OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested after a man told Oakland police that the entertainer hit him over the head with a bottle.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:56PMNEW YORK (AP) — Broadway and porn apparently don't mix: "The Performers," a new comedy that opened this week at the Longacre Theatre, won't make it through the week.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:49PMAudiences are turned on by the stars of Broadway's new porn farce The Performers, so we asked Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Henry Winkler and the rest of the cast about getting down and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33PMNEW YORK (AP) — The new off-Broadway musical "Murder Ballad" should turn down the amps and amp up the plot.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:31PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway and porn apparently don't mix: "The Performers," a new comedy that opened this week at the Longacre Theatre, won't make it through the week....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:21PMThe news out of Texas the night I saw the musical “Giant” was that a Texas school district had \canceled a play about two gay penguins; that a third George Bush – George P. Bush – …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12PMAs the official Twitter account for The Performers has strong social media activity and has built up a small but avid fan base, I thought it interesting to take a look at the Twitter timelin…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:03PM“Giant.” 4 stars. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. Through Dec. 2. Tickets: $85-$95; (212) 967-7555.
Gazing out at their vast Texas spread, cat…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMThe reality about love triangles is that there’s always more three people involved. Kids and spouses are often collateral damage.
One…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMWhere’s the real Aimee Semple McPherson — the subject of the musical “Scandalous” — when you need her?
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMLegit News:
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Already, Penske has decided to take down the paywall on Variety's website, which limits its readership compared to competing sites such as Deadline and HollywoodReporter.com. That change is …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52PMThe Yankees are already the hottest ticket in sports — but soon they could be the hottest ticket on Broadway.
A pinstriped production celebrating the most successful franchise in baseball…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:48PMShe might be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but believe it or not, Jessica Chastain is guy shy.
The 35-year-old actress, who's currently single, admits she's not one to cha…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:44PMNEW YORK (AP) — Can a bad person become a good mother? That tricky question is only one of the dilemmas facing the mom in Francine Volpe's disturbing psychological drama "The Good Mother."…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:43PMA stroll up a staircase has never looked better. And Jessica Chastain's ascent up the onstage staircase in the final scene of The Heiress, currently in performances at the Walter Kerr Theate…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:43PMNEW YORK (AP) — Beware of allowing tradition to blind you to the benefits of progress. That's one message from the aptly-titled "Giant," the robust, polished, three-hour new musical that o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:42PMHarry H. Frazee, the Broadway producer and Boston Red Sox owner who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919, might have appreciated this: a play about the Yankees is headed to Broadway, perhap…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMFor all the fuss that's made during it about endless tracts of earth unfolding beneath infinite horizons, Giant . . . is strangely cramped and cluttered ...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:04PMLong before the nighttime drama of the Ewings on Dallas came the sprawling tale of the Texan Benedict clan in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel, Giant. The book, of course, went on to become a class…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03PMWhatever else there is to say about Murder Ballad, at least it lives up to its title....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:02PMEarly on in Scandalous at the Neil Simon Theatre, a bit of spiritual wisdom is imparted to a young Aimee Kennedy (Carolee Carmello), who later becomes Aimee Semple McPherson. She's told that…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:02PM“Scandalous” tells the story of Aimee Semple McPherson, a celebrity preacher in the 1920s and ’30s who helped lay the foundations on which the modern evangelical movement was built.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMBrian D’Arcy James and Kate Baldwin star in “Giant,” a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s multigenerational novel of a Texas family, with a soaring score by Michael John LaChiusa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMWith the Sunday afternoon performance of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” at Steppenwolf Theatre, actress Mariann Mayberry will be bidding farewell to what is unquestionably her mo…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:00PMA potent mix of laughter and discomfort can be found in Jackie Sibblies Drury's thought-provoking play, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMA single mother accuses her child's babysitter of possibly inappropriate conduct in Francine Volpe's quietly intriguing The Good Mother, being given its world premiere by The New Group at Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWhen theatergoers arrive at New York City Center - Stage II for Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash's rock-inspired musical Murder Ballad, they may be surprised to realize they have ventured above…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMA love triangle and a narrator, with songs and murder, take the stage in “Murder Ballad,” at Manhattan Theater Club.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMGretchen Mol stars as the title character in “The Good Mother,” a new play by Francine Volpe at the Acorn Theater.
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The Broadway production of David West Read's The Performers will end its run at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, November 18 after 23 previews and 7 performances.Directed by Evan Cabnet, the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:56PMAt the end of “Scandalous,” the gossip columnist Louella Parsons asks: “Was she a true woman of God? Or just one hell of a woman?” She is talking about colorful radio evangelist Aime…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:48PMJames Blackman announces more delays of South Bay CLO's comeback in a YouTube video...Hollywood Fringe Festival will expand by a week in 2013...Chance Theater's 2013 plans...Holiday programm…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:27PMRobyn Goodman, Amanda Lipitz and Scott R. Delman, producers of David West Read's The Performers, have announced that the new Broadway comedy will play its final performance Nov. 18 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:18PMAccording to the AV Club, John Mellencamp and Stephen King's musical Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County will release its official soundtrack on March 19, 2013, prior to beginning performances…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17PMSex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music and romance are swirled together in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, Davi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:17PMThe American Theatre Wing might as well give Carolee Carmello her Tony Award now. Just like her alter ego for the evening, early-20th-century evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Carmello is p…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:15PMThe American Theatre Wing might as well give Carolee Carmello her Tony Award now. Just like her alter ego for the evening, early-20th-century evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Carmello is p…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 08:15PMThe authors of the new musical “Giant” possess the same soaring ambition that motivates their larger-than-life characters. Book writer Sybille Pearson and composer-lyricist Micha…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:10PMThe authors of the new musical “Giant” possess the same soaring ambition that motivates their larger-than-life characters. Book writer Sybille Pearson and composer-lyricist Micha…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 08:10PMAs we’ve been reminded in rather spectacular fashion by the David Petraeus scandal, marital infidelity is one of the oldest, most durable stories there is. Only the names change. The twist…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:05PMManhattan Theatre Club is trying to get young people to the theater, and it’s going to get them, in reams. It’s not that Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash’s musical appeals onl…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:05PMManhattan Theatre Club is trying to get young people to the theater, and it’s going to get them, in reams. It’s not that Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash’s musical appeals onl…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 08:05PMA charismatic leader of any sort can convince you to abandon your thoughts and senses and follow along anyway just because it seems like the right thing to do....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMInappropriate behavior runs rampant in Francine Volpe’s “The Good Mother,” the New Group’s first production for the 2012-13 season. All five characters make seriously…
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The actors never broke character, but Rudd later told the crowd, "As an actor, being able to move people to tears or to laughter is amazing -- but moving them to puking is a whole different …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:58PMAmerican Repertory Theater artistic director
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:15PMThe fun is over for the porn star crew of the new Brodway comedy The Performers. David West Read's play will hold its final performance on November 18 at the Longacre Theatre. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:09PMYou can't keep a good one-man medley guy down.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:05PMTom Berenger, Kevin Connolly, Thomas Jane, Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Kelsey Grammar, Nelly, Danny Aiello, Terry Crews, David O'Hara, Omari Hardwick, Lauren Cohan, Elizabeth Henstrid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, began preview performances on October 23, and opened on Wednesday, Novembe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMSir Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in a new production of Macbeth as part of next year's Manchester International Festival.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
According to the Daily Mail, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville, Call The Midwife's Miranda Hart, and stage and film stars Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart will take part in a fundraising perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMThe third year drama class at UNC School of the Arts will begin performances of Detective Story tomorrow. This drama, directed by Carl Forsman and written in 1949 by Sidney Kingsley, comes w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:49PMWalker Art Center will redo the brick facade of its older building.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:36PM...but Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, transfers this weekend to Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, where it will run through...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:27PMBy Judd Hollander
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Playwright Bran Friel offers a resounding indictment against oppression, misinterpretations by the media and the excessive use of force by those i…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:27PMA concept album of horror writer Stephen King and rocker John Mellencamp's musical The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will be released on March 19, 2013, according to The On…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PMIt's A Brad, Brad World the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor will be presented on Sunday, December 2nd at 700pm at the Laurie Beechman theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, November 15, 2012 Breaking news: Meet 4 girls picked to play Broadway’s ‘Matilda’ AP – by MARK KENNEDY Watch out, Broadway: The four li…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:09PMRobert KoonHometown: I’m an Air Force brat, so this is a tough question. I was born in Harlingen, Texas, grew up mostly in central California, and there are also odd sprinklings of Virgin…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:08PMJesse Tyler Ferguson of 'Modern Family' will be starting a family of his own with Justin Mikita very soon, as the two became engaged this September. Ferguson revealed his marriage proposal, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:07PM
Broadway actress Lisa Howard is making her film debut in Breaking Dawn Part 2, the final installment in the uber-popular Twilight series. Howard plays Siobhan, the leader of the Irish Coven,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMAccording to an Equity casting notice, THE LAST GOODBYE, a musical featuring the tunes of the late Jeff Buckley, will soon get a New York City reading. The show, which premiered at Williamst…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company is bringing back "The Mystery Of Edwin Drood" to Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:49PM“I have this strange feeling, Beatriz, that people don’t understand what we’re really doing,” admits Rolando Tarquini to Beatriz Sayad about halfway through the secon…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 05:35PMNEW YORK (AP) — It sounds blunt enough, that old classic by Sippie Wallace: "Women be wise, keep your mouth shut! Don't advertise your man."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:28PMdick clark productions dcp has announced the presenters for The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards. The roster includes 50 Cent, Ashley Benson, Backstreet Boys, Brandy, Colbie Caillat, C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers will stage a winter developmental lab of the new Jeff Buckley musical The Last Goodbye, according to a casting notice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMHello, folks! I hope you've been getting more rest lately than I have. I'm still pledging Delta Kappa Alpha, my school's coed, pre-professional cinema fraternity (see my article on networkin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:25PMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark has just unveiled a 2013-2014 calendar featuring the talented, athletic men who bring the worlds most recognizable super hero to life on Broadway each night with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMToday is the birthday of Jack Burns (b. 1933), or as I like to call him, the “Huh? Huh? Huh? Guy”. When I first knew him he was one half of the team of Burns and Scheiber (Shreib…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:00PMThe house lights remain on throughout Shakespeare's Globe's Hamlet, a spare and youthful version, currently on a US tour that reaches Santa Monica's Broad Stage Thursday. The tour's director…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Produced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, opened on Broadway on Wednesday, November 14th - at the Longacre Theatre. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of Murder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. The musical is the inaugural produ…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:55PMRobert Petkoff Anything Goes, Ragtime and Larkin Bogan American Idiot, Hair have been added to the lineup of performers to join Max Vernon, one of the most innovative young voices in contemp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMOn Saturday, December 8, Tony Award-winning songstress Debbie Gravitte returns to Pace Presents and The Michael Schimmel Center for a reprisal of last year's tremendously popular All-Star Ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMThe revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show opened Nov. 15, 2000, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The cast included Alice Ripley, Joan Jett and Raul Esparza.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMFeinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Fall 2012 season with two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein. Celebrating the release of his new book…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMFans of Pippin are already planning a trip of Cambridge, MA, next month, when director Diane Paulus will unveil her revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger Hirson’s mystical musical at t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMKathie Lee Gifford’s Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson opens tonight, November 15th at the Neil Simon Theatre. After two performances were canceled November 14t…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:36PMThe Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of THE VANDAL by Hamish Linklater. The play will star Holly Hunter, Zach Grenier and Noah Robbins, with direction by Jim Simpson, The Fleas found…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PM(from the website)Making Historyby David C. JonesA lot of the truly interesting things about our Canadian history are lost, either because at the time no one thought what was happening was n…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:34PMKathie Lee Gifford worked for 12 years on “Scandalous,” her Broadway musical about feminist evangelist pill popper and trailblazer Aimee Semple McPherson. Joy Philbin was telling…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:30PMGet a toe-tapping inside look at Encores! Cotton Club Parade, starring Amber Riley, Joshua Henry, Jared Grimes and more. See why there’s no better place to be this weekend than inside …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMGet a toe-tapping inside look at Encores! Cotton Club Parade, starring Amber Riley, Joshua Henry, Jared Grimes and more. See why there’s no better place to be this weekend than inside …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMLincoln Center Theaters Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, opens its 15th season with two pre-performance talk…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMThis weekend my friend Jill amp I went on The Ride -- a big tour bus with seats facing sideways, and one giant window like an imax screen looking out on the city. This is not just a facts-an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMElf is bringing a heaping dose of holiday cheer to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and we’ve got a joyful first look at Buddy and his pals. Elf stars Jordan Gelber as Buddy, wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:19PMMore than 700 members of New York Citys philanthropic, business and health care communities will join forces at the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Life Without Lupus Gala 2012 on Monday, November 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMThe classic Shakespeare play will be performed in a deconsecrated church as part of the Manchester International Festival.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:16PMGabby Douglas is making the national rounds with the rest of the Fierce Five on the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions. (McKayla Maroney did a local meet-and-greet on Wednesday night.)…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:09PMYoung actresses Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will share the title role in the Broadway production of Matilda The Musical, producers announced Nov. 15. The Oli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMManhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie begins previews tonight …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:03PM
Francine Volpe’s new drama The Good Mother is keeping audiences guessing at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre, featuring Boardwalk Empire star Gretchen Mol, Marc Blum, Darren Goldstei…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMThe new passionate porn farce The Performers is a raunchy Broadway treat with plenty of skin and even more dirty talk. Partners are swapped, dresses are switched and double entendres ar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMFeaturing live musical performances by celebrated artists, DIVA Mondays stars the illustrious Marty Thomas XANADU, WICKED, THE SECRET GARDEN alongside Kelly King Michael Bolton, Babyface, Al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMHarrison’s Sophia Gennusa will share role Just announced today that the much-anticipated Broadway production of “Matilda” will alternate the demanding lead role among four …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:48PMManhattan Theatre Clubs New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie begins previews tonight in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMWho doesn’t love a romantic comedy? A guy and girl are in love, they face an obstacle that rips them apart, but in the end, through the magic of circumstance, they fall back in love and li…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:46PMLantern Theater's The Liar is one of those comedies of errors where improbable situations, mistaken identities, and identical twins keep all the characters busy and confused from beginning t…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:43PMFace to face with the Boss; two local teens on "Jeopardy"
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:42PMPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island country music radio station is holding a father-daughter dance in a community that canceled a similar dance because of concerns it violated a state g…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:42PMMonday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Ave.A holiday celebration to kick-off sales of the SEASON OF CAROLS CD, a new holiday album which features over one …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:42PMIdentity, Appropriation, and Reclamation
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:40PMSo, I saw this and really, whatever you think about the argument about actors not being real men…I whooped for joy. Why? A sports franchise is trying to LURE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE THEATRE…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:40PMThe Off-Broadway production of Murder Ballad is currently playing at The Studio at Stage II at New York City Center 131 West 55th Street and opens tonight, November 15. Manhattan Theatre Clu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMArt review: A show at the Mpls Photo Center revisits the Holocaust.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:36PMA slew of theater stars earned nominations for this year's People’s Choice Awards. The results, completely chosen by fans, will be announced at the January 9 awards ceremony on CBS…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMThe Olivier Award-winning musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s supernatural children’s story Matilda will dazzle Broadway audiences beginning March 4. The New York production will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:34PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the new comedy The Performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMThe cast and crew of the Guthrie's holiday classic "Christmas Carol" feel a seasonal glow.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:33PMNominees have been announced for the 2013 People's Choice Awards, which will be presented Jan. 9, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast on CBS at 9 PM ET. The evening will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMBrian d'Arcy James, Kate Baldwin and PJ Griffith star with Katie Thompson and Michele Pawk in the new musical Giant, adapted by Michael John LaChiusa (music and lyrics) and Sybille Pearson…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMYesterday, the Broadway at Birdland concert series welcomed Daisy Eagan in her concert, Daisy Eagan Fk Off. I Love You, and during the performance the Tony-winning actresssinger revealed to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMAs the Colony struggles for survival in a financial crisis, it offers Willy Holtzman's The Morini Strad. It serendipitously explores the crucial role that art plays in our lives, says its st…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:15PMThe talented actor spoke with BWW about what makes the exciting, new musical, MURDER BALLAD a super unique theatrical experience
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMSophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, and Milly Shapiro -- the four young ladies who will alternate in the title role in the upcoming Broadway production of Matilda the Musical
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMThe 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular opened on November 13, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall. This year marks an important milestone as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular celebrates 85 y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMSeeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and Th…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:00PM
Five time Emmy and Tony Award winner John Larroquette Night Court, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Gore Vidal's The Best Man appears alongside Matt Lutz A Walk to Remember …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMAnother week, another set of juicy stories on Broadway.com! Theater fans followed a slew of Les Miz-centric items, had fun dream-casting the next Bond girl, rejoiced in real-life Broadway ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMAccording to an interview with Mtv.com, Taylor Lautner aka Jacob Black feels the sadness millions of fans are feeling as the last film of the Twilight film series is on the horizon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMWe Three Lizas, a "queer culture" musical twist on Christmas wishes, gets its world premiere Nov. 30-Dec. 23 in a staging by About Face Theatre in Chicago. Performances play The St…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMMozart, Wagner, Sibelius and Adams will fill the orchestra's dance card.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:45PMHaul out the holly and break out the Christmas decorations! Broadway’s award-winning Karen Mason, from the smash hit musicals Mamma Mia, Hairspay!, Sunset Boulevard and most recently Wonde…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:44PMNational Theatre Live, an initiative to broadcast live performances from the National Theatre's stages to cinemas worldwide, will continue its fourth season in 2013 with Arthur Wing Pine…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMThe Mercury Theater, the intimate venue at 3745 N. Southport that is under the executive direction of Walter Stearns, is initiating a four-show musical theater subscription series for the 20…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:34PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSCs eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical Matilda the Musical. Each of the four girls…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PMCasting has been announced for Irving Berlin's White Christmas, to run December 11-January 6 in The Kennedy Center Opera House. Norb Joerder directs, with choreography by Randy Skinner.This…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMFive time Emmy and Tony Award winner John Larroquette Night Court, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Gore Vidal's The Best Man appears alongside Matt Lutz A Walk to Remember …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMTony Award winner John Larroquette appears alongside Matt Lutz and Autumn Hurlbert in the award-winning short musical comedy film "Sudden Death!"
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMTony Award winner Tyne Daly, Jamie deRoy and Ted Snowdon were honored during Primary Stages' Nov. 14 gala at the Edison Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSC’s eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Each of the four g…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:23PMAnother repeat show for me is “Silence!” Not only because I laughed my ass off in this spoof of “Silence of the Lambs,” but I wanted to see the new stars and theatre. Was not disappo…
SOURCE: Examiner.com at 02:20PMLooks like ushers might need to start handing out umbrellas as theatergoers take their seats these days. Audience members in the orchestra section at Grace 's November 14 evening pe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:19PMNo one is proposing to McKayla Maroney. So far, no one has even asked her on a date. Maybe it’s just a slow Wednesday night at the AT&T store near the Verizon Center, where Maroney is…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:14PMFour young girls have been announched to share the title role in Matilda when the musical begins its Broadway run this spring. Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shaprio wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:11PMOn Tuesday, November 6, 2012, around approximately 11:30 pm, Barack Obama was reelected for a second term as President of the United States of America.While this victory brings great news to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMIf you and your family are looking for two fantastic hours of comedy, joy and some of the best disco music written since the 1970’s, well then, get thee to the nunnery because Sister Act h…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:07PM"City of Dreams," an original comedic webseries that chronicles the trials and tribulations of struggling actors, debuted Oct. 1. Episodes in the first season have featured Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThe National Theatre of Great Britains fourth season of National Theatre Live, the ground-breaking initiative to broadcast live performances from the Nationals stages to cinemas worldwide, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMSweet Smell of Success, Shrek and "Smash" star Brian d'Arcy James steps into the cowboy boots of Texas rancher Bick Benedict in the new musical Giant at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro are to make their Broadway debuts in "Matilda the Musical," taking turns in the title role.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:59PMFrom Mormon mission to magazine cover! The New Normal star Andrew Rannells has landed a plush spot on the cover of Out magazine for the publication’s 18th annual “Out 100&rd…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMYoung actresses Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will share the title role in the Broadway production of Matilda The Musical, producers announced Nov. 15. The Oli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMNational Theatre's Nicholas Hytner joins in condemnation of Tories' stance on the arts at conference on regional theatreTwo leading lights of Britain's cultural life – Danny Boyle, who dir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
Picking up where "Leap of Faith" left off, "Scandalous" is another big-budget, evangelist-with-feet-of-clay tale from the hinterlands, and despite vario…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:50PMThe LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the 2012 season, were presented last night, November 12, at the Los Angeles Theatre in downtown…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMBroadway lyricist Fred Ebb is probably best known for his classic musicals like “Cabaret” and “Chicago,” but before the legend was canonized in the world of musical t…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 01:45PMLa Vie Theaters will present a cancer charity event entitled "An Evening Celebrating Life and Hope," which will feature performances from the new musical Yahweh on Broadway, Nov. 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMNEW YORK—Watch out, Broadway: The four little girls picked to play the telekinetic heroine Matilda in New York have been revealed—and they're already pretty magical.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:42PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSCs eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Each of the four girls…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMNEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, Broadway: The four little girls picked to play the telekinetic heroine Matilda in New York have been revealed — and they're already pretty magical.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:33PM A follower of ours on twitter asked us this question. We asked the fans. It got bigger than we anticipated, which means we have to bring it to the site to better keep track of your an…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:31PMAn industry reading of Jack Gindi's Best Friends will be presented Nov. 16 at Theatre 54 inside Shetler Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMThe track list for THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING DAWN - Part 2's original motion picture soundtrack includes the song 'News For You' by SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK star Reeve Carney. Get a fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Watch out, Broadway: The four little girls picked to play the telekinetic heroine Matilda in New York have been revealed - and they're already pretty magical....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:24PMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editor, Harmony Wheeler, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW San Francisco Award…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThe new porn rom-com The Performers is a riotous raunchfest at the Longacre Theatre. Were Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Zander, Brittany and Brian stimulated by Cheyenne Jac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMMurder Ballad turns viciousness into sexy entertainment It’s right there in the title. By the end of Murder Ballad, someone’s going to die. But that crime isn’t what define…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:21PMPlans to resurrect London’s Elizabethan Rose theatre have been boosted after a £250,000 Heritage Lottery Fund development grant was awarded to the trust managing the site. The Rose Reveal…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:15PMAge & Hometown: 32; South Windsor, CT
Current Role: Surly ranchhand-turned-oil tycoon Jett Rink, whose rivalry with a Texan cattleman drives the action in the Public Theater’s p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMOUT magazine has announced the four individuals who will grace separate covers its upcoming "Out 100" issue, which will hit newsstands on November 20.The issue celebrates 100 gay and men who…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:07PMChaplin star Rob McClure was honored Nov. 14 with the unveiling of a caricature to adorn the walls of the famed eatery Sardi's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:06PMKERRY REID reviews "The Feast" at Prop Thtr ★★★ and "Toast of the Town" by the Factory Theater ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "The Feast" at Prop Thtr ★★&…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:06PMChicago sketch comedy in its most classic form tends to be a stripped-down affair. Stylistically, it is the opposite of "Saturday Night Live." You won't see elaborate costumes or much in the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05PMThe Mercury Theater is slated to announce Friday that it will become an Equity-affiliated commercial theater, producing a four-show subscription series of musicals.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05PMThe Olympic opening ceremony
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SOURCE: The Independent at 01:04PMChaplin star Rob McClure was the guest of honor at Sardi’s Restaurant on November 14, when the famed theater hotspot awarded the star his very own portrait! McClure, who will be immort…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMWhile Michigan Avenue shops exchange the jack-o-lanterns and ghoulish cutouts of their window displays for fluffy cotton balls and cinnamon yuletide ornament, a far more pessimistic and unab…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PMWhen 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 01:00PMThis weekend, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will perform “Body Against Body” as part of the Edison Theatre’s Ovations series.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM
Stefan Karl Stars As Green Grouch In Touring Production Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Góðan daginn," says Stefan Karl, r…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:57PMFull casting has been announced for the pre-Broadway engagement of NERDS, A New Musical Comedy, which will play North Carolina Theatre's AJ Fletcher Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:56PMLilian Baylis TheatreYolande Yorke-Edgell runs her small modern dance company in a distinctly different style from the current mainstream. It is her own choreography that opens and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMReeve Carney and his fellow hunky Spider-Man, Turn of the Dark co-stars swung into Times Square on November 15 to promote a great cause on Good Morning America. The able-bodied stage superhe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMChaplin the Musical star Rob McClure received a caricature for the wall at the famed Sardi's Restaurant during a post-matinee unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, November 15.McClure originated …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PMThe untitled project from producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo follows two previous sports-themed plays, "Lombardi" and "Magic/Bird."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:52PMCome enjoy the hottest party in Harlem at the Encores! staged presentation of Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade. Set inside the legendary nightclub during one of their fabulous floor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMArcola, LondonJJ Hunsecker is the closest thing New York has to God. He's the man with the poisoned pen. His daily gossip column delivers venom and rightwing propaganda to millions in early …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMSinger and songwriter Morgan James will be releasing her debut album Morgan James Live Epic Records on December 4th. Recorded at Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, an intimate jazz club nestled within N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMGet your pocket protectors ready! Diana DeGarmo, Leslie Kritzer and Darren Ritchie are set to star in the pre-Broadway run of Nerds, A New Musical Comedy at North Carolina Theatre’s Pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMBe a Hero to a New Yorker in Need Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has announced the Foxwoods Theatre as a New York Cares Coat Drive public collection site. From November 15 – December 31, 20…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:47PMNominees for PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS 2013 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by country superstar Jason Aldean, Anthony Anderson Guys with Kids, Sophia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present Irving Berlin's White Christmas, based on the 1954 film of the same name, beginning Dec. 11, prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe singing, dancing, ever optimistic red head is back on Broadway. A new revival of ANNIE opened last Thursday night and I was on hand for the opening night festivities! In a lot of ways, A…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:38PMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrives on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. Based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical plays and eight-week …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMAlmost a dozen SPIDER-MAN cast members invaded Times Square on this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA on ABC to talk about their efforts to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Check out…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMDarren Ritchie, Stanley Bahorek, Leslie Kritzer and Diana DeGarmo will star in the North Carolina Theatre production of Nerds, the new musical about technology giants Bill Gates and Steve Jo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMWelcome the holiday season with Broadway's A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL, based on the classic 1983 movie. Now in a limited engagement through December 30
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMToday in 2009, the first Broadway revival of Ragtime opened at Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 65 performances. The musical garnered four Tony Awards including Best Book, Original Score…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMTalk about an amicable separation! TV icons and theater vets Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman proved that exes can remain friends by attending the November 14 performance of Peter and the Starc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PMJordan 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 12:27PMBatter up! Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, the team behind sports dramas Lombardi and Magic/Bird, plan to bring a theater project inspired by the New York Yankees to Broadway. The c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMProducers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo will bring a third sports-oriented play to Broadway following earlier productions of Lombardi and Magic/Bird, and the subject is close to home: The Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMELF returns to Broadway this holiday season at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre 302 West 45th Street. Performances began on Friday, November 9, 2012. The production plays a limited engagement of 9 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMFull casting and the creative team have been announced for the limited, pre-Broadway engagement of NERDS, A New Musical Comedy at North Carolina Theatres AJ Fletcher Theatre the Progress Ene…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMDavid Henry Hwang’s moving drama Golden Child is bringing a taste of Fujian, China to off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Get to know the cast of this vibrant new re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMRoundabout Theatre Company's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," a Broadway revival, officially opened on November 13, 2012 at Studio 54. The zany musical is set to run through February 10, 2013. …
SOURCE: Ticket News at 12:08PMSinger-songwriter Morgan James, who will be seen in Broadway's Motown: The Musical, will release her debut solo recording next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMBroadway at Birdland today announced the continuation of the partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn with two holiday-themed Frank amp Friends concerts. Thes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMAnthony Newley "The Last Song: The Final Recordings," "Top Hat" 2012 London Cast, and Andrea Marcovicci's "Smile" reviewed.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:04PMGentle readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of the drama Their Eyes Saw Rain, written by and starring West Liang, and directed by Justin Huen. A Company of Angels produc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:04PMDaisy Eagan is full of surprises. Her Monday night concert was a crazy quilt of songs and stories culminating in one very big announcement that was a first for the Broadway at Birdland stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMPrimary Stages last night held their annual Gala on Wednesday at The Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47th Street. The event, which honored Tony Award winner Tyne Daly Master Class, Rabbit Hole, Gypsy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMTim AlexanderAshlee Olivia and Talmadge Talib in Robey Theatre Company's revival of "Anna Lucasta"Latino Theatre Company's Anna Lucasta is this week's Pick of the Week. It was first written …
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:01PMOpening tonight, the “Everybody Loves Nudes” art exhibit will run from November 12 – December, 2013 and is curated by Molly Barnes, a successful art dealer and curator, radio personali…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
The Public Theater presents the New York premiere production of Giant, an epic love story with book by Sybille Pearson and music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa. Currently in previews at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMTony Kushner appeared on last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central to speak about 'Lincoln', his lastest film collaboration with director Steven Spielberg. Check out the full intervi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMWhen Reeve Carney isn’t soaring to new heights in Spider-Man, he’s crooning about the eternal love of vampires. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (in theaters on No…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMJeff Talbott's racially charged dark comedy The Submission, about a playwright who gambles his own identity in order to score the break of a lifetime, will receive its Texas premiere at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMAnother week, another brilliant X Factor performance from Carly Rose Soneclar. The young talent wowed judges from the get-go with her stellar renditions of “Something’s Got a Hol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMThe worlds of baseball and Broadway will soon collide, as producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo today announced the commission of a theatre project inspired by the New York Yankees, to be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMArtistic directors from the UK’s leading regional venues have joined with Olympic opening ceremony director Danny Boyle and National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner to warn that …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMThe Saints would like to inform theater, dance, and music organizations of the opening of their 2013 - 2014 Grants Program. The Saints invite and encourage venues to apply for this grant ass…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:42AMReuben Mitchell, 31, a rising actor with a comedic flair who found a home in Philadelphia theater circles, died Monday, Nov. 12, from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident in West P…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:41AMRiverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Having run the business for some 27 years now, John and Dot Howe - the dynamic duo behind John Howe Presentations - have always known how to put on a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMMoney is the key word at the heart of the mystery in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Dead Accounts, which stars two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and marks the return of TV and movie s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AMKenneth Branagh will return to Shakespeare after more than a decade for the Manchester International Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMTony Award recipient Ben Davis, Edward Hibbert, Anthony Fedorov and Elena Shaddow are among the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Sound of Music, which will begin performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMNBC will develop a drama series from Oscar-winning writer David Seidler ("The King's Speech"), playwright Barry Levinson (Diner), Tony Fontana and NBCU International Production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Though Lucy Prebble's examination of the effect of pharmocology on emotional behavior is often passionate and disturbing, her neatly oppositional structur…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:37AMETonline has revealed a first look at THE NEW NORMAL star Andrew Rannells who has been selected to be among 2012's OUT 100. Below, get a first look at his photo shoot for the upcoming issue
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMManhattan Theatre Clubs world premiere of MURDER BALLAD, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. MURDER BALLAD is the inaugural production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe upcoming Netflix series "House of Cards," which stars Tony and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey (Lost in Yonkers) as a House of Representatives majority whip who plans to take over th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMScreenwriter (and Tony-winning Broadway playwright) Tony Kushner chatted about presidents, politics and big feet on November 14, when he stopped by The Colbert Report to promote his new film…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMAccording to ETonline, Universal Pictures has confirmed that actor Josh Gad will co-write the upcoming sequel to the 1980's comedy 'Twins.' The film, to be titled TRIPLETS, will see the retu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of MURDER BALLAD, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, opens tonight. MURDER BALLAD is the inaugural producti…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:21AMStephanie J. Block, Rita Harvey and Neil Berg perform at New York City's Sleep Out event, raising awareness for homeless youth, Nov. 15 in Times Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMElizabeth Stanley, who received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Gussie Carnegie in the 2012 Encores revival of Merrily We Roll Along, will make her New York cabaret debut at the new Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMChristopher Plummer reprises his stage role in “Barrymore,” about a hypothetical John Barrymore comeback.
SOURCE: movies.nytimes.com at 11:13AMNEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a high-powered collaboration: Artists from three of Lincoln Center's cultural institutions joining forces to perform one of Mozart's operatic masterpieces.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:09AMAudiences are all abuzz about the raucous new revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, so we asked Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block and the rest of the cast to help us investigate why this scr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMDreamy '60s pop star Mark Wynter will join the West End cast of Dreamboats and Petticoats beginning November 20 at London's Wyndham Theatre. Wynter, who will perform some o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment. Following in the footsteps of the recently-launched 'Regional Dance Company…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMBarneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, and The Walt Disney Company, the world's leading entertainment company, launched the 2012 Holiday project Electric Holiday at the Barneys New…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMTony Award nominee Joanne Camp (The Heidi Chronicles) will lead the cast of the Pearl Theatre Company's world premiere production of And Away We Go, written by Tony Award-winning playwright …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMAfter a record number of nominations, and careful proofing by our local editors, Charles Shubow, Christine Kowal and Jennifer Perry, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMOff-Broadway’s sellout sensation Silence! The Musical will celebrate its 400th performance at the 3 PM matinee this Sunday, November 18th at the new Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMRadical activity from the 1960s and beyond, as well as the aftermath of Sept. 11, led David Mamet to write his new play, “The Anarchist,” now in previews and starring Patti LuPone and De…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:01AMSo much of the training we receive for our professions has nothing to do with our professions. It has to do with our lives. How we were raised, how we spent our childhood, and, yes, our ho…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film at the Museum of Modern Art November 15–December 2, 2012 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones, this retrospective traces the film c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:00AM
Belt out your favorite song from Bring It On The Musical, then gather the most votes from your friends to make it to the Top 5. After proving that theyve got serious skills and earning fan s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMBook of Mormon Tony Award nominee Josh Gad will work with writer Ryan Dixon on the script of "Triplets," the upcoming "Twins" sequel for Universal Pictures, according to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBig-eyed Broadway sweetheart Elizabeth Stanley burst onto the scene as flighty flight attendant April opposite Raul Esparza in the 2006 revival of Company. Stanley has gone on to featured ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMStanley Bahorek, Joanne Camp and Sean McNall will star in the Pearl Theatre Company world premiere of Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's And Away We Go, which will begin performances O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMTony-nominated The Book of Mormon alum Josh Gad will team up with Ryan Dixon to write the script for Triplets, the sequel to the 1988 comedy film Twins. Original stars Arnold Schwarzene…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMThe Performers, the new comedy by David West Read, officially opened Nov. 14 following previews that began Oct. 23 at the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Broadway premiere of David West Read's new play The Performers celebrated its opening night at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, No
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:44AMThis musical, based on Charles’ Dickens final, unfinished novel, enjoyed a run of over 600 performances in 1986-7 but has only popped up here and there intermittently these past 25 yea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMRider Dance Ensemble is a completely student run organization that has been on the rise at Rider University for some six odd years. When current president Kate Mina initially auditioned her …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMThe 29th annual A Company Christmas at Pops, one of Boston’s premiere fundraising events, will be presented Dec. 12 at Symphony Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMDavid West Read’s The Performers, directed by Evan Cabnet, opened Wednesday night, November 14, at the Longacre Theatre. Starring Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barbe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:36AMJust yesterday, star of the show Rob McClure was honored with his own portrait at Sardi's and you can check out photos of the unveiling below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMMarvin Hamlisch's 2002 musical Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Arcola Theatre last night (14 November 2012).Based on the 1957 film of the same name, Sweet Smell of Success centres on th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:34AMWhen a play is set in Las Vegas on the day of the Adult Film Awards, you can bet it’s filled with colorful characters who have verrrrry few inhibitions. That’s certainly the case…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AMToday is the birthday of Petula Clark (b. 1932). Those who know her primarily from her 1960s pop hits might be surprised to learn that that was actually her SECOND career. She began as a chi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:33AMPorn has come to Broadway, swaggering in as the backdrop for new comedy The Performers. The filthy-mouthed (seriously…bow down, David Mamet) farce and its all-star cast celebrated their op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMThe Pearl Theatre Company has announced casting for the world premiere of And Away We Go, a new play written expressly for The Pearl by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally. New play…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMPrimary Stages last night held their annual Gala on Wednesday at The Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47th Street. The event, which honored Tony Award winner Tyne Daly Master Class, Rabbit Hole, Gypsy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMToday is the birthday of the Fairbanks Twins, Marion and Madeline (b. 1900, no relation to Douglas). Second generation actresses from New York, they began acting in melodramatic hits of the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:16AMThe Eastern Region Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and ReImagined World Entertainment will present Christine Toy Johnson's EYE D, which is billed as "a documentary style thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMYesterday, November 14th, the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's The Sound of Music, directed and choreographed by James Brennan, met the press. Cast for the show includes Edward Hibbert Max Det…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMJessica Chastain's ascent up the onstage staircase in the final scene of <em>The Heiress</em>is an inspiring moment in a play that is nothing but thought-provoking and timely -- …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:13AMYesterday, November 14th, the cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's The Sound of Music, directed and choreographed by James Brennan, met the press. Cast for the show includes Edward Hibbert Max Det…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMWell, here’s a shocker. Beloved character actor Whitman Mayo, most identified with his role as Grady on Sanford and Son…was neither an old timer nor a graduate of the black vaud…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AMIn Part Two of our three-part interview with Marni Nixon, Marni and I talk about her preparation for the role of Aunt Kate in James Joyce’s The Dead, and she discusses the challenges and j…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMLegit News:
Comedy Impact Report 2012: Stage - James Corden
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Unfinished: The Music of Stephanie Nash - A Folk 'n Rock Cabaret will be presented Nov. 19 at DROM in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMHere is Part 4 of our series of behind the scenes interviews with the director and cast of 1st Stage’s Altar Boyz. Now, meet Derek Tatum. Derek: My name is Derek John Tatum and I am or…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMThe hit Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre has released a 2013-2014 calendar featuring fourteen male cast members, with proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:44AMFans of the musical "Bare" sent in 7,000 Instagram photos, which Tony-winning scenic designer Donyale Werle used to create the show's set
SOURCE: NBC New York at 09:43AMA hysterical ride, Noises Off propels us into a world of absolute chaos and out-of-control laughter. In typical farce fashion, this shows quickened pace will leave you exhausted at the end o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMA collection of short films and a documentary at The Boston Jewish Film Festival that serve up plenty of decision, determination, devotion and delight.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMNew York Stage and Film's Annual Winter Gala will be held Dec. 9 at The Plaza Hotel (770 Fifth Avenue).
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMPorn on Broadway? No, it's not the second coming of "Oh! Calcutta!" It's a new comedy called "The Performers," set amid the colorful vulgarity of an adult-movie awards show. The play opened …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:34AMBBC tax and funding, fringe investment losses, in support of the Live Music Act and Spotlight at 85
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to cover all of the excitement of opening night and here are the red carpet arrivals
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMNicholas Hytner and Danny Boyle hosted a press conference at the National Theatre today to discuss the "crisis" facing regional theatres.In the presence of over 20 artistic directors and chi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:27AMThe Actors Fund's Musical Monday series will continue Dec. 10 at 7:30 PM with an evening entitled Ladies of an Indeterminate Age at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AMBritish towns and cities would be more enriched if the love of "Wetherspoon's and Walkabout pubs and Mario Balotelli and John Terry" was replaced with the "sense of wonder" people can get at…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:20AMCREATIVE CAULDRON RECEIVES 2012 DOMINION ARTS STARS “RISING STAR” AWARD. ARTS COUNCIL OF FAIRFAX COUNTY AWARDS 2013 GENERAL OPERATING GRANT Creative Cauldron’s efforts to provide qual…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMManchester International Festival 2013 is set to feature a production of Macbeth starring and co-directed by Kenneth Branagh. The piece will be performed in a deconsecrated church for a tota…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMAs of the time I wrote this blog, the facts are these:The matinee and evening performances Scandalous - the final two previews - have been cancelled.The official reason is that st…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
Signature Theatre Hosts Concert & CD Release Party for Sandy Bainum’s This Christmas On December 3, 2012 at 7 PM, Signature Theatre welcomes singer and actress Sandy Bainum (Show Boat …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:48AMLilian Baylis Studio, London: Former Rambert dancer Yorke-Edgell created her company Yorke Dance Project in Los Angeles in 1998 and relocated to the UK in 2009. It is no surprise, therefore,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMAt the moment, David Mamet has two plays in previews on Broadway — his contemporary classic Glengarry Glen Ross (the original 11 November opening has been pushed back to 8 December) an…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:45AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to cover all of the excitement of opening night and here is the cast celebrating at the show's opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMNaked sergeants, rogue policemen, faulty babies sold in a supermarket – only at Theatre Uncut would you have such bizarrely real stories. In its second year, Theatre Uncut started as a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:37AMI am reflecting this morning on the glory of live theatre and the community that makes it. As we prepare to open SCANDALOUS tomorrow night at the Neil Simon Theatre, it just staggers me to t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMLegit News:
Limited engagement set for January in North Carolina
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMThe first time America saw Carly Rose Soneclar, judge Britney Spears called her a little diva and last night the teen rose to the title with a beautiful rendition of Celine Dion's My Heart W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10AMLegit News:
Royal Shakespeare Company teams with Dodger Properties on musical
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Blessed as this new comedy is with a first-class cast, the insipid story with its desperate to titillate porn film background simply isn't the edgy, Broadway worthy comedy it aims to be — …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:57AMProduced by Robyn Goodman, Scott M. Delman and Amanda Lipitz, THE PERFORMERS, David West Reads new romantic comedy, opened on Broadway on Wednesday, November 14th - at the Longacre Theatre. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50AMThe Effect questions medicine at its highest level: neuroscience. We rely so much on what scientists tell us – if we are ill we trust them to give us the cure, and we do what they say in t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:31AMMagic Brian and his wacky friends are back with a brand new show! Magic, music, circus, comedy and danger, featuring: Magic Brian Albert Cadabra Cloris Flap Nigel Blackstorm and all the wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:27AMAmstell's soul-baring standup is part Samuel Beckett, part self-help manual – but entirely brilliantTitle: Do NothingDate: 2010The set up: Simon Amstell is a paradox. Here is a man, as he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
One of the primary rules of surveying people is to avoid asking questions about things that you have no intention or ability to follow through on. A corollary to that is; and don’t do …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:30AMASPEN - At age 8, in her first theater experience, playing a munchkin in a community-theater production of "The Wizard of Oz" in suburban Chicago, Lauren Koveleski fell off the stage and lan…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 02:05AMASPEN - I try not to go too heavy on the "Oh, the advantages you have over my childhood" with my 13-year-old daughter. But the fact is she has "Modern Family," while I had "The Brady Bunch."…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 02:05AMASPEN - At age 8, in her first theater experience, playing a munchkin in a community-theater production of "The Wizard of Oz" in suburban Chicago, Lauren Koveleski fell off the stage and lan…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 02:05AMASPEN - I try not to go too heavy on the "Oh, the advantages you have over my childhood" with my 13-year-old daughter. But the fact is she has "Modern Family," while I had "The Brady Bunch."…
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Well, sing hallelujah for a new, fresh, first-class Equity tour, which is about as rare these days as murder witnesses hiding out in convents when the sisters are just dying to be taught to …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:55AMFrancine Volpe’s new drama The Good Mother, starring Gretchen Mol and Mark Blum, opens November 15 at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre. Directed by Scott Elliott, the New Group produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39AMThe new Broadway musical Scandalous, starring Tony nominee Carolee Carmello and Tony winner George Hearn, opens November 15 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
With a book and lyrics by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37AMWrangle up a date and high-step down to the Public Theater for opening night of Giant, a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel that makes its New York premiere on November 15.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37AMChloë Moss based her 2010 play on research she did while volunteering at Cookham Wood prison in Kent, England, but in This Wide Night, prison time is only briefly mentioned -- it doesn't fo…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:21AMNEW YORK (AP) — Most of the jokes from the new Broadway comedy "The Performers" cannot appear in a family newspaper. The world of adult films doesn't lend itself to cleanliness.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:19AM A Mad Caper Finds Its Way to Broadway, Once AgainWill Chase, Stephanie J. Block By Isa GoldbergThere is lots of faux fun to be had watching "Th…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 12:45AMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMProducers of Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which began performances today, September 27, 2012, at the Booth Theatre 222 West 45th Street, have announced that tonight, November…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMRather than hope and redemption, *Sparkling Planet* is cautionary tale: Mere wishful thinking about the future can be destructive when it never becomes the work necessary to actually create …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:26AMManhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, opens Nov. 15 following previ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AMIf, when looking at this promo picture for The Santaland Diaries, you think "HELP!" then photographer David Cooper and actor Ryan Beil have done their job. They have conveyed the essence of …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM"A biography is always constructed from ruins but, as any archaeologist will tell you, there is never the means to...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, has enlisted Stratford Shakespeare Festival favorites Sara Topham and Bruce Dow to be among the woods-dwelling characters in A Midsummer Ni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEdna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant, capturing a moment in American history as the landscape of Texas changed from open cattle country to a skyline studded with oil derricks, is transformed i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group production of Francine Volpe's psychological thriller The Good Mother, starring Gretchen Mol as a mother trying to make ends meet, officially opens Off-Broadway Nov. 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSex, drugs, religion, celebrity, music and romance are swirled together in the new musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, Davi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, begins previews Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's Murder Ballad, a new rock musical that launches the company's new Studio at Stage II Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series, opens Nov. 15 following previ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Soho Rep production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation…, featuring Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Phillip James Brannon and Erin Gann, opens Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Alice Ripley and Bob Stillman co-star as Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln, respectively, in the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's A Civi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1875 British comic operetta titans W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan make their U.S. debut today with Trial by Jury at the Eagle Variety Theatre, where it runs 8 performances.
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