It’s a variation on the classic nightmare: finding yourself onstage in a dance recital — but you don’t know how to dance. And that’s exactly what happens in “Untrained,” the chee…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:58PMOne of the best things about the new off-Broadway drama “My Name Is Asher Lev” is how old-fashioned it is. Although there are moments of levity, the show isn’t afraid to be deeply earn…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:56PMI love variety shows and have longed for their return to the small screen. Well now I have hope, as Street Tempo Theatre brings the audience an early present of mayhem, laughs, and a sprinkl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:52PMNEW YORK (AP) — Lock up your ears — Mike Tyson's coming to a theater near you.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:47PMNEW YORK (AP) — How does a young man choose between his family and his artistic talent, and can the power of art rise above religious restrictions? Those are some of the issues addressed w…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:47PMThomas Cott’s recent round up of stories raising questions about whether arts organizations should accept funding from energy companies which are poisoning the environment through oil …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:36PMBROADWAY BOX OFFICEWeek #26; 31 ProductionsNovember 19 - 26, 2012Dead AccountsIn Previews:Dead Accounts - 8 previewsGlengarry Glen Ross - 5 previewsGolden Boy - 8 previewsThe …
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With Cinderella, the cast is talented enough, but they can only do so much with a tepid script and forgettable music. Not that every child will appreciate live theater, but when your target …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:57PMMike Tyson’s one-man Broadway show is hitting the road in February for a 10-week, 36-city tour that will take him to Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre on March 8 for three performanc…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:51PMThe multi-talented Julia Mattison will be joining the cast Missed Connections An Exploration into the Online Postings of Desperate Romantics for the December 3 performance at The Laurie Beec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMIf the BSO wanted to make a statement about where it might be headed based on the strong artistic results of the current season, it certainly could have. That it didn’t is a missed opportu…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:34PMThe stars of the stage adaptation of Chaim Potok's enduring tale of a young artist struggling in a cloistered Hasidic community explain why the play would be moving no matter where it is…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:27PMBy Judd Hollander
Tasting like a delicious farcical soufflé, with a side offering of ribald humor and heaping helpings of tongue twisters and circular logic tossed in, The Pearl Theatre …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:24PMBy Judd Hollander
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Guilt, despair, the malicious sting of unsubstantiated gossip, the fine line between comedy and pathos, and the endless boredom of a never-changin…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:22PMNEW YORK — Martin Richards, the Tony Award-winning producer behind such Broadway hits as ‘‘On the Twentieth Century,’’ ‘’Sweeney Todd,’’ and ‘‘The Will Rogers Follies,�…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:21PMNot only is the hottest stage show in town now in its last days – For The Record: Scorsese – but the food they at this cozy little supper club serve is well worth the visit. Tucked away …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:04PMA handful of opera companies in Canada are seeking to revive the medium by subverting its stuffy reputation
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 08:00PMAdapting a novel to the stage is a tricky proposition, especially one told in the first person. You can wind up with long monologues delivered by a narrator standing center stage with nothin…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00PM
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Wilder Times, Aurora Theatre Company. By Sam Hurwitt I know he’s a fellow Berkeley High alum and all, but I could never get into Thornton Wilder. I’ve seen polis…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:58PMNeil Patrick Harris directs two acclaimed young magicians at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PMThe cast of BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL, recently performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the cast chronicled their entire experience. Check out a behind the scenes video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMThe money will allow expansion of both the audience served and the players taking part.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:41PMThe new Broadway revival of Anything Goes, Cole Porters timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, opens at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre on November 28, 2012 at 8 p.m., and co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMPlaywright Rob Mersola wondered about a setting for his next play and found his inspiration in the world of hoarding. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:30PMThe former boxing champ's one-man show, directed by Spike Lee, will hit 36 cities over 10-weeks next year.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:29PMShoshana Bean is best known for her roles in Broadway's Wicked and Hairspray. She has performed solo concerts around the world and headlined in the Las Vegas Burlesque revue Peepshow opposit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMFor Quiara Alegría Hudes, whose Pulitzer Prize winner, “Water by the Spoonful,” begins a run in New York this month, writing plays keeps her tethered to her family and hometown, Philade…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PM(Editor’s note: All of the quotes are taken from Undesirable Elements by Ping Chong, now available from TCG Books.) Something clicked for me with theatre, in my senior year of high sch…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:12PMAssassins
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The one-night only benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim's controversial work, Assassins, is almost sold out.
The 2004 Tony Award-winning produc…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:06PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Lock up your ears - Mike Tyson's coming to a theater near you....
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Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonAlthough it famously flopped on Broadway in 1981, this Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical has been re-evaluated in fine British revivals at Leicester Hayma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMBilly Connolly was a guest on CONAN earlier this week. WATCH HERE as he tells Conan about smoking a bible. Yes, smoking a bible. Connolly brings his uncensored, uncut and unpredictable stand…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:57PMSomething new on the holiday entertainment scene this season is the Chicago premiere of “The Gifts of the Magi” at Porchlight Theatre. The musical by Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain co…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:54PMThe world premiere of The Second Citys A Christmas Carol Twist Your Dickens, a hilarious take on Charles Dickens classic Christmas tale, opens tomorrow, November 29 at the Center Theatre Gro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information A climate change discussion at @RTC_NYC’s IF THERE I…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMGov. Dannel P. Malloy 's $150 million in immediate cuts to deal with a looming deficit has an effect on many arts, cultural, heritage and tourism organizations.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45PMChaplin the Musical
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The highly acclaimed new Broadway musical production of Chaplin will release its Original Broadway Cast Album in January 2013.
Chaplin the Musicalfollows t…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:44PMAt first glance, it may appear as if the musical characters Joseph, Danny Zuko and Annie do not have a lot in common. However, what ties them together is that the actors and actresses behind…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:42PMBackstage at Wicked, star Alli Mauzey has loaded her dressing room with fan-made Glinda and Elphaba dolls, mucus solvent, healthy snacks and at least one toy crocodile... or is it an alligat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMIf opera star Nathan Gunn came up with his own version of “The 12 Days of Christmas,” it might go something like this: Twelve drummers drumming behind his “Once Upon a Christmas” per…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:40PMWhen a pop culture phenomenon grabs the attention of millions, it’s only a matter of time before a parody makes an appearance. The Twilight vampires and werewolves, Harry Potter’s magica…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:40PMIt wouldn’t be the holidays without “jazz hands.” About Face Theatre’s “Three Lizas” is a holiday musical classic in the making. This queer fantasia is equal parts “A Christmas…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:40PMEvita star Michael Cerveris and his band Loose Cattle will join musician Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys for the fourth annual Bye Bye Hurricane Season Party benefit concert. The perform…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMOk, so the project isn’t officially a go, but Broadway stars James Barbour and Jill Paice—leads of the ill-fated Broadway musical Rebecca—are hoping the now defunct sh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMOPENING CHARLES DICKENS BEGRUDGINGLY PERFORMS ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL.’ AGAIN. The Building Stage presents Blake Montgomery’s solo show — an “absurdist and heartfelt tribute to the firs…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:36PMMaureen McGovern
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Two-time Grammy Award-nominated singer, Maureen McGovern, will headline at New York City's newest Broadway nightclub in December 2012.
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:30PMMel Brooks’ name is always gold, but he was never hotter than in the mid 1970s. In 1975 in the wake of his two smash box office hits Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, he and tw…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:25PMPhish front man Trey Anastasio rocked the legendary Birdland in NYC with an impromptu performance on Monday night. The iconic guitaristcomposersinger was in the house cheering co-writer Aman…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMMike Tyson is returning to the stage to do his one-man show in theaters around the United States.
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 05:14PMKERRY REID reviews "American Storm" by Theatre Seven of Chicago ★★★ and "Six Stories Tall" by Adventure Stage Chicago ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "American St…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:11PM“The rising sea will not pick and choose its victims. And we can tip-toe around it, or we can face it head on.” – George in If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet “The title is a respo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:06PMAs sparring siblings Jack and Lorna, Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes let audiences in on all the family drama in their new comedy Dead Accounts. Check out your first video look at this bra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:05PMSitting down with Mr. Benny Ambush to talk about his work with Emerson Stage, I was struck by the sense of showmanship that blends into his every motion. Mr. Ambush has been a prolific contr…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMThe Unicorn Theatre is preparing to celebrate the holidays in its own subversive way.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 05:00PM
something you should know, before we let this ship out of the port:I haven't posted to this blog since probably 2010. i haven't used Blogger in ages. Between the years 2005 and 2010, I kept …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 04:57PMAssociated Press 2 lead actors and director of upcoming Broadway musical about Motown visit Hitsville, USA By Mike Householder DETROIT — The stars of the upcoming Broadway musical about Mo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:54PMThe Neo-Futurist Prime-Time Season is fast approaching its next offering, Analog, created by Kurt Chiang and directed by Tif Harrison.For an inside look at the creation of this unique s…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 04:52PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a special talkback at If There Is I Havent Found It Yet on the topic of climate change following the 200pm performance on Sunday, December 9. The tal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMMaureen McGovern the two time Grammy Award nominated vocalist and actress will perform her acclaimed show Home For The Holidays in New York with an exclusive engagement at 54 Below from De…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMStefanie Wiens (by Bruce Monk)The Unseen Statue by Edgar GovernoMiracles are always just around the corner. They happened to someone we used to know, they're sure to save us from this m…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:39PM“Some problem with the nuclear thing again …” Such is the breezy way locals in a remote New Mexico community shrug off a declared state of emergency following a nearby ura…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:33PMYep, there actually was an episode of This Is Your Life that featured a Hiroshima survivor meeting one of the pilots who dropped the bomb. Now there's even a play about it, written by Cusi C…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 04:33PMDavid Mamet’s “The Anarchist” on Broadway, Los Angeles Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” a “Book of Mormon” coffee table book, David Yazbek in concer…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:31PMPodcast with Phillip Dawkins & Seth Bockley from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Playwright Phillip Dawkins & Director Seth Bockley discuss their new play Failure: A Love Story which is …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:28PMLast year, over 84,000 people experienced a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil amp Schnbergs legendary musical, LES MISRABLES. Now, due to overwhelming demand, LES MISRABLES re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presents SAINT JOAN George Bernard Shaw's most celebrated play on Monday, December 17 at 7pm at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMJust about everyone who has seen it is saying that the new revival
of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is not to be missed. And they’re right.
This latest version of Edward Albee…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 04:17PMHalf Hour 2: A Last Minute Concert, featuring a host of Broadway understudies, played The Laurie Beechman Theatre Nov. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMGoodness gracious great balls of fire! One night. Sun Records studio. And the four great legends of music— December 4, 1956 brought together ‘The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ &#…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:07PM
Tony nominee Marin Ireland has joined the cast of the upcoming FOX drama The Following, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ireland will play Amanda, a sweet but fragile woman. She will app…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMTheater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMTony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes co-star in the Broadway premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new black comedy Dead Accounts — about an Ohio family whose prodiga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMBy: Ron Hutchinson 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:47PMTony Award winner Nikki M. James is leaving the wilds of Uganda, at least for one night. And she's not going to Sal Tlay Ka Siti.The Book of Mormon star will play the title role in Project S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:46PM“As working, and sometimes non-working, actors, we’re focused on paying the bills. It’s only in the rehearsal room and on the stage that we can remember why we do all this. Bec…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:45PMThe National Endowment for the Artsgave out its lastest round of grants, giving 12 Connecicut arts organizations a total of $345,000 for various projects.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:45PMThe Franklin Performing Arts Company is holding a free holiday musical performance of “Humbug!” for members of area youth organizations at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Thomas D. Mercer Audi…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:40PMJulian Fellowes, the Drama Desk Award-nominated book writer of Disney's Mary Poppins and creator of "Downton Abbey," has signed on to write and produce a new period drama for N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMMatchmaker Matchmaker I'm Willing to Settle!, a new musical described as "a musical guide to Internet dating," will be presented in a one-night-only concert Nov. 30 at Ars Nova…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMCloying but cumulatively endearing, the songs soften the Christmastide story; Rachel Rockwell’s production values are Paramount-proud. But they can’t disguise the fact that Annie is basi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:20PMSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark celebrated its 2nd anniversary on Broadway the evening of Nov. 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMBroadway actor Christian Borle, producer Sue Frost, and hair designer Paul Huntley will be honored at Transport Group's annual gala, "Gimme A Break!," the theater company announced Wedn…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:09PMTheaters Should Collaborate on Joint Gift CampaignNotice that the latest trend in gift-giving is the "experiential gift?"
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:05PMAs socko finishes go, few comedies can match the one William Shakespeare came up with 400-plus years ago for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The mirthfully tragic “Pyramus and Thisbe”…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:01PMThere can't be too many children's stage shows that could cite Martin Scorsese's mafia movie GoodFellas as an artistic influence, and less still that have drawn on Thomas Mann's tortured hom…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:00PMDancing Wheels Company presents "Fast Forward/Rewind," a program of works by current and former members, Friday at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Cleveland.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Stu for Silverton, a new musical by singer-songwriter Breedlove, will premiere next summer as part of the Intiman Theatre's four-play season in Seattle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMIt takes some nerve for a playwright to adapt a fellow playwright’s work, especially since most reworkings come a cropper.
The post A White-Hot Reworking: <em>Mies Julie</em> a…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:54PMIt’s seldom that Howard Breitbart, one of Washington’s most sought-after pianist/musical directors, has an opening in his schedule. If not working for the major musicals producer…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:51PMA special newsstand-only Vogue Best Dressed 2012 issue just hit newsstands, and Tony winner Nina Arianda has been singled out for her “fashion prowess.” Though the magazine notes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:50PMAh, the impending threat of death. What a warm and cozy feeling it is to know that each day presents new opportunities to face our own uncertain demise. Happy Holidays! In the fantastically …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 02:48PMNominations for The Film Independent Spirit Awards, which celebrate artist-driven filmmaking and recognize the finest achievements of today's independent filmmakers, were announced Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMTroika Entertainment's tour of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story officially opened Oct. 29 at the Clemens Cent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMThe Latin pop star-turned-Broadway actor will take his final bow as Che on Jan. 26.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:44PMBruce Lazarus has been named the new executive director of Samuel French Inc., overseeing company strategy, marketing and business affairs, the play publishing and live performance rights or…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMThe Valley Performing Arts Center at California State University Northridge has been chosen to receive an Architecture Merit Award from USITT, the United States Institute for Theatre Technol…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:37PMThe Transport Group will honor Tony winner Christian Borle, Tony-winning producer Sue Frost and designer Paul Huntley at their Gimme a Break! benefit gala. Scheduled for December 10 at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PMWhat makes a great stage actor? As a competition to find Britain's best am-dram society gets under way, old hands Roger Allam, Miriam Margolyes and others offer a few words of adviceRoger Al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMThe original cast recording of Broadway's Chaplin, which preserves Christopher Curtis' original score for the show at the Barrymore Theatre, will be available from Masterworks Broadway via d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMWhat makes a great stage actor? As a competition to find Britain's best am-dram society gets under way, old hands Roger Allam, Miriam Margolyes and others offer a few words of advice Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMThe hit musical Annie has brought plenty of American optimism to folks during hard times, so it was fitting for Lilla Crawford to bring that same sense of patriotism to the cr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM Last week you all nominated who you thought was Broadway’s Sexiest Man Alive. Now it’s time to put those nominations to the test and VOTE! We’ve tallied up all the n…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:19PMIn the 25 years since Robert Harling spent 10 days writing a play in honor of his late sister, Steel Magnolias has become an enduring story of female friendship told with an irresistible mix…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMThe York Theatre Company will kick off its NEO Reading Series of new work with a free reading of Sean Berry and Jenny Giering's Saint Ex Dec. 17 at 7 PM at The York Theatre at Saint Pete…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMDue to popular demand, The Den Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of THE QUALITY OF LIFE has added an additional week of performances – extending through December 9, 2012 at the D…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:16PMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien opens tomorrow at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Str…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:15PMThey’ve got big shoes to fill, but at least The Book of Mormon’s newest Elders look the part! Actors Matt Doyle and Will Blum are the latest duo to take the stage as Elders Price…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMLOS ANGELES, CA
Other Desert Cities Comes Home to the Golden State
JoBeth Williams, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Weigert, Robert Foxworth and Michael Weston play the dysfunctional Wyeth family in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road across the United States early next year.
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:13PMBroadway’s Ann will begin previews on February 18, 2013, prior to officially opening on March 7. The production will perform at The Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center.
Th…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:07PMChicago Residents of Chicago’s Northwest Side do not have to head downtown to enjoy classical music this holiday season. The Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra (NCSO), which brings toget…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:03PMLilla Crawford, star of Annie on Broadway, sang The Star Spangled Banner at MetLife Stadium, New York before the Giants game on November 25, 2012. Check out the performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMPlaywright Donald Margulies and director Bart DeLorenzo finally tie the gift bow on a legacy from the late Gil Cates, as Christmas on Coney Island opens this week at Geffen Playhouse. READ …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:00PM
Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ 2012/13 season continues with How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence by Miles Harvey, directed by Edward Torres, with artistic consulting by Kel…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:59PMThe Department of Theatre at Millikin University in Decatur, IL, will present the Shakespearean tragedy MACBETH starting December 5 thru 9 at the Albert Taylor Theatre. Watch the video below…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMBefore returning to Broadway in Cinderella, Laura Osnes sings selections from her forthcoming 54 Below solo show spotlighting the music of Tony-winning composer Maury Yeston.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMTransport Group presents GIMME A BREAK an evening of performances honoring Christian Borle, Sue Frost, and Paul Huntley at it's benefit gala on December 10, 2011 at the Asia Society and Muse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMFloating around the Internet is a video of a pre-”Clueless” Paul Rudd hard at work as a bat mitzvah D.J. in the San Fernando Valley in 1992. In shorts, Dr. Martens, a baseball cap, a can…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:44PMThe York Theatre Company will present the first reading of new works in the new program NEO Reading Series Saint Ex, with Book amp Lyrics by Sean Berry and Music by Jenny Giering. Directed b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMPhoto- Michael LamontOkay, I'm just going to get through this one fast - that way I won't dread writing it.The Pianist of Willesden Lane (at ArtsEmerson through December 16), a memory play p…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:43PMFlat Rock Playhouse, in partnership with Pardee Hospital and Pardee Hospital Foundation, presents the world premiere of Chase Brock's adaptation of The Nutcracker beginning Nov. 28 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMThis talent-packed production has all the right ingredients – but falls short of excellence, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:36PMThe choreographer’s two apparently disparate dances reveal a subtle, shared make-up, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:36PMMusic, dancing, singing, schmoozing and lots of good times were in order earlier this month during the two-day Jewish Folk Arts Festival held at Tifereth Israel Congregation in the District …
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 01:17PMSimon Russell Beale leads the cast in a revival of Peter Nichols' PRIVATES ON PARADE, the first production in the Michael Grandage Company's glittering West End season. Come on our hosted Wh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:04PMYou may know Benjamin Walker as an actor who plays U.S. Presidents on stage (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and screen (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). And surely you know that he is set to…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:04PMThe Newton Cultural Alliance is collaborating with 40 local businesses and 100 artists and musicians to present the Arts Stroll & Shop on Dec. 2 from noon to 6 p.m. in Newton Centre.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:02PM
TVline reports that Laurie Metcalf will star in an upcoming medical comedy pilot for HBO titled GETTING ON. The actress joins cast members Alex Borstein and Niecy Nash on the project.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMA government report examining how to increase philanthropy in regional cultural organisations recommends that arts chief executives should lead the fundraising effort rather than delegating …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMThe shelf containing book-length critical writing on William Gaddis’ novels is short, but growing. A more comprehensive and exhaustive bibliography of the critical literature can be fo…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:51PMBetty White, Liza Minnelli, Wendie Malick and Tamara Tunie were on hand for opening night of Michael Feinstein's "A Gershwin Holiday" engagement at Feinstein's at Loews Reg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMTonight we're heading to see the star-laden West End revival of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, starring Ken Stott, Samuel West, Anna Friel and Downton Abbey's Laura Carmichael.Stott and West star as…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:23PMThe cast album of Chaplin will be available via digital download on December 4, with the CD to hit stores on Janauray 8, 2013. The album will be released by Masterworks Broadway.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMToday in 1981, Merrily We Roll Along closed at the Alvin Theatre now the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances. Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMSILENCE! The Musical will end its triumphant 18-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:15PMThe new Disney musical Newsies received Actors' Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Sixth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus Nov. 27 in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMBroadway and film star Robby Benson and Tony nominee Josh Young are set to star in the upcoming special invitational presentation of selections from the original new musical AMAZING GRACE, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PM‘Glorious.” Yes, taken directly from the mouth of the reconstructed Ebenezer Scrooge himself, the word might just be the ideal adjective to describe the Goodman Theatre’s 35th annivers…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:06PMDEAD ACCOUNTS, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack OBrien stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMThe original Broadway cast album of Chaplin, the musical about the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, will be released digitally by Masterworks Broadway Dec. 4. The CD will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld.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 12:01PMThe summer before I started applying for colleges, I was visiting one of my close friends who lived on the Jersey Shore before it was time to head back to school. The night before I left, he…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMRupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood is enjoying a celebrated Broadway revival, which opened to acclaim Nov. 13 at Studio 54 under the wings of the Rounda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMUnder the brotherly eye of Norbert Leo Butz, Katie Holmes settles some Dead Accounts in Theresa Rebeck's new Broadway play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Mike Tyson is getting his act together and taking it on the road.The renowned boxer and stage veteran will embark on a national tour with his Spike Lee-helmed one-man show, Mike Tyson: Undis…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:56AMLower Ossington Theatre site of 19 eclectic concerts between now and Dec. 22.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:53AMMasterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical CHAPLIN. Produced by Grammy-winner David Lai, the album will available via digital download on Dec…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:48AMThe producers of the new Broadway musical Chaplin have announced that AWA Partners is putting together a US national tour that will launch in the fall of 2014, with plans for an internati…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:45AMA brutally honest, raw, and sad tale told by Samuel D. Hunter over on 42nd Street at Playwrights Horizons. What do you get when you combine a morbidly obese man, an estranged daughter,…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:45AMThe Broadway grosses have recently told me two things. First, Kathie Lee Gifford is not a very good salesperson. Second, not everyone in the world is going to see Who's Afraid of Virginia Wo…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:44AMEmmy winner and Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf is set to star in the HBO pilot Getting On, according to TV Line. Alex Borsetin (Family Guy) and Niecy Nash (Reno 911!) w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMThe new musical Amazing Grace, the backstory of the famous spiritual song of the title, will get a Manhattan reading Dec. 11-12 featuring Broadway and film star Robby Benson and Tony Award n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello returned to Broadway this fall playing the title role in Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. Playbill.com looks back at C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMNBC celebrates the lighting of the world's most famous Christmas tree with a live broadcast of "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" Nov. 28 at 8 PM ET; check local listings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMby Brad Hathaway with contributions from: Ro Boddie, Bob Butler, Mark Chalfont, Ben Demers, John Hauge, Aaron Posner, Hunter Styles, Tim Treanor and Lorraine Treanor How to operate the table…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:23AMCulture secretary Maria Miller has dismissed recent comments by culture heads criticising the government's arts funding cuts as "disengenous" and "close to pure fiction".In a comment piece f…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:19AMToday is the birthday of William Blake (1757-1827). To mark the occasion, a selection that applies to so many of the souls I’ve written about in these pages. It is from his Songs of I…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:19AMPeacock, DublinA Belfast pub, a man drinking pints, and a barman staring vacantly at a television screen: the opening scene of Owen McCafferty's new play is deceptively downbeat. There is so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMOn November 30, join Broadway legend and famed lyricist Sheldon Harnick with his actressphotographer wife Margery Gray Harnick to present their new book, The Outdoor Museum not your usual im…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMLaunched in 2010, program has already provided grants to 37 local groups
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:17AMGrammy Award-winning international pop icon Ricky Martin as Che, Olivier Award-winning Argentinean actress Elena Roger as Eva Perón and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris as Juan Per�…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:15AMShakespeare's Globe -- the famous outdoor theater venue in London -- will honor its late founder, the once-blacklisted American actor-director Sam Wanamaker, by naming a new indoor stage af…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15AMNEW YORK (AP) — Yvonne Strahovski is making her Broadway debut this fall, which is pretty cool, especially since she's never actually caught a Broadway show before.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:14AMFrom cast to choreography, Centenary Stage Company production is a delight
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:12AMAre you ready to bring it Show us by uploading a video of yourself singing your favorite BRING IT ON song The grand prize winner will receive 2 tickets to show, dinner for two and a signed c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMPhoenix, LondonI've never read Michelle Magorian's 1981 novel for young readers on which David Wood's adaptation is based, but I was struck by the story's debt to Oliver Twist: in both, a se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMOn December 3rd, 2012 at 7pm, Anthony Rapp RENT and Austin Peck One Life to Live will lead a staged reading of Deleted Scenes at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 W 42nd Street. The reading m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMJenna Russell has become London’s go-to star in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. She played Young Sally in Follies back in 1988, won the 2007 Olivier Award for Dot/Marie in Sunday in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMAnime Momotaro Premieres On The East Coast An Action-Packed Anime Adventure January 30 – March 10, 2013 Anime Momotaro is a staging of a famous Japanese folktale that teaches powerful le…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06AMBroadway's buffest bods are already preparing to show off their assets in the new year. Broadway Bares, the popular annual striptease fundraiser produced by and benefitting Broadway Care…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMAnthony Rapp (Rent) and Austin Peck ("One Life to Live") will take part in a staged reading of Deleted Scenes, a new play based on the 2007 Ryan Gielen film of the same title, Dec.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe Book of Mormon has hit the Bay Area! The first show was on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 and twitter was blowing up with some awesome tweets about the show! Here are some of my favorites…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 11:03AMNEW YORK—Yvonne Strahovski is making her Broadway debut this fall, which is pretty cool, especially since she's never actually caught a Broadway show before.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:02AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Yvonne Strahovski is making her Broadway debut this fall, which is pretty cool, especially since she's never actually caught a Broadway show before....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:01AMBroadway lost one of the great Producers on Monday, when Marty Richards passed on to the Great White Way in the sky. Just look at these credits: On The Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd, Gra…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSILENCE! The Musical will end its triumphant 18-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews…
SOURCE: www.timessquaregossip.com at 11:00AM
In the final element of the DANCING WITH THE STARS ALL STAR competition, the three finalists performed an Instant Dance routine. They were given their music and dance style just minutes befo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMMr. Richards won an Oscar for the film adaptation of the musical “Chicago” 27 years after he helped bring it to Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:58AMAndrea McArdle, who is currently playing a limited engagement in the Off-Broadway musical revue Newsical, will play the title role in two upcoming productions of the Jerry Herman classic Mam…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMAfter a limited summer engagement on Broadway, Mike Tyson is bringing his one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth on tour. Directed by Academy Award nominee Spike Lee and created by A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMThe 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 10:45AMSPIDER-MAN just celebrated its second year on Broadway hear what Jujamcyn Theatres owner Jordan Roth had to say on the show's success, plus upcoming shows CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, LUCKY GUY, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMThe Living for Today benefit concert, Back to the Drawing Board, which was canceled in October due to Hurricane Sandy, has been rescheduled for Jan. 28, 2013. Alice Ripley, Candice Berg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMTroika Entertainment's tour of WEST SIDE STORY, the breathtaking revival based on Arthur Laurent's Broadway direction, kicked off at the at the Clemens Center in Elmira, NY on October 29, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMTimesTalks just welcomed Marion Cotillard. TimesTalks events take place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purchase advance tickets, whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMInside the new Broadway dramedy The Broadway premiere of a new play is always a major event, but sometimes, it can feel refreshingly modest for the artists involved. Take Dead Accounts, the …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:33AMEvery third Wednesday of the month (or thanks to the holiday, the fourth Wednesday), a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:32AMA Christmas Carol, directed by Tim Carroll and starring Dominic Gerrard, is due to be staged at the V&A museum next month. The one-man adaptation by Gerrard of Charles Dickens’ novel w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:32AMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced that Audra McDonald has signed on as the official host of the landmark PBS series Live From Lincoln Center. The acclaimed singer/actre…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AM"Les Miserables" just pulled even further ahead on Oscar's Best Picture track as another one of our pundits, Michael Musto (Village Voice), jumped on the pony, dropping "Z…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThis week they are joined onstage by Kathleen Chalfant as Sunny Jacobs, William Marshall as Delbet Tibbs Chris Sarandon as Kerry Max Cook, and Roger Waters as Gary Gaugher, as part of the ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMToday, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced that acclaimed actor, Neil Patrick Harris will host the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting on December 6.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe Project Shaw series will continue Dec. 17 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMAward-winning musical about 2006 serial killings in Ipswich to receive production by Canadian Stage Company in 2014Ipswich might be a long way from Ontario, but the distance will shrink in j…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMJoe Hill-Gibbons’s production of The Changeling has created an electric atmosphere. But while it definitely packs a punch and creates some superb comedy, I felt it lacked heart. The Young …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:19AMOver holidays, ticket sales for Broadway plays can be erratic. Even though most productions closed for Thanksgiving, many made up for it with a special matinee performances for families on F…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:18AMThis thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio with four major talents who came together as a red-hot rock n roll band for one unforgettable night. Dont miss your chance to be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMBroadway singing actor James Barbour will return to Sardi's next month for his annual holiday season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMFeinstein's at Loews Regency continues its Fall 2012 season with two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein. Celebrating the release of his new book The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMDorothy Loudon wasn't working. Neither was Annie.
Loudon, by the mid-1970s, had gone into a semi-voluntary semi-retirement. The Women, in 1973, was the last of a half-dozen promising Broad…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:05AMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is now in its 2nd smash year on Broadway, and has been seen by more than 1 million audience members from around the world. It features music and lyrics by 22-tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMA U.S. national tour of the Broadway musical “Chaplin: The Musical” will launch in fall 2014, with an international tour to follow. The Broadway production of the musical, that details t…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMCulture minister Ed Vaizey has defended the coalition government’s record on arts funding, following a series of scathing attacks from leading theatre industry figures. In a letter to The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM
Trailers for theatre shows are becoming important tools for arts marketers. Here is a roundup of the five best trailers that we’ve found for November – from the dramatic and high…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:56AMThe first pictures from Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory, directed by Maria Friedman
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMConductor Courtney Lewis will take over the Sunday matinee.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:50AM Opening Tonight at Film Forum Tonight Film Forum launches the US premiere of Jay Bulger’s BEWARE OF MR. BAKER, which recieves receiving a national release January 25. The film is a …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:44AMActors' Playhouse will welcome back Broadway star Janet Dacal and fan favorite Christopher A. Kent as they star in Jason Robert Brown's Drama Desk Award-winning musical The Last Five Years f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMBroadway Sessions, which is described as "an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week," continues Nov. 29 at The Laurie Beechman…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMBush, LondonLewis and Morgan are married and appear settled. True, the tiny studio flat they bought at the height of the property boom is now in negative equity, though lack of space won't s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMDeadline reports that Universal will release LES MISERABLES in digital IMAX theaters throughout the UK beginning January 11. Tom Hooper's highly anticipated film is set to open in North Amer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMNick Gandiello Hometown: Baldwin, NY. Long Island. Current Town: Harlem. Q: What are you working on now?
A: I finished a first draft about a month ago, so now I'm in that weird p…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:25AMLegit News:
Producers set industry presentations in N.Y.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:24AMMike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, which played a limited Broadway engagement in August, will begin a national tour next year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMSee Jake Gyllenhaal's acclaimed performance in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of IF THERE IS I HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET, now in its final 19 performances
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AM"Ten years after its New York premiere, The Exonerated still has the power to unsettle." - NY Times. Celebrating the ten year anniversary of their ground-breaking and thought-provoking docu-…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:12AMWriter and former children’s laureate Michael Rosen has been appointed as guest director of this year’s Brighton Festival, which celebrates arts across the city. As part of the event, a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMToday is the birthday of Harry Carroll (1892-1962), one of the great Tin Pan Alley songwriters, author of several well-known hits including “By the Beautiful Sea”, “By the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AMQuasimodo, a musical by Lionel Bart, will receive its world premiere at the King’s Head Theatre in London next year. The musical will feature a cast of eight, yet to be announced. Bart wro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AM“The Miss Firecracker Contest” is coming to Broadway this spring and will star Amber Tamblyn. Opening dates, theater and additional casting will be announced at a later date. The Beth He…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMBach Choir/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall
”The scribes on all the people
shove and bawl allegiance to the state, But they who love the greater love lay
down their …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AMHave you seen the videos from Sam Salmond’s concert this month? If you haven’t, you’re missing out on some of the coolest new songs I’ve heard all year. I had previou…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AMMaida Withers is an artist with extraordinary gifts for dance and choreography. She loves not know and is as interested in the discovery as in the performance. And artist who has reinvented …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre, has reiterated his concerns about the risk to regional theatres posed by funding cuts, warning it could lead to a repetition o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMShakespeare’s wife’s cottage is under threat from a housing development planned for the area behind the site, according to campaigners who object to the proposals. Members of the Save Sh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMANNA KARENINA is acclaimed director Joe Wrights bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, stirringly adapted from Leo Tolstoys great novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMIt may be billed as a Victorian farce, but watching The Magistrate is probably the closest any of us will ever come to seeing a pantomime at the National Theatre. Though lacking in “he…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:41AMAlison Croggon recently announced that she was hanging up the “Gone fishing” sign at her blog Theatre Notes after eight years. In her “Last Post,” she writes: The rea…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:32AMAfter months of speculating and rumor, Drury Lane has finally cast its Norma Desmond for their upcoming production of Sunset Boulevard. (In fact, I heard from multiple sources that Tony winn…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:28AMWe have now been in Cambridge for a week and are in the full swing of tech. I explained in my last blog that this is the part of the process when the show is moved out of the rehearsal room …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMThe tremendous success and rave reviews elicited by this "Orfeo" are due in large part to Boston Early Music Festival's superb orchestra and cast of eight singers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:17AMThe $50,000 NEA grant will help L.A.'s Latino Theater Company create the National Latino Theater Festival and Conference, set for 2014 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.Ten new plays produce…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM
Jermyn Street Theatre, London: Written in 1975, Boy Meets Boy is a sparkling musical comedy set against the backdrop of the abdication crisis in pre-war Britain. The big difference is that t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMMasterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical CHAPLIN. Produced by Grammy-winner David Lai, the album will be available via digital download on D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:47AMThe Evening Standards' honouring of individual stars such as Simon Russell Beale and Lolita Chakrabarti belies the fact that their productions were ensemble effortsJames Corden began Sunday …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMLaurie Sansom has announced his final season as artistic director of the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, which includes the world premiere of the stage adaptation of To Sir, With Love and r…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Equity stands to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds after being ordered to pay costs as part of a defamation hearing that ran for four years. As reported in The Stage earlier this month, t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMLegit News:
'Undisputed Truth' launches U.S. tour in February
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43AMHyde Park Winter Wonderland, London: Wild autumn winds may be buffeting the surrounding Wonderland, but inside the Zippos tent all is warm and twinkly for a seasonal circus especially for th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMTheatre Royal Newcastle chief executive Philip Bernays has warned that a planned 100% cut to its local council funding will have a knock-on effect on the kind of work it programmes. Newcastl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM‘X Factor’ phenom and her brother talk music, TV and being No. 1 Carly and Russ Sonenclar, earlier this fall, before Carly’s meteoric “X Factor” rise. Courtesy …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:00AMHonest, Abe, nice comeback.
One hundred and 47 years after he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln is pop culture’s Commander-in-Chief.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Production photos have been released for Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which opens tonight (28 November 2012).
Damian Humbley & Mark Umbers
Based on the play by …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:51AMShakespeare's Globe has announced a new indoor venue to allow audiences to see plays all year round.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:36AMPhoenix, London: Originally staged at Chichester Festival Theatre last year and then toured, this show has matured and developed. A 1940s wartime reworking of the Silas Marner story in which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AMChichester Festival Theatre's production of Kiss Me, Kate opened at the Old Vic last night (27 November 2012), having transferred to London.Cole Porter's 1948 Tony-Award-winning musical focu…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:20AMStephen Joseph, Scarborough: Well now, Cinderella (a spirited Martina Horrigan) actually lives in Scarborough, her parents take tourists around the bay in their boat, the wicked stepmother c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AMPaul Robinson has announced his first season as sole artistic director of Theatre503 in Battersea.
Opening in January, highlights include the launch of the 503 New Writing Award as well as…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:17AMWhen they danced cheek-to-cheek in those romantic screwball screen musicals of the 1930s, only one of the said cheeks tended to sport stubble. Cut to 1975. In their affectionately daffy Off-…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:11AMWhat to get for that aspiring bard in your life for the holiday season. By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) Maybe it's because my birthday is on Christmas that I've been genetically program…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:02AMRECOMMENDED It’s been said that artists are people who haven’t forgotten how to play. Take for example choreographer Trey McIntyre and the dancers in his Project; at the base of flawless…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMEscape from your daily grind and let the beautiful poetry of Shakespeare’s lyrical tale take you to another realm. That realm belongs to darling mischievous Puck – as you will witnes…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00AM
Los Angeles Times 11/25/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:51AMThe Guardian (UK) 11/27/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:43AMThere’s nothing but pleasure to be had from Trevor Nunn’s staging of Kiss Me Kate, seen earlier this summer at Chichester and now installed as ideal holiday entertainment at the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:40AMPrior to seeing the show, it would be easy to confuse Boy Meets Boy at the Jermyn Street Theatre for something it’s not. The musical, with a central plot about a gay romance in the 1930s, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:39AMDETROIT (AP) -- The stars of the upcoming Broadway musical about Motown Records have read pretty much every book about and listened to every song from that golden era of American music..…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:15AMWONDER WEDNESDAY On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run, the earliest 1940s comics, and the …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:03AMFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group 4850 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 Reservation Hotline: (818) 202 – 4120 Website: www.ZombieJoes.com {A DOWN …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:02AM
Broadway’s twinkling lights lost some of their sparkle this week with the death of Marty Richards, one of the street’s last, larger-than-life impresarios.
Eccentric doesn’t begin to de…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:59AMJoin celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy when she hosts an evening of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie deRoy amp friends, tonight, November 28th 7PM at Manhattans cabaret…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMNBC will celebrate the lighting of the world's most famous Christmas tree with a live broadcast from Rockefeller Center in New York City tonight, November 28 8-9 p.m. ET. The star-studded ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMMichael Weston joins Center Theatre Groups production of the Tony-nominated Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Weston joins the previously announced Jeannie Berlin, Robert Foxworth, Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMLong Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, present The Killing of Sister George, by Frank Marcus and adapted by J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPrepare to experience The Nutcracker like never seen before as Flat Rock Playhouse, in partnership with Pardee Hospital and Pardee Hospital Foundation, presents the world premier of The Nutc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMA slew of Broadway talent will rock songs from RAZIAS SHADOW, the cult-sensation indie rock concept album making its stage debut at Joes Pub tonight, November 28 and tomorrow, November 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Public Theater and Miller Theatre at Columbia University Executive Director Melissa Smey will present the Brighton Festival 2012 production of A WORLD I LOVED The Story of an Arab Woman,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMYesterday I alluded to one of my pet marketing peeves, the claim that a work of art reveals “what it means to be human.” The phrase has mercifully fallen out of frequent usage th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:09AMThe stage adaptation of Chaim Potok's classic coming-of-age novel My Name is Asher Lev officially opens at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre on November 28. Adapted by Aaron Posner a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02AMLoucho, a very small circus, captures a good deal of its magic in this delightful video, filmed on the Montreal métro. (Read our review of the show)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMW. Somerset Maugham is interviewed by Malcolm Muggeridge on the BBC in 1954. The occasion was the publication of Ten...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"My characters tell me so much and no more, with reference to their experience, their aspirations, their motives, their history....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMIn the abandoned steel mills of Pittsburgh, Pa., Bill Miller began to feel his way toward his art. “We would go into the mills and build big sculptures,” he says. “A big owl, a big mon…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMTiffany Black: The Shedding Room
George Belcher: Sum x Dreams
At School 33 through Dec. 29.
Photographic representations insult the works of George Belcher and Tiffany Black current…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMWith streaming services such as Netflix on the rise and local video stores—including Baltimore’s own Video Americain—struggling to stay open, a new group, the Baltimore Video Collectiv…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMMy Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel, officially opens Nov. 28 at 7 PM following previews that began Nov. 8 at Off-Broadway's Wests…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Brian Stokes Mitchell as well as Grammy winner Jessye Norman perform at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's opening night gala Nov. 28 at New…
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 12:00AMThe cult concept album Razia's Shadow, featuring an indie-rock score by Forgive Durden band members and brothers Thomas and Paul Dutton, makes its New York stage debut Nov. 28-29 at Joe&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMT. Oliver Reid, who recently appeared in the New York City readings of Soap Dish, makes his Feinstein's at Loews Regency debut with his new show Drop Me Off In Harlem.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Long Wharf Theatre's revised staging of Frank Marcus' 1964 comedy The Killing of Sister George, featuring Kathleen Turner as no-nonsense radio personality June Buckridge, premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVanessa Redgrave directs and stars in a two-night presentation of A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman, which is presented by the Public Theater beginning Nov. 28 at the Miller Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Scherer stars as Charlie Baker in the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis production of Larry Shue's comedy The Foreigner, which begins performances Nov. 28 on the Browning Mainstage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAlex Goley and James Monroe Iglehart co-star in the TheatreWorks production of Big River – the Tony Award-winning country musical based on Mark Twain's classic "The Adven…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJoBeth Williams and Robert Foxworth preside over an explosive Christmas in the West Coast premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's Tony-nominated drama Other Desert Cities, which begins previews No…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMConey Island Christmas, billed as a "Jewish Christmas show" for people of all ages and all faiths, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, opens Nov. 28 following previews from …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis month's report from England looks at productions of Uncle Vanya, Berenice, 55 Days at Hampstead, Lolita Chakrabarti's Red Velvet, and explores how cabaret blooms at night in Lon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1923 Lionel Barrymore stars in David Belasco's Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, the Pagliacci-like story of a middle-aged clown who adopts a young girl, but later, as she grows into womanhood, find…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFans of Anton Chekhov will likely recognize three of the four title names in playwright Christopher Durang's new comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which stars Sigourney Weaver a…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
