Writing a musical is hard. Writing a musical based on a movie with a passionate cult following is harder yet. A lot of your customers are going to feel personally betrayed by any change to w…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:48PMIt began with my noting (as I often do) that I had more to say about the Huntington production of Betrayal than anyone else in town did.Then I remembered how I'd scribbled something like 3,0…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:44PMIn search of the perfect echo, Dusty Springfield recorded her vocals for her classic album “Dusty in Memphis” in a bathroom. That scene is dramatized in “Forever Dusty,” the new bio-…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:36PM“A Christmas Story,” a musical based on the beloved holiday movie about a Midwestern family during the Depression, does “Annie” one better: It features TWO actual dogs rather than on…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PMLives intertwine and collide when a 31-year-old finds himself in a coma after a motorcycle accident. Expected and unexpected faces surround his hospital bed, and breaks & bikes astutely…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:28PMPhoto credit: Joan MarcusOne of my favorite things about December is that it means it´s time for my annual viewing of the movie Elf. I love that movie. A ridiculous amount. So, for me, no o…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:28PMCircle Theatre, a fixture in the Western suburbs for two decades, announced Monday night that it is giving up its home in Oak Park and joining the happy band of itinerant, non-Equity theater…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:25PMSmash returns to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5. Below, check out the just-released, extended first look at Season 2, featuring Jennifer Hudson as 'Veronica', Kare…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03PM“A Christmas Story,” based on the popular 1983 movie and set in Indiana in 1940, glows with sepia-toned nostalgia for a Simpler Time.
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Kelly AuCoin, Ana Reeder, Kohl Sudduth and Aaron Roman Weiner star in the Labyrinth Theater Company's world premiere of Cusi Cram's Radiance, which began Off-Broadway previews Nov. 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:49PMSignature Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Sunday, November 18. Directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:42PMScandalous, written by Kathie Lee Gifford, David Pomeranz and David Friedman, brings the story of revivalist Aimee Semple McPherson (Carolee Carmello) to Broadway. Find out if Word of M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:31PMMore madcap than magic, these wack-a-doodles from London captivate the kids and their families. Though starting out slow, show ends with evil-squashing, fun-loving finale. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:25PM60 out of 420 auditionees got callbacks on the first day of the much-talked-about Miss Saigon auditions, spearheaded by British stage director Laurence Connor Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22PMWere it not for his trusty pair of eye glasses, young Ralphie Parker, the protagonist of the classic 1983 holiday film A Christmas Story, would have shot his eye out with the Red Ryder BB Gu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:21PMAn expert cast delivers on their promise in Aleksei Arbuzov's triangular Russian drama from 1965 of the same name, which offers up war and peace and the shifting tides of love - so much of t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:16PM“A Christmas Story: The Musical” is yet one more attempt to mine Broadway dollars out of a popular holiday tale. There’s really no reason that the largely narrative-free 19…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:01PMWilly Holtzman's The Morini Strad, at the Colony, might remind you of that company's terrific Old Wicked Songs, but it has its own distinctive charms as well. A change in the Ovation Awards …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:00PMThose of us growing up in the heady days of 1960s Liverpool knew that four local lads were taking the world by storm. Some really grown-up people might even have been to The Cavern and seen …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMSir Nicholas Hytner has not yet met the new Culture Secretary, but it is fair to bet that, when their paths do cross there will be a frank exchange of views. While Maria Miller said recently…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMin the play's first act, Lee has all the fun. And in Cliff Bailey, director Clyde Simon has found a burly, deft comedian. Though he lacks the feline sexiness and menace of a Malkovich (who w…
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Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein will read "Twas the Night Before Christmas," as one of the many highlights of
SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert, at XL Cabaret Lounge on Monday, Decemb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:56PMThe current production of Tosca at the San Francisco Opera is wonderful to hear. The orchestra plays lavishly and the excellent double cast (which featured Patricia Racette in the title…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 06:55PMLips Together, Teeth Apart Bart DeLorenzo directs two-time Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston 3rd Rock from the Sun and Steven Weber Wings when L.A. Theatre works records Terrence McNally's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMAs the official Twitter account for The Performers has strong social media activity, I thought it interesting to take a look at the Twitter timeline starting on opening night and ending with…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:52PMDrama Desk Award-nominated musical theater writer Joe Iconis (Bloodsong of Love) will gather musical theater favorites including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Susan Blackwell (…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:34PMNewsies leading man Corey Cott once again offers fansies a glimpse into the backstage world of the newsboys. This week, the guys reveal how they keep their energy up on two-show days. W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMREVIEWED BY: RUSSELL GOELTENBOLT Husband and wife duo Alfreda Burke and Roderick Dixon brought their self-developed cabaret piece to the Roosevelt Auditorium Theater’s Katten/Landau Studio…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:28PMWhy the journey of Jo, the young authoress in Chance Theater’s Little Women — The Broadway Musical, is the journey of so many artists. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:24PMTake time out to check out Joy To The World this year as part of your holiday planning, where you’ll listen to some great Christmas classics in a cozy setting. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:21PMThe Great American Mousical, a smart and funny celebration of life in the theatre, is currently running through December 9, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMThe Takács Quartet have won the kind of acclaim that most chamber groups can only dream of, and their concert in Boston made their enviable reputation understandable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMThe Old Globe has announced its upcoming productions, running December 2012 through March 2013. More details below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMThe full cast of Flashdance was announced on November 19, just in time for their first day of rehearsal before hitting the road. This hit-heavy new tuner will star Broadway vets Emily Padget…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMPacked to the brim with old-fashioned melodies, <em>Annie</em> offers great potential for creative choreography, but Andy Blankenbuehler has made some unusual choices for this pr…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:14PMWhile <em>Giant</em> is far too long and lacks far too much focus, the excellent cast and gorgeous score are both beautiful. The show could undoubtedly benefit from some trimming…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:13PMJames Joyce was a very complicated man. Watching Court Theatre’s re-mounting of the musical version of his complex short story “The Dead” only cements that notion. Taking place…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:11PMInspired by a chance comment from a friend, Canadian actor Thomas Jones has written a one-man show depicting the life of Woody Guthrie. Entitled “Woody Sed,” the 90-minute performance re…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:07PMThe worldwide musical sensation The Lion King celebrated its 15th year on Broadway on November 18 with a special performance at the Minskoff Theatre and a swinging celebration at Gotham Hall…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMCan a holiday musical be too entertaining?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:03PMIf you ask Christian Sanchez, a 16-year-old from Columbia Heights, where he’d be right now if he hadn’t joined Paso Nuevo, the after-school arts workshop at GALA Hispanic Theatre, eight …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:03PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about the Broadway openings of Elf and A Christmas Story. We also discuss a few new CD releases and the news from in and around the …
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The Tony-winning musical The Lion King celebrated 15 years on Broadway with a triumphant performance and lavish celebration. Hear from the award-winning creators and current cast about …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMWe've got a serious talent crush to gush about. It seems we can't see a show these days without marveling at the major skills of director/choreographer Warren Carlyle. The busiest ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMHOGWARTS AND ALL The Harry Potter parody called Potted Potter is the joint creation of a couple of Englishmen named Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner (Dan and Jeff on the stage). The duo …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:53PMIn “Wild Man in Rome,” Matthew Maguire riffs on a range of places and characters in a 65-minute monologue at the Wild Project.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMThe financially troubled Reprise Theatre Company says it has hired Stephen Eich, an L.A. theater veteran, to help lead its efforts to reorganize during its self-imposed hiatus.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:51PMWay back in 1991, Sarah Jessica Parker played Ron Rifkin’s daughter in The Substance of Fire, a fabulous family drama written by Jon Robin Baitz and produced at Playwrights Horizo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMTheater terms get their very own dictionary, thanks to Theatre Development Fund. Break the fourth wall and READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:45PMA fierce South African reconception of Strindberg's play falters under the weight of the racial, economic, and social issues
SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:37PMSpider-Man, Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney looks to be playing the edgy hipster love interest in Taylor Swift's new music video for "I Knew You Were Trouble," off her late…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, November 19, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Congratulations to @SignatureTheatr. Their cri…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:35PMCirque du Soleil will present a limited engagement of its new touring show, Totem, at New York's Citi Field, March 14-April 7.Written and directed by Robert Lepage, Totem traces the journey …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:33PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley brought her acclaimed show, Ah Men - The Boys of Broadway to the Smith Center in Las Vegas this weekend. Keeping with the Men theme, Betty enjoyed a night at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMThe life of British pop goddess Dusty Springfield gets put through the blender in the 90-minute biotuner ''Forever Dusty ''at New World Stages, and the final concoction is like a semi-succes…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:31PMHis royal highness Christopher Rupert Vwindemier Vlandamier Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman Gregory James — is giving a ball! And not just any ball! But the ball of a life…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:28PMDon’t mess with Texas! Michael John LaChiusa’s new musical Giant has extended its run at off-Broadway’s Public Theater. The production was originally scheduled to run throu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMDon’t mess with Texas! Michael John LaChiusa’s new musical Giant has extended its run at off-Broadway’s Public Theater. The production was originally scheduled to run throu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience" at the Broadway Playhouse and Harris Theater ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Exper…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:16PMThe Public Theater has added two weeks to its run of Giant, the new Texas-set musical by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson. Off-Broadway performances now play through Dec. 16. Kate B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PMA CHRISTMAS STORY arrives on Broadway this week, as the cast will take their first official bow tnight at the Lunt-Fonatanne Theatre. In other news, be sure to check Broadway schedules becau…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMThe Public Theater announced today that it will extend the acclaimed epic musical Giant two additional weeks. The production must close on Sunday, December 16.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 111912.
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"Hanoi's War" deserves far more attention than it has thus far received. It enriches our understanding of the War in Vietnam and by implication, subsequent American commitments, including th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:59PMVoting is now underway for the Seattle Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMThe Off Broadway Musical Giant will perform in Cabaret Cares on December 3rd at 700 PM. Cabaret Cares is the the monthly fundraising event for Help Is On The Way Today. Help Is On The Way To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMIrish Repertory Theatre's new production of Brian Friel's Freedom of the City will get a three-week extension, resuming performances after the holidays. A hiatus begins Nov. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMVoting is now underway for the San Francisco Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMLAByrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble presents the World Premiere production of Radiance, written by Cusi Cram and directed by Suzanne Agins. The complete cast incl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMWhen Stephanie J. Block’s character has a hilarious diva meltdown in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, there’s only one cast member whom she'll let steal the spotlight: her dog Mac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:47PMVoting is now underway for the Tennessee Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMThis is a production of substance and grace. It is stacked with relationships so layered and family history branches so deep and convoluted that you practically need hip boots to wade on in…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 04:46PMVoting is now underway for the Nashville Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMELF 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 04:42PMThis Holiday season will shine a little brighter as SPARKLE An All-Star Holiday Concert makes its New York City debut at XL Cabaret XLCabaret.com on Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 730pm with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office officially opened today. November 19, for the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:38PMThe Public Theater has announced a second extension for Richard Nelson's acclaimed drama Sorry, which revisits the Apple Family of Rhinebeck, NY, on Election Day 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMHudson, will make an appearance on NBC's 'The Voice' tonight, where she'll debut a special sneak peek of season 2. Tune in at 8pm to catch the first look
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. November 18, 2012 Tall Tommy Tune, Broadway star-director-choreographer (winner of 9 Tonys) makes his entrance in his show Taps, Tunes & Tall Tales at Fe…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:32PMVoting is now underway for the Toronto Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMTony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis and the hardworking ensemble of Once gave NBC 4 New York a backstage glimpse at the world of their onstage pub in the Tony-winning musical. Correspondent Ali …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMThe original cast album of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith will hit stores on December 18. Starring Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith finished its brief Broadway run on May 13…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMThe original cast album of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith will hit stores on December 18. Starring Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith finished its brief Broadway run on May 13…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMAN OCCASION WHERE YOUTH IS NOT WASTED ON THE YOUNG The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) consists of more than 100 musicians. They’ve received an international reputation as a premi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:22PMAre you new to the theater world and sometimes find yourself asking, "What does SRO mean? What is a breakaway? And where, exactly, is 'out front'?"
To answer these questions and more, the Th…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:22PMPatrick Wilson, David Hyde Pierce, Julia Murney, Jessie Mueller and more will perform at a concert benefit to aid New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMVoting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMTHE HEIRESS celebrated its best sales week yet grossing $614,916 on Broadway for the week ending November 18, 2012. THE HEIRESS stars Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain as Catherine Slop…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:13PMThe Tony-winning hit musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT was recently featured on NBC’s “Today” Weekend Edition. News anchor Jenna Wolfe went behind-the-scenes to make her Broad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:10PMCheck out the video below of last week’s Good Day New York segment featuring Glengarry Glen Ross actors Richard Schiff and John C McGinley!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:09PMVoting is now underway for the Philippines Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce a second one-week extension for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, originally…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:08PMEditor-in-chief Deborah Behrens wins first place for her profile of iconic theater director Anne Bogart while Don Shirley nabs second place for his Stage Watch columns at the 2012 National E…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:03PMAs the holiday season approaches, families are filing into the Palace Theatre where Annie had its best week since the revival began performances, taking in $883,946. Meanwhile things we…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PM
Erin Davie, Megan Sikora and Claybourne Elder will be part of UnsungMusicalsCo.'s developmental reading of the unproduced 1955 play-with-music Sounds Like Love, which will take place Dec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMChaim Potok’s classic novel My Name Is Asher Lev has found new life on stage at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. Ari Brand stars as the titular character, alongside Jenny Baco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:53PMThe men of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, now receiving a superlative revival under Ruben Santiago-Hudson's direction at the Pershing Square Signature Center, can surely sing the blues!T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:52PMThe acclaimed new production of ANNIE, which opened November 8 at the Palace Theatre, had its best week yet on Broadway. The show grossed 883,946 for the week ending 111812, up from 872,700 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11182012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMNovember 19, 2012 Every family has its own holiday traditions. Whether you’re waking at 4 am to put a carefully-brined turkey in the oven, or ordering take out from in front o…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 03:45PMUnsungMusicalsCo. UMC will present a developmental reading of Sounds Like Love, a new comedy by Arnold B. Horwitt Make Mine Manhattan, Plain and Fancy featuring three original songs by Horwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMThe film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres in a wide release Dec. 25. In anticipation of the big premiere, Playbill.com looks back at the a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMKevin Frazier and Brooke Anderson, co-hosts of "The Insider," will anchor "The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS," which will be broadcast live Nov. 22 from 9 AM-noon ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMVoting is now underway for the San Antonio Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. J…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:37PMTony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan, Susan Blackwell and Annie Golden are among the artists who will take part in The 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, which will be held Dec. 14-15 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
Broadway has recently seen such a steady stream of family musicals devised to rake in Thanksgiving-to-New Year's dollars. "A Christmas Story," as its we…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office (226 West 46th Street) is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarán Hinds as B…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:26PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. Join…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMSix actors from around the world in full Rafiki costume and make-up sang a special, multi-lingual rendition of the classic song "Circle of Life," to mark the 15th anniversary of t
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PM"The Book of Mormon: The Testament of a Broadway Musical," which documents the creation of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will be released by Newmarket Press for It Book…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office 226 West 46th Street is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Dadd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMVoting is now underway for the Las Vegas Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMRemember Pete and Debbie from Knocked Up? They’re back in This is 40, a much-buzzed-about new comedy by Judd Apatow. In the new spin-off movie, Pete (Grace star Paul Rudd)&nb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:15PMIn my last entry, I cited the pitfalls of providing too great a forum for feedback and expectations about how that input will be addressed. I think we all recognize though that as arts organ…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:14PMIt was a giant week in New York theater, or at least a “Giant” week — one of the shows that opened in this busy week. Three shows opened on Broadway – and one has already…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:14PMFour-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza is the latest actor to sign on to Hannibal, NBC’s contemporary retelling of the story of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, reports TVLine…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMVoting is now underway for the Long Island Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMVoting is now underway for the Philadelphia Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMThe super storm that devastated the East Coast last month didn't halt the elections to the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society's national board.
Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall i…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:08PMDuring a November 19 appearance on Live With Kelly and Michael, actress Katie Holmes found herself in the hot seat for a rapid-fire Q&A period in which the Dead Accounts star faced some …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMRichard Nelson’s Sorry, the third play in his Apple Family series, will extend its run at the Public Theater yet again, adding one additional week to its run. The play will now close o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMCast members from the upcoming world premiere national tour of Flashdance - The Musical had their first day of rehearsal in New York City on Monday, November 19. The production kicks off on J
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMSome of the most memorable hits of the 1960s were sung by Dusty Springfield, from “I Only Want to Be With You” and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” to &ldquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:05PMFull casting has been announced and rehearsals have begun for the upcoming national tour of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation. Join…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMFull casting has been announced for the national tour of Flashdance, which will launch on January 1, 2013 at the Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, the city where the musical takes place. In addition…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM30 years ago, the musical Annie made the leap from stage to screen. In honor of the anniversary, as well as the musical's recent return to Broadway, Playbill spoke to Aileen Quinn, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe producers of the coming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical revealed complete casting on Nov. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe producers of the coming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical revealed complete casting on Nov. 19. The previously announced Emily Padgett as Alex, Matthew Hydzik as Nick and R…
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Cirque du Soleil will mark the 25th anniversary of its first trip to New York next year with a visit by its high-octane show "Totem."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:59PMChristopher Plummer reprises his Tony Award-winning stage role as John Barrymore in a one-night-only broadcast of the show’s film version,“Barrymore,” at the Theatre and Interpretation…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:58PMVoting is now underway for the Los Angeles Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMThree workshop performances of Rogue Artists Ensemble’s newest theatrical adventure pave the way for a full production in 2013. Based on the original text, the Rogues’ Pinocchio is a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:57PMDue to popular demand, The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced today that the critically acclaimed Public Lab production of SORR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMCan an old piano tear a family apart? August Wilson’s moving drama The Piano Lesson is bringing the flavor of Pittsburgh’s Hill District to off-Broadway’s Irene Diamond Sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMITHT is proud to announce the triumphant return of the incredibly gifted actress and singer, Carole Demas in a concert created to benefit Irvington Town Hall Theater. Star of Broadway, telev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMThe Fab 4 were once 5! Before they were the Beatles, five rowdy working class lads from the docks of Liverpool rocked out eight days a week in the raucous clubs and red-light seediness of Ha…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:48PMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMIt may be last call for the Cotton Club Parade, but the music plays on. Starring Glee's Amber Riley, Tony nominee Joshua Henry, Tony winner Adriane Lenox and Jared Grimes, the Encores! m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMFlorence Welch, the lead singer of Florence + the Machine – the U.K. band that spins out dark, driving indie-rock tunes – is planning to pen a new stage musical, according to the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Glum, overengineered "Yoshimi" is a concept in search of a demographic, much effort expended to remarkably little effect.
SOURCE: Variety at 02:27PMANYTHING BUT DEAD James Joyce is not usually considered a source of Christmas cheer, but the great Irish author did write one Christmas piece of sorts, a short story called The Dead that app…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:25PMVoting is now underway for the Italy Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMDorothy isn’t the only one who got lost in Kansas. After World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese women married American GIs and resettled across the United States. We meet five of tho…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:21PMTony Award winners John Cullum and Randy Graff will star in a free public reading of Laurel Ollstein's They Promised Her the Moon, to presented Monday, December 3 at 4pm at NOLA Studios (244…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMThe Broadway company of Wicked in conjunction with Mark Fisher Fitness announced today that the New York theatre community will come together on Monday, November 26 to present CITY OF HOPE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMThe cast and director of a new Donmar Warehouse show tell Charlotte Higgins what a thrilling and liberating experience it has been tackling one of Shakespeare's great worksOn a table in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMHeadlong’s Medea, directed and written by Mike Bartlett after Euripedes, dispenses with the suits and minimalism favoured by most contemporary stagings of the tragedies. Instead, the actio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:17PMDirector Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Signature Theatre Company staging of the late August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about family, legacy and ghosts, has …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMHer highness — known outside the big dress as Mary Alice LeGrow — is a professional party princess. She uses her best princess voice and dresses up in full regalia to charm children. But…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:15PMThe University of Marylands School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performed their original interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy in collaboration with the National Academy o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMHello TDF Readers, I am thrilled to announce the debut of TDF’s Theatre Dictionary, your video guide to theatre lingo. Here’s how the new site works: (1) We make videos about the…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:09PMSparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert will make its New York City debut at XL Cabaret Dec. 17 at 7:30 PM. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the programs and services of The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMReprise Theatre Company, which had canceled its April production of The Apple Tree in order to "assess its future programming and the funding of that programming," has hired v…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMVoting is now underway for the South Florida Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMDrew Hodges, CEO of SpotCo, the NYC-based entertainment and arts advertising agency, has announced a new management structure for the company that will take effect July 1, 2013.
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Gretchen Egolf and Alan Cox in Betrayal. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.A year or two ago, after several failed Pinter productions at the ART and elsewhere, I wondered aloud, "Is Pinter s…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:59PMEmmy and Tony winner David Hyde Pierce is currently winning laughs in Christopher Durang’s Chekhov-inspired comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Pierce plays Vanya, an lonely g…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PMA 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 01:52PMToday host Jenna Wolfe's dreams became reality on November 18, when she made her "Broadway debut" in Nice Work If You Can Get It...for one night, anyway! Sure, she doesn't …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham just opened the world premiere production of THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN, by Nathan Englander, last night, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMTony Award winner Matthew Broderick hosted the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nov. 18 benefit, honoring late writer-director Abe Burrows, at the Edison Ballroom. David Hyde Pierce, Stev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMAccording to the Evening Standard, Florence and the Machine's Florence Welch has plans to write a West End musical. Welch is collaborating with friend Sophie Hart-Walsh on the project, She t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMOn todays LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Katie Holmes stopped by to talk about returning to the Broadway stage in DEAD ACCOUNTS. Check out the photo from the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMBroadway.com Audience Choice Awards host and winner Darren Criss enjoyed a special stage-centric weekend: Criss arrived in the Big Apple to support his Glee co-star Amber Riley as she made h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMIndependent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) Presents a Panel Discussion: “IWOSC ALL-STARS 1: A Hot Half-Dozen Authors Tell How They Write, Publish and Promote From Memoir to Myste…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:38PMTony Award nominee John Leguizamo and original Merrily We Roll Along star Ann Morrison are among the winners of the 2012 United Solo Awards, celebrating the work of solo theatre pieces, whic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMCirque du Soleil will make another splash in New York this spring with an all-new big top production, Totem. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, Totem will begin performances on Marc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:35PMTony Award nominee John Leguizamo and original Merrily We Roll Along star Ann Morrison are among the winners of the 2012 United Solo Awards, celebrating the work of solo theatre pieces, whic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMIt’s not unusual to find an in our area performing in a show and rehearsing another. But, with two shows running at the same time, Joe Brack will be zipping from one side of town to th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMThe Program in Educational Theatre at New York University's Steinhardt School will launch a new play development pilot, curated by Amy Cordileone (New York University) and Sean Daniels (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThis season of giving is also a season of change. The election gave us our first Hindu Representative in Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); our first Asian-American Senator, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii); …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:28PMJoy Behar Say Anything will welcome the legendary Liza Minnelli for the first time on Tuesday, November 20. Minnelli will be a guest on the Current TV program to talk about her new CD Liza M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMBilly Ray Cyrus has traded his cowboy hat for a fedora to make his Broadway debut as Billy Flynn in the long-running musical Chicago. It's a big step for the man who brought us "Ach…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:26PMA FEW PROTESTS… Todd Salovey’s revue of mostly American songs of protest is buoyed by a fiercely energetic, multi-talented quartet of singers and musicians: Dave Crossland, Jim Moone…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:26PMReprise Theatre Company's artistic director Jason Alexander and board president Barbara Fodor recently wrote a letter to their subscribers announcing upcoming events at RTC. Check out what t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King, which celebrated 15 years on Broadway Nov. 13, offered a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund Nov. 18 at 6:30 PM at the Minsk…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PM<![CDATA[Packed to the brim with old-fashioned melodies, <em>Annie</em> offers great potential for creative choreography, but Andy Blankenbuehler has made some unusual choices…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:14PM<![CDATA[While <em>Giant</em> is far too long and lacks far too much focus, the excellent cast and gorgeous score are both beautiful. The show could undoubtedly benefit from s…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:13PMAfter listening to the luscious renditions of “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “On the Street Where You Live” in Arena Stage’s often tunefully adept if dramatically inert reviva…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:09PMThe Tony-winning hit musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT was recently featured on NBCs Today Weekend Edition. News anchor Jenna Wolfe went behind-the-scenes to make her Broadway debut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMIn Scene 5, the impeccably dressed Pullman porter smooths his starched white service jacket, white shirt and dark tie. He smiles a big, wide smile as he instructs a younger porter working on…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:04PM
Here’s another reason to look forward to December 25th. Producers of the Les Miserables film adaptation have announced that the movie’s soundtrack will also be released on the fa…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:55PMHow composers Pasek and Paul set the classic film to music As they were becoming rising stars of the musical theatre, composing team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul were told that to learn about …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:48PMAmericas favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide on Thursday, November 22. The Macys Thanksgiving Day Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMTony Award nominee Laura Osnes, who is gearing up for a Broadway return in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella, celebrates her birthday Nov. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMLevi Kreis made waves in the New York theater scene two years ago when his role as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet earned him the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. No…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMIs there really a Santa Claus? Is there really a Rob Ford?
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:45PMVoting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMMamma Mia! and Agatha Christie have led the way for European productions in China. And as its theatre market opens up experts predict it will be the third-largest in the world within a decad…
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:41PMDespite Allen Moyer's outstanding minimalist set, with creative use of curtain rectangles opening and closing on the scenes, the time stamp effectiveness of Nancy Brennan's costume design, a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:41PM"Joy Behar: Say Anything!" will welcome Tony winner Liza Minnelli Nov. 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMThe circle of life keeps spinning over at the Minskoff Theatre, where The Lion King celebrated its 15th anniversary on the Great White Way on Nov. 18, with a special performance benefiting T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMReview: The 38th edition of the holiday classic opened at the Guthrie Theater with unexpected drama.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:37PMThe Signature Theatre Company revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson has extended its limited run for a second time. The production, which was originally set to play through Decem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMAs part of the “DuoLogue” series at the Dramatists Guild of America, playwrights Itamar Moses and Christopher Shinn will discuss what it means to be a playwright in the U.S. at t…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:32PMMurder Ballad Gets Two Week Extension Manhattan Theatre Club’s presentation of Muder Ballad, the new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, is extending by…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:29PMYou for Me for You, the current production at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, is often cryptic and never really comes together, despite a few sharply focused moments
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:28PMDirector Molly Smith has brought a vibrant and colorful production of My Fair Ladyto the Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. She honors the legend of the classic musical from …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:28PMThe plays in New York theaters are full of meaning, and delivering a holiday message, hostile or tender, is as easy as buying a ticket.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PMVoting is now underway for the Columbus Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMThe Globe's productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night, featuring an ensemble led by former artistic director Mark Rylance, have transferred to the West End's Apollo Theatre.
Twelfth Nigh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:21PMFlorence + The Machine’s lead singer Florence Welchher is planning to take time off from her band to write a musical, with sights set on the West End, the singer revealed to Briti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMHallmark Movie Channel announced today that it will host the cable television premiere of ANNIE'S SEARCH FOR SANDY as part of a special two-hour, commercial-free dog-themed programming event…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMSignature Theatre has announced a second one-week extension for THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production, originally schedule…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMSome shows are pure entertainment, inviting the audience to have a good laugh, like the slapstick extravaganzas of One Man, Two Guvnors; Lend Me a Tenor; She Stoops to Conquer; Don't Dress f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMAmerican Blues Theater (ABT), Chicago’s second oldest Equity ensemble, is proud to announce a special festivities in conjunction with their production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:19PMVoting is now underway for the Cleveland Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMBuddy the Elf drops by the Lite FM 106.7 radio studio to help launch the start the holiday season - check out what happens during his visit
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King celebrated 15 years on Broadway with a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund Nov. 18 at the Minskoff Theatre. In honor of the e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMCasting is complete for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s season-closing production of Belleville by Amy Herzog, directed by Anne Kauffman. Chris Boykin and Cliff Chamberlain join the p…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:15PMAn award-winning actress, Kirsten holds a unique distinction among Broadway performers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMKatori Hall recently gave the keynote at TCG's recent Fall Forum, which I didn't get a chance to attend, so I'm glad to see that the speech is now up on the TCG blog.
It's worth listening t…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 12:14PM“S 16–Luna Nera” is not a show for the fainthearted, claustrophobic, insomniacs, or those with an aversion to the making of a big mess. For all others, though, it promises …
SOURCE: backstage.com at 12:10PMBroadways landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMExemplary source material does not always make for a great play, as evidenced by The Twenty-Seventh Man, receiving its world premiere at The Public Theater under Barry Edelstein's direction.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:10PMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective will present Oh, What a Flop!, an annual celebration of Broadway's biggest flops that will benefit the company's 2013 production of Arthur Bickn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces a one-week extension of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, featuring co…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:08PMThe Hartman Group, a high profile Broadway media relations firm, is currently seeking interns for the Spring of 2013. This is a great opportunity for current college students or recent gra…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 12:07PMVoting is now underway for the CincinnatiDayton Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMNick Payne’s love-in-the-multiverse drama is as poignant in the West End as it was in the Royal Court, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:05PMMark Rylance excels as both the ruthless king and the lovestruck Olivia in these all-male Globe productions, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:05PMWhat has your experience been like being with this show for so long?
We took a twenty-month break in between productions so it was a little different than usual for us. The break was s…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:02PMTheatre Development Fund has launched the TDF Theatre Dictionary a video guide to 'theatre lingo' by TDF and theatre companies from across North America. Check out the welcome message by st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMThe life and times of con-man Frank Abagnale, Jr., provide potent source material for the jazzy and anxious musical Catch Me If You Can.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Directed by Rob Ashford, the production will star Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker. P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:58AMIn what they are billing an "extraordinary theatrical coup", Nottingham Playhouse and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse have jointly secured the rights to stage the European stage premiere of…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:57AMMatt Doyle will play a concert at NYCs Rockwood Music Hall on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 730pm. The show will feature a set of original songs co-written by Doyle and composer Will Van Dyke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMIt's been 15 years since Simba first mounted Broadway's Pride Rock, and the cast and creative team took the occasion to celebration the anniversary on Sunday.
"I must admit, I did think it'l…
SOURCE: backstage.com at 11:53AMSeussical at Imagination Stage brings the curious land of Dr. Seuss tales, and many of their characters, all together in one theatre. It is a holiday show designed for children and families,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello begins rehearsals today starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMVoting is now underway for the Central PA Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMVoting is now underway for the Central NY Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello begins rehearsals today starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:45AMDavid Ayers is set to return as serial killer Buffalo Bill in Off-Broadway’s SILENCE! THE MUSICAL tomorrow, November 20th at the new Elektra Theatre in Times Square.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMSPRING AWAKENING's Duncan Sheik will play the Gramercy Theatre in NYC on November 23 with special guests Courrier and Alpha Rev. Tickets are on sale now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMREVIEW: Dancers check into "Hotel Tango," a risky and dramatic work by Mariusz Olszewski. Plus, new work by Netta Yerushalmy.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:40AMAs People magazine unveiled its annual Sexiest Man Alive issue, Grace star Paul Rudd, Tony winner Denzel Washington and Broadway vet Bradley Cooper were among the talented sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AMA staged reading of They Promised Her the Moon will be presented Monday, December 3rd at 4pm, directed by Valentina Fratti. They Promised Her the Moon is based on the true story of Geraldyn …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMA staged reading of Laurel Ollstein's They Promised Her the Moon will be presented Dec. 3 at 4 PM at NOLA Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMBroadway stars will perform in a benefit to aid New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy Nov. 26 at the Gershwin Theatre. City of Hope: Broadway Blows Back will featur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMVoting is now underway for the Chicago Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMWhen first published in 1862, Ibsen's early work Love's Comedy caused an eruption of moral outrage in his native Norway for its scandalous representation of the role of women in marriage. …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:31AMThe Trevor Project's Trevor NextGen presents the organization's third annual Fall Fete, emceed by Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia, Nov. 19 at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMFour girls will alternate in the title role for the eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical Matilda The Musical. Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro will each …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:30AMLats week's poll asked which of Warren's biggest hits you'd like to see in a Broadway show. Check out your results below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Pippin" at Circle Theatre ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Pippin" at Circle Theatre ★★ ... The subtitle for director Kevin Bellie's production of "Pippin" at…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:29AMPhil Clarke, who has executive produced series such as Fresh Meat, has been named head of comedy at Channel 4. Currently head of comedy and entertainment at Objective Productions, Clarke rep…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMThe Twenty-Seventh Man, the world-premiere stage production adapted from author Nathan Englander's short story of the same title, officially opened Off-Broadway Nov. 18 at the Public The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMWhat a wonderful night we had on Thursday, when SCANDALOUS opened on Broadway. There is nothing more magical than when all the hard work comes together and all the creative forces collide in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMThe new Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County will get an early winter reading, according to a casting notice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMHappy Birthday Laura Osnes Osnes made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of Grease. On March 10, 2009 Osnes took over the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush from Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMBroadways landmark musical event The Lion King celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMThe 2012 TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Leading the Charge may be over, but our work has just begun. All of us–staff as well as attendees–left the Forum feeling charged with the r…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:16AMThe playwright looks down at the half-completed page in his battered Smith-Corona, tears it out, starts again. A man (Brian Hemmmingsen), urbane and slightly gross, marries a woman (Nanna …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:15AMAs first reported on TVLine.com, Broadway vet Raul Esparza will join the cast of NBC's upcoming drama HANNIBAL, based on characters from Thomas Harris' novel 'Red Dragon.' The actor will por…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMhe short story that launched Englander as one of contemporary literature's best short story writers, and his adaptation now marks a promising debut as a playwright. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:14AMThe S.L.E. Lupus Foundation presents the 2012 Life Without Lupus Gala, Turning Lupus Research Upside Down, Nov. 19 at The American Museum of Natural History.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMPremieres Artistic Director Paulette Haupt presents Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act solo musicals including Arlington, Borrowed Dust, and Farhad or The Secret of Being. Opening was…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMTony Award nominee Hunter Foster, Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber inhabit Inner Voices, a collection of three solo musicals, which officially opened Off-Broadway Nov. 18 after previ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMHEDY WEISS: The two British writer-performers in “Potted Potter” at the Broadway Playhouse keep plenty busy, and some in the audience do too.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:07AMVoting is now underway for the Inaugural Cabaret Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the standings here
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMOn the heels of its record-breaking 2012 Summer Season, Williamstown Theatre Festival payed tribute to Abe Burrows, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and director, at its 2012…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMIt has been three years since I first started my Get Your Show Off The Ground seminars, and they just get more fun each and every time I have one. And this past Saturday’s seminar was …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s famous Don Giovanni is being presented for a limited engagement at The Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric Opera House. In conjunction …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AM
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre web site on the net, is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its line-up of exclusive, engaging, star-filled TV programs. To get fans caught up,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMThe great Hal Linden The Rothschilds, Barney Miller is asked to star in a new musical by the Outside the Box Musical Theatre Group. What is the musical Will he accept Stay tuned. Also stars …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMForever Dusty, a new musical by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin about the life of late singer Dusty Springfield, officially opened at Off-Broadway's New World Stages Nov. 18 foll…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMSadler's Wells theatre steps up security ahead of performances by Israeli dance troupeSadler's Wells has increased security in advance of pro-Palestinian protests planned to coincide with th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMInterested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors BWW is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Ottawa, Canada
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMInterested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors BWW is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Vancouver, Canada
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMA staged reading of the new musical Girl Shakes Loose Her Skin is presented at Joe's Pub Nov. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMThe new comedy What Rhymes with America begins performances off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company on November 19. The world-premiere production is set to open on December 12 and run t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending November 18, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $533,800 10,229 86.92% $52.18 AN ENEMY OF THE …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMMulti-million pound plans to expand Elstree Studios have been boosted by a £2 million loan towards the redevelopment. The loan comes from the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AMBroadway’s A Christmas Story, The Musical officially opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 7th. Based on the the classic 1983 film, the musical will play a limited holiday engagem…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:41AMFor Immediate Release – THE TWENTY SEVENTH MANOh. Wow. A play about six white men.That being said, there is some riveting theatre going on here. Well there is one great scene.Backtrack.…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 10:38AMMark Umbers is currently appearing as Franklin in Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory.Based on the play by Kaufman and Hart, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s music…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:35AMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office 226 West 46th Street is now open for tickets to Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Dadd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMInterested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors BWW is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to complement our existing feature coverage in Toronto, Can…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMGordon Clapp, best known for his role as Det. Greg Medavoy in the TV series "NYPD Blue," will play poet Robert Frost in the solo show "This Verse Business," based on the writings and …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:25AMThe Place, London: Work by Rosemary Butcher isn't for the apathetic. You really have to draw your own conclusions, create your own narrative and search for the meaning in the physical m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMThe company of Elf just celebrated their opening with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient Timothy J. Alex. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you full photo co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMThe new Broadway comedy The Performers by David West Read, concludes its Broadway run just last night, November 18, 2012, following the evening show at the Longacre Theatre 220 W 48 St.. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMAnya Reiss's new version modernises The Seagull and transplants it to the Isle of Wight. Does the language suffer – and how respectful should adaptations be?Just before seeing a new versio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMBroadway Barre, a monthly musical-theatre themed event hosted by Kate Pazakis, continues Nov. 19 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMToday, we're featuring Carl Reiner and his wife Estelle Reiner in 1984. Reiner performed in several Broadway musicals, including Inside U.S.A., and Alive and Kicking, and had the lead role i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMAdd Rodman Philbrick’s Homer P. Figg to the list of literature’s charming boyish rogues like Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He’s a clever lad who is not above stretc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:08AMThe off-Broadway revival of Bare begins performances on November 19 at New World Stages. The musical revival is set to open December 9.
The angst-ridden rock opera has acquired a cul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMOctagon Theatre, Bolton: The Octagon's Christmas show is a highly charged, deeply moving version of this perennial favourite. It owes much to the dramaturgical skills of director, Eliza…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMFriday night, The Barns at Wolf Trap hosted multiple Grammy Award winner, an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica. The man is a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMThe Huntington's Disease Society of America's annual Curtains Up For A Cure, produced by Broadway actress Meredith Patterson and hosted by Lance Rubin, will be presented Dec. 3 at Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMby Jordan Tannahill Last month my boyfriend William and I signed a one year lease on an old barbershop in Kensington Market, spent three weeks in our long johns scrubbing the walls and floor…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:02AMThe 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, opened last night, November 18, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMA revival of “The Philadelphia Story” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2013. The new revival of the classic Philip Berry comedy will be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, an…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM
This week's High School in the Spolight goes to the Performing Arts Department at Santa Barbara High School in California Get to know their renowned arts program and check out photos from pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:53AMA staged reading of The Tale of Murasaki – An Ancient Musical will be presented Dec. 10 at Ripley-Grier Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMSusan Blackwell, Annie Golden, Jeremy Jordan, and more will be part of The 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, presented December 14-15, at 54 Below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMComposer-lyricist Rob Rokicki celebrates the release of his debut album, "I’m Ready: The Songs of Rob Rokicki," Nov. 19 at 9:15 PM at Stage 72 (formerly The Triad).
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AM“Republicans, too, Oliver! Sing!” This order, given by President Franklin Deleano Roosevelt to millionaire Oliver Warbucks may be the most unusual, fantasy-like element of Annie, the Dep…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:40AMFor this year’s TheatreCraft event at the Royal Opera House, A Younger Theatre will be live blogging and tweeting from the event and workshops. We’re on the hunt for a team of li…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:38AMTracie Bennett, who recently finished playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow on Broadway, is to join the cast of ITV’s Scott and Bailey. Bennett, whose theatre credits also include Hai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AMLegit News:
Sales rise ahead of traditional holiday boom
SOURCE: Variety at 09:32AMHalf Hour 2: A Last Minute Concert, featuring a host of Broadway understudies, will be presented Nov. 26 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #259: Ned Sparks (for the full skinny on him go here). Here’s a hilarious caricature of him (and Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks) from a Warners …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:27AMIf your Thanksgiving Week plans include taking in a Broadway show, please take notice of the special holiday schedule during this week, November 19-25. Many shows will take Thanksgiving Day …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMThe Cat’s Mother is a complex show from the all-female Foxed Up Theatre Company about the intricacies of memory which, ironically, messes with your mind. The plot is a web of questions pro…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:18AMVoting is now underway for Boston and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings here
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AMToday is the birthday of Dick Cavett (born 1936). Even as a child I appreciated his dry, understated wit, and marveled at his ability to talk to ANYBODY, from authors like Norman Mailer and …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:14AMThe holidays have officially arrived in New York as A Christmas Story opens at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 19. The holiday musical is set to run through December 30…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:10AMI learned these at the poker table: 1. Pay attention - Most of the mistakes that happen at the poker table happen for a very simple set of reasons. You got bored. You got distracted. Importa…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:10AMVoting is now underway for Baltimore and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the current standings here
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMCinderella, People's Light and Theatre Company's annual holiday panto, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:00AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #260: Clifton Webb (for my full bio on this show biz Renaissance Man go here). Here is a little televisual tribute to him prepared by Indianapolis…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:00AMReview of the Saturday, November 17 matinee at Studio 54 in New York City, NY. Starring Stephanie J. Block, Chita Rivera, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jim Norton, Betsy Wolfe, Andy Karl,…
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Voting is now underway for Atlanta and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. We are updating live, so check out the stats here to see how your favo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMPrint Room, LondonWhy did Lot's wife look back as she and her family hurried out of Sodom, and thus become transformed – so the Bible tells us – into a pillar of salt? Was it an act of r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMLegit Reviews:
Telling the puzzling story of doomed poet Edward Thomas who died in World War One, playwright Nick Dear abandons constricting chronology and uses multiple and con…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:53AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Mark Rylance's dazzlingly watchable antics as a reproving Olivia overturned by lust in Shakespeare's Globe's all-male "Twelfth Night" constitute nothing…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:46AMThe talented actress spoke with BWW about her Twilight character, Vampire Siobhan She isn't a vegetarian, she does chew humans, but she's civilized at least'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMMatthew Strachan is an award-winning composer and songwriter best known for the soundtrack
to the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, for which he was recently inducted into the
ASCAP Ha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:39AMIn his continuing series, Andrew Glaszec pays tribute to music theater greats deserving of diva status. Today, he looks at an actress who has been in some of the biggest hits of the last fe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:34AMTheatre Row, The New Group, Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A provocative and intense, but ultimately disappointing, look at one single mother as she attempts to protect…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:31AMWhile there is much that gives us concern in the current environment, we who work in the arts truly have a great deal to be thankful for this and every year.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:29AMJoin us on The Broadway Cruise sailing from the theater capital of the world to the beautiful pink sand beaches of Bermuda. This exciting cruise is designed for the ultimate Broadway fan. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMAhead of the candy cane panto season, a spiky shot of strong theatrical aniseed is appealing. And since the flyer for Firebrand’s first production outside of the Scottish Borders indel…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AM
Broadways landmark musical event THE LION KING celebrated its 15th Anniversary Sunday evening with a one-night only celebratory performance benefitting The Actors Fund. Virtually the entire …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMPerforming arts centre Hoxton Hall has received a grant of around £1.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its restoration project. The grade II-listed Victorian music hall, which is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AM
Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director of PREMIERES was on a mission to create a new musical experience where she introduced and commissioned writers and composers who had not worked together …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:56AMAtheist’s Paradise is, at bottom, an extended memorial service for Henry Daniel “Doc” Johnson, philosopher, pilot and football coach for Midvale United Methodist University. Regrettabl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:51AMLONDON (AP) — In his last stage role, Mark Rylance thrilled audiences as a bawdy bard for modern Britain. Now he's going back to an earlier Bard in a vibrant William Shakespeare double bil…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:46AMMake no mistake: Richard Vacca's "The Boston Jazz Chronicles: Faces, Places, and Nightlife 1937—1962" is, to quote Joe Biden, a Big Freaking Deal.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:36AMThe West End transfers of the Globe's productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III opened this weekend (17 November 2012).With Mark Rylance reprising the role of Olivia that he first played …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:32AMWhereas Posh punched its same weight and Jumpy improved on its transfer to the Duke of York's, Nick Payne's Constellations, a delightful gem in the Court’s upstairs studio, seems a little …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:27AMAdrenalin pur und eine berhrende Liebesgeschichte - das ist ROCKY - DAS MUSICAL. Sylvester Stallones oscarprmierter Kultfilm ROCKY, der Millionen Zuschauer begeisterte, erobert jetzt als Mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15AMAs, nominations open for the 2013 awards, we shine the spotlight on this year’s winners. To nominate an organisation for The Stage 100 Awards 2013, click here School of the year 2012: …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMRiverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Known rather unkindly, and not always accurately, as the 'graveyard shift', afternoon showcase sessions have always a bit of a gamble, for o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Apollo, London: Director Tim Carroll's sensitivity to Shakespeare's preoccupation with the theatricality of his work helps treat West End audiences to a beautifully nuanced, poigna…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMDuke of York's Theatre, London: Nick Payne's delicate, searching play - the third Royal Court production to transfer to the West End after Posh and Jumpy - has a fractal quality. Its ce…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMthe 1990 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by August Wilson, that is now having a stirring revival at the Signature Theater. . . .
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:23AMA who's who of British acting talent marked the 60th anniversary of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the St Martin's Theatre last night (18 November 2012) with a special gala performance. …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:20AMRevenue from ticket sales at Leicester’s Curve totalled £2.88million in 2011/12, more than double the amount during the theatre’s first year in 2008/9. Figures just released sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMThe Courtyard Theatre, London: Memories play tricks on you, at least the ones do in Pericles Snowdon's surreal whodunnit. The Cat's Mother sees Snowdon entering the alluring realm …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:11AMAbout a month ago, art critics Sarah Thornton and David Hickey threw in the towel citing frustration, disillusionment, and annoyance with corruption in the art world. I have to admit that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02AMMark Rylance seems determined to make the Apollo "his" theatre in much
the same way as John Gielgud once colonised the Haymarket, or Robert
Morley the Savoy. He returns to the scene of his…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00AMBy Johnny Oleksinski I arrived in New York City to an unexpectedly premature November blizzard, the biggest effect of an ill-timed nor’easter. But I couldn’t and wouldn’t compl…
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The York Theatre Company honors legendary Broadway Music Director and Conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 21st Annual…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, November 19, 2012, join The Trevor Projects Trevor NextGen in celebrating the third annual Fall Fete supporting the organizations life-saving work for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAbingdon Theatre Company which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history has announced that its 20th Anniversary Gala and dinner is set for tonight, November 19 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAshley Brown, Broadway and Symphony Pops star, will be making her debut at Birdland tonight, November 19th at 7pm. Ashley's show Ashley Brown Call Me Irresponsible will feature many of her f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band previously announced its debut concert performance, taking place tonight, November 19 at the Laurie Beechman Theater 407 West 42nd Street . The concert will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMMore 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 today, November 19, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMViolinist and artistic director Gil Morgensterns acclaimed Reflections Series continues the 2012-2013 season tonight, Monday, November 19 at 730pm with Nacht und Trame, Night and Dreams. Cel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Poets' Theatre Antigonick will feature Maria Dizzia, Bill Camp and Michael Chernus, directed by Sam Gold and introduced by Anne Carson at the 92Y tonight, November 19th, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMProduction 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 12:30AMAward-winning musical theatre composerlyricist Rob Rokicki celebrates the release of his album, Im Ready The Songs of Rob Rokicki at The Triad Stage 72 tonight, November 19th at 915 p.m. Sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Harry Potter movie franchise may have come to an end (though there are rumblings to the contrary) but followers of the Hogwarts tribe need not worry because Potted Potter, The Unauthoriz…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:10AMWell, if you are opting out of the grotesque spectacle of consumerism that is this season, you may wish to avert your eyes for a bit as - like it or not - companies across the nation are div…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, begins Off-Broadway previews Nov. 19 at New World Stages, where the work — billed as a Pop Opera in 2004 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America begins previews Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlantic’s main stage Linda Gross Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Wilma Theater transfer of Satchmo at the Waldorf just got a rave review from Toby Zinman of the Philadelphia...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMWhen you're young, you take for granted that life is conjectural and its possibilities unlimited. Once you reach middle age,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMProject Shaw, the estimable New York outfit that presents monthly Monday-night concert readings of the plays of George Bernard Shaw,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMPaul Taylor's Esplanade, set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, originally...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"He that is not with me is against me: it was nonsense. Committed--it was the great contemporary word and the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe Richard Rodgers Theatre box office opens Nov. 19 for the starry Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, featuring Tony Award winner Scarlett Johansson and Benj…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Abingdon Theatre Company's 20th anniversary gala honoring Tyne Daly, with appearances by Sharon Gless, Marilyn Horne, Liz Smith, David Hyde Pierce and Martin Charnin, is held Nov. 19…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVirginia's Signature Theatre toasts the 50th birthday of its artistic director, Eric Schaeffer, with a celebratory concert of his favorite songs Nov. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues Nov. 19 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCharlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band, featuring work from Broadway composer and musician Charlie Rosen, makes its New York City concert debut Nov. 19 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe York Theatre Company honors veteran music director and conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre, which is presented Nov. 19 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActor-musicians Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, who comprise the scantily-clad music duo The Skivvies, celebrate their new single "Hardbody Hoedown" with a release party and concer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 1983 film A Christmas Story, based on Jean Shepherd's nostalgic and comedic holiday tale of American Christmases past, is re-wrapped as a new Broadway musical by songwriters Benj Pas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1906 George Arliss and Mrs. Fiske star in The New York Idea, Langdon Mitchell's play which runs 66 performances at the Lyric Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMChristopher Durang’s theatrical specialty is a kind of gleeful comic exaggeration that falls somewhere between farce and satire, between mischief and mayhem, in that territory that Che…
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