02PM“Ivanov,” Anton Chekhov’s first produced play, can be hard to love, with its maddening titular protagonist in the throes of depression and the discursive, repetitive ways i…
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On November 18th, A Time To Shine KidzTeen Cabaret will be celebrating the Youth of Broadway on the Main Stage at The Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street at 530PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMI AM CANADIAN THEATRE Fridge magnet (large)Ooooooooooh! The perfect stocking-stuffer!14cm x 11cm5.5in x 4.25in$6 - Price includes handling and shipping by surface mail. Do you want to s…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:43PMAfter recently appearing on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Broadway actress and cabaret artist Lauren Elder, an original cast member of the Broadway and West End productions of HAIR, will make her …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMBROADWAY SWINGS, which began last year for a one night only concert at White Plains Performing Arts Center, is coming to New York City for four special performances during the week of Thanks…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMNovember 7, 2012 Broadway’s Just a Suburb of Cincinnati By PATRICK HEALY New York Times To hear Katie Holmes tell it, she is not so different from her character, Lorna, in the new Broadway…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:25PMIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New York City cultural organizations have provided crucial support for communities in need and continue to offer services and programs to aid and inspire New …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMRUDOLF THE LAST KISS, a musical composed by Frank Wildhorn and written by Jack Murphy, opened in Seoul this past weekend. Check out highlights from the show below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMThe world premiere of Forever Dusty, a new musical about the life and times of legendary icon Dusty Springfield, by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin, begins performances today, Novemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMThis is a story with an uncomfortably unresolved ending. It begins with me, at home, excited about the new online registration process for the Professionals Weekend at the Humana Festival. I…
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Chekhov's The Seagull has a new face. Cool and care-free, playwright Anya Reiss is taking adaptation by storm.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:47PMNovember 11, 2012 by Wade W.TeacherNew Leadership Charter SchoolSpringfield, MA A special thanks to the Playhouse for bringing not only amazing art, but amazingly *relevant* art to the…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 03:32PMCheck out the recently released commercial for the show below and meet the cast with videos of them from past productions and roles
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMNot every sociopath is an axe murderer or a conman. In The Comedy, director Rick Alverson’s painfully unfunny and self-indulgent film, the main character never carries out a violent act,…
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Over at the Road Theatre Company, in NoHo, they are staging their free Monday Night Road Signs Reading Series. Here’s what’s on the schedule for the remainder of this year: TONIGH…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PMThere’s still plenty of time to kill before getting started on that Thanksgiving turkey, so make sure to clear your calendar for the best Broadway events from the week ahead, including…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMLilla CrawfordNovember 15, 2012: In these days just after the storm Sandy what New Yorker couldn't use a dose of optimism? Well, an entertaining new production of the feel good family musi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:22PMIt’s hard to resist the quintet’s rhythmic choral declaration that if they don’t get their pie they’re surely gonna die.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:00PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Helmer Austin Pendleton's production has the handsome look (of battered elegance) and elusive spirit (beautiful, but damned) of his prior Chekhovian…
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The In Series mounts a lovely and powerful production of two operas to open their thirtieth consecutive season. Producing Artistic Director Carla Hübner, who founded the Series in 1982 has…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52PM'Forget the single play – give me an entire oeuvre'Over the years, I've been to seasons of plays by Harold Pinter at the Gate theatre in Dublin, by Sarah Kane at Berlin's Schaubühne and, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMSofa Snark: Alicia Silverstone joins Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson in Broadway's "The Performers," a play about the porn industry. It's a gang bang of a good time.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 01:12PMThe cast of Court Theatre’s “The Dead.” Photo by Michael Brosilow. Life is stepping in, so Chicago Theatre Addict will be taking a back seat for a short spell. I promise to…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:07PMHappy Birthday Jackie Hoffman Hoffman was seen on Broadway as Grandma in The Addams Family. Her other Broadway credits include Xanadu and Hairspray for which she received the Theatre World A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWatch and participate in this symposium live on #NEWPLAY TV on Friday, November 16 from 11am PST – 3pm PST / 1pm CST – 5pm CST / 2pm EST – 6pm EST / 19:00 GMT – 23:00…
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Need/Want/Crave is a double bill directed by James Huntrods and consisting of two short plays: How the Heart Works, by Shapour Benard, and Kingdom Come by Nia DaCosta. The production is a co…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:52PMWill Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Sam Marks will all have works in next year's Humana Festival of New American Plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
If we must have a play about Richard and Pat Nixon, then Douglas McGrath makes a damned good job of it in "Checkers." TV pros Anthony LaPaglia ("Wit…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMTeams of string coaches were deployed to make this quartet of actors look like they knew what they are doing with their instruments, but no critic has noticed how completely unrelated the mo…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:35PMThe Pasadena Playhouse presents tonights opening night performance of INTIMATE APPAREL. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and directed by Sheldon Epps, INTIMATE APPAREL will perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe Friday, November 9th performance of Broadways Chaplin at the Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street, benefited the NYC Firefighters charity, Lil Bravest Inc., which raises money for chi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMSentimental animal tale scores big time with its amazing puppets.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 12:14PMThe sprakling glow of the Twilight series is about to fade out as the popular vampire series' final film, Breaking Dawn-Part 2, hits Theaters on November 16. And what would a good s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMOn Tuesday, November 13, the record-breaking, Tony Award-winning worldwide musical smash Chicago celebrates 16 razzle-dazzle years on the Great White Way. With a legendary book by Fred Ebb a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Despite the baleful eloquence of Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon in the lead roles, the disappointing, hybrid result is neither quite radio nor theater.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04PMThe Place, LondonCharlotte Vincent's new work about physical and sexual politics revolves around the anxious, quizzical presence of a 12-year-old girl. As Leah Yeger observes the behaviour o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMJoel B. New sits down with Liz Asti, founder of Let's Start At the Very Beginning, an amazing music theory educational series for adults. (www.letsstartwithlizasti.com) Song Premiere: "Limit…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMJoel B. New sits down with Liz Asti, founder of Let's Start At the Very Beginning, an amazing music theory educational series for adults. (www.letsstartwithlizasti.com) Song Premiere: "Limit…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMIf you've been to the Neil Simon Theatre anytime in the past year and a half or so, you've probably seen this week's "Face of the Future," Nick Cartell. With a career that is really st…
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Les Miserables star Anne Hathaway headed to NBC's famous Studio 8H on November 10 for her third outing as Saturday Night Live host. For her opening monologue, the Oscar nominee gushed ab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMBy Bill Hirschman What will likely have people talking as they walk into the Miami Theater Center this weekend for its new adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters is where they’ll sit: a b…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:46AMClassic Stage Company's Ivanov opens at the off-Broadway Theatre on November 11. Directed by Austin Pendleton and starring Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson, the production will run throu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AM We’re back with another week of The Kinky Vlog with Ellyn Marsh and the cast of Kinky Boots. So many of you are watching these (I see via youtube), but I haven’t seen a bu…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:45AMThe prodigy today - it's not about her, it's about the music.We haven't heard from the great violinist Midori in these parts for some time - maybe a decade? So her return to the Hub wa…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:38AMAfter a truly nail-biting two weeks, Glengarry Glen Ross star Richard Schiff, perhaps best known as Toby Ziegler on the hit NBC drama The West Wing, has released his hostage.Broadway and Wes…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMThe Independent (UK) 11/11/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:20AMIN THE HEIGHTS TE DE LA MANO Lends a Hand, a cabaret to help the members of the In the Heights family severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, will be held on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 1130 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMOk, Nation’s Capital . . . this giveaway is for you. As a thank you for putting up with all the politicking that’s been going on these past two years, we’re giving away t…
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The season two premiere of OUTSIDE THE BOX, Bruce Kimmel's web series, is now live with the first episode, starring Hal Linden, Jenna Rosen, Jane Noseworthy and Sharon McNight. Watch it below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMProduction amp Celebrity Entertainment, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights AFER and Broadway Impact, has announced a one-night-only reading of 8, a play chronicling t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMArtistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein have announced the lineup of plays, playwrights and directors for the 37th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMLes Misrables film star Anne Hathaway and the Saturday Night Live cast sing about Sundays to the tune of One Day More. Watch Hathaway's opening monologue from last night's episode on NBC bel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMOn Broadway in New York opposite Ray Bolger in "Where's Charley?" 1949-50 and in the Broadway Revival of "Pal Joey" in 1953-54. She returned to the stage in 1982 in "No No Nanette" and in "P…
SOURCE: Legacy.com at 10:06AMThis is Part 3 of my series of 3 interviews with the cast of “Master Harold”. . . and the boys at Bay Theatre Company. The innovative and versatile Baakari Wilder, delights as “Willie�…
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Handel & Haydn Society captured all of this and then some with a vigorous, focused performance that was a marvel of controlled fury.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:55AMStephanie J. Block stars in the choose-your--own adventure musical
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:55AMToday is the birthday of Lorayne Brox (for the full story on Stars of Vaudeville #387, the Brox Sisters, go here. Here they are singing “Falling in Love Again” in tribute to Marl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:09AMWill You Can Be A Wesley be your pick for Rock Artist of the Year? Who will it be, Boston? Make your Nate Silver-style predictions and let me know what you think!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:05AMWilliam Henry Johnson (ca. 1842-1926) was so revered in the show business community that in his latter years he was known as “the Dean of Freaks”. Born the son of former slaves, …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:01AMOh the farmer and the cowman should be friends! One man likes to push a plow, the other likes to chase a cow — but that’s no reason why they can’t be friends! You’ll see all that plu…
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Graham Benson writes: Joe Melia and I were close friends and fellow Arsenal supporters for many years. Along with Terry Coles, we had a steady routine of meeting in pubs, attending as many A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #78: Joe Penner (for more on him go here). In vaudeville and on radio his usual partner was a duck…that’s why he is singing this love …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:52AMToday is the birthday of Jonathan Winters (b. 1925). No one ever calls it this because he came along too late, but Winters had what they called in variety and vaudeville a Protean act, a c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:14AMToday, Sunday, November 11, 2012 From 2-5 PM (open house format) Ballet Royale Institute of Maryland 9147-D Red Branch Rd. Columbia, MD. 21045 American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Disaster Re…
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Oprah 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 12:30AMTheater Resources Unlimited TRU, now celebrating its 21st year as a not-for-profit service organization, has announced a lineup of Broadway stars performing at their annual TRU Love Benefit,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMOriginally scheduled for Saturday, November 3rd, Cantori's 2012-13 season opener FELIX UND CLARA, featuring Kathleen Chalfant, was postponed to tonight, November 11th at 730 p.m.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF honors Broadway star and multiple time Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee Kelli OHara for her work in the theater at the NYMF 2012 Annual Gala takin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMClassic Stage Company opens Anton Chekhovs Ivanov today, Sunday, November 11. Directed by Austin Pendleton, Ivanov stars Ethan Hawke, Joely Richardson and Juliet Rylance. The cast also featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe 4th Annual Broadway Can A Concert for Citymeals-on-Wheels amp City Harvest will be presented at Don't Tell Mama, one night only, tonight, November 11th at 8pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTheatre C has announced the cast for '54' - the Musical in concert at The Cutting Room tonight, November 11th from 6 to 830pm. The Cutting Room is located at 44 East 32nd Street, New York, N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe new bio musical Forever Dusty begins previewss at off-Broadway’s New World Stages on November 11. Written by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin, and starring Smith as music ic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15AMFour Years and CountingI would like them to embrace being opinionated.by Shannon Christy@schristy79(photo credit: bohuang.ca)CHARPO: In 2008 in an interview with the CBC you briefly ske…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMThat fountain of hair is still there, though it’s gone from dark to silver, and the nose has gotten larger with time. But there’s no mistaking Henry Winkler, a.k.a. Arthur Herbert Fonzar…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:04AM(photo credit: Yves Renaud)The ConductorWinnipeg native and internationally-acclaimed conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson returns to L’Opera de Montreal to conduct Richard Wagner’s The Flyin…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMAlbert Schultz (photo credit: Sandy Nicholson)Soulpepper: Requiem for a DreamThis is an obituary.by Holger Syme (reprinted, with permission, from dispositio)Let me quote Soulpepper’s&…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMPoly-Metro-Amorousby Cameryn Moore“What’s your ideal living environment, like, your perfect city?”My Alabama host looks at me expectantly. She doesn’t have renters in her house right…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThis week's column discusses the original cast recording of the George Street Playhouse production of Barry Wyner's Calvin Berger as well as this season's "Carols for a Cure…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMBritish heartthrob Dan Stevens doesn't mind if you attend The Heiress expecting to see his sweet "Downton Abbey" character Matthew Crawley — just as long as you leave deb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe fourth annual Broadway Can!, a concert for the Citymeals-on-Wheels and City Harvest, is offered Nov. 11 at Don't Tell Mama in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSusan Blackwell, Tom Kitt, Kathleen Marshall and Matthew Broderick are part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Nov. 11 gala honoring four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMArts in the Armed Forces presents a free performance for military personnel and their families Nov. 11 at 8 PM at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMForever Dusty, a new musical by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin about the life of late singer Dusty Springfield, begins previews at Off-Broadway's New World Stages Nov. 11 with a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage Company opens its new production of Anton Chehov's Ivanov, a play that the Russian playwright revised throughout his lifetime, on Nov. 11, foll…
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