There’s more to Alvin Ailey’s annual City Center season than “Revelations.” Yet there’s a reason why it’s on so many of the bills: like “The Nutcracker,” it’s something you…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:45PMBroadway prefers comfort food: a familiar classic here, a new comedy there, maybe a hot-button-issue drama to look relevant. So David Mamet’s “The Anarchist” stands out as a new play o…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:45PM In this weekend's L.A. Affairs, we learn that one can find love in places other than the Westside or Malibu.After college, I had firmly established myself in a good career, but I felt…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:45PMRECOMMENDED Borrowed from its own script, “it’s a blessing to be satisfied with so little” is an excellent way of describing “The Letters” at Writer’s The…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:21PMA woman giving up on her marriage; the last lesbian on earth; breasts whose feelings are hurt because their owner finds them too small; a mega-multi-tasking woman with a mysterious past; and…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Music legend Led Zeppelin was recognized on Sunday alongside entertainers from stage and screen for their contributions to the arts and American culture at the Kennedy…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:46PMHEDY WEISS: Appealing actors handcuffed by lame humor and cheap production values in spoof of the “mommy porn” best-seller.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:35PMWhen Ernest Hemingway wrote about “a clean, well-lighted place,” he didn’t exactly have a window in Chicago’s Loop in mind. But beginning Tuesday and continuing through Dec. 22, a gr…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:22PMNEW YORK (AP) -- David Mamet's new play "The Anarchist" contains - shock! - not a single swear word. But some are certain to be used by theatergoers walking out after the show....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:18PMYou certainly could not accuse Kyle DeSantis, the producer of the Drury Lane Oakbrook's huge new production of "Singin' in the Rain" of failing to deliver the wet stuff — as required f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:15PMPerhaps the most shocking thing about playwright/director David Mamet's new 70-minute play, The Anarchist, now at Broadway's John Golden Theatre, is that not one unprintable curse word is ut…
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SECOND CITY OFFERS A LUMP OF COAL Scene 1—INTERIOR OF SPOOGE AND FARLEY’S CRITIC HOUSE (EVERWHEEZER SPOOGE, an irascible, irritated editor-in-chief and theater critic, is hunched over hi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:52PMHere's what President Obama had to say today at the Kennedy Center Honors Reception in the East Room. This years honorees are Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, guitarist Buddy Guy, ballerina …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32PM“In olden days” (1934 actually,) songwriter Cole Porter along with librettists Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse created a tune-filled tale surrounding a luxury liner called “The American�…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:21PMThe two-hander about an ex-radical angling to shorten her life sentence has its world premiere on Broadway.read more
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On December 16th, A Time To Shine KidzTeen Cabaret will be celebrating the Youth of Broadway on the Main Stage at The Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street at 530PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMTHE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by David Mamet opened tonight on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street. Let's see what the critics had to say
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMOne of the most dazzling and beloved singers on the worldwide cabaret and concert scene today, Sarah brings her acclaimed, award winning show SCREEN GEMS, The Songs of Old Hollywood, to the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMThe idea of making the princely hero of Cinderella a preening, vacuous lead character from some BBC Three-style reality show is a good one. These days the notion of a smart, self-respecting …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:03PMBroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our December 1st SIP round-up Yesterday evening's photos featured a surpr…
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Happy Holidays, Theatre Lovers!Since we are all busy - especially on the weekends - during the holiday season, I thought I'd give you some fun puzzles to do AND a great shopping idea at the …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 06:59PMHere’s some news that will be music to the ears of Parenthood viewers: Glen Hansard is guest-starring as himself on an upcoming episode of the NBC drama. The Oscar-winning singer/songwrite…
SOURCE: insidetv.ew.com at 06:40PMContrition and forgiveness are usually seen as positive qualities that elevate their bearers. But in David Mamet’s new play at the John Golden, The Anarchist, they’re instead weapons tha…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:31PMIt's officially December, which means that there's a whole month of fun and exciting Broadway events ahead of us! Read on to see what we've picked as the cream of the crop from t…
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John Tartaglia with RodJamie deRoyNovember 28, 2012: Jamie de Roy & friends are continuing with their festive soirees at the Metropolitan Room where Jamie's eclectic mix of fiends turned…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:34PMBroadway alum, film and TV actress Sara Niemietz released last month her new Christmas album titled Christmas Favorites. Get a first listen below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMDark and witty, Myron Johnson's "Cinderella" takes visual cues from cartoonist Charles Addams. Then there's "SINderella...."
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:21PMThere’s the deadly whiff of self-congratulatory pretension hovering in the air at the Golden Theatre, where David Mamet’s latest play, “The Anarchist,” is occupying t…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:19PMThe musical Les Miserables has been a worldwide phenomenon for the past quarter of a century, and this Christmas it gets the big screen treatment as Tom Hooper's film adaptation hits cinemas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMWhen composer Stephen Sondheim and book writer John Weidman's fiercely provocative Assassins hit Broadway in 2004 it landed with a "bang," sweeping in five Tony Awards (including Best Reviva…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMCoffeetable books delight the eye without crushing the pocketbook.
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The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, one of the jewels in St. Louis’ cultural diadem, is noted for bringing in gifted guitarists from around the world. On Saturday night, the SLCGS pres…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:50PMOne of the axioms of the theater is that comedy is more difficult to do than drama. If so, then the cast of "Inspecting Carol" at the Unicorn Theatre has achieved the comic equivalent of hig…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 03:40PMSurely and deservedly, it will be right up there with "warm woolen mittens" as one of the favorite things of New Jersey theatergoers and their families from now through to the New Year.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:37PMDame Helen Mirren has admitted to having misgivings about playing the Queen for a second time. The actress's 2006 Oscar-winning role as The Queen will be reprised in a West End play The Audi…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:30PMOver 1,500 arts organizations applied for the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Art Grants in 2012. Only 832 received funding, for a total of $22.3 million in monetary gifts. One of the l…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:26PMJust because we don't address race doesn't mean it goes away.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 03:21PMName: Naomi BlandHometown: Little Rock, AREducation: Yale University and The Studio/New York Acting Conservatory What is a kiki?: A place to publicly celebrate all those things you do alone …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:02PMBroadway legend Chita Rivera is currently starring alongside Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Jim Norton, and more in the Roundabout Theatre Companys Broadway production of The Mystery of Edw…
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To fully appreciate “Reid Farrington’s A Christmas Carol,” playing this holiday season at the Abrons Arts Center, you must acquaint yourself with a unique prerequisite, one…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:51PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
"Pullman Porter Blues," a play with music co-produced by D.C.'s Arena Stage and the Seattle Repertory Theater, is an earnest effort to showcase the pivo…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:46PMLegit News:
Production will end 11 month run in January
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David Mamet being David Mamet, he can direct his own play however he damn well pleases. But he does no favors for the thesps in this two-hander by enabl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:40PMSeptime Webre’s The Nutcracker gets the jump on holiday cheer! Lavish or plain, with live music or canned, The Nutcracker is a ballet for and about kids. These were my thoughts as I sat in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:17PMFrom a Blairite Emperor's New Clothes to a Moors murders-inspired Pied Piper, poet Carol Ann Duffy and director Melly Still's fairytale stagings have pushed the boundaries. What's in store t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMAustralian author Andrew Bovell’s “Speaking In Tongues” is a play of patterns: patterns in human behavior but also patterns in playwriting. While the content, a study of in…
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Finborough, LondonThe Papatango New Writing festival last year came up with Dawn King's mesmerising Foxfinder. Even if this year's winner is more conventional, Louise Monaghan's play st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMThe Pit, LondonThe title provides a clue in this latest show from Hugh Hughes, a Welsh artist who has emerged over the last seven years with shows such as Floating, and the tale of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PMAfter an eight-year break, Twain returns to public performing in a showy but diffuse spectacle at Caesars Palace.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:42PMNearly twenty-five years to the day of passage of H.CON. RES 57 (12/4/87) officially designating jazz as a rare and valuable national American treasure and art form, the George Mason Univers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:30PMDavid Mamet’s new play, The Anarchist, officially opened at the Golden Theatre on December 2nd. The Anarchist is an intriguing showdown between Patti LuPone and Debra Winger.
The Anarc…
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So, here we are. My penultimate blog before the festive season submerges us all in a river of candy canes, merriment and acute indigestion, and, as my title suggests, I’m in two minds …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:55PMBrian Clough was “the best manager England never had”, according to the caption that ends Peter Morgan’s 2009 biopic The Damned United. I’d say it’s a fair assessment. Clou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PMFutureleap Media and KHRONA Present BROADWAY FOR SANDY, a holiday concert benefiting those severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, on Monday, December 10th, 2012 at 8 p.m. at the Elbo Room.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWhat is Argentina’s most successful export? Aside from the excellent Malbec wines produced in the high-altitude conditions of Mendoza province, and perhaps football deities like Messi and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:33PMNew Theatre’s production of Robert Caisley's sardonically titled Happy is not an evening you “like” watching an “emotional terrorist” spend 80 minutes mercilessly carving away a ne…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:22PMMinneapolis Star-Tribune 12/01/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PMFaction of Fools Theatre Company combines Charles Dickens and Commedia Dell’Arte this Christmas for an inspired production of A Commedia Christmas Carol. The larger than life fable with it…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PMAt this time of year it is normal for theatres to be awash with pantos. At the Roundhouse, though, YaD Arts and Tall Stories have created Lemony Snicket’s Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Scream…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:12PM“Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!” is a campy reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which Mr. March calls a “trailer park ballet.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:10PMStoryville the Musical, an historic musical stage production involving race relations in the red-light district of early 20th century New Orleans featuring orchestrations by Tony Award Winne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMName: Matthew Cox Hometown: Rowlett, TXEducation: I received my B.F.A. from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX (The Cowboy Capital of the World!...Really.) I also att…
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THE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by David Mamet is presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street. The production stars two-time Tony Award …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMBy which I mean the Adam West feature film. After having read some pretty gritty late-Batman material (The Killing Joke, Knightfall, and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns), it's wo…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:16AMWhen I was first introduced to David Sedaris in college, I was hooked from the first word by his sardonic humor. The Santaland Diaries, chronicles his adventures (or should I say mis-adventu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07AMHappy Birthday, Ron Raines His Broadway credits include Follies Tony Award nomination, Chicago, Show Boat, Teddy and Alice. he has performed with over fifty symphonies including Chicago, Cle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related DVDs for December 2012.
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LuPone and Debra Winger costar in a new play by David Mamet
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:59AMNew York is great at Christmas, but you can get some great deals in Chicago, too.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:50AMToday is the birthday of George Mann (1905-1977) of the vaudeville comedic dance team of Barto and Mann. He and Dewy Barto (b. Stewart Swoyer, 1896-1973) were each performing seperate solo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:49AMLegit Reviews:
What begins as a study of gay (self-)acceptance broadens into a more troubling analysis of power and people's capacity for change.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:44AMThe shallowness of Lee Blessing’s approach to this sad (if noisy) period in the history of our nation’s lack of support for the arts overlooks the victory won by the conservatives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy chats with Ricky Martin about this week's biggest events,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe Little Theatre of Alexandria presents A Christmas Carol, the beloved holiday classic by Charles Dickens about a miserly old man who is visited by three cautionary spirits on Christmas Ev…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMI am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For four years – every week – DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz and I have been schmoozing for 4 years ab…
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Pop Idol and West End favourite Gareth Gates (Joseph, Les Misérables, Legally Blonde) will star on the upcoming live album release of Momentous Musicals, alongside Jonathan Ansell (G4, Whis…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:49AMREVIEWED BY: MELODY UDELL After being seated in the Writer’s Theatre Books on Vernon location — a tiny stage nestled into the back of a quaint North Shore bookstore — the set for John …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:30AMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, following the recent successful five month run of Closer Than Ever, continues the celebration with a one-night only perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIt's A Brad, Brad World the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor will be presented tonight, December 2nd at 700pm at the Laurie Beechman theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, December 2, 2012, more than 10 of Broadway Sings for Pride's Broadway and theater luminaries will take part in a very special 102nd birthday celebration benefiting victims of Hurric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, December 2, Rubicon Theatre Company will present a benefit performance of Love, Loss, and What I Wore with a star-studded cast of women including Emmy and Tony-winner Tyne Daly, Amy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMITHT has announced the triumphant return of the incredibly gifted actress and singer, Carole Demas in a concert created to benefit Irvington Town Hall Theater. Star of Broadway, television, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMActor-writer-director Alan Cumming has few memories of his childhood the result of a troubled household, he tells Serena Altschul in a wide-ranging interview to be broadcast on CBS SUNDAY M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Group Theatre Too GTT, in association with Paul Michaels The Network, NYC, presents a star-studded benefit performance, Broadway at the Met Room, at New Yorks premier cabaret venue, The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAmong the 500 New York Foundling friends and supporters expected at today's December 2nd 300 PM performance of Annie the Musical, will be Staten Island based Foundling families, many of whom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMToday, Dec. 2, 2012, The Trevor Project will present its annual benefit event, Trevor Live presented by Audi of America and Wells Fargo and directed by celebrated director, producer and chor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM World-renowned pastry guru, Chef Alain Roby, will put the finishing touches on the “World’s Longest Candy Cane” in an attempt to obtain his third Guinness World Record in beautiful …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:09AMWHAT: Think Tank, a sketch comedy group from Chicago who has performed together for more than 5 years, will perform their 3rd Annual Holiday Fundraiser Show. Members include Paul Robinson, B…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:04AMHolly Gauthier-FrankelHow to Enter Vaudevilleby Keith Waterfield“Let’s fuck and make art.” Those words solidified the relationship between Alain Mercieca and me a year ago. We first me…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMMatthew Gorman in Rum and VodkaRemember...EverythingActor, Audience, Story is the tag line we’ve chosen to define our mandate.by Matthew Gorman(all photos by Scott Gorman)We’re a very ol…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMThis month's column looks at two wonderfully rich memoirs, "World on a String" by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and "The Gershwins and Me" by Michael Feinstein.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally charts the egos and passions of a 19th-century opera troupe and their composer, Vincenzo Bellini, in the New York City premiere of Golden Age.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt's A Brad, Brad World: the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor is presented Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM and 10 PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTelly Leung, the Broadway actor recently seen in the world premiere of the new musical Allegiance, will release his debut solo recording, "I'll Cover You," Dec. 4 on the Yellow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing the recent five-month run of Closer Than Ever, The York Theatre Company continues its celebration of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire with a one-night only performance of their …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and three-time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger debate faith, politics, persecution and redemption in the world premiere of David Mamet's new tw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe short-lived Peter Allen musical Legs Diamond is seen for the first time since its 1988 Broadway run in a Dec. 2 staged reading at Musical Theatre West in Long Beach, CA.
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