Script Designer by Tom Horan Tom Horan writes on HowlRound about the differences between writing conventional plays and working as the playwright on devised work: I split my time between con…
SOURCE: direct address at 09:43PMThe majestic Texas-set musical Giant is receiving its off-Broadway debut at the Public Theater in a beautifully crafted production by Michael Greif (Rent; Next to Normal). Though each perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:30PMIn the latest installment of Gotta Dance!, Broadway.com highlights Betsy Struxness, the eye-catching dancer in the new Broadway musical Scandalous, now playing at the Neil Simon Theatre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:23PMArtistic Director Frank Chaves celebrates 20 years with River North this fall, successful in his never ending quest to make dance accessible. With seven different pieces – including two wo…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:19PMThe X Factor's pint-sized powerhouse Carly Rose Sonenclar made the leap to the 5 million singing competition this fall with her audition to Nina Simone's Feeling Good, which has skyrocketed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16PMNova Y. Payton is Effie White, the most turbulent of the Dreamgirls, in the Signature Theatre's holiday-season revival of the 1981 musical, starting Nov. 13 in Arlington, VA. Associate a…
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Broadway's Mary Poppins recently celebrated its 6th anniversary at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Original cast member Janelle Anne Robinson invites Playbill.com to have a peek backstage dur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:32PMOlivier, LondonIt was originally to have been The Count of Monte Cristo in the Olivier this Yule but instead we get a revival of Pinero's 1885 farce. I have no complaints about that since I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26PMNYU N'harmonics a capella group will be hosting its alumni reunion concert on December 10th at 9 p.m. at DROM on the Lower East Side, featuring many successful actors and artists within the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PM[Warning: The Performers is a sexually explicit show which utilizes vulgar language. As a result, so does this review. If you're looking for more conservative content, please enjoy this vide…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:18PMBoise, Idaho, might not be the first place you’d expect to find a top-notch contemporary dance company whose artistic director has earned high marks as a choreographer of 90 works for both…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:18PMNow is the time to bring your kids to Broadway. If you’ve been waiting to go to New York City with your family, it’s time! With all of the family-friendly shows on Broadway (and …
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 07:08PMTony nominee Euan Morton gets the call to star in a new musical. Will the Taboo star say yes What's the musical Tune in to see. Also stars Sami Staitman and Emma Degerstedt.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08PMIn just an hour, Waiting for Pierrot makes you laugh more than many full-length comedies. It also features some tender moments that make you stop and think. This is an affordable way to have…
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Among the 500 New York Foundling friends and supporters expected at the December 2nd 300 PM performance of Annie the Musical, will be Staten Island based Foundling families, many of whom hav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMThough for some, the holiday spirit comes primarily from shopping, others consider attending theater, ballet and musical performances to be the best way to greet the December holidays. All o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:43PMJekyll and Hyde is simply miraculous, and chilling, sexy, romantic, ironic, dangerous, tragic, jaded, modern, classic, kinky, edgy, and absolutely spectacular. The musical is based on the ac…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:41PMLIKE ADDING MILK TO GREEN TEA, A GREAT PLAY IS SPOILED BY ADDING MUSIC. Post World War II Era in America isn’t a red, white, and blue haven with a backyard and a Buick waiting for everyon…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:40PMPodcast With Charles Newell from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Charles Newell has been Artistic Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 30 productions. He made his Chic…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:38PMEveryone has them: Nightmare relatives who make you consider a life of solitude in an Ashram just so you can avoid seeing them during the holidays. They drink too much, brag about how specia…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:32PMTheater comes in all shapes and sizes, from flea circuses to the Super Bowl, but very few stage plays embark on a “world arena tour.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:19PMThe playwright Chay Yew has taken over a Chicago theater company and is changing everything — including the roster of writers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMThough for some, the holiday spirit comes primarily from shopping, others consider attending theater, ballet and musical performances to be the best way to greet the December holidays. All o…
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Megan Van De Hey doesn't mean to upstage her colleagues in Vintage Theatre's production of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," running through Dec.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:54PMPLEASE SIR, WE WANT SOME MORE SeaGlass Theatre only does one show a year, which is remarkable, since they’re such a spirited bunch. For instance, it’s a shame to miss Paul Stro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:44PMWhen Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was released in 1982, Quincy Jones' goal was not to produce the highest-selling album in history. It was to take down disco. Next week, the iconic record tu…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:42PMPuget Sound-area stages promise a sleighful of holiday entertainment in the 2012 season, featuring Scrooge, a very large elf and The Winter Wonderettes, to name a few.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:38PMSeattle's Byrd Ensemble, led by Markdavin Obenza, kicks off the holiday performance season with "What Sweeter Music," a program of song and story, Nov. 24-25, 2012. Parnassus Project musicia…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:36PMSome troupes ease into existence with a modest, surefire and frugal first full production. Not Outré Theater Company. South Florida’s newest professional company bows Friday with Andrew L…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:21PMSince the first parade in 1980, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has included Broadway numbers almost every year. This year, the casts of “Annie,” “Bring it On,&rdq…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:09PMIf you happened to be out and about in South East London at 5am last week, you may have spotted the three of us Filskit ladies bundling into an old BMW estate and heading north for the Take …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:05PMThe creators of Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz talk about the joys and challenges of an eight-hour production — a theatricalized reading of The Great Gatsby. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMLast summer David Dower went to PlayPenn and got a big reaction after he mentioned that new play funding and resources has begun to shift away from playwrights and towards companies. I wasn�…
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Kirsten Holly Smith channels Dusty Springfield in “Forever Dusty,” a biographical musical about the British pop-soul singer.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:57PMBouncing back from the double-hit of Hurricane Sandy followed by snowstorm Athena, day-to-day business in New York City is continuing its slow return to normalcy. Ticket sales did not follow…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:48PMAs admirers of "Boardwalk Empire" well know, Gretchen Mol -- who plays the high-class madam -- has a silken, prickly beauty that always suggests she has irresistible secrets on the side. In …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:43PMThere are three, then four men in the cold cell where Stalin has put the Yiddish writers in "The Twenty-Seventh Man," Nathan Englander's deeply moving adaptation of his own short story. This…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:43PMl-r Craig Erickson, Marsha Regis, Kewsi Ameyaw, Aaron Craven (photo credit: Shimon Karmel)Mamet and His Buttonsby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesFresh off the grand silliness of The Gover…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:43PMLast Saturday, the CCU Department of Theatre was visited by Dave Clemmons, casting director extraordinaire. I observed and took notes vigorously as my colleagues performed for and learned fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:24PMGreat big buckets of fun...and supremely, stylishly sillyby David C. Jones@iamdavidcjones The Government Inspector (sometimes known as The Inspector General) written in 1836 by Nikolai …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:24PMTHE SOUND OF MUSIC, including Edward Hibbert Max Detweiler, Anthony Fedorov Rolf Gruber, Ben Davis Captain and Elena Shaddow Maria, Chelsea Morgan Stock Liesl, and more, begins at the Paper …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PM(photo credit: Prudence Upton)From Pip to Miss Wade via The Waifsby Chris LaneMy expectations were high before seeing Dickens' Women, as it's a rare chance to see a highly-acclaimed British …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:07PMMatthew Montelongo will join the national tour of Looped starring the previously announced four-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Valerie Harper and Brian Hutchison. Montelongo w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMTony-nominated composer Michael John LaChiusa discusses the evolution and creative process behind his epic musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's Giant, now receiving a riveting and moving …
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Here are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Nov. 12-18, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMBy the time they have children of an age to see Theaterworks USA’s latest production, parents will likely have forgotten an important aspect of the story of “The Velveteen Rabbit…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:54PMNew York is bringing sexy back to those lonely, defunct phone booths you see along Broadway.Phone booths have fallen from grace in recent years, with the rise of the iRobots That Control Our…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMDemand for tickets has prompted a second and final extension of the New York City premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The run w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMIt's Possible! Full casting has been announced for the new Broadway production of Cinderella, which begins previews January 24, 2013, and is set to officially open February 24 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMWe know very well that some of the worst casualties of war are not those soldiers who return in coffins, but those who come home with their psyches, their bodies, or both so altered and brok…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:42PMThe storyteller and the musician together at the Fitzgerald.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:39PMJason and Jessica Peterson have created their own miracle with a thriving theater in suburban Osseo.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:38PMThe Swedish Institute's annual festivities.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:37PMAn ambitious Minnesota History Center exhibit hopes to engage kids with the past.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:35PMNEW YORK (AP) — Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having B…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:31PMThe author of The Bonfire of the Vanities and the new novel Back to Blood sings a little, praises Michael Lewis, and cringes at the word issues. Listen to his conversation about The Bonfire …
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:26PMKathie Lee Gifford, the librettist, lyricist and driving force behind the new Broadway show, Scandalous The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, visits THEATER TALK with three of shows…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMThe newly revised version of the Stephen Schwartz musical Working, based on the book by Studs Terkel and featuring new material by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, has added additional …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMPhotographs taken by the actor Lee Pace during a trip to Italy in preparation for his role in the play “Golden Age.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMPart performance art, part kids' show, the trio hits many (loud) notes.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:11PMThis holiday season, the new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson is partnering with The New York Dream Center in a new citywide community outreach initi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMTony Award winner James Corden will reunite with One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean on the upcoming film School for Santas, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Bean will pen the sc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment with our latest feature - 'The Regional Opera Company of the Week'. This wee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMLocal Disney princesses Rachelle Ann Go, who played the title role in the Asian premiere of Disneys stage musical adaptation of The Little Mermaid, and K-La Rivera, who is currently playing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMI am traveling for Thanksgiving so no lengthy post today. I am sure most of my readers are eager to enter the arms of their loved ones. One of the small pleasures I receiving during my morni…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:00PM
Turkey Lurkey Time comes closest to the official Broadway anthem for Thanksgiving. It is a song with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David from Act 1 of Promises, Promises, that is…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:35PMTony Award winner James Corden, who made his Broadway debut in the British farce One Man, Two Guvnors, is reuniting with playwright Richard Bean for a new holiday film, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMWhen Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was released on Nov. 30, 1982, Quincy Jones' goal was not to produce the highest-selling album in history.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:32PMHartford Stage is offering half-price tickets for any of Thanksgiving weekend’s five performances of its "A Christmas Carol -- A Ghost Story of Christmas" on sale Friday from midnig…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:29PMIt seems like Leslie Kritzer would be the perfect holiday shopping buddy. From her designer perfume to her bright red Keurig single serve coffee maker, the Elf star shows off some her dressi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMFull casting is set for the upcoming Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which will begin previews on January 24 at the Broadway Theatre. The show, which features a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMSignature Theatre Company’s revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” strikes a major chord.
Credit the note-perfect staging by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who’s got a knac…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:22PMThe Public Theater’s gripping new drama The Twenty-Seventh Man is based on the true story of twenty-six Yiddish writers facing judgment in a Soviet prison. Stars Ron Rifkin and Noah Ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:19PMWhat musical theatre writer had a new album come out this week, featuring performances by the likes of Nick Blaemire, Emma Hunton, Vanessa Ray and so many more talented singers? Rob Rokicki…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:19PMSometimes it only takes one great role to turn a respected actor into an in-demand stage star—and in the case of Danny Burstein, that role happened to be an over-the-top Latin lover na…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMTrafalgar Studios, LondonAleksei Arbuzov's play, with its suggestion that the wartime siege of Leningrad emotionally devastated a whole generation, must have seemed daring in the Soviet Unio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMHis new play is a romp about attempts to save a crumbling stately home – with the National Trust as chief villain. Chairman Simon Jenkins has a few bones to pick with its elitism Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMHis new play is a romp about attempts to save a crumbling stately home – with the National Trust as chief villain. Chairman Simon Jenkins has a few bones to pick with its elitismAlan Benne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMReprise resurfaces… Upright Cabaret on the upbeat… Afia Fields talks Dop3… A look back at LA County’s annual performing arts Christmas broadcast READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PMSinger Frank Dain will bring his The Magic of Mathis solo show, which was recently seen at New York City's Metropolitan Room, to Don't Tell Mama for two performances in Dec…
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The casts of the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, and the eight-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:59PMIn the latest episode of her video blog, Scandalous star Carolee Carmello comes back to the Neil Simon Theatre after being put on vocal rest, and takes us behind the scenes of the show on op…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:59PMLaura Barisonzi PhotographyName: Robert AskinsHometown: Cypress, TexasEducation: BA Baylor UniversityFavorite Credits: Hand to God at EST, Mathew and the Pastor’s Wife at EST, Love Song of…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:55PMIt’s Thanksgiving weekend, and what better gift to be thankful for than a week of great theater? This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights Smash star Megan Hilty performing Sinatr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMBilly Connolly will be a guest on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” tomorrow Thursday November 22 and on “Conan” on Monday November 26. Click HERE for stations carrying “Talk of the Na…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:48PMAudiences across North America are experiencing the magic of fire-breathing dragons soaring through arena skies in DREAMWORKS’ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR, continuing the Nor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:48PMCasting is now complete for the Broadway debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana and Victoria Clark, which will begin Broadway previews Jan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMMusicals, especially musicals on Broadway, just seem to appear. The curtain goes up, when there even is a curtain these days, and we don't need to know anything beyond what appears on the st…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 01:46PMBroadway actress Eden Espinosa will celebrate her solo debut recording, "Look Around," with an album release party Dec. 17 at Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMComplete casting has just been announced for the new production of RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, which begins performances in January on Broadway. RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PM Today is the birthday of Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778): champion everywhere of freedom: of speech, of religion, of trade, etc etc. Though he wrote histor…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:38PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:37PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Breaks & Bikes" by Pavement Group ★★½ and "Is This Reel Life?" at the Cornservatory ★★½
NINA METZ reviews "Breaks & Bikes" by Pavement Group a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:37PMLast Saturday night in Chicago, three theatrical producers from out of town (one American, one Canadian, one British) all showed up to see the same show. They were joined by one of Broadway'…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PMTis the season for shopping and holiday musicals. Or, in the case of YES, VIRGINIA THE MUSICAL… the combination of the two! In case you missed it, YES, VIRGINIA is a brand new musical …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:33PMChicago has a plethora of holiday shows each and every year — and I’ll be reviewing enough of them over the next couple of weeks to put Rudolph in rehab. But based on many years …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:33PMLove 'em or hate 'em, there's no avoiding the holidays, and that's true on local stages as well as the shopping malls. But even the Scroogiest of souls could find something to celebrate in t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:33PM2012 has been a banner year for Laura Osnes, but that won't come as a surprise to anyone who has followed her steady ascent from reality show contestant on NBC's 2007 series Grease: You're t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:33PMNewcastle City Council has published plans to completely remove funding to all arts organisations in the city, including Northern Stage, Newcastle Theatre Royal and Live Theatre, by 2016. Du…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:26PMEden Espinosa's debut album, Look Around, will be available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and EdenEspinosa.com.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMIn honor of The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary, All Things Considered has been talking to the members of the band about standout songs from their catalog. Earlier this week, Keith Richards…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:23PMIf there was ever any question that Hunter Foster, Alexandra Silber, and Arielle Jacobs are Broadway stars, “Inner Voices,” a trilogy of one-person chamber musicals, squelches al…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:23PM� Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "The Killing of Sister George" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:21PMOran Mor, GlasgowThey discovered Elvis, they discovered sex, they discovered material wealth. Now the baby boomers are discovering death. The results can be maudlin and introspective – but…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMHeather Headley has blazed a theatrical trail for herself on the strength of two Broadway shows (The Lion King and Aida, winning a Tony in 2000 for the latter) and via a Grammy-winning recor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:10PMKeep the Home Fires Burning: A Very Manderley Holiday, featuring cast members from the Broadway-aimed musical Rebecca, will be offered Dec. 3 at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMA look behind the scenes at the people who have made Agatha Christie's play such an enduring success
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMCulture secretary Maria Miller has welcomed the publication of a report that says the Arts Council England should refuse or reduce grants to organisations that do not provide evidence of leg…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PM
The details in this 1965 drama about the siege of Leningrad convey the agony of the experience, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMBroadways MAMMA MIA stars Judy McLane and Stacia Fernandez have taken the initiative to form a new grassroots organization called BROADWAY FOSTERS FOR SANDY to round up foster parents to giv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMToday, we're featuring Peter Strauss in 1981. Notably, he plays Abel Roznovski in Kane and Abel, the TV miniseries from Jeffrey Archer's book of the same title. He won an Emmy Award for his …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMHurricane Sandy has left so many people confused, devastated and without their homes – and also thousands of animals separated from these families who are without food or shelter. Broa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:55PMCasting is now complete for the Broadway debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana and Victoria Clark, which begins previews at the Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:51PMTonight we're heading to see Daddy Long Legs at the new St James Theatre in Victoria.Megan McGinnis & Robert Adelman
Hancock in Daddy Long LegsThe intimate two-hander, adapted from Jean Web…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:50PMAccording to The Wrap, Jack Black, star of such films as 'School of Rock' and 'The Holiday' has revealed that he would like to see his upcoming comedy BERNIE brought to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival paid tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Abe Burrows at its 2012 Benefit, which was held on Sunday, November 18 at the Edison Ballroom.Burrows,
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMI had the opportunity to interview Sarah Lawrence College student Joshua Langman, a Junior, who is currently doing his second year of theater outreach. Once a week, Joshua and some of his cl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:40PMComplete casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway holiday run of "Project Runway" designer Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite, which will begin performances Nov. 24 at HER…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMBased on the modern Christmas film classic starring Will Ferrell and Bob Newhart, Elf is the story of Buddy, a human raised amongst Santa Claus' elves who leaves the North Pole for New York …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMGold medal-winning Olympic gymnasts Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman know a thing or two about flying high, so it was only natural that the country’s favorite Fierce Five…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMThe official cast recording for the Tony nominated Broadway musical Leap of Faith will be released digitally on December 4 and physically on December 18 by Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records.
Leap…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:25PMOn Nov. 20 the Grammy Hall of Fame announced the 27 new singles and albums that would be inducted for their distinct and historic qualities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMJack Black’s quirky movie Bernie is quite the murderous affair—and the comedian hopes the dark comedy will kill on Broadway, too, according to The Wrap. Black would love to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMMost artistic endeavours carry with them a fundamental and irrefutable acid test that establishes whether they have achieved their aim or not. If you laugh throughout a comedy, it’s fair t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMRowan Atkinson, who is preparing to star in Richard Eyre's West End-bound revival of Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray, has revealed he may turn his back on Mr Bean in favour of more stage …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:10PMCulture minister Ed Vaizey and Frances Osborne, wife of chancellor George Osborne, hosted a reception to “celebrate British theatre” at No 11 Downing Street this week. Leading figures fr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMNine years ago, Theatermania contributor and producer/writer Scott Siegel, who created Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, had an idea so old, it was new. "I though…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMAccording to Rolling Stone, Nikki Sixx, bassist of Mtley Cre has confirmed that his personal memoirs, THE HEROIN DIARIES A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A SHATTERED ROCK STAR is being adapted into a B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:07PMAll old-time variety acts had so-called ‘bill matter’ – short slogans that described them. Jackie Allen and Barbara chose Xylophonically Yours, an appropriate epithet for a fast-moving…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMI’m sure many people can relate to that scary moment when you look into your past yearbooks and see what you looked like 5, 10 or maybe 15 years ago! Well, we decided it would be enter…
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Jeff Goldblum, Amy Nuttal and Freddie Fox are set to appear in the 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala, which is being held by the Old Vic Theatre in London next month. The event, which will...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMIn the weeks leading up to The Lion King's recent 15th anniversary celebration, Nightline teamed up with the show's famed director Julie Taymor to look back at the production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMWhen Actors’ Equity decided to publish a history of its first 100 years, the union turned to an artist perfectly suited to capturing the great stars of the past century: Broadway.com&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AMFor the first time since she was let go as director of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Tony winner Julie Taymor discussed on camera her experience with that high-flying musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMPortraits of love, loss, grief, and courage are painted in the latest production of Inner Voices, a collection of three short solo musicals at the 30th Street Theater. Like most evenings tha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMWell, our time rehearsing in NYC has come to a close, and we are all preparing to journey up to Cambridge, MA where we will move into the theater at the A.R.T. We finished up this week with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMFamily Fun Pack season has arrived at the theater, which explains the Rodgers and Hammerstein “Cinderella” at the Olney Theatre Center that looks like a 1960s Rankin-Bass TV kids’ spec…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:28AM Today is the birthday of Rene Magritte (1898-1967). If he is not already the favorite painter of clowns everywhere, I nominate him for that position, by virtue of the strain of the ab…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:24AMGhostlight Records will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's short-lived musical Leap of Faith next month. Produced by Menken and Michael Kosarin wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMWalnut Street Theatre continues its season with an all-new production of Broadways five-time Tony Award-winning family musical, Meredith Willsons the Music Man. Directed and choreograph…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMSmash producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are hard at work on their forthcoming live telecast of The Sound of Music, and are hoping the TV special will air in time for Christmas 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMThe Delaware Theatre Company's production of Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, starring Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned, officially opened Nov. 20 at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMThe stars and creators of Cinderella reminisce about their childhood dreams and Broadway aspirations. Watch why this musical was truly “the impossible dream.”
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMToday is the birthday of Goldie Hawn (b. 1945). That is actually her real name. A lot of people make the erroneous assumption (at least I did) that she was just a go-go dancer who was hired …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AM"No More Revivals, Volume 1 From the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop" will be released by Sh-K-Boom Records. The album will feature performances by Alice Ripley, David Hy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMKathie Lee Gifford's musical depicts the rise and fall of famed '20s-era evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:06AMTwo River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey has announced full casting for the new musical A Wind in the Willows Christmas, playing December 8-30.This new work, based on the children's classic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMRugby Football Union defeats Viagogo in the supreme court over ownership of ticketing rights, policy and pricingPeople who sell tickets for profit on resale websites such as Viagogo and Seat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThe original Broadway cast album of of Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars, Frank Sinatra's single of the Kander and Ebb classic "New York, New York" and Elton John's self-t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMFind out if the butler did it when Goodspeed Musicals brings intrigue and amusement to the Opera House stage with its production of the musical whodunit Somethings Afoot. This hilarious musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMTough love. I had to give a little TL to a client who wanted to take the play to Broadway. It wasn’t that I didn’t think the play was good. I just didn’t think it belonge…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
THEATER REVIEW: "Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter" at Next Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter" at Next Theatre ★★★ ... Few shows that open…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:57AMChristmas is coming early for Tony-winning funnyman James Corden! The British actor will once again team up with One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean for the forthcoming holiday movi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMCheyenne Jackson has announced on his official website that the third single from his solo album, 'Don't wanna Know,' will be available for download starting December 18. The full album will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMHollywood actor Jeff Goldblum is to return to The Old Vic stage for this year’s “24 Hour Play” gala –where this year, for the first time ever, the productions will all be musical.
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:43AMThey grow ‘em cool in New Orleans but they also grow ‘em weird. (That “but” is for your benefit. If it ain’t weird, I ain’t interested). Dr. John (born Ma…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:41AMThe creators and cast of the musical NOW. HERE. THIS. and Vineyard Theatre, where the musical debuted Off-Broadway in March, will soon release an original cast recording for the show. Click …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMGhostlight Records will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the Tony-nominated musical, LEAP OF FAITH, featuring a roof-raising new score by Oscar and Tony- winning composer Alan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMthe Star has learned that Toronto’s Jake Epstein will be taking over the title role in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, still playing to sellout houses on Broadway.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:35AMFull casting has been announced for a new production of Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells, beginning performances at London's Donmar Warehouse Feb. 15, 2013, prior to an off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMToday in 2011, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 57 performances. In the concert, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, two B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMI am so excited to bring you a new series of interviews with another of Broadway's hardest working people, a true gypsy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood's Eric Sciotto! In the show, he's pa…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:21AMBroadway shows and stars highlight Santa's arrival in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:10AMThe Delaware Theatre Company presents The Outgoing Tide www.OutgoingTidePlay.com a new American play by Bruce Graham nominee of two Drama Desk Awards and The Rosenthal Prize for Coyote on a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMBurn off the Thanksgiving dinner by channelling your inner cheerleader and belting out your favorite song from Broadway's BRING IT ON for a chance to win tickets and more To enter, download …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThis year's previously announced 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala, to be held at London's Old Vic Dec. 9, has announced cast members that are confirmed to take part so far.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMThe Rep's production of "The Foreigner" reunites the director with most of the design team that was with him on the show's first outing there.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AM
Director Brian Golden takes on this ambitious, world premiere project. Most of the pacing trots right through the complex script, but some scene transitions get clunky as sidebar action get…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:56AMThe cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, will be released digitally Dec. 4 and physically Dec. 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMThe track list has been announced for the original cast recording of the Off-Broadway musical Now. Here. This.; funding for the CD was raised through Kickstarter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMNEW YORK (AP) — If you've ever fired up your computer and cringed in anticipation of what nasty emails await, pity Eve Ensler.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:45AMThe fourth and final in a series of short videos I have made discussing some of my favorite magical moments in music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:44AMCasting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse's forthcoming revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells.Directed by Joe Wright, whose film credits include Anna Karenina and A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:42AMDeadline reports that Tony Award-winner James Corden is set to lead the cast of Working Title's upcoming film SCHOOL FOR SANTAS. The project will reunite the 'One Man, Two Guvnors' star with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMStage and screen actor Cheyenne Jackson, recently seen on Broadway in the short-lived comedy The Performers, will release the third single from his upcoming 2013 album in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMLloyd Suh Hometown: Greenwood, Indiana Current Town: Brooklyn, New York Q: What are you working on now? A: The most immediate thing chronologically is a play called JESUS IN I…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:27AMStar Directs, Stars In 'The Killing Of Sister George' Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageNeed someone to play a potty-mouthed, ex…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:12AMThe Guardian (UK) 1/21/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:11AMBob Baker Marionette TheatreThe Mouse KingOur critic Deborah Klugman was smitten with the craftsmanship of Bob Baker's marionettes in the kids theater's seasonal Nutcracker show. Paul Bircha…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 09:00AM
BroadwayWorld invites you to enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Duncan Sheik live in Concert on Friday November 23 with special guests Courrier amp Alpha Rev at Gramercy Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMThe source material for this play, a novel written in 2010 by Matt Mikalatos, has been adapted for the stage by Mustard Seed's artistic director and director of this play, Deanna Jent, and i…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:55AMOh Good Grief. We are awash in hopeful holiday musicals. And THIS one is stupendous. Taken from a story the wonderful Jean Shepherd (Dan Lauria) told on the radio, and made into a 1983 mo…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 08:53AMThis is an extraordinary play. This is not an extraordinary production, but the text still wins out – luck for us.Gunner (Peter Strauss) is a man at the end of his rope. Alzheimer’s is…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 08:52AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #81, Eleanor Powell (for my full article on her go here). Here is what purports to be a clip of her live nightclub act: To find out more about the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:51AMHeadlined by Broadway star and American Idol veteran Constantine Maroulis and pop and R&B singing sensation Deborah Cox, Jekyll & Hyde has pumped up the vocals and ramped up the sex …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:49AMLast week I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to Tony Award-winning SPRING AWAKENING songwriter Duncan Sheik all about his staggering spate of upcoming stage projects - the musical stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMThe Druid, one of Ireland’s most celebrated stage companies, undertook the project to celebrate Tom Murphy’s work and to make the case for him as one of the world’s leading living play…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AMProduction Photos by Kim Bova of the Connecticut Repertory Theatre Production of OTHELLO.
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42AM“One relationship, infinite possibilities” is the publicity phrase for Nick Payne’s sparkling two-hander, seen earlier this year at the Royal Court and now concluding the Court’s ter…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:35AMThe Tony Award winning 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 Bro…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:30AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:28AMContinuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings,The Recording Academy announces the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame collection.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMI’ve had a soft spot
for the porn industry ever since a blind date turned out to be a cameraman in
the business and took me to the party of a producer he worked with. I was
reminded of tha…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:14AMWith Thanksgiving upon us, I thought you might be too distracted for our usual third Wednesday of the month “Theater Buff” profile. But not to worry, our man for November will be…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:11AM
R&B singer-songwriter plans stage version of successful 'hip-hopera' about one-night stand gone surreally awryDefecating midgets are hardly a Broadway staple, but R&B star R Kelly has raised…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMMy funny bone seems to have become rusty, not finding very funny nor satisfying the new Christopher Durang dysfunctional family comedy VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE which is playing in…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AMRoyal Albert Hall, London: Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond, One Direction, Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Andrea Bocelli, Alicia Keys, Placido Domingo and comedians Rhod Gilbert and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMThe Opening Night Party With A Christmas Story the Musical: A lot of fun was had at the bowling alley Lucky Strike's on 42nd and 12th
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:33AMDurham County Council, which owns the Gala Theatre, is investigating setting up a not-for-profit trust to run the venue from early 2014. The change in management, which would be applied to a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMEveryman Theatre moved into its new home on Fayette Street during the week of November 19, 2012. The administrative offices will be closed during this week in order to facilitate the move an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30AME. Faye Butler returns to Arena Stage as Sister Juba in Pullman Porter Blues. E. Faye fills us in on the history of The Pullman Porters and how they helped African Americans to come into t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30AMBruce Graham’s play insists that we face an end-of-life decision, not by squirming or turning away, but by laughing and only occasionally coming close to tears.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:29AMToday is the birthday of Francis Leon (b. Francis Patrick Glassey, 1844-1883), one of America’s first female impersonators. Trained as an operatic boy soprano, he went on the minstrel …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AMThis is the one article that got a way this month from Columnist Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’‘ This week: Finally, October Le…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:22AMThe Old Vic has announced some of the stars of its forthcoming 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala, which will take place on Sunday 9 December 2012.
The event, now in its ninth year, will see e…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:22AMMichael Billington said that a December opening of Ibsen's The Wild Duck signalled a season of Christmas quackers. He should, of course, be ashamed of himself, but the phrase comes to …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:16AMRarely does a theater company hope that its audience will die during a performance, but that’s exactly what dog & pony dc aspires to as it prepares its latest production, A Killing…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:08AMThe Dream Center (Aimee Semple McPherson’s church) has created a way for “Scandalous – The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson” to offer a different kind of…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:06AMSo called “Laureate of American lowlife” Charles Bukowski’s nostalgic poem “Two Toughs” revolves around a fleeting, golden moment when the sad sack narrator for once had the world …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
In an age of uncertainty, sometimes it’s nice to get exactly what you expect. The main ingredients in MetroStage’s holiday show, back for a third season at this cozy theatre space ne…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:19AMHeadlong and The Nuffield, Southampton will co-produce a new version of The Seagull next year, opening at the Nuffield in April.
Directed by rising star Blanche McIntrye, the production wi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:07AMFirst, let's hear it for the actors. Nick Dear's new play about the life and death of the poet Edward Thomas has two luminous performances by Pip Carter and Hattie Morahan, supported by a st…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 06:06AM"Call Me Adam" chats with actress, comedian, and singer Susie Mosher about starring in the hit Off-Broadway show "NEWSical the Musical" as well as other details of her life and career!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Annie - I caught an early preview of the classic Strouse-Charnin musical at the Palace. I have a dubious history with this one; the last time I saw it onstage was 21 years ago and while I d…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 12:32AMAfter recently appearing on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Broadway actress and cabaret artist Lauren Elder, an original cast member of the Broadway and West End productions of HAIR, will make her …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPodcast with American Masters creator SUSAN LACY from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Susan Lacy returns to Showbiz Chicago to discuss her latest American Masters episode, INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN. …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:23AMThe chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will step down at the end of the year after three years on the job.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:19AMThe chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts will step down at the end of the year after three years on the job.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:19AMThe holiday staple "A Christmas Story" is now a Broadway musical.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:13AMHair Rock - From B'way to H'woodby Christian Baines@XtianBainesBy any rational laws of musical theatre, 80’s hair rock jukeboxer Rock of Ages should never have got off the ground. Yet next…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMIn honour of the production of The Santaland Diaries, at Arts Club, here is the writer who inspired the play with his insanely odd (and David Sedar-esque) version of Silent Night...as sung b…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPaddy Chayefsky's Marty, starring Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand and directed by Delbert Mann, originally telecast on Goodyear Playhouse in...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Man--man was an animal which thought. By God he paid a price for it! Heaven and hell and conscience. Mystics...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMAugust Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson is one of the few in his 10-play “Century Cycle” that has not seen a major New York revival since its original Broadway production in 1985. The Si…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM"Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors' Equity Association and the Rise of American Theater" by Robert Simonson, a hardcover book commemorating AEA's 100 years of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTerminus, a "spoken-word Irish rap-opera" that was acclaimed in Toronto's SummerWorks Festival, gets a unique transfer — the cast and the audience of 200 inhabit the stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA new resident Chicago-area production of the musical Annie, produced by Paramount Theatre, begins Nov. 21 in Aurora, IL, starring Gene Weygandt (Broadway's Big, Chicago's Wicked) as…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1694 Birthday of French author François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778) whose satirical novel "Candide" served as source material for the 1956 Leonard Ber…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe evocative melody
of a recently acquired sound piece, “The Shallow Sea” by Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz, sets a lilting tone that lingers in the artfully arranged galleries …
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM 
