Eighth Annual Festival Set For Jan. 18 to 20The Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists begins its three-day festival of three new works on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the G…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:55PMIn “Golden Age,” Terrence McNally’s latest play, he sets the action on the opening night of Bellini’s opera “I Puritani,” in Paris in 1835.
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BOTTOM LINE: A story about a single night in the life of Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) that features an absolutely dazzling perfo…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:39PMNEW YORK (AP) -- David Mamet's new play "The Anarchist" and Katie Lee Gifford's "Scandalous" will both end their Broadway runs much earlier than their creators wanted....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:34PMThe Kathie Lee Gifford musical and the new David Mamet play will both close less than a month after opening to negative reviews.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:22PMThe Boston Globe recently had an article on theatre etiquette listing strategies for audience members to use when attending performances to avoid causing any problems and to deal with those …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:19PMNEW YORK (AP) — Jealous sniping has always been in fashion, whatever the century.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:16PMThe 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raised $3,902,608 to support the good works of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's event culminat…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 11:05PMThe 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raised $3,902,608 to support the good works of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's event culminat…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 11:05PMAs the Holidays come into full swing, three Broadway shows have announced closings. Scandalous, the musical by Kathie Lee Gifford starring Carolee Carmello, will close on December 9th after …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:03PMI THINK I HEARD BELLINI TURNING IN HIS GRAVE Imagine yourself sitting tied to a chair in a stuffy, dark room with a very dull senile old man who talks on and on and on and on and on and on a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:00PMAt the Jan. 24, 1835 premiere of Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera, “I Puritani,” the air was thick with cutthroat competition, a mangled marriage proposal and a killer cough. Such drama!…
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Opera has been very good to Terrence McNally. He scored one of his biggest hits with “Master Class,” inspired by Maria Callas’ infamous voice lessons. “Golden Age,” which opened la…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:57PMIt’s a jolly holiday all over the city — except on Broadway, where many of the theaters are stuffed with coal.What a dreadful fall theater season!The flops are piling up faster than wrap…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:57PMPieces of New York City Opera's past will go up for auction as the company tries to climb out from under its financial burdens and remake itself as a smaller, leaner organization.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:38PMReview: Eve Ensler's "Emotional Creature": Empowering. From the author of "The Vagina Monologues" comes "Emotional Creature," a show for the next generation that is raw, honest, intense, hum…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:29PMIt's going to be a dark Christmas for two new Broadway shows.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 10:23PMProducers have announced that The Anarchist, the new play written and directed by David Mamet, which began previews at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) on Tuesday,…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:20PMPrepare to experience The Nutcracker like never seen before as Flat Rock Playhouse, in partnership with Pardee Hospital and Pardee Hospital Foundation, presents the world premiere of The Nut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10PMJoan Sittenfield, former VP of Talent amp CastingUniversal Television, recently wrote an e-book for actors entitled Ready Set Act.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01PMTerrence McNally's new play conveys the chaotic backstage goings-on during the 1835 premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's final opera. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMDaniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field better watch out! There is a new pair of Lincolns in town, and their names are Bob Stillman and Alice Ripley.Honest Abe (Stillman, who looks like he's jumped…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMI wanted to like A Civil War Christmas almost as much as it wanted to be liked. Playwright Paula Vogel's sincerity is quite apparent, as is director Tina Landau's creativity. But this tale o…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:00PMPhoto/Carol RoseggIt's Christmas Eve, 1864, and Paula Vogel is shining a spotlight on three wise American men as they momentarily step back from the brink of their war and enjoy a moment of …
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The Broadway world-premiere of Tony Award-nominated and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's two-woman drama The Anarchist, starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, will end it…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56PMArguably one of the most iconic of the Tennessee Williams canon of plays is A Streetcar Named Desire, a play rich with character, emotion, and some of the most recycled quotes in literatur…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:44PMSeldom has A Christmas Carol ever been as well handled as it is by adapter/director Michael Shamata, whose hand remains sure throughout, writes Toronto Star Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:37PMProducers have announced that THE ANARCHIST, the new play written and directed by DAVID MAMET, which began previews at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street on Tuesday, N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36PMNEW YORK (AP) — Who knew Abraham Lincoln could play the violin and accordion? In Paula Vogel's warm, non-saccharine vision, the Lincoln character pitches in to do that and more in her spri…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:18PMCelebrated actresses Patti LuPone and Debra Winger are currently going head to head in David Mamet's latest work on Broadway, "The Anarchist".
SOURCE: NY1 at 09:12PMIn the earliest days of the Roman Empire, the symbol of Rome’s power was a massive marble lion savaging a horse. Having traveled outside Rome for the first time in over two millennia, th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:06PMDirected by David Grapes Musical Director Vince Di Mura Created by David Grapes and Todd Olson From the team that created My Way, the hottest musical revue in America right now, it’s b…
SOURCE: Footlights at 09:04PMFrom composer and lyricist Ben Toth and Sam Forman and book writer Jeff Arch, Sleepless In Seattle The Musical, will be directed by Lonny Price, with Eric Stern as musical director, in its …
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HEDY WEISS: This year’s version of Jackie Taylor’s hilarious takeoff of the fairy tale may be the best yet.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:58PMWilliam Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar. Academy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMKELLY O’DONNELL is a co-founder of Flux Theatre Ensemble. For Flux, Kelly directed Dog Act, Jacob’s House, Riding the Bull, Life is a Dream and Rue. She also directed readings of Liz Duf…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:54PMIn 1989, Terrence McNally seduced theatergoers with the idea of Maria Callas as an opera fanatic's ideal in the thoughtful and delicious "Lisbon Traviata." Six years later, the playwright up…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:52PMIn the video below, NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger takes you through Inside The Lion King, a free exhibit in NYC to celebrate its 15th anniversary on Broadway. Click below to watch
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49PMKoresh Dance Company's Fall run "Trust"
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:46PMPodcast with Tim Kazurinsky from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Tim Kazurinsky discusses his role in the film Scrooge & Marley as well as his recent roles in Hairspray, The Odd Couple and his…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:42PMCheck out the recently released commercial for the show below and meet the cast with videos of them from past productions and roles
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMISC’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol With Charles Dickens, opens THIS FRIDAY! In his lifetime, Charles Dickens was recognized not only as a great writer, but as a tremendous acto…
SOURCE: Footlights at 08:37PMThe LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the September 2011-August 2012 season, were presented Monday 13th November at the historic Lo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 08:30PMIn the inaugural Storefront Playwright Project, the League of Chicago Theatres will provide window space at Expo 72 for emerging and established playwrights to work on a current writing p…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:18PMDonmar Warehouse, LondonI don't think we should get carried away and start arguing that single-sex Shakespeare is the only way forward. But, like Mark Antony, Phyllida Lloyd is a "shrewd con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10PMDavid Mamet's new Broadway drama The Anarchist will play its final performance on December 16 at the Golden Theatre. Starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, the production will have play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:10PMCross as many centuries as you like, an artist's problems apparently don't change that much. No one respects him, no one understands him, no one sees what he sees in the way he sees it...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:01PMWhen I first caught Terrence McNally’s “Golden Age,” during the Kennedy Center’s 2010 McNally festival, in Washington, D.C., it was tonally and thematically inconsist…
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It sure is “Scandalous.” Kathie Lee Gifford’s struggling Broadway musical is shutting down less than four weeks after it opened.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:58PMThe Laury Shelley Trio HOLIDAY TIME WITH LAURY SHELLEY Spend an evening with singer/songwriter Laury Shelley as she sings some of her favorites, with a touch of holiday flair. Featuring: Vij…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:53PMBroadway had a record year for both gross and attendance. If there were any surer sign that New York City was recovering from a financial crisis it's that. Known for their propensity to spen…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:51PMThe Kathie Lee Gifford-penned musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson will end its Broadway run at the Neil Simon Theatre on Sunday, December 9. At the time of its …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:44PMPine Box Theater Company continues its 2012/13 season with the world premiere drama 25 SAINTS by Ensemble Member Joshua Rollins, author of Pine Box’s smash hit A Girl With Sun In Her Eye…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:41PMProfiles Theatre announces the extension of its hit 20th Anniversary production of Hellcab by Will Kern, directed by Profiles Co-Artistic Director Darrell W. Cox. All cast members ar…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:38PMBravo to Courtney Lewis and the Discovery Ensemble for programming Esa-Pekka Salonen's "Five Images" and pulling off such an engrossing performance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:37PMMore than 350 women -- leaders of industry, media, government, and the arts gathered at The Plaza Hotel this afternoon for the Citymeals-on-Wheels 26th Annual Power Lunch for Women. This by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMScandalous, the new Broadway musical from Kathie Lee Gifford, will hold its final performance on December 9 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The musical, which features a book and lyrics by Giffor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:17PMTransport Group has announced that, Jenn Colella, Tyne Daly, Montego Glover, Ann Harada, Elizabeth Stanley, and Sally Wilfert will perform at its gala benefit GIMME A BREAK honoring Christia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:17PMThere’s no ignoring gender in Julius Caesar. Whether it’s Portia’s “I grant I am a woman” speech, an enfeebled Caesar likened to a “sick girl”, or Cassius raging against oppres…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:06PMUnlike novels, plays are cryogenic. Novels are taken from their shelves, browsed in, read or reread. Most plays remain frozen in archives and libraries, awaiting the kiss of life.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion," Truvy, a homegrown-beauty-salon owner in the (fictitious) parish of Chinquapin, Louisiana, says in Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias, which or…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Don’t worry about the Ingvarsson-Hemmingsen family. Yes, in the WSC Avant Bard production of “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” their familial relations are very, very dysfunctio…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:47PM"Scandalous" was the latest attempt by theater artists to create a musical that explored spiritual themes and aimed for audiences who might be drawn to stories about religious figures.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:45PMScandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical passion project by writer Kathie Lee Gifford, will close on Broadway Dec. 9, its producers announced on Dec. 4. The biogr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:45PMThe new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson will play its final performance at the Neil Simon Theatre 250 West 52nd Street on Sunday, December 9 at 3 p.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, December 4, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information Watch the cast of Broadway’s CHAPLIN cook with renowned che…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:06PMFresh from winning an Ovation Award for Waiting for Godot, Hugo Armstrong tackles the role of Sam in LA Theatre Works' Lips Together, Teeth Apart -- a role that he doubts he would ever play …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PMArtwork will be illuminated with natural light.
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In the program for Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of “Hearts Like Fists,” which describes Adam Szymkowicz’s play as a “superhero noir comedy about the dange…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:47PMPatti LuPone and Debra Winger star as an inmate and a parole liaison in the world premiere of David Mamet’s The Anarchist. See if Word of Mouth panelists Travis, Ruth and Elissa ruled …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMBroadway.com’s exclusive video features offer fans behind-the-scenes visits with favorite stars, opening night coverage and much more. For the week of November 28 through December 4, R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMIn celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of Broadways landmark musical event The Lion King, cast members Alton Fitzgerald White, Chondra La-Tease Profit and Lindiwe Dlamini flipped the sw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThis year's theme is "A Traveling Circus"
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:22PM"Tossed Around," an athletic dance number that sent the gypsies of The Lion King whirling over sets of wooden chairs, earned that show the title honor at the 24th Annual Gypsy of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMThe figures of the hulking, dumb Lennie and his faithful, intelligent sidekick George in John Steinbeck’s classic “Of Mice and Men” have entered the public consciousness as…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:12PMNot only will you hear the people sing, but you’ll see them, too—in massive IMAX size! The mega-sized screen exhibitor will release the upcoming movie musical Les Misérabl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:11PMJoin us this Thursday, December 6th for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST. The Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion about thea…
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Have you heard? It’s the first annual Choosie Awards, where the team of Chicago Like A Local bloggers share what they feel is the best of 2013! And I’m honored to kick off the aw…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:58PMChris Isaacson Presents brings you the perfect Holiday gift of the season, Upright Cabarets A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS Coming this Holiday Season, watch Stars and Snowflakes glitter together as Up…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMTHEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" by About Face Theatre in the Steppenwolf Garage ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "We Three Lizas" by About Face Theatre in the Steppenwolf Garage ★ύ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:52PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Cinderella" at the Broadway Playhouse ★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Cinderella" at the Broadway Playhouse ★½ ... With some saying a variant of her story dates all the w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:51PMThe film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will have a Christmas Day opening, hitting theatres in a wide release Dec. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMSoho Rep will stage the world premiere of Lucas Hnath's A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney in spring 2013, the company announced Dec. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMThe December holiday theater season in Chicago has usually been a tepid grab bag of plays about Scrooge, George Bailey, Santa Claus, and all forms Rudolph, naughty, nice, and red-hosed. A …
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 04:46PMWatch the cast of Broadway’s CHAPLIN enjoy a cooking session with chef extraordinaire David Burke. Check out the CHAPLIN-themed menu they created together.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:43PMToday is the birthday of Dennis Wilson (1944-1983), generally conceded to be the “coolest” of the Beach Boys. Mike Love may have been the front man, and for all I know the most p…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:43PMThe London revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Oklahoma!, starring Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, is released on Blu-ray Dec. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMJoes Pub will continue to host several benefits in support of Hurricane Sandy victims throughout the holiday season. Decembers Sandy fundraisers include Mike Daiseys Where Water Meets With W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMToronto-based stage star and singer Colm Wilkinson recently sat down with CBC News to talk about his new show Broadway, Christmas amp Beyond, which is playing in Ontario later this month, fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMSupported by funds from the City of New York Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC and the City of New York, Disneys hit musicals The Lion King and Newsies have joined The Broadway AccessibilityA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PM54 Below is beginning 2013 with a bang! The popular Midtown nightclub announced performers for January, including Molly Ringwald, Evita's Michael Cerveris, Andrea Mcardle and other …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:11PMLA County's annual holiday celebration at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion features a wide variety of musical and dance groups, from Immaculate Heart of Mary Children's Choir to …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:10PM“My Name Is Asher Lev,” adapted from Chaim Potok’s novel, centers on a young man dealing with traditional Hasidic expectations and the outside pull he feels as an artist.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:05PMTheatre is too valuable to be wasted on the few. I want more Americans to see more theatre. Lots more. Enough more, that it calls for a ridiculous goal. Here goes. Triple playgoing in Americ…
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The New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, is now playing Off-Broadway with Emmy Awar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMThe producers of Kathie Lee Gifford’s Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson have announced that the production will play its final performance at the Neil Simon The…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:54PMNow is the time for all theater, musical theater, and voice students to start thinking about plans for the summer. While we may feel compelled to enroll in summer classes or even get a job, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PMBroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow was there for the big event and you can check out what the cast had to say below Randy chatter with the cast about the play, their new family relationship and y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMManhattan 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 opens tonight at MTC at New …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMNorbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes, stars of the new Broadway comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS, will be guests on WOR’s “The Joan Hamburg Show” tomorrow, December 5 from 1PM – 1:30 PM. WOR broadc…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:39PMCheyenne Jackson will soon release the third single from his solo album, 'Don't Wanna Know,' which will be available for download starting December 18. Check out a preview of the music video…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMNorbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes, stars of the new Broadway comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS, will be guests on WORs The Joan Hamburg Show tomorrow, December 5 from 1 PM 130 PM. WOR broadcasts on 710 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMThe multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King celebrated its 15th anniversary Nov. 13. In honor of the occasion, cast members were on hand Dec. 4 to "flip the switch" and l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMIMAX Corporation and Universal Pictures today announced that Les Miserables, the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation, will be digitally re-mastered into the immer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMName: Zac MoonHometown: Richmond, VAEducation: BA Dramatic Art and BA Comm Studies (Media Production) - UNC Chapel HillWhat is a kiki?: It's the best kind of party. To quote "for calming all…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:23PMThe new musical Kinky Boots, from four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, will begin preview performances on Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMCheck out a sneak peak of Cheyenne Jackson's new video for DONT WANNA KNOW releasing December 18.
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 03:12PMStephen Kaplan's new play, A Real Boy, about an unusual teacher-student relationship, will get a private reading in New York City on Dec. 7. Brad Oscar (The Addams Family, The Producers)…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMDue to ticket demand, 59E59 Theaters Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director Peter Tear, Executive Producer announces added performances for the Prospect Theater Company production of WORKING…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMSome seasons back, CenterStage did a delightful job with William Inge’s Picnic, directed with poignancy and joy by then-artistic director Irene Lewis, so a new production of his 1955 play …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:09PMCheyenne Jackson… pop star? That seems to be what the Broadway veteran is going for in his new music video “Don’t Wanna Know,” the third single off of his new solo a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMA concerts series for veterans and an exhibition of work by artists with disabilities are among the projects awarded grants.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:01PMThe Nov. 30 performance of Sistas: The Musical, which continues at Off-Broadway's St. Luke’s Theatre, was filmed for DVD release.
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FIFTY SHADES PUREED The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has made millions, maybe billions, of dollars and counting, having set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58PMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo presents A Civil War Christmas, written by Paula Vogel and directed by Tina Landau. Perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMPiano is the Depression-era entry in Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:52PMTODAY IN HISTORY: On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records’ storefront stu…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:48PMI am in the wrong audience for Elf. I think the movie on which it is based is Just Okay. I stopped enjoying Will Ferrell movies at some point after Anchorman, unless you …
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 02:44PMVariety reports that Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of Michael Radford's ELSA amp FRED. The actress will join previously announced cast members Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plumme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMThe new musical Somewhere in Time, based on Richard Matheson's romantic novel and film of the same title, will get a Dec. 13 New York City reading featuring Andrew Samonsky and Kelli Bar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMAnthony Warlow and Lilla Crawford, stars of the new Broadway production of Annie, will be guests on WOR’s “The Joan Hamburg Show” tomorrow, December 5 from 12:30PM – 1PM. WOR broadca…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:40PMTony Award winner Michael Cerveris (Evita), Krysta Rodriguez (The Addams Family), Taylor Trensch (Bare), Julia Mattison (Godspell) and more have joined the cast of Drama Desk nominee Joe Ico…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMMove over Christmas Carol; step aside It’s A Wonderful Life (radio version or other), a new original holiday classic is born and it is most fun you will have at a show this season. The s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:36PMLes Misérables fans will finally have the chance to hear iconic anthems like “One Day More” and “I Dreamed a Dream” performed on the big screen come December 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMStage and screen actor Cheyenne Jackson, recently seen on Broadway in the short-lived comedy The Performers, will release the third single from his upcoming 2013 album Dec. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMBROADWAY KIDS REALITY Presented by Pat Addiss (producer “A Christmas Story the Musical) and Sandi Durell What does it take to be a kid in a Broadway show? Meet Johnny Rabe (R…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:26PMThe new Chicago-area revival of the musical Singin' in the Rain officially opened Nov. 30 at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMRed Bull Theater's OBIE Award-Winning ongoing REVELATION READINGS series presents staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts. Next up for the series is Patrick Page's SW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL, based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, will open on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street on April 14, 2013. Preview performances w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMWould critics like to silence "The Anarchist"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:16PMNew Manhattan nightspot 54 Below, which features a starry lineup of Broadway favorites, has announced its schedule for January 2013. Tony Award winners Michael Cerveris, Hinton Battle, Linda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMFairy tales, even more than the plays of Shakespeare, open themselves up to endless reinvention. And Jackie Taylor’s hilarious, musically sophisticated, hipper-than-hip show, “The Other …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:12PMOn Thursday, December 13, the upcoming musical stage adaptation of Richard Matheson's acclaimed novel and Universal Pictures film SOMEWHERE IN TIME will be presented at a private industry re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMDavid Mamet’s prison drama The Anarchist opened at Broadway's Golden Theatre on December 2, and star Patti LuPone talked to Broadway.com about working with Debra Winger and why the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMRECOMMENDED Following in the footsteps of its highly successful and innovative “Pirates of Penzance,” which is being revived and running in repertory alongside of this offering, the Hypo…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:00PMMarried acting couple John Dossett and Michele Pawk were brought together by a Michael John LaChiusa musical. Now, years later, here they are again, now in LaChiusa's Giant.
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Anthony Warlow and Lilla Crawford, stars of the new Broadway production of Annie, will be guests on WORs The Joan Hamburg Show tomorrow, December 5 from 1230PM 1PM. WOR broadcasts throughou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMThe stars of the 2004 Tony Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins reunited at Studio 54 for a one-night only benefit concert reading on December 3…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMAcclaimed Australian actress Caroline O'Connor is back on Broadway this season, stopping the show nightly at A Christmas Story, The Musical, which opened Nov. 19 at the Lunt-Fontanne The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMThe 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, starring Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Crivello and Seth Numrich, began previews Nov. 9 at the Belasco Theatre, where the drama first…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMThe Broadway score features Elton John and Tim Rices music from The Lion King animated film along with three new songs by John and Rice additional musical material by South African Lebo M, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMOn the next episode of Neil Patrick Harris' NEIL'S PUPPET DREAMS, Neil's unique physiology causes a stir in the puppet medical community. Harris' Dr. Horrible co-star, actor Nathan Fillion …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 01:39PMDedicated rock fans of a certain vintage would need little reminding about the incredible events that took place when the Who played a gig at the Cow Palace, San Francisco on the evening of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:28PMI've been thinking about how much audiences seem to value the element of spontaneity in their musical experiences -- and how much this element is lacking from some types of music, notably we…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:19PM"Table," with music by David Shire and direction by Gordon Edelstein, will have a workshop later this month.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:19PMI have tried to like Full English, I really have. I love animated comedy – The Simpsons and South Park are two of my all-time favourite TV shows – and appreciate all the time, effort...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMWhen most people think of El Sistema, the amazing Venezuelan-born music education program that's transforming the way in which many countries are approaching the musical development of child…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 01:17PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMThere appears to be something of a revival of good old Chekhovian Realism at the moment in New York, both in its original Russian and Clifford Odetsian forms. In that spirit, I repost below …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 01:12PMWith the start of the winter term a few weeks away, BroadwayWorld's Student Center is seeking to expand its coverage team of high-school and college contributors. Whether you're involved bac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMLast night, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation made South Florida artists and arts groups happy to the tune of $2.28 million. The Knight Arts Challenge will fund 34 projects, bringin…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 01:07PMA key figure in creating the image of the Who, pop impresario Chris stamp founded his own label, Track Records, with his business partner Kit Lambert. One of their first signings was Jimi He…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMMotown: The Musical will bring the booming sounds of '60 soul music to Broadway when the bio musical opens next March. For now, you can satisfy your craving for Aretha Franklin, Smokey R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMWorking with some of Britain’s leading jazzmen, including Humphrey Lyttelton and George Melly, pianist Stan Greig was widely admired for his blues and boogie-woogie playing. During the ear…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMThe UK national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which launched earlier this year, will be back for a new leg next year. Cast members Tim Minchin, Chris Moyl…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:00PMRosalind Productions Inc. presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Jennifer Maisel's The Last Seder, which officially opens Dec. 4 following previews that began Dec. 1 at Theater Three.
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Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Bad Jews will end its sold-out extended limited engagement on Sunday, December 30 at 7:00PM. Bad Jews will have played 28 previews and 71 regular…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:59PMAs an undergraduate, Philip Ledger took a double first in music at Kings College, Cambridge, and 16 years later was appointed its director of music, overseeing the most important date in its…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMCurrently playing at London's Cambridge Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda the Musical is Broadway-bound in 2013. MATILDA THE MUSICAL begins performances on March 4…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMBy Peter Filichia --
A few weeks ago, we talked about the 25-disc “Broadway in a Box” set as a holiday present for newcomers to musical theater. If that’s a little too rich for your b…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:55PMIt is a classic good news / bad news situation. Just as the original Broadway cast album of Chaplin: The Musical starts its entry into the music market, the show it documents begins its depa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMAs the fiddler with the traditional Irish folk group the Chieftains, Martin Fay never expected his career to follow the course that brought him worldwide celebrity. Having been classically t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMDoug Argue's popular chicken painting will fly the Weisman Art Museum coop and land in Armenia. Yes, Armenia.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:51PMTo become a professional actor in mid-life is unusual, but not rare. But to make a farewell performance in a smash hit in the West End and on Broadway is something else. Fred Ridgeway did...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMSoho Theatre, London: A table and chairs line centre stage as soft music plays upon entry to the auditorium. Constructed to finish precisely on the hour and consisting of largely contemporar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:47PMEven before the iconic Genevieve came out in 1953, Dinah Sheridan was well known as an archetypal English rose, having appeared in more than 20 British films since the mid-1930s. The irony w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMFor the east coast Landesman household, fireworks this New Year’s Eve will mark more than the incoming year. It will mean that, for the first time in his illustrious career, Rocco Land…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMThis mixed bill rekindles the company’s long-standing relationship with William Forsythe, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:42PMMortality and rivalry are the chief themes in this lively re-imagining of the Paris premiere of a Bellini opera, writes Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:42PMUnited States Artists, the not-for-profit organization that grants money to artists in multiple disciplines, announced its 2012 USA Fellows, including playwright David Henry Hwang.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMJ K Rowling’s book The Casual Vacancy is to be adapted into a television drama for BBC1. In a statement, the BBC said Rowling will collaborate on the drama, and that the number of episodes…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMProducer and TheaterMania contributor Scott Siegel opened the annual Broadway Unplugged concert at the Town Hall on Monday, December 3 wearing a bright madras jacket he called "louder than M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PMThe arena tour extravaganza of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar will return next year, with cast members Tim Minchin, former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm and Chris Moyles al…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMWayne Alan Wilcox, who co-stars as older brother Sydney in the new Broadway musical Chaplin, takes Playbill.com behind the scenes during a busy two-show day at the Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe sassy ladies of Steel Magnolias first came to life off-Broadway 25 years ago—and on December 3, Robert Harling’s beloved play returned to the Lucille Lortel Theatre for a one…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PMShe calls this segment "The Drunk News." I hope it's on nightly!The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:25PMThe Print Room’s 2013 season will include a revival of Brian Friel’s play Molly Sweeney, directed by Abigail Graham. It will run at the London-based venue from March 27 to April 27, 2013…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMTony Award winner Michael Cerveris (Evita, Assassins), Krysta Rodriguez (The Addams Family), Taylor Trensch (Bare), Julia Mattison (Godspell) and more have joined the lineup for The 5th Annu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMBelfast Waterfront: Turning away from its tried and tested and hugely popular format, the Waterfront has gone out on a limb with something a little bit different this Christmas.
Read the fu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMManhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie opens today at MTC at New…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:15PMIt’s a week full of musical theater on Glee! For the December 6 episode (titled “Swan Song”), Rachel and Kurt get back in touch with their show tune roots for Rachel’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMEmma Hunton, Andy Mientus, Lilli Cooper, Kate Rockwell, Jason Gotay and Eric Michael Krop were among the performers who take part in Broadway Sings Beyoncé, featuring new arrangements…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMMichael Cerveris, Krysta Rodriguez, Taylor Trensch, Julia Mattison, A. J. Shively, Ashley Sweetman, Mike Pettry, Kristen da Costa, Ross Wolkenbrod, Kimberly Kaye, and Jordan Stanley will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMGideon Glick will star in the title role of the new musical Amandine, about intersex individual Herculine Barbin, which will begin performances Jan. 9, 2013, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMYou can’t get Melody Grove out of the bars these days, and nobody seems to mind. In fact, she’s being actively encouraged to hop from pub to pub in city after city, dashing among the tab…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:02PMA new exhibit called “Inside the Lion King” is available for free for the first half of December in New York City, and offers visitors an immersive, inside look at the famed Broadway mus…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 12:00PMDrury Lane’s newly mounted Singing In The Rain is easily one of the best produced and designed shows in the theatre’s history. The lighting, sets, costumes and film sequences are metic…
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Despite being a staged reading with scripts still in hand, the members of the Israeli Stage ensemble were already comfortably inhabiting their roles, striking just the right balance between …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:59AMThe cast of the popular West End musical Matilda hit the swings on the Albert Hall stage to perform a medley of "When I Grow Up" and "Naughty" at the U.K.'s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe sunny landscapes and shimmering portraits of the 19th century Impressionists come alive in Waldemar Januszczak’s Understanding Art Impressionism: A Lively Guide to the Revolutionary A…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:55AMLet's Kill Grandma This Christmas: The Other F^#cking Christmas Story: Over at St Clements is Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas: The Other F^#cking Christmas Story and it’s one of the most…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:54AMHow close we came to losing a classic double act, standup discovers suspect package and Frankie Boyle's latest scrapThis week's comedy newsMorecambe and … no one? A "what if?" story from c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMTodd Martens surveys Grammy's Best New Artist field: "Indeed, Carly Rae Jepsen and her inescapable 'Call Me Maybe' is far from the only notable newcomer over the last 12 mon…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:54AMAh, the henley. The historical origins of his men’s fashion item aren’t totally clear, but let’s make a wild guess here: It was probably underwear. Hence our love and passi…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:49AMThe talented Georgia Lyman finds her way through Lee Blessing's shaggy dog story.Years ago, at the height of the cultural wars that inspired Lee Blessing's Chesapeake (at the New Rep through…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:48AMI know this may come as a shock to you but I must finally confess…I am a woman who likes to use the internet but doesn’t live in New York City. Or at least I would be if I were t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:45AMJim Norton and Chita Rivera, stars of Roundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) new Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be guests on WOR’s “The …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:45AMLa Jolla Playhouse presents Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical featuring a story by The Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne and Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff Jersey Boy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMEvery small town has a small town hero. And for every small town hero there’s bound to be some family secrets that go along with him. Of course in a small town they probably aren’t as se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMAnything Goes: Karen Akers Sings Cole Porter launches the Winter Rhythms 2012 festival of music, which begins Dec. 4 at Urban Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMJim Norton and Chita Rivera, stars of Roundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director new Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be guests on WORs The Joan Hambur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMAbout the author:
Canadian-born director Stafford Arima first made a splash across the pond, helming the Olivier-winning West End production of Ragtime. Arima headed to New York to direct t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMFurther casting has been announced for next year's world premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience, which, as previously announced, stars Oscar-winner Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II.Stephe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:32AMCasting is complete for the world premiere of Amandine, the new musical from writer Winter Miller, 13P founding member who penned In Darfur The Public Theater, among other acclaimed plays Em…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMThe new Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper smash hit musical (Kinky Boots) that took Chicago by storm is coming to Broadway! Take a look at the high-kicking, heart-warming fun.
Kinky Boots Story…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:26AMRoundabout Theatre Company's musical theatre producing arm benefited from a Dec. 3 Broadway reunion concert of the company's 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMIt’s a four-ring circus on the January 2013 cover of Vanity Fair, featuring Grace star Paul Rudd and his hilarious This Is 40 co-stars Leslie Mann, Melissa McCarthy and Megan Fox. Rudd…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMRoad trip! Casting has been announced for the first national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, starring Wade McCollum as Tick/Mitzi, Scott Willis as Bernadette and Bryan West as Adam/Fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMPair who combined for Driving Miss Daisy to appear as Shakespeare's sparring sweethearts, directed by Mark RylanceAt the age of 75, Vanessa Redgrave might have thought she'd missed her chanc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMDenver Center Theatre Company announced five plays to be explored in staged readings as part of the 8th Annual Colorado New Play Summit, to run Feb. 8-10, 2013. The playwrights are Catherine…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMAs the holidays approach it’s the time of year where we start to examine traditions. Things done in the family that celebrate the spirit of the season and help keep the memory of loved one…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07AMScreen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an inaugural filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMWhen famous people that have had an impact on the biz pass on, I usually blog about it. See this for example. Or this. This past weekend, the biz lost someone who has also helped keep sh…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 11272012 - 1242012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMEmmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Cicely Tyson is known for playing strong women facing great adversity – from civil rights leader Coretta Scott King to abolitionist Harrie…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMStrawdog Theatre Company, a long-lived storefront operation on Chiicago's North Side, has announced a change in artistic director.
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Knock-out first collection of definitive recordings of every Rodgers & Hammerstein musical: LP box of 12 CDs, many with bonus tracks, with original cover art, liner notes, and colorful 100-p…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:58AMBroadway singer-actor Marc Kudisch will direct the world premiere of Neil Berg's The Phantoms of the Opera, which will close the 40th anniversary OPAS season at Texas A&M University …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMBroadway’s Dead Accounts has released a first look at the production. Check out the video below and let us know what you think!
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SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:56AMThe Really Useful Group and AEG Live today announced the return of the hugely successful UK arena tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers legendary rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMThe original Broadway cast recording of Chaplin, the musical about the life of silent film star Charlie Chaplin, is released digitally by Masterworks Broadway Dec. 4. The CD will h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe arena production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar will return next year, with Tim Minchin, Melanie C and Chris Moyles all reprising their roles. Ben Forster, who was cas…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMA civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader form an alliance in Mark St. Germain's play
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:50AMToday in 1983, Baby opened at the Ethel barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 241 performances. Baby is a musical with a book by Sybille Pearson, based on a story developed with Susan Yankowit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMBroadway is booming! Maybe it was the tremendous number of celebrities hitting the stage, or a uniquely fantastic slate of new and revived plays and musicals, but a new report released by th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMTen choice examples from the array of festive fare on offer this winter.
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:43AMPullman Porter stories are legendary in Black communities along the northeast and southern corridors, and are particularly close to home for anyone with roots in South Side Chicago. The Pu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:43AMOpening Night is this Thursday, December 6 at 645 pm for Lincoln Center Theaters 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartlett Sher, at the Belas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMA new TV spot for the highly-anticipated big screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES has been released, featuring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean. The film is coming to nationwide theaters on Chris…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMRoundabout Theatre Company reunited cast members from its acclaimed, 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins on Monday, December 3 for a one-n
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:41AMCalifornia Musical Theatre has turned out the lights and dropped the curtain on the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.
The Cosmopolitan Cabaret production of "Forbidden Broadway" features, clockwise…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:39AMTroika Entertainment has just announced the cast for the first national tour of the international hit, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical. Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical la…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AM"It makes you feel very, very proud to feel part of the family and very proud on his behalf that what he achieved is so enjoyed," says Gerald Charles Dickens.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:31AMContagious Laughter LLC. presents the World Premiere of Lets Kill Grandma This Christmas by Brian Gianci, directed by John Dapolito. Lets Kill Grandma This Christmas celebrated its opening l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMSays show producer and Sony Music CEO Morris in the just-released clip: "Motown Records is the most unique record company in the history of the music business."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:30AMHeather MacRae, Annie Golden, Nic Rodriguez and Michael Winther will perform the songs of Grammy Award-winning music icon Joni Mitchell at 54 Below in late January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMThe recent U.K. arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, marking the show's 40th anniversary, is to be reprised in March 2013, with Tim Minchin, Melan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMDoctor Suess, or Theodor Geisel as he was know to his kin, was a rebellious soul. He fought, tooth and nail, for civil rights and social justice. He was a progressive who understood that adu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMWelcome to the only two character one-woman show in New York. The two onstage would be Debra Winger and Patti Lupone. This is Patti’s show, and not because she asked for it. Cathy (Lupo…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 10:23AMJust last night the Benefit Concert Reading of ASSASSINS took place at Studio 54, on the same Broadway stage that Assassins thrilled audiences in 2004. The evening featured musical direction…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMZelda at the Oasis, a new bio play about the life of infamous starlet Zelda Fitzgerald, opens December 4 at off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre. Directed by Andy Sandberg, the new …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:19AMThe Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch: Esteemed writer Nicholas Pegg need not superstitiously worry over his 13th Queen's pantomime, as fee-fi-fo-fum, Hornchurch delivers a panto not to be sh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AMTheatre by the Lake, Keswick: Mike Kenny's faithful adaptation of E Nesbit's Victorian tale of a family uprooted after the father's false imprisonment is a perfect choice for …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AMLast night, some of Broadway's best young talent sang dazzling new arrangements of songs from Beyonc's four hit albums, including a few selections from her previous group, Destinys Child. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: With 2004's Beasts And Beauties, Carol Ann Duffy and director Melly Still dramatised fables and fairytales in great style. The formula is similar for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AMRoyal Court Liverpool: Take the spoofiness of Young Frankenstein. Add the zombie zaniness of Shaun of the Dead. Mix in dollops of Scouse humour. The result is a festive fright night packed w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar::E8831348476451 is returning next year along with principal cast members Ben Forster (Jesus), Tim Minchin (Judas Iscariot), Melanie…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:11AMSoho Theatre Downstairs, London: With its heady dose of good cheer, religion and family values, the festive season is a ready made target for avant-garde performance artist David Hoyle. For …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMA Better Holiday Concert, a benefit for the It Gets Better Project, which was "created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMThe 9th Annual BROADWAY UNPLUGGED concert featured Broadway stars singing like the stars of yesteryear without microphones
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMPace University student, April Gabrielli tells us about her current internship at Town Square Productions while being a college student as well. MV: What is your job? AG: Currently, I have a…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMThe true stars of Broadway are New York’s tourists, says a new study. Their first sightseeing stop? The Internet.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Vanity Fair has released images from the cover of their first-ever Comedy Issue, hitting newstands this January. In the special issue, the talented writer, director and producer Judd Apatow …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMFamily attraction group Merlin Entertainments has appointed Michael Braithwaite as its first shows director within the organisation’s creative and development department, Merlin Magic Maki…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMA special edition of "Scott Alan Live," which was recorded in April at Birdland, is now available digitally via iTunes, Amazon and CDbaby; a physical copy of the CD will be availab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMJoin The Playwrights’ Center Associate Producer Hayley Finn, Many Voices Program Coordinator Christina Ham, and past Many Voices fellows at the Center for an information session about …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:51AMManhattan Theater Club’s Murder Ballad, featuring Will Swenson and Karen Olivo Will Record Cast Album Yellow Sound Label will record the Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere cas…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:49AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is thrilled to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Dance Company of the Week Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AM Today is the birthday of Jean Hugard (b. John Gerard Rodney Boyce, 1872-1959). An Australian native, he began his career circa 1896, and performed under many aliases including also Os…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:41AMScott Alan Live Special Edition, is now available digitally, including iTunes US and UK, Amazon and CDbaby. The album, recorded live at Birdland on April 30th, will also be released as a phy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMThe Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has released details of The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, which were presented Dec. 2 to bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMThe Emerson String Quartet gave its all - beauty, power, fire - in Johannes Brahms's String Quartet in A minor, Opus 51, no. 2.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:18AM2013 promises to be a banner year for Tom Wopat. From the Feb. 12 release of his eighth recording I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER, to his role in Quentin Tarrantino's highly anticipated film Django Unc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMAshton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Amanda Seyfried as porn star Linda Lovelace are among the highlights at January's Sundance Film Festival.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:04AMRemember the Rubik's cube? I used to spend hours playing with those. There were so many times when I came so close and all I had was literally one square left. I remember playing with that p…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 09:00AM
Saying all-female productions are inauthentic misses the point – Shakespeare's plays have always been gender-bendingThe acting editions published by Samuel French have traditionally specif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMIf you’ve ever kicked in the chorus line of a community theater production of Mame, you’ll likely adore Showtime Performing Arts Theatre’s [title of show]. But if you’ve ever secretl…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:55AMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 08:53AMThe Flea, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A children's holiday show that's festive, fun, and enjoyable for adults and kids alike.
Add this to your list of things to do…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:46AMI have been a big fan of Daniel Cooney since I saw him play Edgar Allan Poe and The Baker in Signature Theatre’s productions of Nevermore and Into the Woods. Recently, I was happy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMTony Kushner says that “Heiner Müller was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and will undoubtedly be among the most indispensable of the twenty-first, the terrors of…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:39AMANNIE is back on Broadway and better than ever Get tickets now to this beloved family musical and save over 35 on performances through January 27
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AM
Royal Exchange, ManchesterIt is supposedly the case that you are never more than 10 feet away from a rat. In Carol Ann Duffy's compendium of verminous fables, you are certainly never far fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMThe Arabian Nights havsserved as a template for endless writers and dramaturgs around the world and this seems to be the case again, as six writers from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:07AMTristram Kenton has exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Menier Chocolate Factory's new production, from early run-throughs to dress rehearsalJason PhippsKarin Andreasson
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMIt’s no secret that here at Van Patten Media we love DoneDone, a wonderful web application for managing projects and tracking issues. As a thank you for our support, the DoneDone team …
SOURCE: www.vanpattenmedia.com at 07:04AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Did we hear you right? Did you say “Bah-humbug..(groan).. Not another A Christmas Carol?!!! Hold your sleigh horses! This adaptation of Dickens’ beloved story has a not-to-be-missed…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:40AMThai-Klingon cellist Jon (J’onn) Silpayamanant commented today on a post I did on economist Tyler Cowen’s discussion of Baumol’s cost disease as it relates to the arts. He quic…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:33AMGenerally antic and prone to bellowing, Arden Theatre Company's new Cinderella nonetheless conveys some admirable subtleties about the things people do to each other and why.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:32AMThe sound of a band or a musical soon will fill the sanctuary of the old First Baptist Church building at Delmar Avenue and 21st Street in Granite City.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AMDoes "The Neighbors" Cast Believe in Aliens?
We head to the set of the ABC's hilarious sci-fi comedy "The Neighbors" where we catch up with the cast, human and alien alike! Stars Simon Templ…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMHartford Stage To Expand Educational Programming Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageIt's curtains for Hartford Children's Theatre,…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AMCamilla Luddington Plays Doctors, Psychics, & Tomb Raiders
Camilla Luddington is nothing if not diverse! The busy actress drops by the Studio to tell us about her various projects, whether i…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
BroadwayL.A. has announced that DONNY amp MARIE Christmas in Los Angeles will come to the legendary Pantages Theatre from tonight, December 4 23, 2012 for its West Coast Premiere.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMChris Riggi of Gossip Girl has joined the cast of Darren Caulleys Unhealthy for a limited workshop run at HERE Arts Center in New York from today, December 4th-9th. He will play Kurt, a mora…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMUrban Stages, in association with producerdirectorlyricist Peter Napolitano, announces a series of musical evenings entitled WINTER RHYTHMS 2012, beginning tonight, December 4 and running th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDON'T FORGET! Vote in this week's HOT or NOT: A Christmas Story Edition! Click the show logo in the upper left corner of this blog, and be sure to complete BO…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:23AMThe International Press Academy (IPA) announced an eclectic list of nominees in 31 film and TV categories for its 17th annual Satellite Awards on Monday.
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SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:08AMThe Terrible TwosWe celebrate and look to the futureby Gaëtan L. CharleboisOn November 30, The Charlebois Post celebrated its second anniversary. Since Estelle Rosen and I launched a little…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTroika Entertainment has announced complete casting for the first national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, which will launch Jan. 8, 2013, in Minneapolis, MN, at the Orphe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMAndrew Durand, who stars as Albert Narracott in the Broadway production of War Horse, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSix years ago I posted a list of my favorite Christmas records. I still like all of them, and so,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMFrom 2005: I recently saw a stage actress I know in an episode of a popular TV series. This was...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"When I watched you dancing that day, I saw something else. I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, opens Dec. 4 followin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, is released digitally Dec. 4 prior to an in-store relea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTelly Leung, the Broadway actor recently seen in the world premiere of the new musical Allegiance, releases his debut solo recording, "I'll Cover You," Dec. 4 on the Yellow Sou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDonny and Marie – Christmas in Los Angeles, the California premiere of Donny and Marie Osmond's Christmas show, begins performances Dec. 4 at the Pantages Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The Book of Mormon: The Testament of a Broadway Musical," which documents the creation of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, is released by Newmarket Press for It Books Dec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMZelda at the Oasis, a new play about Zelda Fitzgerald, by P. H. Lin, officially opens Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre Dec. 4 at 7 PM following previews that began Nov. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMChristopher Durang and Sigourney Weaver had a serendipitous meeting at Yale in the '70s. Almost 40 years later, the Lunt-Fontanne copycats reunite for Chekhov, sorta, at Lincoln Center T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPaula Vogel's A Civil War Christmas, set on Christmas Eve 1864 as America faced an uncertain future, officially opens Dec. 4 at the New York Theatre Workshop. Tony Award winner Alice Rip…
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