Do you read?(If you don't, then you didn't know you were just asked that question.)If you do read, though, you might enjoy our first book of plays, 100 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:59PMImagine if someone left Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl With a Pearl Earring” out in the rain. That’s what it felt like Wednesday when the Met wrecked “Don Giovanni”: an act of crimi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:40PMA lot of eating takes place in the new Broadway comedy “Dead Accounts,” but there’s little for the audience to chew on. While the producers were busy signing up Katie Holmes and Norber…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:40PMAt last Broadway has a hit!
The only trouble is, you won’t find it on the stage.
The theater world’s buzzing about Cameron Mackintosh’s “Les Misérables” movie. Not since “Chicag…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:37PMTime sure flies... last Sunday marked the end of the first half of the 2012-2013 Broadway season. Here's how your favorite (and not-so-favorite) shows did during the second quarter. Bu…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:37PMFor Katie Holmes, “Dead Accounts” had the potential to be a post-divorce pick-me-up. She throws herself gamely into her second Broadway show (her first was “All My Sons” in 2008) and…
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Theresa Rebeck's you can/can't go home agan tragi-comedy is likely to make you wish Graeter's would open an ice cream chain in Manhattan.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:38PMBilled on YouTube as the perfect wedding surprise for the musical-loving newlyweds Susanne and Sune Vibk Svanekier on their wedding, the video below showcases reception guests serenading the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36PMCal Performances is hosting a two-day conference about music education centering on El Sistema, the lauded Venezuelan approach. The conference is part of a bunch of offerings organized aroun…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 09:33PMNEW YORK (AP) — You might expect Katie Holmes to have something to prove in her first acting appearance since splitting from Tom Cruise. You might expect her to emerge onstage in a gown by…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:29PMWith AYT exhibiting at this year's TheatreCraft, Features Editor Laura Turner finds about more about this unique event for non-performance careers in theatre.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24PMAfter departing “Smash,” the television series she created that looks with fluttering heart at the making of a Broadway musical, Theresa Rebeck apparently has changed her mind about New …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:19PMSignature’s production is a period piece but not dated, an intelligent look at a time, the 1960’s, and its music .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:16PMREVIEW: New Yorker's love of literature is compelling, but rare-books dealer's reserve must melt a bit more.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:15PMTony 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 prodigal s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09PMOn tonight's episode of The X Factor, two more contestants are headed home and the top 6 is revealed
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05PMIn Dead Accounts, the new Theresa Rebeck play that just opened at the Music Box, the symbolism is... well, not exactly cutting....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:01PMNEW YORK (AP) -- You might expect Katie Holmes to have something to prove in her first acting appearance since splitting from Tom Cruise. You might expect her to emerge onstage in a gown…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:01PMKatie Holmes tackles her first leading role on Broadway, alongside Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz in this Ohio-set comedy from "Smash" creator Theresa Rebeck.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMA hilarious Graham Abbey, a wickedly funny Ross Petty and a tribute to Gangnam Style are highlights
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Ridiculous, I know, to worry about Katie Holmes. She has beauty, money, family and appears to be a very nice person. Similarly, it feels silly to be concerned about playwright Theresa Rebeck…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:55PMI am truly humbled and honored to have been selected as one of nytheatre.com's 2012 People of the Year along side Indie Theatre artists like Jordana Williams, the Amoralists (Derek Ahonen, M…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48PMDEAD 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 Hol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30PMHere are three shows — a play born, bred and set in Chicago, a drama about an Iraq War veteran who has just returned home to California, and an intimate musical that unspools in early 1960…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:24PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Letters" at Writers' Theatre at Books on Vernon in Glencoe ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Letters" at Writers' Theatre at Books on Vernon in Glencoe ύ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:10PMThe Broadway play starring Norbert Leo Butz as a New York banker who absconds with millions from his job and returns to Cincinnati to help his middle-class family goes to extremes with chara…
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In celebration of the holiday season, The Denver Center Theatre Company DCTC presents Irving Berlins WHITE CHRISTMAS in The Buell Theatre November 23 December 24, 2012. Tickets may be purch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMEach year J. Kent Barnhart, executive director and resident raconteur at Quality Playhouse, puts together an eclectic mix of songs drawn from diverse sources for the company's annual holiday…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 07:15PMOpera is not always the most kid-friendly of art forms. But Lyric Opera of Chicago is out to change that with “Popcorn & Pasquale,” a 70-minute take on the company’s current producti…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:14PMFractured Atlas is one option for health insurance, but another option is the Freelancer's Union. I actually have a day job that provides me with health insurance, but for those who don't, t…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 07:02PMIs discretion really the better part of valour? This question arises in a particularly acute form in this new play, which looks at Danny, a gay primary school teacher who decides to come out…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMLatino Theatre Company receives NEA grant, which will help support national festival and conference in 2014…Free holiday play readings include the traditional, eclectic, comedic, political…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:00PMWe often walk a fine line on this blog between a musical and a play with music. Hell, throw in opera, musical spoofs, song cycles, etc. and the genre is just too hard to fit in a box. Last n…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 07:00PMProlific playwright Theresa Rebeck is on a downward spiral with her Broadway offerings. The problematic but interesting “Mauritius” was followed by the flashy but empty “Se…
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The Archer School For Girls and Loyola High School have come together to present a unique and joint Gallery Art Show on November 30, 2012 This show is open to the public – for one nigh…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:57PMAccording to Deadline.com, Joss Whedon's film MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will get a limited June 7th release via Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, followed by a wider release on June 21, 2013.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMF. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel is read in its entirety over more than six hours in this bravura theatrical engagement with the source material on stage in downtown L.A.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PMSamantha Barks is so lovely, so natural as Eponine in the movie version of Les Miserables that you might be forgiven for thinking she’s made a lot of films, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:50PMNEW YORK (AP) — Over at Rockefeller Center they were lighting the Christmas tree, and a few blocks away at New York City Center, another much-cherished holiday tradition was taking place: …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:39PMIf you read my blog, chances are you read Ian Moss + co.'s fantastic art policy blog Createquity. (If not -- what's wrong with your life! Go fix it!). So I probably don't have to tell you ag…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 06:37PMD’ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s op…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:27PMIn his riveting, airtight, two-person drama, “The Letters,” playwright John W. Lowell captures the insidious mix of manipulation, terror and hypocrisy that is at the root of all totalita…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:08PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, November 29, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway BILLY CONNOLLY on CONAN @billyconnolly • …
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Jill O’Hara & Tony Roberts When you enter the historic building founded in 1917, you’re enmeshed in theatrical history; the realization that you’re sitting in a sanctuary where…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:59PMIT’S STILL WONDERFUL In just a few seasons, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play has ascended to the top of the Christmas tree of essential local holiday entertainments. A show that…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:55PMJoss Whedon's indie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing will hit the big screen beginning June 7, 2013, according to Deadline.com. Released by Roadside Attractios and Lio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:53PMLet It Be, the West End musical featuring more than 20 of The Beatles’ greatest hits has found a new home. The musical will play its final performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:53PMKatie Holmes is back on Broadway starring opposite two time Tony-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz in a new play called "Dead Accounts". NY1's Roma Torre filed the following review.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:50PMI have been reading some articles about transformation and how the arts just can’t seem to transform themselves. Interesting since most of us transform ourselves every time we do a new sh…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:50PMRobin Byrd, famed for her raunchy cable talk show and Time Warner’s bid to limit access to it, is back, but onstage, not television.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:46PMTickets are now on sale for the 1930s-set Zelda at the Oasis, a bio play about legendary starlet Zelda Fitzgerald. Directed by Andy Sandberg, the new drama by P.H. Lin stars Gardner Reed as …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMNEW YORK — At this juncture in what must at times be a very surreal life, Katie Holmes, a tabloid staple and yet a favorite daughter of Toledo, Ohio, now finds herself on Broadway in …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:30PMIn “Trojan Women (After Euripides)” the pathos have been dialed back, with emotional clarity being emphasized more than cathartic tumult.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:29PMThree much-anticipated productions have hit London stages: Lucy Prebble's "The Effect" and Arthur Wing Pinero's "The Magistrate" at the National Theatre, and "Kiss Me, Kate" at the Old Vic.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 05:16PMEXHAUSTING BUT ENJOYABLE LUST You’ll have to suspend disbelief, endure belaboring, and excuse doltish behavior to enjoy the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Don Giovanni, but o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:16PMBritish theater director Simon McBurney turns his anarchic talents to classic opera with his new production of "The Magic Flute" at Amsterdam's Nederlandse Opera.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 05:10PMManhattan Theatre Clubs New York premiere of Golden Age, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie is currently in previews in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMEven those who find The Sound of Music to be too saccharine for their taste buds (and I proudly include myself in that category) are likely to be won over by the Paper Mill Playhouse's beaut…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:06PMMarriot Theatre for Young Audiences created a lovely rendition of this classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Produced in the round, every seat is a good one. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:05PMMaggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham and Ellen Burstyn lead a new Broadway revival of Picnic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that promises to serve up a steamy, romantic slice of A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! I spent most of your show recasting the actors in a new production.” I…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 05:03PMWriters Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort explain the serious business of creating the funny for Center Theatre Group–The Second City’s production of A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, ope…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:02PMTo say Samantha Shane received an unconventional bar mitzvah gift would be an understatement. When the aspiring actress reached adolescence, her father gifted her a copy of The O’Reilly Fa…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:01PMWhen I was asked to interview President Lee Pelton for HowlRound‘s Emerson College week my mind jumped from possible question to possible question. My peers urged me to ask a myriad of…
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Fancy Free!by Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonLast week was a busy week for theatre in Ottawa. So much so, that I did not have an opportunity to review Footloose until Tuesday evening. The p…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:59PMRecently seen in the world premiere of the Old Globe's Allegiance and known for roles in Rent, Godspell and 'Glee,' Telly Leung prepares for a Dec. 2 performance at 54 Below in suppo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMWhile a Broadway production doesn’t seem to be in the stars for “Yank!,” a musical about a gay American soldier falling in love for the first time in the midst of WWII, the…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:45PMLizzie Klemperer leads members of the cast of the The Addams Family National Tour, putting their dark twist on Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. Watch the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMEthan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi and Trevor Nunn are among the artists who will host a six-part PBS series exploring Shakespeare's classic plays, which will debut Jan. 25, 2013, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMJonas Productions will present The Messenger, an original drama by Paul Kodiak, beginning Dec. 13, prior to an official opening Dec. 14, at Roy Arias Stages in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMTonight's Broadway Ballyhoo cast has been announced. The November 29th show will star Brad Oscar Tony Nominee, THE PRODUCERS, Kristen Beth Williams Anything Goes, Nice Work if You Can Get It…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PMMasterworks 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 D…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:35PMMichael LamontL to R: Joan Almedilla, Jennie Kwan, Janet Song, Yumi Iwama and Tiffany-Marie Austin A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 04:26PMA Christmas Story, The Musical, now on Broadway this holiday season, has partnered with STOMP Out Bullying to launch our Inaugural Anti-Bullying Story Competition. Our mission to end bullyin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMJared Zirilli of FAT CAMP, Original Broadway Cast of LYSISTRATA JONES, WICKED, TWILIGHT the Musical brings you episode 48 of the Jared Zirilli Blog and his newest interview installment of Ja…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMThe sitting room in J.B Priestley's farce "When We Are Married" is spacious. It needs to be. Alderman Joseph Helliwell's parlor will be the site of many an entrance and exit, some fast, so…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:22PMColorado Springs Fine Arts Center's "A Christmas Story" Through Dec. 23: The holiday film classic about Ralphie Parker and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun is turned into a family-friendly …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:21PMSwimming in Lifeby Joe Vermeulen@YYZatcboy[Please note that this review is based on a preview performance.]It is a cold New York winter, and Jack has just met the love of his life. Connie is…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:17PMScott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theater:Instead of local arts organizations run by and staffed by artists whose lives are made within a specific community and whose artistic visio…
SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 04:16PM Written by: Susan Hasho This can be counted on for unexpected and exciting new entertainment. The Monday night before Thanksgiving, I saw a lineup of four new faces (new to me)…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:10PMThe bar is high for any revival of the 1997 Broadway cult-musical Jekyll and Hyde. At least for its hardcore fans – myself included. (We are known as "Jekkies.) Without question, the origi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:02PMToday is the birthday of the legendary burlesque performer Ann Corio (1909-1999). In the 30s she was one of the top paid Minsky stars, earning $1000 a week plus a percentage of the house. Af…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:01PMWASTED TIME In Marisa Wegrzyn’s Hickorydickory, all humans are born with a mortal clock encoded with the date and time of their death. This mortal clock takes the form of an actual pocke…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00PM
Jimmy McDermott, former associate artistic director at Writers’ Theatre, has been named the Goodman Theatre’s 2012-2013 season Michael Maggio Directing Fellow, an award designed for Chic…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:54PMTelevision audiences know her for her diversity of characters. For soap opera enthusiasts, Dorothy Lyman is remembered for her work as Opal Gardner on All My Children. For sitcom fans, her b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMWill Haden, a second year MFA actor and Hannah Kaplan, a senior BFA actor, are the leads in the Connecticut Repertory Theatre production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" wh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:40PMDialogue with Three Chords presents “Lots” from playwright Sean Meehan as a benefit for the veteran-run charity On Behalf Of a Grateful Nation. Meehan has been a featured actor in previo…
SOURCE: offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com at 03:39PMWelcome to the third season and second year of Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C).
SOURCE: www.dthreec.blogspot.com at 03:35PMA stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s classic and inspiring coming-of-age novel My Name is Asher Lev opened off-Broadway on November 28. This New York premiere stars newcomer Ari Brand a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMKerry 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 03:30PMLaura Benanti was the latest Broadway guest of honor to join Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley (together known as the Skivvies) for an undergarments-only concert on November 19. Tony winner Ben…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PM"A Christmas Story" jubiliantly refreshing. "Annie" ho-hum.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29PMRachel York is good company on the national tour of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, which launched Oct. 2 in Cleveland. The tour landed in Los Angeles this week. Here is a look at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMAre critics shining a positive light on "Radiance"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:25PMMarch is sure coming in like a lion! Or so you’ll see as William Inge’s Bus Stop pulls into CENTERSTAGE for the holidays. Directed by David Schweizer, this charming story brings a blizza…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PMMuch has been made of Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway’s performances in the big-screen adaption of the musical “Les Misérables,” but this isn’t the first time t…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:19PMClaire Simon, a leading Chicago casting director, and her associate Becca McCracken are on something of a mission to change one of the truisms of the American theater: In order to work in re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMThe cheeky entertainer returns with "We'll All Be Dead By Christmas."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:13PMThree-year hiatus ends with new space in Pioneer Building.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:12PMNEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, a stage parody of the big-screen thriller "Silence of the Lambs," will end its New York run Dec. 30, producers said Wednesday.
SOURCE: www.upi.com at 03:11PMGremlin Theatre chooses an edgy comedy by Martin McDonagh to continue its anti-holiday tradition.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:09PMThe stars of Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming Broadway revival of William Inge's Picnic met the Broadway press corps at their rehearsal studio on Thursday, November 29. The production, d
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMThis show has a lot of potential, and the script has many opportunities for some good laughs; it’s a shame that they aren’t fully explored. Sister Gabriel should know better than anyone …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:04PMDan Castellaneta, who voices Homer on TV's "The Simpsons," is among the comic performers in the world premiere of The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PMChita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase and the starry cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will record a cast album for the revival of the 1985 Tony-winning musical. The cast album will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM
DRG Records will release the new 2012 Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director critically acclaimed Broadway production of Rupert Holmes Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMAre critics hearing "Inner Voices"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:55PMIt wowed Broadway. It swept the Tony Awards. It electrified the Kennedy Center. Now it takes a bow on the historic stage of the Hippodrome Theatre. Save 50 on BILLY ELLIOT at the Hippodrome …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMOn the heels of the recent Marvel purchase by Disney, the franchise has hired James Gunn to direct its upcoming superhero film, Guardians of the Galaxy, and has reportedly started the castin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMR. Erin Craig presents staged readings of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting written by Ed Schmidt on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th in New York City. The industry-only staged rea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMAmerican Idol contestants and HAIR co-stars Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo got engaged last spring on a live broadcast of FOX's American Idol. Now the love birds prepare for their June 1 nuptua…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMCould tap-dancing possibly be as fun as Rachel York makes it look? She and the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning Broadway revival of “Anything Goes,” …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PM‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ is a three act, high tension production. How do you prepare for it?
The roles were written for middle aged people so you have to be cons…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:49PMRobby Benson To Star"Amazing Grace," the new musical which received a fully-staged workshop at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma terris Theatre in Chester, will receive New York showcase at Linc…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:45PMR. Erin Craig presents staged readings of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting written by Ed Schmidt on Thursday, November 29th and Friday, November 30th in New York City. The industry-only staged rea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMThe Broadway revival of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, starring Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Chita Rivera and Betsy Wolfe, will get a two-disc c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along" is a skittish beast -- it was a famous flop on Broadway -- and makes a challenging choice …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:40PMThis adult-skewed take on the "Sesame Street" formula is expertly directed by local wunderkind Eric Ankrim, with an able assist from veteran puppeteer Doug Willott, and the cast they have en…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:38PMTheater Uncut, a volunteer collective that drew standing-room crowds at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last summer, will present a series of short plays Off Broadway in January.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:37PMRob Mersola’s “Dirty Filthy Love Story” is a world premiere from Rogue Machine that follows hard on the heels of the company’s 2011 hit, “Small Engine Repair,&r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:32PMR. Erin Craig presents by-invitation-only staged readings of Ed Schmidt's Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting Nov. 29-30 in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMIt’s the early 1950s in the American heartland, and a dashing young drifter has come to town and sends the women of Independence, Kansas, reeling. That’s the story of Picnic, Wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMYou’re making your Broadway debut in this production. What’s that experience been like for you?
It’s kind of surreal. I’ve achieved a major life goal of mine that now I can finally s…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:26PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" has sailed into the Ahmanson Theater, its physical production a nearly exact art deco replica of what theatergoers recentl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PMHistorical genre . . . or historical "genre" . . . . where is the cultural energy these days?I've been thinking for some time about Steven Spielberg's Lincoln - without coming to any clear c…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:23PMEach time I sit in the audience and listen to Michael Feinstein, I get the distinct feeling he has a little secret. It’s that boyish twinkle in his eye as though he was telling himself a r…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:21PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
Katie Holmes is ideally cast in "Dead Accounts." Not because she's that Katie Holmes, but because the fresh-faced star effortlessly projects the Midwest…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:21PMThe cast met the press earlier today and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whole gang. Check out what they hed to say below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMCould there be an epic battle between a superhero and a giant gorilla over the coveted Foxwoods Theater? The producers of the upcoming giant-sized musical King Kong have eyes on the Foxwoods…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:12PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
For the squirm-in-your-seat comedy of personal embarrassment, theater is far better than film at letting audiences in on the action. Which is a damn good …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:08PMTony nominee Anne Meara guest-stars on NBCs LAW amp ORDER SVU on Wednesday, December 5. The episode, titled Dreams Deferred, also guest-stars Patricia Arquette.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMREVIEW: A British rare-books dealer and his snarky American customer grow close through letters exchanged over 20 years in "84 Charing Cross Road."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:03PM
When it comes to multitasking, the ladies of The Heiress set a high bar. Star Jessica Chastain is juggling her leading role as Catherine Sloper with promotional duties for the Oscar-buzz fil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMJanet Dacal and Christopher A. Kent will co-star in the Actors' Playhouse production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's poignant, two-person musical The Last Five Years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMOn September 25, 1996, James Graves, Associate Director of SDCF, moderated a panel about Directing Opera. Panelists included Lillian Garrett-Groag, Mark Lamos, and Rhoda Levine. With great v…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:53PMGame of Thrones star Tara Fitzgerald will play Hermione in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Winter’s Tale. Directed by Lucky Bailey, the production will run in S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMCopious laughter, instead of tears, could be heard throughout the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Monday, November 12 as hundreds of colleagues and friends gathered to remember the l
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMIn ANYTHING GOES, when the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set a course to true love...proving that sometimes destiny ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMAs the holiday season begins, theater fans are feeling festive: Broadway.com's top stories centered on the eagerly awaited revival of Cinderella, the current revival of Golden Boy, a che…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMTickets are now on sale for John Kevin Jones' solo performance of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Summoners Ensemble Theatre production of the Christmas classic will pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMMatthew Maguire grapples with mortality as the Wild Man runs from the Devil in Maguire’s solo show Wild Man in Rome, this week only at Son of Semele Ensemble. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:36PMRoundabout Theatre Company will present of Picnic, starring Reed Birney as Howard Bevans, Maggie Grace as Madge Owens, Elizabeth Marvel as Rosemary Sydney, Sebastian Stan as Hal Carter, Mare…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PM"Flying to Neverland with Peter Pan," a hardcover book featuring the lyrics of Carolyn Leigh and Tony Award winners Betty Comden and Adolph Green from Peter Pan, is now available f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMIt is hard to imagine growing up without Michelle Magorian’s beautiful children’s novel Goodnight Mister Tom. For all those who wish to be treated to a trip down memory lane, this tr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:15PMDespite being written by the most modern of the Greek tragedians, Euripides’ “The Trojan Women” might be the hardest of the classic tragedies to stage. Set immediately afte…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:13PMLauren Molina and Nick Cearley know how to get Broadway naked.Billed at the musical duo The Skivvies, Molina (the cello-playing Johanna in Sweeney Todd) and Cearley (a r
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:10PMWe're excited to introduce "In Performance," a regular theater video series, that kicks off this week with Aasif Mandvi in a scene from Ayad Akhtar's play "Disgraced."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:09PMRECOMMENDED It’s probably blasphemy to suggest that American Theater Company’s radio rendition of this holiday tale is better than the iconic Frank Capra film, but’s certainly …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PM
That grinding sound coming from the direction of my blog is me revising my critical view about updating Chekhov's plays to the modern era. Anya Reiss's sparkling rewrite of The Seagull is an…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 12:59PMThere are three things certain in life: death, taxes, and that every year there will be a bunch of new Christmas recordings on the market. "Haul out the holly" and have a look at this year's…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:55PMTo miss Nova Y. Payton singing “(And I Am Telling You) I’m Not Going” would be like skipping Christmas. The gift is delivered midway through Signature Theatre’s sizzling revival of �…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:55PMOld Vic, LondonIt would be nice to report that Trevor Nunn's revival of the classic 1948 musical is too darn hot, but it arrives in London from the Chichester festival in a lukewarm state. T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMThe original production of Bells Are Ringing opened on Broadway Nov. 29, 1956. Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin won Tonys for their performances in the Jule Styne musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMIn two works by Swiss choreographer Martin Schläpfer, warmth and range contrasted with generic danced misery, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PM‘Tis the season to buy stuff… so why not buy some of that awesome show memorabilia or a cast recording that you’ve been eyeing the last couple of months. Here’s the…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 12:47PMEarlier this week, NEWSIES, Disneys popular new musical about a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenage newsies, receiveed Actors' Equity Associations Advisory Committee o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMTV and film heartthrob Dylan McDermott bundled up and made his way to the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre on November 28 to check out Eve Ensler's moving new play Emotional Creature. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMMy Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner's play based on Chaim Potok's best-selling novel, officially opened Nov. 28 at 7 PM following previews that began Nov. 8 at Off-Broadway's West…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMTheatreZone, under the artistic direction of Mark Danni, kicks off its 8th season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum beginning Nov. 29 in Napl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMVirginias Signature Theatre announced today that the run of Dreamgirls is extended through January 13 due to popular demand an addition of eight performances. Tickets to all performances ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMWriting this morning (since it’s already in print) to announce that my column in the current edition of Chelsea Now/ the Villager/ Downtown Express is my last one. Thus ends not just…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:21PMSisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn will make her Broadway debut in the spring of 2013 in a revival of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Beth Henley’s 100-proof comedy Th…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:15PMYou’ve previously directed Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Have you approached the material differently as an actor than you did as a director?
Acting and directing are two entirely sepa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:14PMMr. Simkin's repertory at the American Ballet Theater has included the Nutcracker-Prince in "The Nutcracker," Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet," the Bronze Idol in "La Bayadère," Franz in "Cop…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMFeaturing book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman, Scandalous opened at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre earlier this month on November 15. Accordi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI), Universal Pictures Stage Productions, and Beacon Communications today announced that BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL is the newest Broadway pr…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:08PMThe Chicago Fringe Festival is proud to announce its application dates for groups and organizations interested in participating in the 2013 Fringe Festival, August 29 – September 8, 2013. …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:08PMDamian Lewis appeared on last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on ABC and chatted about his Broadway experiences in Hamlet as well as his starring role in the award-winning Showtime drama 'Homeland…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company is extending the run of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson an additional three weeks, now to Jan. 13, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMName: Jonathan DraxtonHometown: Park City, UtahEducation: BA in English, BA with Honors in Theatre, both from Williams College.Favorite Credits: Twelfth Night (Malvolio); The Elephant Man (J…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:01PMVeteran Broadway actor Will Rhys plays Scrooge in a one-man stage stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PMInspired by the correspondence of 20th-century poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, playwright Sarah Ruhl shapes Dear Elizabeth, starring Mary Beth Fisher and Jefferson Mays.
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Exmouth Pavilion: I have rarely seen such a well balanced showcase. It was a delight to witness a display of genuine variety which really did contain something for just about everybody. And …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:57AMAfter going to battle at the barricades, Les Miserables star Eddie Redmayne could follow his turn as Marius by defending the world in a new superhero flick. The Tony winner is among the lead…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMFollowing its celebrated opening at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pullman Porter Blues travels across the country in its world-premiere co-production at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for Ameri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMLike the rest of humanity, I have complicated feelings about reboots. Reboots are what I do to my phone or computer when I cannot think of anything else to do to try to solve a problem. In m…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:51AMPlaybill.com has learned that the Tony Awards Administration Committee will assemble for the second time during the 2012-13 season Feb. 14, 2013, according to a Tony Awards spokesperson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMThe cast of Disney‘s Tony-winning hit new musical Newsies will receive Actors’ Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Sixth Annual ACCA Award for Outs…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:43AMThe sold-out engagement of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson has been extended for a third time. Starring Brandon J. Dirden and Chuck Cooper, the Signature Theatre Company revival …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMThree time Olivier Award-winning actress Maria Friedman has made her directing debut with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Based on th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:40AMYank!, the musical about a young gay American soldier facing first love as he is swept into World War II, will have a cast album and a future licensing life rather than an imminent Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMRoyal Court, LiverpoolLiverpool's Royal Court has recently reopened after a £1m facelift. The big news, however, was that gossip-magazine favourite David Gest – no stranger to spending a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34AMLegendary performer Diana Ross, Smash star Megan Hilty, chart-topping recording star Demi Lovato, The Voice favorite Chris Mann and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery are set to ring in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMThe show's creator, Kathie Lee Gifford, and two of the lead producers, Dick and Betsy DeVos, have kept the show running in hopes that it will find a larger audience at the box office.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMIt’s no surprise that an off-Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson would be worth seeing. After all, the play won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is consider…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMIn anticipation of the release of Chaplin's original Broadway cast album, Sony Masterworks has given Playbill.com an exclusive listen to "Where Are All the People?," Rob McClur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMby Michael Wheeler I haven’t seen Terminus yet – going with my Mom next week. I don’t want that to stop me from writing about it here though, as we don’t do reviews in this space…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:30AMThe physical, personal and social processes that make a theater a theater.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:29AMNEW YORK (AP) — A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood — he's decorating a Christmas tree.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:27AMThe classic holiday movie White Christmas comes to the stage at last This North American tour shines with classic Berlin hits like Blue Skies, How Deep is the Ocean and, of course, the unfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMThe Broadway tramp is going global! On December 4, Masterworks Broadway will digitally release the original Broadway cast recording of the new hit musical, Chaplin, prior to the CD hitting s…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:21AMPint-sized Broadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar took a huge risk on November 29, when she stepped up to The X Factor stage to tackle the Adele hit “Rolling in the Deep.” After the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMTwo-time Tony Award-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn celebrates his birthday Nov. 29. Playbill.com takes a look back at the composer's past Broadway productions. His work includes Jekyl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMIt’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Marin Theatre Company. Hey, remember last week when I linked to my feature in the Marin Independent Journal about It’s a Wonderful Life: A L…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:12AMPerformances begin Nov. 29 for a new production of the 1959 Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress at London's Union Theatre, prior to an official opening Dec. 1, for a run through Jan. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMIs this a digger I see before me? The picturesque cottage where Anne Hathaway was wooed by her future husband William Shakespeare has become the focus of a legal battle as local councillors …
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:10AMThe hunchback of Notre Dame can finally get ready to ring those church bells. Quasimodo, a musical by late Oliver! composer Lionel Bart, will receive its world premiere in London 17 yea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMLast night, eight-time Grammy Award winner and 2009 Tony Award nominee Dolly Parton, attended a performance of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, and visited with the cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMBig changes appear to be in store for Avery Fisher Hall, one of the country's most prominent classical music venues. The New York Times has reported that the hall, at Lincoln Center, is sche…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:05AMRicky Martin, who will conclude his run in the Broadway revival of Evita Jan. 26, 2013, has found his next gig.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMHe may have 'a big love' for the UK, but designer Valentino Garavani thinks we need to dress more smartly at the theatreTheatre may have embraced fashion in recent years, with Hugo Boss team…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMBroadway Musical Chaplin Gets an Recording: Masterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Chaplin.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:00AMThis could be one of the best panel discussion topics I’ve seen in a long time, and it’s brought to you by Off-Broadway Alliance. This Sunday, December 2nd, at the World Famous S…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Manhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway premiere of The Other Place, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, and John Schiappa, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMNEW YORK—A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood—he's decorating a Christmas tree.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:55AMNEW YORK (AP) -- A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood - he's decorating a Christmas tree....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:55AMSneak preview of the latest instalment of Sky Arts' new series, Nation's Best Am-Dram, in which amateur theatre groups compete to be crowned the best in the UK
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMToday in 2006, Company opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 246 performances. Company is a musical comedy based on a book by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMThe Nutcracker ballet returns to NCM Fathom Events this holiday season in collaboration with More2Screen and EuroArts Music. Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker will be broadcast to movie theatres n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMThe Central School of Speech and Drama has been awarded royal status by the Queen. As part of her Diamond Jubilee year, the monarch has honoured the training centre by re-naming it the Royal…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMSILENCE! 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: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:48AMThe Transport Group will honor Tony Award-winning actor Christian Borle, Tony-winning Memphis producer Sue Frost and Tony-honored wig designer Paul Huntley Dec. 10 at the Asia Society and Mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMLast night, eight-time Grammy Award winner and 2009 Tony Award nominee Dolly Parton, attended a performance of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, and visited with the cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMOn November 29, Dead Accounts officially opens at the Music Box Theatre. Theresa Rebeck‘s (the creator of the hit NBC television series “Smash”) dark family comedy, starring Katie …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:45AMThe CW has canceled Emily Owens, M.D., the new medical drama starring Mamie Gummer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The previously scheduled mid-series finale will air on December 4, an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMEd Vaizey on public funding, views on Savile enquiry, patronising children, penguin casting and faces from the past
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AMA new musical about the transgender mayor of Silverton, Ore., is part of the 2013 slate at Seattle's Intiman Theatre. "Stu for Silverton" is based on the life and political career of Stu Ra…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:39AMTheaterMania is happy to announced that long-time TheaterMania University (TMU) contributor and actress will be making her TV debut on CBS's Blue Bloods this Friday at 10 pm EST in an episo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMBroadwayWorld.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 10:35AMConan O'Brien will host the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert, which will debut Dec. 21 at 8 PM on TNT.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMEvita star Ricky Martin will mentor aspiring performers on the second season of the Australian edition of The Voice, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Martin, who exits Broadway’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMIt was just about a year ago that I started blogging for TheaterMania as a post-BFA grad of 18+ months, building my credits while learning how to navigate the acting world (still trying). I…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:22AMProducers of the Australian-bound King Kong are eyeing the Foxwoods Theatre, which currently houses the high-flying musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, as an ideal venue for the large-sca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make A Musical” La Grange High School Lake Charles, LA Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer of the Broadway JR. Collection September 28, 2012 …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:19AMCyndi Lauper amp Friends Home for the Holidays is a star-studded benefit concert on Saturday, December 8th at New York City's historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMTweetBroadway people can be tricky when it comes to buying them a gift. They love certain things and hate others, especially when it comes to shows and cast recordings. That’s why it c…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:13AMSisterhood is alive and well and coming to the Carlyle Club in Alexandria. For two nights only the city’s most sophisticated nightclub will be taken by storm by five rip-roaring tell-i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:04AMMike Tyson is gearing up to take his one-man show “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” on a national tour next year. The show, which is written by Tyson’s wife Kiki Tyson and directed by…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThere's plenty of ice cream, pizza and chili cheese dogs to go around as Dead Accounts—the new family comedy about money, mystery and Midwestern munchies—opens on Novemb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMThe Christmas musical The Nutcracker and the Mouse King begins previews at off-Broadway's Beckett Theatre in Theatre Row on November 29. Featuring music and a book by Collin Simon and ly…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMWriter of "The Divine Sister" revives old movies with a twist of camp.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AMThis week's A.P.T. is dedicated to Jason Gardner. Jason is not only and amazing photographer as you'll see in his project below, but he is what I would call a "Generosity Artist". …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
Be captivated by this dazzlingly original take on the classic fairy tale.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:58AMIt’s that time of year again, when nytheatre.com celebrates a group of individuals and companies who have made a significant contribution to the indie theatre landscape in NYC. This is the…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 09:56AMOnly an artist with great talent could capture the zany antics of Norbert Leo Butz’s screwball screw-up Jack in the new Broadway play Dead Accounts—and sure enough, we’ve g…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:55AMBring It On, the new high-flying Broadway musical comedy set in the world of competitive high school cheerleading, will roll out in high schools and theatres across the country in the near f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AME. J. C. Calvert Hometown: I was born in St. Louis, MO, and lived there long enough to form a couple foggy memories. Then I grew up primarily in Rochester, NY, with stints in Palo Al…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:50AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at The Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMLegit Reviews||Los Angeles:
The late Gil Cates commissioned Donald Margulies' "Coney Island Christmas" as a Geffen Yuletide treat, and it turns out to be a present no one will w…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:47AMCarly Rose Sonenclar slowed things down on last night's THE X FACTOR on FOX, taking on Adele's hit single, Rolling in the Deep. The Top-8 contestants were tasked with performing Number One s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43AMAge & Hometown: 11; Los Angeles, CA
Current Role: Anchoring the big Broadway revival of Annie as the show’s title character, an optimistic yet tough red-headed orphan.
Tale a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:41AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at the Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMVeteran press agent Pete Sanders, former president of The Pete Sanders Group, has joined the O&M Co. press agency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMMy last blog for Broadwayworld.com What an interesting experience this has been for me to write about opening SCANDALOUS this past month. I usually try to stay slightly anonymous, and have n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMBased on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, a new play by Aaron Posner, opened last night at the Westside Theatre. The plays New York premiere follows an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMSee Brian dArcy James and Kate Baldwin on stage in the critically-acclaimed production of GIANT at the Public Theatre - now in performances through December 16
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMAnd now for something completely different — Philip Dawkins’ enchanted and enchanting “Failure: A Love Story.” Here, in its exquisitely imagined world premiere in the Victory Gardens…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:26AMThe long-rumoured revival of Michael Bennett's Tony Award-winning production of Marvin Hamlisch's A CHORUS LINE, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway hopefuls auditioning for a n…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:15AMWelcome the holiday season in style, with bold backdrops, stunning costumes and lights, dancers, and a Chorus of over 200 singers. Winter Nights proves to be one of the biggest – if not th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe new musical, based on the famed movie about a rampaging ape, is first scheduled to open in Melbourne, but a New York run could come later.
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Two-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello stars as Aimee Semple McPherson, the trailblazing media superstar whose passion for saving souls was matched by her passion for making headlines.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMTrevor Nunn directs the Old Vic production of KISS ME, KATE, with Music and lyrics by Cole Porter and Book by Sam and Bella Spewack, which performed in London 20 November.Choreography is pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMA festive month of music, with The Emerson Quartet, A Far Cry, Tallis Scholars, and the Borromeo Quartet among the standout performers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMAmbassador Theatre Group (ATG), the U.K.'s largest theatre owner/operator and producing group, has announced plans to expand further into the Asia and Pacific markets, and has appointed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50AMOne of the many Greenwich Village denizens of The Recognitions is Esme, a young woman who poses as an artist’s model for Wyatt Gwyon, the central character of the novel. A heroin addic…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:46AMWin two tickets to see the Tony Award®-winning masterpiece The Lion King.
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:39AMTake a behind-the-scenes look at The Lion King!
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:39AMWay back in 1997, something big and rather risky was brewing on Broadway. Disney took the gamble in reimagining its recent hit film The Lion King for the stage. Fifteen years – and over 65…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:38AMBROADWAY DIRECT recently caught up with Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions to learn more about Inside The Lion King, the new pop-up exhibit celebrating the show's …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:38AMYou don't have to be Jewish to relate to Asher Le's conflict of reconciling his allegiance to and comfort in his ultra orthodox upbringing and his need to fulfill his extraordinary gift as a…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20AMThe U.K.'s Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton is to offer the world premiere of To Sir, With Love, a stage adaptation of ER Braithwaite's autobiographical novel of the same …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:19AMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Ricky Martin will serve as a coach on the Australian edition of THE VOICE when the competition returns for its second season. He will take over the role …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16AM
Santa has delivered a mixed bag of goodies just in time for the holidays. A CHRISTMAS STORY, the musical - based on the book “In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash” by Jean She…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:47AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company is the natural home for Pushkin's great drama with its echoes of Macbeth and the history plays and its prudent policy of commenting on the political turmoil of …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:40AMThe West End run of the Beatles tribute show Let It Be, currently at the Prince of Wales through Jan. 19, 2013, will continue by transferring to the Savoy Theatre, where it will resume perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:30AMToday is the birthday of Mildred Harris (1901-1944). Those few who remember her nowadays know her primarily as “Charlie Chaplin’s first wife”, although unlike some of his l…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:26AMSylvester Stallones oscarprmierter berraschungserfolg ROCKY, der Millionen Zuschauer begeisterte, erobert jetzt als Musical die groe Bhne. ROCKY ist sowohl die dramatische Geschichte eines B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22AMSwan, Stratford-on-AvonAny production of Pushkin's 1825 play is haunted by gigantic shadows. First there are the Shakespearean tragedies and histories, especially Macbeth and Richard III, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMTheatres in London’s West End are set to benefit from a new coach parking scheme introduced by Westminster City Council. Space for 24 new coach bays have been created in Kingsway within me…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: Peter Rowe's rock pantos are always a Christmas highlight and this 1950s set, non-stop entertainment is the freshest yet. When I say freshest I don't mean…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMBeatles concert show Let it Be will transfer to the West End's Savoy Theatre following its current run at the Prince of Wales.The show, which is billed as a "spectacular theatrical concert",…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:35AMHe has written the Best Play of the year, according to the Evening Standard Theatre Awards but Nick Payne doesn’t make life easy for those who have to stage Constellations.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:27AMAs nominations open for the 2013 awards, we shine the spotlight on this year’s winners. To nominate an organisation for The Stage 100 Awards 2013, click here Fringe theatre of the yea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMIf you ask Richard Thomas, the writer/ composer behind Jerry Springer: The Opera, to write your Christmas show, you shouldn’t expect sugar-coated seasonal fare.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:15AMProducer Sonia Friedman was among the guests at the Menier Chocolate Factory last night to see her sister Maria's directing debut - a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
Ba…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:11AMSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: Michael Boyd's last production for the RSC as artistic director, the second in the company's A World Elsewhere season, makes explicit the link be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM
The intriguing drama doesn’t offer any easy answers. But the mother of its most interesting character is correct when she tells her daughter that “the world is full of wickedness.”
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 05:49AMIts story covers the battle-ravaged early 1900s, but the National Theatre of Great Britain’s production speaks volumes today.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 05:47AMMenier Chocolate Factory, London: The Menier Chocolate Factory has now become London's leading home for both refining and redefining Sondheim musicals. But whereas its ravishing product…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMTrevor Nunn's revival of Cole Porter's classic musical Kiss Me, Kate has transferred to the Old Vic, where it opened this week (27 November 2012, previews from 20 November).The
production, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMLondon’s the O2 is looking to expand its programming beyond live music and establish itself as an entertainment destination similar to the Southbank Centre, The Stage can reveal. The Green…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMSky has overhauled the way it displays programmes’ end credits, after research found three-quarters of its own viewers believe that these are important for actors. Equity has campaigned si…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
ASPEN - Last summer's renovation of the Theatre Aspen venue included the addition of a permanent lobby and box office as well as the integration of the theater tent with the neighboring John…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 12:46AMASPEN - Last summer's renovation of the Theatre Aspen venue included the addition of a permanent lobby and box office as well as the integration of the theater tent with the neighboring John…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 12:46AMFreedom from her past constraints means Katie Holmes gets to kiss a guy for real on stage in “Dead Accounts.” The guy she kisses is Josh Hamilton, and you can tell she has a good…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:38AMThe Public Theater presents William Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS, the third Public Lab production of the fall season. Directed by Michael Sexton, TITUS ANDRONICUS runs tonight, November 29…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAcclaimed cabaret singer, Broadway performer and host of The Broadway Breakfast on SiriusXM Radio, Christine Pedi will perform her hilarious holiday show, Theres No Bizness Like Snow Bizness…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMSo...snow, eh. Perhaps a little White Christmas: The Musical to get us through...(Monique Lund and Todd Talbot at The Arts Club; Photo by David Cooper)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMStudents in the University of Northern Colorado's theatre program perform alongside guest artist Lucy Peacock, the Canadian theatre star revered for her work at the Stratford Festival, i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMPaul Moravec and I are now officially at work on our third operatic collaboration. The King's Man is a one-act...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"And as for the critics, it is very rare that you get the reviews you want. I don't think many...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMKristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce, and Sigourney Weaver discuss their roles in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Playwright Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Che…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMA by-invitation-only reading of the new musical The Mudge Boy, based on Michael Burke's film of the same name, is presented Nov. 29 at 3 PM in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Open Hearts Foundation presents Jane Seymour and the Tim Janis Ensemble: The Christmas Rose, a night of music, dance and drama featuring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and composer Tim Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony 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 prodigal s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Emmy Award winner Dorothy Lyman stars as Violet Weston in the Hot Summer Nights-Theatre Raleigh production of Tracy Letts' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama August: O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLa Vie Theaters presents a cancer charity event entitled "An Evening Celebrating Life and Hope," which features performances from the new musical Yahweh on Broadway, Nov. 29 at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBlaise Bouschard, Gary Troy, Sara Sheperd and Nicholas Belton are part of the Human Race Theatre Company's production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, which debuts in a new ten-actor stagin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMObie Award-winning actor and director Matthew Maguire brings his new solo show, Wild Man in Rome, to Los Angeles for a three-performance engagement following a New York City run at The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMeet Jordan Gelber, who gave up his apartment on Avenue Q and has moved to West 45th Street, to Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where he is the star of Elf.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
