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SOURCE: Vulture at 07:48PMStag at Sharkey’s, 1909, oil on canvas, 36 1/4x48 1/4 in (92x122.6 cm), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collections, c. The Cleveland Museum of Art As I began to walk throug…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 07:15PMTurning, Charles Atlas' new film of Antony and the Johnsons on tour, opened Friday night at IFC.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 07:09PMThe proposed cuts to government investment in the arts imperil local communitiesAt a conference last Thursday at the National Theatre, the leaders of 22 English regional theatres described t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMCottesloe; Southwark Playhouse; Gate, all LondonFluorescence, mental disturbance, dancing. The Effect has some of the ingredients that made The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMIt's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's Saturday Intermission Pics round-up Today's photos feature the cast of CHAPLIN doing a pre-Thanksgiving workout, first SIPs from T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMThe Place, LondonThere's a sequence in Vincent Dance Theatre's Motherland that's repeated at intervals throughout the two-hour piece. Aurora Lubos enters with a bottle of blood-red dye, slop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMRepetition, so often a source of deep satisfaction in dance, is itching powder in the hands of Jasmin Vardimon. Several times in her new dance-theatre piece, Freedom, a doll-like personage i…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMLove is a drug, it's often been said. But is that just a metaphor? Romance and medication are intertwined in The Effect, a keenly awaited tragicomedy written by Lucy Prebble and premiered by…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMHe famously hoaxed the art world with his fictitious creation Nat Tate but when it comes to the theatrical sphere, William Boyd hopes the only dissembling will be done by the actors in his n…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Giant a Musical of Epic Proportions: weeping episodic anthems reminiscent of Aaron Copeland with glorious voices fill the Newman stage at The Public Theatre.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:54PMAccording to published reports, One Man, Two Guvnors' Fred Ridgeway passed away on November 12, 2012, at the age of 59 after being diagnosed with a motor neuron disease.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMThere's always room for another Chekhov, even when it's actually a take-off on the master by the ever funny Christopher Durang
SOURCE: www.curtainup.comvanyadurang at 05:45PMWe Will Always Love You A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston aired last night, Friday, Nov. 16 on the CBS Television Network. The special, which was taped last month at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE…
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We have talked a lot in rehearsal about the traditional perception of the traveling circus troupe about the ways in which we romanticize that life. In a way everyone secretly wishes he or s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMBroadwayWorld.com Philippines photographer JR Sala shares some his photos taken at the first registration day for the much-talked-about Miss Saigon auditions in Manila, which will be conduct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMCatholic University’s Department of Drama’s #crazypants takes a comical look at the ineffectuality of the Occupy movement when presented by a small town group of young activists …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:33PMWatch the Cinderella team open up about Rogers & Hammerstein’s "uplifting" and "effective" score. Hear how this production found and utalizes never-before-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:05PMThe Guthrie took a gamble building a festival around writer Christopher Hampton. What's the critical and financial fallout?
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:05PMThe actor, starring in the title role at Roundabout Theatre in New York, has specific ideas about how that famous nose should look.NEW YORK — Few people would think that Douglas Hodge'…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM
We decided to earmark a portion of our donations to Hurricane Sandy, and on Thursday I made a $100 donation to Occupy Sandy. You can do the same here.
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:58PMAre critics slaying "Murder Ballad"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:34PMI went and saw a show adapted from Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights recently. And a few years ago I saw another staged piece adapted from Gertrude Stein (I can't remember th…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 02:32PMHow are critics appraising "Golden Child"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:22PMTexas is on the minds of many Americans as of late. A petition for the state to secede from the union was submitted last week, requesting the White House “Peacefully grant the State of…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:20PMAre critics feeling protective of "The Good Mother"?
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OBSKENE
HERE Arts Center
Talking Band
November 1-17th
The intellectual crux of Obskene is in the title: Ob-skene, the Greek term for off-stage, is where the worst parts of Greek Drama hap…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:58PMAs a super-special companion column to this weeks extensive InDepth InterView with nine-time Tony Award-winning performerchoreographerdirector Tommy Tune, please enjoy this selection of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMR.A. Roberts (born Richard Arthur Roberts, 1870) was an actor, impressionist, and, above all, quick-change artist — billed as the “World’s Greatest” in that line. A L…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:49PMComedy details an imaginative Christian quest.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:45PMREVIEW: Lauren Anderson leads the cast through a passel of new holiday sketches with broad comedy and high volume.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:43PMFew films are as beloved and fondly remembered as A Christmas Story, the 1983 holiday movie that brought pink bunny suits and leg-shaped lamps into the pop culture lexicon. Now, a musical ad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMBy Isaac Butler Something's been nagging at me about that LA Times piece I linked to earlier this week. I have to say, once again, before I delve in here, that I actually think it's a great …
SOURCE: Parabasis at 01:41PMIn 1987, longtime friends Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton had an idea: They donned bald caps and a thick coat of blue paint to transform into Blue Man Group, a trio of non-verbal m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMHOT AUGUST STRINDBERG NIGHT St. Ann’s Warehouse inaugurates its new space with an often gripping production of Mies Julie, adapted to post-apartheid South Africa. A dense fog sweeps over t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:23PMLabadie in action.When I first heard French-Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie a few years back, I wrote, "Remember that name - and if you get a chance to hear him . . . by all means t…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:06PM
For a certain kind of artist, it’s never too late to make a debut. At the age of 82, the legendary French organist (and composer, organ-builder, pianist and teacher) Jean Guillou made his …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:59PMAs we are ushered into the black box theatre, we hear the gurgling sounds of a baby and a mother cooing. We catch snatches of a playful, original music composition by Juan Vaccaneo. We are a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:58PM Pat Chatlin writes about her bad back and her drawing teacher, Ed. In the below passage, her match-making friend Wendy arranges Pat's first date with Ed on the fly-- "Ed, do you own a …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:54PMWhy, Rita Costanzi asks incredulously, do harpists, albeit occasionally, marry other harpists: "Does the word masochist mean anything to you?"
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:49PMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company has shifted venues for a start; to a cozy pub as they present The National Theatre of Scotland’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. A storytelling show …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:49PMNews junkies, social media addicts, and Shakespeare lovers can now score their ultimate fix: Ivo van Hove's epic Roman Tragedies at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House through Sunday, November 18…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:36PMThis may just be the stupidest play ever written. Oh, I have seen worse – and dragged you through the gory bits more than once. But for downright s-t-u-p-i-d, the award goes to The Perfo…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 12:33PMIt’s that time again, folks! SCAVENGER HUNT TIME! If you know BroadwaySpotted, you know that we love to do these kinds of things–heck, we love to give away prizes in general, but…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 12:30PMDutch director Ivo van Hove throws down a gauntlet with “Roman Tragedies,” his epic, vaguely mind-blowing five-and-a-half-hour cycle of “Coriolanus,” “Julius Ca…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:26PMDutch director Ivo van Hove throws down a gauntlet with “Roman Tragedies,” his epic, vaguely mind-blowing five-and-a-half-hour cycle of “Coriolanus,” “Julius Ca…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:26PMWith his choreography for BalletX last week, Rome's Mauro Astolfi's Spellbound Contemporary Dance made its North American debut at Annenberg Center this week.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:08PMSeattle's Donald Byrd thrills with "Contested Space," his first piece for Dance Theatre of Harlem, in town at the Moore Theatre through Nov. 17, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:06PMAs I mentioned last week, Hurricane Sandy kept me from posting the Leftovers that I usually relate at the end of each month. Would that that were the worst thing to happen during the God-awf…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:04PMBefore you know it, there'll be only 12 days to Christmas and not plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping. What to get your literate friends who still enjoy having shelves in their apar…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:03PMMs. November 2012Erin DillyWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: She's a Tony nominee. She's done Sondheim and Rodgers and Hart. She's replaced such stars as Laura Benanti and Kelli…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMMainstage shows will still be presented at Robert G. Reim Theatre in the Kirkwood Community Center.
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The end of each year brings a time of reflection. How was our year, what did we accomplish, where did we fail, and what can we change to better ourselves and our place in the world? We look …
SOURCE: Footlights at 11:36AMRobert Falls, the artistic director of the Goodman Theater in Chicago, recalls the way he was able to get good seats with his subscription to the Lyric Opera. One day Danny Newman, who han…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AMHappy Birthday Brent Carver Carver is best known for his performances on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman as Molina, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe swarm of musicals coal-mining the depths of folk Americana flys ever onward with “The Burnt Part Boys,” a blue collar comedy tour de bluegrass, receiving its Midwest premiere…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AM
Cannily, there is not a feather in sight during the entire 85-minute The Birds at the Mosaic Theatre -- appropriate because the subject is not an eerie avian apocalypse, but how humanity rea…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:56AMSomeone Must Have Said, “Macbeth” Backstage The opening of Broward Stage Door’s return engagement of the bittersweet comedy Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks was postponed last week when …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:39AMBecause Ward Recital Hall at Catholic University is an old ecclesial building originally intended as a facility for liturgical music, there will always be an undeniable piety in it’s struc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:26AMI have fallen in love all over again with My Fair Lady. I cannot speak for the rest of the capacity crowd sitting in the Fichlander at Arena Stage the other night, but I was bewitched by the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMAccording to the New York Post, Billy Ray Cyrus, currently starring on Broadway in Chicago, says he doesn't mind if his daughter, TV and pop star Miley Cyrus, is not able to see him in the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe film asks: what are you going to believe, the facts or your lying eyes? The truth is that we do not always want to confess. My Dad is Baryshnikov, directed by Dmitry Povolotsky. Russia 2…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:15AMMore than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my favorite,…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMFamed performance art troupe transcends barriers with a show that appeals to children and grown-ups.
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Artistic director Bill Wade's "Center of the Earth" abounds in arresting imagery that evokes the distant sojourns without resorting to literal narrative.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:30AMDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is widely considered to be Mozart’s masterpiece, a label which brings with it high expectations. Fortunately, those expectations were more than amply ful…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMSo far the season has been overstuffed and too often underwhelming. . . to sum up.:Most fun: The Mystery of Edwin DruidMost Memorable Play: Chekhov's first play, Ivan…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:12AMThe more cerebral visitor may leave "Collision18:present" wondering if, like the classic definition of what constitutes pornography, ‘cyberart’ is firmly situated in the eye of the behol…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMDouble Consciousness Redux (DCR){carpel tunnel is something that is going to happen to other people}) begins with a haunting scene in which comes onto the stage assisted by two nurses in whi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMOn November 13th, the company of The Mystery of Edwin Drood celebrated their opening night with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient Eric Sciotto. BroadwayWorld was on hand for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMWe’re asking who you think would be the best team of two to represent Broadway if the government asked us to come to Washington and have a say. Last week, we let everyone nominate who …
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Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #80: Frank Fay (for more on his life and career go here). Now here’s a timely number from the 1930 picture Bright Lights: To find out more a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:58AMRichie Craig, Jr. (1903-1934) was the son of burlesque and musical comedy performer Richie Craig (who was singled out by Joe Laurie, Jr. as the first performer to do a double talk act with a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:35AMA full house greeted me as I took my seat at the trendy Gala Hispanic Theatre for an exciting evening of Flamenco: Territorio DeMente, part of Fuego Flamenco VIII. A Flamenco virgin, I was m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMToday is the birthday of Crane Wilbur (1886-1973). Wilbur was a rare beast: successful as a writer, director and actor for screen, radio and the stage, including vaudeville. That pretty much…
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Are critics feeling expansive about "Giant"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:52AMAre critics singing the praises of "Scandalous"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:41AMAre critics solving "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:27AM- not Labrynth Theater Company's usual dramatically gritty play, but a worthy dramatic consideration of how the dark side of man’s nature was able to forever change the course of human des…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AMLove him or hate him, Richard Nixon was rarely boring. But, alas, he is in Checkers, the new play about
the nation’s controversial 37th president that is currently playing
at the Vin…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:01AMJust one thing is missing: Final approval from the FCC.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: The powerful choreography and performances enable the production to create a powerful, emotionally-charged portrait of a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:43AMEducation at Roundabout Theatre Company will host its second annual College and Career Readiness Day today, November 17th from 1000AM 100PM at the American Airlines Theatre 227 W. 42nd Stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMCameron Mackintoshs creative team for the 2013 West End revival of MISS SAIGON, which includes executive producer Trevor Jackson, director Laurence Connor, musical supervisor Stephen Brooker…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Performers is about adult industry stars and their large endowments, but the Broadway stage must be cold or something, because these outsize-stars are shriveling up under the lights…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:08AMHARPER GOVERNMENT RINGS THE BELL AGAINjoel fishbaneBoth the Conservative government and a slew of Canadian artists each got a chance to enjoy their favourite hobby this week. The Conservativ…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMLilla Crawford is realizing the dream of a million little girls: She's playing Annie on Broadway. She explains how she got to NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Tommy Tune talks tappin' and Tonys in a new show… it's time for A Christmas Story… Christopher Plummer revisits Barry…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from Tony-nomin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood star Stephanie J. Block talks about her dual role as a leading lady and a leading man.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Billy Crudup (The Coast of Utopia) teams up with Susan Blackwell ([title of show]), Tony nominee Maria Dizzia (In the Next Room), Peter Jacobson ("House, M.D.") a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Swiss performance troupe Mummenschanz — seen on Broadway in 1977 and 1986 — celebrates its 40th anniversary with a North American tour, which kicks off Nov. 17 and includes a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEpic Megalopolis Productions presents concert readings of Swedish pop band Brainpool's new rock opera Junk Nov. 17 and 19 at the National Opera Center in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn Evening with Sutton Foster, featuring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes) and her band, kicks off Annenberg Theater's 2012-13 concert se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Old Globe's 15th annual production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in San Diego, starring Steve Blanchard (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast) as the green villain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1901 Birthday of actor/director/producer/teacher/acting coach Lee Strasberg (1901-1982) in Austria-Hungary. As a founder of the Group Theatre and Artistic Director of the Actors Studio, he w…
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